And said you're not a fairy

Chapter 127
I saw a monster with a crab body and a human head, a crab armor, and a copper hammer weapon on its claws. Behind it was a group of more than ten people lined up in an orderly line. The crab claws also held various weapons.

The one who spoke just now was the leading crab demon.

"Iron crab?"

Chen Yuan was a little surprised.

He didn't expect that he would meet the crab demon patrolling the river under the command of Empress Zhijin on the river.

"It's just that I went back to the River God's Cave before, only to know that the Taoist priest has left, so I asked the Taoist priest to get off the boat and talk about it."

Iron Crab said to Chen Yuan.

"Wait a moment."

Chen Yuan agreed.

"Meeting an old friend, everyone, wait a moment, and the poor will come as soon as they go."

Chen Yuan turned around and spoke humanely to the boss of the boat, the salamander, and the others.

"Let's go, Taoist priest."

In the hearts of Chuan Boss Dafeng Salamander and others, they were in awe of Chen Yuan at this time, Chuan Boss Dafeng Salamander said.

When Chen Yuan heard the words, he didn't say any more, and walked directly to the edge of the cargo ship, jumped off the deck, jumped off the bow, and fell towards the river.

But this time, he did not sink into the river, but stood firmly on the river with his feet as if he was stepping on the ground, and then walked up to the iron crab as if walking on flat ground.

This is a new ability developed by Chen Yuan after he cultivated the water diversion technique to a certain level.

Chen Yuan is not only able to divide the water of the river, but also has the ability to divide the river and set the waves, allowing himself to walk on the river as if walking on flat ground.

"What a profound spell."

Seeing that Chen Yuan, as a human being, walked on the river as if walking on flat ground, and walked in front of him, Iron Crab, the leader of the river patrol under the command of the Brocade Empress, praised.

Because even the little demons like them who were enlightened by the Goddess of the Lujiang River and lived in the rivers could not be able to ride waves like Chen Yuan.

He can only rely on his natural ability to let himself rise above the surface of the river and stay on the surface of the river for a short time.

"Why are you here?"

Chen Yuan asked Iron Crab.

"I was patrolling the river with my little demon under my command. When I noticed the movement here, I immediately brought the little demon over and saw the scene of the Daoist exorcising the demon."

"Lujiang is the area under the jurisdiction of the Brocade Empress. Why is there a huge and powerful river monster here?"

Although the river monster he fought with just now is only at the demon core level, but because of its huge size and extraordinary talent, it is difficult for ordinary practitioners to get rid of it.

"The Taoist priest doesn't know that this river demon already existed before my mother became the river god of Lujiang."

"My mother also had the idea of ​​getting rid of this river monster before, but this river monster is really cunning. Every time after attacking the passing boats on the river, it would run away very quickly. By the time my mother arrived, it had already escaped."

Chen Yuan was talking with Iron Crab.

"I didn't expect it to fall into the hands of Daoist Priest this time."

Iron Crab looked at the corpse of Zhu Polong floating on the river, and he was full of admiration.

"Is the reason why the empress didn't get rid of this river monster just because this river monster is more cunning?"

Chen Yuan frowned.

"The Daoist doesn't know something."

Iron Crab Road.

"The entire Lujiang River stretches for more than [-] miles and passes through several state capitals on the way. Although my mother is the river god of the Lujiang River, there are more than a thousand little demons like us who have been enlightened to patrol the river under her command, patrolling back and forth in the Lujiang River."

"But compared to the vastness of the Lujiang River, this amount of troops is really a drop in the bucket, so the previous river gods only controlled the Lujiang River in name. The Lujiang River has already accumulated several powerful river monsters for nearly a thousand years. Unless the empress personally takes action, otherwise, even I can't do anything."

"And this pig dragon is one of the most powerful monsters in the Lujiang River."

Iron Crab explained.

Chen Yuan frowned when he heard this.

Because as far as he knew, Empress Zhijin was a deity with a great background in the heavenly court of the upper realm.

Although these monsters in the Lujiang River are powerful, if the Brocade Empress is determined to get rid of them, as long as they report to the Heavenly Court, it shouldn't take much effort.

Moreover, Chen Yuan has never been able to see through the cultivation of Empress Weaving Brocade, even if his cultivation has been raised to the state of spiritual cultivation.

Chen Yuan speculated in his heart that the brocade empress might be the most hidden one among all the gods he knew.

It is very likely that it is the strength of the life state, or even the strength of the dao state.

"This river monster cannibal, who wanted to devour the girl on the boat, has already been beheaded by the poor Taoist. Go back and report to your mother."

Chen Yuan faced the Xunjiang Commander Iron Crab Road in front of him.

"Understood, Daoist Chen Yuan, I will report this matter to my mother."

Iron Crab agreed.

"By the way, looking at the direction the Taoist priest is heading, he should be going to Jianghuai City, right?"

Iron Crab asked Chen Yuan again.

"Yes, Pindao is preparing to go to Jianghuai City."

Chen Yuan nodded.

"These little monsters under my command have the ability to push water, but let these little monsters escort Dao for a long journey?"

Iron Crab asked Chen Yuan.

"No, now that the river monster has been eliminated, there will be no obstacles for this cargo ship to move forward."

Chen Yuan shook his head and refused.

Although he and Empress Zhijin are good friends, these crab monsters led by Iron Crab are all used to patrol the river, and it would be bad if they let the other party escort him for a while, delaying the official duties of patrolling the river.

"Since that's the case, let's take our leave first. We'll also take away the corpse of the river demon, and take it back to return to the empress."

Hearing Chen Yuan's refusal, Iron Crab said goodbye.

"Take the body away."

Chen Yuan shook the sleeves of his Taoist robe and said.

Anyway, it's useless to keep the corpse of the river monster.

Watching the Iron Crab commanding the Crab Demon to disappear into the river with the huge corpse of the pig dragon, Chen Yuan walked on the waves, and walked step by step to a position close to the cargo ship, then jumped up from that position, with a graceful body, and landed firmly on the bow of the cargo ship.

"Daoist, when you talked with the other party just now, you mentioned the Goddess of the River. Could it be that you and the Goddess of the River know each other?"

Seeing Chen Yuan coming back, the boat boss Dafeng Salamander couldn't help asking.

At this time, his understanding of Chen Yuan has improved a bit.

Because if he can communicate with a god, it means that the young Taoist in front of him is probably beyond his cognition in terms of ability and status.

"It's acquaintance."

Chen Yuan was vague.

He didn't need to tell everyone on the boat that he and Empress Zhijin, the God of the Lujiang River, were actually good friends.

"The river monster has been eliminated. If there is no problem, let's set sail early."

Chen Yuan said to the boss of the boat.

After finishing speaking, Chen Yuan turned around and went back to the cabin, his own small room.

I don't know if it's because of the removal of the river monster. Not long after Chen Yuan returned to the cabin, the fog on the entire area of ​​the Lujiang River, plus the mountains on both sides of the river, was quickly dissipating, revealing the original scenery of the river and the river bank.

However, the ability Chen Yuan just showed made the boss of the boat, the salamander, dare not ignore Chen Yuan's proposal.

After asking the crew on the ship to speed up and clean up all the river water in the bottom warehouse.

He ordered the crew to start manipulating the cargo ship and move on.

And those two scholars who fell into the water, plus the woman, because with the help of everyone, drained the river water from their chests and abdomen, and after less than an hour of cultivation, they all woke up before the cargo ship sailed.

After learning that it was Chen Yuan who rescued the three of them, Luan Ruiyu, Shang Xin and the two scholars, plus the woman and the girl, went to knock on the door of Chen Yuan's small room, wanting to thank Chen Yuan face to face.

Chen Yuan didn't want to see them at first, but seeing that they persisted, he had no choice but to open the door and accept their wishes.

Among them, Luan Ruiyu, Shang Xin and the two scholars looked the most embarrassed when they saw Chen Yuan. They wanted to drive Chen Yuan off the boat because of Chen Yuan's raising rats. They didn't expect to encounter the river monster, but Chen Yuan saved their lives.

"Boss Feng, what about the head of the river monster?"

When the boat was about to sail, a crew member came to ask the boss of the boat, the salamander.

The head of the river monster is huge. If it is placed on the bow all the time, it will definitely increase the weight of the cargo ship and affect the speed of the cargo ship.

"Wait a minute, I'll ask Taoist Master Qing Ming for his opinion."

The big salamander, the boss of the ship, didn't make any claims, he left a word to the crew.

He ran to the door of the small room where Chen Yuan lived and asked Chen Yuan for his opinion.

After he knocked on the door, the moment Chen Yuan opened the door, he happened to take a glance into the room, and saw an unbelievable scene in the room.

Because he actually saw that the pen, ink, paper and inkstone that Chen Yuan bought from him was being placed on the other side of the bed with the quilt uncovered. The white mouse, which was as big as a civet cat, was standing on the small bed just like a human being, holding a pen in its paw to practice writing.

But what was even more incredible was that they had all seen it just now. Although this matter surprised him, he felt it was still reasonable.

The white rat practiced writing like a human being. Although it was a bit unbelievable, but thinking that it was a rat raised by Chen Yuan, he felt relieved for a while.

After the boat boss explained his purpose, Chen Yuan who was standing at the door said indifferently: "The head of the river monster, you can do whatever you want."

The boat boss Da Fengxi said: "With the words of the Taoist priest, I feel relieved."

Then the boat boss, Big Salamander, said his goodbyes and left. He didn't simply think that the head of the river monster at the bow was a burden. You must know that it was the head of a monster. If it was brought to Jianghuai City, it might bring him a windfall.

In fact, this is what the boss of the boat, the big salamander, thinks too much.

That river monster's cultivation base is not high, it's only at the demon core level, it doesn't have any valuables on its body, and its head is not a treasure, otherwise Chen Yuan wouldn't have left it there at will.

After deciding where to go for the head of the river monster, the cargo ship continued to set off.

But not far away, another crew member looked eagerly on the bow deck and found the boss of the ship, the giant salamander, and reported:
"I don't know why, our ship is going much faster than before."

The boat boss Dafeng Salamander was stunned when he heard the words, and after thinking for a moment, he realized that something was wrong. Because of the head of the river monster on the boat, it stands to reason that the speed of the boat should be slower than before.

Now it is much faster than before, which means that there is something wrong with the ship.

"How much faster?"

The giant salamander, the boss of the ship, asked the crew.

"At least halfway."

The crew member looked bewildered and at a loss.

He has been on a boat for more than ten years, and he has never encountered such a weird thing.

The reason why the ship's boss, the salamander, immediately accelerated the cargo ship after hearing the words, was because of the team of crab monsters who had just talked with Chen Yuan on the river.

According to the few words he heard when Chen Yuan was talking with the leading crab monster, it is very likely that those monsters with crab bodies and human heads just now are subordinates of the Goddess of the River.

At this time, the men of the Goddess of the River came to help their cargo ship speed up, so naturally it couldn't be for them.

There is only one possibility!
It was for the young Taoist on the boat.

"I feel that the other party seems to be trying to curry favor with this Taoist priest. It seems that this Taoist priest Qingming is not just acquainted with the Goddess of the River.

The big salamander, the boss of the boat, speculated in his mind.

Because only in this way can we explain why those subordinates of the Goddess of the River want to help the ship move forward.

"Okay, I know about this matter, you can just pretend that nothing happened."

The big salamander, the boss of the ship, said to the crew member.

After the crew member left, the boss of the ship, Dafeng Salamander, found Chen Yuan in the cabin, and told Chen Yuan about the speeding up of the cargo ship.

After hearing this, Chen Yuan immediately guessed that it was the work of the iron crab.

Although he rejected the iron crab just now, it is obvious that the iron crab still asked his subordinate crab demon to push water in the river to help the cargo ship move forward.

"It should be that the patrolling commander just now is helping us. This is a good thing for us."

Chen Yuan said to the boss of the boat.

Hearing Chen Yuan's words, the boat boss Dafeng Salamander confirmed his speculation for a moment.

"It seems that we are all under the influence of the Taoist priest."

The big salamander, the boss of the boat, sighed.

Chen Yuan smiled and said nothing more.

So just like that, the cargo ship moved forward on the Lujiang River at an extremely fast speed, heading for Jianghuai City.

The crew and guests on the passing ships looked at this cargo ship, which was moving faster than the passenger ship, and they were all talking about why this cargo ship was able to move forward so fast:

"Could it be that the Dayong court, the latest shipbuilding technology is not enough?"

"Maybe it's the shipbuilding technology of an overseas country?"

"I heard that some small countries overseas have much better shipbuilding technology than ours."

"But I see that ship is obviously the most common cargo ship!"

"Yeah, I think so too."

……

While the crew and passengers were discussing, they could never imagine that there was a crab monster pushing water in the river to help the cargo ship move forward.

And soon everyone on board also discovered the speed of this cargo ship, and it started to become faster and faster than passenger ships.

When they asked the reason for the boat boss, the salamander, the salamander told them that the matter was related to the young Taoist priest. Everyone immediately felt reasonable after hearing the words.

They have seen the even more unbelievable scenes before. Because of Chen Yuan, the speed of the cargo ship was accelerated, and what they thought was unreasonable suddenly became reasonable again.

The speed of the ship was extremely fast, and it took only one day to travel nearly [-] miles.

Because the bottom of the boat was smashed by the river monster, coupled with the high speed, the cracks that were originally repaired showed signs of water leakage.

The big salamander, the boss of the boat, found a pier to dock, ready to repair the boat, and continued on its way.

"How far is this place from Jianghuai City?"

Changing into the dark blue Taoist robe that he used to wear in Luxian Temple, which he hadn't worn for a while, his long hair was tied into a bun with wooden hairpins, and Chen Yuan, who didn't wear a pure sun scarf, had a dusty temperament and a handsome appearance. Standing on the bow of the cargo ship, watching the cargo ship slowly approaching the wharf, he asked the ship's boss, the big salamander.

This pier looks huge, with ships entering and leaving constantly, and dozens of passenger and cargo ships can be vaguely seen berthing at the edge of the pier, which is several times larger than the Qingmu Town pier when Chen Yuan set off before.

"Daoist, this is Changlong County, which is only about two hundred miles away from Jianghuai City."

The big salamander, the boss of the boat, replied.

"Then how long will it take you to repair the ship at this pier?"

Chen Yuan turned around and asked the salamander again.

"Because the cracks are relatively large, the previous repairs were only a stopgap measure. If it is completely repaired, it may take a day, so everyone needs to wait at this pier for a day."

The big salamander, the boss of the boat, said to Chen Yuan.

"Since that's the case, forget it. Pindao will disembark from here and walk to Jianghuai City."

Chen Yuan suddenly made a decision.

"Are you going to leave like this?"

The big salamander, the boss of the boat, was a little surprised.

"good."

Chen Yuan nodded.

While speaking, he went directly back to the cabin and lived in the small room for three or four days. He took all the baggage of his sword box in the small room with him, and stuffed Xueniang and the little yellow dog into the baggage.

"There is no permanent feast in the world. Gathering and parting are all due to fate. I hope we will have a chance to meet again in the future."

Chen Yuan came back to the bow of the boat and said to the boss of the boat.

"Then I will return the rest of the boat money to the Taoist priest."

Seeing that Chen Yuan insisted on getting off the boat, the boss of the boat said.

"No need, it's not too far to Jianghuai City, this deal is considered to be concluded."

Chen Yuan shook his head and refused.

There are only two hundred miles of waterway left to reach Jianghuai City, and the boat boss barely took him to the destination. He is a person who abides by promises and rules, so naturally he can't ask the boat boss to refund him the boat fare.

Knowing that Chen Yuan was going to leave the boat, Luan Ruiyu, Shang Xinhe, Sun Dan, three scholars on board, A Muren and the mother and daughter all came to the bow to see Chen Yuan off.

"Teacher, take care."

"Thank you for saving your life."

"If it weren't for you, we might all die this time."

"I hope the Taoist priest will have a smooth journey."

"The Taoist priest saved our mother and daughter, and Ende will never forget it in this life."

Everyone thanks Chen Yuan.

"It's fate for everyone to be on the same boat, and it's just a matter of little effort."

Chen Yuan laughed.

After the ship docked at the pier, Chen Yuan got off the three-day cargo ship under the watchful eyes of everyone.

And because of the huge river monster head on the bow of this cargo ship, it attracted the attention of everyone on the pier as soon as it docked.

But these are not related to Chen Yuan.

"Daozhang, wait for me!"

Just as Chen Yuan walked into the crowd at the pier, a familiar voice called him from behind.

(End of this chapter)