Chapter 31: The Sand Boat Looks for the Horse
Sun Fuping motioned to Nian Songyu to wait.
This is half an hour smaller.
The creatures on the sandy bottom were smoked away, and there was no movement within a radius of several feet, except for the whining wind.
"Not here yet?" Nian Songyu was impatient, "Time is precious. "It's getting dark in the Panlong Desert fast, and it's going to be night in two hours, so they don't have much time to spend here.
"Not yet." Situ Han's forehead was covered with sweat, and he didn't know if it was sunburned or urgent, "It may be far away, and it will take time to rush over." ”
He Lingchuan didn't forget to speak for Situ Han at this time: "I've seen it, it's a huge thing, maybe it can really take us through the desert, saving time and effort." ”
"Sure?" When Nian Songyu heard these three words, his tone became gloomy, "If you are not sure, you dare to waste our time?" ”
After two more incense sticks, the end of Hongya Road was still calm.
A gust of wind blew through, passing through the crowd of Muran, and ran into the distance with a "boom".
Nian Songyu's index finger tapped the scabbard lightly, clicking, clicking, which was a sign of his impatience.
As time went by, he felt more and more that the sand bandits had been instructed by He Lingchuan to rectify their own personnel. The so-called "fragrant dumplings" was also first proposed by He Lingchuan.
Nian Songyu's gaze became more and more unkind, He Lingchuan just didn't see it, and he was also anxious.
Seeing that the sun was getting more and more west, even Sun Fuping finally lost patience: "Don't wait, everyone is on the boat......"
During this time, he had divided everyone into three groups, each assigning a walnut boat.
Time is precious, they can't afford to wait, they have to leave now.
Situ Han pointed to his lips and "shhh ”
It was rude to make this move to so many big people, but now he looked nervous and couldn't care about it.
As soon as the words fell, I heard a "bang", and the desert was like the middle of the water, and the yellow sand splashed everywhere, like a sandstorm blowing in place.
A behemoth burst out of the ground nearly a foot high, with cured meat in its mouth, and fell to the ground again.
It's dusty again.
The thing dived quickly with agility that did not fit its size, and disappeared into the sea of sand in a blink of an eye.
Situ Han didn't care about being splashed on his face, and cheered: "It's coming, it's coming!" Ahh He quickly spat out a few mouthfuls of sand.
Except for Sun Guoshi and a few others who supported the protective qi in time, the rest of the people were all disgraced.
But everyone finally saw clearly what Situ Han caught by casting a long line to catch a big fish.
It looked like an eel and an earthworm, round and legless, but with links on its torso, and its body color was almost the same as that of yellow sand. If it is buried quietly in the sand, it will be difficult for anyone with the best eyesight to recognize it.
But unlike the eel, its mouth is surprisingly large, ripped open beyond the diameter of its body, and the inside is full of tiny needles. There are also two long whiskers on the side of the mouth, which seem to be used to detect the movement of quicksand.
Zeng Feixiong lost his voice and said: "Such a big earth dragon! ”
This thing is eight zhang (twenty-six meters) long!
The soldiers on the side also unconsciously took half a step back. The sense of oppression brought by such a body shape is not dissipated by reason.
This earth dragon is not a snake eel of the sea, but a creature endemic to the desert. In fact, whether they live in the desert or the sea, some animals don't seem to need long legs.
However, this creature is usually no more than a foot long in other deserts, and experienced travelers will catch it for food. But this one in front of me ...... Zeng Feixiong once led a team to patrol back and forth on the Red Cliff Road, but he had never seen such a big earth dragon!
Situ Han was relieved: "This is not the Earth Dragon King...... The largest we've ever seen, more than 12 feet long. ”
"Since it's a big guy, a small piece of meat can't feed it." He Lingchuan pointed to the three walnut boats, "The earth dragon has great strength, and it shouldn't be a problem to pull a boat." Well, and they generally go out en masse. ”
In other words, there is more than one earth dragon attracted by stinky meat.
Children on the beach can fish, and He Lingchuan, who grew up next to the Panlong Desert, has also fished for earth dragons many times.
Of course, I have never used such a heavy bait, and I have never seen such a large prey.
Situ Han nodded: "Everyone, please get on the boat, we can do the same again, and we can use them as horses pulling carts." ”
So the soldiers went on the boat in three ways, and the boatman at the head of the walnut boat grabbed the rope and tied a slipknot and waited for it.
This time, everyone took care of their mouths and noses, so when the sand bandits took out a large piece of cured meat and poured the stinky liquid on it, no one was tricked. Nian Songyu personally went out to pick up the specially seasoned meat pieces on the poles, stood on the bow of the boat, and held them high.
The gondolier's pole is also a part of the walnut boat, and the length varies by heart.
The special stinky liquid made by the sand bandits can drive away most of the creatures in the desert, and it is also a magic weapon for escaping from emergencies; However, there are pros and cons, but this thing is the favorite of the earth dragon.
In fact, strictly speaking, what Tulong likes is "stinky".
They eat scavengers for a living, and the rancid smell that other creatures simply can't stand is the aroma of food for the earth dragon. And the smell of this level wafts in, just like the opening bell of the annual forty-eight big bowls in the village, which must arrive even if it is far away.
Situ Han reminded: "They are very stupid, hang it with stinky meat, and the boat will be gone!" ”
Since these things have come all the way, they can't be dispersed in a short time.
Sure enough, as soon as the stinky meat was picked up, a huge earth dragon broke through the sand and pounced on the meat.
Judging by its size, it is larger than Fang Cai's companions.
Nian Songyu's eyes are quick, his wrist is picked, the cured meat jumps, and the earth dragon pounces.
The boatman standing on the side threw the rope and put it on the neck of the earth dragon with great precision.
Although it is round and has no limbs, it has deep knots on its body. The knot slips two knots, and it is nested in the third section.
Suddenly being covered, Tulong was taken aback, and jumped forward more than thirty feet as soon as he slipped through the smoke. It wasn't until the knot was tightened that Nian Songyu put down the pole and let the piece of cured meat hang above the front of the earth dragon.
The aroma was tangy, and the earth dragon had a small brain, so he immediately forgot the fact that he was strangled, and swam towards the cured meat with a hara.
It was so powerful that it dragged the boat and people forward, and it was so easy that it could be hauled.
So, the ship sailed.
As long as Nian Songyu throws a rod, the earth dragon pulling the boat will follow the fart. There was a sizzling sound below, and it was the sound of sand grinding against the bottom of the walnut boat, which showed that the horsepower was strong.
The most important task of the boat pilots is actually to adjust the bow of the ship in time, so that both the earth dragon and the ship can sail with the wind, so that the stinky meat hanging high in front of the ship will not smoke the whole ship to death.
At the moment, it doesn't get any more important than that.
In a blink of an eye, Nian Songyu's ship sailed more than 100 zhang away.
"It's our turn." There are successful examples in the past, the rest of the people are in high spirits, Sun Fuping and Zeng Feixiong led the team on a boat, and the He family father and son and the sand bandits boarded the last boat, all like this.