After listening to Master Skeleton's explanation of his purpose, Old Man Hu pondered for a moment and said, "This is a bit difficult."
Flames danced in the eyes of the skeleton master, and he asked: "Is Yingzhou difficult to fight?"
Old Man Hu said: "Yingzhou is indeed not as easy to fight as originally expected. To be honest, if you didn't come to me, I would have wanted to go to you."
"Oh? Mr. Hu, please tell me if you have something to say."
"I want to ask you to borrow troops and lend all the ships of your alliance to Yingzhou."
"This... Mr. Hu is joking."
Old Man Hu waved his hand: "I'm not joking with you, Zhenren. We don't have enough troops to defeat Yingzhou."
"As far as I know, Mr. Hu initially recruited hundreds of warships, and then recruited a batch more at Green Bamboo Island and other places, totaling more than a thousand warships. With such a strong force, it still can't take down Yingzhou?"
Old Man Hu said: "So we are all careless. The four islands of Yingzhou have a population of tens of millions and tens of thousands of priests. Although they are no match for monks like us, there are so many people and they are not afraid of death. Secondly, their cultivation
The ghost arts have unique secrets, and those who are not familiar with them can easily suffer losses. Therefore, we fought for three years and only occupied their southern island."
Master Skeleton muttered: "I heard that Chun Niang has experienced the world of mortals for more than twenty years and has successfully transformed into a second person. Hachiro's mind has also matured a lot, and she can't even take it down even if she attacks?"
Old Man Hu said: "They are all desperate things. They often create dozens or hundreds of evil ghosts and ghosts, as well as all kinds of weird spiritual beasts, which are difficult to fight. Among the big monsters worshiped by the islanders, there are also
There is a person who has been reincarnated for an unknown number of years, named Lu Zhi. He is a giant python with eight heads and eight tails. He appeared during the attack on the West Island last month. Chun Niang and Ba Lang were no match for him. Even the ancestors were
Alarmed, I am currently in Yingzhou, preparing to take action myself."
The skeleton master was surprised: "Ancestor personally took action? Is this Lu Zhi giant python so powerful?"
Old Man Hu said again: "So, according to my idea, you don't want to fight to the death with the Taoist sect, and follow our Qingqiuhai to conquer Yingzhou. Yingzhou has a large territory, and all the territory we conquer will be divided among you. This
No better than the elder of Ling'ao Pavilion who went to work as a laborer in the Taoist sect? What skills do you have as an elder?"
Master Skull remained calm. In fact, he and Fairy Caiwei both had lofty goals. They were to follow the example of the previous Lord of Qingshan and reach an agreement with a Taoist monk from the Taoist sect to ascend through a master-servant contract. After ascending, they would ascend again.
Termination.
It is not easy to achieve this goal. If you have not made great achievements, or if you are not a certain master recognized by the Taoist sect after the war between Buddhism and Taoism, such as the identity of the lord of Qingshan and the lord of Hongze, why should the Taoist sect spend hundreds of millions?
Can you rely on your trustworthiness to withstand the thunderstorm?
Therefore, Master Skull figured out like a genius the way to seize the East China Sea to form a pavilion and integrate into the Taoist sect as the Great Elder of the Pavilion. When he transforms into a second form in the future and completes his cultivation, he will assume the role of the former Grand Elder of the Pavilion.
As a "family member", isn't it natural to ask the great monk of Hedao to sign a contract to "lead the way"?
He started planning ten years ago to support Wutong Taoist and cultivate the power of Ling'ao Island, all for this purpose.
It is a pity that the Taoist sect suddenly established an inexplicable Cockcrow Temple in Yingtian, and used cultivation certificates and maritime trade licenses to win over people's hearts, which disrupted his plan and had to be launched in advance, leading to today's decadent situation.
But there is no need to confide this thought to Old Man Hu, but change the topic: "After all, it is our own place, and it is not a good feeling to be robbed by the Taoist sect. I heard that the ancestor of Linghu attacked Yingzhou for Yinshan
?”
Old Man Hu laughed loudly: "I, the Qingqiu clan, love money, which makes real people laugh."
The skeleton master said: "I don't know what the ancestor Linghu wants so much silver for. This is a matter for the Qingqiu clan, and I don't need to ask, but I heard that the land of the Ming Dynasty is so rich in resources that it can only produce ten silver dollars a year.
It’s only ten thousand taels, where is the silver mountain in Yingzhou...?”
"In a place called Bird's Feather."
"How much silver can this bird feather... this bird feather silver mountain produce in a year? One hundred thousand taels? Two hundred thousand taels? Three hundred thousand taels?"
"hehe……"
"Mr. Hu, if I offer one million taels, can you recruit the fleet back and help me fight the battle?"
Old Man Hu thought about it for a moment, then stood up and said, "Master, please wait a moment and let Fourth Brother and the others talk to you."
Old Man Hu turned around and left. The real skeleton was sitting there. His face was a bit scary, so none of the foxes in the litter dared to come up and talk to him, including the fourth spirit fox named by Old Man Hu.
The real skeleton didn't need their company, he just sat there quietly, like a pile of withered bones.
I don’t know how long it took before Old Man Hu came back and said to Master Skeleton: "Master, forgive me, old man, I can’t agree to Master’s conditions. My ancestor was looking for Lu Zhi Snake in Yingzhou but couldn’t find it. We need warships to continue to send troops to Yingzhou."
I'm trying to put pressure on the priests, but it really can't be done. Old man, I have to go to Green Bamboo Island immediately and recruit another group of monks."
The real skeleton was very disappointed, and the fire in his eyes became much weaker.
Old Man Hu continued: "However, we captured a batch of their warships in Yingzhou. These ships are called turtle ships and can walk underwater. If the real person needs it, we can sell a batch of such ships to the real person.
"
Master Skeleton regained his composure and said, "I've heard of this kind of ship. How many does Mr. Hu have on hand?"
"Eighteen ships. If the real person needs it, I will make the decision, old man, and I will charge the real person 30,000 taels for each tortoise-shell ship."
In the past, when ordering ships from the Ming Dynasty's shipyard, a large ship with thousands of materials would cost less than 20,000 silver. Old Man Hu offered a price of 30,000 yuan for a tortoise-shell ship, which was obviously a rip-off, but Master Skeleton still agreed without hesitation.
Not to mention that the turtle-shell ship is really useful, even if it is replaced by an ordinary thousand-material ship, he still needs it. The shipbuilding ability of the Island Owners Alliance is really too weak, and the fleet has not been supplemented by new ships for a long time.
Old Man Hu asked again: "Do you want more than 60 captured Yingzhou warships? There are also battle arrays on the ships. If you pay one million silver, all the ships will be given to you, including the turtle-shell ships. Don't worry,
I have not counted the specific number, old man, but among this batch of ships, I guarantee that there will be no less than ten ships with more than 500 materials."
Real Skeleton also bought it without hesitation.
After agreeing to deliver the ship within a month, Master Skull left Qingqiuhai and rushed back to the main island to arrange for Wutong Taoist to take over the ship. He said to Wutong: "Want a good fight and try to hurt the inspection fleet. Maybe after this battle,
The Taoist sect must recognize Ling'ao Pavilion."
When a new ship joined, Wutong was overjoyed and asked: "Yafu and Wandou..."
"It's not you who calls Pea, it's Fairy Caiwei."
"Yes... I wonder if Yafu and Fairy Caiwei will end up?"
The skeleton master nodded: "We will hold back Chen Shandao. You are so good at making arrangements, and you must win! Where are you going to fight?"
Wutong thought for a while and said: "It's still his transfer line!"