Chapter 124 Chartering a boat

The fishing boat has completely thrown away the smell of land, and what comes to our face is the salty and wet smell of the sea.

Ye Shuo stood on the deck, looking at the vast expanse of blue. In the distance, there was a line of water and sky, a clear blue sea, and thousands of miles of smoke and clouds.

Mermaid Island in the East China Sea was the destination of his trip.

According to the half-demon, the essence of the moon jellyfish can be found there, but it is also a place full of dangers and thorns.

The unknown distance, unknown journey, and a group of unknown companions all seem to indicate that this journey will never be as calm as it seems on the surface.

This matter should start when Ye Shuo is still on the shore.

At that time, he had just arrived at the dock. The dock was not big, but it was lively and bustling. There was a lot of traffic and people coming and going. The cargo was being loaded and the cargo was being unloaded, all in an orderly manner.

Boats of all sizes were docked at the pier, and the sounds of bargaining could be heard. Most of them were people going on long sea trips renting boats.

At first, Ye Shuo was a little confused. After all, no one would want to go to Mermaid Island in the East China Sea, right? How on earth can we find a boat to Mermaid Island? Listening to the bargaining, he suddenly had an idea, what about me?

Let’s rent a boat too!

However, as soon as he mentioned Mermaid Island, or even the word "mermaid" came out, all the boatmen shook their heads and waved their hands in a hurry, as if it was a taboo to listen to him even more.

This group of boatmen were avoiding this like snakes and scorpions, but there were also some meddlesome people in the business trip. Ye Shuo also heard a lot of rumors among the people talking about it.

Some people say that there are water ghosts wandering in the sea. They are undead souls who die in the water. They are full of resentment and cannot be reincarnated unless they find another scapegoat. Many fishermen who have gone to sea have died in mysterious circumstances. It is said that

Just to be caught and eaten by water ghosts.

Some people also say that the mermaids there are particularly ferocious and will eat people alive, or they will pull people into the water without eating or biting them, just to see how humans struggle, suffocate, and then die in the water.

Ye Shuo chose not to believe these rumors at all.

Isn’t there a lot of rumors spreading around? What’s more, those busybodies got into a quarrel in the end. Just because they told different versions, in order to prove that their rumors were the most reliable, they actually fought in public.

It’s really unreliable. Ye Shuo shook his head.

The further south you go, the bigger the ships are, and the bargaining voices are much quieter. There are boatmen on the big ships, working individually in an orderly manner.

It seems that bigger ships are better. Ye Shuo looked at these big ships. Most of them were two or even three stories high, with wide decks. They could indeed withstand wind and waves better than small ships.

"This... captain?" Ye Shuo picked as many kind-looking captains as possible and asked, "Um, is it okay if I want to rent your boat?"

The captain was fat and round, wearing a blue shorts with his trousers rolled up. He was lying on the deck of his cabin and basking in the sun comfortably.

"Ah? What did you say?" The fat captain half-squinted his eyes.

"I said - I want to rent your boat -! I want to - go to sea -" Ye Shuo thought that maybe the captain had a bad ear, so he said at the top of his lungs.

"Young man, why are you talking so loudly?" The fat captain plucked his ears and glanced at Ye Shuo angrily, "You want to rent my boat, but my boat is very expensive!" After that, he looked up and down carefully.

He looked at Ye Shuo.

Since Ye Shuo had been imprisoned before and was dirty all over, before setting off, he put on a new piece of clothing. It was clean, but it was the uniform of a servant of the Helian Mansion.

"In the past, none of the people who rented my boat were wearing gold and silver. Why are you dressed like a servant?" The fat captain pointed at Ye Shuo's clothes. "——Or?" Fatty

The captain suddenly thought of something, "You rented the boat for your master? Okay! Okay! Then let me go and talk to your owner directly!"

"No. I rent the boat personally." Ye Shuo replied.

"Individual? Then I have to pay a deposit, how about a thousand spirit stones?" Apparently the fat captain didn't take Ye Shuo seriously at all, and he opened his mouth deliberately, just to make him retreat.

"Okay!" Ye Shuo didn't have any other ideas. He quickly took out the storage ring, and a large number of spiritual stones fell on the deck in an instant.

Seeing so many spiritual stones, the fat captain's eyes narrowed again. His eyes were originally small, but when he smiled happily, they seemed to be gone, "Can't you see, brother, you are quite rich!"

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The fat factory director took out a package, stuffed the spirit stones in bit by bit, and asked: "Brother, where are you going to rent a boat? If it's too far, I'll have to pay extra.

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"Uh, this..." Ye Shuo hesitated for a moment, and finally cautiously probed: "Captain, have you ever heard of a mermaid island in the East China Sea?"

As soon as he finished speaking, the fat captain's hand holding the spirit stone suddenly stopped. He stiffly twisted his neck towards Ye Shuo and said with a slight hesitation: "You...you want to go to Mermaid Island?"

"Ah, no, no," Ye Shuo waved his hand quickly, "I just asked out of curiosity."

"Out of curiosity? Stop pretending!" The fat captain resumed his act of pretending to be a spiritual stone, "Do you know how long I have been on this ship? Twenty years! Twenty years, I have seen so many people like you.

, People who eat the heart of a bear and the courage of a leopard, and have a heart that is boundless, go to any mermaid island for some mermaid, but in the end they never come back!"

"Then, if you don't want to rent it to me, can you return the spirit stone to me?" Ye Shuo felt helpless for a while, and he knew that if he told the destination, this would be the result.

Hearing this, the fat captain looked at the spiritual stones in the package and seemed a little reluctant to part with them.

"Little brother, it's not like you don't know that it's very dangerous there! Look, there are so many boatman brothers on my ship. I have to think about them, right? So..." The fat captain struggled for a moment, "One price.

, one hundred thousand spiritual stones! I will sell this ship to you!"

The fat captain himself had no idea when he offered these one hundred thousand spirit stones. Although he was worried that the almost ridiculously high price would directly scare away the buyers, Ye Shuo had given out one thousand spirit stones so readily before.

Due to the instinct of a businessman, he suddenly couldn't resist his greed for money and raised the price sharply.

"Okay!" Ye Shuo couldn't hide the happiness on his face. He was originally thinking that if he couldn't rent a boat, he might have to go to the shipyard and have someone build one for him.

The fat captain didn't expect Ye Shuo to be so generous. That refreshing "Okay!" actually made him stunned for a moment. When he came back to his senses, he immediately responded repeatedly: "Okay, okay, little brother.

You must not go back on your word! I will bring you a boat deed. Just wait here and don’t go away!” After taking a few steps, he couldn’t help but turned around and warned again: “Don’t leave!”

"Fat Third Brother, do you want to sell the boat?" the captain of a nearby ship suddenly shouted.

The fat captain felt as if someone had poked him in the back, and his smile that was as bright as a flower suddenly shrunk: "Slender man, what are you talking about? How can I sell the boat?"

The second thin man smiled maliciously: "Fat Third Brother, I heard it all with my own ears!" Then he leaned his whole body on the railing of the boat and shouted at the Fat Third Brother's boat: "Fat Third Brother

I’m selling my boat!”
Chapter completed!