Chapter 26 The Ship Tomb

Jin Tanzi led us onto the deck. "I can say with certainty that this is a ship tomb. But, look..."

Jin Tanzi pointed to the middle of the deck, "Someone, remove all those planks from earlier."

After Zhu Xiaoyu's men moved those planks, it revealed a square area, about a meter across, that resembled something like "Huarong Road" (a sliding block puzzle).

However, the largest block, representing "Cao Cao," was a grave built on a square base.

The "Five Tiger Generals" were all replaced by five coffins, arranged one across and four deep.

The four pawns were replaced by four ash urns.

Jin Tanzi said softly, "Patriarch Ye, you're an expert in feng shui and mechanisms. Take a look."

Ye Yang walked around the "Huarong Road" once, and only said one thing: "This is a forbidden tomb!"

Jin Tanzi gave a thumbs up and said, "Patriarch Ye has a good eye."

"In my opinion, this ship has never been in the water since it was built. It's always been used as a ship tomb, moored on the shore. It's all to seal the tomb at the very bottom of the hold."

"Once the ship is launched, the tomb at the bottom of the ship will be opened."

"The tomb at the bottom of the ship will move outwards on its own. The five coffins and four ash urns are the restrictions used to block the tomb."

"The tomb moves outwards, and the coffins and ashes will block it back. Unless the thing in the tomb can bypass these coffins like in Huarong Road and walk out of the hold, it can forget about escaping."

Ye Yang listened quietly to the other party without saying anything.

Seeing that Ye Yang didn't speak, Jin Tanzi continued, "I've already checked. Besides this big ship, there are five small boats nearby."

"If we squeeze into the small boats, we can go down the river."

"Please, Patriarch Ye, decide how to proceed."

Ye Yang said coldly, "You're thinking too much, aren't you? If the Reincarnation Division could only rely on these methods to establish itself, it would have been removed from the martial world long ago."

Jin Tanzi couldn't help but be slightly stunned.

Jin Tanzi appeared to be respecting Ye Yang, but was actually trying to provoke the relationship between the Two Worlds Hall.

Jianghu organizations value the authority of their leader extremely, and absolutely will not allow anyone to challenge it.

Power struggles in Jianghu organizations are often accompanied by bloodshed. In order to maintain their authority, the leader will suppress any signs of disobedience from their subordinates.

Jin Tanzi was simply trying to imply that, in the eyes of outsiders, Ye Yang was stronger than him.

However, he was overthinking things.

Everyone in the Two Worlds Hall is a leader, and no one values the position of leader.

Zhu Xiaoyu said angrily, "Jin Tanzi, don't use such petty tricks anymore. Everyone standing here is an outstanding figure. Your little tricks will only make you a laughingstock."

Jin Tanzi retreated to the side, embarrassed.

Zhu Xiaoyu looked towards me instead, "Senior Brother, what do you think?"

I said, "We in the Two Worlds Hall will take the big ship. You can decide what you want to do!"

Zhu Xiaoyu smiled, "Since Senior Brother dares to risk his life, how can I let Senior Brother have all the glory? We'll take the big ship too."

I had my own considerations for wanting to take the warship downstream.

All four of us are fairly good swimmers, but we're definitely not as agile as water ghosts. What's more, what's hidden beneath the black water is still an unknown.

Small boats are certainly much safer at the beginning of the launch, but they're also too crowded. If we encounter danger, we won't be able to use our skills unless we get into the water, and we can only be passively beaten.

Moreover, small boats must be sacrificed to the river before they can be launched.

I don't have any plans to throw people into the water to feed it.

After we all boarded the warship, two Reincarnation Division disciples opened the mechanisms on the dock. The warship slowly entered the water amidst the sound of the winch turning.

The ship's hull also automatically changed direction in the river, and the bow automatically pointed downstream.

The Huarong Road on the deck was automatically raised half a foot, and the grave and coffins on it also trembled at the same time, squeezing out all the ash and soil accumulated in the gaps of the Huarong Road.

The Huarong Road was about to move!

I looked at Ye Yang and said, "When do you think the Huarong Road was made?"

"I don't know!" Ye Yang responded, "The inventor of Huarong Road is no longer traceable. The earliest written record was in 1949. Someone recalled seeing people playing Huarong Road in Shaanxi in 1938."

Ye Yang also reacted, "Are you saying that the person who sealed the warship wasn't the original Six Doors, but Bei Yan Jing Yun?"

I nodded, "Did you notice the heads underwater? Judging from the degree of decay of the heads, the heads were cut off no more than ten years ago. The person who sacrificed the heads to the river should also be Bei Yan Jing Yun."

"In that case, the last three gates of the Road of Life and Death should also have been lost."

"Our entry this time is equivalent to opening the final passage for the ghosts and gods of the Xianyang River."

"If we can't force all the ghosts and gods back to the land of exile, the Yin Division won't spare us."

Since ancient times, the rule in the art world has been: whoever causes the trouble, goes to clean it up.

Unless the warlock who caused the trouble dies and has no successors, he and his successors must bear the consequences.

Zhu Xiaoyu also walked over, "Senior Brother, this time we're really in the same boat. No one can escape."

Zhu Xiaoyu also saw our crisis.