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"Dear lady, could you please check if I am in any danger?"
The witch raised her head, opened her pure white eyes, glanced at Li Yang, and instantly froze!
then.
She shuddered, cold sweat instantly beading on her forehead. She hurriedly prostrated herself on the ground, kowtowing repeatedly until blood appeared on her forehead.
Li Yang was stunned for a moment, then hurriedly stopped the witch from harming herself.
Shirley Yang asked with concern, "Are you alright?"
The witch cautiously glanced up at Li Yang, then immediately looked down and turned to look at Shirley Yang.
"Miss, did you come with this... gentleman?"
Shirley Yang nodded, her face beaming with a smile, "He's my boyfriend!"
The witch trembled with fright and hurriedly said, "I was just talking nonsense. Miss, you and this gentleman are a match made in heaven, a perfect couple. Wherever you go, you will be blessed with good fortune and turn bad luck into good luck!"
P.S.: Thank you to [Minghou] and [Chaoshen Hexi] for the monthly tickets!
Chapter 107 The Trembling Ghost Willow Ship! The Eerie Sea Stone Flower! Revered Like a Deity!
When Li Yang and Shirley Yang returned to the tavern, Hu Bayi and the others had already finished their business with Bai Wu, picking up the green-headed men.
Fatty Wang said excitedly, "Brother Li, you've come at the right time. Boss Bai is also in the business of buying and selling ships. He was just about to take us to the dock. Do you two want to come along?"
Li Yang has no problem with it.
So the group followed Bai Wu to a special dock.
Coral Temple Island is convex on all sides and concave in the middle, resembling a lotus flower blooming in the sea.
There are only two small gaps in the southeast and southwest of the island where boats can moor. In addition, there are old water caves under the cliffs behind the villages, where you can wait for the tide to come in before going out to sea.
Let's discuss it together.
If a suitable ship is found, then quickly prepare the supplies and find the sailors, and set off for Coral Spiral early tomorrow morning!
The Dashuidong Wharf is filled with a variety of boats, including fishing boats, small cargo ships, and sailboats.
Some of these boats belong to the island's fishermen, while others were left behind by salvage teams that came here in search of treasure.
Li Yang and Hu Bayi and the others knew nothing about ships. Only Lei Xianming, who had been wandering the seas for more than ten years, truly lived up to his reputation as an old sea wolf and knew all about all kinds of ships.
Bai Wu led everyone on a tour of the dock, but Lei Xianming was not satisfied with any of the ships they saw.
Upon hearing Hu Bayi mention that the group's destination was the Coral Spiral, Bai Wu suddenly realized.
"Are you guys planning something big by setting sail?"
"I don't think you're the kind of ordinary salvage team that comes here to retrieve dead fish. Ordinary boats simply can't meet your requirements!"
"To tell you the truth, there's an old ship deep inside this water cave. It was refitted at great expense by a salvage team from the British Empire back then!"
"But before they could even set sail, all those British men died mysteriously, and the ship has been drifting in the water cave ever since!"
"But I must warn you all, that ship is absolutely top-notch in every way; it's a superb salvage vessel that you'll all love at first glance. But... it's fucking weird!"
This aroused the curiosity of Hu Bayi and Wang Pangzi, and the group followed Bai Wu into the depths of the water cave, where they finally saw the Ghost Willow Boat!
Deep within the water cave beneath the cliffs of the Coral Temple, there is a bend where the stone wall overhead splits open in the middle, allowing a ray of sunlight to penetrate.
But in a dark corner where the sun doesn't reach, a strangely shaped wooden boat is moored!
The ship has a very old-fashioned design and is not very large, able to carry at most ten or so people.
The hull is mainly made of wood, with a dark, gleaming sheen.
Bai Wu explained that the boat was built entirely using mortise and tenon joints, but don't be fooled by the fact that it's a wooden boat and therefore not sturdy!
The entire ship is made of rare sea willow wood!
This sea willow wood is a unique tree that grows in the deep sea. It will not deform when exposed to moisture or heat, and it is resistant to corrosion, remaining as good as new over time. It is extremely strong, comparable to steel!
In addition, those British guys had previously carried out major modifications to the ship's hull.
The British guy's goal was similar to Li Yang's group's: to go to Coral Spiral to catch blueheads. However, the magnetic field in that area was disordered, so the ship could not be equipped with too many electronic devices.
The underwater radar there is practically useless!
Unfortunately, Coral Spiral has many hidden reefs, and if you're not careful, the boat can easily run aground and be in danger!
So the British installed copper plates as armor plating on the entire hull below the waterline, so that even if the hull ran aground, the cabins would not flood and the ship would not sink.
Lei Xianming took a closer look at the ship's power system, which was driven by four propellers that could switch between steam-fired coal and electric motor power!
"The person who modified this ship is definitely a master. In this way, the ship is more maneuverable and more stable when sailing!"
Then, seeing that the ship was equipped with lifeboats on both sides, as well as two medium-caliber fishing cannons and more than a dozen cannonballs of four different sizes, Lei Xianming was even more satisfied.
"Hehe, this ship is armed to the teeth. Even if we encounter a sea monster, these cannonballs alone can make it crawl on the ground!"
Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang were more interested in the two oval-shaped copper balls hanging at the stern of the boat.
Bai Wu said this thing is called a diving bell, a special submersible that can dive into the deep sea. It is very sturdy, and you can also open the spikes on the surface of the diving bell through a mechanism to prevent big fish from causing trouble!
In addition, there are various other diving and salvage equipment.
After a thorough inspection, everyone else was quite satisfied with the Ghost Willow Ship.
Hu Bayi looked at Li Yang, who was still standing on the dock, and asked curiously, "Li Yang, why don't you come up and take a look? This ship is really nice!"
Li Yang smiled slightly, "I'm worried it won't be able to carry me!"
Bai Wu, standing to the side, laughed heartily, "Handsome Boss, you're really joking. This ship has a full load displacement of at least tens of tons, how could it possibly not be able to carry you?"
Li Yang smiled but didn't say anything.
Knowing how amazing Li Yang was, Hu Bayi asked with a serious expression, "Is there something wrong with this ship?"
Li Yang countered, "When you went into the cabin just now, did you see a locked cabin?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Wu's expression changed drastically.
Hu Bayi glanced at Bai Wu and nodded thoughtfully.
"Boss Bai said that the cabin houses a deity who protects the ship, and it's locked up because he's worried that someone might disturb the deity!"
Bai Wu nodded hurriedly and quickly explained, "That's right!"
Li Yang then asked, "Boss Bai, how were those British guys wiped out back then?"
Bai Wu sighed and slowly said, "Back then, those British guys wanted to go to Coral Spiral to fish for shad, but the sea conditions in that area were unpredictable, and ships would lose their way as soon as they got close!"
"Moreover, there are hurricanes there all year round, and the sky is rarely clear. Even when clear weather does appear, it is often accompanied by ever-changing mirages that can lead passing ships astray!"
"So in the end, those British guys gave up their plan to swindle the gangsters. They were all planning to leave, but they all died suddenly on the ship that night!"
"Their deaths were very mysterious. Some fishermen said that the sea willow boat was too full of yin energy, and too many people died on it, so their vengeful spirits haunted their legs!"
"Spending too much time in contact with this ghost ship can easily lead to being possessed and killed by the vengeful spirits on board!"
Bai Wu spoke the truth and did not hide anything from Li Yang and the others.
The wood used in this ship is sea willow, but it also has another name—Devil Willow!
The ancient sea willow wood is said to be filled with a heavy yin energy, and some fishermen even say that this yin energy can transform into human form!
Therefore, ships made of sea willow wood are not afraid of stormy seas. Even if they encounter storms and waves tens of meters high, they can often turn danger into safety!
It is because of the human-shaped yin energy in the thousand-year-old sea willow wood that the ghost willow boat can travel on the sea!
Upon hearing Bai Wu's explanation, Li Yang scoffed.
"A humanoid ghostly aura within the sea willow wood? Just say it's a sea demon, why be so secretive!"
Bai Wu was shocked and hurriedly ran off the Ghost Willow boat, and told everyone else to get off as well.
Then he approached Li Yang, somewhat resentful, and complained:
"Handsome boss, do you know you almost got us into trouble?"
How could you say those two words on a sea willow boat?
"Which two words?" Li Yang shrugged nonchalantly. "Sea devil?"
"But I clearly said it at the dock, I didn't even board the ship!"
Bai Wu was speechless.
"How dare you say that!"
After the others disembarked, Bai Wudao said, "I can't sell you this Ghost Willow Ship. It's not that I'm stingy, it's just that Boss Shuai mentioned those two words earlier!"
"Mentioning those two words on the Ghost Willow Ship will surely lead to a violent death!"
"The real cause of death for those British guys back then might be related to those two words!"
Hearing Bai Wu's serious explanation, Hu Bayi and Fatty Wang exchanged a glance and then burst into laughter.
Those who knew Li Yang's true identity also laughed.
Bai Wu was confused.
"Do you think I'm bluffing? No! Everything I just said is true. Chinese people don't lie to Chinese people!"
Fatty Wang put his arm around Bai Wu's shoulder and turned to face Li Yang.
"Boss Bai, to tell you the truth, my brother here is no ordinary person, and his methods are even more extraordinary!"
"Look at my age, I still respectfully call him Brother Li when I see him, you should know how much I respect him!"
"So far, I only admire two people. Lao Hu is half of them, and Xiao Ge is also half of them, but Li Ge is the whole of them!"
"I'm not lying to you. No matter what kind of ghost it is, it's like a mouse seeing a cat when it sees Brother Li. Only when he kills ghosts can ghosts dare to show their teeth and claws in front of him!"
I don't believe it.
In his opinion, Li Yang was just there to make up the numbers. He was so handsome, even more so than the big stars on TV. He came here like a tourist on vacation!
Li Yang slowly said, "The sealed-off secret compartment of this Ghost Willow ship must be the place where sea demons are worshipped, right?"
Bai Wu's expression changed drastically, and he blurted out instinctively, "How did you know?"
[Happiness percentage +1%]
Li Yang shook his head. "Let's go. I'll go aboard and take a look. I'll also let you see if the sea monster in the secret compartment can cause me any trouble!"
With that, Li Yang walked toward the Ghost Willow Boat.
"No, no, no, I dare not go up there now..."
Bai Wu shook his head in refusal, but Wang Pangzi was still holding his shoulder, and he had a limp.
There was no room for struggle in front of the burly Fatty Wang.
"Boss, trust me, trust our Brother Li, let's go, let's go, the moment of witnessing a miracle is about to begin!"
As he spoke, he half-coerced and half-urged Bai Wu towards the Ghost Willow Boat.
Bai Wu, looking like a wronged little wife being controlled by a bully, turned pale and screamed:
"No! Let me go! Please, fat boss, I don't want to go up there, people will really die..."
Before he could finish speaking, Li Yang stepped onto the ladder of the Ghost Willow Boat.
moment.
The ghost willow boat, which had been stationary, suddenly began to shake violently!
There was not a breath of wind in the water cave, the sea was calm, and the other ships were not moving at all!
But the Ghost Willow Boat was rocking violently!
Bai Wu witnessed firsthand that every deck and every component of the Ghost Willow Ship was trembling!
The entire Ghost Willow Ship was like a trembling, helpless child, scared half to death!
"How can this be?"
[Happiness percentage +1%]
He suddenly remembered that Li Yang had said he was worried the Ghost Willow Ship wouldn't be able to carry him, which he had initially thought was a joke.
But now it seems the other party wasn't joking at all!