fifth form

Chapter 1662 Threesome

"Li Shaojun, have you ever heard of the Mo family's mechanical city?"

The official business was resolved too smoothly. Zhang Xuezhou thought that Li Shaojun was looking for a high-quality alchemy furnace and would not be able to go to Chang'an City for a while, which made Zhang Xuezhou have some worries.

Even if they couldn't find the Mohist Mechanical City, it shouldn't be a problem for him and Gongsun Hong to run around and look for some agarwood.

This matter has certain risks, but the return rate is also good.

Especially since the waters belong to Zhang Xuezhou's home turf, and he feels that he has been incredibly lucky these days, so Zhang Xuezhou inevitably wants to strike while the iron is hot.

After riding his horse for more than ten days, he didn't have much time to be awake.

If the rest of his time was spent on a long voyage on a boat, as long as the boat didn't capsize, Zhang Xuezhou felt that he would be happy to accept it.

But before doing this, Zhang Xuezhou still needs to do something.

He asked Li Shaojun in a low voice, which made Li Shaojun's eyes roll back and forth.

"Do you think we can find a good alchemy furnace in the Mo family mechanical city?" Li Shaojun was puzzled and then suddenly realized: "I find that you are a little smarter than me. The Mo family's skills are the best in the world. They must have treasures that imitate alchemy furnaces. Even if their alchemy furnaces are not used for alchemy, we should have no problem using them to make up the number!"

"Makes sense!"

"Exchange of ideas?"

Zhang Xuezhou originally wanted to ask Li Shaojun about the Mo family mechanical city to see if it was reliable to go out to sea, but he didn't expect that Li Shaojun was also thinking about the Mo family mechanical city.

Judging from Li Shaojun's tone, the other party should have some relevant clues.

"You speak first," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"Why am I the first one again?" Li Shaojun said, "I always suffer first. This is not fair!"

“Fun finger-guessing,” Zhang Xuezhou suggested.

"Let's play finger-guessing!"

Li Shaojun responded angrily once, but after losing three games of finger-guessing, his face couldn't help but wrinkle like a bitter gourd.

"In this game, whoever wins gets to speak first," Li Shaojun asked in a low voice.

"Is there such a rule?" Zhang Xuezhou asked curiously.

"Of course there must be one," Li Shaojun said, "otherwise it would be too unfair to the loser!"

"I think what you said seems to make some sense," Zhang Xuezhou agreed.

"That makes sense," Li Shaojun nodded repeatedly, "If you keep playing like this, who will play with you next time?"

"That's true," Zhang Xuezhou said, "Then let's decide who wins gets to speak first, and then we'll play finger-guessing three times. Whoever regrets will die nine hundred and ninety-nine times!"

"make a deal!"

Li Shaojun felt that there was nothing wrong with it.

Regardless of whether he wins or loses, at least he has one more chance to play rock-paper-scissors.

But after defeating Zhang Xuezhou three times in a row, he looked at Zhang Xuezhou over and over, but couldn't figure out how Zhang Xuezhou controlled the win or loss.

Li Shaojun made sure that he was sober and not affected by Zhang Xuezhou's magic.

But he played finger-guessing three times. As long as Zhang Xuezhou wanted to win, the other party was the winner. As long as the other party wanted to lose, Li Shaojun won every time.

If this happens once, it's a coincidence; if it happens twice, it's luck; but if you still can't react after the third time, then there's something wrong with your brain.

"Please teach me this skill," Li Shaojun begged, "If I had your skill, I would play finger-guessing games with people every day. Why would I need to run a Taoist temple?"

“This skill can’t be taught!”

Zhang Xuezhou shook his head repeatedly.

Finger-guessing game is all about mentality. The more you want to win, the easier it is to be counterattacked.

He was well versed in psychology and was familiar with Li Shaojun. He could guess almost 80% of Li Shaojun's mentality when playing finger-guessing games, which was enough to ensure his victory every time he played against Li Shaojun.

But if it were a stranger, Zhang Xuezhou’s chance of winning would not be very high given his lack of understanding of his personality.

It is almost impossible to make a fortune by playing finger-guessing games, even for Zhang Xuezhou.

"You're so stingy. I won't teach you when I have good skills in the future!"

Li Shaojun replied angrily, but he would not renege on his promise.

"The Mohist Mechanical City can fly, walk, and swim. It is hard to find in the Han territory, and it is only possible that it is on the sea." Li Shaojun said: "No one knew that the Mohist master did this, but one day a strange fog appeared on the East China Sea. In the foggy scene from afar, there was a mechanical city quietly placed in the vast sea, and there were also reefs nearby, so the fact that the Mohist Mechanical City entered the sea was also known!"

"Where is the Mechanical City?" Zhang Xuezhou asked. "We have to look for it on the sea," Li Shaojun said, "Only when we find the rocky beach on the sea can we find the Mechanical City!"

"The presence of reefs means the sea water is not deep!"

"No, it's very deep. The Mechanical City is huge. If we look at the depth of the water, judging from the foggy scene that day, the Mechanical City might be as deep as thirty feet!"

“Have you ever seen a foggy scene?”

"I just happened to see it!"

Li Shaojun agreed proudly.

The foggy scene he saw was a mirage. Seeing it was one thing, and finding it was another.

Li Shaojun has been hanging around in the northern region for many years and has visited many beaches on the East China Sea, but none of them look like the ones in the fog.

"That's just a coincidence," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"It's your turn to speak," said Li Shaojun.

"I don't have any news about the Mechanical City," Zhang Xuezhou said, "but I know someone who is very familiar with the East China Sea. He often goes out to sea and has a lot of experience at sea!"

"You mean the old fisherman?" Li Shaojun asked suspiciously, "There are a lot of such people on the beach, but they are useless!"

"Where is the old fisherman in the realm of supernatural powers?" Zhang Xuezhou asked with a smile.

"Where did this amazing old fisherman come from? Why haven't I heard of him?"

Li Shaojun was surprised and felt that something was wrong. He had not yet entered the realm of supernatural powers, but the fisherman had reached a high level of cultivation.

"He plans to take me to find the Machinery City, but he definitely doesn't want to bring a useless person with him," said Zhang Xuezhou.

"Who is useless? Who do you say is useless?" Li Shaojun shouted, "Tell me about yourself. Why can you go to the East Sea to find the Mechanical City?"

"He is willing to take me with him, so he must be attracted by my strengths. What can I do?" Zhang Xuezhou spread his hands.

"I admit that you have some skills, but you have no reliable information and are not good at swimming, so you can't play a role in finding the mechanical city." Li Shaojun scratched his head and said, "Could it be that you were spotted by that old fisherman, and then he wanted to rob you of your money and kill you in the sea?"

"I have nothing, I don't deserve to be murdered for my money!"

Zhang Xuezhou waved his hand and looked at Li Shaojun, obviously wanting Li Shaojun to provide some more useful information.

Zhang Xuezhou didn't need to use this information himself, but if possible, he really wanted Li Shaojun to join the team.

Compared with a two-person group, a three-person group is the most stable combination. They can restrain each other, and he does not have to rely solely on Gongsun Hong.

"If you need to find the Mechanical City, this may be your closest chance," Zhang Xuezhou whispered, "If you only know that little information, it will be difficult for you to join my team!"

"Are you really going?"

"Really go!"

Zhang Xuezhou nodded.

He had conveyed the imperial edict and was currently on official leave, and Gongsun Hong was also free, so today was obviously not the best day to choose.

Moreover, they are not far from the East China Sea at the moment. If they wait any longer, the possibility of acting together will be low.

The most important thing is that Zhang Xuezhou feels that his luck is pretty good at the moment, and if conditions permit, he can try his luck.

If he could push the team to sail far, maybe he would find himself in the Mechanical City when he woke up twelve days later, or at least he could get two pieces of agarwood.

His words were so sure and confident that Li Shaojun thought for a long time.

He finally pulled out an extremely exquisite wooden bird from his sleeve.

Li Shaojun took the bird and threw it into the sky. The bird immediately flapped its wings and flew up.

After walking around the room, the bird returned to Li Shaojun's hands.

"This is the Mo family's mechanical bird. As long as it can get within five miles of the Mechanical City, this bird is very likely to return to the Mechanical City!" Li Shaojun said proudly.

"Picked it up?" Zhang Xuezhou asked.

"Correct!"

Li Shaojun quickly agreed.

His quick response immediately made Zhang Xuezhou realize that Li Shaojun was not the real owner of the wooden bird.

Having lost the control of its true master, this wooden bird is now an ownerless little magic weapon, and thus may be recovered by the Mo family's mechanical city, thus becoming a guide in the search for the mechanical city.