70. Crossing the East China Sea
It has been a few days since I left Penglai Island, and the sea is sometimes sunny and windy, sometimes thunderstormy. But there was always only an endless sea in sight, and there was no land in sight.
The entire sailing ship, except for our twelve passengers, all the crew members were sent by the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea. At first glance, they look like they are transformed by the aquarium. Except for Ao Zhen, they never spoke to any of us. Ao Zhen talked to them and carried us behind our backs.
I don't really care much about that. Because I know that they don't speak the language of humans. Even if we hear it, we can't understand it.
But the handsome men and women from Dongyi didn't think so, they always got together and whispered, saying what the hell is this Ao Zhen doing behind his back?
And within a few days, in addition to Ao Zhen, who is a dragon clan, our eleven human races have also divided into different camps.
At the beginning, it was divided into the big business camp represented by Mei Lin and me, the hostile camp composed of Xu Yi and Yi Congshan, and the centrist represented by Bo Gu and Lai Yi.
But because of my special relationship with Yi Congshan and Princess Yuluo, and Mei Lin's peace and gentleness, the initial hostility was quickly resolved.
Later, we re-formed a new camp based on our ancestral surname. Although my father traveled back thousands of years, it can be traced back to the surname Gao Taoying. In this way, I and the four brothers and sisters of Aunt Bo and the brothers and sisters of Xu Yi became the camp of the big surname. The remaining Jiang surnamed Laiyi brothers and sisters, and the sub-surnames Mei Lin and Yi Congshan formed the small surname camp.
This division collapsed in less than a day, and eventually new camps were formed by geography. I was born in the north, and my brothers and sisters Yi Congshan, Bo Gu, and Laiyi are all northerners. And Mei Lin and Xu Yi, the four siblings, are unmistakably southerners.
That night, I dreamed of Teacher Taiyi again. Neither in his cave nor in Kunlun Mountain, but in the cabin where I lived. I couldn't tell if it was reality or a dream.
"Master, why are you here so soon?"
"Nezha," he replied, "is not without any restrictions on entering your dreams for the sake of the teacher. Only in the area under the Heavenly Emperor's rule can my divine consciousness contact you. Do you understand? ”
"How?" I asked, "Is there still an area in the Divine World under the rule of the Heavenly Emperor?" ”
"Absolutely." He said, "Fuso is not under his rule." Fuso, Mt. Meru, and the West are not under his rule. ”
"Isn't there still Emperor Fusang?" I said, "Whatever Fusang says, it should be under Fusang the Great!" ”
"Huh!" Teacher Taiyi looked at me meaningfully, "That's not the case. The so-called Fusang Emperor is the canonization of the Emperor of Heaven. Fusang was neither the territory of the Emperor Fusang, nor his residence. And the big and small Fusang is also the name of my great business land. It's not what they call it to be. ”
"The word "Nakita Fuso College" ......"
"Kitafuso College is also designed to recruit business students. The land of Fuso, which they call Yamato, worships the sun goddess who lives on the high heavens. ”
"I know, the sun goddess," I interjected, "isn't it called Xihe?" Isn't that the wife of Fusang the Great? ……”
Teacher Taiyi glared at me, so frightened that I didn't dare to say any more.
After a while, he sighed softly, looking very helpless. "Whether you are in the land of Fuso, or if you are lucky enough to enter Takamagahara. Do not mention the names of Xihe and Fusang the Great. Remember? ”
"Because of this, the day before yesterday, Dean Yuqing reminded you not to summon the Yuwang Divine Sword lightly. King Yu's sword spirit is overseas, and it will definitely alarm Takamagahara, so that it will be questioned by the sun goddess. Tomorrow, your boat will sail out of the East China Sea, enter the South China Sea, and then turn into the Whale Sea. It's no longer the ...... to which the God of Haotian belongs."
"Master," I asked, "isn't the Dragon King of the South China Sea Ao Ming?" Isn't it under the rule of the Emperor of Heaven? ”
Taiyi said: "Ao Ming is under the rule of the Emperor of Heaven. But the South China Sea is vast, and there is not only Ao Ming as a dragon king, but also the Pinghai Dragon King and the Sea Dragon King. And the Whale Sea is completely out of the rule of the Emperor of Heaven. However, the North Fuso Academy is on the shore of the Whale Coast, which is also the birthplace of the Yaki Orochi. ”
"Therefore, from tomorrow until you return from your studies in a year's time, the teacher will no longer be able to contact you. It's up to you to judge everything and do it yourself. ”
When I woke up from the dream, Teacher Taiyi had disappeared. When I thought that after tomorrow, my master and I would not be able to see each other in our dreams for at least a year, and I felt a sense of loss.
But after thinking about it, more than nine months since I came to the world of gods, I have only met my master for three days and met three times in my dreams. And a year is not so difficult to pass.
During the day the next day, we Terrans were still bored wandering between the cabin and the deck. But Ao Zhen was visibly busy, going in and out of the bilge again and again. He also seemed absent-minded when he ate with us. After a few bites, he hurried away.
"What the hell is she up to?" Xu Fang asked.
Merlin replied, "Our ship will leave the waters of the East China Sea this evening, and will no longer be under the jurisdiction of Princess Ao Zhen's father. She's probably been busy with that! ”
At dusk, I found Ao Zhen lounging on the railing at the bow of the ship. "Have you reached the border?" I asked.
"Not yet." She said, still staring ahead.
I felt her scattered spiritual sense, and I immediately followed suit.
This is a terrible situation. I immediately discovered that beneath the seemingly empty calm surface of the sea were thousands of spiritual lights and shadows. These lights and shadows are converging on both sides of the sailboat.
"What is this?" I can't help but ask.
"It's the border guard of the East China Sea Clan." She replied.
"Oh! But is it worth making such a big deal about our ordinary passenger ship? ”
"Because Princess Ben is on the boat!" Ao Zhen said, "Okay, don't bother me yet! I had to work with them to complete a farewell ceremony. ”
Under the spiritual power investigation, the thousands of spiritual power lights and shadows had already formed a neat formation, lined up on both sides of the direction of the sailboat.
And at the bottom of the cabin, there were also twenty aquarium warriors who had never made it to the top floor.
I looked at Ao Zhen beside me, still lazily lying on the railing. It's a little too sorry for the soldiers who lined up to see them off!
But I immediately realized I was wrong. Within my spiritual sense, a huge dragon-shaped light and shadow hovered over the bow of the ship, far surpassing Ao Zhen's body itself.
I understood that Ao Zhen and the water tribe below the surface of the sea and in the cabin were invisible to each other, and they were completely communicating with each other with spiritual sense. And in front of so many of us Terrans, she doesn't want to show her dragon body.
However, I still wonder if there is any entity within the scope of her huge dragon shadow in the spiritual sense, although it is not visible to the eye. So I reached out and touched her dragon.
This time it got into trouble. Ao Zhen's dragon tail flicked over and wrapped around my waist. Before I could get my taste back, she threw me into the cabin.
"Hey! Nezha, what's wrong with you? "Yi Congshan, who had just entered the front cabin, was taken aback when she saw my embarrassment. She helped me up while looking at the lonely figure of Ao Zhen on the front deck, "What is Princess Ao Zhen doing?" ”
I stopped her: "The princess has something to do!" Don't bother her. ”
Yi Congshan looked at me suspiciously, and then also dispersed her spiritual sense.
"Wow!" She exclaimed, "What a beautiful dragon! And such a majestic team! ”
Nearly a quarter of an hour later, the light on both sides of the sailboat faded. But Ao Zhen was still standing in the bow of the ship, and the dragon shadow was still there. The twenty Aquarium warriors in the bilge were still in formation.
I'm a little confused. "It is said that it has left the border of the East China Sea, and the farewell procession has passed. Who is the princess still standing there for? ”
Yi Congshan glanced at me. "As the seventh princess of the East China Sea, Ao Zhen should always be welcomed when she enters other dragon sea areas!"
That's right!
Sure enough, it wasn't long before a neat group of lights and shadows gathered in front of the sailboat. There were not many of them, but only a few hundred, and the formation passed by the right side of the sailboat.
The two of us sat in the front compartment and watched the moon dark and the wind high. The raucous ceremony came to an end.
Ao Zhen turned and walked back to the cabin, looking tired. I motioned to Yi Congshan, and she left in a playful manner.
Ao Zhen smiled at me, "I'm sorry just now! ”
"What a powerful tail!" I grabbed her and put my hand behind her back.
"Hey! What are you doing? ”
"I want to see your tail!" But I only touched her round buttocks, and I didn't touch her tail at all.
"What are you doing?" She was very annoyed, "I only had a dragon tail when I was in dragon form, and where did I get a tail when I was in human form?" ”