Chapter 18: Wisdom and Fear of the Fish Monster
"Wow, brother, you're really so young!" the young jade bottle couldn't help but exclaim in surprise when he saw the sea dragon's jade-like appearance, and Yuhua was also a little flustered.
The sea dragon smiled slightly and said, "I didn't lie to you. I said, I'm not a bad person! Village chief, there seem to be 100 families in your village, so I'll catch 100 fish and give them to you. After saying that, before the jade mistletoe could stop it, the sea dragon had already floated up and landed directly above the middle of the river, and under the effect of mana, he only floated on the surface of the water with the help of the buoyancy of the current. These days of running away have made the sea dragon's mana much stronger than before, and although he doesn't have much mana, it seems to be endless. Under his deliberate urging, the blood gossip in his hand lit up, and the sea dragon shouted, and a red light with a diameter of nearly a foot suddenly blasted towards the upstream river. With a bang, a column of water two or three feet high splashed on the surface of the river, and many fresh fish in the river were shocked by the mana of blood gossip and fainted. The sea dragon tapped on the surface of the river, rushing towards the column of water, his figure flickering like an illusion, and one after another stunned fish were thrown ashore by him, and under the stunned gaze of the villagers led by Yu Mistletoe, almost in the blink of an eye, a small pile of fish still alive had been piled up on the shore, and the number was much more than a hundred.
The figure flashed, and the sea dragon floated down on the riverbank, looking at his results with satisfaction, and said in his heart, it's good to have mana, it's really a mistake for the six masters not to go down the mountain, and there is a lot less fun in life.
"Hey, what are you doing with it? If you don't catch all the fish quickly, or they won't be fresh if they die." Look at all of you with yellow skin and thin muscles, drink some fish soup to make up for it. In the voice of the sea dragon, Yu Mistletoe and the others woke up like a dream, and they all had a strange expression on their faces, staring at the sea dragon as if they had discovered a new continent, and they saw him awkward for a while.
Hai Long said in his heart, he better get out of here quickly. Showing the power of mana, I am afraid that these villagers will regard themselves as immortals. Thinking of this, he just wanted to fly away, but heard a hoarse voice sound, "Who dares to capture my fish grandson, has he lived enough?" Looking closely, I saw that the originally turbulent river had stopped flowing, and in the middle of the river, a huge whirlpool gradually formed.
The sea dragon smiled bitterly, it wouldn't be so unlucky, just catch a few fish and you can run into monsters. He didn't run, because there were still so many villagers here, and more importantly, the demonic energy coming from the river was not very oppressive, far from being able to compare with the strength of Mo Kui at the beginning. For the sake of prudence, the sea dragon quickly took out the phantom dragon and the star blue ring from the Qiankun ring, and the blue light flashed, and the blue armor was already on his body. He turned back and shouted at the villagers, "Hurry up and take these fish back to the village, there are monsters here." As he spoke, he controlled the phantom dragon to levitate around his body, took out the mysterious little iron rod, and touched the light on the Qiankun ring, and the small iron rod suddenly became two meters long and short chicken egg thickness.
After all, Jade Mistletoe is the head of a village, and although he has not seen much of the world, he also knows that this is not the place where he and his villagers should continue to stay. Hurriedly took off his coat, packed the fish with the villagers, and ran towards the village as fast as possible. Although he and the villagers left, they forgot two people, that is, the Yuhua sisters. The two sisters had already been stunned by the sea dragon's miraculous performance. At this time, when he saw the sea dragon's martial costume, he couldn't help but show his admiration. Although it retreated a bit, it didn't go far.
The sea dragon's entire mind was on that vortex, and the blood gossip in his left hand was already full of mana. At this moment, with a bang, a fish's head with a fence came out of the whirlpool, and a pair of red fierce eyes stared at the sea dragon fiercely. When it saw the sea dragon dressed as a bluffer, it couldn't help but be slightly startled, and said, "Xiao, why did you capture my fish sun." ”
Seeing that the voice of the big fish was a little softened, Hailong was overjoyed, knowing that the cultivation of the monster in front of him was not very profound, so he put on a fairy wind and said indifferently: "The fish monster." This is a place where human beings live, and you have been hiding here for a long time, absorbing the essence of human beings, and today is the time when you are dying. As he spoke, with a finger of the small iron rod in his hand, the white phantom dragon suddenly increased in size, turning into a white dragon with teeth and claws, and a body of three meters rushing towards the big fish. The huge feeling of oppression suddenly parted the river, revealing the stout body of the strange fish. Urged by the sense of oppression, the strange fish suddenly became frightened, and begged loudly: "Immortal spare your life, Immortal spare your life!" The white phantom dragon circled in the air, floating above the big fish's head and did not attack. The Sea Dragon God said majestically: "Do you have anything else to say? I am the brother of the Lianyun Sect, and I am passing by here today, just to eliminate the harm for the people here. Although what he said was good, his body was already trembling slightly, the use of the phantom dragon was extremely consuming of mana, even if it was a person who cultivated the truth in the womb period, it was difficult to use it smoothly, the consumption of the sea dragon at this time was close to the limit, if it weren't for the constant stream of fairy spirit qi from the heart guard on his chest, he would have been unable to hold on for a long time.
The strange fish mourned: "Shangxian Mingjian, the small one is just an ordinary fish, he has been practicing for a hundred years again, and he has just become a fine person not long ago and can speak out, I completely rely on my own cultivation and absorb the aura in the water to cultivate today, and I really didn't hurt the people here! It's not easy to have such an achievement after a hundred years of small penance!"
The expression on the sea dragon's face softened a little, and he barely controlled his legs to prevent the shape of the chaff from being too large, and with a wave of his hand, he withdrew the phantom dragon, he really couldn't hold on. The little iron rod slammed into the ground, making a bang, and with the power of the iron rod, he supported his body and said to the fish monster: "Okay, see that you are indeed not full of demonic energy, I will spare your life today." However, if you let me know that you dare to endanger the world, watch out for your fish head. Village life here is hard. From today onwards, you will be sending hundreds of fresh fish ashore every other day, even if you take care of the village. ”
The fish monster frowned slightly, and said, "Immortals, aren't you cultivators the most taboo to kill?" Although there are many of my fish and fish grandchildren, they are ......."
The sea dragon snapped and said, "It's nothing. Although I don't want to kill, I can't watch the villagers starve to death. Do as I say, and I will bear all the sins alone. ”
The strange fish looked at the righteous and awe-inspiring sea dragon, and for the sake of its own name, it had to nod helplessly, and said, "I respectfully instruct the immortals." ”
The sea dragon snorted with satisfaction and said, "Okay, you can go." In the future, cultivate well, as long as you don't influence the human race and don't participate in the evil demon sect, one day, you will be able to attain the Great Dao. The strange fish was bluffed by the sea dragon, and when he heard that he was willing to let himself go, he hurriedly thanked him, and quickly plunged into the water and disappeared.
The sea dragon breathed a sigh of relief in his heart, since the mixture of several abnormal mana in his body, he felt the danger of lack for the first time, when he used the phantom dragon just now, he obviously felt that the energy extracted by the phantom dragon was much faster than the energy he cycled out. He didn't know if the phantom dragon could beat this strange fish, with his current mana, he would only have the power of one blow at most, and once he failed, he could only let the mermaid flesh. In fact, the fish spirit was afraid that he was justified, the monster who had just cultivated into the essence was just like a cultivator who had just started, and the fish spirit did not have any magic weapons, and the sea dragon could not deal with it even if he used blood gossip. It's just that the sea dragon is used to seeing powerful people, and it is inevitable that he will be nervous when he encounters it, so he made it like this. Now, whether it is the sea dragon or the fish spirit that plunged into the deep water, they are secretly happy in their hearts.
Under the deliberate urging of the sea dragon, the mana in his body circulated rapidly, and a trace of mana was restored, and his spirit suddenly improved a lot. He let out a long breath and was just about to leave, but two crisp voices sounded beside him, "Shangxian, please accept us as apprentices." Hailong looked to the side, only to see Sister Yuhua kneeling beside him respectfully, looking at him with reverence. At that time, didn't he and Zhang Hao also want to worship all the masters as teachers? The disappointment on Zhang Hao's face when he left kept appearing in his mind, and Hailong was already a little stupid unconsciously.
Yuhua said tentatively: "Master, you, are you willing to accept us? We didn't know that you were an immortal before, and you said a lot of disrespectful things, don't be angry! Master, please accept us." My sister and I can endure hardships, and we will definitely honor you, and we will never complain about what you ask us to do. "She is a very clever little girl, and the poor life in the mountain village has forged her perseverance. Just now, when he saw that the sea dragon magically subdued the fish spirit, she knew that her fate had come, and such an opportunity might only have one time in a lifetime, and at that moment, she immediately pulled her sister, who was still a little ignorant, to kneel down in front of the sea dragon, begging bitterly.
Hailong came back to his senses, looked at the pair of sisters in front of him, and couldn't help but feel vanity, although he was very smart, but he slept directly for three years since he was fourteen years old, and now his mind is still mostly stuck at that time, thinking in his heart, if he accepts this pair of sisters as apprentices, then he will no longer be the lowest brother of Lianyun Sect, and he will still have apprentice clothes in the future, and his life will definitely be very freehand. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but nod slowly. Yuhua was overjoyed, and immediately seized the opportunity, pulled his sister and kowtowed to the sea dragon respectfully, and said, "Apprentice see master." ”
Hailong nodded and regretted it, he was still hiding from the pursuit of the Demon Sect, the Yuhua sisters were just the most ordinary little girls, if they were brought along, it would inevitably greatly affect their own speed, in this way, not only was the possibility of exposure greater, but bringing them would also have a great impact on their own forward speed. smiled bitterly and said, "Don't call me master first, I don't want to accept you as apprentices, hurry, get up first." As he spoke, he hurriedly picked up the two Yuhua sisters.
Yuhua's eyes turned red, and she wanted to kneel down again, but she couldn't compete with the power of the sea dragon, so she had to choke up and say: "Master, do you look down on us? We are indeed poor people who have never seen much of the world, but I really want to worship you as a teacher! Please, promise me, let me follow you, I promise to be obedient to everything." Please......"
In Yuhua's crying voice, the village chief Yu Mistletoe had already walked out with the villagers, although they were far away just now, but the "divine might" shown by the sea dragon deeply shocked their hearts. Especially the white dragon that was conjured out of thin air, which made them think that the sea dragon was a god descending from the heavens. Jade Mistletoe led everyone to kneel together, and said reverently: "Great Immortal, thank you for driving out the monsters for us." On behalf of the villagers, thank you. Please forgive us for our disrespect. ”
The sea dragon couldn't help but smile bitterly and said, "Don't be like this. Actually, I didn't do anything. However, you will have fish to eat later. Every other day, you can go to the river and wait, and then the fish spirit in the river will send you a hundred fresh fish, and with these fish, your life will surely be better in the future. Yuhua, I'm really sorry, I really can't accept you as an apprentice now. I'm not an immortal, I'm just the most ordinary cultivator. If you really want to follow my path, I can point you out. First of all, it takes a long time to cultivate the truth, and I'm afraid that you won't be able to see your relatives again in this life. Secondly, cultivating truth requires a resolute mind, and we must not give up halfway. If you can do both, then in November this year, you can wait outside Lianyun Mountain in the Western Regions. The Lianyun Sect to which I belong is there, and the opportunity depends on what you can do. I'm sorry, but I'm quitting first. After speaking, his mana was slightly released, and the Yuhua Zhen who was grabbing him retreated to the side, floated up, and disappeared into a wisp of phantom in everyone's sight.
Yuhua stood in place, Hailong's departure filled her heart with loss, but she had already remembered every word Hailong said when she left, turned her head to look at her sister, and secretly swore that no matter how hard it was, she must find the Lianyun Mountain in November.
Away from the mountain village, the sea dragon calmed down, remembering the way Yuhua caught it just now, he couldn't help but be afraid for a while, and thought to himself, it seems that it is better for him to show his skills in front of people in the future. Otherwise, I'm afraid the same situation will appear again, but it seems that my cultivation is not useless, at least the fish spirit that bluffs is one by one. Thinking of this, he couldn't help but secretly feel proud. Looking up at the sun in the sky, he unfolded his body and continued on his way. Finally changed into clean clothes, although there were patches on them, the sea dragon still cherished it very much, and was a lot more careful as he moved forward. Half a day later, under his full speed gallop, he had already driven two hundred miles, and a majestic city appeared in front of him. This is the first time Hailong has seen the appearance of the city, and he can't help but be slightly stunned. When he was a child, he and Zhang Hao often fantasized about developing in a big city in the future. In this serendipity, I finally came to the big city of my dreams, and I couldn't help but feel like I was in a different world. The big city in front of him is about 30 meters high, with flags waving on the top of the city, and groups of patrolling soldiers are constantly cruising back and forth. Below, the gates of the city, which were seven or eight meters high, were wide open, and many civilians were busy coming and going, and there were about thirty defenders standing straight on both sides of the gate, and they often checked the passing merchants.
The sea dragon dusted off his body and strode towards the city gate. His heart was full of excitement now, and he really wanted to see what the city was like.
"Stop. As soon as he walked to the city gate, Hailong was stopped by the soldiers guarding him, and a person came up, looked at him a few times with some doubts, and said, "Where are you from? What are you doing in our Tongyuan City?" Hailong looked at the soldier in front of him who was much taller than himself, and said: "I am from the Western Regions, I came to the Central Plains to do business, and when the matter is done, I will naturally return to the Western Regions." It's just a passing by. Excuse me, big brother, how far is it from the Western Regions?"
The soldier glanced him up and down a few times, and said with some disdain: "It turned out to be a foreigner, no wonder it looks rustic." It's still far from your Western Regions. It's thousands of miles to the west. Remember, you can't make things happen casually in the city, otherwise, don't blame us for not being emotional, you know?"
The sea dragon pretended to grovel, but resignedly agreed, and the soldier let him go, allowing him to enter the Tongyuan City. The sea dragon was in a very good mood now, and he didn't care about the contempt and disdain of the soldiers, and walked quickly into the city he had longed for. As soon as he entered the city, the sea dragon was startled by the hustle and bustle of the city. The wide street is lined with all kinds of shops selling all kinds of goods, and some young people who look like men are constantly hanging out in front of their shops to attract customers.
"There are so many people! I've never seen so many people before, and it's a big city. What kind of country does this Tongyuan City belong to? No, I'm going to ask someone. While thinking, he walked to a shop on the side of the road, and the guy outside the store was shouting, "Come and see! The sea dragon stepped forward and said, "Big brother, I want to ask you something." ”
The man glanced at the sea dragon, saw his patch, pursed his lips, and continued to sell as if he hadn't heard him. When some well-dressed people came to the front of the shop, he immediately approached and enthusiastically introduced them to the various medicines in their shop. The sea dragon paused for a moment and asked the same thing again, but the guy still ignored him.
The anger in his heart gradually rose, and the sea dragon said slightly angrily: "Are you deaf, I called you, can't you hear?"
The guy turned around sharply and said angrily: "What the are you shouting, don't affect the old guests." You don't pee as you are, and you don't deserve to ask me about it. Get out of the way, or don't blame me for being unkind. Hailong's left hand tightened, and he almost urged the power of blood gossip in the case of anger, took a deep breath, barely suppressed the anger in his heart, and said lightly: "It's really a dog's eye to look down on people, how do you know that I won't come to your store to buy things, and look down on people? With that, he strode into the pharmacy.
The fellow froze for a moment and hurried after him, but the sea dragon walked very fast, and by the time he caught up, he had already entered the shop. The shop was a large shop, surrounded by a circle of counters, behind which four or five young girls were entertaining customers, and against the walls, all of them were tall medicine cabinets with various labels.
"Stop, you little let me out, this is not the place you should be. The man grabbed the hem of the sea dragon and wanted to pull it out. A cold glint flashed in Hailong's eyes, standing there standing still, mana flowed, and he shook his right hand slightly, instantly shaking the guy aside. The guy stumbled and almost fell, and suddenly hit him angrily, and scolded angrily: "X, you x, you're here to find fault, aren't you?" "Raise your fist and make a move on the sea dragon. The sea dragon's little patience had long since worn out, and he was about to teach him a lesson, but he heard a somewhat old voice say, "Little San'er, what's the matter? Hearing this voice, the guy suddenly became honest and hurriedly smiled: "Shopkeeper Li, I, I just want to pull this little out." ”
The man who was called the shopkeeper Li was an old man of about sixty years, he was wearing a clean thick robe, and he didn't know when, he was already standing inside the counter. He snorted and said, "What are you talking about, as long as there are guests who come to the door, how can we casually go out? Don't you understand the truth that the door is a guest? Even if people don't buy things, it's the same." Go, go out and keep shouting. Under the majesty of the shopkeeper, the guy Xiao San'er had to glare at Hailong hatefully, and continued to go out to do his solicitation plan.
The words of the shopkeeper Li won the favor of all the guests, including Hailong. There were smiles on the faces of those who were shopping. Shopkeeper Li said to Hailong with a pleasant face: "Little brother, what do you want to buy? Is there anything I can help you with? The medicines we have here are absolutely genuine, and of course, the corresponding prices will be more expensive." ”
Hai Long was stunned for a moment, he just wanted to ask for directions before, and entering the pharmacy was just a momentary mood, but when he heard someone ask, he couldn't help scratching his head in embarrassment, and said, "Actually, I'm not here to buy something." Shopkeeper Li smiled slightly and said, "It doesn't matter if you don't buy it, just take a look." If you need anything, just let our service staff know. ”
Hailong's heart moved, and he suddenly remembered something, and said, "Shopkeeper Li, thank you for relieving me just now." Do you accept medicinal herbs here? I happen to have some medicinal herbs that I want to sell. ”
Shopkeeper Li shook his head and said with a smile: "Where do we open a pharmacy not accept medicinal materials, little brother may as well take them to the old man to see, I have been in this way for decades, and I still have some vision for medicine." Hailong nodded, stretched out his hand into his arms, and the Qiankun ring in his hand led out a piece of yellow essence under his urging, which he picked to satisfy his hunger because he was hungry in the mountains not long ago. "It's not a good medicinal herb, it's just a little yellow essence. As he spoke, he handed over the palm-sized piece of yellow essence that had just been taken out.
Yellow essence is an extremely common medicinal material, and the price of ordinary yellow essence is low, so Shopkeeper Li didn't pay much attention to it, especially when he saw that there was only a small piece of the sea dragon, he secretly shook his head.
A faint aroma came out of the crystal clear yellow essence, and the shopkeeper Li's eyes lit up, and he sent the yellow essence to his eyes, and he was shocked. "This, this is not an ordinary yellow essence!"
Hailong Yileng, Huang Jing is still his masters to guide him to know, in the mountains and forests he was because of the same as the Lianyun Mountains, so he picked and ate, now in the city, he is penniless, and here is a medicine shop, so he thought of selling some Huang Jing in exchange for some silver flowers. He was very smart, and when he heard that Shopkeeper Li said that this was not an ordinary yellow essence, he immediately hit the snake with the stick, and said proudly: "Of course it's not an ordinary yellow essence, Shopkeeper Li, you have to look carefully!"
Shopkeeper Li looked at the yellow essence in his hand carefully as if he was holding a treasure, and his old body was already trembling slightly. The guests also smelled the fragrance on the yellow essence, and couldn't help but gather over, most of them are long-term guests of this medicine hall, including many wealthy businessmen, of course, they know what a precious medicinal material means, it is definitely a good product that can prolong life!
Shopkeeper Li looked at Huang Jing and was already a little out of shape, and muttered: "This, this is the imperial essence, this is the imperial essence! You all see, so crystal clear, containing a hundred dark lines, is the best of the yellow essence - the imperial essence, I am talking about the emperor's emperor." The effect of this piece of yellow essence is almost the same as that of thousand-year-old ginseng, and its medicinal properties are peaceful and easier to absorb, which is really a rare treasure. ”
After listening to the words of the shopkeeper Li, the guests immediately made an uproar, and one of the chubby guests came to Hailong's side and said with a smile: "Little brother, I think you can sell me this fast emperor essence." How much does it cost you to open. "The merchant has always been very shrewd, of course he knows that if this piece of imperial essence is bought by the pharmacy and then sold, I am afraid that the price will rise a lot, and the sea dragon looks just a small hairy head, and it is naturally much cheaper to buy it from him. There are not a few people with the same wishful thinking, and as soon as they heard the businessman's words, they immediately surrounded the sea dragon and expressed their desire to buy this piece of imperial essence.
Hailong hid the excitement in his heart, neither agreed nor vetoed, just looked at the imperial essence in the hands of the shopkeeper Li. When Shopkeeper Li heard the words of these guests, he was already anxious, and hurriedly said: "Everyone, uncles, thank you very much for your support to our pharmacy, but after all, this piece of imperial essence was first promised by me to this little brother to buy, and I am ready to keep it for my own use, please don't fight, thank you, I thank you." Of course, the guests knew the status of Shopkeeper Li in the medical world of Tongyuan City, and when they heard him say that he wanted to use it for his own use, the sound of scrambling suddenly became even louder.
"Stop. The sea dragon's not-so-loud voice rang out in everyone's ears, and all the noise disappeared almost at the same time, and everyone's eyes couldn't help but focus on him.
Hailong smiled slightly, and said pleasantly: "Everyone, please listen to me, before, when that guy embarrassed me, it was Shopkeeper Li who relieved me of the dilemma, and later, it was he who said that he was willing to buy the medicine I brought. It is reasonable for me to sell this piece of yellow essence to him. All I can say is sorry. Shopkeeper Li, so be it. You set a price, with your familiarity with the drug, I believe that your price must be very fair. As long as you offer it, I will never make a counteroffer. If you dig up yellow essence in the future, I will give you priority to supply it at the same price. How?"
Shopkeeper Li knew that his family background was far inferior to these rich businessmen, he thought that he had no hope, but he didn't expect Hailong to say this, and he was immediately overjoyed, and said gratefully: "Little brother, you are really a believer." You can rest assured, the price offered to you by the old decay is absolutely fair. So be it, one hundred thousand taels, one hundred thousand taels of silver. That's already the price of two millennial ginseng plants. ”
Although Hailong knew that this imperial essence must be worth a lot of money, he didn't expect it to be so much, so he said angrily: "Okay, it's a word, this piece of yellow essence is yours." ”
The surrounding guests saw that the sea dragon had already sold the imperial essence, and immediately sighed and dispersed. Shopkeeper Li hurriedly said: "Please be disappointed, distinguished guests. Although I was going to keep this piece of imperial essence for my own use, I used to get a prescription, which was mainly based on imperial essence, combined with a variety of precious medicinal materials, to be able to refine a rejuvenation pill. This rejuvenation pill has the effect of rejuvenating the appearance and maintaining health, this piece of yellow essence is enough to refine dozens of pieces, the so-called seeers have a share, when the time comes, the old decay will definitely sell one pill to each of you at the cost price, what do you think?" Hearing this, these guests suddenly became emotional again, and thanked the shopkeeper Li one after another.
Hai Long said in his heart: "This shopkeeper Li is really good at doing business, and the so-called cost price is not up to him, so that he can not only make money, but also not offend people, which is really a double win." ”
After the shopkeeper Li was polite to the guests, he immediately led Hailong to the back hall of the store, he personally poured a glass of water for Hailong, and then went to the back to withdraw the money.