Old Man Mo looked at the crowd with a mysterious light in his eyes: "Indeed, this earth dragon is about to turn into a dragon. It is completely different from ordinary loaches. You will know when you see it tomorrow."
Everyone was curious about what the loach looked like, which was about to turn into a dragon. They just waited to follow Old Man Mo to find out the next day.
A good night's sleep and a long and restless life.
When they woke up again, they saw the old man pulling out the awning boat and sailing into the river beach. He was holding a fishing hook as big as a bowl in his hand and a linen bag on the boat, which was full of stuff.
"Old man, isn't this hook used to catch earth dragons?"
Yue Guanchao looked at the huge hook. It was made of brass and was golden in color. There were pointed hooks on both sides that pointed upwards. The ring in the middle of the hook was covered with hemp rope. It looked like a rock climbing claw. If it were shrunk by a thousand Hundred times, this shape is just like a fishing bait.
Old Man Mo pretended to be mysterious and glanced at them: "Don't stand around and watch this early in the morning. Come down quickly and get two strong men so that we can catch the earth dragon with me."
Among them, only Yue Guanchao and Xu Xiake were still young and strong. They threw their things and jumped into the awning boat. After they stood firmly in the cabin, Old Man Mo pointed to the sacks at their feet and ordered: "This Inside are potatoes that I mixed with chicken blood and offal. Earthworms like to eat this kind of stuff with a fishy smell. When I drop the hook later, you can scatter these things around the hull and wait for it to take the bait. That’s it.”
Then, the old man raised his arm and threw the fishhook, and it hit the river beach with a thud. Yue Guanchao took this opportunity to untie the sack, and together with Xu Xiake, he scattered the fishy potatoes in the sack into the river beach. These potatoes were all covered with chopped chicken blood. After blending into the river beach, the surroundings of the awning boat were immediately dyed red, as if covered with a layer of light red gauze, which was extremely clear.
About a tea time later, the water surface around the Wu Peng boat was suddenly disturbed, surging and rolling like spring water. As the blood continued to spread outward, huge black shadows began to appear under the water.
This black shadow seemed to smell the fishy sweet smell, and kept swimming around the awning boat. As the waves rolled, the potato seeds could be seen gradually sinking into the water and disappearing.
"coming!"
Old Man Mo saw the opportunity and saw the hemp rope moving wildly. He also knew that the earth dragon had taken the bait. He pulled the hemp rope to roll the axle. The suddenly tightened hemp rope pulled the fishhook and directly pierced the body of the earth dragon. , the pain stung it causing it to flutter wildly, setting off rolling mud waves around the awning boat, and even the awning boat was almost overturned on the river beach by the terrifying force.
"What are you two just standing around doing? Hurry up and hold this earth dragon for me. If it runs away, don't even think about setting off again today."
Before Old Man Mo finished speaking, Yue Guanchao and Xu Xiake used all their strength to pull up the hemp rope. The three cobblers even supported Zhuge Liang. They put all their efforts in one place. It was much better than fighting alone. Accumulating strength As he exerted his strength, he could see the black figure gradually emerging from the mud, its head swaying and its tail emerging from the water.
With a sneer, the earth dragon emerged from the water. When everyone saw it for the first time, they couldn't help being surprised.
At this moment, this earth dragon half-stretched its body out of the mud, looking down like a dragon's head, staring down at the awning boat.
Yue Guanchao was good at gesturing the size of the earth dragon. The loach in front of him was indeed a rare giant fish. Its body was as thick as a bucket and as long as a python. It had transparent tail fins trembling and floating on both sides and behind it. It had a pair of bright red eyes with round lights, and it was full of oil. Cunning, with eight beards curled and stretched, it penetrates deep into the mud and constantly senses the movement around it.
The only difference between the earth dragon and the loach last night is its outer skin.
Loaches are the most humble among the aquatic tribes in the world. They eat filth and rotten food, and live with carrion and beetles. Their skin is often dark brown and bluish. Even the earth dragons that become monsters only have black skin with complicated patterns. , to be honest, no matter how much it looks like a python, it is still a strange fish that is black and full of fishy liquid, and has nothing to do with dragons.
The earth dragon in front of them, in addition to the characteristics of a loach, has a golden skin all over its body, and golden scales have appeared on its skin. If you stare at the loach under the sun, you can still see a diffuse golden light. Regardless of the loach's head, it The figure jumping out of the water really looked like a dragon covered with golden scales.
At this moment, after its gills were pierced, the loach kept flopping in the mire, and its body with golden scales was winding and twisting like a real dragon.
Yue Guanchao carefully observed the head of this loach. Compared with the ordinary black catfish, the golden earth dragon has a pair of translucent golden fins. It is like a pair of side fins growing out from behind its two cheeks. Whenever it raises its head and moves, , you can see the shaking of its head.
It is said that snakes can grow into pythons and pythons can grow into dragons. This loach grew so terrifyingly huge that it really looked like it was about to transform into a dragon. It showed extremely special dragon-shaped characteristics. Everyone present exclaimed that this was a miracle. This spectacle was comparable to that of a black loach. Much more rare.
"Uncle Mo, how do you know there is such a place on the river beach?"
Yue Guanchao was very curious. Even if golden loaches were not dragons, they were at least extremely rare in number. He did not believe that the old man could catch a dragon-skinned loach just by casually hooking him up.
Old Man Mo talked about the myths and legends of this earth dragon: "Although the earth dragon is the lowest fallen dragon, it can only look up to the wind and clouds in its life and never achieve positive results, but it is a dragon that was relegated after all. If by chance and coincidence, it has good karma. , can still get rid of the evil power of karma, regain the opportunity to transform into a dragon, and be able to show the skin of a golden dragon, it is considered to have achieved good results, and after another hundred years of cultivation, it will be completely ranked among the immortals and ascended to the dragon."
"Oh, that means that this golden loach is not far away from turning into a dragon, but what did it do to form good karma, and it is involved in your karma until now."
Song Siyuan understood that things are rare and valuable, and the rarer things are, the more they represent the will of God. It is true that the ordinary black loach is responsible for killing. There is a rough story behind the golden earth dragon. .
"I said last night, without this loach, you wouldn't even be able to go to Fengqiu. Guess what it does?"
Old Man Mo's words were a naked statement. Yue Guanchao stared at the loach that had given up struggling long ago, and his eyes lit up: "This loach can lead the way."
"The enemy!"
Old Man Mo showed a teachable look on his face and said in a brisk tone: "The river in the canyon changed its course and was deposited in the ditch. I don't know when it changed its course again. The earth dragon drinks from the yellow spring. It originally likes to stay in the mud. It is just right to take advantage of this characteristic. Come and travel through Fengqiu Wild Forest."
"With the Earth Tiger Gu and the Golden Scale Earth Dragon, we have basically determined the direction and river course. As long as we let the loach lead the way, we can enter the wild forest and reach the river valley as quickly as possible."
"Old man, do you mean to ask this loach to lead us? How is this possible?"
Lan Ruling really didn't believe it. These wild animals were so rebellious that just catching them was considered lucky. It was simply impossible to let these wild animals guide them.
"Yes, it depends on the old man."
After finishing speaking, Old Man Mo picked up the Gu flute and blew a strange whistle sound, then pulled the hook and dragged it to the side of the Wu Peng boat. After the earth dragon was grabbed by the cheek, he roared in pain under the pull of the copper hook and had to swim to the side of the boat to relieve the pain. Pain.
In just a moment, I saw the earth dragon crawling beside the Wu Peng boat, its head gradually softening and sinking into the mud. Wild animals are hostile to people, and they often stiffen their necks or erect their tails. However, if these things are softened, they will also It means no longer fighting against living people.
Seeing the earth dragon rolling obediently on the river beach, everyone's eyes were full of curiosity. Ren Peacock asked: "Old man, do you know how to control beasts?"
Old Man Mo lowered his head and stroked the earth dragon's head, reached out to remove the hook, and took out a metal tube similar to a saddle from the back of his waist. He lowered his head and blew the Gu flute a few more times. The earth dragon seemed to be sensed and shook his head through the metal barrel, waiting for it. When the side fins were exposed, the old man quickly wrapped the cylindrical belt around his body and fastened the side fins with buckles. It looked like he had put a saddle on the earth dragon.
Old Man Mo patted the saddle and explained: "Yes, the witch tribe originally worshiped nature and regarded all things as gods. Witches are the medium between gods and humans, and animals are the tools between humans and gods. Earth dragons like this are already considered to be connected to the gods. , is the best communication tool between man and God.”
"We are already far enough away from Fengqiu Wild Forest. If we want to go to the river valley, it will be an even longer journey. If you walk on your feet, no one will know if you die in the wild forest. Even if you walk along the river valley, you will get lost. At that time, if we encounter the Lost Jungle again, we won’t even know how we died.”
"If you ask me, this earth dragon must be able to take us along the river beach and into the Fengqiu Wild Forest. If we are really unlucky and encounter the lost forest, we don't have to worry anymore with this earth dragon."
Old Man Mo paused and his tone became mysterious: "The earth dragon is originally the messenger who drinks from the underworld. These lost forests are completely useless to it. Only the earth dragon can come and go freely in the lost forest without worrying about being trapped to death. , even though it’s bulky now, you won’t know how useful it is until it enters the river.”
"Old man, even if it is strong enough to pull the boat, how do you do it to obey your words?"
Seeing this, Yue Guanchao became more and more curious about this old man. He knew too many things, but he felt a little like he was not a real person, and he might even be hiding some secrets.
Old Man Mo knew what he was thinking and said angrily: "Boy, I have been in the jungle for thirty years. What kind of beasts have I never seen? Gu people have the ability to tame beasts, insects and fish. I tame these beasts." The purpose of the earth dragon is to enter the wild forest to collect herbs. As for how to do it, that is a top secret of our Mo family, I can only tell you one thing."
"The beast insect fish is not a natural beast as you understand and is ignorant of reason. There are many ways to make the beast insect fish do things. What I rely on is the Gu flute in my hand. This is made of human skulls and can produce the most powerful sounds. Psychic voice, in another hour, when the sun rises completely, we will set off. With the help of this earth dragon, we will save a lot of energy."
Some people died, but not completely...
