Artifact

Yi Qing took the official boat of slender man and manpower oars, and went upstream.

Aboard the 13th of Night was an iron-wood, three-masted ocean-going ship, accompanied by dozens of experienced sailors selected by the princes, and flowed down to sea.

The two watched from afar on the pier until they could no longer see each other.

Night Thirteen spread out his palm, and there was a glowing magata-like gem in his hand, a salamander bead.

This is before leaving, Yi Qing stuffed it into the hands of Ye Thirteen, saying that it is useless for her to bring this thing to the clouds, the East China Sea is not as good as the Lechuan River, in case the night Thirteen falls into the sea, with a salamander bead on his body can clear the water and save his life.

Actually, Yi Qing went to Yundu to fight against the demon beast army, why didn't he need this salamander bead? It's just that Yi Qing couldn't say something, so he forced Ye Thirteen to accept this bead.

Night Thirteen sat in the corner of the deck, watching the skilful and busy operations of the sailors, and although everyone was respectful to him, Night Thirteen somehow was not kind to them.

Perhaps the trip was fraught with danger, and he was able to see a capital dead letter on the faces of these people in advance, so he felt pity.

For the whole day, Night Thirteen lay on the deck and looked at the sea and sky, listened to the song of the seabirds, and watched the sailors go about their busy lives, and they were instructed to sail straight into the depths of the East China Sea until they had never been before.

These sailors were actually scared in their hearts, but when they saw the night thirteen, they calmed down a lot, thinking that they had the protector god by their side, what were they afraid of?! Not to mention the East China Sea Ocean, even if they went down to the abyss of the East China Sea, they were not afraid!

Night Thirteen also understood what they were thinking, so he kept a calm and relaxed appearance - but he didn't eat a bite all day, and the ship's cook prepared a table of good dishes, but he couldn't eat it at all.

After days of exhaustion and nervousness, after evening, Night Thirteen fell asleep in the corner of the deck.

He was in a daze, and he didn't know when he went back to his room, and he didn't know when he got into bed.

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He seemed to have gone back to a long time ago, in the bakery on Sweet Potato Street, late at night before this unexpected adventure, and he was holding the thin and weak vanilla in his arms.

To this day, Night Thirteen can still taste the fragrance of vanilla's silver hair, faint, clear, and smells good, just like ...... Just like ...... now

He woke up suddenly.

In the blanket, in the arms is another small and soft body, through the porthole of the morning light, Night Thirteen can clearly see the emaciated collarbone and white skin.

Silver!

Night Thirteen woke up, and he sat up at once:

"Yin'er, why are you here!".

Yin'er was half-wrapped in a blanket, revealing her upper body, malnourished by long-term hunger, with a delicate face

"Uncle Ye doesn't have to worry about Yin'er, this is the result of my discussion with Ruoli Sister for one night, she was originally coming. "

This trip to the sea is no joke...... I'm going to let them turn around and go back!".

"This trip has been gone for a day and a night, and a round trip is a full three days, and Uncle Ye still has to save people, right? Can you waste time like this?"

At night thirteen, he was speechless, and he listened to Yin'er say more firmly:

"This is my agreement with Ruoli's sister, she is studying science in Xizhou to recover Yanguo, and I will go to the East China Sea to die with Uncle Night! If Uncle Night does not agree, Yin'er will commit suicide by jumping into the sea immediately!".

Night Thirteen looked at Yin'er's tears in her eyes, knowing that she had made up her mind to die, and it was useless to say anything more.

“...... Then you stay on the boat and don't go anywhere!".

Yin'er snorted: "The East China Sea, where can Yin'er go except for this ship?" Uncle Night, as long as Yin'er stays by your side all the time!".

"Also, don't call me Uncle Night, it sounds so weird!".

"Then I'll call you the Protector of the Country!"

Yin'er looked like vanilla when she laughed, but where is vanilla now?

"You call me Uncle Thirteen. “

"Yes, Uncle Thirteen!".

Yin'er let out a sweet sound, opened her little arms and pounced, and the night thirteen dodged, wrapping the blanket around Yin'er up and down:

"But you can't stay in my room! I'll have someone clean up a room for you!".

Yin'er was pitiful: "Uncle Thirteen, do you know that if a single man dies in vain without a woman to accompany him, he will not be able to ascend to heaven." “

I see, no wonder Yin'er and Ruoli want to choose one person to secretly get on the boat! Alas, it's all superstition that causes trouble!

Night Thirteen was just about to teach Yin'er a lesson, when he suddenly heard a sound of eager footsteps outside the cabin door:

"Lord Protector, the lookout has discovered something strange! Come and see it!"

Night Thirteen immediately became alert, got out of bed in his clothes, and Yin'er also jumped off the ground, following closely behind:

"Yin'er, you're going out like this?".

Yin'er realized that she was out of shape, snorted, and hurriedly covered her body with a blanket.

Night 13 followed the sailors to the lookout on the highest mast, and it is said that the watchman in charge saw something strange on the sea in the east.

Night Thirteen looked at it, and sure enough, in the direction of the rising sun, there was a layer of black pressure on the eastern horizon, and it was impossible to see what it was.

But this position is exactly the direction in which the ship is heading.

Night Thirteen asked, "How far are we from Xiezhou now?"

The sailor replied: "I have waited for ten watches to sail to the east, and it is reasonable to say that it is feasible to sail 600 miles, but since we set out to sea, it has been smooth sailing, and the speed is far more than that!

"More" is the general unit of Xizhou fishermen to calculate the distance at sea, a day and night for ten watches, one more for sixty miles.

Converted into a modern distance, 700 li is about 350 kilometers!

Night Thirteen asked again, "Have you been here before?"

"The little ones are all from Xiezhou fishermen, and they have never spent the night at sea, generally they go at sunrise and return at sunset, and the old fishermen recorded by their ancestors can go as far as 400 miles into the depths of the East China Sea. "

Night Thirteen nodded, it seems that this is already the limit of the knowledge of the sailors on the ship, just like the ancient people's understanding of the ocean, beyond the range of action, it belongs to the unknown world, and what will happen is unknown.

"Lord Protector, do you want to change course?"

"No, keep heading and speed, I'm going to see what the hell it is!"

"Yes!".

"Uncle Thirteen, what's wrong?".

Yin'er also got dressed and hurried over.

"We'll find out in a moment. "

The ship took advantage of the wind, and after half a day, Night Thirteen saw this sea vision with his own eyes.

I saw that the ocean seemed to be divided into two halves, with the blue sea on one side and the blood-red sea on the other!

The blue and red are like a clear dividing line, stretching all the way to the end of the sea level!

What's even more terrifying is that on the red water, there are countless dead fish floating densely, as big as a mountain, as small as a human finger, layered on top of each other, and there is no end in sight.

The sailors had never seen such a scene, and they were all frightened, and a few middle-aged people even had words:

"Bloody red water, a great omen! Bloody red water, a great omen!".

"Oh my God, what the hell is going on? This whole sea is red with blood!".

"This ...... Could this be the legendary Red Tomb??? now we are dead!".

"Is it really a red tomb......?

Looking at the sailors' gray faces and bloodless appearances, Night Thirteen frowned and asked

"Can anyone say what the Red Tomb is?".