A big wave came and was about to overturn the painting boat.
Li Xiuyuan was immediately shocked when he saw this scene.
Although this is the Dragon King of Wujiang, he may be the righteous god who manages the river area, but you must know that there are a lot of scholars on this boat, and the scholars are all people with a certain destiny. Although they may not necessarily be high, they are definitely not poor people.
Comparable.
This is going to knock everyone over and fall into the water. Is the Dragon King of Wujiang really so domineering that he doesn't even give him any face?
But there was no time to think too much at the moment. The painting boat had flipped over to the river with a roar, and everyone on the boat fell into the water.
"Help, help."
The scholars suddenly panicked and called for help.
Li Xiuyuan also fell into the water, but as a martial arts practitioner, he reacted quickly and immediately kicked a boat plank away after falling into the water, and then jumped out with Xiaodie and Du Chunhua.
Don't worry about anything else, take care of the people around you first.
Li Xiuyuan, who was ready to fall into the water, suddenly realized that he had originally fallen into the river after jumping off the painting boat, but he suddenly stepped on a black stone and did not fall into the water.
When did there appear a reef above the river?
"Wow~!"
The river swayed, and a head poked out from under the black stone.
"What a big turtle." Li Xiuyuan was surprised.
Only then did he realize that the stone under his feet was not a stubborn stone in the river, but a turtle floating on the river. He stepped on the turtle shell, so he did not fall.
"It's not a turtle, it's a turtle." This bastard actually started talking in human language.
"The turtle has spoken." Xiaodie was so frightened that she fainted. Fortunately, Li Xiuyuan had quick eyes and quick hands and hugged her.
"I told you, it's not a turtle, it's a turtle."
Du Chunhua also covered her mouth and was frightened.
Li Xiuyuan was stunned for a moment, but he didn't seem to find it strange. After all, he had encountered a lot of monsters, such as the Black Fish Spirit, the Polygonum Multiflorum Spirit, and the Black Mountain Lord. It was not unacceptable for the bastard to speak now.
Of course, when this bastard opens his mouth, it is still very acceptable to ordinary people.
"I am the king of this water area. You can call me the Eight Great Kings. The Dragon King of Wujiang River was traveling just now. This water area was blocked, so your painting boat was parked on the river and could not move. I thought I could take you along just now.
I followed the Dragon King of Wujiang River to cross over, but I didn’t expect that the Dragon King of Wujiang River was still so narrow-minded that he had already swam across and overturned your boat and made you fall into the water." The Eight Great Kings sighed.
"If I had known earlier, I should have waited until this domineering Dragon King passed by first."
"So that's it. It seems that we are impatient. Thank you to the Eight Great Kings for your help this time. Otherwise, all of us would have fallen into the river, and we would have fed the fish in the river." Li Xiuyuan said.
I thanked him with a gesture.
The Eighth King said: "I have read your manuscript. There is purple energy in it. You must be an extraordinary noble person. A noble person like you should not be thrown into the water by the Dragon King of Wujiang River. That's why I showed up to rescue you. I don't know today.
Will my actions cause the Dragon King of Wujiang to retaliate? If I encounter retaliation then, please don’t forget today’s kindness.”
"Don't worry about this. If the Dragon King of Wujiang really comes to take revenge on you, you can come to me and I will protect you." Li Xiuyuan said.
"You are an honest person, I trust you, now I will take you across the river." The Eighth King said.
Li Xiuyuan said hurriedly: "My bodyguards and friends who were traveling with me also fell into the water. Please ask the Eight Kings to save them."
You're fine, but you can't forget that others are still in the water.
"This is a small matter, please rest assured, noble man." the Eighth King said.
At this time, several large turtles appeared on the surface of the river. Although they were not as big as the Eight Kings, they were still very unusual. You could tell at a glance that they were not ordinary turtles. They were probably possessed of Taoist turtle spirits. These big turtles
The turtle dived into the river and picked up the fallen scholars, the guards, the boatman, and the singing girls on the boat.
"They are my descendants. I let them accumulate some merit so that they can survive the disasters in the future." The Eight Great Kings said.
The Eight Kings and the other giant turtles carried Li Xiuyuan and the other scholars who fell into the water on their backs, and rowed quickly towards the shore.
When the scholars saw this scene, their faces turned pale with fright and they were at a loss. They allowed the giant turtle in the water to carry them to the shore.
After landing, Li Xiuyuan hugged Xiaodie and brought the frightened and trembling Du Chunhua to the shore.
After stepping on solid ground, everyone's hanging hearts relaxed.
It is estimated that after what happened today, these people will probably think twice about taking a boat in the future. If they fall into the water again, they will not be so lucky and encounter a turtle spirit to rescue them.
Fortunately, it is a spirit that accumulates virtues and does good deeds, and practices immortality. If it encounters a spirit that does evil, all the people in the boat will become the food of the fish monster.
"I sent you here. Wujiang Dragon King is something you don't often encounter when traveling. You may not encounter it like today when you cross the river in the future, so you don't have to worry too much in the future." The Eight Kings said.
"Thank you for your hard work, Eight Kings." Li Xiuyuan was still very grateful.
I finally met a monster who looked kind and friendly.
The Eight Kings nodded. At this time, another turtle spirit came ashore carrying the dead boatman, who was covered in water plants.
"This boatman was caught by the Dragon King of Wujiang and thrown into the river. Although I rescued him in time, I couldn't save him. I can only hand over this body to you. I hope you don't mind." The Eighth King said.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the boatman, whose face was already deathly pale, and his heart twitched.
A life that was fine before actually fell into the water and died after just colliding with the Dragon King of Wujiang River.
The Dragon King of Wujiang was so overbearing and domineering that even the eight kings in this water area respected and feared him. They were also afraid of the Dragon King of Wujiang's revenge afterwards.
"I also asked my children and grandchildren to bring you your salutes, and I'll say goodbye." The Eight Kings ordered a group of giant turtles to carry everyone's luggage and put them on the shore. Then they turned around and returned to the river.
"The turtle, the turtle, can actually talk." Wang Ping had just come back to his senses and saw the eight kings speaking human words and pointing at the eight kings tremblingly.
"It's not a turtle, it's a turtle." The Eight Kings turned around and said again before taking their children and grandchildren and diving into the river.
Following the ripples, a group of giant turtles soon disappeared.
"Really, there really are monsters." Zhu Yu was also frightened and stammered.
Before, everyone was still talking about Zibuyu's strange powers and chaos, but in the blink of an eye, it was a water ghost, a dragon king of Wujiang, and a turtle spirit.
It's almost like arriving at a monster's lair.
Li Xiuyuan said: "Ghosts and ghosts have existed since ancient times. It is not surprising to encounter them today. You should thank this Eight Kings. If it weren't for him, we would still be swimming in the river right now."
"It's the best, it's the best."
Everyone said something in shock, and then quickly bowed to Dajiang to express their gratitude.
Li Xiuyuan looked at the calm river surface and did not think too much about the Wujiang Dragon King. Instead, it was the Eight Kings that made him think.
He would rather risk offending the Dragon King of Wujiang to save people.
I'm afraid it's not just about earning merit.
If all spirits and monsters want to become immortals and Taoists, they can only follow two paths: becoming gods through incense and becoming immortals through practice.
The former requires building temples, manifesting spirits, and accumulating incense. Although it is easy to become a god, the starting point is too high and it is very difficult.
Although the latter is easier to get started with, its practice is difficult and requires you to experience disasters. Therefore, spiritual practice will accumulate merit and help you resolve disasters.
The path taken by the Eight Kings is definitely the latter.
If it's the latter, it's definitely not possible to make a big loss out of a small thing, or to cause disaster in order to accumulate merit.
This is a losing business.
"I'm afraid these eight kings are hiding something from us." Li Xiuyuan couldn't help but guess.
However, no matter what the Eight Kings had planned, he was still grateful to this turtle spirit, at least others took the initiative to help him.