Chapter 179: The Legend of the Isle
On the shattered surface of the sea, there are floating rubble and corpses everywhere, and if you look down from the sky, the whole island seems to be torn apart from the middle, and the state is extremely miserable.
Some of the larger reefs still had some living people standing, tired and numb, and soon they were dragged down by the inexplicable strangeness of the water, and they disappeared.
There were no merchant ships moving, as if there had been a violent storm that swallowed up all the merchant ships, leaving only a few broken planks floating above the sea.
Standing on the reef in black, his eyes looked at the sea and the people in distress, showing no mercy, only cold and gloomy.
At this moment, a dark reflection was reflected on the surface of the water, and a hoarse voice sounded: "The water has been eroded by bad signs, and the mysteries of the deep sea have taken over this place, and as a port of arrival, the ghost ship has been marked, and can move forward here." ”
"According to the deathbed memories of the sunken corpse, as well as the confession of a soldier from Shattered Star Island, it was the Wandering Soul Daoist who ordered the Seven Islands to reward the treasure, and all the island owners went down to the Shattered Star Pool. There was a riot under the pool, and the ghost ship that rushed out exploded the entire Shattered Star Island. ”
"At present, it is known that the survivors are Fengyueyang on Liufeng Island, Yufu in Yugu, and Shi Fatzi in Shijiao, it is said that Shi Fatzi was seriously injured and was pulled into the sea in the end, and his life and death are unknown. In addition to these well-known island owners, there are also the most critical two, one is covered in paper, extremely white, like a paper man, and the other is the pavilion master of Yanxiang Pavilion. At the last moment, someone saw the lord of the islands besieging the two, as if they were fighting for something. "The scene of the night in the Shattered Star Pool, Li He and the island owners worked together to break the seal of the stone pool, but they still stayed for a while, and the movement was so big that it was clearly witnessed by the merchants and cargo owners on the shore.
And they are the most powerful people on the island, and their ability to survive is the strongest, so it is inevitable that there will be information retention.
The man in black was silent for a moment, thought about it, and muttered in his mouth: "Paper man, Yanxiang Pavilion?" What's wrong with the money, and the ghost thieves, the dignified eight-grade Taoist, even if he dies, there should be some traces. The reflection in the water flickered for a while, and he hesitated: "The last news that Qian Ju received was that the owner of the house took the shopkeeper Lin to follow the clues, and he would appear at the Haitian conference. The man in black sneered: "Follow the clues? I'm afraid that it has already been buried in the belly of the fish, a group of waste. Give him so many resources, as well as the support of forces, and always pay attention to the movement of Shattered Star Island, but nothing can be accomplished. The reflection in the water hesitated: "Could it be the ...... behind the Yanxiang Pavilion" The man in black: "No, if they had known about this, they must have sent a large number of Taoist priests here, the so-called Yanxiang Pavilion and the pavilion master are just ants, and they will not work at all in the face of the bad omen of the deep sea." And the mysterious paper man that appeared is very strange, and it can't be traced by any investigation and deduction technique, especially the nightmare of the paper man, I suspect it may be related to the robbery. The waves on the surface of the water were even worse, and even the hidden shadows couldn't help but be surprised: "Robbing the Zun? Could it be that the star master of the stargazing platform has been? It's impossible, just this small piece of sea is not the real destination of the deep sea omen. Although the wreck is very mysterious, it has been exposed, indicating that it is just an ordinary port. The man in black was silent for a moment, but then spoke: "Sometimes you can't find a problem, it is precisely the biggest problem, which means that the other party is much stronger than you imagined." And the star master can't tell it, only the Taoist priest and the bad omen of the heavenly level, or the hidden gods. But when it comes to paper figures, and the three hundred years of four-elephant refining Dao, I have a hunch that they are coming back. After saying this, the silent sea even the wind and waves disappeared, and the two remained silent for a long time, as if the tragic scene in front of them became irrelevant.
"Of course, the other party must be in the early stages, otherwise they will not fight to the death with a few Qipin Island masters, and even seize the shipwreck port. Pass the order down, let the ghosts collect the information of the paper figures, and report if there is any progress! ”
"Yes, sir." A few bubbles bubbled up in the dark waters, and then vanished. The man in black looked up at the sky, and there seemed to be a few popular lines crossing by, a few strange wooden boats floating on the coastline in the distance, and even strange fish spirits gnawing at the bodies of dead people.
Shattered Star Island has since become history. It has a new name, an ancient city port, a resting place for shipwrecks.
…… After a month of turbulent waves, the Cangfeng Sea Realm barely regained its calm. There are literally more Taoist priests from the deep sea and other sea realms than in previous years, but the only exception is that everyone tacitly agrees not to take large merchant ships and use small boats to explore.
Some powerful Taoist priests simply used the Flying Treasure to hurry away to find out the beginning and end of the disaster of the Shattered Star Pool. Naturally, some people don't believe in evil, but after colliding with a ghost ship sailing on the sea, they no longer have this kind of luck mentality, and they no longer rebel.
A real bad omen will teach you to be a good person. If you can't be a good person, just be a ghost. Some of the big forces naturally found some patterns, and the port of the ancient city, as the area closest to the coast, was the terminus of the erosion of the deep sea, and some large sea ships came and went.
If a merchant or Taoist priest chooses this type of merchant ship, it is very likely that they will attract a bad omen ghost ship of the corresponding size, and they will be devoured by a wave.
Even if you can resist it, you will be greatly damaged, and you will not want to have another encounter.
The catastrophe came very suddenly, and not all merchant ships would encounter it, but for ordinary people, they would die, and naturally no one would dare to risk their lives.
As a result, the vicissitudes of the sea became the grave of medium-sized merchant ships, which changed the color of the seafarers' conversations. But there is also another rumor that if you go to sea on a wooden ship that may be attacked, you have a certain chance of arriving at an unfamiliar port, conducting special trade, and even having a chance to obtain rare treasures in the world.
This argument is naturally scoffed at by knowledgeable Taoist priests, but it may not be an option for some people who can't survive and are already full of adventurous spirit on the sea.
Shen Qingdao, a small island in the Cangfeng Sea Boundary, with a population of no more than 1,000 people, has not reached the standard of the Dao Kingdom, and can only be regarded as an unknown island.
In fact, such a small island is the norm in the sea realm, such as the big island of tens of thousands of people such as Qidao, with Qipin Taoist priests in charge, and the trade is prosperous, which is already rare.
Therefore, one was sunk, and it also attracted the watchsight of various forces. Of course, the main reason is that the coastal waters that have been peaceful for a long time have been eroded by bad omens, although it is an area that the Dao country has given free jurisdiction, but it is also hundreds of thousands of living beings.
It turned to ashes overnight, and it shook people greatly. In the past, he was oppressed by pirates, and at most he was enslaved, or forced to board ships as seamen, and became a member of the pirates.
Whether good or evil, there is always a way to live. But bad omens are different, they are pure calamities, and for living beings, there is never a compromise, only death.
But sometimes it is more uncomfortable to live than to die.
"Wang Erxi, you dead thing, if you can't pay back the money this time, don't think about coming back alive."
"Zhang Gouhi, if you can't get that treasure, I'll sell your sister into the hook fence, and I'll only give you a month, so I can do it myself."
"Watson, your Miss Mitsuki, will be sent to Pirate Island next month, if you can't get the money back, you know." A group of people stood on wooden boats, looking at the fierce and vicious strongmen on the shore, as if the two were not one race at all.
Greed and anger overwhelmed the last of the group's sanity, as if they were teaching pigs and dogs. The people on the boat all looked very pale, with desperate expressions, and even if a few were bold, they would inevitably show fear at the bottom of their eyes.
But on the sampan in the bow of the ship, there was an unexpected quarrel.
"I said, you poor boy, you can't even get the hardware, and you still want to board the ship? Do you think this is the place to collect the rags, hurry up and get out! The boatman was staring at a young man in ragged clothes with disgust, waving his hand away.
This person's name is Di Gong, a native of Shenqing, full of alcohol, full of numbness, and just wants to board this merchant ship that is dying.
"I said, Boss Li, it's just that you can deceive outsiders, and even the people on the island want to do it? This ship sailed out, but it was just a random wandering, and it could really reach an unknown place, and it was impossible to trade treasures. There really is such an opportunity, and it is not something that we ordinary people can get. Boss Li's face was swollen and red, and he was obviously told the central matter, so he pushed Di Gong out and scolded viciously: "You are a poor and sour fellow, you don't know how to make progress, and you have caused the family to suffer, and you are an ominous person." Begging like a waste every day, with no ability at all, and daring to say such things, believe it or not, I'm looking for someone to throw you into the sea. Di Gong's eyes were blank, as if he remembered something, but his face became more and more pale: "Hmph, you throw it, throw it!" Boss Li was also forced to be in a hurry, summoned a few subordinates, grabbed Di Gong's hands and feet, carried him to the back boat, and was about to throw it into the sea, but was interrupted by the voices of people on the side.
"Wait, I paid for Di Gong's hardware, let him go to sea!"
"Boss Li, you don't want to kill people before the merchant ship travels, let alone the people who sink Qingdao." A man in a felt hat leaned out, with rough and wrinkled skin and a very dark face, looking like a seafarer who had been exposed to the sun and the wind.
Boss Li glanced at the other party, took the other party's hardware, and his tone softened a little: "Yangzi, five gold is a lot, if you are willing to pay for this waste, I will not care about it, spare his life." He waved his hand and let go of Di Gong.
However, the sailor who caught Di Gong was not so gentle, and threw him the beach, and his head fell into the seawater, choking on several sips of water, and in an instant the wine was almost sober.
He raised his head, looked at Yoko with blood-red eyes, and instead scolded angrily: "What are you giving him money for, what are you giving him money for, let him drown me, I'm a waste, it's useless, it's better to die." As he spoke, the water stains on his face grew, his fingers clenched tightly on the sand, and his tone became choked.
"Even if I die, there will be no more people who remember me. In a year, my parents left me, and my childhood sister got married to someone else, and I used up my last family property to make a profit, but I lost nothing. What use do I have, nothing uses. Yoko looked at the depressed and helpless Di Gong, but did not comfort the other party.
When a person falls into the water, the other people on the shore are not qualified to say anything real. All you can do is stretch out your arm and pull him along.
He did the same, reaching out his hand towards Di Gong, but in exchange for being slapped away. Di Gong shook his head and looked at the sky: "Many years ago, I also had a glorious time, my family was small and stable, and I was accompanied by caring people, but I was not satisfied. If you have to take risks, explore some mysterious treasures, and end up with the end now, you will take the blame. Why do you bother with me, ask for the money back, and let Boss Li drown me. Yangzi looked at the miserable Di Gong in front of him, and didn't know what to say for a while, because what the other party said was not wrong at all.
Shen Qingdi's family, doing some small business in sea trade, although it is not rich, it is also famous. Di Gong, the only son of the Di family, is a talent, powerful and powerful, and I don't know how many beautiful women chase after him.
However, everything changed a year ago. Since he was a child, he loved to worship Taoist priests, wanted to master the Taoism, and was extremely interested in strange things, so he often stationed at the seaside, looking forward to the ghost ship drifting in the darkness.
Not to mention, one day he was really waiting for one, and he happily rushed forward, imagining that he had stepped into the threshold of cultivation, and since then he has soared into the sky.
The truth is that he seems to be tainted with ominous weirdness, his luck is extremely bad, and he can't do anything well. Even the family business declined, his parents died at sea, and everyone close to him had bad luck.
Therefore, no one dared to get close to him, if it weren't for the natives of Shen Qingdao, everyone thought of his fellow villagers, otherwise they would have driven him away early.
Even so, he was not popular everywhere he went, and he could not succeed in anything, as if he was cursed by God.
Even the so-called mysterious tour is also a fantasy, no one has ever seen that boat, and there is no so-called Dao power derivation on him.
Therefore, even if the Taoist priests have seen it in person, they only think it is a neurosis. Crazy people, depressed by a tragic fate, they have seen a lot.
Even Yoko, who is at this moment, gives him money, does not believe in his so-called mysterious journey. This help is just a rescue return from the cold winter many years ago.
Even so, Yoko decided to give Di Gong some hope, and for those shrouded in darkness, only hope could get him back on his feet.
"Some time ago, there were visitors from Oshima, and they all said that there was a disaster in the Cangfeng Sea Realm, and medium-sized wooden boats were not allowed to sail. But there is also a slight chance to stop at a mysterious port and be able to trade for unknown treasures. You are already like this, you might as well go to the real ocean and go on a journey, wealth is in the sky, life and death are fate. Di Gong was stunned, looked at Yangzi, then at the wooden boat, and finally dragged his heavy body and boarded the boat.
But that sad face doesn't look like he has the passion for adventure. may be a conscience and unwilling to let down the other party's Kou Jin.
Before leaving, Di Gong suddenly opened his throat and shouted: "You wait, I will find the treasure, and return your money, fifty gold, no, five hundred gold, I want to make the entire Shen Qingdao people envy you." The people around him who heard his words laughed, the madman is really a madman, they are all so lucky, and they are still shouting about wealth and wealth.
Maybe out of this sea area, it is difficult to save his life, don't you see that other people are afraid, but Di Gong is the only guy who still has illusions.
As for Yangzi's hardware, it must have been lost. However, as a person concerned, he doesn't seem to care about the money, although it is indeed a huge amount of money for him, but sometimes the help of friends is at the most vulnerable moment, just take a hand and do your best.
Everyone says that the world is unbearable, and their hearts are cold and untrustworthy. But losing this faith is a more terrible thing than being deceived.
"What do you say, friend?" Yoko gave her final blessing to the wooden boat floating into the distance. The moon gradually rose into the sky, floating beyond the horizon, and sprinkled the sea with a bright red.
But no one paid attention to it.