Chapter 218 Sacrifice
Mu Xingchen looked at the pale face and eager eyes of the kind-hearted ghost opposite him, and looked at Qi Gu hesitantly: "Do you still want to get on the boat now?"
After all, a storm was coming, and if we didn't get to the shore in time to avoid it, the speedboat would definitely capsize.
The closest land to this sea area is the floating island of Haigong Temple.
It feels like being caught between a rock and a hard place.
Qi Gu maintained the posture of holding Lin Hanzhi's palm, squeezed it calmly, not bothered by this matter at all, but looked at Mu Xingchen sternly: "Do you think we should get on the boat?"
Mu Xingchen was frightened by his look and wrinkled her face like a wet tissue. She whispered, "No, I don't know. It's not written in the book."
Qi Gu said: "Then I will teach you now. First of all, you cannot board the ghost ship. If you have no choice but to board the ship, you must ensure that you can get off the ship within an hour, otherwise you will be assimilated into the same undead as them. Secondly, the undead on the sea are different from the earthbound spirits in rivers, lakes and seas. They are not restricted to a certain sea area. After all, the seas can flow to each other. If the undead on the sea can accept their complete death, they can go to the deepest part of the ocean to reincarnate."
"So... when we encounter this kind of undead, we should guide them to recover their memories and go to Guixu to reincarnate?" Mu Xingchen asked.
Qi Gu nodded in answer.
Mu Xingchen recorded silently.
[Useless knowledge has increased... If nothing unexpected happens, I will never have the money to see the sea in my lifetime]
[I understand. Next time I see an enthusiastic ghost ship, I will never board it randomly.]
[xsWhy do I feel like I can get a ride? 】
[This incident tells us that we should not take random rides or ride random boats]
[This won’t work, that won’t work, how is Gugu going to break the impasse now?]
A loud thunder exploded in the sky not far away, briefly illuminating everyone. It was also because of this white light that everyone could see clearly the clothes of the kind-hearted ghost standing on the bow of the fishing boat. The clothes looked like a product of the last century, with his trouser legs rolled up high, a very working people's attire. In the cabin behind him, there was a black wooden table, on the wooden table were three cooked animals, namely the heads of cows, pigs and sheep. They had their eyes closed and held ears of flowers cut out of red paper in their mouths.
Before the three animals, there were several small plates of tea, raw rice, soybeans, wine, etc.
It seems that the purpose of this fishing boat going out to sea is not for any other purpose... but for sacrifice.
The kind-hearted ghost noticed Qi Gu's gaze and said, "This is the offering we are going to take to the Haigong Temple for sacrifice. The first trip of the new ship will naturally be to the Haigong Temple... You guys should hurry up and get on board, the storm is really coming."
Lin Hanzhi said: "Don't underestimate our small boat, it is actually very stable and will not capsize even in strong winds and waves."
The kind-hearted ghost said with disbelief: "You young people should not be so unbelieving. We who make a living in the sea have all encountered some weird things before..."
Lin Hanzhi said sincerely, "If you don't believe me, just sit here and wait for the storm to pass with us. Let's talk about Haigong Temple by the way. We are planning to go there this time. But we are not locals, so we don't know what taboos there are. Can you tell us about it?"
This fishing boat obviously has some connection with Haigong Temple, and Lin Hanzhi will not give up this clue easily.
Seeing that the other party was still hesitating, Lin Hanzhi added: "Tell us more about where you bought this boat. It looks very sturdy and durable."
Praise is indeed a universal language, and it even works on ghosts.
The enthusiastic ghost at the bow hesitated for a few seconds and his tone became shy: "Hahaha, you really have a good eye. This boat was bought second-hand by my brothers and I, so that we don't have to spend a lot of money to rent a boat for fishing. There were many second-hand boats in the shipyard at that time, and I picked this one at first sight..."
As he spoke, he said a few words to the people at the bow, who then lowered their sails and came over. Several of them squatted together under the small orange light at the bow and talked to the people on the speedboat.
"Although your boat is small, it looks like it's made of good materials. It shouldn't be cheap, right?"
The special forces soldier who was cosplaying as a fisherman said, "Not bad."
"Did you encounter any problems on your trip to Haigong Temple?" Lin Hanzhi took the initiative to take on most of the social work.
"We encountered a very big storm. Luckily, we worked well together and reacted quickly. We took down the sail soon, and the fishing boat was strong, so it didn't continue to drift in the wind. But the weather is really bad. It hasn't been long since the storm ended, and it's coming again so soon." said the kind-hearted ghost at the beginning.
Qi Gu remembered in his heart that it must be this storm that caused their ship to be destroyed and everyone to die.
"Yeah. The weather is really bad." Lin Hanzhi agreed, taking out a few packs of compressed biscuits and handing them to the ghosts, "Come on, everyone, eat something. We don't know when the storm will end. Can you tell me about the taboos of this Haigong Temple?"
The kind-hearted leader said, "There's nothing to hide about this. It's something that the older generation knows. It's also what you young people call feudal superstition. Anyway, we should just worship the old man and hope that he won't bring a shipwreck to us... My father always said that it's better to believe in something than not to believe in it, so we brothers listened to him and brought three animals as gifts to worship him."
This is nothing new, and is almost the same as the information found on the Internet.
But... is this Duke Hai suffering from some serious illness?
Unless there is some serious illness, what kind of god would use a storm to capsize the ships coming to offer sacrifices to him? Isn't that cutting off his own incense?
Logically speaking, living believers should be more valuable than dead ones.
"If you guys want to go to worship, just follow our boat and take advantage of our offerings. You don't have anything with you, and the gods will blame you if they see you." said one of the ghosts.
"Can we get this too?" Lin Hanzhi asked.
"Why not? I ate your cookies, so I'll take it as a thank you gift. When we get to Haigong Temple, we can think of these offerings as ours." The ghost lowered his voice and said, "Haigong is no different from other gods. He is narrow-minded... If you don't bring anything with you, he might hate you."
Lin Hanzhi thanked him readily.
I thought to myself: Just hate it, it’s only for a while anyway.
Is the priesthood in our Chinese country a very lowly profession? All kinds of monsters and demons can get a piece of the pie?
Amid the chat, the ghosts finished their compressed biscuits, saying how delicious they tasted. They came here wanting to go back quickly, so they didn't put any food on the boat. The offerings they brought couldn't be eaten before they were offered sacrifices, so they were already hungry.
Then they said that they had never eaten such delicious biscuits before, and they would remember the brand and buy a few packs for their family to try when they returned.
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