Chapter 17: Chang'an Wisdom Captures the Imperial Pillar, Nangong Mistakenly Enters the Sea of Stars (24)
I don't know if it's a gem falling from the starry sky, or a mirror blooming on the ground. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 infoA wooden boat parked, a young man lying on his side, even from a very close distance, I think this is an extremely harmonious picture. Man and nature are perfectly integrated, and even removing the people and boats in this scene feels unnatural and a little deliberate. The stars in the sky danced in their palms, and the stars under the lake also danced, Nangong Mingxuan stared at the lake, sometimes the glowing jellyfish swam by, sometimes the ugly and cute strange fish spit bubbles, and sometimes the huge black shadow stopped under the boat, but it was a big catfish that was more than two feet long.
"Are these the scenery that Xiaoli has ever seen, maybe many years ago she was sitting alone on a wooden boat, staring at the sea of stars and the fish in the sea like a mirror." Nangong Ming Xuan bowed a handful of water, and finally rippled on the mirror, rippling in a circle, and then the starlight and moonlight began to shatter.
There was a small thing like a conch swimming over, Nangong Mingxuan smiled slightly, this kind of conch codex has been recorded, An Li did pick out the worm from the snail meat to refine Gu poison. Nangong Mingxuan stretched out his hand to grab it, the conch flashed over flexibly, and the young man smiled bitterly and said to himself: "Such a beautiful sea, if you don't go down to see it, it will really be a waste." He looked around, and there was nothing in the ship, but the chains attached to the anchor were just right to use. The young man first took off his clothes, then tied the iron chain around his waist, took a deep breath, and jumped into the sea of descending stars.
The sea water was cold and biting, and the young man tasted it a little, and sure enough, it was salty and bitter, no different from the sea water of the South China Sea. He gathered his aura between his eyes, and only then did he dare to open his eyes to look at the scenery around him, and this glance was truly unforgettable.
One by one, the stars seemed to surround themselves. There are stars on the hands, at the feet, between the legs, and even in the corners of the eyes. The stars are some deep, some are light, some are bright and some are dim, but each one seems to have its own character. In the midst of this water, the lively stars give people a tension that seems to break free and run away; The quiet one gives people an eternal elegance, as if reading a book and meditating; There are also leaders who exude dazzling brilliance, followed by a group of little stars, like a marshal with an army, and like a mother chicken with a chicken, solemn and funny.
Nangong Mingxuan was stunned for a while, his whole person seemed to be in the void universe, floating, spinning unconsciously, and the scenery in his eyes was constantly changing - it was obviously the same group of stars, and when he looked at it in a different direction, it was immediately completely different. The young man's heart was pounding, and he lingered and forgot to return, and he didn't know that he had been there for an hour.
It's just that by the time he reacted, the chain connecting the ship had already been broken.
Nangong Mingxuan was taken aback and instinctively swam above his head, but after a few feet, he immediately realized that something was wrong-at this moment, whether up or down, left or right, front and back, it was all wandering sea water and infinitely shining stars.
"Oh no, is it true that I got lost in the sea as Qingqi said? This is really the best stupid thing in the world! Nangong Mingxuan thought to himself in his heart, "Otherwise, you can only wait for daylight." Not long after I came down, the place where I am now must not be deep, and when the sea is naturally brighter during the day, and the bottom of the sea is dark, and you will have an unobstructed view of which way you go. ”
Nangong Mingxuan stabilized his body, so as not to drift and wander to a deeper place unconsciously. He smiled bitterly in his heart: "This cultivation of the True Dao also has the disadvantages of cultivating the Dao. If ordinary people go to the sea, you don't need to be told how deep or shallow, the water pressure alone can show you the way. It's a pity that I didn't feel anything in the depths of the cultivators, but I didn't expect that this seemingly harmless characteristic of Baili would one day become a shortcoming. The young man thought again, "It seems that there is no perfection in everything in the world, and there is no harmless thing. Just like this star, this way is the same way, that way it is another way, looking at a thing from different angles, maybe you can have completely different ideas. ”
The young man settled his mind, the stars around him have been looking at it for a long time, and although there are new discoveries from every angle, he cannot ignore these happy masters who have lived in the sea from birth to death. The fish in the Sea of Falling Stars are very magical, they are obviously freshwater fish, but they can be found here; It's a saltwater fish, but it's not as big as the ocean. In addition to the catfish mentioned above, what trout, grouper, gar, arapaima, salmon, saury, salty and light are mixed together, but they dare not approach without exception when they see Nangong Ming. The gar was the most ferocious, and one of them tentatively launched an attack on Nangong Mingxuan, but was easily dodged by the young man and slapped with a palm. The gar was slapped with a palm and disturbed the water around it, shook its head and spit out a few mouthfuls and fled, and then the surrounding fish did not dare to approach the young man.
Fortunately, Nangong Mingxuan did not have a murderous aura, and the fish didn't seem to be very afraid of him, some of them were cruising around the young man, and some stopped not far away to look quietly.
At this time, Nangong Mingxuan heard a strange movement. He turned his head to look, and suddenly looked back, and suddenly saw a flash of black dress.
"What people!" Nangong Mingxuan couldn't help but shout, but his voice was drowned out by the sea water pouring in. The young man's heart was pounding, and he suddenly turned around, and saw the black yarn swaying and disappearing.
But he saw it clearly, it was An Li's dress, was it An Li's cheeks behind the veil? Nangong Mingxiao felt that his blood was boiling, he didn't think about anything, and swam quickly after the black gauze figure. The figure was ghostly, sometimes in front, sometimes on the left, on the right, and even below the back. Nangong Mingxuan chased after this figure, completely ignoring how far he swam. That figure he had missed for countless nights, haunted by dreams, and now suddenly appeared in front of him, even if reason told him that An Li was dead, but his body, his limbs, and his heart were unwilling to give up, he chased the figure and swam and swam for a long time unconsciously, until he was caught by a spike-like thing behind him.
Nangong Ming's heart tightened, and someone didn't find out behind his back. He didn't dare to turn back, he was afraid of being directly pierced when the enemy and I were not in the same season, since the other party did not kill immediately, there must be something to say, and wait for him to see if there was any way to discuss getting out.
After waiting for more than a dozen breaths, two figures appeared in the sea of fish and stars not far away. Nangong Ming looked at it fixedly, and was dumbfounded for a moment. These are two strange fish that have become fine, the head of the fish and the body of the fish, the tail of the fish, the ends of the fins on both sides are forked and turned into fingers, at this time, each holding a long silver spear, and swimming over majestically. The two strange fish circled up and down around Nangong Mingxuan, like a lion looking at its prey.
"My goodness, what kind of monster is this, I have never heard of it even if I have never heard of it, and sure enough, there is no wonder in the world."
Nangong Mingxuan was still surprised, the two strange fish had already swam over, and one of them opened his mouth to speak, saying a series of strange syllables. Nangong Mingxuan shook his head in confusion, and the strange fish continued to speak, but this time the pronunciation seemed to have changed slightly. Nangong Mingxuan continued to shake his head, and the strange fish said another paragraph, this time it was obviously not the same language as the previous words, whether it was a word or a sound, the common point was that he couldn't understand it.
The young man continued to shake his head, and this time the two strange fish looked at each other and said tentatively: "This, this, do you understand?" ”
Nangong Mingxuan was shocked in his heart, he didn't expect this strange fish to actually speak the official language of the wilderness, and he was overjoyed for a while and nodded quickly.
The strange fish looked happy, shook each other's fins together, and shook their swings and cheered, as if they were even happier than Nangong Mingxuan himself. Nangong Mingxuan was at a loss for the entire Yizhang and two monks, but unfortunately he couldn't speak now, so he could only do it alone in a hurry.
The strange fish on the opposite side seemed to see through the young man's thoughts, and suddenly took out a clear bead the size of a finger from his waist pocket and handed it to Nangong Mingxuan, "This is a water-repellent bead, holding this under the tongue is no different from us, and there is no problem with talking and breathing." ”
Nangong Mingxuan took the beads and looked at them one or two, it didn't look like a poisonous thing, and if the other party had a malicious intention, he would have already started it, and there was no need to make these indiscriminate methods. Thinking about this section, the young man raised his head and put the beads in his mouth, and for a moment he only felt that the world was clear and his breathing was smooth, and he had no problem even speaking.
"Dare to ask, can you let go of my buddy who is holding the guy in the back first?" Because the two fishmen opposite were not acting like extremely vicious people at the moment, Nangong Mingxuan asked with a wry smile. Unexpectedly, the two fishmen hurriedly said: "Hurry up, let go, this person is a distinguished guest, you can't slack off." ”
Feeling that the sharp weapon on his back was withdrawn, Nangong Mingxuan looked back and saw that it was actually a huge shrimp with a length of five or six feet. The prawns' huge pair of pincers emitted a cold and cold light, and the red spikes on it reflected the bright light, so it should be this thing against him, but he wondered why he didn't even notice it. The prawn was afraid that he had made a mistake and did not dare to look at Nangong Ming directly, the young man laughed and patted the pair of black and bright pincers to show friendship, the prawn smiled and his voice was low, but he didn't seem to be able to speak, and he didn't know if it had settled down.
"Dare to ask, you two are... When I first arrived, I didn't know what was going on. If there is any conflict, please forgive Haihan. ”
Yuren said: "I don't know what to call Childe?" ”
"In Xia Nangong, the people of the southern realm."
Yuren said: "My name is Ding Chou, he is Ding Mao, and the two of us are members of the Youhaigan Army." Knowing that someone had fallen into the sea of descending stars, he came over to greet him. ”
"Greeting? Why greet people who fall into the sea? And what is the army of the Youhaigan? Who are you? ”
Ding Chou said: "The person who fell into the Descending Star Sea could not find the direction and was trapped, so naturally he would die soon." Even if they are successful cultivators, they will eventually die in the temptation of this sea of stars. ”
"Temptation, you say?"
"Yes, you've been tempted by the illusion! If we hadn't interrupted you, I'm afraid you'd have died in the illusion of the stars. ”
"This..."Nangong Ming was noncommittal, and he didn't know if what the two fishmen on the other side said was true or false when they met for the first time. It's just that Fang Cai clearly saw An Li's figure, if it is really an illusion, then the level of this illusion is too high, after all, after getting Liu Lingyin's aura, his mana has not been able to find out the realm, even if he looks at the Flood Continent, he can be regarded as a good hand with a name.
The fishman Ding Chou was smart and tightened, and said with a smile: "Nangong Gongzi, don't be careful, what I said just now is not to sell favors or anything, purely because as a descending star sea clan, it is natural disrespect for heaven and earth to let outsiders die in this sea, so once someone falls in, as long as it is not a vicious gangster, we will come to the rescue." ”
"What, didn't you hold a weapon against me in the first place?"
"That's because I'm worried that Gongzi is a villain, first, to protect himself, and second, to maintain the ecological environment of the Descending Star Sea so as not to be destroyed by the wicked people who are profound."
Nangong Mingxuan nodded, "Presumptuous... So this Descending Star Sea also has a Essence Water Tribe? Like the legendary Dragon King of the East China Sea? The dragon king of the South China Sea, the shrimp soldier crab will be like that? ”
Ding Chou smiled: "You can also understand it this way. I don't think it's better like this, Childe, please follow the figure of the two of me, and meet the Lord of the Lake. ”
Nangong Mingxuan saw that the two fishmen were polite and not rude, and said secretly in his heart: "Qing Qi said before that none of the people who fell into the Descending Star Sea survived. These two monsters are honest on the surface, maybe they're waiting to take me to the thieves' den to kill me or something that needs to be used against me. I promised them first, and when I got to the place to find out the cause, I would catch them all, and I couldn't say that I could save a few people who had fallen into the sea before. I really can't do it, I don't believe that with my uncircumferential Dao mana, I can't escape from a few fish. ”
Nangong Mingxuan nodded and agreed. The three of them walked for a long time, and the stars in the distance were full of light and suddenly rose and fell, forming a scenery of lace mountains. After walking forward for another half an hour, the "mountain" was close in front of him, and Nangong Mingxuan stopped breathing - what kind of starry mountain is this, it is clearly a crystal clear and crystal underwater palace.