Chapter Seventy-Three: Landing on the Underground Island
Sailing in the eternal night, there is nothing to see except for the occasional fish that appear in the hazy underground sea.
I caressed Feng'er's back, she fell softly in the crook of my arm and stretched out to the side of the boat to vomit on the sea, and the feeling of seasickness was definitely uncomfortable.
Zhang Lu's senior sister appeared at the door of the cabin at this time, was stunned and then walked straight to me, and gently lifted a small bottle and stuffed it into my hand. Even though she still had a hat with a curtain, I could feel her smiling. I smiled at her, and immediately took Feng'er back to the cabin, and then I peeked at the small bottle in my hand, which was a red porcelain bottle.
Feng'er, who took the Dan to relieve dizziness, suddenly felt a lot more comfortable, and lay down directly on my bed, and the sweet snoring sounded immediately. I pulled the blanket and covered Feng'er, and I was bored and went to the top deck to breathe.
She was still pressed on the guardrail with one hand and the other on her cheeks, and her little waist bent half of her body out of the deck, letting the sea breeze outline her beautiful outline. I leaned my back against the guardrail on the other side and watched quietly, aware of her moving slightly but still in that position. After a long time it was time to go back to the cabin, and I walked slowly back, getting closer to her, and I could feel her body stiffen a little. I suddenly felt like I was going to play tricks on her, and I deliberately continued to get closer, and sure enough, her stiffness became more and more obvious.
I quietly enjoyed the ambiguity of her stiffness, and after a while I felt that I had had played enough tricks, and turned and hurried back to the cabin. When I got to the hatch, I remembered that I had something else to say to her.
"Thank you. ”
I like going to the top deck, but I kind of hate that Granny Mi.
With her on the deck, quietly watching the sea breeze outline her, feeling her stiff and shy feeling, enjoying the warmth and sweetness that only belong to the secret between us, I have to admit that I still prefer that mature charm.
But Granny Nami, shouldn't you go on patrol, don't look like you're enjoying yourself and be a light bulb there.
"Growing up, Feng'er looks better. ”
Alas, Feng'er in her arms can still penetrate people's hearts as always, but don't say it in front of the two of them, little baby. Look at the way the two of them are smiling, how can I hold my head up in front of them in the future?
She suddenly straightened up at this time, and her whole person was covered with a sense of tension and guard, and the energy in her body swept in one direction.
Everyone, affected by her infection, suddenly became nervous.
"Young Master Long, you go back to the cabin. The upper deck of the Tianli regiment!"
With Granny Mi's order, I could feel that the five masters on the lower deck occupied different positions. It is worthy of Granny Mi's Tianli group, which is really well-trained and experienced.
We didn't hesitate to return to the cabin according to Granny Mi's instructions, Zhang Lu's senior sister didn't follow up, and Granny Mi didn't ask her.
We gathered in Hongtong's room, and I could sense something approaching us from the sea on the other side of his room.
Feng'er looked. ”
Feng'er was very dissatisfied with me and Hongtong occupying the porthole, so I had to show her. However, I am relieved now.
It was a pirate ship of the islanders of the underground island, and it would be more accurate to say that it was a boat than a raft, and it was tied with vines with various branches and used as a ship. But the subterranean sea, at least for the time I have seen, is peaceful, and can be navigated by such a humble boat. We had a headwind, and the sails had to be folded away and drift along the current, giving these rudimentary rafts a chance to catch up with us.
The strongest of these rafts is only at the level of the Dacheng realm, and attacking our ship is like hitting a stone with an egg.
"Boss, come and take a look, these underground people seem to be a little weird, not like they're here to rob. ”
I leaned over and looked out, and only one of the four rafts came over, and it was all ordinary underground people with no energy fluctuations or very low levels.
I felt that the masters on board were already accumulating energy, which was also their duty.
"Granny Mi wait a minute, let their raft come near and see what is going on with them. ”
I didn't feel any hostility from the comer, so I shouted and asked Granny Mi, and Granny Mi's voice came quickly.
"Okay, but Young Master Long, your safety problems have nothing to do with our group. ”
"Okay, Granny Mi. ”
I went down to the lower deck, and the raft was already very close, and Granny Mi didn't look at the raft but paid attention to the other three rafts in the distance. Indeed, this raft has nothing to guard against, and the people on the raft can easily handle it with my energy.
The men on the raft were poorly dressed and dirty, and their weapons were only sharpened sticks, and some of the men only wore cloth covers under them, which made the women of the Tianli group very embarrassed.
There were men and women on the rafts, and even more women. The people underground, both men and women, were stained, and I could smell a foul smell from standing on the boat. There was a woman in the group of underworldrs who was still clean, and although she was wearing a cool dress, she was the one who covered the most parts of her body among the underworldrs. She looks pretty in her 30s, and she should be their leader. Like the rest of the underworld, her skin was sickly pale, her eyes were red, her face was tired, and she was very haggard. Looking at her, I can't help but think back to my mom who was by my side all night taking care of me when I had a fever as a child.
"Do you have a doctor among you?"
The woman's hoarse and anxious voice was full of anticipation, and her eyes full of supplication were heartbreaking. I quietly removed the white ring from Feng'er's hand, and Hong Tong turned around and walked towards the cabin without saying a word.
I walked up to the woman and said, "Yes, who in your family is sick?"
The woman saw the distrust and hesitation on my face, but she gritted her teeth and answered my question anyway.
"My son is seriously ill, and I am going to find a doctor to treat him and pay him well. ”
"Okay, I'll take a look. Wait a minute, my friend got me a medical kit. What do you call it?"
The woman looked me up and down in disbelief, and finally she replied, "My name is Lamia." What about you?"
"Dragon Batian. ”
Captain Weng walked quickly to my side at this time and whispered in my ear: "Young Master Long, you have thought clearly, this is an area infested by famous pirates in the waterway. There is no island where the underground people do not participate in the robbery, you are going to Longtan Tiger's Den. ”
"Yes, Young Master Long. The underground people in front of us must have also participated in piracy, and even had bloody hands. You'd better not get into danger, and I'm only responsible for your safety on this ship. ”
Granny Mi's words were straightforward but not inappropriate, and I nodded to her. At this time, Lamia, who also heard Granny Mi's words, looked at me with a pleading face, tears slowly flowed down her cheeks, and my heart softened, and I suddenly made up my mind.
I turned to Captain Weng and said, "She reminds me of my mother, and I can't sit idly by." Prepare a boat for me, I'm sorry for you. ”
Captain Weng looked at Granny Mi a little dumbfounded, and Granny Mi hesitated for a moment but nodded at him.
After taking the medicine box from Hong Tong's hand, I, a Jianghu langzhong, boarded the dinghy.
"Wait, I'll go with you. ”
Zhang Lu's senior sister had already appeared on the dinghy after speaking, and the dinghy didn't even shake at all.
"Palace ......"
Zhang Lu looked at her senior sister's back, raised her hand and took a step forward, but after only saying one word, she frowned, put down her hand, and stood back silently.
I watched Zhang Lu's senior sister sitting quietly in front of me, and I couldn't help but nod at her gratefully in my heart, and she nodded slightly in response. Erya, who was sitting next to me, looked back and forth at the two of us in surprise, and I could only smile and shrug at Erya's gossip gaze. And Feng'er, who was on the boat on the side, lowered her face and pouted, and wanted to rush onto the boat, but she was hugged into her arms by Granny Mi and couldn't break free. I nodded to Granny Mi in thanks, but she glared at me angrily.
Captain Weng agreed with me to anchor and wait for us on the ground for three days, and if they did not return for three days, they would leave. The underground people will not leave the island more than half a day's voyage on the ground, three days is enough.
The dinghy followed the raft of the underground people through the hazy halo of water and headed in an unknown direction, and we were silent all the way without saying a word.
I don't know how the people of the underworld managed to find their way out of the subterranean sea, but I felt that we had only sailed for less than an hour before we saw a little fire, and as we got closer and closer to the fire, I realized that it was an island by the hazy light of the sea, and that the fire should have come from the place where the people lived.
We landed at a rudimentary dock, and only Lamia and the woman on the same raft as her were ashore. Lamia motioned for us to go with her, and then walked deeper into the island, surrounded by women. After I ordered the three sailors who had sent us to wait for us here, they followed the woman into the island side by side with Erya, and Zhang Lu's senior sister followed us.
The island was very hot, and when we got to the island, we quickly understood why it was so hot. The fires we saw were all earthfire rising from among the rocks, and it seemed that the island was probably on top of an active volcano.
Along the way, the stench of the island constantly stimulates our sense of smell. The pigs on the island are all free-range, running back and forth in front of us, and the ground is covered with their droppings that make it difficult to get off their feet. The natural dirt road is difficult to walk on one foot deep and one foot shallow. Both men and women of the islanders worked and walked around naked, and there were unscrupulous voices from time to time in the dark, which made the heartbeat of the senior sister of the second girl red-faced and Zhang Lu clear and audible.
There are basically no buildings on the island, and the islanders live in caves with better conditions, and some live directly in pits on the ground. It didn't take long for us to arrive at a square-like place, and the floor was clearly leveled. In the center of the square was the largest ground fire we had ever seen on the island, with a radius of 2 meters, and the flames were more than 8 meters away.
Around the fire there are more than a dozen wooden cages, which are only 1 meter high and less than 1 meter long. Inside were women of all skin tones, defenseless and confined in cages.
I grabbed Erya, and the energy fluctuations on Zhang Lu's senior sister behind me also became unstable.
I forced my mind to steady myself and walked through the square without squinting. In front of it, a tent appeared, which could only accommodate two people, but it was the only building on the island that could accommodate people.
Lamia beckoned to me and slipped into the tent, while the women who followed her scattered around the tent and were busy with something.
"Yuxin, you wait for me outside. ”
After saying that, I also got into this little tent, and because of the limited space, Lamia was close to my body, and she didn't seem to think anything was wrong, but looked at the lying child worriedly.
A boy of 14 or 5 years old was lying on the fur in the tent, and his body was covered with a brocade quilt that looked fairly clean. The boy's eyes were closed, his face was flushed, and his whole body was still trembling. The special thing is that although this young man is pale due to illness, his skin color is still much darker than that of the underground, and it is obvious that his father is not an undergrounder.
I took the boy's pulse and touched his forehead, just a normal wiggle. I took out a black porcelain bottle from the medicine box I brought, and poured a cold repellent pill directly for him to take.
It was really immediate, and soon the boy's breathing became smoother, and his face gradually returned to normal, and he opened his eyes leisurely. It seems that the physical fitness of underground people is special, and it is impossible for normal people to recover like this so quickly.
Lamia happily took the boy into her arms, and the boy looked at me curiously as he hugged her back. But the young man's eyes made me a little uncomfortable, he gave people a feeling like a man-eating beast.
I sensed something wasn't quite right outside, so I made an excuse to pack up my medicine box and leave the tent directly.
The atmosphere was not right, Er Ya and Zhang Lu's senior sister both looked in the direction of the square, their bodies emitted a dangerous aura, and their energy was fluctuating violently.