If it were an ordinary object, it would be useless if it pierced into the ghost's body. But now, what I pierced was the Golden Que Sword, the Golden Que Sword that could drive away all the evil spirits. Suddenly, the old ghost strangled his throat and retreated as if in pain. At this moment, his whole body began to shrink rapidly. He never expected that he would turn into a piece of solidified condensed sand, kneaded into a ball, and finally exploded into extremely fine dust.
This scene surprised me immensely. I thought that when a ghost dies, its soul should fly away and dissipate like smoke. How could it turn into a pile of sand and dust?
I even touched it with my hand and smelled it, and it was just dust, just a little more damp.
"Could it be that this thing is not a ghost, but just dust?" I muttered to myself.
At this time, all the pirate ghosts dropped their knives, forks, silverware, muskets and other items and immediately fled in all directions. As the saying goes, when the tree falls, the monkeys scatter. With the death of the boss, the morale plummeted. The rest were leaderless and could not cause any trouble. In addition, the pirates were selfish and greedy by nature, without loyalty. Now they only wanted to save their own lives and did not care about so many things.
And in this moment of chaos, it is exactly the result I predicted. Now is the time to end the reign of the Black Phantom Pirates!
I headed towards Bailu, but when I passed the dining table, I remembered that I had a candlelight dinner with Yunwen here not long ago. I thought that if the ship was burned, all the gold and silver treasures would be buried in the seabed, never to see the light of day. What a waste. Anyway, the time to kill the pirate leader was faster than I expected, which gave me some more time. I must make good use of this time.
Bai Lu saw me froze in the middle of the journey and immediately shouted at me, "Brother Zhou Bo, hurry up and leave. Everything is still going according to plan. Otherwise, there will be trouble soon."
"Coming right up." I shouted.
Although I shouted like that, I didn't do it. Instead, I searched around and unexpectedly saw a piece of clothing on the wall. The clothing was made of exquisite material, and it was a long coat with a cotton collar. It was exactly the style of clothing I needed most at the moment. I took it off immediately, and then quickly ran to the dining table, put two silver plates, two silver knives, two silver spoons, two silver forks, and a pure silver wine pot into the clothing and wrapped them up.
Bai Lu looked at me with a wry smile and said, "Brother Zhou Bo, why do I feel like you look more like a bandit than them?"
"Resources should not be wasted. Instead of leaving them to the mermaids, we might as well use them. See if there is anything else you want. This clothes can still hold some." I said.
"There are some porcelains there. You can take some away with you. We can't bake them with such craftsmanship." Bai Lu said.
I have thought about it, but porcelain is not easy to carry and can break easily. But since it has been mentioned, I will just take it with me.
So I took three porcelain cups and a teapot, wrapped them all in my clothes, and carried them out, preparing to go to the deck with Bai Lu and act according to the original plan. However, when we passed the next room, the door was open, so Bai Lu and I stopped at the same time.
The things inside were too tempting, they were necessities of life, and it would be a shame not to take them and burn them along with the ship, so we both agreed and no one said a word. I handed a bag of things to Bai Lu and went in, wrapped the Cashmere blanket tightly and quickly took it out. Although it had been hundreds of years, it was still a good thing if it was properly handled and used to keep warm.
We took these to the deck and saw that we were still quite a distance away from the exit of the secret cave. It was obviously still within my expectations and within Yunwen's shooting range.
"Bailu, when I shout one, two, three, we'll jump into the sea, shout 'release' while jumping. Are you ready?" I asked.
However, at this moment, I saw her looking at me embarrassedly, as if something was wrong.
"What's wrong? You can't swim, or are there some inconveniences?" I asked.
"No, I was thinking, there are still a lot of gold and silver jewelry in the room just now, why don't I take some more and bring some back to sister Yunwen. Girls all like these. You also said that it would be a pity if these good things can only be buried at the bottom of the sea in the future. It's better for me to take more so that it won't be delayed too long." Bai Lu said embarrassedly.
"Those things are not practical, they are just broken stones. Besides, if you have those gold, silver and jewelry, you will have the desire to possess them. If you have the desire to possess them, you will be selfish, and you will argue and get angry. So what's the point of using them? It will only add to your troubles. On this deserted island, the most important thing for us is to survive and ensure our own safety. Don't be greedy for these things. Do you understand what I mean?" I asked.
Bai Lu hesitated for a moment, then nodded with a sigh and said, "It's a pity that there are so many good things, any one of which is priceless, and we can't keep them all. But Brother Zhou Bo, you are right, no matter where you are, you should think about what you want. In the wilderness, we really shouldn't think too much about these material things."
"It's good that you can understand, 'Picking chrysanthemums under the eastern fence, leisurely seeing the southern mountains'. Besides, the real beauty is to live beautifully in this unbearable wilderness life, not to rely on dressing beautifully." I said.
She nodded, relieved.
I can't blame her. I have also seen extremely expensive things in that room. How could the once-dominant Sea Monster, a pirate group that burned, killed, plundered, and committed all kinds of evil, not have some precious treasures on board? Forget about other things. Just the ordinary diamond ring I occasionally saw was bigger than a pigeon egg, not to mention the necklaces like the Heart of the Ocean, which were countless and placed randomly on the table without any care.
Everyone who sees it will be moved, but the more beautiful something is, the more dangerous it is. This is common sense and the norm of the wild world. If you understand this, you can ignore it.
Without further ado, I quickly took Bai Lu to a higher place.
"Three, two, one, jump!" I shouted.
So we both jumped off the boat, and the moment we jumped we both shouted, "Let go!"
With a whoosh, the rocket penetrated the canvas of the Sea Monster and the flames spread rapidly on the ship. Bai Lu and I fell into the sea and watched the ghosts crying and shouting on the ship in the distance. As their leader was dead, they were in chaos and no one was in command. Some of them tried to find sea water to put out the fire, but they could not keep up with the spread of the fire and soon the flames engulfed the entire ship.
I still remember that before Terry Buck died, he specifically told me that they were going to release the ship's guns to blow us up, which meant that there were still a lot of shells on the ship. I don't know if the tide had dribbled away, but at this time the ship had already sailed out of the secret cave and was on the wide sea outside. Suddenly, there were a few loud bangs, and the ship was blown to pieces, with wood chips flying everywhere. This old ship was finally retired.
But at the moment I saw the ship bursting, something rushed into the sea and disappeared without a trace. As it rushed into the sea, all the ghosts on the ship began to turn into a pile of loose sand, and each of them died in the same way as Terry Buck.
I was very confused about this. If the ghost was defeated or died again, shouldn't its soul be scattered? Why did they all turn into dust? Could it be that the ghost was transformed from dust?
In addition, if I had not seen the thing that rushed into the sea, perhaps I would not have thought too much about it, but I clearly saw it, and I couldn't help but wonder whether it was related to it. In short, I had a special feeling that this incident was not an end, but rather a beginning of some kind.
"It's over. Terry Buck's dark rule was defeated by us when countless navy forces were helpless. If this happened in the 16th century, perhaps we could all get a huge reward." Bai Lu said.
"Evildoers will suffer the consequences of their actions, and we are acting in the name of justice. As for whether we get money or not, it doesn't matter. Only by driving them out of here can we ensure that we will not be disturbed by them in the days to come and live well until the rescue team arrives." I said.
"Our survival master is right, everything is for our better survival." Bai Lu said.
"Okay, stop joking. We're almost freezing to death. Let's go back," I said.
So the two of us, each dragging something, headed towards the coast inside the secret cave, in the direction where Yunwen and Yingchun were.