Chapter 40 The Will of the Bronze Ship Master
Li Weiyi looked back worriedly, and only relaxed slightly after making sure that Li Ling was not chasing him.
The bronze ship, the corpse of the Golden Crow, and the corpse of the Black Dragon are all treasures. If she knew about this, she might move all the masters of the entire Cangli tribe and the Jiuli tribe here.
But he was also secretly puzzled and wary. Why didn't Li Ling dare to catch up?
She dares to travel back and forth in such a terrifying place as the Death Mist Realm. You can never judge her by the standard of a normal teenage girl.
"You can only move forward, not backward. Why think so much? We have never encountered any danger in this sea of coffins."
Li Weiyi jumped off the plank road and rushed into the endless "land" of floating coffins.
The smell of blood and corruption became stronger faster.
The place where he landed was different from the coffin dock ferry, so he could only find the general direction of the bronze ship. At the same time, he did not have the fear that Li Ling had, and felt that the Blood Sea Coffin Dock only looked gloomy and scary, but was actually very peaceful and tranquil.
Therefore, after rushing out for dozens of miles, he shouted the name "Zhao Meng", or Lao Liu "Liu Bing" into the fog.
Keep changing direction and position and keep shouting.
Half a day later.
Li Weiyi no longer knew how far he was from the shore. Every time he called out, there was no response. He became more and more uneasy and worried that the bronze ship had set sail again and was heading for an even more distant place.
If this is true, what should the scientific expedition team members do who are short of food and water? What should the senior brother do? Another half day passed, and Li Weiyi was probably almost two hundred miles away from the shore.
There are endless floating coffins and thick fog.
He felt that the whole world was dead, and there was no living thing except himself. He was in unprecedented panic, with a myriad of thoughts and was at a loss. It was possible that the bronze ship...had really sailed away.
A familiar voice came from the mist in the distance: "Weiyi, is that you?"
"Brother Weiyi, I'm Qin Ke."
…
Li Weiyi, who was taking a temporary rest on a four-meter-long jade coffin, was greatly encouraged and rushed to the direction where the sound came from as quickly as possible.
Soon, the floating coffin shook violently on the water, and a huge figure appeared in the fog.
The figure was as tall as a two-story building, with a head as big as a water tank, a mouth as big as a plate, and legs thicker than Li Weiyi's body, full of explosive power.
He had a full beard and wore only a pair of patchwork shorts, but he walked with great imposing manner.
In his left hand, he held a white Yin Banner, which he waved. The scriptures rose and fell, and the light spread dozens of feet away. In his right palm, he held an old blue-and-white jar, which looked like an urn.
"Ha ha!"
It was a great pleasure for the two brothers to meet each other, and they stopped about ten feet apart.
Zhao Meng laughed like thunder and his voice was very loud.
Li Weiyi was dumbfounded. He had to raise his head high to see Zhao Meng's face. He was happy and incredulous: "Brother...what's going on? How did you grow so tall?"
"This is just the beginning. Who knows, it may be longer in the future. I am taking a path that requires me to continuously swallow the blood of ancient immortal beasts. My physique is very special."
Zhao Meng is six meters tall, his skin is almost golden, his arms are covered with some black dragon scales, and he carries many bottles and jars on his back.
The Yin Banner in his hand was more than three meters long, with nine skulls with rubies inlaid in their eyes on the top. A white banner was spit out from the mouth of each skull, and the banner was full of incomprehensible scriptures.
Li Weiyi had seen this Yin Banner in the Bronze Ship Tomb Sea Stele Forest, where it was inserted on top of a grave.
How did Senior Brother activate it? "Senior Brother, you have cultivated the magic power... that is, you have opened a spring?" Li Weiyi told Zhao Meng how he opened the spring on the bronze ship. Zhao Meng also practiced Yuxu breathing method for many years, so it was not strange that he could open a spring in a short time.
"It's not that easy to open a spring. Do you think everyone has the same talent as you? Master said that my talent is only up to your knees."
Zhao Meng glanced at the Yin Banner in his hand, saw the confusion in Li Weiyi's heart, and explained: "It glows, but it has nothing to do with me. Have you found land? Where is Gao Huan?"
"Of course I found it, but it's a long story..."
Hearing the noise, Li Weiyi looked behind Zhao Meng.
Qin Ke, holding a tall memorial tablet in both hands, and Lao Liu and Lao Guan, carrying a stone coffin, walked out of the fog one after another.
Lao Liu and Lao Guan were both members of the engineering team, but Li Weiyi could no longer recognize them. One of them drank the blood of the Golden Crow and grew a huge bird head. The other drank the blood of the Black Dragon and grew a dragon head covered with black scales.
Two freaks! Li Weiyi didn't see anyone else coming, and asked in confusion, "Where are the others?"
"They are all on the boat and have left."
Zhao Meng looked very relaxed, not worried about their safety at all. He sat down and told Li Weiyi in detail what had happened on the bronze ship in the past two days.
Li Weiyi was listening intently, and with a lot of curiosity in his heart, he interrupted and asked, "Has the owner of the bronze ship appeared?"
"No, I haven't seen His true body anyway. After being baptized by the energy of the immortal light, the Golden Crow's blood and the Black Dragon's blood can be drunk by everyone. Drinking a drop will keep you from feeling hungry for several days, and your physical strength will increase. The scientific expedition team members will not starve to death. They will follow the owner of the bronze ship and may become extraordinary beings in the future."
He represents mystery, awe and the unknown.
Zhao Meng's eyes suddenly became serious: "But it's not all good news! He has issued a decree, asking the master of the Daozu Taiji Fish... well, that is, you, to reach the realm of immortality as soon as possible. There is one thing you must do, and His time is very tight."
Li Weiyi was stunned, and then he didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "What do you mean?"
Zhao Meng said, "It seems that our sect has promised Him something, and the cause and effect have been sown, and the master of the Daozu Taiji Fish needs to accept and bear the consequences. I don't know what it is, but when your cultivation reaches the realm of immortality, He will come to find you, and you will know then. If it doesn't work, we brothers will shoulder it together."
"I don't even know what the realm of immortality is." Li Weiyi said with a smile.
An old and hoarse voice sounded: "The Yongquan Realm, the Wuhai Realm, and the Daozhong Realm. The next fourth realm is the Changsheng Realm. My boy, you should be thankful that you have a cause and effect relationship with the owner of the bronze ship, that you can work for him, and that he sent the three of us to be your guides. I wonder how many people will envy you for this opportunity and treatment."
Zhao Meng had learned the language and writing of this world from his senior sister, and was more familiar with it than Li Weiyi, so he could understand what the old voice just said. He nodded desperately, and even he felt that the owner of the bronze ship was a powerful being, and working for him was like having a backer in this foreign world.
Even though this backer had just awakened and now seemed to have important things to do, and still seemed to look down on them as insignificant, they still felt like there was a big tree supporting their heads.
Li Weiyi searched for a while and found that the old voice came from the urn in Zhao Meng's hand.
Looking at Zhao Meng, he whispered, "Another evil being?"
"I am ordered by the master of the bronze ship to be your guide on the road of magic and martial arts from now on." The lid of the urn jumped and the voice rang out.
A middle-aged woman's voice rang out from the spirit tablet in Qin Ke's hand: "I am your guide on the spiritual path of cultivation."
Inside the stone coffin carried by Lao Liu and Lao Guan, a low and restrained voice came out: "I am a bit of a jack of all trades, I know a little bit about everything, I will be responsible for planning your path of cultivation. Two years for the spring, three years for the five seas, five years for the seeds of the Tao, and within ten years you must achieve immortality. Ten years, you only have ten years!"
"You can regard it as the will of the bronze ship's owner, or as a deal, but don't ignore it. Because, ten years later... or a little longer, what will happen will also affect you and the people around you."
Li Weiyi touched the Taoist Tai Chi fish with his finger, and thought of many things in an instant. His expression gradually became serious, realizing that his senior brother, the owner of the bronze ship, and these three evil beings did not seem to be joking.
Moreover, there seems to be no possibility of shirking or refusing.
He is indeed still confused about cultivation now, and there are too many unknown things.
It would be a great honor to have a famous teacher or expert to guide me.
but……
He had too many questions in his mind.
Li Weiyi clasped his fists and asked, "May I ask what the three seniors' names are?"
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The old man in the jar said, "The three of us were once famous figures in this land, but now I am left with only a jar of ashes, and as for the couple, one is left with only a remnant soul enshrined in a spirit tablet, and the other is left with only a remnant corpse. If it weren't for the owner of the bronze ship, we wouldn't even be able to keep this last bit of consciousness. So, now that we are in such a miserable state, we won't talk about the past anymore."
The middle-aged woman in the spirit tablet said, "I agree."
"Agree." Someone inside the sarcophagus also said.
The old man in the jar said again: "Just call me Senior Jar."
"Spiritual Senior."
"Senior Coffin."
All three of them introduced themselves.
So easy-going and down-to-earth?
Completely different from Chanhai Guanwu and Yu Tuonan.
Perhaps it was the will of the owner of the bronze ship.
Li Weiyi glanced at the urn, the spirit tablet, and the sarcophagus one by one, and asked directly: "Do the three elders know the cause and effect between Chan Sect and the owner of the bronze ship? Why must I reach the realm of immortality as soon as possible? And why is there only ten years? I heard that ten years is only enough for cultivators with superior talents to open four springs."
"How many springs have you opened now?" asked Senior Guan.
"Three springs."
"How long did it take?"
Li Weiyi said: "Less than half a month!"
"Isn't that enough? What superior talent, inferior talent, you are different. You are the one chosen by the owner of the bronze ship." said Senior Guan.
The elder in the stone coffin said in a steady voice: "No, I have a different view from him. Li Weiyi, you are not the one favored by the bronze ship owner. You can only be yourself. Only when a practitioner understands what he wants and what he seeks can he gradually forge an unshakable heart of Tao in the long future practice. So what cause and effect is is actually not important to you now."
Li Weiyi pondered deeply.
Senior Guan continued, "I will ask you two questions. What are you pursuing at this stage? What do you want? Don't rush to answer. Let's go back to Lingxiao Habitat first."
Li Weiyi moved his lips, but didn't answer immediately, wanting to think it over first.
The group walked towards the shore.
Zhao Meng was also thinking about these two questions, but he was in a relaxed mood: "Anyway, at this stage, I just want to find the senior sister. She must be from this world."
Half an hour later, Li Weiyi came back to his senses from his thoughts, thinking that Li Ling might still be at the Guanwu Ferry, and that Shi Jiuzhai and his disciples might be blocking the Dragon Killing Pass.
"Since the three seniors know about Lingxiao's habitat, I guess you must have lived here before you died? Do you know if there is any other way to go back except the Death Mist Region at the Coffin Wharf Ferry?" Li Weiyi said.
Senior Guan was very active and said with a smile: "You have asked the right person! No one knows more about the Blood Sea Coffin Dock and the Death Mist Region than you, Senior Guan. He is Jiuli..."
"Shut up."
The voice from the sarcophagus sounded: "Is there any danger over at the Coffin Ferry?"
“It’s hard to say how dangerous it is, but I want to avoid it as much as possible.” Li Weiyi said.
The voice from the sarcophagus said, "There is another way, but it's a bit roundabout. I'll use the Nine Emperors Banner to determine the direction and guide the way. The one holding the banner, go ahead!"
The Nine Emperors Banner was the white Yin Banner in Zhao Meng's hand. The rubies in the nine skull eyes could provide it with a magical power. The scriptures and light emanating from the banner pointed out the direction for everyone to move forward.
They were too far from the shore and were walking very fast, but when it was completely dark, they still hadn't reached the land.
They found an area with floating coffins where the ground was stable and the cold wind was blocked by a giant coffin. They planned to rest for a night.
Following Senior Guan's instructions, Zhao Meng inserted the white Yin Banner in his hand into the gap between the two coffins. This banner can calm souls, and the dead dare not approach the area covered by the light. It was Senior Guan's treasure when he was alive.
Li Weiyi took out food from the evil camel bell and distributed it to everyone.
Just finished eating.
"Bang! Bang..."
The blue and white urn jumped out from the corner. "It's time to practice! It's time to practice! All together, Li Weiyi, don't think about those stupid questions of the old coffin. Don't think about those mysterious and illusory things. Real things are the most important. You must open the fourth spring as soon as possible. We all rely on you to protect us now. Don't let someone open the fifth or sixth spring and wipe us out. What's the point of talking about immortality?"
Li Weiyi said: "Senior, opening a spring is not something that can be done just by saying it, it has to be done step by step."
"Bullshit! With the vigorous energy of the Golden Crow's blood, your Chan Sect's supreme breathing method, and my guidance, the first four springs are not dangerous. With your blood and talent, you can easily break through them. However, the fifth spring is somewhat dangerous. You have to go to the provincial capital city to get a spring-opening needle to open it quickly."
Senior Guan was a man of impatient temper. He immediately started to instruct Li Weiyi on how to flush the fourth spring in the palm of his left hand.
(End of this chapter)