The Martial Lord of the Troubled World

Chapter 90 Daughter of Gold
The bullets pushed the dark figure that had leaped out of the water back into the river.

Fu Juemin quickly pulled the bolt and cocked the gun. At this moment, even [Youling] could not accurately pinpoint the location of the water monkey, and could only hear a series of rapid splashing sounds.

It looked as if a large fish was swimming around the hull, and the originally calm, dark water surface was now swirling with huge eddies, causing the entire ship to slowly spin around.

Fu Juemin fired continuously, causing bursts of water to erupt on the surface.

"Change your gun!"

After a while, Fu Juemin suddenly stopped and his gaze fell on the light machine gun in the hand of a guard beside him.

The latter immediately understood and quickly handed over the machine gun.

After switching to a machine gun, Fu Juemin indiscriminately fired at the river surface, bullets whizzing across the water.

With the assistance of [Listening]'s reconnaissance and a certain degree of prediction, Fu Juemin felt that he had hit something.

"Goo-"

A strange sound, like the croaking of frogs, was heard, and a section of the water suddenly burst open, revealing the water monkeys that had been hiding underwater.

This time, its speed was almost unbelievable, and an overwhelming, foul stench of water enveloped the entire ship like an invisible miasma.

In the torchlight, the thin, dark figure carrying a long, thin object leaped high into the air. Its exact appearance was obscured, but the people on the boat were struck dumb, frozen in place as if by lightning.

Fu Juemin was even more severely impacted.

In that instant, he felt as if a surge of resentment and hatred accumulated over hundreds of years was hitting him head-on.

Under this resentment, the powerful blood and qi of the mid-stage Blood Refining Realm cultivator seemed to be extinguished by ice water, and instead emitted a chilling aura.

He stood frozen in place, his pupils contracting, watching helplessly as the dark figure relentlessly approached him.

At that moment, a hand quickly reached out, pressed down on his shoulder, and pulled him backward forcefully.

A figure immediately blocked his way.

"Uncle Tong!"

Before Fu Juemin could utter a single word, he heard the deafening roar of machinery starting up.

In an instant, the overwhelming resentment receded like a receding tide. With a soft "plop," the eerie black shadow that was about to land on the bow of the boat turned back.

After entering the water, it left a long ripple, as if it had already gone far away without looking back.

The tense atmosphere on the ship suddenly eased, and amidst the roar of the small cargo ship starting up and speeding away, almost the entire ship was filled with the sound of heavy breathing.

After recovering from his shock, Fu Juemin used the [Listening Sound] again and found that the water monkey had indeed gone far away, but it didn't seem to have gone completely. Instead, it was hanging far behind the boat with a rather wary attitude.

"Could it be that it's afraid of the sound of a diesel engine?"

After pondering for a while, Fu Juemin came to an absurd conclusion that even he himself didn't quite believe.

But upon closer reflection, it seems to make sense.

Given the water monkey's consistently cunning and cautious nature, it's entirely reasonable that it mistook the diesel engine for some kind of "mysterious entity" that shouldn't be easily provoked.

To verify his conjecture, he stood at the stern for another hour, and only after confirming that the water monkey really dared not approach easily did he feel relieved for the time being.

"Four people will remain outside the cabin, in pairs, taking turns on night watch."
Everyone else, go back and rest! We can talk about everything tomorrow.

Fu Juemin waved his hand and immediately gave the order.

When it comes to military confrontation with foreign powers, Fu Guosheng always listens to him.

The group was startled awake by the water monkey in the middle of the night and made a ruckus for half the night. They were all exhausted by then, so they were told to disperse.

Fu Juemin also returned to his cabin. As soon as he opened the door, he was surprised to find that Xu Xinyi was still there.

—She was huddled in the corner of the bed, clutching the blanket, looking both curious and scared, not knowing what was happening outside.

As soon as Fu Juemin entered, Xu Xinyi immediately darted into his arms like a kitten, looking up at him expectantly.

"Brother Lingjun, should I go back?"

Fu Juemin shook his head. His nerves were on edge in the middle of the night, and he had been listening to [Youling] for an hour. He had a lot of pent-up anger in his heart with nowhere to vent it.

"What are you doing back?"

Fu Juemin lit the kerosene lamp hanging by the bed and calmly unbuttoned his clothes one button at a time, facing Xu Xinyi.

"Tonight."

"Even if the King of Heaven himself came, he wouldn't stop me, Fu Juemin, from being the groom!"

The next day.

A waterproof canopy was specially installed on the upper deck of the cabin, which offers a wide view on all four sides. A round table was set up, and Fu Juemin's family was having lunch.

A gentle breeze blew in, carrying a faint fishy smell, but today was a fine day with pleasant sunshine.

There were seven or eight dishes on the table. Besides the fruits and vegetables that keep well in winter, there were also river delicacies that had been caught from the water early in the morning. The cook had skillfully prepared them, and they were all delicious and visually appealing.

However, after the incident with the water monkey last night, the people sitting around the table felt a slight nausea as they looked at the plates of fish and shrimp.

"Have a meal."

Fu Guosheng took the first bowl, and the others followed suit.

The atmosphere at the dinner table was somewhat subdued until Lin Wanrong, the stepmother, suddenly blurted out, "Where's Xinyi?"

"Sister Xinyi must miss her mother."

The precocious Fu Shuxin immediately exclaimed, "Last night when I got up to pee, I heard Sister Xinyi crying the whole time!"

"puff--"

Lin Wanrong couldn't help but burst out laughing, then patted Fu Shuxin's head and said, "Shuxin and Shuyao, remember this, you have to call Xinyi sister-in-law from now on."

The two little girls gave a vague "oh," and Fu Guosheng grabbed his chopsticks and coughed heavily twice, his face full of strangeness and embarrassment.

Fu Juemin replied calmly, "Xinyi is tired. Let her rest until the afternoon, then we'll wake her up for dinner."

Last night, he and Xu Xinyi were up all night, probably trying eight out of ten positions. The whole ship is so small, and the rooms are all partitioned by wooden boards. It would be strange if his father and stepmother, who live next door, couldn't hear the noise.

Fu Juemin ended the conversation abruptly, picked up a piece of fish with his chopsticks, put it in his bowl, and then changed the subject, looking at Fu Guosheng and saying, "Dad, that water monkey last night was probably coming for us."

Upon hearing Fu Juemin mention this, Fu Guosheng immediately put down his chopsticks.

Lin Wanrong, the stepmother, tactfully led Fu Shuxin and Fu Shuyao away. Once everyone had left, Fu Guosheng asked, "What's your idea?"

"This water monkey was hibernating underwater, but it was probably awakened by the fire of the Fire Cloud Army. It was so hungry that it started to hunt people everywhere."

It's scared off by the sound of the diesel engine and doesn't dare to come up rashly, but sooner or later it will muster up the courage to try again.

So I think…

A glint flashed in Fu Juemin's eyes as he slowly said, "Instead of living in fear and wondering when it will catch up again, it's better to find a time and a place to take care of it once and for all!"

Fu Guosheng frowned. "That makes sense."

But everyone witnessed the ferocity of that water monkey last night.

If you want to deal with it, I'm afraid not many people will dare to follow you.

"We don't need many people."

Fu Juemin shook his head, "Dad forgot, there's still a pile of explosives and kerosene left by Second Uncle under the cabin."

(End of this chapter)