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Chapter 265 The Three Yan Brothers

Tao Fu clasped his hands in a fist and replied, "Your subordinate will go and paint the name on it right away!"

Qin Ziwen followed him up onto the deck.

It was also his first time seeing a ghost ship, and he was very curious about it.

On the deck, a ghost shipwright moved aside to make room for Qin Ziwen.

The rope wrapped around the mast moved gently, like a small snake, winding around behind Qin Ziwen.

The rope gently patted his shoulder.

Qin Ziwen turned around, and the rope seemed to be startled, quickly retracting and standing up to sway gently, as if greeting him.

"Hello." Qin Ziwen remembered that after repairing the ship, there was a low probability of awakening the ghosts on board and becoming special crew members.

So far on the ship, he has only seen ghost shipwrights in the dock. Could these moving cables be special crew members?
It's not impossible.

Stepping on the slightly damp deck, although the deck had become harder and was no longer as brittle as when we first set sail.

But it still retains a damp feeling, like a wooden board that has been soaked after the rain.

Inside the crevices, you can still see some aquatic plants and shells stubbornly stuck.

The overall color scheme is gloomy and eerie, carrying a sinister atmosphere.

Besides the mooring lines, another unusual thing that happened on the ship was the rudder located at the stern.

The wooden rudder, about the size of a millstone, has a clear, uneven surface texture.

Upon closer inspection, one can discover that this uneven surface is actually a rough human face.

When Qin Ziwen arrived at the ship's wheel, the human-faced wheel, which had been keeping its eyes closed, opened them. Its wooden, rolling eyeballs, as if alive, moved with Qin Ziwen, staring intently at him.

"Can you sail a boat?" Qin Ziwen asked the man with the human face, intrigued.

The human-faced rudder seemed to be silent, only staring at Qin Ziwen. After a moment, the unmanned rudder began to rotate automatically.

"Interesting." Qin Ziwen took a stroll around and then went inside the cabin for a visit.

The three lower levels of space were found to be somewhat dilapidated, but at least not damp.

There are four holes around the basement level, and behind each hole is a crossbow fixed.

"This thing is fixed too?"

Qin Ziwen was somewhat surprised.

This ballista has a rather unique design.

It is five or six parts similar to the vehicle-mounted crossbow, but there are many differences in details.

For example, the winch is located at the rear of the ballista, allowing two people to operate it simultaneously.

The crossbow bolts were shorter, only about 1.6 meters long, but the arrowheads were conical, making them more suitable for flying in water.

The arrows are specifically designed for armor penetration.

The finished ghost gold coating was transported over to the outside of the ship. Ghost shipwrights floated outside the ship, hammering iron nails to attach the metal coating to the outside of the ship.

While everyone was busy, Qin Ziwen arrived at the tavern.

He has occasionally come here in his spare time these past few days, but he hasn't encountered many customers.

Even if they do, they are mostly just rushing on their way, ordering some food, paying the bill, and then leaving.

I took out a physical copy of Robinson Crusoe and sat behind the counter to pass the time.

After watching for a while, I couldn't help but marvel at how large the island Robinson Crusoe encountered was, much larger than their current island.

Suddenly, a sound came from outside the door.

Immediately afterwards, the curtain was lifted.

Three burly men wearing straw hats and raincoats entered the tavern. After entering, they looked around and slammed their knives on the table.

"Shopkeeper, half a pound of beef, please." Qin Ziwen put down his book. "We don't have beef, but we do have dragon meat. Would you like some?"

"Hahahaha." The burly man with a thick beard on the left burst into loud laughter upon hearing this.

"Interesting, interesting."

"Dragon meat? Do you think we're fools? We three brothers have been traveling the world for years, and we've never heard of dragon meat."

"Today I'll see if your shabby shop can produce dragon meat. If not, I won't let you off the hook." A man with short eyebrows and a yellow beard on the right, his face flushed with anger, rolled up his sleeves.

The man, whose cheeks were thin and whose eyes were narrow, coughed. "Never mind, the shopkeeper must be joking with us. Shopkeeper, please bring the meat first. Don't mind my brother."

Qin Ziwen observed the three men and found that they had a strong air of江湖 (jianghu, the martial arts world), which was somewhat similar to Du Yu when they first met.

He then offered three insights to these three individuals.

[Ordinary Human: ☆☆☆☆]

[Ordinary Human: ☆☆☆☆]

[Ordinary Human: ☆☆☆☆]

To his surprise, all three of them were four-star in terms of attributes, indicating exceptional talent.

When Du Yu first arrived at the Homeland, he was only a four-star player and hadn't obtained any enhancement cards yet.

In terms of strength, these three can be described as exceptionally gifted.

With a thought in mind, Qin Ziwen had an idea. He turned around and went to the back kitchen to find Du Yu.

Then they called their younger brother, and the three of them together lifted the Tyrannosaurus Rex's skull and returned to the tavern through the back door.

As soon as they returned to the kitchen, the curtain was lifted, and the short-browed, blond-bearded man poked his head out. Seeing the three people in the kitchen, he looked puzzled and said, "Huh, I thought you had run away, boss."

He suddenly stopped speaking, staring blankly at the enormous head of the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the kitchen.

"What...what is this?!"

"A dragon," Qin Ziwen laughed. "I told you I sell dragon meat, but you didn't believe me. So I had to bring you the dragon I slaughtered a few days ago so you could have a look, lest you accuse me of lying. This isn't a shady business; I absolutely do not sell counterfeit goods."

The short-browed, yellow-bearded man remained speechless for a long time. He considered himself and his brothers to be well-traveled and knowledgeable, but he had never seen anything like this before.

While he wasn't sure if it was a dragon, he certainly wouldn't deny it.

Because this thing's head is bigger than a table, even a tiger coming down from the mountain or a swamp dragon coming ashore is far smaller than it, and it could probably swallow a tiger whole in one gulp.

"You killed him?" The short-browed, blond-bearded man still found it hard to believe.

At that moment, two other people in the lobby, having heard the commotion, came running over.

Upon seeing the head of the Tyrannosaurus Rex in the kitchen, the other two fell silent.

"I admire you, I admire you!" the man on the left said in a deep voice, clasping his hands in a fist salute.

"Wait a minute." The burly man behind him suddenly stared at Du Yu, his tone filled with surprise and uncertainty.

"Who are you? Do you think this burly man is Du Yu, the tiger hunter from Tongzhou?"

"Who are you?" Du Yu asked in surprise.

It's amazing that someone could call him by name. Could it be that he's met someone from his hometown?

The burly man with sunken cheeks said, "I am Yan Da from Taicang. These two are my brothers from the same mother, Yan San and Yan Wu."

"I have long admired Brother Du's name. I once saw the painting of the tiger-fighting master Qiu, created for Brother Du in Guojiazhuang, but I have never seen it. I heard that Brother Du fell seriously ill on the way to his exile two years ago. I never expected this." Yan Da was both emotional and delighted.

"Is Lu Sheng suffering from a serious illness?"

Hearing news of his own death from others, Du Yu felt a sense of absurdity and amusement, then shook his head and smiled, finding it all quite understandable.

It would be a good thing if they could clear themselves of any involvement and not implicate the police officers who were escorting them.

Since he has nowhere to go and is all alone, let "Du Yu" of that world go with the wind.

(End of this chapter)