The big white meat insect suddenly emerged from the water quickly, its long body bent in the air, and then dived into the lake again.
Only then did the four of them realize that the boatman had already swam back to the shore. They didn't expect that an old man could swim so much. Moreover, many people ran out of the shore at some point, and more and more people gathered together!
Those who lived on the lakeshore were either ferrymen or fishermen. At this time, they all gathered on the lakeshore and talked about it.
Even Chengzi, Xuchengzi, Banchengzi and Yunkong leaned on the overturned boat. The bamboo pole in Yunkong's hand never left his hand for a moment, and the yellow cloth bag on his shoulder was not lost. They looked at the waves on the lake for a long time, and then breathed a sigh of relief when they saw that the giant thing was no longer coming up.
"It seems that the boatman knows about this thing." Lian Chengzi said.
"Go ask him." Yun Kong said.
Xu Chengzi glanced around, locked his gaze in front of Yunkong, and called him out of the blue: "Yunkong!"
Yunkong was not fooled and said to himself: "Let's swim ashore."
"You are Yunkong!" Xu Chengzi said uneasily.
Yun Kong suddenly said: "Three fellow-minded people, dare to ask me about my name?"
Xu Chengzi stared at Yunkong fiercely.
Lian Chengzi understood what Yun Kong meant and couldn't help laughing: "My name is Che Chengzi!"
Ban Chengzi also smiled playfully: "My name is Shi..." He stopped talking and looked at Xu Chengzi stupidly.
Xu Chengzi said angrily: "His name is Shichengzi, and my name is Qichengzi."
Yun Kong couldn't help but smile and rejoice secretly in his heart.
He secretly laughed at how weird they had changed the Taoist name, but then he thought that if they reported their real names, it would mean they were going to hurt someone. At this time, he couldn't help but feel relieved and secretly happy.
"Then," Yun Kong said the "then" deliberately: "My name is Rain Gong."
The four of them carefully leaned on the boat and relied on the buoyancy of the boat's hull to kick the water and swim to the ferry.
When the boat was approaching the shore, Xu Chengzi said: "Be careful, the boatman just robbed the boat, so I'm afraid he is an accomplice and something will happen to him."
Sure enough, the boatmen on the shore showed their weapons one after another, waiting for them to come ashore.
"Ignore whether your little bastard is Yun Kong or not. I'll take care of them first." Lian Chengzi said with a smile.
Lian Chengzi and Xu Chengzi's weapons were still in their hands, Ban Chengzi didn't have any weapons, and Yun Kong only had a mahogany sword that was as short as his forearm and was not painful even if he hit a dog.
As soon as Lian Chengzi and Xu Chengzi landed on the shore, someone on the shore immediately blocked them with harpoons, kitchen knives, long knives, etc. Yunkong and Ban Chengzi did not seem to be dangerous, and they were only blocked by one person each.
Lian Chengzi was surrounded by several people, and they pointed weapons at his vital points, so he did not dare to move. He saw that Xu Chengzi was also in a normal situation, and the two of them winked at each other.
"What's your name?" a young boatman shouted in a mighty voice.
"I'll tell you later." Lian Chengzi smiled and wrung out the water from his clothes.
"What?" The young boatman was irritated: "What's your name? Say it!"
Yun Kong immediately thought to himself: "Not good!"
"Little brother," Lian Chengzi said good-naturedly, "can I tell you after uncle has dried his clothes?"
The boatman was furious: "Brother, I don't have such a good temper. If you don't say anything, I will kill you with a knife!"
After Lian Chengzi dried his clothes a little, his body suddenly became lighter: "Don't be anxious, don't be anxious, I just said it..."
Yun Kong opened his eyes wide, waiting for Lian Chengzi to tell him his name.
"My name is Lian Chengzi!" Before he finished speaking, the people surrounding Lian Chengzi shouted twice in unison: the first was surprised that the weapon in his hand suddenly disappeared, and the second was a scream because his ankle was injured.
As soon as Lian Chengzi finished speaking, all the people surrounding him fell to the ground.
The sword in Lian Chengzi's hand only had a few blood stains.
"Do you want to know my name?" Xu Chengzi asked the person holding him.
Everyone immediately retreated into the crowd in fear.
"Okay, let me ask you to speak." Lian Chengzi said.
An old man walked out of the crowd, he had aged very well.
The so-called "very old" means that he is not only wrinkled, but also has a hunched back, a staggering walk, missing teeth, slightly trembling hands, etc.
"Okay, I can talk." As soon as the old man spoke, Yun Kong was surprised that his voice didn't sound very old.
"Let me ask you, why do you want to commit robbery?" Lian Chengzi said with a smile.
"Wait, Brother Tao." Yun Kong raised his hands and stepped forward.
"Who is your Taoist brother?" Lian Chengzi snorted.
"No, it's not, it doesn't matter if it is," Yun Kong said, "I just want to say, you shouldn't ask this question in the first place."
"I want to ask him whether my mother is male or female."
"The problem is, I already know the answer to the question you just asked," Yun Kong said cautiously: "They fish, cross lakes, and commit robberies just to make a living."
The old man smiled and nodded: "Then, Taoist Priest, what do you want to ask?"
"What is that monster?" Yun Kong blurted out before he could finish asking.
The old man took a step forward and pointed to the lake: "This lake is called Qingfeng Lake, and this place is called Qingfeng Ferry. Then the monster you are talking about is a god, called Qingfeng Dragon Lord, who has been worshiped since the previous generation."
"Dragon?" Lian Chengzi frowned and said, "That's not a dragon."
"Not even a god." Xu Chengzi said coldly.
"When did your ancestors start settling here?" Yun Kong asked again.
"Why do you ask such nonsense?" Lian Chengzi said angrily.
"More than two hundred years ago." Unexpectedly, the old man answered immediately.
"Then...the Dragon Lord didn't exist from the beginning, right?" Yun Kong asked again.
The old man's eyes immediately lit up, he stared at the peach wood sword in Yun Kong's hand, and after a long time he replied: "No."
"That's right." Yun Kong nodded.
Seeing them going back and forth like no one else was around, Lian Chengzi couldn't hold back his anger: "What's wrong?"
"That thing is a monster." Yunkong said.
"We don't have much time to talk," Lian Chengzi said angrily, "We want to cross the lake, so don't even think about robbing us again!"
The old man immediately ordered: "Li Er! Send the four of them across the lake!"
"Three of you." Yun Kong said, "I won't go."
Lian Chengzi grabbed Yun Kong's lapel: "I want you to go."
"I'm not going, I want to explore the origin of this monster."
"If you don't go, I will kill you!"
"If you take my life, you won't know where Chi Chengzi is."
"Damn it! You are indeed Yun Kong!" Xu Chengzi immediately pressed towards Yun Kong.
"I'm not Yun Kong! I only know where Chi Chengzi is!" Yun Kong immediately retorted: "If you don't let me get to the bottom of it, I will never tell you."
"Okay! Watch me escort you to the boat!" Xu Chengzi said. He touched his sleeve and took out two sheepskin figures: "Listen, I am Xu Chengzi!"
As he spoke, he muttered something, and then shouted: "Like a law!" The two sheepskin men immediately grew several feet in length and were as big as a real person, and walked up to Yun Kong.
When the people on the lakeshore saw it, they couldn't help but exclaimed, this was a magic they had never seen before in their lives!
Yun Kong took out a bronze mirror from the soaked cloth bag without any fuss, and looked at the sheepskin man. The sheepskin man immediately softened and returned to its original size.
"Good guy, what's the origin of your mirror?" Xu Chengzi was shocked and angry.
"An ancient mirror from the Han Dynasty passed down by my master." Yun Kong slowly put the mirror back into his bag.
"Okay, senior brother, let him..." Banchengzi said.
"That's unreasonable!" Lian Chengzi kicked his feet repeatedly: "What if you can't find out the origin of that monster?"
"I'll just go with you."
"Come on! Just check it out! We'll wait for you!" Lian Chengzi said, sitting on the ground and looking at the lake.
"Thank you." Yun Kong bowed, turned to the old man and said, "I want to tell you that Qingfeng Dragon Lord is not a god."
The people on the lakeshore did not get angry after hearing this, but just listened quietly.
"To be honest with you, I can often see things that ordinary people can't see," Yun Kong said: "I often see some 'qi', whether a person has murderous intent, a group of peaceful energy, or full of anger..."
"Enough, enough!" Lian Chengzi said impatiently: "Long story short!"
"Okay," Yun Kong cleared his throat and added, "I often see all kinds of auras when passing by cemeteries, because everyone's cause of death is different. But if I pass by a slaughterhouse where pigs and cattle are slaughtered, there is a The aura is particularly obvious, that is resentment."
"What is resentment?" asked a boatman.
"If there are unjust things in a person's heart and there is nowhere to vent them, there will be resentment. Those who die unjustly will have more resentment." Yun Kong said, pointing to Qingfeng Lake: "As soon as I approached this lake, I immediately saw that it was full of people. Black energy means full of very, very strong resentment!" After saying that, he looked at everyone.
