Chapter 168: The Ferryman
The boat approached the shore, and several people also approached, and an old man in a robe walked out of the boat, and said with a smile: "Do you want to cross the river?" β
It's nature!
Li Yan replied with a smile: "Exactly!" Old man, can you give us a ride? β
The ferryman nodded, then shook his head again, "No one! But I have a rule that I like to give the rider a word puzzle, and if I can answer it, I can send him across the river! β
Guess the riddle?
It's a lot of fun!
Looking at Li Yan's menacing appearance with swords and staffs, I just don't know how much this IQ is?
What riddle puzzle puzzle does the thin monkey hate the most, and now he wants to learn from Chu Fan's way of dealing with chimpanzees, his eyes are fierce, and he wants to directly pull out this old immortal and throw it ashore and drive the boat away.
The ferryman seemed to see the thin monkey's thoughts, and took the oar in his hand and pointed at the thin monkey and said, "Young man, who hasn't seen the old man ferrying here for decades?" But didn't that end up all of them do according to my rules? β
As he spoke, the oars gently stirred into the water, and a monstrous wave suddenly rolled up in the center of the river!
This is an NPC with unlimited force value!
The thin monkey was honest all of a sudden, and his face was blue and white for a while.
Li Yan had a headache very much, very helpless, he was not interested in this guess, he was fully prepared for this time, who would have expected that such a play would come to an end?
Seeing that these people were honest, the ferryman said with a smile: "That's it, young people have to be modest!" I have a total of five questions, and if you answer one correctly, I will send one person over, and if you can answer all of them correctly, I can also do you a small favor. β
Man is a sword, I am a fish.
This river must be crossed, and he must not be able to defeat this ferryman with unlimited force value, so he can only obediently follow the rules he said, and I hope his riddle is simpler.
There was a distance of about one and a half meters from the shore in the boat, and it stopped there steadily, and the ferryman sat on the bow of the boat, stretched out a finger and said: "The first question, the firewood is half-covered, and the word is typed." β
It turned out to be a charade.
Li Yan supported his chin with his left hand, and with the other hand, he made a gesture in Kong, and he read words in his mouth. The elementalist and the paladin were also squatting on the ground writing and drawing, while the thin monkey was at a loss, it seemed that he was in a hurry.
Zhou Wei thought about it a little, and came up with the answer to the riddle, when he was a child, he hung up lanterns in the market on August 15, and guessing lantern riddles was also the most popular program.
This charade is skillful, the word splitting, the legal, the addition method, etc., if you blindly guess when can you get it right?
The question of the ferryman is "firewood is half hidden", and the riddle should be a "ζ£".
The firewood is half-covered, which is to cover the word "firewood" to cover "this" and "household", and combine the remaining "wood" and "non" into "ζ£". This kind of riddle that can be seen literally at a glance is still very simple.
"The answer to the puzzle is the word ζ£ε!"
Li Yan chattered, his eyes lit up and blurted out.
"Well, that's right." The ferryman said expressionlessly, "The second question, the edge of the Green Tree Village, type." β
Li Yan had just guessed a question with confidence, and the thin monkeys didn't guess anymore, looking at Li Yan with blank eyes, pinning their hopes on him.
But at this time, Li Yan thought about it for a long time and didn't come up with what the mystery was, and beads of sweat appeared on his forehead.
This charade is an answer that only a regular practitioner can think of immediately, and if it is the first time to guess it, unless the brain is very flexible, it is not so easy to think of the answer.
Zhou Wei rolled his eyes, it seems that he has to give them some hints, otherwise when will they be able to cross the other side of the river after this whole process?
"If I'm not mistaken, this is probably the most common method of lantern riddles." Zhou Wei paused, saw Li Yan looking at him in confusion and said, "The glyph structure of Chinese characters is complex, there are characters in the characters, they can be divided and combined, there are many changes, and the clutch is ......."
"Ahh It's a word! Li Yan blurted out.
Well, it's not too stupid, Zhou Wei laughed in his heart. This mystery is selected from Meng Haoran's "Old Man's Village" in the Tang Dynasty, and the green tree village is close to the side, and the "side" of the three words "green, tree, and village" is deducted from the "corner silk side, wood word side, wood word side", which is separated; Then combine these three sides to become "ηΆ", which is a combination. (The computer can't type the word ηΊζ)
"Brother Li is really amazing!" The thin monkey hurriedly made up for the fart.
Li Yan raised his head and smiled at Chu Fan, it is not difficult to guess as long as you think of a way to guess the word puzzle, is there no way to guess blindly, and if you think of the right method, it will be broken as soon as you poke it like window paper.
"Question 3!" The ferryman continued, "How much hard work is a word, a word!" β
This one...... Li Yan and the others were a little big-headed.
The answer to the puzzle is the word "Mi"! Chu Fan didn't want to say directly.
"That's right!" The ferryman replied.
Seeing Li Yan's questioning gaze, Chu Fan explained with a smile: "This method is called the profit and loss method, take the strokes of the text, or one more stroke, one less stroke, how much effort to get a word with a word with a word more, a word with a word less than a stroke, and then combine it with the words and words." β
Oh - I see, Li Yan suddenly realized, and felt that it was really the right decision to bring this "Yu Daben", if it weren't for him, several of his people might not be able to cross this river!
"Question 4!" The ferryman continued, "If you have more than enough heart but not enough strength, type!" β
The method of this question is the same as the previous question, it is the profit and loss method, Chu Fan did not speak, and Li Yan thought carefully on the side.
"I thought of it!" The elementalist suddenly spoke up, inspired by Chu Fan's previous question, "The riddle is the word forbearance!" β
"That's right!" The ferryman's mood did not fluctuate.
The elementalist triumphantly explained to Li Yan and the others: "The heart is more than enough but the strength is insufficient, the heart is a little more, the force is less than half of the head, the previous question increases the profit and loss with strokes, and this question is displaced by radicals and structures, so the riddle is the word forbearance!" β
"Not bad, not bad!" The ferryman praised the head, "There are many people who come to me to cross the river, but it is not easy to answer four questions in a row in such a short time, and the last question - if you can still answer correctly, I will not only send you across the river, but also give you a little help!" β
Question 5...... The peacock flies southeast, type! The ferryman said.
This question is quite difficult, and ordinary people may not know why, but Chu Fan has guessed this kind of riddle before, so he will naturally find a way to solve the problem.
Zhou Wei is also thinking carefully, the title is taken from the title of the famous ancient poem "Peacock Flying Southeast", if he is not mistaken, this riddle should be in accordance with the direction of the "southeast" of the question is the key to solving the problem.
The eastern part of the word "Kong" is drawn with the southern strokes of the characters "δΉ" and "bird" "Jia" are all "flying", and the remaining "son" and "small" are combined into "Sun". This kind of mystery is elegant in the puzzle surface, the technique is natural, and there are no traces of axes and chisels in the discarded and extracted parts.
The answer to the puzzle is the word "Sun"! Chu Fan came up with the topic, but the thin monkey and a few people scratched their ears and cheeks there, and they couldn't think of a reason.
"The riddle is Sun Zi!"
"Hmm!" The ferryman nodded and beckoned to everyone, "Come on, I'll take you to the other side of the river!" β
Zhou Wei jumped lightly and jumped onto the boat, but the boat didn't move at all, and Li Yan's thin monkey jumped up in turn.
As soon as the ferryman flicked the oars, the boat slid quickly to the opposite shore, and it only took a few snaps of his fingers to get to the shore.
The ferryman watched Chu Fan and the others go ashore and asked, "How many little friends can go to Huo Yuanjun's cave mansion?" β
Li Yan was slightly stunned, nodded and said, "That's right, that's right." β
The ferryman smiled: "Huo Yuanjun's cave mansion is not easy to find, even if you find it, you can't deal with the demon beasts in it." β
The thin monkey said a little unconvinced: "Don't worry, we have guns and cannons, and we're afraid that it won't work?" β
The ferryman smiled indifferently: "The little hairy child naturally doesn't know what is powerful, what I said before counts, and I will give you some help when I say it, this thing is for you, it may be useful to you." β
As he spoke, he took out a net-like item from his arms and threw it to Chu Fan.
Zhou Wei took it casually, the golden wire net, given by the mysterious ferryman, was made of the silk thread of the golden-tailed butterfly, tempered by earth fire, and indestructible. Efficacy: Reduces the monster's attributes by 50% for 30 minutes.
It should be a task item to deal with the demon beast of the Guardian Mansion, Chu Fan gave it to Li Yan directly, thanked the ferryman, and everyone turned around and walked to the depths.
Along the way, Li Yan outlined his mission, which was triggered by his accidental acquisition of a map fragment and his search for clues in it.
Three hundred years ago, Huo Yuanjun was infinitely beautiful and famous, especially known for alchemy, and this was the place where Huo Yuanjun sat down. The requirement of this task is to go to Huo Yuanjun's cave to take out his alchemy treasure tripod, and the reward of the task is that everyone who participates in the task can immediately take out a pill from Huo Yuanjun's cave.
These pills are all superb pills, and they are said to be able to permanently increase some attributes or greatly increase skill points, Li Yan said here, took out a necklace and handed it to Chu Fan.
This is...... Bright under the stars! A silver-level necklace at auction!
"If Brother Yu is willing, I want to exchange this silver-level necklace for the elixir you obtained, what about Brother Yu?" Li Yan stared at Chu Fan and said.
This silver necklace has precious luck attributes, as well as 100% critical attack skills, and even sold for a high price of 500 gold coins at the auction, Li Yan was willing to exchange it for the pill that Chu Fan would get, you can imagine the preciousness of the pill!
Zhou Wei can't refuse, looking at the way these people are staring at each other, if he says the word "no", he may suddenly make it difficult to do it for himself, it is better to promise Li Yan first, and then act at the opportunity!
Zhou Wei's eyes narrowed slightly, and he said with a smile: "Great! I fell in love with this necklace at the auction, but I couldn't afford it because I had no money left! Since Brother Li is so sincere, then I will be disrespectful...... As for what pill you said, just give it to you, what a big deal! β
Li Yan saw that Zhou Wei was so aware of current affairs, and the vigilance in his eyes faded slightly, "That's good, let's go quickly, it's going to be there soon!" β
On one side of the riverbank, there are green mountains, green water, birds and flowers, and across the river to this side, through a small forest, what comes into view is a deserted Gobi scene!