66. The battle of the sea and the air: Which dragon's back is this black cauldron?
As two hot-blooded young orcs who grew up completely in the sea, Rong Tuo and Hei Ling suffered a lot after coming ashore.
Especially during the arduous journey through the swamp, in fact, the hot-headed dragon and Jiaolong regretted it at that time, but fortunately there was the encouragement of the escort dragon leader and the beautiful female Jiao halfway, otherwise the two of them would have to retreat.
The strength and speed of the dragon are a lot worse than the dragon, the only advantage is their "bravery" and "ruthlessness", and the race is prosperous, it is a big family in the ocean, and it has been dependent on the powerful dragon king for generations.
I don't know if they're lucky or not.
As soon as the wolves came out of the swamp, they lost their way, and although they found a small stream, they kept going down to the west, without encountering a single member of the tribe of beasts, and the occasional beast was sent away by both sides.
The direction of Qinglong Rongtuo and Jiaolong Heiling is a tribe of birds of prey in the ancient wood forest of the Western Continent.
"Rong Tuo, we've been swimming for so long, why haven't we seen a single land orc, do you want to continue looking for it?" Hei Ling asked worriedly as he swam.
He had liked the beautiful and amorous female Jiaojiao for a long time. Although he is a childhood sweetheart, he does not have the imagination to go with the flow, come naturally, and become a partner. The other party's attitude is very vague, he doesn't nod or shake his head, he smiles and says soft words, but he doesn't say accurately, which provokes the male Jiao, who has just become an adult, to rack his brains day and night to guess and probe, constantly chasing around, unable to eat and unable to sleep at night.
Qinglong comforted: "Of course, we are out to do great things, and we must learn to be patient." These are the words that his father Rong Yi often admonished him.
"Let's hold on a little longer, do you think, Hei Ling, let's look along the fresh water, can those land orcs still lack fresh water? No way, if you don't drink water they will die of thirst! So if we look closely, we will definitely find traces of terrestrial orcs. β
Hei Ling nodded convincingly, "You're right, I'm in a hurry." β
These two sea orcs weren't so thoughtful, they rested at night and traveled during the day.
After several days of swimming, the first snow fell in the dense forests of mainland Sicily.
Snowflakes fall on the canopy, on the grass, on the land, on the river, and disappear quickly.
The weather is getting colder and colder, and the mood of the two sea orcs who have vowed to "do great things" slowly becomes cold and chaotic as the snow falls-O sea god, what if the weather continues to be so cold and the streams and rivers are all frozen? Aren't we going to be forced to leave the freshwater and go ashore?
"Did we swim in the wrong river?" On the second day of snow, Hei Ling finally couldn't help but ask.
The passion has almost cooled, and this dragon wants to go home.
Rong Tuo's eyes widened: "No, there will definitely be no mistake in the direction!" As I have already said, just as dragons cannot do without the sea, and orcs on land cannot leave fresh water, as long as we persevere, we will definitely find it. β
Looking at his companion's obviously depressed and restless appearance, Qinglong reminded him again:
"Hei Ling, don't worry, we are doing big things now, you must know that we have left Junny's team without permission, if we can't pick the dragon fruit back, Junny will definitely not let us have a good time, I don't want you to be punished."
Hehe~ As for me? With my father here, I will definitely be fine, and you are a Jiaolong who acts privately, and when the time comes, the king will definitely send his anger to you in my father's face, alas~ Poor low-status Jiaolong family......
Hei Ling was obviously frightened, and after he came to his senses, he knew that Rong Tuo was not deliberately intimidating himself, what he said was the truth - who made him the Guardian Dragon, his father, or Rong Yi? And I'm just an ordinary dragon.
"Uh~ I just asked, Rong Tuo, we must pick up the keel and go back to the king to dedicate it, I hope he won't blame us for our private actions." Hei Ling relented, and once again expressed his determination to follow and support, he is now riding a tiger, and even if he regrets it, he will not dare to quit.
Rong Tuo was satisfied.
"That's good, I won't treat your Hei Ling badly, now we are brothers who rely on each other to do great things, and when I go back to the South China Sea, I will definitely mention you to my father!"
Picking dragon fruit, at first, was just to make a career and win the king's good impression, but later it became a task that had to be completed, even if it was difficult in front of it, you had to forge ahead.
Finally, on a sunny day when the snow stopped, they were favored by the god of the sea.
The two sea orcs landed crookedly and touched into the ancient wood forest, which was the territory of the Raptor tribe.
At that time, there was a lot of snow the day before, the cold wind was whining, and a thin layer of ice was formed on the surface of the river, Rong Tuo and Hei Ling curled up at the bottom of the river to rest, each had a full stomach but did not dare to confide in each other, when the daylight penetrated into the bottom of the river, Rong Tuo woke up first, and then woke up Hei Ling.
"Alas~ It's so cold on land, we have never had such a low temperature in the South China Sea." Hei Ling said dejectedly, he coiled tightly, and he couldn't help but miss his home in the warm and safe depths of the South China Sea.
Rong Tuo is not useless, although he is already very tired of this companion who is always dragging his feet and complaining, but at least he has always taken on the responsibility of boosting morale on the surface.
"Okay, Hei Ling, we can go back after we pick the dragon fruit, then you will be the warrior of the Jiaolong family, what kind of female Jiao you want not to get?"
The two of them shivered and shivered at the bottom of the water, stretched their bodies vigorously, and grabbed some fish and shrimp casually.
Hei Ling ate and said worriedly: "Rong Tuo, now there are fewer and fewer fish and shrimp in the shallow water, they should all swim into the deep water to hide, what should we do if there is no food at that time?" Do you want to hunt like the land orcs? But we can't hunt, alas~"
"There will be a way." Rong Tuo endured his anger and said, "Of course we don't have to go ashore to hunt, if the fish and shrimp all run into the deep water, then we can go to the deep water to catch, where there is water, there will be food from the sea god, this really don't worry." β
"Oh." Hei Lingqing responded with a low voice. Anyway, he just wants to turn back and go home, and the further he goes, the more he wants to turn back, but unfortunately he can't convince the stubborn Qinglong, so he can only reluctantly follow.
Suddenly, there was a crackling sound on the water, and after a moment of silence, there were several more bangs.
The two sea orcs lurking underneath were stunned at first, then ecstatic.
"Go downstream, see if it's a beast or a land orc up there." Rong Tuo whispered, he carefully swam in the direction of the downstream direction with Hei Ling for a distance, and then quietly popped out half of his head.
- Blessing of the sea god! Finally found a land orc!
"Hey Fry, the Gumu River is frozen." Eagle orc Terry shouted back to the bushes behind him, and he smashed the ice hard with a few stones, then bent down to fill the bamboo tube with fresh water.
"Crackling, banging, banging, banging" is the sound of breaking the ice.
From the bushes behind came Frye's reply, "So fast?" In the past, it would only freeze after several heavy snowfalls, so hurry up, the stone pot is about to burn dry. β
Then another female voice said, "Oh, it's going to be boiled dry, Terry, hurry up, get a bamboo tube of water first." "He's Jiang Shu, and there's a female Su Ya next to him.
The Gumu River flows through the ancient wood forest of the Raptor tribe, which is very close to their tribe and relatively safe. Obviously, today is the day when two young couples go out to play together.
After the two eagles were seriously injured by Ao Bai that day, they recuperated until recently and barely recovered, and they were lucky enough to be loved by the female, which was a blessing in disguise, if nothing else, when the Beast God Festival came, the two of them would be married.
"Terry! Terry! Come on. Jiang Shu hurriedly removed a few dry firewood that was burning vigorously, and kept calling his eagle.
Frye and Suya's relationship grew rapidly, and now they were close to each other, one slicing branches, the other skewering, ready to barbecue.
There had been no movement from the Gumu River, and Terry had been fetching water for a long time.
Everyone didn't care too much, what to do and what to continue to do, the Gumu River was the territory of their raptor tribe, the canopy and several entrances were guarded by eagles, and the orcs of the beast tribe could not break in lightly.
Jiang Shu saw that the stone pot was dry, and he had already pulled out all the burning dry firewood, but Terry's water still didn't get it back.
"Hello~ That Terry, why is it so slow." Jiang Shu got up and walked towards the Gumu River, ready to take a look.
Su Ya smiled narrowly and joked to his friend: "Maybe I'm going to pick fruit for you, right?" Didn't you just say you wanted to eat honey fruit? Terry is so nice to you, he takes everything you say to heart. β
"Hey~ Impossible, I'm just saying it casually." Jiang Shu's tone could not hide the warmth and resentment, most people in love are like this, hearing others praise their lovers for being good to themselves, where are they unhappy.
Frye didn't say much, but his silver-gray eyes were affectionate.
Jiang Shu slowly walked towards the Gumu River, where the shrubs and grass were exposed to the sky, unsheltered, and covered with a thick layer of snow.
The eagle female walked carefully with her head down, avoiding pits and stone roots, and a happy smile on her lips.
The river was just over ten meters away from their chosen sheltered barbecue spot, separated by a layer of lush bushes.
The next moment, the eagle female finally came out of the bushes and onto the flat grass, and he looked up at the river.
Ahhhh~~~~~~~~h
The smile on Jiang Shu's lips froze, and he let out a heart-rending scream in an instant, and the sound almost shook off the snow in the canopy.
"Ahhhh Terry~~"
Jiang Shu screamed as he ran quickly to the snowy riverside meadow, where his eagle Terry was lying.
There was a large stain of blood staining the snow, and the young eagle's eyes were unwillingly round, and he turned his head to look at the bushes, judging from his lying position, he must have wanted to call for help to his companions before he died.
Go back a little bit, five or six minutes at most.
"Hey Fry, the Gumu River is frozen." These were the last words Terry said before his death.
Then he smashed open the ice and bent down to reach for water from a bamboo tube.
The ice on the banks of the river was a little high, and Terry leaned down hard.
The first scoop of water, it's fine.
The second time he scooped the water, it was fine, but the bamboo tube was still not too full, so he bent down again.
When I bent down for the third time, something happened.
The green dragon Rong Tuo and the dragon Hei Ling under the water instantly rushed out of the water treacherously and lightly, and swept Terry into the water.
They wanted to capture this land orc and ask the other party to help pick the dragon fruit.
The underwater struggle lasted only a short time.
Qinglong and Jiaolong are also fighting with land orcs for the first time, and they are inevitably flustered and nervous, and Terry is the same, he is an eagle, not good at water, only good at flying, and he is even more panicked when he is suddenly dragged to the bottom of the water.
Neither side retains strength.
The chaos under the water did not reach the bushes in the slightest.
The two sea orcs couldn't tell the exact process.
In the end, the partially beastly eagle scratched one of the eyes of the green dragon with his claws, and the dragon claws were merciless under the pain and anger of the other party, and after a burst of attacks, the eagle was unexpectedly thrown to the river bank by the dragon claws.
The snow was so thick that it didn't make any sound.
Jiang Shu slipped and fell on the way to run, and almost crawled to his beloved eagle, his voice had changed tone, crying and shouting, and he couldn't hear what he was saying.
A qiΔ happens very quickly.
When Terry's first scream sounded, Frye knew something bad was happening, and he stood up and rushed out, not forgetting to turn around and tell Suya: "Hide, don't go out!" β
A clear and high-pitched eagle roar resounded through the Gumu River, which was the eagle clan's cry for help and warning.
Frye ran out quickly, and saw the scene of Jiang Shu falling to his knees beside Terry and crying.
And not far in front of him, a black ...... Is that a dragon? The target of the body and claws is Jiang Shu, who is crying and losing his mind.
Frye instantly turned into a beast, and the huge eagle flapped its wings and flew over with all its might.
Jiang Shu heard the hawk roar of warning, but he couldn't make any reaction, and at this time, his heart was completely occupied by the blood-stained snow in front of him and the gradually cold Terry.
"Terry~~ Terry, ahhh......h
Although Frye was fast enough, he couldn't stand the Jiaolong Hei Ling behind Jiang Shu.
Hei Ling's claws hooked Jiang Shu and dragged him to the bottom of the river quickly, he was also in chaos now, and he didn't have the heart to tell whether the second one was a female or an orc.
Jiang Shu was in pain, looked up and saw that it was Hei Jiao, he only shouted, and then immediately decided that the other party was the murderer of Terry, with great hatred and despair, Jiang Shu ignored the kicks and beatings, and attacked Hei Ling in no order.
Then there was Frye, who flew over, and he immediately pierced the neck of the dragon with his claws, and with the idea of avenging Terry, the two eagle talons staggered hard, and the dragon was not large, and was actually lifted up by Frye.
Hei Ling writhed and threw Jiang Shu back into the snow, he completely regretted it, but unfortunately it was too late, his cervical vertebrae had already been torn.
"Hide, hide, go inside and find Suya, go now!" Frye ordered Jiang Shu loudly.
Su Ya hid behind the bushes, and when he saw that his friend was covered with blood in front of him, he was hot-headed, ignoring his lover's hiding instructions, and immediately rushed out, bursting out with great potential, dragging Jiang Shu to hide behind the bushes, on the way, he couldn't bear it when he glanced at Terry, and tears fell down.
"Jiangshu, Jiangshu, are you okay?" Hiding behind an ancient tree behind the bushes, Su Ya asked crying with her good friend in her arms.
The other side.
Frye kept screaming for help, and he let go of the other party after twisting the black Jiao's cervical vertebrae, no matter what kind of living thing it was, if the cervical vertebra was broken, he would definitely die.
The accident happened again, and just as Frye flapped his wings and wanted to return to the bushes, the green dragon Rong Tuo, who had recovered a little from the pain of blindness, saw the death of the black Jiao, and he rushed out angrily, and dragged it under the water while Frye was not paying attention.
The eagle orcs who fell into the water were very, very passive, especially the beast-shaped eagles, whose huge wings had completely become a burden.
After a struggle, the green dragon stepped on one of the eagle's wings and dragged him along the Gumu River as fast as he could, this time returning the same way.
When the rescue Eagle Orcs arrived, all they saw was Terry, who had died, on the bank of the river, and a black ...... floating on the Gumu River It's supposed to be a dragon, right? There were countless silver-gray feathers floating on the surface of the water, and when I looked for it again, there were two females hiding in the bushes behind me, one crying and shivering, one injured and unconscious.
The Raptor tribe was thoroughly enraged.
*****
"Tell me, where does dragon fruit grow? If you can't successfully pick the dragon fruit, then you don't need to live anymore, think about how your companion died! Rong Tuo asked Frye tyrannically and anxiously.
Frye was dragged by the green dragon for a long distance in the frozen Gumu River, and the dragon swam underneath, but fortunately he remembered that the land orcs could not enter the water, so he was lowered to the surface of the river, otherwise Frye would have drowned.
However, although he was not drowned, he was tortured half to death.
Thankfully, there was only a thin layer of ice on the surface of the river, which had been broken by Fry's body, and he was scarred, his wings were broken, he was drowning and hypothermic, and the eagle was gasping limply in the ice.
Rong Tuo was caught blind in one eye by Terry, and his current feelings were very wrong: angry, irritable, desperate and broken, painful and dazed, hating the land orcs to the core.
It's over, I'm done, I'm blind in one eye, the king will definitely expel me from the dragon guards, my father will be disappointed in me, and there won't be a female dragon who will look up to me, a one-eyed dragon? Hahaha~ I became a one-eyed dragon......
"Speak, or I'll kill you right away!" Rong Tuolong's claws swung fiercely, bringing up a piece of blood-stained silver-gray eagle feathers.
"Say, say what?" Frye asked weakly, his mind very clear and calm, he was showing weakness.
Dragon fruit? What dragon fruit?
Rong Tuo gritted his teeth and repeated: "Dragon fruit!" I order you to go and pick dragon fruit! If you can't pick it, you don't have to live! β
Frye decides to endure the humiliation, vowing to slaughter the green dragon in front of him - for Terry, and for the sake of himself at this time. As for Su Ya and Jiang Shu, they should be safe, and I have continuously warned them, and the clansmen will definitely find them soon.
"Dragon fruit? Can you tell me what it looks like? You know, there are many, many fruits in the forest. Frye tried to calm him down.
Rong Tuo patiently described it: "The turquoise turquoise is not much bigger than ordinary pearls, it smells tasteless, and the turquoise is transparent to the point of faintly glowing. β
Poisonous dragon fruit?
Frye reacted instantly, but he still wanted to say more. This is the fourth dragon he has seen with his own eyes: two white dragons before, now a green dragon, oh yes, he killed a little black dragon just now - Beast God, don't you protect the tribe of the jungle anymore? Why are there so many damn dragons on land?
"Well, IβI think I've seen it, yes, is it such a big one?" Frye drew a fitting circle on the ice with his talons.
Rong Tuo nodded, "Yes, where does it grow?" Take me there now! β
Frye's mind turned countless times, and finally he said, "But the fruit I'm talking about is highly poisonous, and our tribe uses it to poison large beasts, and I'm not sure if it's the same one you need." β
Rong Tuo was even more relieved, of course he knew that dragon fruit was highly poisonous.
"Hmph~ That's you waste land beasts who will be poisoned...... You don't have to worry about these, I'll be useful if you pick them up. β
Frye closed his eyes weakly again: "Okay, as long as you don't kill me, I'll take you to pick poison and dragon fruit, but the fruit is far from here." β
Rong Tuo threatened: "As long as you are obedient and do things for me, I will naturally not kill you, no matter how far away, you have to pick it!" "If you want to kill, you can also kill it when you pick the dragon fruit.
Frye quickly pretended to be frightened and nodded, he pointed the way, and the green dragon was at the bottom of the river, tying the badly injured eagle with a vine.
The direction that Frye is pointing to is the tributary of the Gumu River, which returns to the Gumu Forest.
*****
The sacred lake, the cabin in the lake, was finally topped out just in time for the first snow to fall.
After the little tiger cub's many efforts, especially after getting up in the middle of the night and hugging Qingzhe to say that he was scared and crying several times, Qingzhe finally decided to move to a new wooden house.
On a sunny day after a blizzard, the grass on the shore of the lake is covered with deep snow, and Ao Bai and Ji Mo are helping Qingzhe's mother and son move.
However, Ji Mo's belly was already quite big, and everyone didn't dare to let him do heavy work, so he just stayed at the new wooden house and helped pack up the animal skins, wooden bowls and baskets that had been transported.
"Okay, then we can rest assured even if we go back to the Sicilian Sea." Ji Mo clapped his hands and said happily.
Ao Bai helped to move, he walked to his partner's side and asked gently, "Are you homesick?" β
"Hmm." Ji Mo nodded, "I don't know if the sea surface of our home in the warm season on the island is frozen now, I was in a hurry when I left, the deep sea home was just simply bolted, I knew that we would be away from home for so long, we should add another fence outside the wooden door, so as to prevent the impact of fierce sharks and sea fish." β
How could it not be wanted? Those two homes were built little by little after the two of them came to the Sicilian Sea, and every item in the house was put into it by the husband and wife, and the gold and silver nests were not as good as their own nests.
Ao Bai hugged his partner and comforted and promised: "When the child is born safely, we will go home when the warm season comes, the rivers and streams in the cold season will freeze, we can't go back, and it's not safe, and the little mermaid and dragon can't stand it even more." β
"yes, I know." Ji Mo put on a smiling face again and faced the little white dragon.
After leaving the shore of the Sicilian Sea, they learned the helplessness of living on land: they never dared to relax day and night, beware of both wild beasts and land orcs.
This day is really not at ease, which shows how powerful the eldest brother Ao Yang is.
Qingzhe closed the small door of the old wooden house and looked at it reluctantly for a while.
"Mother, father, hurry up, let's go clean up the room!" Seetu hurriedly boarded the small wooden boat, shouted excitedly, and waited for his mother and father to come aboard.
Ao Yang had just helped move a wooden pier and happened to walk into the wooden house.
"It's coming, right away." After touching the wooden door, Qingzhe walked quickly to the boat by the lake.
A path has been walked out of the snow, Qingzhe strides away, the snow-white and crystal clean world, has its own sense of holiness.
Suddenly, several moving black dots appeared on the snow, and they expanded and expanded rapidly, and a gust of wind rose overhead.
Qing Zhe hurriedly looked up and heard the roar of his cub at the same time.
"Mother and father run, the eagle man is coming!" Cetu shoutedβ