Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 91 Who is in the coffin?

"Thank you"

In the cabin of the Honest Man, before Yun Ji finished speaking, she had already pried open the lid of the oak barrel. She covered Cheng Lang's nose with one hand and deftly wielded the long and sharp dagger with the other hand, chopping the pieces of ambergris into pieces.

As she was busy, the stench in the cabin almost became tangible, but the items opened gradually confirmed their previous guesses.

Among these things, there are 28 musical instruments of various types made from the branches of the lush sacred tree. In addition, there are 28 wreaths of the same style, like woven vines.

What was quite terrifying was that not only did these wreaths still have some greenery and tender buds left, but one of them was still wrapped around a small skull.

In addition to these "equipment" that are obviously used for the Qinwei Merman Band, Yun Ji also opened a ring shaped like a spider's embrace, and hundreds of green wooden arrows that are only the size of a little finger.

"What are these?" Cheng Lang, whose mouth was still covered by the other party, asked curiously.

"This is the bow-and-arrow spider that lives in symbiosis with the Verdant Sacred Tree," Yun Ji explained, "I'll explain it to you in detail after we leave here."

"it is good"

Cheng Lang nodded, carrying a box containing all the things he got from the blind box, followed Yun Ji out of the cabin filled with stench and returned to the Valkyrie where the banquet had already begun.

Avoiding the celebrating crowd, Cheng Lang took the other party to the captain's room where the Eternal Coffin was still placed. He then quickly went downstairs to the bedroom, took off his smelly clothes and threw them outside on the balcony.

After taking a good shower and changing his clothes, he took out the perfume that the goblins had picked up from the battlefield and sprayed it randomly before going upstairs to the office.

"Is this the Eternal Coffin?"

In the office, Yun Ji, who had no peculiar smell on her body because she was wearing a sea snake combat uniform, looked at the metal coffin wrapped with layers of tassels and asked curiously.

"That's right"

Cheng Lang responded casually that besides himself, the only people who knew about the existence of the Eternal Coffin were the Magic Mirror, the Silver Queen, and Yun Ji.

As for the others, they basically just thought they had found some special armor.

Even Cheng Lang's explanation to the outside world through the "knowledge authority" of the magic mirror was more straightforward - he found an armored device called a refrigerator, which can be used to preserve fresh food. It is a luxury armored device built by noble old men for long voyages.

"Is there any connection between the sudden disbanding of the Elf Principality's royal orchestra and this eternal coffin?" Yun Ji stood up and asked after covering the eternal coffin with canvas again.

"Hard to say"

Cheng Lang shook his head. At this point, unless there was evidence, any hasty suspicion would not only be of no help, but might even lead them in the wrong direction.

As if she had realized this as well, Yun Ji walked to the desk, took off the leather gloves of her combat uniform and placed them on the table, then put the spider-shaped ring on her thumb.

The next scene made Cheng Lang swallow his saliva with envy. He didn't know how Yun Ji manipulated it, but the spider ring turned into an exaggerated bow with eight bow arms in the blink of an eye!

There is no doubt that the eight bow arms are all four pairs of spider legs of different lengths, and the place where Yun Ji holds is the body of the spider, and her hands are almost wrapped inside.

Turning her head to look at Cheng Lang, Yun Ji picked up a small wooden arrowhead on the table with her other hand and held it between them, then used this hand to hook the four intersecting bowstrings.

Under Cheng Lang's gaze, an ordinary-looking wooden arrow shaft appeared out of thin air, and the front end of the arrow shaft just happened to rest on the spider's mouthparts.

However, after some attempts, Yun Ji chose to give up. Not only did the arrow turn into an arrowhead again, but the bow also turned into a ring again.

“I can’t pull it open.”

Yun Ji herself didn't seem surprised by this. As she took off the ring, she said, "This weapon will automatically select a user with talent. You can try. If you can't do it, you can ask Yafuso or Shenba to try. If neither of us can do it, then there's nothing we can do."

"How do I do that?"

As Cheng Lang spoke, he picked up the ring and put it on his thumb.

"Just imagine it's a bow. Although this weapon exclusive to elves is primitive, it is very useful." Yun Ji explained nonchalantly.

Hearing this, Cheng Lang just had an idea in his mind, and the spider bow appeared in his hand.

Following Yun Ji's example, he pinched an arrowhead between his fingers and hooked the bowstring, and an ordinary wooden arrow shaft appeared.

However, no matter how hard Cheng Lang tried, the four bowstrings that met at one point did not move at all.

With a look of regret, Cheng Lang chose to give up. He took off the spider ring and handed it to Yun Ji. "Before they drink too much, let them try it now. I'll wait for your good news."

Yun Ji was straightforward. She took the ring and arrow from Cheng Lang's hand and turned to leave the office.

While waiting, Cheng Lang also looked at the other items on the table.

Needless to say, the 28 musical instruments include various types of wind, string and plucked instruments, but they are basically small instruments suitable for carrying.

Just think about it, it's harmless to use the lush sacred tree to make a flute, a trumpet, or even a harp, but if you use it to make a piano, the elves will probably be so distressed that they will pull out all the white hair on their heads.

Compared to these musical instruments, both those he had seen and those he had not seen before, the vine wreaths that seemed to be fixed on the tail of the merman seemed even more strange to him.

He didn't know how long these wreaths had been in the sea monster's belly, but they were still full of vitality, and most of them were covered with more or less buds or even flower buds.

Is this also from the Verdant Sacred Tree? Cheng Lang couldn't help but secretly wonder, is this vitality a little too vigorous?
Not only that, these things, including the spider bow just now, although they were found from those foul-smelling "stones", they have no strange smell at all.

At this moment, Yafuso ran into the captain's office with an excited look on her face, "Captain! Look at me! Look at me! Look at me!"

As she spoke, the huge spider bow appeared in the little girl's hand. Then she easily pulled and closed the four intersecting bowstrings again and again, as if it didn't require any effort at all.

"It seems that the Bow and Arrow Spider has chosen Yafuso," said Yun Ji with a smile when she walked in a step later.

"Since Yafuso has been chosen, it belongs to Yafuso."

As Cheng Lang spoke, he moved the hundred or so wooden arrowheads on the table into a small canvas bag originally used to hold gold coins and handed it to Yafuso.

"real?!"

Yafuso asked excitedly, then she put away the spider bow, put it close to her mouth and gave it a big kiss with a "mua!"
"You will regret it," Cheng Lang said with a smile, showing his evil humor.

"what?"

Yafuso looked at Cheng Lang blankly, but Yun Ji rolled her eyes and picked up the oak barrel first, ready to go.

"The spider ring that you just kissed hard was found in the intestinal stones of a sea monster." Cheng Lang smiled as he looked at Yafuso, whose eyes were getting wider and wider, and kindly reminded her.

"vomit--"

Yafuso subconsciously covered her mouth with her hand, but unfortunately she used the hand wearing the spider ring.

Under this unexpected attack, the underage girl finally let go of her hands and lay down on the oak barrel with a fishy smell that Yun Ji had prepared in advance, and vomited out the several glasses of fruit wine she had just drunk.

After letting the little girl carry the oak barrel and leave the captain's office with difficulty, Cheng Lang, who had succeeded in his prank, pointed to the remaining items on the table and said, "Tell me about the rest of these things."

"Instruments made from the branches of the lush sacred tree, and wreaths of thorns attached to the sacred tree," Yun Ji explained. "These are standard equipment for the Elven Principality's Royal Orchestra. The former can enhance the merfolk's ability to bewitch, and the latter... not only can the band members cooperate more tacitly, but it also makes the merfolk band loyal to the one who put the wreaths on them."

"I thought elves were such noble creatures," Cheng Lang sneered.

"It's just that the ears are longer. Essentially, they are no different from humans."

Yun Ji said, "Captain, what are you going to do with these instruments and thorns?"

"Give the instruments to Tinisha and the others."

Cheng Lang said indifferently, "As for these thorn wreaths, forget it. Just ask."

"They can actually put it on themselves if they want."

Yun Ji reminded, "Wreaths of thorns are not evil things. They are essentially a small prop used to increase tacit understanding."

“Then ask them what they want.”

Cheng Lang said casually that since the Qinwei fishmen led by Tinisha have not yet awakened, there is naturally no need to rush this matter.

"Do you have any guesses about the identity of the person in the Eternal Coffin?"

While changing the subject, Yun Ji walked back to the side of the coffin and reached out to lift the canvas covering it.

"What do you think?" Cheng Lang asked.

"It can't be a Valkyrie, right?" Yun Ji muttered softly, and then saw Cheng Lang fell silent.

"You don't really think she is a Valkyrie, do you?" Yun Ji couldn't help but shudder.

"Did the Valkyrie die after killing Poseidon?" Cheng Lang asked.

Upon hearing this, Yun Ji was stunned for a moment, then shook her head.

"So the Valkyrie is missing?" Cheng Lang continued to ask.

“That’s right”

Yun Ji couldn't help but glance at the vague outline that could be seen in the skylight. "Could she really be a Valkyrie?"

Cheng Lang didn't answer, but just asked, "So where did the Valkyrie go?"

"I don't know, no one knows."

Yun Ji's tone was already a little flustered, but she quickly shifted her gaze to the skylight of the Eternal Coffin and carefully examined the hazy figure within. "I think it might not be the Valkyrie. I... I don't see any black hair."

“Maybe not.”

Cheng Lang sighed silently. He couldn't tell the other party that his captain's token came from the tendon of Poseidon. He couldn't tell anyone that since the night when his ship absorbed the sea monster's corpse through the Wanghai Vine, he had been unable to take out the whip that served as the captain's token.

He even dared not tell anyone, including the Magic Mirror, that the connection between him and the heart of the Valkyrie had been suddenly severed.

In other words, he is still the captain of the Valkyrie, but he is just pretending to be the captain of this ship.

And this is one of the reasons why he distributes combat bonuses so generously.

He didn't know when he would be able to restore his connection with the heart of the ship, so he had to strike while the iron was hot and use his interests to consolidate his absolute voice in this ship and in this "fleet" of only two ships.

At this time, Cheng Lang, or even everyone on the two boats, was unaware of it, as they were busy holding a banquet to celebrate the harvest.

The volcanic island far behind them also sank silently to the bottom of the sea during another crustal movement, carrying with it the remaining feces and urine remains and all traces, and was eventually completely buried in the seabed by thick magma.

The lively banquet had just begun when Luo Pan, a half-blood sailor who had drunk a cup of Poseidon's blood, finally broke the thick eggshell with his feet.

Amid the cheers of all the sailors, the newly hatched compass jumped into the sea in a hurry without even saying hello - just like the white bread before.

Amidst the crowd's waiting and even more enthusiastic cheers, Luo Pan took the robe dropped from above his head and put it on, then climbed up the rope ladder to the deck of the Valkyrie.

"Human! He's a human!"

A mixed-race sailor who was nearby shouted first, and then everyone cheered again.

For these cheap hybrid fishmen, becoming either a siren or a human is a pretty good choice.

While the sailors were cheering, Cheng Lang, who had just returned to the deck, was also looking at the reborn sailor.

The sailor who named himself Luo Pan looked particularly honest and strong, with big hands and feet, big eyes and a big mouth. No matter how you looked at him, he was a typical honest man.

He raised his glass and clinked glasses with the other party from a distance. After drinking the fragrant fruit wine in the glass, Cheng Lang walked into the lower cabin alone.

At this time, the lower cabin was lit by dim warm lights, and a group of black mushrooms that had not yet opened their umbrellas grew on the main mast.

He had learned from Yafuso a few days ago about the special effects of these black mushrooms on Wuying, but at this time Wuying still looked like a snake fruit.

Not only her, but also the vine goblins around her and even the harp-tailed fishmen were all like this. Even the harp-tailed fishmen that were fished out were "grafted" onto the vines of the Sea-Watching Vine at some point.

The only difference between them is the size.

"Where's my whip?"

Cheng Lang, who failed to take out the whip again, muttered to himself and turned to walk towards the real heart chamber of the Valkyrie.

The heart in the ventricle of this ship was still beating steadily, and the surrounding area was still filled with surging red mist.

In the fog, the inconspicuous oil lamp behind the sea was also emitting a faint light, and it seemed that nothing had changed.

Trying to put his hand on the center of the boat, Cheng Lang felt a strange sensation as if they had broken up. He could not feel the center of the boat, and he still had no way to control it.

What the hell is going on?
Why did you disconnect me?
Cheng Lang lamented, but there was nothing he could do.

After a long time, he returned to the captain's bedroom dejectedly. While many sailors were "praising the generous captain" and drinking to celebrate, he covered himself with the quilt and fell asleep with difficulty after tossing and turning.

That night, Cheng Lang slept soundly and peacefully without any smell of shit, enjoying the gentle sea breeze blowing in from the window.

When Cheng Lang woke up naturally at noon that day, he started trying to take out the whip before he even opened his eyes.

Unfortunately, the whip still could not be taken out, and the center of the ship could not be contacted at all.

"Plop la la"

Amid the sound of flapping wings, a letter bird stood steadily on the outer balcony, and then its sharp long beak knocked on the window frame of the floor-to-ceiling window with a "clang clang clang" sound.

(End of this chapter)