Chapter 825 Little River God
"Uncle Gu, stop."
Mo Hua shouted immediately.
Gu Changhuai stopped the boat, turned his head in confusion, and saw Mo Hua lying on the edge of the boat, his head leaning into the water, not knowing what he was looking at.
At the same time, Mo Hua lowered her voice and quietly shouted:
"Little Silverfish~"
The smoke and water river is covered with blue waves, and it is invisible.
After a while, a wisp of silver flashed across the water, and a small fish with a thin figure that was almost impossible to detect was swam up.
“My benefactor, I’m here…”
It shook its tail happily.
It''s really a little silverfish!
Mo Hua looked happy, and then asked in confusion: "Aren''t you in a small fishing village? Why did you come here?"
Little silverfish was saying something, but her voice was very weak and she couldn''t hear it clearly.
Mo Hua put his head closer to the water again, and then he heard the little silverfish''s voice say softly:
“…Thanks to my benefactor… I have a shrine to accommodate myself, a offering to fill my stomach, and an incense to nourish my spirit. Now it’s much better.”
"The authority of the river **** has also been restored to be integrated with Yanshui River, but the authority is still very weak and the scope of its activities is very small..."
“This river area is near a small fishing village.”
"I was in the fishing village and felt the breath of my benefactor, so I swam over to see you..."
The little silverfish swam around in the water in front of the ink painting, with a few splashes of water from time to time, and it was indeed much more enjoyable to look at it.
Mo Hua nodded.
I see…
The nearby smoky water river is complicated and difficult to tell the location. He did not expect that this place was not far from the small fishing village.
But it seems reasonable.
Shui Yanluo and this group of evil cultivators destroyed the Yu Family Water Village. He was also near the small fishing village and chased too much elders.
The place where he is stationed should not be too far from the small fishing village.
Xia Diansi saw Mo Hua lying on the edge of the boat, his head leaning against the water, muttering, not knowing what to say, and couldn''t help but wonder:
"Mo Hua, who are you talking to?"
Her spiritual sense has never been transformed, so the figure of the little silverfish cannot be seen.
Mo Hua turned her head, raised her fingers and said quietly:
"Sister Xia, whisper, I''m chatting with Xiaohe Shen..."
Little Silverfish''s voice is very small, and he can''t hear it if he is a little noisy.
Xia Diansi: “…”
Her thinking was a little out of line for a while, and she didn''t understand what Mo Hua was talking about.
What little river god?
Xia Diansi looked at the water surface and found nothing in the water.
She looked at the ink painting again and frowned.
What a good child, why is he suddenly talking about it...
On the contrary, Gu Changhuai is no longer surprised.
only…
Gu Changhuai''s eyes were slightly condensed.
He couldn''t tell whether Mo Hua was telling the truth or just making up a reason to fool them.
Based on his understanding of ink painting, both situations are possible.
Mo Hua knew something that ordinary monks didn’t know and could see things that others could not see. Gu Changhuai was not surprised.
If Mo Hua lies and is nonsense, then he will not be surprised.
Of course, Mo Hua did not lie.
At this time, he lay on the side of the boat and asked in a low voice: "Little Silverfish, do you recognize the way?"
The little silverfish in the water nodded, "I know all the nearby waters."
"Then do you know, there is a group of water bandits nearby?"
"What is a water bandit?" Xiao Yinyu shook his tail and said curiously, "Is it a water monster?"
"No," Mo Hua thought for a while and said, "It''s a human, and a bad person, with blood on his body and murderous crimes on his hands."
As soon as Mo Hua said this, the little silverfish became excited and nodded repeatedly.
"There are some people who have a dirty breath, and are fishy and smelly, and they are plagued by murder... They get together, and I am afraid of being dirty and dare not go there."
Mo Hua''s eyes lit up, "Take me over and I''ll help them wash away their sins."
"Yeah," the little silverfish nodded repeatedly, "I''ll take you there."
Although it didn''t know how to cleanse the sins, since the benefactor gave the order, it was naturally happy to agree.
It is a rare opportunity to repay the kindness of your benefactor.
The little silverfish was very excited.
It shook its little tail, swam forward, and said softly, "My benefactor, come with me."
Mo Hua nodded, then pointed to the direction where the little silverfish was swimming, and said to Gu Changhuai: "Uncle Gu, go here."
Gu Changhuai was silent for a moment.
Mo Hua said, "The little river **** knows the whereabouts of the water bandits, and it will lead the way for us."
Little River God…
Gu Changhuai turned his head, looked at the water surface where nothing was left, and sighed silently.
“Okay…”
Hopefully this kid is not joking.
Gu Changhuai habitually sailed forward along the direction pointed by the ink painting.
Xia Diansi saw it but did not stop it.
However, the confusion in her heart became deeper and deeper, and the look of looking at Mo Hua became more and more puzzling.
The little silverfish shook its little body and led the way in the water.
The ink painting followed the faint silver light to guide Gu Changhuai.
Gu Changhuai was rowing the boat, Xia Diansi was silent, only the boat broke through the water surface, and the sound of water at the bottom of the boat was gurgling.
Little Silverfish is a river god. Although only a small part of its authority has been revived, it can still be said to be well aware of the waters under its jurisdiction.
No one knows Yanshui River better than it.
Naturally, no one is more suitable to lead the way than it.
After a while, after entering a new water area, Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi suddenly noticed something and their expressions changed.
They let go of their spiritual senses, glanced at them, and then couldn''t help but look at each other, with a little surprised expression.
I actually found it...
On the other side, the little silverfish also stopped and turned around and said to Mo Hua:
"My benefactor, we are here."
I looked up and saw a large river beach in front of me.
On the river beach are weeds growing wildly.
But Mo Hua knew that this was not a simple river beach, but more like a small island formed by the river flowing under the river, silt piled up, and over the years.
The slough on the outside is like a natural maze, which separates the island.
If it weren''t for the little silverfish leading the way, other foreign monks would never have seen this small island.
Mo Hua looked around again and looked at the island.
The outside of the island is filled with water and grass, which looks very desolate and deserted, but the ink painting can sense the breath of many monks on the island.
These auras are **** and evil, and are obviously not good.
In addition, there is also the aura of formation.
No accidents near the island were made, and many formations were also set up, including early warnings and traps, as well as many water and soil defense formations.
"A group of water bandits may not build formations, so these formations should be built by... Guishuimen for them?"
Mo Hua frowned, then turned around and asked:
"The water bandits have been found, what should I do now?"
Xia Diansi pondered for a moment, glanced at Gu Changhuai, and said slowly:
"According to the intelligence, there is no golden elixir among this group of water bandits. We join forces to try to take them down?"
Gu Changhuai thought for a while, shook his head and said, "I can''t take it..."
"This is the second-grade state boundary, a small place, which is different from the great state boundary in your Daozhou where there is no need to worry about cultivation."
"When fighting with people in the second-grade state realm, you must strictly suppress your cultivation and not be neglected at all."
"Do you have any experience in suppressing your cultivation and fighting others?"
Gu Changhuai asked.
Xia Diansi was stunned, frowned, and said reluctantly: "No..."
"That''s it," said Gu Changhuai, "I suppress my cultivation and I am restricted. If I can''t achieve almost any of my cultivation, it''s impossible to take down these bandits. If I''m not careful, I may fall into their trap."
"The Jindan suppresses foundation building without restrictions."
"If you actually start, you have to consider everything, and the results will be difficult to predict."
"What''s more, Shui Yan Luo is not as simple as you think."
"This person is different from ordinary foundation building. He has all his skills and is unpredictable. When his cultivation is not superior, it is not an easy thing to find a way to restrain him and capture him..."
After Gu Changhuai said that, he pointed to the island again, "There is also this island surrounded by water. Once these water bandits are defeated, they will drill into the water. What you and I do not practice water-based exercises, how can we catch them?"
"This is their old home. If the plan is done properly, it will be a good opportunity to catch all the water bandits in one go. On the contrary, if you act recklessly and have omissions, you will undoubtedly destroy this great opportunity for nothing..."
"It is easy to ruin the opportunity, but after the ruin, it may be difficult to find this opportunity again..."
Gu Changhuai looked indifferent and his tone was not polite at all.
I don’t know if it’s because of the anger of Xia Diansi, Gu Changhuai, who has always been not very talkative, said a lot like a chatterbox.
Xia Diansi''s face was indeed covered with a layer of frost.
She also understands some truths.
But after all, she has little experience in handling cases in such low-grade states. She didn''t notice it for a while. She happened to be caught by Gu Changhuai and ridiculed it openly and secretly.
Xia Diansi was indeed a little angry. Looking at Gu Changhuai''s gaze, he was very unkind, but he quickly calmed down and said truthfully:
"What should I do if I know Gu Diansi?"
Her tone was calm, she had no other emotions, and she was simply asking for questions.
Gu Changhuai''s eyes were slightly stunned, his expression was a little surprised. After a moment of silence, his tone became calmer:
"First find out the enemy situation, know how many people they have, confirm whether there is a golden elixir, verify the nearby terrain, and then go back to mobilize personnel and make proper plans..."
"The more critical the moment, the more we cannot be greedy for a moment." Xia Diansi''s eyes flashed slightly, he glanced at Gu Changhuai, and nodded slightly.
Ink painting was next to him, looking at Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi, and nodding with relief.
After the discussion, we will go to investigate in detail.
It was already evening, dusk was coming, and the sky was getting darker little by little.
The three of them rode around the island with the cover of the bushes of water and grass.
Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi are golden elixirs with powerful spiritual consciousness.
Although ink painting is a foundation building, its spiritual consciousness is approaching the peak of foundation building, and it is only one pattern away from the golden elixir.
Although this pattern is still out of reach.
But that is also compared with the Jindan.
Compared with this group of water bandits who built foundations, ink painting is naturally "far ahead".
Therefore, the three of them were careful and were not afraid of being discovered.
There are also sporadic guard posts around the island, but because of the large gap in spiritual consciousness, Mo Hua can find these guard posts, but these guard posts cannot detect Mo Hua and others.
In addition, there is also a little silverfish leading the way.
The formation that stays in the water for warning is identified with ink paintings.
So until more than an hour later, the three of them completed the reconnaissance and did not alarm the water bandits on the island.
And at this time, it was already dark.
The night melted into the water, and the sky was pitch black, but there were only a few stars in the sky.
The originally silent island suddenly came from the movement.
A little bit of green fire ignited.
Later, people were noisy and some were laughing and scolding, and the sounds were approaching from far to near, from the inside of the island to the shore.
Afterwards, it was the sound of the ship launching into the water.
The voices of people and the sound of water are mixed together, and they are very noisy.
"Damn it''s finally the evening..."
"I don''t know what I can grab."
"I haven''t killed anyone for several days, and my knife has rusted."
"I haven''t touched a woman for a month, and I''m rusted..."
"Damn it, there''s no formality..."
…
A group of people were clamoring, boarding the boat and going into the water, lighting the green ghost fire, like the yaksha at night, hunting on the Yanshui River.
Gu Changhuai counted the heads silently.
When the group of water bandits walked away on the boat, the surroundings became quiet again.
Gu Changhuai said, "There are about 200 people going out. According to the habits of the water bandits, half of them are usually left and half are left. There are probably about 200 water bandits left on the island."
“Total, it should be about four hundred.”
"At present, there is no golden elixir. Of course, it may be that the golden elixir is not on the island."
On the other hand, the formation and topography of the island were roughly drawn.
"Do you want to go back first now?"
Gu Changhuai pondered for a moment, shook his head and said, "Don''t worry, when dawn, these bandits will wander on the Yanshui River. Now when you go out, it will be easy to encounter them."
"At that time, it''s not right to kill, nor is it not right to kill."
Killing will alert the snake.
If you don’t kill, with the nature of this group of water bandits, you will not be able to give up.
So the three of them waited in the boat.
Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi took turns to watch.
Ink painting took out the small blanket, wrapped it well, lie in the cabin and sleep, while his spiritual consciousness sank into the sea of ??consciousness, and practiced formations on the Taoist monument.
The way of formation is to emphasize the use of water droplets through stones, so you must be diligent and unremitting.
No matter what, you cannot interrupt your lifestyle of practicing formations, unless you have to.
As for safety issues.
In the second-grade state realm, there are two Diansi in the Jindan realm who works as bodyguards for himself, and Mo Hua feels very at ease.
Gu Changhuai and Xia Diansi looked at Yanshuihe with a look of alert. When they turned around, they saw the Mo Hua curled up in the bed and sleeping quietly like a cat. They couldn''t help but sigh.
This child is really big.
How could he sleep in this situation?
Both of them stared at Mo Hua silently, looked at it for a moment, then raised their heads together, and they just looked at each other, and they were stunned for a moment, and then they silently looked away.
In this way, Mo Hua practiced the formation all night.
When it was almost dawn, Mo Hua opened her eyes, folded the small blanket one by one, put it into the storage bag, then took out a pot of fruit wine, and ate two pieces of dried meat.
As he ate, he found two gazes looking at him.
Mo Hua grabbed another handful of jerky meat and handed it over, "Uncle Gu, Sister Xia, do you want to eat it?"
"You eat..."
The two of them had complicated expressions.
"oh."
Ink painting is not forced.
After he finished breakfast on time, fish whites were already appearing in the sky, and there was movement in the distance, and the bandits who were going out came back.
Their faces could not hide their excitement, and they were covered with blood. I don’t know if it was human blood or water demon blood.
Dozens of ships returned home with full load.
Some of them were filled with the corpses of water monsters, and were bloody.
Some ships have a deep draft and are filled with gold-inlaid storage boxes, which seem to have been robbed from merchant ships.
Several other ships were filled with fresh corpses, both men and women, stacked together like dead fish, and I don’t know what they were used for.
Xia Diansi''s face was slightly pale, his eyes were cold, and there was murderous intent in his eyes.
Gu Changhuai looked at her silently and said softly, "Don''t be impulsive."
Xia Diansi didn''t answer, but his fingers were clenched white.
In this way, Mo Hua and the other two used the protection of the water plants to silently look at the group of water bandits and return to the island.
They seem to be still a little unsatisfied.
"It''s dawn again, fuck, I haven''t had enough fun yet."
"I didn''t do much..."
"Damn Dao Tingsi''s lackey, it''s good that one day it will die. We don''t have to hide in Tibet like this."
"Or it''s okay to have no sun. It''s twelve hours a day, all night is all night, so there''s no need to worry about anything..."
"Damn the sun, it''s coming out again..."
Mo Hua also had a cold look, looking at the group of powerful water bandits, and silently said in his heart:
"Don''t worry, in a while, you won''t see the morning sun..."
…
After the water bandits entered the island, Mo Hua and the other two waited for a while and found that there was no movement around them, so they quietly rowed and left.
Little silverfish leads the way and leads them to the shore.
Stepping on the shore and stepping on the land, I feel like I am "down-to-earth". Mo Hua''s heart is also much more at ease.
He turned his head, came to the shore, waved his hand to the little silverfish by the river, and said:
"Thank you this time. Go back early. I''ll see you next time and bring you something delicious."
The little silverfish happily turned around twice, said "Goodbye, benefactor", and turned into a silver light, swam deep into the smoke river, blending with a blue wave, and disappeared.
Gu Changhuai followed Mo Hua''s gaze and still saw nothing. He frowned and couldn''t help asking:
"Are you talking to the River God? Why are you talking to a ''pet''?"
Mo Hua said: "I have a good relationship with the River God. Also, Uncle Gu, you are so disrespectful to the River God. Be careful that the next time you take a boat, the River God will lift your ship."
Gu Changhuai shook his head, feeling helpless.
After that, everyone returned to Qingzhou City and discussed in the private room of the Gu Family Teahouse.
Since Xia Diansi came back, his face was not very good. At this time, his eyes were chilling and he said in a deep voice:
"No one of these bandit cultivators can be let go!"
"And that Shui Yan Luo is also worthy of death!"
"I''ll go and transfer people, and within three days, I''ll catch all these evil people!"
Gu Changhuai had no objection this time, just reminding her:
"Although your Xia family is a big family, it is in Qianxuezhou after all, and it may not be too late within three days."
"And some people may not be reliable in the process of transferring people in a hurry..."
Gu Changhuai''s eyes were slightly condensed.
Xia Diansi said, "No problem, leave the manpower to me."
Seeing that she looked calm, Gu Changhuai obviously knew what she said, so he stopped talking.
"Also, it''s the problem of formation..."
Gu Changhuai continued: "You need to keep silent and break the formation on the island in secret..."
"In addition, it is best to set up a formation around the island to trap this group of water bandits. In order to avoid the melee and the water bandits will run away from each other. We will be unable to take care of both, and there will definitely be fish that will miss the net."
"The problem of other water bandits escaping is not too big, but if Water Yanluo escapes, he will fail."
Xia Diansi pondered for a moment and frowned:
“I’m afraid it’s not that simple…”
"I have seen it before. The terrain of this island looks desolate and crude, but in fact it contains the pattern of gossip and the formation inside are divided into eight gates."
"The eight gates are not so much for guarding, but for escape. This group of water bandits live on the island. As long as they are not blocked, there will always be a gate for them to escape."
"How do you want to break the formation? How do you block it?" Xia Diansi looked at Gu Changhuai.
Gu Changhuai stopped talking.
How can he know how to break the formation and how to block it?
His knowledge system of cultivation is almost "insulated" from the formation.
Of course, it is not considered "insulation". He can still recognize the formations commonly used by most monks, and he also knows the basic common sense of formations.
In the past, he would also feel that he "understands" the formation.
But this is all the past.
Gu Changhuai looked at the ink painting silently.
Mo Hua accepted Gu Changhuai''s "seeking for help" and nodded:
"Sister Xia, don''t worry, leave the formation matter to me!"
(This chapter ends)