You have mastered the art of thunder and you tell me that it is in a strange world?

Chapter 158: Going North by Boat
Yi You led the way and brought Zuo Chen and the others to the Shangbao City Governor's Mansion, and thanked Zuo Chen repeatedly.

After the Taoist priest arrived at Shangbao City, he first helped put out the fire in the city and then captured the thieves. If Yi You hadn't been in poor health, he would have wanted to kowtow to Zuo Chen.

The people who followed him also helped a lot.

Guan Goudou and Zhu Laoba relied on their good physical fitness and rushed directly into the ruins to search for and rescue people. They carried out the seriously injured but not yet dead one by one, saving several lives.

Caiyi used the Fire Suppression Technique to put out several small fires that Zuo Chen had not taken care of, preventing a few more houses from burning down.

They were busy running around, saving lives. There were a few poor people walking by who were watching the fun. They had never seen so many gods and were shocked. They took note of what had happened that day, and trotted all the way to the city, shouting at the top of their lungs, and several "saviors" fell from the sky.

Of course, after many believers, people who wanted to pray for peace, and wealthy landlords arrived at the scene with drums and gongs and setting off firecrackers, they were nowhere to be seen, and only a few fire masters were seen cleaning up the mess.

After entering the governor's mansion, it was dinner time. Yi You asked the chef to prepare the food and everyone went back home to rest.

The mansion is not big and there are not many servants. It is more like a wealthy family than the governor's residence.

When they arrived at the banquet, Zuo Chen told Yi You and Hu Wen everything he had learned from Bao Zhai.

"It's a pity that the one who died was not the Smiling Buddha." Hu Wen felt quite regretful.

When he heard the descriptions from the eminent monks, he thought it was the Smiling Buddha himself who came out, but he didn't expect that he caught a high imitation.

"Little Joy already has a large group of people, and they are all scheming and scheming. Generally, those who can become leaders of this group of people have more ideas than others. I don't know where the Smiling Buddha is hiding."

After saying that, Yi You also became annoyed. He rolled up his sleeves and slammed the table so hard that the tea tray bounced up.

"There are still so many little joys roaming around in Youzhou now. They are hard to catch and kill. It's really troublesome. The King of Jingzhou Chang is also making trouble. Lord Wei has told him about the evil water three times, but he still doesn't believe it! We should really capture him and throw him into the den of evil! Let's see if he still believes these things when he is torn into pieces!"

"It's not the first time that King Chang of Jingzhou has coveted Youzhou." Hu Wen snorted coldly, "He doesn't have enough soldiers and food, so he pretends to have no interest in the world and guards his own little piece of land. But if you check, you will know that he is collecting all kinds of strange people and rare treasures, intending to create an elite team. According to his personality, it is not impossible for him to hire Xiao Huanxi to do these things."

Yi You suppressed his anger and thought about the relationship between Prince Chang and Xiao Huanxi. The more he thought about it, the weirder it became:
Xiao Huanxi is a hidden sect, just like Wu Xiangwang. Those who know their name can understand how insidious and vicious they are. They are far from being comparable to the roaming sects in the world. Those who don’t know their name might think they are a second- or third-rate gang that popped up from somewhere, and probably won’t take it seriously.

But the problem is that there are very few people in this world who know their names.

Even though they are princes, nowadays, probably only a few princes whose strength can be considered top-notch can be called by this title.

It is normal for King Wei to know Xiao Huanxi's name, and it is also normal for Kyoto to know Xiao Huanxi's name.

King Chang of Jingzhou?

Although this is unpleasant to hear, but...

Who is he?
Rather than him looking for Xiao Huanxi, it was more like Xiao Huanxi looking for him.

"I'll go burn incense first. You guys sit down and eat and drink well."

Yi You stood up and said goodbye. The most important thing now was to light a thousand-mile communication incense and tell the Northern Fortress everything that happened here.

As long as King Wei knew what Xiao Huanxi was going to do and was prepared, then that group of lowly bitches would not be able to threaten the fortress no matter what schemes and tricks they used.

After Yi You left, Hu Wen took over the conversation and said:
"Don't talk about these things that spoil your appetite. The dishes at Shangbaowu are delicious. These are all prepared by Master Yi for everyone. Let's eat first!"

Before Zuo Chen came back, Yi You asked Hu Wen and the others about their appetites and told the chef to prepare special dishes. The dishes were not very sumptuous, but they were thoughtful enough.

Boxia served Zuo Chen a soup and hot dish made of thinly sliced ​​rabbit meat, and ordered a small dessert of red rice cake for Caiyi. Both dishes were suitable for everyone's taste.

There were two big, fat fish placed in front of Guan Gou Dou. One of them could be used as a mallet, which made Guan Gou Dou drool.

Seeing that everyone started to pick up their chopsticks, Guan Dog Fight was no longer polite. He picked up the big fish and started to eat it, and it smelled so delicious.

Before serving the dishes, Hu Wen specifically asked Zhu Lao Ba:
"Pork is a common food in Daliang. Do you mind?"

Zhu Laoba just laughed and explained to Hu Wen:

"If it was a wild boar from the same tribe as mine, I would definitely not eat it. But to be honest, after I gained innate intelligence, I don't feel that much when I look at all kinds of livestock. I can eat yours and just give me some other meat in exchange."

So what Zhu Laoba now has in front of him is the Eight Treasure Roast Goose, which is considered to be the most difficult dish to make on the whole table.

Fox Ni was also given a small plate with various rare meats on it. She ate happily and licked her lips repeatedly.

The golden boy and the jade girl naturally didn't need to eat, so they shouted slogans of encouragement at the table next to them.

Zuo Chen felt that these two little creatures might have been with him for too long, and their intelligence had become visibly improved.

To go with these delicious dishes, Zuo Chen also took out monkey wine and drank it with everyone.

After eating for half an incense stick of time, Yi You came back from the back hall in a hurry with a worried look on his face.

Seeing his expression, Hu Wen's heart trembled and he felt something was wrong.

"I lit the incense, but didn't reply."

Hu Wen's heart sank.

Among the three, pigeon, horse and messenger incense, messenger incense is the fastest, but also the most unstable. Killing a bird requires a bow, killing a horse requires a knife, but to break the messenger incense, sometimes you only need to open a magic altar and use the Eight Formations to change the wind direction, and the surrounding messenger incense will be useless for half a month.

Sure enough, something really happened.

"Let's go down the river to the northern fortress first, and then come visit us after we've dealt with those thieves." Zuo Chen put down his bowl and chopsticks.

Yi You sighed:

"I'm sorry, Chief Taoist."

He had eaten half of his meal and was in a hurry to leave. He had just finished the first fish of the dog fight and was now holding the second fish, with a look of reluctance on his face. He simply carried the big fish on his shoulders and followed the crowd, panting.

I was a little embarrassed at first, thinking that I was the only one going out with food, but when I turned my head slightly, I found that Caiyi was also holding four or five rice cakes in her hand.

They looked at each other and smiled awkwardly.

This time, Zuo Chen and his companions did not ride on donkeys, but boarded the large shuttle specially prepared by Yi You. Several special boatmen rowed the boats along the stream, and with the help of Zuo Chen's shrinking the earth into an inch, the speed was several points faster than the cloud-flying technique.

It was obviously Fox Ni's first time to take a boat ride. After getting on the boat, she immediately lay down on the side of the boat, sticking her head out and looking down.

After the boatman on the deck shouted "Let's sail", six strong men started rowing in the lower cabin, riding the wind and waves.

The sudden movement of the boat made a lot of noise. Hu Ni, who was standing on her two skinny legs, screamed and was almost thrown onto the deck. If Hu Wen beside her had not been quick to grab her with one hand, Hu Ni would have fallen directly into the water.

Frightened, Fox Ni climbed up Hu Wen's thigh, quickly jumped onto his shoulder, and squatted there trembling.

Hu Wen burst out laughing and could only helplessly tease Hu Ni with his hands.

The big ship started to rise, the wind came, and it sailed downstream and through the waves, heading north.

"If the wind is favorable, at this speed, we can reach the northern fortress in about a whole day." Hu Wen calculated the time: "But we will pass a few checkpoints first and inform them to avoid getting into trouble."

Seeing that everything was fine for the time being, everyone on the boat began to rest.

The boat was not small and had guest rooms with a large bunk bed. Hu Wen did not know how to use meditation as a substitute for sleeping yet, so he went back to the bed to rest.

It was also the first time for Guan Goudou and Zhu Laoba to take a boat ride. They were still very excited. Looking at the roaring river, they could not tell at all that they were two innate and perfect demon kings.

Zuo Chen took advantage of this time to explain magic to Caiyi and Luye, teaching them how to use their own magical powers.

He did not teach them such advanced techniques as the Five Thunders Method or the Flower Blooming Instantly. After all, their cultivation was far from enough, and such techniques often required the calculation of the sixty-four phases of the Eight Trigrams. If one was not strong enough and tried to learn them by force, he would often easily suffer from mental illness.

On the other hand, Zuo Chen also discovered that everyone has different talents and the skills they learn are also different.

Donkey Grandpa is good at running, so he was very effective in learning the art of shrinking the earth into an inch. Caiyi, because of her own experience and the techniques she had learned before, is now more proficient in fire magic and shape-shifting than Zuo Chen.

Instead of forcing them to learn these techniques that may harm their roots, it would be better to teach them according to their aptitude and give them more "experience", which would be better for them.

He started discussing scriptures and preaching. Donkey Master and Caiyi listened carefully and studied seriously.

They chatted from the setting sun to the moon hanging high in the sky. The six strong men who came on shift replaced the day shift workers and continued rowing, moving with the water.

After listening to Zuo Chen's lecture for most of the day, Caiyi just felt that her brain was dull. She was slower than others in learning these things, so she could only write it all down and digest it slowly when she got back.

On the other hand, Donkey listened smoothly and was even able to draw inferences from what he heard, much more fluently than Caiyi.

Seeing that it was getting late, Guan Goudou and Zhu Laoba were already lying on the deck and sleeping soundly, so Caiyi also stretched and prepared to take a rest.

But she didn't like the big bunk bed because it was too crowded and full of sweat smell, so she simply ran to lie on the cart.

Zuo Chen also found a clean place to meditate and rest, waiting for the night to pass.

Time passed by minute by minute, and most people fell asleep. The wind was good tonight, so the sails were hoisted and the strong men on duty also had some rare time to rest.

The night wind blew, the stars hung low in the sky, and everything around seemed to become quiet and peaceful.

Suddenly, Zuo Chen opened his eyes.

He stood up and looked around.

Everyone on the ship fell asleep.

Even the water watcher who was keeping watch fell asleep.

The surface of the river was filled with fog, and Zuo Chen could feel that fragments of dreams seemed to be floating in from the north.

"No intention or thought... a natural phenomenon?"

Frowning slightly, Zuo Chen began to practice the art of entering dreams.

(End of this chapter)