Not to mention the sentiment of the idlers and peers on the dock, the boat travels on the river, against the current, the further you go, the fewer boats on the river gradually decreases, and even the fields on both sides of the river begin to converge and turn into steep cliffs.

This place was originally that treacherous place, with nine turns and eighteen turns, and the water was turbulent, which was originally a dangerous road to Shu.

Not only that, but there are many water villages in this hundreds of miles.

Many of the guys are people who lick blood from the knife edge, and they are also busy with farming on weekdays, and when they are short of money, they rely on the water that floats and sinks by the river, and robs the passing boats.

If there is righteousness, they will only rob money and not hurt others, and even leave you some capital.

Some of them were much more fierce, and he wanted all the people, ships, goods, and property, and swallowed them in his stomach, and there were no bones left.

These water bandits were originally a major scourge on the waterway of the Yangtze River, and they existed in times of peace and prosperity, not to mention the chaotic times when warlords were rampant and did not belong to each other, and they were even more arrogant.

However, these water villages are also Jianghu people, and when Mao Chuantou opened up the waterway, the road had been opened.

This road is open, don't worry about the big village, just report a name.

I'm afraid of the thieves and murderers who just got into the water, these people don't pay attention to the rules, they rely on the word "horizontal", so every time they go to the boat, Mao Pingli will follow, just to deal with this matter at any time.

The little carpenter was a little apprehensive when he heard the men on the docks, and he kept looking at the bow of the boat.

The obsessive orange cat was a heartless master, and after meowing twice, he licked his paws and fell asleep again.

The little carpenter sometimes suspected that it was not a cat.

How can cats be so lazy?

I'm afraid it's the pig that was born in the wrong place, right?

Compared with the little carpenter and the platoon of the people, the Taoist priest seemed much more relaxed, and he slept until late in the evening, when he woke up, yawned, washed his face briefly, came to ask a question, and then left, and returned to the cabin.

He's a big-hearted man.

Although the little carpenter didn't believe that he came from the South China Sea, he also felt that this person was really capable, and maybe he was really not afraid.

In fact, after a day of standing, the little carpenter was also a little tired, so he found a place on the boat gang and meditated cross-legged.

He walked for three weeks, and when he opened his eyes, he felt that the aura that had gathered in the past few days was much stronger than that of the past days when he stood on a horse and worked hard, and the effect was much stronger in the past month or two.

Not only has his strength become much more abundant, but his ears and eyes are clear, his five senses are developed, and his sense of the surrounding environment seems to be much stronger.

Is this the effect of cultivation?

The more the little carpenter thought about it, the more excited he became, feeling that he had taken a shit luck, maybe he could really get ahead, like Qu Menghu and Luo Fugui, different from mortals.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps next to him, and then Daoist Mo came to the little carpenter's side again, looked at him for a while, and suddenly asked: "I have carefully looked at you in the past two days, and found that you are not a person with extraordinary talent and excellent roots, at your age, but you can perceive 'Qi', and you do not comprehend, but someone has left a seed in your body and transformed you—can you tell me, who is that person?" ”

Hearing this, the little carpenter paused for a moment, and then remembered that the reason why he was able to feel Qi was because of a hot current above his head.

When he was desperate and unable to comprehend, it was this hot current that appeared, and completed the first Zhou Tian guidance in his life.

Is that hot flow the "seed" that the Taoist priest said?

Who planted it?

The little carpenter recalled it for a moment, and was horrified to find that it was not someone else who did such a thing, but a stone statue that came to life in the temple of Naluban.

And that stone statue is very likely to be the Red Lotus Ancestor Xu is three years old.

The little carpenter thought of all this, and felt that things were a little strange, and opened his mouth, but he didn't know how to talk to the Taoist priest in front of him.

The other party is a thoughtful and open-minded person, if he lies, the other party will definitely be able to see it; And this matter is related to the secret of his own teacher, and it is always not good to rashly say that he knows it with others.

When the Taoist priest saw that the little carpenter was about to speak and stopped, he knew the concerns in his heart, smiled, and said, "If it is inconvenient, there is no need to say more. ”

He said to the little carpenter, "The reason why I have come to you to talk about this is because of this. ”

He pointed to the carpenter's right shoulder and motioned for him to take it off a little.

The little carpenter, unaware of what he meant, pulled his garment down and found a small black stain the size of a copper coin on the shoulder blade of his right shoulder.

This was not something before, and the little carpenter thought that he had rubbed the ashes, and reached over and patted it, wanting to dust it off, but he never thought that the stain seemed to grow on it, and the little carpenter reached out to rub it and could not rub it off.

He didn't have any taboos, spit a little saliva on the palm of his hand, rubbed it again, and found that the black stain couldn't be rubbed off.

The little carpenter was a little confused and asked, "What is this?" ”

The Taoist priest looked at it for a while, and even stepped forward, the tip of his nose almost came to him, sniffed carefully for a while, and then raised his head and said: "I have lived in the South China Sea all the year round, and I don't know much about witchcraft and Taoism in the north, but I can only feel that there is a strong death qi in it, which may not be good for you." ”

When the little carpenter heard this, he was very surprised, and said that he was dead?

He touched the black patch and found that there was nothing unusual on it, except for a black spot that could not be erased.

The Taoist priest asked, "Have you been to any filthy places recently, or have you bumped into any evil spirits, or provoked any people you shouldn't provoke?" ”

Where is the filth?

Hit the evil spirit?

The little carpenter couldn't help but think of the curse of the Luban Temple, and thought of the reason for his master's death, and immediately took a breath of cool air.

He asked the Taoist priest, yes, probably - is there a solution?

The Taoist priest said that I said earlier, I don't know much about this matter, if my junior brother is here, maybe I can do it.

Seeing that the little carpenter was a little scared, he couldn't help but smile and said, "We cultivators are born with strong essence and blood, and we are naturally restrained from death, if you are only contaminated a little, it won't be long before you think about it and it will disappear; Even if it doesn't work, if you go back and find a professional to get it, it's too late......"

His relief reassured the little carpenter, and at this time, Mao Pingli's shout came from the bow of the boat: "Everyone, be careful, you have reached the rapids." ”

As soon as the words fell, the head boat they were in suddenly shook, and then the river became turbulent.

The little carpenter wanted to ask the Taoist a few more words, but he went back to the cabin, and he had to hold on to the gang to keep his balance, and then go to the place where the tiger-skinned fat cat slept.

He was afraid that the little beast would fall into the river, after all, after all, after looking at it these days, that guy was afraid of water.

As soon as you fall into the water, you will probably drown.

Sure enough, the little carpenter was rightly worried, and the waves were rushing here, and the boat became shaky, and the fierce obsessive orange cat became a soft-footed shrimp, and its front paws hugged the railing of the cabin, and called "meow, meow", as if it wanted its life.

The little carpenter went over and hugged the fat cat, who was trembling with fear, but heard a roar from the bow of the boat, and several people were shouting.

Something went wrong?

He walked forward with the tiger skin and fat cat in his arms, and when he reached the middle of the road, he saw a platoon of boatmen waving vigorously at him, and cried out, "That evil thing is really coming." ”

When the little carpenter heard this, his heart jumped suddenly.

Before he could react, he felt a sudden shock to the boat board under his feet, and if it weren't for his solid basic skills, the horse was very steady, and he almost fell out.

But he stood still, and the boatman who shouted at him didn't stand, his body took off, and he fell out of the boat.

The boatman fell into the water and was seen and shouted to him, and the little carpenter saw Mao Pingli rushing over, grabbed a thick rope, and threw it at the man, shouting loudly: "Quick, quick, quick......"

At this moment, Mao Pingli is not dressed as a boatman, but is dressed in a big coat, full of feathers, and a cow skull on his head, which is very strange.

Apparently he was already jumping up the witch just now, trying to drive away the evil in the water.

At the same time, the head and tail boats all had drums.

This is a means of expelling evil spirits.

Mao Pingli threw down the rope, and several boatmen beside him, all holding wooden handles and iron forks in their hands, looked underwater, and the boatmen who fell into the water surface, reached out and grabbed the rope, and were about to borrow their strength to get on the boat, but they saw the faces of several people on the boat, and they all became extremely ugly.

He subconsciously looked down, but saw a huge black shadow appear below him.

Yes......

He screamed in panic, and was suddenly dragged into the water by the black shadow.

Mao Pingli saw that he didn't care too much, snatched an iron fork from the boatman next to him, and jumped directly into the water.

The little carpenter looked panicked, and he went to the side of the boat to look down, but saw that the river was turbid, and it was difficult to see the situation under the water, but there was bright red blood coming out, and then the water bubbles rolling, which was very terrifying.

After more than ten seconds like this, the boatman who originally fell into the water surfaced, and a few men who were teaching next to him scooped him up with all their hands and feet, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong with the owner?" ”

The man ate a stomach full of water, vomited and cried, but did not speak.

He was terrified.

Everyone thinks that they are afraid that this Mao Pingli is hopeless.

At this moment, suddenly, above the cabin, a person sneered: "Evil animal! ”

As soon as the words fell, I saw a black shadow jump onto the water, but it was the Taoist priest surnamed Mo, and then, under the stunned gaze of everyone, the sword on the Taoist priest's back was unsheathed.

The sword came out of the sheath, and it was like a frightening streamer, and it was brushed twice in the hands of the Taoist priest, but it turned into tangible sword qi and fell into the water.

A few seconds later, a giant iron-scaled crocodile with a length of two feet appeared on the surface of the river, and there was no breath.

The priest stood above his head, holding a sword in his right hand and a wounded bow in his left hand.

Everyone present was shocked and inexplicable, and the little carpenter saw it and slowly exhaled a breath of turbidity.

In this world, there are really many strange people.

The Taoist priest killed the demon crocodile in the water, cut off his jaw, took out a string of round beads, crushed two of them, and applied them to the wounds of Mao Pingli and the boatman respectively, and then collected the others, and after giving up his hands with everyone on the boat, he rose up.

He crossed the river more than ten feet and drifted away, leaving only a boatload of stunned people and ......

The corpse of a giant crocodile floating on the surface of the river.