Who let him join the Sword Sect?!-Chapter 808 - 409: They’re Really Not Team Rocket, Meow~

Because the Mother Tree Line 3 doesn't go directly to Luoyu Mountain, and there's no signal underground, Zhang Ze and Li switched to another mode of transportation.

Heeding Brother Monkey's suggestion, they opted for the ancient Chang State method: summoning a frog via Didi.

Taking advantage of the current in the South Sea, they decided to take a direct water route to Luoyu Mountain.

Zhang Ze, hands in his pockets and with Li perched on his head, yawned as he watched Brother Monkey playfully casting a lure into the sea over and over with a large fishing rod.

"Why don't we just fly over?" Li, lying on top of Zhang Ze's head, suddenly asked.

Though one flying ship had crashed on their way here, there was a spare one in the Hundred Treasures Bag, and Li thought that if they were just a bit more careful, nothing should go wrong.

"Because... I'm just curious to see what those frogs in the sea look like," Zhang Ze said expressionlessly.

According to Brother Monkey, those frogs are called Red Palm Clearing Frogs…

"What could frogs possibly look like... just like toads, I guess. Whoa, what is that!?"

Li's bored expression turned to shock as, after Brother Monkey cast the round-headed clamp-head hook with a jade medallion into the sea for the 320th time, a giant creature was finally lifted out by him.

The tumultuous sea stirred up furious waves as the giant creature leaped out of the water, performed a backflip, and landed on the beach with the stance of a hero making an entrance.

Rather than being reeled in, it seemed more like it jumped up voluntarily.

But no matter how they looked at it, Zhang Ze and Li couldn't relate this creature to a frog at all.

Its streamlined black body, knife-like dorsal fin, and the gigantic white spots resembling eyes.

With these features, if you ignored its burly, muscular limbs and its hands and feet the color of red work gloves or New Year socks, it was basically an orca.

Yes, an orca person.

Though it was unclear if Chang State had a custom of calling whales frogs, Zhang Ze personally felt this creature should belong more to the Merfolk clan of the East Sea.

The Merfolk of the East Sea are divided into males and females. The female Merfolk have a human upper body and fish lower body. The male Merfolk have a fish upper body and human lower body.

Zhang Ze had reason to suspect that the creature before them, which Brother Monkey referred to as a Red Palm Clearing Frog, was likely the result of a male Merfolk making a mistake while traveling in the South Sea.

Zhang Ze scratched his chin, glancing back and forth between Brother Monkey and the Red Palm Clearing Frog, and asked quietly, "Hey, Brother Monkey, did you catch the wrong one?"

"No, hold on a moment, you two. Let me discuss the price." Brother Monkey waved his hand to signal Zhang Ze to stay calm, then squatted down to negotiate the fare with the Red Palm Clearing Frog he had caught.

The conversation sounded quite formal.

Brother Monkey: "Croak~ gurgle croak croak~ gurgle gurgle croak~"

The Red Palm Clearing Frog looked at Brother Monkey in bewilderment, opening its mouth to reveal a set of tiny, sharp white teeth, not understanding what was meant.

Seeing this, Brother Monkey repeated his croaks.

This time, the Red Palm Clearing Frog finally spoke.

"I don't understand a word you're croaking. Speak in human language; I can understand that."

Brother Monkey: "…Ahem, how much to go to Luoyu Mountain?"

The Red Palm Clearing Frog shook its head, "No, the Blood Moon is about to return; I don't like it there..."

However, before the frog could finish his sentence, Zhang Ze interrupted, "I'll pay more, you name the price."

"But then again, the customer is always right, so it's not impossible to go there. If you want me to name the price..."

The Red Palm Clearing Frog squinted its eyes, wearing a look as if it had found a sucker.

Zhang Ze waved his hand, indicating indifference and that he wasn't short of money.

He wasn't exactly reckless with his money; he was genuinely curious to see how this frog would carry passengers.

And surprisingly, the frog didn't ask for much.

Of course, perhaps Zhang Ze was just used to being extravagant, so the price didn't seem like much to him.

Once the price was settled, the Red Palm Clearing Frog brought out its equipment: a small double-seater sedan made of refined iron.

The sedan was exquisite, supported by a suspended array at the joints, ensuring a smooth ride up top no matter how much movement was below.

Aside from being an open-top, it had no flaws.

After Zhang Ze and Brother Monkey got in and settled, Mr. Frog placed the sedan on its back, then activated the array, handing them each a couple of packages.

"What's this?" Li asked.

"Parachutes," Mr. Frog replied.

Zhang Ze, "?"

Once the bow is drawn, there's no turning back, and having boarded the rogue frog's sedan, there's no chance of regret.

Frog Brother went down on all fours, the blood-red hue starting from its limbs, spreading to its body. Once all its limbs turned blood-red, the two white patches by its eyes swelled like a frog's vocal sacs.

Bang!

With an explosive start, like a cannonball, the frog sprang up unexpectedly.

"Crap, it jumps this high!" That's the only thought Zhang Ze had at the moment.

After a high leap, Frog Brother didn't land but instead propelled itself with all four limbs, gripping onto a Floating Mountain, then kicked off to leap toward another small Floating Mountain nearby.

It moved at a terrifying speed, almost like a man-powered flying ship.

However, Zhang Ze quickly withdrew this evaluation, thinking it wasn't a humans' flying ship, but a man-powered roller coaster.

Frog Brother didn't just leap over the mountains; at times, it glided and at others, dived into the water, using every clever technique to constantly boost its speed.

This miraculous energy seemed to require water to deploy; whenever the blood-red on its limbs faded, it would dive into the water and emerge with blood-red hands anew.

Up and down, it was simply exhilarating.

Zhang Ze felt the money was worth it, even considering paying extra.