Kyushu · Endless Nagato

Chapter 95 Why we are always dragged down by the long past (4)
"There is not much to mention about that war itself, because the strength of the two sides is too far apart. Although the Mermaids can move freely in the sea, they are sparsely populated and short of food and weapons. Every soldier who dies is a big deal. However, my grandfather only wanted to win the war, and he never resorted to any means. He even spread a kind of poisonous insect that could swim in a certain area of ​​water where the sharks were more concentrated, luring the sharks to be poisoned, and the effect was very good. The war soon became turbulent It came to an end without any surprise, and my grandfather even confirmed the day when the teacher would return to the court. But at this moment, the situation in that area of ​​the sea suddenly became abnormal. First, there was a continuous big storm, then an earthquake and a tsunami. An extinct submarine volcano that has never erupted has begun to erupt."

"Grandfather began to feel uneasy. He is a person who is cautious and considerate in everything. Once he finds that something is wrong, he immediately suspends the march, dispels the idea of ​​​​the class teacher, and sends a large number of scouts to inquire about the matter. But the sharks always keep secrets. They didn't get much valuable information, the only thing they can be sure of is that the mermaids must be carrying out some kind of conspiracy, and it is very likely to be a huge conspiracy."

"In this way, amidst all kinds of doubts and confusion, that fateful night came. That night, my grandfather was inspecting military discipline on a sea ship, and suddenly there was a night attack by mermen. Since the beginning of the war, mermen themselves knew that they were completely powerless in the frontal battlefield. The water ghosts quickly caught the merman, and several water ghosts tied him up and brought him in front of his grandfather. The sneak attack seemed to have passed He had a fierce fight, his body was covered with bruises, and he kept coughing up blood from his mouth, making him appear to be seriously injured and weak."

"People will relax their vigilance when they see a seriously injured person, coupled with the fact that they seem to be tightly bound, they will be even more paralyzed." Xue Huaiqing couldn't help but interjected, "I think your grandfather has probably been tricked. "

"You're not wrong at all," Mr. Yuwen smiled wryly, "This merman was brought in front of his grandfather, and he seemed to be tied up tightly. He was guarded by a water ghost with a weapon by his side, so naturally he wouldn't be too vigilant. But unexpectedly, just after he asked the first sentence, the merman suddenly broke free, holding a handful of steel thorns in his hand, and suddenly pressed against his grandfather's throat, while those who were holding him The water ghosts unanimously raised their swords to surround the two of them, but the blades were aimed at the guards who were going to rescue them. Under the obstruction of these water ghosts, the guards missed the fleeting chance to rescue, and the grandfather was killed by the shark. Life is captured."

"It's very simple. That merman is a corpse dancer. He killed those water ghosts first, and then manipulated them with corpse dance to make the illusion of being bound and escorted. When your grandfather and guards are paralyzed, , then violently attack," Xue Huaiqing said, "This is one of the most common tactics used by corpse dancers to deal with outsiders, and it's not new at all—I've used it many times. Opportunities to deal with others, so they will always be recruited.”

"This time, the Yuwen family has paid too much for the trick." Mr. Yuwen's voice contained a kind of unspeakable sadness.

"Grandfather was held hostage in this way, and the merman took him to a separate cabin. There, the merman told his grandfather that he was actually here to help grandfather, because even though he was a merman, he couldn't bear to see The land of Kyushu turned into scorched earth and ruins. Of course, this statement is quite terrifying. Grandpa also forgot his own safety and couldn't wait to hear him continue. Grandfather still remembers that this merman was a little slurred and his voice was very hoarse. Like a throat injury."

"The merman asked his grandfather if he had noticed any changes in the sea recently. This is almost a superfluous question. Anyone who is a living person can feel the disturbing fluctuations. He told his grandfather that those are not ordinary It is a natural phenomenon, but man-made, because the king of the shark clan is not willing to be defeated by human beings like this, and has lost his mind, driving the mystics of the shark clan to try to wake up a giant dragon sleeping on the seabed. It is called the 'Abyss of the Sea' by the sharks, and it is said to be an artifact left by the Creator God, and it is the ultimate artifact used to protect the sharks."

"Grandfather was very nervous after hearing this, because before he set off, he had read a lot of materials related to the shark race, and he had seen records about the abyss of the sea in many ancient books. According to the myths and legends of the sharks, in When the world was created, the gods knew that the continent and the ocean would be eroded by evil sooner or later, so they left behind the artifact, the Abyss of the Sea. No one knows what it is, but in the legend, whoever masters it will be Possess endless power, and can punish the evil in the world for the Great God."

Xue Huaiqing couldn't help but interjected and asked, "No one knows what it is? Then how do they know it's a dragon? Has anyone in this world ever seen a dragon?"

"That's because there are other records in the ancient books that in a certain period of ancient times, Haizhiyuan was awakened and brought great disasters to Kyushu," Mr. Yuwen patiently explained, "according to the According to the broken chapters and fragments of the records, the shape of Haizhiyuan is very close to the legendary dragon. Although the dragon itself is just a legend that cannot be verified, but because different classics have repeatedly mentioned this point, my grandfather still dare not be careless. Always pay attention to the trend in this area. But I didn’t expect that the more afraid I was, the more I feared, the mermaids actually used the Abyss of the Sea—what’s wrong with you?”

His last sentence was to ask An Xingmian, because after listening to Mr. Yuwen's description about Hai Zhiyuan, An Xingmian's expression looked very strange, a smile that was not a smile, a bit mocking.

"I just thought of something that happened not long ago," An Xingmian replied, "I don't doubt that there must be some unknown, powerful things or forces in this world that are far beyond our imagination. Doubt something else."

"Which point?" Young Master Yuwen asked.

"As some small and humble existences, are we lucky enough to actually bump into these things in our lifetime." An Xingmian said, "Do you understand what I mean?"

Mr. Yuwen was silent for a moment, then chuckled lightly: "As expected of Mr. An, he saw through the mystery all at once. It would be great if my grandfather had your wisdom back then."

"I believe that a famous general in the world will never be unwise," An Xingmian said, "It's just a fan of the authorities. When he puts all his energy on the battle situation, he will inevitably be deceived."

"What do you mean?" Xue Huaiqing asked, "The Abyss of Sea is fake?"

"The abyss of the sea may not be fake, and the dragon may not be fake either," An Xingmian said, "it is a wrong attitude to rush to deny something we haven't seen with our own eyes, but I can basically be sure that in that In this war, the so-called mermaid plan to use the sea abyss is false. This is just a trick used by the mermaid corpse dancer, who wants to scare General Yuwen so that he can open the door to negotiations."

"The door of negotiation...couldn't it be something like the ghost ship that appeared later?" Xue Huaiqing's brain is not stupid.

"It is true, but the ghost ship and the dead body are just some accessories," said Mr. Yuwen, "He proposed to my grandfather that he could prevent Haizhiyuan from being awakened from sleep, and the most important condition in exchange for it was , he asked his grandfather to help him find two magical artifacts, needless to say, you all understand what they are."

"No wonder you are so eager to find these two things," An Xingmian murmured, "but who is this mermaid? Why do you want these two things? And why are you so obedient? With your Temperament, it is not impossible to find a way to renege on his debts or even kill him, after all, what he is threatening is your grandfather, and you don't seem to be the kind of person who cares about the life and death of anyone other than you."

"Thank you for the compliment, but it's a pity that things are far more complicated than you imagined," Mr. Yuwen said in addition to helplessness, there was also a faint resentment of teeth-gnashing, this tone is really different from his daily demeanor, "About your first And the second question, if only I knew why; the answer to the third question is three words: contract spell."

An Xingmian and Xue Huaiqing looked at each other.They have all heard of the contract spell, which is an extremely difficult and evil spell. After the spell is cast, the caster must complete the task assigned by the caster, or do something, or Forbid to do something.Once the agreement is violated, it will be backlashed by the spell, and the consequences may be more tragic than death.It's just that although the contract spell is powerful, it's too difficult to practice, and it's said that you have to pay a considerable price just to learn this secret technique, so both of them have only heard it, but never seen it in person.

"That merman corpse dancer... signed an extremely vicious contract spell with my grandfather," Mr. Yuwen said angrily, "If my grandfather can't find Cangyin Zhiyue and Sa Xijialuo for him, our family will be destroyed." It will be cursed for generations, and none of the descendants will live past the age of 40. In fact, my father, my uncles, and my sister all died before the age of 40."

"What?" Even Xue Huaiqing, who has always been indifferent to life and death, couldn't help frowning, "Isn't this too cruel?"

"That's why you are so actively looking for these two things," An Xingmian said, "You are already in your 30s, and you will not be too far away from 40. If the date of death is a kind of event that can be seen and counted down No one would be able to bear it if you change it. I wished I could tear you to pieces at some point, but now I understand you a little bit."

"Don't talk about me," Mr. Yuwen waved his hand, "Let's get back to the topic. This contract spell is two-way. For my grandfather, he also had to ask the shark to guarantee that Hai Zhiyuan would always be in a deep sleep state. But you know, if no one intends to awaken Haizhiyuan, this contract will be completed naturally, without any harm to him. In fact, where is Haizhiyuan and whether it exists, I don’t think there is anyone in the world People can tell clearly."

"Then your family has suffered a great loss, and has been bound by him generation after generation." Xue Huaiqing seemed a little sympathetic, "But what happened to those earthquakes and tsunamis at that time?"

"When you were at sea a few days ago, you have seen this shark's ability to control the weather, right?" Mr. Yuwen said, "Snow Maiden is a corpse dancer, so naturally I know that a corpse dancer can transfer her own corpse through spiritual contact." The servant was transformed into a machine for generating secret techniques. With the help of Shark Song, he brought the corpse dance technique to the extreme. When hundreds of corpse servants resonate together, they can have a great impact on the weather in a specific area. I guess, At that time, the Shaman King originally thought of a way to trigger the dormant volcano on the seabed, and wanted to create some chaos for the human attack, but was used by this clever corpse dancer. He created a big storm, and then used the volcano to The force of the eruption created a tsunami and made everything look pretty bad, so it's no wonder Grandpa fell for it."

"If I was in that position, I might also be deceived," Xue Huaiqing said with emotion, "Of course there are not so many coincidences, coincidences are always calculated by humans. But I still have a problem, he made ghost ships What is the purpose of taking away so many human corpses?"

"This is also my biggest question," said Mr. Yuwen. "At first, the corpse dancer just told my grandfather that since the Shark King had initially awakened the giant dragon Haizhiyuan, he needed to use secret techniques regularly to make Haizhiyuan Yuan calmed down so that he would not wake up completely, so he would always need a lot of corpses to use the formation to maximize the effectiveness of the corpse dance. But after careful investigation, my grandfather came to the conclusion that the so-called Abyss of the Sea was awakened It is purely non-existent, it is just a hoax devised by him, then this statement obviously does not hold water."

"But you are still providing him with corpses and pretending that you didn't find anything." An Xingmian said.

"With the curse of the contract on his body, it is harmful and useless to tear his face apart. Although it is troublesome to provide him with a corpse, at least it is within the capabilities of the Yuwen family," said Mr. Yuwen, "and I also hope to investigate it secretly. What do the sharks want so many human corpses for? If possible, I hope that the bad luck that he inflicted on our Yuwen family will be returned to him tenfold."

When Mr. Yuwen said these words, he still had a faint smile on his face, but the hatred contained in the words seemed to be able to grind everything into powder.Xue Huaiqing couldn't help shivering, thinking in his heart, Mr. Yuwen, the bright warmth on the outside and the darkness and coldness on the inside are so extreme, if such a person really achieves some of his wishes in the future " Big event", for Kyushu, it may be another disaster.

An Xingmian still had a lot of questions to ask.Now, as to why Mr. Yuwen was so persistent in intervening in this matter, and the truth about the ghost ship in the fog, we finally have a rough idea, although the ultimate goal of the merman corpse dancer is still not very clear.However, why are Tianqi and Xumizi involved?What is the relationship between these two artifacts and the murder of the lord of Ningnan City 20 years ago, and what is the relationship with Xue Huaiqing's parents?Why was the Cangyin Moon taken away by Xue Huaiqing's mother as a sacred object of the Chenyue Sect?Why is he tied up with Saxigaro?
Mr. Yuwen is also unable to solve these mysteries, and he has to discover the truth by himself.What he can be sure of is that if he can't untie them one by one, he and Xue Huaiqing will still never have peace.So what should be the next step?The young master Yuwen in front of him is the enemy who killed Boss Feng and other pirate friends, but can he temporarily put aside his hatred and cooperate with him?
Taking a step back, if we cooperate with Mr. Yuwen, where will the direction of cooperation point?For Mr. Yuwen, there seems to be no room for negotiation. If he can't grab two magic weapons and give them to the Merman Corpse Dancer, he will die before the age of 40, but he may not be willing to do so.After all, the Cangyin Moon is such a fierce killing weapon, and the horror of Saxigaro has not even been realized by himself—maybe it is more destructive than the Cangyin Moon, so give them to an identity A merman with unknown motives...God knows what the consequences will be.

So it fell into a contradiction that he had been thinking about for a long time but still could not figure it out: should he abide by the faith, morality, justice and dignity he learned in Nagato in all things, or should he cherish his youth and his own self in all things? Safety is paramount.It seems that it is difficult to weigh the weight of a long door monk's perseverance and a man's responsibility.

He was pondering over these troublesome questions, when he suddenly felt a hand shaking him gently, and when he came back to his senses, it was Xue Huaiqing.Xue Huaiqing frowned slightly, and said in a low voice, "I seem to hear some strange sound underwater."

"What's the sound?" An Xingmian was a little absent-minded, "This is an inland river, so it's impossible for mermaids..."

Before he could finish speaking, there was a sudden shock on the hull of the ship, as if it had hit some obstacle.Immediately afterwards, there was a swishing sound from outside the ship, which seemed to be a long-range attack such as a bow and arrow.An Xingmian was startled, knowing that he was in an ambush, his first reaction was that these were Mr. Yuwen's subordinates, and he finally caught up, but looking at Mr. Yuwen's reaction, he quickly pulled out his belt and made a gesture to meet the enemy. It turned out that it was a soft sword.

Immediately afterwards, the cabin was shattered by countless arrows. An Xingmian picked up a piece of wood, and Xue Huaiqing's corpse servant used his body to resist the master's body. Only then did all the incoming arrows be blocked.

"Isn't that your person?" An Xingmian asked.

"If my people dare to shoot arrows at their masters, it means they are tired of living," Mr. Yuwen held the soft sword tightly, "I didn't arrange it. Someone else is following us."

"What an exciting life." An Xingmian threw down the wooden board, took out a pair of special gloves that could withstand swords and put them on her hands.He had already heard footsteps coming from the shore, and it sounded that not only were there many enemies coming, but they were also very strong.

(End of this chapter)