Chapter 16 Swimming in the River
A few days later, Ye Zang went south to escape thousands of miles away from the Black Bone Mountains.
In the midst of a fast-flowing river.
This river is called Liyang River, which runs through the entire city of Liyang Kingdom and is an extremely important trade route.
At this moment, Ye Zang is riding on a small boat, attached to the small boat. No matter how fast the river is, I will not move.
"Now that it's over, I have to go to Taojiafang City to buy a step-by-step air-control weapon. Traveling like this consumes too much of the innate spiritual energy in the body."
Ye Zang thought to himself.
Liyang Kingdom is the neighboring country of Ye Zang's hometown Yuanwu Kingdom. As for why he came here, it was naturally for the innate spiritual land. During the invasion of the divine sect, a disaster occurred here. Ye Zang still has fresh memories of the scene of hell on earth.
There is a Yin vein hidden deep underground in Liyang Kingdom, which has been there for at least a thousand years. At that time, when the Yin channel broke out, ghosts were rampant. There are mountains of corpses all over Liyang Capital City, and the Liyang River is soaked with blood, which remains unchanged all year round, so that it will be a place of death for hundreds of years in future generations.
Later, powerful Taoist priests from the divine religion came to take away the Yin vein, so that this scene of mortal hell would not happen again.
"Calculating the time, the Yin vein should have been born no more than a hundred years ago. The vein has never extended out. It's just a little troublesome to find it. I don't know where the source is."
If the source is under the Liyang River, Can Ye Zang still go deep into the river? He doesn't have that extraordinary ability for the time being. Now we can only take one step at a time to see. It would be easier to say if the source is on land.
While I was thinking, a magnificent merchant ship appeared in the distance of the river.
Ye Zang attached his innate spiritual energy to his eyes and looked intently.
There are three floors of small buildings on the deck. It is extremely luxurious. It must be a wealthy family. On the deck, an old man with a goatee who looked like a butler seemed to be looking towards Ye Zang, obviously seeing him.
However, the distance was too far and he didn't seem to see it clearly. He just saw the housekeeper running into the cabin in a panic.
"Miss, no, it's not good!" The old man with a goatee trotted all the way into the cabin and shouted to a pretty young girl in her prime.
"What's the matter, housekeeper, why are you so panicked?" The girl asked impatiently, playing with the silver hairpin in her hand.
"Well, there is a person floating on the sea!" the steward said.
“Huh?!” The woman thought it was a corpse floating on the sea, and she was so frightened that she dropped her silver hairpin.
The housekeeper realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly changed his words: "It's a living person! It seems like a Taoist priest. I couldn't see it clearly even though it was too far away!"
Since it was not a corpse, the woman patted him lightly. Holding his chest, he breathed a sigh of relief.
"I guess he is a Taoist who travels all over the world. The current of the river is very fast. I am afraid that the Taoist has been shipwrecked and is floating alone in the river. Butler, you can go and pick him up on the boat. That's OK. It’s a good deed.”
“Yes, Miss!”
The giant ship slowed down slightly and finally stopped, and Ye Zang’s boat happened to be close to the side of the giant ship.
Ye Zang raised his head and looked towards the boat, only to see a ladder lowered.
"Taoist Master! The river is flowing very fast, come up quickly!"
The owner of the river boat was kind-hearted, and Ye Zang did not refuse. Since they were traveling the same way, he came up Got the boat.
"You are very lucky. If you meet our young lady's bodhisattva heart, if it were anyone else, they would definitely abandon you."
The housekeeper said as he walked, leading the way Ye hid in a cabin
"Thank you."
Ye Zang listened to the butler's tone, although it was a bit harsh, but after all, he was kind-hearted. Since he was a member of the Taoist sect, why bother with these mortals. Although he let himself on the ship, the butler was very careful. After questioning him about his origins, Ye Zang said that he was an ordinary Taoist who traveled around the world. He also had no intention of using Taoism in front of these mortals to show his identity as an 'immortal master'.
Shortly after the butler left, two maids came in and brought some vegetarian food.
...The time came in the evening, and the patter of rain hit the cabin. Ye Zang woke up from his trance state, opened the window and looked outside, and saw mist rising from the sea, mixed with fine water. It rains continuously.
Suddenly, clanging swords and sounds of fighting rang out outside.
"There are river thieves! Protect the lady!"
Like the voice of the housekeeper, Ye Zang frowned and opened the door. In a few steps, he had arrived on deck.
I saw two small boats walking side by side with the merchant ship. Many sea pirates masked in black turbans and holding scimitars jumped on the deck. The sailors on this ship were not the same as these daily sailors. The water thief's opponent who added blood to the tip of the knife was chopped to the ground in a few blows, with blood flowing freely.
On the deck, the housekeeper and the pretty lady had been arrested, trembling in panic.
As soon as Ye Zang came out, a water thief came towards him with a knife. His face turned cold, he flicked his sleeves and robe, and slashed out with a sword. The water thief was cut in half, and his internal organs and intestines flowed all over the floor.
"Immortal Master! Help!" The housekeeper's sharp eyes saw Ye Zang's hand and immediately recognized that he was a Taoist cultivating immortality on the Black Bone Mountains and shouted loudly.
"Immortal, Immortal?!"
The figure who seemed to be a pirate leader said in shock.
Ye Zang was not angry and proud, and the innate spiritual energy exuding from his body made these mortal people feel a great sense of oppression.
The scimitar in his hand fell off weakly, and then there was the sound of weapons falling to the ground. Monks are still very intimidating to ordinary people in this world. No matter how strong your martial arts moves are, in front of the divine passage method, you can kill them with your hands.
"Immortal, please have mercy! Immortal, please have mercy!"
Some people knelt down and begged for mercy, while others turned over and jumped directly into the sea.
"Immortal Master! Don't let these villains go! These water thieves have done many evil things and committed many injustices. If we let them go this time, they will definitely cause trouble to the world in the future!" the steward said with a trembling voice.
Ye Zang had no intention of letting these water thieves go, disturbing his own practice, and still wanted to leave after offending the Taoist priest?
To deal with these people from mortal countries, there is no need to use the divine passage method. Ye Zang only needs to control a few sword lights.
Whoosh whoosh!
In an instant, all the water thieves on the cabin were killed, even those who jumped into the sea and escaped.
Afterwards, Ye Zang's expression remained unchanged, and he slowly walked away under the astonished eyes of everyone.
Not long after, the young lady and the housekeeper came to the cabin. They quickly thanked Ye Zang and almost knelt down. The young lady wanted to invite Ye Zang to the main cabin, but he also refused.
After chatting for a while and asking some common questions, Ye Zang learned that this young lady was the daughter of a wealthy businessman in the capital of Liyang. Her name was He Wanxi. She had just returned from her parents' home this time when she went north.
Ye Zang asked by the way if anything weird happened near the capital, or if there were any ghosts.
This lady is not clear. She has stayed in her boudoir all year round, and this time she finally came out. He just said: Her father and eldest brother often go out on business trips, so they may know something about it.
After the chat, the lady thanked her again and again before leaving.
The next morning, Ye Zang walked to the deck.
There is mist rising from the river, and it is still raining lightly. It seems that we have arrived at the capital of Liyang Kingdom. There are catkins flying on the shore, and fishermen wearing bamboo hats are holding small boats, shuttling in the mist and rain. This scenery is like poetry and painting. .
An oil-paper umbrella came over, it was He Wanxi.
"Taoist Master, we have arrived in the capital." He Wanxi said cautiously, glancing at Ye Zang's profile from the corner of his eye from time to time.
“Yeah.”
Ye Zang said calmly.
(End of this chapter)