Bai Qiqi whispered: "Perhaps it's because Master Qianhuan's spirit gathering formation was destroyed and he can no longer absorb spiritual energy."
"That's the truth." The spirit-gathering formation on Baimao Mountain unexpectedly stopped. If Qianhuan Zhenren didn't have other formations to absorb souls, the supply of Dianduihai would have been cut off for more than half a year.
If the spiritual energy is thinner, humans and other creatures can still survive, but immortals will die sadly.
"So, there must be people on the island who are worried, but unfortunately they can't get out before the storm opens." Bai Ziqi analyzed, "The biggest variable in this trip is that the state of Master Qianhuan is unpredictable. I heard that he should have come out to take charge of Lingshan long ago.
But he has never entered the world. It can be seen that either something happened to the cave, or something happened to him."
"But his giant dragon figure just escaped from Yao Palace not long ago and is likely to return here. Therefore, the people on the island, including Qian Huan himself, may be on guard." Facing an opponent of this magnitude, Bai Ziqi was also extremely cautious.
, "It's still early, so there's no rush to get to the island."
Yinzhu Island lying quietly on the sea made him feel uneasy.
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The moment He Lingchuan jumped off the boat and walked onto the pier, he always felt as if he was back at the dock of Julu Port.
There are crisp bells everywhere, which means that the fishing boats are returning to the port and need to unload their cargo;
The boatmen and labourers, who had been waiting at the pier for a long time, swarmed up to carry the fishing goods. The skuas, who had nothing to steal, got angry and pecked their hair.
Behind the pier is a lively seafood market, where freshly landed aquatic products are wholesale and retailed immediately. There are traders and fishermen bargaining everywhere. Wan Qifeng and others just pinching their noses is not enough, they have to hold their breath and rush through the market.
, otherwise you will be fainted by the soaring stench!
However, I couldn't walk very fast, because there were so many people in the market. The soft sand had long been trampled hard, and it had just rained salty water, so my boots made a squeaking sound when they stepped on the muddy water in the potholes.
Walking in the market, I felt like I was stuck in mud, salty and wet, which was real but uncomfortable.
After finally squeezing out of the market, everyone said "Ah" and let out a long breath.
Oh my god, I'm alive.
Dong Rui shook the red fruit tied around his neck: "It's okay, it's okay, I'm well prepared."
Aunt Zhu didn't care. The sense of smell of spiders is different from that of humans, so she didn't think it was "stinky" at all.
However, its body shape is different. It was separated from everyone as soon as it got off the boat, and it only communicated with it through the eyeball spider.
These clothed humans need to eat, rest and bathe, which is very troublesome, and it doesn't use them.
He Lingchuan and others wandered at sea for ten days, huddled in a small and uncomfortable cabin all day long, being pushed around by the waves. Finally, they found their feet on the ground. The first thing they did was to find an inn to change clothes and eat.
However, they were surrounded by people before they even stepped off the pier.
The three- or four-year-old child stared at them blankly with a runny nose and an open mouth. The two aunts holding him on his arm were also pointing at them from behind.
"That's weird, what kind of clothes are you wearing!"
"Not like the people on our island."
The colors and materials of the clothes of He Lingchuan and others are indeed very different from those of the island residents.
"Could it be from outside? The wind wall has just subsided... Ah, has your man come back from going to sea? The first ship of seafood after going to sea sold for a lot of money!"
There was also an eleven or twelve-year-old child who wanted to touch He Lingchuan's clothes when he came up, but was frightened away by Wan Qiliang's bullet on the forehead.
No matter where they went, there was a group of followers behind them. It wasn't until they entered the inn that the crowd outside gradually dispersed.
The black-armored military guards all murmured, saying they had never seen the world.
Dong Rui whispered: "These islanders rarely see outsiders."
The buildings on the island are all made from local materials, mainly bamboo, wood, palm, and coconut fiber. The surfaces are painted and the construction methods are relatively primitive, so three-story buildings are very rare. However, the exterior walls of some houses are made of Sanhe soil.
, with neat white shells embedded on the surface as decoration.
He Lingchuan noticed that there was often a square pot placed at the end of the streets they walked through, some made of pottery, wood, or stone, with more or less black-gray embers remaining inside.
Eyeball Spider specifically reported Aunt Zhu’s complaint: “The smell in the basin is not good and it irritates my nose.”
Everyone looked sideways.
We just passed the smelly fish market, and the burrowing spider didn't change its color. Now we encounter several small pots, and no one smells anything, but it feels nauseated?
By the way, where is it hiding? He Lingchuan looked around but couldn't see it.
Lingguang jumped down, sniffed the basin vigorously for a few times, and even pinched a small piece of ashes back and said to He Lingchuan:
"迿 basin! Put five poisons and five herbs into this basin and burn them. The smell is very special."
Strictly speaking, Aunt Zhu is also one of the "five poisons", so she doesn't like the smell in the basin.
"What is it for?"
"It's about exorcising ghosts." Dong Rui said from the side, "Burning five poisons and five herbs together is a very ancient method of exorcising ghosts."
For him, ancient = outdated, and it has long been out of use.
Everyone found it strange. Yinzhu Island is the territory of Qianhuan Zhenren, but this place can actually be haunted?
The ghost ape bared its teeth and chirped several times.
No one could understand it, but looking at its expression, it didn't look like it had said anything nice.
Dong Rui translated for it: "The monkey said, maybe this ghost was set by Qian Huan. It is a mirage, what can't it pretend to be?"
Everyone laughed, but Aunt Zhu lowered her voice: "Do you feel like you are being watched?"
Wan Qifeng and others looked at each other and shook their heads.
They are all warriors with keen spiritual senses, and they usually practice diligently, but this time they really didn't notice anything strange.
Having said that, everyone on the road was staring at these outsiders, and I always felt like I was being watched.
He Lingchuan frowned. Yinzhu Island had always given him an uncomfortable feeling, but he couldn't explain why.
Turning onto another main street, the street was actually packed. The crowd shouted angrily and threw rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at a building.
He Lingchuan heard the words "Kill a person to pay for his life" and took a closer look to see that it was a restaurant. The signboard "Longxiang Restaurant" was very new. Even the paint was freshly painted and he could smell it from a distance.
The door of the restaurant was closed, and I didn't know if no one was there or they didn't dare to come out.
After taking a look at the excitement, He Lingchuan and others continued walking forward, and soon found an inn. There was a sign hanging from the eaves of the door, with a pattern of a big cake and a wine pot drawn on it, and the following two lines of bold font:
Yellow Wind Tavern.
Meals, accommodation, ordering.
There is also an evil talisman hanging directly above the store door with yellow paper and red characters. It looks like it was recently put up.
When they pointed it out, they found that neither copper coins nor silver notes could be used here. The main local currency in circulation is called Haiyu, which is about the size of a thumb and has a smooth surface like an ox horn. The exact material is unknown. There are small holes on it for threading strings, and it is divided into red and yellow.
Of the three colors green, green has the lowest purchasing power and red has the highest.