Chapter Ninety-Six: Ashore
In Shuanglong City, the confrontation between the Han family and the Song family ended quietly. Many people don't understand such results, and those who understand are too lazy to explain it to others.
The eldest lady of the Song family died in the Andi Sea for no reason, if she was only killed in the trial, she would have nothing to say, but the news came out that when all the trialists surrendered, Han Xiao took Song Linglan as a vote and killed her in exchange for a chance to save her life. With such a bad breath, how could the Song family swallow it.
It's a pity that no matter whether people can swallow it or not, this conflict, which everyone thought would break out, just subsided.
However, some people with decent strength, whenever they pass by the Song family's mansion, they will always hear a roar coming from inside, but that's all.
Chen Jiao sat in an incomparably spacious and bright big house, this room is already a first-class storage in the Chen Mansion, since returning from the trial in the Andi Sea, Chen Jiao's status in the Chen family has risen all the way, and now it is the most valued storage in the younger generation of the Chen family.
This kind of treatment is what Chen Jiao hoped for the most in the past, the attention of the elders, the friendliness of the clansmen, and even the jealous and envious eyes of the same generation, all things that Chen Jiao had dreamed of before. It's just that when this qiē arrived in her hand, there was no smile on her face.
There were two people sitting next to her, to be precise, there was a person and a demon, Bai Yi remained silent as if he couldn't speak, for some reason the demon qi on her body began to get weaker and weaker, if it wasn't for the advanced cultivation and deliberately observing her, it would be difficult to find out that she was a white mouse demon at once.
As for the other person, it was naturally Zhao Gangdan, who returned from the trial in the Andi Sea with Chen Jiao. Zhao Gangdan didn't say a word now, but his whole state seemed very impatient, standing up and sitting down again and again, his big mouth opened and closed, he wanted to speak and stopped, and his frizzy appearance made people even more upset.
"Steel Egg, sit down for a while. Chen Jiao finally couldn't help it and spoke.
"I ......" Zhao Gangdan just wanted to get angry, but when he thought that this would be useless, he could only sigh, sat down on the chair and said: "Han Xiao still has no news, how can he sit firmly." ”
Zhao Gangdan's mood, Chen Jiao is completely understandable now, although Han Xiao finally wanted to save his third uncle, but after all, they are partners who have gone through hardships together, and now the three of them have returned safely from the Andi Sea, but Han Xiao has ended up with an unknown life and death, and even until now he has to be named a sinner, Chen Jiao is not angry when he thinks of this matter.
It's just that now, they really don't have the slightest way to solve the problem in front of them, Han Xiao disappeared in the Andi Sea, Mo said that they don't have the ability to put together a warship and the sailors on the warship to go to sea now, even if they can do this, it will be difficult for them to find Han Xiao again. In the vast sea, it is not easy to find someone.
After a long time, Bai Yi broke the silence and said with a firm face: "Anyway, I plan to wait here for the captain to come back, and I won't go anywhere." ”
"Me too. Zhao Gangdan echoed.
Chen Jiao looked at Zhao Gangdan and Bai Yi with a complicated expression, and remained silent. To say that she didn't care about it in her heart is definitely unrealistic. For the qiē she got now, she really paid too much. At the beginning, I worked hard to study the refining weapon, and for more than ten years, I stayed by the low-grade refining furnace, enduring the wanton scorching heat, just to create a practical and easy-to-use magic weapon.
Finally, his refining method was favored by the Evil Moon Master's level of Cunzài, and he finally got the opportunity to turn over.
The reason why he returned this time was so valued by the high-level of the Chen family was not only because he had passed a trial of the Imperial Navy, but most importantly, after the trial, Master Evil Moon sent someone to send a handwritten letter. In fact, the so-called handwritten letter is not that important, Chen Jiao even saw the content of it, but it was just a few words, indicating that he was favored by the Evil Moon Master and was ready to recruit into the Evil Moon Legion.
But it was that handwritten letter that gave Chen Jiao her current status in the Chen family. For a person who has suffered a lot of white eyes since he was a child and has no status in the Chen family, the current Yiqiē has an incomparable attraction.
Just sitting quietly in the position, Chen Jiao's mind was more about what happened after she met Han Xiao. After going to sea, he was trapped on the Lily of the Valley and endured hunger at the end of the day, at that time it was Han Xiao who appeared, it was Han Xiao who gave him enough spiritual food, and it was Han Xiao who gave him enough trust to give him the opportunity to fully control a guardianship, for Chen Jiao, although it was only a few days, the experience of fully controlling a guardianship really benefited her a lot.
Chen Jiao knew very well that she could get the current qiē, although she had fought hard before, but it was Han Xiao who really pulled herself back from the brink of death. Otherwise, he would have starved to death on the Lily of the Valley by now, or died tragically at the hands of some pirate after encountering the Holy Moon.
When Chen Jiao was still silent, Zhao Gangdan stood up, looked at Chen Jiao very seriously and said, "Don't give up this opportunity." ”
"What?" Chen Jiao was stunned.
"I said you should pass up this opportunity. Zhao Gangdan said quietly: "It is not an easy task to enter the Evil Moon Legion, not to mention that this time that Situ Han still has the heart to accept you as a registered disciple, this is definitely a chance to ascend to the sky in one step, it would be a pity if you just give up like this." ”
"But......" Chen Jiao still wanted to speak.
As a result, at this time, Bai Yi was already on the side and said: "Chen Jiao, what Gangdan said is right, this opportunity is too rare, you shouldn't give up." ”
This time, Bai Yi's words were even more, and she continued: "You should be able to see what kind of person the captain is, he is definitely not the kind of person with a small belly, he helped you so much at that time, that is, he hoped that you could enter the Evil Moon Legion." If when he comes back, let him see that you gave up the opportunity to go to the Evil Moon Legion in order to wait for him, he will definitely be angry with his temper, and more importantly, we shouldn't make him feel ashamed, right?"
Chen Jiao was silent again, her heart was struggling, but after Bai Yi said this, she felt that she would prefer to stay in Shuanglong City and wait for Han Xiao to come back than to go to the Evil Moon Legion.
"Let's talk about this later. After being silent for a long time, Chen Jiao waved her hand with interest.
There was complete silence in the room, and it was a long, long time before a slight sigh was heard.
Han Xiao didn't know how many people were worried about him at this time. It's not that Han Xiao has no conscience, it's that he has no heart at all.
Since he was a child, he has survived in a big family like zài, and his grandmother in the Han family is not loved by his uncle and uncle, and he has long been accustomed to the way of living with self-knowledge, even if he escaped to the Huating Empire after nine deaths this time, he has no interest in being sad, and in his subconscious, he didn't think that anyone would worry about him at all.
Except for the third uncle.
"I don't know how my third uncle is doing now, and whether his injury can be handled. Walking in the wilderness, Han Xiao hugged the back of his head and said a little leisurely.
King Zhuge didn't pay attention to him, just looked around from time to time, and now he looked very nervous, and his expression was twisted. Beside them, the pirate captain who had been captured by them in the battle to serve as a coolie was now following them with a strange face.
The reason why both of them had strange expressions was because in addition to the three of them, there was a big guy following behind them.
The huge toad-like demon beast, the demon beast named Qingpu, was now following behind Han Xiao like a super-large tiger. If you look at it from the momentum alone, Qingpu's body is full of the feeling of a fierce beast all the time, but King Zhuge who has experienced a naval battle with Qingpu knows that this guy will only be beaten.
And what makes King Zhuge the most incomprehensible is why Han Xiao must bring such a monster by his side, it is understandable to take him with him when he was at sea, after all, Qingpu's special means of devouring the spirit cannon are indeed of great help, but now that he is on the shore, King Zhuge hopes that Qingpu can go far.
Maybe King Zhuge has a psychological shadow, after all, during the battle on Tianpeng Mountain, although King Zhuge did not hit Qingpu head-on, but after all, he was very close to Qingpu when he hit the Qingtian Tree, and King Zhuge just couldn't have a good impression of Qingpu, and even faintly a little jealous.
In this regard, Han Xiao didn't have to go against King Zhuge either, but after landing, Qingpu followed him quietly, he couldn't drive away, and it was useless to scold, so Han Xiao simply let Qingpu follow him. Unlike King Zhuge , although Han Xiao also knew that Qingpu was weird, he didn't have so much hostility.
Although this plain looks very remote, there is nothing particularly obvious about danger, and it can even be said that there will be no sudden danger here. As far as Han Xiao and King Zhuge could see, there was no obstruction at all, and there were all plain rivers in all directions.
After going through so many hardships and wandering on the sea for so long, he finally got his feet on the ground, and Han Xiao actually liked this feeling. In fact, this trip to the Andi Sea did not last long, but Han Xiao always felt as if he was in a different world.
"You can't wander around, you have to find the city first. King Zhuge couldn't help it at first and said on the side.
The little pirate captain behind them nodded repeatedly, but he didn't dare to say anything, but he was already a little timid, the surrounding environment was quiet, but no one could guarantee what danger would suddenly appear. What's more important is actually Qingpu's storage zài. Compared with King Zhuge , in fact, this pirate captain has a deeper impression of Qingpu.
The battle in the East China Sea still lingered in the captain's mind for a long time, and the astonishing scene of the naval battle - the scene of Qingpu using his tongue to hook away the attack of the spirit cannon and then eat it - was repeated again and again. has been at sea for many years, and even dares to be a pirate in the waters of the East China Sea, which is enough to prove that his courage and ability are also good, but this is really the first time he has seen such a fierce beast.
When he saw that King Zhuge wanted to drive Qingpu away, this pirate captain was very much in favor, who would have thought that he would stay here in the end.
Han Xiao also seemed to be a little irritable, or he was also starting to become nervous about the situation in front of him, and after looking around, he also began to have a headache. Now you don't necessarily have to find the city, but at least you have to find a place where there are people, although the name Huating Empire has been constantly mentioned in his ears when he was very young, but this is really the first time that Han Xiao has set foot on the land of this powerful empire. I don't know anything about the situation here.
"Do you know where this is?" asked Han Xiao, looking back at the pirate.
The pirate hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand: "I don't know, I don't know." ”
"You've been wandering in the East China Sea, how can you not know what's going on here?" asked Han Xiao puzzled, his face a little unkind.
The pirate showed a smile that was more ugly than crying, and said: "This is embarrassing for me, you also know that I am a pirate, and it is okay to make a small fight on weekdays, at most it is to rob a small merchant ship that is about to sail out of the East China Sea, even the larger fleet does not dare to provoke, and when I see the Imperial Navy, I have to flee immediately, and even the ship has to be thrown away when necessary, do you say that I dare to go ashore in this way." ”
Han Xiao listened to the pirate's complaint with tears and laughter, and he didn't know what else to say for a while. King Zhuge laughed dryly and said, "This big guy must be driven away." ”
"Why do you have to get along with him? Han Xiao looked at King Zhuge helplessly.
"Hoodoo. King Zhuge said categorically.
"Unknown ......" If it weren't for the words of King Zhuge who said them, Han Xiao might have turned his face, and this is what he hates the most.
King Zhuge continued: "These statements can be put aside for the time being, the most important thing is to let the big guy follow us, in case we really run into someone else, then it will definitely be because of him and others conflict." We have just arrived in the Huating Empire, so let's avoid some trouble as much as possible. ”
What King Zhuge said is not unreasonable, in fact, from the very beginning, he wanted to get rid of Qingpu, not just because he hated this big guy, every reason he said had a strong basis, and now this statement is the same.
It's not that Han Xiao doesn't know the trouble that might be caused by letting Qingpu follow him, but for this big guy who can be regarded as saving his life in the endless sea, he can't do anything to unload the grind...... The demon thing comes. It is precisely because of the entanglement that Han Xiao has always let Qingpu stay by his side.
Just when Han Xiao and King Zhuge were still struggling with whether to drive Qingpu away or keep him by their side, the road in front of them suddenly began to become rough, and many roads were so narrow that they could barely accommodate one person. Seeing such a situation, King Zhuge was overjoyed, and was about to say that Qingpu couldn't keep up now, but when he looked back, he was surprised - it can also be said to be expected - to see Qingpu as if there was no obstacle to move forward step by step, this narrow road could not accommodate Qingpu, but Qingpu's strong body made the narrow road seem as if there was no zài at all.
The little pirate also looked back from time to time, watching Qingpu slowly and leisurely crash through all the obstacles in front of him, and his speed did not change at all from beginning to end, as if there was really nothing in front of him.
"Look, what's over there?" Han Xiao said with his eyes suddenly widening and pointing into the distance.
After bypassing the narrow road, Han Xiao and the others found that they were now standing on a mountain peak, just below their feet, and now there seemed to be a village.
"Like, it's a small village?" Han Xiao said with squinted eyes, this distance is still too far after all, and it is still difficult to really see clearly.
King Zhuge stared carefully for a long time, and finally said: "It doesn't seem to be a small village, it's like a tribe." ”
"Tribe?" Hearing these two words, Han Xiao became extremely sensitive: "How could the tribe be here?"
"Why isn't it here?" asked King Zhuge rhetorically.
Hearing this, Han Xiao woke up to the fact that the tribe mentioned by King Zhuge was not the tribe that Zhao Gangdan said, and the tribe in the distance should refer to a group of people whose living conditions are still relatively primitive and are still living in an ancient way.
Whether it was the natives of the tribe or the city, it was the best situation to be able to meet people, and Han Xiao didn't want to go directly down the mountain. After all, King Zhuge still took a few more glances at Qingpu, and until now he has not completely reassured Qingpu. But in Qingpu's eyes, it was as if there was no one else at all, and Han Xiao would go with him, so he followed Han Xiao to the bottom of the valley.
King Zhuge shook his head helplessly, he no longer had any hope of driving away Qingpu.
When he was about to approach this tribe, Han Xiao was walking and suddenly heard the sound of something breaking through the air, and subconsciously just wanted to respond, but before he could spread it, he saw a terrifying thick tongue, which swished through his ears at once, and swished back again.
The qiē happened too fast, and when Han Xiao turned his head to look at Qingpu, Qingpu had already closed his mouth. However, looking at his slight chewing movements, Han Xiao couldn't help laughing: "What do you not eat?"
As a result, before he finished speaking, Han Xiao felt a heart-piercing pain in his buttocks, so much so that his whole body in pain was pushed forward, and his body almost fell into a bow. After recovering from his senses, Han Xiao reached out and dug out something from his buttocks, and when he saw it in front of him, he couldn't help but gasp, what was hit into his ass was an iron nail that was not much smaller than a fist, and the iron nail was edged on all sides, and it was precisely because of this shape that almost the entire thing could be hit into Han Xiao's ass.
Holding the iron gada in his hand, Han Xiao did not look back to see where the enemy was, but looked at Qingpu angrily and asked, "Why don't you eat this." He just asked subconsciously, but he didn't expect Qingpu to suddenly open his big mouth and stick out a small tip of his tongue, and on the tip of his tongue was something similar to the one he was holding in his hand, but a small part had disappeared.
Although Qingpu didn't speak, Han Xiao seemed to have understood what he meant-this hasn't been eaten yet, how can he eat the next one?
Han Xiao was completely speechless, full of ambivalence towards this psychic big guy.
But at this time, the situation behind him finally changed.