But having said that, there was no sign of Madoka for a while, and I still felt a little uneasy.
Of course Lao Cao also noticed my worries, so he spoke.
"If Madoka really lost consciousness when she rushed out of the underground river, with her size and feathers, she would probably have floated up from the water on her own. Float downstream on the river... Let's go ashore to rest first. After a while, just go downstream and look for it. It’s too dangerous to stay in the river for a long time late at night.”
Of course I understand this.
Not only me, but Lao Cao was also exhausted - just now he used his last strength to use the phoenix rope to kill several sinking corpses in order to save me.
I nodded.
"Okay, let's swim ashore first."
At this moment, if we encounter river monsters like Shen Zhi or Shui Gouzi again, Lao Cao and I may really fall into trouble here!
Fortunately, everything went smoothly while swimming to the shore.
The two of us landed on the shore and stumbled forward for a while on the pebbly river beach.
It wasn't until he was a little far away from the water that he fell to the ground, panting.
"This is not far from Li Miao's home. Let's rest for two minutes and then go find him. Take Heizi with us and go downstream to find Xiao Yuan."
Lao Cao gasped and told the arrangement.
I was about to speak when suddenly I heard a "coo-coo" sound coming from not far away. It looks like a pigeon and a hen...
Immediately afterwards, I saw a round black shadow flying towards me and Lao Cao. At the same time, a mean voice sounded in my mind.
"Bah, bah, bah! These dead bodies in the river really make me feel sick. Damn, I just rushed out of the underground river, and I was so dizzy that I was entangled by these ghosts..."
It's Madoka!
It's great that this stupid bird is safe and okay.
It flapped its wings, flew in front of Lao Cao and me, and landed on a big rock. The water on the feathers was splashed everywhere, and of course Lao Cao and I also suffered.
My worry about it suddenly turned into anger. I resisted the urge to grab this guy in my arms and squeeze it hard, and asked it.
"What happened to you just now? Where did you go? It made Lao Cao and I quite worried."
After Madoka told her story, I found out...
It turned out that this big fat bird was not very lucky. When it was rushed into the Sichuan River from the underground river, it was washed farther because it was lighter than us. I happened to be caught in a "ghost whirlpool"!
This so-called ghost vortex actually has nothing to do with ghosts.
Mainly because the Sichuan River has fast currents, curved river channels, and many hidden reefs, making the hydrological situation very complex. The superposition of these comprehensive factors results in temporary temporary whirlpools appearing randomly in the river from time to time.
The appearance and existence of these whirlpools are irregular, and they move with the river water. They are so mysterious that they are called "ghost whirlpools" by people living by the river.
Madoka had just rushed into the underground river, and before she had time to react, she was drawn into a relatively small "ghost whirlpool"!
I was swept up on the spot so dizzy that I couldn't break free.
Fortunately, it might only take less than two minutes - as it estimated - the ghost whirlpool would disappear automatically, otherwise it might really be unable to hold its breath and drown!
After the whirlpool disappeared, Madoka surfaced upwards.
But before it could evaporate the water on its body with demonic energy and flap its wings to fly into the sky, it was surrounded by several corpses in the river.
There is no other way, this unlucky big fat bird can only fight to the death with these sunken corpses.
Although Madoka consumed a lot of energy, she still cursed and killed them all with her sharp claws. Then most of the water on the feathers was evaporated with demonic energy, and then it flew into the sky.
After that, I relied on my sense as a family immortal to find him...
After listening to its narration, I squinted my eyes and squeezed out a sentence through my teeth.
"So you fat bird like you can use demonic energy to directly evaporate the water on your hair? Then you just threw it all over my and Lao Cao's faces!"
"Oh, Mr. Wu, don't worry about these details. Brother, I'm almost exhausted. Why waste the demonic energy when you can just shake the water off your hair? What's more, you and Old Man Cao are already soaked to the skin."
"Get lost! I'm the eldest brother."
"I am."
"I'm the!"
"You can pull him down!"
Lao Cao watched from the side as Xiao Yuan and I bickered, holding his forehead in silence.
"These two guys are really a headache."
…
After arguing for a while, we walked along the river beach to Li Miao's cabin.
I was really tired, exhausted, cold and hungry. In urgent need of a place to rest.
As soon as we arrived at the gate of the yard, Heizi, who was sleeping in the haystack under the eaves of the gate, spotted us.
It waggled its tail happily and ran toward the courtyard gate, barking "woof, woof, woof" at us through the wooden fence gate. At the same time, it also reminded Li Miao in the room that a guest was coming.
"Big stupid dog, put away the snarl flowing from your mouth! Can you have a little bit of self-respect as a monster? Don't look at Mr. Wu looking so flattering. He didn't bring any meat for you to eat today."
Madoka scolded Kuroko fiercely.
It always felt that the big black dog that Heizi raised as a body hunter was actually a dog monster, but it was too affectionate to us. If you are not aloof enough, you should learn from it and be more aloof and arrogant.
Although this point of view seems stupid and funny to me!
While scolding Kuroko, Madoka flapped her wings and flew through the courtyard gate. He used his mouth and paws to pull open the bolt at the back of the courtyard door and opened the door for us.
"Heizi is good, Heizi is so good! Today we are here to ask for help. We didn't bring any food. We will double the amount next time!"
I immediately squatted down and stroked the big black dog's shiny fur, and kissed its big head affectionately.
Woof woof woof!
It squawked happily.
I glanced at the big fat bird flying in the air and shook my head.
"Why is the gap so big? Look at how well-behaved Heizi is and how popular he is. Look at some big fat birds, they are vulgar and mean... Tsk!"
Madoka was unhappy.
"Wu boy, what do you mean? This big stupid dog can't even communicate with his mind. He can only bark wildly. Can he compare with the king of demons like this Bird Master?"
Ouch!
This guy really eats raw garlic - his breath is so loud!
Return to the Demon King!
Even Heizi squinted at it like he was looking at a fool.
"Hey, hey, hey, you big stupid dog! What are you looking at! What kind of look is that for you? Come on, come on, you're going to challenge me to a one-on-one fight. Damn it!"
Madoka yelled arrogantly, and the honest Kuroko shrank towards me, really afraid of it.
Just then, there was a crunch...
The door opened.
Li Miao walked out of the house and saw us in the yard, and our clothes were still wet and dripping. The expression on his face was very surprised.
"Brother Wu, Brother Cao, what are you..."
Lao Cao smiled bitterly.
"Brother Li, it's a long story. Can you let us go inside first and take off our clothes and bake them first?"
"Oh, okay, okay. Go inside first!"
Li Miao patted his forehead with some apology on his face, and quickly ordered Heizi.
"Heizi, go to the back room and bring out two pieces of my dry clothes, and put them on Brother Cao and Brother Wu first."
Woof woof woof!
Heizi wagged his tail and went to the back room to look for clothes.
After entering the house, changing into dry clothes and drinking hot tea, I told Li Miao what happened tonight from beginning to end.
He was also amazed when he heard it, saying that he did not expect that there were so many secrets hidden in the back mountains of Lianghe District Middle School.
"Brother Li, have you seen this thing before?"
I took out the mysterious black iron plate from my backpack and handed it over.
In fact, I just said it casually, and I didn't have any expectations in my heart - after all, even Lao Cao didn't know this thing. Lao Cao should still be stronger than Li Miao in terms of strength, cultivation, experience and knowledge...
But I never expected that he took the black iron plate and looked at it carefully for a while, and then he frowned and said in an uncertain tone.
"I have a guess about this thing. But I can't be 100% sure."
What? !
I was shocked when I heard this, and then I was overjoyed. Grabbing Li Miao's hand.
"Brother Li, do you really know everyone? Tell me, what on earth is this?"
Lao Cao next to him also smiled and nodded.
"I didn't expect Brother Li to have extraordinary experience. He spent most of the night working on this thing tonight, and it was still very dangerous. We are all very curious about what this iron plate is."
Madoka stood on Kuroko's broad back, with her wings on her hips, staring at him with a sultry look.
Ahem...
Li Miao said helplessly while holding the black iron plate.
"You guys are putting me under a lot of pressure. I'm just guessing that this thing is a bit similar to something in the rumors about us corpse hunters. But because I haven't seen the real thing, I can't be sure."
"It's okay, Brother Li, just tell me! Just think of it as a reference. Anyway, I have to ask my master again when I go back on the weekend."
good!
Li Miao lowered his head, rubbed the black iron plate in his hand, looked at it twice more, and then handed it back to me. Then he started to speak.
"I feel like this is like the Zhenhe Order!"
River control order? what is that?
I heard a new word.
Lao Cao, who was sitting next to me, suddenly understood and stared at the black iron plate in my hand with a surprised tone.
"So this is the legendary Zhenhe Order!"
Seeing me looking at him, Lao Cao explained a few more words.
"When I was a child, I went to Tianjin with my master and master to do business, and I saw a piece of Jinmen Zhenhe Order."
"It wasn't liberation at that time, it was an old society. I was still young, only seven or eight years old, a little kid. Master and Master didn't let me take a closer look."
"And the shape is different from this one, and it's too long ago, so I didn't connect it with it."
I see!
Come to think of it, who would remember something they saw when they were seven or eight years old? And there is a difference.
So, Li Miao told us about the [Zhenhe Order]...
