Jian Qi didn't expect that his words would become a prophecy.

In the next few days, the boat circled the reef several times, but found nothing.

The Starlight Island of the Four Seasons, which was clearly marked on the Fishskin Scroll, really disappeared out of thin air, as if it had evaporated from the surface of the sea.

After a few days of circling around the reef, everyone was exhausted, some people even began to wonder if Starlight Four Seasons Island really existed, and some people privately wondered if those fishskin scrolls were used by the mermaid clan to deceive the demons on land, causing everyone to wander around blindly for a non-existent island all day long.

After all, there have always been many grievances between the land and sea tribes, and each side wants to invade the other's territory. Those places that have never been to will always be the territory of another race full of fantasy and yearning.

The abundant resources of the seabed, the beautiful underwater world, and the inexhaustible treasures are all longed for and grabbed by people on land. And the exquisite handicrafts on the land, silk tea, prosperity and richness, are also coveted by the sea tribes living at the bottom of the sea. It is said that the mermaids often used their songs to disorient sailors in the isolated islands of the sea, and then killed them and took everything on their ships.

"We all know that the shark beads made of the merman's tears are valuable, and there is also the shark silk woven by the merman, among which there is the best one called dragon yarn, which is as light as a feather, and the value is added to the city, which is extremely difficult to get. Lao Lu said: "In fact, there is another thing, that is, the anointment on the merman's body, which is used to light the lamp and can not be extinguished for ten thousand years, and we all call it the Eternal Candle." ”

Ning Wu didn't want to hear him start telling the story, so he immediately became interested and said, "Then how to get the anointment?"

"How else can I get it?" Chang Sheng snorted coldly: "Isn't it just to slaughter the merman, and then expose its corpse to the sun, and then it can naturally produce oil." ”

Ning Wuyu was standing under the sun and drinking tea at the moment, and couldn't help but shudder when he heard the words: "This thing of killing sharks to take ointment and squeezing their tears into pearls, once it is done, it is no wonder that the mermaid clan hates us people on the land to death." ”

"That's," Chang Sheng, like Lao Lu, is used to searching for treasures on the sea all year round, and has long been surprised: "We have also done a few votes in the past, killed a few sharks, and the grease and shark beads are extremely valuable, so the sharks also hate us to death, and sometimes they will hide near the submarine coral reef where our ships pass and shoot us with fish crossbows and water sprays, that thing is only suitable for close combat under the water, but if you want to get out of the water, it is terrible, and the distance can be as far as ten zhang." ”

Chang Sheng said and rolled up his sleeves and showed everyone a scar the size of a copper coin on his arm: "You see, this is a fish tendon crossbow shot, and it hurts a lot, and I feel that my arm is going to be wasted at that time." ”

Jian Qidao: "That scar doesn't look big!"

Chang Sheng slurred: "Ten years ago, it hasn't been better yet." ”

Jian Qi's mouth suddenly opened wide.

There was a dark bruise around the copper-sized scar, and the flesh became necrotic, and you can imagine how powerful the arrow was on the human arm at that time.

"I used to have a gambler, once owed gambling money, so I took a box of shark beads from a friend to pay off," Ning Wuyu said: "When I took it and looked at it, the beads were still green and very round, but when I opened it again the next day, it suddenly turned into blood." ”

"It was the blood and tears of the merman. Lao Lu said: "Shark beads are also divided into good and bad, generally the shark people's tears are formed, and the shark people's tears are also affected by the power of the stars and the constitution and environment at that time, the best shark beads are formed on the night of the full moon, the largest and roundest, the luster is good, the worst is the kind of blood and tears, that is after the shark was caught, he was whipped and forced to shed tears, and the last cry was blood and tears, and the shark beads turned into blood and water after not being kept for a long time. ”

"I see!" Ning Wuyu took a long breath of cool air, and suddenly felt that the hot tea in his hand couldn't be drunk, so he turned around and splashed it into the seawater: "No wonder...... The gambler also coaxed me to say that I didn't keep it properly, or the weather was too hot, so I melted the shark beads. ”

Zhu Yi couldn't help laughing beside him: "I can't imagine that the shrewd owner Ning Zhuang also has times when he is deceived!"

Ning Wuyu said lightly: "It's nothing." I only paid a few more handfuls of thousands later, so that the gambler returned the money of the box of shark beads with interest. ”

Zhu Yi's smile suddenly froze.

"So it's no wonder that the merman clan hates us," Lao Lu concluded: "There are countless treasures under the sea, just the shark beads, dragon yarn, and cream of the merman clan are all amazing treasures, no matter which one is brought to the land, they are all priceless, not to mention how many rare treasures there are in this huge and vast sea area." Therefore, it is only natural that the Sea Clan hates humans on land. ”

Zhu Yi said curiously: "Since these treasures are so valuable, they can also be sold on the land!"

Lao Lu nodded and said, "What you said is good. It is true that there are shark people who take shark pearl dragon yarn to sell in coastal cities, and there are also fishermen who drive boats to nearby coral reefs and trade with sharks on a regular basis, but these are very rare. Most people still like to hunt mermaids and make a big windfall. What's more, shark oil and grease and the like, you can't get it without killing the shark. ”

"Lao Lu is really well-informed. Ning Wuyu said: "The Taobao customers on the sea are indeed not in vain. ”

As he was talking, he suddenly saw Jiang Lao Turtle limping over with a cane.

He approached and asked, "What are you talking about?"

Lao Lu coughed and said, "I didn't talk about anything, I just saw that everyone was looking for starlight, and everyone got together to talk and relieve their boredom." ”

Ning Wuyu held the empty teacup, also looked at Jiang Lao Turtle, and teased: "Old turtle, you are really a veteran who is used to sailing on the sea, even with a lame leg, you still walk so steadily on the boat, so if you change us like this, you didn't fall into the mud earlier." ”

The crowd laughed.

Jiang Lao Turtle didn't smile, pulled a face and said: "You will bully me for being deaf, and you can't hear me when you look at me! ”

Zhu Yi said with a smile: "Uncle Turtle, we are really just chatting, and we didn't say anything bad about you." ”

Jiang Lao Turtle said: "Didn't you just talk about mermaids or something?"

Zhu Yi said: "Yes, my eldest brother Lu and second brother Chang talk about ancient ......."

As soon as he was halfway through speaking, he suddenly heard Chang Sheng cough and glanced at him, and Zhu Yi hurriedly stopped.

Jiang Lao Turtle had already lowered his face and said, "I knew that you were talking bad about Sister Xiao Ye." ”

Zhu Yi's brain rotated slowly, and only then did he come back to his senses, patted his head and said, "I forgot, Sister Xiao Ye is a merman......

Several people desperately glared at him.

But it was too late.

Jiang Lao Turtle raised his crutches, and slapped his shoulder with a crutch: "Let you speak ill of Sister Xiao Ye, tell you to speak ill of Sister Xiao Ye!"

Although Zhu Yi's body is fat, he can't bear the pain, Jiang Lao's crutches are very scarred, Zhu Yi is jumping around while holding his shoulders, and shouting: "Uncle Turtle, be reasonable, it is a few of them who say bad things about Sister Xiaoye, and it's not me ......"

A few people next to him had already gone up, and grabbed Jiang Lao Turtle with all hands and feet: "Your legs and feet are not good, what if you fall down if you can't stand on your feet? Anyone on our ship can do without it, but we can't do without you, the old captain!"

Jiang Lao Turtle had to knock again, and when he heard this, he put down his crutches hatefully: "Next time any of you say bad things about sharks, be careful of your skin one by one!"

Several people laughed and said, "Don't say it!

At this time, Ning Wuyi asked without a desire: "Old turtle, I have always had a question in my heart-since the merman clan hates us so much, your fish skin map can't be fake, right? Otherwise, why have we been wandering around the sea for a few days, and the Starlight Four Seasons Island still can't be found?"

Jiang Lao Turtle lifted his crutches——

Everyone hurriedly went to stop them.

Unexpectedly, he just hit the deck with a heavy cane, and said categorically: "Never!"

Ning Wuyu said, "Why?"

Jiang Lao Turtle said word for word: "No why, I believe her!"

When he said her, he naturally meant Sister Xiao Ye.

After saying that, he turned around and walked with difficulty on crutches step by step.

When he walked away, Lao Lu Fang sighed: "He is also an infatuated man." ”

Ning Wuxuan said neatly: "Infatuated men are easy to be deceived. ”

"This time I believe him. Lao Lu suddenly turned his head: "I have always felt that two people who love each other are heart-to-heart with each other and trust each other unreservedly,—— since he thinks that his little sister Ye will not lie to him, then I will believe him." ”

"Maybe. Ning Wuyu sighed helplessly, squinting at the junction of the sea and the sky: "But if it's true, where is the mysterious Starlight Four Seasons Island?"

It was another day of nothing.

The next morning, it was a cloudy day, Lao Lu slept in the number one cabin, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a gloomy patch outside the window, and the window was like a layer of gray veil, he rubbed his eyes, and was stunned again, only then did he react, and hurriedly put on his shoes and ran out, knocking on the door of the next cabin in a hurry.

The knock on the door was loud and urgent, and immediately woke up the rest of the cabins, and several people poked their heads out from behind the door.

After a while, I heard Chang Sheng open the door with his shoes on, yawning: "What's the matter, Lao Lu?

Lao Lu said: "Why did you sleep so dead? I knocked on the door for a long time, and the guests in the other cabin woke up!"

Chang Sheng turned his head and glanced at Zhu Yi, who was dragging and getting dressed in the room, and yawned again: "It's not that dead fat man, every day I sleep and snore, I have to close my eyes in the middle of the night, I just fell asleep for a while, and was woken up by his call, and then I fell asleep for a while, and you knocked on the door again - what happened? I've never seen you so excited!"

Lao Lu said excitedly: "I'm not excited! I'm just telling you two that there is sea smoke! Come out and see sea smoke!"

I heard a grunt in the room: "I thought it was a big deal, then I'm not afraid of you looking at the sea smoke, Second Brother Chang, you and Lao Lu*, I have to sleep for a while!"

Zhu Yi fell back on the bed.

"Are you a pig?" Chang Sheng walked back to the side of the bed and pinched Zhu Yi's nose with one hand: "Lao Lu has never called us, you dare not give Lao Lu face when you get up?"

Zhu Yi's nose was pinched, and his face turned red suddenly, and he repeatedly told him to spare: "Second Brother Chang spare his life!

obediently got up from the bed, yawned and followed Lao Lu Changsheng out of the house.