Xiaoqi

Gan Ning didn't dare to meet Li Li's gaze, turned his head to look at the blue cold pool, and said softly: "Have you ever heard that there is a strange poisonous snake with a huge body and extremely poisonous name called '虺'? "

"Huh? I've heard about it." Li Li murmured, and said, "According to the historical records of the Western Zhou Dynasty, '虺' is a dragon, which can turn into a jiao in 500 years and a dragon in a thousand years. It's just that this matter is purely nonsense. People can witness the authenticity of this matter. After all, human life is limited. Who knows whether a phoenix will definitely turn into a jiao in 500 years, and a giant dragon in another 500 years. Therefore, this matter is just an inference, and it is not enough. To believe."

"Really?" Gan Ning shook his head with a wry smile, and said, "I haven't seen a poisonous gnat 500 years ago, but I have seen a dragon 500 years later with my own eyes!

It has four claws, a pair of front claws about six feet long are thick and fierce, sharp claws are about two feet long, and one claw can break stones and gold; a pair of hind claws on the back of the abdomen are smaller, only three feet long, The sharp claws are not very sharp, far from being able to compare with the front claws, they can only be used to support the body, and their attack power is limited.The neck is thin and the head is big, the neck is as thin as an elk, the head is big and long, the bloody mouth is big enough to swallow a living person, the upper and lower rows of fangs are about a foot long, and the white teeth are daunting.

In the center of Jiaolong's head, there is a protrusion about one foot high, which looks like a dragon's horn, extremely hard, when it shakes its head and hits it, it can disembowel a person and kill him with one blow.It has a row of bony spurs on its back, and its whole body is covered with thick skin, very similar to dragon scales, but it has no separate scales, it is a whole body, rough skin and thick flesh, extremely tough, hard to hurt by swords.There is a poisonous sac under the abdomen, which can spray out colorless poisonous juice with a fragrant gas. It is extremely poisonous, and if there is a wound on the body, it will undoubtedly die if it touches the poisonous juice.The light fragrance around the cold pool is the smell of poisonous juice volatilized from the water. Anyone who stays in this fragrant smell for half an hour will inevitably bleed from the eyes and nose, and die from black and blue convulsions all over the body.

In addition, it also has a huge fish tail, about several feet long and nearly ten feet wide, which is very similar to the caudal fin of a carp.The entire Jiaolong is more than seven feet long, and its huge body makes people feel frightened and intimidated, and dare not approach it at all. "

Listening to Gan Ning's narration.The more Li Li heard it, the more he felt that this dragon was incompatible with the image of a giant dragon in his impression. The gap was not as big as 01:30, it was like two completely different giant beasts.In particular, this object has a large head and a thin neck, with four claws and a fish tail. There are no scales around the body, and there are no dragon horns on the head. The raised bone spur in the center of the skull is most likely caused by the protruding front jaw.

Such an image made Li Li think of lizards or crocodiles.In short, it has nothing to do with the dragon, and it is not close at all.

In addition, Li Li was a member of the navy in his previous life, so he knew something about the huge beasts that live in the sea and the river.

According to historical records, 虺.It was a poison that actually existed thousands of years ago. Some people call it a kind of poisonous snake.Some people also attribute it to the category of lizards.It lives on the banks of bays or large rivers, amphibious on land and water, but mostly in water.And it was indeed called "Jiao" by the ancients, but another nickname seems to be more appropriate, that is "salt crocodile".

The only thing that puzzled Li Li was that the poisonous gnat was huge in size.However, the historical records of later generations record that the body length is no more than 16 feet, at most two or three meters. Why is there a huge body that is seven or eight feet long thousands of years ago?Even if the scales of the Han Dynasty are not as accurate as the lengths of later generations, the body that is more than seven feet long is at least 20 meters long.A huge body of nearly [-] meters.

If the dragon mentioned by Gan Ning was really a crocodile, then Li Li would not be surprised.Because there are also crocodiles in the Yangtze River in later generations, although they are not so big, but going back 800 years ago, it is impossible to say that such a big crocodile really existed.

"Did Xingba really see the crocodile,,, dragon with his own eyes?" Li Li asked while racking his brains to recall the memories of later generations.It's just that he almost said the word "crocodile" casually, but fortunately he was alert in time, and finally followed Gan Ning's train of thought to ask.

"Exactly." Gan Ning said with certainty, "Do you want to say that this flood dragon is not a dragon, but a crocodile?"

"Uh!" Li Li was stunned and nodded subconsciously.

Gan Ning grinned, seemingly indifferent, but in Li Li's eyes, it seemed to be mocking his ignorance.

Then Gan Ning said in a low voice: "I've seen a sea crocodile before, it's quite big, and it's somewhat similar to the cold pond dragon, but it can't be compared with this dragon. A crocodile has no whiskers, no bone spurs, and it is impossible for a sword to injure it. However, the dragon under our feet has a black whisker that is more than two feet long. It has fought with my brothers several times, and swords and arrows have no effect on it. It has no effect, I can only let it run amok and eat hundreds of my brothers in the end."

Seeing Gan Ning's expression changed, Li Li no longer asked about the dragon, anyway, he will see it soon, and then he will know whether it is a dragon or a reptile.

Now the biggest question in Li Li's mind is what Gan Ning wants to do by deceiving himself here, and what is his ulterior motive.

"Tell me, what is there in this cold pool that makes you so obsessed that you still want to kill someone?"

Gan Ning turned his head to look into Li Li's deep eyes, and said softly, "Treasure, priceless treasure! As long as we get this treasure, we, the Jinfan Bandit, will be able to recruit more people and expand our strength several times. For the rest of the year, I lived a life of luxury and good food."

"Treasure?" Li Li was stunned when he heard the words, and said with a sneer, "You said that there are priceless treasures here, are you lying to me? There are no villages and shops in front of this place, and there are no people in the area. How can there be treasures?"

Gan Ning shook his head slightly and said: "You only see how desolate this place is now, but you don't know that it used to be a very prosperous tributary ferry, with tens of thousands of people living around it. In addition, it is only three miles away from the tributary. How many ships sank here, and how many treasures sank to the bottom of the river, and were finally washed to the entrance of the canyon by the flood. These things finally fell into this cold pool, and were collected by the dragons at the bottom of the pool as shining playthings. Maybe here at first There are not many valuable things, but over the years, the property at the bottom of the pool is quite considerable, and they are all priceless treasures, which will not rot for a long time, and their value can be imagined."

"Three-mile waterway?" Li Li asked in amazement: "Since it's a three-mile waterway, why did the boat take half an hour?"

Gan Ning sighed softly: "The dense fog is thick, so you can't go fast even if you want to, so it took half an hour for such a small journey. If you were walking on the shore at that time, it was far faster than sailing. You can reach it in two quarters of an hour." Cold pool!"

"I see." After hearing Gan Ning's words, Li Li completely understood.This time, I was taken advantage of by water thieves like Gan Ning, and followed them to deal with Jiaolong, so that the Jinfan thieves could take the opportunity to scoop up the treasure at the bottom of the pond.After the Jinfan thief's plan succeeded, he would either be buried in the belly of the dragon, or be surrounded and shot by the Jinfan thief. In short, he could not escape death.

It's really a good plan to make a steady profit without losing money. The Jinfan thieves are profiting inside and outside, while myself, Zhou Yu and others are reduced to lambs at the mercy of others!

"This is a great shame!"

While thinking about it, Li Li's gloomy expression just now calmed down instantly, his face was neither happy nor angry, calm and unwavering.

"Since that's the case, I will cooperate with you, and I hope that you will live a happy life in the future. Needless to say, let's go into the water, you and I will join hands to deal with Jiaolong. Only in this way, your men can sneak into the bottom of the pool to get the treasure !"

While speaking, Li Li held the golden saber in his hand, looked up at Zhou Yu, Lu Su, Xiao Qiao and others on the mountain to the east, and then walked slowly towards the edge of the rock.

"Wait a minute!" Seeing that Li Li was about to go into the water, Gan Ning hurriedly stopped him and said, "General Wei, I, Gan Ning, did tell some lies before, and I really wanted to take advantage of your extraordinary water skills and martial arts by bringing you here. Hang around Jiaolong to buy time for me to wait. However, one of my words is true, that is, I, Gan Ning, have never been disobedient in my life, but I only respect you, General Wei.

However, whether I judge a gentleman's belly with a villain's heart or a suspicious nature, I can't risk my brothers' lives.Therefore, I still can't let you go after the matter is done, but I can swear to Tianmeng that I can let the five followers accompanying you go, as long as they don't go to Xiliang within three months, I will never make things difficult for them! "

"Three months?" Li Li asked in a deep voice, "You want to dismiss the Jinfan bandits, or flee with a group of subordinates. Where can you escape, Jiaozhou or the land of the Southern Man?"

However, before Gan Ning finished speaking, he did not wait for Gan Ning to reply, and then said, "Maybe you just wanted me to entangle Jiaolong for you, so you pretended to promise to let five of my subordinates go. But, I can tell you clearly now." , I, Li Li, will never be used by others. Those who want to use me to achieve their goals have so far suffered the consequences of themselves and become dead bones in the tomb. After this incident, you only have two days to choose, or please surrender , or die!"

Speaking of this, Li Li turned his head to look at Gan Ning, and said solemnly: "Today we two will bet on who can kill Jiaolong, and the bet is our lives! Alright, let's go."

Before he finished speaking, Li Li stepped forward and fell into the cold pool.Gan Ning wanted to explain a bit, but seeing that Li Li jumped so quickly, he didn't hesitate anymore, and jumped into the cold pool right after him.

Chapter 545

Surrounded by dense fog, there is an abyss of clear water.

"Bang, bang!"

Suddenly there were two loud and crisp sounds of falling water, splashing water and rolling waves, which immediately tore through the silence of the canyon, with long echoes.

"Huh!" The moment his feet fell into the water, Li Li suddenly found that the cold pool was not as icy cold as he expected. It was neither icy cold nor scorching hot. Instead, it was warm and comfortable, which is the most comfortable water temperature for human beings.

However, such a sense of comfort is just a moment of beauty. As the body falls, the depth of the dive increases, and the cold pool returns to its original color, cool and chilly, biting cold.

After diving four meters, the diving resistance suddenly increased, and the impact force of the fall just after falling into the water was already exhausted.

In an instant, Li Li put the golden sword that weighed more than a hundred catties on his back, so that he could increase the weight of his body and continue to sneak into the depths of the cold pool.

Gan Ning, who was exactly in line with Li Li's actions, had already put his sword behind him, so he dived extremely fast, and the latter came first, placed in front of Li Li, and guided Li Li to go straight to the dragon's lair at the bottom of the pool.

Apparently, Gan Ning had a good understanding of the water temperature and resistance of the cold pool, so he came prepared and fast. Maybe he had dived into the bottom of the pool before.

Cold pool is not a pool of stagnant water.There are mountain streams flowing in from the upper reaches, and the tributaries of the big river in the lower reaches, and the river water often surges in midsummer, and the water flows backwards.Therefore, this pool of stagnant water, which seems to be calm and waveless, is actually undercurrents and extremely clear.However, only the top three or four meters have the fastest water displacement, while the waters below four meters have a slow flow, making it almost impossible to feel the existence of the water.

When you are underwater, you can clearly see everything within ten meters around you.

Suddenly, a floodlit scene jumped into Li Li's sight, and as he dived deeper, the floodlit area became larger and larger.It is getting brighter and brighter, colorful and dazzling.

After Li Li and Gan Ning approached the dazzling light, they suddenly saw that the source of the light was a pearl emerald gold and silver mountain about four meters high and nearly ten meters in diameter.Jinshan shines brightly and reflects the light on the water surface, shining brilliantly, covering the entire bottom of the pool in bright light.

"call"

Just as Li Li and Gan Ning approached the Jinshan Mountain, the nearly static water suddenly rolled over, and an undercurrent rose, coming fiercely like a gust of wind.A cloud of turbid black water suddenly rushed out of the depths of the clearly visible bottom of the pool.

Immediately, a dark and swift huge black figure suddenly jumped out from behind the Jinshan, the speed was far above the undercurrent of the black water.The huge body came fiercely with the black water, and the two rows of white fangs on the bloody mouth were truly frightening, and a pair of thick and powerful front claws dug open the top of the golden mountain.Swallowing water waves, it rushed straight to Li Li and Gan Ning.

for a moment.Li Li saw clearly what Gan Ning said about the Jiaolong.

But seeing it has a bloody mouth like an alligator's snout.The neck is slightly slender like that of an elk, with a convex skull, bony spurs on the back, and an oblique opening on the abdomen, which seems to be the poison sac.The whole body is covered with gray thick skin, which looks like scales in circles.Also like a mysterious and obscure inscription, a huge fish tail swings and swings, and its figure is as fast as a shuttle.

Everything is exactly as Gan Ning said before, this monster is not a crocodile.It wasn't a flood dragon that was regarded as a god by people, but a swift, fierce and ferocious lizard.

It's just that lizards can grow to such a large size, but it has never been heard before.

The monster's body is extremely huge, nearly eight feet from head to tail. If it can stand upright, its height may be higher than the depth of the cold pool, and it can directly stick its bloody mouth out of the water.

However, based on its thick and short hind limbs and its huge fish tail, it can be concluded that it cannot stand upright.It can only stretch freely in the water, and when it lands, it is a reptile monster like a dino.