Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Bai Yixing picked up the wine pot, filled both cups, held them up and said respectfully: "I need to ask Brother Qin Gang for advice on this. One of my father's wishes before his death was to prosper our Ice City and rebuild the Jade Statue of the God Lord. Unfortunately, business has been so bad in recent years, and he has made several deals that have lost a lot of money, which has made his wish further and further away."

Qin Gang drank the wine in one gulp, sighed, and said, "That's because the people of our Snow Country have changed..."

Then he began to tell the story slowly and leisurely.

"The Snow Country today is not as good as it was two hundred years ago, and the country two hundred years ago was not as good as it was five hundred years ago. There are detailed records in the ancient books of Heshan that the ancestors of the Snow Country at that time were not only smart and hardworking, but also loved each other like a family. Everyone had the same mind and worked together, so no matter what we do, we can accomplish it."

"In the west, our Bingcheng has frequent trade with Anfengcheng and Xihaicheng in Cangmu Country, and we even go deep into their inland Jinyangcheng. In the near east, we have Qimingcheng, which has ships going back and forth with Jinliudao and Yinliudao in Shui Country. Even in the southernmost part of the country, Chisha people, who are difficult to deal with, we can trade with them, and it is mutually beneficial..."

After Qin Gang drank the wine, his face turned slightly red and his interest gradually improved. He recounted the history of the Snow Country over the past five hundred years. Bai Yixing was so interested that he even forgot to drink.

He also inserted some magical stories into history from time to time, like the Storm Messenger freezing the black water vortex, the Snowman King defeating the Iron-clad Turtle, the White Dragon traveling eight thousand miles to save his master... Bai Yixing was so excited when he heard these stories that he wished he could be born a few hundred years earlier so that he could meet those legendary characters.

It seemed that Qin Gang had not spoken so freely for a long time, and he met a "soulmate" like Bai Yixing, so he talked incessantly and forgot the time.

Bai Yixing saw that his glass was empty again, so he picked up the wine pot to add more wine for him. Suddenly, the big ship shook violently, almost throwing the plates, bowls and chopsticks on the small table off. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and reached out to stop them from falling to the ground, but the sleeves of his clothes were stained with oil.

He took out his handkerchief and wiped the oil stains off his sleeves, saying, "It should be a strong wind at sea. I heard from the old boatmen that this kind of wind is very common. There is no need to worry."

Just as he finished speaking, there was a series of "dong dong dong" footsteps in the cabin. Bai Yixing knew that only Hu Yong walked so heavily, so he shouted at the top of his voice: "Hu Yong, can you walk more lightly?!"

Hu Yong ran and shouted: "Master, Master, the captain wants you to go up quickly, there is an accident at sea!"

Bai Yixing was startled and asked, "What happened?"

Hu Yong said breathlessly: "I... I don't know either. Judging from the looks of Captain Jia and his men, it's definitely not a good thing!"

Bai Yixing hurriedly put down the wine pot and followed him to the deck. After walking a few steps, he turned back and said to Qin Gang: "Brother Qin Gang, the story you told is very interesting, but what I like most is the story of the golden water flowing from the Wild Man Mountain. We took the golden water home and made it into gold shell coins. How can we spend all the money? I have to send someone to look for that place when I come back this time, haha..."

Hu Yong took him to the stern, where the captain and a dozen boatmen were already waiting, looking somewhat anxious.

The captain pointed to the sea far to the east and said, "Master, I'm afraid we have encountered a tsunami."

Bai Yixing looked in the direction he pointed, and indeed saw a faint white line across the sea, like a strange long worm. He had never thought that he would encounter a tsunami, and his heart tightened, and he stammered, "Then...what should I do?"

The captain was much calmer than him and said, "This wave doesn't seem to be too big, it shouldn't be a big deal. But we have to change our course along the wave, and it may take us a few days to reach Xihai City."

Bai Yixing hurriedly said: "What does it matter? Hurry, hurry, tell everyone to adjust the course!" He thought that arriving late at Xihai City was a small matter, but if the big ship capsized and the entire ship's cargo was lost, that would be a huge deal.

Then he shouted again: "Ring the bell, there is a fire! Ring the bell, there is a fire... notify the following ship..."

A boatman ran to the cabin and rang the bell.

Another boatman ran to the stern and lit the brazier with a lighter. The brazier was filled with flammable ash fish oil, which caught fire as soon as it was touched by the open flame, and the flames jumped four or five feet high.

The ships behind saw the signal fire from afar and rang the bell to start fires as well.

Soon, the five large ships were filled with people, and the helmsmen, sailors, and oarsmen began to get busy. Some turned the rudder, some lowered the sails, and some rowed the oars. In less than a meal's time, they turned the ship from southwest to west, with the stern facing the direction of the waves.

Bai Yixing once heard someone say that if you encounter a tsunami at sea, the best way is to turn the bow of the ship towards the tsunami and sail towards it, but now time is tight and there is no time to turn the bow of the ship.

Fortunately, an experienced sailor reminded them before sailing that most of the cargo on the five merchant ships was concentrated in the bow cabin, and the center of gravity of the large ship was forward, which could withstand part of the tsunami impact.

Even so, Bai Yixing still held on to the railing of the boat tightly, his heart pounding with nervousness.

All five large ships straightened their course in less than half an hour. By this time, the sky had darkened, the dark blue sky was dotted with stars, and a half moon hung obliquely in the eastern sky. The whole place was quiet and peaceful.

But the sea was a completely different scene - a pitch-black sea surface, with a huge white ribbon stretching across the north and south, with no end in sight. It looked like a snow mountain collapse, and its sound was like a giant elephant galloping, surging forward, violent and mysterious, as if it was going to swallow up everything it passed by.

The tsunami was more than two meters high, and it rushed over with a strong hurricane.

Everyone ran to the deck, holding on to the railings, masts and other objects tightly, holding their breath and silently praying for God's blessing in their hearts.

The huge waves finally came, throwing up five ships weighing hundreds of thousands of tons, as if a giant was holding a baby. After the initial momentum wore off, they fell heavily into the waves again.

Fortunately, the center of gravity of the ship was low, and the helmsmen were very experienced sailors, so none of the five ships capsized.

After the first wave passed, the ships stabilized a little, but there were still continuous afterwaves, pushing the five ships straight west, and the speed was much faster than before.

Fortunately, the danger was finally over, Bai Yixing breathed a sigh of relief and asked the captain, "When will the remaining waves stop?"

The captain frowned and said, "It's hard to say. Maybe it will stop in one night, or maybe it will take two or three days. If we are unlucky, it may last for ten days or half a month."

Bai Yixing, who had been relieved, became worried again. If the storm lasted for ten days or half a month as the captain said, then this trip would take at least another month. If the wind direction was bad again when returning to Ice City, it would take even longer.

The Ling family asked me to earn back my grandfather's inheritance within three years. How could I accomplish that by then?

Although he thought so, he also knew that there was nothing he could do about it. The sea was currently experiencing strong winds and rough waves, and it was not easy to turn the ship around. In addition, there was a risk of the ship capsizing. There was no other way except to sail carefully along the wind and waves.