The old turtle took Tao Yao to a place where algae was particularly lush not far outside the palace. Those algae are as lush as a forest on land.

"Oh, here's it!"

"Here?" Tao Yao was a little puzzled, not understanding what she was doing with her here? Didn't Mrs. Koi let herself repay her for saving her life?

"Well, Madame said, there are many shellfish carcasses in this algae forest, so let you go and pick them out. ”

"Only this requirement?" Tao Yao felt that this was too simple, to put it bluntly, let her pick up shells.

"That's the only one at the moment, but don't think it's easy, doll. The old turtle smiled at her and shook his head.

Although the old turtle's expression and what it said made Tao Yao feel that things might not be as simple as she imagined, she didn't take it to heart. She thought to herself, even if this little work was not so easy to do, it would be difficult to go there. But when Tao Yao entered the algae forest, he understood the meaning of the old turtle. It's not easy, it's a huge project.

You can't see how big the algae forest is from the outside, but when you go inside, you can't see the edge. Also, there are a lot of shells, and most of them are piled up in the roots of the seaweed. But seaweed is not static, it is always swaying in the water, and the algae are so dense that if you want to pick up shells, you have to drill underneath, so it is not that easy.

There was no way, since she had already agreed, Tao Yao had no choice but to bite the bullet. She crouched down and picked it up little by little. She found that she couldn't stand up at all, because it was okay to squat, and even if the algae were floating, the amplitude was not too large, and once she stood up, the floating algae would cover her eyes. The main thing is that the algae will also burrow into her neck and make her itch.

In the face of all this, she knew that she was still too optimistic. Fortunately, although this request of Mrs. Koi will be tiring, it is not dangerous.

In the first few days, Tao Yao would be so tired that she couldn't get up every day, because there was no cultivation, and in the underwater environment, she was not even as good as an ordinary person, and she even sometimes wondered if she would die of exhaustion. But she still gritted her teeth and persisted, because if she gave up, she didn't know what the meaning of her existence was.

Fortunately, Taoyao is a little good, and her adaptability is still very good. Slowly, her speed grew faster and faster, and she didn't feel as tired as she used to.

The days went by, and the old turtle would sometimes come to see her, but the koi lady never appeared again.

On this day, the old turtle was outside chatting with Tao Yao, who was picking up shells in the algae.

"Doll, you don't have to worry, Madame doesn't set a time for you to finish, why do you have to work so hard. The old turtle has no relatives, and the sweet "Grandpa Turtle" of Tao Yao's mouth makes it feel close, and naturally it will consider a few points for Tao Yao.

"I know, Madame is not in a hurry, but I am in a hurry. I still have friends over there, and people I like, and they will be very anxious without news of me. I don't know how many days and nights they've spent there. The sooner I finish it, the sooner my wife will tell me how to go back. When Tao Yao said this, the work under his hands did not stop.

The old turtle that Tao Yao said didn't understand, but it knew that Tao Yao's heart to go back was very urgent. It also knew that the white bones buried under the algae were indeed real, so it could only sigh helplessly and slowly crawl away.

......

Finally, Tao Yao picked up all the shellfish corpses. Those were picked up and placed in a huge underwater cave. At a glance, it is densely packed into a mountain. Tao Yao looked at this, and felt infinite pride in her heart, which was completely picked up and moved back little by little with her hands.

She couldn't wait to find Mrs. Koi.

"Ma'am, I've retrieved all the shells. ”

"Oh, much faster than I expected. Mrs. Koi didn't know if she could trust Tao Yao's words, or if she didn't care about them and didn't mean to check Tao Yao's results.

When Tao Yao heard Mrs. Koi's words, she didn't know whether to cry or laugh.

"Ma'am, can you tell me now how I can go back to the plane before me?"

"Why are you in such a hurry, you haven't finished what I want you to do. ”

"I'm done, you can go with me, the cave is full of shells I picked up, you can also go to the algae and take a look at it, there will be no left." Tao Yao saw Mrs. Koi's attitude and suddenly became a little anxious, she was afraid that she would regret it, and refused to tell herself how to go back.

"I naturally believe you, but I didn't say that you only need to help me do this one thing, you still need to help me do one thing. ”

Seeing Mrs. Koi as a matter of course, Tao Yao wanted to run away. But in the end, he gritted his teeth and said, "Is the last one?" Although Tao Yao didn't know how high Mrs. Koi's cultivation was, she understood that if Mrs. Koi wanted to kill herself, it would be as easy as pinching an ant to death. What's more, now she is asking for help. In fact, if it weren't for the rush to go back, she could help Mrs. Koi with many things. It's just that these things that Mrs. Koi ordered were not simple and easy, and she was really anxious. Mo Li over there didn't know what was going on.

"Naturally. You go and open the shells, most of them should have pearls in them, and you go and collect them and put them in this storage bag. ”

Tao Yao felt that she was resisting, those shells were picked up by her and piled up like a mountain, and now they had to be broken one by one to see. She looked down at her hands, which used to be like green onions and jade shoots. And now, because of dealing with those shells all day, it is as rough as an old woman's hand. In the beginning, those sharp shells would cut her fingers, often old wounds and new ones. And what time has brought to her is not that she is no longer hurt, but that she is used to it. She's used to cutting her finger at any moment, and she's used to just going with it.

Madame Koi followed her gaze and noticed her rough old woman-like hands. She couldn't bear to cross her eyes once, and finally didn't say anything.

"Okay!" Eventually, Tao Yao obediently took the bag and walked towards the cave where the shells were stored.

Looking at Tao Yao's departure, Mrs. Koi said, "Tao Yao, you can actually give up." If you give up and choose to be here, you will become the young master of this koi palace, and I will guarantee you for the rest of your life. ”

"No, I'll do it. Tao Yao didn't look back, but her attitude was very resolute.

"Okay, when you're done, I'll tell you the way back. ”

"Thank you!" Tao Yao clearly understood that the glimmer of hope that she had survived until now and had it back was stolen from God, how could she give up casually.

It is easier to remove shells than to pick them up. It's just that it's easy to get hurt when you open the shell. Because some of the shells are together, Tao Yao needs to break the two pieces to see if there are pearls inside, so it is inevitable that her hands will be injured again and again.

Since the shell was removed, Tao Yao has almost lived in a cave. In addition to eating, almost all of them are dismantled, and even the time to sleep is small, and when I can't hold on, I will lie there with my clothes for a while. Even an ordinary woman would not be like this, but she was so beautiful in her previous life, she was born into the enviable Nine-Tails clan, and later became the queen of Shang. But in order to be able to complete Mrs. Koi's requirements earlier, she was able to be so informal and endure hardships.

When she takes out a pink pearl, she will say, "Well, it would be good to make a pearl earring", when she took out a rare purple pearl, she would say, "It's so beautiful, if it is set on a hairpin, it will definitely be able to overwhelm the crowd", and if it is just a white pearl, she will say, "Although it is ordinary, if it is collected, it is good to make a bracelet." ”

Because of hope, she can finish it quickly.

Just as Tao Yao finished the last one, the old turtle crawled over to see her.

"Grandpa Turtle, you came just in time, you see I'm done. Tao Yao excitedly shook the storage bag in her hand at the old turtle.

The old turtle was naturally happy to see her, but inadvertently, when he saw that behind Tao Yao, there were still blood-red traces on the shell that she had just thrown down, and he couldn't help but sigh in his heart, "What a stupid doll." ”

In fact, if it looked closely, it would find that many of the shells piled up on them had dark red traces, and those were the blood stains left by Tao Yao when he broke open the shells.

"Okay, it's done. It just so happens that Madame is here today, and I will take you to her. ”

The old turtle actually didn't want Tao Yao to leave so soon from the bottom of his heart, it was rare to have a doll follow its eyes, and it hoped that she could accompany him for a while longer. It's just that it understands that Tao Yao is like an arrow. And Tao Yao has suffered too much here.

Koi Gong Taoyao didn't look around. So I am not familiar with the whole Koi Palace. The old turtle took Tao Yao outside Mrs. Koi's room.

"Madam, Tao Yao took out all the pearls, and I brought her to you!"

It was only after a while that the sound of a reply sounded in the room.

"Then come in!"

As soon as the words fell, I heard the door open with a bang.

Tao Yao entered the door and found Mrs. Koi reclining on a white jade bed and pretending to sleep. The arm that supported the forehead, due to the wide robe, the sleeves slipped down, revealing half of the jade arm, and the corners of the skirt were spread out on the white jade bed, emitting colorful streamers from time to time. It's so beautiful, it's suffocating. Tao Yao saw a woman like this, not to mention other men, Tao Yao thought maybe this is the reason why Mrs. Koi never goes out, how many unnecessary peach blossom debts will she have if she goes out.

After Tao Yao came in, Mrs. Koi also slowly got up from the jade bed. "Now that you're done, I'm going to fulfill my promise and tell you how to go back. ”