Chapter 93: Tail Ship 11
"You brought us here without even knowing what we took away?" Jiang Yuelu was surprised.
"Oh, come on!" Drake: "That passage is a one-way street. No one will pass through there tonight except the fugitives from the ghost market! Besides, you were brought here by that person..."
That person?
A young man who is disliked by the ship owner’s family?
Just as he was about to ask more, Drake changed the subject: "Okay, we should get to the point. Let's go in. We have arrived at the rebel camp."
Gurian made way behind him, and a military city made of containers appeared in front of everyone. Each box was pasted with a piece of talisman paper, on which was drawn the most familiar Ji Ji Ru Lv Ling, which made Jiang Yuelu and Leng Wenhan's eyes widen.
Talisman paper, used to kill ghosts.
But it appeared in the ghost's territory...?
Gurian laughed at their reaction. "You didn't flee after seeing the Demon-Breaking Talisman. It seems Drake was right. You really do have some skills."
Jiang Yuelu: No...we were just so shocked that we forgot about the characters.
Just when he realized what was happening and wanted to take a step back and make some compensatory measures, Drake stopped him, "It's okay, buddy, this thing won't hurt us, just look." As he said that, he placed his arm on the container. His soul should have been burned to pieces the moment of contact, but a long time had passed and Drake had posed countless times, but the talisman paper remained motionless.
Jiang Yuelu couldn't help but doubt, is this really a talisman used to destroy demons and ghosts?
He gave a look, and Leng Wenhan understood, and looked at it intently with his white pupils for a long while. To outsiders, it looked like he was in a daze. After a long time, he came back to his senses and whispered to Jiang Yuelu, "It's very effective."
"and……"
Leng Wenhan looked at the container fearfully: "It smells like something burned by a ghost."
"Hey, what are you guys whispering about?" Drake said with a grin.
Jiang Yuelu remained calm and said, "It's nothing. We were all burned by talisman paper before, and now we are a little scared."
Hearing this, Gurian was somewhat relieved. "The life of a demon that has not been burned is incomplete. You don't have to feel ashamed of the medals. In fact, in addition to these symbols, our camp also has crosses and potions that you can't see. Why do we have to go to such lengths..."
"Drake, explain yourself."
"Hey, it's actually very simple. The secret lies in this box." Drake moved his pink nails and poked the old wood grain on the box. The tree rings of a long time ago appeared on it. "The material of this box is very special. I can't explain why it is special. Anyway, we have always used it as [same source]."
Jiang Yuelu frowned: "Same origin?"
Drake lowered his head to let them see the necklace around his neck. A small wooden stick was hung at the end of a simple rope. Jiang Yuelu thought, "Is this the same material as the box?"
"Oh Gurian, he is so smart, isn't he? He is smarter than Jin." Drake said, "If we want these talismans not to hurt us, we have to take some small protective measures. Our predecessors have tried many ways, but none of them worked as well as these boxes and necklaces."
"Look. You put on the necklace, you come closer, and you won't be burned anymore! How wonderful! Thank you, Dad!"
Drake grinned.
"That guy Jin said that in your country, this is called 'We are of the same roots, why are we so eager to fight each other?'"
If you are afraid of the talismans, why bother to post them all over the base?
They didn't want their ghosts to be burned, so Gurian, Drake, Jin... and even all the resistance soldiers carried gold medals of immunity from death. Otherwise, if a ghost without a necklace approached, he would be burned to death...
So who is the ghost outside this protective circle?
"Here, take it." Drake placed three branch necklaces on his hands. "Although you are already in debt, not all ghosts in the Land of Despair are qualified to come here. I'll give this to you first. It's a quick way to meet Dad. Whether it will become a long-term thing... depends on how you behave in front of Dad."
We wouldn't have been burned if we didn't bring this thing. Jiang Yuelu complained inwardly.
As for talisman paper, they had as much as they needed. When they came, Tong Mian even carried a basket of secret weapons...all of which were stolen from his uncle.
But they still followed the local customs and put on the talismans around their necks (and also put one on the unconscious Tong Mian). The three fake ghosts and real wizards, carrying the talismans and secret treasures on their bodies, swaggered into the base camp of the ghost army that was resisting the Ghost King.
As soon as he entered, the first thing he saw was a tall wall covered with evil and terrifying graffiti, which looked like a bloody waterfall. But what shocked him the most was the line of blood-red characters on the top, gushing out in a shrill voice:
For fairness!
For pain!
For the endless screams!
Cheers to our desperate and hopeless life, there will be no peace even after death!
Having suffered great humiliation today, I will make that ghost king pay with blood someday--!!!
The huge exclamation mark seemed like a shout that was about to break through the wall. He took a deep breath and took a lot of effort to move his eyes away from the red words on the wall.
“This is really…”
He asked Drake, "Ghost City... No, does the city owner here know that you are rebelling against the Ghost King?"
Drake said with disdain: "The Lord and the Ghost King are of the same ilk... Birds of a feather? That's what Ajin said. Everything we've experienced today was caused by them. The tail ship must not continue like this..."
Gurian held his shoulder and said, "Okay, let Dad talk to them about the rest."
They had bypassed the high wall and reached the end of the road, where stood an ancient castle. Only then did he realize that all the buildings he had seen along the way were in Western style, which was quite different from the mixture of Eastern and Western styles in Happiness.
The castle gate was tightly closed, but as they approached, it creaked open a crack as if it had foresight. The air around them was still, and the sky was covered in deep black by the wings of flocks of crows.
The sky suddenly darkened.
An old voice called out from inside the castle: "Come in."
Drake and Gurian paused. Even though there was a door between them, they both leaned forward and showed respectful expressions, "Hello, Dad."
Before entering, Drake whispered, "Listen, no matter what, don't say that you were led into the passage by that man. Dad—"
Before he could say anything, the door slowly closed.
"What...smell..." Tong Mian groaned and opened his eyes. A graceful blonde girl came into his sight. He woke up and couldn't help but stroke the girl's curly hair. "...Ma'am, what's your name?"
The strong fragrance foreshadowed her mature charm. Tong Mian slowly turned to the front, wanting to see the charming face of this young girl clearly, but suddenly his eyes met with the skull in the blonde hair.
One second, two seconds, three seconds.
Jiang Yuelu said politely: "If you want to go on a date, then we'll leave first."
Leng Wenhan: “Yeah.”
Tong Mian quickly turned around and stretched out his hand, his movements were smooth, "We are a TEAM!" But the skeleton behind him tightly hugged his waist with such force that he spurted out a mouthful of blood in an instant, "Ugh!!!"
Jiang Yuelu: "It seems that your date is very satisfied and doesn't want you to leave."
How can I say I am reluctant to let go? I am extremely reluctant to let go.
The blond skeleton has been standing here for hundreds of years, with a lonely heart that has nowhere to rest. Today, she finally touched the warm body temperature, so how could she be willing to let go? She has never felt such a hot body temperature... Ghosts are cold, but he is different.
The girl held him tightly, affectionately and passionately, pressing her face against him, wanting to smell her lover's scent. Her voice was hoarse and sexy.
"My dear, your fingers not only touch my hair, but also touch my heart..."
Tong Mian’s screams echoed throughout the castle, “Save me, save me, save me!!!”
Jiang Yuelu said bluntly: "Do you know you are wrong?"
“Wrong, wrong, wrong!!!”
He and the reluctant Leng Wenhan finally rescued Tong Mian, but the blond skeleton guarding the door was extremely powerful, and it was inconvenient for them to display their wizard powers, so they were in a stalemate for a while. Just as he was having a headache about this, the old voice appeared above his head again.
With a slight deterrent.
"Chris, don't mess around, this is my guest tonight."
The strength in her hand slowly loosened, and the blonde Chris reluctantly withdrew her hand, "Okay, Master."
Taking this opportunity, they quickly took Tongmian back. The two of them carried him all the way upstairs. The murals and statues in the inner hall chuckled together, "Chris has been abandoned again. Poor, poor, poor, poor!"
The soldiers and ballerinas on top of the wooden cabinet spun around: "A guest walks in, and the host is here to entertain him."
The doll on the carpet opened its eyes. "Two guests came in, and the host is entertaining them."
Voices rang out from all directions: "Three guests came in, and the host said there were no more seats and couldn't accommodate them."
Weird lyrics and strange tones were sung over and over again behind him. Jiang Yuelu could hear ethereal laughter coming from far away from time to time. It was far away one second and ringing in his ears the next.
Leng Wenhan couldn't stand the provocation of the wild ghost. Just as he was about to turn around to see what was going on, he heard Tong Mian stop him in a low voice: "Don't look. Your eyes can't bear it."
Leng Wenhan's expression changed, "I am Luo Yinguan."
"Grandma, of course I know that you are the invincible official who can communicate with the underworld." Tong Mian whispered, "But don't you realize that this is different from our side? Just because you can control the ghosts in the East doesn't mean you can control the ghosts in the West."
What he said was right. Leng Wenhan had heard from his elders in the family that wizards had been passed down from ancient times to the present day, and had already differentiated into countless schools. The Eastern continent alone was vast and rich in resources, and had spawned magical powers in all directions. However, despite this, the wizards in the East grew up in the same soil, and their core and foundation were still similar.
For example, the Yin-Yang hexagrams, the four images and the two principles...
But there is another kind of wizard outside the ocean, whose magic to exorcise demons and exterminate ghosts follows a different logic. Wizards, ghosts, the underworld, demons... cannot be generalized.
"Young lady, you must remember... If you go out one day and see a strange ghost from afar, don't use your power of falling ghost lightly..." The old man smiled and shook his head, "I am old, and I am talking nonsense again. How can you walk out of the Leng family's door...?"
Now he had really come out, and he had even seen the ghost that he thought he would never see again in his lifetime...
He knew it all in his heart, but if he did nothing, he would seem incompetent. Leng Wenhan lowered his head, the corners of his mouth drooped involuntarily, and someone touched his hair.
Jiang Yuelu: "Just because you can't do it now doesn't mean you can't do it in the future."
Leng Wenhan paused and nodded vigorously.
"What you said touched upon my blind spot in knowledge." Jiang Yuelu smiled. "Although I also think that we don't need to care about these ghosts, it's not for the reason Tong Mian said."
Tong Mian: “Oh?”
"They were just singing in the same place. They didn't chase us. It didn't seem like they had any bad intentions." He paused. "Rather than being our enemies, it seemed more like someone had arranged a... unique welcome ceremony."
As soon as he finished speaking, the stairs in front of him suddenly disappeared, revealing a deep rose-red corridor.
At the end of the corridor, a golden door inlaid with gems stood there coldly, emitting a deep luster, quietly waiting for their arrival.
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