Chapter 3: The Strange Isle
In the evening, everything is more or less settled, just wait for the next day's light to set off. Before leaving, Shu Yuping convened
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Some people discussed in the ship's hall, this is also the first time that seven people have appeared on the same occasion at the same time after boarding the ship, and Xianyun and Li Wei
and Yeluyun also followed Zhuo Wenyan to the boat hall.
Shu Yuping stood up first and smiled: "Everyone, this exploration operation was convened by Brother Kong, and he is me
Friends, so I asked to go with me, but I thought it was a big deal, so I invited the other five to go with me, and I couldn't think of one
I'm glad that you're here, and I hope you all work together to find something to refine your magic weapon. ”?
Kong Dan was a man in his thirties, with a pointed face, a long beard, and a smile on his face, he stood up and said, "You are all people who have learned the Tao, presumably
They have all encountered difficulties, and it is difficult to break through just a small heavy heaven, not to mention that there is a big heavy heaven, if we can't break through the big heavy heaven, we can't break through it
We can't really enter the Dao, so we have to look for Dharma tools to help us practice. In the following I got a map showing overseas
It is not clear whether there are really spiritual objects on the island that can refine magic weapons, but they don't want to waste this opportunity. ”
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Xuan Ming said lightly: "Getting the magic weapon that suits you is what you dream of cultivating, and we are not coveting any advanced Dao skills
I just want to enter the Tao as soon as possible and fulfill my wish. ”?
Xuan Qing echoed: "Yes, I think so too. ”?
Zhuo Wenyan said: "It may be dangerous to go to the island this time, so you must not coax you to find the spiritual object, and try to divide it into seven parts."
No, I don't want this one. ”?
Yu Xuanzi smiled: "You are really envious of others. ”?
Zhuo Wenyan glanced at Shu Yuping with a shyness on her face, Shu Yuping was also looking at her at this time, and her eyes were connected, and the strong affection was here
Suddenly they exchanged ideas as if there was no one around.?
Xianyun crouched in Yeluyun's ear and laughed and whispered, "Look at Miss." Yeluyun just smiled casually
No response.?
Xuan Qing said again: "After going ashore, you don't have to force us to act together, if that island is too big, it will be waves."
Time-consuming. I think it's better to divide into several groups, so that there is both a response and a speed-up, anyway, the ship has one, no matter what
He had to go back to the ship. ”?
Shu Yuping and Zhuo Wenyan were stunned, especially Shu Yuping hurriedly said: "In case there are strange beasts on the island, I'm afraid there will be others."
Dangerous. ”?
"What are you afraid of, we are not a little Taoist priest who has just practiced, nor are we waste people with broken hands and feet." Xuan Qing said and swept contemptuously
At a glance
Yeluyun.? Yeluyun felt very uncomfortable, but he didn't make a move, but suddenly asked, "If there is a map, it means that someone must go."
Since anyone has been there, are there still spirits? ”?
All of them looked at each other at once. Shu Yuping groaned: "That's a good thing, but since he drew a map, explain him."
still
I want to go back, that means that the island still has the value of going back, maybe he strayed into that island and found good things, but also
I was in a hurry to get back, so I drew a map. ”?
Yeluyun smiled and said nothing, but he always felt that something was wrong in his heart, and as soon as he got on the boat, he felt strange
However, he felt that this was his own instinct and could not prove anything, so he didn't say much.?
Li Wei tugged at his clothes and whispered, "Don't interject, there's no place for us to speak here, let's listen." "yes
Ritsu nodded, although he didn't like this difference in status, but he understood that this was one of the characteristics of the human world, so he had to obey.
Kong Zhan said: "If you go up, you will know, anyway, there is nothing to do, if there is nothing to do, it should be regarded as a trip to the sea." ”?
Shu Yuping said with a smile: "Brother Kong is still knowledgeable and bold, not younger than us." ”?
Yeluyun was not interested in listening, so he quietly walked out and stood on the bow of the boat and looked at the boundless sea. The sky was blue
In the distance, it formed a line with the sea, and the golden sunlight shone on the rolling silver waves, dyed a golden one
It is sometimes swallowed up by layers of white waves, and sometimes spit out. The sea was calm, and the hull of the ship gently swayed with the broken silver waves
Make move.? Yeluyun took a deep breath and felt the damp and slightly fishy smell of seawater.
"It's too late to regret it." Li Wei didn't know when he walked out of the boat hall and stood beside Yeluyun and looked at the sea.
Yeluyun said calmly: "There is nothing to regret, besides, I also have my goals, and they also have their goals
The target is to move forward, regret has no effect. ”?
"Good boy, that's right, but don't be too careless, it's better to be careful."?
"Brother Li, I think there seems to be something wrong with this plan, but I can't think of anything wrong."?
Li Wei sighed: "I have persuaded me many times, but I just refuse to listen, I can't help it, I am a descendant of the Zhuo family, and I have the responsibility to protect it."
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There is no turning back from the sister's affair now. You shouldn't have been on the ship, and since you wanted to stay, we had to do our best to protect Miss
Return in peace. ”?
"Yes, I will." Yeluyun looked back at the ship hall and asked, "Don't you think those five people are strange?" ”?
"Did you show up again?"?
"In the ship hall just now, I saw that Yu Xuanzi had been peeking at Miss Guo Yongzheng, although he kept his head down and didn't speak, he was even
You will also look at Kong Zhan with your eyes, a total of seven times. Xuan Qing and Xuan Ming often pay attention to Young Master Shu, and their eyes are a little unfriendly
Good, but it's just my gut feeling, I don't know if it's right or not. ”?
Li Wei stared at Yeluyun in astonishment for a while before he smiled: "Your kid's eyesight is good!" There are really two Miss fruits
But I was not wrong. ”?
Yeluyun did not continue, but stared at the sea and praised: "The sea is indeed beautiful, and it is the first time I have seen Haiyuan
I thought the sea was dangerous, and I didn't expect it to be so calm. ”?
Li Wei shook his head and said: "This is the estuary, the wind and waves are still small, and it will be different if you walk for another day, if you encounter a storm, it will be even more terrible."
Look to heaven for your favor. ”?
It was getting dark, and the conversation in the boat hall seemed to be over, and although there were different opinions, everyone wanted to go to the mysterious island
So I don't have much to say about the itinerary.? After eating, Yeluyun returned to the room and sat cross-legged on the bed when he saw that he was fine
call
Out of the "Jade Refining Formula" read carefully.? Since he came down the mountain, he has started to study "Jade Refining Formula", because there is no fairy jade, so he only
Yes
Try to understand the content of the Jade Refining Technique.? Cultivation is very boring, but it is the best way to relieve boredom for Yeluyun
The more he read, the more interested he became, and he continued to read until late at night before he felt a little tired.
There was a sudden sound of footsteps outside the door, and if it weren't for Yeluyun, who was accustomed to hearing the footsteps of wild game in the mountains and forests, he wouldn't have noticed it
Arrive.? Walking around the ship at will would have been a bright thing, but the sound of such light footsteps seemed a bit overshadowing
aroused Yeluyun's speculation and suspicions.?
He climbed out of bed softly, leaned on the door, and listened for a while, only to hear footsteps in the direction of the stairs leading to the deck. Busy gently
The ground opened the door and crept behind.?
A dim oil lamp in the hallway was not enough to illuminate the entire hallway, so it was dark all around. He borrowed the faint lamp
Light slowly climbed up to the deck, and the dew of the sea breeze swept over him, making his body tremble a little.
The deck was so quiet that there weren't even lights, just a few dim lights on the shore.
"What about people?" Yeluyun didn't see any figures, muttering in his heart, although it was not a cold winter, but the sea breeze was blowing on his body, and he suddenly felt it
Cold, coupled with the dim surroundings and the suspicion in his heart, he felt a little creepy, and couldn't help but smile bitterly and laugh at himself: "
When did I become so timid, when I was almost roasted, and I didn't do it. "To calm the mood he light
He patted his face lightly and muttered: "It's a pity that I only learned to 'farewell' in the wine talisman, if only there was a purple jade immortal alcohol." ”?
He glanced up at the second floor and knew that there were four rooms on the second floor, two large and two small, Zhuo Wenyan and Shu Yuping each lived in a large Xianyun
and Sun Haiming live in a small room.? Yeluyun was afraid that the black shadow was going to deal with Zhuo Wenyan, so he jumped up to the second floor and carefully checked it
Looked around.?
As he passed the first room on his left, he suddenly heard a soft cry from inside, but it seemed to be interrupted after only a moment
It's like someone has covered their mouths.? Yeluyun was afraid that the thief and the dog would jump off the wall in a hurry, so he didn't dare to alarm the others, so he took advantage of the darkness to carefully push the door
Walked in.?
It was pitch black all around, and suddenly a black shadow crashed into Yeluyun, Yeluyun subconsciously hugged the object, and the object felt in his arms
The tentacles are soft and smooth, and a wisp of fragrance penetrates into the nose.
Then a dark shadow stood by the window, smiled at them, and jumped off.
Yeluyun was blocked by the man in his arms, and he didn't have time to chase after him.
"You...... You...... Who are you? The man in his arms asked in a trembling voice.
As soon as Yeluyun heard it, he knew that it was Xianyun's voice, and he was startled, and rushed to a girl's house in the middle of the night, and jumped into the river
Can't wash it up.?
Xianyun's hand suddenly touched the empty sleeve, and she couldn't help but scream, so frightened that Yeluyun hurriedly covered her mouth and whispered: "
Don't shout. ”?
Although it was pitch black all around, Xianyun felt embarrassed and angry, and his face was hot, and he whispered, "What are you doing here?" ”?
"What about the thief?"?
"I don't know, but he must be a man, and he is still doing something to me, fortunately you came, otherwise I would have ......," Xianyun trembled
The voice answered.?
Suddenly, a fire flashed outside the window, and it suddenly brightened up a lot, and even the room was illuminated, and both Xianyun and Yeluyun could see each other's Xianyun quilt clearly
People wake up from a dream, so they are only wearing small clothes, and their arms are exposed.?
Yeluyun actually turned a blind eye and anxiously persuaded: "Hurry up and get dressed, be careful of catching a cold, I'll go and see where the man has gone." ”?
Xianyun subconsciously looked at his body and screamed in fright, Yeluyun was walking out of the door, and when he heard the scream, he hurriedly stretched out his hand to cover his mouth
She said, "Don't scream. Xianyun then remembered that he hurriedly hugged his chest with both hands, and his face was as ashamed as a ripe persimmon.
Xianyun's first exclamation woke up the people on the second floor. Shu Yuping rushed in with an oil lamp in one hand and a sword in the other
"What's the matter?" But I was stunned by the sight in front of me.
Zhuo Wenyan also came over in a cloak and exclaimed, "...... you guys"?
Xianyun threw herself into Zhuo Wenyan's arms and cried as if aggrieved: "Miss." ”?
Shu Yuping pointed at Yeluyun and shouted: "You whore thief actually stole into the Xianyun room in the middle of the night with bad intentions. ”?
Zhuo Wenyan changed color violently, and her face was dyed with thick frost, and she said fiercely: "I didn't expect you to be an animal with a human face and a beast's heart."
I've kind of looked away. ”?
Xianyun hurriedly explained: "It was he who saved me, and the man escaped through the window." ”?
Shu Yuping and Zhuo Wenyan's faces were a little flat, and when they were about to ask carefully, suddenly someone outside shouted: "It's on fire, quickly put out the fire!"?
The four people in the room were taken aback, and Shu Yuping said in a deep voice: "Wen Yan, you left me to take a look." With that, he rushed out
Yeluyun then followed.
The people on board were awakened, and they hurriedly rushed out, and sure enough, they saw that the front sail had been half burned by the fire, and the boatmen were all on the ground
The sail was then doused with water, but the foresail had been burned in half.
Shu Yuping rushed down from the stairs with a sword in his hand, and asked angrily, "What's the matter, where did the vigil go?" ”?
The two sailors hurriedly lay down in front of him and said, "When we saw that there was calm everywhere, we fell asleep without paying attention for a while. ”?
"Rubbish!" Shu Yuping couldn't help but scold.
Kong Zhan said: "Someone must have set the fire." ”?
Yeluyun interjected, "Could it be related to that dark shadow?" ”?
"Dark Shadow?" The people nearby all looked at Yeluyun in amazement.
Shu Yuping said with an unhappy face: "Just now, someone went up to the second floor with the intention of doing something wrong to Xianyun, and now it is on fire again, and the two must be related." Yeluyun, do you have any characteristics of the dark shadow you saw? ”?
Yeluyun thought for a while and said, "It's too dark to see clearly, but it's not too tall, about the same height as Xuanqing Dao Chang." ”?
Xuan Qing said angrily: "You don't mean me, do you? I think someone must be trying to stop us from going to sea, Master Shu, you know who will do this
Do you want to do it? ”?
Shu Yuping stared at him and said in a deep voice, "Daoist Xuanqing, what do you mean by this?" ”?
Xuan Qing sneered: "It's nothing, it's just thinking about who is most beneficial if we can't go." ”?
The sea breeze invaded people, Zhuo Wenyan also walked down wearing a mink cloak, and seeing that the atmosphere was not very good, she persuaded politely: "We are all people."
I'm looking forward to going to sea, so it won't be my own people who do it, maybe someone else has heard the news and wants to delay us going to sea. As for
I'm afraid that there is another attempt in Xianyun's incident. ”?
Shu Yuping echoed: "Wen Yan is reasonable, fortunately, it is only burned that there is a reserve sail in the front sail cabin, so you can change it tomorrow morning." ”?
Xuan Ming smiled and said, "Maybe something will happen tonight, if the boat burns, we won't be able to leave." ”?
Shu Yuping, as the master, naturally couldn't get over this kind of thing, turned around and shouted to the sailors: "Take turns keeping vigil tonight."
Set sail early and not let the thieves have another chance. ”?
Zhuo Wenyan walked up to Li Wei and Ye Luyun and admonished, "Trouble you to work hard tonight to help keep vigil." ”?
"Yes." Ye Luyun and Li Wei walked to the bow of the boat* and sat down on the grating rod on the bow.
The awakened people walked back to their rooms, leaving only the sailors who were keeping vigil.
Li Wei sighed: "I can't imagine that something will happen before I go to sea, and I don't know what is going on ahead, but I can be sure of this."
The trip must be full of crises, and my brother doesn't know if he can come back. ”?
Yeluyun said optimistically: "Maybe it will be a fun journey, but it will not be fun if it is too dull." ”?
Li Wei shook his head with a smile and said, "Young people are just different, and they are always so optimistic about things. ”?
"It's better to think in a good direction, otherwise how can you be happy." Yeluyun looked at the starry sky and prayed silently: "I hope Uncle Xiao can."
Safe. ”?
No one seemed to sleep well that night, and they all woke up at dawn the next day, and after breakfast, Shu Yuping urged the sailors to set sail.
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As the colorful boat left the yellow river and entered the vast and boundless blue sea, Yeluyun felt the insignificance of human beings for the first time
There is only one color between the earth, and that is blue, and it is a delightful blue.
"I finally went to sea, and the three days were safe, but it was a little boring." With the calm three days passed, like everyone else
Ye Luyun's mood was also much lighter, so he stood on the deck and chatted with Li Wei when he had nothing to do.
"What about the girl? Aren't you always pestering for thanksgiving for the past three days? Li Wei asked.
"She was called by the young lady, hehe, she always said that I was her savior, she didn't even have a temper, and she was one less quarrelsome
People are a little boring. ”?
Xianyun walked over with a smile and asked, "What do you say?" ”?
Li Wei teased: "I'm talking about you, Xiaoyun said that you are not like Little Pepper, he doesn't like it." ”?
Xian Yun Jiao said angrily: "I know that the dog can't spit out ivory in his mouth, hum Xiaoyun, don't be with him, he will take you badly." ”?
Li Wei laughed and said, "You two talk about it, it's time for me, a bad person, to rest." ”?
Xianyun snorted and said, "Li Wei, if you dare to say it again, I'll ...... it"?
"Ahh Suddenly there was a scream from the stern of the ship, followed by a thud, as if something had fallen into the sea, and everyone was in the sea
Alarmed.?
Finally, there were three days of peace, Shu Yuping thought it was okay, but he didn't expect to have another accident, and he came angrily
The stern asked, "What's going on?" ”?
Sailor Guan Shen responded: "Zhang Nan is gone, he must have fallen into the sea." ”?
Shu Yuping snorted and said, "Sail the boat back and see, don't he fell asleep on the vigil, so he fell into the sea." ”?
The others saw that Shu Yu was displeased, and they didn't dare to say much, so they quickly turned the bow of the boat and sailed back, but they only saw floating on the water
Bloodstained but without any corpses.?
For this bizarre death case, all the people felt inexplicable, because Zhang Nan was alone at the stern of the boat at that time
Who came over, unless someone jumped up from the sea to attack him, Zhang Nan would not have fallen into the sea, let alone leave blood stains.?
Seeing that the situation was serious, Shu Yuping gathered everyone overnight to discuss major matters.
Yu Xuanzi said lightly: "Don't worry, maybe the corpse sank or was swallowed by a fish, I heard that there is a shark in the sea."
The mouth can swallow a living person. ”?
Guo Yongzheng rarely opened his mouth: "No matter what, the night patrol still continues, and I was a little scared when I saw the sailors just now."
If we take turns to take people to keep vigils, it will give them some peace of mind. ”?
Zhuo Wenyan praised: "That's the good idea." ”?
Shu Yu looked at her with a worried face and persuaded, "The six of us take turns to keep vigil, so you don't have to." ”?
Zhuo Wenyan smiled and said, "Don't worry, I have Li Wei and them to protect me, and I am not a helpless woman." ”?
Guo Yongzheng stood up and said, "I'll keep it first tonight, and you can arrange it slowly." With that, he walked out.
Shu Yuping praised: "I didn't expect that Brother Guo usually doesn't speak until the critical time is absolutely unambiguous." ”?
Zhuo Wenyan and the others all nodded yes.?
Luckily, everything went back to normal after this event.?
The island appeared in front of Yeluyun on the sixteenth day after going out to sea. Early that morning, Yeluyun and Li Wei kept watch for a night
Quasi-back to the cabin to sleep, suddenly saw that there seemed to be 6 places in the sky in the distance, so Li Wei climbed up to the lookout, and sure enough, he saw the front
Oshima couldn't help but exclaim excitedly.?
There have been a lot of things these days, and the mood of the people on the ship is more or less gloomy, but Li Wei has brought them good news
Immediately sweep away all the unpleasantness before.?
The boat moved forward for another half a day, and what appeared in front of people was not an island, but three lined up. One on the right
It looks like the largest island, with extremely dense forests, undulating mountains, and no other side in sight.
There is a high mountain on an island in the center, and there are large forests at the top of the bare mountain. The island on the left looks minimal but
The island is red because there is a row of red cliffs blocking their view.
Shu Yuping was a little worried, parked the boat on the sea, and then called everyone to the bow of the boat to discuss what to do with the three small islands. He looked
Zhuo Wenyan glanced at it and asked, "Sister, I didn't expect that there are actually three islands, which is difficult to do, and our food and water don't seem to be."
Allow us to search slowly. ”?
Zhuo Wenyan smiled: "I don't think it's difficult to do, in fact, there are only two ways, one is to all the people act together, and the search is completed."
The island will search for a second one until the search is finished. The second is to divide into three groups, which will be faster, but the strength of each group will be reduced
Weak. ”?
Xuan Qing interjected: "I'm in favor of dividing it into three groups, the water and food on the boat are limited, who knows how long it will take to search or speed up."
as well. ”?
Yu Xuanzi said: "No, there is one ship, in case one of the groups leaves the other two groups and escapes back to the 6 places alone, wouldn't the others."
To live on the island for the rest of your life. ”?
Xuan Ming snorted and said: "We can't do this kind of thing, you are living in the belly of a gentleman with the heart of a villain." ”?
Yu Xuanzi glared angrily at each other and shouted, "I'm just raising the potential danger, maybe someone has found a spirit object and doesn't want others to know." ”?
"You're really a villain, we all came in the same boat, and naturally we left in the same boat, unless you want to do something else."?
Guo Yongzheng said lightly: "It's useless to fight, vote, I'm in favor of separation." ”?
Seeing Guo Yongzheng's opinions, everyone also spoke one after another, and finally agreed to divide into three groups, with four people in favor and three people disapplauding.
Shu Yuping saw that Kong Zhan also voted in favor, a little unexpectedly, and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Kong, you should know about the island."
There may be great danger, why did you also agree to separate? ”?