Chapter 73: The Water Monster Attacks the Ship and Slashes It with the Sword
Early the next morning, Cheng Di and Dong Zheng came to visit.
When Fang Xiong came to inform Zhang Sui, Zhang Sui was yawning with dark circles under his eyes and preparing to wash up.
Zhang Sui practiced the art of guidance for most of the night last night. He originally wanted to practice the art of guidance instead of sleeping, but the reality told him that he was still a mortal and still needed to eat and sleep. Otherwise, his stomach would growl when he was hungry, and he would still growl if he didn't sleep.
I have dark circles!
The spiritual power absorbed by the guidance technique can neither fill his stomach nor replace sleep!
While Zhang Sui was washing up, he complained in his mind: "Didn't you say that by cultivating, you can eat the wind and drink the dew, without sleeping or resting? Am I cultivating to be a fake immortal?"
After washing up, Zhang Sui walked to the front hall.
When I passed the jujube tree, I always felt that something was wrong.
After walking by, I always felt a little weird and uneasy, so I turned back and took a closer look.
I didn't expect that I would make a great discovery at this glance. Among the leaves of the jujube tree, there were forty or fifty ripe jujubes!
These mature jujubes are hidden by the branches and leaves, and only a small amount is exposed. The other jujubes are still only normal size.
Zhang Sui was overjoyed when he saw this. He was sure that there were absolutely no ripe jujubes during the day yesterday. These must have only matured last night.
Could it be that this jujube tree ripened a batch of jujubes overnight after hearing my sigh yesterday?
Moreover, the mature jujubes are still half-covered. It seems that this jujube tree is quite arrogant.
Zhang Sui laughed, stepped forward and patted the trunk of the jujube tree and said, "Brother Zaoshu, you have really helped me a lot!"
The branches and leaves of the jujube tree rustled, as if responding to his words.
Those ripe jujubes suddenly fell off the tree and fell down. At this time, Zhang Sui's body was unusual.
Zhang Sui was seen dexterously moving his sword energy around the jujube tree, and the fallen jujubes were caught and gathered together by the sword energy.
Zhang Sui stretched out his left hand to hold the jujubes gathered together in a pagoda shape.
I picked one up with my hand, rubbed it on my body, and took a bite. Well, it's delicious and juicy!
Zhang Sui ate the jujube in his hand and felt the strong spiritual power being absorbed by him.
Smiling, he said to the windless jujube tree: "I thought your Qingling power was no longer enough. It seems brother jujube tree still has something to hide! How about you ripen some more jujubes so that I can be better prepared?"
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After hearing Zhang Sui's words, the whole jujube tree didn't move at all and turned into a sculpture. The jujube tree was probably shocked by Zhang Sui's shamelessness!
Zhang Sui ate a dozen jujubes in one go, but felt that he couldn't eat any more, so he gave up.
In fact, he could have directly absorbed the refreshing energy from jujubes, but he couldn't let go of the taste of jujubes.
After packing the jujubes in a cloth bag and carrying them in his hands, Zhang Sui sighed in his heart: "It would be much more convenient if there was a magic like the universe in one's sleeves!" He patted the jujube tree.
Zhang Sui threw the package to Fang Xiong who was waiting aside, and the two of them walked to the front hall.
In the front hall, Dong Zheng, Mr. Meng, Cheng Di, You De and others were all together, discussing today's arrangements while waiting for Zhang Sui.
Everyone was shocked when they saw Zhang Sui coming to the front hall with two dark circles under his eyes.
Cheng Di asked with concern: "Why is Mr. Zhang so haggard?"
Zhang Sui laughed and said, "I'm fine. I just practiced too late last night and didn't get a good rest. Don't worry."
Mr. Meng warned: "Practice should also combine work and rest. Cultivating immortality too late is not a good thing for young people!"
Zhang Sui repeatedly said yes, and complained in his heart: "You should go to my world to persuade young talents. They cultivate immortality much harder than me!"
After Zhang Sui sat down, Dong Zheng said: "The Wuwei Army and the Tsing Yi Guards are ready and can set off at any time. I wonder if Mr. Zhang has any suggestions for this trip?"
Zhang Sui touched his chin and said, "Please wait a moment."
After saying that, he closed his eyes and used the art of knowing the earth to observe the strange things.
The distribution of Cangqi quickly appeared in my mind. Sixty miles up and down the Weihe River next to Kunzhou Prefecture, Cangqi can be roughly divided into three groups, and there are also a few scattered scattered ones.
Of these three large groups, the one closest to Kunzhou Prefecture has the largest number, with about a hundred individuals. The other two groups have about sixty or seventy individuals each.
After Zhang Sui investigated clearly, he opened his eyes. Everyone was staring at him closely. Zhang Sui took the pen and paper and directly drew the distribution of Cangqi within the exploration range on the paper.
Zhang Sui pointed with his finger at the ethnic group closest to Kunzhou City with the largest number on the paper, and said: "I suggest you clear out the water monsters here first. After all, this place is too close to Kunzhou City to pose the greatest threat, and it also has the largest number.
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Zhang Sui also talked about several other Cangqi situations and waited for other people's opinions.
Dong Zheng nodded and said: "I think Mr. Zhang is right. The water monster here currently poses the greatest threat to Kunzhou Prefecture."
Cheng Di and Mr. Meng also nodded in agreement.
Youde doesn't even care.
Cheng Di looked at the location with the largest number of marks and suddenly thought deeply. He asked a guard standing at the door to fetch the map and put it on the table.
Cheng Di pointed to a location on the map and said, "Mr. Zhang, is this the location you marked?"
Zhang Sui looked at the map, compared the location in his mind and said, "This is exactly where it is!"
Cheng Di said: "There is a small islet in the middle of the river here. It is not large, only a few feet in diameter. Are all those water monsters entrenched here?"
Zhang Sui looked at the map carefully, and sure enough, there was a little outline drawn with pen and ink. Zhang Sui just thought that it might be accidentally clicked on when drawing the map. Unexpectedly, it turned out to be a small island in the middle of the river, but the area was too large.
Xiaocai used one point to express it.
Zhang Sui asked: "Is there anything special about that place?"
Cheng Di thought for a while and said: "That place was very famous when I was young, about twenty years ago.
At that time, the Wei River flooded almost every year and flooded the surrounding farmland. A Buddhist monk built a small temple here and chanted sutras every day.
Miraculously, since the temple was built, the Weihe River has not flooded for five consecutive years. Five years after the temple was built, the eminent monk passed away here.
Several of his disciples buried him in a small island. However, a rare flood the following year washed away the entire temple without a trace, and several disciples of the eminent monk were also missing.
Since then, the small islet in the middle of the river has been abandoned, and no one has been there again. I didn’t expect that the group of water monsters would actually be entrenched here now.”
Zhang Sui smiled and said: "Actually, that's a good thing. I was worried that those water monsters would destroy the ship, which would be very difficult for us. It's better now!"
Mr. Meng also thinks this is better. As long as they keep their feet on the ground, those water monsters are really nothing to Mr. Meng and Zhang Sui.
Zhang Suidao: "This time, Mr. Meng, myself, and Fang Xiong will just board the small island in the middle of the river.
Palace Master Dong and Commander Cheng only need to bring manpower to defend both sides of the strait to prevent fish that slip through the net from escaping ashore.
Brother You placed the medicine on the small island and left, so that he can assist Palace Master Dong and Commander Cheng, after all, they are just ordinary soldiers."
Seeing that his arrangements were in order, everyone nodded in agreement, but they discussed the details for a while.
Seeing the sun was rising, Zhang Sui saw that everyone outside the hall was ready, stood up and said: "Let's go! Go early and come back early!"
Cheng Di perked up and immediately stood up, leading the way.
Everyone followed him out of Zhang Sui's residence.
Everyone rode horses to a dock near Kunzhou Prefecture, where several merchant ships were already waiting.
Zhang Sui and others didn't say much and boarded one of the merchant ships directly.
You De held the glass jar, stood next to Zhang Sui and said, "Mr. Zhang, I will stimulate the medicinal properties of this medicine in a moment. If the water monster is eliminated, you can throw this thing on the glass jar, and the medicinal properties will naturally be sealed.
, you can use it again next time.”
Then he took out a ball-shaped object the size of a longan and handed it to Zhang Sui. Zhang Sui took it, looked at it, and put it into his sleeve.
You De reminded: "This thing is called a fire pill. You should be careful, don't collide easily. It contains the strange fire of our religion. It will be very troublesome to get it on your body."
When Zhang Sui heard this, he quickly put it in his side pocket to avoid accidentally getting angry and burning himself later, which would be funny.
Cheng Di also came to Zhang Sui's boat and personally commanded them. The boatmen looked a little reserved when they saw that everyone was dressed in robes.
Cheng Di said to the owner of the merchant ship: "Just send us near the small island in the middle of the river. It is the original site of Puhua Temple. Do you know the place?"
The boat owner nodded repeatedly and said: "Who is running a boat on the Wei River in Kunzhou Prefecture who doesn't know about Puhua Temple? At the beginning of every year, we will make a sacrifice from a distance when we pass there to ensure safety."
Zhang Sui heard this and asked, "Did anything special happen there this year?"
The boat owner shook his head and said: "We only worship at the beginning of the year every year. When we worship, we stay quite far away because there are quite a lot of reefs near the small island. It's very troublesome to get close. At other times, it's basically the same.
I bypassed this place, so I don’t know much about it.”
Zhang Sui nodded. He didn't ask any more questions, but looked at the misty Wei River.
The weather today is not very good. Although there is sunshine, there is a mist covering the river. It is difficult to see the situation ahead clearly from a distance.
The islet in the middle of the river is located in the middle of a relatively wide channel of the Wei River, five or six miles away from both banks.
Due to the fog, the boat owner steered the boat very carefully and asked the boatman in front to report the hydrological conditions from time to time.
Zhang Sui also used the art of knowing the ground early to explore the situation along the way and understand the activities of the Cangqi group.
In Zhang Sui's mind, the reaction of the group of Cangqi was a bit strange. Most of the Cangqi gathered on the small islet in the middle of the river with a radius of only a few feet. The surrounding circle of Cangqi seemed to be doing defensive work.
When the merchant ship was about a mile away from the small island in the middle of the river, the group of Cangqi seemed to have noticed it, and the Cangqi outside seemed a little restless.
As the merchant ship got closer and closer, a dozen or so Cangqi emerged from the surrounding area and headed straight for the merchant ship under the water.
Zhang Sui and Mr. Meng issued a warning together: "Be careful of water monsters approaching merchant ships!"
After saying that, the two looked at each other.
Cheng Di and several green-clothed guards who came with the ship immediately became nervous and drew out their weapons.
The boatmen on the boat were a little panicked when they heard the water monster. It was only after the boat owner yelled and cursed a few times that they calmed down.
The captain was very calm, and he seemed to be someone who had seen the world, and Cheng Di probably informed him of some situations before, so he didn't panic too much.
Zhang Sui and Mr. Meng came to the bow of the boat and looked in the direction of the group of Cangqi underwater.
Zhang Sui asked Mr. Meng: "Sir, shall I do it or shall I do it?"
Mr. Meng said with a smile: "It's up to me to do it. Let me try the flying sword technique that I have learned in the past two days and practice my skills!"
Zhang Sui nodded and took a step back.
Seeing the group of underwater beasts getting closer and closer to the ship, when they were two or three feet closer to the ship, Mr. Meng gave a low shout, and with a flash of cold light, the long sword in his hand came out of its sheath and circled above Mr. Meng's head.
Mr. Meng clasped his hands behind his back, looked at Cang Qi who was approaching under the water, and whispered in his mouth: "The sword rises and the stars rush thousands of miles to kill, and the sound of the rain is loud when there is wind and thunder. A human head is not a human being, why do you chant so loudly across the five lakes!"
Following the verses from Mr. Meng's mouth, the bright long sword entered the water like a silver dragon, glowing with starlight. Wherever it passed, waves surged and blood surged.
In Zhang Sui's mind, the strange aura under the water was like a candlelight extinguished in a few breaths when encountering a strong wind, and the river water turned red around the merchant ship.
Not long after, strange corpses emerged from the water one after another. Looking at the strange corpses of water monsters, the boatmen on the merchant ship were so frightened that their legs and feet became weak.
The long sword broke through the water, circled the boat, let out a soft cry, and returned to Mr. Meng.
Mr. Meng held the hilt of the sword and shook it gently. All the water stains and blood stains on the sword were scattered, and the entire long sword was as clean as new.
The boatmen looked at Mr. Meng as if he were a god and almost knelt down to make a wish.