Chapter 129 Pass
The kingfisher was overjoyed and led them to a hidden passage in the "Waterway Survey Office".
She said, "Esteemed guests, this formation is specially set up for distinguished guests. There is no need to wait."
"Please go in and inspect. I'll wait outside. If there are any non-compliant items, I'll take you to the ferry station for transport."
Jiaojue nodded slightly to the kingfisher and led the shamans into the inner room.
The poison detection array in the waterway survey institute is composed of sixteen huge, regularly spaced, transparent mirror stones, and is used by a group of water snake cultivators.
As Jiaojue entered the formation, a gray-white dragon's body was reflected on the mirror stone. The leading black serpent with a single horn called out, "Indeed, guest, please come this way."
But as soon as Wu Zi entered the formation, a black and green image immediately appeared on the mirror stone.
A green snake carrying a basket of spiritual herbs came to the foot of the formation. She handed the basket to Wu Pi and said, "Guest, please take out any poison you are carrying and put it here."
If this is your prized possession, you can later take it to the fishpond to transport it.
Wu Zixu followed his instructions and took out all the poison from his hands, fingers, feet, mouth, and other places where it could be hidden, and put them in a basket.
However, the black and green image on the mirror stone remained unchanged.
The green snake bowed and asked, "Guest, was your robe also poisoned?"
Wu Pei nodded.
It is common for poison cultivators to be covered in poison, and the Canghe Ferry is very experienced and well-prepared to deal with such situations.
So the Green Snake led the Witch to a small hut beside the formation, changed into a rough spiritual hemp robe, and said, "Guest, this spiritual hemp robe costs one hundred spirit crystals. Would you like to pay now or later?"
Wu Pi had never left the desolate sea before. As soon as the poison left his back, he felt as if he had been stripped naked, and his whole body felt uncomfortable.
Upon hearing that this inferior spiritual hemp clothing cost 100 spirit crystals, his face immediately fell.
He carried the basket, ran out of the formation, and came to the transparent part of the formation entrance, watching the shaman gesturing anxiously.
Upon seeing this, Miao Wu said to Jiao Jue, "Ninth Brother has been practicing poison magic since childhood. He is poison itself, so I'm afraid he won't be able to overcome it."
Jiao Jue then asked the one-horned black snake standing beside him, "This cultivator inside has been practicing poison since childhood. How can someone in his situation travel by boat?"
Black Serpent hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Has the cultivator in the formation already mastered the Poison Body? Our Ferryman's Guild has prepared specially made robes for cultivators who have already mastered the Poison Body."
These robes can isolate the body from the poison and the outside world; guests can rent or purchase them.
"What is the value of such a robe?"
The black unicorn snake replied, "The quality and value of robes vary. If this cultivator doesn't travel the Canghe River often, buying a robe worth a thousand would be enough."
Jiaojue then asked, "If we change our route to the air, will we still need these robes?"
"Traveling with drugs is prohibited in the Canghe River basin. If you choose to travel by air, the same applies."
Jiao Jue understood and pointed at Wu Pu, saying, "Let him out. We'll go buy some robes, twelve of them. We don't want the tattered one he's wearing!"
Upon hearing that Jiao Jue wanted to buy twelve pieces without even haggling, Ji Rong thought he was being ripped off and said to the one-horned black snake, "Let's buy twelve robes and make the price nine."
The black unicorn snake's eyes blazed with fury when it heard that this generous customer wanted to buy twelve robes.
But upon hearing Ji Rong bargain, he immediately put on a bitter face and said, "Guest, this price was set by Lord Canghe, and we cannot change it."
Jiao Jue had been waiting impatiently for a long time. He narrowed his cold eyes and brandished his claws at Ji Rong.
Ji Rong then said, "Then let's not take off his tattered clothes, let's just give them to him, it's too much trouble to keep exchanging them."
A rough hemp robe only costs a few dollars, so the one-horned black snake quickly said "okay" and released the witch, letting the green snake take them to choose a robe.
The Lich lineage has practiced poison magic to varying degrees.
Having made a fortune, Jiao Jue felt that instead of waiting and wasting time, it would be more efficient to directly purchase the ceremonial robes.
He told Ji Rong and the others to continue testing, and then wait for the results.
After the lich clan changed into their robes and properly stored the poison, they reunited and went to board the boat together.
Ji Rong and the others finished their tests in less than a quarter of an hour. Just as they were taking their travel tokens, the green snake returned and even slightly turned its head.
Upon seeing this, the one-horned black snake beamed and summoned a black snake, instructing her to lead Ji Rong and the others to a side room where they could drink some spiritual tea, eat some spiritual fruit, and wait patiently.
Ji Rong and the others went into the inner room, and Gu Qingqing leaned against Ji Rong and said sourly, "Brother Jinlong must have spent a lot of money. Look at the appearance of that black snake, it can't wait to worship us."
Upon hearing this, Ji Rong tilted her head and patted Gu Qingqing's head with her wing claws, saying generously, "Sister Qingqing, we have money too. If you see anything you like, just tell me, and we'll buy it."
It did cost a considerable amount of spirit crystals to obtain the horn jade.
He bought a robe for three thousand each for the mage and the sorcerer, and a robe for one thousand each for ten of his sorcerer disciples.
Before they even put on their robes, Wu Pu said sternly, "Put the poison from your bodies into your respective pouches, and then hand them over to me!"
He then said to the sorcerer, "That formation is powerful. You must not poison your clothes, or you won't be able to get through it."
Then, the shaman and the sorcerer separated the ten disciples into men and women, checked them one by one, and then distributed the ritual robes for them to wear.
After donning their ceremonial robes, Wu Zixu carried a basket and followed Jiao Jue to transport the poisonous creatures. Jiao Jue asked the attendant, "We came to Canghe River for sightseeing, and we will return the way we came after we have had our fill. Should we also rent fish to accompany us?"
The waiter immediately said respectfully, "In your case, there is no need to rent fish. You only need to pay some spirit crystals consumed by the poison storage array."
Then he led Jiao Jue to the storage array.
She looked at the basket in Wu Pu's hand and led them to a suitable formation.
Jiao Jue paid a thousand spirit crystals, received the voucher and array token, and led the Lich lineage to the "Waterway Survey Institute" to meet up with Ji Rong and the others.
Upon entering the research institute, Jiao Jue and his group once again entered the formation to test it, obtained the passage jade token, and met up with Ji Rong and the others before heading to the ferry.
The Canghe River is thriving. At the ferry crossing, there are six enormous multi-story ships, each 100 feet long, and a row of smaller multi-story ships, each 60 feet long.
Jiao Jue shrunk his body to half a zhang tall, and Ji Rong, Gu Qingqing and Ji Zhuang also shrank their size.
Jiao Jue became interested when he saw that the boatman on duty of a huge multi-story ship was actually pulled by five dragons, and that the ship could go all the way to the foot of Canglan Mountain.
However, the fare for this ship is expensive, costing eight thousand spirit crystals per person, and even slaves and pets are charged the same fare, not including food.
"So expensive!" Ji Rong, who was standing to the side, exclaimed inwardly upon hearing the price, her beady eyes widening in surprise.
Jiao Jue didn't care and immediately took out his huge storage ring to pay the fare.
Upon seeing this, Ji Rong dragged the horned jade by its paw and moved it to the side.
She said with great distress, "Brother Jinlong! This is too expensive! This boat is for cultivators who are extremely wealthy and own mines."
Upon hearing this, Jiao Jue couldn't help but chuckle, "Am I not?"
"However, we are here to experience the local customs."
Ji Rong glanced at the Wu Clan disciples standing to the side and said, "They are still so young, yet they are already riding such expensive boats. Will they be able to afford them in the future?"
Brother, are you planning to bring the entire Wu clan, young and old, to ride this boat?
As an auspicious omen revered by the entire Wu tribe, you cannot show favoritism.
Jiao Jue was speechless after Ji Rong's argument, and finally settled for a small, sixty-zhang-long building boat.
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