Folk custom: At the beginning of the wedding, the bride takes off her painted skin

Chapter 188: The ghost on the ghost ship [Large chapter with additional updates]

It was so quiet outside the door that not even footsteps could be heard.

But the laughter of those women could be heard, and the scene was very strange.

What's even more terrifying is that the laughter is getting closer and closer... In just a few breaths, the laughter seems to have arrived at the door.

But through this wooden door, I don't know what ghost is outside the door, making weird laughter.

The people inside the door stopped in place without making any movement.

But Tanxiao, who was leaning against the door, quietly squeezed in.

He has always been timid and has always been afraid of death.

"Giggle, they seem to be very scared." A woman's delicate voice came from outside the door.

The fifth sister looked at Li Daoxuan.

The latter was not in a hurry to move because he still wanted to see what the ghost outside the door was capable of.

"Put your hair back..."

Tanxiao said to Wu Shuran.

"Huh? My hair?"

As soon as Wu Shuran finished speaking, a black light flashed in front of her.

Knife.

It was Li Daoxuan's butcher's knife. The black butcher's knife struck from in front of her, behind Tanxiao, and cut off a bundle of hair.

Immediately afterwards, a bunch of hair that poked out from under the door frame shrank back.

Li Daoxuan, with quick eyes and quick hands, took off a piece of the bell-ringing stick and threw the coffin nails from his back.

The coffin was nailed to the ground, but unfortunately only a few hairs were nailed on, and most of the coffins were directly exited from under the door frame.

Even the laughter outside the door stopped. Li Daoxuan had quick eyes and quick hands and kicked him hard.

There was a loud noise of "Bang——".

Under normal circumstances, even if the door opens inward, it should be able to be kicked open by Li Daoxuan's kick.

But... this thin wooden door was unscathed.

"Damn it."

Li Daoxuan thought of the reminder before chatting and laughing. This ghost ship might not be destroyed. If not, he could really cut through the floor and go directly to the bottom of the cabin.

When he opened the wooden door, there was no movement outside.

The fifth sister also stuck her head out.

"The ground!" Wu Yanran said in surprise.

Li Daoxuan looked down and saw that the originally clean ground was now covered with water stains. It looked like it had been dragged by a mop.

"It's those hairs just now, they went this way."

Following the water stains on the ground, they could easily tell that those ghosts just came from the left side, and even walked from that side.

"Let's go and take a look."

Li Daoxuan has always been bold. With the butcher's knife in his hand, he has nothing to be afraid of.

They were talking and laughing in the middle, with the fifth sister at the back, very safe.

The sailors on both sides of the corridor were hiding quietly in the room, not daring to come out at all. For a while, the only sounds of their footsteps could be heard in the huge and deep corridor.

Previously, Li Daoxuan and others walked on the right side, but they had never been to the left side before. After walking through the corridor, they encountered a corner, and then there was another staircase.

The water stains on their hair showed that they came down from upstairs.

Li Daoxuan stopped.

"The upstairs is still where people live, but they are all occupied by some relatively high-status boatmen on the ship. The upper floors are on the deck."

Wu Shuran had walked past this place before, so he explained to a few people.

"Go up and have a look."

After Li Daoxuan finished speaking, he was about to go up the stairs, but suddenly, the ghost ship shook violently.

Li Daoxuan didn't notice for a while, and even swayed for a while, and finally managed to stand firm by holding on to the stairs.

But when he looked up again, he found that there were two more menacing bosuns on the stairs.

One of them even swung the whip with water on his hand, making a "crack" sound.

Although he didn't attack Li Daoxuan directly, his meaning was already clear.

"You guys, if you don't stay well in your rooms, why don't you come out and run around!" the boatswain holding the whip shouted.

Li Daoxuan thought about teaching them a lesson.

Although he can't kill people, he is also very good at playing with whips. Once the dog leash is out, it is not a simple matter to tie up an ordinary person.

"Boss, there's a ghost on the boat!"

Tanxiao took a step forward and spoke first.

At the same time, he lightly touched Li Daoxuan with his shoulder, indicating that he would do it.

"Ghosts? Where are the ghosts from? I think you are the ghosts, wandering around here without sleeping in the middle of the night." The whip-wielding boatswain shouted angrily again.

Tanxiao pointed to the water stains on the ground and said seriously: "These are the traces of those ghosts crawling... We just saw them."

The boatswain holding the whip lowered his head slightly, and Li Daoxuan slapped the dog leash on his waist.

He flew out in an instant, followed the stairs, and tied up the boatswain.

"Brother Daoxuan..."

Before they could finish talking and asking questions, two black shadows rushed out from behind the two bosuns and headed to the upper level.

Immediately afterwards, the familiar laughter echoed: "It's quite capable."

The two boatswains fell heavily to the ground and fell unconscious. Li Daoxuan kicked on the stairs. This time, he didn't wait for anyone, and jumped up and crossed the two floors of stairs.

When he landed and stood firm, there was already a strong sea breeze blowing in front of him.

The front door was open, and it was pitch dark outside.

At this point, there is no obstruction, and the sound of waves hitting the hull is already very clear.

He went out to the deck. Not far ahead, there were water stains where the two bundles of hair had landed.

Following the two extremely obvious traces, it is not difficult to see that the last two bundles of hair fell into... the sea.

Li Daoxuan followed the edge of the ghost ship, leaned on the handrail and stuck his head out. The waves were rolling, but there was no trace.

"Brother Daoxuan, how's it going?"

A few people who were talking and laughing also walked out.

"They jumped into the sea, or they came up from the sea..." Wu Shuran also lay down and went out to take a look, but saw nothing.

"Ah."

Since nothing could be seen in the sea, Li Daoxuan turned back and looked around, looking at this huge ghost ship.

This is the first time to see the whole ghost ship outside.

His first reaction was... it was very big. The whole ship was very big, but the mast would have to be hugged by three people.

The second thing is weird. For some reason, after arriving on this deck, Li Daoxuan felt like he was being watched.

But I didn't see anyone else on the deck.

In addition, the entire ship has a dark brown color, as if... it was salvaged from the bottom of the water.

"Let's go back."

Unable to see anything, Li Daoxuan could only choose to go back.

When they returned to the second floor of the cabin along the way they came, they suddenly discovered that the two bosuns who had fallen on the ground... were missing.

Only Li Daoxuan's dog leash was left, casually thrown aside.

Li Daoxuan looked around and said: "Those two are not right either. If we meet again next time, trap them first."

Going one floor further down, we returned to the floor where the sailors lived. Going back along the corridor, Li Daoxuan realized something was wrong before he even reached the door of his room.

He raised his right hand and stopped the three people talking and laughing behind him.

The fifth sister at the end was immediately ready to take action.

"Be careful."

On the ground at the door of Li Daoxuan's room, in addition to the traces left by the two bundles of hair before, the same traces were also left on the corridor on the right at this moment.

What does it mean?

It means that after they left, some hair slipped in from the corridor on the right and also slipped into their room.

"I'll go in first, you guys block the door!"

Not sure whether the ghost inside had left or not, Li Daoxuan strode in directly.

Outside the door, the fifth sister blocked the door tightly, one on the left and the other on the right.

There was nothing on the bed, but there were water stains, indicating that the hair that came in later had been on Li Daoxuan's bed. Other than that, there were no other traces.

Li Daoxuan just wanted to look behind the door, but at this moment, a bundle of black hair suddenly crawled out from under the bed and wrapped around his feet.

At the same time, he quickly tied his feet, and then climbed up on him.

His movements were so fast that even Li Daoxuan couldn't react. He subconsciously wanted to break free, but no matter how hard he tried.

But he didn't get the hair free at all, instead it felt tighter and tighter.

'What the hell! '

Thoughts flashed through Li Daoxuan's mind. He had already pulled out the butcher's knife from his waist and slashed it down his legs.

The sharp butcher's knife can be said to be the nemesis of this hair. Under the blade, the originally tough hair was cut open from top to bottom without even being able to hold it for a moment.

But at this moment, the bundle of hair that came up from his back finally climbed to the top of his head.

A bundle of hair that was still dripping with sea water and had an extremely fishy smell lay directly on Li Daoxuan's face like a huge spider.

The endless hair went directly along his nose, ears, and even mouth, trying to penetrate into his body.

The huge pain made Li Daoxuan become violent, and he grabbed the bundle of hair with his free left hand.

A sharp tug, accompanied by a sharp pain.

Pulling on these hairs was like pulling on his skin.

Li Daoxuan also knew what was going on. In just a moment, the hair blended into his skin.

He simply couldn't imagine what would happen if he reacted a little slower!

Li Daoxuan felt as if he was desperate for his life when he struck hard. Blood kept falling, but fortunately, the bundle of hair was finally torn off by his left hand.

He pinned her to the ground.

"Brother Daoxuan, I'll come."

The fifth sisters had nothing to do and could only watch Li Daoxuan anxiously.

But fortunately, Tanxiao walked in and saw that he took out a piece of light red talisman paper from the Sumeru and put it directly on Li Daoxuan's hand.

It was attached to the bundle of hair.

He made a secret with his left hand and recited a word.

"Go!"

In an instant, the talisman spontaneously ignited, burning the struggling bundle of hair, and the violent resistance in Li Daoxuan's hand disappeared.

As soon as he loosened his grip, his hair burst into flames on the ground.

After the fire, there was only a pile of ashes left on the ground. Apart from that, there was only the smell of burning hair that filled the room, proving that evil spirits had just appeared here.

On the other side, Wu Yanran also knelt down and took a look, "There is nothing under the bed anymore."

Looking at the pile of burned ashes, Li Daoxuan glanced at the panel again.

[It is not surprising that the reckless pig butcher almost died at the hands of the "Hai Granny". Your survival points are +6 (blue). 】

"What the hell...is this? Why can't even Li Daoxuan handle it?" Wu Shuran asked Tanxiao.

"Hai Hao Nu."

Li Daoxuan closed the door in a calm tone.

"What? Is this Hai Po Nu?" The person who spoke in surprise was Tan Xiao.

"What... is the sea mother-in-law?"

Wu Yanran's eyes lingered on Li Daoxuan and Tanxiao, with confusion in her eyes.

Tanxiao did not answer her in a hurry, but looked at Li Daoxuan, "Brother Daoxuan, are you sure this is Hai Po Nu?"

"What, isn't it right?"

Li Daoxuan is indeed not sure, but the panel is certain.

Tan Xiao took a deep breath and said: "If it is really a sea mother-in-law, it will be difficult to deal with... And the sea women I know are all women. They are evil spirits or evil spirits. Although they attack people with their hair, they have never I heard they can take off their hair and move around.”

"This is indeed Hai Po Nu, although I don't know why it is like this." Li Daoxuan was naturally certain of the answer told by the panel.

"Normally speaking, sea women live in the sea. When someone or a grain eater falls into the water, they will get involved. Their method of killing is the same as when they attacked Brother Daoxuan. They will Wrap your hair around the other person's mouth and nose."

"In this way, the opponent will quickly lose the ability to resist in the water."

"Although these sea women don't have any rank, if they were in the sea, ordinary fifth-rate grain eaters would have trouble escaping."

After finishing talking and joking, he still frowned and said, "The sea woman here is a bit weird, I'm afraid it will be more difficult to deal with."

"Aren't they afraid of fire?"

Although Fifth Yanran talks little, she can always get to the point every time she speaks.

Tanxiao let out a "tsk", then shook his head and said: "I'm just testing it. If this is really the sea woman, then they are not afraid of fire... This is not the way."

"Is there a possibility that many of the crew members on the ship, especially those who were not injured but were still dead, were probably killed by these sea women?"

Li Daoxuan suddenly thought of something else.

"It's possible..." Tanxiao suddenly thought of something, slapped his forehead and exclaimed: "I understand, I understand."

"Brother Daoxuan, please wake me up. Let's go and find a crew member who was killed by Hai Po Nu."

Talking and laughing, he turned and opened the door.

Although Li Daoxuan and the others didn't understand what he understood, they still had trust in each other. They came out one after another and chose a room they had never been to before.

Li Daoxuan pushed the door open and found that the man huddled in the corner had been stabbed in the face, with severe wounds.

One look and you can tell it’s not.

"I discovered it." Wu Shuran suddenly said.

Li Daoxuan didn't care about the shivering sailor. He closed the door and retreated to the room where Wu Shuran was.

A tall sailor was forced into a corner by a few of them. He was not injured at all, but the skin on his face had begun to rot.

"What do you want to do? I tell you, my brother is the boatswain. If you dare to attack me, my brother will throw you into the sea and feed it to the fish!" "No, chop it into pieces and feed it to the fish!"

He became even more frightened when he saw Li Daoxuan coming in again with a knife.

Li Daoxuan pursed his lips, and Wu Yanran had already closed the door. Suddenly, the man stood on tiptoes, leaning against the wall, and his face became ugly.

There was even a little bit of flesh scraped off the wall.

On the other side, Tanxiao was already leaning on his four bronze coins, and after completing the calculation, he said in a deep voice behind the three of them:

"Indeed...be careful!"

Before he could finish speaking, the dead sailor in front of him had thick hair squeezed out of his mouth, nose, and ears.

The sailor, who was still alive and kicking before, now has no movement in his eyes.

He... was completely dead.

Black hair was coming out of his body, especially from the inside of his mouth, but when he took a breath, a large ball of hair came out. The scene was extremely nauseating.

The three of them just surrounded him in the middle. Li Daoxuan was holding a butcher's knife, while the fifth sister was holding a pair of scissors and the other was holding a measuring stick.

The fifth-rate grain eater in the [Hand Blowing Wizard] system is called [Tailor].

Seeing the chatter and laughter behind him, he had already taken out another piece of red talisman paper, but just as the bundle of hair came out of the sailor's body.

Li Daoxuan brushed his left hand from his waist quietly, and suddenly a pot of hot oil was poured out by him, directly onto the ball of hair that had just crawled out.

With a "Zila" sound, the ball of hair shrank into a ball instantly.

Beside him, the fifth sister and Tan Xiao looked at him in disbelief.

The fifth Shuran asked directly: "This... this seems to be a ninth-rate [oil seller] selling oil, right? Li Daoxuan, you?"

"When you go out, you have many skills and don't overwhelm yourself."

After speaking, Li Daoxuan looked at the ball of hair on the ground, frowned, and looked sideways at Tanxiao who came over, "Actually, all the hair we found came out of the bodies of these crew members?"

"If my prediction is correct... these should be the larvae of the Sea Mother. The ones I know about are all the mature bodies of the Sea Mother."

"So, Tao Zhang, what you are saying is that the sea women regard this ghost ship as a place for them to lay eggs, or to parasitize and cultivate their offspring?"

After Wu Shuran understood, his face became a little ugly.

Although she didn't know what was going on with this sea woman, things that even Taoist Priest Tan found difficult must be the same for her.

"pretty close."

Even while talking and laughing, my heart felt a little heavy.

Li Daoxuan, who was squatting, saw that the hair was no longer moving, so he stabbed him again with the butcher knife in his hand. When he looked up again, the sailor had turned into fly ash.

Only one dead man's money was left on the ground.

After finding the larvae of the sea woman, according to the rules of this ghost ship, they still found the cause of the sailor's death.

"I think it might not be that simple."

Li Daoxuan picked up the dead man's money and put it into Sumeru.

"Brother Daoxuan means..."

"Nothing interesting. Coming from a grain-eater's intuition."

Li Dao

"Be careful."

The conversation and laughter were no longer as relaxed as they had been when they first came in, and several people retreated from the room again.

But as soon as Li Daoxuan went out, he found that the door of a room not far away was open, and an old man's head poked out from inside.

His face was wrinkled and covered with corpse spots.

But his eyes were surprisingly calm, without any fear.

"Hey!"

Li Daoxuan threatened him, but he didn't feel any weird at all. He just shook his head calmly and said, "You are going to die soon."

"what?"

Li Daoxuan was frightened by his sudden words. He also discovered that this sailor seemed to be a little different from other sailors.

The most important one is that he is old.

And he is old enough. Normally, it is impossible to stay on the ship as a sailor at this age.

"Old man, do you know something?" Tanxiao took a few steps forward and asked in a low voice.

The old man seemed to know something, so he turned around and stepped back, "Come in and talk."

Tan Xiao turned around and glanced at Li Daoxuan. After seeing him nodding, he walked in.

After Li Daoxuan also came in, he discovered that the old man's room was actually much more spacious than the rooms of other sailors.

After taking a closer look, I discovered that his room was two rooms combined into one.

"Close the door."

The fifth Shuran from behind opened the door. The old man took a sip of the tea on the table, but as soon as he drank it, all the tea leaked from his chin.

His chin had long since rotted and formed a gap.

"You disturbed the ghosts on the ghost ship. I'm afraid you won't live long." The old man said slowly.

"ghost?"

Tanxiao looked back at them, and Li Daoxuan asked directly: "Old man, do you mean that those sea women are the ghosts on this ship?"

The old man shook his head and said: "I don't know what a sea mother-in-law is. I only know that those are... ghosts passed down from generation to generation on our ship."

"When they come to this world, everything on the ship will cease to exist. Everyone on our ship will be sacrifices to the ghosts."

"So...old man, do you know that you are dead?"

Li Daoxuan guessed something, but he couldn't believe it. If this was really the case, then how did the sailor in front of him... live to this day?

Could it be that he could evade the rules of the ghost ship? This possibility made Li Daoxuan unbelievable.

"I know, I only found out a few days ago."

The old man said as he touched the rotten gap on his chin and found a bit of rotten flesh.

He threw it casually on the ground and wiped his hands on his pants.

"You don't need to pay attention to me. I'm different from them, because no one on this ship is older than me, so I know more."

"There is a small boat for our escape at the bottom of the cabin. You guys should leave quickly. You have hurt the heirs of the ghost, and they will come up for revenge soon."

The old man said and waved his hand, signaling Li Daoxuan and the others to leave quickly.

Wu Shuran looked at her and wanted to say something, but Li Daoxuan stretched out his hand to stop her.

He nodded and said solemnly: "Okay!"

"It's just that I think the road to the bottom of the cabin is blocked. I don't know where the agency is. Can you tell me something?"

"The control room for agency information is next to the captain's cabin. If you can't go there, you can only wait at the stairs. Basically, that door will open every other day."

Li Daoxuan stood up after asking this question, "Is opening the door related to cabin No. 3 on the bottom floor?"

"What? You..."

The old man still wanted to say something, but those jet-black hairs had already started to come out of his mouth, and they were squeezed out bit by bit, as if they were being squeezed hard.

The hot oil on Li Daoxuan's waist is ready.

Just waiting for these hairs to appear, he also said to the three people next to him: "Abandon some insignificant fantasies. If what this old man said is true, we may really have to confront these ghosts."

"Ah."

"rest assured."

The hair appeared, but before he could take any action, he was killed by a pot of hot oil poured by Li Daoxuan.

But then they discovered that after the old man turned into ashes and died, no dead money appeared.

"The last dead man Qian was probably forced out by our sea woman larvae. This one came out on her own."

Talking and laughing can only be explained in this way.

"Let's go now and see if any of these sailors were killed by the sea woman. Let's deal with some of them first."

Li Daoxuan was about to go out as he spoke, but suddenly, Wu Yanran, who was leaning by the door, said: "It's... dawn."

It had always been night before, but at this moment, there was a ray of light seeping in from outside.

But as if in response to what she said, a gong suddenly sounded outside the door.

"Get up quickly, you lazy pigs! We are about to cross the storm area. If you don't get up quickly, you all want to die here!"

The bosun struck the gong as he passed in the outer corridor.

Then there was a series of door opening sounds.

"Let's go out and have a look too."

When Li Daoxuan and others came out, they found that the sailors who were lucky enough to survive were all dragging their numb bodies towards the left.

Going up the stairs over there is the deck.

[The butcher who has been through the night does not seem to realize the seriousness of the matter, but the ghost ship will not wait for anyone. You are about to pass through the storm area. I hope you can survive this... feast. 】

[Remember, what is more terrifying than evil spirits is the human heart. 】

The panel said something without beginning or end, but Li Daoxuan, who was familiar with the panel's nature, knew that that was the core prompt.

Just like when I was at the Ghost Inn, it was the same.

"Let's go and take a look."

After saying that, several people also followed these dead people and came to the deck along the path they took last night.

The hull shook more violently. Although it was morning, the sky was not too bright. On the ghost ship swaying left and right, Li Daoxuan saw that the sky and sea in front became one.

Black clouds covered the entire sky, and rain curtains poured down, as if forming a huge barrier.

And that direction is exactly where the ghost ship is going.

After just watching for a while, another huge wave came over, as if it was going to overturn the entire ship.

A sailor not far ahead of Li Daoxuan failed to hold him steady and fell directly to the deck.

Looking at his originally intact body, a lot of corpse fluid leaked out in an instant.

Li Daoxuan hurriedly said to him: "Brother, you are actually dead a long time ago. Haven't you noticed... There are a lot of hairs in your body."

"what?"

He was about to say something, but hair began to come out of his mouth and nose, and he lost his reaction.

Li Daoxuan didn't look again.

Not far away, a group of boatswains were already shouting.

"Why don't you hurry up and lock everything on the deck?"

"And you guys, go and tighten the mast. You can go over there and see if there is any problem with the anchor."

"Come here with a few more people and follow me to the bow of the ship."

"..."

As the wind roared, heavy rain was already pouring down, but within a short time, continuous raindrops hit Li Daoxuan's face.

In just such a short time, the sailor just turned into ashes, leaving only a dead man's money in place.

The ball of hair also reacted very quickly, and in the blink of an eye, it jumped onto the fence and then jumped into the water.

Li Daoxuan stepped forward and held on to the fence to watch. He saw that the ball of hair fell into the black water, struggled a few times, and then sank to the bottom of the sea.

Vaguely, he seemed to see a human-like thing flashing past in the sea water at a very fast speed.

Looking again, there is nothing.

"What are you guys doing here? Why don't you come with me and see if there is any water in the main control room?"

A boatswain wearing oilcloth clothes came over and greeted Li Daoxuan and the others.

As the rain hit his face, he wiped it casually.

"understood."

Li Daoxuan, who was originally going to find a reason to prevaricate him casually, and then continue to look for sailors on the deck to take the dead man's money, immediately agreed after hearing that he was going to the main control room.

"Let's go first. If we stay on the deck, the probability of death is very high."

Tan Tao Chang, who had just made another divination, looked very ugly.

He even regretted entering the Evil Suppression Tower. This was only the first world and it was so difficult to deal with. If he had to go to the second floor, would it be okay?

"it is good."

Li Daoxuan feels that it is indeed much more convenient to carry a talker with him.

Several people followed the boatswain, crossed the deck, and entered through a door on the side, then arrived at the most upscale part of the entire ghost ship.

There was even a blanket on the ground.

After changing into special clothes at a fixed location, and being warned over and over again by the boatswain, I finally crossed a hallway.

Li Daoxuan and others came to the main control room of the entire ghost ship.

But as soon as they entered the door, they were stunned.

Because they saw someone here.

"What are you doing standing there? Why don't you hurry up and salute!" Seeing this, the boatswain hurriedly urged him, and even wanted to give him a slap in the face, but he calmly dodged him.

"What? You seem surprised? It's not like you've never seen me before."

The gray-haired captain held a pot of hot tea in his hand and said with a smile.

The smile is quite kind.

But Li Daoxuan and the others couldn't relax, because they discovered that this captain... looked almost exactly the same as the old man they saw in the sailors' residential area before.

Seeing their indifference, the boatswain became even more angry.

But the captain stopped him.

"Tell me, why are you so surprised to see me?" The captain looked at Li Daoxuan, who was standing in the middle, and asked.

In the eyes of several people, Li Daoxuan was not polite.

If this was a game and the captain in front of him was the boss, then Li Daoxuan... did not draw A, but directly chose to open up.

"Captain, do you know... that you are dead?"

The panel pops up.

[When the reckless pig-killer couldn't find a clue, he chose to charge at the captain of the ghost ship...! 】

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ps: It’s a big chapter. I’ve paid back one chapter and added an update. There’s still one chapter left... Huh, don’t vote for the monthly vote. Two chapters a month is already my limit. If I vote for another monthly vote, it will be three chapters. , too much to eat.

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