"Hehe, my move consumes too much vitality, so I can only use it at a critical time. An Xiaoyu scratched his head and said embarrassedly.

"Hey, I knew there was weirdness. Ao Qingqing said with a smile.

"Qingmei, don't inquire about other people's privacy, everyone has hole cards that can't be easily disclosed. Bai Lie said.

"It's dangerous here, can the three benefactors go to the humble house to talk about it? The old loach invited.

"Okay, I'm about to interrupt. Bai Lie and An Xiaoyu looked at each other and nodded.

An Xiaoyu collected the demon pills, fangs, snake gall, and gems of the red-eyed ring snake and other small snakes, and Bai Lie refined the snake demon bodies one by one, and the realm was raised from the fourth-order demon sect to the fifth-order demon sect, and the old loach and the young girl were dumbfounded.

Several people walked all the way, and the old loach escaped death, leading An Xiaoyu and Bai Lie to the front, chattering and thanking.

The girl accompanied Ao Qingqing in the middle, and from time to time the second daughter muttered a few words, forgetting the thrilling life and death just now in the laughter, the girl's beautiful eyes occasionally looked at the handsome back of Bai Lie in front of her, and her face was slightly red.

The boy kept his head silent and followed last.

After walking a short distance, he came to a puddle, and the old loach pointed to the puddle with his hand and said, "My house is down there." ”

"No, why is your house in the water?" An Xiaoyu said curiously.

"Old loach, you are so rich that you actually own a cave mansion?" Ao Qingqing said in surprise.

"How can I be so powerful?" the old loach pointed at the young man and said, "This is all thanks to my child, let's go in and talk about it in detail." ”

The old loach took out a blue jade plaque and brushed it on the water, and the swamp water branched to both sides, revealing a deep corridor more than a foot wide, leading to the bottom of the water.

"It turned out to be a ban. An Xiaoyu was clear.

An Xiaoyu and the three of them walked into the underwater corridor with the old loach master, as if they had entered an underwater world, outside the transparent prohibition, the aquatic plants floated, the fish and shrimp swam, An Xiaoyu jumped left and right and looked around, his mouth was amazed, and he admired again and again.

"Little monkey, this is nothing, it's just a small pool, and if you go to the Dragon Palace in the future, you will find that the underwater world there is the beauty of the world. Ao Qingqing saw An Xiaoyu's curiosity, and couldn't help but be tempted.

"Is there anything more beautiful than this? An Xiaoyu said with a longing face.

"You are my third brother's friend and my friend, if you are free in the future, we can take you all over the Four Dragon Palaces. Ao Qingqing invited.

"When I was fighting just now, I saw that your weapons had become bigger, what happened?" An Xiaoyu remembered one more thing.

"We use the secret treasure of the Dragon Palace, the third brother's sword is refined from the bones of the ancient ice blue dragon, and my sea rhino water splitting Emei thorn is refined from the horn of the ancient water dividing sea rhino. Ao Qingqing said.

"Are there many treasures in the Dragon Palace? I'll go get a weapon when I have time. An Xiaoyu asked.

"Tumao, of course there are too many treasures in the Dragon Palace to count, it's not easy for you to ask for weapons, so you can pick them whenever you have time. Ao Qingqing said proudly.

"I really have to get a good weapon to play with when I have time, don't admit it when the time comes. An Xiaoyu said seriously.

"Cut, as long as you can hold it, you can pick it. Ao Qingqing said arrogantly.

A few people chatted, came to a gate, the same prohibition, into the door, the eyes suddenly opened up, mountains and rivers, green trees and blue sky, like a small world.

Thirty or fifty thatched huts, sparse and sparse bamboo fence courtyards, walking on the field road, from time to time there are old and young women and children and old loaches, teenagers, girls greet, the teenager is unusual, become kind and talkative, smiling, and constantly greet the people passing by.

After walking for a short time, they came to three thatched huts, and several people sat down on bamboo benches in the courtyard.

"Aren't you water tribes, how do you live on land?" Bai Lie asked curiously.

"It's a long story, I was originally a shark tribe living in the South China Sea, my real name is shark loach, and I slowly called me an old loach, but I forgot my real name. ”

"One day I was hunting in the sea, and suddenly there was a huge wave and the sea was howling, and a white light came, and my head was like a lightning strike, and I knew nothing when it was dark in front of me, and when I woke up, I lay in this house, and there was another baby by my side, which was my adopted son. ”

The old loach pointed to the young man sitting next to him with his head with his hand: "At that time, a voice in my head was telling me that his name was Tiancao, his surname was Sha, and his full name was Sha Tiancao." If you want me to take care of him and protect him, otherwise our entire shark clan will be in great trouble, and in order to keep it secret, I will say to the outside world that the Heavenly Tribulation is my adopted son. ”

"Our neighbors around us are also sharks, and they are all inexplicably brought into this small world, as for the reason, no one can tell, fortunately, in this small world, in addition to the sun, moon and stars, other mountains, rivers, lakes and oceans are readily available, in addition to our village, there are countless such villages and towns, and there are countless sharks living in it. ”

"Sha Tianjiao, Lao Sha, Third Senior Brother?" An Xiaoyu's mind came to mind the honest porter with a blue face, a bald head, red hair, and a red beard.

"Is this your daughter?" Ao Qingqing said, pointing to the girl sitting next to her.

"How can I have that kind of blessing? I have a low cultivation, there is a lot of danger in the sea, when I was young, there was no mermaid who took a fancy to me, and when I was old, I didn't want to start a family, we mermaids have a very hard time reproducing offspring, often a male mermaid and dozens or even hundreds of mermaids combine to give birth to an heir. ”

The old loach looked at the mermaid girl, and said with a loving face: "This is also my adopted daughter, not long after I raised the catastrophe, I once collected coral at the bottom of this small world when I found a mermaid baby trapped in the depths of the aquatic grass, I struggled to rescue her, and asked many neighbors around, all of whom said that it was not my own child, so I unceremoniously adopted her as an adopted daughter and raised her now." ”

"Because the child was carrying a jade pendant on his chest at that time, and the words 'Zhong Lingyuxiu' were written on it, I named the child Shark Ling'er. These two children are the treasures that God gave me. ”

"And how did you come into conflict with the Red-Eyed Serpent's men?" the Monkey King asked.

"This small world only has an exit from the bloodthirsty swamp, although the small world is safe, but the children also need to go out to experience and see the outside world when they are older, so we sharks often go out to the swamp to carry out activities, after negotiation, the bloodthirsty king allows us to live here, but we need to pay tribute every year, and we have settled down here for more than ten years. ”

"The Red-Eyed Snake is responsible for collecting tribute for the Bloodthirsty King, and we have a monthly quota, and if we can't complete it, we will have to beat or scold. ”

Glancing at the gloomy face of Sha Tianjiao, the old loach took a breath, and continued: "In the past, relying on the strong body of Tianjiao, our grandfather and I could barely complete the task every month, last month, Ling'er herself was depressed in the small world, so she thought that we would also go out to breathe, and I didn't want to be discovered by the Red Eye Snake Snake's subordinates, and wanted Ling'er to go to the Red Eye Snake Cave Mansion to be a servant, but I and Tian Zheng refused, and this month the quota was doubled, and I wanted to force us to comply." ”

"It's such a bully, the red-eyed snake is innocent. An Xiaoyu said angrily.

"There are many little demons under the red-eyed ring snake, and Ling'er is not left to serve alone? Why do you still persecute you? If it is said that it covets Ling'er's beauty, it is not right, the monkey said just now, the red-eyed ring snake likes male style. Ao Qingqing asked.

"I know why. Bai Lie said.

"What is the reason?" An Xiaoyu said with Ao Qingqing.

"As the old saying goes: Outside the South China Sea, there are shark people, who live in water like fish, do not waste weaving, and their eyes cry, they can produce pearls. Bai Lie glanced at the shark Ling'er and said: "According to the classics, there are sharks in the depths of the South China Sea, with human heads, fish bodies, male limbs, strong bodies, fast speed in the water, and good at collecting pearls, corals and other treasures in the sea. ”

"The female has a human upper body, abnormal beauty, no lower limbs and tail fins, is good at spinning silk threads, spun into yarn, water and fire do not invade, it is for the dragon silk, and it is a good material for refining defensive armor. Therefore, many shark girls are masters of refining. "Bai Lie doesn't have many playmates in the Dragon Palace, so he reads books to pass the time in his spare time.

"Isn't that the same as a spider that can spin silk?" An Xiaoyu asked.

"How can the silk of the spider be compared with the silk of the shark girl, the silk of the spider is a weapon, catching and sticking to the enemy, it is more common, the silk of the shark girl is rare and precious, the dress I wear is made of the silk dragon silk, how can ordinary water tribes afford to wear it. Ao Qingqing turned around in place and said proudly.

"You say that, I also remember, when I just rescued Ling'er, Ling'er was wearing a small gauze skirt, as her height grew, the gauze skirt also became bigger, I was still strange, now it seems that Ling'er is also wearing a treasure. "Old Loach said.

In this way, Ling'er's life experience is not simple. Bai Lie agreed.

"Ling'er is Daddy's daughter and Brother Tian's sister. This is my home. Hearing this, Shark Ling'er was anxious, threw herself in front of the old loach, knelt on the ground with her legs, hugged the old loach's legs and shook it.

"Hehe, good boy, you and Tianjiao are both Daddy's children, and we will never be separated. The old loach was relieved, stroked Ling'er's hair, and said with a smile.

"Ling'er, in the future, you will not only have Daddy, Big Brother Tianjiao, but also us, and we are also your friends, we will protect you, and no one can separate you. Ao Qingqing walked over, helped Shark Ling'er up, pulled him to his side and sat down, and comforted.

Bai Lie continued: "What is even more precious is the mermaid's tears, which are transformed by essence and blood, and can improve cultivation after taking it. ”

Legend has it that there is a mermaid who fell in love with a human, and then the human was killed, and the mermaid was heartbroken when she embraced her sweetheart, and her tears wet her sweetheart's face, and all the tears of essence and blood flowed into her sweetheart's mouth, and her sweetheart came back to life, but the mermaid died sadly. ”

"After the resurrection of the human being, he found that the mermaid had died, and he was grief-stricken, so he took the mermaid in his arms and sat on the seashore for several days, and the two of them turned into a reef, leaving behind a good story for the ages. Later generations have a poem: 'There are tears in the pearl of the sea and the moon, and the blue field is warm and the jade is smoking.' ’”

When Bai Lie said this, he couldn't help but feel sad.