Chapter 237 Catching the Tortoise
The quicksand river is rolling, the sand is surging, the momentum is monstrous, just walk to the river, you feel an invisible attraction pulling the body, ordinary people if their minds are unstable are easy to be disturbed by this breath and fall into the water.
Jing Chong walked cautiously by the river, he didn't know how to meet the tortoise, so he could only look for it aimlessly, according to Lu Tianyun, the tortoise itself is amphibious, they have a fierce personality, they are good at preying on birds, and they may lie on the shore and can climb trees, this kind of turtle is very lazy and mostly inhabits in some swampy streams or grass.
With such a clue, Jing Chong and a few people seemed to be extremely serious, their goal was very clear to find the diversion of the quicksand river first, the speed of several people was very fast, along the river bank all the way to the east, about ten miles away, only then did they see a forked stream, where the grass is dense and thick, the yin air is dense, even if it is hot here, you can still feel the cold.
"Let's look around, I think the tortoise will inhabit here, but be careful, don't get hurt. Lu Tianyun said as he stirred with the grass, walked cautiously to the river, and looked around at the surrounding environment.
The grass is full of rocks and sediment, and due to the long-term sedimentation, the riverbed has been lifted, so the sludge is very deep, which also increases the difficulty of finding.
"That's it, Haiyuan, you and Liu Yan go to that forest to hunt a few birds, I believe that using birds to catch whirling turtles will play a certain role!" Qi Li also brushed aside a thorn, and then turned to look at Nie Haiyuan behind him and said.
Of course, Nie Haiyuan is happy about this kind of work, after all, this is how he came in his childhood when he was in the bloody knife village, and Liu Yan's body is better, and the cooperation of the two people can get twice the result with half the effort, and the two of them looked at each other and smiled and instantly found the feeling of childhood.
Ignoring Nie Haiyuan's how they caught the birds, Jing Chongqi left them, constantly stirring the weeds and thorns along the way, and even Zhai Xingniang joined in with a knife in her hand, and the boring search continued like this.
"Rustle!" The sudden sound instantly attracted the attention of several people, Jing Chong reacted the fastest, and his figure flashed to the place where the sound was, but when he stepped forward to take a look, he felt a kind of disappointment, because the sound was not anything else, it was a fist-sized green-headed frog, the green-headed frog jumped through the jungle, rubbing against the weeds to produce this sound.
couldn't help but feel lost, Jing Chong was about to leave, and a strange sound came from his ears again, "Click", this sound is like the sound of wood being cut, it sounds very weird, but before Jing Chong looked back, he heard a miserable "chirp" again.
Looking at the place where the sound came from, the previous mallard frog was gone, and it seemed to have fallen into the mud and sand, but its size did not seem to be able to make such a big movement, because the vortex produced by the mud and sand was very large, full of two zhang in size.
"Wow! what a speed!" Jing Chong exclaimed, but he faintly saw a trace of blood on the top of the mud and sand.
"What's wrong Jing Chong!" Zhai Xingniang, who was closest to Jing Chong, hurried over, and looked at Jing Chong's gaze, she also felt a little weird.
"I don't know what it is, I actually devoured a fist-sized green-headed frog in between breaths, the speed is amazing, I have disappeared when I see it!" Jing Chong's expression was peculiar, he didn't know whether he was happy or worried, maybe he had a guess in his heart.
"Maybe it's really a spinning turtle!" Zhai Xingniang said slowly with a happy face.
"What, did you meet the whirling turtle?" At this time, several other people walked over, one by one curiously looking at the direction where the green-headed frog disappeared, the vortex at this time slowly disappeared, and the thick mud and sand became calm again.
"Since they are devouring the mallard, it is very likely that they are all foraging, so let's start fishing for the whirling turtle!" Lu Tianyun said with a shrunken gaze, and at the same time, a touch of ecstasy appeared on his face.
"Haiyuan, they're a little slow, so let's split up and catch some green-headed frogs nearby!" Jing Chong glanced at the direction where Nie Haiyuan had disappeared before, and then took a look at the surrounding environment and proposed.
"Okay, I'll leave the matter of catching the green-headed frog to my boss! Lao Miao go, let's go together!" said Hu Yi, who walked out with a big knife.
"Remember to live!" Lu Tianyun was afraid that they would be reckless, so he arranged a sentence.
There was not much time, but the first to come back were Hu Yidao and Miao Renfeng, these two people were extremely efficient, and it didn't take long to bring back more than a dozen green-headed frogs, with a smile on their faces, and they were ready to fish for turtles.
There were a lot of grass and vines around, so they braided some straw ropes, tied the legs of the mallard frog with one end of the straw rope, and threw them into the previous piece of mud and sand.
There was a click, and a splash of mud and sand. Due to its light body, the mallard frog did not sink, and it struggled to jump on the mud and sand, but did not attract any abnormal movement.
After a long time, several people seemed a little numb, and they all wondered if they had hallucinated just now, and the tortoise was not here at all, but a few people were unwilling, so they could only wait so tormented.
Suddenly, the mud and sand rolled, and everyone opened their eyes wide and stared at the mud and sand, but before a few people could calm down, they miraculously found that the green-headed frog that had been struggling disappeared again, and disappeared without a trace, this time without even a cry.
"I'm going, what do you see?" Jing Chong scolded angrily, and then asked rhetorically, but several people shook their heads one after another.
couldn't help but be disappointed, but everyone saw hope again, after all, this time they really saw the green-headed frog disappear, and slowly pulled the grass vine back, Jing Chong glanced at the broken marks on it, and there were two tooth marks neatly arranged.
"You can't be wrong this time, it must be a spinning turtle!" Jing Chong's face suddenly blossomed, he didn't hesitate, tied a green-headed frog again and threw it in, and it didn't take long to be swallowed up again.
Several people were not discouraged, and did the same action over and over again, but found that more than a dozen green-headed frogs were gone, and they still didn't see the figure of the whirling turtle, and it was only at this time that a trace of anger appeared on Jing Chong's face.
"Damn, this tortoise is really cunning, it only knows how to eat, but it doesn't dare to show its face. Jing Chong looked at the shortening grass and vines miserably, scolded for a while, and then sat down helplessly.
"It's coming, it's coming!" At this time, Nie Haiyuan's hurried shouts came from behind him, and several people slowly turned around, only to find that the two people who came at this time, although the two of them were a little embarrassed, but the harvest was quite rich, and there were more than 30 small birds tied to grass and vines, big and small, fat and thin, black and white.
"This guy has caught up with the bird shop, not bad!" Hu Yidao touched his head and made such a sound, which immediately caused everyone to laugh.
"It's good to come back, make sure there's a whirling turtle hidden here, damn it, it's almost full!" Jing Chong stood up scoldingly, and said with a depressed face.
"This time, let's change the way, with these birds, we can adjust its appetite!" It is rare that Nie Haiyuan still has such a brain, and a sentence wakes up the person in the dream.
"That's right, these birds can fly, let's make a fuss!" couldn't help but light up his eyes, Jing Chong regained some confidence again, and just did what he said, they hurriedly knitted some grass and vines, this time the grass and rattan were very fine, but very solid, pulled some silk threads on their clothes, rubbed them and tied the grass vines to the legs of a small bird, this bird is large and easy to fly.
After doing all this, Jing Chong carefully threw the bird in the mud and sand, the bird was very excited, just landed on the mud and sand and flew out with its wings, gently pulled it with his hand, the bird fell on the mud and sand again, and the bird was still struggling, so repeated operation, but also very peculiar.
Click
Another voice came, and the hearts of several people were raised to their throats, and the next moment they saw that the originally silent mud and sand suddenly rolled up, and under everyone's intently watchful eyes, a huge and heavy body suddenly rushed upward, at first everyone thought it was a surging current, but with the flight of the bird, the mud and sand slowly dripped down, and its original face was revealed under the mud and sand.