The distant Dragon Palace of the East China Sea

"The envoys of the South China Sea will arrive tomorrow." The Dragon King of the East China Sea, Ao Zhuo, sat at the table carved from a whole piece of cold jade, his eyes staring at his dragon queen tightly, not letting go of the subtle expression on the other party's face.

"Well, can you still receive them the way you used to?" Ao Ya asked with a calm and dignified smile, gentle and virtuous.

Ao Zhuo said expressionlessly: "This is your duty, you don't need to ask me." Don't forget that you are the dragon queen of the East China Sea, and don't lose my face as soon as you see the dragon clan of the South China Sea. With that, he got up and strode away.

Ao Ya was left to sit alone in a daze.

Among the four seas, the East China Sea is the richest and most powerful, and the entire Dragon Palace is also built tall and majestic, so it is safe and comfortable to live in, without worrying about dark tides and storm sharks.

But Ao Ya is not happy at all, she and Ao Zhuo have been cold to each other for a long, long time. Her personal little Jiao has long been quietly informed: There are more / beautiful dragon females, Jiao females, etc. in the king's bedroom, but she is not qualified to stop it at all, so she can only pretend not to know.

When their first young dragon Ao Han was born, the relationship was still very good, Ao Hao is a strong, responsible and considerate golden dragon, he kept his original promise, personally led the guardian dragon and the dragon group to her hometown of the West Sea, the fierce shark poison that wandered in the West Sea was driven and hunted in one fell swoop, and the siege of the West Sea was relieved. After returning to the East China Sea, he was really happy, and he asked for warmth and took care of him all day long, which hurt Ao Han to the bone.

But later, when Ao Bai was born, it was not a golden dragon like Ao Zhuo, but inherited the rare white dragon scales unique to the West Sea, Ao Ya cried sadly when she saw it, and Ao Zhuo comforted her very affectionately at that time: It doesn't matter, whether it is a golden dragon or a white dragon, it is a young dragon that you worked so hard to give birth to for me, I agree to like it, don't think about it.

How did Ao Zhuo know that Ao Ya was not sad because of Ao Bai's rare scale color, but instantly remembered the first young dragon she secretly gave birth to, the white dragon named Ao Yang.

It's just that Ao Yang has already been taken away by his father, and he doesn't know if he is still alive.

Later, the South China Sea Dragon Clan also suffered a large group of fierce shark poison attack raging, when the South China Sea Dragon King had just succeeded to the throne, the silent green dragon although equally powerful, but could not turn the tide alone, he asked the East China Sea for help, Ao Zhuo was unwilling to agree, but the South China Sea Dragon King quietly found Ao Ya...... Later, Ao Zhuo knew about it, and he turned the world upside down, and drove away all the dragon orcs in the South China Sea in a fit of anger, and the two dragon clans did not communicate for a long time.

Until now, the South China Sea has survived the original catastrophe, held back a force to develop and expand desperately, and finally gained a firm foothold in the four seas, and also regained the right to speak.

……

"Ao Yang, my child, are you still alive? Got a partner? Is there a dragon? Ao Ya would cry with grief just thinking about it, and her bone-eating remorse and nostalgia almost ruined her.

So neither she nor Ao Zhuocai like Ao Bai.

What Ao Shu thought was: Ao Han is indeed my young dragon, Ao Bai...... Although I feel it, but I just left for Beihai during the time when Ao Ya was pregnant with him, who knows if Ao Ya stayed alone in the East China Sea to follow the rules? Hum~

What Ao Ya thought was: Oops, is it actually a white dragon again? But Ao Bai doesn't look as smart and clever as Ao Yang at all, this little dragon is wooden and sluggish, and he can't transform yet? O god of the sea, this must be the punishment given to me by the god of the sea......

He—Will he come in person this time? The first few times, it was his dragon son who came with messengers. Alas~ Forget it, he still don't come, if Ao Zhuo sees it, he doesn't know what to do.

*****

Junny waited quietly on the lake in the center of the swamp with a group of guard dragons and dragons who had secretly arrived, this time bringing pearls with them.

That's right, this swamp is the swamp that gave Ao Bai and Ji Mo a dismount at that time.

This is a huge valley, which part of it is land and which part is swamp, no one dares to try it personally, the further you go to the center of the valley, the more dangerous it is, Ao Bai and Ji Mo just stepped into the edge of the valley swamp and cautiously retreated.

The nearby orc tribe knows even more: the damn mud pond doesn't know how deep and big it is, and if you fall into it, you can't climb up at all, and the more you struggle, the faster you fall, so there are no large beasts in this valley, at most there are just small animals such as birds, insects, rats and cats, and there is no meat.

Therefore, none of the terrestrial orcs will come to hunt.

The swamp is full of wild grasses and vines, and some of the interspersed land has occasional towering ancient trees.

Therefore, even if you stand and look down from the valley mouth above, you can't see the center of the marshland.

In the middle of the valley there is a high ground with a small but unusually deep lake, which is connected to the Sicilian Sea not far away.

"Why can't those damn land orcs come back? What do they mean? Actually let us wait for them! Rong Tuo flicked the dragon's tail irritably and turned over in the lake.

Junny had taken on a human form, sitting upright on a fallen rotten tree, with a sack of shark yarn in his hand filled with glowing pearls.

"Wait, how fast can those poor land orcs walk on two legs?"

Rong Tuo scoffed: "Hehe~ Aren't they beasts?" Isn't the beast form said to have four legs? Tsk ~ four legs on the ground, fat and short, ugly and ugly! ”

The other dragons also showed contemptuous and disdainful expressions when they heard this, and there was a casual smile on the corner of their mouths, all of which looked down on those land orcs to the dust.

Rong Ni also has a headache, Rong Tuo is the first time to participate in this kind of secret exchange, his father is the famous big guard dragon Rong Yi, and he has won the trust of the dragon king, so Rong Tuo's temperament is a little arrogant, and there is no dragon in his eyes, and he is not so convinced of his status as a team leader.

"It doesn't matter if they have two legs, four legs or one leg, anyway, as long as they exchange the dragon fruit and bring it back to the king according to the agreement, I hope this time it will be the same as before, everyone must not make extraneous branches and defeat the king's plan!" Junny narrowed his eyes and spoke, his eyes swept to Rong Tuo, who was lazily soaking in the lake, intentionally or unintentionally.

"Hmph~ Cowardly Dragon......" Rong Tuo muttered disdainfully, although he said that he was muttering, he didn't swallow the sound, but he had to say it so that everyone could hear it.

Junny felt that his majesty and status had been challenged, and he grimaced with some anger, but since he could be appointed as the Great Guardian Dragon of many secret exchanges, his heart was very calm and calm.

Rong Tuo's contemptuous eyes seemed to say:

What are you proud of? The king also believes in me, my father told me this time, let me follow you first, and next time I will be directly responsible for the exchange, what are you?

The two powerful guardian dragons competed for status, and most of the rest of the dragons and Jiaolong were not too big to see the excitement and the power to relieve boredom, and the atmosphere of Tonghai Lake was a little tense and frozen for a while.

*****

At the entrance of the swamp, several warriors of the orc tribe of the Eastern Continent were turning into human forms, carefully walking step by step through the treacherous valley.

"Be careful, Joe, follow closely, don't be blind when you find something wrong, tell the clansmen behind to retreat immediately." Rui naturally took on the responsibility of a leader and took the lead in exploring the way.

For the sake of insurance, the poisonous dragon fruit was carried on the back of the armor that was familiar with the exchange, and as soon as he found that something was wrong in front of him, he had to immediately retreat to protect the poisonous dragon fruit that the tribal warriors had gone to the crocodile valley to pick back.

Although the swamp is deadly, there are advantages to having the option to exchange with dragons inside.

First of all, secrecy, this muddy pond is a well-known place in the Sicilian continent, and the orcs of both tribes will not run in this direction, and the secrecy of their transactions is guaranteed by a large distance.

Secondly, it is also the location that was settled after many disputes and discussions with the dragon clan.

The reason is very simple, choosing to exchange by the sea and river, and the land orcs are afraid of being attacked by sneak attacks, so they do not agree; Choosing to exchange on pure land, the dragon orcs disagreed, fearing that the cunning land beasts would turn their faces and deny the dragon, and take the pearl and slay the dragon.

"Rui, did you say those dragons arrived?" Gray Wolf Joe asked with some concern, this was the second time he had participated in such a top-secret exchange.

Holding two long wooden sticks in his hands, Leopard Rui cautiously tested the softness and hardness of the ground in front of him, and said without raising his head: "I don't know, since it has been agreed, whether they arrive or not, we must go to the appointment on time, so as not to be caught by them." ”

A shouted loudly: "Hey~ that gang of evil dragons! Every time, I have to deliberately miss a few pearls, I really want to peel off their scales and see how angry they are! ”

This statement was echoed by all the warriors present.

"It's like, what's so great about them? Isn't it just a group of sea insects that will die of dehydration when they go to the sun on land? ”

"Hmph~ It's fishy and fat, I want to vomit when I smell it~"

"What are you proud of coming to our land? Beware of breaking their dragon horns! ”

“……”

Rui took the time to turn around and reassure: "Okay brothers, it doesn't matter how hateful they are, we just need to cheer up and exchange the poisonous dragon fruit we brought with us for pearls and bring them back to the tribe." ”

Then he began to pin the stick to his waist, climbed a large stout tree, and carefully introduced as he went:

"Everyone be careful, there is no land ahead, we have to climb trees all the way over, we must be spirited, the swamp below is unfathomable, and it may be too late to catch it if it falls."

The accompanying orcs stopped laughing at the dragons as "fishy sea worms", and closed their mouths one after another, and began to climb the big tree with their hands and feet.

The swamp below smelled foul and bubbling from time to time, and the humus had been accumulating in place for a long time to rot and ferment, almost poisonous, but fortunately the priests had specially distributed medicine sacs to these orcs, otherwise they would have to be fainted and fall.

Brown Bear Armor has participated in several exchanges, originally in terms of his size, it is obviously not suitable for crossing the swamp, but the previous leader of the clan Kamon and Higg consider that the object of exchange is a large group of evil dragons, then their own camp must be able to handle, in case of unexpected conflict, the powerful brown bear orcs are excellent partners.

Therefore, A has always been the queen of the palace, and he carefully and diligently carried the poisonous dragon fruit on his back and followed the clansmen in front of him on the safe road, and there have been no accidents.

However, if you walk on the edge of the swamp, how can you not fall off the tree?

"Ah~~~~~h With a scream from A, the orcs in front of him quickly turned back.

With a small "poof", it was obviously not the sturdy brown bear who fell from the tree, but the animal skin bag containing the poisonous dragon fruit on his back.

The bag was tied very tightly, and there was no problem, but a deep bending motion during the climb caused him to step on a branch that was rotten inside, and then he threw his head down in a thrilling way, and only one hand was left to grasp the tree pole, and the animal skin bag that was diagonally carried in front of him fell like that.

A was in a hurry, and his body pulled the tree pole to catch it, but he didn't catch it; Not only did he not catch it, but his weight and downward movement also broke the life-saving tree pole.

There was a click, then a loud "bang", and A fell into the swamp.

A qiē passed by in the blink of an eye, fortunately there were no orcs in front of him and A stepped on a tree pole, otherwise they would have to fall down a string of orcs.

"A, grab the branches!" Rui yelled instantly, but it was useless for him to be in a hurry, he walked in front in order to find the way, and there were several orcs between him and Jia.

The orcs looked at the swamp below, and the simple and sturdy brown bear was almost half swallowed up the moment it fell, but fortunately he struggled a little before falling, and finally straightened his head-down posture, otherwise he would have died.

In the hurry, the instinct to survive burst out, and A hurriedly grabbed the tree pole that was broken but not completely broken, barely stopping the trend of being engulfed.

Rui was so anxious that he roared, he untied the two long wooden sticks he used to explore the way, and handed them forward: "Throw down the straw rope first, and the wooden sticks will also be passed over, hurry up and help scoop up the armor!" ”

In times of chaos, there is a lack of wise and quick command leaders, otherwise when everyone wakes up from shock and stupefies, they will find a way to rescue, and ten or eight armors will be suffocated and drowned in the swamp.

After the straw rope was thrown down first, the life-saving wooden stick was also quickly passed forward, and the two orcs in front of A stretched out as soon as they received the wooden stick, "A, hold on!" ”

"Grab Ah, I'll pull you up!"

Rui shifted his attention after seeing Jia pull the rope and stick, and he continued to command: "Joe, you take everyone to climb to the thickest tree first, don't crowd on this tree, it's not safe, immediately!" ”

With that, Rui climbed up to another branch and gave way to the main tree pole.

Qiao knew that it was powerful, and he also understood that it would not help if all the people were blocked in one tree, in case the whole tree was overwhelmed and all fell, everyone would have to die together, he beckoned the rest of the orcs to quickly pass Guò, and moved to an absolutely tall and safe tree next to it.

"A, don't worry, we're all saving you." Rui climbed on top of A, and grabbed the straw rope hard, but the brown bear was too big, and the straw rope was so tight that it seemed to break if he tried harder, but fortunately the rope was more and the wooden stick was strong, and A was finally pulled back onto the tree pole with a pale face.

"Rui ~ Poison Dragon Fruit...... I can't find it......" A said nervously with a sad face, "I couldn't touch it when I fell just now, what should I do?" I'm sorry, I've troubled everyone and ruined the big things of the tribe......"

A group of orcs stared at the muddy mud below, and Rui slowly poked his sticks carefully underneath them, and whispered:

"The three of you go to Joe's side first, this tree is likely to be gnawed by insects inside, and you have to change the tree to climb when you go back."

The brown bear obediently and frustratedly said, "Oh. Then, with great guilt, he followed the two life-saving orcs over to join Joe.

- Blame me, blame me for growing too tall and strong, the other brothers didn't break the pole when they stepped on it, but when I stepped on it, it broke, blame me......

Rui was left alone on the unsafe tree, constantly poking and stabbing with his stick, he thought: The small animal skin bag contained nine poisonous dragon fruits, which basically had no weight, and should not sink so fast, it must still be on the surface swamp.

Joe: They waited anxiously on the other side.

After a few moments, Rui's movements suddenly stopped.

- "Did you find it?" Joe asked aloud in surprise.

- "What is it?" Is it our animal skin bag? "A is very nervous.

A group of orcs stared with bated breath at Rui's movements.

Slowly, little by little, with great caution, Rui struggled to cling to the tree pole, stretching his arm as hard as he could, and paddling the stick to pick up the soft flaky object that he had poked.

- "Hey~ Is it a bag? ”

- "It should be, right?" It looks like it. ”

- "Hmm, I feel like ~"

Eventually, the thing was completely singled out, revealing what was indeed a black bag of animal skins.

The orcs on the other tree were relieved and boiling, and they lowered their voices and talked and laughed—wouldn't that be happy? How hard did it take to pick so many dragon fruits? The tribe in the cold season is still waiting for a large number of pearls to save their lives, this time I came to exchange pearls with the dragon clan, so if the poisonous dragon fruit is lost, then what to exchange?

Hey~ Fortunately, the beast god blesses, the beast god blesses!

Rui's usual expressionless face also showed a smile, he didn't care about the black and sticky swamp black mud, picked up the animal skin bag and carried it preciously, and quickly left the unsafe tree.

Unfortunately, after opening the bag for a moment and checking it, everyone's hearts hung again.

"Huh? Why are there only two poisonous dragon fruits? Joe said in surprise.

Rui's expression became solemn again, and he carefully groped back and forth in the leather bag several times, and finally had to announce heavily:

"There are indeed only two of them, the bag has been scratched with a hole, and the poisonous dragon fruit should have leaked out."

A's originally happy expression suddenly froze on his face, and he was ashamed to live like a sin beast.

"I'm sorry." A muttered an apology, "Blame me, blame me, it's me who didn't take good care of the poisonous dragon fruit, I'm sorry everyone, you scold me, beat me......"

Rui restrained his kindness, carefully wrapped the only two remaining fruits, stuffed them into Joe's palm, and comforted A:

"Don't blame yourself, the branch suddenly broke off, it's not your fault, you can pick the poisonous dragon fruit in the future, fortunately you're fine, otherwise I really don't know how to explain to your family."

After Joe collected the fruit, he also echoed: "Yes, A, two is two, even if there are only two, those dragons will not want it, they don't have this in the sea, so they can only exchange pearls with us." ”

Rui led a group of orcs and continued to rush to Tonghai Lake, the poisonous dragon fruit would definitely have to be exchanged, and it was useless to keep them for themselves, although they didn't know what the dragon clan was going to do.

- I guess I want to poison some disobedient dragon, right? Those fishy, despicable and brutal insect-shaped sea creatures, what else can they come up with! Hum~

Due to the delay in the middle, when the land orcs arrived at Tonghai Lake in the center of the swamp, it was much later than before.

As soon as he saw the figure of the land orcs, Junny beckoned the dragons and dragons he brought to retreat to Tonghai Lake, so that he could jump into the lake and retreat at any time if there was an accident.

Needless to say, the Guardian Dragon is just an ordinary dragon, and only the bloodline descendants of the Royal Dragon may have the ability to control water.

As for condensation into ice? Many sea orcs have never even heard of it, and they don't even think about it in that direction.

Both sides have their own fears, and neither has any good intentions towards each other.

After a moment, Rui was the first to speak: "I'm sorry, there was a little accident when we were walking through the swamp, and we lost time. ”

Junny didn't want to say a word of nonsense, he untied the shark yarn bag, opened it neatly, let the white pearls inside shimmer in the bright sunlight for a moment, then closed the bag again, and asked directly, "What do we want?" ”

Rong Tuo hugged his arms and pouted as he looked at the stinky and dirty group of ugly beasts on the other side, "Tsk~ stinky to death, are you delaying time because of eating mud?" ”

As soon as these words came out, the other dragons and dragons all laughed mockingly.

A looked at his body, which was covered with a thick layer of marsh mud, and he immediately retorted angrily: "You fishy striped sea worms like to eat marsh mud, right?" Otherwise, why did you have to choose this place for the exchange? ”

In order to support the scene, this time it was the turn of the land orcs to laugh loudly, and the loser couldn't lose the battle!

Rui didn't stop it, he took the poisonous dragon fruit handed by Joe, and showed the other party the turquoise fruit as easily, then wrapped it up and gave it back to Joe, who had been standing on the edge of the swamp at the back.

Junny shouted in surprise, "Two? You only brought two dragon fruits? "There were at least seven or eight of them before.

Rui explained simply: "There were originally nine of them, but they accidentally fell into the swamp. According to the previous agreement, one fruit can be exchanged for ten pearls, and you can exchange it if you want. ”

Rong Tuo was the most shocked, and he was furious: "Who knows if you are telling the truth or falsehood?" You must have only brought two of them, you useless land waste! ”

Of course he was angry. His father Rong Yi is the king's favorite, and the king has promised that the dragon fruit that he will give his father one this time, and when his father gains great power, how can he treat his son badly?

Therefore, Rong Tuo feels that the lack of dragon fruit belonging to his father is about the same as the lack of dragon fruit belonging to himself.

A yelled, "Who are you scolding? Say two is two, how to change it, I didn't let you take more pearls, what are you scolding a fishy sea worm? If it were you, you wouldn't be able to pick half a dragon fruit! ”

Junny thought for a while, but reluctantly agreed: "Two is two." With that, he began to count the pearls, and when he counted twenty, he looked at Rui.

Even if there are only two of them, you have to change them, otherwise you have to go home empty-handed? What did the king say?

Rui took the turquoise dragon fruit again.

Junny and Rui slowly approached each other, their clansmen behind each other.

But there's nothing to fight, after all, everyone takes what they need, and the transaction can't be ruined for a while.

One hand for pearls, the other hand for dragon fruit.

After a brief inspection of the two sides, they quickly returned to their respective camps, nodded slightly, and then turned around and left, jumping into the lake and climbing the tree.

You go back to your sea, and I go back to my tribe.

The deal ended relatively smoothly.

*****

But—

"No way!" When Tonghai Lake was halfway down, Rong Tuo yelled unwillingly.

"We can't just go back!"

Junny stopped him with a headache: "Rong Tuo, calm down!" What else do you want to do? We just came out to exchange, and the land orcs only have two, what can we do? ”

Rong Tuo turned around in place excitedly and stubbornly, and suddenly said unusually resolutely:

"Let's stay, don't go back! Dragon fruit grows on land, we can pick it ourselves, what's so difficult, can't our dragons be as good as those land orcs? ”