Chapter 16 "Golden Toad" Shen Wei: How can this not be considered a kind of beating...
The first ray of sunlight in the early morning shone through the gap in the window that was never closed tightly. Chen Wei half-closed his eyes and subconsciously turned his face slightly to the side. It took him a while to recover. This sleep was really comfortable. He didn't know why he could sleep so deeply. It might be because he was really tired from climbing mountains and riding horses yesterday.
But the one who got up earlier than him was the "human swordsman" next to him. When Chen Wei turned around, he saw that the other party was sitting upright on a chair. Tea was already placed on the table in front of him, as if he was waiting for Chen Wei to wake up.
"Brother Duan." Chen Wei sat up, yawned, and said, "You got up pretty early."
"You slept very soundly." Duan Zhou didn't sleep all night last night, how could he get up early?
Perhaps noticing that Duan Zhou's face was not looking good, Chen Wei stood up and casually put on a coat. He walked to Duan Zhou and sat down. He looked into his eyes carefully and asked, "Brother Duan, was the floor too hard last night and you didn't sleep well?"
"No." Duan Zhou was tormented by his speculations for a whole night, and today the dragon was a little listless.
In fact, for Jiao, not to mention one night, even if he didn't sleep for several days and nights, it wouldn't be a big deal, but Duan Zhou was mentally exhausted.
He had been thinking about it all night last night, and the snake mask was almost crushed by him. When Duan Zhou thought of this, the corners of his lips drooped again, and he was obviously unwilling to think about this sad thing anymore.
He no longer had any good feelings towards this "snake boss" whom he had never met before, and of course, he didn't have any good feelings towards Shen Wei either.
"Why would you like a thing that wants to kill you?" Duan Zhou said in a muffled voice while biting the teacup.
"What?" Chen Wei was tying his belt and didn't hear clearly what Duan Zhou said. He turned around and asked, "Did Brother Duan just talk to me?"
"No, I'm talking to my sword." Duan Zhou turned his head away, avoiding Chen Wei's gaze, and said in a muffled voice: "Just take care of yourself."
Chen Wei didn't know why this human sword cultivator was angry again, so he could only smile and said in a gentle tone: "It is said that sword cultivators regard swords as the other half of their lives and cherish them very much. If this is true, it seems that this sword must have a very special meaning to Brother Duan."
Anyway, when seeing an alchemy practitioner, they would praise his elixirs as good and say they were magical medicines. When seeing a sword practitioner, they would praise his sword as good and say it was the only one in the world.
Chen Wei knew the essence of flattery very well and grasped it very accurately.
Duan Zhou glanced at him lightly, and seeing that Chen Wei looked at him with trust in his eyes, the anxiety in his heart seemed to be soothed, and his expression eased a little. He said: "There is nothing special about this sword, it's just that it has been with me for a long time, so... so it feels a little special."
Shen Wei immediately nodded, indicating that he understood.
Jiao, who had been angry all night, was coaxed into a calm state by a look. He returned to his usual self and stood up and said, "We have to continue our journey today. I asked the waiter to pack some snacks for you to take with you in case you get hungry on the way."
“It doesn’t taste like fish, does it?” Chen Wei was almost suffering from a psychological trauma from eating fish.
Duan Zhou took the package. He glanced at Chen Wei's nervous look, raised the corners of his lips slightly, and then coughed softly, saying: "Of course not, they are all your favorite foods, don't worry."
When I walked out the door in the morning, I saw a tall and thin man with a bandaged arm and a rabbit next to him chewing a carrot. When Chen Wei and Duan Zhou walked past them, the tall and thin man turned his head and looked at Chen Wei's back. After thinking for a while, he gently kicked the rabbit chewing a carrot and said, "Why do I feel that the one just now looked like the sect master?"
"It's the sect master." Rabbit sighed and said, "But the swordsman next to him looks a little unfamiliar. I don't know where he came from."
The unfamiliar "sword cultivator" was sitting on a horse at this moment. He and Shen Wei rode out of the city on horseback, and met a caravan heading from Qingcheng to Luocheng. The sect conference was located in Luocheng, where the Sword Sect was located.
There were not many people in this caravan. Chen Wei took a casual look and found that most of them were independent cultivators. He did not see any spiritual beasts. They were all human cultivators. There were a total of six carriages. It could only be considered a small caravan at best. However, there was something indescribable about the carriage in the middle. When Chen Wei wanted to take a closer look, someone suddenly turned slightly to the side, blocking Chen Wei's sight.
"Would you two like to follow us?" The leader of the caravan stepped forward and said with a smile, "Then follow closely. The sect conference will be held soon. Sects and independent cultivators from all over the place will rush here. It will be a mixed bag, so be careful."
"Thank you for the reminder." Chen Wei bowed and thanked him, then asked, "Are you going to Luocheng for the sect conference as well?"
"Of course not." The caravan leader was also a sword cultivator. He laughed and said, "We are just going to the Chamber of Commerce in Luo City to sell things. All the cultivators in the world have gathered in Luo City. We are buying some elixirs and spiritual herbs at this moment. The prices are at least 30% higher than usual."
Chen Wei's eyes lit up. You know, except for the Vermillion Bird Peak, the rest of the Ten Thousand Beast Sect is really poor.
"Don't think about it." Duan Zhou saw through Chen Wei's thoughts at a glance. He whispered, "Instead of doing business with you, you might as well go to the toad on Xuanwu Peak to do business. At least it will have a good feng shui reputation."
“…” Chen Wei glanced at Duan Zhou.
"What's wrong?" Duan Zhou felt a little uncomfortable being stared at. He gently grasped the reins, cleared his throat and said, "If you have something to say, just say it. There's no need to stare at me like this."
"If it could have been allowed to do business, it would have come out long ago. I saw the records of this toad from Xuanwu Peak in the Treasure Pavilion. It said that it painted its entire body golden a few years ago and pretended to be a golden toad at the foot of the mountain, swindling people everywhere. In the end, it was caught, beaten, and thrown back to Xuanwu Peak." Chen Wei spread out his hands and said, "Because it fell into the clutches of Chi Luan, and was later discovered by Chi Luan and almost beaten to death."
"..." Duan Zhou didn't know about these things. He paused and asked, "Fortunately, the leader of Suzaku Peak had a keen eye for people, so he didn't get deceived."
"No." Chen Wei sighed deeply and said, "It's because Chi Luan was also deceived at the beginning, and was cheated of a lot of money. I heard that Chi Luan was very pious at that time and asked for money from this fake golden toad, but in the end he was almost cheated out of everything. That's why he flapped his wings and beat the fake golden toad from the bottom of the mountain to the top of the mountain. If Wu Man hadn't intervened, it would have been beaten to death."
"..." Duan Zhou was not sure about this matter, so he could only say: "The leader of Xuanwu Peak is a kind-hearted person... Turtle."
"Not really, because the first victim was Wu Man, and Wu Man wanted the toad to spit out the food. If the toad was directly caught by Chi Luan and taken to Zhuque Peak, it would most likely end up being a roasted toad." Chen Wei spread his hands and said, "Wu Man said that if the toad doesn't spit out the food, it won't let it go."
"..." Duan Zhou thought for a moment, then changed his assessment and said very pertinently: "So there were two victims."
"But Wu Man is very careful. As long as it keeps an eye on you, there is no way you can escape from Xuanwu Peak." Chen Wei said with a smile, "This toad has managed to trick the beast into submission."
They were whispering in the back, and when they took a break, the head of the Chamber of Commerce handed a few pancakes to Chen Wei and Duan Zhou, saying, "The journey is long, so we only prepared a little dry food. Don't despise it, young heroes."
Chen Wei and the others naturally wouldn't dislike it. When they were about to eat it, Chen Wei suddenly frowned slightly. He sniffed the pancake gently, then raised his hand and pressed it on Duan Zhou's shoulder, lowering his voice and saying, "Don't eat it, this pancake seems to be bad."
Duan Zhou nodded slightly without changing his expression, indicating that he heard it.
The two men leaned slightly to the side and hid the pancakes in the package behind them, then sat down beside a tree to rest. Suddenly, they heard a slight sound. When Chen Wei was about to open his eyes to see, Duan Zhou hugged him and whispered, "Don't move, someone is coming."
Upon hearing this, Shen Wei continued to pretend to close his eyes to see what the other party wanted to do.
Then, he heard someone say behind him: "Take it to honor the Golden Toad Master, and ask the Master to bless the caravan to be safe and sound this time, and to make a lot of money."
"Of course he will." Another person whispered, "Master Golden Toad only seeks wealth, not life. These two little brothers are just unlucky. Just think of it as a way to ward off disaster by losing money."
Chen Wei's heart trembled slightly, and he intuitively felt that the term "golden toad" sounded somewhat familiar.
Just as he was thinking, he suddenly felt himself and Duan Zhou being lifted up. He quickly pretended to be knocked unconscious to see where these people were going to take them. After a bumpy ride, Chen Wei felt himself and Duan Zhou being stuffed into a carriage together.
The carriage was spacious and cushioned. At least Chen Wei didn't feel any bumps with his eyes closed. He could even smell a little bit of earthy odor. He intuitively felt that something was coming towards him. The sound didn't sound like a person walking, but more like something jumping.
Shen Wei's heart moved slightly and he immediately became alert.
He gently opened his eyes and saw a golden toad looking down at him. The other party did not seem to expect Shen Wei to be here. He showed an extremely surprised and frightened expression on his face, and then instantly became flattering and shouted: "Sect Master! This frog has been looking for you for a long time!"
Shen Wei felt that he didn't need to guess, he said why he felt an indescribable sense of familiarity, it turned out that the deception was repeated for the second time, and this time it hit him.
"Do you know each other?" Duan Zhou stopped pretending. He sat up and leaned against the carriage. He glanced back and forth between Shen Wei and the golden toad and said, "Could this be the dyed toad?"
"..." Chen Wei nodded with difficulty, then looked at the toad and said, "Why did you go down the mountain? Shouldn't you stay at Xuanwu Peak?"
He had just revealed the "Golden Toad's" trick to Duan Zhou, and assured him that there was no way the "Golden Toad" could escape from Xuanwu Peak. Unexpectedly, the first thing he did was to find that they both became victims. How could this not be a slap in the face?
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