Chapter Forty-Eight: The Art of Gluttony
The moment the purple bead entered the body, a layer of purple flames rose up all over Lei Jiao's body, and it disappeared in the blink of an eye. The scales of the Thunder Jiao Spirit Body turned dark blue as soon as he saw it, and two hind legs actually grew, with a barb sticking out of the elbow of each leg, and the four dragon claws were extremely sharp. From head to tail on both sides of the dorsal fin, two thin white hairs grow. A long brown tongue poked out of the dragon's mouth, spun around, and retracted.
Gu Yunzhe watched Lei Jiao slowly turn into a gluttonous appearance, feeling slightly cool behind him, and turned his head to look at Wucai. Wucai felt something, just glanced at him out of the corner of his eye, did not speak, but looked at Lei Jiao who was still changing in mid-air with interest.
At this time, the Thunder Jiao spirit body floating in mid-air was still slowly transforming. The tail slowly stretched out, gradually exceeding twice the length of the body. The body also became thicker, like the body of a horse, and the white scales on the belly were particularly exposed, and the whole body stopped changing.
Gu Yunzhe got closer, wanted to look more closely, looked at it for a while, tilted his head and said to Wucai, "Can you tell me, what has become of this Lei Jiao?" Four are not like it! ”
Wucai laughed, "Yes, it's just four different." ”
"Four are not like? Is the one that the Black Water Snake eats? Gu Yunzhe turned around in shock and stared at Wucai.
"Haha, in fact, the four are not like it, and the unicorn is also!"
"What!" Gu Yunzhe looked at the thunder Jiao in mid-air again, it was indeed very similar to the four dissimilarities in the memory of the Black Water Snake, but the image in front of him was indeed the same evil beast, without a trace of auspiciousness.
"Don't look at it, as long as there are four spirit beasts combined, they can achieve four dislikes, as for this auspicious saying, it is only passed down by the world, only because of its scarcity. In fact, the unicorn is fierce, with fire in the belly and thunder in the mouth, it is the unification of hairy beasts and is extremely domineering! And you, Lei Jiao, are a three-form change, and may be a little imperfect. However, although it is the body of the three spirits, this power should not be underestimated, and you can use a few gluttonous techniques to try your skills. Wucai said encouragingly.
Hearing Wucai's explanation, Gu Yunzhe was a little eager to try, and he jumped forward, turned into a golden light, and entered the spirit core in Lei Jiao's spirit body. Inside, I saw that next to the spirit core, there was a purple bead that was only one-tenth in size, which was entwined by layers of spiritual silk, and the spirit core seemed to be indistinguishable from each other.
Lei Jiao, who was floating in the air, suddenly opened his eyes, revealing a ruthless color, and his body twisted and landed on the abutment of the Heavenly Palace. At this time, Lei Jiao spoke, "This body is really domineering, full of strength!" After speaking, his tail flicked violently, "Smack!" There was a crisp sound.
Wucai looked at this domineering and somewhat evil mutated Lei Jiao and smiled lightly. With a flick of his hand, several mountain-like boulders appeared out of thin air and rushed towards Lei Jiao.
This thunder Jiao jumped lightly without dodging or dodging, and slapped its claws towards the first boulder. This boulder is like tofu, which is cut off by the waist. Then the body turned, and the long tail flicked violently. The tail tip slammed into the second boulder, which was smashed into rubble and landed in all directions. There were three boulders rushing behind him, and Lei Jiao took a big mouth, which was a few points bigger than the boulder, and swallowed the third boulder in one gulp. The fourth boulder was also in front of him, Lei Jiao took a few steps back, the huge mouth opened again, and a stream of high-temperature magma rushed towards the last two boulders, enveloping them. In the blink of an eye, the boulder was riddled with holes. Lei Jiao's huge mouth was open, and its long brown tongue passed through the two boulders. With a flick, the giant threw two stones on the abutment, shattering his bones.
Wucai stood on the high platform, smiling and clapping, "Very good!" ”
Lei Jiao raised his head and roared, rolling like thunder, and then his whole body was dish, and Gu Yunzhe's consciousness left Lei Jiao's spirit body and appeared beside Wucai. And the Thunder Jiao spirit body slowly rose up and floated in the air again.
"Now this Lei Jiao's strength has increased a lot." Gu Yunzhe said excitedly.
Wucai smiled lightly, "After all, gluttony is one of the four fierce beasts. Its strength is in the first place. Do you know why? ”
Gu Yunzhe was stunned, "Are the four fierce beasts still ranked?" I've never heard of this. Why is that? ”
Wucai explained: "According to legend, gluttony is transformed by the resentful soul of Chiyou. And Chi You is brave and good at fighting, and is known as the 'God of War'. Therefore, the fierce beast transformed by its unjust soul naturally has a bit of bravery! ”
"I see, can it be said that I now have a bit of Chiyou's true colors." Gu Yunzhe teased.
Wucai glanced at him with some disdain, and teased, "You do have a bit of Chiyou's arrogant nature!" ”
The colorful ridicule caused Gu Yunzhe to laugh!
Gu Yunzhe's consciousness returned to his body and stood up. When I walked out of the door, I saw that the boss had also come to the house, accompanied by the property manager. The two of them were very happy to see Gu Yunzhe come out.
Gu Yunzhe and the two of them discussed some things about the redevelopment of the villa next to them, and the property manager made a record of what was needed, and then took his leave.
The boss didn't leave, but chatted with Gu Yunzhe about Zhang Jianqiang. When he came over that day, he knew that Zhang Jianqiang was missing, and in the past few days when Gu Yunzhe went to Yanggu, he also used some connections, but it didn't have any effect.
The boss said a conjecture, "Does it have something to do with me, or does it have something to do with the incident I provoked?" ”
Hearing him say this, Gu Yunzhe also fell into thought, and after a moment, "You mean, he may have been captured by the people there in the Divine Valley?" ”
The boss looked at Gu Yunzhe with some confusion, "Kamiya? ”
Gu Yunzhe suddenly realized that when dealing with that young man that day, the boss was already drunk and unconscious, "The person who wants to put you to death is from the Valley of the Gods." There's a group of people that the government doesn't want to provoke, and that's what you're talking about. ”
The boss also nodded, and couldn't help but worry in his heart, and blamed himself even more, "It's all me, why do you say I went there to buy wood, and went hunting with them." If it weren't for these things, how could it be a hadron problematic? After speaking, he grabbed his hair with both hands and lowered his head guiltily.
Gu Yunzhe patted him on the back, "Do you believe it or not!" I'm sure I'll get Brother Zhang back. ”
The boss raised his head, looked at Gu Yunzhe for a moment, and nodded heavily, "Letter!" ”
Then don't always live in remorse, which doesn't help. Besides, he is missing, and there is no news of his death, so there is still hope for us. Gu Yunzhe comforted.
The boss pursed his lips, nodded, and sighed.
Next, Gu Yunzhe asked the boss to describe in detail the location where he met the young man. The boss told him that the place was Shennongjia, and found a piece of paper, drew a simple map from it, and specially marked some markers that he was more impressed.
Gu Yunzhe took this simple map, compared it with the map on the market, and checked it, although the map was very clear, but it still couldn't form a more three-dimensional and intuitive feeling, he knew that he still had too little to travel.
After resting at home for a few days, Gu Yunzhe packed his bags again, brought a long whip and flower sticks, and bought some necessary items for camping, tents, flashlights, firewood knives, lighters, hiking ropes, etc. Drive alone to Shennongjia Mountain.
He is still a novice driver, although he has been driving for a few months and has made several high-speed trips during this time, but this is the first time that such a long distance has been reached. Driving carefully along the way, I finally arrived at the foot of Shennong Mountain safely.
I rested in Xiangyang City for a night, and the next morning, I followed the map drawn by the boss and drove along National Highway 305 into the Shennongjia Mountains. Born in the plains, the philosopher Gu Yun finally opened his eyes, looking from the winding mountain road, here the forest and sea are vast, the river valley is deep, the ravines are vertical and horizontal, the mountains are stacked on top of each other, and the mountains are majestic. Beyond the highway was an abyss, which made him more cautious and didn't dare to drive too fast. His turtle speed caused many cars on the road to beeble, and many cars increased the throttle to overtake, and then in his somewhat nervous gaze, they disappeared. Sometimes, when he encounters an ox cart, he follows behind, and the mountain people on the ox cart look at his car with the license plate of the capital, and then look at the wind and dust all the way, guessing that he has come from afar. Wave your hand to him to signal that there is no car in front of you and you can overtake him.
I inquired all the way, searched all the way, and finally in the evening, I saw the first sign that the boss told me, a restaurant built on the flat ground next to the road, and the guest returned to the restaurant. This restaurant is not big, a row of spire bungalows, the main entrance is in the middle, there are three glass windows on each side, through the glass, you can see that there are several tables of guests eating inside, with cement tiles in front of it, to build a two-meter-wide simple sunshade corridor. The ground in front of the door was level, apparently trimmed, and several cars were parked in front of it.
Gu Yunzhe parked the car next to the cars and walked into the restaurant. I saw a high counter with a big beckoning cat on it, and behind it was a wine rack full of drinks of different colors, and behind the counter was a middle-aged woman, not tall, but neatly dressed. Seeing Gu Yunzhe walk in, he stood up with a smile on his face, spoke Mandarin with a strong Sichuan and Hubei flavor, and said, "Welcome, sir, are you eating or staying in a hotel?" ”
"Boss, what are your specialties?" Gu Yunzhe looked at the hotel as he spoke. There were large round tables on either side of the counter, and a row of small tables by the window. At this time, the two large tables on the right are occupied, and there is only one small table on the left with a man and a woman.
"Here's the recipe, you take a look at it first. It's a person. As she spoke, the proprietress took out a recipe from under the counter and placed it on the table.
"Alone" Gu Yunzhe said and walked to the left side with the recipe, separated from the table of the pair of men and women, and sat down.
Soon, the proprietress took a pot of water and a water cup, and then sent it to Gu Yunzhe's table and poured him a cup of tea. I wrote down a few dishes ordered by Gu Yunzhe, walked to the back kitchen, and went to place an order.
Gu Yunzhe picked up the water cup and took a sip, the tea was refreshing, bitter and sweet, and the aftertaste was endless. I was surprised to lift the lid of the pot and see what tea was brewed in the pot, only to see that the tea leaves were like spores, and the roots were green.
The proprietress quickly brought the food over, and taking this opportunity, Gu Yunzhe asked the proprietress what kind of tea it was.
The proprietress smiled and said, "It's not a good tea." It's just an ordinary hair tip. However, if you soak it in mountain spring water, it will definitely taste much better than the tap water in the city. ”
Gu Yunzhe had a slight understanding, and Zhang Jianqiang once said that many people would go to Yuquan Mountain to carry water and go home to make tea. It seems that natural water is indeed more able to stimulate the fragrance of tea.
The proprietress returned to the back of the counter, while Gu Yunzhe ate her meal quietly. It's just that for northerners who are not accustomed to spicy tastes, Gu Yunzhe can only endure the heat in his mouth and chew slowly.
Suddenly, hearing the guests eating at the two tables on the right, an obese middle-aged man stood up and said loudly: "I propose that everyone salute Mr. Ren for a cup, and thank him for his strong support for our company, so that we can develop from the verge of bankruptcy to the current leader of the party, so that everyone's pockets are bulging." Come on, do it! Then there was the words of flattery, and a flurry of clinking glasses.
The man then continued, "Mr. Ren, let's rest here for the night today, tomorrow let's set off early, go to the depths of the mountains and walk again, we will definitely be able to hunt a lot of prey, as the saying goes, early birds have worms to eat!" Right? There was a series of echoes behind him, and it seemed that this person was a leader in this group.
Gu Yunzhe didn't care about their praise for eating, but when he heard him talk about "prey", it caught his attention. He looked up at the table, the fat man, who was close to a man, whispering something. It is estimated that that person is the president of his mouth.
It's just that the moment Gu Yunzhe saw that Mr. Ren, he had a sense of déjà vu.