The four buns should have been made by Old Man Chen at home. The fillings were quite substantial, but the vegetable buns were a bit salty.
After eating, Ji Yuan rolled the dried lotus leaves into a ball and threw them into the grass on the shore, leaving them to nature to decompose. He left the hemp rope on the boat and waited to return it to Old Man Chen next time.
I took a sip of wine and looked at the emerald green fishing rod beside me. It seemed that the conditions today were not suitable for fishing.
Just after he finished eating the buns, several big fish swam across from the bottom of the river. Although their dark silhouettes did not look as exaggerated as the dragon, they were still bigger than the black-sailed boat under him.
Ji Yuan looked towards the south. So many water creatures were heading there. Something big must have happened somewhere in Tongtian River. However, seeing that the passing water creatures seemed to be unhurried, it shouldn't be an emergency or a big deal.
Anyway, this matter should not affect the mortals outside Tongtian River, let alone Ji Yuan. It is a place where water monsters gather, so no matter how curious you are, it is better not to delve into it too deeply.
Before we knew it, the weather was getting colder and colder.
On this day, Ji Yuan picked up the fishing rod helplessly, looked at the intact bait, and the fish basket next to it was still empty.
“Alas… there’s no way to catch this fish!”
It has been several days in a row and no fish has been caught. I guess the fishermen along the Tongtian River have had a hard time these days. But after all, it is not the fishing season now, so I guess not many fishermen are out on the boats.
It’s just that Mr. Ji really wants to drink fish soup, but recently he asked Old Man Chen to buy fresh fish for him, but he couldn’t get any.
Water monsters would swim by every once in a while. Ji Yuan casually counted and found that dozens of waves had passed by just what he noticed.
There are not many monsters in the entire Dazhen, let alone those with high levels of Taoism, so Ji Yuan is very suspicious that even a lot of aquatic monsters from outside the country have come here.
"It's not the New Year yet, this isn't popular among the aquatic people, right?"
Just as he was thinking this, the sound of horse hooves and wheels came from the distance on the shore. Ji Yuan looked towards the shore following the sound and found a team of carriages and horses coming towards this side from the other end of the road.
As the carriages approached, Ji Yuan watched for a while. There was a flow of literary spirit in several carriages. They should be candidates coming to Beijing for imperial examinations. Their level could not be too low. Judging from the situation, their families would have no less money.
At this time, snowflakes began to fall from the sky, drawing Ji Yuan's attention to this beautiful scenery falling from the sky.
Actually, this is the first snow of this year and also the first snow that Ji Yuan has ever seen in his life.
He reached out to catch one, and the snowflake was immediately melted by the warmth of his palm. He picked up the wine jug beside him and pulled out the cork. With his childish innocence aroused, Ji Yuan used the mouth of the bottle to catch the snowflakes around him like a child.
A carriage passed by on the roadside. A scholar lifted the curtain of the carriage and looked towards the river. He saw the vast river surface with snow falling from the sky, and also saw a fisherman in a straw raincoat and hat on a solitary boat.
"After all, we are under the emperor's feet, Jing has better intentions!"
"Haha...Brother Shi seems to be in a good mood. I'm almost freezing to death!"
Another scholar next to him wrapped himself in a blanket tightly and held a charcoal stove in his hands.
Among the carriage and horse team, a big man wearing a plush cloak rode out of the team, approached the shore, and shouted at Ji Yuan.
"Boatman, do you know how far is the Zhuangyuan Ferry?"
Hearing the other party calling him, Ji Yuan put down the wine jug and turned to them, shouting in response.
"Go south along the river, and you'll arrive in about ten miles~~~"
The man on the horse bowed in the direction of the black-sailed boat, then led his horse back to the team.
Seeing how comfortable these team members were, Ji Yuan couldn't help but wonder what his good friend Master Yin would do.
The Yin family is not a wealthy family but they are not very poor either. They should have enough money to hire a carriage in this freezing cold weather. Besides, Ning'an County is rarely blessed with good fortune, so the county will surely provide great assistance.
Ji Yuan watched the convoy leave and took a sip of Ji's snow wine. Psychologically, he felt that the wine tasted a little better.
At the same time, in the artistic conception of mountains and rivers, Ji Yuan, as usual, used his mind to draw wisps of elixir energy from the elixir furnace and point them at the chess pieces. He would do this once every three days.
Now, the most solid chess piece is still Lu Shanjun's black piece, but Ji Yuan estimates that Lu Shanjun must really make great progress in practice and successfully transform before it can be completely solidified into a black piece.
However, for a monster to cultivate and transform into a human is one of the biggest challenges and it cannot be accomplished overnight. Even with Ji Yuan "feeding pills" from time to time, it is still unclear how long it will take.
Compared with Ji Yuan's calmness, the two current leaders of Tongtian River Water Palace are not in a very good mentality.
The God of Rivers Ying Ruoli was sitting in the hall, watching the water creatures begin to decorate the main hall. Some of them even brought corals from the sea for decoration. The God of Rivers, who looked calm, was extremely anxious.
After a while, a dragon shadow entered Jiang Shen Mansion and transformed into a man in brocade clothes in front of the hall. It was his brother Ying Feng.
Seeing Ying Feng come in, Ying Ruoli quickly stood up.
"How about it?"
Ying Feng shook his head.
"Still haven't found it..."
After saying this, Ying Feng walked closer, looked around, and whispered stealthily:
"Your last suggestion... maybe you really need to think about it..."
After saying that, the brother and sister looked at each other, both with helpless expressions. It was rare for the dignified God of Tongtian River and the dignified Dragon Son to be forced into this state.
The brother and sister, who had been frowning a moment ago, suddenly froze in shock, then looked towards the north with a look of joy on their faces.
. . .
On the bank of Tongtian River, a sturdy man in a cloak added charcoal to the stove of the young man in the carriage that had just passed by Ji Yuan not long ago, and then quickly rode his horse back to follow.
I just turned my head and looked behind me inadvertently, and found a man in gorgeous clothes standing next to a small boat on the river bank dozens of feet away.
"Strange, was there this person over there just now?"
His companions heard his doubts and turned to look.
"We just passed by, I think we didn't see it just now..."
But the two didn't think too much about it. Maybe they didn't notice someone coming from somewhere else.
On the other side, Ji Yuan was still drinking, but suddenly his heart was startled. When he put down the wine jug, he found that there was a person standing by the river.
It was still the same double-breasted straight-breasted coat and the same look, it was exactly the same old Long Yinghong.
"Hahaha...Mr. Ji's taste is still the same. He wears a straw raincoat and a bamboo hat, sits in a small boat with a black sail, and drinks alone while watching the snow on the river!"
Ji Yuan quickly stood up and bowed to the old man.
"So it's Mr. Ying. No wonder Ji Yuan didn't go to visit him when he was at his doorstep!"
Lao Long also returned the gift to Ji Yuan and laughed heartily.
"Hahahaha... If you had known that I wasn't at home, you wouldn't have come to visit me. I thought you would be absent from this event, but you've been waiting for me here. Do you have any gifts prepared?"
Gift? What gift
Ji Yuan was a little confused, but before he could ask awkwardly, Lao Long said it with a smile.
"It's just a joke. Mr. Ji has come all the way to celebrate the birthday of a water monster like me. It's already a great honor for me. Come on, follow me to Tongtian River Water Palace!"
birthday
Ji Yuan's first reaction was that it was no wonder that so many water monsters were passing through, it turned out to be the real dragon's birthday banquet. It seemed that the number of water monsters passing through was relatively small, and that if they were to attend the real dragon's birthday banquet, even if they passed through some areas under the jurisdiction of the gods, most of them would give them some convenience and would not stop them.
But... Mr. Ying invited me to attend the birthday party
"My goodness, this is leading me into a den of demons!"
Imagine that scene, the picture is so beautiful.
"Well, Mr. Ying, why don't we have a drink on this boat? I would like to congratulate you on your birthday in advance. As for underwater... wouldn't it be inconvenient for a cultivator like me to go? Besides, this black-sailed boat was borrowed by Ji Yuan, so it would be bad to keep it..."
Ying Hong has been looking for Ji Yuan for more than three years and is somewhat depressed. He will not give Ji Yuan any chance to make excuses now.
"Hahaha... you're worrying too much, sir. We are all wine lovers. You must go and try the fine wines collected by the four water tribes. As for this small boat, you don't have to worry about it!"
After saying that, Lao Long jumped into the boat, waved his hand, the boat shook, and then sank directly into the water.
"Splash..." The sound of water waves rose.
Ji Yuan almost fell down and when he reacted, the black-sailed boat had already sunk into the water and was heading south at the bottom of the river.
. . .
The man still felt something was strange about the caravan ahead, so he looked back again after walking a long way.
But when he turned around, he was stunned and rubbed his eyes quickly. When he looked again, the river bank where he had asked for directions was still empty. He also saw nothing in other directions of the river.
'Where's the boat?'