Chapter 19: The Thousand Lakes Sea Monster
The moon shines on the sea, and the mirage of the isolated island rises. Life is like a big dream, and it will be empty in an instant.
Feng Liuyang originally just wanted to attack the stout coconut tree with the "fireball technique" to see what reaction there was. According to his suspicion, the coconut tree was transformed from something. The last time Ah San saw a hill, this time he saw a coconut tree, and next time he may be looking at something.
This is also a peculiarity of the "Cave Heaven", in order to conceal their whereabouts, the entrance to the "Cave Heaven" tends to change over time. So in many cases, even if you find the right place, you may not be able to find a hole that has changed. It's like the "evasion" of the reptilian world (see note 1), which is able to protect itself by changing colors.
What Feng Liuyang didn't expect was that the commotion this time would be so big. Just when the flame in his hand was about to touch the coconut tree, there was a sudden "croak", and the coconut tree rose to the roots.
Caught off guard, the little monkey and Ah San were smashed and gnawed on the mud. Feng Liuyang reacted a little faster, and retreated to the side dangerously, but still got a dusty face.
Then, under the noses of the three people who were stunned, the coconut tree with feet actually ran away.
"Quick, stop it, don't let it run away." Feng Liuyang took the lead in chasing after him, waving his hands as he ran, and shouted in his mouth: "If we let it run away, I'm afraid we won't be able to find the entrance to Chihiro Island again." ”
When Ah San heard that he could no longer find Chihiro Island, a carp rolled and jumped up and flew to the coconut tree; The little monkey's movements were not slow, and he took three steps and two steps to suppress the coconut tree.
Two mortals hung on the fleeing coconut tree, and suddenly their steps were unsteady, and they stumbled and fell to the ground. The huge coconut tree was actually thrown to the ground by these two mortals like this.
Feng Liuyang didn't stop for a while and ran to the coconut tree. When he turned around, he found that the coconut tree had been crushed under the two of them. The two main branches of the coconut tree were propped up on the ground, struggling to get up.
"Little monkey, Ah San, press it for me." Feng Liuyang stretched out his hand to summon a ball of fire, and slowly walked to the coconut tree, with an evil smile on the corner of his mouth: "I heard that just half a month ago, you were still a hill, and now you have become a coconut tree." Let the master burn and see what your prototype is? ”
The leaves of the coconut trees trembled, as if they were scared.
The little monkey knocked on the trunk of the coconut tree and shouted, "You bad thing, hurry up and show us the prototype of Boss Feng." made our Boss Feng angry, and the consequences were very serious. ”
Suddenly, there was a "bang" sound, and the coconut tree was gone. In its place, it was a golden toad-like monster that was more than five feet tall. Ah San and the little monkey are pressing on the monster's body.
"I'm not a bad thing, I'm a good thing." This toad-like monster spat out words and begged Feng Liuyang for mercy: "Uncle, don't burn me, I'm most afraid of fire." ”
"Ahh You can really talk. The little monkey was startled and fell off the toad without noticing.
Ah San's reaction was even more intense, he shouted "wow", staggered behind Feng Liuyang, dragged the corner of Feng Liuyang's clothes with his dirty hands, dodged and said: "Little fairy, monster!" Monster! ”
"Got it." Feng Liuyang casually slapped away Ah San's hand tugging at the corner of his clothes, and vigilantly asked the toad with a strange origin in front of him: "Tell me what kind of monster you are, otherwise don't blame the master, you're welcome." ”
The toad opened and closed its mouth and said, "Uncle, I don't know what I am, but I'm really a good thing." Even if it's a youkai, it's a good youkai. Usually I can't bear to step on an ant, I just eat some small fish and shrimp to feed myself. Uncle, it's not easy to live in the world these days. If you don't burn me, we are still good friends, and we live together peacefully and happily, don't you think it's good? (3,000 words omitted here)
"Stop!" Feng Liuyang really couldn't stand the toad's verbosity, the fire in his hand couldn't help jumping, and he almost couldn't help throwing the fire on the toad's face.
Even the little monkey couldn't stand it anymore, he jumped up and knocked on the toad's head and said, "Our Feng boss asked you what kind of monster you are. ”
Looking at the little monkey's skillful head knocking action, Feng Liuyang smiled with satisfaction. This stinky boy has finally learned my master's demeanor by tenths, Feng Liuyang thought proudly.
The toad's swollen eyes were filled with tears. Suddenly, the voice of "quack" screamed, and said aggrievedly: "Quack, you all bullied me, and I didn't provoke you, don't I just don't know what I am." Quack, they're all bad guys. ”
Feng Liuyang saw that the toad was about to cry, and suddenly felt that what he had done was a bit excessive, so he said curtly: "Quack, in fact, we didn't mean to bully you, we just want to know where you hid the entrance to Chihiro Island?" ”
Maybe it really doesn't have a name? After all, not all people are born with a name, a name is just a title, a title given to you by others. Feng Liuyang thought silently in his heart.
"Quack, it turns out that you are looking for the entrance to Chihiro Island. Such a simple thing, you didn't say it earlier. The toad rolled his eyes and said disdainfully, "Isn't it too much for you to beat me up for this simple matter?" ”
"Haha, I'm so sorry for you. Tell us how to find Chihiro Island. The little monkey rode on the head of the golden toad again, patted the toad's head and said, "Don't you know, we have been drifting on the sea for more than ten days in order to find Chihiro Island." ”
The toad snorted and pouted, "Quack, if you hadn't touched me, you wouldn't have found out where Chihiro Island was for the rest of your life." ”
"Well, as punishment, I'll give you a debut question. If you can give me an answer in half a moment, you'll pass the test. After speaking, regardless of the reaction of Feng Liuyang and the others, Toad directly broke out his own question: "I go to the beach every day to eat some small fish and shrimp, and of course some small crabs." I didn't eat any small fish this morning, just some small crabs. Each little one has two legs, and each crab has four legs, and I have to spit out the feet I eat every time. I counted, and I ate forty crabs in total, and spit out a hundred and ten legs. ”
After a pause, Toad continued, "So, the question is, how many small ones did I eat in the morning, and how many crabs did I eat in the morning?" With that, the toad croaked, jumped aside, and took a nap.
The little monkey scratched his unkempt hair and asked Feng Liuyang: "Boss Feng, you can say as much as you want, I will listen to you." ”
Feng Liuyang smiled awkwardly: "I don't know either." ”
"There are fifteen crabs in total, twenty-five small." Ah San, who was hiding behind Feng Liuyang, closed his eyes and calculated, and gave a positive answer.
The golden toad jumped in front of Ah San with a "quack", and his round eyes stared at Ah San and asked, "I'll only ask once, are you sure?" ”
"Ah San, don't be afraid of it, I'll support you." Feng Liuyang dragged out Ah San and cheered him up.
I don't know if I'm really not scared or pretending not to be afraid, Ah San straightened his small waist and said affirmatively: "Originally, I also bought all kinds of seafood, and this little problem still can't bother me." ”
"Congratulations, you answered correctly." The toad "quacked" and cried, "Now that you have the answer, you are qualified to enter Chihiro Island." With that, its body became several times larger. Squatting on the ground, it opened its mouth wide and turned into a toad statue.
Looking at the toad's mouth in the black hole, Feng Liuyang asked Ah San suspiciously, "This is what you call the entrance to Chihiro Island?" ”
"I guess so." Ah San didn't dare to answer uncertainly, and after finishing speaking, he raised his feet and entered the hole: "Wealth and danger are sought, opportunities and dangers coexist. If you don't go in and take a look, how will you know what's inside? ”
"I'm afraid of the dark, so don't go in, hehe." The little monkey hid behind Feng Liuyang and whispered.
Feng Liuyang thought about it, dragged the little monkey who was afraid of the dark, and also entered the hole.
When all three of them had entered the cave, the toad stone statue closed its jaw, and its throat twitched, as if it had burped. With the sound of the toad statue "croaking", it jumped to another part of the nameless island in a few steps, squatted down and turned into a big stone.
In the darkness, Ah San and the little monkey followed behind Feng Liuyang. Because of Ah San's advice, Feng Liuyang suppressed the flames in his hand to the extent that they could only illuminate the surroundings, for fear of disturbing the monsters in the cave.
"Ah San, how did you come up with that problem?" Walking behind, the little monkey couldn't help but ask Ah San.
Ah San replied in a low voice: "This is a set of simple calculations that I summarized when I sold seafood. Subtract one foot from both the crab and the crab, and now there are seventy legs; Subtract one leg from the crab and the capital, and there are only thirty legs left, and at this time there are only two legs left. Then it can be calculated that there are fifteen crabs, twenty-five. ”
"It's funny." The little monkey smiled and said, "A fisherman who is a merchant is smarter than us. ”
Feng Liuyang walked in front and listened to the conversation between Ah San and the little monkey, and also thought it was very interesting. The worldly customs of this world are really much more interesting than the divine realm. When he was in Qifeng Mountain, he didn't have any other fun except to tease the stupid little Ru, or tease the fat Aqiu.
I haven't seen them for a long time, and I don't know how those two guys are doing now, so I'll have to inquire about them in the future. Feng Liuyang thought silently in his heart.
Suddenly, Feng Liuyang stopped.
Because there was a bottomless deep pool in front of him, Feng Liuyang almost fell. The soles of my feet slipped and a few small stones rolled into the deep pool, making a few "bang" sounds of falling into the water.
In other words, the road behind him has been broken.
Note 1: Ming Li Shizhen's "Compendium of Materia Medica, Scale 1, Twelve Hour Insects": "Twelve Hour Insects, a person who avoids service, goes out of Rongzhou and Jiaozhou, and is born between the fences and trees, guarding the palace and the like. The size is like a finger, the shape is the same as the palace, and the brain has a fleshy mane on the back such as a crown, a long neck and long feet, a blue body, a large one with a long ruler, a tail and a body, etc., which cannot be cured. ”