Chapter 31 Ghost Fish
The river was wide when it passed through Wanshui Town, which should have been artificially widened, so the flow here was gentle and not too deep.
However, the farther away from the town, the water narrowed, and the current began to gasp.
After about an hour and a half of walking along the river, the mountains on both sides began to become steep, because the weather was gray today, as if it was going to rain, and the people on the boat suddenly felt a little depressed when the light was blocked by the mountains on both sides.
This section is about a mile or so away, although the river is very wide, the surface is also very calm, but the undercurrent is turbulent, this section is what they say often accidents, so a few people standing in the bow of the boat are extremely careful, after all, on the water, if the enemy is light, it is likely to fall into the water and become a soup chicken.
The boat followed the current, and soon turned half of this section of the road, and at this moment, there was a sound of a thud from the bottom of the boat, which seemed to be the sound of something falling into the water, but their hull was not half abnormal, and the group did not act rashly.
Mu Qiankong and Mu Qianli stopped paddling, allowing the fishing boat to stop in the middle of the river, moving slowly.
"Bang..."
Soon there was a slight sound from the bottom of the boat, and everyone looked at each other, nodded, and pressed their fingers to the hilt of their swords, waiting for the thing under the boat to strike again.
Bang... This time the noise was even louder, and even knocked the boat into a slight tilt, and before everyone could react, there was another loud "bang", and this time, the hull of the ship almost capsized.
Mu Qianqing tapped his toes slightly, and flew on the side of the boat to get up a few times, so that the hull did not tip over.
It was also at this moment that everyone saw clearly what was at the bottom of the boat, it was indeed a fish, but the scales on its body were very similar to the pattern of a turtle's shell, and the fish body was in a wide and flat shape, so it would be mistaken for a giant turtle.
"What is this?" Chitoku looked at the fish, obviously never seeing a fish of this kind of appearance.
Mu Qianqing frowned, watched the fish disappear into the unclean river water as soon as it turned over, and said: "It seems that someone deliberately raised it, this should have been just an ordinary fish, and someone deliberately fed it human flesh and soul, so it became like this." ”
"Can souls also be fed as food?" Mu Qianli probably heard of such a terrifying thing for the first time, and his face turned slightly pale.
You know, if a person dies, the soul will leave the body, under normal circumstances, the soul leaves the body, either reincarnated, or stay in the world, but if the time is too long, the soul will be scattered, and the soul is used as food to feed the fish, this is the first time I have heard of it.
"I don't know if you have observed the face of that fish?" Mu Qianqing stared at the surface of the water, guarding against the fish at all times in case it was attacked.
As soon as he finished speaking, the tail of the fish struck the hull of the boat, and the whole fish surfaced, allowing them to see the true face.
The fish was huge, almost the size of a whole boat, and everyone could see the face of the fish, and it was a human face, full of resentment and resentment, as if it were going to tear everything apart.
Qianxue reacted the fastest, and with a wave of her hands, the lotus petals of the ordinary sharp blade followed the fish into the water, and there was a sneering sound, which seemed to be stabbed, but she didn't see the blood floating, which made her frown slightly.
The fish rose again, and a face full of resentment slammed into their boat, Mu Qianqing was the first to react, flew up, instantly pulled out his sword, and lightly picked at the fish's gills, and the direction of its impact was a little off.
After a few light picks, the body of the fish that hit it was actually changed direction by him, and it passed by the hull of the boat, splashing high.
The fish was not stupid, knowing that he had met an opponent, so he wanted to run away, but Qianxue didn't give it a chance, and pieces of lotus petals flew out, turning into a long rope, and locked the fish body at once, no matter how hard it tossed, it just couldn't break free.
Pulling it to the shore, as soon as the boat came to a stop, Chiyuki threw the whole fish onto the open grass on the shore.
Several people flew up and stood around the fish, whose tail was a little slender, but the tail was still pointed, and it looked very sharp.
As if knowing that it was useless to break free, after the fish was thrown ashore, it didn't move, and it looked like it was being slaughtered.
"Wow, little junior sister, you are really a strong man!" Mu Qiankong gave a thumbs up to Qianxue, how to say that this fish is also four or five hundred catties, Qianxue actually threw it up directly, it was really violent to the extreme.
"So, don't mess with me in the future!" Qian Xue glanced at him and said, "If you dare to mess with me, I will let you experience what it means that the speed of the soul cannot keep up with the body." ”
Mu Qiankong imagined that picture for a moment, and then shuddered, his head shook as fast as a rattle, cherishing life and staying away from Qianxue.
Seeing Mu Qiankong's reaction, Qianxue smiled with satisfaction, turned her head to look at Mu Qianqing, and asked, "How to deal with it?"
Mu Qianqing pondered for a while, and then said, "Wait, wait for its owner to come and find it." "This fish must have been raised on purpose, and the purpose is not known yet, so they can only wait, wait for the person to come and retrieve the fish.
After hearing this, Qianxue nodded, looked at the side of the fish with her spiritual sense, and then sighed softly, and the action that wanted to throw it back into the water stopped.
She said to Mu Qianqing: "It seems to have something in its stomach. ”
Mu Qianqing looked at Qianxue and asked, "Do you know what it is?"
Qianxue shook her head and said, "I can only feel a strong resentment, and I guess I can only know if I break the belly of the fish." ”
Mu Qianqing thought for a while and said, "Wait, if the person behind the scenes doesn't show up at night, we will deal with this fish, and we will go to the Dry Forest Mountain Range to meet Lu Wenxuan's junior brother and them, so we can't delay for too long." ”
Everyone nodded their heads in agreement.
So Qianxue's wrist was slightly forced, and the fish was thrown into the water, while several of them remained on the grass because it was time for lunch.
A lot of fires were lit, and two hares and two pheasants were beaten, and Qianxue carefully roasted a pheasant, with a serious attitude.
Mu Qianqing looked at her serious appearance, the corners of her mouth curled slightly, and thought: This girl, sure enough, she still puts eating in the first place.
The pheasant was roasted by Qianxue on the outside and tender on the inside, sprinkled with a little seasoning, and the aroma was compelling, and several people looked at her, but saw her smile at them, and then blew the position of the chicken leg, and bit it on it, eating it alone blatantly.
When night fell, the fish farmer they had guessed did not come, and what was even stranger was that the fish did not move, as if it knew that it was going to die, and stayed quietly in the water, allowing its body to rise and fall with the waves.
"Something is wrong with this fish!" Qianxue frowned slightly, feeling that this fish was very wrong.
Mu Qianqing also looked at the fish and said, "Well, it's really wrong, it's quiet." ”
With a slight force in her hand, she threw the fish ashore, and if everyone could not feel her breath, they would have thought it was dead.
"Open its belly and take a look!" Perhaps, this fish has no such owner at all.
Mu Qianqing looked at Qiankong and said, "You come." ”
Mu Qiankong's eyes widened, he took a step back, and asked, "Ah! Why me?"
Qianxue glanced at him and said, "Because you can't beat him!" After speaking, he raised his eyebrows at him.
The corners of Mu Qiankong's mouth twitched, he pulled out his sword, then gestured, glanced at his senior brother, his wrist was slightly forced, and with a snort, the fish's belly was cut.
The fish didn't seem to feel the pain, and it didn't move, and what was even more strange was that there was no blood at all in the wound that was cut, which made people only feel numb in the scalp when they saw it.
A hole still couldn't see the situation inside, Mu Qiankong slashed horizontally with his sword again, completely revealing the situation in its stomach, and one of the small bells made of bronze was particularly conspicuous.
Mu Qiankong pulled it out with his sword, and the bell rolled to the ground, and there was no trace of blood on it.
"What is this?" Mu Qianli leaned in front of the bell to check, and found that the bell was faintly glowing red, so he didn't dare to touch it with his hands.
"Don't move! Mu Qianqing recognized this bell at a glance and couldn't help but remind it.
"What is the soul locking bell for?" Mu Qiankong also observed the bell.
"Lock the soul!" replied to him, "Lock the human soul into this bell, and then put it in the belly of the fish, and over time, this fish and the soul locked in the bell will merge and become a ghost fish, specializing in eating human flesh and devouring souls." "This kind of bell is rare, I don't know who made it, and for what purpose.
"It's cruel and bloody. Qian Du shook his head and sighed, feeling some sympathy for the soul locked in the bell.
"Such a terrible thing, if it is used by a large number of people with evil intentions, the consequences are really unimaginable. Mu Qianli was a little younger, and his face turned a little pale after hearing the origin of the noble fish.
Mu Qianqing shook his head: "No, if you want to become a ghost fish, you must not only have a soul lock bell, but also have a soul that has changed from love to hate, such people are generally very extreme, and it is not easy to find, and if you want to practice into a ghost fish, there is another requirement, that is, every other month, you must feed it with one of your own fingers, and it will not be considered a ghost fish until five months." ”
With the outflow of the ghost fish's internal organs, a palm that had become a white bone flowed out, and four of the five fingers of that palm were missing. Several people's faces changed, and they probably guessed the fate of this ghost fish raiser.
Several people were silent for a while, and Qian Jue glanced at the soul lock bell on the ground and asked, "Senior brother, there seems to be a soul in this soul lock bell, what should we do about it?"
Mu Qianqing glanced at the soul locking bell and said, "Wrap it up with something, and then put it in the Qiankun bag and take it back to the master to deal with!" ”
"Eh, what are you going to bring back for? Give it to me, I'll cross it. Qianxue beckoned to Mu Qiandu, motioning for him to give him the Soul Locking Bell.
Using spiritual power to control the soul lock bell and floating in front of him, Qianxue's fingers quickly formed a seal, and the lines of spells surrounded the soul lock bell, slowly drawing out the soul inside.
The souls of ordinary people were drawn out, and then turned into starry skylight, and after a while, the soul of a beautiful woman was also drawn out, and several people looked at her, knowing that this was the soul that was locked in a bell and fused with the fish.
"Thank you..."The woman smiled at Qianxue and thanked her with tears, but her illusory body did not turn into a starry sky, but began to burn, and it was burned to ashes in just a few breaths.
"She... Why do you want to do this?" Mu Qianbi asked with some puzzlement as he looked at the place where the woman had burned down.
Qianxue said: "If your heart is like ashes, you naturally won't want to have another life." "Her soul was burned, and even the Great Luo Immortal couldn't help her reincarnate.