Heirs of the Seven Swords of the Qin Dynasty

Chapter 1294 Mirage

The fairy mountain on the sea suddenly rose up, attracting everyone's attention.

Songhai Port, which has been rarely approached recently, is rarely busy again.

The people were chatting with each other outside, and the soldiers responsible for guarding the port did not come to evict them - they were too busy watching the scene, and it was not against the rules anyway.

After being obsessed with the strange scenery for a long time, Tianming and Shaoyu finally came to their senses.

"Shao Yu, what's going on with this... this mountain? Why is it floating in the sky?" Tianming, who had regained consciousness, immediately pulled Shao Yu's shoulders with excitement, pointed at the fairy mountain in the sky and shouted, "To the east Are there really fairy mountains in the sea!?"

"...You ask me, who am I asking?" Shao Yu rolled his eyes, knocked off Tian Ming's hand that seemed to be following Parkinson's, and replied angrily.

Fortunately, at this time, there was a well-informed master next to him who understood anecdotes and allusions and clarified the confusion:
  "I heard that the high-ranking officials around our emperor seem to be... The National Master once said that outside the East China Sea, there are three overseas fairy mountains, one is called Penglai, one is called Abbot, and one is called... called that... …called Yingzhou!”

"Ouch!"

"According to legend, there are immortals on the mountain, both male and female, who are all extremely handsome and live for a long time, more than a thousand years!"

"Oh!"

"Also, the mountain is covered with exotic flowers and plants. Among them is a kind of fruit tree that blooms in three hundred years, bears fruit in three hundred years, and matures in three hundred years. It is said that mortals who drink wine brewed from this fairy fruit will immediately live forever. You’re not old!”

"Really!?"

Every word this person said would cause a burst of exclamation and admiration from the people around him, and everyone would listen with rapt attention.

"But mortals can only see it from a distance at most, but they can never get close. It is said that only those who are destined to be immortal can climb the immortal mountain and meet the immortal." The speaker continued to take out a few coins from his stomach while enjoying the crowd. Lots of useful information.

At this time, the friends around him questioned... or praised, "But I have never heard of anyone climbing the fairy mountain. Is there really such a thing as fairy fate?"

"Hey, you must have misunderstood this!" The man smiled and patted his friend, "If you climb the fairy mountain, you will naturally enjoy the blessings of immortality and fly to the heaven. How can you return to this earthly world? , let us wait until?"

"Yeah... you're right!" The friend nodded, obviously convinced.

The people around him nodded in agreement - this proved that the drama between the two was not in vain.

Just when everyone wanted to dig deeper into these rumors and anecdotes, some small changes occurred in the fairy mountain in the sky.

It was really a small change, but it immediately caused an uproar among the onlookers.

"Look! An immortal has appeared!"

Someone pointed at the fairy mountain and shouted excitedly, which immediately attracted everyone to look at it.

"Ah!? Where is it?"

"It's true! There really are immortals!"

Everyone became excited.

In fact, the immortals they call are just a few moving white dots appearing on the edge of the immortal mountain.

Originally, this fairy mountain in the sky looked like a pixel painting. It was unknown how far away it was from the shore. The scene everyone saw was illusory and hazy. Fortunately, this fairy mountain was big enough for people to see. perhaps.

But the few moving white dots that suddenly appear next to the mountain are really no different from pixels.

The so-called immortals are nothing more than common people’s conjectures. Of course, such a guess is reasonable.

As for the fairy mountain, the only ones moving on it are the immortals. Although you can’t see clearly what they are, they are definitely moving, and they are flying.

You can also guess it's a bird, but... wouldn't that be boring?
  Tianming couldn't get enough of what he heard, so he pulled Shaoyu aside and whispered:
  "Shao Yu, don't you know anything about these overseas immortals?"

"Uh..." Shao Yu touched his chin and thought for a moment.

Just now Tianming asked him why the mountains were floating in the sky, but he really had no idea at all.

But now that this mountain has been associated with the legendary overseas fairy mountain, he has something to say.

You must know that in the Central Plains today, when it comes to belief in gods and legends, the most common ones are the land of Jingchu and the Bashu generation. Shaoyu has been exposed to it since he was a child, so he naturally knows a lot. It should even be said that he knows more than the one just now The elder brother said more.

"There are actually many legends about the fairy mountain on the sea, and there are different opinions. Almost every legend is very different, and there is no conclusion."

"What the person just said is probably the same, but I haven't heard of anything similar before. I don't know why the Imperial Master told Ying Zheng this..."

Tian Ming didn't care much about this and casually added, "Uncle Gu, just say it casually, just for fun!"

The imperial master is none other than his uncle Gu!
  If Gu Xun had known about this, he would have put up big-character posters all over the city to clarify the matter - this damn thing about the Fairy Mountain on the Sea was all said by the Moon God and Ying Zheng, by the damn Imperial Protector, and he had nothing to do with it. It doesn't matter!
  It is also understandable that it is not easy for ordinary people to find out some anecdotes about the government and the public, and generally they do not value authenticity and accuracy. It is normal for small changes in the communication process to occur.

In fact, what the man said just now is not quite consistent with what Luna said to Ying Zheng, but it was enough for the melon-eaters to just listen to it for fun.

Regarding Tianming's indifferent explanation, Shaoyu thought for a while and felt that there was nothing wrong with it. It was just a legend. No matter what, let's continue talking about the topic of interest.

"I actually remembered a statement that is somewhat related to what we are seeing now."

"Tell me about it!" Tianming was immediately interested when he heard it and urged him hurriedly.

Shaoyu didn't show off, and told his friends the story he had heard before:

"According to legend, there is a huge monster called a mirage deep in the sea."

"Monster!" Tianming exclaimed with wide eyes, getting more and more excited.

"It is said to be a type of dragon. The violent storms on the sea are usually controlled by it."

"It usually absorbs clouds, mist, wind and rain, and when the weather is clear, it spits it out from the body and transforms into a floating mountain peak or even a floating city, attracting passing ships and tourists."

"What happens after the attraction is over?" Tianming felt that the story was a bit gloomy and probably not a good thing.

"After that..." Shao Yu deliberately lowered his voice and tried his best to enhance the atmosphere, "The mirage is hiding behind the illusion formed by the clouds and mist, quietly waiting for its prey to come."

"Prey..." After hearing this word, Tianming knew that he was right, and that something bad was indeed going to happen.

"A ship that encounters a mirage will never return, and the people on board will disappear behind the fog forever." Shao Yu did not say what the mirage would do, but the fate of the 'prey' was enough to explain everything.

When Tianming looked up at the 'fairy mountain' in the sky again, he couldn't help but shuddered and trembled all over:

"Such a beautiful fairy mountain was actually transformed by a monster... and it's so dangerous!"

(End of this chapter)