小长颈鹿妖智带着大眼镜,津津有味地翻着云之谷的谷民送的书,慢慢说道,“据这本书记载,路过同天山后,一直走往南,就会走到一个生活在水边的国家,叫鱼之谷。那里的人头戴斗笠,身披坎肩,下身穿一条鱼皮裤,不穿鞋袜。上身皮肤与一般人一样,但是唯独腿脚以下黑如锅底,以捕鱼为生。你们不要小看这黑色的腿,他们一旦进到水里,腿就会变成透明,鱼完全发现不了,所以一网下去,可以抓到不少鱼呢。”
“这么有意思!咱们赶紧去看看吧!”小兔妖义高兴地说道。
小伙伴们抓紧时间赶路,果然在同天山的另一端,出现了一片蔚蓝的海洋。海洋的里面,有一些房子和船,破破烂烂的,看着很是荒凉。
他们再走近,果然和智说的一样,这里的人都头戴一顶大斗笠,身上披着厚厚的坎肩,下穿一条鱼皮裤,并没有鞋袜。尤其那漆黑的腿,一下到水里竟然真的变成了透明色。有的人把打起的鱼直接放在嘴里吃,还不吐鱼刺,边吃边大声说些什么。
悠悠也听不懂他们讲什么,赶紧打开黄鸟送的仙药“万语通”,拿出了几粒分给大家。原来这“万语通”竟然长的像黄豆,放在嘴里并不硬,软软的,甜甜的,滑滑的,像极了悠悠平常最爱吃的小软糖!
小龟妖仁吃了一粒还想要,被智制止了,说仙药一次只可以吃一粒,吃多了不能消化,留在身体里时间长了,会死。”
一听说“会死”,本来也伸出手想再吃一颗的小虎妖勇,赶紧把手缩了回去。
大家把万语通“软糖”吃完了,果然就能听懂鱼之国的人的语言了。
原来那些人吃完了鱼以后,在一边点评鱼的味道,一边叫卖。
“这里鱼虾又多又便宜,他们在卖鱼,咱们都去看看吧。”仁流着口水说道。
大家觉得仁的建议挺好,于是用云之谷的谷民送的金子,买了些大斗笠,厚坎肩,打扮得跟鱼之谷的人一样,继续往前走。小伙伴们沿着海边,观看鱼之谷的人捕鱼。只见有一个渔人,网起一条怪鱼,一个鱼头,十个鱼身。
大家好奇,但是都不认识。仁仔细看了半天,忽然高兴地说道:“智,你看这鱼长得这么奇怪,难道就是古书上写的‘香鱼’吗?听说这鱼味道很香,就像兰花一样,只要闻到了它的香味,就可以两年不生病,也不知道是不是真的。”
智还没来得及回答,就看到义跟悠悠跑到那条怪鱼前面,弯下腰去闻了—闻。还没等他们站起身,就看到他们同时一口气没上来,眉头一皱,蹲在一旁呕吐了起来。
过了一会儿,义站起了身,擦了擦嘴,气愤地说道,“仁,不能这么捉弄人!我还以为这鱼的味道真的跟兰花一样,上前狠狠一闻,谁知道比朱草的臭气还臭!”
智看到义气鼓鼓样子,笑着说道:“义,你怎么刚跑过去就回来了?你先别急着生气,你去踢那条怪鱼一脚,看看它会不会像狗一样地叫。”
智刚说完,忽然听到那鱼叫了几声,果然跟狗叫声一样!
勇想了一下,说道,“难道这鱼是古书上写的‘臭鱼’?”
悠悠不高兴地说道,“智,既然这怪鱼不是香鱼,你怎么不早跟我们说,害得我们去闻它的臭气!”
智扶了扶眼镜,笑着说道:“我可不是故意让你们出丑的。臭鱼跟香鱼的样子一模一样,都是一个头,十条尾巴。它们之间的不同点就是一个跟兰花一样香,一个叫声跟狗一样。怪只怪那鱼叫得太晚了。”
“听说臭鱼虽然不好闻,但是肉质极其鲜美,”仁盯着那臭鱼两眼放光,说道,“要不咱们买一条尝尝嘛。”
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Zhi was happily the book no one could understand. He finally slowly said,“According to this book, on the other side of Air temple, there is a world, a new world called Water valley. The people there wear fishing hats and vests that are plain. Their pants are made of a special fish scale. They feed on fish and water species. The parts above their pants look like regular people like us. However, their legs below their pants are black like dark mist. The most interesting catch is when the legs and feet touch the water, they immediately become transparent! That makes fish catching a whole lot easier.”
“They sound so interesting. Let’s go and check them out!” Yi said in a really excited voice.
The small demons all stumbled as they walked to water valley. They eventually found out that the people there are very poor and their houses were broken and really shattered.
After they went for a long while, they had arrived at Water Valley. The people there actually had the big straw hats and big vest. They even also had the fish scale shorts. Their legs were pitch black and went transparent underwater. They catch fish and immediately eat it. They don’t even spit out the bones! Every time they ate, Yoyo would hear them shout something.
Yoyo couldn’t understand a single word. He took out some of the magical seeds of language and shared it with everyone. The seed looked like a yellow bean. When Yoyo ate it, it was squishy, sweet and smooth. It tasted like a jelly lolly.
After Ren ate it. He just wanted more. He got stopped by Zhi who said that if you eat too many, it won’t digest and you will die.
After Ren heard the word ‘die’, he immediately took back the hand of his that was taking a bit of Yong’s potion.
After everyone ate the yummy seed of language, they so found out that it actually worked.
It turned out that every time that they ate a fish, they would say the taste and they would be yelling out a logo of a new shop they are putting up.
“They are selling prawns and fish that are fresh and cheap. While they are selling sea food, lets take a look.” Ren said with water in his mouth.
Everybody thought that Ren’s idea was great. They used the gold from the cloud valley and bought a big straw hat and clothing just for the sake of looking the same. They watched some fishermen catching fish. No one caught any but suddenly someone reeled in a fish with one head and ten bodies.
Everyone was curious about the weird looking fish. Ren asked,“Zhi, do you know what type of fish this is? Do you think it could be the legendary leviathan?” Zhi replied,“There was something about the legendary leviathan in the ancient book. It said that the fish smelled like blue bells and if you catch its scent, you will not get sick for two years. However, there hasn’t been a recount that it was real.”
Before Zhi could finish his speech, he saw Yoyo and Yi rush to the leviathan and bent down their backs and did the biggest smell of all time. AHHH! But after, they nearly throw out.
After a while Yi stopped her barfing, she started rubbing her mouth. Yi said madly,“Ren, WHAT WAS YOU THINKING TELLING LIES LIKE THAT! I SEARIOUSLY THOUGHT THAT SMELLED LIKE BLUEBELLS?!”
Zhi looked at mad Yi and laughed,“Yi why did you go and just come back? Don’t be angry, did you know that if you go to the fish and give it a kick, it might let of a howl like a dog.”
After Zhi had finished talking, suddenly, the fish let off a wild howl like a dog.
Yong thought for a while and said,“Zhi, do you think the book of ancient has this tale of stinky fish?”
Yoyo said angrily,“Zhi, If you knew that it was so stinky, why did you not tell us? Did you want to tell us after the stinky smell?!”
Zhi adjusted his glasses and laughed,“stinky fish and the leviathan looks identical but one of them smells like bluebells and the other howls like a dog. However you will only know which is which after it gives a warning.”
“Even though it smells disgusting, the meat tastes really good.” Ren was staring at stinky fish and his eyes were glimmering in excitement,“how about we buy one and try it?”