It was already noon when I woke up. Xu Ling and Yang Mu were back, along with several Lingxu disciples.
The station became lively.
Bai Yujun moved out a small bamboo bench and sat on the second floor, lying there with his arms on the guardrail watching the excitement. Xu Ling was chattering and showing off how many evil spirits and monsters he had killed. The two Lingxu disciples who followed Xu Ling had a wry smile on their faces. Obviously disaster relief has been a lot of trouble for Xu Ling these days.
Yang Mu had an ice-cold face as always. He would clean his sword with a white handkerchief whenever he had nothing to do. He didn't know if he had a mysophobia. Bai Yujun maliciously speculated whether he secretly used soap locust to clean the sword.
Xu Ling went upstairs.
He moved a bench and sat next to Bai Yujun to chat and comfort him.
"Well done, Baymax. The more you kill those hateful bastards, the better."
Bai Yujun smiled bitterly and shook his head.
"It's good, but I'm going to be bad soon."
"Don't be afraid. After I return to the mountain, I will ask Master for help. If anyone dares to deliberately use this matter to sway you, I will go to Lingxu Palace to ask for mercy from the head master. Don't worry."
"Thanks."
Yang Mu went upstairs and stood aside, holding the sword in his arms and staring into the distance.
"Yujun, is a knife really suitable for fighting?"
The problem that the iceberg-faced Yang Mu was thinking was indeed different. He was more concerned about the use of weapons and how to be more powerful, and he didn't care about the dead people at all.
After thinking about it seriously, Bai Yujun shared his experience of using it.
"The sword technique is domineering and simple, easy to learn and suitable for fighting. The sword technique requires years of practice to master. For me, it is more suitable to use a sword. It is just a combination of the sword moves of Chunyang Jue and the sword."
"It's fun to perform sword moves with a knife."
Yang Mu, who discovered something new, went directly back to his room to meditate.
He continued to lie on the second floor and stared into the distance in a daze. What Snake was thinking about was what he would do if something like that happened again in the future. He was helpless when he thought of punishment.
I hope it won't be too serious. Bai Yujun even considered running away directly back to Shiwandashan, but thinking about the days without skills and a backer, he felt like a snake. The skills were okay, but at worst, he would just let his instincts puff away. Isn’t that how all the monsters in the mountains survived?
The rare problem is safety. God knows if a big demon or monk will pop up one day and kill snakes, eat their flesh and take their skins.
It's a hard time...
During the meal, Senior Sister Wei announced the new order of the division.
A rebellion has broken out in the disaster area. As an outsider, it is inconvenient to be involved. Unless there are evil cultivators or demons and ghosts causing trouble, we are not allowed to take action at will. In view of the deterioration of the situation, all disciples returned to their temporary base to wait for orders.
Bai Yujun shrugged. Sure enough, someone started to rebel. Since then, I heard people spread that the emperor was immoral and ordered a severe drought. It means that someone is ready to take advantage of this natural disaster to conquer the country. As for the life and death of the people, those heroes have nothing to do with it. The thing is, they wish that the bigger the disaster, the better, and the more chaotic the situation, the more suitable it is for heroes to fight for hegemony.
Looking at the steamed buns and tofu on the table, Bai Yujun couldn't eat any of them.
It’s enviable enough to be able to eat steamed buns and tofu during famine years, but you can’t force a snake to eat steamed buns every day. Just eat it once in a while to get rid of the oily smell.
Even if I had no ability to eat when I broke out of my shell and was as thick as chopsticks, I was still a grasshopper.
Dinner, rice and wild vegetables sprinkled with salt.
Breakfast the next day, steamed buns and salted radish.
At noon, porridge and sweet potatoes.
For dinner, rice with three thin slices of bacon.
It was rice and steamed buns with vegetables for several days.
When Xu Ling came to Bai Yujun's bedroom one morning to chat, he found that Dabai was missing. He ran outside in a panic and saw Yang Mu who was practicing.
"No! Something happened! Dabai ran away because he was afraid of punishment from his master!"
Yang Mu, who was practicing sword moves with his spiritual power, stumbled and almost went crazy. Sometimes he really didn't understand what was going on in this junior sister's head.
"What are you shouting for? Dabai went to catch fish in the river outside the city."
"Ah? Why are you catching fish?"
Yang Mu rubbed his forehead, this kid is really stupid.
"Dabai prefers to eat meat. I don't know how uncomfortable it is to be a vegetarian every day with us. I'm a little fed up. Now my words taste like pickles." Yang Mu explained seriously, and started to complain as he spoke.
Hearing that Bai Yujun had fish to eat, Xu Ling's eyes lit up and saliva flowed from the corner of his mouth unconsciously.
"Does she also have a share in catching fish?"
Yang Mu, who was bending his knees and raising his legs to dance the sword, was stunned for a moment, sheathed his sword and walked away, annoyed that he hadn't thought of eating the fish earlier.
"Brother, where are you going?"
"I'm going to find Dabai. I also want to eat fish." Yang Mu said without looking back.
"Wait for me~I'll go too~"
The two brothers and sisters ran out of the county town in order to understand the situation. They looked in the direction and headed straight for the big river. The river was not far from the county town. During the dry season, the silt beach was exposed and the river beach was only half as wide as before.
The fertile fields of the landowners and gentry along the river were devastated, and the immature crops were snatched away by hungry refugees after the city was destroyed. During the drought season, only the farmland crops along the river survived. Unfortunately, irrigation technology was backward in this era, and there was no shortage of crops. People can't afford to renovate the irrigation system, but there are big rivers nearby that can flow away to other places during drought years.
The imperial court allocated money countless times to dig irrigation ditches, but unfortunately, the little money left after layer after layer was stripped off as usual was divided up by local dignitaries, and even the whole family was looted by the refugees who had no food to eat due to drought.
A bad joke, isn't it?
The river flows slowly, and people in groups of three or three are looking for clams and dead fish to eat by the river. No one dares to go into the river. There are many vicious aquatic creatures living in the river.
Not to mention those monsters, ordinary large fish and shrimps are enough for a person to eat a pot.
Two-meter-long catfish swim around, as well as seven-star fish with fangs. Big fish swallowing people is nothing new. Going into the water is more dangerous than going to the mountains to collect medicine.
"Where's Dabai? Why can't I see her?" Xu Ling set up a pergola to search for Bai Yujun.
Yang Mu thought for a while.
"It should be in a remote river section near the mountains. There are too many people here."
"Walk."
The two of them turned and headed upriver.
The river far away from human settlements is very quiet. The mountains are very high, the water is very deep, and the peaks on both sides of the river stretch endlessly. The twists and turns of the river reflect the beautiful scenery on both sides of the river, just like unfolding a landscape painting.
Thousands of peaks are reflected in the floating water, and swallows fly in the blue water and green mountains.
The river was churning and splashing, and a huge white snake raised its head high and swallowed the big fish in its mouth.
Then he dived into the water again with his head down. Looking from the sky, he saw a slender white shadow swimming in the water. Those big fish, shrimps and crabs that used to be at the top of the food chain in the river were unlucky. They couldn't get rid of that snake mouth when they saw it. , my unclear mind couldn’t figure out why the snake on the shore grew so big and went into the water to eat fish.
When Xu Ling and Yang Mu came to the river, they saw a huge snake head emerging from the water. The snake held a big fish in its mouth and swung it from side to side before swallowing it.
Xu Ling made a trumpet shape with her hands and shouted to Bai Yujun in the water.
"Dabai~catch more fish~let's grill the fish~"
Then Yang Mu added another sentence.
"Don't use poison~!"
The huge snake nodded and plunged into the water. The huge snake's body twisted and dived quickly, passing through the water plants and causing a large group of fish to flee. Its eyes were firmly fixed on one of the big fish.
