Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 100 The Second Passenger

Inside the immortal pillow, on a thousand-mile boat.

On his way to Hangzhou, Ren Yuan would still board the boat every night and seize every moment to practice.

As for Chen Baxian, no matter where he sleeps at night, he will appear on the Qianli Ship.

Seeing Ren Yuan getting ready to enter meditation, he quickly begged, "Brother, can you please teach me this technique? I'm almost bored to death on the boat every day."

"Didn't I tell you to search for the 'first person to wake up' with Xiao Heizi?" Ren Yuan glanced at him.

"How long have we been searching? We haven't found a single hair of a person." Chen Baxian said depressedly: "The little black guy thinks I'm annoying and always wants to throw me into the sea."

"Well, you are annoying enough." Ren Yuan nodded. To be honest, since this guy came on board, his training environment has become much worse.

"If you teach me the skills, I will also absorb the essence of the sun and the moon, then I won't bother you anymore." Chen Baxian said persistently.

"You have to ask my senior sister about this." Ren Yuan said, "She taught me the technique, I can't pass it on without permission."

"Then please help me beg her." Chen Baxian said with an apologetic smile: "It's useless for me to ask, it's good enough that she doesn't poke a transparent hole in me."

"Okay." Ren Yuan nodded and said, "I'll ask her after we get out."

"Okay, okay, thank you brother." Chen Baxian smiled happily. He was envious of Ren Yuan's talismans. Especially those "clothing change talismans", "fixation talismans", and "eye-blocking talismans", which were absolutely necessary for seeking pleasure...

"But I have to remind you that your physical body is not on the boat, so it's useless to practice in your dreams." Ren Yuan gave Chen Baxian another shot of prevention.

"If we sleep in the same bed, can I also get on board in the flesh?" Chen Baxian asked shamelessly.

They had been together day and night for the past two days, and as smart as Chen Baxian was, he had already realized that Ren Yuan fell asleep with the help of that pillow.

"Get lost!" Ren Yuan cursed angrily, completely extinguishing his hope and saying, "The Youxian Pillow can only be used by one person."

At this time, Xiao Heizi's voice sounded: "Reminder. The old ship owner has transferred the Qianli ship to the ship owner. Only the ship owner can board the ship through the Youxian Pillow."

"You don't need to remind me. Don't think I'm such a dirty person!" Chen Baxian cursed at Xiao Heizi.

"It doesn't matter if my physical body doesn't get on the boat." He quickly adjusted his mindset and said, "It's just as nice to practice in reality. It's just a little slower."

"I say, haven't you already opened the three orifices?" Now it was Ren Yuan's turn to be confused.

"Yes." Chen Baxian nodded.

"Where do you get all your external pills?"

"The Kaiqiao Pills were passed down to me by my father. The Tianmu Cream was given to me by a widow I loved. The Yushu Pill was given to me by the master we are going to find." Chen Baxian counted on his fingers.

Ren Yuan was convinced. He was indeed the son of destiny. Someone sent him elixirs along the way...

"You have opened all three orifices, so how come you don't know any magic?" Ren Yuan asked curiously.

"I can't say I don't know anything, I still know a few small and miscellaneous spells." Chen Baxian smiled awkwardly and said, "Don't look down on me, but I learned them all by shamelessly begging for help."

"Really?" Ren Yuan felt a little more understanding of Chen Baxian's shameless and scoundrel attitude.

"Alas, brother, you are born in a blessed situation but don't know how to appreciate it." Chen Baxian sighed and said, "Do you know how difficult it is to learn a proper magic these days?" "You have to be a dog for the aristocratic families, kneel down to eat shit, and stand up to bite people. I don't know how many times I have to humiliate myself and risk my life before I can learn even a single trick from you." Chen Baxian's eyes were slightly red, and it was obvious that he had been living a miserable life.

"In fact, even if you learn it, you won't be able to turn things around, because the truly powerful spells are all held tightly in the hands of others, and they won't even pass them on to their daughters, let alone their dogs." He sighed again and continued:
"Don't think I'm exaggerating. Let's not talk about magic, let's just talk about books. I'm not bragging, brother, I have a photographic memory, but why am I still so ignorant? Because from childhood to adulthood, I have read less than fifty books."

Chen Baxian was obviously deeply hurt and he kept pouring out his anger, unable to stop.

"Is it because our family is poor? Or am I not working hard? Neither of them. It is because the aristocratic families have monopolized knowledge and prevented useful books from being circulated. As a commoner, no matter how rich you are, you cannot buy truly good books. You can only read the dregs they want you to see!"

"The aristocratic families use this method to always stay superior. As for us, no matter how capable we are, we can only be dogs from generation to generation!" When Chen Baxian said this, two tears finally burst out of his eyes.

He quickly wiped his face with his sleeve, tilted his head and said in a low voice: "I'm sorry to have embarrassed you, brother."

"..." Ren Yuan could no longer ridicule Chen Baxian, because he had the same feeling... After the third orifice is perfected in the future, he doesn't know where to find the external elixir to open the fourth orifice; he also doesn't know where to learn the subsequent exercises.

"As for the technique, let's work together to find a solution. Helping each other is always better than fighting alone." Finally, he could only whisper, "As for books, I have some on my ship. I'll have Xiao Heizi bring them to you later."

He didn't leave any of Xiejiazhuang's books behind, as he had moved them all to the boat...

"Thank you, brother. You are indeed a good man!" Chen Baxian nodded gratefully. Just as he was about to say a few frivolous words to liven up the atmosphere, he suddenly heard Xiao Heizi, who was standing on the top of the boat, saying in that damn broadcasting voice:
"Report, a person has been found drowning in the Xun position ahead, about twelve miles away..."

"oh?!"

"Oh!" The atmosphere suddenly changed.

The two of them had no time to practice or complain, they both climbed to the top of the boat and looked out into the distance.

"I hope it's a girl. It doesn't matter whether she's pretty or not, as long as she's broad-minded!" Chen Baxian prayed silently, then opened his third eye and looked in the direction indicated by Xiao Heizi.

After a moment, he sighed in disappointment: "A man..."

"Go ahead." Ren Yuan breathed a sigh of relief. If there was a woman on the boat, he couldn't imagine what he would see when he opened his eyes after training every day.

The Qianli boat stirred up the blue waves, and in a cup of tea, it arrived near the person who fell into the water.

He was seen sitting cross-legged on a wooden board, looking at the approaching ship with shock on his face.

"Do you want to get on the boat?" a young man on the boat asked.

"Get on!" The man nodded heavily without hesitation, and appeared on the boat the next moment. He saw two handsome and tall young men standing in front of him.

Ren Yuan and the other two were also looking at him. They saw that he was a burly man with broad shoulders and long legs. He was even taller than Chen Baxian. He had thick eyebrows, big eyes, a high nose bridge, a square chin, a wide mouth and thick lips. He had a very regular appearance and was obviously a loyal and honest positive character.

"My name is Yang Zhong. Thank you both for saving my life." The rescued man calmed himself down and bowed his head.

Ren Yuan’s eyes almost popped out, thinking, this should just be a coincidence of names?

Otherwise, what kind of destiny ship is this? First, it rescued the future Emperor Wu of Chen, and then rescued the future Emperor Taizu of Sui!

No way. It can't be such a coincidence, right?
ps. Because it will be released at midnight on the 6th, you need to pay attention to the plot points, so there will only be these two updates today, and no more.

In addition, it will be on the shelves tomorrow, with ten more chapters.

(End of this chapter)