The green arowana in the green water of the fairy mountain suffered a catastrophe and disappeared.
With the red stone in his arms, Zhou Yeqing looked soothed and walked down the reverse-flowing river with great interest.
The water in this river is also strange, with an emerald green color. Even if you go against the flow of water, the flow becomes more and more slender as you go down. In the end, it is only a stream of water the size of your thumb.
"Isn't this water too transcendent? It has such a small source?!"
Not far from Zhou Yeqing's feet, he was extremely surprised. He walked all morning and finally reached the source of the green river.
It turned out to be a concave pool the size of a basin, located on a stone wall in the forest.
"I thought I could take a shower, but come on, now I have to pick my hair to wash my face~"
There isn't much water in the stone basin, and the bigger part looks like it's halfway there, but the water in it is a bit dazzlingly green, as if it contains a perfect piece of corundum.
"I don't know if this water is drinkable?"
Zhou Yeqing looked at the strange river water and swallowed his throat. After walking for a long time, his throat was so dry that it was smoking. But after yesterday's incident with the wine gourd, Zhou Yeqing became much more honest and did not dare to eat randomly.
Especially water! Fortunately, someone saved him last night, but that might not be the case today. He didn't dare to bet on his luck.
However, he felt really thirsty and uncomfortable along the way. Although he hesitated a little, Zhou Yeqing still walked up.
"I'll just take a look."
Hum~ God knows how many people think the same way. Let me see~I will touch~
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This stone basin is round and round. There is a stalactite-like hanging pillar hanging directly above the rock wall. It is the color of jasper. Water vapor is slowly condensing on it. It will take a long time for a drop of dew to fall into the stone basin below.
Zhou Yeqing looked at the scene in front of him and was a little confused for a moment. He felt as if he had met it somewhere before. After thinking about it many times, he remembered that he had also encountered such a place in the Shadow Realm when he was young. It was just that the stone basin
It is much larger and the water color is cooler.
Zhou Yeqing also got a strange bead in the water basin that day, but it exploded later for unknown reasons. At that time, in order to comfort Gillian, he didn't care at all.
"Hey~ Could there be something in here?!"
Suddenly, he recalled what Li Wanrong had said to him on the Sky Sword that day. The shadow world was originally the projection of Laojun Mountain. Since it was a projection, there must be something there. Otherwise, how could there be a shadow?
Thinking of this, Zhou Yeqing quickly rolled up his sleeves, and then looked carefully at it. Well, the water color was average, so it should be safe!
The water was very cold at first, but he gradually got used to it. Zhou Yeqing held the stone basin with one hand and went to explore its bottom with the other. However, he saw that one of his arms was mostly down, but there was no sign of bottoming out.
"It's quite deep."
He went down further and reached the end with one hand, without reaching the bottom. Zhou Yeqing stretched around in the water and felt that it was very wide, not as narrow as it looked on the surface.
"Is there somewhere else down there?"
He stood up and shook off the water stains on his hands, and quickly wiped off his clothes. The water was still a bit cold. Zhou Yeqing rubbed his cold arms and looked at the stone basin. He was thinking about whether he should go down and take a look.
look.
"This is the back mountain of Songzong. It's not impossible to find some rare and exotic treasures, right?"
"The bathhouses in the past were nothing."
Zhou Yeqing muttered to himself, as if he was trying to convince himself. As he spoke, he nodded and began to take off his clothes. Then he looked around and saw that there was nothing wrong, and then he took a deep breath and stabbed himself fiercely.
Just went down.
Water suddenly splashed in the stone basin and overflowed outside. A pair of feet were still outside, as if it was struggling in pain, but after a while, it stopped moving and slipped into the basin.
After a while, a figure came out again, grinning, and holding a fish.
"Ouch~ It hurts me so much."
Throwing out the big fish in his arms, Zhou Yeqing could not wait to use his hands and feet to rub his head, almost opening the ladle~
It turns out that the water is not as deep as expected, and it only reaches Zhou Yeqing's chest. Just as he plunged into it, his head hit the bottom, and it was buzzing~
There are no rare and exotic treasures here, or you can't see them at all. The water is too green. When you go down, it's all green and you can't see anything clearly. Anyway, I caught a fish just by feeling, and I feel so exhausted that I can only do it.
Came up.
Zhou Yeqing was a little unwilling. He saved a few breaths again, and then went down again. This time it took a little longer than before, but the result was not as good as before, and he didn't even get a consolation prize.
"No way, just one fish?"
Zhou Yeqing looked unsatisfied and went down a few more times, but unfortunately they all had the same result and came back empty-handed.
"Huh~"
Breathing out a breath of cold air, Zhou Yeqing shivered and put on his clothes. He quickly walked to a sunny place to relieve the coldness on his body, and then opened his eyes to look for the fish he had caught.
This fish is several feet long, has a slightly slender body, has a hook in its mouth, has large and powerful fins, and its scales are like a child's fist, reflecting bright light, and its overall color is dark green.
It has been dehydrated for a long time now, and its pupils are dilated and gone.
"It took so much effort to catch a fish~"
"Hey~ It's okay, at least there is a fish to eat."
As if he was a little disappointed that he didn't find anything good in the stone basin, Zhou Yeqing comforted himself. He sat and basked in the sun for a while, then got up and went to find some dry firewood.
After lighting up the fire, Zhou Yeqing turned back and started cooking the big fish.
Pulling out the gills and removing the scales in three or two strokes was very neat. Over the years, he had done this frequently. He cut open the belly of the fish with one knife, and the green liquid flowed out.
"Ah? Did you break the gall?" Zhou Yeqing looked at the green liquid in the fish's belly and said sadly.
Fish will not taste good if gall is mixed with it. This is what he has experienced over the years.
Pulling out the internal organs from the fish's belly, Zhou Yeqing saw a piece of gall still intact and unbroken.
"Is its blood green?"
Although he didn't understand why the blood of this fish was green, Zhou Yeqing didn't take it to heart. The water it lived in was all green, so what if the blood was green? As long as the flesh was not green, that would be fine.
I couldn't stop talking.
After a lot of busy work, the fish was finally grilled before the sun got tired.
There were no condiments, it was just a fresh meal! Zhou Yeqing's eyes were filled with anxiety. He had been hungry all day, so he quickly reached out and tore off a piece of snow-white fish meat from the top and put it into his mouth.
When the fish meat enters the mouth, it is caramel and sweet, passing through the teeth. The fragrance overflows.
It’s so delicious!
The fish was very long, but a little thin, and it didn't have much meat. It didn't take long for Zhou Yeqing to finish the tail section. Although his stomach was still a little bit hungry for food, he still stopped.
When he came out, the old man asked him to take something back, but Zhou Yeqing did not forget it.
"Let the old man take the rest back."
Looking at the half-body and half-bone fish in front of him, Zhou Yeqing chatted, raised his hand and chopped off half of the body to make it easier to handle.
"Crack!"
The fish bone was broken, but it didn't fall off directly. Zhou Yeqing pulled it, but he didn't expect that there was a rainbow belt.
"What's this?"
Looking at the bones in his hand and then at the fish being held up, Zhou Yeqing bent over and narrowed his eyes.
I saw that there was a rainbow belt inside the back of the big fish, which was exposed because Zhou Yeqing broke the fish bone. As soon as it came close to the surface, there was a strange fragrance that assaulted the nostrils. It was an indescribable smell.
"It smells so good. What is this? Why haven't I seen it before?"
Zhou Yeqing stared at the rainbow ribbon in amazement. He wasn't full yet, so he opened his mouth and took a tentative bite.
At this moment, Zhou Yeqing felt a flash of light in front of his eyes and his mouth felt hot. He suddenly pulled his head back in pain and covered his mouth. When he looked at the big fish again, the rainbow band had disappeared.
After searching over and over again, it was indeed gone. Zhou Yeqing got close to the broken body of the big fish and discovered that the backbone of the fish was actually solid.
"Solid? Then what happened to the rainbow ribbon just now?"
"What a pity. It smells pretty good."
Zhou Yeqing looked regretful and tore off another piece of browned fish meat and put it in his mouth, savoring the taste just now.
It was getting late, and after the fire was extinguished, Zhou Yeqing planned to go back with half of the fish on his shoulders. He didn't know if it was because of the darkness, but he felt that the river water seemed to be lighter than in the morning.
"Old man! Get up and eat."
Before reaching the entrance of the cave, Zhou Yeqing started shouting. Only when he entered the cave did he realize that the old man was waiting for him until the flowers withered.
He was leaning against the stone platform where the memorial tablet was placed, with dull eyes. The old man was not good-looking in the first place, and now he looked so depressed. Zhou Yeqing was so frightened that he thought something was wrong, so he came over in two steps.
"Old man! Are you okay?" The person who shouted and stretched out his hand to pinch him gritted his teeth when he saw no reaction. Zhou Yeqing pulled his arm and was about to slap the old man with a fairy slap.
"Um!"
The old man's eyes widened and he glanced sideways at the tense boy.
"What are you going to do?!"
"You're awake! Ouch~ What have you done? You must have fainted from hunger."
The old man tugged on the clothes that Zhou Yeqing was kneeling on, and said dullly: "You still know how to come back."
"Hehehe~ It's a little late, but I remembered to bring you something. There are drinks and food."
Zhou Yeqing quickly put down half of the big fish on his shoulders, took out the leaves he picked from his arms and placed it in a bowl on the ground. He placed the fish in front of the old man, squatted with his arms folded, and stared at him with a smile, as if he was waiting for praise.
The old man's originally calm face was wiped away by the big fish, and he immediately started to smile.
"Hehehe~ You kid, it's okay."
The old man turned away and eagerly took a piece of fish and put it into his mouth. His mouth moved and his eyes closed. It was so beautiful~
"Fall in quickly! Fall in quickly!"
Zhou Yeqing took the gourd from the old man, shook it in his hand, and felt the sloshing feeling of half a gourd of wine again, and muttered in confusion: "Why is it there again?"
The old man was busy eating fish and had no time to talk. Zhou Yeqing searched the cave with doubts and found a broken earthen bowl. He wiped it with his clothes and was ready to take it and pour wine.
"You bastard, you cursed me to death."
"The dead eat their heads from a notched bowl."
Zhou Yeqing obviously didn't know that there was such a thing. The old man shook his head and said, "What a silly boy~" He took the bowl, blew a breath, and when he handed it back, the gap on it was gone.
When Zhou Yeqing saw the intact earthen bowl, he was immediately overjoyed. He pulled his clothes and was about to say something when he heard the sound of people outside the cave. The footsteps sounded like someone was coming.