It's Frost Moon-kun, that's right. Bai Ya was sure that this was indeed from his mouthpiece, his lips and teeth. He heard his own question and answered him. So Bai Ya moved his head to the other side again, and saw that the guy had been sitting on the reef near him, doing nothing. He had a demonic blade around his waist, and it looked like it had been taken back from him. Next to the stones were piles of baggage, which they had left on the shore before.

Why didn't you find him? Maybe he slept too deeply and was a little dazed, or maybe Frost Moon Jun forgot to breathe when he went ashore.

it.

The two of them came, and Bai Ya stared straight at Liu Shenghan, with some disbelief in his eyes.

"Are you alright?"

"It's impossible to say it's okay." She smiled, as before, "It's just that I'm recovering faster." ”

"How did you ......" Bai Ya paused, coughed lightly, and continued, "If it weren't for my confidence in how I felt about life, I would probably suspect that we were all dead, and then that guy came and took us away." ”

"Don't mess around." Frost Moon Jun squinted at him, "That's black and white impermanence. ”

Bai Ya pressed the palms of both hands to his eyes, rubbed them, and tried to move his shoulder blades. The gurgling sound made Qi Huan tremble, and then glanced at Frost Moon Jun, as if he still held a grudge against the dislocated arm. The latter disagreed, with an innocent look that had long been forgotten.

Bai Ya propped his hands on the ground and slowly sat up with the support of the cold voice. He found that although the place where he was lying was sandy, it was separated by a thin layer of silk. Strange to say, as long as it is laid, the sand becomes as soft as cotton.

Miss Izumi came over. Bai Ya wanted to say something, but he didn't know where to open for a while. She was lying half-naked on the ground, and the end of her long blue skirt covered the top of the tail fin, which was integrated with the hem. Her hair, which had been fluffy in the water, was attached to her body, looking like wet silk, delicate and sticky.

"How could you come to such a dangerous place?" He opened his mouth and asked, "Isn't the sea dangerous?" Who allowed you to be alone? ”

Miss Quan suddenly panicked, and hurriedly waved her hand to explain, "No, it's not...... I came with my grandmother, and everyone was there. They are all under the sea, where they can see us......"

Qi Huan reproached him: "What's the matter with you? It's rare for a little girl to care about you so much, if you don't move, forget it, and blame others when you open your mouth. is so fierce, he deserves to have no friends. ”

“…… I didn't. Never mind. Bai Ya shook his head, and then he asked, "Your grandma?" Did her old man come to the shore? ”

"yes. I wanted to come up, but they didn't say yes. But my grandmother suddenly spoke too, saying that she wanted to see you. At that time, you left without saying hello, and we had to come up to you. Since my grandmother was here, I said I was going to come too, and they relented. After all, it's not a good thing that the team is too scattered, so it's more convenient. ”

"Human words, you are speaking more and more smoothly." Bai Ya looked at her and sighed lightly, "But we ...... How could you just leave without saying hello? ”

He glanced back at the others. Qi Huan explained that they had chatted with Miss Quan all day yesterday, and she learned Mandarin very quickly. They also told her many stories and legends on land, all of which were new to her. It is said that Qi Huan also planned to teach her a few words of dialect, but before she could open her mouth, she was hit on the head by Liu Shenghan. Bai Ya didn't have to think about it, it was probably some kind of scolding words.

Then, they finally tell Bai Ya what happened after he lost consciousness.

The stone dragon was an envoy left behind by the real dragons, and it was not a real dragon, but some kind of creation. Liu Shenghan injected spiritual power into it, causing it to be temporarily driven by them. Later, they searched for traces of Bai Ya at the bottom of the sea, farther than a palace. Eventually, they found him, who by then had fallen into a coma. Strangely, the Abyssal Guardian Dragons who were originally going to attack him were all stationary, probably under the influence of some kind of mana, but fortunately they would not interfere with their rescue.

"That'...... What about the orbs? Bai Ya asked, "It seems to have been ...... by me."

"Indeed, you are broken." Qi Huan spread out his hand, "Although I don't know how to do it, we can't explain it to the merman clan now." ”

“…… I'm sorry. ”

He said this to Miss Izumi, with real guilt in his eyes. Miss Quan shook her head, feeling that it was not necessary, but she could not see joy or sorrow.

"Where's Orimuyu?" He continued to ask, "The waist card." Is the waist card still there? Have you found one? ”

"What ......?" Obviously, Qi Huan had long forgotten about this, but he quickly reacted, "Oh, you mean what the incense god Qianmin gave us?" Hasn't it been on you all the time? What are you doing with that thing? ”

So Bai Ya explained. He spoke briefly about what had happened to him in the depths, the crystal coffins, the colossus of humans, the sealed merman who faced him at all times, the waist card that guided him, and ...... Suspected missing colt.

When he finished speaking, several people couldn't react, and even Frost Moon Jun didn't say anything. Although they had been exposed to many bizarre things, according to Bai Ya's description, it was still extremely mysterious.

Qi Huan sighed with emotion: "You ...... I can't even dream of nightmares. ”

"I did dream – but not this. I'll say that later. ”

"This you are talking about, it looks like a shark mound." Miss Quan said suddenly.

"You know this?" They looked at her at the same time.

"Ah, I, I...... Not so sure. This is a story that my grandmother told me very early. Don't worry, I'll ask her. Now that Bai Gongzi has woken up, I'll call her over. ”

"No need, we'll just go over." Liu Shenghan stood up and stretched out his hand to pull Bai Ya, "Where is the reason to let the old man move." ”

"It's okay, my grandma is in good health."

With that, the spring girl went into the sea without looking back. Bai Ya stood up, ready to clean up, and walked with them towards the place where there was a row of reefs by the sea. Bai Ya felt that his feet were weak, the gravity that he had not seen for a long time seemed heavier, and his body was even weaker due to lack of exercise. Every step is like stepping on cotton. However, everyone else said that they felt the same way yesterday, and it was good to get used to it. Qianqian

Qi Huan suddenly remembered something, and said to Bai Ya:

"By the way, there's a big white shell with you, and we've brought it back with us."

"That's a clam." Liu Shenghan corrected.

"Oh, clams. Whew, it's all the same. ”

Frost Moon Jun was very interested in his dream. But before he asked, Qi Huan mentioned something else first.

"Miss Quan's grandmother, have you seen it?"

"Not really." Bai Ya said, "I couldn't see her clearly. ”

"Her tail is special - not big, very pretty." Qi Huan said, "You'll see it right away." She's ...... It's exactly the same as the woman I saw in my hallucinations. ”

"What hallucination?"

"The stone dragon made me see...... Shuangyuejun said that the person who negotiated with the dragon clan back then was her grandmother. We didn't even know it, but it was such a coincidence. It was also her old man, who refused the Dragon Clan's request to take back the orb on behalf of the Shark Clan. ”

"Is that her?"

As he spoke, a round of gold flashed above the sea. The brilliance was dazzling, and it was getting closer. Bai Ya even felt that it was like the sun in the sky falling into the sea and slowly floating up. With the support of Miss Quan, the old man surfaced. Her face is very old, which is rare among the mermaids, and her appearance is better than that of a centenarian on land. But her tail was so abrupt — so beautiful that it looked like it had been made of a patchwork. The fins on the sides of her arms and face are the same, and each fine scale emits a small, dazzling light, making people feel like an old man buried in a treasure heap.

Her hair was almost the same as that of Izumi, only a little grayer and duller.

The old man leaned against the reef. She smiled and pursed her lips, probably toothless, much like the average old man. It's hard to feel like she's one with this beautiful tail – even if that's what the truth is in front of them. She was also dressed in clothes that looked like they were human.

They looked into the distance, and it seemed that three or four mermaids had emerged from the surface of the sea and were watching from afar. They kept a proper distance from the humans, but they didn't make them uncomfortable either.

"It's you...... Did you negotiate with the dragons back then? Bai Ya asked tentatively.

The old man nodded and said, "It's me." ”

Her voice was also old. Perhaps, her time is running out. But her tail is so beautiful, so dazzling.

"It's really dangerous on the shore...... You shouldn't have come up. We will definitely go back and will not leave so easily. If you look like this, I'm afraid you will ...... if you are seen by the people on the island."

"There's not much of a person here." She smiled, fine wrinkles appearing on her face, "You don't have to worry. Do you all think, how can I have such a tail when I'm like this? Humans are curious. ”

The few people who were said were a little embarrassed. Qi Huan smiled embarrassedly and responded:

"To tell you the truth, I wanted to ask when I saw you yesterday, but I always felt that it was not polite. Will the mermaids who have entered old age have such tail fins? ”

"Both. But at this point, it turns out that our time is running out. This sounds cruel, but the old man understated it, "All the spiritual power in our body will be stimulated at a certain moment, without reservation." The old scales will fall off and be replaced by new, brightly colored and strong scales. The scars and wounds on the body will also heal as much as they can. We will remain that way until we die—better than we did when we were younger. There is no definite amount as to how long it will last. ”

Liu Shenghan said that in the human world, this is called returning to the light. The old merman seemed to know the word, and nodded in agreement.

"......I see," Qi Huan said, "then you...... It lasted for ten years! ”

"Indeed."

"I'm sorry, old man. I couldn't bring the orb back. ”

"Nothing. Fighting against the dragons is a matter of no chance of winning. ”

"I know you're waiting for me to wake up, because you have something important to say to me. But before that, can I ask you some questions? ”

"Of course. Even if you say it, the old man will answer all questions. ”

Bai Ya adjusted his sitting posture, frowned, and asked quite seriously:

"The most important reason why you refused to return the Dragon Balls back then was actually because you expected that the relationship between the Sharks would be broken because of this; The big family of the shark people will become as scattered as it is today. Is that so? ”

The old merman nodded slowly, but shook his head again.

"You're smart enough to say why most of your family doesn't want to. But in the case of old age, it is because of this that we will lose the opportunity to go ashore forever. That's all that matters. ”

"How is this the most important thing?" Bai Ya was puzzled, "This is not the most ...... Is it true to have superficial reasons? ”