The next day, a round of the morning sun is rising, there is no wind on the sea, the flat waves are like a mirror, the morning glow dyes the sea water red, the eyes are thousands of miles, and because it is late autumn, the air is faintly revealing a refreshing coolness.

Chu Qing and Feng Shuzhu were invited to the top of the boat early by the shopkeeper Meihe.

It turned out that the roof of the second floor was a good place to go, not only was it unusually open, but the guys had already set up a few tables, and some fragrant tea, desserts and fruit sprinkles were placed on the table.

Chu Qing recognized it at a glance, and the old and young people sitting next to him at the table on the very edge were still wearing hats and facing away from everyone. The other tables were also full of guests, but none of them knew each other, and it seemed that after a night of horror, everyone was enjoying this rare leisure time, drinking tea and watching the sea.

Seeing the two coming over, Mei He hurriedly stepped forward to greet each other with a smile, invited the two to sit down, poured two cups of tea with his own hands, and said, "Two distinguished guests, we slept well last night, but we will soon arrive at Interrupted Island." ”

Chu Qing thought to herself, all night long, the demonic beasts were biting and scratching the windows of the ship, how could she ask if she slept well, but she heard the wind and Shuzhu smiled: "I'm worried about the shopkeeper." ”

Shopkeeper Mei Hedao: "Childe is polite, the reason why we are so smooth is thanks to your flowing wind beads, otherwise, we still have to bump around on the sea for some time." ”

Feng Shuzhu said with a smile: "The bead left in my hand is really buried, this time in the hands of the Mei shopkeeper, but it has played a big role, and it can be regarded as its best destination." ”

When the shopkeeper Meihe heard this, his eyes narrowed into a slit with a smile, and he raised his thumb and said, "Childe is really good at lifting people." ”

Feng Shuzhu picked up the cup, took a sip of tea, praised it, and said, "Shopkeeper Mei, but I don't know, who are sitting on this boat?"

Hearing this, Mei He turned sideways slightly, leaned back, glanced at the table next to him, and said in a low voice: "Businessman, don't ask where customers come from, as long as you don't cause trouble, the second floor is a welcome visitor from all over the world." ”

Feng Shuzhu nodded and smiled: "Then, I was reckless." ”

The shopkeeper Meihe shook his hand and said: "It's okay, it's okay, don't blame those who don't know." ”

Feng Shuzhu looked at the sea and said, "But I don't know, what can I do on this intermittent island?"

The shopkeeper Meihe glanced at Feng Shuzhu and said: "Childe, this, I don't know, although I have been back and forth many times, but I have never stepped on the island, I have sent guests back." As he spoke, he lowered his voice and said: "However, it is true that some guests took the treasures obtained from the Central Plains to the island to exchange, and I heard that the benefits are very considerable, but the specific details are unknown." ”

Feng Shuzhu glanced at Meihe, thinking that the other party had told himself through dialogue that most of the people in this boat were here to exchange treasures, and most of them were profiteers.

Feng Shuzhu pondered for a while, and then said: "At the beginning of the next month, I went to Intermittent Island, but I didn't know what taboo things were in the local area. ”

When the shopkeeper Meihe heard this, his eyes widened, and he said: "Childe, this is a question, the biggest taboo on the intermittent island is that everyone needs to wear a mask, and they have to show their faces without a face." ”

Feng Shuzhu pretended to be surprised, and said: "It's really strange that Intermittent Island is so taboo, and the people on that island come to the Central Plains, don't they also have to wear masks." ”

When the shopkeeper Meihe heard this, he was silent for a moment before he whispered: "Not everyone on the intermittent island wants to go out of the island, even if a few people go out of the island, but when they get off the boat and take off their masks, no one can recognize them." ”

Feng Shuzhu pretended not to listen carefully, picked up the cup, and blocked it in front of him, but he already understood in his heart that the people on the island did have people who traveled to and from the Central Plains, and from the shopkeeper's mouth, he faintly heard that there were also a lot of differences on the intermittent island, and it seemed that some people were very opposed to communicating with the Central Plains.

While he was pondering, he suddenly heard an exclamation from Chu Qing beside him, and Feng Shuzhu looked for a voice.

I saw the calm sea, sparkling, eyes are extremely thousand, there is a huge fish in the sea water to meet the glow, surfaced, its body is as big as a mountain, black back and white fins, slowly swim in parallel not far from the second boat, and then from the back of the spurt out of a column of water, suddenly the pearl flies jade, forming a peculiar scene, attracting the attention of the people on the boat, and then the giant fish opens the huge mouth that can swallow the boat, and swallows and absorbs the morning sun.

Chu Qing was excited and asked, "Will this giant fish eat people?"

The shopkeeper Mei He said with a smile: "This is the calmest sea, these giant fish are very docile and friendly to humans. ”

Hearing this, Chu Qing stood up, walked to the railing on the top of the boat, and screamed at the giant fish.

The giant fish seemed to understand Chu Qing's roar, flicked its tail, rolled up a wave several zhang high, swam sideways, and when it was a few zhang away from the second floor, it stopped and floated, for fear of overturning the second floor.

Seeing that the giant fish was so gentle, Chu Qing happily stretched out her arms and leaned out of the railing, wanting to get closer, but the giant fish was too big, and she couldn't get close anymore when she was three feet away from the boat, so she just silently swam forward with the boat.

Chu Qing looked back at Feng Shuzhu, saw that his eyebrows were smiling, looking at him, and he didn't stop it, so he was bold, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he jumped on the back of the giant fish.

The giant fish was stunned for a moment, then flicked its tail, stayed away from the second floor, and swam quickly with Chu Qing on its shoulders.

Chu Qing stood on the back of the giant fish, riding the wind and waves, shuttling between the waves, feeling the vastness of the sea, like breaking free from the secular birdcage, feeling comfortable, facing the whistling sea breeze, opening his arms, embracing the sea, and the waves jumped on the tips of his hair.

On the boat, the people around stood up and looked at Chu Qing with envy,

The shopkeeper Meihe smiled "hehe" and said to Feng Shuzhu: "I didn't expect that the son's sister has such a ability." ”

Feng Shuzhu looked at Chu Qing for a while, and when he saw that there was no danger, Fang put his mind at ease, turned his head and smiled: "Children are greedy for play." ”

The shopkeeper Mei He said: "As far as I know, although this giant fish is docile, it will not be easily taken advantage of. ”

Feng Shuzhu glanced at Chu Qing again, and saw that he was having fun at sea, and asked, "There is such a thing?"

Shopkeeper Mei Hedao: "It seems that the sister is definitely not a mortal. ”

Feng Shuzhu smiled without saying a word, and turned his head to see Chu Qing standing on the back of the giant fish swimming towards the rising sun, the giant fish opened its huge mouth, absorbed the seawater into it, and spewed out a column of water several zhang high from its back, causing Chu Qing to scream.

After another incense stick, Meihe pointed ahead excitedly and said, "Intermittent Island has arrived, Childe." ”

Feng Shuzhu followed its direction and looked, only to see the calm sea, faintly see an island stretching out, seems to be hundreds of miles long, from a distance it seems to be floating on the sea, the island is even more dense fog, can not see clearly.

Chu Qing was originally playing very happily on the back of the giant fish, but suddenly the giant fish stopped, looked up, and saw an island, and knew in his heart that he had arrived at the intermittent island, thinking that the giant fish was unwilling to get close to the island, so he reluctantly squatted down, touched the back of the giant fish, and said, "Big fish, big fish, I'll play with you when I come back." ”

The giant fish seemed to understand what he said, opened its huge mouth and whimpered, carried Chu Qing again, swam in a roundabout way a few times, and finally rushed to the vicinity of the second floor and slowly stopped.

Chu Qing heard the wind and bamboo calling on the top of the boat, so he reluctantly leaned over, left the back of the fish, and flew back to the top of the boat, but still turned his head to look at the giant fish, beckoning goodbye, the giant fish seemed to understand human nature, although it had no hands and feet, it still spewed out a column of water, and said goodbye to Chu Qing.

Until the figure of the giant fish disappeared above the vast sea, Chu Qingfang turned his head, glanced at Feng Shuzhu, and said with red eyes: "Brother Feng, when we come back, will we still come here?"

Without waiting for Feng Shuzhu to speak, the shopkeeper Mei He smiled: "It's not me who brags, going back and forth between the Central Plains and this intermittent island, except for me on the second floor, even if you have the ability to reach the sky, it is in vain, and this sea area is also a necessary place." ”

When Chu Qing heard this, her mood suddenly improved a lot, and she also had a good impression of this shopkeeper who had only seen a few faces.

As he spoke, the island was close in sight, and it looked like it was only a few miles away, and everyone on board stood up and gathered in the bow of the ship, trying to see through the thick fog.

But seeing that the huge island is hazy, and it seems that even the sun can't shine into it, and I think of the legend that there are countless demons living on the island, which coincide with each other, and many people's hearts are even more clouded, and their faces are miserable, as if they are about to go to hell.

But no amount of worry or fear could stop the movement of the second floor, and in front of the bow of the ship, on the misty shore, a huge arched stone door loomed.

The shopkeeper Mei He looked happy, stretched out his hand, and said, "That is the entrance to the Broken Island." ”

Feng Shuzhu beside him raised his eyes and asked, "Shopkeeper Mei, this island is so wide, why do you say that the stone gate is the entrance." ”

The shopkeeper Mei He glanced at Feng Shuzhu and said mysteriously: "There are magic circles all around the Broken Island, even if the Luofu Golden Immortal is still allowed to enter, only this stone gate is open regularly and comes and goes freely." ”

Feng Shuzhu didn't ask much when he heard it, but secretly remembered it in his heart.

In less than a moment, the second floor was already close to the shore of the island, and began to slowly turn the hull of the ship sideways, approaching a huge bluestone.

It turns out that the front of the stone gate is not a shallow water harbor, but a deep cliff, from the cliff stretches out a boulder, it is a hundred zhang long, dozens of zhang wide, the water waves under the boulder are agitated, the white-headed waves are surging, and the sea water is unfathomable.

Not the second floor slowly approached the boulder, a guy on the boat threw the cable up, followed by a vertical, jumped on the back of the boulder, tied the cable on a raised stone pier, the action was very skillful, followed by a few people jumped over, and a few people pulled the second floor closer, only beckoned to the shopkeeper, has shown to stop, and the guy on the boat pushed a diagonal ladder out, leaning on the edge of the boulder, counted as a temporary passage.

The shopkeeper Meihe turned around and smiled, arched his hand and said, "Childe, don't say goodbye, we'll see you on the night of the full moon next month." ”

Feng Shuzhu said goodbye, jumped on the inclined ladder with Chu Qing, and walked on the boulder, a guy on the shore had already taken a mask in the room and handed it over, the two did not say much, put on the mask, and slowly walked towards the huge stone gate with everyone.

Suddenly, there was a noise behind him, and he looked back.

Seeing that some people were reluctant to get off the boat, they were forcibly dragged down by the guys and thrown on the back of the boulder, all of them were like soft-footed shrimps, standing unsteadily, slumping to the ground, crying for their father and mother, as if they were being pushed to the ghost gate.

Chu Qing looked at the stone gate through the mask, and saw that it was arched, bluestone color, as high as a hundred zhang, hundreds of people could be paralleled in the middle gap, and the gate piers on both sides were also dozens of zhang wide, it was not surprising to look at it when it was at sea, it was close at this time, such a huge thing stood in front of him, and he felt that it was mighty, majestic, and breathtaking.

The road leading to the stone gate seemed to be very close, but it had traveled for miles and miles, and it had not yet reached the end.

Looking back again, he saw that the second floor had disappeared in the vast sea of smoke and clouds.