Witch Wind

Chapter 78 Black Borneo (Part )

By putting on the skin of a "foreign master", Xing Tianli easily got rid of the difficulties of Dongyun Customs.

However, the other passengers from the Dayu Dynasty on the cruise ship were tortured into a miserable state by the Dongyun Customs.

In the third-class cabin at the deepest level of the ship, there was a group of more than 30 young men and women. They were driven up by the Dongyun people in a rather embarrassed manner. On the deck, in front of many passengers, both men and women were treated like thieves in public.

Their clothes were roughly torn off. Several young women were barely left with their underwear, while the young men were almost stripped naked and displayed on the deck.

Their luggage, which was not much, was mostly some rattan or wooden boxes, which were kicked open roughly, and some simple clothes and some books printed in English were thrown all over the floor.

Xing Tianli watched quietly from the side.

These young people were mostly poor students who went to study in the Aimee Federation. Ever since the "New Deal" movement was launched in the Dayu Dynasty thirty years ago, it has become a trend for young people with aspirations, especially those from the developed provinces along the eastern coast, to go abroad and learn from foreigners.

Most of them came from ordinary families and had limited funds, so they boarded the third-class cabin with the worst conditions.

Faced with the deliberate harassment from Dongyun Customs, the young men were so angry that their faces turned red and their eyes were bloodshot, while several young women who were almost stripped naked huddled together and sobbed silently.

On the passenger ship, there were two families living in the first-class cabins. They looked to be wealthy people from the East Country. They were also rounded up by the Dongyun police and scolded sternly. Their gifts were also opened, and some gold, silver and other valuables inside were treated as "suspicious items" by the Dongyun police in public, and were "sealed" and "kept" in cowhide briefcases.

An official from Dongyun Customs sternly warned the two families that if they had any objections to Dongyun Customs' handling of the matter, they could appeal to the officials of Feiyun Port within three days!
Anyone with a discerning eye could see that if the people of Dongguo complained to Dongyun officials in Feiyun Port, the consequences would be very worrying, regardless of whether they were right or not.

The male owners of the two families agreed meekly, and it was obvious that they had to bear the loss.

Judging from their expressions, they just wanted to get away safely and there was no way they would cause trouble for the Dongyun people afterwards.

He Duo and He Xi, uncle and nephew, came up to Xing Tianli and raised their chins at the young people from the East who were holding their breath and crying.

Xing Tianli's eyes flickered and he shook his head gently.

He looked up at the northwest corner of the harbor, a rocky cape protruding toward the sea. On it stood a lighthouse more than 20 feet high. On top of the lighthouse, three men wearing black hunting clothes, tall black gauze crowns, and holding round fans with blood-red flowing cloud patterns on black backgrounds were quietly looking at this side.

Even though they were several miles apart, Xing Tianli could still feel the strong evil aura from these three men.

The evil aura was a hundred times stronger than the one he had seen on the Dongyun sorcerers in the military camps occupied by the Dongyun people in Pinghai City. It was like a physical evil aura, cold, murderous, with a suffocating decay and death and endless resentment. In Xing Tianli's spiritual 'vision', the three men were covered in a black mist several feet thick.

There is something evil hiding in that black fog.

Like corpses, ghosts, demons and monsters, these are extremely evil means. These evil creatures are slowly draining the blood and essence of the three men in black, and even their lifespans.

As for the three men in black, I don't know what kind of weird method they used. Although their essence and blood were weak, the total amount was unreasonably abundant. Their lifespans were more like a bonfire that was doused with a large barrel of gasoline, the fire was raging and extremely fierce.

They allowed themselves to be devoured by the evil creatures in the black air, while they themselves remained completely unharmed.

"Dongyun, there is a master!" Xing Tianli said faintly, "For this day and night, let the brothers stay on the boat and don't go down to cause trouble."

"Them?"

Xing Tianli looked at the young men who were being wantonly humiliated by the customs police and shook his head gently: "Self-improvement is easy to say, but it is not easy to do it."

With his left hand tucked into his sleeve, Xing Tianli made the witch seal and silently recited the witch spell.

Dozens of heart-eating witchcraft curses were quietly launched, silently attaching to all the Dongyun people on board. From this moment on, three days later, they will die one after another, and the cause of death will all be heart failure.

Within about a month, these dozens of Dongyun people will all die.

Xing Tianli smiled, looking at the young men who were shaking with anger, and said softly: "Remember today's lesson well. How can a country be reasonable when it is weak? A weak country has no diplomacy, and a weak race has no human rights. You must understand this clearly and remember this day vividly."

Feeling bad, Xing Tianli turned around and returned to his first-class cabin.

He was in a very bad mood. As he climbed up the stairs, he shook the Magic Bamboo with his hand. On the giant ship next door, among the large machines being lifted, there were several machines that looked extremely large in size and complex in structure. Their core components were secretly injured by the invisible sword energy.

Xing Tianli is a liberal arts student.

He destroyed these machines. As for what consequences would occur in the future, such as the overturning of a special steelmaking furnace and how many Dongyun technicians would be burned to death, he, a liberal arts student, did not understand.

A day later, the passenger ship sounded the whistle and set sail from the port.

Next to Xing Tianli, there was a vacant first-class cabin. Before the ship set sail, a young man and an old man bought tickets and boarded the ship.

The old man and the young man looked like a master and servant. What surprised Xing Tianli was that they were wearing the traditional clothing of the Dongyun people, which was a slightly modified version of the "Wuzhi" robe. But their height was clearly not something that the Dongyun people could have.

The man who looked like the young master was tall and thin, like a slightly flattened bamboo pole, nearly six feet tall, half a head taller than Xing Tianli.

This guy's attitude towards others is also extremely cold and arrogant. Whenever he sees someone, he would slightly raise his chin and silently blow a puff of cold air from his nostrils, as if to say 'I'm the best in the world, and you guys are all idiots'.

The old man who looked like an old butler was one fist taller than the young master. However, despite his stature, he could be called a "hero", but he would always bend his waist slightly when he saw anyone, nodding and bowing, smiling before he spoke, looking extremely humble and modest.

At first glance, there was nothing strange about these two people. A spoiled, ignorant dandy, and an experienced butler who was well versed in the ways of the world, that was all.

But Xing Tianli always had an inexplicable sense of crisis. These two guys were like two terrifying prehistoric beasts. They retracted their claws and fangs, shrank their bodies, and forced themselves to pretend to be harmless little white rabbits, quietly curling up beside him.

Xing Tianli's celestial soul did not have any warning signs of a 'sudden impulse'.

However, the ancient bronze sword hanging high above his spiritual palace and the nine small bronze tripods in his body were all vibrating slightly, sending him warnings.

The Xingtian carp originated from the bloodline of the Xingtian clan, and its blood was also constantly boiling and agitated, sending him the most urgent warning.

In the ancient wild land, the witches who fought against heaven and earth and multiplied continuously had a bloodline that was more sensitive to crisis than the souls of celestial beings!
Xing Tianli quietly instructed Tom, Jerry, He Duo, He Xi and others on the boat.

As a result, everyone behaved themselves along the way, and the voyage was smooth, safe and uneventful without any setbacks.

The master and servant, like ordinary passengers, ate three meals a day on time, went for walks on the deck to enjoy the scenery, and even rented a large sea fishing rod like Xing Tianli and cast hooks into the sea with great interest.

However, like Xing Tianli, this master and servant pair were also a standard pair of air forces. They were busy for several days but didn't catch a single fish.

The old butler pulled up the empty hook again and again, still with a smile on his face.

The young master was furious. In just a few days, he had broken three fishing rods and thrown five fishing rods into the sea. The boatswain had a few arguments with them about this matter. In the end, the young master returned to the cabin angrily, while the old butler bowed and paid compensation.

There was no conversation along the way. Xing Tianli deliberately avoided contact with the master and servant, and the young master obviously didn't care about Xing Tianli at all. The few times they met in the restaurant, he just walked past with his head held high, not even bothering to look at Xing Tianli.

Finally, one day, emerald islands appeared on the blue ocean ahead.

The captain stood on the bridge, rang the small silver bell, and excitedly shouted to the deck: "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to the primitive, wild, but extremely rich Black Borneo with endless opportunities!"

"Ahaha, this is a virgin land! Everyone here has the opportunity to become rich overnight!" The captain shouted loudly: "We will stay here for two days. Everyone can have a good rest and go ashore. Of course, passengers who want to disembark in Black Borneo can prepare to salute!"

"Have a great time in Black Borneo! I wish you all a bright future!"

The passenger ship blew its whistle loudly and sailed quickly across the blue sea.

On the sea, there were islands of all sizes, all surrounded by golden beaches. On many islands filled with miasma, dark-skinned natives holding crude bows and arrows emerged from the dense forests, stood on the beach, and roared at the passenger ship.

When passing a large island, the natives on the island even launched a simple canoe, shouted loudly, and rowed to catch up with the passenger ship. In the two canoes, there were strong natives waving stone axes, shouting and cursing at the passenger ship, and some even lifted the animal skin covering their crotch and urinated on the passenger ship.

"Oh, what a damn place!" On the deck of the passenger ship, the delicate ladies and young ladies immediately started shouting and cursing angrily.

Some curious passengers ran back to the cabin, picked up their guns, stood at the stern, and fired at the canoe that was getting farther and farther away.

The sparse bullets happened to hit a native standing on the bow of the boat.

Seeing the native with blood splattered on his shoulder falling from the bow into the sea, the passengers on the deck, both men and women, raised their hands high and cheered like a group of monkeys as if they had won a battle.

The passenger ship passed by many islands, large and small.

Gradually, the distance between the islands became closer and closer. In some places, the two islands were almost touching each other. The cliffs on both sides were as steep as giant gates, and there was only a waterway in the middle, a mile wide, for passenger ships to pass.

The passenger ship shuttled between the islands with familiarity.

After sailing for most of the day, the view ahead suddenly became clear. On the ocean that was so blue that it was almost purple, a continent that stretched as far as the eye could see suddenly appeared before our eyes.

On the sea, white sails can be seen. The fishermen of Dongyun sing fishing songs and proudly pull up their fishing nets.

Not a single net fell empty-handed. Every time a net was pulled up, it was filled with big fish that shone brightly in gold, silver, and red. Occasionally, a fisherman would cheer loudly, pounce on the fish, and catch a large cutlassfish that was shaped like a silver ribbon and several meters long.

There were sea turtles of enormous size, with shells as large as seven or eight feet in diameter, that unfortunately fell into fishing nets. The Dongyun fishermen shouted slogans, waved spears, and stabbed the turtles alive on the fishing boats. They then used knives to break the shells and drain the blood on the spot, and stored the turtle meat in huge baskets.

The passenger ship gradually approached the land, and some boats could be seen floating on the water near the coast.

From time to time, naked girls with skin as white as snow would jump out of the sea, gasping for breath, always holding colorful corals of various sizes in their hands.

Xing Tianli even saw a boat lowering a rope and pulling up a ten-foot-tall, pure and flawless red coral - this kind of seafood could easily be sold at a sky-high price of hundreds of thousands of taels in the homes of officials in the Dayu Dynasty, and it could even be qualified to be used as tribute and presented directly to the Ministry of Internal Affairs!
There were also some girls with huge nets hanging around their necks. They climbed onto the boat and pulled out huge pearl shells from the nets. There were old women on the boat who deftly used sharp knives to pry open the shells, and after a brief inspection, they took out large pearls the size of pigeon eggs, which were perfectly round and of excellent quality!
Xing Tianli had excellent eyesight. He saw that those large pearls were colorful. Ordinary white pearls were just common, but there were also blue, gold, and even extremely rare black pearls. In just a short while, Xing Tianli saw three of them!
A black pearl as big as a pigeon egg like this would be worth thousands of silver coins if it were sold in a jewelry store in the Dayu Dynasty!
Suddenly, a cheer was heard, and a young girl standing on the bow kept jumping, holding up a half-broken reef in her hand, revealing a sapphire as big as a baby's fist!

"A land where gold and silver flow!" The young master of the master and servant pair came to Xing Tianli at some point in time. He opened his arms in ecstasy, and hugged the boats, the girls, the treasures on the boats, and the huge land in front of him tightly.

"Such a precious place, oh my, oh my, all of it!"

This guy was so excited that he didn't even use Dongyun Mandarin, but spoke directly in Guanzhong dialect!
Xing Tianli looked at this guy in astonishment.

Well, judging from your height, you are not a pure Dongyun person.

But your accent is really too weird. Xing Tianli bowed to the young master and said, "So, you are from the East Country? My name is Li Li. May I ask your name?"

The young master tilted his head, raised his chin, looked at Xing Tianli in a very strange posture, snorted coldly, and turned away with great disdain.

Xing Tianli's movements suddenly froze. He looked at the young master's back and was very curious. How could this guy live to this age without being beaten to death?

A passenger ship with the flag of the Emmy Federation flying high passed by at high speed, blew its whistle continuously, and all the white sails of all sizes along the way dodged.

After traveling along the coastline for more than an hour, Xing Tianli saw many simple villages on the shore. Their architectural style was exactly the same as that which he had seen in the Dongyun residential area of ​​Pinghai City, extremely crude, long buildings made of wooden boards.

The crude long buildings, densely packed together, formed settlements.

Next to these settlements, high walls of civil engineering were built. Within the walls, which were about ten feet high, there were simple arrow towers about two feet high, guarded by Dongyun soldiers wearing simple armor made of bamboo boards.

When the passenger ship passed by a small settlement, Xing Tianli saw that a group of dark-skinned natives had broken through the settlement wall and entered the settlement to kill people wantonly. When the passenger ship passed by, the killing was already coming to an end. All the men in the settlement were killed, and all the women were stripped naked. Each woman was surrounded by more than ten natives.

A 200-man Dongyun army, carrying simple muzzle-loading gunpowder rifles, was hurriedly moving along the beach, led by two poorly dressed Dongyun teenagers, towards the settlement that had been attacked.

The passenger ship passed quickly and turned a corner. A cliff and a large area of ​​dense forest blocked the view, so we could not see what was happening behind.

But Xing Tianli heard dense gunfire and the sharp whistling sounds of arrows breaking through the air.

The Dongyun army engaged in battle with the natives.

"Merciful Virgin Mary, this place is just like hell." Tom and Jerry stood beside Xing Tianli, their faces turning pale with fright at what they had just seen.

Xing Tianli said nothing.

At dusk, a huge natural deep-water harbor appeared in front of the passenger ship, and the breath of civilization was overwhelming.

The port is huge, with a long pier and at least a thousand large and small ships anchored at berths. Fishermen's songs can be heard all around, and a large number of Dongyun ships are returning to the nearby small ports.

Outside the deep-water port, there are gentle hillsides and rows of exquisite small buildings with white walls and black tiles, which are arranged in an orderly manner and meander up the hillside rhythmically like dragon scales. Judging from the number, there are at least tens of thousands of small buildings, which can accommodate at least 200,000 to 300,000 people.

Three cement roads were shaped like a "mountain", extending outward from the deep-water port, and going around the foot of the north and south sides of the hillside. There was also another road that went straight along the hillside and extended to the back of the mountain in the east.

On the three roads, each more than ten feet wide, there were endless carriages and horses, like flowing water, creating a prosperous scene.

Xing Tianli looked at the small building with white walls and black tiles on the hillside and let out a breath.

This is a typical style of Jiangnan residential buildings of the Dayu Dynasty. This is the 'Black Pearl Harbor'. This was the first stronghold established by the Black Borneo Expeditionary Force of the Dayu Dynasty.

This is also the home port of the Black Borneo Expeditionary Fleet. Once upon a time, the fleet commanded by Xing Tian Tongming was stationed here.

He also died here.

(End of this chapter)