Chapter Ninety-Seven: Singing in the Water
The negative river beast went all the way down the river, and after traveling seven or eight hundred miles, Qin Mu saw a village built next to the temple by the river, and was slightly stunned, only to see a little girl with three braids sitting on the plaque of the broken temple.
Qin Mu immediately asked the Negative River Beast to stop along the river, leaving the white fox behind, and he walked ashore.
When he came to this village, he saw that the villagers here were also living in prosperity and living in peace and contentment, and several old ladies were going to the temple to offer incense, and the offering was half a pig.
Qin Mu came to the temple, and the little girl saw him and quickly jumped down and hid in the temple.
"Wu Nu, I saw you, why do you have to hide from me?" Qin Mu said with a smile.
The little girl walked out of the temple and said with a smile: "I'm not hiding from you, but I'm going to wait for you to enter the temple to burn incense, say things like Shizi has been weak and weak kidneys since childhood, and then people will mock you!"
Qin Mu couldn't cry or laugh, and when he looked around, he saw that the temple had been cleaned up, there was no dust, only the incense burner in the courtyard was still burning with aroma. He walked to the statue of the god enshrined in the temple, and saw that the god was a little girl, and her appearance was similar to that of the fairy Qing'er transformed by Wu Nu.
Qin Mu turned to the back of the statue and found no white bones, so he put his mind at ease, walked out of the temple, and said curiously: "Why do you live here?"
Wu Nu was triumphant: "I am here to earn merit! This village is sheltered by me, the people in the village provide for me, I help them drive away the beasts, occasionally carry river water to help them water the rain, when there is more rain, help them disperse the dark clouds, when there is no wind, when the wind comes, help them drive away the wind." In the past, I ran around, caught people and beasts to eat, but was caught and suppressed by the old thief, and now I myself become a Buddha in the temple, and I have people to make offerings, and I have merit to earn!"
Qin Mu smiled: "Didn't you go upstream, how did you get here?"
"On that day, I broke the ice dam with you, and I wandered around, but I met the monks of Xiaoleiyin Temple, and I had a fight, but I couldn't beat them, so I fled. Then I fled here and hid in this temple, and when the bandits invaded, I ate the bandits. When the people of this village saw me, they thought it was a manifestation of the gods in the temple, so they offered cattle and sheep and offered me incense. I received their benefits, and I was a little embarrassed, so I helped them do something. ”
Wu Nu jumped on the plaque again, shook her feet and said, "They are better to me, and I am more and more embarrassed, so I live here." ”
Qin Mu laughed and said: "I have no intention of doing good, but it is a good deed, you want to become a Buddha." With that, he turned and walked away.
Wu Nu watched him go away, and whispered: "I don't want to become a monk, what's the fun of eating vegetarian every day......
Qin Mu returned to the back of the negative river beast, and the green-backed giant beast slowly swam out of the shallow water, gradually increasing its speed, and went downstream. Qin Mu looked back at the ancient temple, where the little girl in the temple was dangling with pigtails, accepting incense and offerings from the villagers.
The river is surging, and the waves are surging.
When they arrived at the dock of Mosaic Dragon City, Qin Mu and Fox Ling'er landed on the shore and came to this city.
This city has fallen into the hands of the Heavenly Demon Sect, and even though Granny Si has not shown up as Fu Yundi's face these days, nothing has happened here. After all, Fu Yundi also often retreats and cultivates.
Qin Mu came to the inn, called the innkeeper, and said, "Master Xiang, is there a way to avoid the mirror and enter Yankang Country?"
The innkeeper said: "There are two passes in Yankang nearby, one is Yanbian and the other is Mishui, Yanbian Pass and Mishui Pass have a lot of soldiers, and there are sight glasses hanging on the city tower, but all the abandoned people in the ruins will be illuminated, or shot, or sent to the mine as slaves." If you go over the mountain, it will be even more dangerous. In order to guard against the mob of the Great Ruins, Yankang Kingdom ambushed Xuanji crossbows on these mountain ranges, and if you want to go over the mountains, you will only be shot by Xuanji crossbows. ”
Qin Mu frowned and said, "Is there no way to enter the Yankang Kingdom?"
The innkeeper smiled, "No one else has it, but my Holy Sect has a way." Before the trade, in order to smuggle goods, our Holy Sect secretly destroyed the Xuanji crossbow on the two Shenduan Mountain Ranges, crossed the Shenduan Mountain Range, walked the Kullying Ridge Canyon, and then entered the Great Ruins. Now that Daxu is trading with Yankang, this road has been abandoned because it is easier to enter Yankang. If Childe wants to enter Yankang, he can go through the Mishui Pass. Many of the guards of the Mishui Pass are members of our Holy Sect. ”
Qin Mu's expression moved slightly, the power of the Heavenly Demon Sect was too huge, and it was worthy of being the number one faction of the Demon Dao!
He thought for a while and said, "You go and prepare the geographical map of Yankang, I will look at it on the road, and first familiarize myself with the geography of the mountains and rivers of Yankang Country." ”
"Yes. ”
The innkeeper retreated, and Qin Muhu Ling'er had dinner, took a bath, and went to bed separately.
The next day, the innkeeper fetched a thick paperwork, including a geographical map of the entire Yankang country and a detailed map of the county. Qin Mu put these geographical maps in his baggage and said, "Who will take me to Mishui Pass?"
The innkeeper smiled: "Don't worry, Childe. The meal has been prepared, and the son is invited to eat, and when he arrives at the riverside, there are naturally brothers from the Holy Sect to lead the childe. ”
Qin Mu and Hu Ling'er finished breakfast and came to Yongjiang, only to see a building boat docked on the shore, and a girl in Tsing Yi standing on the boat, saluting each other, and said softly: "The concubine has seen the son." Please also ask Childe to move. ”
"No need to be polite. ”
Qin Mu took Hu Ling'er to board the boat and said to the girl in green clothes: "Can my sister take me into the city and hide from the mirror?"
The girl in Tsing Yi smiled: "The concubine naturally can't hide it from the mirror." However, the concubine is Feng Xiuyun, a thousand households in Mishui Pass, who is responsible for inspecting the people entering and leaving the city, so she can naturally take her son into the city or out of the city. ”
Qin Mu was surprised, this girl didn't look very old, and she had already become a thousand households guarding the border pass, and immediately said, "There is Sister Lao Feng." ”
Under the boat, a giant beast surfaced and went down the river. After walking for an unknown distance, the river became wider and wider, and gradually became foggy.
The ship had just entered the fog, and the giant beast pulling the boat was restless, and its speed gradually slowed down, as if there was something under the water that frightened it.
Feng Xiuyun wondered: "Why is this guy suddenly petty and unwilling to pull the boat?"
Fox Ling'er also suddenly became nervous, and said in a low voice: "Childe, I feel that there is a breath approaching us, a very cold breath......"
At this moment, Qin Mu suddenly vaguely felt that something was watching him, and the fish dragon jumped out behind him, opening his mouth and spitting out half of the Shaobao Sword.
Feng Xiuyun's face was solemn, and he dodged in front of Qin Mu, and suddenly there were bubbles coming out of the bottom of the water, and there were more and more bubbles, and there were more and more fogs.
Other than that, though, there's nothing out of the ordinary.
Qin Mu settled down, this river was too wide, the white mist gradually worsened, so that they couldn't distinguish the direction, the little white fox cast a spell, trying to control the demon wind, the demon wind also completely lost its effect, and it couldn't blow the fog at all.
Feng Xiuyun took out a fan and shook the fan, the fan suddenly became more than one person high, the girl picked up the fan and fanned forward, and suddenly the wind was fierce, even better than the demon wind, but she couldn't fan the white mist at all.
Jiang Ping slowly led the boat downstairs, and the giant beast pulling the boat was already hiding at the bottom of the boat, trembling and not daring to come out, so he could only move forward with the boat by the flowing river water.
Feng Xiuyun was very nervous, and at this moment, there was a singing voice in the water, tactful and soft, like a mother soothing her baby to sleep, only the tone and no lyrics.
Qin Mu was stunned, and in a hazy sense, he felt that this singing voice was a little familiar.
"I've heard this tune!"
He stood and looked down, and saw a woman in white with long hair under the water, floating downstream with the boat.
As the boat moved forward, the woman in the water followed her, and the song seemed to come from the mouth of the woman in the water.
"I've really heard this tune, but it's not what Granny Si sang when she lulled me to sleep before......"
When Qin Mu heard the singing in the water, he felt a little kind and troubled in his heart, as if there was some buried memory that wanted to run out of his mind.
He suddenly jumped out of the boat and landed on the water, Feng Xiuyun reached out and grabbed him, did not catch him, and the fox Ling'er also jumped out, and then saw the woman in the water, and couldn't help but feel creepy, and hurriedly jumped to follow him, the little fox ran wildly on the water, stepping on ripples.
"Childe, slow down! I'm afraid ......"
The song continued, no matter how fast he walked, he couldn't catch up with the woman in the water.
Qin Mu's heart became more and more chaotic, and he was about to return to the boat, when suddenly he noticed that the jade pendant on his chest was floating slightly.
Qin Mu was stunned, stopped, and looked at the face of the woman in the water.
The woman in the water also stopped, it seemed that it was not Qin Mu who was chasing her, but she was chasing Qin Mu.
Poof.
The young man of the old village knelt on the water, his palms trembling and stretched out, trying to touch the face of the woman in the water, tears slipped out of his eyes and dripped on the calm river.
"Is that you? you sent me to the old village......