Ghost Blowing Lantern II

At this time, the undercurrent near the whale bone was silent and quiet, and the air was even more chilly. After some discussion, everyone decided that since there is a "mother of pearl" in the deep stream, "one armor hides hundreds of pearls", it cannot be said that , I had no choice but to risk my life and go into the water to scrape the dragon's jaw from the shell of the ancestor of the clam, but this was extremely difficult and dangerous, because no one had ever caught a giant clam like "Mother of Pearl" before. It is said that the "ancestral clam" After tens of thousands of years of breathing and refining, the good can be transformed and confused, and it can be hidden very deep, hidden under the undercurrents of deep streams. The turbulent vortexes in it are one after another, making it difficult for people to approach even if they risk their lives.

While everyone was in a dilemma, Uncle Ming suddenly came up with a plan. From the snail tombs in the Guixu ruins, he obtained several ancient secret weapons for attracting dragons and killing clams. The "Bead Matchmaker" lured the "Ocean Mussel" from the bottom of the water, but it only required daring enough and proficiency in the water to tie the ghostly "corpse" on his back, hold a short blade in his mouth and dive into the turbulent currents. We must also put life and death aside. The person who can take on this responsibility must be "Long Hu". Now only Guchai's extraordinary underwater skills are the last hope for everyone.

When Uncle Ming mentioned the "corpse", he couldn't help but his face changed drastically. The sea egg people seemed to realize that this female corpse with bones and muscles was powerful and not an ordinary "bead matchmaker" that could be easily used, but if its ghost was not used as a It is impossible to draw out the mother-of-pearl oysters that have been hidden under the sea for tens of millions of years.

Uncle Ming said to us: "Uncle, I know the instruments by looking at thousands of swords, and I know the music by playing with thousands of songs. I have been wandering on the sea for half my life, and I have seen countless strong winds and waves. My experience is much richer than you. I have long seen that ancient I guess this egg boy is extraordinary, only he has the ability to carry a corpse on his back and go to the bottom of the water to attract the ancestor of the clam to appear, and then we can work together to scrape the clam and collect the eggs."

I had already seen the strange undercurrents in the deep stream when I was underwater. Only a "dragon household" like Guchai, who is proficient in water, could swim in. However, hearing these words said by Uncle Ming was quite unpleasant, and I was heartbroken. I thought: "The old Hong Kong peasant thief only wants to protect his own life and has never cared about the life or death of others. For him, anyone except himself can be sacrificed at any time and at any time."

So I said seriously: "I think Guchai's underwater skills are great, but he lacks experience. Among our group, only Uncle Ming can be said to be highly virtuous and respected. I admire him the most in my life for his noble character and sincerity." As a capable veteran cadre, it is better to let Uncle Ming carry the female body on his back and dive to lure the clams. Only with his ability to know the wind, water properties, and the topography of the seabed can he be worthy of this important task."

The fat man laughed loudly when he heard this and patted Uncle Ming on the shoulder: "Uncle Ming, if you always have a problem and can't come back, you can rest assured. Lao Hu and I will definitely respect your sacrifice and save us. The green-headed goods I got are sold at a good price. In time for the Qingming Festival and Winter Solstice, even if I am far away on a yacht in the United States, I will definitely not forget to burn paper money and give you warm clothes."

Although Uncle Ming has extraordinary experience at sea, he has limited abilities. He is a god in a small temple and cannot bear much incense. At this time, he is exhausted and can't stand the fat man's three harsh words. We threatened him like this, and he almost died. He collapsed on the ground. Shirley Yang couldn't bear it when she saw that there was no color on Uncle Ming's face for a long time, so she advised everyone that now is not the time to joke around and have fun. No one has seen what "Bengzu" looks like. "Zombie" has been around for nearly a thousand years. No egg collector has ever used it. These are legendary anecdotes. The degree of credibility is 50% or 50%. You should not take unnecessary risks, or you should find another way.

I said to everyone: "At present, the supplies and equipment have basically been lost, and there are only some young people left with us who do not eat or drink properly. How long will it take if we don't give it a try? We can make two preparations. One group will go into the water to attract the clams." Mom, the other group went to look for mechanisms under the coral trees. If the plan could not be realized, they would have to risk their lives to cross the turbulent flow and find a way out of the intricate coral holes. That was an unreliable method. Whether they lived or died was left to fate. .”

Everyone was aware of the predicament they were facing, and they had to work hard to get out of it. No more words were said at the moment, and everyone sorted out their equipment and redistributed the remaining scuba. In the end, it was decided that Guchai and I would dive into the deep stream. To lure the "Mother of Pearl", the rest of the people took the Bronze Man Gua Pan and ambush near the fossil of the Coral Iron Tree, preparing to kill the clams to get the pearls.

I remind everyone to carry the remains of the three deformed fetuses with them. The swarms of sharks underwater are extremely ferocious, but their nature is in line with the moon. They are only afraid of "lunar eclipse". There are stillborn bodies with broken limbs nearby. The evil sharks dare not commit the crime lightly. In addition, the jade bottle dug out from the green snail grave contains mermaid ointment. When applied on the body, it can effectively prevent various symptoms of diving disease. The color and smell are not abnormal. After so long I don’t know if it has expired after many years, but something is better than nothing, so everyone might as well put some on it just in case something goes wrong.

In addition, on the other side of the coral tree, corresponding to the deep underwater stream, there is a huge dark hole. There seems to be some ferocious sea beast hidden in it. Even Guchai has not figured out what it is, so he must be careful. Don't approach it easily, otherwise something unexpected will happen.

After about a meal, everyone was ready. Duoling and Uncle Ming helped Guchai tie the shapeless female corpse to his back. Guchai touched the diving rope on his back and tied it. Once they were secure, they dived into the water with me. As soon as Bu entered the water, I saw that the beaded clothes worn by the "corpse" were dyed by the Yin energy, emitting thousands of eerie cold lights, and the layer of ice was extremely cold. In the halo of light, the corpse skin with muscles and bones swayed with the water waves, and the blurred facial features and eyebrows were all moving, as lifelike as a living person.

The "Corpse" seems to have no buoyancy at the bottom of the water. It relies on a silk ribbon hanging from the back of Guchai, dragging it like a kite. In the chaotic light and shadow of the water waves, it looks like a frightening ghost floating around. Without knowing the inside story, I thought that the "Dragon House" was possessed by evil spirits while walking in the water, with a twisted undead clinging to its back. I really don't understand how the ancestors of the Dan people came up with this weird method that is full of evil spirits.

I tied a stillborn fetus to the scuba tank and followed Guchai after entering the water. When I saw the change in the "corpse", I patted him on the shoulder, and the two of them dived straight into the depths under the ancient coral tree fossils. In the stream, endless ghost octopuses were still dancing around the coral trees. Circles of light blue light waves shone in and out, reflecting the strange coral caves under the water like a crystal dragon palace. I dived to the deep stream next to the stream. At the ruins of the ancient stone monument, I could feel the turbulent currents gathering. If I didn't hold on to the stone monument, I would be swept away by the undercurrent at any time. Going deeper, I would already be a little out of my depth.

Guchai and I hugged the stone tablet and looked back at Shirley Yang, Uncle Ming and others. They had dragged the bronze man to the bottom of the water and were waiting for our signal under the coral iron tree. Guchai gestured and asked if I could still do it. Continue to dive deeper?

I picked my thumb. Although the turbulence here is rapid, it is not the kind of water eye vortex. There are intervals between each submerged surge. Only by looking for the right moment and holding the rock wall to fix the center of gravity, we should be able to enter this large underwater channel. A deep canyon-like stream.

The two of us hugged the remnant monument and looked into the deep stream. We saw a dark hole in it, without any light. Only some strange fish with pointed heads and tails swam in and out with their fins and tails. Although the "corpse fish" had layers There is a cold halo, but it cannot be used as a light source for lighting, and in this special environment, a diving flashlight will not play much role.

Guchai was born with a pair of goldfish-like eyes, and was good at discerning the shape of the land under the dark water, but I didn't have that ability, so I had to take out a moonlight pearl I had prepared in advance and hold it in my hand. The clam pearl produced by the coral spiral, They all have the essence of sea air, which is not comparable to ordinary "Southern Pearls". They are huge and round, and can penetrate the medium barrier underwater, making the bottom of the water as bright as day. When illuminated for dozens of steps, the light suddenly appears, like silver frost on the ground, and your vision immediately follows The pearlescent light spreads.

The pearly light was like the moon, pushing the "corpse" in the water, making the empty dead body's skin look even more ferocious and weird. When I looked at him in the water, I felt a chill rising from the bottom of my heart. I could see the terrain clearly through the pearly light. He summoned up the courage to touch the rugged rocks at the bottom of the water and slowly walked forward one meter at a time.

Guchai dragged a diving rope and swam past me. He dived into the deep stream first. He flickered east and west in the gaps in the turbulent current, rising and falling suddenly. He was so quick that he didn't let fish swim in the water. He was already diving in a moment. Into the depths of the canyon.

I felt the diving rope in my hand tighten suddenly. Knowing that this was the signal coming from Guchai, I dragged the diving rope and the rocks and tried my best to cross the almost turbulent undercurrent. As soon as I entered, my eyes lit up. I saw that the space in the deep stream was much larger than expected. Huge rock walls stood on both sides, the cloudy water covered the sky, sharks, octopuses, fish and dragons were criss-crossing, and the gaps were filled with "crinoids" rooted in the rock.

Various colorful sea stone flowers in the deep stream are constantly swaying with the water flow. This scene makes people feel extremely amazing. In a trance, it seems that they have come to a valley with blooming flowers on the land. The fishes passing back and forth are like fishes flying among the flowers. There are colorful butterflies, but there are also several large graves piled among these strangely colored sea stones and flowers.

Each raised tomb is made up of the overlapping carapace of many giant tortoises. Some tortoise shells are tied with chains, locking ancient stone coffins and sarcophagi. Guchai drags a "corpse" to support a " The "stone coffin" stopped, and I swam closer with the diving rope. I saw that the tortoise shells in the stone coffins were very similar to the ancient stone mirror coffins we salvaged from the sea. I thought that these coffins were all empty and had to be loaded into the South China Sea zombies. After that, the undercurrent lifts it up to the surface of the sea, allowing it to drift and sink on the sea. Through this process, the so-called soul flies from the sacred tree to the moon palace.

Guchai pointed to the front, and I followed his direction. There were countless sea-eroded ancient jade piled under the ancient stone wall. They seemed to be sacrifices deliberately sunk into the Pearl Sea. Among them were many jade in the shape of sea sharks. The human jade turtle, as well as the armor plate, lamp and candle used to predict hexagrams, have all been greatly corroded.

I nodded to Guchai. It seems that the "Mother of Pearl Sea" is indeed no small matter. The terrain here is complex and the space is huge. I wonder where the "ancestral clam" will be hiding. If there is really a living clam, it lives in " In the lair of "Mother of Pearl Sea", even the people of the "Long Hu Ta Family" can't easily take the pearl. The short dragon arc blade alone can't kill such a large giant clam. If they dare to fight , but it is easy to get caught by it and lose your life. You can only take action by trying to lure it out of the deep stream.

The length of the diving rope can reach up to the tortoise sarcophagus. Because after attracting the "Bengzu", I had to use the diving rope to turn back the same way. I had to stay and guard the end of the rope, and Guchai went forward alone to search for "Mother of Pearl". "Guchai was very brave underwater. He carried the ghastly "corpse" on his back to lure the beads without any fear. But I sweated for him and watched his every move from behind. If something unexpected happens, you have to go there and respond.

I saw Guchai holding the short knife behind his back, walking into the water and chasing the waves. There was a stone wall in front of him, and three whale-head-like stone doors were gouged out in the door. The rising currents in the coral cave are constantly hitting each other, and the water floating in the sky is extremely fierce. Guchai rushed several times in succession, but was blocked by the rapids. Not only was it difficult to break in, but the "corpse" tied behind him was swept away by the turbulent currents. , forcefully breaking the rope made of whale tendon.

Guchai moved very quickly underwater. He grabbed the "corpse" by the neck, pulled it back in the turbulent current, and tied it tightly to his body again. He took a breath in the air snail and saw that the water was blocked. , guessing that "Benzu" was somewhere else, he turned around and gestured to me, then swam into the diagonal spine.

As Guchai swam to the side, the shadow of the "corpse" behind him became brighter and brighter, and the ghostly female corpse became more and more like a living person. I could clearly see it not far away. I don't know when it started. A cloud of colorful rainbow-like air appeared in the water, moving with people, chasing the pearl matchmaker on Guchai's back. For a moment, the sea of ​​pearls was filled with an indescribable mysterious atmosphere.

I felt a sense of fear in my heart. I felt that there seemed to be a strong biomagnetic field in the water. Since this feeling of hairy bones suddenly appeared, I am afraid that the "uncle ancestor" hiding in the mother-of-pearl sea is about to reveal its true form. , Mother of pearl is a spiritual creature between heaven and earth. It has invaded the essence of water and moon, and it has taken thousands of years to breathe and take shape. However, no one has seen it with their own eyes in the past thousands of years. It only exists in the word of mouth widely circulated by Dan people and fishermen. According to legends, it is said that it can transform into human form and swallow ships.

There are often anecdotes about big fish swallowing boats chasing mother-of-pearl. In the early years of the Republic of China, many sailors in the sea area of ​​​​Fotangkou once saw with their own eyes a mountain of giant fish in the sea, half out of the water chasing a bright moon, and spent a whole day and night on the sea. Only the head was seen but not the tail, and then it dived to the bottom of the sea and died where it was. The sailors who saw this vision all said that the mountain-like giant fish was attracted by the light of mother-of-pearl.

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