Chapter Eleven: Leaving Ghostly Gorge

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  Leng Yun sat down on the deck with a crisp movement, and at this time, even an idiot would know that the small lamp in his hand was a treasure. For the first time, at least in Leng Yun's personal feeling, he had possessed a treasure, and he couldn't help but feel extremely excited, holding the fist-sized small lamp and examining it repeatedly on the deck.

  This lamp is not much different from the oil lamps used on the Barbarian Cloud Island, including the lamp base and lampshade. Except for its size, color, and being smaller than ordinary lamps, it seems to be a miniature version of an oil lamp.

  After a glance, Leng Yun's attention was first focused on the lampshade. In Yan State, transparent white crystal was not something valuable. The oil lamp beside Leng Yun's mother's bed used a white crystal lampshade, so Leng Yun was not unfamiliar with crystal. This small lamp also used a kind of crystal, but this crystal looked more transparent than the one beside his mother's bed, and it seemed to flash a hint of golden light unintentionally.

  Of course, there are still many differences, but with Leng Yun's current knowledge, he can only discover these. Afterwards, Leng Yun's attention focused on the lamp base that the old man with white beard had deliberately pointed out earlier. However, upon closer inspection, Leng Yun was startled to find that this lamp base was carved with all sorts of underwater creatures. But what surprised him the most was that he discovered a carving in one corner that looked exactly like the Great White Turtle. With his understanding of the Great White Turtle, he could even confirm that this carving was indeed the Great White Turtle, because the patterns on its back were identical to those on the Great White Turtle's back.

  Leng Yun was sizing up the small lamp, while Xiao Hei on the side also stretched its neck to size it up. Just as Leng Yun was distracted by the large white turtle's relief carving, Xiao Hei suddenly spat a mouthful of black demonic energy at the small lamp.

  "Hum!"

  The little black thing's eerie aura had just fallen onto the lamp base when the small lamp, which was originally lying quietly in Leng Yun's palm, suddenly floated to the top of Leng Yun's head and let out a deafening roar that sounded almost identical to Xiao Hei's cry. As this deafening sound echoed through the air, the calm surface of the water outside the boat suddenly churned up giant waves several meters high, which crashed heavily against the surrounding cliffs, causing the entire Ghost Worrying Gorge to seem as if it was shaking.

  Fortunately, this change came quickly and went quickly, the huge wave soon restored calmness. If it wasn't for the small lamp floating eerily above Leng Yun's head, Leng Yun would have thought he was seeing things for a moment.

  "Baby, this ugly lamp is a real treasure!" Leng Yun hastily grabbed the small lamp from his head and then, without thinking, carefully put it into his bosom. At this time, if the old man with white whiskers wanted to take back the lamp, Leng Yun would definitely jump into the water and escape immediately. Not taking advantage of a good thing is stupid, this was what the elder of the Man Long Island had instilled in the next generation since they were young.

  It wasn't clear how much time had passed, but Cold Cloud was still lost in his daydream of storming the Dragon Palace when White Whisker's voice echoed through the cabin once more. This time, however, he sounded even weaker than before.

  As he entered the cabin, Leng Yun first saw the little girl's face that had left him stunned more than once. The little girl solemnly bowed to Leng Yun and said, "Little brother, Rain Rong will be in your care from now on."

  Heroes find it hard to pass the beauty pass, let alone Leng Yun! Leng Yun didn't think much about it and nodded repeatedly, "Little fairy, don't be polite, I'll definitely take you to Tianyin Temple."

  At this time, the white-bearded old man beside him suddenly spoke in an extremely weak voice: "Young man, Yu Rong is younger than you, so just treat her as your sister and call her Yu Rong directly."

  At this time, Zhu Yu Rong's small face seemed to reveal a hint of blush, but at this moment, the old man with white beard suddenly coughed several times. The little girl hurriedly squatted back beside the old man. The old man gently patted Zhu Yu Rong's small head and then raised his head again towards Leng Yun: "Young fellow, I'll leave Yu Rong to you, Old Man Zhu represents the Zhu family in thanking you!"

  Leng Yun was about to make a polite remark, but at this moment, a strange black glow suddenly burst out from the white-bearded old man's body. The white-bearded old man waved his hand and threw the little girl directly into Leng Yun's arms. Then, a strange black flame ignited on the white-bearded old man's body. Before Leng Yun could fully react, the original position of the white-bearded old man was left with only a wisp of smoke. This wisp of smoke then vanished like an illusion, as if the white-bearded old man had never appeared in the cabin at all.

  "Grandfather!" Little girl Zhu Yu Rong let out a sorrowful cry that made even Leng Yun's heart ache, and then she fainted into his arms.

  Leng Yun gently placed the little girl in a set of silk bedding in one corner of the cabin, which was obviously also prepared for the little girl. After settling the little girl, Leng Yun walked out of the cabin again. Since the old man with white whiskers had died, it was up to him to find a way to take the child to Tianyin Temple. To go to Tianyin Temple, the most important thing at present was naturally to get this boat out of Gui Chuan Gorge. After all, the little girl wasn't him, and even if he was willing to let her ride Little Black, she would definitely not be able to breathe underwater like him, nor could she withstand the cold outside.

  For the boat, Leng Yun was not unfamiliar, after all, he had lived on the Wild Dragon Lake since childhood. Although this strange black ship was different from ordinary fishing boats in many ways, it still had everything that a normal fishing boat should have. However, the most pressing issue now was how to pull the boat out of the rocky beach. Fortunately, Leng Yun soon found a bundle of rope at the bow of the ship, which seemed to be specially designed for towing ships. One end was connected to the hull, and with it, things became much easier. Leng Yun tied the other end to Xiao Hei's body and let him grab the stone wall on one side, slowly pulling the black ship out of the tributary. Fortunately, Xiao Hei was the son of Ba Huang, known for his strength, otherwise even a real dragon might not have been able to move the boat at the age of nine.

  After much effort, the boat was finally pulled out of this tributary, and the situation immediately became easier. Although there were many places in the Ghost Gorge where the water flow was abnormally rapid, causing the hull to collide with rocks from time to time, fortunately, this strange ship was tough enough that it didn't suffer any damage after a series of collisions. As a result, Leng Yun, who had loved boats since childhood, ended up playing surfboarding inside the Ghost Gorge. However, by the time they sailed out of the gorge, more than half a month had already passed.

  When the boat finally sailed out of the dark and eerie Ghost Gorge, it surprisingly found itself in a vast lake similar to the entrance. As Leng Yun felt the warmth of the sun on his skin once again, he couldn't help but stand at the bow of the boat and cheer towards the long-awaited sun. At this moment, a surprised voice came from inside the cabin, "Ah, we're finally out!"

  As soon as the words fell, a beautiful figure rushed out of the cabin door at the stern of the ship. To be honest, the little girl had been cooped up in the cabin for days. Seeing the little girl rush out, Leng Yun habitually hugged the little girl who rushed into his arms, "Okay, sit by the door, it's not sure if there's any danger here."

  Just as the two were talking, the mouth of Gui Xuan Brook suddenly appeared with two huge black shadows. Especially one of them was a giant python, and next to it was an equally large dark green monster fish. If Leng Yun got closer, he would have discovered that this giant python was actually the same one he and Xiao Hei had seen up close before, which was called the Lake God by the fishermen.

  Two black shadows simultaneously poked their heads out to gaze at the distant black ship, and then a dragon and a fish unexpectedly let out a long sigh in unison. Afterwards, the two black shadows turned around and disappeared into the depths of the Ghostly Gorge.