Chapter 458: The Drunkard's Heart Is Not in the Wine

The sky was deep blue, and drifting clouds floated leisurely in mid-air.

On the Great Marsh where water and sky were the same color, it was a sunny day with a breeze, but the river surface was surging, startling water birds to circle and not land.

The ship workers poured a little vinegar on the deck, using a brush to clean the blood residue in the crevices.

"If you don't play for three days, your hands will grow thorns."

"Since taking the position of elder in the clan, I have been away from battle for a long time, and have not smelted the hundred meridians. Martial arts advance if they don't retreat."

"Now I have brute force in the realm, but my strength is not as good as before..."

Long Zong Yin raised his hand and bowed, his face showing shame.

Wasted the touch before boarding the ship.

Thought the other party was enthusiastic, who would have thought it was to pull him onto the horse to fight, borrowing strength to ride the wind.

Really...

Sent a pillow when sleepy!

"Eh, Elder Long, it doesn't matter." Ran Zhongshi didn't know Long Zong Yin's thoughts and invited him warmly, "Not smelted the hundred meridians, but the opening of the Profound Light has been more than half done, right?"

"Facing two middle-stage and lower-stage small fish on the opposite side, you just shake your arms, and they will shake! Unskilled technique doesn't matter! Let's join forces, we can crush them to death!"

Long Zong Yin frowned, looked up at the sky, and fell into "struggle".

Ran Zhongshi gave Bai Yinbin a wink.

Bai Yinbin bowed and stepped forward.

"Elder Long, the Dragon-man race is uniquely blessed by heaven, and the water soldiers of the Heavenly Human race are nothing special. With your venerable cultivation realm, combined with Brother Zhongshi's Ink Array, dealing with a group of stubborn remnants of the previous dynasty—people just clinging to life—should be as easy as reaching out and grabbing them, shouldn't it? Furthermore, we at the River Patrol Office have traveled thousands of miles to deliver four boats of old ice; it's really not..."

"Eh, Yinbin." Ran Zhongshi's tone was slightly reproachful, turned to look up at Long Zong Yin, and opened five fingers, "How about this, I will make the decision to give an extra 50,000 jin of old ice to the Dragon-Man Clan! All top-quality goods!"

The River Patrol Office brought a total of 1,200,000 jin of old ice, the Dragon-Man Clan only bought 1,000,000, and the remaining 200,000 jin, the River Patrol Office didn't want to collect energy, it was useless, and in the end, it could only be taken back to resell, or stuffed into various ice cellars to replenish ice, so it was better to do a favor.

Long Zong Yin's brow relaxed slightly, he looked down at Ran Zhongshi and sighed.

"Officer Ran, 50,000 jin of ice is unnecessary. Gathering long-term energy, a million old ice is already redundant. The old man has an uninvited request."

Uninvited request?

Ran Zhongshi's heart jumped, first giving a precaution: "I am just a small River Patrol Officer, don't have much real power, if the elder's request is too much, I can't do it..."

"Officer Ran, rest assured, it's not a big deal, just that our Dragon-Man Clan wants to work together with you!"

Work together?

Ran Zhongshi was suspicious.

"Elder Long wants to serve in the River Patrol Office?"

"Not me, but to beg for a few official positions in the River Patrol Office for two or three juniors." Long Zong Yin looked around, "No need to be too high, just end-of-the-line small officials of the eighth or ninth rank."

At the positions on both sides, Long Pingjiang, Long Pinghe, and several Dragon-Men knelt on one knee together.

"We hope Officer Ran will take us in!"

Hiss!

The medicine in this gourd is quite complicated!

Facing the kneeling Wolf Smoke Dragon-Men, Ran Zhongshi felt tricky, knowing in his heart that he had been tricked.

The Dragon-Men wanting to serve in the River Patrol Office was definitely not a hot head, a sudden whim, but must have been carefully considered, with ideas long ago.

The proposer was one of the three elders of the Dragon-Man Clan, Long Zong Yin.

If the other party really has a tendency to cooperate, it's a great thing, the political achievements are great!

If not... it's as black as a pot!

Don't help...

This team to wipe out the Ghost Mother Sect can also forget about it, go back early and rest.

A big merit that is easy to get, he is willing to give up for the sake of safety, but Yinbin, Kaiyun, and the others?

"Elder Long, this request of yours is so unexpected to me." Ran Zhongshi's wording was slow, "This matter is of great importance, I alone, I'm afraid I can't make the decision..."

"No need for Officer Ran to make the decision immediately. Just report the old man's thoughts up and help introduce a few words, that's enough."

Long Zong Yin didn't hope for the other party to agree on the spot, the other party didn't have the right to think so.

On the contrary, he only needed to use this small favor to exchange for the other party's verbal support, so that the whole thing could proceed more smoothly.

One thing, proposed by an insider, and proposed by an outsider, are two resistances.

"Hmm..."

Ran Zhongshi pondered for a while, just about to say some official nonsense to turn around.

Liang Qu, who was at the back of the team, stepped over Lu Kaiyun and Ren Yipeng, stepped forward two steps, and pulled his hem.

Ran Zhongshi looked sideways, suddenly seeing Liang Qu nod slightly, his eyes lit up, and he understood.

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Almost forgot.

Ashui's mysterious ability!

Just showed it when dealing with the Ghost Mother Sect scouts, it was miraculous!

Getting Liang Qu's confirmation, Ran Zhongshi's thoughts were set.

Merit plus political achievement, double benefits, no hesitation.

"Naturally, I am willing to recommend Elder Long to the Xu Commander."

"In that case, the old man thanks Officer Ran on behalf of the juniors in the clan."

Long Zong Yin returned the salute, his peripheral vision falling on Liang Qu who stood out, a feeling of familiarity surged in his heart, and a monstrous wave rose.

Eying and Binglin were not wrong.

There really is a person favored by the Great Marsh!

Never heard of it for thousands of years!

In an instant, many things emerged in Long Zong Yin's mind, but he forcibly restrained his emotions on his face and nodded slightly.

Liang Qu nodded in response.

He had been watching from the back for a long time, and as soon as the two old acquaintances Long Pingjiang and Long Pinghe came out, he understood most of it.

The Dragon-Men joining the River Patrol Office, the drunkard's heart is not in the wine.

He should be the root cause of all the current situation.

Coupled with sensing that Long Zong Yin had no malice, he took the initiative to appear and contact.

Seeing that several people on the ship were eager for the big merit, and it was finally negotiated, Ran Zhongshi said: "Elder Long, time is of the essence, let's set off as soon as possible!"

"Wait! The old man asks one more question, besides the two Hunting Tigers, how many people does the other side have?"

"Sixteen Wolf Smokes, our two sides combined, more than enough!"

"How to go?"

"The big ship target is too big, first take a small boat, and when we are close, dive and approach!"

"Good!"

Up to this point, Long Zong Yin, the peak of Hunting Tiger, the Great Martial Artist who opened the Profound Light, led twenty Wolf Smoke experts to become the help to wipe out the thieves.

The situation immediately reversed.

Everyone no longer needed to deal with four Ghost Mother Sect Wolf Smoke martial artists each, but the Ghost Mother Sect had to deal with nearly two each!

Drew an ink array for the Dragon-Man Clan.

The wide-bellied square boat lowered the small boat, and a group of people rushed to the north, abandoning the ship and entering the water afterward.

Immediately afterward, Ran Zhongshi embarrassingly discovered that they were not as fast as the Dragon-Men in swimming...

The entire team was dragged down by the speed of Lu Kaiyun, Ren Yipeng, and Bai Yinbin, and even he himself barely kept up, not much faster.

Long Zong Yin saw the situation, had expected it long ago, and with an order, each was carried by two Dragon-Men along with the River Patrol Office officials to move forward, and the speed suddenly increased.

Just right.

Created a contact opportunity for Liang Qu and Long Pingjiang, Long Pinghe.

"What's the situation with your elder? Coming for me?"

Long Pingjiang was very embarrassed and explained in a low voice.

"Such and such, this and that... in the end, it became like this."

Long Pinghe added: "Master, rest assured, we two didn't say what your true spiritual dharma image is, and the elder didn't force us."

"Saying or not is all the same..."

Liang Qu didn't care, but he didn't expect the Dragon-Man Clan to have the ability to perceive that the other party was favored!

The Toad relied on hard strength to observe and learn, that Dragon-Man Clan was entirely relying on talent...

Speaking of which, Liang Qu himself should also have it, but he had never encountered anyone who also possessed favor.

The Flood Dragon counts as one, but the two sides have "known each other for a long time", but have never seen each other with their own eyes.

"That's why Elder Long Zong Yin wants to meet and talk with Master Liang. Now the goal can be considered indirectly achieved. The elder asked us to serve under your command, also hoping that Master Liang will have close contact with the Dragon-Men in the future, and it won't seem strange."

"Quite careful."

The Dragon-Man Clan elder reacted decisively and quickly.

"Okay, no need to find me to talk in person, I know the situation. I will go and talk later, transfer you two to my command, just in time for me to be promoted to Hengshui Envoy."

"Thank you, Master!"

A group of people swam ten miles of water, and saw a flat small boat moored on the water from afar, painted with blue lacquer, used some kind of wood, the presence was not high, if you don't look carefully, you really can't find it.

The martial artists on the ship patrolled, not knowing that disaster was imminent.

"Officer Ran, how to attack? Take it head-on or..."

"Elder Long, trouble you to sink the ship, let's fight underwater."

Long Zong Yin didn't say a word, stepped forward alone.

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The group swam through a dozen miles of water and saw from afar a small, flat-bottomed boat anchored on the surface. It was painted entirely in blue and made of some unknown wood, making it inconspicuous; if one didn't look closely, one really wouldn't notice it.

The martial artists on the boat were patrolling, completely unaware that disaster was imminent.

"Commander Ran, how shall we attack? Take it by force from the front, or..."

"Elder Long, I must trouble you to go and sink the boat; we shall fight in the water."

Long Zong Yin didn't say another word and stepped forward alone.

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