Ghost Blowing Lantern II

In addition, it is said that there are some "pearl ponds" that have been emptied by egg collectors, and clam shells and clam meat are piled up into mountains. But at night, the moonlight is reflected in the pearl ponds. The egg people do not know the truth and think that there are still clam beads at the bottom of the water. So the next day, I continue to dive for pearls, and often never come back. They are all swallowed by the "Old Clam" who is waiting for revenge. It eats living people without even spitting out the bones. But even if the pool of pearls is drained, it is difficult to find them. Therefore, when talking about these legends, the eggmen who are fighting for their lives at sea can't help but turn pale with horror. Moreover, touching the "Bengzu" will cause tsunamis and hurricanes. In short, the rumors are quite evil. There is no fisherman's secret weapon, no matter what. There is no way to elicit "Benzu".

At this time, the shadows on the water were changing. I could no longer see Guchai’s whereabouts. I couldn’t help but feel worried. I was about to go over to look for him. Suddenly, there was a surge of mud and sand at the bottom of the “Mother of Pearl Sea”, and a demonic mist came up. The mist shrouded the ground. The dark light flickered, followed by a huge black shadow, and waves of blood gush out from it. Guchai was covered in blood, carrying the "corpse" on his back, and struggled to swim out with his hands and feet, but behind him were monsters. The current of fog seemed to have a strong suction. Just after swimming three to five meters, it was immediately sucked back by the current, and suddenly disappeared into the thick fog.

When the "Mother of Pearl" moved under the water, it really seemed to move the seas and mountains. The ever-changing rainbow aura in the water was covered by the lifted sand, and a thick mist rose over the water, making it impossible to see clearly what was inside. What does "Bengzu" look like? Gu guessed that he relied on "Longhu"'s underwater skills to use the "corpse claw" to attract the mother-of-pearl to move stupidly, opening her shell and splitting her armor, hoping to remove the sinister "corpse claw" Swallowing it down, the water flow formed a vortex. Guchai was half a step slower and was sucked by the whirlpool. Before he could struggle, he was already trapped in the thick mud and fog brought by the "Mother of Pearl". at.

I stared at him, feeling anxious, and immediately reached out for the diving explosives, wanting to go over and snatch Guchai out. At the moment, saving people was more important, and I didn't care whether I could lure "Beng Zu" out of the deep stream, but at the moment At this time, he suddenly felt the impact of the water in front of him, and Guchai also struggled to release the surging mud and smoke.

It turned out that after the "Mother of Pearl" swallowed the "corpse turtle" with muscles and no bones, she couldn't bear the Yin Qi in the female corpse for a while, so she divided her body and spit out the "corpse turtle" like a pearl. Gu guessed that A few pieces of clam meat were cut off inside the clam shell, mixed with the blood mist and rushed out along the current.

I hurriedly reached out and grabbed Guchai's arm, dragging him in the turbulent flow. I saw that he was also in shock. He had been sucked into the shell by the "Mother of Pearl" no less than three times. The two of us saw that the "Cengzu" was attracted, and no Dare to stay any longer, pull on the diving rope and try your best to swim out.

The outline of Bengzu is vaguely visible. Although it is not clear, the strong fluctuations in the water are enough to feel that it is huge and moves slowly. It is attached to the rocks and squirms out, chasing the "corpse" Moving with the yin energy emanating from it, it crawled out of the "Sea of ​​Pearls".

It is unusual for Dan people to set up "bead matchmakers" in the sea to attract pearls. The materials used in ordinary "bead matchmakers" don't even include fish beads. They just use the food that snails and clams like and mix it with some minced meat. In order to induce the separation of the armor surrounded by snails and clams, they took the opportunity to scrape the clams to get the pearls. This kind of "corpse turtle" made of human skin was only used by the ancestors of the Dan people.

Neither Guchai nor I expected that the "Corpse Clan" would be so effective. Incited by its yin energy, Bengzu suddenly appeared. We were a little unprepared and ran away in a panic, not caring about it. Looking back at the situation behind me, I felt that my back was like a hole, and the power of absorbing water was extremely strong. If I hadn't grasped the tough diving rope, I would have been sucked away by the turbulent current if I let go.

Before reaching the exit of the mountain stream, the turbulent flow at the mouth of the stream and the force of the mother-of-pearl absorbing water formed a pincer attack. When I was in it, I felt my hands and feet were sore, and I felt like the world was spinning in the chaotic undercurrents. Coupled with the effect of the water pressure, my head was spinning. Somewhat dizzy, I couldn't help but have the idea of ​​letting go of the diving rope.

At the moment when my consciousness started to become hazy, I felt a chill behind me, that ghostly feeling that penetrated my internal organs. I subconsciously looked back and saw a face with bright, but extremely distorted facial features through the frog mirror. The woman's face just stuck to my frog mirror.

That was the "corpse" dragged behind Guchai. It was carried by the turbulent current and entangled with the rope to the dead baby behind me. Although I knew that the woman's face was the result of the "corpse" swelling after being soaked in water. , and the longer you stay in the water, the more vivid the description becomes. But seeing the facial features of this human skin at such a close distance, it is almost like a winking smile, I still feel a chill in my body, and my originally fuzzy mind, On the contrary, it became clear. I was startled, and a force suddenly came out of my body. I pulled the diving rope with all my strength, and Guchai and I rolled out of the "Sea of ​​Pearl" in the gap of the turbulent current. The deep stream at the entrance.

Although "Mother of Pearl" is greedy for the yin energy in the water and is naturally afraid of natural phenomena such as the "breaking of the moon", it may be that it has lived too long, or it may be that the stillborn fetus in the ancient tomb has been qualitative for thousands of years, and the energy that erodes the sky There are not many left, and it can drive away the mackerels, but it has no effect on the sperm of the clam, so it ignores the stillborn fetus I hung on the oxygen bottle, getting closer and closer, closely following the "corpse" "鬽", was led out of the Pearl Sea.

There are mostly strange-shaped coral fossils near the mouth of the stream. When Bengzu arrived here, there was no longer any smoke rising from the sand to block it. I felt the light floating behind me, and it was bright like day. I looked back in the middle of my busy schedule and saw a whole body full of life. The giant clam covered with barnacle-like camouflage is right behind us. It is the "Clam Ancestor" that the egg people say is so magical. It is not as big as a hill, but about the size of a truck head, and its appearance is similar to a rare species. The basin-shaped "pearl oyster" has a wavy and convex surface with a thick layer of lumpy marine sediment attached to it. It has obviously not been moved for many, many years.

The clam shell of the ancestor of the clam is the most peculiar. It is not two leaves in one, or a spiral body, but a clam shell with six hinged leaves, which can be opened and closed on the left and right sides and up and down. There are unusually developed clam legs in the shell. The plate, the clam armor opens and closes suddenly, even if the bronze-headed and iron-armed body is caught by it, it will be amputated and severed like being cut by a rolling knife. Just now, Guchai was sucked into it and can still be intact. I am afraid that only Only the "Longhu" who can advance and retreat underwater like lightning can be so lucky.

I only glanced back, and I felt my eyes were blurred for a while. The oyster clam was very different from ordinary snails and clams. Its bead sac was extremely large. When the clam shell opened and closed, the pearly light flashed, and through the refraction of the water waves, It turned into a rainbow aura, which dazzled the eyes and frightened the gods. The light blue light waves of the surrounding "deep water ghost octopuses" were all overshadowed by each other at this time. The entire coral iron tree fossil was being absorbed by the clam armor. It is shrouded in the light of hundreds of pearls, but the clam is hidden on the bottom of the sea, and there is no real bright moon all year round. Compared with the ordinary pearls in the coral spiral sea, the clam pearls contained in it are particularly cold and cold. The six huge clam shells When it opens and closes, thousands of wisps of rainbow energy appear and disappear.

I didn't expect that the mother-of-pearl was chasing so close. When I looked back, I felt the white light was dazzling. In an instant, the cold air and the suction of the water increased greatly, and the giant clam's armor suddenly opened. Guchai and I They are all trapped by the splitting and closing force of the clam's armor. As long as the mother-of-pearl's six pieces of heavy armor are tightly wrapped, even if it is not pinched to death immediately, it will be sucked into the pearl sac by the clam.

Guchai becomes very violent and bloodthirsty when underwater. When he sees this, he resorts to his old tricks. Wanting to advance as a retreat, he shrinks down and hides in the clam shell. When the bead shell is closed, he pokes the pearl inside. A few knives for the fine old clam.

But I saw that after Benzu swallowed the "corpse" several times, the resentment in the female corpse's human skin gradually disappeared. I was afraid that if Benzu swallowed it again, the yin energy generated on the corpse skin and beaded clothes would disappear, and the beads would disappear. The mother will probably wrap it directly into the bead bag and will not spit it out easily. Based on ancient guesses about that short knife, trying to kill such a giant clam in the clam shell may not be successful. At this moment, she must not risk her life and fight hard. This thought is in With a sudden change in his mind, he saw Guchai holding his sword and pounced back.

I hurriedly reached out and grabbed him, but Guchai slid under the water like a loach and moved like a black fish. My hand was caught on his arm, as if I had caught an extremely slippery water snake. It was impossible to stay and I could not keep my hand. He was trying to escape, but luckily he grabbed the rope binding the "corpse" on his back and immediately pulled him forward, dragging Guchai half a circle in the water.

At this moment, the mother-of-pearl's thick armor suddenly closed, and it was only half an inch away from pinching Guchai's feet. However, the "corpse" that was dragging a kite in the water had already been swallowed by Bengzu. In the shell, Guchai and I were entangled by the rope on the "corpse", and it was difficult to escape in our eagerness. After the "mother of pearl" swallowed the pearl medium, it immediately closed the ring with its armor, motionless as a mountain, and the giant armor trembled slightly. It seemed that he was enjoying the resentment in the corpse skin.

I pushed the clam shell that was tightly closed like canine teeth with one hand, pulled out the water-dividing dagger with the other hand, and cut the rope entangled in the back, and then I and Guchai pulled out. At this time, Shirley Yang and others were watching under the coral tree. With eyes wide open, everyone could not help but feel frightened and wanted to swim over to help, but the incident happened suddenly, and in that flash of lightning, there was no time. Fortunately, there were no casualties, and the old clam was successfully lured out of the Pearl Sea, so he hurried over to rescue him. The "mother of pearl" surrounded it.

"Pearl Sea" is also known as "Yinghai". "Ying" is the ancient name for the fairy mountain in the sea, and also means fairyland. In fact, Dan people also called the underwater pearl pool or cave like this. In Feng Shui, it is called " "Yinghai" or "Yingshu" is a place of immortal vitality, and it is also the place where the sea air is the strongest. Mother of pearl itself and "Yinghai" are an indivisible whole. It hides in the sea of ​​pearl. The Yin essence in the sea breathes and forms, and it can survive for a very long time. Folks often say that "a thousand-year-old tortoise is like a ten thousand-year-old turtle, and a hundred-year-old hedgehog". In fact, there are not necessarily some old turtles in the sea that can live for ten thousand years. , but the oldest turtle found so far is only 800 years old.

Although the life span of marine organisms is longer than that of life on land, the theory of thousands of years is still not realistic. Most of them are described as "ten thousand years" because it is difficult to judge. The life span of mother-of-pearl clams should be between three and four thousand years. Around 20 years ago, once the clam leaves the Mother of Pearl Sea and loses the vitality and aura of the sea, it will be like an old and decaying candle in the wind. Although it will not age and die immediately, it will lose its vitality and the clam meat will become It will collapse and shrink, and after the pearl essence in the body is exhausted, it will begin to die.

The "Ocean Mussel" we introduced, after swallowing the "Corpse", closed its carapace and remained motionless, as if it were drowsy. It was no longer as ferocious and fierce as it was in the "Yinghai". There is no real threat to the frogmen and egg people anymore.

I turned behind the giant clam, stroked its shell, and thought to myself: "The ancestor of the clam is a spiritual creature of the South China Sea, which has the spirit of the sea. Nowadays, resources in the world are over-exploited, and there are very few natural seawater pearls. There are about eight out of seven continents." There are only three or two pearl nacres still alive in the ocean. The total age of our group is probably not a fraction of its age. Although we deliberately spared it from killing, there are no such things underwater. There is no other way to get pearls from such a big live clam. It seems to be non-toxic and harmful, but this time I have to be ruthless." So he made a downward gesture and asked Uncle Ming, Guchai and Duo Ling to Dan Min is a hands-on person who specializes in the arts, and "slaughtering clams to obtain pearls" is naturally Dan Min Longhu's best activity.

Uncle Ming waved his hands to us, which probably meant that there was no point in killing the ancestral clam. He could just use the secret weapon passed down by the fisherman to scrape the beads directly, and then let the old clam fend for itself. He then took me With the ancient water-dividing sword in their hands, the three of them, Duoling Guchai, used their blades to scrape off the sea erosion sediment layer by layer on the clam shells.

When fishing for pearls in the sea, sometimes whole old clams are fished up together. After taking out the clam pearls, the clam meat cannot be wasted. Use a pick knife to scrape the clam meat out of the shell alive, which is called "scraping clams". The ancient method of scraping clams is based on the ancient method of the Dan people. The so-called "scraping clams" in the ancient methods is not the method of scraping the clam meat with a sharp blade. The ancient Dan people scraped the clams with a water-dividing knife made of bronze, which was used to scrape the clams back and forth on the shell. Dragging the copper blade on the undulating clam shell will cause the clam body in the shell to feel a special vibration.

This kind of vibration is extremely special, just like the "gold seedlings" who dug for gold in ancient times. When they see the gold veins, they have to recite a curse, otherwise the veins will be short. The method of scraping clams seems to be an ancient curse issued by a bronze vessel. Only the pattern is Only the ancient bronze blade with the fish and dragon totem cast on it can frighten the old clams. The older the copper blade used, the more obvious the effect. When the mother-of-pearl carapace is scratched by the sharp blade, it is like being scared out of mind. It's like being under general anesthesia. All the muscles in the body are gone, and the carapace is loose. No matter how much the egg people pick out the bead sacs, they can't resist and struggle at all.

Fatty, Shirley Yang and I didn't understand the mystery at all. At this time, we could only watch from the side. We watched Uncle Ming's "clam scraping" action under the water intently. Although I usually feel that Uncle Ming is an old thief who is used to bragging. Showing off, he is an old gambler and old liar who "doesn't know how to blush when Master Guan Erye farts", but he does have some extraordinary qualities. He has rich experience in maritime affairs and the business of raising dead people, and he has all kinds of anecdotes about egg harvesting. He knew it very well, because these ancient bronze swords were secret weapons from ancient times, and there was no need to worship the fisherman anymore. With Uncle Ming’s weird technique, the colorful clam shells of Beng Zu were exposed without much effort. When it came out, the surface of the shell was covered with bright red inverted bone spurs, like a huge piece of colorful coral. It seemed to be hypnotized and tremblingly opened a gap in the clam shell. (To be continued. If you want to know what happened, please log in. There are more chapters. Support the author and genuine reading!)