Chapter 235: Neptune's Eye

Lao Bai was shocked by what I said.

Maybe my voice was too loud, so there was no need to shout, Zhang Xinya and Brother Yaozi also woke up.

Zhang Xinya subconsciously rubbed her arms, rubbed her sleepy eyes, and breathed a little cold air, saying, "Why is it so cold?"

It's cold!

Because, the yin energy here is very heavy! !

Not only yin energy, but also evil energy! !

The Taoist Sanqing Finger is originally used to hold talisman water, which can affect a person's mind, be quiet and inaction, and hold the true self. Therefore, when I hold this finger, I feel the yin and evil energy very deeply. When I closed my eyes, my heart was empty, as if I was in a dark place, and there was endless haze sweeping around. Such a strong ominousness must be related to non-human things. There is no need to go out to see, it must be a situation where hundreds of ghosts surround the ship.

When people are half asleep, half awake, extremely tired, or stay up late, their own yang energy will be very weak, and the feeling of yin energy will be increased. It is because of this that they often feel cold all over their bodies after a sleepless night. Therefore, Zhang Xinya's feelings are more profound.

"Go out!"

After a brief panic, I immediately made a decision, awakened Tianguan Blade, and rushed out first.

The four of us went through wind and rain, and it was not the first time to shuttle between life and death. As soon as I moved, there was no need to say anything more, Brother Yaozi and the others immediately followed.

On the deck, the yin energy became even stronger.

The boat really stopped. Looking forward, there was no end. Looking back, there was no tomb passage behind.

This place really doesn't look like a tomb. It feels like we have really come to an underground mercury sea, which is boundless. The yin energy in the air has condensed into fog, and the surroundings are white. I didn't see anything unclean.

But I know that they must be lurking in the dark! !

"Look, what is that?!"

Suddenly, Brother Yaozi rushed to the bow, stood on the top of the ship, pointed to the front and shouted: "My God, this..."

He said nothing more, as if he was stunned, or he couldn't think of any words to describe what he saw.

I immediately climbed to the top of the ship and came to his side. For a moment, I didn't know what to say.

I saw that in the mercury sea in front, a huge vortex appeared at some point, like the eye of a storm, and the originally silent mercury was all swept up. Above it, the gray-white thick fog rolled, interweaving a human face, each of which was distorted and gloomy. It was obviously constructed by fog, but it looked so real and clear, and it was indescribably weird.

Especially the face at the front, it looked like a man. With the surge of fog, his mouth seemed to be moving, saying something to us, but it was definitely not a good word, let alone a confession, because the face was too distorted and too hideous.

A huge whirlpool stretched across the mercury sea, directly blocking the front of the building ship, and it was it that stopped the ship.

"This..."

Lao Bai muttered something to himself, I couldn't hear clearly, and finally he kept shaking his head and said in a lost voice: "This is impossible, this is mercury, not the sea, how could such a place appear here?!"

"What did you say?!"

I turned around and asked: "Do you know about this situation?"

"I... I'm not sure if it's right!!"

Lao Bai said: "This seems to be the eye of the sea that the old boatmen along the coast often talk about!"

Eye of the sea?

Brother Yaozi and I looked at each other, not only I hadn't heard of it, even the knowledgeable Brother Yaozi had never heard of it!

"Legend has it that this is a burial place in the sea, a restricted area for all sea ships!"

Lao Bai smiled bitterly and said: "Now that the eye of the sea has appeared, there are unclean things in it that stop ships and ask for tribute."

I looked at him eagerly and motioned for him to continue.

Unfortunately, Lao Bai couldn't explain more clearly. These were just some legends he had heard before, and these legends were somewhat related to the story he told me in the cabin.

Back then, he boarded the flower boat on the Qinhuai River. There were rules on the boat. It was easy to get on the boat but difficult to get off. If you really wanted to get off, they would prepare a coffin for you. To put it bluntly, they would let you lie down. Only after signing this kind of life and death contract would they be assured to teach you the skills.

Lao Bai actually didn't have the idea of ​​stealing the master's skills back then. He had to get on the boat to make a living. At that time, his biggest dream was to lead a flower boat. As a result, since he sent the woman on the guest's boat, his mind changed. Since then, he began to manage it with all his heart. When he learned almost all the skills, he immediately escaped.

However, Wuhuabamen was originally a peddler. Although the world is big, there are places where people beg for food everywhere. Even if he escaped, where could he escape to?

After thinking about it, he could only seek shelter from another Xuanmen.

Taoism? Buddhism?

These are quiet places with a glorious image. They cannot tolerate opportunists like him. Moreover, Buddhism and Taoism are leaders. They look down on all kinds of professions and have always rejected all kinds of professions, not to mention traitors like him. They are despised from head to toe. Only my master has no prejudice. Others will look down on him!

Go to Xiangxi?

No way!

The Xuanmen in Xiangxi is too evil. The biggest one is the corpse raiser. If he goes there rashly, he might be raised as a zombie. Those people like to pit such refugees the most because there is no cost.

Finally, Lao Bai gritted his teeth and went to Quanzhou! !

Why Quanzhou?

There are sea gangs there! !

Historically, the ancient Roman Empire has always been very keen on silk and porcelain from the East. Unfortunately, due to many reasons such as war, the land trade route could never be fully opened, and the trade volume was very limited. Therefore, the Maritime Silk Road was opened up.

Where is the starting point of this Maritime Silk Road?

Quanzhou Port!!

In the Song Dynasty, Quanzhou Port was the world's largest port and the starting point of the Maritime Silk Road!!

This is the historical hotbed for the birth of the Hai Gang!

You know, the weird things on the sea are not necessarily less than those on land. Even now, human beings' understanding of the ocean is still very shallow. Otherwise, how to explain the Bermuda Triangle? Similar strange events like this emerge in an endless stream. The Hai Gang was originally a sea merchant. They encountered many weird things, and gradually developed their own way of survival, which was very capable.

It's just that the Hai Gang has always been mysterious. They are everywhere and never show up. It's still the same now, but no one dares to underestimate them.

Legend has it that Zheng Shishi, one of the four most famous pirate kings in the world, was a member of the Hai Gang. It was precisely because of the support of the Hai Gang that she could maneuver freely on the sea.

The Hai Gang is so awesome! !

They claim that wherever there is sea, it is the territory of the Hai Gang, and other Xuanmen cannot set foot there. The giants of Taoism and Buddhism also recognize this rule.

Lao Bai knew this, so he ran to Quanzhou Port and lived directly in a small fishing village below. He lived there for three whole years, because he heard that most of the fishermen in these places have some relationship with the Hai Gang. He deliberately rented a single room of a boat boss to seek shelter. Sure enough, his enemies never looked for him again.

The Eye of the Sea King, he heard from the landlord that it was a boat boss named Shi.

This kind of weird place basically appears in some places where shipwrecks occur frequently. In some sea areas, if there are many deaths, this kind of Eye of the Sea King will be formed. People who make a living on the sea go out to sea. Once they encounter the Eye of the Sea King, they say that it is the resentful soul in the sea asking for money to buy their way.

At this time, you have to offer sacrifices at the bow. After the sacrifices, the wind and the sea will soon calm down, and the boat can pass safely!

Even the captain of the ship told him in detail how to offer sacrifices!

Lao Bai was puzzled and said, "It's just that I really can't figure it out. The Eye of the Sea appears in the sea, but here is mercury!"

I thought about it and felt that this might really be the Eye of the Sea.

Water is Yin, and the dead are also Yin. Ghosts in the water are already powerful, let alone ghosts in the sea? Yin on Yin is a change, and anything can happen. The Eye of the Sea is probably an abnormality caused by this situation, just like fishing nests. Once the Eye of the Sea is formed, more and more ghosts gather, so it becomes a burial place on the sea.

To put it bluntly, the key is to add Yin on Yin!

Mercury is Yin in itself. From the perspective of Yin and Yang, this thing is indeed no different from water.

As we all know, mercury is poisonous, but most people probably don't know that mercury itself is a traditional Chinese medicine used to treat some poisonous sores. The medicine classics say that this thing is pungent and cold in nature!

Therefore, it is not completely impossible for the Sea King's Eye to appear on the mercury sea. The principle is similar!

"How to perform the sacrifice?"

I looked at the terrible vortex in front of me and felt the cold murderous intent. The things dormant in the dark could erupt at any time, but I had no knowledge of this situation, so I naturally didn't know what to do. I relied on Lao Bai, but I was a little nervous: "Is this method reliable? After all, I just heard what the captain said!"

"It should be reliable!"

Lao Bai paused, and his tone became more certain: "Absolutely reliable! At first glance, Old Man Shi is a drunkard, but after three years of getting along, I found that he is not an ordinary person. In all likelihood, he is a member of the sea gang, and his status is very unusual. I hid in that fishing village for three years, but the news from the outside world has always been through. I broke the rules on the flower boat, and many people wanted to kill me, but they never gave up. However, one day, Old Man Shi suddenly found me. He smiled and said to me that it has been three years, and he likes me very much. It is not easy to be with an old man for three years, but young people should go out and make a living, so I can get out.

At the end, he added meaningfully, "I can go anywhere in the world!"

Then, I left, and those who have been clamoring to kill me for three years have stopped their efforts!"

According to what he said, the old man Shi was really unusual!

I exhaled a breath of turbid air and took a step back, meaning that the next step would be handed over to Lao Bai.

At the same time, I silently looked at the Sea King's Eye in front of me and fell into deep thought. According to Lao Bai's words, many people should have died here. I really can't think of what happened in this underground ruins...

Lao Bai was not polite and immediately told us to get busy.

First, he burned incense at the bow, and then he took out some dry food from our backpacks and put it at the bow.

Finally, he asked Zhang Xinya to take out the yellow paper and grind cinnabar, and he dipped the brush in it and began to write some strange symbols on the yellow paper. They were not Taoist talismans, nor were they funeral texts, nor were they the sacrificial texts of our ritual officials. Instead, they were some strange words similar to drawing circles. They looked very sloppy, but they also had an unusual and evil spirit.

I asked him what this was, and he said that he was talking to something in the mercury.

I asked him what he said on it, and Lao Bai didn't even think about it. He grinned and said that he didn't know either. Old Man Shi taught him.

I immediately frowned. This yellow paper was very large, and there were a lot of strange symbols. There must be at least hundreds of them. Old Man Shi taught him at least ten or twenty years ago, right? So many years have passed, who knows if he will make a mistake!

"It's all here!"

Lao Bai patted his head and glanced at me: "If we talk about other skills, I may not be as good as you, but if we talk about this memory, hehe... I'm not bragging. I have learned from hundreds of masters, and I have countless methods, big and small. I can't even count the long and short scriptures, but I have never missed a word. This is not innate, but forced, because I know how difficult it is for a poor boy to learn something. I have tried my best to get an opportunity, but I ended up forgetting it. That's not being fair to myself!!

Anyone can be unfair, but if you can't even be fair to yourself, you are a fool!"

I curled my lips and didn't say anything.

Not long after, Lao Bai finally finished writing, blew it with satisfaction, then stood at the bow, lit the yellow paper, and shouted a few syllables from his mouth that we couldn't understand, as if it was a mysterious language, but the tune was very long, like the desolate Qinqiang.

The yellow paper turned to ash, and under the gloomy wind, the ash fell into the mercury sea piece by piece.

A magical scene appeared, the originally turbulent sea king's eye actually calmed down little by little.

Lao Bai felt relieved, and a smile appeared on his face: "I said, the skills taught by old man Shi are correct, this is the ability of the sea gang..."

Before he finished speaking, a scream of "ah" suddenly came from the mercury sea. It was hard to tell whether it was a man or a woman, but it was extremely sharp!

Hula la!

A violent gust of gloomy wind suddenly blew in our faces. The wind was a little too strong, blowing us all over the place, and we couldn't open our eyes.

After a while, the gloomy wind subsided.

The three incense sticks on the bow were broken on both sides!

Lao Bai rubbed his eyes, looked at it in disbelief, and then quickly retreated: "People are afraid of three long and two short, incense is afraid of two short and one long, damn, this is not accepting offerings! No, there are a lot of unclean things below, most of them have accepted our rules and don't want to embarrass us, but there is a leader who is not happy!!"

While speaking, the mercury sea in front of us spun wildly again, forming a huge whirlpool.

At this time, the hull shook violently, and at the same time, the bottom of the boat made a muffled "dong dong" sound.

I stood unsteadily and shouted: "There are things under the boat, they are going to overturn this boat!!"