Chapter 149 Whale Gang
The river wind is strong and the clothes are fluttering.
Liang Qu sat cross-legged in the boat, looking at the map again and again, his brows furrowed.
Looking around, there is a vast river with a few floating islands in between, and only one sun hanging above my head.
As he was about to break through the blood barrier, Liang Qu carried with him the blood-exchanging pills, blood-clotting pills, and blood-activating pills made from ox-horn pomfret horns that Master Yang had given him a few days ago, just in case.
In the end, after all the planning, I missed the most important thing.
"I didn't bring my compass..."
It was my first time traveling far away, and I was careless.
In those days there was no navigation, the roads were not good, and due to household registration restrictions, people’s range of activities was extremely small. Those who could travel freely across several counties were all capable masters.
It would be even more amazing if you could travel between several prefectures. Big chambers of commerce would be vying for you, and you would never have to worry about food and drink wherever you go.
"stop!"
The fat catfish released its strength and the water marks behind the barge healed quickly.
"Come to the shore..."
At the bow, Liang Qu stretched out his hand to protect the small puddle in which a leaf was floating. An iron needle was attached to the vein of the leaf. Under the action of the magnetized iron needle, the tip of the leaf slowly pointed to the north.
The lack of a compass was no problem for Liang Qu.
Go to the shore and find a small village. You can't buy high-end things like compasses, but men farm and women weave, so they can buy an iron needle and rub it on their hair to make it magnetic and use it as a compass.
"It's off, it's off, Ah Fei, move a little to the left!"
The fat catfish struck the water a little harder to the right, turned the bow slightly, and continued to speed forward.
It is no different from a compass, except that you need to stop moving after a period of time and reconfirm the direction.
If you travel by land between Pingyang County and Fengbu County, you have to go around a circle, but if you take the water route, it will be a straight line, which is nearly 30% shorter in distance.
Without a compass to position yourself at all times, the purpose of arriving in a straight line cannot be achieved. The journey will most likely become a zigzag line with slight ups and downs, taking half a day, but it is still faster than traveling by land.
Hey.
It was my first time traveling far away and I had no one to guide me, so there were so many things to pay attention to.
Liang Qu became more cautious.
Starry night.
More than ten small boats spread out on the river, extending for more than two miles, almost to the edge of the deep water area.
When Pingyang County was still Pingyang Town, all large ships between the two places took this waterway. Anyone traveling between the two places could not have escaped being discovered.
Snapped!
A big hand slapped his face, and the mosquito that was full of blood exploded and turned into a pool of blood.
A few rough guys were sitting on a small boat, bored. None of them were warriors, so they could only feed mosquitoes on the river.
"Why are there so many damn mosquitoes? Is anyone here?"
"There's not even a single fish, where did the people come from?"
"It's been a few days, and you haven't come yet?"
"It's only been a few days. Judging from the speed, the news must have arrived yesterday or the day before yesterday. It will take at least another day or two."
"Then why are we waiting so early?"
"It's better to kill the wrong person than to let him go. We are the ones feeding the mosquitoes, not the gang leader. We stay for half a month, and it won't delay the gang leader from marrying a new concubine."
There was silence.
"Damn it, this is all Lin Lao Er's fault. We didn't stop that bastard. Let the higher-ups know. Otherwise, we wouldn't be here on the river to suffer and feed mosquitoes. This has never happened before."
"In the past, no one cared about the water affairs. As long as the peasants paid taxes on time, no one cared about your life or death. Now we have the Hebo Office, which is right next door. We are definitely not as comfortable as before. Didn't the second gang leader say a few days ago that our Whale Gang should be more restrained now, and life will not be as easy as before. Are you ready to lay off staff?"
Another man interrupted: "Tell me, if the Hebo Office is really in charge of this matter and sends people over, we won't really kill the official, right?"
"Kill the official? What are you thinking? Are you going to die? Can you kill an official with your weak arms and legs? You didn't hear what the second gang leader said at all. Just give him some money and send him back. Don't cause any trouble."
"Can you send him back?"
"Have you ever seen a cat that doesn't steal fish? If you don't make money as an official, what's the point of being an official?"
"Just bear with it. The Third Gang Leader said that once the storm has passed, he will take us to Tianxianglou to play with the girls to our heart's content!"
"That makes me itchy."
"What's itching? Are you sick, you bastard?"
"Stupid dog! Get the hell out of here!"...
The barge was speeding along, Liang Qu was leaning on the edge of the boat practicing his internal energy, when suddenly his heart was moved.
The water was flowing, and waves more than half a meter high surged out of the water three feet above the surface, moving forward at the same pace as the boat. Through the moonlight, one could clearly see a two-foot-long fish in the center of the waves.
It has green skin and no scales, a nose like a cow's, a large and square head, very different from ordinary fish heads, and huge and round eyes.
Ox-headed fish!
Another precious fish!
The bullfish emerged from the water out of nowhere, terrified, and tried desperately to swim forward, but no matter how it struggled, it was always wrapped by the waves.
I didn't expect that I would get unexpected gains while traveling.
Liang Qu stretched out his hand, and his five fingers were like eagle claws. He pinched the fish's back and took the ox-head fish out of the waves.
The waves broke on the surface of the river, leaving behind churning white foam.
The biggest feature of the bullhead fish is its immense strength. A bullhead fish weighing one pound can drag an ordinary fisherman into the water with the explosive power of its tail swing. If it were an ordinary fish, it would not be able to do this without weighing more than 20 pounds.
For this reason, this kind of fish is not available on the market at all, and fishermen can only catch the smaller ones with a broken net.
When it grows a little bigger, it may weigh three or four pounds. Ordinary people may not be able to defeat it even if they go into the water face to face. If you are accidentally hit by its tail, you will faint and drown on the spot.
The ox-head fish in front of him weighed at least twelve or thirteen pounds, and it would take several adults to hold it down. Unfortunately, Liang Qu couldn't even move it in his hands.
"Okay, take a break and eat first!"
Liang Qu controlled the water flow and removed the noose from the three beasts.
The fat catfish and the immobile catfish had been pulling the boat for most of the day without a rest, and their stomachs were already empty.
My fist was being pulled all the time, but I wasn't tired, just a little dizzy.
Awei climbed down from the wrist, lay down beside the bullfish, and stabbed his mouthparts. In a few breaths, he sucked all the blood from the bullfish, and the fish's body shriveled slightly.
When there was no more blood, Liang Qu took out Qinglang, chopped off the fish head with a knife, cleaned out the black membrane and internal organs in the body of the treasure fish, sliced the fish meat, and let the three beasts share the fish bones and internal organs.
The fish meat is put into the pot and quickly turns white and floats.
Liang Qu had only seen ox-head fish in books and had never eaten it, so he didn't know what the effect was like and whether it would be stronger than ox-horn pomfret.
[Water Essence +]
[Water Essence +2]
After swallowing the whole bullhead fish, 42 points of water essence were contributed, and the fusion degree increased by another half a point.
The fish meat in the stomach turned into pure tonic, and the blood and qi in the whole body rose. Liangqu gathered all the qi and blood and merged them into the marrow. The blood was like a tide, surging endlessly.
So hot.
After practicing the blood gate three times, Liang Qu took off his upper body clothes and jumped into the water to help his body dissipate heat.
I didn't expect that a bullhead fish would have such a good nourishing effect. It is half as strong as the bullhorn pomfret. I am one day closer to breaking through the fourth level.
In the past, Liang Qu always thought that Baoyu was the childhood of a monster. Later, after reading more books, he realized that it was not the same thing.
A precious fish is a precious fish, and a monster is a monster, the two do not match.
Any fish may accidentally eat natural treasures, break through its own limitations, and turn into a monster.
But the treasure fish is a spiritual creature that was born and raised naturally.
Some rare and precious fish can produce as much blood and flesh energy as if they were eaten by a whole monster.
Some are full of treasures, like the ox-horn pomfret. A pair of fish horns can be ground into powder and used as medicine to stimulate the warrior's whole body qi and blood, and used to make blood-spurting pills and blood-activating pills.
The water essence contained in a pound of fish meat is several times that of ordinary monsters, and the meat quality is much better.
Many monsters taste like raw beef, old and hard, with a lingering fishy smell.
Unfortunately, monsters are everywhere. You can find them if you go deep into the water. You can kill four or five of them in one night, which is not enough to eat as a meal. But it is not so easy to find treasure fish.
So far, the catch level of fat catfish and their treasure fish is at the baseline of one every two days.
Wow!
After eating and drinking, the three beasts surfaced, full of energy.
Liang Qu cleaned up the cabin, put the pots and bowls into the water compartment, tied ropes on them, and continued on his journey.
At the current speed, we will arrive in Fengbu County tomorrow morning.
(End of this chapter)
