I was already shocked at that time and forgot to throw away the hook in my hand. I only remembered it after it climbed a few steps, but it was too late, and the thing had reached out to grab the side of the boat. At this time, I saw it clearly at close range. The whole thing was swollen and ulcerated, which made people feel very disgusting. It had long hair and was wet behind me. Two white eyes were looking at me. I felt my heartbeat stop.

I hurriedly wanted to retreat and escape, but found that at some point, two strands of hair had wrapped around my ankles, and I suddenly lost my center of gravity and fell on the deck. The thing was like a monkey, lying on the side of the boat with both hands and feet, tilting his head to look at me. Being stared at by its two white eyes, I couldn't help but feel chills in my heart. Suddenly, the thing stretched out his hand with long nails and headed straight for my face.

I stepped back desperately, but the two strands of hair were very strong and I couldn't break free for a while. I could only shout to help, while watching the hand get closer to my face. I felt all my hair explode.

Suddenly, I heard two extremely fast footsteps sounded on the deck next to me, and at the same time, a figure had arrived beside me. Then a cold light flashed, and with a squirting sound, I saw that the thing had already separated from his head, and then he heard a plop and fell into the sea.

I struggled to hold the boat's side and climbed up, but I was frightened to see that the thing's head was still hanging from its hair, hanging outside the boat's side. At this time, it was rolling its eyes at me. The other end of the hair was still tied to my ankle. My feet softened and fell on the deck again, and hurriedly reached out to pull the hair on my feet.

Suddenly, a voice shouted, "Stop! Don't move!" Uncle Er ran to me, "This thing can't be removed with his hands." As he was speaking, Lao Lei's head next to him stretched out his tobacco pipe and poured some ash on my ankle hair. After brushing it, the hair was like electricity, and all of them were removed instantly.

I heard another sound of falling into the water, and I quickly stood up and saw the thing's head, dragging its long hair slowly sinking.

Only then did I feel relieved, my legs trembled constantly, and I supported the boat's side with both hands, so that I didn't fall down again. I took a while before I returned to the cabin with my second uncle and the others.

A large pot of fish in the cabin was already cooked and was steaming with a scent.

I was so scared and tossed just now that I was hungry. The tempting fragrance really made me salivate. My second uncle also poured me a glass of wine, "Drink some to calm down."

I nodded, picked up the wine glass in front of me and took a big sip. I swallowed the hot white wine, which made me grin.

After drinking the liquor, I calmed down a lot, so I asked my second uncle and others: "What was that thing just now?"

"That's the water ghost," Uncle Er also took a sip of wine. "Although I don't go to sea many times, I have been there a few times. I just heard of the water ghosts in the sea, but I didn't expect to see them today."

Lao Leitou said, "This is the one who died in the sea. He was unwilling to be taken away by Yasha City. Therefore, he held his resentment and soaked his body in the water, rotting but not rotting. He just waited for the passing ships to recruit people as substitutes."

"Is there really a Yasha City?" I was still skeptical about Lao Lei's words.

"Of course there is!" Old Lei said quickly, "This is how ancestors passed down from generation to generation. Yasha City was used by the Dragon King to collect the wronged souls in the sea. It is in the deepest part of this sea. There is an extremely deep sea eye, which leads directly to the Hall of Hell."

I was amused as soon as I heard this, "The Palace of the King of Hell, that's in Qilian Mountain!" I turned to Lao Lei and said, "Old man, don't believe it when you say it. I'm also the one who has visited the Palace of the King of Hell!"

Lao Lei hurriedly covered my mouth, "I dare not talk nonsense. Be careful of being heard by the patrol Yasha, and he raised our ship and took us to Yasha City!"

"Old Lei, you always say that you have never seen Yasha City Yasha City, so it may not be true!"

Lao Lei was a little anxious when he heard this, "Who said I had never seen it before? I..." Halfway through the words, Lao Lei swallowed it back and shook his head gently.

I looked at Lao Lei's serious expression and found it a little funny. Although I didn't believe it, I was unwilling to argue with him. I said, "Old Lei, do you think there are many water ghosts in the sea? Will we still encounter them?"

Lao Lei shook his head, "Who can tell the things in the sea accurately? In short, be careful first. Let's not talk about this matter anymore. Be careful of being taboo!"

I knew that people who were at sea all year round were taboo to say these things, so I shut up.

After taking a few sips of wine in a depressed manner, Lao Lei suddenly got up and walked into the cargo hold below, without saying a word. Uncle and I looked at each other, and we didn't know what Lao Lei went down to do.

Soon, Lao Lei came back, but he held the soul-summing banner in his hand and smiled bitterly at us, "I remember, the water ghost just now, maybe... maybe it was my soul-summing banner that attracted me. I hope to take Xiao Lei home, but I can't implicate you. I'd better throw it away first. I'll come back when I'll send you back." As he said that, Lao Lei walked out of the cabin with the soul-summing banner, and my second uncle and I stood up and followed.

Lao Lei was all by the boat, holding the soul-summing banner in his hand tightly, and murmured to himself: "Son, don't blame dad, dad knows that you may have... But we can't harm others for ourselves, please wait a while." After that, Lao Lei closed his eyes tightly, reached out and threw the soul-summing banner into the sea.

The second uncle stepped forward to hold Lao Lei's shoulder and said, "Brother Lei, you are a true and kind person. I promise you that if the place we are going this time is the same as your son's painting, we will definitely help you find him, whether it is alive or..."

Uncle Er didn't say the second half of the sentence, and Lao Lei nodded sadly.

We watched the soul-summoning banner float further and further in the sea. Just as we turned around and wanted to go back, in our surprised eyes, the white soul-summoning banner suddenly stood up, just like someone lifted it up under the water. The soul-summoning banner floated like this for nearly a minute, and then suddenly sank into the water and could no longer be seen.

The three of us looked at each other and each saw more or less fear in each other's eyes. I couldn't help but wonder how many unknown secrets are hidden in this vast ocean!

We returned to the cabin and received the influence of what happened just now. We lost our interest just now. After we finished our meal, we went to rest.

I slept very uneasy that night and had many nightmares. Sometimes I dreamed that the sea water turned red, sometimes I dreamed that countless hands stretched out from the sea. This made me sweat profusely.

When I opened my eyes again, through the cabin window, I saw that the outside was white, the sound of the boat breaking through the water and the swaying up and down of the hull. This feeling was actually very pleasant. I decided to go and watch the sunrise on the sea.

I suddenly remembered the text I learned in elementary school: Ba Jin's "Sunrise on the Sea". At this time, as mentioned in the text, it was not yet bright, and the surroundings were very quiet, and only the sound of machines in the boat could be heard.

I got up and walked out of the cabin. The cool sea breeze blew on my face. The bad feelings left by yesterday also seemed to have been diluted by the sea breeze. I looked at some white light slightly in the east, and I knew that there would be some time before the sunrise.

I saw Lao Lei's head sitting on the side of the boat smoking a dry cigarette, so I walked over, "Old Lei, get up so early!"

Lao Lei looked at me, "I'm old, I don't have that much sleep!"

I also imitated Lao Leitou and sat on the side of the boat. The side of the boat was very narrow, and the deep sea was on one side. It was really exciting. When I looked down, I was a little dizzy, but Lao Leitou opposite me was calm, just like sitting on a small stool in front of my house.

Lao Lei handed over the dry tobacco in his hand, "Do you want to take a sip?"

I smiled and waved my hand, "I won't smoke anymore, I'll quit."

Lao Lei nodded, "It's okay to quit, Xiao Lei never smokes..."

Seeing that he remembered the sad things again, I hurriedly asked him, "Old Lei, have you been on the beach since you were a child?" In fact, I knew this was a nonsense, just wanted to change the topic as soon as possible.
Chapter completed!