Chapter 5 Crab Eight Pieces
This battle ended with the death of five of the eight old crabs that formed the vortex formation. Another one was captured alive and beaten half to death, and was seduced by Fang Lin's powerful magic.
Among the old crabs that were killed, a pair of shoes that increased underwater movement speed dropped. Three beads were also dropped.
Special props: Water-repellent beads. This prop is condensed from the essence of the water monster after death. It can extend the time spent underwater by 50%.
There is no doubt that this seemingly highly targeted bead is of no use to Fang Lin and his team, because they are possessed by the effect of the goldfish spirit's repentance, but if it is thrown into the store of the wretched Fu and sold, it will undoubtedly be sold at a very good price for customers who meet the demand.
After all, the group of people are not used to staying in the water, and Babylon and others have not received the repentance of the goldfish spirit, so they can only stay underwater for less than an hour at most. After strangling the remaining aquatic creatures that escaped the net, they all floated to the surface to rest. At this time, many brave fishermen had already gathered on the shore. It was bitterly cold here, and people's lives were very difficult. As the saying goes, you live by the mountain and you live by the water. However, there were monsters rampant in the Tongtian River, and usually fishermen risked their lives to fish. In such a situation, being able to get enough food and clothing was already risking their lives.
During this period, there were frequent aquatic fights in the Tongtian River, and countless corpses floated up, so the fishermen also went to fish bravely. One of the fishermen caught an old clam, and not only did he eat the pickled clam meat for a whole month, but he also cut out a sparkling pearl from it! He sold it for a full five taels of silver! (ps: What a wretched profiteer)
With this example of a fisherman getting rich, it is easy to imagine the scene that Fang Lin and his friends saw when they went ashore. The fishermen were terrified at first, then they realized that the "monsters" under Fang Lin and his men (referring to the three fat guys) were very kind, and were just busy chewing the raw fish and shrimps frantically, and did not do anything to them, so some of them boldly wanted to do business with them, but at this time it was naturally the turn of the wretched Fu to bargain with them. The fishermen's requirements were very low. The previous night pearl was sold for five taels of silver and was considered a huge profit in the surrounding villages and towns. Therefore, when they met such a sheep, how could the wretched Fu not be excited to knock the bamboo poles loudly?
By the time Fang Lin and his group had concluded the battle of dividing the spoils, the three fat guys had already had thirty or forty villagers waiting to serve them grilled fish and scratch their itch, laughing happily. The wretched Fu was even more comfortable lying on the recliner, with two village girls serving on each side. Without even moving a finger, the two village girls peeled a local small red fruit called "Damu" and put it into the wretched Fu's mouth, just like a feudal landlord.
Fang Lin and his group also found it funny when they saw it. These villagers were also very diligent in cutting grass and shrubs for them at this time. Soon, they built several simple thatched huts relying on the sand and rocks by the river. According to them, there has always been a proverb here that wear cotton-padded jackets in the morning and yarn in the afternoon, and eat watermelons around the stove. There is even a saying that "one day is divided into four seasons".
The so-called four seasons in one day means that the morning is spring, the noon is summer, after three o'clock in the afternoon is autumn, and it is winter after dark. Moreover, whenever it gets dark, it rains by the river, which is why the Tongtian River has so much water. The local fishermen are kind enough to help Fang Lin and his friends build a shelter.
After a while, the sky was filled with dark clouds and it started to rain heavily, but it was only near the river, and the rest of the place was not affected by any rain. The environment around the Tongtian River is similar to the Nile River in Egypt, and the basin is all dry and arid desert. Moreover, water monsters are rampant in the Tongtian River, and the villagers in the basin cannot divert water to irrigate the land. Even if they are built at great expense, they will still be destroyed by the monsters in the water, so the lives of nearby residents are miserable.
Take today for example, what Weisuofu used to bribe the villagers was the shells/claws of those monster crabs. The bodies of those monster crabs were fat, and their claws were very sharp. They could be used to hunt and kill fish and animals, and the meat inside tasted very delicious. Of course, both Fatty and Weisuofu were very impatient with such slow work. And for such a small benefit, these residents had to build houses for them, do chores for them, and give beautiful village girls to Weisuofu to take advantage of them. They really tried their best.
When the sky gradually darkened, it really rained heavily, and the surface of Tongtian River was dotted with circles of ripples. Those residents were free at this time, cutting and picking up the broken parts of those monster crabs in the rain and carrying them home. Although they looked a little tired, they were excited. Because the size of these crabs is amazing, a large claw alone is at least three or four meters long, and the meat inside is about ten pounds. Although it is a bit troublesome, the crab shells and claws that are brought back can add up to dozens of pounds of meat for each family. For the residents in the desert, it is better than the New Year's Day, and it can be regarded as a considerable fortune.
Fang Lin and his friends are eating much better than these residents at this time. In front of them is a giant crab shell as big as a bathtub. The local residents have their own way of eating such a big crab. First, they use wooden sticks to support the crab shell horizontally, then burn red pebbles and pile them under the crab shell, and then pour cold water mixed with vinegar. Steam rolls out and fumigates the crab shell. Then bake it over a low fire.
At this time, Fang Lin and the others opened the lid of the crab in front of them, and suddenly the aroma filled their nostrils. The inside had been steamed through, and they could see that the crab paste was like snow and the crab roe was like gold. They trembled at the slightest touch. It's easy to break it up with a spoon. But after taking a bite, the aroma is fragrant, and the delicious taste seems to slide down through the tongue and into the stomach. However, although these impregnated crabs taste good, most of the corpses have been contaminated by the spirit gathering circle in Babylon, leaving only this one fish that slipped through the net. Even if the three Fatty brothers don't come to the table and a dozen or so people share the food, there won't be much left. I can only eat ordinary steamed crabs to fill my stomach, but the ordinary crabs in Tongtian River are the size of a sea bowl, and they are considered to be the best river crabs in other places.
At this time, Wuxiaofu took out a small wooden box. He sat up straight like a dog, and actually took out eight things from the wooden box. The total was: a small square table, a round hammer, a long There are eight types of axes, long-handled forks, round-head scissors, tweezers, drills, and small spoons.
Then he glanced around triumphantly, his yellow beard twitching with joy, placed a crab on the small square table that looked like a child playing house, and used the small hammer to smash the whole crab. Beat all parts of the crab, then use round-head scissors to cut off the crab legs and claws, and eat them from the feet up. To eat crab legs and crab claws, use a knife to take out the meat. Although the crab legs are slender and small, the legs are movable, and the movable meat is delicious. If you don't have a drill, you have to squeeze or chew the crab legs with your teeth. Eating crab legs and claws with a hammer is much more elegant and interesting than chewing them with your teeth.
Fang Lin said "Eh", laughed and cursed:
"You guy actually made a set of crabs and you were so embarrassed in front of me!"
It turns out that these "Eight Crab Pieces" are specially designed for eating crabs. Therefore, they have various functions such as padding, knocking, splitting, forking, shearing, clamping, picking, and holding. The wretched Fu is often scolded by his wife for being uneducated, and he has no intention of studying, so he spends his time eating, drinking and having fun.
Because crabs are cold in nature, it is best to drink alcohol when eating crabs, and warm white wine is best. In addition, they will have to fight underwater later, so Fang Lin and the others also drank several bottles of Maotai, Babylon, etc. He looked very weak, but he was drinking strong vodka from a Russian metal flask, which showed that this guy had probably completely changed his appearance. After Fang Lin and the others had eaten and drank enough, the residents even came in the rain to sweep away the leftovers left by Fang Lin and the others. The Moutai bottle was even regarded as a treasure by them, and several people even started fighting over it. Wuxiaofu originally wanted to recycle the bottle, but he couldn't bear to see these residents in such poverty. And if it weren't for a fierce wife like Meimei, Wuxianfu might even want to buy a few women here to serve him.
As night gradually fell, Fang Lin had read a crucial piece of information from the memory of the previously controlled crab spirit. Because the aquatic tribe likes to spit essence at the moon at night, the activity time of the aquarium tribe is actually the same as that of humans. On the contrary. Their activity cycle is at night, and the turtle spirit and the sea urchin king are fighting fiercely, so as long as they add fuel to the fire and expand the situation so that the big bosses on both sides take action, then their interiors will inevitably be empty, and Fang Lin can take advantage of it. Then he rescued Tang Sanzang.
But the first thing to do now is to confirm whose hands Tang Seng fell into. However, this kind of thing must be a secret and will be tightly blocked by the Sea Urchin King or the Turtle Spirit. And based on the difficulty of the task, it is unlikely to directly find out the whereabouts of Tang Monk. We can only try to search one party's lair first. If not, it will naturally be in the other party's lair.
The battlefield where the Shui tribe fought was also confirmed by the fishermen. Their fighting methods were very similar to the fighting methods during the Three Kingdoms period. First, the general came out to fight in a one-on-one battle, and then there was a melee. However, because the turtles were relatively advanced and durable, the King of Sea Urchin usually suffered the loss in the duel. However, in the subsequent melee, the King of Sea Urchin had more people, so Big advantage. The two sides fought back and forth like this for several months.