pertwk Chapter 1690 Silver Pearl Island
Chapter 1690 Silver Pearl Island
Chapter 1690 Silver Pearl Island
Bai Shiqi whispered, "Perhaps it's because the Spirit Gathering Formation of Qianhuan Zhenren was destroyed and he can't absorb spiritual energy."
"That's the truth." The spirit gathering formation on Baimao Mountain unexpectedly stopped working. If Master Qianhuan didn't have other formations to absorb spirits, the Upside-down Sea would have been cut off for more than half a year.
If the spiritual energy is a little thinner, humans and other creatures can still survive, but immortals will be very miserable.
"So, there must be someone on the island who is extremely worried, but unfortunately they can't get out before the storm breaks." Bai Ziqi analyzed, "The biggest variable of this trip is that the state of Master Qianhuan is unpredictable. I heard that he should have come out to take charge of Lingshan a long time ago, but he has never come out. It can be seen that either something happened to the cave, or something happened to him."
"But his giant snake Dharma image just escaped from Yaowang Palace not long ago, and it is very likely that he will return here. Therefore, the people on the island, including Qianhuan himself, may be on guard." Facing an opponent of this level, Bai Ziqi was also extremely cautious. "It's still early, there's no rush to go to the island."
The Silver Pearl 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 dock, he felt as if he had returned to the dock of Julu Port.
The sound of bells can be heard everywhere, which means that the fishing boats are returning to the port to unload their cargo;
The boatmen and laborers who had been waiting at the dock swarmed up to carry the fish. The skuas, unable to steal food, became angry and started pecking at their hair.
Behind the pier was a bustling seafood market, where freshly landed seafood was immediately sold for wholesale and retail, and merchants and fishermen were bargaining everywhere. Wanqi Feng and the others couldn't just hold their noses, they had to hold their breath and rush through the market, otherwise they would be knocked unconscious by the stench!
But I couldn't walk fast because the market was crowded. The soft sand had been trampled hard, and it had just rained salty rain, so the muddy water in the potholes made a squeaking sound when my boots stepped on it.
Walking in the market, you have a salty and damp feeling of being stuck in mud, which is real but uncomfortable.
After finally squeezing out of the market, everyone let out a long sigh of relief.
Oh my god, I'm alive.
Dong Rui shook the red fruit tied around his neck: "It's okay, it's okay. I'm prepared for any eventuality."
Aunt Zhu didn't care. Spiders' sense of smell is different from that of humans, so they don't think it smells "stinky" at all.
However, its body shape was different from others, and it separated from the others as soon as it got off the boat, and only communicated through the eye spider.
These humans who wear clothes need to stop for meals, rest, and take a shower, which is very troublesome, but it doesn't need that.
He Lingchuan and his companions drifted on the sea for ten days, huddled in a cramped little cabin all day, tossed about by the waves. When they finally got back 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 dock.
A child of three or four years old looked at them blankly with snot running down his nose and his mouth open. The two middle-aged women holding his arms were pointing at them from behind.
"How weird! What kind of clothes are you wearing?"
"Not like the people on our island."
The colors and materials of the clothes worn by He Lingchuan and others were indeed very different from those of the island residents.
"Could it be from outside? The wind wall just receded... Ah, has your man returned from the sea? The first boatload of seafood after the sea opens must be very expensive!"
There was also a little kid of about eleven or twelve who came up and wanted to touch He Lingchuan's clothes, but was scared away by Wanqi Liang's slap on the forehead.
No matter where they went, there was always a group of followers behind them, following them until they entered the inn, and the crowd outside gradually dispersed.
The black-armored guards all murmured that they had never seen the world.
Dong Rui whispered, "These islanders rarely see outsiders."
The buildings on the island are made of local materials, mainly bamboo, wood, palm and coconut fiber, painted on the surface, and built in a relatively primitive way, so three-story buildings are very rare. However, the outer walls of some houses are built with cement, and the surface is decorated with neatly arranged white shells.
He Lingchuan noticed that in the streets and alleys they walked through, there was often a square basin placed, some made of pottery, some made of wood, and some made of stone, and there were more or less some black and gray embers remaining in them.
The eyeball spider specifically conveyed Aunt Zhu's complaint: "The smell in the basin is bad and choking."
Everyone looked sideways.
Just now, the burrow spider passed by the smelly fish market without changing its color. Now, it encountered a few small basins and smelled nothing, but it felt nauseous?
So where on earth was it hiding? He Lingchuan looked around but couldn't see it.
Lingguang jumped down, leaned close to the basin and sniffed a few times, even pinched a small piece of ash and brought it back, and said to He Lingchuan:
"Scorpion pot! Put five poisons and five herbs in this pot and burn them. The smell is very special."
Strictly speaking, Aunt Zhu is also one of the "Five Poisons", so it doesn't like the smell in the basin.
"What for?"
"It's for exorcising ghosts." Dong Rui said on the side, "Burning five poisonous herbs together is a very ancient way to exorcise ghosts."
To him, old = outdated and has not been used for a long time.
Everyone was surprised. Silver Pearl Island was the territory of Master Qian Huan, how could this place be haunted?
The ghost ape bared its teeth and chirped several times.
No one understood what it said, but judging from its expression, it didn't look like it was saying anything good.
Dong Rui translated for it: "The monkey said that this ghost might be released by Qian Huan. It is a mirage fairy, what can't it pretend to be?"
Everyone was laughing, but Aunt Zhu lowered her voice and said, "Do you feel like you are being monitored?"
Wanqi Feng and others looked at each other and shook their heads.
They were all warriors with keen spiritual perception and they usually practiced diligently, but they really didn't notice anything unusual this time.
Having said that, everyone on the street was staring at these outsiders, and they always felt like they were being watched.
He Lingchuan frowned. Silver Pearl Island always made him feel uncomfortable, but he couldn't tell why.
We turned into another main street, but it was packed with people. The crowd was shouting angrily and throwing rotten eggs and vegetable leaves at a building.
When He Lingchuan heard the words "harming others will result in death", he looked closely and saw that it was a restaurant. The sign "Longxiang Restaurant" was very new, even the paint was freshly applied and you could smell it from a long distance away.
The door of the restaurant was closed, and I didn't know whether there was anyone there or they just didn't dare to come out.
After watching the excitement, He Lingchuan and the others continued to move forward and soon found an inn. There was a sign hanging under the eaves of the door. On it was a picture of a pancake and a wine pot, and the following two lines were in bold font:
Yellow Wind Tavern.
Meals, accommodation, ordering.
There is a talisman to ward off evil spirits hanging right above the store door, with red characters on yellow paper, and it looks like it was put up not long ago.
When they were staying at the hotel, they found that copper coins and silver notes were not accepted here. The main currency in circulation locally was called sea jade, which was the size of a thumb and as smooth as an ox horn. Their specific material was unknown. There were small holes on it for threading ropes. It came in three colors: red, yellow and green. Green had the lowest purchasing power, while red had the highest.
(End of this chapter)