Nine Snakes Towing a Boat, Five Transmigrators

Nine Snakes Towing a Boat, Five Transmigrators

Only after Su Mu drew closer did he discover that five people were standing aboard the boat.

This boat was several times larger than the small boats he had seen before. It was entirely pitch-black, square and blocky in shape, somewhat like a coffin without a lid.

In front of this coffin-like boat, nine tiny black snakes were pulling it upstream.

The five figures aboard were three men and two women. They all looked young, in the prime of their lives. Some wore excited expressions, some were curious, and others were terrified.

"Brother Ye, where are we going?"

A somewhat burly young man asked the black-haired, stern-faced youth beside him.

"I don't know, but one thing is certain—we should have left Blue Star by now."

Ye Fan frowned deeply as he gazed out over the endless river, muttering to himself.

At this moment, a well-built woman in a pale blue dress looked around in terror. Her expression was tense as she instinctively edged closer behind Ye Fan.

"Can we still go back?" Liu Yiyi was extremely nervous. Ever since the strange change on Mount Tai, they had been separated from their classmates and teachers. Ye Fan had always been a man of few words, yet he was remarkably calm at this moment, which was why she moved closer behind him.

Li Xiaoman, standing behind Liu Yiyi, was also frightened, but beneath that fear was a trace of excitement. She had always loved thrills, which was why she had found the taciturn Ye Fan dull and broken up with him.

The somewhat burly young man was named Pang Bo, Ye Fan's good brother. Though he was somewhat afraid as well, he appeared calm at this moment.

Of them all, Ye Fan was the calmest. What he was actually considering was the Mercedes he had parked at the foot of Mount Tai. If he did not get back soon, how much more parking would he have to pay?

"Over there... why does it seem like someone is walking toward us?"

Liu Yiyi pointed ahead. At some point, a thin mist had risen over the river surface, and they could only vaguely make out a figure walking toward them from upstream.

"It looks like... he's walking on the river surface!"

Pang Bo's face filled with shock.

They were all young people of the new century who revered science and remained skeptical of all supernatural phenomena. Yet everything that had happened over the past two days had shattered their understanding time and time again.

At that moment, everyone's gaze fell upon the figure walking toward them.

In what seemed like an instant, the figure moved as though teleporting, crossing several thousand meters to arrive just ten meters away.

Only then did they see him clearly.

He was tall and lean, dressed in a clean, simple azure robe. His features were sharply chiseled, with swordlike brows and starry eyes. Especially those eyes—deep as the stars, still as an ancient well.

He stood upon the water, while the mist over the river swirled around him like immortal vapors. For a moment, all five of them were stunned.

Like a man who had stepped out of myth, he made them afraid to meet his gaze.

For a time, they forgot how to speak.

Before they could open their mouths, the man's ethereal voice drifted over. "Where do you come from?"

His voice was like celestial music, echoing ceaselessly in their minds and making them instinctively tell the truth, unable to dare deceive him.

Ye Fan, the pillar of the group, stepped forward and answered, "Senior, we come from another distant place. I do not know where we are now, nor where we should go."

Upon hearing this, Su Mu already had his answer. As expected, they were Transmigrators from another world.

However, the man who had answered him appeared calmer than the others.

He had not revealed the exact world he came from, yet he did not dare deceive him either, instead giving an ambiguous answer.

In truth, Su Mu was not interested in what world they came from. They were Transmigrators anyway. As long as he knew that, it was enough.

"Oh."

"If you want to cross this river, you'll have to pay the River Crossing Fee."

Su Mu lay down at the front of the boat. Using his divine ability, he stilled the waters surrounding the boat, forcibly bringing the nine black snakes pulling it to a halt as well.

This was the fourth time Su Mu had encountered Transmigrators.

However, these Transmigrators were different from the previous ones. Nine Little Black Snakes were actually pulling their boat, and five people had transmigrated at once.

This was a good thing. The more Transmigrators there were, the more tolls he could collect and the more Favor Points he could earn.

"Senior, would this do?"

Ye Fan took out ten hundred-yuan bills from his person and handed them to Su Mu.

The moment he saw those ten hundred-yuan bills, Su Mu's pupils contracted.

Huh??

My fellow townsmen?

They transmigrated here from Blue Star too.

As the saying went, when fellow townsmen met, they felt especially close.

But there was another saying: Fellow townsman? Fellow townsmen are exactly the ones you fleece!

Su Mu could give them a discount for being fellow townsmen, but the River Crossing Fee could not be waived. Su Mu was not some great philanthropist. Anyone crossing the river he guarded—even if the Heavenly King himself came—had to leave behind money for passage!

That was the rule!

"This won't do."

Su Mu shook his head.

What use were these hundred-yuan bills to him? They had to pay with something useful.

Hearing this, Ye Fan became certain of one thing: they had definitely left Blue Star. Otherwise, on Blue Star, there was nothing money could not settle. If there was, it simply meant there was not enough money.

"Is it not enough?"

Pang Bo took out a bank card and said, "The password is three sixes and three eights. There's five hundred thousand in it."

Su Mu still shook his head upon hearing that.

Five hundred thousand could have served as the down payment on a house for him before transmigrating.

But now, let alone five hundred thousand, even five billion was nothing but wastepaper in his eyes. To be precise, all Su Mu cared about now were treasures—treasures that held value for him.

Seeing that even so much money was useless, the five of them knew they were definitely no longer on Blue Star.

Still, it made sense when they thought about it. Could anyone on Blue Star teleport several thousand meters in an instant or tread upon water?

This had to be some bizarre supernatural otherworld.

Li Xiaoman pursed her lips and made a decision. She stepped forward, bit her lip, and said in a sweet voice, "Senior... if you do not find me displeasing, I can stay behind and keep you company."

As soon as she said this, the other three aside from Ye Fan looked at Li Xiaoman in astonishment.

Su Mu frowned deeply. "I'll say it one last time. What I want is the River Crossing Fee—treasures."

"If you dare say such things again, do you believe I'll throw you into the river to feed the fish?"

Those words frightened Li Xiaoman pale, and she no longer dared entertain any crooked thoughts.