Chapter 95 Siren
"Why are you taking her place?"
"Why do you take my place?"
Ji Qinglu also came to her senses at this time. After hearing what Hou Liang said, she immediately agreed.
When Xu Fu saw that his aunt's eldest daughter was getting angry, he was helpless and quickly winked at Yang Cai, hoping that he would persuade him.
Yang Cai turned a blind eye, instead looking like he was watching a show taking pleasure in others' misfortune.
Xu Fu cursed secretly, put down his wine glass and walked up to Ji Qinglu.
"Stop making trouble and go back quickly!" Xu Fu whispered.
"Why do you care about me? You are allowed to drink with these random people. Why can't I?" Ji Qinglu said angrily, and then drank the glass of wine in her hand.
"Cough cough..."
It was obvious that Ji Qinglu couldn't get used to drinking this kind of strong liquor. Even though she swallowed it without discerning the taste, the spicy smell coming from her throat and tongue made her cough.
"Telling you not to drink?"
Xu Fu just wanted to pat Ji Qinglu's back, but Yang Cai grabbed his wrist and threw it aside. After giving Xu Fu a cold look, he stretched out his hand and patted Ji Qinglu's back gently.
Ji Qinglu raised her hand and slapped Yang Cai's arm away, glanced at Xu Fu while panting, and turned to leave.
"Hey?"
Hou Liang turned to the door at some point, raised his hand to block Ji Qinglu's way, and said a little frivolously: "You haven't toasted the wine yet, you want to leave?"
"Snapped!"
Ji Qinglu punched Hou Liang in the chest, knocking the tall Hou Liang back two steps and leaning against the door frame.
"Xiao Nizi has some strength!" Hou Liang touched his aching chest and said through gritted teeth.
Yu Dajiang here hasn't spoken yet. Xu Damang, who had been silent all this time, stopped and stood up and punched Ji Qinglu in the back.
The punch came suddenly, but fortunately Xu Fu reacted very quickly, grabbing Xu Damang's arm and throwing him aside.
Yang Cai's reaction was a little slow, and his face was already very ugly when he took action. Several green vines were seen growing out of his sleeves. He raised his hand and tied Hou Liang and Xu Damang tightly.
No matter how stupid Yu Dajiang is, he knows how to meet a master. He knows how much he weighs. In terms of fist and foot strength alone, he can't compare to Xu Damang. Seeing his two brothers being captured without the ability to fight back, He also immediately panicked.
"May I ask the master's name?" Yu Dajiang quickly grabbed the ghost head knife in his hand and asked calmly.
"You don't deserve to know." Yang Cai said as another vine came out of his sleeve and crawled towards Yu Dajiang close to the ground.
Yu Dajiang immediately drew his knife, slashed and retreated, and shouted: "I am a guest invited by the Lord of Donghai City. If you hurt me, it depends on how you explain to the Lord of the City!"
The situation was urgent, and Yu Dajiang had no choice but to move out as the city lord, hoping to ease the situation.
"My senior brother, there is no need to explain!" Yang Cai said and snorted coldly. The vines twisted and crawled a little faster, and soon wrapped Yu Dajiang and made him unable to move, just like his other two brothers.
"Senior brother? Are you from Qinglong Spiritual Academy?" Hou Liang was the first to react. The previous city lords of Donghai City were all people from Qinglong Shanlingyuan. It is not an exaggeration to say that the entire Donghai City is the backyard of Qinglong Shanlingyuan. I didn’t expect that a few people were so unlucky. When they first arrived in Donghai City, they fell in love with Qinglong Shanlingyuan. There was a conflict between people, and it could be said that they were kicked on the iron plate!
"Oh! It turns out to be the Immortal Master of the Shanling Academy!" Zhang Dabiao showed a very annoyed look, "The flood really washed away the Dragon King Temple, and the whole family no longer recognizes each other!"
"How do you say that?" Yang Cai frowned slightly after hearing this. He didn't expect that the rough man in front of him had some connection with Qinglong Shanling Academy.
"When the villain was eight years old, he was playing in the river and almost drowned. Fortunately, he was saved by an immortal master from the Shanling Academy who was passing by. The villain wanted to become a disciple, but the immortal master counted his fingers and said that he and I had no disciples. It is fate that he is a disciple, but he is destined to be with Qinglong Shanling Academy. This villain came to Donghai City just for Qinglong Shanling Academy..." Yu Dajiang said a lot sincerely, and his eyes turned red as he spoke. , Xu Fu sighed in his heart when he saw it.
"Master Immortal, please calm down! Immortal Master, please calm down!"
A short, chubby, middle-aged man quickly walked into the room and dissuaded him with an anxious look on his face: "Master Yang, please be a bit mean to the villain and accept your magical powers!"
"We actually know each other?"
Xu Fu glanced at the man a few more times, and saw that he was wearing a melon skin hat, a khaki gown that had been washed a little faded, and a pair of ordinary black cloth shoes on his feet. There were no other accessories on his body.
"Manager Shen, I'm here to stand up for your guy!" Yang Cai said loudly with a smile on his face.
"Shopkeeper?"
Xu Fu was slightly startled when he heard this. It is true that the owner of the largest restaurant in Donghai City is so inconspicuous.
"It's all because of their clumsiness, why do you expect Master Yang to be so generous?" Shopkeeper Shen kept bowing and apologizing.
"Xiao Lu, do you want to give me a few whips to vent your anger?" Yang Cai ignored the shopkeeper and asked Qing Lu standing aside.
Qinglu looked at Yu Dajiang's pleading look, then looked at Xu Fu, and a wine glass whizzed and hit Yu Dajiang's face.
Seeing Ji Qinglu leave without looking back, Yang Cai also put away his spell. The vines crawled back into his sleeves like living creatures, and then he quickly chased after him.
The shopkeeper breathed a sigh of relief and came to apologize to the other three people.
After some bargaining, the restaurant not only gave the three village owners of Longshe Village free food and wine, but also prepared three rooms for them. This finally settled the matter.
"It's really not easy to do business!" Xu Fu sighed sincerely as he looked at Shopkeeper Shen who was groveling and greeting him from left to right.
After getting the promise to eat and drink without spending money, Yu Dajiang immediately ordered four jars of the most expensive wine, saying that he would get drunk before resting, which shocked several brothers.
After making such a fuss, Xu Fu suddenly realized that he wasn't that interested in the Siren anymore, so he casually found an excuse to leave the private room and went downstairs.
Although he was only five or six cents full, fortunately there were many stalls in the market. Xu Fu was especially surprised to find an old man with a white beard selling candied haws. Xu Fu bought six of them at once and ate while shopping. The unpleasantness disappeared immediately.
Eating something sweet really makes you happy.
"Sister?"
There were two candied haws left. Xu Fu saw Qingguo running towards him quickly and asked quickly: "Why are you going?"
"There's a siren!"
Qingguo didn't have time to explain to Xu Fu, so she didn't stop and continued running forward after saying the next sentence.
"Sea monster?"
Xu Fu's eyes lit up, he didn't care about eating the candied haws, and quickly followed him.
Qingguo ran to the city gate in one breath, jumped into the air with just one step, and landed firmly on the city wall.
Looking up at such a high city wall, Xu Fu was not sure that his jump would be so accurate, so he climbed up the stone steps on the side honestly.
By the time Xu Fu climbed to the city wall, Qingguo was already lying on the crenel.
"Who is it?" A city guard stopped Xu Fu on the city wall.
"I'm looking for Senior Sister Qingguo." Xu Fu quickly pointed at Qingguo and explained.
When the city guard heard what Xu Fu said, he immediately bowed and let Xu Fu pass.
Before Xu Fu could reach Qingguo, he heard a strange "gurgling" sound coming from outside the city wall, as if something was bubbling.
Xu Fu poked his head out curiously and took a look. On the beach outside the city, he saw several giant cyan crabs slowly crawling towards Donghai City waving two huge crab claws.
I saw that the giant crab used its claws to pick up some sand from the beach from time to time and put it into its mouth, and then spit out some white foam. Once the stones on the beach were caught by the crab's claws, they were instantly crushed.
Watching a few giant crabs crawling closer and closer until they were still a few feet away from the city wall, I don't know who gave an order.
"kill!"
Several jars immediately flew out from the city wall, hitting the two nearest giant crabs.
The jar hitting the giant crab's shell was like hitting a rock. There was no trace left at all, but the contents of the jar were poured all over the giant crab's shell.
When Xu Fu was confused, two rockets hit the giant crab, and the fire spread quickly.
The giant crab was in pain, and immediately bumped into each other on the beach. One giant crab hit the city wall, and the entire city wall was shaken. This shows how powerful the giant crab is.
Several other giant crabs followed the same method, except for one that escaped back into the sea and did not know whether it was alive or dead. The other giant crabs were quickly cooked.
Then there was a "creaking" sound of the noose, the city gate opened, and several city guards took the ropes and quickly came to the giant crabs.
It wasn't until these people stood next to these giant crabs that Xu Fu realized how big these giant crabs were. The thinnest crab legs were as thick as a child's arm, and the crab shell was almost as big as a bed board. So were the city guards. It took a lot of effort to drag back a few giant crabs.
"Xu Fu, why are you here?" Qingguo saw Xu Fu and came over to greet him.
"I heard you said there is a sea monster, come and see it." Xu Fu said as he handed Qingguo a candied haws.
"The Kraken is no joke." Qingguo took the candied haws and said seriously. After saying that, he bit off one. After just one bite, his eyes lit up and he asked Xu Fu: "Where did you buy it?"
"It's an old man with a white beard, carrying a straw. Senior sister, is this the Siren?"
"That should be it!" Qingguo answered vaguely with a candied haws in his mouth.
"You haven't seen it?" Xu Fu was a little surprised. Is this sea monster quite rare?
"Qinglong has been tasked with getting rid of the sea monster all year round, but Master won't let me go." Qingguo replied casually.
"why?"
"He said it was too dangerous."
"I think it's okay!"
"That's right!"
……
"What's this? If you have the guts, come back tomorrow night." A dark-skinned city guard passed by and heard the two talking. He snorted coldly and said with a bit of disdain.
"What's going on tomorrow night?" Xu Fu asked.
"Fifteen tides."
After the city guard finished speaking, he left, leaving only Qingguo and Xu Fu standing there stunned.
The two of them returned to the inn without talking all the way. Qingguo went back to the room and continued to think of a name for the sword she bought, but Xu Fu didn't know what to do. Thinking of the "fifteenth tide" that the city guard said, Xu Fu just felt itchy. It's unbearable, and I feel uneasy even when I'm lying on a comfortable bed.
"Ask someone?" As soon as Xu Fuchang came up with this idea, he immediately knew who to ask.
Xu Fu went out and found the shopkeeper. Without saying a word, he ordered a banquet and asked him to prepare it and send it to the house.
The waiter who delivers the food is very articulate. While serving the food, he also briefly introduces it to Xu Fu. A rough calculation shows that half of the dishes on this table are seafood alone. It is true that "eat the mountain when you are leaning on the mountain, and eat the sea when you are leaning on the sea."
After the dishes were served, Xu Fu deliberately left the waiter behind. Xu Fu knew very well that when it came to being well-informed, no one could beat them.
The waiter at the inn looked young. After being left behind by Xu Fu, he looked a little nervous. He was relieved until Xu Fu explained the reason.
"These fifteen great tides, you can ask me. I am a native of Donghai City, and I have seen these great tides at least thirty or fifty times."
"Then what is this big tide, and what does it have to do with the Kraken?"
"This is also a great wonder of our Donghai City! Every fifteenth full moon, the sea water will rise greatly. At this time, monsters from the sea often come to invade the city, but they are all blocked by the City Lord's Mansion and Qinglong Shanlingyuan. We worked together to repel them, but these monsters have become more and more ferocious in the past two years, and many city guards have died. I heard that even some from Qinglong Spiritual Academy..."
When the waiter said this, he suddenly stopped, and then he remembered that the young man in front of him was a newcomer to Qinglong Shanling Academy. If he said this in front of others, I'm afraid...
"But these are all rumors. All the immortal masters of Qinglong Shanling Academy have great magical powers. They must be able to deal with a few sea monsters with ease. Some people just like to talk nonsense when they hear the wind is like rain..." The waiter in the shop hurriedly said a lot. Come to make up for it.
"Where did the sea monster come from?" Xu Fu suddenly asked.
"Well, no one can say for sure. Some say that they descended from the sky, some say that they became spirits after listening to lectures at Qinglong Shanling Academy, and some say that there is a fairy cave in the sea, and spiritual energy leaks out. These sea monsters are all It's a benefit!" The waiter said in a low voice at the end, as if he was afraid of being heard.
"What's the bait?" Xu Fu suddenly remembered what Yang Cai said when he first entered Donghai City.
"After all, the sea monster is still a beast. It likes to eat people. Once it smells human scent, it will pounce on them. Every time the fifteenth tide arrives, the city lord's palace will prepare traps in advance, throw the condemned prisoners into the trap, and lure the sea monster. Come here and catch them all. These death row prisoners are the bait."
"Are there so many death row prisoners in Donghai City?"
"Of course not. I heard that in order to collect bait, the bandits and water bandits around them were almost all captured. In the end, there was no other way. Some of the foreigners who came to do business didn't like it and they just grabbed them all in the boat. Fortunately, they didn't arrest them. Local..." the waiter said happily.
After hearing the waiter's words, Xu Fu frowned slightly and felt a little more angry. He didn't expect that Yang Cai looked at such a talented person and felt so vicious in his heart.
"Sir, the shopkeeper called me, I'm leaving first!"
When the waiter saw Xu Fu's expression change, he thought it was his words that had offended the guest officer, and quickly found an excuse to leave.
Xu Fu didn't force the waiter to stay. He also knew what he wanted to know. At this time, looking at the table full of food and wine, Xu Fu suddenly felt a little hungry again.
"Just finish that fish!"
Xu Fu took a bite of the fish cooked in the inn. It was far different from Feng Manlou, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
I had just poured a glass of wine and before I could take a sip, there was a rapid knock on the door.