Sail Shadows in the Sea of ​​Fog

Chapter 122 The Medium Channel, thanks to the generous donation from Hua Bixuan.
In the gentle sea breeze, the Valkyrie and Thorn sailboats still drifted in the waters near the island.

Every now and then, the vine demons or the mixed-race sailors would dredge up bags of gold coins from the sea. These gold coins from different eras would first be sent to the Thorn, where the wooden figures with green grass on their heads and cute, silly expressions would diligently wash them clean and dry them before throwing them into the small wooden buckets beside them.

Compared to the busy scene on the ship, the people on the Valkyrie, who had changed into clean clothes, focused their attention on the two ventilation grilles leading to the royal city and the misty figure standing under the mast.

Of course, there were also the armored knights lined up along both sides of the ship, and the leaderless undead with chains around their necks.

That's roughly how it happened.

The Magic Mirror explained, "Those armored knight guards are commanded by the Silver Queen, but these undead need a leader."

"How about you come?" Cheng Lang asked casually.

"Captain, you are joking."

The Magic Mirror said respectfully, "I do not have the talent to command the undead; this is not my forte. However, I do have someone I can recommend."

"Don't keep me in suspense, who would you like to recommend?"

Cheng Lang asked with a headache, "How long has it been? The ghosts with chains around their necks have crawled all over the ship like giant, transparent white maggots. Some of them even look like hanged ghosts, hanging themselves from the mast."

Thanks to the help of the sea monster Shenwei, the Valkyrie finally managed to get rid of Poseidon's curse, making its sails and masts look a bit nicer. He certainly didn't want them to be covered with hanged ghosts.

"A gentleman is sleeping inside Princess Misty Shadow's hat."

The Magic Mirror respectfully reminded, "The Spirit Gathering Tower in the Royal City has accumulated quite a few soul fragments. These fragments might be able to awaken that gentleman."

"Qin Jinyan?"

Cheng Lang was taken aback, then immediately asked, "What do I need to do?"

"If you agree"

The magic mirror looked at the misty figure and said, "Little princess, could you invite the old man in the hat to visit the royal city?"

He's sleeping.

Wuying pointed to the hat on her head with a carrot she was holding that had been gnawed on quite a few times.

"Then can you find a way to send him there?" the Magic Mirror urged.

"Uncle Captain, do you need me to do this?" Wu Ying looked up at Cheng Lang beside her, then bit off the tip of the carrot in her hand and chewed it with a crunching sound.

“Your Excellency Captain, I can assure you that this will only bring benefits and no harm to the gentleman in the hat,” the Magic Mirror said respectfully.

"Can you do it?" Cheng Lang crouched down and hugged Wu Ying, who was leaning closer, asking affectionately, "Will it hurt you?"

No, no.

Wuying shook her head, then bit into a carrot, reached down and took off her hat, shaking it vigorously against the fence connecting to the royal city. Now, a fluffy black kitten doll still dangled from the edge of the red hat.

With her shake, the pet snake, which had been dozing inside the hat, hissed in terror and fell out, disappearing into the fence in a flash. Immediately afterward, another blurry figure was shaken into the fence.

But then, amidst the clanging and banging, the half-eaten pastry and half an apple, a string of beautiful seashells picked up from somewhere, a small wooden bird, and even some feathers that seemed to have been stolen from Xinweng's nest, as well as some beautiful jewelry given to her by Yafuso and others, were all shaken off and fell through the fence into the cannon deck.

"My baby! No! My hiss!"

Princess Fog Shadow let out a gasp, and the carrot she was holding in her mouth also fell through the ventilation grille into the cannon deck.

"My carrot," Wuying mumbled pitifully, tears welling up in her large, watery eyes.

"Yafso"

"coming!"

Before Cheng Lang could finish speaking, Ya Fusuo, who had come over with Captain Yun Lan for a visit, squeezed through the crowd, took out a large, red peach from her apron pocket, and handed it to Wu Ying.

"It's a peach!"

Wuying immediately cheered, grabbed the peach, and ran into the cabin, forgetting her carrot, her precious pet, and of course, her unlucky pet snake, Hiss.

"cough cough"

Cheng Lang cleared his throat. "Yun Ji, from now on, check Wu Ying's hats often, and also, wash her hair regularly."

"I will"

Yun Ji suppressed a laugh as she responded, and together with the captain, they pretended not to see the slight embarrassment on the Silver Queen's face.

In the short time it took to say those two sentences, a semi-transparent undead hand suddenly emerged from one of the ventilation grilles, grabbed the chain binding countless undead, and dragged them all back to the royal city connected to the other end of the ventilation grille amidst the terrifying, piercing screams of the scattered undead.

"These two grilles"

"The Royal Guard Knights are the only physical entities that can freely traverse the medium portal."

The magic mirror paused for a moment and then explained, "Other physical objects, once thrown in, cannot be retrieved unless we return here and Lord Night God is willing to allow the royal city to return to the surface."

"The undead."

"The dead can pass freely, but they need the Silver Queen or Lord Night's permission."

The magic mirror explained, "In addition, the corpses in future battles can also have their spirits extracted through these two medium channels."

And we also have to provide Lord Nightshade with some live water rats as snacks from time to time. I mean, Lord Nightshade likes to eat sirens.”

"Cats all love to eat fish," Cheng Lang said with an air of knowing.

"Your understanding is not wrong."

The Magic Mirror smiled and chimed in, "Furthermore, Lord Night God will also come to visit through the medium when he's in a good mood. If we encounter any trouble, he wouldn't even mind fighting alongside us."

"Thank goodness I don't have to scoop the poop."

Cheng Lang mumbled something in a language only he could understand, and then, regardless of whether the big cat on the other end of the medium channel could hear him, he warmly welcomed the matter.

"These two mediumship channels are pretty much our biggest find."

The Magic Mirror cleared its throat as it spoke, "Besides, Captain, I also discovered some sword and knife techniques that the royal family prepared for princes and princesses in Mr. Morwin's memories, as well as whip-wielding moves."

"Can we learn it?" Cheng Lang immediately became interested.

"sure"

The Magic Mirror said respectfully, "If you don't mind, I'm willing to be your instructor and teach you these gorgeous and practical moves."

"Isn't there any cultivation technique or anything that can improve physical fitness?" Cheng Lang sighed greedily.

Unfortunately, such a thing doesn't exist. In this strange world, there are only four ways to improve physical fitness.

The first method is to drink the blood of Poseidon, but unfortunately, this method only works on sirens, half-blood sirens, sea beasts, and sea monsters.

The second one is the Fountain of Repentance. This thing is at least useful to humans and also to the little kid Mist Shadow, but it has no effect on undead beings like the Magic Mirror.

Moreover, according to Yun Lan, the Fountain of Repentance has a limit to the number of times it can be used. Once that limit is reached, it can only slow down aging at most. The third one is the Verdant Sacred Tree, but unfortunately, like the Blood of Poseidon, it is only effective on those with elven blood.

Fourth is the ship's core. According to the magic mirror, the stronger the ship's core, the stronger the captain.

"Captain?" the Magic Mirror called out cautiously.

"Sorry, I just got distracted."

Cheng Lang waved his hand, "You can teach everyone swordsmanship, knife skills, or whip skills. It seems that only I have time to learn whip skills."

“I will add an extra combat lesson to the daily literacy class,” the Magic Mirror said respectfully. “I will also need Shenba’s help then.”

"No problem!" Shenba patted his chest and gave his assurance.

"I have nothing more to report," the Magic Mirror said respectfully.

"According to Princess Yunlan's statistics, nearly 20,000 gold coins of equivalent value have been recovered so far."

Yun Ji spoke up at the opportune moment, "In addition, the pirate brothers sent a letter saying that they have led their fleet to Dragonfly Island and should be halfway there now."

"Are there any shipwrecks around here that haven't been salvaged yet?" Cheng Lang asked.

"There's one last ship left."

Yun Lan replied, "The salvage operation is expected to be completed before dark."

“In that case, let’s head to Dragonfly Island for supplies as soon as it gets dark,” Cheng Lang decided. “Then we’ll go check out the Elf Kingdom.”

"Hulala"

Just as Cheng Lang finished speaking, the sound of chains being dragged suddenly came from the deck.

Instinctively following the sound, everyone was startled. The undead, who had just been dragged back, were emerging again, pulling their chains.

However, by this time, the number of these undead had already been reduced by half.

What's rather frightening is that this halved undead has become almost as tall as Shenba, and is exceptionally solid.

Not only that, they also seemed to have been melted down and recast, becoming "two-faced people" with four legs, four arms, one head, but with faces on both the front and back.

Ironically, these undead, who resembled "simple spiders" and walked on four legs, each had a chain around their necks, but the other end of the chain was not tied to anything!
Looking at these two-faced undead, each of them had at least six or seven flintlock muskets in their undead form strapped to their waists. In their four hands, two held the scimitars commonly used by pirates, while the other two each held a flintlock musket.

Just as Cheng Lang and the others subconsciously took out their weapons, another tall figure walked out step by step from the ventilation grille connecting the royal city.

It's Qin Jinyan!

"Qin Jinyan, a member of the Imperial Guard of the Ming Dynasty, is here!" the undead, clad in armor and wielding a long spear, said coldly in Chinese.

"You're awake?" Cheng Lang quickly put away his whip and asked loudly in surprise.

However, Qin Jinyan stood silently in front of those terrifying two-faced undead, ready to fight at any moment.

Just as Cheng Lang was about to ask again, hiss, the pet snake that had grown fatter and turned into a large undead creature, crawled out with a crooked mouth and eyes, and fell directly onto the cannon deck to find its little master, Wuying.

Following closely behind, the big cat Night Demon jumped out and squatted down next to the Silver Queen who was watching the commotion. It affectionately rubbed its big head against the Silver Queen's outstretched hand before licking its pink paws and saying, "This powerful undead is blank, but it is also marked with something that cannot be erased."

Night God nuzzled the Silver Queen's hand again, "From now on, he will become the leader of those captured and undead, leading them into battle."

At this point, Ye Di glanced at Cheng Lang, "Remember to catch some sea rats for me to eat, you ugly, hairless rat with two legs."

I will remember.

Cheng Lang made a promise with a wry smile, then winked at Yun Ji and the others, "Alright, let's go to the conference room to talk about our trip to the Elf Kingdom. Silver Queen, the deck is in your hands now."

"Rest assured, Captain."

The Silver Queen slightly lifted her skirt and bowed in response. At the same time, the armored knights and the two-faced undead led by Qin Jinyan also returned to the royal city along a ventilation grille.

For a moment, only the Silver Queen and Night God remained on the deck of the Valkyrie.

"Big Cat, have we met before?"

The Silver Queen crouched down and patted the head of the big cat Night Demon, asking gently with a smile, "Why do I feel like I know you so well?"

“Beautiful princess, this is our first time meeting.”

As Ye Di rubbed against the Silver Queen's hand vigorously, he said, "But I feel the same way."

After saying that, the large cat, which resembled a black panther, lay down on its back at the Silver Queen's feet.

"What a good child."

Almost instinctively, the Silver Queen picked up Ye Di and turned to walk towards the bow of the ship, saying, "I'll play the zither for you; I'm sure you'll like it."

“That’s right, I love listening to you play the piano.” Ye Di said, already stretching comfortably in the Silver Queen’s arms.

Before long, a piece of music that the people on the ship and the Tinissa Orchestra on the neighboring Thorn echoed across the sea was something they had never heard before.

"Being an undead seems pretty good."

In the Valkyrie's conference room, Cheng Lang sighed for a moment, then rallied his spirits and said, "Alright, let's get down to business. We're heading to Dragonfly Island and then to the Elf Kingdom. Will we encounter any trouble along the way?"

"The only problem is that the Thorn is too slow," Yun Lan said with a hint of helplessness. "Also, my ship doesn't have much in the way of supplies."

"Therefore, we need to set off as soon as possible."

"Captain, I apologize for interrupting the meeting."

The magic mirror suddenly emerged from the wall that served as a giant screen. "Captain, just now, a treasure map in the treasure room has changed."

"The treasure map has changed?"

Cheng Lang felt a chill run down his spine. "A treasure map spontaneously combusted?"

Upon hearing this, the others also tensed up. The fact that the treasure map had spontaneously combusted meant that the treasure had been found.

That's not the case.

The magic mirror quickly said, "Captain, when Tengxiao was washing your clothes, he accidentally discovered that the treasure map with the well drawn on it in your belt was glowing."

"It's glowing? The mystery has been solved?" Yun Ji asked in surprise.

“It is true”

At this point, the Magic Mirror laid the treasure map it was holding on the table in front of Cheng Lang. "Respected Captain, this treasure map, which was accidentally deciphered, points to a village in the northwest of the Elf Kingdom."

"Which village?" Yafso asked instinctively.

"Ganquan Village," the magic mirror replied.

(End of this chapter)