Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 129 New Passengers
Thousand miles on the ship.

The four of them finished talking about what happened in the past two days, and Yang Zhong asked Ren Yuan and Chen Baxian, "What are your plans for the future?"

"Of course we have to look for a sword cultivator. Didn't the Taoist priest say that we have to control the sword spirit in the elder sister's body so that she can survive, or at least her condition won't get worse." Chen Baxian said without hesitation.

"Brother Chen, you don't have to accompany us anymore." Ren Yuan said hurriedly, "We are already very grateful for helping us find the Taoist priest and obtain the Three Lives Stone."

"What do you mean? Haven't you heard of helping others?" Chen Baxian waved his hand and said proudly, "Besides, I am a wanted criminal hiding from place to place now. Of course, it is safer for me to be with my brothers."

Then he chuckled and said, "Unless you two think I'm an eyesore."

"How could that be?" Ren Yuan smiled happily, "It's more fun to be with Brother Chen."

"It's better for you two brothers to stay together and take care of each other." Yang Zhong also said, "If you separate, I don't know which one to support."

"Brother Yang, you'd better take it easy." Chen Baxian reminded him, "If you walk by the river often, you will get your feet wet. If you act like a traitor too often, you will inevitably be caught."

"You have a conscience..." Yang Zhong said with a bitter smile, "Especially my boss. Once he starts talking to you, you can't lie to him. I almost want to tie my mouth shut..."

"Alas, you have suffered a lot, my dear brother." Chen Baxian patted Yang Zhong on the shoulder and finally liked him.

"I'm fine, just be careful." Yang Zhong shook his head and smiled, then asked, "But where can you find a swordsman?"

“I’m just a newbie who just left the Novice Village…” Ren Yuan shook his head blankly.

"I have heard some legends about sword immortals." Chen Baxian said seriously.

"It has to be Brother Chen. Tell us quickly." Ren Yuan immediately became interested, and Yang Zhong and the other two also looked at Chen Baxian.

"In the distance there is the Sword of the Yue Girl, and nearby there is the Immortal Zuo..." The more Chen Baxian spoke, the softer his voice became.

"Go to hell." Everyone immediately booed, only the little monk was very interested and said, "Brother Chen knows a lot."

Yang Zhong was speechless and said, "Can you tell me something more reliable?"

"I don't know of any reliable ones." Chen Baxian stressed awkwardly, "The prerequisite for sword cultivation is that you must have a spirit sword. Spirit swords are very rare in the world, so in the past twenty years, sword cultivation has disappeared from the martial arts world."

"Why don't you just say you don't know?" Yang Zhong said unhappily.

"Then you know?" Chen Baxian rolled his eyes at him.

"I don't know either." Yang Zhong said calmly.

"I don't know either..." Although no one asked, the little monk still said in a low voice.

"It seems that no one knows." Chen Baxian put his arm around Ren Yuan's shoulders and encouraged him, "It's okay, brother. We'll slowly look for it. We'll find it sooner or later after visiting all the famous mountains and rivers."

"Yes, Brother Chen is right." Ren Yuan nodded.

"Oh, calling him Brother Chen is too distant." Chen Baxian waved his hand and said, "It's really troublesome for us to call each other Brother Chen, Brother Yang, and Brother Ren all day long."

"Then what do you think we should do?" Yang Zhong and Ren Yuan asked.

"Why don't we arrange them by age? You can call me eldest brother from now on." Chen Baxian pointed at Yang Zhong and said, "You are one year older than Yuan, so you will be the second oldest from now on."

Then he said to Ren Yuan: "You are the third brother."

"You are the youngest brother." Chen Baxian touched the little monk's bald head.

"I have no objection." Ren Yuan nodded. The name was just a title to him.

"Even if I call you the eldest brother, I am the third brother and have the final say on this ship." Yang Zhong had no objection.

"Can I not be the youngest?" the little monk Faxiu asked weakly. "No." Ren Yuan said decisively, "I'll rely on you to carry the burden."

"Okay, I'll listen to the captain's words." Faxiu agreed reluctantly.

~~
Although they did not cut off a chicken's head and burn yellow paper to formally become sworn brothers, calling each other brothers still brought the four of them closer.

"Third brother, where shall we meet after we get out?" Chen Baxian asked Ren Yuandao.

"Brother, don't be anxious. Let's wait and see if we can rescue someone else." But he just let Yuanshen mutter to himself.

"Haha, Third Brother, you're overthinking it. It can't happen again and again. Every time someone is rescued, they just help you solve the problem," Faxiu said with a smile.

Ren Yuan held up three fingers and said, "That's three times already, and I saved three of you in total."

"Hiss..." Now Chen Baxian and Faxiu could no longer laugh.

"In fact, I have the same feeling." Yang Zhong said in a deep voice: "I just visited the fairyland to conduct an investigation, and I boarded the third brother's boat that night."

"And Faxiu too. We were just worrying about how to restore Master Bao's memory when he came aboard to deliver the answer." Yang Zhong continued, "It's too much of a coincidence to say it's a coincidence."

"It's not a coincidence, it's fate, it's destiny." Ren Yuan sighed and said, "Once we are on this ship, our destinies are connected."

"It is also possible that our destinies are connected, so we got on this ship." Faxiu also said softly.

"I want to see if it's as magical as you say." Chen Baxian was still a little unconvinced.

~~
As a result, two days after the Qianli ship sailed, the damn broadcasting voice really sounded.

"Report, a canoe was found ahead, about ten miles away..."

"oh?!"

"Oh!" The four people were busy with their own things. When they heard the sound, they all rushed to the bow and looked into the distance.

"I hope it's a girl. It doesn't matter whether she's pretty or not, as long as she's a girl..." Chen Baxian prayed as usual and secretly lowered his standards.

"I hope he's younger than me. I hope he's younger than me..." Faxiu also put his hands together and made a wish.

I don’t know if it’s because of the double wish, but this time not only were there girls, but there were two of them at once.

There were two girls, one about 18 or 19 years old, and the other about 14 or 15 years old. They were sitting in a canoe made of a whole tree trunk, and even had a canopy made of banana leaves.

It is indeed more elegant than those made of logs, door panels and bathtubs.

But it made no difference to Ren Yuan. He asked as usual, "Do you want to get on the boat?"

"My dear, please wait a moment." The older girl confessed her guilt first, and then whispered something with the younger one.

The younger ones seemed a little apprehensive, but were convinced.

"Sorry for keeping you waiting, let's get on the boat," said the older girl.

After saying this, without waiting for Ren Yuan to use magic, she took her companion's hand and walked gracefully onto the Qianli ship.

"I, your sister, would like to thank you all." The graceful woman bowed to Ren Yuan and the others. On her beautiful face, there was a pair of extremely beautiful eyes rarely seen in the world, flowing with autumnal waves, gentle as water, yet revealing the waves that could see through people's hearts.

The girl behind her was actually prettier, but obviously young and inexperienced. She just stood there straight, without any expression, looking very rude...

When he saw the two women, Yang Zhong, who was usually calm and composed, showed a look of panic on his face.

(End of this chapter)