Chapter 5: The Soul Lamp
There is a secret passage under the Ten Thousand Treasure Pavilion, which leads directly to the West Sea Dragon Palace. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. biquge。 The total length of this secret passage is more than 2,000 meters, the height and width are about 3 meters, and the walls are made of countless pieces of colorless and transparent quartz stones. Colourful corals, seaweeds and a wide variety of marine fish swim in front of you, as well as giant turtles, moray eels and sharks. Most of them opened their minds, and when they saw the second prince Ao Jian and his party passing by, they all paused in the water and saluted respectfully.
Mu Xue followed closely behind Ao Jian and Yuji, looking around curiously. Behind her was Steward Cloud and the eight servants carrying the treasure chest. Not long after the group walked, a huge red coral tree blocked their way.
"Here we are! Ao Jian pressed his right hand to the red coral tree and smiled softly at Yuji: "Welcome to the West Sea Dragon Palace!" "
As soon as he finished speaking, the red coral tree shook and conjured a hole in the middle of the trunk for two people to enter and exit.
"It's a pleasure! Yuji raised her eyebrows and smiled very charmingly.
Walking into the tree hole, there is a hole inside!
I saw that the dark blue sea water was pulled by some mysterious force and blocked in the distance, and an extremely wide world was vacated in the middle, among which the high-rise halls were one after another, and the number of heavy palace doors was too many to count. There were many fiery and royal blue trees in the courtyard, and the fruits of the trees were golden, and the flowers bloomed like burning fires. The trees were full of the finest sand, but so blue that it dripped.
Ao Jian led Yuji and Mu Xue slowly through one after another heavily guarded palace gates, and finally stopped in a golden corner: "Miss Yuji, you can rest here for a while, and I will go back when I go." "
Yuji smiled and nodded, and Ao Jian flashed out of the corner of the hall.
Mu Xue breathed a sigh of relief when she saw Ao Jian go out, and smiled at Yuji with a teasing face: "Sister Yu, I saw that you have a ruddy complexion and peach blossoms on your face today, so I calculated a hexagram for you, guess what?" "
"What's the matter? Yuji looked at Mu Xue with a smile.
"It turns out that you are moving today! As soon as Mu Xue finished speaking, she giggled, causing several ladies in gorgeous clothes waiting in the hall to look sideways.
"You! You! Yuji shook his head, looking like he couldn't do anything with Mu Xue.
The two chatted for a long time, and Ao Jian came back. He took out a brocade box from his sleeve with a look of dedication and put it directly in front of Yuji's eyes.
"The unique soul-attracting lamp in the heavens and on the earth is here, and only the most beautiful woman in the world can turn it on! "
Yuji smiled, raised her right hand, and lightly touched her index finger on the brocade box, and suddenly a dazzling crystal lotus candlestick appeared in front of her. The lotus flower is the size of a bowl, and the petals are in full bloom, full and clear. Layers of petals surround the tender lotus canopy, and the tiny lotus seeds are carved into the grooves of the candlestick, pure and transparent, and natural.
"The soul-attracting lamp from the Nine Secluded Lands turned out to be a beautiful crystal lotus lamp! It's just" Mu Xue blinked suspiciously: "Does the name of the lamp mean that it can attract the souls of the dead?" "
"Not bad! Ao Jian nodded, and said solemnly: "In the land of the Nine Secluded Places, the holy lamp attracts the soul, the phoenix blood is the guide, and its light gives birth to the soul." Legend has it that only the essence blood of the phoenix can ignite it, and its light can render the water of Lethe ineffective! "
"In the land of the Nine Secluded Places, the holy lamp attracts the soul, the phoenix blood is the guide, and its light gives birth to the soul! Yuji stared at the soul-attracting lamp in front of him as if he was surprised and happy: "What the second prince said is indeed true, this is indeed a unique treasure in the sky and on the earth!" "
Ao Jian listened to Yuji's praise, and couldn't help laughing: "In addition to this soul-attracting lamp, I have many treasures in the West Sea Dragon Palace, and this prince has already instructed the cloud steward to hold a banquet in the Lingxu Palace, why don't we go over and eat and watch?" "
When Mu Xue heard that there was something to eat, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly signaled Yuji to agree with her eyes.
Yuji nodded with a smile, pointed to the soul-attracting lamp and said to Ao Juan, "Can I touch it?" "
"Of course! Ao Jian put the brocade box containing the soul-attracting lamp into Yuji's hand.
The Lingxu Hall is the bedroom of the second prince Ao Jun, and it is extremely luxuriously furnished. What white jade pillars, green jade steps, ivory tables, coral couches, crystal curtains, glazed tiles, amber beams... The strange and deep scenery is impossible to say. ,
The second prince Ao Jue entertained Yuji and Mu Xue on the ivory table in the center of the Lingxu Palace, after the banquet Ao Jue began to persuade the wine non-stop, Yuji excused himself a few words, he even said that this was a courtesy of hospitality, and said that they were prepared with a very light taste of fairy fruit wine. Yuji couldn't refuse anymore, so he had to drink it reluctantly. Mu Xue also took a sip of the wine glass, and after tasting it carefully, she only felt that the fairy fruit wine tasted sweeter than honey, the taste was mellow, and it was very delicious to drink, so she couldn't help but drink a few more sips, she drank very shallowly, but she was drunk and staggered after a glass, and she couldn't sit steadily.
When Ao Jian saw it, he couldn't help but laugh and said, "I didn't expect that someone could get drunk when they drank fairy fruit wine!" "
Yuji raised her eyebrows, a hint of sarcasm flashing in her eyes. Although this fairy fruit wine has a light taste, it has great stamina, and if you drink too much, it is estimated that not many people can bear it. The second prince is playing with her! But will she let him get his wish?
"My sister gets drunk as soon as she gets drunk, and she asks the second prince to forgive her for her faux pas. Yuji stretched out his hand to support the drunken Mu Xue and smiled apologetically at Ao Xuan.
Ao Jian replied with a smile: "Why is Miss Yuji so polite! Since Mu Xue's little sister is drunk, let her lie down on the couch first. Someone come, help her to rest. As soon as his words fell, the two ladies in gorgeous clothes waiting on the side came over and helped Mu Xue, who was so drunk that he couldn't wake up, to lie down on the coral couch in the hall.
"Miss Yuji, let's keep drinking! Ao Jian saw that Yuji's wine glass was empty, and filled it for her. The two drank a few cups, and Yuji finally couldn't help but stroke his forehead and shook his head and said, "Please forgive the second prince, I will be dizzy and can't drink anymore!" "
Ao Jian looked at her jade cheeks slightly red, her eyes were misty, her white fingertips lightly tapped her eyebrows, she was clearly a little drunk, she was overjoyed, but her face was serious: "This fairy fruit wine is not intoxicating, you are afraid that you are drinking too violently!" Otherwise, you will have one drink next, and Prince Ben will drink three cups. "
Yuji had no choice but to respond.
The two pushed the cups again and changed the glasses, not knowing how many more glasses they drank. Yuji gradually lost his strength and fell asleep leaning on the ivory table, Ao Jian saw this, and a triumphant smile appeared on his handsome face. He waved his hand and asked the waiting ladies in the hall to stand down.
The Mingxu Hall opposite the Lingxu Hall is the sleeping palace of the eldest prince Ao Jun, compared to the luxury and beauty of the Lingxu Palace, the layout of the Mingxu Hall is a little too simple. The whole palace is a wooden structure, with calligraphy and paintings of celebrities hanging on the walls, green plants in the corners, and porcelain vases and flower arrangements on the table.
The eldest prince Ao Jun, who likes a fresh and natural style, has a very serious personality and is not smiling, and the second prince Ao Jun has been most afraid of since he was a child. As the eldest son in the family and the future successor of the Dragon Palace of the West Sea, the eldest prince Ao Jun has been pinned on the spear by the Dragon Queen since he was a child.
The market is open to the outside world once a year, and the market is open for ten days at a time, which has poured a lot of effort into Ao Jun. Early this morning, he rode his mount to avoid the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast to inspect the sea market, and when he returned to the Mingxu Palace, it was already noon. On the way, he passed by the Lingxu Palace, and the cloud steward waiting outside the hall trembled and bent down to salute him. Ao Jun remembered that he was the steward of the Wanbao Pavilion opened by his second brother, surnamed Yun, loyal and knowledgeable. So he asked, "Why are you here, Ao Jun?" "
He just asked casually, but the expression on his face was very serious, which made the cloud steward who already had a ghost in his heart even more nervous.
"Back to Your Highness, Your Second Highness will be dining in the hall, old slave... Under the sharp and majestic gaze above his head, Steward Yun panicked for a while, and couldn't think of how to reply at all, he was so anxious that the corners of his forehead only sweated, there was no way, he couldn't say that he was standing outside the hall specifically for His Royal Highness!
Ao Jun naturally saw the nervousness of Steward Yun, and thought of the ridiculous things that the second brother usually did, and had a plan in his heart: "When he finishes eating, let him come over to see me!" "
"The old slave obeys! "
The cloud steward was busy, and when Ao Jun rode out of the water-avoiding golden-eyed beast, he breathed a sigh of relief. He wiped the sweat from his forehead, raised his feet and walked into the hall, where he met a group of women who had retreated. So he asked, "Why did you all come out, Second Highness?" "
The girls were just about to reply, and the voice of the second prince Ao Jian came from the hall: "Steward Yun, come in and speak!" "
"Yes! "
Steward Yun walked into the hall and saw Yuji sleeping on the ivory table and Mu Xue sleeping on the coral couch at a glance, but the second prince Ao Jian was nowhere to be seen.
"Second Highness, the old slave has come in, where are you? Steward Yun screamed suspiciously.
"Prince Ben is behind you! "
A familiar voice sounded from behind, and the cloud manager hurriedly turned around, and a strange fragrance rushed to his face, and he secretly screamed in his heart, and he lost consciousness as soon as it was dark in front of him.
Seeing the cloud steward who fainted on the ground, the "second prince Ao Jue" smiled coldly, and changed his body, and he became the appearance of the cloud steward. Look at the person sleeping on the ivory table, where is the Yuji girl, it is clearly the second prince Ao Juan.
The person who transformed into a cloud manager is Yuji, but Yuji is not his real name, his real identity is Mo You, the prince of the Demon Realm! As for why this prince of the demon world turned into a beautiful jade rock and hid in Zhaoyao Mountain, his purpose was precisely the soul-attracting lamp that could search for souls and replenish souls and nourish remnant souls.
Since ancient times, the existence of the soul-attracting lamp has been a secret secret in the fairy world. It also took Mo You more than 500 years to find the clue of the West Sea Dragon Palace, and knowing that the second prince Ao Jian was famous, he decided to use the beauty trick. After that, things really went as he expected, and with a little trickery, Ao Jian revealed the whereabouts of the soul-attracting lamp.
Now that the soul-attracting lamp is in hand, Mo You doesn't want to be sideways. He recited a spell in his mouth, turning the cloud steward who fainted to the ground into the appearance of the beautiful jade iso, and used a spell to lead the cloud steward to sleep next to the second prince Ao Jun. After dealing with all this, he hid the soul lamp in his sleeve and prepared to leave.
When he was about to go out, Mu Xue, who was sleeping on the coral couch, turned over and unconsciously murmured, "Sister Yu! "。
Mo You's figure paused at the door, and then walked out without looking back.