Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 117 Mopping the Floor

With the help of Yun Ji and others, Cheng Lang dragged the unsightly Shenba to the fourth floor with some difficulty. He took off his veil and put it on her.

"Yunlan, how about lending the veil to Shenba?" Cheng Lang asked, and took a look at Yunlan's face. Fortunately, the golden healing potion produced by the elves was effective enough. In just a short while, the wound on her face had completely healed and disappeared.

"sure"

Yunlan answered nonchalantly, and after just two sentences, Shenba finally regained consciousness.

"Shenba, you'll be responsible for continuing to use the sickle to cut those roots on the third floor so that they release toxins to confuse the big cat."

Before the other party could speak, Cheng Lang said, "The veil on your face can protect you from the poison, so be careful not to take it off. What you need to do is use the poison downstairs to hold back the big cat."

"I can kill too"

"Big guy, you better wake up."

The magic mirror spoke at this time, "That's a young ferocious beast. You and your broken sickle might be able to injure it, but you definitely can't kill it. If you provoke it, I'm afraid everyone will become undead."

"Mr. Magic Mirror is right."

Yun Ji also spoke up, "All you have to do is use the poison to hold it back, and don't cause us any trouble."

"Okay, I'll go right away."

Shenba absolutely obeyed his sister's orders and didn't even ask him what the others were doing while he was holding the big cat back.

"Remember to put a mirror behind you so I can see you," the magic mirror instructed.

"Okay," Shenba's voice came from downstairs.

"Let's not waste time," Cheng Lang flicked the whip gently, "let's see what treasures are on this floor."

"Let's go to the big cat's room first!" Everyone made the same choice in unison.

Yafuso was still responsible for holding the mirror. The four of them quickly walked to the door of the room where the big cat lived. Cheng Lang was the first to push open the half-open door and walk in.

The room is spacious enough, and just by looking at the layout, you can tell that it should be a girl's room.

"Look at this!"

Just as Cheng Lang was figuring out how to open the cabinets that seemed to be locked, Yun Lan let out a cry of surprise.

Looking over subconsciously, I saw that Yun Lan was using a thorn sword to lift the curtain on the wall, and inside the curtain was a painting.

But, the girl in this painting.
Cheng Lang and others couldn't help but look at each other in surprise. The girl in the painting not only wore a beautiful little crown, but also had a pair of cute antlers, gills on her neck, and two pairs of dragonfly fins on her back, just like a mist shadow!
"Is this Mist Shadow?" Yafuso was the first to exclaim.

"No, not her."

Yun Ji said, "Although many of the features are very similar, this is not her. She looks older than her and her appearance is not similar."

"So the people who lived in this castle back then actually had physical characteristics very similar to Wuying?" asked Yunlan.

"Perhaps we should say that Wuying is very similar to the people who lived in this castle back then." Cheng Lang sighed.

"It seems that neither Mist Shadow nor Silver Queen were stitched together at random." The Magic Mirror said worriedly.

“It would be better if only we knew about this.”

Cheng Lang made a decision, "See if there's anything worth taking away. When you leave here, remember to destroy this painting if you have the chance."

There was no need to explain, everyone knew why. Because of this, everyone tacitly stopped talking about this topic and instead began searching the room.

"I guess this must be a princess's room"

Yunlan said this with certainty, but he had already lifted the edge of the big bed covered with cat hair and crawled in, and signaled Yafuso to shine the sunlight sent by the magic mirror under the bed.

"What are you looking for under the bed?" Yafuso asked in confusion.

"My Years as a Princess"

Yun Lan, who had already crawled most of her body under the bed, said, "All the precious things were either hidden under the bed by me or fell under the bed by themselves.

I'm sure you won't believe this, but the only private space in the castle that truly belongs to the princess is a small area under her bed!

It's true! Princesses of all ages are the same, there are many good things here! "

After saying that, Yunlan, who was already covered in dust, crawled out from under the bed and threw a few dusty things onto the bed.

The first thing was a dirty rag doll, barely the size of an egg, but beautifully sewn—a fluffy black kitten.

The second item was a small but exquisite suitcase. It had two thick leather straps and a keyhole. Unfortunately, Yun Lan didn't find the key under the bed.

The third thing was a crystal ball as big as a peeled coconut. Although the crystal ball was dirty, it made the magic mirror exclaim "Huh!"

It wasn't over yet, Yunlan also took out the fourth and final thing, a rapier that was shining.

The bowl-shaped guard of this rapier has beautiful and intricate hollow patterns.

"I found nothing," Yafuso followed.

"Me too," Yun Ji echoed, "It seems this place has been turned over as well."

“I did find a few things.”

Cheng Lang looked at the lifted carpet and said, under the carpet, there are several rings and necklaces. In addition, there is also a brooch in the shape of a little black cat.

"Magic Mirror, which ones can you recognize?"

Cheng Lang picked up the jewelry, then unfolded a canvas bag and asked the girls as he asked them to put their finds in it.

"There lives a dull, undead ghost in that crystal ball"

The magic mirror said, "Please bring it closer. Perhaps I can get something out of it."

"There are still many undead souls outside," Yun Ji reminded.

"Those undead have no memories anymore, but this one in the crystal ball is different. I even feel like he and I are the same kind."

As the magic mirror spoke, Cheng Lang had already handed him the crystal ball.

At the same time, Yun Lan also held the rapier and asked, "Captain, how about letting me use this rapier?"

“Take it if you need it”

Cheng Lang said indifferently that the expired ship contract he signed with this princess was almost a contract of selling her body for free work, so of course her little demand must be met.

"Let's go and have a look at other rooms," suggested Yun Ji.

"Walk"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he had already put the canvas bag on his back. Seeing this, Yun Lan put the small leather backpack that could not be opened on her back, while Yafuso held the mirror that housed the magic mirror in her arms.

After leaving the room that was suspected to be the princess' bedroom, everyone took advantage of the magic mirror and the undead in the crystal ball chatting to check the other rooms one by one.

These rooms are basically filled with various daily necessities that seem to have been moved from other rooms, and each room also hides a large number of undead.

These undead had lost their rationality, but they knew fear, and especially knew not to let everything in the room out. It was a bit regrettable that although there were many things in these rooms, there was almost nothing of value - as if someone had searched them very carefully.

Since they came for the treasure, they were naturally not disappointed. They went up all the way, passed the empty fifth floor, and arrived at the sixth floor of the castle.

There are fewer rooms on this floor, but in these few rooms, people have found many things from the starry sea.

Among these things are scimitars commonly used by pirates, rapiers commonly used by the navies of the six countries in the Star Sea Continent, and flintlock rifles of different lengths.

They also found a lot of gold, silver and copper coins, as well as a room full of gunpowder barrels, and various clothes, shoes and hats from the starry sea piled up like a small mountain.

But the strange thing is, if these people came from the sea of ​​stars, if they could find this place, they shouldn't have left behind even a piece of armor or even a cup of Poseidon's blood.

But that's the fact. There is no blood of Poseidon, no armor pieces, and no armor.

"Magic Mirror, have you communicated with the undead in the crystal ball yet?" Cheng Lang asked.

"Respected Captain, if I may use a metaphor."

The magic mirror said respectfully, "I am knocking on the door now, but the gentleman or lady inside has not responded yet."

"You're a pirate, can't you just kick the door down?"

Cheng Lang asked as he walked upstairs. There was actually a corridor on the sixth floor leading to other ancillary buildings, but they had just gone there to check it out. The corridor had collapsed and was completely buried under the soil.

“That’s just a metaphor.”

The Magic Mirror, letting the crystal ball spin endlessly between its slender, sharp fingertips, shrugged, "Actually, my constant knocking is already quite rude."

"Then please be polite slowly," Cheng Lang said as he reached the seventh floor.

Reaching this level is like reaching the top layer of a multi-layer cake. The area becomes smaller, and the rooms naturally become smaller, but the ceiling height increases a lot.

There are no rooms in this almost standard circular floor. Except for seven pillars, there are floor-to-ceiling windows all around it that go from the floor to the ceiling.

There was no sunlight outside the floor-to-ceiling windows, and there was mud outside each window. In the middle of the floor, which was also the entrance and exit of the stairs leading to this floor, there was an extremely thick stone pillar.

After walking around the stone pillar, everyone's attention was focused on a small door on it.

I tried pushing or pulling the door, but it didn't budge. I looked inside through the keyhole, which was as thick as a finger, and could vaguely see a spiral staircase.

"Magic mirror, can you open the door from the inside?" Cheng Lang asked as he straightened up.

"We are happy to help"

As the magic mirror spoke, it handed the crystal ball that had been spinning in its hand to Yafuso to help hold, and then passed through the wooden door unimpeded.

With a slight click, the wooden door was opened from the inside by the magic mirror. However, when the magic mirror walked out, his whole body was emitting thick "steam" as if it had been cooked.

"This Door"

Before the magic mirror finished speaking, it couldn't wait to get into the mirror held by Yafuso.

“There’s something wrong with this door.”

The magic mirror, which had returned to its "nest," said with lingering fear, "It's absorbing the energy of the undead. I was almost drained by it just now! Saint Barbaya! Valkyrie! What the hell is this thing?!"

"Mr. Magic Mirror, I guess it's not the door that's the problem."

Yun Ji, who had been observing the floor from the beginning, said, "Have you noticed the floor on this level?"

"Floor?" The magic mirror was stunned for a moment. Obviously, he didn't notice it.

"You might want to look down from above. There are patterns on the floor of this floor that absolutely shouldn't be there."

As Yun Ji spoke, she took off the mirror watch on her wrist and threw it high into the air.

As the mirror kept rolling, the magic mirror let out a cry of surprise.

"You'd better not keep us in suspense," Cheng Lang urged.

"Spirit Gathering Tower, this is a Spirit Gathering Tower!"

The magic mirror said in disbelief.

"Spirit Gathering Tower? What is that?" Yun Lan asked the question that was on Cheng Lang's mind.

"Gather the undead, using souls as nourishment, whether they are the souls of the living or the undead that have a chance to appear after death."

The magic mirror explained, "This is a kind of witchcraft that has long been classified as taboo. By extracting a large number of soul fragments from the Soul Gathering Tower as nutrients, it can restore the sanity and memory of a designated undead soul."

"But the success rate of this kind of witchcraft is not high, and the cost is too high."

Yun Ji took over the topic, "It is said that before the Six Principalities of the Star Sea, there was a powerful kingdom that helped a dead soul regain some of its sanity and memory at the cost of having all the people of a nearby hostile country sucked into idiocy by the Soul Gathering Tower."

"But unfortunately, the undead's regained sanity and memory were incomplete," the magic mirror continued. "In the end, the undead became an immortal fool."

"Really?"

"it is true"

Before Yafuso could fully express his doubts, Yun Lan sighed and said, "After several subsequent wars, that powerful kingdom was surrounded and destroyed by the other kingdoms, and that immortal fool became a trophy of one of them.

I forgot to mention that the immortal fool was the only prince of the destroyed kingdom."

At this point, Yun Lan sighed, "Later, six major principalities emerged on the Xinghai Continent, and that immortal fool eventually fell into the hands of the royal family of the Lika Principality."

"In Rika?" Yun Ji said in surprise.

"As far as I can remember, he has been guarding the dungeon in Rica."

Yun Lan couldn't help but shudder. "Over the long years, that immortal fool has mastered a great many torture methods. Moreover, because he has absorbed so much energy from the undead, his vitality is exceptionally strong. The Lika royal family discusses how to execute that fool at almost every royal meeting."

At this point, Yun Lan looked at Cheng Lang and said, "When I sit back on the throne of Princess Lika, remember to use your whip to help me beat that fool to death. He is simply a demon and a nightmare."

"no problem"

Cheng Lang agreed casually, then pointed at the tower and said, "So can we go in?"

“I’m afraid not.”

The magic mirror quickly stopped him, saying, "The Spirit Gathering Tower doesn't care whether the people who enter it are dead or alive. Respected Captain, you can't take this risk. I don't want the captain I serve to become an idiot who can only smile foolishly."

"Can't get up"

Cheng Lang looked at the opened small door and said, "Isn't it a waste of time to come here but can't get in?"

"Go up"

Mojing, Yunji, and even Yunlan all said in unison, "We just need to clean the floor here."

"Mop the floor?" Cheng Lang and Yafusuo asked in confusion.

"Mop the floor!" The three of them confirmed Cheng Lang and Yafusuo's unanimous question.

(End of this chapter)