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Chapter 12 Carving the Boat and Seeking the Sword

Qin Yuelou got up and was brushing his teeth. As a delicate person, he knew the importance of taking care of his teeth. If a person does not clean his mouth and teeth for a long time, the gums will become necrotic and the teeth will fall out.

During the first twelve years of his life in Dajing, he bit open willow branches and cleaned his teeth with fine salt.

But once the system comes, life becomes much more convenient.

After rinsing his mouth, Qin Yuelou put away his things and continued to look at the scenery on the boat.

The passenger ship has been traveling for eight days, and the speed is considered fast. Because the weather is good and the wind is smooth, the speed is much faster than expected.

According to Boss He's speculation, they will arrive in Pingjiang and Gusuzhou tomorrow morning.

During these eight days, Qin Yuelou gave himself a short vacation. He did not do research or experiments, he just stood on the side of the ship and looked at the scenery.

What is the meaning of traveling? Qin Yuelou doesn't know, but he likes to see the scenery on the road.

Boss He also yawned and walked onto the deck. He saw Qin Yuelou and greeted him warmly.

"Mr. Qin, it's morning. Did you get up so early? Have you eaten?" Boss He asked Qin Yuelou very enthusiastically.

After all, Qin Yuelou spent a lot of money, and showed something magical last night. The white dragon in the river was dignified and elegant, and it also brought so many shrimps, crabs and giant fish. It was obviously summoned by Qin Yuelou's sacrifice.

Someone with this kind of ability must be treated well.

"Ah, morning." Qin Yuelou frowned, responded somewhat casually, and then took out the Zu'an sword from the warehouse.

Boss He looked at Qin Yuelou and summoned an amber dagger from somewhere... To be precise, it looked like a thorn, thin and long, even for a child of five or six years old to hold.

Playing for fun will also make you look very small.

Rather than saying that this is a sword, it is better to say that it is like a thin and long chopstick, but it is slightly larger than the chopstick.

"Mr. Qin, what do you mean...?" Boss He thought Qin Yuelou was going to do something, and felt a little uneasy.

It would be easy to kill people like Qin Yuelou, a god and stranger, so Boss He felt uneasy.

However, Yue Lou ignored him, and instead took the Zu An Sword in his hand without exerting any force. The tip of the sword was facing down, and then he let go of his hand.

Zu An's sword then fell straight down and fell into the water, causing a small wave.

Qin Yuelou carved a mark on the side of the ship.

Seeing Qin Yuelou acting like this, Boss He's anxiety completely disappeared and turned into confusion.

"Master Qin, what are you doing? It's obvious at first glance that the sword was expensive to make, so you just threw it into the water. Isn't it a bit... a waste of natural resources?"

Boss He is relatively literate and knows how to talk about "wasting natural resources violently".

"That sword is actually not as valuable as you think. The raw material is just a piece of ordinary iron." Qin Yuelou stood on the deck with his hands behind his back.

"It's just that that piece of mortal iron was forged by my hands."

Listening to Qin Yuelou's words, Boss He heard some strange noises coming from the water.

He also walked to the side of the boat and looked at the water below the boat. Waves of red mist appeared in the already unclear river water.

The red mist is like sand submerged in the water, or like ink strips grinding in the water. Layers of bright red are smeared in the river and spreading to all directions. The waters around the boat are full of these bright red colors.

Boss He knew that Qin Yuelou was showing his magical powers again.

The fishy smell of water is mixed with a rust-like smell, which is extremely strong.

Only then did Boss He suddenly realize.

Qin Yuelou is killing the demons in the water.

But...is it really okay for him to throw the sword in the water like this?

Boss He thought about it for a while, and then asked Qin Yuelou cautiously, with an unconscious hint of respect in his tone.

"Mr. Qin, is it really okay if you just threw this sword into the river?" Boss He asked Qin Yuelou.

"Have you seen the marks I carved on the side of the ship?" Qin Yuelou asked Boss He, then touched the passenger ship, "This is called 'carving a boat to seek a sword'."

[There was a man from Chu who was wading into the river, and his sword fell from the boat into the water. He suddenly signed a contract with the boat and said, "This is where my sword fell from." The boat stopped, and the person who signed it entered the water to find it. The boat was already on its way.

But if the sword is not good enough, it would be confusing to ask for a sword like this - Lu Buwei of the Warring States Period, "Lu Shi Chun Qiu Cha Jin"]

There is no such allusion in this world, but the truth is understood.

Boss He scratched his head, but he actually wanted to say: "The sword has sunk to the bottom and the boat is moving. It seems useless for you to be searching for the sword like this."

No, it's absolutely useless.

But Boss He then thought about it, Mr. Qin is a different person, and it is impossible to understand it using ordinary people's common sense, so it is better for him not to talk too much.

So Qin Yuelou continued to stand on the side of the ship and looked at the river.

In fact, Qin Yuelou didn't notice that there was anything wrong with the underworld underwater at the beginning. He just thought about whether there might be other water ghosts in Langjiang River who had not been extradited by reincarnation, so he activated the Netherworld Dharma Eye.

His previous state of enlightenment also allowed his Netherworld Dharma Body to be slightly improved, so the Netherworld Dharma Eye took on new changes.

That is to say, it can be seen through, so although the water quality of Langjiang River is a bit turbid, you can still see some things underwater.

So Qin Yuelou discovered many strange creatures that looked like humans and fish surrounding the boat.

These weird creatures are a dull green all over, but only their bellies are white.

Most of its body is smooth and smooth, but its back has high scaly ridges.

The figure had vague characteristics of a human form, but the head was that of a fish, with huge, protruding eyeballs that never closed.

On both sides of the neck, there are constantly vibrating gills, and the long hands and feet are webbed.

It looked like a fish-man, and based on what Mu Xiaohuan said about the strange features of the old woman, Qin Yuelou had some guesses.

Those under the water are probably the sharks who want to take revenge on the Mu family and his son.

Qin Yuelou thought so, so he continued to think about this aspect.

"If you think about it this way, the old woman's status seems to be very high among the group of sharks."

Then Qin Yuelou saw some sharks holding sharp stones or iron tools in their hands, probably with the purpose of drilling through the bottom of the ship, but they just held them and did not take any action.

Qin Yuelou guessed that they wanted to dig into the boat at night, then jump on the boat and kill them.

Then he used his mind to sense it, and found that they did have this idea, but it was not because of the old woman, but because they were the mermaids living in this water area.

Perhaps they can be called freshwater sharks. They are doing the job of robbing families here, kidnapping women from ships, killing men, and taking away property.

The sharks are actually just demonic water bandits.

Although his conjecture was overturned, Qin Yuelou did not want to let them go. They would perform tasks like this every year at this time.

So Qin Yuelou threw Zu Anjian down and let Zuanjian guard the passenger ship.

But Qin Yuelou was also a little puzzled.

Since this area belongs to the waters of Langjiang River, why doesn't the Dragon King of the River take care of these demonic water bandits?

Qin Yuelou didn't know, but he just took action.

Although these demonic water bandits were killed, Xiao Huangshu did not give any reward.

So Qin Yuelou thought that Xiao Huangshu also needed to kill those high-quality monsters by himself.

However, he also used water vapor to collect the body tissues of these freshwater sharks with the help of guidance and air control, and prepared to conduct some research on life clusters.

Humans don't have gills, so they can't live underwater. It may not be feasible to simply copy fish gills onto the human body, so these freshwater sharks have become the best research material.

Although Qin Yuelou is brave on land, he may not be very good in the water.

Because he never knew how to swim in his previous life.

As the passenger ship moved along, the red area also dissipated. He probably wiped out all the demonic water bandits nearby. The remaining ones who were not wiped out were probably too frightened to come near.

Qin Yuelou ordered Zu An to explore more under the water, but there was really nothing else under the water. There were only fish, shrimps, crabs, aquatic plants, and some debris scattered on the bottom of the water.

After that, the passenger ship arrived in Pingjiang and Gusu safely. The passenger ship docked at the pier, and Qin Yuelou was the last person to get off the ship.

Boss He and all the boatmen and sailors gathered around Qin Yuelou. They chatted with Qin Yuelou, and they were even a little reluctant to leave.

After all, it was Qin Yuelou who called Jiangzhong Bailong for help, otherwise they would have suffered losses, not to mention Qin Yuelou generously gave him a bag of gold.

Who is this guest? This is the God of Wealth and Fortune.

Qin Yuelou was treated warmly and could only smile lightly after walking onto the pier.

Qin Yuelou stretched out his hand towards the bottom of the water and hooked his fingers.

Boss He knew that Qin Yuelou was begging for a sword.

Then, under the witness of Boss He and the boatmen, a small amber sword suddenly jumped out of the water like a swallow returning to its nest and flew to Qin Yuelou's side.

"Come back." Qin Yuelou grabbed the hilt of the sword and stuffed it into his sleeve.

Boss He subconsciously looked up and checked. The place where Qin Yuelou stretched out his hand was exactly where he left his mark.

Qin Yuelou waved his hand.

"It's a long journey, but we'll meet again if we have the chance."

After saying that, Qin Yuelou turned around and followed the Mu family father and son.

The sailors and boatmen looked at Qin Yuelou's leaving figure and felt relaxed and indifferent.

"Carving a boat to seek a sword... What a man carving a boat to seek a sword... He is truly a stranger." Boss He sighed.

The sailors around him saw Boss He and asked him all kinds of questions.

"Boss, do you know something?" Fang Senyan, a sailor with a resolute appearance, asked Boss He.

So Mr. He started talking.

"I saw it with my own eyes. Mr. Qin threw the sword into the water, and then there was blood all around our boat..." Boss He said, sighing, and then continued.

"So I think... Mr. Qin threw this sword into the water to kill evil spirits, just to protect us on this boat."

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