Chapter 72 Old Turtle
Sea eyes!
I was completely confused.
Folks generally believe that the eye of the sea is a passage between inland mountains, rivers and lakes that connects to the sea.
Among them, Journey to the West contains records about Haiyan.
It is said that the Monkey King wanted to go to the East China Sea to obtain weapons. He entered through the eye of the sea under the Shuiliandong waterfall and could directly reach the Dragon Palace.
Some people say that once the eyes of the sea are opened, seawater will flow out continuously.
The mountains, rivers and land will be submerged and eventually turn into a vast ocean.
For thousands of years, it is difficult to find a single word of record about the sea eye in books. It only appears in oral transmission among people.
Unexpectedly, there is an eye of the sea hidden under the Laoyashan Reservoir.
"Master Sang, what will happen when the eyes of the sea are opened?"
Uncle Wu's face darkened and he asked hurriedly.
"There should be a scale on this dike to measure the water depth. You can't see it yourself!"
Mr. Sang curled his lips, with a look of impatience on his face.
Sanshu Wu heard the sound and trotted away quickly.
As Mr. Sang said, when the dam was built, there would be a scale to measure the water depth.
Laoyashan Reservoir is located in a strategic location, and the depth of the water level is recorded every day.
After a while, Uncle Wu ran back with a pale face.
"Old Wu, what's wrong?" Old Uncle Gao asked hurriedly.
Uncle Wu looked at a loss and stammered: "The water level has risen by ten centimeters, and it is still rising."
"How is this possible? I did the measurement just after sunset and everything was normal.
Even during a flood, it’s impossible for the water level to rise so fast, right?”
There are more than a dozen villages downstream of the Laoyashan Reservoir. Once the water level overflows the dam, these more than a dozen villages will suffer.
"Master Sang, what should we do now?"
I knew I was in big trouble again, so I looked at Mr. Sang for help.
"Now that I know how powerful I am, why would I have done it earlier?
How many times have I told you that "water ghosts are difficult to deal with and there are many taboos underwater", who asked you to go into the water?"
I looked embarrassed and could only explain in a low voice.
"This is not Party Secretary Wu begging me, and I can't refuse. At first I thought it was just a corpse, but who knew the water was so deep!
I even looked through your notes before I came here, and there wasn’t so much recorded in them!”
Mr. Sang couldn't help but snorted coldly.
"Huh! Those notes are just some of my travel experiences when I was young. When I was your age, the most I could do was travel around, flirt with girls and...make jokes.
Who the hell has nothing to do to poke Gu Haiyan?
Lao Wu, that lazy bitch, let me see you next time and see if I don't beat him to death."
When Sanshu Wu heard the sound, he couldn't help but raise his head and glance at Master Sang.
"What are you looking at? If you look at it, you, a lazy puppy, will be beaten too."
When Uncle Gao saw this, he quickly took a step back and waved his hands repeatedly.
"I'm just a hard-working and innocent migrant worker."
"What's wrong with impressing people? If you make me unhappy, you'll be fine."
After scolding several people, the anger in my heart subsided.
"Sang Ye, the water level is constantly rising. If it continues like this, it may overflow the dam before dawn.
There are more than ten villages below, and it may not be too late to evacuate them now.
Can you please help me and think of a solution first? It all depends on you whether you want to fight or punish me afterwards."
Mr. Sang narrowed his eyes and glanced at me.
"You caused the trouble, and it will be up to you to make things right. Do you have any objections?"
I nodded awkwardly.
"You've always spoken, but now you've filled my eyes and I don't have anything to say."
Mr. Sang made a deep voice and pointed towards the mountain to the south of Laoya Mountain.
"Your fortune is good, I have already calculated it.
There is an old turtle in this southern mountain, which can just suppress the sea eye.
Go into the mountain immediately and find this old turtle.
If it is willing to fill this eye of the sea, then the world will be peaceful."
I frowned and looked towards the lush mountain forest.
"Master Sang, why are there old turtles in this mountain?"
"I said yes. If you don't want it to be troublesome, why don't you fill in the sea yourself?" Mr. Sang replied.
I swallowed and shook my head like a rattle.
"You're welcome, I'll go find Old Turtle right now."
"Wait a minute." Mr. Sang snorted and suddenly stopped me.
I saw Mr. Sang take out a cloth bag full of runes and throw it towards me.
"After you find the old turtle, kowtow to it three times and then open the talisman bag.
If it is willing to drill in, it means it is willing to go to Zhenhaiyan."
I took the talisman bag and frowned.
"Then what if it doesn't want to?"
The corners of Mr. Sang's mouth raised slightly.
"Then you just knock it until it wants to."
"Ah?" I looked bitter.
Mr. Sang pointed towards the middle of the embankment.
"You don't have much time. In three hours at most, the water will overflow the dam."
When Uncle Gao and Uncle Wu saw this, they quickly stood up.
"Thirteen, let's go look for it with you."
"No, you two have other tasks. And this old turtle can only be found by him, and you can't find it for the rest of your life."
I gritted my teeth and could only run towards the mountains to the south alone.
After I disappeared into the dense forest, Uncle Wu came over with a worried look on his face.
"Master Sang, what can the two of us do now?"
Mr. Sang covered his stomach and raised the corners of his mouth with a slight arc.
"Make a fire and cook."
Uncle Wu San and Old Uncle Gao looked at each other, both confused.
"What are you still doing?
In order to wipe your ass, I didn’t even have time to eat dinner, so I traveled over the mountains and ridges on the ancestral Route 11.
Shouldn't you little brats compensate me properly?"
In the silent mountain forest, there was a splashing sound.
Mr. Sang just said that there is an old turtle in the Nanshan Mountains, but he did not tell me where the old turtle was.
I could only search around aimlessly and saw that two hours had passed.
Let alone an old turtle, I didn't even see anything with a shell.
It stands to reason that turtles live near water sources, but there is not even a puddle on the Nanshan Mountain.
After searching for so long, I couldn't help but feel a little thirsty, so I could only find a stone to sit down and rest out of breath.
I was quite thirsty at first, but when I thought about not being able to find the old turtle, I had to fill in the sea.
There will be plenty of time in the future to drink water slowly, and I will no longer feel thirsty in an instant.
"This old turtle doesn't know where he is hiding?"
As soon as I finished speaking, I felt like something was pushing against me under my butt.
"What the hell?"
Frightened, I jumped up.
I saw the dark stone suddenly moved, and a long neck stretched out.
I took a closer look and saw that there was no stone here. It was clearly an old turtle with a black shell the size of a pot lid.
I have been sitting on it just now, but its head and limbs have been shrunk in the shell.
At first glance it looks like a big black stone!
I saw this old turtle staring at me motionless. The wrinkled turtle face was covered with white hairs, just like an old man's beard.
Chapter completed!