The first time Zhang Kui saw the Black Painting Boat was in Changyun City. At that time, the Clam Girl's corpse held a pearl, the ice trapped the long river, the boat was hidden in the mist, and Immortal Wu appeared in the sky.
The painting boat, a pleasure craft, was elegantly decorated, drifting on the green smoke and azure waves. The singing girls sang softly and danced gracefully, making it quite a feast for the eyes.
But this Black Painting Boat was shrouded in ominous mist, decaying and rotten, lurking at the bottom of the river, with decayed water plants and shells encrusted with mud, exuding an aura of misfortune at every corner.
Zhang Kui initially thought it was unique, but later realized that the Black Painting Boat was actually a force of the Jingjiang Water Mansion and was extremely incompatible with Immortal Wu.
Now, along the canal sections in Lai and Bo Provinces, such painting boats patrolled everywhere, locking the entire riverway impenetrably.
