Chapter 8: Touching the Fish
Seeing the introduction of the soul-searching gourd, I really had a feeling that my hairs stood on end.
Yang Shouzheng is also Qin Taotian, and he doesn't know how much effort it took to study the soul of the living person and replace it with his own soul. How could I have imagined that there was such a ready-made thing that could suck out people's souls so easily? Perhaps, Yang Shouzheng's inspiration also came from this soul-searching gourd, right?
It can absorb the souls of countless people at a time, which is obviously a thousand times more powerful than Qin Montian's machine extracting people one by one.
Emperor Xudu, this bastard, Mr. Kobayashi has a powerful guy here in his hands, and he hasn't even mentioned a word to me! If Mr. Kobayashi used this thing against me, I don't even know where the fuck is now!
Moreover, this gourd can use souls at any time, and it can hold millions of souls in it, so what's the deal?
Just imagine, that Mr. Kobayashi seems to be a person from the Qin Dynasty, and it has been more than 2,000 years now. When he saw a powerful soul, he collected it in this gourd, and after two thousand years, how many awesome guys could he collect?
You say, will he suddenly take out the Western Chu Overlord from the gourd? Or, just take out a martial arts alliance leader or something? In other words, he took out a guy directly, and it turned out to be Qiao Feng, the leader of the beggar gang back then...... Damn, how can others live and resist?
Thinking of this, how can it not make people's hairs stand on end?
Fortunately, this Mr. Kobayashi seems to be very conceited, and he hasn't thought about using this powerful gourd to deal with my "little role".
I don't seem to have a chance to fight such a powerful character. No wonder Emperor Xudu would say that if you tell me the origin of these three fugitives, I would be so frightened that I escaped.
However, why would Mr. Kobayashi do something to the ordinary villagers of Shangtang Village?
I put my head in my hands and couldn't help but moan.
Wang Jiaqi didn't know the seriousness of the matter, looked at me and asked with concern, "What's wrong with you?" Is it a headache? Did you let the wind blow and catch a cold? ”
I hurriedly shook my head and said with a smile, "I'm fine." Let's go, let's go catch the baby fish. ”
Forget it, things have come to this point, and I can't do anything about it, so I can only take one step at a time, and then improvise.
But thinking that my soul was sucked out of the gourd and kept in the dark gourd, I still couldn't help but tremble with fear, and I could only try not to think about it—isn't it a bit of a Q spirit?
Wang Jiaqi just felt some doubts about what he saw and didn't know the truth, so he didn't think much about it or worry too much. Sometimes, ignorance is really blissful.
Wang Jiaqi and I walked down the hill to the dam below.
It was dark and slippery in the pine forest, and I fell twice before I got out of the pine forest and came to the edge of the dam.
The night breeze blew down the water, so cold that Wang Jiaqi and I couldn't help but shiver and hugged our arms tightly.
This dam is a large, irregular triangle. What was supposed to be the source of a small river was dammed and enclosed into a large pond by all-powerful humans. Outside the dam, the original riverbed has been turned into fertile land, planted with corn. The corn grove swayed in the darkness and made a "whooshing" sound.
From the upper reaches of the dam, there is indeed the occasional sound of a baby crying or two, which sounds really creepy and the legs are weak.
Wang Jiaqi and I walked upstream along the shore.
We arrived in no time.
Wang Jiaqi is familiar with the road, even on such a dark night, he will not step on the wrong step. I need to be careful not to step into a puddle of water if I'm not careful.
"Looks like you often come here at night to catch fish, the road is so familiar." I quipped.
"No," Wang Jiaqi said, "the whole village is here to fetch water to eat, I have to run at least once a day, after so many years, can I not be familiar?" Don't talk, the baby fish is very smart, it will run away when it hears a sound. ”
Originally, I was not used to this kind of mysterious atmosphere and feeling, so I used words to break it, but when I heard Wang Jiaqi say this, I could only obediently close my mouth.
Sure enough, there was a well here, and it was all made of stone slabs all around, and it was clean and smooth all around, and it was clear that there were many people walking around.
Wang Jiaqi picked a pumpkin leaf next to him, rolled it into a triangle, and scooped up water from the well to drink.
I happened to be thirsty too, and after Wang Jiaqi finished drinking, seeing that she was going to throw away the pumpkin leaves, she hurriedly said, "Don't, give it to me." ”
"Won't you pick another slice yourself?" Wang Jiaqi said, still handing me the pumpkin leaf in his hand.
I took it, scooped some water from the well, and drank two sips, only to feel sweet and cool, and very refreshing. This natural mineral water is really delicious.
At this time, two cries of baby fish came from under the stone ridge.
I was overjoyed and was about to speak, when Wang Jiaqi put his index finger on his mouth and made a silent gesture towards me.
I hurriedly swallowed the words back from my mouth.
Wang Jiaqi took off his shoes lightly and pulled up his two trouser legs high.
Then, silently, she walked down the stone ridge and stepped into the clear water.
I pointed her in the direction on the rock.
Wang Jiaqi walked over gently, step by step.
From time to time, the cries of the baby fish came out one after another, and no danger was noticed getting closer and closer to it. It seems to be hiding in a crack in a rock, humming a little song leisurely.
Wang Jiaqi walked over, made a gesture at me proudly, and stretched out a hand to touch the crack in the stone.
The baby fish stopped crying, and the sound of struggling water could be heard below.
"Caught!" Wang Jiaqi shouted excitedly, and hurried to help with his other hand.
But she didn't catch the baby fish for a long time.
"My hand is stuck and I can't take it out, come and help!" Wang Jiaqi shouted.
I hurriedly jumped down from the rock, and with a "poof" I jumped into the water below.
The water was so cold, it was bone-chilling.
Wang Jiaqi put both hands into a small hole, probably holding the baby fish in his hands, but he couldn't pull it out.
The baby fish was still fluttering inside.
"You removed the slate next to it and made this hole bigger." Wang Jiaqi said.
"Okay, no problem." I say.
I squeezed to Wang Jiaqi's side and pulled out the stones next to the cave entrance one by one.
It seems like...... It's much easier than you think. Logically speaking, this stone ridge has been built for I don't know how many years, and it should be very tight, and it won't be so easy to pull out.
I didn't think too much about it, though.
Wang Jiaqi's hand was finally withdrawn, and a fish with four short, flat feet struggled desperately in her hand, its mouth wide open, and it let out a baby-like cry.
"Take a look, there seems to be another one in it." Wang Jiaqi said excitedly, took a few steps back, and gave me the position to catch it.
Catching fish in the cracks of the stones, this kind of trick is a trick I often played when I was a child, I don't know how many years I haven't played it, I didn't expect that today there is an opportunity for me to relive my old dream.
I immediately said yes happily, and walked over and put my hand into the cave.
There seems to be some space inside.
I spun my wrist around, and sure enough, I touched something slippery and slippery.
I immediately pinched it and went up with my other hand to help.
Well? Why can't it be pulled? Could it be that the tail of the baby fish is stuck in it?
I immediately put some effort into it, and the baby fish was pulled out a bit, but it was still stuck tightly.
Nima, don't bite my hand!
I took a deep breath and pulled hard outside—
I pulled a long strip of something out.
It wasn't a snake, it was a hand, high up there.
I was startled and sat down in the water.
Wang Jiaqi screamed, and even threw away the baby fish in his hand.
The hand I pulled out was pale and slender, with its fingers open, and it was supposed to be a woman's hand.
The hand had been soaked in the water for no known how long, but it showed no signs of decay.
It was a long time before I felt my heart beat wildly and I got up from the water drenched.
Obviously, in addition to this hand, there should be another person inside.