Zhu Xiaoyu said, "Senior Brother, did you foresee this crisis and deliberately choose a large warship?"

Zhu Xiaoyu was right. I deliberately chose a haunted warship so I could get the thing under the boat back to the checkpoint behind us.

I said faintly, "Have your people check if the ballistae on the ship are still usable? Maybe we'll be able to use them in a while."

"They're already checking!" Zhu Xiaoyu said, "Senior Brother, don't you think this ship might be a trap?"

I responded, "Are you talking about the layout of the ship?"

"Yes!" Zhu Xiaoyu said, "The design of this ship is similar to the Dou ships of the Tang Dynasty, but much smaller."

"But it's equipped with Song Dynasty triple-bow ballistae, and the bolts are extremely well-preserved, so they can be used in battle."

"Also, the cabins are equipped not only with longbows and crossbows, but also twenty-odd arquebuses."

"I've seen them. The bullets for the arquebuses all have Wu Clan runes engraved on them."

"Although these things can't deal with ghosts and gods, with concentrated firepower, they're enough to repel powerful ghosts."

"This ship is probably not that simple."

"Since we're here, let's take it as it comes!" After I calmly responded, the warship began to leave the dock area.

Zhu Xiaoyu said, "There are no lights ahead, light the torches!"

Compared to modern lighting equipment, people in the arts of the occult prefer to use lanterns and torches.

Sorcerers have a special affection for fire, because it was the earliest tool used to drive away evil.

Firelight can dispel evil and also serve as a warning.

I also said to Wang Xiaohuan, "Light the lamps!"

Wang Xiaohuan's white lamps flew out of the ship one after another, like fireflies surrounding the hull, following the ship.

The Dou ship, for a time, really became a ghost ship sailing in an underground dark river.

Around us, besides the sound of the wind in the dark river, all that remained was the sound of the ship pushing through the water.

This kind of silence only made people feel more danger.

Zhu Xiaoyu said in a deep voice, "Everyone, take three steps back. No one is to approach the ship's rail."

Keeping three steps away from the water is the relatively safe distance.

Water ghosts grab people within those three steps.

When a person is by the water and inexplicably wants to move forward, but doesn't want to move forward, that means they've been entangled by a water ghost.

At this time, the person's eyes will look at a certain spot in the water.

Ordinary people, even if they follow his gaze and look into the river, will only see the surface of the water.

Only those with spiritual vision can see someone standing in the water, smiling sadly at you.

Whether ordinary people or sorcerers, if they encounter a companion being mesmerized by a water ghost, they have to pull the person back before he takes three steps.

Once the other party has taken three steps, no matter whether the mesmerized person has stepped into the water or not, the person can't be pulled back.

I looked at Zhu Xiaoyu and said, "At this time, shouldn't you find someone to chat with the people in the tomb under the ship?"

The Dou ship, in the absence of sails, relies on the oars in the bottom hold for power.

Our ship can sail automatically, not because of the push of the water, but because the ghosts hidden in the hold are sending the ship forward.

Whether the people rowing are the "Five Tiger Generals," the "Four Soldiers," or the people trapped in the tomb, no one knows.

However, I know that the only one we can contact is the one in the tomb.

Because the other nine are all focused on defense, they don't have time to talk to us. If we forcibly summon them, it might create an opportunity for the people in the tomb.

Zhu Xiaoyu hesitated for a moment and said, "Xiao Tao, you do it!"

Ren Xiaotao walked to the middle of the deck, set up a magic circle, and sat down. After a moment, a flame more than a foot high shot up from the white candle in front of her.

Ren Xiaotao's hair also grew visibly longer, about half a foot, until it reached her waist.

Ren Xiaotao also slowly raised her head, revealing an eye from behind her long hair: "There are still people who dare to board my ship? If you don't kill people before going into the water, I'm afraid you won't be able to enter the Xianyang River."

"Believe me, kill people quickly, use the smallest price to pass through this section of the river, perhaps, you still have a chance to live!"

"When the people in the water come, you probably won't even have a chance to cry!"

Zhu Xiaoyu said in a deep voice, "Shouldn't you want us to die here?"

Ren Xiaotao stopped talking at this moment.

Wang Xiaohuan suddenly shouted, "The lights have changed, a ghost is boarding the ship."

When I turned my head, I saw that one of the white lamps had indeed turned green.

The dark green light quickly changed color in my vision, and after only a second, it returned to its original color.

This can only prove that a ghost had passed under the white lamp, which turned the light into green fire.

Zhu Xiaoyu said, "Everyone on the port side, turn around and look at me. Starboard side, prepare!"

As the people on the left turned around, the disciples on the right had already raised their crossbows, the bolts pointing directly at the foreheads of their companions.

Zhu Xiaoyu's gaze swept over everyone's eyes one by one, and she raised her hand and said, "People on the starboard side, lower your crossbows, port side, prepare."

"Wait!" I raised my hand and pointed to a person on the port side, "You, come out!"