Judging from the old man's performance just now, the cockscomb must have a special meaning to him, otherwise the other party wouldn't have such a big reaction when he saw it.
But Xiao Yu doesn't care about this. As long as the other party agrees to send them away, nothing else matters.
"Senior, have you ever met other Taoists from the Yang world?"
Sitting on the bow of the boat with nothing to do, Xiao Yu started chatting with the other party, just to get some more useful information from the other party.
"The mountains and rivers here are dangerous. How could a Taoist from the Yang world come here? It's just bad luck for you to come here."
The old man smoked a cigarette and coughed from time to time.
"Senior, can you tell me the story of this place?"
"Senior, come and smoke my cigarette. It's definitely more comfortable than yours."
Sitting on the bow of the boat, Xiao Yu has been trying his best to strike up a conversation with the old man.
Qinglong and others dived into the water, and it took them about three or four hours before they came out of the water, with happy smiles on their faces.
Even Guan Tianyue, the Hidden Sect disciple, recovered from the pain of his junior brother's death.
However, when they saw the old man, Qinglong and others did not mention that there were gold veins below.
Six or seven people appeared at once, filling the boat to the brim. Although the boat was a bit narrow, it was manageable with just a squeeze.
"Xiao Yu, this old guy doesn't have any ill intentions, does he?
I am a wealthy person now, don’t let him take advantage of me.”
Qinglong leaned next to Xiao Yu and whispered softly.
Xiao Yu naturally understood what he meant. This guy must have collected a lot of gold ore from the water, and it was possible that the Taoist artifacts were already full.
"It's okay for now. Just don't mess with him. The clay figurine is still very angry."
From several hours of conversations, Xiao Yu had somewhat understood the old man's temper.
So if you speak carefully, the other party will still be easy to get along with.
The boat went down the river, passing through mountains, waterfalls, and caves.
Every place is so thrilling, but Old Man Yu can avoid it very well by relying on a bamboo pole and a paddle.
All kinds of rare and exotic animals, exotic flowers and plants bloom everywhere on the surrounding mountains and shores.
Xiao Yu and others were still joking with each other on the boat at first, but after the boat traveled a thousand meters, they couldn't stop their eyes.
Wherever you look, spiritual grass grows everywhere, and the air is filled with the green fragrance of medicinal herbs.
If the boat hadn't been in the middle of the water, a few people might have jumped ashore and started picking wildly.
Gradually, the big river enters the plain, and the water surface changes from narrow to wide, and becomes flatter and flatter.
In the distance, there is a big tortoise snorting in the sun on the grass. Its body is golden and it has lived for an unknown number of years.
Old Turtle raised his head and glanced at Xiao Yu and others, then retracted his head.
In the distance, a woman with the body of a fish and the tail of a fish was sitting on a big rock. But as soon as she saw the boat, she jumped into the water with a splash and was never seen again.
Wherever the boat passed, there was no monster that blocked it, which made everyone feel a little incredible.
Because it is not that there are no monsters in the water, but there are many.
It's just that the old man and those monsters seemed to be very familiar, and the monsters would automatically sink into the water when they saw the old man.
Moreover, there is not even a single fishing boat in such a flat river, as if this is the territory of Old Man Yu.
This makes the old man's identity a mystery again.
When it was about to get dark, sporadic candlelight began to appear in the distance, and then the candlelight became more and more dense, and the noise of human beings could still be heard vaguely.
"This is the nearest town. Go ahead. Once you get there, you will naturally know how to leave."
The old man rowed the boat to the shore far away from the town, without any intention of sending the Buddha to the west.
"Old man, we..."
The sloppy Taoist wanted to ask something more, but the old man's face darkened, as if he was a little unhappy.
"I've done enough, please stop."
The old man waved his hand and made a gesture of please, and then said nothing.
Xiao Yu glanced at the old man in great confusion. Everyone on the boat was chatting with each other before, but now he seemed to be a different person suddenly and became a bit strange.
"In that case, I'll take my leave. Thank you, senior, for escorting me."
After Guan Tianyue cupped his fists and saluted the old man, he winked at Xiao Yu and the others, and everyone filed off the boat.
In the dark night, there was no candle on the old man's boat, and he just rocked the dilapidated wooden boat and disappeared under the night.
"This old man is so strange. It won't take long to get us to our destination, so he has to leave us here."
Qinglong said helplessly.
"Being able to send us here has saved us a lot of time. Stop complaining and let's go."
Guan Tianyue walked in front, and the monk followed closely on the tiger. Xiao Yu and the others deliberately lagged behind a few steps.
"Qinglong, I think that old man is not an ordinary person. He may be a great demon with strong cultivation."
Xiao Yu and Qinglong walked side by side and whispered at the same time.
Because it was so easy along the way, they encountered more than a dozen monsters, each of whom seemed to have extraordinary skills, but they did not cause any hindrance to them.
In the past, this was simply impossible.
"What you said is very possible. He is probably the big BOSS in the entire ghost building."
After Xiao Yu's reminder, Qinglong also thought of some possibility and immediately nodded to admit it.
"If this is the case, maybe we can see him again later, and then it will be clear.
And that old lady, I feel like she is not an ordinary person either.
The cockscomb she gave me was not an ordinary one. Old Man Yu only agreed to give us a ride when he saw the cockscomb."
Xiao Yu had been thinking about what the cockscomb was all the way, but in his hands, the cockscomb was just an ordinary flower. It looked a little spiritual and nothing surprising.
But just such an ordinary cockscomb flower seems to represent something extraordinary.
While Xiao Yu and Qinglong were talking, they were getting closer and closer to the village, and the noisy sounds were getting louder and louder.
At the entrance of the village, there is a big stone with three big characters engraved on it, Manhuang Town.
Behind the stone, there is a big tree with five or six people hugging each other. The tree is a hundred meters high and has luxuriant branches.
The body of the big tree seemed to have been struck by lightning, split in two, and the inside was charred black.
"Barbarian Town, such an ancient name."
Guan Tianyue stood in front of the stone, reading the three big characters, and then looked back at the direction they came from.
"It seems that the place we came to before falls within the scope of the wilderness.
Ancient books record that there are many monsters and beasts in the wilderness, but those were in ancient times.
I didn’t expect that there is a wild land here, and we happened to come out of there.”
Guan Tianyue frowned.
"It is also possible that we can enter the wilderness only by passing through this village. It is still too early to draw conclusions now!"
Xiao Yu stepped forward, looked at the boulder, and then continued walking forward.
However, after a few people had walked more than ten meters, a dozen men wearing animal skins suddenly ran out from all directions and stopped them.
