Chapter 1: The Mysterious Boy

The remnant sun is like blood, reflecting the junction of the sea and the sky in a blood-red color, and outside the red light, the surrounding clouds are strangely inlaid with a faint gold edge. Facing the sea breeze and looking at the beautiful scenery that is about to sink in the west, it makes people feel like they are in a different world.

In the vast expanse of the sea, several three-masted galleons are arranged in a prismatic shape, surrounding a small area of the sea, floating silently. The hull of the ship fluctuated with the waves of the sea, but the formation did not change in the slightest.

On one of the boats, a thirteen or fourteen-year-old boy sat on the side of the boat, staring blankly at the sunset that was gradually sinking in the west, and his right index finger was irregularly pulling the plank, and after a pause, his nails had worn out, leaving a trail of blood on the board. On his thin face, the tear stains that had not yet dried stuck a few strands of hair together, which made people feel a sense of pity.

At the bow of the boat, there were three men in green clothes, and the beautiful scenery on the horizon that was about to pass away did not arouse their interest in the slightest, and they did not pay attention to the poor boy, but stared intently at the sea with solemn expressions. On the other side of the boat, a middle-aged man with a round head and big ears sat there, playing with a shiny dagger, and glanced at the young man from time to time.

"Oh, oh, ......" accompanied by a sound of footsteps, a girl with a delicate face came out of the mouth of the shipyard. Long hair shawl, black corset short lean, dark brown leather tight-fitting power suit outlines a green curve. Fourteen or fifteen years old, with a cold expression, holding a piece of black bread and a skin bag with fresh water in his hand.

Glancing at the fat man, the girl walked up to the boy and threw bread and water onto the board. The boy, however, turned a blind eye, staring blankly into the distance until the last rays of sunlight disappeared into the sea.

Night had fallen, but the ship was not immediately lit up. Gradually, his vision was blocked, but the boy was still staring in the direction he had just lived.

"Hmph. I don't know what to do. The girl snorted coldly, turned around and wanted to leave.

"There it is!"

Suddenly, a man in green clothes standing at the bow of the boat shouted in a low voice, and the girl who was about to go down to the cabin immediately stopped, a trace of excitement flashed on her indifferent face, and ran towards the bow of the boat. The middle-aged man who had been sitting also rushed to the bow of the boat for the first time and looked at the sea.

"Wow...... Wow ......"

Hurried footsteps followed one after another. After a while, more than a dozen people rushed out of the cabin, some old and some young, the young ones were all strong, one color cyan suit, and only a white-haired old man was wearing a gray and white robe. As if due to the long period of sea breeze, the old man had dark skin, a wrinkled face, white hair and white beard, and held an ebony staff of full height, the head of which was inlaid with a blood-red stone the size of an egg.

A low horn sounded, and the people on the other ships also began to move, and the four large ships slowly changed their positions and narrowed the area around them.

Everyone looked under the sea with excitement, the fishy smell of the sea water lapping the edge of the boat, under the dark sea, there were faint fluorescent flickers, strings of strings, like strings of small lanterns swimming back and forth under the water.

Gradually, the little lanterns accumulated, flickering downwards in layers. Some people looked up at the white-haired and white-bearded old man, as if waiting for the old man's orders. The old man was also excited, looking at the sea, his eyes were also fluorescent, and his excitement was overflowing.

"Huang Gui, prepare to release the net. Suddenly, the old man shouted to the chubby middle-aged man.

The fat man called Huang Gui's face instantly became calm, and he skillfully organized everyone to carry out an iron box from the cabin.

The iron box is cast with a mysterious pattern, and it looks quite old. After the box was opened, the four men in Tsing Yi used ropes to lift a round ball with golden light out of it, the diameter of the ball was one foot in diameter, the surface was brilliant, and it seemed that the weight was not light, and the four men in Tsing Yi were obviously a little struggling.

As soon as the golden ball left the wooden box, four other men immediately threw the rope in their hands, and the rope was strangely submerged into the ball. The eight men carried the ball, walked to the bow of the boat, and with a little force, the ball fell to the sea, and the rope in the hands of the eight men was strangely stretched and hung down to the sea.

"...... Uproar"

The sound of entering the water came, and as soon as the ball touched the surface of the sea, it strangely dissolved, and the golden light flickered, spreading in all directions. Gradually, a large golden net with a width of two hundred zhang gradually formed on the surface of the sea, and the sea surface within the reach of the net became golden and shining, making several ships seem to float on a golden ocean.

Suddenly, the golden net began to sink slowly, and as the golden net sank, everyone's faces became more and more excited, but at this time, only the old man's face had a trace of nervousness.

"Grandpa, I've been waiting for more than two months, and I finally didn't run in vain, and I will run out of supplies if I go down. Beside the old man, the girl with a delicate face showed joy on her face, changing her previous indifferent expression.

"Well, looking at the amount of fluorescence just now, it shouldn't be less, but ...... At this hour, everyone be careful, this is the time for the 'Blood Snake' to be active. The old man said lightly.

As soon as the old man's words came out, everyone who was still immersed in excitement just now looked at the sea under the golden net.

I saw that the golden net was slowly sinking, about dozens of zhang deep, and there was no sound. The white fluorescent glow that swam back and forth in the water had been lingering there ever since it appeared, as if unaware of the large golden net that was coming down overhead.

"Attention, it's time to close the net. After about half an hour, the old man said with a serious expression.

"Clan Elder, two more zhang, right? After waiting for so long, and a whole month later than three years ago, even if you only catch two more, this month's expenses will be made up. A young man in Tsing Yi shouted at the old man.

The old man's face turned pale, and he scolded slightly: "Stinky boy, don't be greedy, this is a rule passed down from our ancestors." Hearing this, the young man couldn't help but bow his head and stick out his tongue. But I heard the old man suddenly roar: "Collect the net in a hundred zhang, collect the ......"

The low horn sounded again, and some of the other boats threw their ropes into the sea. Huang Gui at the bow of the boat was also already prepared, and with a wave of his big hand, the eight men who were holding the rope before immediately pulled the rope together. Suddenly, the sea was shining with gold, and even the newly emerging stars in the sky seemed to be dyed golden.

Suddenly, after a slight vibration came from the low of the boat, large pale golden bubbles began to appear on the sea surface one by one, and after the "pop" burst open, it would overflow with a strange touch of golden light, and gradually the calm sea surface stirred like a pot of boiling water. As more and more blisters continue to emerge from under the surface of the sea, the sound of blisters popping becomes denser, and the sea surface is even more golden, making it difficult to see what is going on beneath the surface of the sea.

Slowly, the crackling sound turned out to be a deafening noise. On the big boat where the young man was, except for the old man and the girl and the eight men who were holding the ropes, including Huang Gui, all the others stood in a row in the direction of the side of the boat.

Suddenly, there was a "boom" sound from the bottom of the boat, and the hull of the large ship was also shaken, and the dazzling golden light disappeared in an instant, and the noise of "popping" also stopped abruptly, and the sea surface returned to a black one, as if all this was swallowed up by a huge monster that devoured the sky and the earth in an instant.

Time seemed to stand still at this moment. Under the starlight, a giant black shadow was falling down from the sky, and the eight people who had been holding the rope had already stood opposite Huang Gui and the others, and the other ends of the eight ropes had also crossed each other and handed them over to Huang Gui and the others, forming a rope net.

The black shadow fell quickly, and Huang Gui and the others were obviously familiar with it, just when the black shadow was three feet away from the surface of the boat, sixteen people threw the rope into the air together, and gently placed the black shadow on the board of the boat.

A pungent fishy smell spread across the board, and everyone walked up to the black object a foot in diameter, but they only stood far away, waiting for something.

The other three big boats quickly approached, and a man in Tsing Yi jumped from their respective boats over a distance of several zhang and gathered on the big boat where the old man was.

The lantern on the ship was hung up, and under the flickering light, the old man slowly stepped forward, stretched out his cane and tapped it lightly on the black object three times. Faintly, it seemed to emit a strange invisible wave from above the black object.

Suddenly, the blood-red stone on the old man's cane emitted a dazzling red light, and the object actually flashed with electric light. A hint of joy suddenly rose on the old man's face, and as he slowly retreated, the red light on the stone became more and more dazzling, and the electric light on the object became stronger and stronger, "crackling", and sometimes there was a flickering arc of electricity that struck the ship's plank, knocking off a piece of sawdust, and the air emitted a burning smell.

This situation lasted for nearly an hour before it slowed down, and by this time the old man's forehead was already sweating like rain. Suddenly, the red light on the stone slowly turned from red to gold, and the golden light was gradually shrinking, and in a short time it turned into a fist-sized gold ball, shining brightly. At this moment, someone had already prepared the iron box containing the gold ball before, the old man raised his cane and led the gold ball into the box, and a man in Tsing Yi immediately closed the lid of the box and locked it with a lock.

"Huh......" The old man exhaled deeply, as if the previous events had consumed all his strength and made him look older.

"Grandpa. The girl trotted forward and held the old man's body with a concerned face. At this moment, the black object dispersed with a "bang", and an even stronger fishy smell came to the surface.

"The electricity on it has all been removed, let's do it. The old man said weakly.

The strong fishy smell made the young man leaning on the side twitch his nose, but all the men in Tsing Yi didn't seem to react to the smell, and they took out daggers from their waists and rushed towards the pile of black objects that were scattered.

In the fishy smell, a strong bloody smell quickly spread, irritating the boy's nose.

In a trance, sharp knives and spears seemed to be right in front of him, and piercing screams and cries suddenly sounded in the ears of the young man. A look of horror slowly appeared in his eyes, his eyes widened with anger, and intense sadness instantly surged into his heart.

"Ah......h