Chapter 609: The Old Man with Red Eyebrows
"Under the sea?" Yuan Anning was very curious, "What is it?"
Nanfeng shook his head, "I don't know, and the warrior who provided the clues doesn't know either, only that there is a mysterious kraken somewhere in the South China Sea, accepting offerings from merchant ships to guide and escort the fleet that goes to the South Seas." ”
"Knowing how to reciprocate a peach must not be a bad type, but if it can't transform into a human form, even if it finds it, it's useless. Yuan Anning said that the bet between Nanfeng and Da Luo Jinxian contained requirements and restrictions on the participants who participated in the battle must be able to transform into human form.
"It should work. "The south wind drove the clouds southward.
"How can you see that?" asked Yuan Anning.
"Because this monster eats a wine feast instead of a three-animal sacrifice," Nanfeng said, and then explained, "Middle-earth merchant ships go to the Western Ocean, and need to pass through a strait called Taiyin Ghost Domain, where there are many reefs, strange clouds, and many strange things happen, and the merchant ships passing through there will set up a wine banquet from the bow of the ship, as long as the wine banquet is enjoyed by the kraken, they can be guided and protected when passing through the ghost domain." However, when it came time to pay tribute, the fishermen and merchants had to hide in the cabin, and as long as someone peeped in, the Siren would not come on board to enjoy the feast. This has been going on for at least two hundred years, but the true face of the Siren has never been seen. ”
After Nanfeng spoke, Yuan Anning asked, "When the banquet is set up from the bow of the boat, can chopsticks be placed?"
"Yes," Nanfeng nodded, "This detail provides clues to the martial artist who also mentions it. ”
Yuan Anning nodded slowly, just enjoying the wine banquet was not enough to be sure that the kraken could transform into a human form, but since the kraken used chopsticks, it showed that it was very likely that it had all five fingers.
The sea is not as far as the land, the line is far away, and the sea is only the vast sea below, the scenery rarely changes, because it is not the fishing season, there are no fishing boats cruising on the sea, only a few gulls, floating up and down from the sea.
At first, you can occasionally see some islands and reefs, but after traveling far, after entering the deep sea, the islands are rare, and there are no islands for an hour.
"Are you familiar with the South China Sea?" Yuan Anning was a little worried that the south wind would get lost.
Nanfeng shook his head, "What are you familiar with, I've only been here once, that is, the last time the three of us went to Luoxia Mountain." ”
Yuan Anning took out a few pieces of dim sum that Nanfeng had found earlier and handed them to Nanfeng, "Where are we going now?"
Nanfeng waved his hand, "The island occupied by the fire birds and the Taiyin Ghost Domain are on their way to the South Seas, the island is in the north of the Ghost Domain, and the fleet traveled south for seven days to reach the vicinity of that island, the island is called Flame Island, there are many volcanoes on the island, thick smoke is constant throughout the year, and occasionally hot lava erupts. According to the speed of the merchant ships, when we can travel more than 2,000 miles in seven days, we will be able to travel more than three hours at the earliest. The Ghost Domain, which I mentioned earlier, is located south of the Flame Island, and it takes a merchant ship five days to reach it. ”
Hearing this, Yuan Anning suddenly realized that the south wind was based on the time it took to move. Just know where you need to go, and you won't get lost. In addition, as long as you get nearby, you can see the smoke drifting from the Flame Island, which can also be used as a reference.
However, in addition to all of a sudden, there are also many feelings, the sea is vast, much larger than Middle-earth.
"What about the fire birds on the Flame Island?" asked Yuan Anning, she wasn't a person who liked to ask questions, but there was nothing to do when she was in a hurry, so it was better to talk to the south wind more than to hurry.
"The situation on Flame Island is exactly the opposite of the situation in the Taiyin Ghost Domain," Nanfeng said, "There is an old man with red eyebrows on Flame Island, when he is seventy or eighty years old, although this person is old, his heart is like a naughty child, he likes to play with people, he likes to gamble and play with others, if someone wins him, he will give him a purple gem unique to Flame Island, that purple gem is very precious, whether it is from the West or Middle Earth, it is worth ten thousand gold, so people often go to Flame Island to find him, and gamble with him for wealth. ”
"What if you lose?" asked Yuan Anning.
"The Nawu people didn't mention it. The south wind shook his head.
Yuan Anning asked again, "Since he appears in human form, how do you know that his body is a fire bird?"
"Flame Island is very hot and humid, many poisonous snakes breed, there is a strange big bird on the island, eating snakes for a living, there are two red eyebrows above its eyes, those two red eyebrows are very similar to the old man's red eyebrows, so some people guess that he is a bird," Nanfeng said here with a slight pause, and then said, "In addition, the old man with red eyebrows is very angry, and it is easy to get angry, and it is said that someone has seen his angry seven orifices of smoke, if it is not for the fire bird, I am afraid it cannot be so." ”
After listening to Nanfeng's words, Yuan Anning knew it in her heart, but she was also worried, "People who are addicted to gambling are afraid that it will be difficult to take on a big responsibility." ”
"I don't agree with this, there is also a gambling contract between me and Da Luo Jinxian, can you say that it is difficult for me to be a big responsibility?" Nanfeng smiled, "In fact, everyone likes to gamble deep down, it is nothing more than that some people dare to gamble, some people dare not, ten people who dare to gamble are ten bold, nine out of ten want to get something for nothing, but there is also one who simply likes to play, ten people who dare not gamble are ten timid, nine out of ten are afraid of losing, but there is also one who is down-to-earth and unwilling to take risks." ”
Yuan Anning didn't answer immediately when she heard this, because what Nanfeng said was too mysterious, and even if she was as smart as her, she needed time to think and understand.
Seeing that Yuan Anning had been holding those few pieces of snacks, Nanfeng reached out and took them, chewed and devoured them, "Look at a person's gambling because he is greedy or because he is greedy for fun, just see if he is short of money, because of lack of money and good gambling is greedy, not short of money but still good at gambling, that is greedy for fun, that fire bird uses gems as bets, indicating that he is not short of money, therefore, its gambling addiction is only because of playfulness, or it may be that he can't go everywhere and is uncomfortable to be idle." ”
Yuan Anning nodded, what Nanfeng said made sense, a poor ghost is not qualified to say that he regards money as dung, and a bachelor is not qualified to say that he is not beautiful, many times only after having something, he is qualified to say that he doesn't like this kind of thing, otherwise he can't eat grapes and say that grapes are sour.
"Does the old man like Xiangqi or game?" Yuan Anning asked, Xiangqi and game were the two more noble chess skills of the day, Xiangqi was the battle of the Chu River and Han realm, and it was mostly liked by military generals. The game is commonly known as black and white, also known as Go, and is mostly liked by literati.
Nanfeng shook his head, "The person who provided the clue didn't mention it in detail, but this person is both an outlier and a naughty temperament, and I guess it may not like these two chess skills." ”
"Why?" Yuan Anning handed over a few more pieces of snacks.
"Because these two chess skills need to be arranged, to test strategy, to consume the mind, and to be too tiring, people with a naughty temperament will not like them. Nanfeng said, after that, he took the dim sum, and said, "Since this person has been smoked by the popular Qiqi, it means that he has a great temper, and such a person will not like Xiangqi and games." ”
"It's not going to be a dice roll, right?" said Yuan Anning.
"I can't tell," Nanfeng also smiled, "this is the most trouble-free, and the patience of people with a big temper is also poor." ”
Yuan Anning smiled, didn't answer again, took a piece of snack, opened his lips and bit it lightly.
When the two of them set off in the morning, in the afternoon, there was a faint smoke in the south, and they followed it, and soon found a huge island, which was more than ten miles from east to west, and five or six miles from north to south, which was not a small island.
"Look there. "Yuan Anning fingers the east coast of the island.
The south wind looked up and saw a house on the shore, and in front of it sat a few people.
"What are those four doing?" asked Yuan Anning.
"How do you look like you're playing mahjong......"