Fairies Are Fierce

Chapter 367 River Crab

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Along the shore of the Shajiang River in spring, the water splashed violently, and a few wild ducks living in the reed marshes were startled flying away.

Zuo Lingquan plunged headlong into the river, and his naturally hydrophilic body made him transform into a river-crossing raptor as soon as he entered the water, and his movements were a bit faster than on land.

It was noon, the sun was overhead, and the river water more than three feet deep was not dim, and we could see the aquatic plants and sunken rocks and rotten trees at the bottom of the river.

Zuo Lingquan followed his perception and quickly rushed to Jiangxin, but within two breaths, he found a ghostly wandering black shadow more than a hundred feet away.

The black shadow was as big as a millstone and oval in shape. Zuo Lingquan thought it was an old river turtle, but when he looked closely, he found that the black shadow in front was crawling sideways at the bottom of the river. It has a metallic luster, but it is a big river crab that has practiced for an unknown number of years.

Xie Qiutao is also water-loving. After entering the river, she moved swiftly, with smooth movements without losing speed, just like a dragon girl strolling in the courtyard of the Dragon Palace; after seeing the appearance of the monster, she was a little surprised:

"Gulu Gulu...cough—what a big crab! No wonder Tuanzi couldn't hold back..."

After eating the autumn crabs from Chunchao Lake in Qianqiu Yuefu, the dumplings had no resistance to the big crabs. At this time, they chased them diligently on the water, and even rushed in front of the two of them. They were probably already debating whether to steam them or braise them in brown sauce.

"Tuanzi, go back."

Zuo Lingquan saw that the crab spirit was moving too fast, so he was still cautious when he didn't know the details, and asked the dumpling to return to Jingxun, and then split up with Xie Qiutao to outflank it.

The big river crab that escaped at the bottom of the river is not low in intelligence. It seems that it has long thought of being captured by hunters, and set up some traps at the bottom of the river in advance; It seemed too childish, just a few aquatic plants with bound feet, a round stone about the size of a river crab, and eight legs placed with wooden sticks as camouflage, etc., it couldn't stop the two of them at all.

Zuo Lingquan chased the bottom of the river for about two miles. After confirming that the escaped crab spirit was not dangerous, he suddenly increased his speed. Hearing a muffled sound of "Boom," the bottom of the river was directly rushed out of a hole, and he reached the river in the blink of an eye. ahead.

The escaping crab reacted quickly. Seeing Zuo Lingquan rushing forward, he raised his claws and wanted to fight back.

Zuo Lingquan's eyesight was clumsy for the attack of the crab claws, but to his surprise, when the black crab claws were lifted up, a white streamer lit up on the crab shell, converging toward the crab claws visible to the naked eye.

bang——

The moment the crab claws closed, the blue thunder exploded at the bottom of the river, instantly hitting Zuo Lingquan who was blocking the way.

Zuo Lingquan was a little surprised, but not overly apprehensive.

There is a huge difference in talent between birds, beasts and human races. The tortoise spirit in the secluded environment may be difficult for monks of the jade rank to break through; but God treats all people equally. No big difference.

Crabs belong to the genus of scales. Like turtles, they follow the "stacking armor" method. Their combat power is slightly higher, but that's all. It is far inferior to the serious Flood Dragon; If the genius of the human race like Zuo Lingquan could be brought down, then the human race would not be able to become the master of the Nine Continents.

Zuo Lingquan was already on guard when he sensed that the crab was mobilizing the power of heaven and earth. The blue thunder with the thickness of his wrist struck and only hit the Xuanming Sword in his hand, without even the slightest slowness in his movements.

Behind him, Xie Qiutao had already jumped up and took the opportunity to hit the crab armor with a hammer, making a loud noise of 'Block-'.

The crab shell burst into sparks at the bottom of the water. It was as hard as iron and stone, and there were no cracks. However, the river crab, which was only the size of a millstone, was smashed directly into the mud at the bottom of the river by a huge force, and a large pit with a radius of more than ten feet was knocked out at the bottom of the river.

As the water surged, Xie Qiutao took advantage of the victory and pursued the attack. He held the pipa upside down with both hands and wanted to try again, but Zuo Lingquan, who was surrounded by swords, suddenly said:

"etc."

Xie Qiutao stopped hurriedly in the water, alerting the surroundings. Just as he was about to ask what was wrong, he discovered that something was wrong with the crab that was thrown into the bottom of the river.

After some hunting, the bottom of the river had turned into murky water, but the appearance of the crabs at the bottom of the pit could still be seen clearly.

The big, dark-red crab did not fight back, but lay on the ground, clumsily making a nodding motion, and the fear and fear could be clearly seen in the black bead-like eyes.

Although the crab spirit's movements are clumsy and funny, it can be seen that it is imitating people to kowtow. Xie Qiutao was stunned. When he saw this, he put down his iron pipa and asked in a deep voice:

"You are a bold monster, do you accept it?"

The crab's intelligence has been opened, and he lives near the gathering place of the people. He can understand people's speech, but he can't speak. He just lies at the bottom of the pit and trembles.

Zuo Lingquan put away the Xuanming Sword, shrugged slightly and said:

"It looks like he's convinced."

Seeing that the storm at the bottom of the river subsided, Tang Jingxuan and Tuanzi also floated over. They didn't like going into the water, so they stood on the water.

The dumpling was very excited, with a posture of "knocking on the bowl and waiting for rice", and turned around on the water: "chichichichi~...".

It was the first time Tang Jingxun saw such a big crab, and he was a little afraid, so he asked:

"What should I do now? I'm afraid I can't find such a big pot to steam the dumplings..."

Xie Qiutao really wanted to steam the big crabs, feed the meat to dumplings, and sell the crab shells to make armor. He would probably make a lot of money.

However, according to the rules of the righteous way to eliminate demons, one must be cautious in killing. Birds and beasts have practiced for thousands of years, and it is far more difficult than that of humans. To cut off their avenues for their fur, violates the concept of "Xiandao cherishes life", and also destroys the balance of nature, so there is no reason for it. The birds and beasts that harm the common people still focus on 'educating for good'.

This big crab lives in the Shajiang River, and only stole some strange things, obviously not guilty of death; Xie Qiutao hesitated, and looked at Zuo Lingquan:

"This is Basuo Continent, full of monsters. If you let go, no one will teach you, and it will definitely become a Beast Race in the future. What should we do now?"

Zuo Lingquan saw that this crab spirit has been imitating others to kowtow and beg for mercy, and it is not easy to kill, so he shook his head and said:

"According to the rules, first take it to Chunlu Peak to return to life, um...find someone to give to Wang Rui or Lao Cheng as a spiritual pet, a spirit beast in the secluded environment, they should not dislike it."

"Gu..."

The dumpling suddenly faltered, and whispered 'cuckoo', probably saying: "What a trouble, why don't we stew it...".

The crab spirit begging for mercy at the bottom of the river could understand the meaning of the two people's words, and there was a look of reluctance in his eyes, and he moved the crab's legs.

Seeing this, Xie Qiutao mentioned the iron pipa again: "You crab, you don't know your blessings in the midst of blessings. If it weren't for us who came here today, you would have become a steamed crab. Go out and study hard in the future, maybe you can get a great way …”

The intelligence of the big river crab is estimated to be equivalent to that of a seven or eight-year-old child. Seeing this, he dared not run away. After being trained for a while, he looked towards somewhere in Jiangxin.

Zuo Lingquan stayed with Tuanzi for a long time, and he could roughly understand the simple meaning of birds and beasts, so he moved out of the way and motioned for the crabs to pass.

The river crab moved cautiously a few times, and crawled toward the center of the river. The speed was not slow. In about a quarter of an hour, it came to a bend in the Shajiang River, and there was a cave under the rocky cliff on the bank.

Zuo Lingquan followed into the entrance of the cave. It can be seen that there is a three-foot-square hollow inside, which was dug out by crab claws.

Xie Qiutao followed in, the purpose was to see if this big crab had collected any natural treasures to give her as a meeting gift, but after scanning around, she was very disappointed:

"Why are you stealing these things? You don't need them, just confess to practicing in the cave, and you won't be discovered..."

The big crab has already opened up his mind, and like the dumplings, he must have his own hobbies. Even if he was scolded by Xie Qiutao, he still rummaged through the debris pile and found a wooden box for jewelry. Protect it carefully and keep it under your body.

Xie Qiutao blinked, put on a majestic look, and stretched out her right hand:

"What is it, let me see it."

The big crab cared about the wooden box very much and was reluctant, but because of the power of the man and woman in front of him, he still put the box on the ground.

Xie Qiutao picked up the wooden box, opened it and found four porcelain vases inside.

The porcelain bottle was blue in color and made of a special material. It looked like a bottle containing pills, but when the bottle was opened, it was empty inside. Zuo Lingquan didn't see what was in it before.

"What is this?"

"This is……"

Xie Qiutao picked up the bottle and looked it over carefully, leaned closer to the mouth of the bottle and sniffed it, pondered for a while, and said thoughtfully:

"It's a elixir, but it has a special taste. There should be dragon tendon vines added in it; the function of dragon tendon vines is to expand the energy and blood meridians. The medicinal properties are too strong, and it is highly poisonous to humans. Only some Monster Cultivators with strong physiques, This is the only way to use this thing as medicine, and it is mostly used when the mirror is broken... This big crab, it should be a coincidence, stole this kind of elixir, carried it over and survived, and luckily opened its wisdom..."

After the spirit beast accidentally eats the treasures of heaven and earth, it will be extremely fond of the food it eats, and will try to collect it for the rest of its life, even if it is not needed, it will be kept by its side as a patron saint.

The big crab cares so much about these empty bottles, it's easy to guess the source of his practice.

Zuo Lingquan took a closer look and found that several bottles were old and new. The time difference may be hundreds of years. They must not have been picked up at one time, but the styles were the same. He thought for a while, handed the jewelry box to the big crab, and asked:

"Where did you find these bottles?"

The big crab quickly put away the jewelry box, raised its claws, and pointed to the upper reaches of the Shajiang River.

It is impossible for a monk to take the elixir to help break the border in an unsafe place, and the same is true for Beast Race. The place where you can pick up this bottle is most likely near the Monster Cultivator lair.

Zuo Lingquan took out the map of Fulin Kingdom from Linglong Pavilion and searched for suspicious locations upstream along the Shajiang River.

But the upper reaches of the Shajiang River are within the sphere of influence of Zhengdao. If there is a Beast Race lair, it will have been cleaned up long ago. There is no special mark on the map given by Wangchuan City.

Xie Qiutao came closer to take a look, and was slightly startled when he saw the words "Huofeng Ridge" next to a tributary of the Shajiang River:

"I came over on the ferry and heard that there was something weird over at Tuofeng Ridge. It seemed like someone bumped into a tomb and then disappeared again..."

Zuo Lingquan had no other clues, so he put away the map:

"Then it's most likely here. Let's go and take a look..."

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(end of this chapter)