Chapter 337 Master Uncle is a Strange Person
Yu Sheng roughly told Xuan Che the intelligence he had learned from the Secret Service, including the fact that the cultists had dug up a "shadowless skeleton" in their hometown and that a small boat of the other party disappeared while trying to send away the Ankaela crystal. He knew that these things would soon be spread to all major forces by Baili Qing, and in front of a "young talent from Qianfeng Lingshan" like Xuan Che, there was no need to keep the relevant information secret.
The expression on Xuan Che's face visibly changed from calm to serious, and then from serious to dignified, until his eyebrows almost stood up.
"...Do you suspect that Feiyu-13b may have been parasitized by the Dark Angel?!" Although Xuan Che tried hard to control his breath and emotions when he said this, he still couldn't hide the solemnity and tension in his tone.
"It's just a possibility," Yu Sheng waved his hand. "After all, we don't really know what the Priory members built the 'Pillar of Order' for. The only cultist who could speak wasn't in very good physical condition and fainted in the middle of the conversation. But considering that this ship is not cheap at first glance, and there is even a 'chapel' on board that is obviously used for religious ceremonies, they must not have built this thing for fun... Even if it's not for the Dark Angel, it must be a mission of a similar level."
"...A mission of similar level to the Dark Angel?" Xuan Che suddenly showed a look of toothache, "I can't imagine it. I can't imagine it."
Then he lowered his head and thought for a while, and then his expression changed slightly for some reason. He suddenly raised his head and asked, "You mentioned earlier that one of their boats was missing?"
"Yes, when trying to send the Angel Catalyst out of the 'Mist City', it sent a string of weird audio in advance, just like being possessed by an evil spirit, and then it disappeared after it jumped out," Yu Sheng nodded, "Why, what do you think about this matter?"
Xuan Che hesitated for a while and said, "I can't say I have any idea, but I suddenly remembered that Master Uncle once told me about another adventure he had when he was traveling in his early years..."
Yu Sheng subconsciously widened his eyes when he heard the other party's opening words: "What did your master uncle encounter back then?"
"Um... cough cough, Master Uncle is keen on traveling around the world, and he has encountered a lot of strange things," Xuan Che coughed twice a little awkwardly, adjusted his sitting posture and continued, "He said that he once crossed the Milky Way, and when he crossed a 'big hole' without any celestial beacons, his immortal boat suddenly malfunctioned. The big hole stretched for hundreds of millions of light years and there was nothing there. Master Uncle used all his cultivation, but he could only barely keep the immortal boat spirit disk from disintegrating, and sent out a few calls for help, but he couldn't move at all. It can be said that the situation was critical and he had nowhere to go...
“But just when he was at his wit’s end and had prepared to die, a signal suddenly came from that empty hollow area, responding to his call for help.
"Three days later, he saw the wreckage of a huge spaceship appear near the immortal boat..."
Yu Sheng was listening, and suddenly he was stunned: "Wreckage?"
"Yes, the wreckage. I can't tell where it was made. It's extremely huge, more than ten times larger than the immortal boat my master rode. But it was torn into pieces by some unknown force and is floating in the void. And from the wreckage, responses to the distress signals continue to come.
"Master Uncle felt something was amiss and didn't dare to deal with the strange 'ship' rashly. He barely controlled the immortal boat to keep a distance from the wreckage. After a day of stalemate, suddenly... he saw the wreckage was intact in an instant and turned into a large gray ship. There were lights on the ship, and people could be seen walking around and talking in the portholes.
"But this seemingly 'recovered' ship has been sending out extremely strange and terrifying signals since the moment it was 'recovered'. Grandmaster Uncle said that the Immortal Boat received countless cries for help from the ship, as well as the wailing of people before death and the sound of the ship being torn apart.
"Then, a moment later, the big ship turned into a fragmented wreckage again. It flew behind the immortal boat, and a message came saying 'received a distress call, on the way to support'..."
Xuan Che stopped talking here. Irene, who was sitting on the coffee table, was stunned for a moment before she cried out in surprise: "Oh my god! It's scary——"
"I read a horror story of a similar theme when I was a kid!" Hu Li also said, "Then everyone on that boat died."
"...it was very scary, even my master uncle felt it was scary," Xuan Che nodded, "so he didn't dare to respond to any communication from that strange ship at that time. However, because the immortal boat was damaged, he couldn't get away from the big ship that kept chasing and 'providing rescue'. The stalemate lasted for ten days. The ship kept changing between a wreck and intact. Until the last day, the situation suddenly changed.
"The big ship suddenly stopped, and then sent a final communication to my master, saying just one sentence:
"The Lapis Lazuli must be prevented from sailing from Soma-4 on June 12, 2044."
Yu Sheng stared: "...and then?"
"Then the ship suddenly disappeared, as if it had entered a jump state, but without any of the space-time oscillations that should occur during a jump. It was as if it had 'fallen' directly into an invisible 'hole' that suddenly appeared in the universe. There has been no news since then. After Master Uncle escaped, he even searched everywhere for the whereabouts of the ship, but he couldn't find it."
Yu Sheng listened to this bizarre "space adventure story" and couldn't help but ask: "Then how did your master escape from the predicament?"
"He told me that he suddenly had an epiphany, and then he was in a state of ecstasy, and he became enlightened. He used his great wisdom to break the void and sent the immortal boat out of the big hole. But later, the brothers from the Divine Weapon Peak checked the log of the immortal boat and said that when the big ship left, the immortal boat inexplicably repaired itself. They advised my uncle to worship the spirit of the weapon... Oh, according to the terminology here in the border area, it is called the 'machine spirit'."
Yu Sheng: “…”
He blinked and decided to ignore the subtle part at the end of the story: "The Lapis Lazuli's departure..."
"There is no large spaceship called 'Lapis Lazuli' in the world, at least not among the legal ships registered. Either the name fits but the ship type doesn't, or the ship type fits but the name is wrong," Xuan Che shook his head. "That ship... no one knows where it came from."
Yu Sheng frowned slightly, and after a moment of thought, he raised his head and said, "You mean, you think the 'strange ship' your master encountered is similar to the monastic boat that transported the Ankaela crystal but encountered a strange accident?"
"Both of them suddenly sent monitoring signals of the annihilation of all the crew members when they seemed to be in a completely normal situation. Both of them seemed to disappear from this world without a trace after a jump. The only difference is that the ship my master encountered confronted him for more than ten days, so he saw many strange changes in that strange ship, while the Priory boat only took three minutes from the abnormality to the disappearance of the jump, and it did not have time to show any abnormalities."
Xuan Che spoke clearly and logically, and then suddenly changed the subject: "Speaking of Master Uncle, he might be going back to Qianfeng Lingshan in the near future."
Is the "Uncle Master" who is always traveling around and has experienced countless bizarre stories going back to Qianfeng Lingshan soon? Yu Sheng couldn't help but feel moved: "He's coming back? Didn't he say he was traveling and couldn't be contacted?"
"Oh, my master told me yesterday that we have contacted him," Xuan Che nodded quickly, "It turns out that twelve years ago, when he went down the mountain to dance, he was kidnapped by a close female friend from his youth and forced to marry her. Fortunately, with the help of the Immortal Alliance's rectification work group, he was rescued. He will return to the sect in two days..."
He paused for a moment, revealing a look of emotion: "My master was very relieved when he talked about this matter. He said that he had misunderstood Master Uncle all these years, and thought that he had abandoned the affairs of the sect and left without saying goodbye to go to danger. It turned out that he was kidnapped just because of his lifestyle. Letting the fairy vent his anger will reduce the loss of merit."
Yu Sheng: “……?”
Irene, Hu Li, and Luna: "..."
You could hear a pin drop in the living room.
"Ah, why don't you say anything?" Xuan Che looked around a little puzzled.
Yu Sheng suddenly came back to his senses, staring at the handsome guy in front of him as if he had seen a ghost, but he still couldn't believe what weird stuff the other party had just said with such a calm face. After looking Xuan Che up and down for several times, he hesitated and said: "I...you...well, you just said that your master uncle went down the mountain..."
"Disco."
“Then I encountered…”
"A close friend," Xuan Che nodded calmly, "Being kidnapped to marry someone - it did smooth out a chasm in my heart."
"You can say this so calmly..." Yu Sheng's forehead was covered with cold sweat. He felt like all the complaints he wanted to make were slammed under his tonsils, and his train of thought was shattered. "No, your master uncle... that strange man, traveling around the world, looking for secret places, with a legendary life, right -"
He couldn't say any more at this point, because he didn't know whether he should complain about going down the mountain to dance, or about being tied up and married by his confidante, or about the Immortal Alliance's rectification work group that appeared later - as for Master Xuan Che's subtle attitude on this matter, he didn't even have the energy to think about it.
Xuan Che still looked calm, but there was a hint of emotion in his tone: "Ah, my master uncle is indeed... good in every way, except that he is bound by a debt of love. Since he embarked on the path of cultivating immortals, he has not encountered any heavenly tribulations, but has been replaced by tribulations of love..."
Yu Sheng: “…”
After a moment, Yu Sheng looked blankly at Irene who was sitting on the coffee table in a daze, at Fox who was turning her head and looking at him with clear eyes, and at Luna who was restarting her computer opposite her.
“I think there is a cultural difference here.”
He said with a serious look on his face.
Irene and Hu Li agreed with this.
Luna also nodded: "Yeah, that's right."
(End of this chapter)
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