REVEREND INSANITY
Chapter 117: Bitter-shelled grapes and Frogs Swallowing the River
Chapter 117: Bitter-shelled grapes and Frogs Swallowing the River
A serious and solemn atmosphere filled the conference hall.
A group of elders were quietly sitting on their seats; their faces were indifferent, grim or solemn.
Clan head Gu Yue Bo was sitting in the main seat, his gaze was also filled with hidden worries, “Three days ago, the River Swallowing Toad appeared near the village at the foot of the mountain. These frogs flowed along the Huang Long River (1) and accidentally got here. Right now, it was blocking the river channel and sleeping there. If we ignore it, the village will continue to be in danger. So I want to ask the elders do you have a good idea to repel this frog?”
The elders looked at each other; for a moment, no one spoke.
The River Swallowing Toad was a Rank five Gu; it had immense power and could spew rivers. If this was not handled properly and provoked, more than half of Qing Mao's mountain could be submerged in water and the entire village would be destroyed.
After a long moment of silence, Gu Yue Chi Lian spoke, “The situation is dire, and we must resolve this as soon as possible. If this news were to leak out, we cannot be sure if those with malicious intentions would not secretly go and deliberately provoke this River Swallowing Toad to trap our Gu Yue clan.”
"Older Chi Lian is right." Gu Yue Mo Chen nodded in agreement. Although he and Gu Yue Chi Lian were political enemies, but at a critical moment for the village, he let go of his past prejudices.
He continued speaking after a while, “There are other more serious problems. If the River Swallowing Toads flooded the Qing Mao mountain, the wolf nests would be submerged and for their survival, the wolf hordes would rise to the top of the mountain. At that time, the wolf tide would break prematurely. And we have to fight with countless ferocious beasts to fight over the space above. ”
The skin of the elders turned pale when they heard this.
Gu Yue Bo spoke in a heavy tone, “Everything, don't forget the foundation of our village. The first generation ancestors established a village in this place because of the underground spirit springs. If Qing Mao mountain was flooded, this spirit spring might also be destroyed.”
"What should we do?"
“Huh. After the flood recedes, the spirit spring will disappear, many ferocious beasts will die, our environment will turn into a desert and we will lack cultivation resources.”
“If we are going to die, why not ask for help from Xiong and Bai villages? We are three boats tied with one rope, I can't believe they won't help!
The elders whispered to each other with panic hidden inside. Some have started thinking about asking for reinforcements.
“It is too early to ask for help now,” Gu Yue Bo shook her head and immediately denied this idea. “This is not the most challenging period right now. When the first generation ancestor had just set up a village, the fifth rank Blood River Python attacked the village, but the first generation clan head killed him. Compared to the Blood River Python, River Swallowing Toad was much more adorable.”
“He has a warm temperament and is harmless to ordinary people. Only if he sensed another Gu aura would he be wary. If he received a serious wound, he would get angry and spit out a river. Coincidentally, I heard the previous clan head talk about the rumors about the Toad Swallowing the River …. ”
Gu Yue Bo's calm and composed voice echoed within the conference hall.
The group of elders listened attentively; their nervous and panicked expressions eased.
“He really deserves to be the head of the clan. He calmed their hearts with just his words.” Gu Yue Yao Ji felt a change in the atmosphere. He looked at Gu Yue Bo deeply and praised her inwardly.
"If we follow what the clan head just said, expelling the Swallowing River Toad is not a difficult thing," An elder spoke.
“We can't say that.” Gu Yue Bo shook her head, “This is just a rumor, I have never seen it or even used it personally. What matters is that we cannot be careless. I suggest we first send a group of Master Gu to test it out. ”
All the elders agreed.
Gu Yue Chi Lian spoke, “Then how about I send a member of my Chi family. If he cannot do it, then no one among our clan can do it.”
Everyone knew who Chi Lian was talking about, and they agreed to it one after another.
Clan head Gu Yue Bo smiled, “Because that is the case, then we will assign him to the Chi Shan group only.”
It was early autumn, the weather gradually became cold.
On the table by the shop window, Fang Yuan was sitting alone, calmly tasting wine.
The shopkeeper stood beside him, bowing his head.
"Store guard, is there any progress in the bitter skin wine problem that I asked you to check out a few days ago?" Fang Yuan asked.
Fang Yuan lacked bitter wine for liquor worm fusion.
However, the bitter wine was hard to find and because of the problem of the red steel Relic Gu, people focused on it. Wherever he went, people would point to him. So, it is not easy to ask bitter wine.
The disturbance had subsided recently, and perhaps because extreme sadness turned into excitement, Fang Yuan accidentally found a clue about the bitter wine.
The old shopkeeper immediately replied, “Young master, the bitter shell wine that you want me to see, someone has drunk it in Bai village. The raw material of this wine is a type of conch found in deep ponds. This type of conch is deep black, with white stripe circles on its shell resembling tree growth rings. We call it a bitter shell. Normal cones can form pearls. The bitter shell swallowed the sand and stone in the water, dissolving it and forming bitter water instead. Someone opened his shell and got this bitter water, used it to brew wine, made a bitter shell wine. The taste is very unique; bitter and fragrant.”
Fang Yuan slightly raised his brows after hearing this, "Does that mean Bai village has this bitter shell wine?"
The shopkeeper hurriedly bowed, “I dare not guarantee it, I only hear people talking about it occasionally. However, actually Bai village is famous for its white granular liquid. This wine along with our clan's green bamboo wine and Xiong village bear bile wine is called the three Qing Mao wines. Wine Shell Bitter…. I think even if Bai village has it, it won't be much.”
"Even if there is a little, I have to find it," Fang Yuan said in his mind.
But this matter was troublesome; the Bai Village gradually showed signs of the emergence of these years, starting to shake the position of the Gu Yue village as a lord.
If Fang Yuan wanted to enter Bai's village without permission, the patrolling Gu Master of Bai's village would probably kill him before he even saw the village gate.
Even so, Fang Yuan still wanted to give it a try. After all, obtaining this bitter shell wine made more sense than the far-off green Ai wine.
The old man did not leave, his face showed doubt, not saying what he was going to say.
He finally gathered his courage, “Young Master, can you take back this tavern again? All the waiters and I want to work for you. You don't know that when the old owner came back, he cut most of our paychecks. With such a small ancient stone every month, it is very difficult for us to support our family.”
Fang Yuan shook his head, his face expressionless, “I've already sold this tavern to him. I cannot take it back according to the contract. Besides, I don't want to get involved in this tavern business. You can go now.”
“But, young landlord..” The old man still did not move.
Fang Yuan frowned in annoyance, "Remember, I'm no longer your landlord!"
He had previously increased their salaries, only to arouse their spirits for their work. It's all for himself. However, these people thought it was his tolerance and wanted to push their luck.
Right now, by selling vitality leaves, he could only meet his own needs. Moreover, he was irritated by the bitter wine. So why would he take back the tavern for these people?
“But young landlords, we really can't continue living like this! Please show mercy and have mercy on us. ” Shopkeeper kneels on the ground and begs.
The sound immediately attracted the surrounding guests.
Fang Yuan laughed coldly. He took the wine jar from the table and smashed it on the shopkeeper's head.
Kachak.
The jar broke; wine splashed everywhere and blood flowed from the old man's head.
“Do you think I wouldn't dare kill you? Stupid idiot, lost.” A cold light shot out from Fang Yuan's eyes.
The entire body of the old shopkeeper trembled from this killing intent; he was startled and hurriedly left.
In any world, there would always be a group of weaklings who boldly and secretly asked for alms from the strong. As if helping them was the way people were strong and not helping them was wrong.
The weak must have weak manners; they must surrender to their fate and act like slaves or go to great lengths while remaining self-effacing.
The strong help the weak only as charity when they are in a good mood.
The weak refuse to work hard, shamelessly beg from the strong, and even demand definite results, acting like leeches; they deserve to be rejected.
People who are content with being weak, who do not try themselves and only think of pleading from the strong, do not deserve sympathy at all.
"Store guard…"
"Quick, bandage the wound."
The servants hurriedly surrounded the old man whose face was covered in blood.
The old shopkeeper was only an ordinary human, it would not be a problem even if he were killed on the spot.
Such an end took away the interest of the surrounding guests; they turned around and continued their discussion.
“Do you know? Something big happened recently!”
“Are you talking about that River Swallowing Toad? Right now, who doesn't know about this? ”
"This is a rank five Gu, if not handled properly, the village might fall into a crisis!"
“The food icon of this River Swallowing Toad is water. When hungry, he opened his big mouth and instantly sucked up the river!”
“If angry, he can release water into Qing Mao mountain, his strength is terrible. We might die!”
“Then what should we do?”
“Huh, we just need to see how the clan higher ups will deal with it. After all, we can't escape, where can we escape?”
Confusion and confusion enveloped the air in the tavern.
“River Swallow Toad..” Fang Yuan inwardly smiled when he heard this.
The fear is contagious, the more it spreads.
In fact, the River Swallowing Toad was extremely gentle and not frightening. Its natural nature is sleep and people often see it flowing with the river. The frog will lie on the surface of the water with its white belly facing upwards, and sleep soundly.
When he wakes up, he will swallow the river water to the brim and go back to sleep. They had no interest in fighting and killing; if they met the enemy, their first reaction was to escape. Only if they were to meet a dead end and could not escape would they mount a fierce counterattack.
They were extremely powerful and could release a rushing river from their mouths, engulfing the ground instantly and turning it into a swamp.
"They Swallowed this River probably fell asleep, then drifted along the Huang Long river and inadvertently entered the tributary, reaching the foot of Qing Mao's mountain." Fang Yuan guessed the truth.
(1) Huang Long River – Its name means Yellow Dragon River.