"Do you think it looks more like a dragon or a snake now?"
"Hmm...still looks like a snake."
It was another early morning, the morning of the eighteenth day after leaving Jingcheng.
Shu Guan and Han Biao were commenting on the four-legged snake that was resting on the beach.
Of course, their attitude is very serious, even a little serious.
Sixteen days after leaving Jingcheng, the four-legged snake's body length has now grown to nearly nine meters.
It's very tiring to swim underwater using the method taught by Senior Brother, but from a cultivation point of view, the effect is also very obvious.
Every morning when the four-legged snake climbs up tiredly from the river, you can clearly see that its body is longer and thicker.
At this time, the four-legged snake was lying on its back on the beach, nearly nine meters long and spread out. Except for its belly, which was still white, the other parts were covered with fist-sized, black and hard scales. , the big bag above the head became bigger, and it seemed that something was about to protrude from it.
However, the limbs of the four-legged snake have not changed much from the original, so compared with the huge body now, they appear a bit short. If you don't look carefully, it is difficult to find that this guy actually has four legs.
Especially now, the four-legged snake is putting its four short limbs on its white belly. Its belly is bulging, but it is breathing heavily. The whole image looks scary and ridiculous.
That's why Han Biao said that the four-legged snake still looks more like a snake. The most important thing is that this guy has no dragon temperament at all.
On the day it discovered the submarine under the river, it jumped onto the surface of the river and was mistaken for a dragon by many people. But that was mainly because it was just a glimpse, so after it came ashore, everyone exclaimed, " "Monster" running around.
But now, the four-legged snake still looks more like a strange snake.
This situation made Shu Guan frown slightly.
Because now the four-legged snake is almost nine meters long.
According to what his senior brother told him, regarding the details that the four-legged snake needs to pay attention to when walking across the river, nine meters is a hurdle!
Shu Guan walked over, walked up to the huge head of the four-legged snake, and said to it:
"You can have a day off today."
The four-legged snake first showed a startled look in its pair of clear yellow legs.
"real or fake?"
It immediately turned over, raised its head, and stared at Shu Guan suspiciously.
"Don't believe it? If you don't believe it, just keep swimming forward."
Shu Guandan said calmly.
The four-legged snake carefully observed Shu Guan's expression again, then let out an excited cheer from its big mouth, and rolled several times on the beach, looking full of energy, and at the same time it crushed many hard stones. of stones.
If we compare the current four-legged snake purely in terms of strength, even Han Biao cannot beat it.
After just rolling a few times, the four-legged snake suddenly stopped, with a hesitant look in its eyes.
"How about I continue swimming? I have persisted for so many days, and I feel a little bad when I suddenly breathe a sigh of relief."
It said hesitantly to Shu Guan.
Shu Guan patted its head approvingly.
This guy usually looks like he's always trying to steal women, but he's actually quite ambitious and tough. He complains when he complains, but the mileage he needs to swim every day is not less at all, especially in the past few days. , always arrive a few minutes early.
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, the four-legged snake has almost grown to nine meters. According to the instructions of the senior brother, it must be sealed.
When a dragon snake walks across the river, it is very taboo to be seen by others, because it will reveal the secret and cause more trouble in vain, and there will be many hardships along the way.
Especially when you meet people with special fates, if you see a snake walking in the river and blurt out the words "What a big snake".
So this trip to the river is basically a failure. The snake that takes the river will have all its previous efforts wasted and can only be a snake forever, and may even die in the river.
But there is another side to this matter, that is, that person with a special destiny. If he had said "what a big dragon" at that time, then the subsequent process of walking across the river will be smooth. It can be said that walking on the river will transform into a dragon. One thing is more than half done.
This is asking for a seal, or it can be called a seal.
But regardless of whether he is asking for a seal or a rectification, this matter cannot be done by someone whom Jiao She originally knew. It must be blurted out subconsciously by someone he meets on the way by chance, in order to be effective.
The journey along the river from Jingcheng to Shencheng is more than two thousand kilometers. Along the way, Shuguan cannot guarantee that the four-legged snake will not be seen by some people with special fate. If it is seen by someone, it will say that sentence "What a big snake", then the four-legged snake will never be able to transform into a dragon in this life.
Therefore, as the protector of the four-legged snake walking across the river this time, he must not let such an accident happen. The best way to prevent such an accident is to take the initiative to find someone to help seal the four-legged snake.
And the senior brother also confessed that it is best to get rid of this matter before the four-legged snake grows to nine meters.
Nine meters is a hurdle.
Letting the four-legged snake seal itself before this hurdle will be of great benefit to him in transforming into a dragon in the future.
only……
Shu watched the four-legged snake's strange appearance at this time. What troubled him a little was that it was difficult for others to think it was a dragon!
Forget it, let's find the person with the strange destiny who can help the four-legged snake be sealed first.
Shu Guan looked up at the city in the distance ahead.
…
Ten minutes later, Shu Guan and Han Biao appeared on the streets of this small town called Huancheng.
At this time, they had left Chuzhou and arrived at the boundary of Jiangzhou.
This city is located at the junction of Chuzhou and Jiangzhou. It is the first city that the river passes through after flowing into Jiangzhou.
Huancheng is not big, just a small county town. The area of Ruolun may only be comparable to a block in Jingcheng.
However, because it is located on the side of the river, there are no other cities within a hundred kilometers upstream and downstream. Business travelers and cargo ships traveling on the river will use this place as a resting place, so the city of Huancheng is quite prosperous, especially near the dock. Here, the streets are crowded with people, and various southern and northern tunes are played alternately.
Shu Guan and Han Biao were walking on a lively street next to the dock.
Shu Guan wore a hunting-style jacket, khaki trousers, and calfskin boots. This was the outfit Rong Miao bought specifically for an outing with Shu Guan. This kind of dress is very popular in this era, especially when walking in Huan. The streets in a small town like Chengcheng are still very fashionable and fashionable.
As for Han Biao, he was wearing a hooded windbreaker with the hood over his head. He also wore a pair of sunglasses, which covered his blue-black skin and his burning green eyes. The eyes of ghost fire.
As for the sunglasses, they were already prepared when they left Jingcheng. When Shu Guan went to find Rong Miao, Han Biao made some preparations for the two of them's journey.
Before Han Biao became a corpse puppet, he was a famous martial arts tycoon in Chuzhou. He traveled through the world when he was young, and later lived in Jingcheng for many years. In fact, he was much older than Shu Guan in these matters.
For example, the two large trolley suitcases in his hands were prepared by him. One contained a change of clothes for the two of them, and the other contained the things Shu Guan originally put in the sack.
Sunglasses, a windbreaker, and Han Biao's slim and tall figure make him look cool and dashing from the back.
Shu Guan stood on the street. He had been cultivating in the barren mountains and ridges for more than ten days. At this time, when he came to this lively and prosperous town, there were actually
It feels like a world apart.
Feeling the long-lost atmosphere of human fireworks, Shu Guan looked around, then smiled at Han Biao and said:
"Come on, let's go get something to eat first."
Then he walked towards a breakfast shop first.
Speaking of which, he really hadn't had a bite of hot rice in more than ten days.
Han Biao prepared some dry food for him before leaving Jingcheng, but Shuguan didn't want to eat it after eating it a few times. The food could only satisfy his hunger, but the taste was really bad. He was too lazy to barbecue outdoors, so he simply started eating grains. .
With his current level of cultivation, being fast for more than ten days in a row is not a big problem.
As for Han Biao, as a corpse puppet, he naturally does not need to eat anything.
Standing on the street now, smelling the aroma coming from the restaurants and shops around me, I couldn't help but twitch my fingers.
After all, eating is never just for filling your stomach.
We walked into a breakfast shop that seemed to have the most customers.
"Sir, what would you like to eat?"
The shop owner was a fat middle-aged man. He was busy and greeted Shu Guan enthusiastically.
At this moment, I suddenly felt a little confused, as if I had walked into Zhou Ji Breakfast Shop again.
...Why are the owners of these restaurants all fat?
Shu Guan thought about this question inexplicably, but for a while he didn't know what to order.
This is no longer Chuzhou, so the food for breakfast should be different. At least when Shu Guan came in just now, he didn't see the hot dry noodles he was used to eating, nor did he see things like lake soup noodles and tofu skin.
"Two portions of mixed noodles, add chili oil, four radish cakes, a basket of Xiushui whistle, and two bowls of heart and lung soup."
At this time, Han Biao next to him ordered a lot of things very skillfully.
Shu Guan looked back at him.
"Been here a few times before."
Han Biao explained this.
When all kinds of fragrant breakfasts were brought to the table by the shop owner, Shu Guan felt that it was quite convenient to have an old man like Han Biao accompany him on his long trip.
But Han Biao had already picked up a bowl of mixed noodles with red chili oil and started eating it.
Shu Guan knew very well that Han Biao didn't need to eat at all, he even had no sense of taste.
Han Biao quickly finished the rice noodles in the bowl. When he raised his head, he found Shu Guan looking at him with sympathetic eyes. He smiled bitterly and said:
"I used to love eating this rice noodles."
Shu Guan pushed the rice noodles in front of him.
Han Biao shook his head and said:
"No, actually I can't taste it. I'm just looking for the feeling of memories."
Then he didn't eat anything again.
Shu Guan also finished the food ordered by Han Biao in some silence. To be honest, the food tasted really good. Compared with the breakfast in Jingcheng, it had a different flavor.
When paying the bill, Shu Guan specifically asked the shop owner here to find out which blacksmith shop here in Huancheng had better craftsmanship, because Han Biao had said that he wanted to make some flying knives.
In a small town like Huancheng, these things are always easier to inquire about.
Soon after, Shu Guan and Han Biao found the best blacksmith shop in Huancheng recommended by the breakfast shop owner in a small alley a few streets away.
From a distance, you can already hear the clanging sound of iron coming from the blacksmith shop called Dafeng. When you walk into the blacksmith shop, you will see a middle-aged man who looks like a master, leading seven or eight apprentices. A young boy or young man is busy banging the red-hot iron bars next to the stove.
Shu Guan glanced inside the blacksmith shop and saw many ready-made swords and other weapons hanging on the surrounding walls, but there were almost no tools such as hoes, pots and shovels.
Han Biao also glanced around the room and immediately nodded slightly.
"Any shop that specializes in making weapons will have good craftsmanship."
He is so dismissive
He said in a loud voice, then walked to the wall, took a closer look at the forged weapons, flicked a few swords with his fingers, and then nodded slightly again.
"good."
He turned back and said this to Shu Guan.
At this time, the tall man with his bare upper body showing off his strong muscles came over.
"You two, do you want to buy it now or customize it yourself?"
This muscular man in his early forties with a smoky look on his face looked at Shu Guan and Han Biao, and then asked.
"Customize it yourself."
Han Biao replied.
"What are you going to fight?"
The strong man didn't have any nonsense and still asked concisely.
"Throwing knives."
"What style?"
"The blade is four inches long, the handle is two inches, and it weighs five taels or three cents. It should not be leaf-shaped. It should be edged on one side. The back should be half an inch thick. The center of gravity should be at the waist of the blade..."
After Han Biao finished explaining his requirements in detail, the strong man looked at Han Biao carefully again and said:
"Is this knife for your own use?"
"good."
"This flying knife cannot be used by ordinary people. It seems that you are a master."
"Excuse me. Master, you must have also practiced. Moreover, the craftsmanship of these swords here is ranked in the top three among the people Han has seen."
"You're welcome, guest, how many strokes do you want."
"How many can you get out before sunrise tomorrow?"
"Haha, guest, you see, although the shop is small, the business has been good. A few apprentices and I have been working hard these days. I'm afraid it will be three days before I have time to help you build a flying knife."
The muscular man smiled and shook his head.
At this time, Shu Guan, who had been silent when Han Biao was chatting with the strong man, asked the man.
"How much can you earn from that job?"
The man was stunned for a moment and then replied casually:
"The wages for this job are three hundred silver dollars."
Shu Guan took out a banknote and handed it over.
"Here are five hundred silver dollars. You can make it for us first. Then we will calculate the price of the flying knife."
He left most of the huge sum of money he won in Yinle City to the Taoyuan villagers and Zhang Yadan, but at that time he was already preparing to leave Jingcheng, so he also left a sum of money for himself, about 10,000 yuan Around silver dollars.
These ten thousand silver dollars are almost a wealth that most Chinese people will never be able to earn in their lifetime.
Judging from Han Biao's intentions, he should be very satisfied with the master's craftsmanship, but they did not have time to wait in Huancheng for three days for a few flying knives.
Then just use money to solve it.
Five hundred silver dollars is indeed a price that the master blacksmith cannot refuse. Considering the batch of jobs he has received these days, three hundred silver dollars is already the largest business he has received in the past few years. .
What's more, Shu Guan directly gave five hundred silver dollars.
After taking the banknote, the muscular man nodded cheerfully and said:
"Okay, then I'll beat it for you first. The stove will keep running all night today, and I'll pump out as much as I can by tomorrow morning."
After agreeing on a time to pick up the goods tomorrow morning, Shu Guan and Han Biao walked out of the blacksmith shop.
"Where are we going now?"
Han Biao asked.
Shu Guan turned around and took a look and found a broken ancient city wall outside the pier, which seemed to be the highest point in this small city.
"Come on, let's go over there."
…
A few minutes later, Shu Guan and Han Biao boarded the ancient city wall, which was in disrepair and had already collapsed.
Standing on the mossy ancient city wall, you can indeed have a panoramic view of the small town at your feet.
Then Shuguan closed his eyes. When he opened them again, his eyes had become a little white.
Begin to look
gas.
Hope the city is full of people.
He wanted to see if there was a suitable person in Huancheng who could transform the four-legged snake into a dragon!
