They carried the vats to the big tree in front of Mayer's house, where his grandson often played ball with his buddies. Mayer was prepared to kill the octopus to avenge her grandson.
At this moment, his family all ran out. Mae's wife was crying and wanted to open the body bag to look at her grandson's corpse, but Wei Wuji said that the bones he found in the octopus's nest still contained a lot of carrion that hadn't been eaten by the octopus.
Mae took a big knife and tried to get the octopus out of the vat before killing it, but it was stuck in the vat by the Dragon Bind Rope, and its dark red body was filled with the space inside the vat. No one who didn't know what it was could tell, and even if they wanted to fish it out, they wouldn't be able to do it.
Ashley came to the scene with Yao Ling on his arm. Mo Wuji said as if he was getting credit for it, "Third Brother, look at this big guy. How about it? I estimate he would weigh a few hundred Jin. It was only when I went down to find it trapped inside that I remembered that I was unable to handle it on my own. Later on, it was Chen Xiaohua who took an underwater propeller from the boat and with his godly powers, we managed to get him onto the shore. "
Yao Ling moved closer to take a look, then patted Wuji's waist and said, "Good heavens! Such a big vat, how could it be filled to the brim? Octopus was a creature that could fit into a space much smaller than its body. It was simply a sea monster. Fourth Bro, you're amazing! Big Bro's convinced! You caught such a big monster so easily, you're really amazing!
It was rare for Wei Wuji to be praised by Yao Ling, so he seemed to be a little excited. He called out to Chen Xiaohua, asking him to get a large bowl of vegetable oil and a pack of refined sea salt from the islanders.
After the item was brought over, he first poured the large basin of oil into the tank. Yao Yun explained in a low voice to Ashley, "The Dragon Strangling Rope gets stuck in water, and it dissolves in oil. He used this oil to melt the Dragon Strangling Rope in order to get the big octopus out."
Ashley grinned in surprise and said, "My god, such a big octopus, it's not easy to take it out, why don't we break the vat?" Was the octopus going to die soon? It's not aggressive, right? "
Yao Lin pointed at the big bag of salt and said, "There's no need for us to waste any effort. As long as we sprinkle this bag of salt on the octopus, it will crawl out by itself."
Sure enough, when Wei Wuji sprinkled the fine salt onto the octopus's body, that huge lump of dark-red flesh immediately began to move. However, that huge octopus seemed to have consumed a lot of its energy after it was trapped by the Dragon Binding Rope. It struggled for a long time before finally climbing out of the tank and sliding onto the sand.
Everyone present was amazed at the giant size of the octopus. They had no idea how it had managed to squeeze itself into the poor little jar that was smaller than it, but the contrast was like an elephant being put into a refrigerator.
As the saying goes, when enemies meet, their eyes would turn red. Mayer picked up her large blade and was about to charge forward for revenge. A few young lads beside her also picked up their axes, sticks, and rocks and rushed to attack the octopus.
Unexpectedly, the big octopus that seemed to be half-dead suddenly used its two thickest tentacles to prop itself up. The remaining tentacles quickly wrapped around the boy who was at the front of the group, pulling him to its mouth amidst his screams, and started gnawing on the islander's head with its sharp, horn-like jaw and iron-blade-like tongue.
Those islanders had never seen such a ferocious octopus. To think that it could actually hurt someone on the ground. They were all so scared that they were at a loss on what to do.
When Yao Yun saw this, she thought to herself, "If I tell it to bite a few more times, it will definitely bore through this person's skull!" He quickly grabbed a big machete from a nearby islander and rushed to the octopus with great difficulty. Then, he swung the machete at the two tentacles that were supporting the octopus.
Although it was made of ordinary carbon steel, it was abnormally sharp. Coupled with Yao Ling's extraordinary knife skills, he managed to cut off one of the tentacles, which was as thick as a bucket. The octopus crashed to the ground with a loud bang, and the islander it was carrying was also thrown far away, but the flesh on its face had already been bitten into a blur.
The octopus seemed to not only be cruel in nature, but also full of tricks and schemes. After one of its tentacles had been cut off, it could no longer walk in a human-like posture, instead, it was like a meatball quickly rolling around on the sand. The other tentacles were still hovering above its head, wildly waving around as if guarding against attacks from the enemy.
Unexpectedly, Zhang Tie's big black dog was rescued by the fishing boat from the sea near Naga Island and was redeemed by him. Since then, the dog had been accompanying Yao Lin. He was listless and listless every day, never having heard it bark a few times or run two laps around. Yao Yun was even worried that if this continued, this dog might not live for long. However, he didn't expect that he would suddenly go berserk after seeing the octopus's appearance. After a thunderous bark, he was like a black gale, blowing on the octopus's body, unceasingly flailing and biting at the tentacles that were waving about.
Ashley had helped Yao Ling feed the black dog and established a relationship with it. Now, seeing the black dog fight the octopus like a madman regardless of life and death, worrying that it would be harmed, Ashley hurriedly wanted to call for help to rescue the black dog.
However, at this time, Yao Yun was lost in thought. He used an extremely puzzled expression to stare at the black dog's movements, as if he had noticed something out of the ordinary.
The rest of the bold islanders also surrounded the octopus. The black dog crazily tore at the octopus's dancing limbs, and Mayer saw the opportunity to strike the octopus on the head, and just like that, within a very short period of time, the octopus was smashed to pieces by everyone's machete, rake, and other agricultural tools. Occasionally, the octopus would move its limbs a little, but it would pounce on the octopus and bite it a few times until it was completely dead.
"Number four, do you think this dog is strange?"
Yao Ling summoned the black dog. It seemed that the black dog had treated Yao Ling as Zhang Tie Yu. It lowered its head and rubbed his leg a few times, as if it was seeking a reward for its performance just now.
Ashley rubbed Black Dog's head and asked Yao Yun, "Why is this so strange?" It's a hound, isn't it? "
Wei Wuji also agreed with Yao Ling: "Yes, it's a little strange. It was not interested in octopus until the octopus ran away, and the moment it started waving its paws, the black dog became excited. Also, look at the way it pounced and bit at those limbs, it clearly had special training."
Staring at the black dog, Yao Ling mumbled to himself, "This is strange. This octopus is from the sea. Who would train a dog to deal with it?"
Ashley didn't think so. She said, "You're thinking too much. A few days ago, I saw a video of a person from abroad specially training his little hunting dog to dive to the seabed to catch lobster. Who knows, maybe Zhang Tie will take the dog out to sea often?"
At this time, Chen Chou Sheng walked over to comfort Mae, who was already in tears. He reminded her not to be too sad and to prepare for the children's aftermath.
The Great Sage's corpse was already incomplete. Everyone buried it in the ancestral mountain's grave platform after conducting the cremation ceremony according to the customs.
For the fact that Wei Wuji and the others had helped him retrieve his grandson's corpse, he definitely had to repay them for bringing his soul back to earth. Chen Changsheng said that he should not think of any other way to repay them. If he really wanted to thank them, then he should think of a way to find a guide for them and lead them to La Ja.
Mae didn't say anything. He seemed to be preoccupied with something, until the evening when he went alone to find Chen Sha Sheng, asking him if he could pay a large commission to the guide.
Naturally, Chen Killer did not care about paying. He immediately gave Mae a considerable price. Mae's face was solemn as she said that this was not enough and that it was three times more.
Chen Kusheng thought to himself that this old fellow probably wanted to draw some water, but this amount of money was worth paying for it in the city. Thus, he agreed to his offer.
Mae told Chen that she would go to his house tomorrow morning to meet the guide.
Chen Chou Sheng told everyone about this news, and Jian Neza was worried that Maya would randomly find someone to push the blame onto. Chen said, "According to my understanding of him, although this person is crafty, he keeps his word. We didn't force him, he wouldn't lie to us just for a sum of money, and he also understands my character, so even if I were to lend him the guts, he wouldn't dare to do it. I think it's possible that this guide is someone close to him. He doesn't want to call this person to take the risk with us, but this time, Master Fourth helped him a lot, so he's returning the favor. Moreover, he can still earn a lot of money, which is enough for him to live on this island for ten lifetimes. "
The next day, when they came to Mae's home to learn about what had happened, everyone was shocked. Chen Sha's heart was full of guilt.
The guide Mae was referring to was not anyone else, but himself. And in order to be a guide, Mae had blinded herself with the herbs the wizard had brought.
Ashley took Mae's head in his trembling hands and examined his eyes. He was indeed completely blind. They all know that no one is going to turn themselves blind for a commission, and Ashley is already crying. "Why is he doing this? Why would you want to blind yourself! "
Mae explained to them calmly.
The inhabitants of this island were all of the same race. Since ancient times, they had the talent to sail in the vast ocean. The chief would usually test some of the younger kids to find the most talented successors. After rigorous training, they were able to master the skill of finding the Corner, but this skill was useless under normal circumstances. Only a blind person would be able to bring out the full potential of this skill.
Therefore, during the final assessment, they would perform a eye-washing ceremony. Among the clear water used during the ceremony, one of them had been infused with a blind herb, and the person who had unluckily drawn the blind water had become blind. However, he had also become the only person in the world who could find the city of Rangar, and had also inherited the noble position of Magus on the island.
He was actually one of the successors, but he did not draw any water from the water bottle during the eye washing ceremony. Besides him and that Magus, there were two other successors who were still alive on this island, but he could not force his clansmen to blind him and make him their guide. He owed Wei Wuji and Yao Ling a favor, so he had no choice but to destroy his eyes and become the guide himself. The reason why he had asked Chen Changsheng for such a large sum of money was because he knew that the odds were against him going out to sea. Thus, he needed a large sum of money to settle his family expenses.
After hearing his explanation, Chen Changsheng sighed endlessly. This was equivalent to forcing Maya to become blind. He remembered that if he didn't come to the island to look for him, so many things wouldn't have happened in his home. Now that he no longer had a grandson and he no longer had a pair of eyes, all of this was caused by someone else. But things had already turned out this way, and he was never a sentimental man. He immediately discussed the matter with Kenyon and doubled Mae's commission so that he could set off in peace. Seeing that everything was ready, the guide had already arrived. However, he didn't know if there would still be any great danger waiting for them in this boundless sea.