Very soon, from the jungle beside the riverbank, two rows of orderly teams started to erge one after another.
The leader on the left was a "little man," about one ter tall, with purple-black skin, long arms, a human body, and a bull’s head.
The other leader on the left was also a "little man," about a ter thirty tall, but a bit more frail and thin. His arms were also long, and he had a human body with a horse’s face.
Behind the "bull head" and "horse face" were a bunch of strange creatures, carrying stones on their shoulders.
As they got closer, the two little leaders bowed slightly to the skinny old man with solemn expressions, but upon closer inspection, you could see that their sidelong glances were unintentionally sizing up Su Mu, their eyes full of admiration and awe.
"What is this?" Su Mu inquired.
The skinny old man smiled as he introduced, "Senior, these are my two subordinates, also my capable deputies. This is Xiao Niu, and this is Xiao Ma."
After such a prominent introduction, Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma shivered in shock, feeling both honored and surprised.
"Aren’t you going to greet the senior?" The skinny old man lowly reprimanded them when he saw the two standing there like wooden posts.
.....
"We’ve t, venerable senior."
"We’ve t, venerable senior."
The voices of Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma, one gruff and the other hoarse, were very distinct and varied. But what was identical was the excitent that could be heard from their voices.
"Old Ten, your subordinates... are quite peculiar."
Su Mu was montarily at a loss for adjectives and could only describe them as "peculiar." It wouldn’t be appropriate to say that his subordinates all look "oddly ford," would it?
Old Ten just laughed heartily and said nothing more.
...
"Where did you find these materials?"
Su Mu gazed at the pile of stones on the ground, casually picked one up, looked it over, and was quite astonished.
Because, in all his ti patrolling the river, he had never seen such stone material.
"These were brought from ho, you can’t find them outside." The skinny old man explained, "These materials are specially crafted by us and don’t form naturally."
Hearing this, Su Mu nodded, "No wonder...."
...
With the materials to repair the stone bridge available, Su Mu picked up the large iron hamr and started fixing the broken stone bridge.
The skinny old man was feeling uneasy and softly asked, "Senior, do you need any help?"
Su Mu waved his hand and said, "No need, just stay a bit further away. You standing so close is kind of in the way."
With those words, the skinny old man and Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma imdiately took several steps back, making enough room.
Tang—
Tang—
Tang—
A series of tallic thuds rang out, causing the skinny old man to unconsciously swallow. He had been repairing bridges for most of his life and had never seen such a brutal yet elegant repair thod!
Compared to the senior’s way of bridge repair, his own seed like child’s play!
Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma were too shocked to speak, only feeling parched. They wondered what kind of person this venerable senior could be!
However, to be respected as a "senior" by "His Highness the Tenth Prince" must imply a terrifyingly high status. They, as re small figures, only needed to do their jobs honestly, talk less, work more, and mind their own business.
Half an hour later, Su Mu straightened up, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and sighed with relief. The repair was finally done.
This was the first ti Su Mu took so long to fix sothing.
The stone bridge looked ordinary, but it was surprisingly challenging to repair. If not for Su Mu being much stronger than before, it might have taken a whole day to fix, and he still might not have succeeded.
Seeing Su Mu complete the repair in just half an hour, the skinny old man, along with Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma, all widened their eyes in disbelief.
A project that took half a year, and the senior fixed it in just half an hour???
....
[Congratulations to the host for maintaining the stability and peace of the river. Reward: Favor Points 20000]
Upon hearing the system announcent rewarding twenty thousand Favor Points, Su Mu instantly didn’t feel tired anymore and was suddenly invigorated.
As the saying goes, all fatigue cos from not getting paid enough. When your monthly salary is a hundred thousand, never mind the 9-9-6 schedule, even a 0-0-7 wouldn’t be unacceptable, you might even feel guilty taking the money.
Fantastic! Earning twenty thousand Favor Points in half an hour, how is this any different from picking up money??
...
After finishing the repair, Su Mu called out to the dazed skinny old man: "What are you daydreaming about?"
"Co on, let’s hurry to the next place."
Su Mu’s words snapped the skinny old man out of his stupor and back to reality.
"Senior... do you really want to go?"
"You’ve already helped a lot, I..."
"What are you babbling about? Hurry up and get on the ship to lead the way!" Su Mu frowned.
Ti is money, not a minute to be wasted.
Thus, Su Mu, along with the skinny old man and Xiao Ma and Xiao Niu, boarded the Blackwood Ship, changed direction, and prepared to head to a new stretch of water.
...
To speed up the journey, Su Mu directly used the Water Control Divine Technique, accelerating the reversal and flow of the water.
"Go, go guide the senior." The skinny old man said to Xiao Ma and Xiao Niu.
With those words, Xiao Ma and Xiao Niu looked at each other, having years of experience, they fully understood the dangers involved.
They normally only collected souls and escorted so criminals, working hard to climb up to a small position. How could they dare get involved in such high-level causes and effects!
.....
Seeing Xiao Ma and Xiao Niu looking at him expectantly, as if they were about to burst into tears, their expression seed to say, "Your Highness... are you really going to do this to us?"
Sensing this, the skinny old man felt compassionate. After all, they were longti subordinates, and he didn’t want them to get involved with such karmic entanglents, which were too life-shortening.
Waving his hand, he said, "There’s tea in the cabin, you two go brew a pot for the senior."
"Okay!" Xiao Niu and Xiao Ma imdiately scampered to the back of the deck into the cabin to start brewing tea.
.....
Then, following a similar pattern, the skinny old man grabbed a random little ghost from the engine compartnt to do the guiding.
Under Su Mu’s control, the Blackwood Ship sped along.....
Dong--------
A loud crash echoed, forcing the ship to an abrupt stop.
The violent jolt of the collision caused the entire ship to tremble.
The skinny old man, who was ditating with his eyes shut, was startled, imdiately stood up, and asked, "Senior, what happened?"
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