Imperial Treasure

Chapter 1321 - 758: Ghost Gate Pass (Part 2)

Later, when boarding the ship, they also noticed that the people from the restaurant had come over, but boarded another ship...

The old man smiled politely at Sui Yi, who nodded slightly, and then set sail...

Watching Sui Yi’s departing figure, someone softly said, "This person is probably not simple. Elder Yan, why don’t we go over and probe a little?"

"Probe what? On this path, most people are enemies, not friends. It’s better for us to stay uninvolved. If you approach them and they like you, that’s fine, but if they don’t, wouldn’t you just be making an enemy for nothing? Let’s wait and see."

As the ships started their journey, there were only two directions for those setting sail: either returning on the regular route or heading inward... the only destination was the Lost Lands.

Standing on the ship, Wei Xichao looked at the misty fog, his brows slightly furrowed: "This news about the Holy Land also started spreading this year. The timing just coincides with the events in the Western Regions... It’s not surprising for information to leak amidst a mix of good and bad guys, but why would news about me evolve into this..."

The suspicion Sui Yi held towards this news wasn’t without reason. She had gotten used to being slandered by the Western Regions, Jin, and even Wanwan; her legends filled the Jianghu. Every time, she instinctively thought she was being targeted...

She took out the Parchment, gazing at its blank expanse, and sighed softly. Once entering this foggy area, they would be nearing the dangerous zone Eastern mentioned, and soon the Parchment would be useless. At that point, she could only make judgments based on the situation.

Of course, she had some ideas about how to enter the Lost Lands.

From a time perspective, the time Eastern chose to enter the Lost Lands coincided precisely with when she, Natasha, and others entered this world. Could it mean... the opening of a time-space tunnel is related to the Lost Lands?

If so, probably no one else in this world could enter the Lost Lands as easily as she could.

Soon, one ship after another entered the vast fog, making navigating directions challenging. Still, Sui Yi noticed that the navigators of those ships were very skilled, able to determine direction even in the fog.

However, their ships eventually passed Sui Yi’s, not seeming to want to travel alongside this enigmatic, solitary figure...

Sui Yi let them be, allowing his ship to drift along the sea, while he tried to navigate using the route marked on the Parchment...

Three days later, the fog thickened to the point where it was impossible to distinguish Southeast from Northwest. The ships drifted with the current, and most navigators gave up trying to control them...

After drifting like this for three days.

"What’s that? There’s a ship coming from the opposite direction!"

The old man suddenly heard his subordinates shouting. He ran to the deck and saw a ship with not a single person on board, desolate and silent. The sails were torn and tattered, as if gnawed by countless rats.

It looked truly frightening.

Elder Yan’s face suddenly turned pale, and he whispered urgently, "It’s a Ghost Ship, slow down... don’t look at anything on the ship..."

The others quickly averted their eyes.

And the ship slowly passed by them...

What was on that ship?

They didn’t dare to look.

Afraid of seeing something they shouldn’t, they might end up dead...

Yet...

Suddenly, there was the sound of a woman’s playful laughter, followed by the sound of a woman skipping and running, alluring and enticing.

"Don’t, don’t come over, oh my!"

Such cries were incessant, and soon someone couldn’t resist their curiosity and turned to look.

Sure enough, someone emerged from the cabin...

A human.

But just a skeleton.

"Ah!!"

A terrified scream shattered the dead silence.

Even those who hadn’t looked were startled, opening their eyes to see a skeleton embracing their companion’s waist... its snow-white teeth biting into his neck, blood spurting from the wound.

Splattering blood all over the ones nearby.

In just a moment, this person was torn into several pieces.

"A ghost, it’s a ghost!"

"Run!"

"Escape!"

The people on the ship were in great panic, some desperately trying to escape overboard, while others drew swords and slashed at the skeletons...

Yet, the skeletons jumping from the Ghost Ship to theirs seemed endless, and like undying creatures, they couldn’t be killed. More and more people were bitten to death and devoured, while some, in terror, actually jumped overboard...

Oh, how cold the water was; those who jumped couldn’t take it. Moreover, something seemed to be pulling them under, and after a few flounders, they vanished.

As the ship resounded with cries of agony, Elder Yan and others found no help, desperately barricading themselves inside the cabin...

Suddenly, they heard a clear, echoing whistle.

This whistle was like an enchanting call, deafening them momentarily. In a blink, all the skeletons disappeared, leaving only those still holding swords in a stupor, plus those hidden in the cabin...

"Gone?"

"The skeletons are gone?"

These people were still terrified, thinking only that the skeletons had left. Elder Yan looked at the corpses scattered around, his face suddenly changing, slapping his thigh: "Damn it, we’ve been tricked by some ghostly thing, caught in an Illusion Realm! There weren’t any skeletons at all..."

These people had been killed by each other, driven mad to mutual slaughter!

With Elder Yan’s words, those present felt a sinking feeling, and suddenly someone pointed to the ship: "There are skeletons!"

Many skeletons, in all sorts of poses, scattered across the deck. One could only imagine that before they turned into bones, they died much like this on their side, all killing each other... eventually eroding into bare bones over time. (To be continued. If you like this work, please visit Qidian (qidian.com) to vote for it, your support is my greatest motivation. Mobile users, please read on m.qidian.com.)