Chapter 330 The Weird River, the Feiyun Ship starts
The sky is dark and gloomy. From time to time, black lightning can be seen looming among the distant clouds. The surrounding earth is dry gray and black. Occasionally, you can see a few withered bushes of unknown trees that have completely died.
weed.
You can smell a smell similar to the smoke after a fire burned in your nose, but it also has a somewhat cold feeling, which makes Gao Jingfei very uncomfortable as a living person.
Fortunately, he activated the Hundred Poison Cold Light Barrier as soon as he entered here, and his body was shrouded in an invisible barrier that was three feet thick. It looked like smoke and fog, but its defensive power was comparable to that of thick concrete.
In addition, the feather coat he wore spontaneously brought up a hazy white light. With these two layers of defense, Gao Jingfei could only let go of the defense barrier and smell a little smell. No harmful existence in this environment could enter his body within three feet.
It can be faintly seen under the feet that it was once a man-made road, but it has been so abandoned that the prototype is almost invisible, and it is covered with ashes-like dust. Only one or two bricks that are occasionally dug out can be seen as what once existed.
sign.
"So desolate!"
Gao Jingfei exclaimed in surprise. He did not expect that the underworld in the real world would be more desolate than the underworld where Xiang Yu and the others lived.
At least there are some living plants of the genus Yin in the environment there, but here you can't even see any signs of living life, as if you are on a desolate and lifeless planet of death.
Gao Jingfei couldn't tell the direction, but through the sense of Danyang Bo's authority on the territory, he released the paper chariots and horses, got into the imperial seat in front of the chariot and walked along the deserted road towards the east.
The two realms of Yin and Yang correspond to each other. According to the real location of Jinling and Danyang, Danyang is east of Jinling. If you think about it, although the underworld has changed and will not be completely symmetrical with reality like the mirror world, the general orientation is still the same.
, so Gao Jingfei felt that the direction he was going should be to the east.
Not long after, the road in front of the carriage was interrupted, and a river as wide as the sea appeared in front of Gao Jingfei.
There is no surging river water as imagined. The river is like stagnant water, exuding a dark and dark color. If you hadn't looked carefully and you could see slight signs of flow, you would have thought that the river water was solidified.
"This should be the Yangtze River in the underworld, but why does it look like this?"
Gao Jingfei had seen the underworld Yangtze River in the underworld. He also took a boat from the Wujiang section and sailed from the tributary into Moling Lake to go to Zhongshan.
Although the water in the Yinshi River over there also looks as dark as ink, in fact it is an illusion caused by the condensed Yin Qi and the absence of the sun in the Yin Realm. If you pull the water out of the river, you can see the transparent but Yin Qi wrapped around it.
water.
Moreover, the Yin River and the Yin River are the projections of the Yang world's rivers in the Yin world. According to the two brothers Xiang Yu and Liu An, these rivers will eventually flow to the Yin Sea and pour into Guixu.
Of course, there are also some rivers in the underworld that will carry the souls who fell into the water and eventually merge into the underworld.
These two places in myths both represent the end of the world, but one is the end of the soul. All the souls of the undead that fall into the underworld will eventually go down the underworld and be washed into pure soul particles, and then
At a certain moment, a new soul is formed and returned to the world, and a new life is born.
Guixu is known as the end of the world and is the end of all matter. It is equivalent to the world's garbage recycling and processing center, annihilating all waste and then transforming it into new cosmic matter.
This is a legend that Gao Jingfei learned from the Internet, and even Xiang Yu and Liu An, the two ghosts and gods, do not know what the real end of Guixu and Huangquan is like.
The former is known as the place where all matter in the world ends. Even if the immortals go there, it is estimated that it will be difficult to come back, and no one knows the exact location of Guixu.
Both Xiang Yu and Liu An have seen the latter, but it is also known as the great river that runs through the underworld. It is called the Endless River of Styx in the West. No one knows how long the underworld is. Moreover, the water from the underworld can pollute the immortal body and wash away the underworld.
With the intention of clearing the soul, even immortals cannot avoid falling into it and having their souls washed away and reduced to the mortal world. Ghosts and immortals like Xiang Yu and Liu An are even more restrained by it and do not dare to approach.
Therefore, even though he is the boss of the underworld that has existed for more than two thousand years, his two sworn brothers do not know the secrets of Huangquan. Perhaps only the Lord of Taishan Mansion who once held the power in the underworld can know!
Looking at the strange river water, Gao Jingfei knew that this was not a dangerous place like Huangquan, but even if he could fly, he would not dare to fly there.
What should I do if something strange suddenly happens and I fall?
After thinking for a while, he put away the carriage, took out the Feiyun Ship model from the riverside and put it into the water. Sure enough, although the ship was small, it floated steadily on the water with no sign of sinking.
"Sure enough, according to legend, there are extradition ships and boats in the Styx River and Huangquan. Although my Feiyun Ship may not be able to cross the Huangquan, it is still perfectly possible to travel in the river of the underworld."
As he spoke, Gao Jingfei flicked the weapon talisman in his hand, and he saw the Feiyun Ship shining with a faint black and yellow light in his eyes, transforming from a one-foot-long model into an ancient giant ship more than sixty meters long.
.
And this size was not the largest at the time. According to historical records, the building of the famous Western Jin Dynasty general Wang Rui was 120 steps long, about 90 meters long, and had a displacement of about 1,000 tons. Although it looked clumsy and inconvenient like a floating city, it was undoubtedly far ahead of its contemporaries.
The enormity of Western ships.
The Feiyun Ship's tall five-story building and wide hull give people a majestic feeling like a palace on the sea. Moreover, this is a warship that can pass offshore and the Yangtze River, far from Wang Rui's high-rise ship.
clumsy.
With a thought in Gao Jingfei's mind, a common wooden ladder was put down on the side of the ship. Gao Jingfei jumped onto the deck, and dozens of ghosts dressed as ancient soldiers appeared in front of him.
"I've met my lord!"
The spirit bodies of these soldiers knelt on one knee and clasped their fists in salute. Gao Jingfei nodded with satisfaction.
"Without ceremony, two people will take me to the official hall, while the others are preparing to sail."
"Here!"
The soldiers divided into two groups and led Gao Jingfei into the tall five-story ship.
Gao Jingfei knew that these soldiers were not actually individuals, but the consciousness formed by the souls and obsessions of the soldiers who sank with the ship. They were similar to Taoist puppets refined by Taoism and had no independent thinking. Their behavior
These are all the habits of life simulated by the Ship Spirit.
Therefore, Gao Jingfei didn't pay too much attention to these tool men. He just asked about the facilities and uses of various places in the shipbuilding while walking.
Coming to the third floor, this is the official hall of the battleship, which is where the command room is located.
The reason why the command room is located on the third floor, in Gao Jingfei's own opinion, is because the top floor is the bird's platform, where the battleship's lookout is located, and the fourth floor is too high, making it inconvenient to transmit orders. The view from the second floor to the first floor is
It's not that good, and it's easily obscured by smoke from the battlefield ahead.
Therefore, it is just right to choose the third floor, and outside the official hall of the Feiyun ship is the general's platform, which is like a half terrace. It is the place where the generals on the naval ship command operations and observe the enemy's situation. Below this is actually the top of the second floor of the ship building, and there are also
The facilities with low walls and baffles should be set up to prevent the commander's official hall and general platform from being attacked by enemy arrows.
Standing on the top of the second floor and delivering orders to the bottom can easily be heard by your subordinates.
It is worth mentioning that this ship does not have a shrine dedicated to the Dragon King or Mazu that is common on ancient sea ships, because Mazu was from the Song Dynasty and was not born during the Three Kingdoms period when the Feiyun ship was built, and the Dragon King belief is also
During the Tang and Song Dynasties, the Five Dragon Gods were canonized as kings by the emperors, and it began to spread widely.
However, there are carvings in the shape of dragons and snakes in many places on the ship, because as early as the Spring and Autumn Period in the Wu region, everyone from the official to the private sector believed in the water god and the dragon god. Although the Wu ruling class also had the surname Ji, they had already been overthrown.
People's customs are assimilated.
At that time, the people of Wu State liked to carve patterns on their bodies with images of dragons and snakes to symbolize the dragon son.
Therefore, the Wu people like to have their hair cut off and have tattoos, and are looked down upon by other countries in the Central Plains, thinking that they are barbarians. By the Three Kingdoms period, the Wu region had integrated beliefs, and generally believed in the gods of heaven and earth, such as Taiyi, the Emperor of Heaven, the God of Sheji, and the Supervisor.
The Lord of Taishan Prefecture lives and dies, but the original beliefs are also retained.
However, at that time, the belief in the Dragon King and the habit of offering incense did not form in later generations, so there were no shrines or statues dedicated to the Water God or the Dragon King on the Feiyun Ship. There were only carved dragon and snake graphics to symbolize the Water God and the Dragon God.
's blessing.
After Gao Jingfei boarded the ship, he immediately set up the altar incense table in the main hall behind the official hall, placed the tablet of Taishang Yuchen Daojun, the leader of the Shangqing sect, and made this place a sacred hall.