Chapter 18: The Ghost Ship
Wu Hong, who finally came out of the dense forest, breathed a sigh of relief, and after walking for half a day, he saw a big river, the waves were wide and wide, and he couldn't see the end at a glance, Wu Hong saw a group of people in the distance, probably also waiting for the ferry, so he went to them.
When Wu Hong came to the nearest place, he counted them, there were twelve people, and the realms were all in the Qi Refining Period, two people on the seventh layer of Qi refining, four people on the eighth layer of Qi refining, three people on the ninth layer of Qi refining, two people on the sixth layer of Qi refining, and one person on the fifth layer of Qi refining. There were only two women, and one of them saw that Wu Hong's face was a little unnatural, especially the woman who was at the fifth level of qi refining, Wu Hong didn't know what the reason was, but he didn't ask much.
Wu Hong didn't come forward to talk when he came close, separated like a few people, away from the others, although Wu Hong didn't step forward, but the group had also noticed him, holding two iron-backed centipede whiskers, causing the group to be nervous, the iron-backed centipede is very terrifying to the monks in the Qi refining period, and only the foundation building monks will choose to hunt the iron-backed centipede.
Wu Hong's arrival aroused the urgency of the group, but one of them stepped forward to talk to Wu Hong.
"This Taoist friend, in Xia Jin Meng, Nancheng Hudu monk, today I saw the Taoist friend holding an iron-backed centipede iron beard here, and suddenly felt the Taoist friend's magical powers, admired and admired, and there was a reluctant invitation below, I wanted to exchange an iron beard with the Taoist friend, and I hope that the Taoist friend will cut love. After speaking, I didn't forget to hold a fist.
Wu Hong hugged his fists and replied: "Wu Hong, Brother Luozhuang of Iron Hoof City, if Brother Tai wants to exchange, it is okay, but this iron beard is not easy to come by, Brother Tai, do you see?"
"Brother Wu is willing to cut love, Jin Meng will not be treated badly, I have more than one Qiankun bag to exchange with Brother Wu, see Brother Wu holding an iron-backed centipede iron beard, I think there is no such storage magic weapon, although this thing is not surprising in the cultivation world, but I think Brother Wu is also urgently needed now, I don't know what Brother Wu thinks?"
Wu Hong thought about it, and agreed that he couldn't always put everything on his body like this, and it was convenient to have a storage bag, so he gave the other party an iron whisker, got a Qiankun bag, and was a little familiar, so he put the finances on his body and the remaining iron whisker into the bag, and saw that there were still some clothes in the bag and didn't say much.
When Jin Meng took out the Qiankun bag, the monks on the side also paid close attention to Jin Meng, who would carry two Qiankun in the ordinary? It must be the result of killing people and stealing goods, and he didn't say much when he saw the two of them complete the transaction.
Seeing that Wu Hong didn't care much about the iron beard, one of them walked out and wanted to buy another iron beard and bid ten spars.
Hearing someone bid, the rest of the people except for a few people with a low realm all bid one after another, and finally were called to the price of forty spars, Wu Hong was also moved, and wanted to exchange with it, but he heard a cold snort from the side, it was actually sent by Jin Meng just now, seeing that the completion of the transaction was delayed by this snort, the bidder's face was cold, and Wu Hong also had doubts on his face.
"This Taoist friend is in Xiahu Town, monk Feng Dacai, I don't know what you mean by that cold snort just now?" "Do you really want me to say such a thing? If you are really sincere in exchanging, then take out the equivalent medicinal materials or materials, you and I both know that this spar will be all gone, so why do you want to do this to harm Brother Wu?"
"Okay, I Feng admitted today's matter, this is a piece of flame stone, the value is still above your iron beard, this can be regarded as compensation for my brother, and I hope my brother doesn't mind today's matter." So far, Wu Hong still doesn't understand what Jin Meng meant just now, but who doesn't like to take advantage of it? He took the flame stone in the hand of the monk surnamed Feng, handed him the beard, and said to him: "Brother Dao is really not good to take advantage of you like this, why don't I make up some more crystals for you." ”
When the monk surnamed Feng heard this, his face was unhappy and he hurried to leave.
"Brother Wu is really a wonderful person. This is what Jin Meng said to Wu Hong, with a smile that could not be concealed.
"What did Brother Jin mean by what he said just now?" I don't know where Jin Meng's smile came from.
"You really don't know?" Jin Meng asked with a serious look on his face.
"Well, I don't know. I replied with a serious look on my face.
"Okay, I'll tell you, lest you don't know how you died, the boat we're going to take this time is a ghost ship, and there is only one boat on the True Forgotten River, and you need to pay all the spars on your body to get on the boat, and it can't be less than forty pieces. Jin Meng's voice was not small when he spoke, everyone could hear it, some people's faces changed color, and some people had a sudden expression.
"What if it's missing?" asked one of them. "I've heard of you getting off the boat or eating you, but I've heard of that and there's no real evidence, because no one has dared to do that yet. ”
"Isn't it a waste to have too many spars on your body?"
"Well, while there is still some time to leave the ship, hurry up and absorb it. ”
The ferry will not depart until tomorrow, and at dusk there is a person refining qi on the seventh floor, and at night there is another person refining qi on the eighth floor, all with slight injuries, and each of them has found a table to sit on the pranayama.
Wu Hong and Jin Meng came together, both of them took out the spar to cultivate, after the consumption of the dense forest, Wu Hong's elixir was greatly reduced, there were only eight bottles left, and he took three bottles when he left, and now there are only six bottles left, which makes people feel distressed, but if they don't use up the spar on their body, it is really distressing.
After a night of cultivation, the female monk of the fifth layer of qi refining broke through to the sixth layer of qi refining, and a few people broke through, but Wu Hong did not react, but he felt that his vitality was thicker.
Just as they were finishing their work, a large boat came from the river, cut through the thick fog on the river, and came to the riverbank.
"Don't say much after you get on the boat, don't come out of the room, wait for someone to tell you to get off the boat, and remember not to go out of the room halfway. This is what Jin Meng on the side said to Wu Hong, although Wu Hong was puzzled, but he also smiled at this kindness.
A group of fifteen people came to the front of the ship, and when they saw the boat ladder falling, everyone got on the boat in turn, and when they came to the deck, they didn't see anyone, which made Wu Hong puzzled, but when they saw that the group didn't speak, they didn't say much, Jin Meng was in front, Wu Hong followed, and Jin Meng stopped before coming to the cabin, and then pointed to the wall of the cabin, where there were traces of sword carvings.
Wu Hong looks at it is actually a "Boat Introduction", "The road ahead of this world is slim, I hope that everyone will eliminate their grievances in this world, the road of the world is difficult to walk, if someone is tired of yearning for peace and retreat, since the end of the grievances of the world, a clean body can set foot in this world, this trip to the month and a half of the boat fare for the rest of the body of all the spar, not for private wealth, only for the sacrifice of the river spirit, to ensure the safety of this trip, Wang'er and so on. ”
Seeing that Jin Meng was the first to take out the spar on his body, about sixty of which were placed in the small tripod on the side of the hatch, and then entered the cabin. Wu Hong took out all the spars on his body and put them into Xiaoding, more than eighty pieces, although he absorbed it all night last night, but there are still so many, but it disappeared in a blink of an eye in Xiaoding, Wu Hong stepped into the warehouse, feeling that there were layers of fluctuations but it was blocked, if he didn't hand over the spar on his body, he was afraid that he couldn't go in, right? I didn't think much about it and went inside, and saw that Jin Meng chose the No. 3 warehouse, and he chose the No. 5 warehouse, and the No. 3 and No. 4 were opposite the No. 5 No. 1, and I didn't like the No. 4, and I walked a few more steps to the No. 5, and I didn't need to go back to the No. 1, so I chose the No. 5, and I thought that Jin Meng also went through the No. 2 selection.
Entering the room is a space, about five zhang long, five zhang wide, no furniture, no beds and chairs, separated by wooden boards all around, knocked on the front, strong rebound, should be prohibited.
After reading it, he took out a few pieces of clothes from the Qiankun bag and spread them on the floor, these clothes should not be Jin Meng's, and he is also very familiar with the rules of the ferry, what is his origin?
The boat will travel for 14 days, and the meditation practice is too boring, so it is better to sleep for a few hours, just thinking of this hull shaking, the boat has gradually sailed away, and on the foggy river, a boat carrying everyone to the invisible opposite bank, Wu Hong gradually fell asleep in the warehouse.
The boat gradually moved into the distance, and on the river the boat also seemed small, surrounded by a thick fog, the river was blue, which was the color of the sky, the sun penetrated to the bottom of the river, the river was very quiet, just rushing, the wind could not set off big waves on the river, and the occasional waves were like the frolic of the river, like a fish jumping out of the water.
Wu Hong was asleep, he had a dream, it was very real, he dreamed that a group of people took a ferry to the world, and then the ferry disappeared, Wu Hong just saw the ferry disappear, and there was still him in that group, but this was a dream, otherwise how could he see it? Since it was a dream, there was nothing to panic about, but he seemed to be able to only look at it like this, and then he saw a person coming out of room seven in the cabin, cultivating to the sixth layer of qi refining, and then he saw him come to the outside of the warehouse, knelt on the ground in front of Xiao Ding, opened his mouth as if he was saying something, and then saw him dissolve in Xiao Ding.
Wu Hong rolled his gaze and found that he was not on the river, but under the river, and he saw schools of fish swimming away, and big strange fish with jagged teeth, and he also saw fish with feathers like birds in the river.
He also saw the mountains at the bottom of the river, there were many elixirs on them, bursts of brilliance, and he also saw many treasures, those are the treasures of heaven and earth recorded in the "Record of Rare and Foreign Objects", he didn't expect to be seen in this river, and there are a lot of them, he has seen three different kinds of heaven and earth treasures, and there are more than a dozen of them.
Why did I dream it in a dream, if it was all mine, then I wasn't rich?
As if hearing Wu Hong's emotion, a person walked out of the cabin, looking at these treasures of heaven and earth in front of him and couldn't restrain himself, he was about to pick up those treasures of heaven and earth when he got out of the boat, but he was swallowed by a big strange fish, and he was most afraid of ups and downs in life.
He wanted to see more, but it seemed that he hadn't seen enough and couldn't dream much.
Suddenly, as if he was standing in the sky again, he saw the boat that had disappeared before coming to the surface, and was moving forward again, looking at the white expanse all around, the mist surrounded the insignificance of the ferry, and the sun could not shine on the river, secluded, the whole ferry boat was like sailing on a river that went to the netherworld, but think that this river has existed for a long time, and the ferry is not a day or two days, I heard that the beginning of the ferry has been ten thousand years, how can I think of it as a boat leading to the netherworld? It must be because of the surrounding scene.
Slowly he saw all the places on the ship, except for the two who died, the remaining thirteen people were in their respective rooms, and there was no one else on the ship, this dream was so terrible, no one actually drove the boat!
After waking up, Wu Hong was full of energy, it seemed that he hadn't slept like a normal human for a long time, which made his body tired, but when he thought of the real dream, he sighed, it seems that he cares too much about Jin Meng's origin, so that when his body is tired, he still thinks about what he said to have such strange dreams, but is there really a feathered fish in the river?
And will there be so many curiosities at the bottom of the river? Is there really only thirteen people on board? What is the scenery like outside?
None of this can be known, Wu Hong didn't delve into it, he immediately took out the pill to meditate and cultivate, this long journey was long, and cultivation became the theme.
There is one thing that Wu Hong still cares about, the sacrifice to the river spirit mentioned in the "Boat Introduction", does this river really have a spirit? Or does it refer to the creatures in the river? But no one replied to him.
Just when Wu Hong was practicing, it was raining outside, and it was raining in the middle of the vast river, which was very weird, the rain fell in the river and set off layers of big waves, and the ferry shook, and Wu Hong was interrupted by shaking before he could settle down, and the boat returned to stability after about a pillar of incense, and Wu Hong didn't think much about starting to cultivate with peace of mind.