Qin Mu was puzzled, how could touching a sweat towel bring bad luck, and cause bad luck for three years?
However, this "sweat towel" is soft in texture, very smooth to the touch, and has a natural fragrance. It is really good for wiping sweat. It should be woven from a different kind of silk. It is very valuable. It is rare to find such high-quality fabrics in the big market.
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Qin Mu stuffed the sweat scarf into his arms and played with the Shaobao sword and its scabbard, feeling very happy in his heart.
The upper half of the scabbard of Shaobao Sword is made of gold and decorated with jade and beads. The mouth of the scabbard is carved with the image of a fish and dragon swallowing its mouth. The place where the fish and dragon opens its mouth is where the sword is unsheathed.
The lower half of the scabbard is silver-gray without any decoration or carving, and the tail of the scabbard is carved with a fish-dragon tail, which is also gold.
bite.
Qin Mu returned the sword to its sheath. His vitality poured into the scabbard, and Shaobao's sword was unsheathed again. When he unsheathed the sword, he saw a huge ichthyosaur emerge from the scabbard, leaping over his head and spitting out the sword.
Qin Mu raised his hand and pulled out the sword from the fish's mouth, feeling relieved.
"This scabbard is really a good thing, it can actually manifest a fish and dragon!"
He returned the sword to its sheath, and the fish dragon swallowed Shaobao's sword and disappeared into the scabbard.
Qin Mu was elated, and then his vitality poured into the scabbard again. The fish and dragon reappeared, spitting out the Shaobao Sword. He drew the sword and inserted the Shaobao Sword into the fish's mouth, and the fish and dragon merged with the scabbard again.
He played it over and over again, and the blind man beside him couldn't help but said: "Mu'er, stop playing, your mother-in-law got some more animals and asked you to herd the cows. These cows will be taken to Xianglong tomorrow."
The city is sold."
Qin Mu responded and quickly returned to the village. He took six bullocks out of the village to graze. He was wondering: "My mother-in-law had sold the livestock in the village some time ago. Why are there six more cows now? Where did these cows come from?"
Coming?"
When he walked out of the village, he saw the village chief, the pharmacist, the mute and others gathered together, discussing something. The lame man sat aside, dismantled a black flag, and threw the flag to Mr. Ma to make a curtain for the carpenter's shop. The black flag
The pole was thrown to Granny Si to chase the chickens.
The next day, Qin Mu harnessed the ox cart, and Granny Si smiled and said, "Mu'er, you will come with us when we enter the city this time."
Qin Mu was surprised and happy. He quickly put on his back the Shaobao Sword, a butcher's knife, a bamboo stick, a hammer and other items, and jumped on the bullock cart. Behind him, the blind man walked slowly and sat down with Granny Si on the left and right.
On a bullock cart.
The cart contained some iron tools made by Mute, as well as several stacks of exotic animal skins obtained by Ma Ye, Cripple and Qin Mu from hunting, and two sheep tied to hooves and placed among the cargo.
Three big oxen were yoked in front of the cart, which were very powerful, and three more were tied behind the cart.
The young man waved his whip, and the big ox blinked innocently and walked out of the village.
This was his first time entering the city, and he couldn't help but feel a little excited. He was so excited that his body seemed to be flying, and he didn't notice the innocent looks in the eyes of the big ox and goat.
Xianglong City is far away from Laocan Village, thousands of miles away, so entering the city is a big deal. However, Daxu is desolate and the land route is not easy to travel. You must first take the waterway, and then walk more than ten miles by land to get there.
Xianglong City.
Qin Mu drove to the Yongjiang River and saw the lame man building a big bamboo raft by the river. He carefully drove the ox cart to the bamboo raft. The lame man untied the cable, and the bamboo raft drifted down the river, getting faster and faster.
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Even at this speed, it would take four or five days to reach Xianglong City.
After drifting for more than forty miles, the blind man touched the water with his bamboo stick, and the bamboo raft immediately floated towards the shore.
Qin Mu didn't understand what he meant. He raised his head and looked towards the shore, only to see that it was in the direction of Nainai Temple. Many people from various villages had gathered on the shore, and most of them were driving oxcarts and carriages, waiting by the river.
The gushing river is dangerous, the current is fast, and there are many water monsters and ferocious fish in the river. Therefore, villagers from various villages often choose to go to Xianglong City together on the same day, so that there are many people to take care of each other.
The riverside was full of bamboo rafts, and bamboo rafts were coming from a distance. Soon, there were hundreds of bamboo rafts gathered here.
The blind man took out a few sticks of incense, lit them in the wind, and placed them on the riverside. Other villagers stepped forward and placed sticks of incense on the riverside. The incense mist filled the riverside and drifted to the center of the river with the breeze.
Suddenly, someone shouted a loud chant, and then more people sang loudly on the riverside. This was a river song, and it was sung to worship the river god.
"I swam along the Nine Rivers with my daughter, and the water stirred in the wind;
“Ride on a water chariot with a lotus cover, ride on two dragons and ride on a dragon;
“Ascending Kunlun and looking around, my heart is soaring and majestic;
"The sun is about to set, and I forget to return home, but I am still in my arms at the extreme end of the river;
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The ancient tones reverberated in the nasal cavity and throat, and many villagers sang together, with melodious and heroic voices. This scene moved Qin Mu inexplicably.
Suddenly, the water surface parted in front, and huge creatures emerged from the bottom of the water.
Appearing from the bottom of the water are huge beasts in the water, with green backs and four huge webs, like fish fins. Their heads are similar to fish heads, but they have long noses, like spears.
The heads of the giant beasts in the water were raised, like a wall of hills. They put their noses in front of the incense on the river bank and inhaled hard. The sticks of incense on the bank burned rapidly, and the smoke entered the nasal cavity of the giant beast.
These giant beasts closed their eyes and after a moment opened their mouths to blow out a big smoke ring, seemingly enjoying themselves.
The villagers on the shore took the opportunity to drive the ox cart onto the long green back of the giant beast. Seeing this, Qin Mu quickly drove to the back of a giant beast. Granny Si took out a large piece of meat that had been prepared and threw it into the water.
, the giant beast ate the piece of meat, let out a long cry of "哤", then swam on its four webs, carrying the bullock cart and the three people on the cart, and headed downstream.
Behind them, green-backed giant beasts let out long screams, and screams came one after another in the river. Accompanied by the ups and downs of the villagers' chants, the giant beasts carried them upstream.
"This is a unique beast in Yongjiang, called Negative River."
Granny Si said: "Ningjiang is the river god in the hearts of the villagers living along the river. They like the fragrant smoke and eat beef. What they like most is listening to songs that praise them. People living by the river only need to light a few sticks.
The incense can attract them, and by offering beef, Negative River can take us down the river. If Negative River is hungry on the way, he must add more beef, otherwise they will stop drying and throw us into the water.
inside."
Qin Mu clicked his tongue in surprise.
The giant beast on the Negative River swims very fast, and as it goes down the river, breaking through the waves, with strong winds blowing against its face, it is even faster than a galloping horse on the shore.
Qin Mu calculated that with the speed of the negative river beast, he could reach the Xianglong City thousands of miles away before dark!
In the gushing river, the screams of the river-negative beasts rise and fall, and the green hills on both sides also rise and fall. The sun shines from the front, the river surface sparkles with golden waves, and the golden snakes dance wildly.
Qin Mu looked into the distance and suddenly felt that his body and mind were extremely spacious, as if the Jinjiang, green mountains, blue sky and canyons were all stored in his chest.
This is a magical land, magical people, and magical river beasts. Although for people outside the Great Ruins, it is full of poor mountains, bad waters, shrews and unruly people, but for Qin Mu, this is his hometown!
In the evening, when the sun was setting, Qin Mu saw a small dock appearing on the river bank. A beast carrying the river gradually slowed down and swam towards the dock.
Granny Si stood up and said with a smile: "Xianlong City is almost here, Mu'er, drive down, let's enter the city as soon as possible."
Qin Mu parked the bamboo raft and drove ashore. Looking back, he saw other negative river beasts approaching the shore one after another. People from other villages in the market also drove off their oxcarts and carriages and walked in one direction.
The ox cart traveled for two or three miles and climbed up a small hillside. There was a downhill road ahead. Qin Mu jumped off the ox cart and planned to hold the big ox in order to prevent it from slipping away. Suddenly, his heart was slightly shaken and he stared blankly ahead.
At the foot of this hillside, a road lays straight ahead. There is a simple and majestic city. At the four corners of the city wall, there are stone pillars that are more than 30 feet thick and about 1,670 feet high. Each stone pillar has a golden inscription.
The dragon is coiled, it should be carved and inlaid with gold foil, so it shines brightly!
The towers of this city are also built in the shape of a dragon's head, the city gate is the dragon's mouth, and the eaves of the tower are like dragon horns, which is both ferocious and domineering!
Xianglong City.
One of the few prosperous places in Daxu.
Resources are scarce in the Great Ruins. Oil, salt, soy sauce and vinegar are all precious things and need to be purchased from the outside world. Not everyone can go to the outside world. Only in prosperous places like Xianglong City can outside merchants come and bring them.
The goods from the outside world are also bought and sold to the outside world.
"The dragon pillars here are larger than the stone statues in our village."
Qin Mu admired sincerely: "If I could snatch it away, it would definitely look majestic when placed at the entrance of our village!"
Granny Si rolled her eyes at him: "If you could snatch it away, grandma would have snatched it away long ago. Only if you can get all the old guys in the village to mobilize can you snatch it away! Hurry up, it's getting dark soon, enter the city early!"
The wheels were turning as Qin Mu drove the ox cart into the city. He looked around curiously. Everything in Xianglong City felt fresh to him.
The city was busy with traffic and people were everywhere. He had never seen so many people since he was born.
Moreover, there were many girls, all dressed up in fancy clothes. They stood on the buildings one after another and were very enthusiastic. They opened the windows and waved to him, constantly asking him to come up and play.
“People in the city are so welcoming.”
Qin Mu was very excited, waved to the girls, and said loudly: "When I finish selling the things, I will play with my sisters again!"
The blind man didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "Mu'er, the girls upstairs are all girls who have stumbled. They are not really looking for you to play with. If you go up there, your bones will be knocked and your skin will be sucked out, and even the marrow will be sucked out for you!"
Qin Mu was startled: "Slip? Blind Grandpa, they all stood firm and did not seem to slip. Are they all fairies like Wu Nu? Wu Nu then said that she wanted to play something shameful with me.