Chapter 1716: Silver Pearl Island

"That is the logic." The spirit-gathering array on White Hair Mountain had unexpectedly stopped working. If True Person Qianhuan had no other arrays to absorb spiritual energy, the Upside-Down Sea would have been cut off for more than half a year.

If spiritual energy is a bit thin, humans and other creatures can still survive, but immortals would be miserable.

"Therefore, there should be someone on that island who is anxious, but unfortunately, they couldn't get out before the storm opened." Bai Ziqi analyzed, "The biggest variable in this trip is that the state of True Person Qianhuan is unpredictable. I heard that he should have come out to take charge of the Spirit Mountain long ago, but he has never entered the world. It can be seen that either something happened to the cave dwelling, or something happened to him."

"But his Giant Serpent Dharma Image just escaped from the Yao Palace not long ago and is very likely to return here. Therefore, the people on the island, including Qianhuan himself, may be prepared." Facing an opponent of this magnitude, Bai Ziqi was also exceptionally cautious. "The time is still early; there is no rush to go to the island."

The Silver Pearl Island, lying quietly on the sea, instead made him feel uneasy.

The moment He Lingchuan jumped off the ship and stepped onto the pier, he always felt as if he had returned to the pier of Giant Deer Port.

Everywhere there was the crisp sound of bells, which meant that fishing boats were returning to port to dock and needed to unload cargo; the boatmen and laborers who had long been waiting at the pier swarmed up to carry the seafood, and the thieving gulls that couldn't steal food would peck at their hair in anger.

Behind the pier was a bustling seafood market. The aquatic products that had just been brought ashore were wholesaled and retailed here immediately, and everywhere there were merchants and fishermen bargaining. Wanzai Feng and the others didn't just pinch their noses; they had to hold their breath to rush through the market, otherwise, they would be fainted by the soaring stench! However, they couldn't walk fast because the market was shoulder-to-shoulder. The soft sandy ground had long been trampled hard, and since it had just rained salty rain, their boots made a squelching sound as soon as they stepped into the muddy water in the potholes.

Walking in the market, there was a salty, damp feeling of being trapped in mud, real but uncomfortable.

After finally squeezing out of the market, everyone let out a long breath, "Ah."

My goodness, they had come back to life.

Dong Rui shook the red fruit tied around his neck. "Fortunately, fortunately, I was prepared."

Zhu Xiuer, on the other hand, didn't care. A spider's sense of smell is different from a human's, and she didn't think it was "stinky" at all.

However, her figure was different from the others. As soon as she got off the ship, she separated from the crowd and only communicated through the Eyeball Spider.

These humans who wore clothes needed to eat, rest, and bathe, which was troublesome, but she didn't.

He Lingchuan and the others had been drifting at sea for ten days, huddled in cramped little cabins all day, rocked by the waves. Now that they finally had their feet on solid ground, the first thing they wanted to do was find an inn to change clothes and eat.

However, they were surrounded by onlookers before they even walked off the pier.

Three or four-year-old children with runny noses and open mouths stared at them blankly, and the two middle-aged women holding them were also pointing at them behind their backs.

"How strange, what kind of clothes are they wearing!"

"Not like people from our island."

The clothing colors and materials of He Lingchuan and the others were indeed vastly different from those of the island residents.

"Could they be from outside? The wind wall just receded... Ah, has your man returned from sea? The first boatload of seafood after the sea opened is very expensive!"

There was also an eleven or twelve-year-old child who came up and wanted to touch He Lingchuan's fabric, but was flicked on the forehead by Wanzai Liang and scared away.

No matter where they walked, there was a group of followers behind them, following them until they walked into the inn, and the crowd outside gradually dispersed.

The Black Armor soldiers all muttered, "Ignorant of the world."

Dong Rui whispered, "These islanders rarely see outsiders."

The buildings on the island were all made of local materials, mainly bamboo, wood, palm, and coconut fiber, with paint on the surface. The construction method was relatively primitive, so three-story buildings were very rare. But some houses had outer walls built of three-in-one soil, with neat white shells embedded on the surface as decoration.

He Lingchuan noticed that a square basin was often placed in the streets and alleys they passed, some made of pottery, some of wood, and some dug out of stone, with more or less black-gray embers remaining inside.

The Eyeball Spider specifically conveyed Zhu Xiuer's complaint: "The smell in the basin is not good, it's pungent."

Everyone looked sideways.

Just now, passing the stinky fish market, the Earth Spider didn't change her expression, but now encountering a few small basins, everyone else smelled nothing, yet she felt nauseous?

By the way, where exactly was she hiding? He Lingchuan looked around, but didn't see her.

Ling Guang jumped down, sniffed the basin closely several times, and even pinched a small piece of ash and brought it back, saying to He Lingchuan:

"Poison Basin! Five poisons and five herbs are burned in this basin, and the smell is very special."

Strictly speaking, Zhu Xiuer also belonged to one of the "five poisons," so she didn't like the smell in the basin.

"What is it used for?"

"To drive away ghosts." Dong Rui said from the side, "Burning five poisons and five herbs together is a very ancient method of driving away ghosts."

To him, ancient = outdated, and it hadn't been used for a long time.

Everyone felt it was novel. Silver Pearl Island was the territory of True Person Qianhuan; could this place actually be haunted?

The Ghost Ape bared its teeth and squeaked several times.

Everyone couldn't understand, but looking at its expression, it didn't seem to be saying anything good.

Dong Rui translated for it: "The monkey says, this ghost might have been released by Qianhuan. He is a Mirage Immortal, what can't he disguise?"

Everyone laughed, but Zhu Xiuer lowered her voice: "Do you feel that you are being watched?"

Wanzai Feng and the others looked at each other and shook their heads.

They were all warriors with keen spiritual perception and practiced diligently, but this time they really didn't feel anything unusual.

Come to think of it, everyone on the road was staring at them, the outsiders, so the feeling of being watched had always been there.

He Lingchuan frowned. Silver Pearl Island had always given him an uncomfortable feeling, but he couldn't say why.

Turning into another main street, the street was actually packed, and the crowd was angrily cursing, throwing rotten eggs and rotten vegetable leaves at a building.

He Lingchuan heard the words "harming people and paying with their lives." Looking closely, it was a restaurant. The sign "Longxiang Restaurant" was particularly new, and even the paint was newly applied, which could be smelled from far away.

The restaurant door was tightly closed, and it was unknown whether there was no one inside or they didn't dare to come out.

Watching the excitement for a while, He Lingchuan and the others continued to walk forward, and soon found an inn. A sign hung under the eaves, with a picture of a big pancake + wine pot, and two lines of bold text below:

Yellow Wind Tavern.

Meals, accommodation, ordering.

An evil-warding talisman was hung directly above the shop door, yellow paper with red characters, which also looked newly replaced.

When they stopped to eat, they found that copper coins and silver banknotes could not be used here. The main local circulating currency was called Sea Jade, the size of a thumb, with a smooth surface like an ox horn, and the specific material was unknown. There were small holes on it for stringing, divided into red, yellow, and green colors, with green having the lowest purchasing power and red the highest.

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