Watching the ship grow further away.
Fatty’s heart had already drifted into the distance. This was Fatty’s first time at sea.
Even in the original plot of Ghost Lantern, this guy went to sea only a few times. Clearly, both Hu Bayi and Fatty were landlubbers.
“Fatty, what’s wrong? Why are you getting sentimental?”
Seeing Fatty standing on deck, looking at the sea, Zhang Tian walked over.
This guy wasn’t usually like this.
“Heh heh, boss, are you worried about Fatty? Fatty loves you.”
Forget it, it was my fault for speaking.
Zhang Tian was instantly speechless and turned to leave. He should have known not to come over and get disgusted.
“Hey, boss, why are you running away…”
Seeing Zhang Tian leave, Fatty called out a couple more times, but Zhang Tian ignored him.
Zhang Tian walked into the house on his own.
After a month of research, Zhang Tian discovered that the more he studied Qimen Dunjia, the more knowledge it contained.
It seemed like it was endless. From the Six Yi to the Nine Stars, this was something that could never be fully learned.
Furthermore, it not only encompassed astronomy and geography, but even included spells and formations.
This gave Zhang Tian a headache, and he didn’t know where to start.
Recently, because they were going to a tomb, Zhang Tian finally chose to study spells.
Qimen Dunjia also contained spells, which were different from the spells of the Banzhan Daoists, each having its own strengths.
And the spells within Qimen Dunjia were well-known.
They were nothing more than:
Lin, Bing, Dou, Zhe, Jie, Zhen, Lie, Zai, Qian, Xing.
However, these were not to be recited together, but each character had its own meaning.
Zhang Tian had only comprehended the character Lin so far.
Lin! When encountering matters, one must have an unshakeable will and silently chant the unmoving heart of the Three Worlds King of Immovable Mind.
Lin mostly represented the stability of one’s true heart. If combined with Zhang Tian’s external physical clarity of mind.
If he encountered the mythical creatures mentioned by the captain, Zhang Tian was confident he could face them.
At this moment, outside, Hu Bayi was talking enthusiastically with a group of experts.
Everyone had gradually gotten to know Zhang Tian and his companions.
“Xiao Hu, you mean you are a team?”
Professor Chen looked at Hu Bayi and asked in surprise.
“Yes, we are a cultural relic donation team.”
Hu Bayi said this without blushing or skipping a beat, his thick skin comparable to Fatty’s.
At this moment, Shirley Yang also showed a hint of surprise. She hadn’t expected Hu Bayi and the others to have such ideals and aspirations.
“Have you donated any cultural relics before?”
Shirley Yang asked.
“Hey, Xiao Yang, we can’t ask like that.”
Professor Chen quickly said, afraid of angering Hu Bayi.
After all, they still relied on Hu Bayi and the others to enter the tomb, and Professor Chen knew very well that they had very little to offer.
Hu Bayi could betray them at any time.
Shirley Yang also felt that her words were a bit problematic and looked apologetic.
“Sorry.”
“It’s alright, we did donate some cultural relics before, but it’s inconvenient to talk about them now.”
Hu Bayi said. Professor Chen nodded.
“Good, sons of the Red Blood, not driven by money, that’s acceptable.”
Professor Chen seized the opportunity to praise them, which completely flustered Hu Bayi.
On another ship.
Wu Tianzhen and the others had already made some preparations on the ship.
“Uncle Pan, I found photos of Uncle San and the archaeology team from decades ago. Please take a look.”
Wu Tianzhen stood on deck and took out a yellowed photograph.
Pan Zi, Fatty, and Ah Ning all looked over.
Indeed, one of the people in the photo was Wu Sansheng.
“Twenty years ago, Uncle San went to Xisha for archaeology with the archaeology team. Most of the people in the photo are dead.”
Pan Zi said, clearly knowing something.
“Uncle Pan, look, doesn’t this person look familiar?”
Wu Tianzhen said, pointing to a young man.
Indeed, if you looked closely, you would realize that this was none other than Little Brother.
“Wasn’t this person the one we met when we went to the Lu King’s Palace?”
Pan Zi recognized him at a glance and was a little surprised.
“Yes, I’m also strange, why has his appearance never changed, and Uncle San said he didn’t know him, he was introduced by the Wu family.”
“But, this person was clearly in Uncle San’s archaeology team.”
Wu Tianzhen said, and Pan Zi fell silent.
What Wu Tianzhen didn’t know was that, from beginning to end, Uncle San had been lying to him most of the time.
“I don’t know about this, it seems we need to go and see. Also, I just found a ship heading in that direction.”
“I think they are likely going to the ancient tomb as well, we need to speed up.”
Pan Zi said. The few people nodded, and the ship accelerated considerably.
On Zhang Tian’s ship, the tomb raiding team from the world of Ghost Lantern was proceeding in an orderly manner.
Fatty sidled up to Zhang Qilin.
“Second Brother, are you also feeling sentimental?”
“My grandfather said, when you feel sentimental, just listen to a song called ‘Red Star Shines,’ we are not afraid of even the Long March, so what’s there to be afraid of in sentimentality.”
Fatty chattered on. Little Brother glanced at him.
“How did you all meet?”
This was the first time Zhang Qilin had proactively spoken to Fatty.
“Holy crap, the mute is… talking? Second Brother actually spoke.”
Fatty froze, jumping up directly.
“Holy crap, Second Brother, you finally spoke to Fatty, damn, I was dying to talk to you.”
Fatty said, then began to embellish the story of how he met Zhang Tian and told it to Zhang Qilin.
Zhang Qilin listened attentively.
Time passed quickly.
In the evening, as the captain had predicted, the originally clear sky turned dark.
Because it was the deep-sea area, the water was black.
If someone with thalassophobia stood here and looked down, their minds would surely conjure up a gaping abyss.
One could imagine a giant eye staring at the drifting ship from the depths of the sea.
That sense of oppression, that suffocation, would come on in an instant.
Amidst the waves, the entire ship began to sway.
The wind also grew much stronger, and raindrops began to fall one by one.
“That scumbag made a vow, Fatty doesn’t want to die! Second Brother, save me!”
Because he was engrossed in his storytelling, Fatty had forgotten to look at the sky.
At this moment, he was tightly gripping the railing of the ship, looking extremely terrified.
Zhang Qilin glanced at the guy, then, with one hand holding Fatty, rushed into the cabin.
“As expected, Second Brother is the best.”
Fatty looked blissful.
Zhang Tian and Hu Bayi also came out from inside. Seeing Little Brother bring Fatty back, Zhang Tian nodded to him.
He then looked towards the captain.
“The rain isn’t too heavy now, I suggest we speed up and leave this sea area. It’s seven o’clock in the evening, and if there are no accidents, we should be able to get out.”
Zhang Tian said. The rain and waves were not significant now. If the captain made up his mind and sped up, they could definitely leave here.
The captain was dumbfounded.
This was too coincidental, to encounter a crisis every time he came out?
However, after reacting, he quickly ordered the crew to speed up.
Soon, the ship, like a small sailboat on the black sea, continuously battled wave after wave.
The speed increased significantly.
About five minutes later, what was meant to come, still came.
Originally, Zhang Tian thought that by speeding up, they might be able to avoid the ghost ship.
But it seemed he had thought too much.
What was meant to come, would still come.
Moreover, Zhang Tian guessed that there should be more than one ghost ship, perhaps many of them.
Otherwise, it was impossible for him to have encountered it so coincidentally.
And the facts proved Zhang Tian’s guess was correct. When he encountered a ghost ship on his side, at the same time, on Wu Tianzhen’s side, a dilapidated ship also appeared.
Upon seeing the ghost ship, the captain was dumbfounded.
“Good heavens, Captain, is this ghost ship still seaworthy? Such a broken ship, can it still sail?”
Fatty looked at the wrecked ghost ship and couldn’t help but complain.
This ghost ship looked as if it had been salvaged from the bottom of the sea.
It was covered in seaweed and showed signs of decay. The ship was basically held together by a few rotten planks, so Fatty’s remark about the ship being broken was not unreasonable.
“It’s a ghost ship, a ghost ship…”
The captain quickly turned his back, not daring to move. The previous incident had clearly scared him badly.
The experts, seeing such a thing for the first time, were even more shocked.