Chapter Twenty-Three: Successive Monarchs

It turned out that everyone was reluctant to go to sea for fear of losing their lives.

Xia Xuanshu took a sip of tea, his eyes seemed to be reminiscing, "Five years ago, there was a tsunami in the early morning of one day, many people died in the city, and the houses within forty miles of the coast were washed down. However, the coast of the East China Sea has always been calm, and there has been no such disaster for hundreds of years, so people have speculated that it is because those who went to sea to find medicine offended the immortals on the sea. Since then, the lord of the castle has ordered that no one except the fishing boats shall not go to sea, let alone help outsiders to ask for medicine and seek immortals, and if there is a violator, they will be pushed down to the sea to pay tribute to the gods. ”

So that's the case, no wonder those people shy away from themselves.

"But without those who go to sea, this small city is getting more and more deserted, and everyone's maritime harvest has been getting worse and worse since the tsunami. ”

"You mean, no one in Jiyan City will take me out to sea now?"

"I don't know why Su Gongzi wants to go to sea?"

"I'm going to Zuzhou. ”

"Zu Zhou?" Over the years, I don't know how many people have said this in front of him, "Young Master Su also went to look for immortals and ask for medicine?"

"Yes. ”

"Could it be that Childe is also looking for the elixir of immortality?"

"It's not about you. ”

Xia Xuanshu didn't mind the coldness between this person's words, and still said to himself: "When I was in the Yanju Building before, I saw that Gongzi broke the rope on his body in an instant, and this kind of fact is rare. Since Su Gongzi is kind to me and the cicada, he will try his best to help with this. ”

"Oh, how can I help?" Su Jue finally looked at this person with some interest.

"Since there is no one in the city to help you go to sea, why don't you go to sea by yourself?"

"I grew up in the south, and although I know a little about water, I don't know anything about maritime affairs, so wouldn't it be a dead end if I went to sea by myself?"

"The world on the sea is unpredictable, but what if it is at the bottom of the sea?"

Under the sea? Su Jue was completely concentrating at this moment, "You mean I can get out from the bottom of the sea?"

"There are many rapids and reefs on the route to Zuzhou, and if you go from the sea, it is inevitable that the ship will be shipwrecked, but the bottom of the sea is much calmer. I knew a friend who had been a shipbuilder all his life and had always dreamed of building a boat that could be submerged and sailed, but unfortunately he died just before the boat was built. Now that Su Gongzi is going to sea, I am willing to give this ship to Gongzi. ”

"Xia Xuanshu, why are you doing this?"

"Of course, it's to repay the kindness, the cicada is a thousand times more important to me than my life, today we are separated because Su Gongzi found the cicada for me, and this kindness alone is enough to do anything for the son. ”

Su Jue thought he was joking, but when he saw the big ship the next day, he felt that what Xia Xuanshu said was true.

He had seen many ships in his life, but the one in front of him was completely enclosed, and from the point of view of the handwork, it was really delicate and tight, not comparable to ordinary things. And the most surprising thing is that the other ships are anchored at the seashore, but this one is stranded at the bottom of the lake. Su Jue went up to inspect it carefully, and the utensils and items inside were not wet at all, and there were not even water stains on the deck, which was really strange.

"You're saying I can ride this thing over the ocean floor?"

"Su Gongzi rest assured, although it is a little weird, but it must be safe and sound, if it is all intact, the sea water will never pour into the hull. ”

"Sir's old friend, and very human. ”

"Young Master Su, what does this mean?"

Su Jue stroked the side of the ship, and his words couldn't help but be a little cold: "There is not even the slightest crack in the entire hull, this is not something ordinary people can do, if it is not a strange thing, or it is a spell, I guess, if Mr.'s friend is not from the Xuanmen, he must not be of my race." ”

"Su Gongzi is really knowledgeable. ”

"So, I don't know which one it is?"

"Born in Xuanmen. ”

Su Jue's face froze, "Mr. Xia is really honest. ”

"I know that I can't hide it, so I don't have to act like it. ”

"Sir, you've been planning for this ship for many years, aren't you?What is your purpose in luring me to sea in such a hurry?" Actually, as early as last night, Su Jue suspected that Xia Xuanshu's invitation was strange, and this ship was even more strange.

"I just want to repay Childe, isn't it a bit too much?"

"Repay me? Do you think it's a good strategy to show weakness? With Mr.'s ability, he can easily clean up the people in the inn, but Mr. is so reluctant in the mockery, are you afraid that once you reveal your identity, you are afraid that everyone will be regarded as a demon?"

"I ......"

"Do you think I, Su Jue, am such a good person to be manipulated and used?"

"That's not what I mean!" I heard a muffled sound, Xia Xuanshu actually knelt in front of Su Jue, he bent over, and his forehead really hit the green brick, "There is indeed one thing I want to ask Childe for help! When I was at the inn, I saw that Childe had a strange skill, and he might be able to help me and the cicada." ”

"You're talking about cicadas?"

"If Childe doesn't help us, I'm afraid she won't survive this month. ”

Su Jue's heart was shocked, such a young child, is he going to face death if he doesn't even learn a few words?

"What's going on? She's sick?"

"Yes and no. Xia Xuanshu shook his head, his eyes were unimaginably desperate, "Hundreds of years have passed, and every time he is reincarnated, he will not live to be twelve years old, and every life is an early death and early death, and when he was alive, he was either tortured by illness or born with dementia, and he was tortured every time in the world, and he had a very hard life. ”

"He, hundreds of years, what do you mean?"

"Su Gongzi should have guessed that I am no longer a mortal, but a spirit that exists in the world. ”

What? This person looks weak, but he is actually a spirit! Yue Qianlong, who had been hiding nearby and eavesdropping, became interested.

It is said that there are different spirits in the heavens and the earth, but most of them cannot be seen by the human eye, some of the spirits are transformed by flowers and antiquities absorbing the essence of all things, while some are originally human beings, and they can still maintain human form after becoming spirits.

"You are a spirit, it is impossible to have children, so who is Cicada Breath?"

"Cicadas breathe her......" Xia Xuanshu spoke, and finally called out the long-lost title: "She is my king and my lord." ”

"My king?"

"Nearly a thousand years ago, this was once the land of the Heavenly Blazing Kingdom, and at that time, the Heavenly Blazing was the strongest and most dazzling country among the princes, just like the current Northern Regions Dynasty, and the Cicada was the monarch of the Heavenly Blazing Country-Lin Heng. ”

When he was a child, Su Jue had heard a lot of deeds from other countries, and Lin Heng was a young and promising man, who led troops to sweep away the three surrounding small countries when he took office, and expanded his territory by nearly half in a few years. What is embarrassing is that he was defeated at the peak of the Tianchi Kingdom, and I heard that Lin Heng was betrayed by his cronies before he strayed into the enemy's trap, and he died in a battle, and even the remains were taken by the enemy country to sacrifice heaven and earth.

"You mean, that little girl's previous life was Lin Heng, the fallen monarch of the Heavenly Blazing Kingdom?"

When he heard the words 'King of the Dead Country', Xia Xuanshu's eyes ached, "That's right." ”

Xia Xuanshu is not an extraordinary person, it seems that he is looking for Lin Heng's reincarnation and following him for nearly a thousand years.

Thinking of this, Su Jue, who was originally like a cold heart, also relieved and asked, "What do you want me to help you?"

"I want Master Su to help me go to Zuzhou to get the Moon Spirit Grass. ”

Su Jue's eyes lit up, "Moon Spirit Grass, what do you want to do?"

"After the defeat of the army, the spirit of the king was used as a great sacrifice by the enemy, although the sacrifice was not completed, those sacrifices tore apart the spirit of the king, so every time the king who is reincarnated with three incomplete souls will suffer a lot, and even reincarnate into pigs, dogs, plants and trees. If we can't find that scattered spirit, our king will always be tormented by this, and he will never be freed. ”

Never be free? Thinking of the thin little girl, Su Jue felt a little more compassionate. But this Moon Spirit Grass is exactly what he needs!

"In order to recover the scattered spirit of my king, I asked the national teacher to seal me in the king's sword. Saying that, a sharp weapon appeared in Xia Xuanshu's hand, this long sword was shiny and cold, and the sound of the sword announced that it was indeed a rare divine weapon, but the strange thing was that there were still some shallow blood marks on the sword, Xia Xuanshu wiped it with both hands, and the blood stains did not change at all.

"This bloodstain is yours, and you killed yourself with it?"

"Yes, it is a great honor for me to be able to kill myself with Gloomy. Xia Xuanshu looked up, as if he had returned to the day when he returned to the city after defeat, and when he arrived at the city, he only saw Wang Jian Dichen on the ground.

Su Jue understood that this person could be incarnated into a spirit through his obsession before death, and now the blood stains on this sword body have faded, if this blood stain disappears, there will be no Xia Xuanshu in heaven and earth, and his wish to merge the soul for Lin Heng will never be realized. It's just that this spirit body is already out of reincarnation, which is equivalent to a desolate soul, so once this person disappears, it will be eternal.

"Why are you doing this, for the sake of the former monarch to exhaust the rest of his reincarnation, why?"

Xia Xuanshu smiled calmly and bitterly, "This is what I deserve, and I am willing to do it." The king used to be such a proud and strong person, but now he is inferior to others in life and life, and he is unwilling to come down, and he will not be willing to come to the king. Although the Blazing Heavenly Kingdom is gone, the king is the king, and as a courtier, it is an unforgivable sin to not be able to protect the country and protect the lord, and now, how can I see my king suffer such humiliation again?"

Humiliation?heh, Su Jue frowned, everyone is dead, and the memory and deeds of the previous life are gone, so where does the humiliation and sin come from?

"I'm afraid I can't agree to this. ”

"Su Gongzi, I will definitely thank you again! It is better for Su Gongzi to make a condition, as long as you can do it in the future, you will do your best. ”

"But I'm going to find it, it's also the Moon Spirit Grass. ”

Xia Xuanshu sat down on the ground, there are so many strange flowers and plants in the Ancestral Continent Divine Mountain, why does this person also want to find the Moon Spirit Grass? Could it be that this person will do the same thing as himself?

"Master Su, it's ......"

"Don't worry, he won't help you find it, I can help you find it." ”

Following the voice, the two looked into the bushes.

"Miss Yue, why are you here?"

Yue Qianlong walked quickly to Su Jue, tapped his left chest with his finger, and said angrily: "Why are you so ruthless, everyone is kneeling and kowtowing to beg you, you still don't let go, I really want to see what you have in this chest." ”

"Miss Yue, you shouldn't come along. ”

"It's true that I came with you, but it's not your turn to decide whether it should be or not. ”

"Miss Yue......"

Yue Qianlong raised his hand and made a 'shut up' gesture, and said to Xia Xuanshu in a blink of an eye: "Xia nerd, I will definitely take the Moon Spirit Grass back to save your family master." ”

"Girl, it's no joke to go to sea to find medicine. ”

"It just so happens that I'm never joking, so if you believe it, you can believe it, and if you don't believe it, I can't help it. In short, I will follow this ice cube face to Zuzhou together. ”

"But, I ......"

"Su Jue, we are now each our own master, and it makes no sense for you to talk nonsense. ”

Su Jue was amused, and had to find a way to deal with this person.