Chapter I

A river that can't be crossed

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There are five continents in the human world.

In addition to the central capital, there are four continents each, located in the southeast, northwest and northwest directions.

The five continents are divided by a river that runs almost to the sky.

The name of the river is the Tongtian River.

Jiang Heng naturally couldn't help but think of the Tongtian River recorded in the Journey to the West in his previous life:

There are demons living there, and there is a stone monument by the river. There are three large characters on the stele, two lines below, and ten small characters.

The three big characters are "Tongtian River", and the ten small characters are "Eight hundred miles away, and few people have traveled in ancient times".

There is a very right road, no high or low, overflowing the beach, looking at a cluster of people's dwellings, there are about four or five hundred, but they are all living well, but see the mountain access road, near the river. Everywhere is covered with firewood, and every bamboo courtyard is closed. The dream of the Shatou heron is clear, and the mouthpiece of the willow cry is cold. The piccolo is silent, and the anvil is not rhymed. The red knotweed branches shake the moon, and the yellow reed leaves fight the wind. Motou Village dog barks and sparse fence, and the old fishing boat at the ferry. The lights are sparse, the people are quiet, and the moon in the air is like a hanging mirror. Suddenly, I smelled a burst of apple fragrance, but it was sent by the west wind across the shore.

Although it has the same name, the Tongtian River here far exceeds the record in the book.

A group of four people stopped on the bank of the river that led to the sky, wanting to cross the river, but faced with a very difficult problem.

"It is said that this river was dug out by the gods and men from the water outside the sky, and it is impossible for any cultivator to fly across this river. ”

Tuxingsun has a lot of experience and introduced to everyone: "You have to go to the ferry and take the official boat before you can cross the river." Just ......"

Today's Jiang Heng and Zhang Junbao are already famous figures on the list of four passes.

If they want to cross the river by official boat, I am afraid it will not work.

However, since there are official ships, there are private ships.

Tuxing Sun Yan said: "If you want to cross the river, you have to follow the methods of mortals. Therefore, most of the private ships are controlled by mortals, after all, few monks are idle and bored to learn the ability to control ships. ”

Jiang Heng looked at the stone tablet not far away-

"Over 80,000 miles, few people have traveled since ancient times"

If it's really not just a coincidence, then the neighborhood ......

Jiang Heng looked at the calm surroundings, and then said: "There may be villages around, go and look for them, maybe you can know the location of the private ship from their mouths, but it is not necessarily." ”

It was an intuition, an intuition born from a previous life, that Jiang Heng believed that there was a connection between these.

Sure enough, Zhang Junbao found a place called Chenjiazhuang dozens of miles away.

After the four of them found the village as passers-by, the residents of the village were quite enthusiastic, and they didn't seem to be the same as in their previous life, because the inspiration king in the Tongtian River wanted to eat boys and girls and looked particularly sad.

Maybe there is no inspiration king in this river, or not necessarily?

Jiang Heng deliberately inquired, but there was a person named Chen Qing.

According to the story of the previous life, the Chen Qing family was about to sacrifice a boy and a girl.

Just inquired, there is indeed this person, but the person has already passed away.

But his son Chen Guanbao is in the prime of life. When he heard that someone was asking about his father's whereabouts, he hurried over and saw a group of young people.

The young man, a guy with a problem with his legs and feet, explained to Chen Guanbao: "I once had a relationship, and I passed by here, so I came to see him!"

Although Chen Guanbao was suspicious, he did not investigate deeply.

After all, his father Chen Qing has always been a benevolent and benevolent person, and it is not surprising that he has made some strangers he does not know.

Chen Guanbao invited the four of them to the village to rest in great friendliness.

All of this seems so ordinary.

It's just that among the four people, only the vicious Jia Xu in his eyes seems to have noticed something?

"Always feeling a little uneasy?"

After Jia Xu walked into the manor, he sniffed the air in the courtyard, and then said coldly: "How familiar is the smell? It is exactly the same as the smell before I was about to kill!"

The meaning of her words was clear.

Jiang Heng was silent about this, and Zhang Junbao and Tuxingsun had no good impression of this vicious woman. Especially before, when she teamed up with a group of people to seriously injure Jiang Heng and was still on their hostile side.

This favor is even more diminished.

The two of them looked at the ordinary village disapprovingly.

There's nothing to worry about, it's just that this Zhuangzi is a little dilapidated.

Presumably, the owner's family is short of money, so they don't come to repair it.

Speaking of this, Jiang Heng smiled faintly: "Chen Guanbao's family doesn't look like they have no money, it's more like no one has come to repair it." ”

Jia Xu was the first to understand the meaning of his words.

It's just that Zhang Junbao and Tuxingsun are still obsessed.

That night, after dinner, the group of four stayed in the Chenjiazhuang.

When I was ready to wait until the next day, I would go looking for a private boat to cross the river.

It's just that under this night, some people can't sleep after all.

Jiang Heng was the first to leave the room, followed by Jia Xu.

After the lonely couple left the room, they haunted all corners of Chenjia Village.

In this village, there are more than 500 households.

Jia Xu whispered to Jiang Heng: "Chen Guanbao's family has a big business, will he not find anyone to repair the manor?" Or did he save too much money?"

"Save money?"

Jiang Heng chuckled: "There are big fish and meat at dinner, and the satin fabric he wears is not cheap, which is not like saving money." ”

This was apparently observed by both men.

So—

"Why would no one come to the manor with a very rich family?"

Jia Xu silently speculated: "Unless...... No one wants to help the family repair the manor!"

After Jiang Heng and Jia Xu flew into the air, they looked down at Chenjiazhuang in the night.

Behind the seemingly calm, the two of them noticed a trace of weirdness.

It's just weird that it didn't show up this night.

Until the next morning, when Jiang Heng and the others were about to leave.

After the enthusiastic Chen Guanbao was repeatedly rejected, Jiang Heng took the opportunity to ask: "Is there a private boat near here that can cross the river?"

Generally, those who want to use private boats to cross the river are not enough for some silver taels, but the four people in front of them are not like the owners who have no money, so the only explanation for them to use private boats to cross the river is that they need to do some shady things.

If that's the case......

Chen Guanbao thought secretly for a moment, and then said: "My family does have a private boat, but these two days are not the days of sailing. ”

Chen Guanbao carefully explained that mortals crossing the river by private boat are extremely particular about the concept of day.

Moreover, this private boat can only go to a floating island in the center of the river.

There was a transit station, where Jiang Heng and the others needed to get on another big boat and continue to cross the river......