Chapter 234 Death Journey

When the ship is sailing, it looks silent from a distance. In fact, when people are really in it, they will find that it is not as quiet as imagined. The hull shakes violently, and there is a constant "creaking" sound in the cabin, as if after a long period of polishing, the hull is no longer solid and will collapse and dismember at any time.

A landlubber like me is at a disadvantage here. In the process of rushing out of the cabin, accompanied by the shaking of the building ship, the whole person sways back and forth like a drunkard, and finally can't stand steadily and sits on the ground.

On the contrary, Lao Bai, who was the most unbearable on weekdays, immediately adapted after the initial shaking. He walked steadily, as if walking on flat ground. He came over to help me up, patted my thighs with his hands, and said with a smile: "Your legs are so straight, people who don't know would think you are dying. Relax a little. There is a saying that goes, let him be strong, the breeze blows over the hills, isn't this what you Taoists say? You are Mr. Zhang's direct disciple, a serious Taoist priest, how come you are not as good as me when encountering problems?"

"Bah!"

I spit out the blood and filth in my mouth fiercely and glared at him.

What do you mean by dying? It's so ugly.

But I also know that Lao Bai is teaching me how to survive on the boat. This kind of building ship is not a modern cruise ship. In addition, this abnormal environment is too painful inside. It is really necessary to have some kung fu. If it weren't for this, I would have forgotten that Lao Bai's grandson has learned all kinds of unique skills. He used to be a servant on the Qinhuai River, carrying young girls on his shoulders to send them to the guests' boats, jumping and jumping at the bow and stern of the boat, and he has good water skills.

Immediately, I tried to relax myself. Sure enough, if my legs were not tight and my body was soft, I would not fall down if I let my body sway with the hull of the boat.

After a while of chaos, we gradually adapted to the inconveniences brought by the sudden start of the boat and came to the deck.

The ship came slowly like a turtle, but now it was leaving at a much faster speed. In just a moment, it was already a distance from the shore. Because of the high speed of the ship, the mercury below was no longer calm. Mercury splashed wherever the ship passed, especially at the position where the bow hit the corner. The mercury flew three or four meters high, but somehow it could not splash onto the ship. It was swallowed into the mouth of the animal head statue above the corner, and finally rolled out of the eyes, as if the green-faced and fanged animal head sculpture was crying, which amazed the people who saw it.

"The sea of ​​suffering is boundless, turn back before it's too late."

Lao Bai sighed lightly, looking at the direction of the tomb path eagerly, and said helplessly: "But even if we turn back now, I'm afraid there is no chance, right?"

Zhang Xinya was probably really uncomfortable with the shaking of the boat, so she bent down and vomited "wow wow". After a long time, nothing came out of her stomach, all saliva and acid in the stomach, tears in her eyes, I felt uncomfortable watching her, maybe she was holding back a ball of fire in her stomach, just after retching, she immediately stood up and kicked Lao Bai's calf hard, and said unhappily: "What's the matter? Regret it? If you regret it, don't come!"

This girl has always been disrespectful to Lao Bai. She looked at Lao Bai with slanted eyes, and her eyes clearly said-you came here, aren't you afraid that my uncle will wake up and find out that you stood by and watched, and drive you out of the Zhenwu Temple. At that time, the Black Miao chieftain will chase you and see who can save you!

Normally, I'm afraid these two would have a quarrel.

But this time, Lao Bai rarely responded, shook his head, and turned back to the cabin.

I gently pushed Zhang Xinya, indicating that she had said too much. Lao Bai had a lot of bad habits, but when his friends were really in a life-and-death situation, he would definitely not say a word.

This was just a small quarrel. On weekdays, such farces were staged all the time in the Zhenwu Temple, but there had never been such a silence like this time!

I know that the deeper reason is that this underground ruins is too weird.

Mercury sea, unmanned ship...

These are all things that completely subvert people's cognition. We are on the ship, but we still don't know how this ship can sail without anyone controlling it, and we can't stop anything. This unknown fear and powerlessness make everyone anxious, and the mood is very irritable and excited.

After staying on the deck for a while, without any discovery, we can only return to the cabin again.

The ship was still sailing like a clockwork, and the turbulence never stopped, but became more and more intense. Even Brother Yaozi was thrown pale.

I was worried that they would not be able to keep up with the physical strength, so I took out some water and food and wanted them to eat a little, but Zhang Xinya vomited again after a few bites. Although Brother Yaozi was not so violent, he was probably trying to hold it back by looking at the way he pursed his lips tightly.

Neither of them ate anything, and soon fell into a deep sleep. Worried about being thrown out by the turbulence, the two simply squeezed into a corner of the cabin, curled up, and looked pitiful, like a homeless person abandoned by the world.

I was very energetic, but when the ship just started, I was caught off guard and fell hard, but I felt much better after adapting, at least I was not like Zhang Xinya and the others, who were tossed and turned pale.

I couldn't sleep, so I got up and found that Lao Bai was sitting alone in the corner, in a daze.

I went over and asked him what was wrong.

"I don't know why, I just feel uneasy."

Lao Bai smiled, and rarely behaved properly. He pouted at Zhang Xinya and Brother Yaozi: "This is a journey of death. We have just embarked on the journey. It's just a warning to us, and two of us can't stand it. I don't know what will happen in the future."

I shrugged. There was nothing I could do about it. Who knew that this boat looked stable, but it was so bumpy when I got on it, which was more exaggerated than riding a donkey that kept kicking. Zhang Xinya and the others were probably seasick. They were hit, and there was nothing I could do.

However, Lao Bai's boat skills aroused some interest in me, and I couldn't help saying: "Since I can't sleep here, why don't we just be sentinels? We're free anyway. Tell me about the flower boats on the Qinhuai River. Are there still such people now? The Qinhuai River has become a tourist destination."

Lao Bai shook his head and said that I'd better not be interested in those people, because they are not good people.

However, he still opened up.

Regarding his past experiences, I only occasionally heard Brother Yaozi mention them, and Lao Bai never talked about them in detail. This is the first time he told me all kinds of things, which is really interesting.

According to him, the Qinhuai River is so long, and there are only a few places where people go to play. There are always some places without people, and the current flower boats basically appear in these places.

However, those who still do this business now are not sacrificing their lives for money. In fact, they are all practicing evil magic, which is no different from Xuanmen.

"Remember, once you board a flower boat, you've given up half your life. But dying under the peony flowers is all bullshit. It would be ugly to die in their hands."

Lao Bai hung his head and sighed softly, "To be honest, what I least want to recall in my life is this experience. Every time I carry a girl on my shoulders and send her out, I'm actually committing a sin, you know? Those young girls on the flower boats all come from poor backgrounds. They were adopted by the flower boats when they were young and were always used as maids. When they reached the age, they were sent out. In fact, they didn't want to at all at that time. After the first encounter, they were traumatized and twisted. They came out to do things that hurt people. Under the lights and wine, it's actually all dirty and tragic. I don't have the ability of your etiquette officer. If I had that ability, I would wake up the water dragon of the Qinhuai River, swallow all the flower boats in one breath, and bury them alive!"

At the end, he was already gritting his teeth.

When I heard it, hey, there seems to be a story here!

So I kept asking him questions. At first, Lao Bai tried to avoid the question, but I asked him to the point where he was at his wit's end. He hung his head like a deflated balloon and told me that he was working on a flower boat and was actually a boy. He knew one of the girls and they had a very good relationship. Later, he carried her on his back to another passenger ship.

Before she boarded the boat, she held his face and told him seriously to look at himself clearly, because after tonight, he would belong to someone else, no, to many people, maybe a thousand people, or even ten thousand people...

After listening to me, I was silent for a long time, and then I suddenly asked, "How is she now?"

Lao Bai said that he had met her once ten years ago, and she had become the owner of a boat and a female devil.

I asked Lao Bai again if he liked that girl very much?

Lao Bai immediately shook his head, but then looked at me again, as if to see who I was and whether I was his friend. Then he fell silent again and nodded vigorously.

I sighed and didn't ask again. I thought about the situation at that time carefully. If it were me, would I leave with that woman in tears?

Finally, I shook my head and thought, I can't accept this fate. Lao Bai accepted it that time, so the rest of his life became like this.

"Hey, something's wrong, I just talked too much!"

Suddenly, Lao Bai seemed to notice something, stood up suddenly, and his eyes widened: "This ship...is not shaking anymore!!"

When he said this, I realized that it was not only not shaking, but it was not moving at all! !

Could it be that we have arrived?

This thought just came up, and I quickly extinguished it. This is absolutely impossible. How long have we been on the ship? At most a few hours. Although the speed of the ship is much faster on the return journey, it is impossible to sail out of this vast mercury sea in a few hours!

I immediately closed my eyes, pinched the Three Purities Fingers, held onto my true self, and carefully felt everything around me. After a moment, my expression changed completely: "Quick, wake up Zhang Xinya and the others, something is wrong, something is coming!!"