Chapter 56: The Three Treasures and the Legend of the Ghost Ship
"Three legendary treasures of the Sea of Watch?"
Whispering a word in confusion, Little Ace looked at Fang Yan in a daze.
Fang Yan smiled lightly and said eloquently: "The Sea of Watchman is vast, and the Sea of Conquest is called the two great seas of Valoran, and it is said that there are countless treasures buried here, which is also the most talked about by those pirates and sailors. However, most of the treasures are either not famous, have been acquired in the past, and some have been lost to history. In this day and age, the most famous of the Sea of Watch are the three legendary treasures. ”
"The first treasure is the 'Endless Golden Pocket'."
Seeing that Little Ace's interest had been aroused, Fang Yan deliberately paused, and waited for Ace to be a little anxious before continuing slowly: "The Endless Gold Pocket, just like its name, produces a certain amount of gold every day, and what it represents is endless wealth!" No one can refuse its temptation, and if you get it, you will be rich! ”
"The name of the maker of the Endless Golden Pocket is unknown, but it undoubtedly represents the crowning achievement of alchemy! If someone who has achieved a great deal of alchemy gets it, it might even reveal the secret of its gold-producing life! No alchemist could refuse this double lure of fame and materialism, and no alchemist could tremble with happiness after seeing this magical treasure! ”
Fang Yan's tone was flat and passionate, and a look of yearning rose in Xiao Ace's eyes. In fact, not to mention Little Ace, Fang Yan also has an irresistible yearning for this treasure - or Fang Yan is irresistible to the gold coin itself.
Raising two fingers, Fang Yan continued: "The second treasure is the legendary fountain of youth that can make people stay young forever. ”
"Eternal youth?" Ace's eyes widened in surprise. Although he is still young and does not have a deep understanding of the temptation of "eternal youth", this name alone can shock most people, after all, there are only a few immortal monsters in this world, who can resist the ** of "eternal youth"?
Fang Yan said: "The Fountain of Youth, legend has it that as long as you drink it, you can make people stay young forever, and they will age rapidly until the end of their life." No woman who loves beauty, human, yodeler, or other races, can resist its temptation, and youth means eternal beauty, which is no less than a second life for them. What's more, the eternal representative of youth is not only like this, it can also make people stay in the prime of life forever before death, which is a great temptation for those high-ranking and powerful people in various countries, this kind of ** is even more than the endless pocket of gold! ”
"Where is the location of the Fountain of Youth?" Ace hurriedly asked.
Fang Yan spread his hands: "I don't know about this, if I knew, I would have looked for it a long time ago, but I only heard that it is on a mysterious island in the Sea of Watch." The Sea of Watch is so big that the difficulty of finding the fountain of youth could not be more appropriately summed up by looking for a needle in a haystack. ”
Little Ace let out an "oh" in disappointment, but quickly perked up, looking at Fang Yan with blank eyes and waiting for him to continue.
Without continuing to hang Xiao Ace's appetite, Fang Yan smiled and said: "The third treasure is the legendary Golden Island located in a corner of the Sea of Watch, there is even a theory that it is a 'living' island that can actively move its position, which is why it has never been found. ”
"Golden Island?" Ace swallowed quietly as he read the name, and he could feel the huge wealth it contained when he heard the name. Sure enough, what Fang Yan said next confirmed this.
"Legend has it that someone has been given an endless pocket of gold, and some people have drunk the spring water of the Fountain of Youth, but no one has ever been on the Golden Island in history, only legends about it have been circulating on this sea! Every few decades and hundreds of years, there are people who claim to have seen the sightings of the Golden Isle, most recently by the Yodeler prince Kabbalah seventy years ago. ”
"According to the accounts of these people, every time the Golden Island appeared, the sky was covered with dark clouds, lightning and thunder, and the visibility on the sea was extremely poor, all they could see was the golden island in the distance, which seemed to be full of gold, and some people even said that the Golden Island was made entirely of gold!"
"Every time anyone who witnesses the appearance of the Golden Isle, whether it is a merchant, a pirate or even a soldier, invariably sails towards the Golden Isle, but they cannot get close to it! No matter how much the ship is accelerated, the distance from the Golden Island will not be shortened in any way, and the nearby sea area is also full of reefs and sea beasts, and the accident rate is far more than 80%! This is also the biggest unsolved mystery about the Golden Island. ”
After saying all this, Fang Yan smacked his mouth unsatisfied, and Xiao Ace counted with his fingers: "Endless Golden Pocket, Fountain of Youth, Golden Island ......" Then he looked up at Fang Yan with a blank eye, "Brother Fang Yan, after hearing you say this, I won't be able to sleep tonight!" My mind is full of these treasures......"
Fang Yan smiled and touched Ace's head: "Don't you think these treasures are very tempting, and you really want to get them?" ”
Ace nodded honestly. In the face of such a treasure, no matter who you are, you can't help but be moved, and this is not an unspeakable shame. Smiling with a little emotion, Fang Yan said leisurely: "Actually, I want to get it too, but I can only think about it, after all, it is a treasure that the three major pirate kings have not obtained." Even if I spend my whole life on this sea, it is only illusory after all, and I still have something to pursue. ”
"Ace, after all, people have to pursue something in their lives, even if they fail in the end, it doesn't matter, at least they have worked hard for it, this is the biggest gain." Fang Yan glanced at Ace deeply and said in a deep voice, "If you don't have a dream in your life, people are just walking dead." ”
"Dreams?" Ace looked at Fang Yan blankly, his eyes full of confusion.
"Uh......" Fang Yan was stunned, then shook his head and smiled, why would he say such a thing to such a young child? Touching Ace's head, Fang Yan smiled and said, "Ace, it's not early, I'll tell you one more rumor, so go to sleep quickly." Otherwise, tomorrow you will sleep in, and your mother will spank her fart! ”
A hint of evil taste from the Tiger Spirit God flashed in his eyes, Fang Yan lowered his voice and pretended to be gloomy: "This is the most terrifying legend on the sea - the mysterious ghost ship~~~"
A cold wind suddenly blew, the faint light of the oil lamp flickered brightly and dimly, and Fang Yan's face was cloudy and sunny under the reflection of the light, looking extremely weird. Ace couldn't help but shudder, and a hint of fear flashed in his wide eyes.
"This gust of wind came at a better time! There's nothing to say about the atmosphere! With a secret praise in his heart, Fang Yan kept his face calm to the point of being terrifying, and his voice was so gloomy that it seemed to be an old bellows slowly came out: "Story, born a long time ago......"
"Perhaps hundreds of years ago, perhaps more than a thousand years ago, the entire Sea of Watch and Sea of Conquest was ruled by a mighty pirate captain with hundreds of warships and tens of thousands of pirates, who held the seas firmly in his hands. Even the many powerhouses on the Big 6 at that time were helpless against this pirate emperor......"
"At that time, the island of Blue Flame - today's Bilgewater was occupied by a vast empire, ruled by a mysterious people rumored to have the power to decipher fate and communicate with the gods, and they ruled the empire for countless years......"
"Because of the poverty and luxury of the ruling class of the empire, this empire has been crumbling behind the prosperity, and the pirate emperor who rules the entire sea is keenly aware of the weakness within the empire, and driven by ambition and profit, he sounded the horn of attack on this empire......"
"The Pirate Emperor's prediction was correct, the empire was defeated by countless pirates, and finally had to retreat to the only capital that had not yet fallen, the capital of the seven waters. Known as the 'Unfallable City', the City of the Seven Waters is the last hope of the Empire, no matter how the pirates attack, it will not be harmed in the slightest. After several unsuccessful attacks, the Pirate Emperor recognized the impregnability of the Seven Waters and chose to besiege the city, cutting off all supplies to the Seven Waters ......"
"Eighty days of siege, the city of seven waters has become a purgatory, cannibalism is happening anytime and anywhere, and all that is left of the entire city is endless despair......"
So, the Imperial Family submitted a letter of surrender to the Pirate Emperor, willing to give all the treasures of countless years in exchange for the safety of all the royal bloodlines. The Pirate Emperor agreed to the Empire's conditions. Then, the city of the seven waters opened its gates......"
"And then?" Seeing Fang Yan stop talking, although his eyes were full of fear, Ace still asked eagerly.
Fang Yan glanced at Ace deeply, and said in a deep voice: "After the city gate was opened, the Pirate Emperor moved to slaughter the city!" ”
"What?!" Ace clashed his mouth.
"The pirates slaughtered the capital of the seven waters, plundered all the treasures there, slaughtered all the living creatures there, and burned the fire for seven days and seven nights, turning everything there into ashes. The once splendid capital of seven waters has since disappeared into the long river of history......"
"In the midst of the flames that burned even the soul, the Imperial Family, the mysterious people, has cast its final curse!"
"O treacherous descumps!"
"The gods are watching everything here from another world!"
"The final tune has been played."
"The poisonous blade of wealth and ambition, the smell of curse in the sea breeze."
"Take all your treasures, this will be the only thing you have."
"6 The earth and the sun will be far away from you, and decay and death will entangle your body."
"Moonlit ghosts wielding scimitars, howling in pain."
"Eternal death."
"The time has come!"
"Wow!" Ace screamed in fear, and threw himself into Fang Yan's arms, his body still trembling, and he was completely frightened before the story was finished. Fang Yan sighed helplessly, and patted Little Ace's back comfortingly: "It's okay, it's okay, it's just a story just now, don't be afraid~"
Raising his little head in fear, although there was still deep fear in his eyes, Ace still said, "Brother Fang Yan...... Go on, I want to finish listening. ”
What a child's curiosity...... Fang Yan shook his head and smiled, and no longer deliberately created an atmosphere to scare Xiao Ace, and said, "Okay, okay, I'll tell you." Later, the Pirate Emperor and all his men mysteriously disappeared, and no one saw them again, and the seas fell into chaos, and there was no single ruler like him. However, since then, there has been a legend of a ghost ship on the sea. ”
"Legend has it that every few decades, a mysterious ghost ship appears on the sea, without a trace of human breath, and it is in tatters but can sail smoothly on the sea, to the point of unimaginable speed. Some people say that the flag hanging on it is the crown skull emblem of the Pirate Emperor back then, but this is just a rumor. Anyway, it seems to me that this is an illusion caused by a mirage. ”
“…… Are you sure? Ace asked cautiously.
Fang Yan smiled and touched his little head: "Of course, the deeds of the Pirate Emperor are true, but the legend of the ghost ship should be deliberately made up by the good deeds to be scary, after all, it has been hundreds or even thousands of years. Okay Ace, it's not too early, let's go to bed. ”
Finally, after a reassuring pass, Ace finally went back to his bed and went to sleep, but he looked like he was shaking under the quilt...... It seems that the story just now has had a big impact on him.
Fang Yan smiled and shook his head, pulled on the mosquito net and continued to lie on the table to read, the faint light flickered on and off, and a cold feeling gradually wrapped Fang Yan's body, making him suddenly feel a little strange in his heart, and he suddenly lost the mood to read.
Looking at the oil lamp and falling into deep thought, Fang Yan was suddenly stunned: "Wait, the window over there is closed, and my mosquito net is also pulled, why did a gust of wind suddenly blow just now?" ”
"Forget it, let's go to sleep, it seems that this kind of horror story can't be said more, even I am suspicious." Shaking his head and smiling, Fang Yan blew out the oil lamp.
Outside.
The sea breeze blows, the waves rise, but it seems extraordinarily silent.
In the distance, at the horizon, it seemed that a strange-looking ship was approaching, and in a blink of an eye, it was approaching.
As the distance closed, the ship gradually revealed its shape, and everywhere it was tattered, exuding the smell of decay, and the mast was covered with a thick layer of moss. It didn't look like a human at all, but it was driving on the sea without making any sound. It's quiet, it's a little weird.
In the moonlight, a flag flutters in the wind.
The black flag is painted with a terrifying white skull, which is the emblem of the pirates, although the embellishment on each pirate ship's flag is different. And this flag, above the skull......
A miserable white crown.
(ps: Sorry for being late, I took a day of class, but I'm in a good state today, and the big chapter of 4ooo words is sent.) )