Chapter Twenty-Six: The Dragon
Fang Hongjin, the master of Ciyuan Pavilion, first appeared, he was a kind and oily businessman, and when he greeted and spoke, it was a good flower, which made people automatically ignore his identity in the rivers and lakes, but when he was a little serious and stared at us, I could feel that in this fat body, there was still a terrifying beast hidden, and the terrifying power he had.
This is an extremely powerful person, many people only remember that Ciyuan Pavilion will do business, but they have forgotten what kind of strength these people rely on to be able to establish themselves in the sinister shopping mall and develop by leaps and bounds.
Originally, I saw the young owner of Ciyuan Pavilion and a few shopkeepers, and their strength was not outstanding, I only thought that the strength of Ciyuan Pavilion was only general, but when I saw the style of the master of Ciyuan Pavilion, I realized that there should still be a discrepancy in my estimate just now. There are no ghosts in our hearts, and we all calmly face the sweep of the Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion, neither happy nor sad, indifferent.
Soon, he laughed and said I have heard Mr. Huang Da talk about this matter just now, the cultivation of the three of them is first-class, and I can get your help, so I naturally have nothing to refuse, but there is still a worry, we are here this time, and the preparation is abundant, and the plan is to lure the real dragon out, and it will not necessarily go to the dragon's nest at the bottom of the lake. If this is the case, you may not be able to get the ambergris you need, and if there is no heavy gift to reward the three of you, I am uneasy, and I dare not give birth to the idea of driving you.
Uncle nodded, and said that we came to Dongting to look for dragons, the news is blocked, and time is also wasted, if we can get some traces of the real dragon with you, no matter what the outcome is, it will not disturb your plans.
Seeing that we were speaking sincerely, the lord of Ciyuan Pavilion Ha Luha smiled and said that he could get three helps, and Hongjin should be happy, but the cooperation between the two sides, ugly words need to be said in front, I have three requirements here, if you can all agree, then we will immediately join hands on the ship and go to the depths of Daze together; If not, everyone will break up, and when we see each other in the future, I will remember your friendship.
Uncle gave up his hand and said that he would like to advise.
The master of the Ciyuan Pavilion stretched out three fingers and said one thing, how to get on the boat, how to stop the boat, and how to trace the traces, we all need to listen to what we say, and we must not act without authorization, let alone make accusations. Uncle nodded and said This is natural, although we can infer it, but after all, it is only an amateur, and you are not as well prepared as you are, how can you point fingers?
The Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion smiled with satisfaction, withdrew a finger, and said Second, if you encounter danger, you must not run away and disturb morale, you need to advance and retreat together, and you must be in the same boat through thick and thin. Uncle proudly agreed, saying that we, as long as we identify our guys, will naturally not do the kind of thing that betrays our companions, is greedy for life and afraid of death, if we are afraid of death, why do we have to come here thousands of miles away and be beaten by this wind and rain?
The master of the Ciyuan Pavilion arched his hand and said that the three martial artists, I have already heard Mr. Huang Da relay, here is the last thing, if this trip is going to meet the sect next to it, and there is a conflict, if you have the old, please inform in advance, so that it will be beneficial to both sides, so as not to face each other with the most stubborn swords.
Uncle froze at this moment, turned back to look at us, and took a step forward and said Pavilion Master, we don't have any grudges with others, only a little enmity with the Evil Spirit Sect, but they seem to be the same with you. Here I can assure you that if we meet someone close to us, we will naturally persuade them, and if they are useless, we will avoid them. But if you encounter a grudge, you will naturally be on the side by side, and you won't hesitate at all, you say?
The pavilion master of Ciyuan Pavilion heard our words, stroked his palms and smiled, and said hello three times in a row, saying that he was worried about the lack of masters in this trip, but with three, it was really seamless.
After laughing, he bowed down and invited us to board: "Three gentlemen, please!" ”
The Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion spoke in a serious tone when he compared us before, but at this time, he was respectful and cautious, and the resentment in our hearts was somewhat resolved, and he was really an eight-sided and exquisite character. In the small boat, we came to the bottom of the big boat in the lake, there was a soft ladder on it, and climbed up to the bow of the boat, and I saw that the wooden boat was bigger than I had imagined, like a building boat, and there was a beast head in the bow, which was the shape of the unicorn.
Except for the skeleton, the ship was basically made of natural old cedar wood soaked in oil and polished, and my eyes went around for a week, and I did not see any modern electronic instruments, even the dozen or so lamps I had just seen, all of which were gas lamps, not electric lights.
Everyone got on the boat one after another, and then hoisted the two dinghys up and tied them to the side of the boat, and the pavilion master of Ciyuan Pavilion saw that the three of us were all curious, so he smiled and asked if it is strange, why is there no electronic equipment on this ship, but I did not rent a modern ship, or directly build a yacht, or a retired gunboat?
We nodded yes, it's not that we don't have money, so why do we have to be so shabby?
The pavilion master of this Ciyuan Pavilion smiled, pointed to the objects around the ship, and said Don't look at the bad appearance of this ship, but I carefully planned to seize it, and it took a lot of thought. It stands to reason that it is not difficult to get a modern big ship over, but we are not here for vacation, but to look for dragons, first, with this electronic equipment and fuel engine, we will not see the slightest shadow of the dragon in eight lifetimes, and second, even if it appears, even if it is a warship, it will inevitably be overturned, and no one will come to die, right? That's why I got this Dragon Hunt from the hands of the old man in Changde.
Listening to the smugness of the Pavilion Master of Ciyuan Pavilion, we all felt a little itchy in our hearts, saying that there is anything strange about this ship?
"Naturally!" Since they were all on the same boat, the master of Ciyuan Pavilion did not sell it, and directly talked about the benefits and disadvantages of this ship.
It turned out that this dragon was originally owned by an old man surnamed Wu in Changde, the old man was not famous in the rivers and lakes, but his origin was quite large, it was the long-lost Mo family's children, generation of shipbuilding, the ancestor was the late Yuan Dynasty righteous army Chen Youliang of the water army supervisor, created a huge water army, the boat can run horses, vertical and horizontal Huaisi, and later Chen Youliang was defeated by Zhu Yuanzhang, his ancestors and Peng monk retired together, generation after generation still shipbuilding, following the exquisite craftsmanship of the Mo family.
This boat is the old man Wu poured his life's work to build, every piece of ship on the ship, every iron nail and every structure, have been made by his own hands, the appearance of the hull is no different from the ordinary, but the structure adopts the ancient method of the Mo family, the inner wall is painted with runes, ghosts and gods do not invade, no matter how big the wind and waves, swaying left and right and can not fall, it is really an excellent weapon to ride the wind and waves.
Since the name is "Seeking the Dragon", there are naturally many arrangements on the ship, but these Ciyuan Pavilion masters still avoid us in the end, and they did not tell us, but they still called in addition to the eight wrestlers who paddled at the bottom of the cabin, a total of twenty-four people came to meet us, some of these twenty-four people are cultivators in the main pavilion of Ciyuan Pavilion, and some are invited to worship at a high price, most of them are familiar with water, and there are many masters, with electric eyes and very sharp.
Among them, there is the previous Taoist who obtained the dragon scales, whose real name is Liu Yongxiang, is a dull person, and the cat does not speak in the dark.
The total number of all the people on the ship is forty-two, which shows that Ciyuan Pavilion has come this time, and it can be said that they are pouring out of the nest and are determined to win, but since even the top ten masters who are famous all over the world like the word sword have been hired and come to take charge, it is obvious that they are also well prepared.
We have met each other, we are also familiar with each other, talked for a while, we fought for a long time that day, and rushed for more than an hour, very tired, Ciyuan Pavilion has vacated a room in the rear cabin, for the three of us to stay, so to the room, put down the luggage, someone sent hot water, in the stern of a room after washing, we did not say much, let Duoduo take care of the side, and then hurriedly went to sleep.
The ship is not as good as the land, it has been bumpy, the heavy rain outside has rested a little, the cabin is quite damp, and shaky, in fact, it is not easy to sleep, I have been hazy in my sleep, not stable, I don't know how long the road has passed, suddenly I heard a rush of footsteps from the bow of the boat, occasionally mixed with shouting, I immediately straightened up, and saw that the uncle and the miscellaneous hair trail had already squatted in front of the door, looking out through the crack in the door.
"What's going on?"
I asked the two of them, and the miscellaneous hair trail did not look back, and the uncle replied to me, saying that it seemed that I had encountered a fleet just now, not as big as ours, but there were three ships, and the people of Ciyuan Pavilion turned off the lights and hid in the nearby reeds, and the fleet was also a little jealous, and bypassed it far away, and did not pick it up.
I nodded, "Is it a wooden boat too?" The uncle replied yes, I think he also came to look for the dragon, but I don't know if Lu Dao is just an acquaintance.
The Dragon-Seeker stopped moving forward and hid in the reeds to wait, and there was silence all around, except for the faint sound of waves coming from the window.
The dragon spirit belongs to the most dislike modern equipment, so when we came this time, under the supervision of the people of Ciyuan Pavilion, we had already thrown away all the electronic devices on our bodies, and we didn't have a watch, so we didn't even know the time.
The people from Ciyuan Pavilion didn't come to wake us up, obviously they didn't intend to meet the fleet, they just hoped that each other would have some scruples and treat each other sensibly. I waited for more than ten minutes, I felt silence all around, and sleepiness came to my heart again, I had fought too hard with Yang Zhixiu before, I just wanted to hurry up and get to sleep, and the spirit would be sufficient, so I wouldn't be sluggish tomorrow, so I ignored it, closed my eyes and continued to rest.
About half an hour later, I heard a strange movement from the west, and then a rush of footsteps sounded, and there was a knock on the door of our cabin, and the man shouted anxiously: "Mr. Lu, two Mr. Xiao, the pavilion master has urgent matters to discuss, please go to the front cabin to talk about it."