184 First Transaction: Is Dragon Fruit a Good Fruit?
After Ao Bai led the team to explore the way, Ji Mo cautiously arranged for the guard dragon to be divided into several squads, so that they could be deployed in a favorable position, and the focus was to protect the old dragon king tightly.
The old dragon king watched coldly, although he didn't say it, he had to admit in his heart: Ji Mo is indeed not like an ordinary mermaid, he is decisive and capable, quick in thinking, speaks without leaking, and has a kind smile, which rarely makes people grasp the mistakes.
Forget it, it's not completely inappropriate to let Ji Mo be the dragon queen of Sicily...... The old dragon king thought dissatisfied.
However, Ao Feng seized the opportunity to care: "Uncle Ji, the sea is too hot, be careful." β
Ji Mo smiled heartily, touched Ao Feng's head, and said, "Don't get in the way, I'm used to it." β
"You go get busy, be careful and watch Yi'er." The old dragon king mentioned.
After Ji Mo saw that this place had been arranged, he nodded, "I know, then you can rest in place for a while, and I'll go up and see the situation on the beach." β
Xiaolong followed Ji Mo's actions closely, and he was almost like a shadow, because he was afraid of being left behind by his grandfather, and like Ao Feng, he was not allowed to go anywhere.
Father and son returned to the warm sea.
"Daddy, what about a lot of eagles? Where? The little dragon looked around curiously, the small bag of animal skin he was carrying had already contained a lot of unique conch shells, some of which belonged to Ao Feng, the two little guys swam all the way and quietly picked up, and they were trained a lot by the old dragon king.
"We made an appointment to meet at the beach, so they should be in the woods in front." Ji Mo looked at it, hugged Xiaolong tightly and said, "Yi'er, follow tightly, you are not allowed to swim by yourself, you know?" Just watch it carefully later. β
Xiaolong nodded, and said in a milky voice, "I know." Dad, Xiao You is also an eagle, why didn't he come to see it? β
"Uh~" Ji Mo was speechless for a moment, and said in a hurry: "Isn't Xiao You injured?" Of course, I can't come if I'm injured. β
When Xiaolong wanted to continue discussing this issue, Ao Bai and the others were already close to the beach, and a flock of eagles flew out of the dense forest in front of them.
The wingspan of the adult eagle is extremely wide, accompanied by the long eagle roar of Qingyue, hovering and circling back and forth by air currents at high altitude, the shadow flies quickly on the sea surface, elegant and chic, looking up from the sea surface, it is still very shocking.
The little dragon opened his eyes wide, dizzy, and turned his head busily, stretched out his claws and pointed, and shouted excitedly: "Ah! Yaoooo Look, Dad, there are so many eagles, he, they fly so high! β
However, Ji Mo had a shadow in his heart, he subconsciously held Xiaolong's raised claws, hugged it and pressed it into his arms, and said, "Dad saw it, the eagle can fly so high." β
"It's so high, Daddy, are they going to fall?" The little dragon asked softly, he couldn't imagine the consequences of the eagle falling into the sea from such a high position.
"Normally not, they are adult eagles and are familiar with flying." Ji Mo explained.
Blue was hovering overhead, his sharp eyes caught the big blue and clear eyes of the little dragon, full of surprise, this was the first time Blue saw the dragon child, he was a little surprised, and couldn't help but look a few more times - and then, he recognized the mermaid next to him.
Yes? Looks like his child?
Blue immediately became very uncomfortable, because he was the eagleman who captured Ji Mo from the Holy Lake back to the tribe - the beast god, fortunately, the mermaid's child was saved...... I don't approve of embarrassing mermaids, alas......
"Dad, why does that eagle keep looking at me?" The eyesight of the dragon clan is also very good, Xiaolong opened his eyes and looked at Blue for a long time, and asked Ji Mo puzzled.
"What?" Ji Mo raised his head in surprise when he heard this, squinting his eyes around under the scorching sun, "Which eagle is looking at you?" β
The little dragon stretched out his claws and pointed at Blue accurately, and said with certainty: "That one!" β
ββ¦β¦ HeβDoes he keep looking at you? Ji Mo muttered, his eyes were quickly irritated by the direct sunlight, and he couldn't see it clearly.
"Yes, Dad, it's the biggest!" Xiaolong was next to Ji Mo and reminded in a small voice.
Ji Mo was even more confused, he could only reassure: "It's okay Yi'er, maybe that eagle is the first time to see Xiaolong, so I think it's new." β
"Huh? Is it? The little dragon hugged his tail in disbelief.
Blue saw the situation down very clearly, especially Ji Mo and Ao Yi who looked up. He watched silently for a long time, with very mixed feelings.
The old dragon king and they were still staying in the depths of the safe sea, and after a while, Rong Tuo, who had gone to explore the way, came back, saying that there was no abnormality ahead, and the transaction was about to begin, beckoning everyone to come over.
"Yi'er, you have to follow your father closely, you know? Don't leave alone. Ji Mo instructed again uneasily, he lifted up the shark yarn bag with a lot of pearls, and escorted the little dragon to swim towards the beach.
At this time, Ao Bai had already confronted Frye.
One side was in the sea, and the other was behind the bushes on the beach, and they were all in full battle, both hostile to each other, and they glanced at each other with probing and estimating eyes.
Frye was uncomfortable, for there were two dragons on the other side, both of whom were his sworn enemies and had nearly killed him.
"Hmph, just like him, the patriarch." Rong Tuo flicked his tail disdainfully, and deliberately smiled meaningfully at Fry.
Frye dared not speak out, because he couldn't talk about the past.
Ao Bai reminded: "Don't be careless, although Frye's combat effectiveness is not the best, but his scheming is terrifying, and he has been taught it a long time ago." β
ββ¦β¦ Know. Rong Tuo pressed down all kinds of surging emotions and replied in a low voice.
With a majestic and confident appearance, Frye confronted the guardian dragon of the Sicilian Sea Clan and fought with his eyes for a long time, but in the end he couldn't help it, because it was too hot at noon, and it didn't matter if the Sea Clan was soaked in the water, but the Eagle Man patrolling at high altitude was very uncomfortable.
"Did you bring the pearl?" Frye went straight to the point, not bothering to be polite.
Ji Mo took the little dragon and just swam to Ao Bai's side, Ji Mo raised the bag in his hand and shook it, and asked rhetorically, "Did you bring the dragon fruit?" β
Frye felt even more uncomfortable when he saw the mermaid, but he could only pretend that nothing happened, and Lyle handed over the cloth bag containing the dragon fruit to him, and Frye took it, and also raised it high, and proposed:
"Now that you're ready, let's swap it now."
The old dragon king was surrounded by a group of people, watching from afar, talking to Hei Yun in a low voice from time to time, exchanging views on the land eagle people.
Lyle whispered to Fry, "Is that really a pearl in there?" Will they lie to us? β
Frye wasn't sure because he was weak and always worried that the other party was not a dragon, so he said in a word: "Our dragon fruit must be dragon fruit." β
"Our pearls are more real than pearls." Ji Mo replied coldly, "Forget it, let's make things bright."
Xiaolong kept in mind his parents' instructions, stayed quietly in the middle of Ao Bai Jimo, and watched carefully with wide eyes.
Faced with a large number of dragons, and considering the pressure that this transaction must be successful, Frye did not dare to argue with the Sicilian Sea Clan, he took the initiative to open the cloth bag first, lit it up, and threw one over.
The old dragon king's pupils immediately dilated, staring at the dragon fruit that fell into Rong Tuo's claw in a parabolic posture.
Rong Tuo cautiously looked through it, sniffed it again, and nodded: "No problem, it's really dragon fruit, forgive them and don't dare to play any tricks." β
"It's just a formality, even if it's fake, we can't do anything about it." Ji Mo said with a smile.
After a short discussion, Ao Bai Zhengse asked, "How many dragon fruits do you have?" β
"Sixteen." Frye immediately replied, "Every dragon fruit was taken from the crocodile beast's mouth by the warriors of my tribe, and it was very hard-won!" β
Ji Mo smiled and said, "Nothing is easy. Rest assured, according to the previous agreement, we will exchange ten pearls for one dragon fruit for you. β
This amount was decided after they had been talking for a long time, and it was the same as the trading standard of the South China Sea Dragon Clan and the Beast Tribe, mainly to avoid trouble.
Blue continued to circle and patrol the sky above, and suddenly, he saw a brown animal skin floating under the straight cliffs of the western coast after a rolling wave, undulating in the snow-white waves and clear blue waters, which stood out to the eagle man.
What's that?
Blue stared curiously, but he quickly regained his attention given that he was on a mission, and when he looked back at the beach, the land and sea tribes had already taken what they needed, one hand for dragon fruit and the other for pearls.
Both sides are checking what is needed, with a focus on checking the authenticity and counting the numbers.
Xiaolong stretched out his claws curiously and wanted to pull the dragon fruit to play, but was quickly stopped by Ji Moyan, and said solemnly: "Baby, this dragon fruit is poisonous, you can't touch it!" β
"Dragon fruit? Is it the fruit that the dragon eats? The little dragon clenched his claws and asked curiously.
"The full name of dragon fruit is poisonous dragon fruit, which means that it is highly poisonous and can poison dragons!" Ji Mo said in an aggravated tone.
"Oops~" Xiaolong looked at the sixteen dragon fruits in awe, and gave up the idea of asking for one to come over and play.
After Ao Bai finished counting, he carefully wrapped it and put it in a bag, and handed over the dragon fruit to Rong Tuo for safekeeping, and he explained with satisfaction and happiness: "Yi'er, you don't need to eat, you are born." β
"What is it?" Xiaolong asked casually, but this little episode did not affect his mood, the little guy happily hugged his tail and said as if singing: "I am Long, my name is Ao Yi, my home is in the Sicilian Sea, and my father's name is Ji Mo......"
This long list of words was compiled by Ji Mo and repeated repeatedly, similar to children's enlightenment education.
Rong Tuo reminded enviously: "It's a transformation dragon." The little prince is so good, he was born. β
On the other hand, Fry and the others also quickly counted the fineness and number of pearls, and the transaction went smoothly, and the two sides made an appointment for the next transaction and went back to their respective homes.
*****
While preparing to go home, there was also a small accident.
"Yikes!" Xiaolong suddenly exclaimed, he was helpless to grind his claws, and spun in circles, his expression was very wrong.
"What's wrong?" Ji Mo quickly went over and picked him up and asked, "What's wrong with you?" β
Ao Bai, who was discussing the matter of dragon fruit with the old dragon king, also swam over quickly, "What's wrong with Yi'er?" β
Ji Mo, who asked the reason, explained simply: "His animal skin bag was lost. β
"It's the bag that I lost." Ao Bai breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Didn't he carry it himself?" β
Frustrated and anxious, Xiaolong gestured and tried to explain: "I've been holding on, holding on like this!" There are my shells and my brother's conch in it...... What to do? I can't find it~"
Ji Mo comforted the child while trying his best to recall, "I also remember that Yi'er carried it, but later, I didn't pay much attention to it...... Well, it seems that when I went up to the sea, I didn't see you carrying a bag. β
Xiaolong lost his beloved bag and the new toys inside, and was so sad that he asked sadly, "What? I didn't carry it? Daddyβ"
The Guardian Dragons helped to look around, but the bag of hides seemed to have vanished into thin air.
In the end, Ji Mo had no choice but to comfort: "Okay, Yi'er, Dad will go back and give you a new one." β
It wasn't early, Ao Bai had to order to return, Xiaolong was held by Ji Mo, feeling guilty and uneasy, and didn't dare to look at Ao Feng's eyes, because Ao Feng also put the conch he picked up into that bag.
"It's okay Yi'er, we can pick up more shells and conchs, don't be sad." Ao Feng comforted.
Xiaolong nodded quickly, "I, I'll help you pick it up, a lot, a lot, all for you!" β
- Actually, the animal skin bag was unconsciously released by Xiaolong when he saw the shocking scene of eagles soaring in the sky just now......
*****
Over Shiwan Beach, a depressed and anxious Blue did not return to the tribe with his people, but still rode the wind and kept gliding and circling