Reverend Insanity

The atmosphere in the hall was extremely solemn. (.M)

All the elders sat silently, their faces were either indifferent, gloomy, or heavy.

The patriarch Gu Yuebo sat on the main seat, and he couldn't hide the sadness in his eyes: "Three days ago, near the village at the foot of the mountain, a river-swallowing toad appeared. This toad seems to have flown upstream from the Yellow Dragon River and accidentally drifted here. It is blocking a river and sleeping in it. If it is left alone, the cottage will always be in crisis. All the elders here, what are the best strategies to drive this toad away?"

Jia Lao, you look at me, I look at you, and no one speaks for a while.

The River Swallowing Toad is a rank five Gu worm, with great power, and when it opens its mouth, it flows across the river. If this matter is not handled well and angers it, I am afraid that most of Qingmao Mountain will be submerged in water, and the entire cottage will be washed away.

After being silent for a long time, Gu Yue Chi Lian said, "The matter is very serious and must be resolved as soon as possible. Once the news is leaked out, there may be wicked people with ulterior motives who secretly come here to deliberately provoke this River Swallowing Toad and frame my Gu Yue Clan. ."

"Chi Lian's old man is right." Gu Yue Mo Chen nodded. Although he was Gu Yue Chi Lian's political enemy, at this critical moment of life and death for the village, he completely let go of his old prejudices.

After a pause, he continued: "There is a more serious situation. Once the river swallowing toad floods Qingmao Mountain, the wolf's nest will be submerged. In order to escape, the wolves will naturally migrate up the mountain. The tide is about to break out early. We have to compete with countless beasts for living space on the top of the mountain."

When the elders heard this, their faces turned pale.

Gu Yuebo added in a heavy tone: "Don't forget the foundation of our stockade. The reason why the ancestors of the first generation set up a cottage here is because of this spiritual spring under our feet. Once the Qingmao Mountain is flooded, this I'm afraid Lingquan will also be destroyed."

"How can this be good?"

"Alas... even if you resist the beast tide and survive on the top of the mountain. After the flood recedes, the spiritual spring disappears. The destruction of a large number of beast herds will leave the surrounding deserted, and the resources for cultivation will be seriously insufficient."

"You have to die. Why don't you ask Xiongjiazhai and Baijiazhai for help? Everyone is three grasshoppers tied to a thread. I don't believe they can't do anything!"

The elders whispered, looming panic. some people. Already thinking about asking for reinforcements.

"It's too early to ask for help now." Gu Yuebo shook his head and immediately rejected the idea, "It's not the most difficult time yet. When the ancestors of the generation just set up their cottage, there was a rank five The blood river python attacked the cottage,

Beheaded by a generation of patriarchs. Compared to the Blood River Python, the River Swallowing Toad is much cuter. "

"It has a gentle temper and doesn't offend mortals. It is only vigilant when it feels the breath of other Gu insects. After being severely injured, it will become angry and mad, and spit water. Rumors about the River Swallowing Toad..."

In the hall, Gu Yue Bo was talking eloquently. The voice is slow. (.)

The elders of the family listened intently, and the nervous and flustered expressions on their faces could not be relieved.

"As expected of the patriarch. Just a few words stabilized the morale of the army." Gu Yue Yao Ji noticed the change in the atmosphere, and took a deep look at Gu Yue Bo, sighing in her heart.

"According to what the patriarch just said, it would not be difficult to drive this River Swallowing Toad away," an elder said.

"I can't say that either." Gu Yue Bo shook his head, "These are all just rumors, I haven't seen them with my own eyes, and I haven't practiced them. The stakes are very important, so don't be careless. I think it's better to send a group of Gu Masters to try first. Give it a try."

All the elders nodded.

Gu Yue Chi practiced: "To do this, it must be done by one of my Chimai. If he can't do it, I'm afraid no one in my clan can do it."

Everyone else knew who Chi Lian was talking about, and they all agreed.

Patriarch Gu Yue Bo smiled and said, "If that's the case, then let the Chishan team go for a while."

...

It is early autumn and the weather is getting cooler.

In the restaurant by the window, Fang Yuan sat alone, quietly tasting the wine.

The shopkeeper of the wine shop stood beside him, bowing to his knees.

"The shopkeeper, I asked about Kubei wine a few days ago, do you have any eyebrows?" Fang Yuan asked.

Fang Yuan's combination of refining wine bugs is only one bitter wine.

However, bitter wine is hard to find, and because of the relationship between the red iron relic Gu, he has been attracting attention, and wherever he goes, he is pointed at him. Therefore, it is not easy to inquire about bitter wine.

That is, these days, the storm gradually subsided. Perhaps it was Jitailai, Fang Yuan had inadvertently heard a clue about bitter wine.

The old shopkeeper hurriedly replied, "Young Master, the bitter shell wine you want me to ask about has been drunk in Baijiazhai. The raw material of this wine is a kind of shell in the deep pool. This shell is dark all over. There are circles of white lines on the shell, like tree rings. We call it bitter shell. Ordinary shells can brew pearls. It eats the sand and stones in the water, but can only dissolve the sand and stones and turn them into bitter water. Some people Pry open its shells, get this bitter water, and use it to make wine. The brewed bitter shell wine has a bitter and fragrant taste, which is very unique."

Fang Yuan raised his brows slightly when he heard the words: "So, there is this kind of bitter shellfish wine in Baijiazhai?"

The shopkeeper hurriedly bent down: "The villain doesn't dare to vouch for it, I just heard people talk about it occasionally. But really, the most famous Baijiazhai is Bailiangye. This wine and our clan's green bamboo wine, The bear bile wine in Xiongjiazhai is also known as the Three Green Spears. Kubei wine... The servants think that even if Baijiazhai has it, there is not much."

"There is not much, so I have to find it." Fang Yuan said in his heart.

But this matter is troublesome, Baijiazhai has shown signs of gradually rising over the years, and it has begun to gradually shake the position of the traditional hegemon of Gu Yueshanzhai.

If Fang Yuan wanted to enter the Bai Family Village without authorization, he was probably beaten to death by the patrolling Bai Family Gu Master before he could see the gate of the cottage.

But even so, Fang Yuan wanted to give it a try. After all, this bitter scallop wine is much more reliable than the green mugwort wine that is 100,000 miles away.

After recovering from his contemplation, Fang Yuan found that the old shopkeeper was still standing beside him. He waved his hand and said, "Okay, you go down, there is nothing to do with you here."

The old man didn't leave, with a hesitant look on his face, hesitant to say anything.

In the end, he mustered up his courage and said, "Young Master. Can you bring this wine shop back? The little one and all the guys want to work under you. You don't know, when the old boss came back, he deducted a fee from us. Most of the remuneration. With just a few primeval stones per month, it is difficult for the little ones to support their families.”

Fang Yuan shook his head, expressionless: "I have sold this restaurant to him. According to the agreement, I can't get it back. Besides, I don't want to run the business of this restaurant. You go."

"But, Shaodong's family..." The old man still stopped.

Fang Yuan frowned displeasedly: "Remember, I'm no longer your young master!"

He had previously raised the salary for these people, but he wanted to mobilize their enthusiasm for work and use it for himself. But these people thought that he was good at talking, so they had to go for it.

Now, by selling vital leaves, he can only be self-sufficient. I've been worrying about the bitter drink all the time. Why do you want to go back to the wine shop for these people?

"But Young Master, we really can't live anymore! You are so kind and compassionate, have pity on us." The shopkeeper thumped. Kneel down on the ground. Begging.

This noise immediately attracted the attention of the drinkers around.

Fang Yuan sneered. He picked up the wine jar on the table and smashed it on the head of the shopkeeper.

A compliment.

Immediately, the body of the altar shattered, the wine splashed, and the old man's head was bleeding.

"I really thought I wouldn't dare to kill you? You don't wink, get out." Fang Yuan's eyes shone coldly.

The old shopkeeper was agitated by this murderous aura, his whole body trembled in an instant, he woke up suddenly, and hurriedly retreated.

No matter which world there is, there will always be a group of weak people who beg for alms from the strong, but they don't know how to behave. It seems that helping them is the style of the strong, and not helping them is wrong.

The weak should have the appearance of the weak, either accept their fate and be humble as slaves, or work hard and work hard in a low-key manner.

The help of the strong to the weak is only a charity when the mood is good.

The weak do not work hard, and they beg the strong with shameless face, and there must be a result, and they are entangled. Then it's justified to be rejected.

People who are willing to be weak and do not spontaneously work hard and just want to beg from the strong are not worthy of sympathy at all.

"The shopkeeper's..."

"Hurry up and bandage the shopkeeper's wound."

The guys were in a hurry around the bloody old man.

The old man in charge is just a mortal person, even if he is killed on the spot, it doesn't matter.

When the matter ended like this, the drinkers around were bored and looked away and continued their conversation.

"You know what? Something big happened recently!"

"You mean that River Swallowing Toad, who doesn't know about this now?"

"This is a rank five Gu worm. If it is handled improperly, I am afraid there will be a crisis of destroying the village!"

"It is said that this River Swallowing Toad feeds on water. When he is hungry, he opens his mouth and swallows a river!"

"If it is angry, it can flood Qingmao Mountain, and its power is extremely terrifying, I am afraid we will all die!"

"Then what can we do?"

"Well, it's up to the top of the family to deal with this matter. We can't escape anyway, where can we escape?"

...

In the restaurant, there was an atmosphere of panic and confusion.

"Jiang Swallowing Toad..." Fang Yuan listened with a smile in his heart.

Fear is contagious, and it spreads more and more.

In fact, the River Swallowing Toad has a very gentle temperament and is not scary. It is naturally lethargic, and river-swallowing toads are often seen in rivers. They tend to lay their white belly up and sleep on their backs on the water.

Sometimes when I wake up, I swallow Jiang Guoguo. After you are full, go to sleep.

They are not interested in fighting and killing. If they encounter an enemy, their first reaction is to escape. Unless they are in a desperate situation and can't avoid it, they will fight back brazenly.

They are powerful, and they can spew out a long river with one mouth.

"This River Swallowing Toad must have fallen asleep. With the water of the Yellow Dragon River, it entered a tributary inadvertently, and was then carried to the foot of Qingmao Mountain by the water waves." Fang Yuan guessed the truth.