Holy Bone

Chapter 1647: Human-skin sail, prisoner ship exiled overseas

Wuwuwu——

The black wind howled, blinding people's eyes and causing them to lose their minds.

Less than a day had passed since the last black wind disaster when another storm arose on the sea, violently sweeping across the sky and earth.

The weather in the underworld is unpredictable and can change at any time. The weather on this vast sea is even more unpredictable.

This was not the first black wind disaster experienced on the ghost ship. After Headless Jin'an had gained experience a few times, he asked the one-eyed paper man to fold up the sails, and then find a sheltered place to hide. He used the wind-fixing beads, wind-borrowing technique, and soul-fixing technique to easily deal with the black wind disaster.

He even pulled the one-eyed paper man to his side to protect him from being swept away by the black wind.

Perhaps because of his adoptive parents, the one-eyed paper man was very submissive and obedient to the headless Jin'an, and did not oppose Tiangang's actions.

Wutou Jin'an sometimes wondered if he had stayed in the underworld for too long, and his temperament had been unconsciously affected by the negative energy. Facing this black wind disaster, instead of feeling annoyed, he had a vague sense of anticipation.

I hope the ghost ship will shake out some more broken arms and legs for him to pick up.

He was looking forward to these things, of course not because he was a pervert or had a fetish for collecting exotic objects, but because he wanted to replicate a few more one-eyed paper men so that he could learn more details of the inside story and get closer to the truth.

Just when Headless Jin'an was expecting the black wind disaster to last longer and the ghost ship to bump around for a longer time, he actually saw a huge, blurry black shadow moving at a high speed in the roaring black wind outside the ship.

Being able to move at such a high speed on the sea at this time, it is most likely a ghost ship.

There are tens of thousands of shipwrecks in the world, and there must be tens of thousands of ghost ships in the underworld. Headless Jin'an stared motionlessly at the blurry shadow of the ship in the depths of the black wind disaster.

He had known that he would definitely encounter other ghost ships on this voyage, so he did not show any surprise or surprise. On the contrary, he was very lucky to have encountered other ghost ships after drifting on the sea for so long.

The reason why it is said to be good luck is that the later you encounter other ghost ships, the more you can avoid complications and unnecessary troubles.

"I don't know if there is fierce competition among the ghost ships... such as snatching ships, swallowing Yin Qi, etc..."

Wutou Jinan suddenly had an idea.

Then they prayed that the ghost ship on the opposite side would not come close to attack them.

Unfortunately, his luck had run out, as the other party was actually moving straight towards them, as if he was heading directly for them.

The fact that they could travel in the black storm and meet on the boundless sea was enough to explain the problem. In all likelihood, the other party was coming directly for them.

Headless Jin'an still did not take any action. He continued to hide in a hidden place with the one-eyed paper man, his body always facing the ghost ship after the black wind disaster, as if to indicate that he was watching the movements of the ghost ship.

Wutou Jin'an didn't want to cause any trouble, but that didn't mean he was afraid of trouble. Just because he couldn't do anything on this ghost ship didn't mean he would have enough patience for other ghost ships.

If the ghost ship on the opposite side really didn't know what was good for him and came to sabotage his investigation of the Immortal Cauldron of Gewu, he would have to forcibly and physically exorcise the ghost ship on the opposite side.

As soon as he finished his thought, the ghost ship came closer. Before, it was just a vague black shadow, but now it was so close that he could vaguely see the outline of the mast and the shape of the ship.

The headless Jin An slightly adjusted his body position, changing to a better position for a burst of attack later. He was like an old hunter with enough patience, quietly waiting for the ghost ship to approach, and then giving it a sudden and heavy blow. It was getting closer.

That ghost ship was even more historical and decayed than the one under his feet. It looked to be at least a hundred years old. The hull was so old that it was covered with moss and holes, and it looked like it would capsize in the endless dark sea at any time.

This ship has three masts and is a typical sea-going vessel, bearing the shadow of a Han shipyard. However, it is not from Kangding State. It should be a ghost ship from several dynasties ago, because the shape of the hull is somewhat different from the shipbuilding technology of this dynasty.

There is no canvas on the three masts. Instead, the masts are made of canvas substitutes made by sewing together many pieces of complete human skin mixed with human tendons.

At first glance, this ship gives people an endless sense of evil, and it has no good intentions.

There were many flags on the ship, and those flags had the ancient word "sin" written on them. These ancient words further proved that this ship was not made in this dynasty.

Seeing those flags with the word "sin" on them, Wutou Jin'an thought in his heart and he already had a rough guess about the origin of this ship.

The ghost ship in front of us should be a prison ship specially used to exile criminals.

Some dynasties had the tradition of using old ships retired by the navy as prisoner ships at sea to exile criminals. There are several theories in the Records of the Grand Historian as to why criminals were exiled to the sea.

The first is to increase revenue and reduce expenditure to save treasury expenses.

The second is exile overseas.

The third is related to some ancient sacrificial activities.

In either case, the food and water on these prison ships were limited, and the ships drifted with the current after exile, making it almost impossible for the government to transport supplies. In addition, in order to prevent these exiled criminals from sailing back to land, the masts or canvas would be cut off before exile, which was equivalent to letting these exiles fend for themselves on the ocean.

This is why there is no canvas on the mast of the prison ship, and why human skin and tendons are used as a substitute for canvas.

Behind every completely peeled human skin is the hysterical madness of human nature in the struggle for survival. First the old are killed, then the weak, and finally the people around them. The remaining flesh and blood after skinning can also be stored as dried meat food.

These were not his conjectures. From time to time, prison ships drifted with the tide and ran aground on the coast. The scenes on the prison ships were so inhumane that it was not enough to describe them.

Never underestimate the evil of human nature before people survive.

The situation of the plague ship was different from that of the prison ship. On the plague ship, a group of people infected with the plague were exiled overseas and were destined to die.

Those exiled on the prison ships are all extremely vicious criminals. Never overestimate the moral bottom line of these people. They can do anything to survive.

A prison ship that can appear in the underworld and drift in the underworld must have sunk in the sea in the world of the living. Even if it has not sunk, all the people on board must have died and it has become a ghost ship that harms people.

At this time, the prisoner ship targeted the ghost ship where Headless Jinan was, just like an evil ghost targeting a ghost and strengthening its own practice by devouring the ghost.

However, this prison ship was targeting the wrong prey today. Not to mention that there was a headless Taoist crew member with profound Taoist skills on the ghost ship, just the Karma of the Immortal Cauldron of Gewu carried on the ghost ship was not something that a prison ship could afford to provoke.

The prisoner ghost ship was unaware of this and was still approaching against the wind.