"Scales?" Shu Kui was exposed to a new term.

Aunt Liu pointed to her shoulders and waist, "Have you seen Xiao Sun?" Are there scales here and here? When the merman fights, these scales will grow out, covering the chest, abdomen, back, and neck, this is the scale armor, and the half-breed child does not have it, so he can only die in vain. ”

"Oh, their lives are not much better, they are still aging so fast, they will become old men in their twenties and thirties." Shu Kui imagined a young man who quickly became an old man in ten years.

"It doesn't age very quickly." Aunt Liu began to clean up the dishes and chopsticks, "It is said that she is in her twenties, but the organs in her body are failing." ”

"How do you know? Have you ever been to Liuyu Sea? Shu Kui heard another "supposedly".

"I haven't been to Liuyuhai, but everyone says so." Aunt Liu wiped the table, "In our Kuixian, there are many things to say about the merman, and many of them are said by people who have seen them. ”

"You're also from the Kui Immortal Kingdom?" Shu Kui was surprised.

"yes." Aunt Liu nodded, "I accidentally ate the emperor's slurry, and I was taken to Kuixian Kingdom by the people of Yuanhuimen, and I lived there for more than fifty years." One day I met a person on the street and asked me if I would like to work for him, and he could give me a skin, on the condition that I would always live here and not go out, I thought okay, anyway, I have no relatives and no reason, and I don't like to cultivate, so it's the same everywhere, so I followed. ”

"That guy didn't tell you where you are?" Shu Kui still didn't give up wanting to inquire.

"Nope." Aunt Liu is actually not very interested in where she is, but she is more keen on gossip, "I remember that at that time, the owner of the house looked sick and lacked energy when he spoke, I thought, he probably won't live long, but I didn't expect to see him again a few times, obviously much better, I guess, he is a hard-working cultivator." ”

Shu Kui let out an "oh", feeling that this was not helpful.

"That's right, it's a long way off." Aunt Liu held a rag in one hand and a bowl and chopsticks in the other, "You can remember what I told you today, don't look at the male mermaids who are so good-looking, they are actually not good things in their bones." ”

Shu Kui said "oh" again, but he has always believed in this kind of rumor.

In the next few days, because he was not afraid of being flooded, Shu Kui learned to swim smoothly, and soon became proficient in swimming back and forth in the pool.

During this period, she and her grandson would go to the pond every morning, as if they were touring, and walked around the edge of the pond, and saw the same carved iron fence there as on the shore, which went straight to the bottom of the pond, and I don't know how deep.

Xiao Sun never mentioned anything about the secret passage again, although Shu Kui was very anxious, but thinking that Huang Xiao would suddenly appear again at some point, he didn't want to ask too much, for fear that if the secret was revealed, he would never have a chance to go out again.

As for what Aunt Liu said before, Shu Kui scoffed at first, and then calmed down and thought about it, he didn't look like a country and a city, why did he have to be so courteous when he and Xiao Sun just met, is it really as rumored that he can give birth to amphibious offspring?

As soon as this thought came out, Shu Kui couldn't help blushing a little, but if the merman women had no status at all, then the mermen would not care much about human women, they were just fertility tools, and they were not even qualified as gifts.

Thinking of this, Shu Kui felt sad in his heart, and was embarrassed to ask, looking at Xiao Sun every day, he felt that he was hypocritical for a while, and felt that he was too mediocre to disturb himself, and at the same time, he was also avoiding all intimate actions intentionally or unintentionally.

After another two days, Xiao Sun noticed the abnormality.

"You seem to have something on your mind." He was in the pool, his upper body lying on the edge of the pool, and the tail of the lower body was swinging leisurely in the water.

Shu Kui sat next to him, his feet dipped in water, stunned, but he didn't hear this.

Xiao Sun looked at her, picked up a handful of water and splashed it over.

"What for?" Shu Kui was taken aback.

"You seem to have something on your mind." Xiao Sun leaned forward.

Shu Kui reflexively ducked back and looked away: "It's nothing." ”

"Really?" Xiao Sun didn't believe it, "I don't think you're very happy." ”

"I've been locked up here for almost two weeks, and I don't know when I'll be able to get out, so of course I'm not happy." Shu Kui tried to avoid eye contact with him as much as possible.

Xiao Sun was silent for a moment and got to the essence of the problem: "I know that there are many rumors about us in the Kuixian Kingdom. ”

Shu Kui became nervous, but on the surface he was still silent and ignored him.

"The merman respects men." Xiao Sun does not deny that his race is a patriarchal society, "because women have no combat power at all, and they can't practice magic, they can only stay at home, raise young children, and take care of household chores." ”

When Shu Kui heard this, he felt a little relieved in his heart, and saw that since he had already mentioned it, he simply asked clearly: "It is said that you will still give the woman out as a gift?" ”

"Yes." Xiao Sun did not deny this, "For the sake of inter-ethnic friendship, your emperor will also be friendly, isn't he?" ”

Shu Kui opened his mouth and was indeed speechless to refute.

Xiao Sun continued: "We like human women more, because they have different personalities, unlike shark women, just obedient and weak. Moreover, when we interact, both parties are willing to do so, and we will identify ourselves without any deception or coercion. ”

"What about taking away the half-breed and the mother, and forcing the child without scale armor to go to the battlefield to be a meat shield?" Shu Kui is also very concerned about this matter.

"You have a saying, 'Whoever is not of my race will have a different heart. Therefore, they are completely unacceptable in the human world. Xiao Sun said calmly, "In our clan, boys who have just learned how to walk must be trained, and adult men must join the army, and women also know this." And those half-breeds are extremely brave, often rushing to the front when fighting, plus there is no scale armor, so they are the most casualties in a battle. The outside world only knows one thing, but does not know the other, and often thinks that we are forcing them to charge forward and block them in front of them. ”

"Do you really want brothers and sons to kill each other?" In fact, Shu Kui had already decided in his heart that the rumors really couldn't be believed.

"The merman respects the strong, and there is a duel between brothers and sons, it's true." Xiao Sun is very realistic and does not argue much.

At this point, Shu Kui's longing for things has basically been explained, and his heart is immediately a lot easier.

"To tell you the truth, when rowing into the pond, I deliberately let you pick the lotus pods by yourself, so that you could make a fool of yourself, but I didn't expect that your blood would attract such a big salmon." Xiao Sun observed the words, and his voice was very gentle, "That fish head soup is the happiest meal I have eaten since I came here." I don't have to be on guard against you, I feel more relaxed than ever, so I want to be with you and take you back to the Liuyu Sea. ”

Shu Kui didn't expect to hear such a confession, and all of a sudden, his face was flushed.

Xiao Sun swam away and went to the other side of the pool to get something over: "This one, give it to you." ”

Shu Kui saw that it was the dagger he used to nail the salmon and pick the lotus pod a few days ago.

"Made from the bones of a dragon war shark." Xiao Sun continued, "It is a traditional coming-of-age ceremony, but it is more ornamental than practical, because if it is on the battlefield, it is too small and not hard enough. ”

Shu Kui took it, and saw that the dagger was only five or six inches long, carved from a whole bone, white as jade, the handle was engraved with the pattern of ocean waves, and the blade was extremely sharp.

"Let's defend ourselves." Xiao Sun said, smiling meaningfully, "If one day, you don't want to pay attention to me anymore, as long as you return this, I will understand." ”

Shu Kui was so ashamed that he didn't dare to raise his eyes, and only nodded.

"Come to the pond after eating, I have something for you." Xiao Sun gently pinched her hand.

Shu Kui nodded again, got up and ran back to the villa.

Of course, this dinner was not good, so she took a few bites of it and hurried to the pond.

And the sky had not yet darkened, and the dark clouds had dispersed a little, revealing a little sunset like fire.

When Shu Kui came to the middle of the courtyard and stepped on the cobblestone path leading to the pond, she unconsciously glanced at the main road, and this glance made her stand on the spot, dazed and at a loss.

On the trees on the side of the main road, a row of lights lit up, green and faint, extending to the carved iron gate that could not be walked out. The door was open, and it was lit up a few paces away.

Shu Kui squinted his eyes and vaguely saw that the dense fog seemed to have dissipated.

Her heart moved, and she walked cautiously towards the iron gate, and when she got closer, she found that she was not mistaken, the iron gate was indeed wide open, and there were dark woods outside, and every few trees, there was also a starry light, which stretched straight into the distance, and there was no end in sight.

Is this to let me go? She thought to herself, turning her head to look around, afraid that it was a trap, and something deadly would suddenly jump out.

But the surroundings were eerily quiet, just as they had been when she first arrived.

Suddenly, the iron door creaked slightly, and began to close slowly.

Shu Kui was shocked, he didn't care about anything else, and hurriedly ran as fast as he could, until he ran into the woods for several meters, he still couldn't believe it, couldn't help but stop, and looked back.

At this time, the iron gate had been closed to the point that only one person was left to pass through the crack, and the fog gradually rose again, and soon completely obscured the scenery behind him, the villa, the pond, Xiao Sun and everyone else, it seemed that there had never been a zài, just a dream of Nan Ke.

Shu Kui calmed down, looked at the lights between the branches and leaves, and walked forward step by step.

The road was not difficult to walk, and it soon came to an end - a three-way intersection.

There is a sign standing on the side of the road, pointing to the three directions of Shengze, Kuixian and Youlan.

Shu Kui's first reaction was to go in the direction of Kuixian, but she only took two steps, and when she thought of Ling Jiuchuan, she changed her mind, turned around, and set foot on the land of Shengze Kingdom.