Tomb raiding: Intercepting Yin Xinyue and building a family of immortals

This is a thought ingrained in the bones of many Chinese people: they always think about finding a quiet place to live out their remaining years in peace and tranquility when they get old!

Ideas are often beautiful, but in reality, even in old age, one still has to work hard all one's life!

We're all destined to be busy!

Achieving true leisure is harder than climbing to heaven!

We walked and chatted, cracking jokes along the way, and time flew by.

After taking a ship, they arrived in Hainan Province.

Hainan Province is much poorer than the inland areas. The terrain here is very poor, with mountains in the center.

Only some relatively flat areas along the coast are suitable for farming.

However, the weather is often harsh by the sea, so even if you plant crops, it's hard to have a good harvest.

The group quickened their pace.

They found a fishing boat in Hainan Province and headed to Coral Temple Island.

This place is the only way to reach the Coral Spiral Sea.

There are quite a few residents on the island.

This place has clearly become a bustling area.

The most famous thing around here is the luminous pearl, which attracts many tourists from other places who want to come here to find the luminous pearl.

Upon arriving at the scene, Su Chen instructed everyone to take a break for the time being.

Let's rest here for a day and set off again tomorrow.

Yi Xiao pulled Hong Gu Niang and went shopping.

Su Chen, on the other hand, strolled around with Chen Yulou and Partridge Whistle.

Not far away, Yi Xiao saw a blind old woman.

She half-squatted on the ground and started chatting with the fortune teller.

They had a pleasant chat, and the other person said she had good luck in finding a partner.

Yi Xiao cherishes her relationship with Su Chen very much.

After paying, Yi Xiao was about to leave when the blind sorceress grabbed his hand and slowly said, "Every ship will be swallowed by death."

"Girls, I know where you're going, but I still advise you not to act rashly!"

The blind fortune teller seemed to have already guessed Yi Xiao's next destination.

At the same time, Su Chen also arrived at a stall.

The stall owner was also blind, and his identity seemed to be that of a Taoist priest.

"Mr. Chen, why do I feel that this blind old Taoist priest looks somewhat like you?" Su Chen said.

"I also have a strange feeling."

Chen Yulou looked at the blind old Taoist priest.

This feeling is hard to explain, but it feels very familiar.

"Sir, I would like to have my future path divined," Su Chen said slowly.

Then the blind old Taoist priest began to calculate, holding two copper coins in his hand.

"This is the hexagram of Fire (Li)!"

The old Taoist priest said slowly.

Li represents fire and the sun. The sun shines on the earth, and all things are bathed in its light. This is the image of the Jin hexagram.

Those who receive this divination will have great fortune, will be able to accomplish something, and will have everything go smoothly.

"What a lucky divination!"

"The old foreigner standing to the side said excitedly."

"May I ask your honorable name, sir?"

The blind old Taoist priest continued to ask.

"No need for formalities, my surname is Su and my given name is Chen," Su Chen said.

"Morning signifies the convergence of Yin and Yang, which implies a reversal," the blind old Taoist priest said. "The smooth sailing indicated by the divination may not be truly smooth; on the contrary, it could bring trouble!"

"However, Mr. Su need not worry too much. As the saying goes, fortune and misfortune are interdependent; life is death, and death is life."

Success depends on Heaven, but planning depends on man.

Listening to the Lord's words is like listening to the words.

Saying it or not saying it makes no difference.

……

To reach the Coral Spiral area, a boat is required.

Su Chen originally planned to go out to sea with the fishermen, but when the fishermen heard that Su Chen was going to the Coral Spiral Sea, they all shook their heads and remained tight-lipped.

The Coral Spiral area is known as a shipwreck graveyard, and for thousands of years, few ships have dared to set foot there.

So in the end, he had no choice but to buy a ship himself and recruit a few helmsmen to control it.

After asking around, Su Chen finally found a suitable boat.

This ship is called the Ghost Ship. It is made entirely of willow wood and is over 20 meters long and about 5 or 6 meters high.

Ghost ships need to be blessed before they can set sail!

Su Chen then invited that blind sorceress back.

Then the sorceress began to pray for the boat.

"This ship is a very unlucky thing!"

The blind sorceress muttered, "The spirits on the boat are restless; they refuse to come down."

Is that an exaggeration?

Su Chen boarded the ghost ship and roughly surveyed the entire vessel.

There are no major problems; the equipment is all complete.

This ghost ship costs one thousand silver dollars.

After Su Chen paid the money, he became the owner of the ghost ship.

Next came the recruitment of a helmsman.

Upon hearing that they were going to the Coral Spiral Sea, the helmsmen and sailors all shook their heads, unwilling to set foot in this forbidden place.

For a moment, Su Chen was in a dilemma.

Fortunately, at this time, Su Yitian went out for a stroll and brought back a man in his fifties with skin tanned dark by the sun.

This man was not afraid of danger and was willing to go with Su Chen and the others.

"Hello, Mr. Su, my name is Ruan Shan."

The man who called himself Ruan Shan looked Su Chen up and down. "The reason I agreed to your request is simply because I was in charge of building that ghost ship."

"It's a pity that more than ten years ago, a bloody incident occurred on the ghost ship, and it eventually sank to the shore."

Ruan Shan's idea was very simple.

He wanted to prove with his life that the ship was not a ghost ship.

Ruan Shan devoted a great deal of effort to building this willow boat.

The ghost ship was like his child.

He couldn't let this willow boat suffer a bad reputation.

“I’ll pay you five silver dollars a day!” Su Chen said. “We’ll set off tomorrow, and we’ll start calculating wages from tomorrow.”

"Okay, but I'll be bringing two people with me."

Ruan Shan said, "Don't worry, these two are my apprentices, a man and a woman."

"The man's name is Gu Chen, and the woman's name is Ling Yu. They are people I know well."

Upon hearing this, Su Chen nodded.

The more people on this sea voyage, the better.

Guang Ruanshan was in a flurry of activity and found it difficult to maintain direction.

“I will pay each of them two silver dollars a day,” Su Chen said.

We can't let people make a wasted trip.

"Gu Chen, Ling Yu, come and meet Boss Su."

Ruan Shan shouted into the distance.

Before long, a man manipulating a fishing net walked towards Su Chen.

His skin was bronze-colored, and he looked extremely robust; he was a good laborer.

As for Lingyu, she had a wheatish complexion and was quite pretty.

She wore a straw hat, and her every smile and gesture exuded charm.

"Boss Su!"

The man with brass-colored skin, Gu Chen, cupped his hands in greeting to Su Chen.

Lingyu also greeted Su Chen with a smile.

"Everyone has arrived. We'll set off early tomorrow morning. Mr. Ruan, you and your two apprentices should make your preparations."

Su Chen said.

"Then let's meet tomorrow!"

Ruan Shan nodded.

After discussing the matter, Su Chen and his group left.

On the way, Chen Yulou slowly said, "Mr. Su, I always feel that there's something wrong with that guy named Ruanshan."

"There's something strange about this that I can't quite put my finger on! We should still be on guard."