Chapter 151: The River Changes
The port outside Donglai County.
As the government has focused on developing water transport trade in recent years, this largest port in Donglai County has also been fully developed.
There are many cargo ships coming and going, and the local fishery is also thriving.
The village that originally depended on the port has also been vigorously developed, and it seems to be turning into a port town.
More and more people go out to sea to find treasures, and this port town often has priceless treasures, which has caused a sensation.
Now there is a special treasure appraisal meeting in the town, and some of the excavated treasures can be concentrated here for public display, exhibition, and bidding to maximize profits.
"Brother Song, how about this red chalcedony?" Song Ping'an pointed to the fiery red chalcedony exhibited at the treasure appraisal meeting, which looked like real fire jade and was quite eye-catching.
"Not bad, you must buy it." Song Changming took a look and nodded immediately.
His skin refining, flesh training, and marrow washing have now been practiced to the seventh level by him.
Among them, the Cleansing Marrow Body Refining Technique progressed the fastest, second only to the Bull Demon Technique, which had already been practiced to the extreme, and was sprinting towards the eighth realm.
This piece of red chalcedony was rare, and its quality was visible to the naked eye. Taking a picture of it might help him practice to the eighth realm in one go.
Song Changming would naturally not miss such a treasure.
"Okay, I'll keep an eye on it these two days." Song Ping'an nodded.
Such a piece of red chalcedony is not cheap.
Especially since it is put on the public auction at this treasure appraisal meeting, it will probably cost more than a thousand silver coins.
However, Song Changming did not care. As long as it could improve his martial arts strength, it would be worth squandering more money.
Especially next year, he would most likely go to Yuxu Mountain again. Before that, improving his strength a little more would also provide a little more security.
After seeing this red chalcedony, Song Changming went around the treasure appraisal meeting a few more times to observe other newly appeared treasures in the sea.
This has become his routine itinerary every three or five days.
From time to time, he would come to this harbor town to join in the fun of treasure appraisal, perhaps he could find the best treasures he needed.
After asking Song Ping'an to write down a few of the precious materials worth bidding, Song Changming then walked to the port and looked at the vast Luolong River in front of him.
At present, the river surface is not calm, the river flow is extremely turbulent, and there are abnormal undercurrents surging at the bottom of the river, and from time to time, large whirlpools will be generated. If a smaller fishing boat hits it, it may even be sucked into the bottom of the river.
In addition, from time to time, streams of hot air will emerge from the river surface, filling the air and turning into smoke.
This strange phenomenon appeared half a year ago.
It's just that it was not very obvious at the time, and no one cared.
Until recently, the movement on the river has been intensifying, and it has even affected the docking of cargo ships, which has attracted widespread attention.
Even the government was alarmed, and the Canal Transport Department dispatched many people to various places in the river to investigate the situation.
"Could it be an underground volcano?" Song Changming stood on the dock, feeling the abnormal heat rising from the river, and couldn't help muttering to himself.
He had some guesses long before.
If it is really a sign of an impending natural disaster, the destructive power it brings when it really erupts is immeasurable.
Let alone the county town, the increasingly prosperous port town in front of him is afraid that it will not be able to escape the disaster.
Even if he is a man with explosive martial arts, he is extremely small and fragile in the face of a truly huge natural disaster.
"I just hope I guessed wrong." Song Changming shook his head.
He is not the one in power, and he can't do more in the face of this situation.
Just as Song Changming was about to leave, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a group of people coming down from a cargo ship that had just docked in the distance.
It was the members of the Dinghai Sea Gang.
Since Gu Wenhui took charge of the seven counties, he quickly abandoned a group of useless and impure forces under his command.
This includes the Dinghai Water Gang, so that they can't rely on their official status to act arbitrarily and tyrannically.
Nowadays, although the relationship between the Dinghai Water Gang and the government is still not very harmonious, at least they don't kill each other when they meet.
The government controls this port town and makes rules to allow the Dinghai Water Gang to enter and exit the port to do business, but the premise is to follow the rules set by the government.
The Dinghai Water Gang has also been much more obedient and honest about this, and has no opinions.
They know very well that things are different now.
Under Gu Wenhui's power, the authority of the local government is far greater than before. If the Dinghai Water Gang dares to make trouble again, there is a risk of being wiped out directly.
In this way, the influence of the Dinghai Water Gang on the water is also much less than before.
If he only saw this group of honest Dinghai Water Gang members, Song Changming would not care too much.
What really caught his attention was the few people wearing hats and covering their faces who walked down with the Dinghai Water Gang members.
After a closer look, Song Changming felt that those people looked familiar.
Aren't they the three dragons of Dongcang who were chased away?
It happened many years ago. At that time, the Xiao family was in power in Donglai County. Song Changming had fought with one of the three dragons of Dongcang.
Now, after the hegemony of the five princes and Gu Wenhui's claim to the throne, the three leaders of the bandit army that gave the government a headache back then are back again.
"Brother Song, what's wrong?" Song Ping'an asked puzzledly.
"Nothing, I just met a few old acquaintances." Song Changming retracted his gaze and smiled faintly.
No matter what those bandit army leaders came back to do, it didn't matter much to Song Changming, who was now a commoner.
As long as the other party doesn't come to provoke him, he won't pay too much attention.
"Accompany me to the riverside, and we'll be back in a while." Song Changming continued.
He mainly wanted to investigate the abnormal situation of Luolong River for a while.
Song Ping'an nodded in agreement.
After walking along the shore for a while, he suddenly found that there were occasional fish floating up on the river with their belly turned upside down, which made his face more serious.
He felt vaguely that something was about to happen.
The fog on the river surface became thicker and thicker, and the heat continued to spread.
Suddenly, a several-meter-long spiked fish floated out of the river, and it actually smashed half of the dock with one head, and got stuck in the mud wall on the shore and struggled wildly, causing quite a stir.
"What's going on!"
"Isn't this the Black Sword Blood Fish? Why did it suddenly rush ashore!"
"Be careful, this vicious fish is very dangerous, don't get close!"
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Many people on the shore were amazed by this, and some people looked at the increasingly abnormal river and felt a little uneasy.
Soon, the destroyed dock also attracted a group of soldiers from the Canal Transport Bureau, who were about to deal with the crazy vicious fish.
But at this time, another big fish that was buried deep in the river rushed out, like a huge body of a water monster, and it destroyed another cargo ship in an instant!
Now, more and more people finally realized that something was wrong.
This river seemed to be rioting!
"Master, this place is so dangerous, let's go back first." At another place on the shore, the accompanying old servant persuaded.
"This is also part of my training in the south. How can I just leave? I want to see why this Luolong River is abnormal. If I stay, I might get a chance!" Li Puxing said on the shore, with a curious look on his face, looking at the river.
Just at this moment, somewhere on the river, it seemed as if a missile was launched and exploded directly.
With a dull rumble, a large piece of the water surface bulged and exploded, and the sand, mud and water that surged up made the river surface turbid in an instant.
Standing on the shore, Song Changming could clearly feel the ground shaking, which made him retreat with Song Pingan.
And the movement on the river surface continued. Countless schools of fish emerged from the bottom of the river, jumped onto the surface of the river, and kept jumping, restless.
This scene was the first time everyone saw it, and they were shocked.
"What's going on?!"
"What happened!"
"Such a rich resource, I really want to cast a rod, I'm afraid I can catch fish with my eyes closed."
"What are you thinking about? I've been feeling weird about Jiang recently, and something really happened today! Go! Go!"
"Quick! Go and drive the boat away!"
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