Ao Bai took a few deep breaths, and when he smiled again, he had already regained his usual appearance, and he said in a gentle but insistent tone:

"Tell me first, to be honest, what happened when I left just now?"

Ji Mo kissed Xiaolong's head again with pity, and said with a light smile: "Nothing really happened, I just accidentally dropped the child just now." ”

At this time, Xiaolong had completely forgotten what had just happened, and he habitually wrapped his tail around his father's wrist, which would make him feel very relieved. As he moved, white and delicate sea sand fluttered and fell from him.

-- The silvery scales and the white sand of the sea are hard to see clearly when they are glued.

After Ji Mo looked down and saw it, he hurriedly started to help the child clean up, he always reflected that he was too careless with the child, but fortunately, Ao Yi was honest, so nothing happened.

"I'll see." Ao Bai looked at his partner's distressed appearance, and then looked at the young dragon's lively appearance, and felt a little funny, he stretched out his hand, hugged the child, looked up and down, left and right, and comforted:

"It's okay, he's fine, the dragon orcs are not so weak, and they won't have an accident if they fall a few times." Ao Bai said as he gently scratched the young dragon's abdomen with his hand.

The corners of Ji Mo's mouth twitched, and he couldn't help but think that Ao Bai was an even more unreliable father, and he couldn't help but laugh and said, "Don't be kidding, what is an ordinary fall?" Whose child didn't watch it well when he was a baby? Babies are soft and immature, and need to be taken care of with the utmost care! ”

The little dragon was lying on his back on his father's wide and thick palm, scratching his belly, squinting comfortably, babbling and not knowing what to say, looking really cute.

“…… Of course, it didn't mean that he fell on purpose, how could he be willing to give it up? I mean, when it's unexpected, you have to trust that baby dragons aren't that vulnerable. Ao Bai was told by his partner, and he was embarrassed to explain a few more words.

Ji Mo patted his head and waved his hand weakly: "Forget it, let's half a catty and eight taels, we are all the same and not careful enough, we must pay more attention in the future!" ”

Ao Bai nodded immediately, "Okay!" ”

"Well, I'm done, it's your turn." Ji Mo immediately reminded, "Why did you go down the mountain so quickly?" Is Dragon Fruit Vine okay? ”

Speaking of this, Ao Bai's face became heavy, he hugged Ji Mo and sat down on the cool beach, next to the freshly made cradle.

"Yah~! Roar ...... Ah......" When the little dragon saw this, he immediately couldn't be still, he climbed up his father's body, and stretched out his claws to reach the cradle.

Of course, Ji Mo was willing to meet the child's needs, he smiled and picked up Xiaolong, put him in the cradle, and then reached out and shook it gently, reminding:

"Be honest, beware of falling down again."

This novel experience immediately made Xiaolong like it, he knew at first that he had learned the lesson of falling down before, and honestly lay in the middle of the cradle, but after getting familiar with the feeling, he immediately became bolder, and stood up cautiously holding on to the vines on the side, screaming and laughing happily at Ao Bai and Ji Mo.

Ao Bai responded to the young dragon's smile, and by the way, he also took a hand, gently swaying the fresh "toy" made by his partner himself, and the husband and wife were on one side, and at the same time reached out to shake the cradle.

But the tone of the Dragon King of the Sicilian Sea was very heavy:

"Ji Mo, that dragon fruit vine has withered."

One side of the cradle suddenly stopped swinging, and then it resumed its steady swing amid the protests of the little dragon.

"What? Withered? Ji Mo asked a little blankly, equally difficult to accept.

Hit! It's a blow to the red fruit!

So far, the only dragon fruit vine found in the Sicilian Sea, the priceless treasure of Zhenhai, has actually withered?

Ao Bai nodded helplessly, "Yes, withered." I swam up to it and looked at it closely, and it was indeed withered. ”

The young dragon king was hit hard: he had always regarded the dragon fruit vine that sealed the sea as a great help, but now he was well, and he actually died......

Wait a minute! You wait!

Ji Mo reacted quickly, "It's just withering and not dying, isn't it?" ”

Ao Bai was shaking the cradle mechanically, immersed in deep thought, and after hearing his partner's urgent question, he replied blankly: "Withered? Dead? Is there any difference? In short, the dragon fruit vine was dead, and the previous dragon fruits were all gone, and the leaves were yellow and wrinkled. ”

- Yes, especially with so many dragon fruits I saw before, Ao Bai only ate one at that time, and didn't touch the rest. As a result, they are all gone now?

My god of the sea! This feeling of frustration is really uncomfortable......

Ji Mo thought for a while and understood the crux of the problem, he asked in detail: "So, is the dragon fruit vine still growing in its original position?" Is its rhizome still there? ”

In order to make it easier for his partner, who was born and raised in the East China Sea, to better understand his meaning, the crossing fish also used his fingers to roughly draw the appearance of dragon fruit vines on the beach.

Ao Bai pursed his lips tightly and leaned forward to look, but he was also a little nervous and expectant.

"It's still growing in its original place, I didn't touch it, huh...... The rhizomes, rhizomes, are brown, but not wrinkled—but, didn't you tell me that plants that wither during the cold season are actually dead? ”

Ji Mo smiled awkwardly, regretting his simple and rude explanation at that time.

"Ahem~ Actually, not necessarily." The crossing fish decided to correct his erroneous statement, "Some plants do die and die directly in the cold season; But the other part of it is only dead on the surface, but the part of it hiding in the soil is still alive, and then when the warm season comes, when the climate is right, it will sprout and grow again, which is a long reincarnation! ”

After Ao Bai understood, his eyes lit up and he asked expectantly, "Does this mean that in fact, our dragon fruit vine is still alive?" Is it just waiting for a hotter warm season? ”

"Wow......"

This full exclamation came from the platinum little prince Ao Yi.

At this time, the little dragon was lying flexibly on the hanging vines, his little golden tail was pleasantly little by little, and his big round and moist eyes narrowed with a smile.

The husband and wife, who were in a heavy mood, were successfully distracted.

Ji Mo's tense face eased instantly, and he couldn't help but stroke Xiaolong's back and asked him, "Wow what?" Can you understand us? ”

"Wow...... Hey...... Roar, roar, roar! The little dragon began to shout again about the few syllables he only knew, and he was very lively.

Ao Bai was also amused by the young dragon's interruption, "What are you talking about?" I don't understand at all, it's time for you to learn to speak. ”

"How old is the kid and you're going to let him talk?" Ji Mo laughed at his anxious partner.

Ao Bai explained solemnly: "Yi'er is not young anymore, the dragon orcs grow up very fast, haven't you noticed that he likes to talk lately?" Although none of us understand. ”

"Really?" The crossing fish looked at the child suspiciously, and muttered in his heart: Four-month-old babies are going to start learning to speak? Well, my child is a little dragon and can't be measured by the standards of the past.

After teasing the child for a while, the atmosphere became warm again.

Only then did Ji Mo speak to convince him: "Regarding the matter of that dragon fruit vine, I just said that it is possible to regrow, uncertain." Don't worry too much, let's go up and take a look after a while, even if it really dies, there is no way, fortunately, we have established a cooperation with the Raptor tribe, if you want to plant your own. ”

- Well, I don't know if I can raise a few of them from the Eagle Clan.

Ao Bai agreed, "Well, it was quite difficult to accept when I first found out, I didn't expect it to wither." ”

It was almost noon, and it was getting hotter and hotter on the beach.

"Let's go, let's go home, the sun is too big." Ji Mo said.

Ao Bai stood up, pulled his partner up again, and helped him pat the sand off his body.

"Let's go, it's time for us to go home." Ji Mo clapped his hands and walked towards Xiaolong.

Who knows, Xiaolong is having fun, he doesn't want to let go of his claws at all, and looks at his father and father pleadingly.

"Yikes! Yikes! "Meaning: I still want to keep playing.

Ao Bai walked over, ready to take the child out directly.

But the little dragon just wouldn't let go of its claws, and rolled around in the cradle almost pleadingly.

Ji Mo reluctantly compromised: "Okay, okay, this cradle will be moved home for you!" "Sure enough, babies like cradles, hahaha It's not in vain that I worked hard to make it.

"This kid ......" As soon as Ao Bai opened his mouth to say three words, he saw the firm eyes of his partner, so he had to swallow the rest of the words back and began to untie the rope tied to the coconut tree.

Looking at his partner's slightly depressed expression, Crossing Fish explained seriously: "I don't have a habitual child! Didn't you just catch this clams and use them as a bed for your child? What a pity to put it in vain. ”

Ao Bai smiled at this time-in fact, he also loved the young dragon, but every time he saw Ji Mo only caring about Ao Yi and ignoring himself, he felt a little depressed.

"Yi'er, okay, you come down first, Dad has promised to bring the cradle home, so will you sleep in the cradle at night in the future?" Ji Mo clapped his hands again and teased the child with a smile.

――What? Sleeping in a cradle?

After hearing this, the little white dragon quickly turned his head to look at his partner's long and slender figure, and then the action of dismantling the cradle became significantly faster.

After a while, the little dragon who insisted on refusing to come down finally got his wish, followed the cradle, was carried by his father on his shoulder, and swayed to the beach.

*****

At this time, at the border of the Sicilian Sea, a small group of dragon orcs were watching. Of these, three are transformation dragons.

"I really can't imagine that there is a lord in this sea." Ao Kun, the Dragon King of the South China Sea, said with a faint sarcasm that he was a very strong transformation of the green dragon.

At this time, only his guardian dragon leader Rong Yi dared to speak: "Yes, when I came with Wang before, this sea was also full of fierce sharks and poisons. The implication is obvious:

It seems that the legendary Six Princes of the East China Sea waste dragon is not as useless as it is rumored - at least, after he came to Sicily, the sea has slowly become more habitable for the sea people.

Ao Kun snorted disdainfully, he was tall and sturdy, his facial features were deep and sharp, and his eyebrows and eyes were especially intimidating and extravagant.

-- This is Ao Yang's father, the father and son have the same appearance in the body shape and eyebrows, and the most similar thing is this arrogant demeanor, which is extremely similar.

It's just that Ao Yang's arrogance is more of an idle cloud and a wild crane, free and easy, and has his own hills and valleys in his heart; Ao Kun, on the other hand, has been suffering from many years of emotional wounds, old hatreds and new hatreds, and resentment and extremism, and now he has become a powerful transformation dragon, exuding a lonely and cold arrogance that revisits the entire ocean with hatred.

Father and son are completely different on the inside.

A group of dragons waited quietly for their king's orders.

Ao Kun faces the Sicilian Sea, and his eyes try to penetrate this sea and look further east, and his eyes are very complicated: sometimes remembering, sometimes smiling, sometimes hating, sometimes fierce.

At this moment when he was really strong, Ao Kun had waited for too long, and he almost went crazy in despair after waiting.

In the end, Rong Yi opened his mouth respectfully as if nothing had happened, "Wang, do you want to visit the eldest prince first, or?" ”

Ao Kun came back to his senses and looked down at his old subordinates who were respectfully subservient to him.

"Hmph~ Let's go to Ao Yang first, Junny and they haven't returned for a long time, and I don't know what happened!"

Ao Kun finally took a deep look at the Sicilian Sea in front of him, and then swam into the trench leading to the dark river of land with the escort dragon in front of him.

Rong Yi has always been calm and reliable, but this time he came to Sicily, he was a little uncontrollable: because his favorite child Rong Tuo was also in the group of people who came to perform the exchange mission and finally lost contact.

The most important thing is that because of the worry that he has not returned to the child for a long time, Rong Yi's recent state is not as calm as usual, and he has also been beaten several times from Ao Kun for this.

I can only pray for the blessing of the sea god, hoping that Rong Tuo and they are only delaying their trip for some reason, and I really hope to meet them at the next bend of this trench......

In the dark trench, a group of South Sea dragons swam quietly and quickly, and Rong Yi's eyes were the most anxious.

*****

Since Rong Tuo and Heizhou set off north to meet the dragons, the Sicilian Sea has passed a relatively stable period of time.

Ao Bai began to patrol the sea every day, carefully investigating the subtle changes brought about by the change of seasons in the closed sea, but because he was worried about his partner and children who stayed at home, as well as the confused old turtle, he had appropriately shortened the time of patrolling the sea and went back as soon as possible.

Early in the morning, Ao Bai just got out of bed as usual, and the little dragon who was sleeping next to Ji Mo immediately woke up vigilantly, he was only confused for a moment, and then he quickly got up, swam to Ao Bai quickly, and pestered his father and refused to let go.

"Yi'er, let go." Ao Bai spoke with a headache, in a consultative tone.

During this time, Xiaolong had already figured out that it would take a long time for his father to come back after he went out in the morning, and out of dependence on his father, he didn't want Ao Bai to leave.

As a result, the family has to make trouble every morning.

Father and son are at a stalemate. Ao Bai also tried to be ruthless, break the child and leave quickly, but when he was cruising the sea, Ao Yi's aggrieved and sad cry would always sound in his mind, and he was also distressed that he had to take care of Xiaolong and constantly collect pearls, so he really couldn't do anything about Ao Yi.

The little dragon didn't say a word, his paws and tails went up together, and he didn't cry for the time being, but it seemed that if he was pushed away again, he would cry loudly.

Then, Ji Mo was woken up, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw two white dragons in big eyes and small eyes.

"What are you two doing?" The traversal fish smiled and closed his eyes again.

Ao Bai said apologetically: "It's okay, you can sleep for a while, I'll take Yi'er out for a few laps first." ”

Xiaolong took the opportunity to call for help, "Hey, hey, hey......", his tone was quite sincere.

The mermaid, who was squinting her eyes, immediately laughed, shook the fishtail vigorously, turned over and sat up suddenly, wiped her face vigorously, and clapped her hands unbearably and called:

"Yi'er, come here! Isn't it just cruising the sea? As for making you make such a fuss every morning? Dad will take you around today! ”

This heroic feeling startled Ao Bai, "Do you really want to follow?" It's the warm season, and there are more sharks and poisons. ”

In fact, cruising is very boring, and it is also a dangerous activity:

No matter how beautiful the sea is, you will get tired of seeing too much; Only a steady stream of ferocious sharks and poisons need to be driven and hunted, day after day, year after year.

Ji Mo explained with a smile: "Take Yi'er out today to open your eyes, save him from making trouble every day to go out with you, let's go to the edge of the Sicilian continent, where it is safe." ”

"Good!" Ao Bai nodded happily, it was also a rare experience to be able to take his partner and children to inspect Fenghai together, Ji Mo often followed him in the past, but since Ao Yi was born, the family had to leave a young dragon to take care of.

Well, now that Xiaolong has grown up a lot, he is almost able to knock Ji Mo over when he rushes forward, he is desperate to go out and see the outside world, Ji Mo is really worried that the child will sneak out of the safe area by himself one day.

Ji Mo cleaned himself up in a few clicks, and the family of three swam out of the house together.

The little dragon was still tightly wrapped around his father, and he was very worried that his father would take it off and stuff it into his father's hand the next moment.

"Wait a while, I'll go see if Uncle Nu is awake, and it's better to talk to him." Ji Mo swam to the house opposite, the old turtle was used to waking up to tease Ao Yi or chat with Ji Mo.

Ao Bai glanced inside a few times, shook his head and said, "Hu is still sleeping, he won't wake up until noon, and we will already be back by then." ”

"Well, yes, let's go." Ji Mo swam excitedly, "Breakfast is solved while swimming." ”

It wasn't until they swam out of the safe area around them and the surrounding environment gradually became unfamiliar that Xiaolong dared to let go of his father slowly, looking around curiously and excitedly.

"Hahaha~ Now you believe it, right? Dad is a man of his word, and he won't coax you. Ji Mo teased the child, he has also been bored for a long time, and this time he can come out, his face is full of long-lost travel joy.

――Whew~ If it weren't for the children, I really wouldn't have been able to stay at home for so long, it would be too boring.

Ao Bai was in charge of guarding, and when he got outside, Xiaolong instinctively clinged to his father and sought refuge, but he couldn't help but swim a little farther away, looking at the different world in front of him.

"Eat, you have to swim for a long time, and if you cry halfway, then stay at home for me obediently!" Ji Mo stuffed the fish fillet into Xiaolong's mouth while threatening half-truthfully.

Ao Bai smiled and listened, "He won't cry." ”

"So sure?" The crossing fish asked, squinting.

"Hmm."

"Cut~ Wait, maybe after a while he will cry and want to go home." Ji Mo said with a big grin, "Rong Tuo and they have been setting off for more than half a month, and they don't know where they are swimming now." ”

Ao Bai thought for a moment and said, "If nothing else, we should have reached Beihai." ”

"Wow~ That's fast!" Ji Mo sighed, "I don't know how Rong Tuo and Heizhou get along, I dreamed that they could bring back a large group of dragons and make our place lively." ”

"Huh...... Yikes~! Xiaolong gradually adapted to the rhythm of patrolling, he began to become excited, swimming to his father for a while, returning to his father's arms for a while, in short, there was no pause for a second, Ji Mo was really worried that the child's little tail was going to be broken.

"Yi'er, you should be restrained, you're just patrolling the sea." Ji Mo hugged Xiaolong with a smile, "Dad hopes that you can maintain such a high enthusiasm for sea patrol when you grow up!" ”

Ao Bai looked at the young dragon with the same thirst for knowledge as he had energy, but he habitually put the praise in his heart and eyes, and never said it lightly.

"After that group of dragon friends comes, what do you want to arrange?" Ji Mo turned to get down to business again.

"There are preliminary ideas, but first of all, we must see if they are suitable, and secondly, they are mainly divided into two parts, one group is responsible for defense, and the rest is responsible for the construction of the Dragon Palace, the former should be as familiar as possible, and the latter can be taken slowly." Ao Bai said seriously.

"Well, although it is said that there are people everywhere, but you can only take it one step at a time. This group of Jiaolong brothers was the first group of free people who took the initiative to throw themselves into the Sicilian Sea, and I don't know where there are such free people in the ocean. Ji Mo said curiously.

The little white dragon shook his head slowly, and sighed with a smile: "Actually, there are very few." The four seas have developed to the present, and the division has been completed early in the morning, and this time it is still thanks to the chaos of the North Sea Dragon Clan. ”

After a pause, Ao Bai told his partner uncertainly: "If you really want to strengthen the sealing sea in a short period of time, the general approach of the new dragon king should be to ask his father for help. ”

Well, for example, I went back and begged my father to send some of my people to the Sicilian Sea.

Ji Mo looked at his partner who was obviously a little sad, but he still had to pretend not to care, so he could only comfort him:

"It's okay, you've worked hard enough, and one day the fame of Sicily will be beaten, and then the freedmen will take the initiative to join. As long as you set up the sails, you won't have to worry about the east wind - and if you want to go back to seek your father's help, I will go back with you, in short, there are more ways than difficulties! ”

*****

The sacred lake of mainland Sicily

"Is this a land female?"

Ao Kun's face was as black as the bottom of a pot, he pointed at Qing Zhe, and asked Ao Yang angrily in disappointment:

"You refused to ask for the female dragon that your father found for you before, and now you are actually messing with a land female?"