Chapter 15: Take Commander (Obsidian Island Shipwreck)
It was originally expected to be three days, but the navigation environment was even worse than we thought, especially after entering the 500 nautical miles of Obsidian Island, the originally calm sea surface suddenly became stormy.
It's completely a line, two worlds, which are very similar to the situation I encountered when I was a child, basking in the sun and watching the rain.
The place we stay now is like this. When we enter the chaotic sea area, no one is idle. Even I can’t even know anything about it. I am assigned to work on the boat. After all, there are only five people in total, and no one can be lazy. Everyone has to get on, otherwise the boat will be gone and all will die.
Fortunately, there is no danger. After all, the weather is not a season of strong winds, otherwise I really wouldn't dare to come in.
After passing that sea area, it looks like about 200 nautical miles. After approaching Obsidian Island, the water surface will be much calmer. Seeing this, the old man sweated and said with lingering fear: "It's so scary. This season is like this. I really don't know if it's rainy season, no one dares to take this sea route with God's blessing."
"Old man, how long is it before the rainy season? We have to avoid the rainy season and go back." Yu Siniang asked. The 200-mile sea area just now also made her feel a lot nervous. As the old man said, this is true in the dry season, and no one dares to leave during the rainy season.
Upon hearing this, the old man looked through the notebook placed on the rudder, and his old man slid down the paper, and finally estimated it.
"There is about one and a half months left. One day of running and walking, and two days of error, we have one month of safety time and ten days of last time"
The last time he said was that in a month and ten days later, we had to leave here and cross that sea, otherwise we would encounter the rainy season.
Yu Siniang pondered for a moment when she heard this, and finally nodded, "It's time to go, we can just hurry up, maybe it can be ahead of time."
She smiled and said, in fact, for me in advance, there are benefits and disadvantages. The advantage is that I can easily get that money, and the disadvantage is that I cannot see foreign sea burials.
I don’t know if that is considered a sea burial. After all, in Si Niang’s words, it was just a shipwreck, but a group of pirates who once roamed the seas died on the ship.
The boat continued to advance, and we were getting closer and closer to Obsidian Island. Because it was daytime and the sight was relatively good, I did not stay in the house, but sat on the deck, observing the scene ahead while calculating the suspicious places around.
Yu Siniang stayed beside me, looking at me curiously, her eyes almost blinking.
"Mo Jiu, China's dragon-seeking and cave-seeking technique really exists?"
She suddenly asked, and when she heard this, I was stunned, looking at her with an incredible look on her face, "Don't you believe this thing, and you still hire me?" I was a little speechless. After all, if she didn't believe this thing, hiring me would be a waste of resources.
Yu Siniang shook her head quickly when she heard this, "It's not what you think, I'm just curious. In addition, you are not just looking for dragons to explore the hole. An experienced man like you is almost one in a million, so why wouldn't he invite me?" Yu Siniang stared at me with a smile. When she heard this, I was stunned, "Elder? I'm a novice."
"Don't hide it. I started following my mother around the world at the age of ten. I have never seen anything else. I have seen many people of all kinds, including a large number of outlaws and robbers. Of course, there are also a group of very special professions. In foreign circles, everyone calls them treasure hunters."
"But in China, it seems that the name is not very good. They call you tomb robbers."
"Tomb robber? Don't put your hats on me. I'm a legitimate good citizen, where can I steal a tomb?"
I explained, but she seemed to have her own basis and waved her hand.
"Whether you are treasure diggers or tomb robbers, you all have a very special habit. Every time you go to a place, you will carefully look at and gesture and calculate what others don't know. I have carefully studied you. Whether abroad or at home, after death, there are three elements: shape, position, and time."
"They strictly follow these three elements and have never changed for thousands of years. It is because you know this that you can easily find the tombs or treasures hidden in the deep mountains."
"Shape, position, and time are quite interesting, let's talk about the specific ones." I said curiously. Yu Siniang seemed to know a lot. Maybe as an adventurer, she needed to know a lot of special things, or because she was curious, she studied a little.
Yu Siniang cleared her throat when she heard this, "The little woman is just showing off her skills. The shape, position, and time mentioned here refers to the form of burial. The customs and beliefs abroad and domestically are different. Because the status of the burial person is different, the form is determined by the different forms. Let's take good people and bad people to bury them. A good person will pray for them. Naturally, you should choose some good forms and the funeral should be more grand. As for the burial person, if you are a person who committed a serious sin, then the burial person will curse you."
"Let you never be reborn, because they all believe that evil souls cannot be purified. In order to prevent you from harming the world again, special means are usually used to bury the tomb."
"The position means position. China emphasizes Feng Shui treasure land, while abroad is a similar idea. After all, they all believe that burying themselves in a blessed land is a gift to themselves and a protection for future generations."
"So the places they choose are all good places that are selected from thousands of miles away. I don't know the specific content very clearly, but to summarize it, there are only four requirements: one is unique, two is strange, three is meaningful, and four is meaningful. Therefore, there are many types of blessed lands, dragon lands, evil lands, etc. in China."
"As for time, it's time. I don't need to say much about the time for burial. China is more important than that country. After all, there are those cursed people, and I haven't seen anyone who buried the dead in the middle of the night."
Yu Siniang said in detail, and I nodded after hearing this, "It's a pity that you are not learning Yin-Yang techniques. You can reach this point by yourself. Your understanding is still good, but you are wrong. The third point is not time, but fate. It's not that people who are buried in the middle of the night, but very few. After all, this kind of Yin fate is too rare, so it's not for cognition. There is a kind of person who is born with yin and yang eyes, can see ghosts outside and yin and yang inside. We call this kind of person Yin-Yang people, that is, hermaphrodites, but there are differences. He is a special existence in hermaphrodites."
"When a person dies, he must be buried in the middle of the night, otherwise his fate will naturally affect some taboos."
"Ah... it's so complicated. Forget it, I'd better know a little." Yu Siniang gave up when she heard this, which made me feel a little unstable and uneasy.
However, everyone's pursuits are different. Perhaps the reason why she understands it is entirely because of curiosity.
"Okay OK, let's discuss what's next, Obsidian Island shipwreck, this is a record, you can see."
Yu Siniang pushed me a stack of books, and when she saw this, I frowned, "Why don't you give it in advance?"
I asked.
Yu Siniang smiled awkwardly when she heard this, "There is no way, because it was originally recorded in English, so I have to translate it for you, otherwise you won't understand it."
Chapter completed!