Chapter 65: Going to Sea
Wang Fishing Village is really small, located on a delta at the mouth of a river. This kind of land is usually very fertile, but they do not make a living by farming.
For fishermen living near the sea, the vast East China Sea is a huge treasure.
After years of fishing, the people of Wangyu Village built two large boats from scratch, and all the young and strong people in the village were assigned to the two boats to take turns going out to sea.
Such large ships allow them to go further out to sea, catch more fish, and live better than other fishing villages.
But the farther you go out to sea, the greater the risk.
There are not only treasures in the East China Sea, but also countless wonders.
As we all know, there are far more living creatures in the sea than on land. Correspondingly, there are also more evil spirits in the sea.
And just like this eternal ocean, the evil in the deep sea is even older and more mysterious.
What happened in the small Wang fishing village may be just a drop in the ocean.
But for the people in this village, it means the collapse of nearly half of their families.
So Li Chu took this matter extremely seriously.
After arriving at Wangyu Village, we saw the old village chief and a group of villagers waiting here early.
As soon as the boat docked, it was warmly welcomed by the villagers.
The old village chief took the lead, and the villagers behind him came forward enthusiastically to shake hands with Li Chu, especially the young girls and wives in the village.
They said that their husbands and sons were turned into water monkeys, so they were looking forward to Li Chu rescuing them.
In order to calm them down, Li Chu comforted them one by one.
But as they held hands more and more girls came running out of the village, and more and more people came, until finally a long line formed.
Li Chu couldn't help but ask the old village chief: "Have all the husbands of so many people turned into water monkeys?"
The old village chief coughed a few times with a red face and drove away all the girls who came after hearing the news.
The village had originally prepared a seafood feast to entertain them.
Li Chu was somewhat tempted by this.
After the little koi came to Deyun Temple, a new rule was added to the temple.
No fish allowed...
You can’t even put fish balls in the hot pot.
So in Yuhang Town, adjacent to the East China Sea, the master and apprentice had not eaten fish for a long time.
But think about it, before the little koi arrived, they had to plan for half a month to prepare for a meat meal.
Without her, there might not be the thriving Deyun Temple today, so I feel relieved.
Li Chu could actually understand this. Any creature that has developed spirituality would probably not want to see its own kind being put on the table.
But this also gave him a reminder.
Fox girls are still relatively lucky, as humans don’t have the habit of eating fox meat.
From now on, they are not allowed to accept demon slaves like pigs, cows, and sheep, otherwise, they might as well just convert the Taoist temple into a Buddhist temple.
but.
Considering the importance of saving lives, Li Chu decided to put off eating seafood and go see the water monkeys first.
The old village chief invited them warmly, but seeing that Li Chu was determined, he had to take them to a pond outside the village first.
Because water monkeys cannot leave the water for a long time, they are simply placed in the pond.
When they got outside the pond, the old village chief sighed: "Alas, a good ship of sailors turned into such monsters..."
Take a look.
The pond was not very large, and was surrounded by a fence that was probably erected temporarily and was very loose. There were also a dozen young men from the village holding red tasseled spears and watching over it.
This shows that the old village chief is still on guard, fearing that these water monkeys may make any unusual moves.
But it should be so, after all, it is related to evil spirits.
There were thirty or fifty water monkeys splashing around in the pond, making it look a bit crowded, but the water monkeys seemed very happy. They chased each other back and forth, occasionally going ashore and climbing up and down the big trees, sometimes hanging upside down like a golden hook, and sometimes trying to catch the moon.
As for the appearance, it was the same as Wang Longqi described.
The size and posture of the monkeys are similar to those of wild monkeys in the mountains. The only difference is that the water monkeys are covered with dark green hard scales and their tails look sharper and more powerful, which may be more convenient for swimming.
Wang Longqi chuckled, "They are quite open-minded and are still playing here."
The old village chief sighed, "Alas, who can be so generous? When they first came back, they were still worried and remembered their identities. But now they look more and more like real beasts. I'm afraid that after a while, they will completely forget that they are human!"
Li Chu had good eyesight and saw at a glance that there was a water monkey on the shore, which was completely different from other water monkeys.
It looked at the water with a sad expression, standing with its paws behind its back. There were many wounds on its body, some of which were bandaged and still bleeding.
"What's going on? It seems different from the others." Li Chu asked.
"It's called Wu Er, and it's the only person on the boat who can read." The old village chief said, "Thanks to it, we can know their experience in such detail."
Li Chu asked again: "How did he get hurt?"
The old village chief smiled and asked, "Master Li, just by looking at them, can you tell the difference between these water monkeys?"
Li Chu glanced at it and shook his head, "No."
"Yes, they all look the same, so we can't tell which is which. They slept with the maids on that island, and the wives at home found out, so they naturally wouldn't let them off."
"But I can't tell which one is my man, so I have to bear it for now."
"But Wu Er is different. He knows how to read and was the first to come out and talk to us, telling us about the things on the island. His wife knew it must be him, so she was the first to explode, picking up a rolling pin and rushing over... If we hadn't stopped him, he wouldn't have a single healthy scale now..."
"Pfft." Wang Longqi couldn't help but laugh, and said leisurely: "Knowledge changes destiny——"
Li Chu took a special look using his mind-eye technique.
There is nothing special about the Qi of these water monkeys; they look no different from ordinary wild beasts.
If we have to say the difference, it might be that they have less hostility, ferocity, evil spirit and other negative emotions, after all, they have human souls inside them.
This was followed by a sumptuous seafood dinner.
The seafood prepared by the fishermen may not be as delicate as that in big restaurants, but it is definitely fresh and tender, and the portions are large and filling.
While eating, Wang Longqi kindly reminded him, "Don't eat too much when you get on board."
Li Chu and the fox girl nodded.
But when it comes to eating, I don't care about that. Eating until I'm almost full is not too much, right?
Especially the fox girl, who looks like a weak little girl, but she just has an extra tail.
Who would have thought that she could eat as much as three young men, and the way she ate, to put it nicely, was like devouring everything in sight, or to put it bluntly, like a hungry dog pouncing on its food, leaving the surrounding villagers dumbfounded.
After eating, she smiled shyly, wiped her mouth gracefully, and nodded slightly.
dignified.
With this meal, she successfully changed the villagers' evaluation of her from "actually a monster" to "worthy of being a monster".
There's nothing I can do, I'm used to being hungry.
She stole a glance at Li Chu and found that he was eating harder than she was. But he seemed so calm, so cool, and so uninhibited.
She also thought to herself, he is worthy of being my master.
After dinner, we boarded a large ship sent by the village and set sail with eight or nine experienced sailors.
The sea charts along the way were all drawn by the water monkeys with their claws. Although they were a little crooked, they should be pretty close. After all, they were all old fishermen who had sailed back from memory.
Soon after getting on board, Wang Longqi leaned over the back of the boat and began to vomit violently.
He had been at sea before and had suffered losses, so he made instructions in advance and only ate until he was 80% full.
Who would have thought it would be so useless.
But what puzzled him was that Li Chu and the fox girl, who were both going out to sea for the first time, had no reaction at all. They were just leisurely enjoying the scenery of the sea, and the fox girl was shouting from time to time.
Wang Longqi walked over with a pale face and asked angrily, "Why don't you two get seasick?"
The master and slave looked at each other and shrugged.
The look in his eyes seemed to say, No way, no ...
Wang Longqi felt aggrieved and left with a pout.
After about two hours, the sailor who was watching the wind at the bow scratched his head and said, "Strange."
Li Chu walked over and asked, "What's wrong?"
The sailor said, "According to the chart, we should be there by now. At least we should be able to see it within sight, but..."
He pointed to the bare sea horizon ahead, where there was nothing.
Li Chu frowned. This was a bit difficult.
Could it be some secret place or a movable island?
They exchanged only a few words when they heard the sailor behind them shout, "Oh—"
Looking up, I saw rolling inky black clouds gathering towards me.
The clouds are moving in all directions!
The sailor shouted: "The weather has changed——"
(End of this chapter)
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