Demon Fox: Open the treasure chest from one person

Chapter 179 Qingzhou Mu Family, Cedar Longboat

"Okay, don't worry about it, anyway, we are definitely going to use that boat, so let's go and inquire first. It happens that there is a large group of people around the boat, so let's go and see what they are doing."

With the eyesight of Dongfang Haoyue, he had already seen a group of people gathered under the boat that Xiao Se called the Cedar Long Boat. He was curious, and after hearing Xiao Se's words, he immediately proposed to go and have a look.

The other people naturally had no objection to Dongfang Haoyue's proposal, and the group walked towards the huge long boat in a mighty manner.

After getting under the boat, everyone realized that although the boat looked huge from a distance, when they got closer, they felt that the boat was ridiculously big.

It was not until a few people came to the bottom of the boat that they could see clearly. At this time, a large group of people under the boat formed a circle, and in the circle stood a strong man with a naked upper body, holding a long bamboo pole in his hand. There is a silver circle on the head, and it is pacing around a table.

The six people walked a few steps closer curiously, only then did they see a bamboo cage on the table, and inside the bamboo cage was a thin golden thread snake poking its head and spitting out its message!
"snake!"

Seeing this, Ye Ruoyi exclaimed softly, and Lei Wujie immediately protected Ye Ruoyi when he heard the sound.

Tang Lian, who was born in the Tang Sect, knew all kinds of poisons best, so she recognized the golden thread snake at first sight, and said:
"This is a golden thread snake, a very poisonous snake, but if the venom of this snake is extracted, it can detoxify all snakes in the world, so its venom is very precious, and a small cup of venom can be sold for hundreds of taels of silver .”

Lei Wujie felt sorry for Ye Ruoyi being scared by the snake, and said with some dissatisfaction:

"This Mu family, why are you putting a poisonous snake here? You're not afraid of hurting people? Even if you don't hurt people, it's not good to scare people!"

Dongfang Haoyue sized it up, and found that Lei Wujie was the only one among the six people who was easy to handle, but he was showing himself in front of Ye Ruoyi, so it was not easy to call him, so she turned her head and said to Tang Lian:
"Nephew Tang Lian, you are the best at dealing with people when you travel around. Go around and ask around to see what the Mu family is doing."

Tang Lian nodded when she heard the words, turned around and went to inquire about the news with the fishermen around here.

As soon as Tang Lian left, the strong man who was confronting the golden thread snake over there had had some accidents.

After a brief confrontation, the golden thread snake finally found a chance, jumped to the man's side, opened its mouth and bit down.

The man couldn't dodge in time, he was directly bitten firmly on the hand, and immediately passed out on the spot.

Fortunately, the Mu family seemed to have been prepared for this. Immediately, two people in black cloaks approached the man. They waved their hands lightly, and the golden thread snake dodged far away, and curled up into a ball. Quietly stopped in place, not daring to move.

Then a man in a black cloak helped the fallen man up, took out a water bag, and fed the man with a mouthful of unknown liquid, then the man slowly woke up.

"This golden thread snake seems to be specially cultivated. It has been fed with special medicinal materials, and the toxicity has faded a lot. Otherwise, the poison may not be so easy to detox. The golden thread snake venom recorded in the book is a blood-sealed throat. .”

Although he didn't know as much as Tang Lian, a Tang sect disciple, the well-informed Xiao Se could see some clues at this time.

"If you fail the assessment, you will be rewarded with thirty copper coins, and you will leave."

Just after the man woke up, he heard someone beside him say something loudly, Dongfang Haoyue and the others looked around, only to find that there was a small square table next to him, on which was a notebook, and a middle-aged man with a goatee The young man picked up the brush in his hand and drew a cross on one of the names.

"Anyone else want to try?"

Then the middle-aged man asked again.

"Assessment?"

Hearing the middle-aged man's words, Xiao Se's eyes narrowed slightly, and he already had some guesses about the purpose of the Mu family.

Just at this time, Tang Lian who went to inquire about the news also came back, Xiao Se asked directly:
"Elder brother, how about it, have you heard any useful news?"

Tang Lian smiled and said proudly:

"That's natural, don't look at who I am."

Afterwards, Tang Lian didn't keep her secret, and immediately told everyone the news he had heard:

"The Mu family's merchant ships seem to be going to the deep sea to search for medicinal materials. They have an order in their hands. They are recruiting fishermen to serve as manpower in the past few days. It is said that they will recruit 60 people in total.

As long as they pass the Mu family's assessment, one person can get 20 taels of gold, and the money will be paid first before boarding the boat. Although it will take four months to go there, in the eyes of these fishermen, it is still a lot of money, so this thing and Many young and strong fishermen in the city came to try it, so many people gathered around. "

Xiao Se nodded and said lightly:
"That's how it is. Just now I saw them using the Golden Thread Snake for the assessment. I guessed that the Golden Thread Snake is very rare, but there are quite a few of them on Three Snakes Island. Therefore, the destination of this ship is probably Three Snakes Island." , it is already the closest place to Overseas Fairy Mountain, and if you go further east, you will come across the legendary undertide area."

Dongfang Haoyue nodded and said:

"So, this ship is indeed on the way with us? Then it seems that we have to find a way to take a ship with the wind."

After thinking about it, Dongfang Haoyue turned to Lei Wujie and said:

"Lei Wujie, go and try it, there is a little commotion, we need to meet the owner of the cedar longboat."

Lei Wujie nodded immediately when he heard the words, with a confident smile on his face and said:
"Okay, just watch it!"

After finishing speaking, Lei Wujie jumped directly into the crowd, and shouted loudly:

"I come!"

The onlookers were just ordinary fishermen. When they saw this method of jumping several feet high, they were immediately taken aback. After they realized it, they began to applaud Lei Wujie one after another!

Xiao Se pouted and said:

"This kid, when did he learn to play tricks?"

Dongfang Haoyue chuckled lightly upon hearing this and said:

"After all, it's Lei Shaoxia, who just won the first place in the hero banquet, not to mention, there are so many spectators here."

When talking about the audience, Dongfang Haoyue took a special look at Ye Ruoyi, and the others also smiled knowingly when they saw this.

And the middle-aged man who looked a bit like the accountant, seeing Lei Wujie with such skills, couldn't help being a little surprised, and asked quickly:
"I don't know what the young hero's name is?"

Lei Wujie replied loudly:

"Lei Wujie!"

After all, Lei Wujie came to the golden thread snake on his own, smiled slightly, and directly challenged:
"Xiao Jinjin, come and play with this young hero!"

Lei Wujie's actions startled the middle-aged man, he quickly stood up and shouted:

"Take the snake stick!"

But Lei Wujie turned a deaf ear to the middle-aged man's reminder, and even whistled at the golden thread snake:
"Come on, come bite me!"

The Golden Thread Snake also seemed to sense Lei Wujie's provocation, stood up, and started hissing towards Lei Wujie.

Seeing this, Lei Wujie became even more excited, and said happily:

"Hey, are you angry? It's good to be angry, but don't be raised by others and lose your domineering, then it's boring, come on, bite me!"

Xu Shi has never seen such a person looking for death before. After feeling Lei Wujie's provocation, the golden thread snake found an opportunity and shot towards Lei Wujie. It was as fast as lightning, and opened its mouth wide to fly towards Lei Wujie. Wu Jie bit it.

But with Lei Wujie's martial arts, it is naturally impossible to be bitten by this little snake. He just pushed it out with a palm, and then grabbed the golden thread snake in his hand with a flip of his wrist.

But he didn't expect that the golden thread snake shrank suddenly, and broke free from Lei Wujie's hand in an instant. After wrapping around his arm several times, it opened its mouth and bit his neck again.

"not good!"

The middle-aged man couldn't help but exclaimed when he saw this, and then shouted to the man in the black cloak beside him:

"Quick, save him!"

Although this golden thread snake has been specially fed, its poison is not as strong as that of ordinary golden thread snakes, but if it is bitten directly on the neck, it is no joke.

However, the middle-aged man's worry was obviously superfluous, and before the golden thread snake got close to Lei Wujie's neck, Lei Wujie's pupils suddenly glowed red, but it turned out that he had already used the fire technique!

When the golden thread snake's fangs approached Lei Wujie, it was shrank by the high temperature emitted from Lei Wujie's body. It didn't dare to bite down, and was caught in Lei Wujie's hand again.

The middle-aged man was shocked when he saw this, how could he not know that he had met a real master?

Waving to a man in a black cloak beside him, the middle-aged man ordered in a soft voice:

"Hurry up and report to the master."

At this time, another black-cloaked man quickly came to Lei Wujie's side and said in a low voice:
"Young man, it's not easy to train this golden thread snake, please be merciful, young man."

Naturally, Lei Wujie was not the kind of unreasonable person, he would not kill a snake raised by others for no reason, so he gave the golden thread snake to the man with a light flick, then turned to the middle-aged man and asked:

"How, have I passed the test?"

The middle-aged man nodded and said with an excellent attitude:
"Of course, please wait a moment, young man."

After a while, the man in the black cloak who left before came back again, whispered a few words in the middle-aged man's ear, and the middle-aged man looked at Lei Wujie again and said:
"Our master wants to meet the young man in person, I wonder if the young man is willing?"

Lei Wujie was overjoyed, thinking that the task assigned by Haoyue would be completed, turned his head to Dongfang Haoyue and the others, showed a smug smile, then nodded and said:
"Okay, you guys lead the way."

Dongfang Haoyue and Xiao Se naturally followed them immediately, but they didn't want to be stopped by a man in black cloak just as they walked behind Lei Wujie:

"Several, we only invited that young hero as the head of the family."

Seeing this, Dongfang Haoyue couldn't help but turn black, Lei Wujie turned around and said:

"they are my friends."

It's just that the man in the black cloak obviously wasn't going to step aside, Dongfang Haoyue shook her head slightly, smiled and said:

"Forget it, do you still have a few golden thread snakes on you? Four?"

The man in the black cloak was stunned:
"how do you know?"

Dongfang Haoyue did not answer him, but stretched out her hand towards the man in the black cloak, calling softly:

"Come."

In the next moment, four golden lights suddenly shot out from the man in the black cloak, and after landing, he quickly swam to Dongfang Haoyue's side. Looking carefully, it was four golden snakes!
After the thin golden snake came out, it didn't intend to attack Dongfang Haoyue at all, but directly crawled at Dongfang Haoyue's feet, as if it was expressing its surrender to Dongfang Haoyue!
This is the animal master ability that Dongfang Haoyue had developed before to communicate with animals. Although it was broken down by Dongfang Haoyue, Dongfang Haoyue thought that she might not be able to use it anytime soon, so she practiced it a little bit.

Seeing this, the middle-aged man didn't know that this group of people were probably not simple people, not to mention that such people are not easy to offend, this ability to control snakes is also very useful for their purpose of this trip.

Immediately, he didn't dare to stop him, and directly took Dongfang Haoyue and his group of six onto the long cedar boat.

After arriving on the boat, I was really immersed in the scene. The huge cedar boat can be said to have deeply shocked the inlanders like Xiao Se, even Dongfang Haoyue seemed a little surprised.

It is 44 feet long and 150 feet wide. I just heard the data from Xiao Se before. It doesn't look very good from a distance, but in fact, if it is converted into the unit that Dongfang Haoyue is familiar with, this ship is 60 meters long and nearly [-] meters wide!
You know, even in the world of Dongfang Haoyue's previous life, the largest aircraft carrier in the world was only more than 300 meters long and 70 meters wide, which is only twice as long as this ship!

It can be half the size of an aircraft carrier, which shows how big this cedar longship is, and Dongfang Haoyue and the others cannot help being surprised.

Especially Er Harley Wujie, his mouth was wide open, and he looked a little bewildered.

"Open your mouth smaller, don't lose our face."

Xiao Se, who really felt a little ashamed, couldn't help but reminded him coldly.

Lei Wujie still showed surprise on his face, and retorted at the same time:
"I grew up in the south of the Yangtze River. The biggest boat I've ever seen in my life is just a dragon boat by the lake. Don't you allow me to express my feelings?"

Dongfang Haoyue coughed softly upon hearing this and said:
"It's okay, it's good to have an idiot as a foil for us."

Dongfang Haoyue's words directly caused Ye Ruoyi and Sikong Qianluo to chuckle a few times, but it made Lei Wujie restrain himself a little.

However, it didn't surprise Dongfang Haoyue and the others for too long. Under the leadership of the middle-aged man, Dongfang Haoyue and the others entered a cabin with a unique cave.

The floor is covered with white tiger fur, and there is an exquisite incense burner in the corner. There are a few wisps of smoke burning in the incense burner, with a bit of sandalwood. There are bookcases all around, and a row of pens, ink, paper and inkstones are placed on the desk. .

There is also a skylight on the top of the cabin, and the sunlight shines in, illuminating the entire cabin, making it not like being on a ship, but rather like a study of a wealthy family.

At this time, a tall man in brocade clothes was standing with his back behind the desk, as if he was waiting for Dongfang Haoyue and the others.

"Several young heroes, it's a pleasure to meet you."

A voice with a bit of a smile sounded, and it was the tall man in brocade clothes who spoke, and he turned around slowly, facing Dongfang Haoyue and the others.

This person looks young, probably about the same age as Tang Lian. He looks very noble, but a little thin, but he has a gentle smile on his face, which makes people feel good about him at first sight. He seems to be an easy person to get along with. people.

"Hello everyone, I'm Mu Chunfeng, the third son of the Mu family in Qingzhou. This time, I'm going to go to the far sea to find some medicinal materials, and I'm passing through here."

Mu Chunfeng introduced himself slowly, and then said with a smile:

"I don't know how many young heroes should be called? Why did you come here to the east and the city?"

Dongfang Haoyue and the others looked at each other when they heard the words, and finally Dongfang Haoyue took a step forward and said:

"My name is Dongfang Haoyue. This time I plan to go to the end of the sea with my friends, so I want to take your boat."

After hearing Dongfang Haoyue's words, Mu Chunfeng was obviously taken aback for a moment, observed Dongfang Haoyue up and down, and then asked with some trepidation and surprise:
"Dongfang Haoyue? Your Excellency is the fourth city lord of Xueyue City, Xueluo Sword Immortal Dongfang Haoyue in person?"

Regarding Mu Chunfeng's question, Dongfang Haoyue naturally admitted it generously, and his identity is not something to be shady:

"Yes, it's me."

Mu Chunfeng still couldn't believe it, so he questioned him twice, until he had completely confirmed Dongfang Haoyue's identity, he walked quickly to Dongfang Haoyue, bowed deeply, and said excitedly:

"I didn't expect to be able to meet the famous Xueluo Sword Immortal here. It's really my luck, Mu Chunfeng. My Mu family is far away from Xueyue City. I thought that I would never have the chance to see Xueluo Sword Immortal in this life. Woolen cloth."

Dongfang Haoyue stretched out her hand and waved it lightly, then used her strength to help Mu Chunfeng up, and said with a bit of embarrassment on her face:

"You don't have to be like this, Mr. Mu. Speaking of which, we need to borrow your boat this time. It should be that we owe you a favor. I'm really embarrassed that you are like this."

Mu Chunfeng saw Dongfang Haoyue's hand, and immediately confirmed Dongfang Haoyue's identity in his heart. After all, besides Xueluo Sword Immortal, Mu Chunfeng couldn't think of anyone else who had such skill at such an age.

At this time, after hearing Dongfang Haoyue's words, he directly waved his hand and said proudly:
"It's an honor to have Sword Immortal Xueluo aboard this long cedar boat! Immortal Sword wants to go there, just tell me, I'll be in the spring breeze, and I will send it to Immortal Sword."

Dongfang Haoyue smiled, she didn't expect that the matter of borrowing a boat could be solved so easily, it seems that her current name in the Jianghu is also very resounding!

Then Dongfang Haoyue nodded and said:

"Haha, thank you, Mr. Mu. I heard that Mr. Mu is planning to go to Three Snake Island to catch snakes to get medicinal materials. I don't know what kind of medicinal materials Mr. Mu wants? Since I am on Mr. Mu's boat, I will help Mu as much as I can. The young master has obtained the medicinal materials you need."

Mu Chunfeng was not hypocritical about this, he hesitated for a moment, then nodded and said:

"Since that's the case, I would like to thank Xueluo Sword Immortal. To be honest, I went to Three Snake Island this time mainly to find the gallbladder, gold thread, silver clothes, and iron glaze of three kinds of snakes!"

(End of this chapter)