Chapter 108

In the early morning, the dense fog was like a mat rolling in along the ground, and the cold air poured straight into the seams of the clothes.

There were shadowy figures in the thick fog, twenty or thirty people walked out in a group, followed by five flatbed carts.

Most of them were young men and women, dressed cleanly, but there was no lack of servants wearing coarse cloth and linen.

Only one person was the most eye-catching, extremely tall, over six feet tall, but his face was very immature.

"Master, is this Pingyang Town? It's so big, it feels bigger than our county town."

The lean young man carried a bundle and looked around curiously.

Pang Qinghe, who was leading the team at the front, sighed: "It should be called Pingyang County. Maybe it will be called Pingyang Prefecture in the future. In short, we have to make a living here from now on."

The man who was over six feet tall said in a muffled voice: "Why must we move away? Isn't Huazhu County good?"

"Dazhuang, there's no way not to move. The Ghost Mother Sect has ruined us miserably." The lean young man patted Dazhuang's arm sadly, "The people in the county have fled, and many people in our martial arts gym have died. If we don't move, no one will come to learn martial arts at all. There will be no income in the future. Without income, you won't be able to eat meat."

"Then I won't eat meat in the future."

"Dazhuang, don't listen to Lan Tai's nonsense." Pang Qinghe made a gesture to whip him, but Lan Tai jumped out like a monkey and ran far away. Pang Qinghe couldn't really chase him, so he said helplessly, "Eat as much meat as you want, you'll have to rely on your strength later!"

"Master, are we going to fight?"

"Not a fight, it's a sparring match! Too many people ran away from Huazhu County, and there are too few people left to support our big group. We can only come to Pingyang County, but to establish a new base, we have to make a name for ourselves."

The skinny monkey Lan Tai popped his head out from behind Dazhuang: "Are we going to challenge other gyms? Master, I remember there were three martial arts gyms in Pingyang Town. Two of the gym masters were at the Galloping Horse completion stage, and the other one, the Yang family, is not to be trifled with. The gym master is at the Hunting Tiger stage, too powerful. Shall we go to the other two?"

"What's the point of challenging the other two? If you want to challenge, of course, you challenge the most powerful one!"

"Wow, Master, you are at the Wolf Smoke stage challenging a Hunting Tiger stage, aren't you afraid of being beaten to death?"

"Why do you have such a mouth?" Pang Qinghe was very annoyed, "Of course I'm not going to challenge them, Dazhuang is. I found out that the martial arts master Yang Da just took in a new disciple less than five months ago. It just so happens that Dazhuang has been learning martial arts for half a year, so they are about the same."

General against general, soldier against soldier. Dazhuang has naturally strong bones, almost martial bones. He is the one with the best foundation I have ever seen since I opened the martial arts gym. He will definitely win, and then our reputation will be established!"

Lan Tai swallowed: "Master, doing this, I feel very dangerous."

"You are stupid. We will send three people. Except for Dazhuang, I don't expect you to win. If we win three games and one victory, we have already succeeded."

"Hiss, Master is smart!"

The creaking sound of the wheels crushing the ground swallowed Lan Tai's subsequent words.

The huge wooden carts drove out of the thick fog, forming a long convoy, with bulging sacks piled up to the height of a person.

Officials in official uniforms, holding long whips, followed the convoy, their eyes fierce, escorting the convoy.

"It's a grain cart!"

Pang Qinghe twitched his nose. The thick, fragrant scent of grain made people's appetites whet in this early morning, and they just wanted to eat a bowl of fragrant braised meat noodles.

"It's really a time when everything is waiting to be done, it's time for us to appear!

Let's go, find an inn to settle down and eat first, then pick a good address to build a martial arts gym, and submit the visiting card in the afternoon!

First come, first served, latecomers only smell the fart!"

"This river is much longer than I thought. Why is it so deep?"

Liang Qu emerged from the water, and the surrounding forest was dense.

He was originally following the small river in Pingyang County, winding down to see if there were any traces left by the dragon. He didn't expect to go further and further, and he hadn't reached the end even after leaving the town.

Not only did it not reach the end, but the river bottom was getting deeper and deeper, reaching forty or fifty feet, and the river width was still only seven or eight meters.

He turned over and dived, leaving a ripple on the river surface.

"Did you find anything?"

In the water, Bu Neng Dong and the fat catfish shook their heads, and Quan Tou swung its pincers, indicating that it had not found anything either.

There was nothing good at the bottom of the water.

"Could it really be a legend?"

Liang Qu sighed. The dream of finding dragon bones and dragon scales was shattered. Just as he was about to return home, Quan Tou swung its pincers.

"Found many small sturgeons along the way?"

Liang Qu frowned and recalled. He found that it seemed to be true. Along the way, he had found no less than seven or eight sturgeons in the river.

Sturgeon, a characteristic species of the Jianghuai River, is called Sturgeon Dragon by many people. It is the creature closest to the dragon species in folklore.

Why are there so many Sturgeon Dragons in a small river?

This thing is not very common.

"Let's look inside."

Liang Qu took the four beasts to the depths. After swimming another two miles, the river channel suddenly widened.

Emerging from the water, a quiet lake appeared in his sight, at least half a mile deep and wide, and the trees on the shore were lush.

Liang Qu's heart beat faster for no reason, and his intuition told him that this small lake was not simple.

He turned back and told the four beasts to hide, and Liang Qu swam alone.

With the Ze Ling bonus, his concealment ability in the water was very strong, while the four beasts did not have this ability.

The number of sturgeons outside the lake was already very large, as if they regarded the small lake as their base camp. This was absolutely abnormal!

Just as he was about to go deeper, three giant beasts suddenly appeared in Liang Qu's perception circle.

The giant beasts were all sturgeon species, over five meters long, swimming in an orderly manner, just like big dogs guarding the house.

Ordinary sturgeons are at most three meters long. Spirit monsters, they are absolutely spirit monsters!

Three spirit monsters guarding the door?

Liang Qu was so shocked that he dared not move forward.

Damn!

Could there be a Sturgeon Dragon fish demon in the lake?

This lake looks big, but it definitely can't accommodate three Sturgeon Dragon fish spirit monsters sharing the territory. There must be a stronger guy suppressing them.

At his current level, it's hard enough to fight a big spirit monster, let alone a demon.

Retreat, retreat, accidentally explored a high-level dungeon.

Liang Qu retreated quickly and left with the four beasts without looking back.

In the center of the lake, inside a simple "palace" built of stone pillars.

The tentacles of a sleeping big sturgeon moved slightly, and it fell into silence while breathing.

Liang Qu followed the river all the way back to the vicinity of Pingyang County, and only breathed a sigh of relief when he returned to the boat.

There were three spirit monsters guarding the entrance of a lake. Who could withstand this...

"In this way, the dragon wading through the river is not necessarily groundless. Maybe someone has seen a sturgeon demon? Or..."

Liang Qu's heart was pounding.

Or a certain sturgeon demon had obtained dragon relics and developed its own ethnic group!

In any legend, the remains on a dragon are good things, even urine.

From the perspective of the Chuanzhu Emperor, he even saw with his own eyes how a fish that swallowed dragon blood became a spirit monster.

"It's just that the sturgeon demon is a bit difficult to deal with."

Liang Qu could be sure that there was a big guy in the center of the lake, if not a demon, then a big spirit monster.

"Forget it, go back to eat first, and think about it after eating."

Liang Qu, who couldn't think of a solution for half a day, was hungry. He parked the boat at the pier and prepared to return to the martial arts gym to eat.

"Liang Shixiong!"

"Junior Brother Li? What's the matter?"

An apprentice who had just entered the door bowed: "Liang Shixiong, Cao Shixiong Xiang asked me to tell you that the grain raised by each prefecture has arrived, and asked you to help carry it, and go to Yixing Town to find someone to transport their part of the grain back."

"Okay, I know."

A moment later.

A big jujube-red horse galloped on the street, its mane and tail scattered like flames, its iron hooves kicked up dust, and it left like a gust of wind.

Lan Tai, who came to the martial arts gym to submit a visiting card, looked up, and envy rose in his heart.

I don't know which rich young master it is, who can afford such a handsome tall horse? It's really running like a ball of fire.

It is indeed a big county town, the scenery is different.