"You think so, too?" The old merman asked.

The others knew that Bai Ya might have said the wrong thing, although for them, it was not ridiculously wrong, but they knew that it was not good, so it would cause the old man to ask a rhetorical question. But not really, when she said this question, she didn't seem very displeased, as if she was just saying a word.

Of course Bai Ya knew, he nodded truthfully.

"What about you?" The old man turned to ask the others. Everyone didn't know how to say anything, only Qi Huan's throat was vague "uh...... "uh" for a while.

"Everybody thinks so. So are the old children. "The old man misses his gaze, looking through the water, looking into the distance on the land," this seems to be a selfish reason, it should not be put on the table, it should not be discussed openly, and it should not be an excuse for us not to compromise with the dragons. ”

"You know, it's easy to be labeled selfish." Qi Huan said, "You can take a step back, who can say clearly." How can we say that even if one country wages war against another, for the sake of its people who are suffering from natural disasters? It doesn't matter whether the two countries are negotiating or not, or what the attitude of the enemy country is. For the king of the afflicted country, his people are suffering, and he does not have to worry about how the world can bring selfish infamy on him. People are going to starve to death, and who cares about fame? ”

"Even if his people were not afflicted by natural disasters." Liu Shenghan suddenly said, "The king of a country, expanding the territory for the country, and plundering resources for the people are all grandiose reasons. Anyone can start a war with this...... It's just that most people have to find a high-sounding reason to comfort their conscience. However, there is no need for this. Only the weak are exploited by others. ”

Qi Huan looked at her in surprise, feeling that there seemed to be something wrong, but he couldn't refute it.

The truth is always unheard.

"But is this power really important to you?" Bai Ya asked the old man, "Without it, you can't go to land; Can't go to land, even diet and daily life are affected? Maybe I'm saying that now, and some of them don't hurt when they stand and talk, and I really don't have a position to question what things mean to other people. It's just that...... I really don't understand. ”

The old man smiled, looking so compassionate.

"It's okay, kid, you don't blame you, and no one blames you. After all, many people in my clan also feel that such a hard work is not worth it. Although it doesn't sound good to say, as if it can't be beaten, the treasure is taken away by the dragon clan like this. Many of our young children refuse to compromise because of their reputation. If the treasure is given away, it will not only make people feel that 'the status of the so-called treasure is nothing more than that', but also make people suspect that the status of our merman race can no longer be compared with the past hundreds of years. In fact, even a hundred years ago, our two clans could not fight against each other. ”

"That ......"

"You must have seen it." The old man's gaze was retracted from a distance and placed on Bai Ya, this look was no different from her looking at her own people, "You saw the crystal mound. ”

"If you're talking about those dead mermen, I think so." Bai Ya paused, "I also saw a human. ”

"Human ...... He must have died. "Humans can't survive that kind of environment. There is no air there. Although there is no water, the mana of those crystals can only maintain the body of a merman. ”

"You're saying they're still alive?"

The old merman nodded. In the vast skylight, the golden fins on her side glittered like earrings.

"Alive...... but it is no different from death. Earlier than the dragons, we discovered the anomaly of the Crystal Palace. ”

"Then they're all ...... The merman who has been praying for a few years? ”

"It's not just a few years, it's a few decades." The old man corrected, "The orb has been showing signs of mutation for a long time. At first, it was able to respond to the merman's wishes, but gradually, it no longer had the power to fulfill them. It's a matter of luck. Some mermaids come ashore as they wish and will be able to return one day later, but many more are gone forever. So some people said that they were afraid that the time had passed too long, and the mana of the jewelry had become weaker. But what about the family members who have disappeared? The structure and mechanism of the Crystal Palace will not put the merman to death. Have you ever seen a merman's corpse inside? ”

"No ......"

"That's right. He who became a human said that he had never seen anything, and then he went ashore, grew legs, and came back in a day, and everything was as normal as if nothing had happened. One day, a young merman came to the Crystal Palace...... He went to find his sister, who had not been able to return from the Crystal Palace. He returned, but he didn't bring back his sister, and he didn't become human. He yelled like a madman, and kept saying the names of a few vanished people, crystals, the underground, and other things he didn't know. Later, there were occasionally a few people like him, whose minds were somewhat affected. With their words, we pieced together the rumored appearance of the 'Crystal Mound'. ”

"All the missing mermen? All the mermaids locked up by the crystal? Bai Ya kept asking, "Does the underground refer to the location of the Crystal Palace?" I saw that the Dragon Palace was about three floors, but we didn't go to the top, but found the orb in a deeper place. ”

"Yes. The orb was indeed at the highest place at first. There, our craftsmen cast a colossus statue carved in the likeness of a human. He held the orb day and night. You must have seen something unique to the land in the Crystal Palace. Sharks don't like humans...... But I love that land. ”

"Humans also like to look up at the stars." Liu Shenghan said softly.

"Yes." When the old merman laughed, his eyes narrowed into a slit, and countless fine lines spread out from the corners of his eyes, which were broken and reorganized in the sparkling water waves, "And in the early years, there were many clansmen who liked humans." When I was young, I also went to many territories beyond the sea, and saw all kinds of people and things. This dress was also learned from your embroidery girl when I was young...... The two-legged people on the ground are so similar to us, even though they have almost no spiritual talent to speak of, their hands are so dexterous, and their minds are so smart. We are not alone. You are us on land, and we are you on the sea. ”

You are us on land, and we are you on the sea.

Bai Ya silently recited this sentence in his heart, did not interrupt the old man, and waited for her to continue. Heyuan Book Bar

"Presumably the time the dragons went to the Crystal Palace...... They knocked down the sculpture at the top and hid it. They must already know about the weakening of the orb's mana. They want to use a formation to speed up its hatching, and all the clansmen who are sealed by the crystal are sacrifices, and they are all the nourishment for it to absorb spiritual power. Of course, it also changed a lot of things about the Crystal Palace about spontaneously. ”

"You just said that the Colossus is holding the orb." Bai Ya asked, "Is the clams in its hand that you use to protect the pearl?" ”

"It's not."

The old lady said this suddenly, which made him a little overwhelmed. The old merman shook his head and said:

"Without the Tridacnus, the orb is in the hands of the Colossus. Your friend showed me the clams yesterday. This thing is a magic weapon of the dragon clan, and it does not belong to us. ”

Ritual Weapon - she said the word. Bai Ya's eyes lit up, and before he could speak, the old merman continued:

"This is what the human being has been looking for."

"Which human?" Qi Huan was excited, "Is it the person Lao Bai just said?" ”

"It must be him. He is the only person who has found us in years besides you. My stupid granddaughter met him and thought that all humans were well-intentioned. Fortunately, you are not a wicked person, so I am afraid that the things that the elders taught her to be careful on weekdays will be forgotten again. ”

"No, I remember!" Miss Quan, who was listening to the story quietly, suddenly made a fuss, "But, but peeling and refining oil or something, it sounds too fake, my sister scared me." ”

"Don't don't, you better listen, it's true!" Qi Huan immediately warned her, "People are much more complicated than you mermaids, and there are more bad things!" ”

Miss Izumi pursed her lips and did not speak, and her grandmother touched her head lovingly.

"What's going on with that human? What happened to him? Bai Ya asked, his hands clenched unconsciously, "He's the person we're looking for...... It's the missing colt of the Song Shen Kingdom. ”

The old merman nodded: "Indeed, he also calls himself so." He ate a grass that could breathe underwater and found us. But he's not here for us, he's looking for dragons. He heard that the dragon has a treasure, not climbing, not attached, not flattering, extraordinary, treasure can help people practice, health, practice qi, protect the body, eliminate disasters, relieve misfortune, avoid evil, and suppress evil. Whoever obtains this thing, vajra protects the body, cultivates both blessings and wisdom, has a safe life, and is close to the law of eternal life. He came for this thing. ”

"He should...... It was to save his son. Bai Ya said, "It's just that his son is dead, and the corpse is ......."

"Over the years, he has traveled from place to place, asking to no avail, and the gods who are in power on land have not been able to help him, or not to help him...... It's not that he didn't know that Qianmin Po had the fragrance of rejuvenation, but he learned that that thing could only live skin and bones, and could not bring back the soul, so he gave up. But—he said he didn't come for the prince. ”

"Who could that be?" Now, a few of them don't know.

"For his wife." "He said his wife was sick...... Very sick. ”

Bai Ya constantly forced himself to take a deep breath and force himself to calm down. At the very least, don't lose your temper at this time.

"The Queen Mother didn't say that she was sick before the pony left. We all thought it was after he was gone. ”

"Indeed." Liu Shenghan's hand grasped the front of his clothes, and his face was gloomy, "It doesn't seem that this matter has been spread among the people...... Back then, in order to calm the hearts of the people, I am afraid that only a few imperial doctors in the palace would know. ”

"Did you get sick after the prince's accident?" Shuangyuejun followed the reasoning, "The king of a country, and the prince of the Jiguo have all had an accident, and when they say it, people will lead the conversation, and if they are messed up, it will not end well." ”

Qi Huan scratched his head: "She...... It's right not to mention that. Presumably, the colt also has a problem. Something happened to his wife and children, and there was only one babbling little girl left, and everyone had to suspect him. The Queen Mother did not want him to be suspicious. ”

He also did not want the monarch to bear unnecessary infamy. Presumably, they really have a hard time. ”

Bai Ya sighed and slapped his thigh hard, probably because of annoyance. But the old man also said that in the crystal coffin, human beings can't survive, and he is afraid that he will have already become a dead corpse. Now, the body as evidence and the Origi jade as a thought no longer exist, and the horse actually came for this reason, and everything made several people feel like they were stuck in their throats.

"Alas......" the old man also sighed, "you have nothing to say about the affairs of the world. Other than that...... is old, and there is also a question. ”

"Just ask."

Bai Ya hadn't been able to break free from Fang Cai's emotions yet, but he quickly forced himself to keep his expression in the moment and not let the old man and Miss Quan worry. In the seawater, the old merman's slightly cloudy eyes stared at him, like two emeralds with cotton wool.

"Bai Gongzi, the moment the orb hatches...... What do you see? ”