The autumn air was crisp and clear, the sun shining brightly.
The blue sky was clear and clean like a crystal.
The wind blew gently, ruffling Fang Yuan's hair.
Looking from afar, the nearby villages were already sparsely populated. Nearby, the hill-like River Swallowing Toad was in deep sleep, stuck in the river bed. Fang Yuan stood at the riverbank, and compared to this Rank five giant Gu, he was like a monkey beside an elephant.
Fang Yuan's state of mind was calm, without a trace of nervousness. He thought to himself, "I have used the White Boar Gu and Black Boar Gu to temper my body and raise my strength. With the strength of two boars, in addition to my own strength, I can surpass five to six adults. But to wake this River Swallowing Toad, I would need the strength of two bulls. With just my own strength, I can't do it. But, as long as I borrow the strength of the waves … it's coming. "
Swish swish swish …
Fang Yuan turned his body to look, and saw a wave coming, the calm river water welcoming a turbulence.
The waves became bigger and bigger, continuously slamming against the River Swallowing Toad, creating waves that soared to the sky.
Fang Yuan had only stood for a while, but his body was already drenched.
He did not care, and began to push the River Swallowing Toad with all his strength.
The River Swallowing Toad was still in a deep sleep. It was originally a Gu that lived in the rivers and lakes, and the attacks from the waves were too common to it, and could not wake it up.
Following the waves' momentum, Fang Yuan worked hard for a while, and finally pushed the River Swallowing Toad away from its original position.
The lower the river went, the wider the river bed became. Adding on the water flow on both sides, it made it easier for Fang Yuan to push.
After pushing for about three hundred meters, the River Swallowing Toad opened its sleepy eyes.
A pair of dark green pupils. From a dazed state, it gradually became focused, and stared at Fang Yuan who was beside it.
Fang Yuan had no fear, and stared back at it.
From its deep and serene pupils, Fang Yuan could clearly see his own reflection.
"Jiang Ang!" The River Swallowing Toad raised its head, and suddenly opened its mouth, letting out a weird croak.
The croak spread. It reverberated in Qing Mao mountain.
For a moment, Fang Yuan felt his ears ringing.
The River Swallowing Toad lowered its head, its huge mouth sucking at the incoming river water.
Hua hua hua!
The river flowed more than ten times faster than before. They all rushed into the belly of the River Swallowing Toad. The level of the river dropped at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Fang Yuan stood beside the River Swallowing Toad, and could clearly see the countless fishes, prawns, eels and turtles. They were also sucked into the River Swallowing Toad's stomach along with the river.
Sensing the change in the river, Chi Shan's team rushed over. Seeing the River Swallowing Toad eating, they were all moved.
"What a spectacular sight!" Chicheng couldn't hide his astonishment.
"Did you succeed?" Chi Shan looked at Fang Yuan.
"It should be." Fang Yuan nodded indifferently.
The river water dropped lower and lower until it stopped flowing. The River Swallowing Toad raised its head high again, its stomach expanding and contracting, spitting out countless fishes, prawns, turtles and turtles.
Pa, pa, pa.
For a moment, a large number of freshwater fish fell to the ground. Crackling sounds could be heard.
A fish was jumping on the ground, a turtle was thrown into confusion, a crab was moving horizontally, and then it was smashed by the falling freshwater fish.
Fang Yuan didn't pay much attention at first, only looking casually. Suddenly, he smelled a trace of wine.
"Strange, why is there the smell of wine?" Chicheng sniffed, his face full of surprise.
"It should be the Hundred Year Bitter Shell." The female Gu Master in the group pointed at a broken black shell the size of a millstone.
This shell was as black as ink, and there were circles of white patterns on it, like the growth rings of a tree.
"Not bad. The bitter shell can turn sand and stones into bitter water. The bitter water in the Hundred Year Bitter Shell, through the accumulation of time, changes and becomes wine. The current clan leader of the Bai clan likes to drink this bitter shell wine. "Chi Shan added.
Without needing his explanation, Fang Yuan had already picked up this shell and started to collect the bitter shell wine.
Not long ago, he was still troubled about how to obtain this bitter shell wine, but to think it would appear in front of him in this form.
This was truly wearing out iron shoes in fruitless searching, only to find it by chance!
The River Swallowing Toad had almost swallowed all the water in this river. In the depths of the river, the Hundred Year Bitter Shell that was buried in the sand was exposed.
Fang Yuan quickly collected six Hundred Year Bitter Shells. Two of the shells were already damaged, but the other four were intact.
"I finally collected the bitter wine. With this, I can start to refine the Four Flavours Liquor worm!" At this moment, Fang Yuan's joy was not enough to tell others.
"Jiang Ang!"
After the River Swallowing Toad finished spitting out the freshwater fish, it called out again. Then it looked deeply at Fang Yuan, and slowly turned its huge body, following the river and swimming downstream.
"It really succeeded!" Chi Shan mumbled, his heart finally calming down. He watched as the River Swallowing Toad left, until its figure disappeared from his sight.
"What, to chase it away so easily. If I knew this, we could have done it ourselves. But now we let Fang Yuan become a hero so easily! "Chicheng's mouth twitched, his tone filled with jealousy and unwillingness.
"Fang Yuan, no matter what, you have done a great service this time. You are the hero of our Guyue tribe! "Chi Shan looked at Fang Yuan with a complicated expression.
"Oh." Fang Yuan absent-mindedly replied, full of a perfunctory feeling. At the same time, his eyes shone brightly, as he continued to search for the Hundred Year Bitter Shell among the freshwater fish.
What hero, it was just a compliment.
And compliments and slander, were just the views and opinions of others.
Fang Yuan did not care about what others thought of him.
You think you are, I will live my life.
Hero? Coward? Haha, it's not even as practical as a Bitter Shell.
The news of chasing away the River Swallowing Toad immediately spread to the village.
Guyue Bo said good three times, and the heavy atmosphere in the hall was swept away.
Only the internal affairs elder had a complicated expression. He did not think well of Fang Yuan, and not long ago, he had criticized Fang Yuan. Now that Guyue village was in danger, Fang Yuan stood out to resolve it. One after the other, wasn't this a slap to his face?
"Guyue, Fang Yuan has done a great service in chasing away the River Swallowing Toad. He will be promoted to group leader, and rewarded with five hundred Yuan stone. "Guyue Bo muttered to himself for a while, before giving this order with deep meaning.
In the tavern.
"What, Fang Yuan actually succeeded?!"
"Strange, he is just a newbie, how could he chase away a Rank five Gu?"
"Even Chi Shan had to return in defeat, but he did it …"
The news spread. Everyone was shocked.
"Fang Yuan became our clan's hero? This … "The male Gu Master who had enmity with Fang Yuan was at a loss when he heard the news.
His group leader suddenly shouted, pointing at the tavern's shopkeeper and the waiters, "You mere mortals. Slandering our clan's hero, you deserve death! "
Before he finished, he sent out a moonblade.
The old shopkeeper did not expect his death to come so suddenly. The moonblade hit his neck, and his head separated from his body.
"Lord, spare us!" The waiters saw this, and were stunned, before kneeling on the ground, crying and begging for mercy.
"Group leader, what are you doing?" The male Gu Master stood up.
"What am I doing?" His group leader's eyebrows twitched, sighing heavily, "Times are different now, Ah Hai. Fang Yuan has become a hero, and will definitely be noticed by the higher-ups. Tell me. If the matter of us slandering him is spread out by someone with ulterior motives, what will happen? There are many investigative Gu Masters here, if there are people who don't like us and speak ill of us to the clan elders, our future will be ruined! " The male Gu Master broke out in cold sweat.
The male Gu Master broke out in cold sweat.
It was indeed so, the clan's kinship was paramount. Fang Yuan was dealing with Rank five Gu worms outside, risking his life to protect the clan. But at the same time, they slandered him in public, cursing him. Insulting him. What kind of mentality was this? This was the heart of a wolf and lungs of a dog, heartless and indifferent!
It was like a period of history on Earth, Yue Fei was fighting outside, protecting his country, while Qin Hui was a traitor in the imperial court.
Although these Gu Masters had not reached the stage of framing him, if this matter was spread out, would the clan's higher-ups be at ease with people like them?
If it was Mo Yan or Chicheng with a strong background, then so be it. Unfortunately, the few of them didn't have any superiors to rely on.
Climbing up in the system, it was nothing more than people squeezing and stepping on each other. If this matter was used by others, it would have a terrible impact on their future!
"It's not too late to save them, as long as we show our attitude, outsiders won't say anything. These mortals have cheap lives, their deaths are not worth pitying. No, they can sacrifice themselves for us, it is their honor. You guys take action immediately, each of you kill one, after you kill, praise Fang Yuan, show your attitude! "The clan leader shouted.
"Damn it!" The male Gu Master cursed fiercely, between hatred and his future, he chose the latter without hesitation.
A moonblade slashed down, and a shop assistant died tragically.
"Sir, please let me go." At once, the other shop assistants collapsed on the ground, scared to the point of peeing their pants.
The male Gu Master did not care about them, under the watchful eyes of the crowd, he righteously pointed at these pitiful shop assistants, scolding, "You bunch of people deserve to die. What kind of hero is Guyue Fang Yuan, relying on his own strength to protect the clan, what kind of courage did you eat? How dare you slander him! "
The male Gu Master said, his brows tightly furrowing.
This expression was not fake, Fang Yuan was someone he hated deeply, but he had to praise Fang Yuan in front of everyone, he felt sick and disgusted by his own words!
"Sir, this is not what you asked us to … ugh!" A shop assistant felt extremely wronged, shouting loudly.
But he had just shouted halfway when his voice stopped abruptly.
A moonblade flew over, cutting him to death.
"A bunch of lowly commoners, it's fine if you slander us, but you still want to put the blame on us, implicating us!" The one who attacked was a female Gu Master, her face cold as she shouted.
The other Gu Masters looked over, as if they were watching a farce.
Some sneered, some were indifferent, some continued to talk, but no one came up to stop them.
So what if some mortals died?
At most, they would just compensate some servants.
Everyone was a clan member, they were all relatives, they would not interfere or pursue the matter for these outsiders, creating a rift for no reason. ^-^^-^
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