When they first went out to sea, several young people were very excited, either pestering the passengers to tell anecdotes, or lying on the bow of the boat to fish and watch the sea with great interest.
However, except for the occasional storm, the sea is always calm and the endless sea remains unchanged. People who are not familiar with it have never been able to figure out the direction.
They were lucky enough not to encounter a terrible storm, but after such a peaceful journey, after the initial excitement wore off, the young people undoubtedly felt bored.
They discussed that they must find something interesting.
With this idea in mind, several young people tried their best to find excitement (death), but before they could make any big news, one morning, a young man suddenly discovered that the passenger was missing.
It was the ninth day at sea, and the passengers disappeared on the ship without any warning.
In the next few days, the people on the boat disappeared without a trace one after another - in the end, only six young people who came out of the village together were left.
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There is a legend about fairy mountains in the sea, which is called "mirage".
Guess, is it true or false?
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Qiao Xi took the young man out to sea together.
The boy's family naming standards are really concise and concise. He is the third child, so he is simply called Sanlang.
——By the way, the one who went missing at sea was his brother, the eldest brother, named Taro.
——The way humans sometimes choose names is surprisingly simple.
The sea is such a thing. When you have never seen it, you always have all kinds of longings, imagining how majestic it is and how majestic and boundless it is.
However, if you actually stay on the sea for a while, you will feel that the sea is just that.
Both Saburo and Yamabuki Otome went to sea for the first time, and both humans and monsters were very excited in the first few days.
Yamabuki Otome even avoided Saburo's sight with great interest and teased the underwater fish and insects with her demonic power.
Although Sanlang was quite worried about Qiao Xi and the two going out to sea to use bamboo rafts, he soon became excited after seeing the endless blue sea.
The sun rose and the moon set. After three or four days of this, it was still five or six days. There was nothing but water in sight. All they could see was the sea. This made Saburo and Yamabuki Otome feel that the initial novelty had passed.
Tired of it.
——Yamabuki Otome Fortunately, she is a monster and always knows how to best pass the time. Even if she is bored, she does not find it that difficult.
But as a human being, Saburo was really suffering.
The tools they used to go out to sea were really rough, and they ate and slept on a large bamboo raft. Speaking of this bamboo raft, Saburo originally thought it was very small, but after he got to the sea, for some reason, he always felt that it was smaller than before.
It was much bigger - Saburo secretly thought this was his illusion - but it also made Saburo feel a lot more relaxed.
During these days and nights, several people ate and slept on the bamboo raft. There was only the most basic food and water on the bamboo raft (which Qiao Xi brought out specially for Saburo, who was a human). When resting, they only held up a curtain to each other.
Separate it, and there will be nothing left.
All in all, the equipment could not be more crude, and the conditions could not be more difficult - especially for Saburo.
So, after being such a vigorous young man, after just a few days, the degree of wilting was almost visible to the naked eye.
On this day, Qiao Xi sat cross-legged at one end of the bamboo raft and held the oar - apparently she was holding the oar, but actually she was in a daze.
Yamabuki Otome took out a piece of cloth from nowhere, cut it and cut it without knowing what she was doing.
Saburo, on the other hand, was lying on the other side, immersing his entire palm and his arms in the water, playing with them one after another.
Suddenly, a thick mist enveloped the bamboo raft, and it dispersed in just a moment.
The dense fog appeared for a very short time, so short that it almost seemed like an illusion.
Qiao Xi couldn't help but blink her eyes. The next second, Sanlang, who had always looked weak, suddenly jumped up.
"Brother Taro!"
Qiao Xi turned her head and looked at Saburo.
The boy looked very excited, his eyes were more dazzling than the sea surface illuminated by the sun, and his folds seemed to be glowing.
He stood up and waved his hands vigorously in one direction while shouting:
"Brother Taro! It's me! Look here! Brother Taro!"
Sanlang called happily, and a response actually came from the other side: "Sanlang? Is it Sanlang?"
"It's me! Brother Taro!"
Sanlang was overjoyed when he received the response. He couldn't help but jump up and down on the bamboo raft, causing the raft to shake so much that he almost fell into the water. He didn't forget to turn around and say hello to Qiao Xi:
"Look, Onmyoji-sama, this is my brother Taro! I have really found him!"
He turned around and said this incoherently, then shouted and waved to Taro in the distance.
Qiao Xi felt very calm.
——There is no doubt that this is an illusion.
Although the "Taro" opposite seemed to have no flaws in terms of aura or anything else, Qiao Xi was extremely certain - he was just an illusion.
Thinking this, Qiao Xi turned to look at Yamabuki Otome.
I originally wanted to ask her what she thought, but I didn't expect that when I turned around, I saw Yamabuki Otome covering her mouth and widening her eyes. Her dark pupils were soaked with tears and looked like bright black gems.
Qiao Xi was stunned for a moment subconsciously, and then followed Yamabuki Otome's gaze.
——It’s Nu Liang’s companion.
Okay, now I am more certain that the thick mist just now is indeed the key to unlocking the illusion.
Nura Liban and Taro were both standing by a small island not far away, with towering palaces covering the entire island behind them.
The bamboo raft gradually approached the land, and the appearance of the two people standing on the edge of the island became increasingly clear.
Sanlang jumped off the bamboo raft first, stepped on the shallow water and ran to Taro and threw himself into his arms.
Yamabuki Otome, on the other hand, floated down from the bamboo raft lightly, walked quickly on the beach for a few steps, and stopped again when she reached Nura Ibiban.
The left and right were in pairs, leaving only Qiao Xi in the middle: "..."
He touched his chin and couldn't help but fell into deep thought: So, Saburo was picked up by Taro, and Yamabuki Otome was picked up by Nurakara, so the question is - why didn't anyone or monster come out to greet me?
This is a good question, but Qiao Xi has no desire to explore the reason.
——What is there to explore?
Illusions, left and right, are nothing but arousing the deepest desires in the hearts of people/monsters.
If you have no desires in your heart, you will naturally not be fooled by illusions.
——This sounds good, but sometimes it makes people feel a little sad.
Therefore, Qiao Xi has always been unwilling to have such inquiries.