Chapter 163: Exploration
Chapter 163
Sacrifice to Hebo? Ling Xiao listened to the words of several villagers, and his heart swelled with anger, and he was furious.
After listening to a few more words, Ling Xiao understood the cause and effect of the matter, the river under the cliff is called Fenshui, three hundred miles from the beginning to the end, and there are many villages along the river, all of which make a living from farming.
There is a river in this Fenshui, it is a black Jiao, it has been a hundred years since he ascended to the position of the river uncle, and he is also conscientious and has a lot of merits.
It's just that this black Jiao, the beast nature on his body has not been removed, and he still has to eat blood, and the third day of June every year is his birthday.
On this day, the villages along the river must sacrifice a pair of boys and girls, who must be under the age of sixteen, so that the Fenshui River Bo can enjoy the appetite.
Listening to the words of these villagers, Ling Xiao was filled with righteous indignation, jumped up, turned into a sword light, and quietly dived into the turbulent river.
When he came to the bottom of the water, Ling Xiao quietly hid to the side and looked around, in order not to alarm the black Jiao in the river, he didn't need to investigate with his divine sense, for fear of startling the snake, after all, the other party was this Fenshui Hebo, everything in the river was well known, if Ling Xiao didn't rely on his own mysterious sword dao, he wouldn't dare to come down.
He didn't dare to use his divine sense to search around with great fanfare, but Ling Xiao still quickly found the Fenshui Hebo Water Mansion, as Li Changding's incarnation, although everything about him was exposed in front of Li Changding, without any privacy, but it was not without benefits, as long as he wanted, he could also share the knowledge that Li Changding had mastered, but it would take some time to absorb and digest it.
Unlike Li Changding, what he knows about transforming into a spirit, he will do it, and he will be able to learn it if he doesn't learn it.
Ling Xiao reluctantly shared Li Changding's knowledge of the art of feng shui, and followed the direction of the spiritual qi in the river to find the gathering place of the Fenshui water veins. Sure enough, the water house of Fenshui Hebo is located there.
The water mansion is heavily guarded, and it is covered with a layer of water film, which gathers the power of Fenshui water veins, which is solid and stable, but it is like a void in front of Ling Xiao, he just consumed one percent of his mana, and he passed through the water film, without alarming anyone.
In the water mansion, there are some shrimp soldiers and crab generals who have not yet transformed, holding weapons and wearing armor, patrolling back and forth, which is also orderly.
There are many demons in this water mansion, covering a vast area, Ling Xiao couldn't figure out the way, walked a few laps, but did not find his target - Fenshui Hebo. He wanted to see with his own eyes if this Hebo was really what the villagers said.
After walking a few steps, Ling Xiao encountered a group of water demons, about fifteen, a turtle man stood up, wearing an official robe, wearing a black veil on his head, and his toes were high, and the other water demons were all wearing armor except for a crab spirit, half-kneeling on the ground, respectfully obeying orders.
This turtle can't be the second-in-command of this water house, right? When Ling Xiao saw it, he thought to himself, why are these turtles in the Water Mansion holding deputy positions?
The turtle held a stack of invitations in his hand, shook his head and said: "After January, it will be the third day of the sixth month, which is the king's birthday. ”
Birthday feast? Ling Xiao's heart moved, and dozens of sword qi shot out, all of which were as thin as hair, inconspicuous, and quietly turned into the body of the little demon, the crab spirit and the turtle, silently lurking.
The art of war is cloudy: know yourself and know that you are invincible.
If that Fenshui Hebo really wants to eat the demons of boys and girls, then these so-called "kings" he wants to feast on can be said to be his foreign aid. Ling Xiao naturally had to prepare to find out their details.
In the face of the turtle's order, the little demons present all clenched their fists and bowed their heads, and said respectfully: "The little one obeys the order!" ”
"Hmm." The turtle nodded arrogantly, took out an invitation, handed it to a little demon, and said, "This is the Nanshan Tiger King's, you send it over." ”
"The little one obeys."
"This is an invitation from Mrs. Shoushan Peach Blossom, you can take someone to send it."
"The little one obeys."
The turtle sent out more than a dozen invitations, and the little demon present took the invitations, almost dispersed, and left, only the crab spirit standing beside him was still present and did not move.
For this crab essence, the turtle put away his arrogant look, took out a particularly luxurious gilded invitation, handed it to him in a precious and precious place, and said: "General Crab, the magic power of this Thunder Mountain King of Cumulus Mountain is profound, and his magical powers are not under the king, so I don't want to wait, please take a trip." ”
"Serving the king, where is the hardship." The crab spirit took the invitation and just smiled.
"So there is General Lao Crab."
"Prime Minister rest assured, I have been doing this errand for more than ten years, and I will naturally save the tricks." As he spoke, the crab spirit lifted the octagonal copper hammer that was placed aside and walked out.
After the crab spirit left, the turtle nodded, also turned around and left, and walked towards the water mansion. When Ling Xiao saw it, he hurriedly followed, thinking that it was possible to find Fenshui Hebo after him.
And things were indeed as he expected, after the turtle sent the invitation, he walked all the way to the door of a hall, first straightened his clothes, and then walked in cautiously.
As soon as you enter the hall, the gold and silver are lined up, the splendid is stacked, the treasure cloth is decorated, and the whole room is full of gold and jade. Rao is Ling Xiao is used to seeing wealth and wealth, and he was also surprised by the luxury in the hall.
In the splendid hall, a middle-aged man, dressed in a black robe and a crown, was majestic and awe-inspiring, sitting on a jeweled coral throne, sitting north and facing south.
Seeing this man, Ling Xiao hesitated in his heart, and couldn't help but doubt the words of the villagers, just because this person had a golden light of merit on his top, and the number was more than 100,000, although it could not be compared with himself and Li Changding, but it was also a lot of money.
Is it true that such a person has to eat a boy's and a girl's Fenshui Hebo every year? Could it be a mistake? Ling Xiao thought so in his heart.
Sensing that the turtle had entered the hall, the man in the black robe opened his eyes and glanced coldly at the turtle, his gaze clear and high.
"Prime Minister Turtle, is the matter done?" The man in the robe only spoke lightly, and a majestic aura naturally filled the entire hall.
"Returning to the king, invitations to other kings have been sent. The big tripod for cooking children and girls is also ready. Everything is ready, just wait for the birthday banquet. The turtle did not dare to slack off, knelt on the ground, and said respectfully.
"Hmm. That's a good job. The man in the black robe closed his eyes, showed a satisfied smile, stretched out his tongue and licked his lips, but unfortunately, if it weren't for the karma of karma, how could he only eat such a delicacy once a year.
It's really him! Ling Xiao's anger surged in his heart, staring at the middle-aged man in the throne tightly, and an unstoppable killing intent followed.
"Huh? What a rat! Hurry to my Hebo Water Mansion! The middle-aged man sensed Ling Xiao's killing intent, scolded loudly, gathered the rich aura in the water mansion, and slashed out a knife with his hand, and the waves rolled and slashed towards the place where Ling Xiao was.
Ling Xiao hurriedly gathered his killing intent, turned into nothingness, turned into a pale sword, avoided the attacking Changhe sword qi, shuttled out, left Shuifu, as fast as lightning, rushed out of Fenshui, fell into the mountains and forests, found a hidden place, temporarily hidden, and at the same time paid attention to the movement of Fenshui's water surface.
After a quarter of an hour, a group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals came up in Fenshui, patrolling around, searching the nearby mountains and forests, and there were a few people who could change, transforming into human forms, going to the nearby villages to inquire about the news, and asking if strangers had come here in the last few days.
"It seems that the grass has already scared the snake." Seeing this, Ling Xiao said lightly, and then said helplessly in his heart: This favor, will you help?
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