Chapter 272 The Abandoned

On the way out of Liuliujiuba, I learned the names of the two old men who had been following Old Man Shi.

The one with gray hair and a gaunt face was called Ye Cang, while the slightly fat and relatively kind one was called Ye Zhu. My master told us that these two were actually brothers. Although they didn't look alike, they were born from the same mother and were once well-known in the martial arts world.

These two were not from Minyue. They were born at the foot of Mount Tai, the hometown of Confucius and Mencius. They were said to be from a scholarly family, but they didn't like writing. They went to Kunyu Mountain since they were young and joined the Quanzhen Sect of Taoism. To be honest, they should be disciples of Taoism. When they were young, they made a lot of names. Because the source of their names was the sentence "Cangshan carries snow, and the candle lights the south sky" in Yao Nai's Record of Climbing Mount Tai, so they were called the Jiaodong Twin Heroes in Xuanmen. When they were young, they had hot tempers and did a lot of big things. Later, I don't know which immortal they offended. They disappeared suddenly decades ago and never appeared again.

My master looked strange when he first saw them. He recognized the two and was really shocked. He never thought that the two would join the Hai Gang.

"This old man Shi is not a simple person. He has a vicious look in his eyes. He saw through the tricks of us at a glance, but he is actually powerless. He also subdued the two heroes of Jiaodong. It seems that... the Hai Gang has been a little restless in recent years."

My master said meaningfully: "Although I don't know anyone from the Hai Gang, when I was traveling in the world, I heard many friends say that the leader of the Hai Gang of this generation is not a cultivator..."

His words stopped at that point, leaving us with a lot of imagination.

Could it be that this old man Shi is actually the boss of the Hai Gang?

Only Lao Bai didn't know what he was thinking. He kept muttering the sentence "Cangshan is covered with snow, and the candlelight is shining in the south sky", and from time to time he said something about "Ice and fire", and laughed extremely obscenely.

Brother Yaozi was a little worried. He told my master behind Ye Cang and Ye Zhu's back that the Hai Gang was not a good bird. Could it be that we really listened to their arrangements next time? Would they do something tricky to us again?

My master said four words lightly, they dared not.

The Hai Gang is indeed the overlord of the Minyue area. After all, they are rich and powerful. Ye Cang and Ye Zhu led us to move out of the original express hotel and arranged for us to stay in a five-star hotel. Each of us had a suite. After looking at the price, I sucked my teeth and thought that we worked hard with the Tianmeng. The bonus we got last time was not enough for us to have a few days of leisure here. It is true that people are better than people.

I had some free time. When I took a bath at night, I looked at my physical condition again.

My condition has deteriorated a lot in the past few days.

The hideous blood vessels intertwined into a large net, almost covering my entire abdomen. Now even my skin has a dark blue color.

"I hope we can find something this time."

I sighed, but another voice in my heart told me that the 17th District was too strange. If we couldn't even find the door when we got there, maybe it would be a good thing? At least my master and the others wouldn't have to take too much risk with me.

...

Two days passed in a flash.

On the morning of the third day, Ye Cang and Ye Zhu appeared in front of us again. They first exchanged greetings and asked us if we had eaten and slept well in the past two days. They were very polite and terrified. They did a lot of face work. Immediately afterwards, the two of them changed the subject and said bluntly that they were ready. If we didn't have anything to do, we could set off today.

We were waiting for this sentence. We packed up our things and followed them to the dock.

A fishing boat had already been moored at the dock.

From a distance, I saw that many people were busy on the boat. I thought that the sea gang was not so mean after all. Even if they were not optimistic about our trip, at least they did what they should do.

As a result, when we really boarded the boat and saw these so-called crew members clearly, their faces turned black as ink, and even my master's eyes flashed with a cold light.

"What? What is this?!"

Lao Bai jumped three feet high. He was grateful to Old Man Shi for taking him in and sheltering him. He tried not to talk as much as possible these days. Otherwise, with his foul mouth, he would have said something unpleasant. Even so, he couldn't hold it back at this moment. He exploded and pointed at the people on the deck and cursed: "Come on, come on, you two, explain to me, what are these things!

Brother at the bow, where are your legs? Where are they?

And this brother, why are you looking at me? You only have one eye left, and you are still looking at me. Where is your eyeball? Do you want me to dig it out and eat it? This is so cruel...

And... this big brother, do you have bladder cancer? Why are you still wearing a urine bag? Okay, stand there and don't come over. Your urine bag is leaking. If you pour it on my shoes today, I will kill you!

..."

Once this grandson started to curse, he couldn't stop. He cursed almost everyone one by one.

Although his words were a bit rude, he was telling the truth - all the people on the deck were disabled!

Some had broken legs, some had broken arms, some had hideous scars on their faces, some were very old, and some... had urine bags hanging on them!!

With such sailors, how can we go out to sea? How can we go to District 17 to find the legendary Penglai? !

When we talked about finding the target, Old Man Shi's attitude took a 360-degree turn. His original enthusiasm for discussing cooperation disappeared in an instant. At that time, we knew that the Hai Gang would definitely not let the experts accompany us to sea this time. In their opinion, the risk was too great and they were afraid of losing the experts. But no one expected that they would send such a group of people. In Lao Bai's words, this was a group of defective products.

With my master backing him up, Lao Bai acted like a shrew. He didn't care whether they were the Jiaodong duo or whether they were good at ice or fire. He grabbed the clothes of the two old men, Ye Cang and Ye Zhu, and said that he didn't know how to use these people. He had to ask them to write him a manual.

"You can't say that."

Ye Zhu was not angry. He smiled like a good old man and said, "After all, this time we are helping you. Old Shi can't force you to give any orders, so they are completely recruited volunteers. Don't underestimate these people. They are all old men of our Hai Gang. They have seen blood, experienced storms and waves, and have rich experience. It is actually the most secure to let them accompany you to District 17."

He revealed the identities of these people in one sentence.

These people are not young. The youngest is estimated to be thirty-five or thirty-six. They should have become disabled while working for the Hai Gang. The Hai Gang simply took advantage of this incident and threw them out in one go. It is a typical waste utilization idea. It is not a pity if they die, and it can also reduce the burden on the Hai Gang. After all, these people still have to be supported by the Hai Gang.

This is a group of abandoned people!

I felt cold in my heart and couldn't help but observe these people carefully. There were nine people in total, and each of them was scarred. I felt a kind of desolation in them. Even though they were scolded so harshly by Lao Bai, they were still expressionless. At most, they looked at Lao Bai. The silent and oppressive atmosphere made people almost breathless. Obviously, they knew why they were here.

So, I pushed Lao Bai and asked him to be polite. There was no need to scold such poor people who had shed blood and tears.

Lao Bai stood aside with a snort and stopped talking.

"With these people steering the helm and leading the way, it's guaranteed to be safe!"

Ye Cang smiled and walked to the cabin door and knocked gently: "Shunzi, come out!"

The cabin door opened, and a strong young man bent over and got out of it.

"Old Shi still values ​​you very much."

Ye Cang pulled the young man to us and said, "This is Shunzi, the kid who survived District 17. Look, Old Shi sent him here, so how much he values ​​this matter?!"

It turned out to be this person?

I was indeed a little surprised. I didn't expect to send this person. A kid who survived back then is now the same age as me.

After hearing what Ye Cang said, the other party immediately grinned and said, "I'm glad to help you. Old Shi said that this is an honorable mission."

What a fool...

I sighed in my heart. You probably don't know that your Old Shi has long lost interest in District 17. You, a fool, are useless in his eyes, so he sent you out to do a life-threatening mission!

He also said that Shunzi's father was a rare genius, and how he cherished him in the past. In the end, the old man was dead, and the old man's son was useless, so he abandoned him like a worn-out shoe. It is rare to be so heartless and ungrateful...

To be honest, when Lao Bai first told me about this old man Shi, I had the image of a generous, righteous and taciturn ship captain in my mind.

As a result, there are really no exceptions in this world, and there is nothing new. The more glamorous and beautiful a person is to the outside world, the more cold, cruel and unkind he is to the inside. This is the case with Song Jiang and Liu Bei. It is still applicable here.

"Then let's do it!"

My master probably saw the cruelty inside the sea gang and didn't want to entangle with anything more. He had an invincible belief in his heart and had very low requirements for these people. As long as they could send us to District 17, he waved his hand and said, "Go to sea!"

Ye Cang and Ye Zhu bowed and said goodbye. This time, they were sincere. They didn't think we would be good, but they still hoped that we could come back alive. After all, they were counting on me, the ceremonial officer, to grow up. Otherwise, their meager investment would be wasted.

Facts have proved that although these people given by the sea gang are disabled, they are still very skilled in driving the boat. Including Shunzi, there are a total of ten people, and they cooperate very well. The fishing boat gradually left the port and plunged into the vast sea.

We tried to communicate with Shunzi, and what he said was exactly the same as what Old Man Shi told us. Then we looked at the scars on his body. They looked like some kind of scratches, five fingers, but they didn't look like scratches left by human hands. The scars were bulging and very hideous. We looked at them for a long time but couldn't figure out anything, so we had to give up.

This was my first time going out to sea. At the beginning, it was still quite novel. I would chat with the people sent by the sea gang when I had nothing to do. Unfortunately, these people had already lost hope and had no interest in talking. After asking for a long time, I only knew their names, or nicknames.

Among the ten people, the one in charge was the blind man who was scolded by Lao Bai. He was about fifty or sixty years old, with a strong body and dark and rough skin. He asked me to call him Old One-Eye and find him if I had any problems. He would arrange it properly. He didn't reveal anything else, such as how he lost his eye...

Brother Yaozi said that this was a ruthless man who had killed people.

The fishing boat was not very big, and with the seven of us in the group, seventeen people on one boat was already crowded, and it was even more so when we entered the cabin. The seven of us squeezed into one room, and the old one-eyed man and Shun squeezed together with other crew members.

A day passed by on the sea.

After the initial excitement passed, I finally began to feel uncomfortable after a day on the sea. I had no appetite, and I always felt that there was something squeezing in my chest. I wanted to vomit but couldn't, and I felt dizzy when I smelled the fishy smell.

Others were not much better. At night, my master was meditating, and we squeezed together early and fell asleep, just like the piglets sold overseas in the old days.

Dong dong dong! !

Suddenly, the cabin door was knocked, and the sound was urgent.

We were all awakened at once because we were not sleeping well.

I rubbed my sore eyes and went downstairs to open the door. It was the old one-eyed man outside the door. His brows were furrowed and he looked a little anxious. The one-eyed man didn't look at me, but at my master, and he was about to say something.

My master looked at him with a clear gaze and smiled, "What's the matter?"

"I'm really sorry to bother you in the middle of the night."

The old one-eyed man was not good at speaking. He clasped his fists at my master and said with a sad face, "Alas, I can't explain it clearly. You should come to our side and take a look.

Shunzi...something's not right...

At the beginning, I said that he shouldn't come, and he shouldn't go to the sea. Sure enough, something went wrong..."