Zong Xiu held back his strength and entered the Qingshui.

By the time he found the palace underwater, he was almost half dead.

Passing through the barrier, landing on the mossy stone bricks, breathing heavily.

He almost came here with one breath, but at this time, looking at the dark waves behind him, Zong Xiu was still afraid for a while.

It is an abandoned palace that has been abandoned for a long time. No one takes care of it, and everything looks a little old.

Zong Xiu walked very smoothly along the way, passing through the hall and entering the room, until he reached the apse and found a little different.

It doesn't look like a front hall, although the decoration is simple, but there are human signs.

There were still some rouge gouaches in the room, but there were no mirrors, which made Zong Xiu a little strange.

Continuing on, there is a large open space in the apse, planted with flowers and plants that are very different from the mortal world.

Surrounded by flowers and plants, Zong Xiu saw a woman.

The other party turned around, and when Zong Xiu saw the other party's face, he couldn't help but take a step back.

With white hair, a wrinkled face, and scales on his body that were about to peel off, he looked like a monster.

"Who are you?"

The man noticed the arrival of outsiders and did not show much hostility.

"Junior Zong Xiu, I came here to save Jiang Xiaomei, and I implore my seniors to give Yu Er."

Zong Xiu was honest and straightforward. He couldn't predict how the other party would react, anyway, according to Chen Xiaolou, if the other party was hostile to him, then he couldn't escape.

When Jong-su arrived, he had prepared for the worst.

"You can get here, do you need to ask me or? Just pick it up yourself. ”

"Senpai, me?"

Zong Xiu didn't understand, what did the woman in front of her mean by her words?

It seemed a little strange for the old woman to see Zong Xiu like this.

"You seem to know Xiaomei, where is she now?"

"Chen Guo's Imperial Palace!"

"Chen Xiaolou's old thing, it's still so shameless."

When talking about the emperor of Chen State, the old woman's face was very unhappy.

"You remind me of a man, my husband."

"Jiang Xiaomei's father?"

"Yes, he was an honest fisherman, and he was not good-looking, but he had a simple mind. More than ten years ago, by chance, I met him, and then I had Xiaomei. How is he doing now? ”

"He's dead, and the killer hasn't been found."

The old woman sighed slightly, and for a moment there was some despair in her eyes.

"It seems that he finally sold the bead I left behind. As a mortal, he didn't understand that sometimes the more he wanted to live a peaceful life, sometimes the more he couldn't. When I was still at home, he always said stupid things about saving more dowry for his daughter. ”

As she spoke, the woman shed a tear.

"Senior, your cultivation is so powerful, why are you hiding in this water palace. With your protection, how could Jiang Xiaomei and Uncle Jiang be like this? ”

"Powerful?" The old woman scoffed, "You still don't understand what it really means to be powerful. In front of those big shots, we can be a chess piece, which is already the best end. ”

"More than ten years ago, I thought I would be able to get a dull time, like a mortal, husband and child. But three years ago......."

At this, the old woman paused.

"I became like this because my clan was cursed, the curse of the dragon clan, so I hid, not wanting to scare Xiaomei and her father."

"But senior, your cultivation is so profound, can't you resist this curse?"

"The curse is that the higher the cultivation, the greater the backlash. Three years ago, when I arrived at the Realm Ceres, I discovered the anomaly, but it was too late. ”

The old woman's face was full of despair.

"This is a curse engraved in the blood of my people. Everyone in the world thought that our clan rebelled from the dragon clan at that time for the so-called heavy treasure. However, the real reason is that after the dragon and phoenix war, an astonishing prophecy was foreshadowed in the turtle bu within the dragon clan. ”

The secret of a long time ago was revealed in this water palace, and the old woman raised her head, her rickety body trembled, full of hatred for the prophecy that had persecuted their merman clan for thousands of years.

"In the prophecy, our clan will give birth to a strong man, a strong man who will destroy the dragon clan. Because of this prophecy, for thousands of years, our people suffered and tasted blood and tears, and in the end only me and my sister remained. Sometimes I wonder if if we all die, will this fate of nothingness end? But ....."

"Senior, now that Jiang Xiaomei is locked in the palace of Chen Guo, let's go and save her together!"

The old woman shook her head.

"I'm dying of death, and I can't leave this water palace."

As she spoke, the old woman took out a box and handed it to Zong Xiu.

"This is what Chen Xiaolou has always wanted, and if you give it to him, you will naturally let go of your eyebrows."

After speaking, the old woman looked at Zong Xiu.

"Young man, are you willing to risk yourself alone for Xiaomei, do you like her?"

"Don't get me wrong, seniors, I only came here because I owed Jiang Xiaomei a favor."

The old woman smiled and said.

"It's rare to see someone as enthusiastic as you, remember, after handing over Yu Er to Chen Xiaolou, he took Jiang Xiaomei and left Chen Guo immediately, don't stay for a moment."

"Senpai?"

There was a hint of incomprehensible eagerness in the old woman's eyes, and she held Zong Xiu's hand so that he couldn't refuse.

"I see!"

Zong Xiu wanted to leave, but the old woman stopped him.

"Also, let her put away the dowry I left for Xiaomei, and wait until she meets someone she really likes, and then take it out."

"I see!"

The old woman seemed to trust Jong-so, a young man who had only met once.

It's just that Zong Xiu didn't understand that after he left, the old woman's face showed a sense of relief.

She let out a long sigh of relief, sat down, and unloaded everything she had.

Just like that, I didn't think about anything, and lived my last days.

By the time Zong Xiu climbed ashore, it was already night.

The night breeze was bleak, and he spent three days going back and forth, but now that he looked up, the night was not quiet.

On the Yongdu side, the light of the fire can be seen here, reflecting half of the sky, and in the night wind, you can feel a heat wave.

Something happened to Yongdu.

This thought flashed through Zong Xiu's heart.

Then, he didn't stop anymore and went in the direction of Yongdu.

……..

In Chen Guo's palace, the ancient master was full of blood, and entered Yongdu with the men and horses of Cuiping Mountain, breaking into a series of checkpoints.

There, the palace in the memory of a long time ago, on the throne, today's Emperor Chen was sitting there, looking at him, with a smile on his face.

"You're finally here."

There was not much surprise in Chen Xiaolou's voice.

There was a woman beside him.

Jiang Xiaomei!