"Exactly." Lu Ye nodded. It was because he had sensed that strange connection during this cycle that he recalled the woman's earlier warning and specifically came to find her.
Haitang said, "This connection will grow tighter with each time you die. In the end, you will completely merge with the Ghost Ship, inseparable from it forever."
"Ghost Ship?" Lu Ye looked at her in confusion.
"Yes. This Long Dragon Warship is the famed Ghost Ship of the starry sky! No one knows how it came to be, but recorded history traces it back tens of thousands of years."
From Haitang's words, this Ghost Ship seemed to be quite famous in the starry sky. But Lu Ye was a fledgling who had only just entered the starry sky—how could he have heard of any Ghost Ship? Not only did he not know; no one in the entire Nine Provinces knew either.
"The Ghost Ship drifts and wanders throughout the starry sky. Its traces may appear anywhere. Before entering it, it looks from the outside like nothing more than a battered warship. But once any living being sets foot within, they trigger the Ghost Ship's transformation."
That transformation must have been the dense Mist Spirit Pattern Lu Ye had seen earlier. Once the Mist Spirit Pattern dispersed, the battered Spirit Boat transformed and became the Long Dragon Warship, while whoever had intruded naturally became the Long Dragon Warship's captain.
Lu Ye asked, "Is this transformation real, or is it an illusion?"
Haitang said, "To you, it is an illusion. To me, it is real."
"What is the difference?"
"You have not yet completely merged with the Ghost Ship. You still have a chance to break free. But I..." Haitang's expression dimmed.
Lu Ye suddenly understood. "Could it be that Senior Sister was