Under the leadership of the little old man, the Kamiya River wandered around the Santuchuan River for a long time.
Finally, the location of the River Styx was successfully found.
Although the Santu River is named "Santu", there is actually only one river. The so-called Santu refers to the three ways to cross the river.
When the soul of the dead comes to the River Styx, it first weighs the sins and karma of its life at the Duoyi Po and the Xuanyi Weng. Depending on the severity of the sin, the River Styx will automatically switch between easy and difficult modes of crossing the river.
A sinless person can easily cross the bridge built with the seven treasures of gold and silver.
Light sinners were unable to cross the bridge and had to rely on their own strength to cross the mountains and rivers of the Styx. In Shanshui's case, the Styx is just a shallow shoal.
Severe sinners, on the other hand, will face Styx's hell mode, the strong Fukase.
Legend has it that the water in Fukase is as fast as an arrow and the waves are as high as mountains. The great rocks rolled out from the upper stream will crush the sinners, and the sinners will be resurrected even if they are crushed to death, and then they will be crushed again by the great rocks.
Sinners who surface will be missed by arrows. Once the criminal sinks to the bottom of the water, Fukase Orochi will be waiting there.
So as long as you step into Strong Fukase, there is basically no possibility of getting out.
On the banks of the River Styx.
"Styx should be in strong Fukase's state now... Am I a bad guy?"
"No, the Clothes-Lottering Woman and the Clothes-Hanging Man are gone, and there is no one to accuse me. This is probably what the Styx is like at this stage."
In front of the Kamiya River is a terrifying river with fast currents. Like a violent dragon, it cuts through mountains and walls, and rushes down menacingly.
There were rough waves on the dark and terrifying water, and the evil waves emptied out, making loud noises.
In the river, boulders rolled, undercurrents arose, and black whirlpools kept spinning, with the momentum of swallowing up everything. On both sides of the river bank, the towering peaks look like giants watching this ferocious force, while the river water ruthlessly washes away their foundations, making them crumbling.
Although I was standing by the river, the rich water vapor splashed by the rapids made the Kamiya River feel no different from standing in the water. If you lose your footing here, you will be swept away by the rapid current, and you will never be able to break free and fall into the abyss. There is no recovery.
Standing on the bank of Kamiya River, he looked towards the other side of the river with his eyes narrowed.
The rapids and mist on the river blended together, and visibility was very low. Moreover, the water surface of Qianfukase is extremely vast, and the whole area is black and twisted together. Even if [Autumn Hair Cut] provides a visual bonus, it is still impossible to see the end at a glance.
"There's absolutely no possibility of crossing this river on your own, right?"
Kamiya clicked his tongue, and then called out the whale.
The little whale dragged its big tail and appeared smoothly.
Kamiyagawa: "Can your whale spirit move in this water?"
Facing the dark and turbulent abyss, the little whale seemed a little frightened, its big tail swinging uneasily. It's obviously an ocean monster, but he's afraid of getting into the water.
But he still summoned his whale spirit without hesitation.
As soon as the huge whale made of white bones entered the River Styx, a rumbling sound was heard, as well as a sad whale cry.
Kamiya didn't even see clearly what was going on. A ball of blue fluorescence rose from the water and returned to the Conch in the hands of the transformed whale.
The whale that just tried to enter the water was probably gone.
The little whale spent some time and explained to Kamiya what had just happened - there were a lot of big rocks under the water, and the whale spirit couldn't avoid them.
It seemed that crossing the water by force was not feasible.
Kamiya pondered for a few seconds, and then summoned another shikigami: "Katsutengu."
"Wow!"
The Tengu appeared as a crow and stood on the head of the transformed whale.
"Do you think the River Styx can be flown across?" Kamiya asked the Tengu.
Another simple attempt.
Instead of flying directly across the River Styx, Wu Tengu tried to hover on the river bank for a while.
In the end, he came to the conclusion that the wind and waves on Qianfukase were too strong, and there were strange forces entrenched there. If he tried to fly across, it might be feasible to barely fly for a while, but he probably wouldn't be able to hold on for too long.
Will be swept into the river by the strong wind.
If it falls into the river, it will suffer the same fate as the whale spirit just now.
"You can't cross either in the water or in the air. It may be that the whales and Karasou Tengu are unable to cross due to their current strength. Currently, you can only cross the Sanjuku River in the prescribed way."
Kamiyagawa roughly got some useful information about the Styx.
As for the two boy shikigami at home, they were quite frustrated because they couldn't help the head of the family.
But Kamiya doesn't care much about this, it's not their fault.
If the River Styx could be passed so easily, it would be abnormal.
After briefly comforting Huajing and Karasutengu, Kamiyagawa called them all back, and only took the little old man to explore along the river bank.
We walked for about ten minutes.
The little old man standing on Kamiyagawa's shoulder suddenly shouted into his master's ear, and raised his hand to point forward. But the sound of the water that forced Fukase was so loud that his voice was still unclear.
I must have discovered something.
Looking in the direction of the scout's finger, one could see a tiny light the size of a grain of rice swaying from side to side somewhere in the dark abyss ahead.
The light was a faint blue, and compared to the vast and surging Styx, it was too inconspicuous.
It's like a thin needle poked a light-transmitting hole in the dark curtain.
"You go back to the Niao Niao Bronze Match first."
Kamiya looked at the light on the River Styx and thought for a moment. He first called the little old man back, then he continued walking along the river bank with the unsheathed Ichimonji in his hand.
Where the dark, turbulent River Styx intersects with the vast white mist, that little blue light continues to sway. But no matter how he walked forward, the distance between Kamiya and the light did not seem to be shortened.
The two sides always maintained a fixed distance.
"Where is that thing located?"
And when Kamiyakawa stopped and thought briefly, he suddenly had a feeling——
Something in the Styx seemed to notice him.
Once this feeling occurred, the light that was originally as big as a grain of rice in the field of vision suddenly enlarged, and in an instant it was as big as a wheel.
Dimly flashing in front of Kamiya.
At this time, I could see clearly what the light was. It was a lantern, shaped like a horseshoe lantern, but it emitted a strange blue light, like an erratic will-o'-the-wisp.
The lantern was hung on the side of a small canoe. Half of the lampshade was completely soaked in the water of the River Styx, but the light did not go out.
As for the wooden boat with the lights on it, it was a completely wooden structure, old and narrow, and looked like it could accommodate about a dozen people.
"The ferry on the River Styx?"
This kind of wooden boat with an extremely simple and unsophisticated shape has only been seen in Kamiya River in film and television works.
This small wooden boat floats on the vast River Styx, like a tiny dead leaf floating on the boundless sea. As the waves move around, the old hull creaks and creaks, making people feel insecure. .
Any whale that enters the River Styx will be smashed to pieces. Although the situation of this simple wooden boat seems dangerous, it can float on the River Styx.
There is really no place to reason.
There were two tall and thin figures standing on the wooden boat. They were unusually tall, at least two and a half meters tall. They were both wearing black cloaks and robes and holding wooden paddles.
The two people were covered tightly, and no other body parts could be seen except for a pair of palms that were as thin as dry branches.
Even under the cloak, it was pitch black, like a dead black hole, so gloomy and oppressive that it was impossible to see what was inside.
"If this wooden boat with the horseshoe lantern hanging on it is the Styx River ferry boat, then these two figures should be the boatmen on the Styx River?"
Kamiyagawa held Ichimonji in his left hand, his thumb resting on the blade, ready to push the blade out of the scabbard at any time.
He looked back and forth at the two people on the boat with his slightly shrunken eyes.
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Weng, the little devil of the Zangtou River, these three rivers are in trouble, and their desire to attack is extremely strong. Who can guarantee that the ferryman on the Styx River is a good thing?
After hesitating for a while, Kamiya made a decision secretly in his heart, reached out and took out the [Six Paths Money] that he had prepared long ago.
According to legend, Liudao Qian is the gold needed to cross the River Styx.
Let’s give it a try first. If you have this kind of tool, you have to give it a try and see if the two ferrymen are willing to take the money and ferry themselves directly to the other side.
Six ancient copper coins were slightly overlapped in Shen Gu's palm, spread out a little bit, and displayed to the two boatmen.
However, they did not react at all to the Six Dao Qian, and they still stood motionless at the bow of the ship, like two silent statues hunting for novels, and the darkness penetrated people.
Waves continued to splash under the canoe, and the dark and cold river water hit the two boatmen, fluttering and fluttering their large black robes that were already completely soaked.
"don't want?"
Kamiya was a little surprised, this was different from the legend.
The two boatmen still showed no decent reaction after holding the six coins in a slightly embarrassed display for a while.
There was no other way, Kamiya could only put away the props for the time being.
But as soon as the copper coins were put away, one of the boatmen started to move. He stretched out his slender and shriveled palm, and slowly bent and unclenched his fingers.
An odd and stiff waving motion.
The sleeves of the wide black robe shook off as he moved, but the sleeves were also completely black. Except for the exposed palms, no other body parts covered by the clothes could be seen at all.
"He asked me to go up?" Kamiyakawa roughly understood what the boatman meant.
Is this beckoning you to get on board?
And it seems like they don’t charge any fees.
Thinking about it this way, these two boat ladies are pretty good.
In other words, Santuchuan is no longer interested in collecting money privately?
"Thank you for your work."
After a brief hesitation, Kamiyagawa silently tightened the Ichimonji scabbard in his hand, his eyes always contracted to the extreme, and stepped onto the ferry.
Squeak——
The ferryman's oar pushed against the shore, and the small wooden boat sailed towards the water filled with strong moisture.
As soon as the ship left the shore, Kamiya heard some strange noises.
When I was on the shore before, I could only hear the sound of the surging water, but no other sounds could be noticed.
But when we got to the water, the movements that were originally inaudible were revealed.
The water was filled with the sounds of boulders colliding, as well as painful and painful cries and howls. The sounds of horror and roars were mixed in with the roaring water, one sound drowning out the other.
This is probably what sounds like in hell.
The dark and terrifying strong deep sea, the evil waves are emptying, and the terrifying noise is endless. Boulders are rolling at the bottom of the river, evil pythons are lurking, and souls are turning upside down in the undercurrent.
The small ferry boat floated in such an environment, completely involuntarily. The horseshoe lamp hung on the side of the boat was swaying, and from time to time it collided with the water waves and the hull of the boat, making a weird sound like a groan of pain. .
Then the wooden boat was pushed farther and farther by the waves, and gradually disappeared into the water mist. The light of the lantern also turned into a light spot the size of a grain of rice on the vast water, and gradually disappeared...
…
Kamiyagawa didn't know how long the ferry boat had been floating on Qianfukase, nor did he know where he was.
Anyway, now I am staying on the boat and looking out, the dark waves stir up the white mist, and the front, back, left and right are all the same.
As for the two boatmen on the River Styx, they didn't do much work during the whole process. They didn't even make any paddling movements. They just drifted with the current, letting the canoe roll up and down in the rough waves.
Just when Kamiya felt a little impatient, the wooden boat suddenly shook violently.
It seemed like something hit the hull underwater.
Immediately afterwards, uniform shouts came from the mist, and the voices rang out from all directions: "Yeah! Yeah!"
"Ya Sa" is the cry when rowing a boat.
"Finally here."
Kamiyakawa held the hilt of the knife and looked around. At the same time, he also used his peripheral vision to pay attention to the two Styx boatmen on the bow.
Originally, he didn't think the two ferrymen had any good intentions.
They didn't even charge six cents!
Bang bang bang.
Kamiya heard the slapping sound.
Even in the loud noise in Fukase, the sound of this slap was extremely clear.
It seemed like someone was slapping the hull of the boat hard in the water.
Bang bang bang, bang bang bang!
Soon, the wet slapping sounds coming from the water became more and more intense, and the entire canoe seemed to be completely surrounded by something underwater.
Then, a shriveled palm was seen protruding from the dark river water, clinging hard to the side of the boat next to Kamiya.
The fingers that were like dry branches shook violently twice, and someone's voice could be clearly heard coming from under the water where the arm was: "Gulu gulu... lend me the spoon... gulu gulu."
Faced with such a weird and horrifying scene, Kamiya did not panic at all. Instead, he grinned: "Are all boat ghosts like this? Even the ones on the River Styx are the same."
He already knew what the things under the water were, as "Ghost Story" gave him a hint.
Even the two "ferrymen" were the same.
The name defined by the system is - [The Ghost of Strong Fukase Fune]
In Japanese folklore, if someone dies while sailing on a boat, they will turn into a ghost.
This kind of undead ghost stories usually appear in groups. When they appear, they will hang their chins on the side of the boat and greet them: "Will you join us?"
It is also said that the boat ghosts would borrow ladles from people in the boats. Once they had obtained the tool, they would turn the ladles upside down and water would magically begin to flow into the boats until they could no longer hold them.
For smaller fishing boats, the boat ghosts will even personally scoop water into the boat until the boat sinks.
In short, according to folk wisdom, if you encounter a boat ghost borrowing a spoon, you must drill a hole in the bottom of the spoon, or simply bring a bottomless spoon before going to sea.
As for the ghosts of these boats on Fukase, I don’t know where they came from. Maybe they are the souls of the evildoers who have been tortured here?
Probably because they were born in a special background and carry high-end prefixes like "Strong Fukase", the boat ghosts here are quite strong. The individual strength is above D level, and the two "ferrymen" are even C level.
Kamiya was a little unsure about the two people controlling the ferry.
He was not sure whether the boat ghost was impersonating the ferryman, or whether the boatman on the River Styx was actually the boat ghost.
But it doesn’t matter whether it is or not.
Anyway, they have already broken up with each other, so what if these two boat ghosts are really the culprits of Santu River?
Kamiyagawa has killed as many bad guys as this one or two.
"I don't have a spoon here, let's try this!"
Kamiya quickly turned his body, and [The Banshee] suddenly appeared in his palm, and the bronze bayonet suddenly popped out.
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There was a muffled sound.
Kamiya attacked before the boat ghost. The bayonet of his musket penetrated the palm of the hand that climbed up first from the bottom of the water, nailing it to the side of the boat.
This is not the end.
On the small canoe that was shaking violently, Kamiyagawa leaned forward and rushed forward quickly. His movements were not affected by the venue at all. He slashed out with an extremely sharp Iai towards the black-clothed boat ghost on one of the bows!
"I've wanted to kill you for a long time!"
The indigo-colored smart sword flashed, and a large hole opened in the moist black robe on Zhou Ghost's body.
Under the gap in the robe, countless strange shapes instantly stirred.
The sound of flesh colliding with flesh kept coming.
Several severed limbs chopped off by Ichimonji rolled out from the robe, and then with a "snap", from the cracked black
Under the robe, an indistinguishable number of skinny hands squeezed out!
Under the boat ghost's robe, there was no other thing or body tissue, it was all these skinny arms.
"Lend me your spoon...will you join us?"
The palms are talking.
