perfect beast

Chapter 54 Poisoning
Sun Lei waved his hands and shouted loudly: "Boatman, come quickly, we are going to cross the sea."

I saw an old man with a thin figure, somewhat ragged clothes and a bamboo hat, rowing a wooden boat to the shore.

"My lord, where are you going?" the old man asked in an old voice.

Zhang Beichen jumped onto the wooden boat and said, "We are going to Wulai Immortal Island."

"Wulai Xiandao?"

Hearing this, the old man's expression was obviously shocked, but he calmed down quickly, and said, "Is this the first time, sir, to Wulai Immortal Island?"

Nodding his head, Zhang Beichen didn't say much.

The boatman said: "Since the young master is going to Wulai Xiandao, the old man will not charge you for this trip, and will take you across the sea for free."

Zhang Beichen raised his eyes and looked at the old man wearing a bamboo hat, but couldn't see his face clearly.

Sun Lei got on the boat and said excitedly, "Master, it seems we met a good man today."

The old man didn't seem to notice that Zhang Beichen was watching him, rowed the oars, and continued: "Wulai Xiandao is a good place. It's like spring all the year round, and the climate is pleasant. There are flowers everywhere, beauties everywhere, and everything is peaceful. , is the place where the gods live. Presumably the young master also went to the island for recreation. Hehe, good, good."

What the old man said surprised Zhang Beichen.

What he said was incompatible with what his father said.

My father said that Wulai Xiandao, although there is a word "immortal", it has nothing to do with immortals, and the island is full of murder and arson, so how can there be peace?
The old man continued talking for a while, then hummed a ditty.

The [-]-mile sea route cannot be completed in one day.

After dark, the old man dropped anchor, got into the boat tent, took out some food, and began to eat deliciously.

After Sun Lei saw it, his stomach gurgled.

He licked his lips and said, "Old man, come, give me something to eat."

"Okay, come!" The old man was not stingy, and took a palm-sized core rice cake from the cloth bag and handed it over.

Sun Lei's face brightened, and he stretched out his hand to pick it up.

Zhang Beichen's face darkened, and he raised his hand and hit Sun Lei hard on the wrist.

"Snapped!"

The strength is not small, making Sun Lei's wrists a little red.

"Sun Lei, there are still eight days to go, we will be there, bear with it, let's eat something good when we get to the island."

After hearing Zhang Beichen's words, the old man's eyes flashed a gleam, but he quickly hid it.

Said: "Hey, it doesn't matter if you don't eat it. Leave it to the old man and I will eat it slowly in the future, hehe."

As he spoke, he took out another wine gourd, opened the gourd plug, and a scent of wine wafted out immediately.

Sun Lei is just a wine barrel, and Zhang Beichen has seen it before in Dexian Tower.

At this time, his eyes were straightened, staring blankly at the wine gourd in the old man's hand, without blinking, licking his lips from time to time, and the sound of swallowing saliva was heard.

However, because he was afraid of Zhang Beichen, he did not ask the old man again.

That night, Zhang Beichen sat cross-legged, holding the Qingyang Sword tightly in his hand, and did not fall asleep.

Because he always found that this old man was a bit weird.

As the night passed, the winter sun gradually rose from the sea.A ray of sunlight with a faint temperature shone into the boat canopy.

Zhang Beichen opened his eyes, and saw the old man rowing the oars on the bow of the boat again.

The sea breeze is gentle, and there are no strong winds and waves. I feel the wooden boat swaying back and forth on the sea.

Cast your eyes on the sea surface, under the deep blue water, there is a deep depth.

For three days in a row, Zhang Beichen and Sun Lei didn't eat any grains or touch a drop of water. Their lips couldn't help being dry and white.

Sun Lei fell on the boat and turned over and over.

Zhang Beichen knew it must be because of hunger.

So he took out a blood pill from the storage ring and said, "Sun Lei, you should swallow this blood pill, it can satisfy your hunger temporarily."

Sun Lei took the blood pill, smiled slightly, and opened his mouth to swallow the pill.

Time passed quietly amidst the turmoil of the wooden boat.

On the night of the eighth day, as usual, the stars in the sky looked extraordinarily bright from the sea.

The old man also took off his bamboo hat, returned to the boat tent, took out his cloth bag, opened it, and ate the rice cakes inside.

Smelling the aroma of cored rice cakes, Sun Lei immediately got up.

Swallowing his saliva, he stared at the core rice cake in the old man's hand, like a wolf who hadn't eaten meat for several months, staring at a fat hare.

"Master, we haven't eaten for eight days. I feel weak all over, and I'm about to starve to death."

Sun Lei smelled the aroma of cored rice cakes, and his hunger almost overwhelmed his rationality.

Zhang Beichen knew that Sun Lei was so big that if he didn't eat for a day, his body would be empty.

But now, in a full eight days, only one blood pill was swallowed.

If Zhang Beichen didn't sit cross-legged and use the aura in his body as a supplement, he would not be able to bear it.

"Then eat!"

Zhang Beichen said calmly.

When the old man heard this, a sinister smile appeared on his face.

It's just that in the dark, no one can see.

He said: "That's right. People are iron rice and steel. If you don't eat for a day, you will be hungry. What's more, both of you are half-children who eat to death, right? Come on, each person has a core rice cake, eat, eat Bar."

The old man was extraordinarily generous and handed over two rice crackers.

Sun Lei's face brightened, and he immediately stretched out his hand to grab one of the core rice cakes.

Zhang Beichen stopped his hand, and said, "Old man, give him the core rice cake you took a bite of."

Dazed for a moment, the old man obviously did not expect that Zhang Beichen would say such a thing.

After the old man was slightly taken aback, he said, "It's all the same, I made them all myself."

"No, I want the piece you took a bite of." Zhang Beichen was very firm.

The old man had no choice but to pass the rice cake with a bit of core in his hand to Sun Lei.

Sun Lei gobbled it up voraciously, and he swallowed the palm-sized rice cakes in two bites.

Suddenly, his eyes turned white, his face flushed, he waved his hands, unable to speak.

The old man said: "No, no, he choked on eating too fast. If he doesn't swallow this piece of rice cake stuck in his throat, his life is in danger!"

Zhang Beichen also knew that if he didn't eat for a few days, the consequences of choking would be very serious.

Immediately, he grabbed a broken gourd and prepared to go to the sea to get some water.

"No, the sea water is poisonous, so you can't drink it." The old man stopped Zhang Beichen, took out his own wine gourd, and said, "Come on, drink this, this is the wine I carry with me."

It is true that sea water is poisonous, and Zhang Beichen doesn't know much about this sea area.

Moreover, the wine gourd that the old man handed over was indeed filled with wine, and every night, the old man would have a few sips.

Should be non-toxic.

So he nodded and said, "Okay, please feed him."

After hearing Zhang Beichen's words, the old man immediately opened the wine gourd and gave Sun Lei a sip.

A long burp came out, and Sun Lei was finally able to breathe smoothly.

However, at this moment, Sun Lei's expression suddenly changed.

"puff!"

A mouthful of blood spewed out from his mouth.

(End of this chapter)