Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 54 The Cause of the Disaster

Although the ancient tripod was a strange find, it was not magical or special. Therefore, the islanders did not attach much importance to it, thinking it was a useless object, and just threw it aside without paying any attention to it.

One day, several children were playing next to an ancient tripod. One of them accidentally dropped a small string of pearls into it. The ancient tripod actually reacted and emitted a faint dark blue light that lasted for a long time.

The islanders then realized that this ancient tripod was no ordinary object, but no one could guess what other magical uses it had.

At that time, there were several people with the surname Huai who were skilled in spiritual inquiry, but none of them were willing to consult the spirit of the ancient tripod to seek answers.

After everyone discussed it, they carried it into the ancestral temple and placed it before the spirit tablet and statue. It was used as a spiritual tool to worship the ancestors and the Spirit King, so it was considered to be put to good use.

Strangely enough, after the ancient tripod arrived at Baihua Island, the islanders had minor ailments but no more serious illnesses, and the population gradually grew from two or three hundred people to seven or eight hundred people today.

I don’t know whether it is the blessing of the ancestors and the Spirit King, or the divine power of the ancient tripod.

After Bai Qizheng finished explaining the origin of the ancient tripod, Bai Yixing began to praise it, saying that the tripod was full of ancient charm, and the carving technique seemed unique, and it was also exquisite and elegant. It was indeed a rare treasure and it was estimated that it could be sold at a good price in the mainland.

Finally, he said in a roundabout way that the people of Snow Country could use all the commercial goods on the ship as capital in exchange for this ancient tripod.

Bai Qizheng thought about it and naturally did not agree. He euphemistically said that the ancient tripod was something left by his ancestors and he could not let it be lost in his hands, as that would be a great disrespect to his ancestors.

Bai Yixing begged him again and again, saying that since he had given the islanders the shipbuilding skills, he hoped he could agree to his request, and that he would definitely repay him after returning to the Snow Country on the mainland.

Bai Qizhen was also annoyed by what Bai Yixing and Qin Gang said, so he said that the residents of Baihua Island had lived on an isolated island overseas for generations, and their ancestors had strictly instructed them not to leave the island regardless of life or death, so the shipbuilding technology was of no use to them.

Those commercial goods were just some slightly nice-looking stones and pebbles, which could neither be eaten nor worn as clothing, and no one on Baihua Island was willing to take them.

However, the ancient tripod is a treasure that protects the people of Baihua Island from harm and safety, and it cannot be exchanged no matter what.

Bai Yixing and the other two begged for his consent again and again but to no avail, so they had to return in disappointment.

When the two of them visited Bai Qizheng, Bai Shantang was there too. So he knew this part clearly, and after he relayed it, everyone in the South Village, including Yang Dou and Huai Xiaomeng, knew about it.

Chu Xiaomu asked: "What happened next?"

Huai Xiaomeng gnashed his teeth and said, "Later... Later, these beasts... These beasts actually did something worse than beasts!"

After Bai Yixing and Qin Gang left, neither Bai Qizhen nor his sons took this matter to heart. They thought that these people from the Snow Country just wanted to take the ancient tripod back to the East Continent to sell it for a good price, and if they didn't exchange it with them, they couldn't do anything.

Moreover, both parties were in a friendly relationship and no one thought of anything bad.

But after a day, many people on the island began to develop strange diseases. Those with milder illnesses became exhausted and had no strength at all; those with more serious illnesses began to have severe abdominal pain, and eventually vomited blood and had bloody stools. No matter what medicine they took, it didn't work.

Huai Fucao's body had not yet recovered after consulting the spirit, so he had no choice but to drag his sick body to see patients.

But the disease was too strange, and the medicine made with Sophora japonica had no immediate effect. Several seriously ill patients died within two days.

Huai Fucao was originally ill, and seeing many elderly people die of illness one after another, he was extremely worried and died of vomiting blood two days later.

The only miracle doctor in the village passed away, and everyone was shocked and heartbroken, not knowing what to do.

After three days, they gradually discovered that everyone who drank the freshly drawn water from the well became sick to varying degrees, while those who had not drunk it were all safe and sound. Only then did they realize that the well water had been poisoned.

Just one day before the death of Bai Qizhen, Huai Fucao and others, Bai Yixing and other people from the Snow Country took advantage of the fact that the people from Baihua Island were poisoned and unable to move, and the ancestral temple was unguarded, and pried open the door of the ancestral temple in the middle of the night, secretly stole the tripod and fled.

There is no doubt that the people who poisoned people were those people from the Snow Country.

Yang Dou said: "Actually...actually someone just caught them."

Chu Xiaomu asked: "Who is it?"

Yang Dou said: "Your grandfather..."

Chu Xiaomu's heart was greatly shaken, and he said in a trembling voice: "My...my...grandfather, was...killed by them?"

Yang Dou nodded.

Huai Xiaomeng said fiercely: "Your grandfather just happened to see them stealing the tripod, so he went to stop them, but he didn't expect these beasts, these things worse than beasts, would not even let the old man go..."

Chu Xiaomu gradually understood that Bai Yixing and others failed to get the ancient tripod, so they came up with the idea of ​​poisoning the wells where people in Nanzhai drank water. After drinking the water, they would be unable to resist and would be unable to stop them from stealing the ancient tripod.

Grandpa happened to not have new well water in those days, so he was not poisoned. He probably found something suspicious about the Snow Country people, so he went to track them down and caught them stealing the tripod at night. He never expected that Bai Yixing and others would be so inhumane and kill him in revenge!

Chu Xiaomu couldn't help but tremble violently with his hands, and his anger almost burst his chest. His eyes were filled with tears, and his teeth were clenched. He said, "No wonder... No wonder... I must kill them... I must kill them..."

It was the beginning of winter at that time, and the wind was blowing from the northwest on the sea, blowing obliquely from the left bow, causing the sea surface to sway left and right.

Fortunately, the wind was not strong and the boat was light. The three men were young and strong, so they took turns rowing the boat and moved very fast on the sea.

The three men had no plan at all, only relying on their anger and the blood of youth, they rashly went out to sea to pursue the murderer, and therefore they did not care about the consequences. After two days on the sea, they thought that they were still far away from the Snow Country ship, and their emotions gradually stabilized. At this time, they finally began to worry about the consequences.

Yang Dou said: "There are eight or nine people from the Snow Country, and we only have three. It will not be easy to defeat them."

Huai Xiaomeng said bitterly: "No matter if there are eight or nine of them, or eighty or ninety, I will fight them to the death and kill as many as I can!"

Chu Xiaomu said: "We can't win by just fighting head-on. We have to think of some way to fight them."

Yang Dou said: "You have more ideas than us. Think about how to deal with them. It would be best if we kill them all and we can all go back."

Huai Xiaomeng said nonchalantly: "What's the use of having so many ideas? Once you're on the ship, don't you still have to rely on real swords and guns? Besides, if you really had so many ideas, you wouldn't have been harmed so badly by the Snow Country people!"

Chu Xiaomu was speechless.