"Oh?" Furukawa raised his eyebrows: "It's a very novel metaphor, how do you say this?"

"It's not pie in the sky, it's not a free giveaway, it's a price to pay. The old man said.

"At what cost?"

"Their exact words were: 'Give you a mountain of gold to enjoy as you please, and then when you run out, you have to do things for us.'" Speaking of this, the old man sighed: "You would never have imagined that what they gave at that time was really a mountain of gold, a mountain of gold with ingots piled up." ”

Furukawa nodded, he knew that for ordinary people, a large amount of wealth was precious, and its allure was no less than that of peerless exercises for cultivators.

"At that time, I only felt that my eyes were blinded, and it felt like a dream, and I was in a trance, and I promised again and again, and I didn't care if I could use it up, when I would use it, and what I would do for them. The old man swallowed his saliva, the past scenes were vivid, and his heart palpitated.

"What they told you to do was hold the boat?" Furukawa said.

The old man nodded, and continued: "After I got the money, I paid off the debt first, I suffered a gambling addiction before, and after a few years of serious life, I have this gold mountain in my hand, I live a carefree life, marry a wife and have children, choose a good feng shui place, and bury my parents again, which is also comfortable." And I have opened a few shops, and they have always been profitable every year, with no wins and no losses, but the gold mountains are getting higher and higher. ”

Furukawa nodded thoughtfully: "In this way, not only is your money not decreasing, but increasing." Wouldn't they let you do what you don't have to do for the rest of your life?"

"At first, I thought it was like this, and I even rejoiced in my heart, that I could enjoy a lifetime of happiness like this, until one day... The old man paused, suddenly stopped speaking, looked ahead, and his voice seemed to be cut off by a knife, and stopped abruptly.

Furukawa was stunned: "What's wrong. Looking at it, the voice stopped suddenly.

I saw a huge ship coming, the boat was dozens of zhang high, the momentum was huge, splitting and cutting the waves, crossing the dead and silent river, setting off white flowers, high enough to cover the sky.

For the boat, the white waves are like a wall, pressing on the sky, covering the sky and the sun, and beside the giant boat, the boat is like a leaf of duckweed, a small ant, swaying, ready to turn at any time.

"Woo-" The giant captain roared, like an eagle roaring, and when he looked closely, he saw it

At the top of the ship's mast, there was a fierce eagle resting and spreading its wings, and the sound came from it, similar to who drove and everyone avoided it.

People are sucked by the sound of the sound, look over, gasp, the fierce eagle power is a skeleton, composed of sections, but the dragon is alive and vibrant, and there is no death.

The giant flag on the mast is unfurled, and there is a skull tattooed, and there is a circle of skulls around the side of the ship, not all of them are not human heads, but also all kinds of beast heads, there are everything, very penetrating, the skeleton warriors on the deck are standing upright in armor, behind them, the momentum is mighty, although there are no eyeballs, but if they look at it, they will suddenly feel a trace of fierce shock.

If you are outside, this is definitely the standard configuration of pirates, but here, a huge ship made of white bones and the surrounding dim and cold environment, there is a kind of imperial momentum on the expedition, as if the master of this place is watching everything.

When the giant ship appeared, all the open flames present seemed to have dimmed a lot, and they fell slightly in the direction of the giant ship, as if surrendering.

"Let's go and hide for a while. The old man seemed to be very afraid of the boat, his voice was much lowered, he trembled a little, waved the oars in his hand, and rowed the boat to the side.

"What is this?" Furukawa asked suspiciously, and his voice was lowered a lot due to the atmosphere.

"They are the Yellow Springs Emissaries, the rulers of this place. The old man said.

"Is there a lord here?" Furukawa wondered.

"Yes, but they are only the possessors, not the owners. ”

"What do you mean by that?" Furukawa raised his eyebrows, wanted to turn over, and with a strong hand, he found that he was still using a lot of force, groaned, and sat back down.

"This place is a masterpiece of heaven, a miraculous workmanship, and extraordinary power, how can it be owned by man. They are nothing more than ... The old man lowered his voice: "It's just the name of the indigenous here, occupying the geographical advantage and the time, and being good at the way of the blood contract, so that he can be the king here and be a soil emperor." ”

"The Way of the Blood Pact?" Furukawa asked, for Furukawa, it was a novel path that he had never heard of.

"Well, the way of the blood contract is unique to this kind of Yellow Spring creatures, they have actually died a long time ago, but they have survived in another unique way, although they have died once, their bodies are close to immortality, but for the entire race, there is a fatal shortcoming. ”

"What is it?"

That is, they can't reproduce, reproduction is a combination of yang and yang, neither can they make yin and yang, but also can't make yin and yin friends, so their race can't expand naturally, it is this kind of bad defect that has been eliminated, selected, mutated, they finally have the means to make up for this defect. ”

Furukawa bowed slightly, indicating that he was listening, and his heart was amazed, he didn't expect that there was such a means in the world that could expand the race in other ways.

"This blood pact is unique in that it is a bond of trade, they can cast a curse on any trade, and they can export it in any form, and once you have completed the trade with him, the curse will take effect. ”

Furukawa understood something and asked, "What is the curse?"

The old man trembled, as if he had been greatly frightened, and it took a long time for him to slowly make a voice: "The curse is to become one of them, to be their eternal slave." ”

At the end, the old man said in a trembling tone, slowly rolled up his sleeves, and under the robe, there were white bones, reflecting the bright light in the dark night, white and seeping.

It is the same kind of person as the skeleton soldiers on the giant ship, as if the curse has already taken effect, but the soldiers are very majestic and imposing, while the old man is like a broken flower and a willow, with a rickety waist and back, it is really a heaven and an earth, which is the difference between a slave owner and a slave.

"So you ended up running out of money?" Furukawa understood thoroughly.

"Well, I lived a rich life for almost a lifetime, and in my old age, I had a group of wives and concubines, and a house full of children and grandchildren, and I thought that my life would be like this, but one day I was idle and bored, and I wanted to calculate how much wealth I had. Outcome.... The old man sighed: "As a result, if I calculate it, there will be a problem." ”

"How?"

"I didn't count the total, but it was ten, and I thought to myself, I'm dying, and I still have so much money。。。。。, isn't it a pity? The old man sighed frequently: "As a result, I regained my gambling addiction that day. ”

Speaking of this, the old man's body shook, raised his head, and looked at the giant ship infatuatedly, as if he had fallen into a nightmare.