Tomb raiding: following the plot while tearing up the script

Zuli piled the bedding on the bed board to one side and sat cross-legged with perfect posture.

Then...

He took a small bag of sunflower seeds out of his pocket...

Seeing the child seriously posing, Wu Xie, who thought he was about to witness a live version of Su Li's meditation and cultivation, was completely embarrassed.

The crunching sound of people cracking sunflower seeds echoed in the cabin.

“Ah Li, you…”

Su Li raised her hand. "Want some?"

This conversation sounds so familiar...

Wu Xie sighed, stepped forward to take the handful of melon seeds that Su Li handed him, and sat down next to Su Li.

"I thought you were going to cultivate." Wu Xie glanced cautiously at the back of the person lying on the opposite bed and whispered.

Su Li happily ate sunflower seeds, without feeling the slightest bit guilty about slacking off, after all...

"Your cultivation has reached its peak. If you advance any further, this place won't be able to accommodate you."

"Reach...reach the top???" Wu Xie was startled by the child's words. "Is it what I think?"

"What does it look like?" Su Li asked blankly.

Wu Xie recalled the cultivation novels he had read during his school days. "It's about having profound cultivation, completing the tribulation, and ascending to immortality..."

Su, formerly a Nascent Soul cultivator, now a Qi Refining cultivator, Li: You really have a good heart, you naive little thing.

"Once you reach the pinnacle of Qi cultivation, there is no room for anyone higher."

This is a little different from what I imagined, and Wu Xie was slightly disappointed.

Just as I was thinking this, I suddenly felt the ship shake.

The sound of the engine starting could be heard from the stern of the fishing boat; it turned out that the captain was starting the anchor, preparing to set sail.

As the boat moved, its swaying frequency gradually increased, and due to the age of the fishing boat, its movement was particularly noticeable.

The ship not only swayed from side to side, but also exhibited an irregular back-and-forth rocking motion, giving people a feeling of weightlessness, as if they were in a cradle.

Although Su Li had never ridden on an ordinary boat before, she was quite experienced in riding flying swords and flying boats in the cultivation world, so she adapted well and cracked melon seeds with great enthusiasm.

Wu Xie, on the other hand, was not so lucky. He was just a mortal scholar, and after more than ten hours of travel, the shaking made his eyelids droop. He fell asleep next to Su Li.

Su Li thought his awkward sleeping posture was too contorted, and wondered how uncomfortable he would be when he woke up.

A sunflower seed was tossed onto Zhang the Bald's head. Zhang the Bald, who should have been asleep, sat up, looked over, his eyes clear and not sleepy at all, his face calm and expressionless, without his signature greasy expression.

Looking at the person in front of him, wearing the alias of Zhang the Bald, and staring at him with the eyes of Zhang Qiling, he thought, "Oh no, this is so incongruous, what should I do?"

Su Li pointed to Wu Xie, who was leaning on her shoulder, and mouthed to Zhang Qiling.

Sleepy!

Zhang Qiling returned an inquiring look.

Su Li pointed to the bed board next to Wu Xie, made a gesture of lifting it, and then pointed to the pile of bedding on her side.

After a moment's thought, Zhang Qiling got up and folded the bedding on Wuxie's bed board, placing it on top of Su Li's bedding.

He turned around and received a thumbs-up from Zu Li in appreciation.

With a wave of her hand, a clean and soft set of bedding appeared in Su Li's hands. Zhang Qiling took it casually and, not very skillfully, made a bed that was barely enough for a person to sleep on.

Then he quietly picked up the sleeping Wuxie and tucked her into the quilt.

The movements were relatively careful, and Wu Xie, fast asleep, showed no sign of waking up. Perhaps feeling the warm, fluffy blankets and the cozy sunshine, she snuggled closer and slept even more soundly.

The old cabin creaked and groaned with the slightest movement, making Su Li abandon the idea of ​​jumping around on the ground.

He beckoned Zhang Qiling to his side, and as soon as Zhang Qiling arrived, he started throwing cleaning spells at him, leaving Zhang Qiling completely stunned.

The little creature that can tolerate corpse beetles and the stench of corpses is reacting so strongly to this tattered bedding?

Brother Zhang didn't understand.

"It's different, it's really different," Zu Li said.

I can accept rolling around in a swarm of corpse beetles and then frantically casting cleansing spells on myself, but I cannot accept sleeping even for a short while in bedding that has been slept in by countless people and worn smooth by countless hands!

……

When Wu Xie awoke from a deep sleep, the fishing boat they were on had already reached the central area of ​​this sea.

Still dazed, Wu Xie sat on the soft bedding and looked around.

Zhang the Bald remained in the same position, still not awake. Su Li sat on the bed and seemed to be playing a game that came with her phone.

Wait, didn't I fall asleep leaning against Ali?

The soft, comfortable feel beneath me wasn't right either; those tattered blankets...

Clean, fluffy, soft...

"Ali!"

"Shh!" Su Li made a shushing gesture, her eyes still glued to her phone screen.

"Pack your things, bring them over for me to pack, and put your bedding back on."

Wu Xiaogou, who had slept well, was so touched that he happily tidied up the bedding, placed it next to Su Li, and then put the old bedding back on.

When he looked back at Su Li, the bedding beside him had disappeared.

What an amazing and convenient ability! I want it so badly!!!

I'm so envious I'm drooling!

With a piece of bread that Su Li had fed him in his mouth, Wu Xie looked out the window and realized that the world had changed when he woke up.

The sea reveals its deep and mysterious side, as if dyed dark green, exuding a profound and unpredictable aura.

The sun had already disappeared behind the clouds, with only dappled rays of light filtering through the gaps in the clouds, like golden scales scattered on the sea surface. The interplay of light and shadow created a magnificent spectacle.

Su Li, who had appeared beside Wu Xie without him noticing, handed him a camera and, ignoring Wu Xie's gaze as if he were looking at a kindred spirit, frantically pressed the shutter button with another camera.

Wu Xie had no objection to Su Li's shooting style, which didn't care about composition at all, and happily threw herself into the shooting project.

Unfortunately, the beautiful scenery was fleeting. Before long, dark clouds gathered overhead, completely blocking out the sunlight.

The entire sea suddenly turned dark and murky, with waves rolling and causing their fishing boat to rock violently.

Pretending to be asleep at this point would be a bit impolite. The second after Su Li put away her camera, Zhang the Bald rolled off the bed with an expression as if he had been badly injured in his sleep, and scrambled to grab onto the pillar of the cabin to steady himself.

Su Li, who was holding onto another pillar with Wu Xie to maintain her balance, gave a huge thumbs up to Brother Zhang's dedicated acting skills.

Through the windows near the deck, you could see several crew members running around frantically, shouting in their dialect, securing supplies.

Suddenly, one of the crew members cried out in alarm and fell onto the deck, pointing in a direction with a look of fear on his face and shouting something.

Wu Xie, who was naturally very curious, calmed down after learning that Su Li also wanted to go up to the deck. He suppressed his curiosity and asked Su Li to stay in the cabin with him to ensure his safety.

At this moment, as the person in charge of the entire team, Aning first came to their cabin to make sure that the three who seemed to be the weakest in the team were staying inside obediently and not causing any trouble before she came to the deck.

I heard the boat captain shouting something...

A ghost ship appeared behind the fishing boat...