After moving forward for a while, the boat slowly stopped.
"That's it."
The Faceless Ghost said, took out a bone whistle from his sleeve and blew it.
After three sounds in a row, she stopped, as if waiting for something.
For a moment, the originally calm water surface gradually began to ripple. Then, with a crash, a monster with a human body and a fish tail suddenly emerged from the water!
"Ah!" The ghost woman was startled by the movement.
"Hush! What is the ghost's name?! Are you afraid that the monster won't hear you?" The faceless ghost was dissatisfied.
The hag hurriedly covered her mouth.
"This is the Water Ghost Lady. We are one of our own, so don't yell nonsense." The Faceless Ghost said.
The hag nodded repeatedly.
What emerged from the water was a water ghost with messy hair and dark skin. He looked ugly and opened his mouth, revealing a mouth of incomplete teeth, like an old man in his twilight years.
He said something gibberish, and the faceless ghost said a few words after listening to it. Then the water ghost nodded. The faceless ghost handed him the three bags of ghost beads that he had prepared in advance. After the water ghost took it, he opened it and pinched one.
He looked around, then opened his mouth, revealing a set of yellow teeth.
He said something, then turned around and threw himself into the water.
"What did he say?"
The hag lowered her voice, and the faceless ghost gave her two words, "Wait."
So, one person and two ghosts waited for about a cup of tea. Soon, four water ghosts came, murmured a few words to the faceless ghost, and then swam to both sides of the boat.
The hair of these four water ghosts suddenly swelled up, entangled with the hull of the ship like ropes, and then moved quickly.
"Don't worry, they will take us near the passage."
With the help of the water ghost, the boat was indeed much faster. After about a while, Ling Xuewei and the others finally arrived at their destination.
I saw the water ghost diving into the water. After a while, whirlpools were set off on the water surface, getting faster and faster, one, two, three, and then light emitted from the vortex, converging into a triangle in the air, and a passage faintly opened...
"Here we come! The passage is open! Go there quickly!"
The ghost woman got up excitedly, and before going in, she suddenly stopped and turned around.
Under Ling Xuewei's surprised eyes, the ghost woman bowed to her.
Then, the figure disappeared into the passage.
The light gradually disappeared.
The faceless ghost asked the water ghosts some more questions and sent them away.
"Let's go over there. Twenty miles away is the realm of golden toads. There are a group of golden toads gathered there. There are probably several hundred of them. One of them has about seven or eight thousand years of cultivation, which is just enough for my requirements.
"
"Well, let's go there. Is it too late?"
"The days in the underworld are short and the nights are long. It's just dark now, and there are still four hours until night, which is enough. The leader of the golden toad usually goes out to hunt in the evening. He is the only one at that time, so it's an opportunity."
Ling Xuewei nodded.
It's very quiet on the boat.
At this moment, the sky had just darkened, the surrounding fog had dispersed somewhat, and a bright will-o'-the-wisp could be seen in the distance.
Such a ghostly and gloomy thing is the only light in the dark underworld.
"Are you surprised?"
The Faceless Ghost suddenly spoke, and Ling Xuewei looked over with doubt in her eyes.
"I'm surprised that a ghost can say thank you." The faceless ghost continued.
Ling Xuewei was silent.
"Human beings regard us as the source of evil, thugs who need to be eliminated, and the agglomeration of all evil and killing. How can we think that ghosts actually have seven emotions and six desires, and are divided into good and evil?"
The Faceless Ghost taunted.
"As everyone knows, we were born precisely because of you humans. Cruelty, murder, ruthlessness, violence, and blood are the roots that nourish us. If there were no humans, how could there be ghosts? But you created us, but you didn't
He also attributes all sins to us, so I say, human beings are the most cunning and insidious creatures."
Ling Xuewei blinked, and the Faceless Ghost glanced at her, then turned his head, wondering how he could talk so much to a human.
How ridiculous.
"That's quite right."
Unexpectedly, Ling Xuewei suddenly said this.
The Faceless Ghost was startled, then surprised, "Do you agree with what I said?"
"Um."
"Aren't you a human? If I say that about a human, wouldn't you be angry?"
"What you said is true, why should I be angry? What's more, you also said that your births are all caused by human beings' ignorance, anger and resentment. I think you are right."
Ling Xuewei held her chin, her expression very serious.
There was no sign of being perfunctory or against one's will in saying this.
The faceless ghost glanced at her and paused.
Looked again, looked again...
But after Ling Xuewei said this, she said nothing more and turned her head to continue looking at the river in the distance.
After a long time, the faceless ghost murmured, "What a strange person..."
A small episode passed.
Half an hour later.
Ling Xuewei and the Faceless Ghost finally arrived at the water area where the Golden Toad was. When the Golden Toad King went out to hunt, they immediately followed them.
Looking from a distance, it was a toad weighing nearly a ton, with a golden body and dense bumps as big as a baby's fist all over its body, especially on its head, which had one on top and bottom. The bumps in these two places were larger than those of an adult.
The fists are big!
The two lumps slowly swelled as the golden toad breathed, and then shrank back...
Its throat made a gurgling sound, and suddenly its tongue popped out, rolling up an ugly fish over one meter long in the distance and rolling it into its mouth.
Click, click, click, the mouth full of sharp teeth tore the prey into pieces and swallowed it.
"What a mistake. How come this golden toad evolved into a nine-thousand-year-old creature in just a few days?"
Who could have imagined that the faceless ghost would evolve in just a few months!
Nine thousand years, that is very different from seven thousand years!
Nine thousand years, that’s close to ten thousand years!
It’s too difficult for them!
"Let's pick another one. This golden toad has no choice but to give up."
Although he was reluctant to give up, his reason still stopped the Faceless Ghost.
"If we search again, how long will it take?"
"This... I don't know. There are quite a few in this water area that are three or four thousand years old, but there are very few that are over five thousand years old. The only one I know about is this golden toad, otherwise we should leave first
, or go to Beihe to look for it."
"There's no time, just him."
"ah?"
The faceless ghost was stunned and saw Ling Xuewei rushing forward!
"You, you, you... don't take you like this..."
The Faceless Ghost was still surprised when Ling Xuewei's wind blade swept past and pierced the golden toad's heart!
"Gu——!"
An angry roar echoed through the waters.
"Hey, wait a minute..."
The Faceless Ghost rushed over to help, but Ling Xuewei was on full fire, with wind blades and flames burning the entire water area, leaving no room for her to intervene.
Bang bang bang...
The entire body of water was mixed with the roars and screams of golden toads. How could that sound be so shrill and shrill?
Gudong.
The Faceless Ghost swallowed his saliva and took a few steps back.