Chapter 55: The two sides face each other
Mr. Wei was a man in a mask and a tight black robe, and by looking at his gray and mottled hair, we could guess that he was about fifty or sixty years old, and it was the first time we had met him since we boarded the ship, and it was inevitable that we would introduce each other and greet him.
We are naturally very curious about such a mysterious person, but he said at the beginning that he had leprosy, so his face and skin were very ugly, and he was afraid of intimidating others, so he kept his distance. His cultivation is not very high, and he is not even as powerful as a few shopkeepers, but the reason why he was invited by the Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion is because of his understanding of the real dragon.
It is said that this person is a descendant of Wei Zheng, the famous minister of the Tang Dynasty, who said that "water can carry a boat, and can also overturn a boat", and he is also said to be a very clever warlock, once killed a dragon that made waves in the Luoyang River, which was later compiled into "Journey to the West" as a folk legend.
Although I don't know whether the ancestor of the road is true or false, but the level of this person is still there, the family has a "Twelve Chapters of the Dragon Classic", on the spot with the dragon ruler in the hand as a guide, some calculation, to explain to us these days of deduction and judgment, the most Lu will be the true dragon's den set in the deep pool under the cliff.
When I slipped from the top of the cliff yesterday, I took a casual look at the bottom of the pool, because the water flow was blocked, the deep pool under the cliff formed a clockwise backflow, and there were four or five whirlpools in the middle, generally this whirlpool will have suction, if the water is not good, as soon as you enter it, you will die.
At this moment, listening to Mr. Wei, it turns out that this thing is called Huilong water absorption, which is made in accordance with the breath of the real dragon, and after a long time, seeing the law of the whirlpool, you can generally know the situation of the real dragon in the dragon's lair.
We came this time, for different purposes, but we were all on the real dragon, and as soon as the news was confirmed, we immediately rowed our oars, ready to turn around this body of water, and set off towards the bottom of the cliff. Because I have been there yesterday, and the waterways and routes have been explored, it doesn't take too much effort, but the floating corpses on the lake originally wanted to clean them up and bury them ashore, but I can't take care of them at the moment, so I can only wait for tomorrow and tomorrow, and then plan when I am free.
After the battle, everything returned to calm, the Dragon Seeker headed towards the water at the cliff, I looked at the corpse left behind the ship in a daze, thinking that this person is really very strange, what kind of mentality do they have to come here to die?
Thinking like this, I couldn't help but laugh at myself again - yes, although this trip is for ambergris, but I am so excited, more or less because I like this exciting and adventurous life, it is poison, and I am willing to eat it.
Before I knew it, my attitude towards life had already changed. Hey, what's going on, why did the corpse sink all of a sudden?
It didn't take long to move from its original position to the bottom of the cliff, and soon the Dragon Seeker was anchored on the lake not far from the deep pool below the cliff. With the previous experience of being attacked, Ciyuan Pavilion is also a lot more cautious, after dropping the anchor, from the deck to the surrounding lake to throw a kind of nailed wooden box, the shoe box is large, I asked what it is, Tian shopkeeper told me, said that this is the water awakening bell, after the arrangement is neat, if there is some movement under the water, the boat will know the way.
In the end, there are many such gadgets, and the Dragon Hunt is busy, and we gather at the bow of the ship, Mr. Wei placed an incense table on the deck, on which there are a number of stoves, incense candles, and offerings, and then holds a copper jar in his hand, and stands still in the bow, and there seem to be a few rolling balls in it, constantly shaking with the waves.
After the ritual of burning incense with clean hands, the sun set in the west, and by the oblique light, he squinted his eyes and looked towards the whirlpool in the Huilongtan, and from time to time he wrote and painted on the rice paper laid on the desk, outlining many unknown symbols.
Insiders look at the doorway, laymen look at the lively, we don't understand the dragon search technique, just look interesting, not much, after about a quarter of an hour, suddenly Mr. Wei on the desk to find the dragon ruler pushed away, the rice paper that was painted with countless messy symbols ignited, thrown into the copper furnace, after a burning, the paper ash and balls inside were poured out, snapped a palm, actually smashed the ivory balls, and then grabbed it, and sprinkled forward.
The ashes were raised in the bow of the ship, blown by the lake breeze, and under the illumination of the sun, it took on the appearance of a real dragon with teeth and claws, angry eyes.
This situation lasted for more than ten seconds, and then the wind dissipated, Mr. Wei's face was flushed with excitement, and he spit out a mouthful of blood, and the strange flush receded, and others hurriedly supported him, and the master of Ciyuan Pavilion stepped forward and asked what was going on?
Mr. Wei said with difficulty: "It is a real dragon, and he has been living for 3,261 years, and he is in his twilight years. Its lair, it should be down there, I'm sure. ”
After saying this, the surrounding people were in an uproar, all of them were excited, to know that the true dragon is the most longed-for legend of our Chinese nation, it has never been heard, few people can see it with their own eyes, if this experience can be seen, it is worth dying. However, at this time, someone at the bow mast shouted a warning that a ship was coming.
These words were like a scoop of cold water, poured straight on top of our heads, and we hurriedly followed the instructions of the warning officer, and saw a ship slowly approaching from the West Island, which was not even as big as the Laoshan boat, but when we saw the people on the boat, our mood immediately became extremely bad.
The famous door is right, and the one who comes is the Heavenly Master of Longhu Mountain.
Although the boat is small, the people inside are powerful, and the word sword himself said that an idle person like him is not as good as the old monster, and Longhu Mountain came from this trip, it can be said that it is pouring out, if there is a conflict, few people can escape.
The ships of Longhu Mountain are getting closer and closer, and seeing that all of his subordinates are like dead old women, the Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion took a deep breath, and then encouraged everyone: "Don't worry, Longhu Mountain also has a relationship with us, the real dragon is difficult to control, and we may not be unable to cooperate." And even if it is a fight, we have this Dragon Hunt, Mr. Huang Da, and the Maoshan Daoist Xiao Keming Xiao brothers, who just defeated Mochizuki Zhenren, and each of us, with these, what are we afraid of? We have lost a lot of brothers, we have given too much, do we need to be afraid? ”
The Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion waved his hand and spoke impassionedly, his warm emotions infected us, and everyone's mood became excited, and there was no longer any fear.
The boat of Longhu Mountain finally approached, the two boats were only ten meters apart, and they could see the expressions on each other's faces, I didn't see the legendary No. 1 master of Longhu Mountain, Shanyang Zhenren, standing at the bow of the boat was Yin Dingjiang, and next to Luo Dingquan and the arrogant young man he saw this morning, that is, the little heavenly master.
Yin Ding looked at this side, arched his hand from afar, and shouted: "Longhu Mountain is doing business here, please let the friends of Ciyuan Pavilion get out of the way, this kindness is accepted, and in the future, if you have anything to ask for, you will not be allowed." ”
He said this politely, but in fact, he was extremely domineering, and he directly wanted to drive us away and let him come and occupy this place for himself.
However, we have only just determined this place, how did Longhu Mountain know that there is a real dragon here?
The pavilion master of Ciyuan Pavilion smiled bitterly and said Alas, these opportunistic guys have no ability to find it themselves, but they have to occupy the achievements of others. It was Yin Dingjiang who shouted, he naturally ignored it, and the big voice next to him Tian shopkeeper responded, the two sides were in a dispute, but they also left a bottom line for each other, and did not break the meaning of it, they couldn't hold each other, Longhushan was still famous and decent in the end, seeing that the dragon number did not retreat, they did not ask for it, but said that since they did not give face, then it didn't matter, this kindness, he Longhushan also still wrote it down.
Write it down, write it down, pull up the tiger skin to pull the banner, no one is scared to grow up.
The Longhu Mountain boat slowly passed by the Dragon Hunt and docked at a distance of twenty meters, and there were several unfamiliar faces on the other ship, clustered with the little Heavenly Master, looking at the Dragon Hunt unscrupulously. Their bow was low, and the Dragonseeker's side was extremely high, but that didn't detract from their psychological condescending gaze.
Ciyuan Pavilion a few people discussed, let everyone not move indiscriminately, since Longhu Mountain came, this first bite of crab will be eaten by them, as for whether it will be clamped lip, then it depends on their ability. The bottom of the boat on Longhu Mountain was flat, and after the anchor was dropped, a small boat was separated and rowed towards the cage pond under the cliff.
It doesn't matter if this arrogance is this, the most infuriating thing is that someone found out that the boat was actually the same boat we sent away last time.
The Dragon Hunt brought a total of three landing boats, two of which were taken away by the Yutou Gang, and one was here in Longhu Mountain, but Ciyuan Pavilion did not have one at the moment, and the account of the Yutou Gang had to be said separately, but this Longhu Mountain had the attitude of borrowing and not repaying, and it was really frustrating. The people on the boat shouted one after another, but the Pavilion Master of Ciyuan still suppressed everyone's grievances and asked everyone to wait.
There were a total of five people on the dinghy, all dressed in water, close to the edge of the dragon pool, and found that the water was rotating, the boat kept spinning, someone used a rope to make a knot on the mountain wall and the shore, after fixing the boat, take turns to turn over and go into the water, and look for it at the bottom of the pool.
After a few rounds of going back and forth, a dozen or so people went down, and except for one who was almost swept up in the current, there was not even the slightest useful news coming. Time unconsciously came to the evening, the Dragon Hunt under the four anchors, standing quietly, Longhu Mountain tossed, no gain, we did not move, each returned to the cabin to sit and breathe, looking at the beautiful sunset, little by little sinking West Mountain.
Just as I was about to settle down, suddenly there was a sound of huge waves crashing on the water, and someone shouted outside: "Hujiao is coming!" ”
I rushed out of the door and looked out, but saw that the boat back to the cage pond had overturned, and the lake Jiao that appeared that night had dropped a tail on the surface of the lake.
Seeing this movement, I didn't know what Lu Dao was for, and I actually smiled unkindly.