The next few days turned out to be nothing unexpected. Bai Ya and Jun Aoyan's actions were timed in a tacit understanding, and Qi Huan even felt that they seemed to have discussed it. Although I'm a little worried, it's okay and I hope it will continue.
The ships traveled for many days, occasionally returning to land for resupply. Most of those landmasses are protruding terrain, or adjacent islands. Finally, they arrived at the extreme south of the continent. The supervisor finally told Jun Aoyan something and left with the sailors on the ship. Surprisingly, Shui Wujun didn't come. Bai Ya thought he would explain something to him at the end like Qi Huan said... but Shui Wujun didn't show up. Forget it, it's not a big deal, just take it step by step.
Next, there are only three of them left, and they have to cross the ocean to the remote Biluo Islands. Fortunately, it only took one day in the past, and now it's smooth sailing. At dawn, they set off again. If they were lucky, they would arrive before dark. Now, the scenery they could see on the land was very desolate, and they didn't know what it looked like over there.
"This time is a bit hanging..." Qi Huan looked at Sha Zhong and felt a little guilty.
"What's wrong?" Aoyan asked.
"If it gets dark when we land on the island... it will be really dangerous in such a strange place."
"Indeed." Aoyan sighed, "I can only pray that everything goes smoothly for us."
"Yeah...hey, where are the people from Bai Ya?"
Qi Huan remembered that he was still standing at the stern of the boat at first, but now he saw that the person in the past had disappeared. He walked around the boat and couldn't find where he was. Just when he was about to enter the cabin to take a look, Bai Ya suddenly made a "thud" and hit the spot in front of him, startling him. Qi Huan raised his head and looked at the mast holding up the full sail.
"Are you a monkey?" Qi Huan patted his chest, "It scared me to death."
"Something's not right." Bai Ya didn't answer, "I can't see clearly the sea area in front of me."
"Tsk, who can see clearly?"
"That area is full of sea fog."
"But now... isn't it calm?"
Bai Ya just kept shaking his head, muttering "something's wrong, something's wrong."
Jun Aoyan just walked over and heard what he said. She also looked in the direction of the ship, but she didn't see anything. She thought for a while and said to the two of them:
"Didn't Taishi Yue Baizhi tell us that it is safe to travel within seven days?"
"Tsk, you believe what the court says."
Jun Aoyan did not argue with him. She believed what the grand master said, but she was somewhat unsure at the moment. Qi Huan stood there thinking for a while, scratched his head, and his expression became solemn. When Bai Ya walked away, Ao Yan asked him:
"What’s wrong with you?"
"Within seven days... isn't Yue Bai Zhi playing some word game with us?"
"How could it be? The court has no need to make things difficult for us."
"It's hard to say." Qi Huan crossed his arms, "What if the seven days she said are seven days in total... We have delayed it until now and spent so many days. It's hard to say what the weather will be like."
"Do you know Yin Yang magic?" Ao Yan asked, "I heard that that thing can predict the weather? I know nothing about this."
Qi Huan became energetic. He clapped his hands and said, "I know a little bit. There happens to be something on the boat, so I'll go and do some fortune-telling."
He turned and got into the cabin. Jun Aoyan was a little curious and followed to see. After a while, the sound of rummaging through boxes and cabinets came from the cabin. Bai Ya glanced inside, holding a piece of fruit in his hand, chewing on it, and looking ahead. After taking a bite, he felt that it was no longer fresh after being stored for a long time, and it would be a waste if it was thrown away, so he frowned and finished eating. This iron stomach can eat food that has been rotten for two days, so who are you afraid of?
They drifted peacefully on the sea for most of the day, but nothing happened. As dusk approached, a shallow golden light enveloped the ship. Bai Ya was a little tired after blowing the sea breeze for so long. He stretched himself, not looking like he was worried about a shipwreck. He opened the cabin curtain as if nothing had happened, and then froze.
"...Where are you singing this?"
The ground was in a mess, there was no place to put a foot down, and almost all the boxes and bags in the cabin had been turned upside down. Some tortoise shells, straw used for divination, and strange coins. Paper charms filled with strange symbols were scattered everywhere, and the box containing onmyoji equipment was almost turned upside down. There isn't much left to eat, otherwise the empty gaps would be filled with rice. Ao Yan was sitting on an empty box with her feet off the ground, while Qi Huan was lying on the ground not knowing what he was doing. Bai Ya wanted to rush up and kick his butt, but held back.
"Well, there was something wrong with the prediction process." He scratched his head, "It's all your fault for talking nonsense in the morning. Now I'm still thinking about the weather at night."
"It will get dark soon." Aoyan added.
"You can't avoid disaster, so don't worry about it. The question is, have you figured out what's going on?"
"Well, uh, the weather is hard to say." Qi Huan frowned, "It feels messy, it's windy and rainy."
"No. He just said earthquakes and volcanic eruptions."
"I'm not, I don't have it, don't talk nonsense!"
Qi Huan patted the soil and was covered in mess. Although his next words were very serious, his gray-faced look was really unconvincing:
"But listen to me, no matter what I think, it's a bad omen!"
Jun Aoyan smiled and said, "You can't do that, right?"
"Wow, why don't you believe me? I'm so sad."
"Don't be poor." Bai Ya frowned, "Go outside and look for yourself. Is there a boat on this boat? A raft will do too."
After hearing this, the two of them quickly stood up and walked out. Qi Huan almost slipped. At some point, the sky became a little dark. Although it was indeed almost nightfall, the sky was unnaturally dark. The twilight of the past few days was dark blue, and the warm light disappeared, leaving some cold colors as the last traces of the day. Today is different. Today's color is close to gray, but it has not turned black, which makes people feel uneasy. It stands to reason that they have sailed into the scope of the archipelago, and from time to time they can see some small islands drifting behind them. But now, they couldn't see the outline of anything, and no seabirds settled on the boat.
"...Is it the sea fog?" Aoyan looked worried, "This is not a large ship, and there is no smaller ship equipped."
"C-Did we encounter a monster?" Qi Huan rubbed his arms, and the strip of cloth scratched his skin. "Isn't the weather nice? I'm afraid we've been hit by Hai Zaotou."
The rise and fall of the waves gradually became more turbulent and frequent, and the vague feeling of weightlessness was layered one after another, which sometimes made it unbearable. Bai Ya looked around, raised his head, and looked at the raised sail. He stepped on it three or two times, cut the rope with a knife, and the sail suddenly fell down.
"Uh-what are you doing?"
Unfortunately, the edge of the sail covered Qi Huan's head. His hair was all messed up when he pulled it off.
"Don't complain if you want to survive. Lower the sail. If the wind blows, you will suffer."
Jun Aoyan was a little confused: "There is sea fog...how can it be windy?"
"If it's really a monster, anything can happen."
After saying that, Bai Ya had already pulled out the black and white scimitar from behind his back. Jun Aoyan was silent for a moment, and then returned to the cabin to get the Mo Dao. Qi Huan looked at Bai Ya up and down with strange eyes.
"I didn't expect you to believe the monster."
"intuition."
"Well, even if you say so..."
Suddenly, the entire hull seemed to hit something and trembled violently. It's strange to say that the islands in the Biluo Islands are relatively far apart and the waters are deep. According to old records, there are no dangerous reefs at all. But they seemed to have hit a rock at this moment. There was a strange "crunching" friction sound from the bottom of the ship, and they even felt vibrations from the deck. Jun Aoyan used the Mo Dao to control her balance and staggered over, very alert.
"What happened?"
As soon as she finished speaking, a bolt of lightning struck the nearby sea, and there was a harsh crackling sound. That moment of light ignited the surrounding thick gray fog - in the fog, there were many moving and strangely shaped shadows. They couldn't tell whether those shadows really existed, and if so, what they were. They don't know how close those things are to them. Then there was a burst of thunder, rolling down and deafening.
"Is it really raining?!"
I can already feel the faint wind, carrying a sharp and violent aura. Bai Ya looked around, feeling like he couldn't tell the specific direction of the wind. It is disorderly, coming from all directions, and the purpose is to provoke them, and it is getting more and more intense. The wind is getting stronger and stronger, but the surrounding fog is getting thicker and thicker, and it cannot be blown away. The weather has turned so fast that it's hard not to wonder if there are some monsters at work.
There is a melodious and eerie sound of the sea, sometimes it sounds like it is thousands of miles away, sometimes it sounds like it is whispering in my ears.
The temperature of the air drops quickly. Originally at sea, the temperature difference between day and night was not as large as on land. But now they obviously feel cooler. Sure enough, this was not an illusion - there were several ice floes condensed on some parts of the sea. Although they were not big enough to pose a threat for the time being, the heaving ships kept colliding and rubbing against them, and the shattering sounds they made made people suspect that the ships themselves were cracked.
All this gives people a very helpless feeling. On this vast ocean, let alone people, this entire ship is just a drop in the ocean. Qi Huan even wondered whether those ships had already encountered shipwrecks before they reached Jiutian Kingdom, right? If he hadn't known about the existence of a barrier, he would have really suspected that the demonic energy in the sea was the culprit that devoured everything.
"ah!"
Aoyan let out a short scream because the ship was jolted again, more violently than any before. But this was not the last time. The shaking continued to intensify, and the waves rose high, sweeping over the broken ice floes and constantly slapping the side of the ship. In front of the huge waves, everyone seems extremely small, even if they hold weapons, they are powerless.
Haze and fog gathered, thunder and lightning flashed, and winds and clouds surged. They were lucky enough not to be torn to pieces by the wild waves. But soon it started to rain heavily, and the water quickly accumulated on the boat.
"Lao Bai - what should I do, Lao Bai!" Qi Huan hugged the mast and shouted amid the sound of rain.
"Wait to die!" Bai Ya roared back, "Or live!"
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