Chapter 958 The Road to Ghosts

The old drunkard immediately grasped his only property, "Don't hit me. I know you Orientals always want to get some benefits from us old guys!"

Zhang Fan smiled and did not insist. Green Wing blinked, thinking...

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After a day's walk, the expedition came to a vast swamp. This is an endless grass river with a depth of more than half a meter, and the water grass is extremely rich. A sawtooth reed called clover grass is the most common plant here. This kind of long grass up to three meters covers almost all areas of this swamp. Hundreds of birds and wild animals live here.

Zhang Fan knows this Everglades, and the book demon's information is described in detail. There are indeed Indians here, which is a little different from Zhang Fan's imagination, not the appearance of wearing feathers on his head. Just like the indigenous people in other places, but they look similar to the oriental yellow people, with a wide forehead and flat nose, much like Mongolians. In fact, the Mayans in the Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico look very similar to these Indians.

The old drunkard really speaks Indian and speaks fluently. Maybe the old man has lived in this area for a while. Those indigenous people are a little disgusted with the two white people, Catarina and Captain Hooker. But when he saw Zhang Fan's two yellow and black followers, he behaved very friendly. This made Captain Hooker less fond of the expedition.

Everyone came to their residence in Indian rafts and canoe boats. These Indians lived in high marts in the Everglades, and they built a four-walled residence called 'Ciki'. Cover a thatched roof with logs on the high platform, which is very ventilated. They also grow corn, beans, melons and pumpkins on small pieces of high land. It is indeed a miracle that they can live in such places.

These Indians call this beautiful boreal swamp 'Pamioki', which means grassy water. Caterina couldn't wait to ask the old drunkard about the whereabouts of the 'Irre Spring'. However, it seems that these Indians are deeply afraid of this magical spring.

The old drunkard told the truth. In fact, he only came here for the first time. Because he suffered from malaria and did not follow the expedition, he saved his life. What he means is that the expedition is over. In fact, this old guy has brought several expeditions here, and that's all.

Then some expeditions went deep into the depths of the Everglades and there was no news. But what's more is that soon after entering, the soldiers retreated after knowing the difficulties. No matter what the outcome is, the old drunkard only ends here and won't go in. And these Indians also protect this old man, and it is not easy to hurt or force him here.

The old drunkard asked Catherine for 30 gold pounds to lead the way, but of course he was rejected. Captain Hooke even angrily hooked his collar with a bloody iron hook and asked him to spit out the box of rum he drank! The Indians immediately surrounded him with weapons, and Katrina immediately dissuaded Hooker.

Zhang Fan, who had been silent, suddenly came up and stopped Catalina and Captain Hooker. He nodded slightly to the old drunkard, took out a bag of gold coins and handed it to him, "You deserve it. If we can come back alive, I will give you another box of rum. There are still ten gold pounds here, and you may be able to ask these Indians to send us two canoe boats or a raft. If there is more food, thank you even more..."

The old drunkard's one-eyed eyes narrowed into a crack, "You are really a generous aristocrat, and your request will be met. I think the gods here will also bless you... But if you can add ten gold pounds and a bottle of golden rum, I can still let my 'king' show you the way. It has really been to the 'Spring of No Old'..."

"I killed you, you liar!" Captain Hooker shouted angrily when he saw that the old drunkard was not greedy enough.

However, Zhang Fan didn't seem to care, and trusted this drunkard who seemed to be an old liar very much. He quickly paid ten gold pounds and asked Katrina to give him a bottle of golden rum. This made Captain Hooker disdainfully walk away. He really doesn't like the old liar's succeeding face.

The old drunkard greedily grabbed the gold pound and put it in his pocket. Unfortunately, the pocket was actually broken, and the yellow golden pounds rolled all over the ground. The old man's legs and feet were not good, and he shouted anxiously. Zhang Fan picked him up, took off his coat, put it on him, and put the gold pound in his pocket of his new clothes.

The old drunkard nodded with satisfaction and muttered a few words to the red-eyed crow on his shoulder. The crow seems to have a little temper and looks a little disdainful. However, it still flew up, hovered in the air for a while, and fell on the lamp bracket on a raft on the surface of the water. This crow is really a little psychic.

The Indians prepared two canoe boats and a raft for the expedition, roughly pointing in one direction, allowing the expedition to go to the southeast of the Everglades. The old drunkard stood on the mage, leaning on the slender wooden stick, drinking wine while muttering something, looking at the distant expedition with one eye, flashing cunning light.

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The water in the Great Marsh is not deep, but the silt is very deep. The deeper you go, the longer you have a broad vision and seem to become gloomy. Gradually, sparse bush trees appeared, and there were more and more tall trees. The creatures here are becoming more and more unfriendly, and swamp crocodiles, lizards, poisonous snakes, and even jungle pythons have been found.

What is more unbearable is that there are more and more poisonous insects, mosquitoes and flies. Fortunately, those black followers are also of indigenous origin. This kind of wild activity is commonplace. They wipe the mud on their bodies to protect themselves from insect bites. Naturally, Zhang Fan and the four couldn't do this, so Katrina took out an ointment with a strong and spicy fragrance and let everyone apply it to her body. This is a special ointment that she spent a lot of money to buy from the Ottoman Empire, and it is said that it also has a powerful function to remove evil spirits!

But it seems that this function has not been brought into play, or it is a good wish. As the sky gradually darkened, Zhang Fan actually saw a strange ghost...

The shadowy gray-blue ghost floated around, as if it were a lordless ghost. But if you look carefully, you can find that there are a pair of corpses in the area where they are located. If it is a normal death or killed soul, it should go to reincarnation and drift away. But the ghost at this time wrapped around his corpse and did not leave.

There may be two reasons for this situation. First, the injustice suffered from his death was too great to leave. Second, he was imprisoned by magic next to the body and could not leave. If it is the first kind, then these ghosts should be fierce ghosts, which should have been attacked by now. Since they all look unconscious, it should be the second possibility.

But what's the use of retaining these ghosts? If it is a spirit fox, there is also a ghost that imprisons the ghost and pretends to be a character in the spirit fox fantasy. But these ghosts are obviously unconscious. Are they imprisoned by some kind of talent spell?

Just as everyone was shocked, a strange figure lurked in the swamp forest and toured not far from the expedition. Sometimes there is a pair of yellow-green vertical pupils, shining greedy in the shadows.

"They are all from the Spanish expedition!" Captain Hooker picked up a skeleton leaning against the root of the tree and saw a lot of fragments falling on the skeleton, including telescopes, kettles, flinkgo guns, badges and other things that could prove his identity.

Captain Hooker's behavior aroused the indignation of the ghost near the corpse. It howled and rushed to Captain Hook, shocking everyone to put on a defensive posture. But the ghost passed through Captain Hooker's body and did no harm to him at all. Although it was a false alarm, Captain Hooker's behavior still aroused serious dissatisfaction.

Zhang Fan stretched out his hand and muttered the Buddha's mantra. The colorful Buddha light emitted from his hand. The ghost was shrouded in the Buddha's light, dispelled the obscure curse of its bondage, and floated away high in the sky with a relieved smile.

In the deep and dark swamp forest, this Buddha's light lights up people's hearts like a lost street lamp. But it also attracted evil peeping. The strange eyes hidden in the shadow quietly approached with disgust and greed.

The keen indigenous suddenly felt something behind him, but after issuing a warning, he turned around without notice. However, the crow leading the way suddenly " quacked!" to a dense forest. I shouted twice.

The starlight flashed in the eyes of the green wings and found that in the dense forest, a dotted shadow hovered in the swamp in the forest. Sometimes it swam around the trees, like a giant python, and sometimes it winds through the sparkling water, like a giant bird with a long tail. The body seems to be huge, but it is unusually light, and the action is silent!

"A strange creature, like a giant snake, can fly. Either the defense is strong or it can block my weakness detection!" The green wing sent a message. A feeling of thorns on her back made her quickly arm herself up. Do you want me to go and see it first? Green Wing doesn't like the feeling of being stalked and wants to force the monster out.

"Don't take risks. There are so many dead creatures here that we may have broken into its territory. This is probably the root of the mystery of many expeditions looking for the 'Spring of Youth'. Zhang Fan stopped the green wing and quietly took the doll that summoned Neil in his hand. Ready to fight at any time.

Due to the warning of the black indigenous entourage, the expedition team took out a loaded gun, a short-bend shotgun, loaded at one time, together with a total of five bullets in the barrel, with a maximum range of 150 meters and an effective range of 60 meters, which is the best weapon in close combat!