Taofeng and the others were still talking and laughing loudly, but suddenly their expressions changed, as if they were facing a formidable enemy, they hurriedly grabbed long swords and daggers, and got into a fighting formation.
Ahu noticed the situation and said on the ship's roof: "Everyone..."
The middle-aged man who walked out of the cabin waved his hand and stood calmly. He looked at Taofeng and others, and continued to ask: "Who killed Nanshan, and why no one spoke out?"
Following closely behind was a middle-aged man. Although he was silent, he had a fierce face and a murderous look on his body.
A group of Chen family disciples hid aside and watched.
In the distance, the sea view is still magnificent. The sea breeze is still so cool. On the deck, there was no laughter, no ambition, and lofty sentiments. Instead, the situation was tense, and the situation was suffocating.
Taofeng looked to the left and right, then to the middle-aged man, and hurriedly raised his head and said: "Young master, you know the origins of the six of us, and you also collected the ship fare, but you actually have a Qizhou monk on board, doesn't it mean that you are treating me as a coward?" Put in water and fire?"
Not only was he unbearably shocked, several Taoist disciples were also stunned. The two people who suddenly appeared were monks from Qizhou, masters of the eighth and ninth levels of Qi refining. The two parties were actually on the same boat, and they were simply enemies. But at this time, we are on the sea. Once we set out to fight, it will inevitably be life and death, and the consequences will be disastrous.
The middle-aged man interrupted: "This matter has nothing to do with Ahu, Taofeng, tell me, who killed Nanshan?"
Ahu shook his head with a wry smile.
Taofeng and others once stayed in the Xuanwu Pavilion in Beiqi Mountain for one night, and had dealings with two Qizhou monks. They not only knew each other, but also knew their names. When he saw that the young master of the Chen family did not dare to speak out, he hesitated for a moment, took a step forward, held his head high and said: "Fellow Taoist Gan Xing, if you come here to seek revenge, you will treat me as the one who killed Nanshan, so come after me." Bar!"
Not to be outdone, Yu Xin also took a step forward and said, "Qizhou will destroy our Taoist sect and destroy our Taoist tradition. It is our duty as a disciple of our Taoist sect to resist foreign aggression!"
An Yunsheng, He Qingnian, and Luo Chen were equally fearless and said in unison: "It is our duty to kill Nanshan and resist foreign aggression!"
"hehe!"
The middle-aged man was Gan Xing. He shook his head and sneered: "You are so hypocritical and pretentious. You only know how to brag. If the Daze Dao Sect is not destroyed, it will not be tolerated by heaven!"
Taofeng said angrily: "How unreasonable...
Gan Xing shook his head disapprovingly and said, "Let me tell you the truth, you can't kill Nanshan!"
Taofeng was a little embarrassed and asked: "Nanshan is dead, how can it be false?"
"Nanshan is dead, but he died at the hands of others."
"In that case, what's the point of chasing me to the sea?"
"For me, one is to expose your lies, and the other is..."
Gan Xing's eyes swept over the crowd, and his smile became meaningful.
Ahu took the opportunity to speak out: "Listen to me, everyone, my Chen family's business is buying and selling medicinal materials. I travel between Qizhou and Daze all the year round, so I got to know Taoist priests Gan Xing and Qiu Yuan. Now the two of them have The Taoist priest returned to Qizhou and boarded my Chen family's sea-going ship again. As for the rights and wrongs between Qizhou and Daze, Ahu dare not interfere, but I beg you to put aside your weapons for the time being, so that you and I can help each other in the same boat!"
"What Ahu said is true!"
Gan Xing nodded in deep approval, and then said: "Gan promised not to talk about grudges on the ship, but only to reminisce about old friendships. Yu Ye——"
Taofeng and the others hadn't yet breathed a sigh of relief, and looked hurriedly at the sound.
Beside the cargo pile at the bow of the ship, someone was leaning on his arms. Although he was wearing a bamboo hat and had his head lowered, he had obviously seen everything that had just happened, but he had been standing aside and watching.
However, since he was called out by name, he couldn't just avoid it.
Yu Ye stood up straight and asked calmly: "Any advice?"
"hehe!"
Gan Xing actually raised his hands and said, "Yu Ye, I didn't expect that you and I would meet here and the past grudges would be wiped out. What do you think?"
"oh……"
Yu Ye glanced at Ahu on the ship's upper floor, nodded and agreed, "Well, the grudges will be settled!"
Taofeng, Yu Xin and others looked at each other and said angrily: "Yu Ye, you actually colluded with foreign enemies, colluded with Qizhou monks, and betrayed our Daze Dao Sect, you..."
Yu Ye frowned slightly.
"hehe!"
Gan Xing's sneer added a hint of sarcasm, and said: "Yuye burned the mountain with fire, blew up the Xuanwu Pavilion, ruined the Xianmen celebration, secretly killed Nanshan, and risked his life to save the Taoist disciples again and again. You and so on. Not only do you not appreciate it, but you are also suspicious, which is really ridiculous!"
Taofeng said unexpectedly: "He...he was the one who killed Nanshan. The grudge between you and him..."
"snort!"
Gan Xing snorted, ignored it, and said to Yu Ye again: "I and fellow Taoist Qiu Yuan are just two separate cultivators in Qizhou, and have nothing to do with the Immortal Sect!"
The man he called Qiu Yuan raised his hand in greeting.
"Dear Taoist priests and masters——"
Ahu walked down the ship's building, cupped his hands with a smile and said: "The course has been set. We will arrive in Qizhou in three months. Please settle down. If you have anything to say, it's not too late to discuss it another day. Chen Biao——"
A man in his thirties nodded in agreement and arranged accommodation with everyone.
Taofeng and others had no choice but to give up, but they all looked worried.
There are four cabins in the boathouse, which are occupied by Ahu, Gan Xing, and Jisheng. The remaining one cannot be arranged, and it is eventually occupied by Meng Qingqing. The rest of the people lived in the cabins below the deck.
There are two hatches above the deck, one is a pedestrian passage and the other is a passage for cargo.
Yu Ye followed the wooden ladder from the hatch to the cabin.
The cabin of the big ship is divided into three levels: upper and lower. The upper level is the deck. The middle floor is divided into two halves, one half is where people live and cook, and the other half is where goods are stacked. The lower level is also stacked with cargo, but there are several more waterproof cabins.
The middle-level living quarters were only three to five feet in area, with no beds or partitions. Twenty or thirty people were crammed into a large ship deck. It was not only cramped and damp, but also filled with all kinds of unpleasant smells.
Yu Ye found a place in the corner of the cabin.
For him, being able to go out to sea and have a place to sit quietly and breathe out is already satisfying!
Taofeng and others did not care about their past grievances and settled down near him.
Yu Ye took off his bamboo hat and slowly lay down on the board of the boat.
There is a porthole above the head, letting in light and cool sea breeze. On the left hand side is the bulkhead, which separates the cooking room; a row of thick wooden pillars stands in the middle, and there are buckets, wooden boxes, earthen pots and other items. A few feet away on the right side is the same bulkhead partition. On both sides of the cabin, some people were sleeping, some were playing with money, some were whispering, some were laughing loudly...
Yu Ye closed his eyes.
The moment he closed his eyes, he felt the world shaking. His heart skipped a beat, and he opened his eyes suddenly with a startled expression.
Crossing the sea is no better than crossing the river. Sea ships are also unusual boats. The ship seems to be stable, but in fact it is constantly rocking, causing people to gradually lose their direction and their down-to-earth stability. Maybe after a while, you can get used to normal. The next voyage will take three months!
Yu Ye closed his eyes again.
Three months is not a short time, but a three-month voyage is long enough. There is no way of knowing what we will encounter on the way there. And everything that is happening now is full of variables.
One of the variables was that he had no shipping money before, so he still went to Chenjiawan on the day the ship set off. Taking a sea ship was the next best thing. He just wanted to find the Qi refining master of the Chen family. As a result, he successfully boarded the ship, and the qi refining master he was looking for later appeared.
The qi refining master secretly spying on him must be Gan Xing.
The second variable was that Gan Xing was originally thought to be helping him avoid shipping charges, but his saying "I didn't expect to meet here" was enough to show that the matter had nothing to do with him.
And Ahu is a profit-seeking businessman, and he will never let him board the ship without any reason. The young master's mysterious smile when he hesitated obviously had a deeper meaning.
The third variable is naturally Gan Xing and his companion Qiu Yuan.
When he met Gan Xing on the ship, he was far more surprised than Tao Feng and others. The reason why he waited patiently was because he guessed that the other party had no ill intentions. As expected, Gan Xing took the initiative to resolve the grudges.
Logically speaking, there is only hatred and no kindness between each other. And Yu Ye knew that although he and Gan Xing were life and death rivals, he owed the other party a huge favor in Beiqi Mountain. At the foot of Beiqi Mountain at that time, Gan Xing recognized him and pretended not to have seen him, allowing him to burn Beiqi Mountain and destroy the Immortal Sect's celebration. Otherwise, all his hard work will be in vain.
Now both parties have a tacit understanding, and the past grudges have been wiped out.
And why did Gan Xing betray Nanshan? There was also a fortune-teller who seemed to be merciless when he was chasing him, otherwise he would never have been able to successfully escape from Beiqi Mountain.
The fourth variable is that nine monks are on the same boat, but they are wary of each other and suspicious of each other. Plus a shrewd and mysterious Chen Ahu.
However, the storm on the sea has not yet risen, but the ship is already full of waves and clouds.
"Brother Yu..."
Yu Ye Shang was thinking to himself, and a voice transmission sounded in his ears.
It's peach crazy.
He, Yu Xin, An Yunsheng, He Qingnian and Luo Chen sat not far away and whispered.
"Brother, Gan Xing is now alone and weak, and his deliberate show of goodwill is nothing more than an expedient measure. Once he arrives in Qizhou, he will definitely be detrimental to me. I have agreed with several fellow Taoists to work together to eradicate them, just to be on the safe side. , urgently awaiting your help..."
I turned a deaf ear to it in the wild, closed my eyes and pretended to sleep.
"Brother Yu, there have been many misunderstandings before, and you know Tao's character, but please put aside the past grudges and share the same hatred..."
Taofeng spoke sincerely and said: "No matter what your relationship with Gan Xing is, I hope you can distinguish right from wrong and don't be deceived by him. He has done many evil things in Daze and is the enemy of life and death between you and me. Today, I have the kindness of a woman. It will be too late to regret it later..."
Yu Ye still ignored it.
"Forget it, since you are unwilling to help, the six of us are enough, but..."
Taofeng begged for a long time, but still received no response. He finally lost his patience and said: "However, Taofeng wants to know, when the six of us took action, were you an enemy or a friend?"
"well--"
Yu Ye sighed and had to open his eyes.
The five Taofeng people stared at him closely, with worries and wariness on their faces.
Yu Ye thought for a moment and then said: "I advise everyone not to act rashly!"
Taofeng was quite stubborn and asked: "Since you are unwilling to help, it is not up to you to decide this matter! Taofeng only wants to ask you one question, are you an enemy or a friend?"
Yu Ye couldn't help but frown.
"Dangdang——"
At this moment, there was the sound of the knocking of wooden barrels, and someone shouted: "It's time to eat——"
Yu Ye was slightly startled and stood up to look.
I saw an old man with a gray beard and hair, wearing an apron, holding a rice spoon in his hand, and said angrily: "You guys, wait for these guys, bring out the food quickly-"
Yu Ye's expression changed drastically.
But the old man blew his beard and stared, turned around and walked into the kitchen...
