Reborn as Xiao in another world, targeted by the little red bird

Xiao stood at the stern, watching the river bank getting farther and farther away from him. The cool morning breeze blew through his hair, lifting the hem of his white clothes.

"Xiao, don't you want to come in and sit? We are still some distance away from our destination." An Chen came out of the cabin, still chewing something. He came to Xiao and handed him the fruit.

"The plums prepared by the boatman taste pretty good. Would you like to try one?"

Xiao shook his head, took one last look at the scenery on the shore, turned around and went back to the cabin, and An Chen followed closely behind.

The bow of the ship separated a waterway, and the reunited water flow left a shining strip of water at the stern, and the surface of the river shone in the morning sun.

After the passenger ship sailed for a while, a tall ship appeared in everyone's sight, casting a huge shadow like a mountain in the sun. The passenger ship headed straight towards the big ship.

"We are finally here." An Chen sighed when he saw the big ship, and then explained to the three people: "The ship in front is the one we are really going to take. It will take us to Hecheng."

"Such a big ship...you are not sent by the ship owner to kill us, right?"

"No, no, it's the price you've already paid. Of course, there are some recreational facilities and additional items on the ship, which cost another price. I'm a passenger just like you, but I just happened to know about this unique passenger ship, and I'm a little curious, so I want to take a look."

"Okay, you better not be lying, or we two brothers won't let you off easily!"

An Chen breathed a sigh of relief, then looked at Xiao with gratitude.

"It's not that I completely trust you, I just don't want to have a meaningless argument." Xiao ruthlessly broke his fantasy.

"I thought we were already friends." A hint of disappointment flashed in An Chen's eyes.

Xiao glanced at An Chen and said, "If this trip goes well, it's not impossible to make friends with him."

The four of them boarded the boat and were stunned by the lively scene in front of them. There were more than a dozen passengers on the top of the boat enjoying the view, and when they went down to the interior of the boat, they could see forty or fifty gamblers gambling enthusiastically. Further inside was the cabin, where there were also twenty or thirty passengers drinking tea, eating, and chatting.

A crew member brought four people to the resting place. It was a four-person room, which could be upgraded for extra money. So Xiao and An Chen upgraded to a single room.

Xiao came to the top of the boat, enjoying the rising sun which was not yet too harsh. From here, he could see passenger ships bringing people to the boat one after another. After an unknown amount of time, some incomprehensible characters lit up on the bottom of the boat, and the hull shook slightly. The boat set off, like a giant beast that had just awakened, and the tranquil river surface was broken by the huge hull.

As the sky gradually darkened, Xiao returned to the rest room. It wasn't that he was tired, he just wanted to find a quiet place to stay, but the casino was very noisy, and the cabin was too close to the casino, so it was also a bit noisy. The top of the ship was a good place to go, but now there were a few passengers who were watching the moon, and there were several couples who were taking advantage of the night to chat. His hearing was a little too good, and he really didn't want to go to the top of the ship and suffer this.

By the way, since upgrading to a single room, Xiao has never seen An Chen on the ship again, and can only confirm that he is still on the ship by sensing his breath. However, although he did not see An Chen, he met a strange child - shorter than himself, so he must be a child.

The child had an otherworldly aura, which naturally attracted Xiao's attention. When Xiao first saw the child, he was in a hurry, looking around cautiously, as if he was looking for someone. This was also the case the next few times he met him. Did he lose someone he knew?

It's not that Xiao didn't think about going up to ask about the situation, but the child disappeared just as quickly as he appeared. It's not that Xiao couldn't catch up, but it seemed a bit strange to chase after him on his own initiative.

When most of the passengers were in a sweet dream, the river bottom was bustling with activity. Several large fish gathered together, seemingly discussing something.

"If we don't defeat that turtle, we won't be able to live like this!" said the sturgeon-like beast excitedly.

"That's right. Many of our companions in the tribe have given up the territories they have worked so hard to obtain and gone to live in other places." said the carp-like spirit beast.

"This turtle is so hateful. Relying on the magic weapon and invulnerability to swords and guns, it goes to other people's territories to do evil all day long. Some time ago, my childhood sweetheart was singing at home when she was suddenly swallowed by a turtle that broke in. Ah! I want to kill it!" The loach-like spirit beast screamed hysterically.

"Shh, keep your voice down, don't let that turtle hear us, otherwise we'll all be doomed. I've contacted Brother Snake and Brother Frog who live in this area, and they've long disliked that turtle, but since they can't do anything about the magic weapon in the turtle's hand, they can only choose to swallow their anger. So, the most urgent task now is to find a way to steal the turtle's magic weapon." The salmon-like spirit beast was relatively stable.

"You guys come up with the idea and I'll implement it. I want it to also taste the feeling of having its beloved thing taken away!" said the loach-like spirit beast angrily.

"I have an idea. Let's do this first, then that..."

"I don't think your idea works. It should be like this..."

At this time, the River-Swallowing Turtle being discussed was sleeping in someone else's house. As for the original owner of this place, he was of course invited into its stomach as a guest.

Suddenly, it felt the light dim, and when it looked up, it saw the huge shadow cast by the boat on the riverbed. With the opportunity it had received in its early years, it had awakened a trace of the blood of the ancient mythical beast, and therefore had a more acute perception of blood. It discovered that there were two particularly terrifying beings on the boat.

The feeling of uneasiness drove it to subconsciously use its sharp claws to scratch the sand and rocks beneath it, and it did not calm down until the ship sailed away.

“Could it be that another powerful person is traveling?” The River-Swallowing Turtle pondered.

In a time that it couldn't remember, a powerful person passing by accidentally dropped his magic weapon into the river, which happened to be stuck on its back. After a long period of time, the influence of the immortal energy in the magic weapon, it advanced to the bloodline of a divine beast. However, the magic weapon on its back also expanded a little as it grew.

Although it lost the ability to attack enemies with the sharp thorns on its back due to the existence of the magic weapon on its back, it also gained stronger defense and the opportunity to upgrade its bloodline. However, too much time had passed, and the magical energy on the magic weapon had become very weak. It was unknown whether it would be able to wait until the next upgrade in the remaining time.

Thinking of this, the River Swallowing Turtle swam towards the departing ship. Maybe the great master had accidentally dropped his magic weapon into the water again?

Inside the boat, the wind sickle weasel resting by Xiao's neck suddenly opened its eyes and climbed out of the bed. It sensed a dangerous breath approaching from the bottom of the water. But did it need to wake up its master? It felt like the other party was no match for the master.

Just as it was struggling, a cold voice came to its ears.

"Don't bother him, and don't worry about it."

The wind sickle weasel turned its head to look at Xiao's sleeping face, then curled back up to its original position.