Chapter 5: Water Ghosts
Dark clouds obscured the moonlight, the sea was so deep that there was no end in sight, and fishing boats floated on the surface of the sea like exiled travelers.
In the darkness of the night, the spirit banner emits a faint white light, guiding the undead at sea.
"Here we are." Xie Zhi said in a low voice.
The waves were surging, and black shadows appeared under the water, swimming from all directions.
"Bray Pool." Yan Yunkai looked around, "The range is too wide......"
Lei Chi, also known as the Lock Ghost Array, can imprison evil ghosts, but there is no substantial damage effect, if the ghost cultivation is quite deep, the effect will be greatly reduced. But there's not much else to do right now.
"A stubble is a stubble." Xie Zhi said, took out a handful of copper coins, and threw them into the air along the direction of the twenty-eight constellations.
The copper coin swirled in the air, emitting a glowing white light, like a star.
The water ghosts near the fishing boat turned blindly in place, Xie Zhi lit a few runes and threw them down, as soon as the fire touched those wandering water ghosts, they burst into flames, and gradually spread, and when they burned out, the water surface returned to its original state, leaving no ashes behind.
After this stubble was burned, the outer ones retreated, spread outward, and then gathered together densely to form a phalanx, surrounding the fishing boats.
"Why can't they come?" Xie Zhi waited for a while, feeling that something was wrong, "Eh, look, they don't look like they're waiting for some instructions?" ”
Yan Yunkai was alert, his eyes swept across the sea, his eyes were sharp, and he smiled lightly: "Maybe I'm waiting for you to make a leader's speech." ”
Xie Zhi was speechless: "Can't it, this thing doesn't have an autonomous consciousness, right?" ”
"It stands to reason that there is none...... Yan Yunkai put away the spirit banner and said, "These things don't seem to have any cultivation, there will be this kind of behavior that seems to have a purpose, either your aura and coercion make them instinctively discourage, or someone is planning to manipulate and control their behavior." But you've reined in your presence, so it's most likely that they'll have a commander behind them or something. ”
"Manipulation? There is no one but us on the surface of the sea for several miles, unless they are hidden under the bottom of the sea. Xie Zhi said.
Yan Yunkai shook his head: "No, there is another possibility. ”
Under the vast night sky, the goshawk flew over and hovered above: "Team leader, about five hundred meters to the south, I found a water ghost who was about to cultivate into a human body, and it looked like the head of a military tent sitting in the middle. When the thing spotted me, it went underwater. ”
"There is also a possibility that the other party is one of these water ghosts." Yan Yunkai said, "Capture the thief and capture the king first, you go." ”
Xie Zhi snorted coldly, took out a long knife, and said, "I'll go down and cut a bunch of vegetables first, and then see what the leader is capable of." ”
Xie Zhi jumped into the water, cleaned the side of the boat, and made a way to the south. He was born with divine power, and he naturally didn't pay attention to the ghosts, but the opponent used the tactics of crowds, and since he left the fishing boat, there were water ghosts around him.
Lei Chi lost its effect, Yan Yun burned the talisman burningly, until the rune paper that could be used was used up, so he simply took out the three clear bells and injected mana, the ghost was very harsh to hear, and gradually did not dare to step forward.
A huge wave was stirred up from a distance of 100 meters, and the ship was a little unstable on the sea.
The goshawk flew around and came back and reported: "Team leader six, there are some water ghosts who have gone in the direction of the fishing village, I don't know if there are any fish that have slipped through the net before." If anything, it's almost to the shore. ”
Yan Yunkai was stunned.
Coastside.
The night breeze swells, bringing with it a fishy smell.
Wang Xi sat cross-legged on the ground playing with his mobile phone, he was really bored, and developed a video call for Yan Yun.
"No signal?" He muttered, "I still want to watch the live stream." ”
The waves crashed against the tidal flats layer by layer, and in a few moments the water was not on his feet. Wang Ju stood up, moved his muscles and bones, and caught a glimpse of Zhao Thief staring at the sea in the distance, so he asked, "What do you see?" ”
"Waves."
"What's so nice about the waves."
Zhao shook his head and withdrew his gaze indifferently.
Wang Ju came to his side, not afraid of his coldness, pulled out two pieces of candy from his pocket, and gave one to the other party: "Can I ask you a question, how did Yan Yunkai trick you to Beijing?" ”
"Liar?" Zhao turned his head.
"Isn't it? What kind of flatbread did he draw for you? Is it a promotion to make a fortune or a fragrant car beauty? ”
Zhao squeezed the candy wrapper, "No." ”
"Huh?"
"He makes a point."
"Huh? What makes sense, wait for me. ”
Zhao put the candy in his pocket, turned around and walked back, Wang Ju was about to follow, the mobile phone screen suddenly lit up, and a children's song resounded across the coast.
"Hey, Yan Yunkai called me!"
As the water ghosts cried, huge waves exploded on the surface of the sea, and salty waters poured people all over their faces.
Yan Yunkai wiped his face and said angrily: "Xie Zhi! ”
A strange beast with a single horn came out of the water and said: "It's all wet anyway, it's better to go out to work than to sit in the office, you can bear with it." ”
Yan Yunkai pursed his lips, and at this time, the hull of the ship shook violently, he didn't stand firmly, and plunged into the sea, and the strange beast jumped over quickly, carrying him on his back.
"Are you still doing it?"
Yan Yunkai took a breath, brushed his wet hair, and said, "Let me go back to the boat." Do you see what's under the water over there? ”
"Nonsense, Lao Tzu is a pig." Xie Zhi's original height was big and strong, swam to the side of the boat, and just put Yan Yunkai on the boat, "It's a water ghost who is about to cultivate the human body, and there will be a glow on his chest, and there is something embedded in it, I don't know what it is." It seems that the other water spirits are following it. ”
"Is it solved?"
"Not yet, I heard Sanqingling's voice stop, I thought something had happened to you, come back and take a look first."
"I'm fine, I haven't used mana like this for too long, and I have a lot of stamina."
Xie Zhi saw that his face was pale, but his spirit was okay, so he nodded: "I'll go and cut that thing first." ”
"Hey, let's get it dead and bring it back to study."
"Okay."
Yan Yunkai sat cross-legged on the deck, uncomfortably took off his soaked coat, took out the rotten talisman in his pocket and threw it aside, the mobile phone was soaked in water, and it had automatically turned off.
He rarely consumes mana like this, and he was a little overwhelmed at the moment, so he sat and rested for a while, and found that the mobile phone resting on the deck was slowly sliding to one side, he quickly stood up, and then everything on the deck began to tilt.
The ship seemed to be capsizing.
"Fuck me!" Yan Yunkai rarely burst into a foul mouth, ran towards the side of the lift, and saw a black cloud under the water, surrounded by dozens of green-faced and fanged water ghosts.
He grabbed a handful of copper coins from his coat pocket and threw them into the air one by one from different directions, and the copper coins remained in the air, spinning vertically. With nothing to support him, he staggered back a few steps, and the hull of the ship made a sharp sound of scraping metal, and a water ghost stiffened up.
The appearance of this thing really did not match Yan Yunkai's aesthetics, he wrinkled his nose in disgust, gritted his teeth and kicked it down.
However, after kicking one and the next, Yan Yunkai was about to collapse, this feeling was like beating cockroaches, disgusting not only the cockroach itself, but also the feeling when shooting a dead cockroach.
The magic circle was also interrupted halfway through, and the copper coins fell one by one, and a few even fell into the sea.
Yan Yunkai was calculating how long it would take for the ship to capsize, whether it was better for him to stay on the boat or jump into the sea, and the next moment, the hull of the ship shook, and it seemed that a force was resisting the thrust of the water ghosts, pushing the inclined hull back.
"Xie Zhi, you're so fast...... How are you? Swimming? Yan Yunkai turned his head and couldn't help but be stunned.
Zhao was standing behind him, soaking wet, his clothes sticking to his skin, outlining his strong body, dripping water. The golden eyes of the beast were exceptionally bright in the night.
"The kid asked me to help."
"Wang cut that kid!" Yan Yunkai rubbed his eyebrows, breathed a sigh of relief, stepped aside, and made a "please" gesture.
Zhao pirate the machine to the side of the boat, one hand supporting the railing, turned over and jumped into the sea.
As soon as he entered the water, the water ghosts seemed to have encountered some poison and immediately fled in all directions. Yan Yunkai leaned over and looked down, only to see Zhao Thief pressing his hands on the water, pressing down suddenly, and in an instant, a layer of water surged around him, imprisoning the water ghost in it.
Yan Yunkai was covered in face, wiped his face indescribably, and retreated to the deck.
The hedgehog is a mythical beast, and it is natural to deal with a mere water ghost. The strange beast freed up from the sea, turned into a young man, and landed on the deck, carrying a monster that was neither human nor ghostly.
The monster was already dead, and if it died, it would only be gone, but it couldn't speak. Xie Zhi saw that there was no value in interrogation, and he showed no mercy at all, so he turned his fingers into a claw, and pulled out something that looked like scales at the monster's chest.
After the scales departed, the original light quickly dimmed, and the monster let out a wail, and gradually curled up into a ball, turning into a pool of fishy seawater.
Yan Yunkai covered his nose, a little farther away, and looked around, the surrounding water ghosts were twisted by Zhao Theft's machine and turned into seawater, and those who were farther away escaped.
Xie Zhi put the scales into a sealed bag, looked up and saw Zhao Thief grasping the railing and turning over neatly, and subconsciously glanced at Yan Yunkai.
"You called?"
"I just called Wangcai to guard the shore......"
Xie Zhi gestured, signaling that he didn't need to say any more, and blinked meaningfully: "I understand." ”
"You know the." Yan Yunkai sighed.
Zhao Thief stood aside indifferently, Yan Yunkai always felt that this guy had been isolated from the world for too long, and he was often slow to respond in communication, so he took the initiative to speak: "Thank you." ”
"Hmm." Zhao looked at the sky, the floating clouds dispersed, and a ray of clear moonlight appeared, he suddenly thought of something, and took out a piece of sugar from his pocket, and the candy paper was already soaked.
Yan Yunkai wanted to laugh a little: "There are a lot of snacks in Wangcai, go back and grab him." ”
Xie Zhidao: "You look like a stepfather now." ”
The fishing boat returned to port.
There was no guest house in the village, so the village chief vacated two rooms for them to rest for a while.
Yan Yunkai was so sleepy that he took a shower, pushed Zhao into the bathroom, and persuaded: "It's very comfortable to take a hot bath." ”
Wang Di sat on the bed playing mobile games, glanced at him in a hurry, and said, "Shall we go back at dawn?" ”
"Hmm. Or where do you want to go? Yan Yunkai pulled the child's ears, "I called you and Zhao to guard the coast before, why did you break him off?" ”
Wang Chu leaned back and grinned, "I can solve a few water ghosts, and at that time, listening to your movements, I felt that you seemed to be struggling." ”
Yan Yunkai rubbed his little face and sneered: "I don't need you to worry about me." ”
"Yan Yunkai." Wang Shu put down his mobile phone, leaned over to the bed, and looked at him very seriously, "You have to find a solution to your physical problem quickly, otherwise every time you use mana, your body will look like it will be hollowed out, and it will be like a kidney deficiency." ”
"You're kidney-deficient. Innate, no way. Yan Yunkai lifted the quilt, "I'm going to sleep, are you sleeping?" ”
"Why don't you die once? Go through the back door and arrange to be reincarnated as a person with strong physical fitness, otherwise you will directly borrow the corpse to resurrect your soul and change your body......"
Yan Yunkai was so tired tonight that he closed his eyes and fell asleep directly.
"Tsk." Wang cut his mouth shut.
Zhao entered the room, glanced at the bed, pulled a chair and sat down, closed his eyes and pretended to sleep.
Wang Ju looked at the two of them and came to the side of Zhao Thief: "I'm obviously here to travel at public expense, let Yan Yunkai take us to play tomorrow...... Hey, you're a monster, what do you sleep on, let's go find the landlord Xie Zhidou, right? ”
Zhao Theft: "...... I don't want to take kids either. ”