By the nameless river in the Outer Xing'an Mountains, the villagers of Longxinggou knelt on the ground and kowtowed to the tumbling river in front of them.
More than a hundred foreheads kept knocking on the dirt road by the river, and the sound of thumping was one after another.
While kowtowing, a village of young and old kept shouting:
"Good luck! Good luck!"
"I didn't expect that this time, the Dragon King would show his holiness in front of so many of us. The Dragon King's envoy is right! The Dragon King really loves us!"
"What are you still doing? Send the sacrifice to the river!"
"Hurry up, hurry up! Stop knocking!"
"Where's the cow? Bring the cow up!"
After the more than one hundred villagers by the river kowtowed at the same time, they soon fell into a strange phenomenon.
As they spoke loudly, expressing their loyalty to the Black Water Dragon King, the movement of their mouths was louder than louder.
Even Lin Shuo and Anne on the mountain could hear it clearly.
But under their feet, as if they had taken root, no one moved.
The big river in front of me is like boiling, with huge waves and mist.
Not only that, but the sky also turned gloomy, with dark clouds.
They have never seen such a scene in their life, and they are both excited and scared.
After all, the old Orion had seen the Black Water Dragon King when he was a child. He got up from the ground first, lit a pipe, smoked it, and walked to the river to watch the movement in the water.
Except for him, no one in the whole village dared to approach the river, and everyone looked up at the old man.
From Lin Shuo's perspective on the mountain, the Black Water Dragon King came from the upper reaches of the river, from north to south. The water area here is the narrowest. After passing through here, not far away is the place where this river and Heilongjiang meet.
At this time, Lin Shuo and Anne could see clearly that the Black Water Dragon King had actually left.
However, looking at it from the riverside, it is unlikely that this conclusion can be drawn, because the sediment at the bottom of the river has been stirred up by this black water dragon king, the water has long been muddy, and the aftermath on the river has not yet calmed down.
What's even more sinister is that after the Black Water Dragon King left, the sky became overcast again.
Immediately afterwards, there was a strong wind on the river, and it seemed that a heavy rain was coming.
The old hunter by the river looked at the water, then at the sky, turned around and waved.
The sons of the old Orion's family hurried forward and threw the pig they killed the day before yesterday into the river.
When someone takes the lead, things go a lot smoother.
The villagers bravely stepped forward and threw chickens, ducks, geese, and pigs into the river one by one.
In the end, the cow was no match for the strength of more than a dozen strong boys, so it was also pushed down.
Seeing that the sky was about to change, everyone didn't stay by the river for a long time, they hurriedly knelt down again and walked back in a hurry.
Lin Shuo heard from the mountain that when they went, the commotion of playing, playing, playing and singing was louder than when they came. It seemed to be full of relaxation after finishing a big event, and a kind of confidence to get their long-cherished wish fulfilled.
…
Anne watched the whole process from the top of the mountain, took out a hair rope from her handbag, and tied up her long hair that was blown by the strong wind.
The beautiful woman said softly: "The Black Water Dragon King is gone, so they threw the sacrifices, and I don't know who got the better of it in the end."
Lin Shuo seemed thoughtful, and said softly: "Ordinary people run away long ago when they encounter this kind of monster. They can kneel down on the spot, and dare to go to the place without knowing whether the monster in the water has gone or not. Joining the river, this can no longer be described as bold.
It seems that they sincerely worship the god of Black Water Dragon King.
Thinking about it now, the envoy of the Dragon King played tricks on me, he didn't actually put the job into my hands, he just let me think so.
Because even if I expose him, he probably has already prepared an excuse with the villagers.
He has been operating here for decades, and the Black Water Dragon King has become an unbreakable belief here under the packaging of people in their branch.
Those of us outsiders cannot be easily shaken. "
"From what you're saying, this envoy of the Dragon King has some knowledge?" Anne asked.
"En." Lin Shuo nodded, "It seems that the threshold he stepped on is higher than I thought before."
Anne glanced at Lin Shuo and said, "Then you let him go because you want to catch big fish for a long time?"
"You don't need to praise me. I really underestimated him before." Lin Shuo smiled and shook his head, "I'm a little preconceived. I always feel that although this person is from the sect, since he has been reduced to using charlatan tricks to make a living To the extent that he is not so smart, he must be not very clever. I never thought that his game of chess is quite big."
"Then what did he tell us about the Blackwater Dragon King's injury?" Anne asked.
"I don't know. We've got too little information so far. If we make random guesses, we will fall into other people's schemes." Lin Shuo shook his head, "But I have a hunch that we will meet him again."
…
This morning, the sky has been overcast.
At noon, parts of the Heilongjiang River Basin experienced the first rain after autumn.
The rain was heavy, and soon, people could not be seen clearly from three meters away near this nameless river.
Since the passage of the Black Water Dragon King, the waters here have never returned to calm.
The raindrops fell on the turbulent river, and the sound of rustling became a stable background of white noise, and everything around seemed silent.
In the mist, a canoe slowly turned around the foot of the mountain and appeared on the river 20 kilometers downstream of the chain bridge.
Here, less than one kilometer from the confluence of the Wuming River and the Heilongjiang River, it is the widest water area nearby.
Standing on the canoe is a man wearing a coir raincoat, a bamboo hat, and holding a three-meter-long iron pole.
The top of the iron rod is tied with a long hemp rope. These hemp ropes were as thick as wrists and coiled around the man's feet as high as his knees.
The canoe continued to heave and sway with the waves of the river, but the body of the man standing at the bow remained motionless. It was as if the joints of his whole body had been locked, and his feet were welded to the bow of the ship.
The rain was splashing on the bamboo hat, and he just stood motionless in the rain, as if he was waiting for something.
After a while, just below the surface of the river, there was a huge black shadow coming from the upper reaches of the Wuming River.
This figure passed quickly under the canoe, causing the waves on the river to become more turbulent.
At the junction of the two rivers, the long figure made a U-turn under the water, turned around and approached the canoe again.
Then, the boat shook slightly.
The bottom of the canoe had already been dragged away from the water by the black shadow, and it didn't stop until the canoe was five or six meters above the water.
On the surface of the turbulent river, there are two huge eyes, slowly opening.
The pupils of these eyes are upright, and the pair of pupils are no less than the size of a canoe, making them look hideous and terrifying.
The man on the canoe and holding the long pole seemed to have been used to it for a long time, instead of being frightened, he cursed softly:
"Stupid!"
The two giant eyes under the boat blinked, as if they understood human nature.
The people on the boat looked at the turbulent river and began to talk to themselves continuously:
"What? You want to run?"
"Where can you go? There are people everywhere in this world now, you are such a big fool, where can you go without being discovered?"
"What? Are you invulnerable and not afraid of people?"
"Hey, you idiot, you don't know how powerful people are now! It's not a hundred years ago, when we first settled here."
"What are you talking about?! Our Liu family has been tied to you for more than a thousand years, that is dozens of generations! If I leave you now, how will I face my ancestors after death?"
"I want to try again. It's not easy to set up a home for you, and you can't let it out easily."
"I know you can't beat it, am I trying to find a way?"
After chanting for a while, the man stared at Jiang Mian's expression changed slightly, and said, "Stop talking, the harvest is here!"
After saying this, he began to shake the pole in his hand, and the hemp rope tied to the pole and coiled around his feet went up to the sky with a "swish".
It turned out that it was a lasso.
The man swung the noose, swung it around his head a few times, and then swung it outward.
Ten meters away, a cow that was constantly ups and downs in the water was caught by his horns.
"then!"
As soon as the man made a strong hand, the cow flew out of the water like a cannonball, and the monster under the boat opened its mouth wide, just in time to catch it. With a muffled thud, the cow fell down.
This man has great strength! And this monster has such a big mouth!
"The harvest of the past few days is all yours." The man continued to talk to himself, "You have been injured, so take good care of yourself."
"What should I do? I'll just eat stick noodle porridge, what else can I do? This world is not peaceful, and it's not bad if you can fill your stomach."
"Let's have a meal..."