197. [Wolf] The last happy hour
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The sacrificial hall was much smaller than expected, and after a slight turn, Nan Xiao found a door that led to the high mountain behind.
The legendary Sakura Dragon should be on that mountain. According to mythology, the cherry dragon is entrenched at the top of the peak, which is exactly the same as the scenery in front of you.
However, there was one thing that was not done, and that was the entrustment of the old woman with the red ribbon.
Where is the old woman's father?
searched all the way, but did not find her father. Nan Xiao has a bad association, it shouldn't be that he killed him unintentionally. It is said that those fish-lipped monsters all look similar, and they didn't have time to confirm with them one by one before killing, they were all stabbed in the back and pulled down. Maybe it's already ......
Forget it, go find Rin and Apricot Saeki first.
After clearing the monster, the entire Asgard Palace was extremely silent. The three of them walked on the promenade, and the sound of footsteps was terrifyingly clear.
Listening to Nan Xiao tell about the gloomy and dark secrets in the depths of the hall, and seeing the corpses of the fish-lipped monsters all over the ground, Saeki Xing was already scared into a chicken. Along the way, she almost shrunk into Rin's arms and whispered, "It's so scary...... Sure enough, the power of the dragon is an evil thing...... Woohoo......"
Nan Xiao touched her head and comforted: "In the legend of the Reed Ming Kingdom, the son of Long Yin named Zhang is a beautiful man, and the female warrior Ba who serves him is also a great beauty, they have lived for many years, and they have not become a fish-lip monster. β
Saeki Xing retorted: "That's because later my husband gave up the power of Long Yin and lived an ordinary life with Ba!" If he had always wanted to maintain the power of Long Yin, he would definitely become old and ugly, just like these monsters. She looked in disgust at a slimy fish-lipped monster corpse not far away.
"Maybe."
Saeki Xing immediately coquettishly said to Rin again: "Rin, after I cut off the power of Long Yin, let's find a place with a beautiful scenery as here to live in seclusion and live quietly for the rest of our lives, okay?" β
Rin smiled and touched her little face with great indulgence: "Of course it's good." Wherever the young master goes, Rin will go. β
"Great, I knew Rin was the best, mua~~!"
The two were talking and laughing and playing, Nan Xiao watched from the sidelines, and was very emotional: I think back then, when the people in this fairy palace had not yet become monsters, it must have been sunny on this corridor, and how many laughter were sprinkled along the way. Man, always greedy and insufficient, after a moment of joy, wants eternal joy
"Ah," Saeki suddenly pointed into the distance, "there's a fish-lipped monster there!" β
There really is. Looking in the direction pointed by Saeki Xing, under a gazebo by the lake, there was a fish-lip monster in purple standing in a daze. Unlike the other fish-lipped monsters, he still has two human legs, and has not turned into disgusting forked tentacles.
Rin nervously pulled out the short knife, "What to do?" Are you going to kill it? β
"Don't be nervous," Nan Xiao comforted the two, "I'll go over and have a look first." This monster is very brittle, and it will die with a single knife, so don't make a fuss. β
In fact, he secretly had a luck in his heart: in case this fish-lip monster is the father of the old woman with red and white ribbons, he just fulfilled the request.
Sure enough, this purple-clad fish-lip monster doesn't attack. Seeing Nan Xiao approaching, he just stared blankly, and didn't make any moves.
In this way, we can probably have a conversation.
I tried it for a while, and it worked.
"Well, do you have two daughters?"
"This ...... High...... Expensive ...... Fish...... Be...... King of Fish ...... Feed...... It...... Eat ......"
"Do you have any siblings? Is your family still around? Tell me, I'm just trying to inquire about an old woman's relatives. β
"Feed the fish...... Have to...... Knock...... Zhong ......"
I seeγIt seems that it is completely impossible to communicate normallyγ
Do you have to ring the bell to feed the fish?
Looking around, sure enough, there was a bronze bell hanging by the lake, and as long as you hold the Yingluo hanging down in the middle and shake it vigorously, you can ring it. Not to mention, it's quite loud.
Bell ~~Bell ~~
In the blink of an eye, the waves cracked, and the huge koi jumped out of the water. Looking at the way it opens its big mouth, it should be expecting to feed.
Rin and Apricot Saeki also came over. Surprisingly, the purple-coated fish-lipped monster was very respectful to Saeki and even knelt down to talk to her.
"King of Fish...... Have to...... Bait ......"
However, there is nothing to give it to eat.
Nan Xiao tentatively threw a moon hidden candy down, and was sprayed with water head-on by the disappointed big koi. Except for making Saeki apricot laugh, it doesn't seem to have any effect.
It seems that there is a need for special fish feed, but it is not.
Taking advantage of Saeki's apricot teasing the fish, Rin called Nan Xiao aside. "We're not here to feed the fish in Asgard." She said with a frown.
Nan Xiao asked rhetorically: "Don't you think she's happy now?" β
Looking at Saeki Apricot's innocent and cute smiling face, Rin burst into tears. "The young master has been ...... since he was a child She didn't have a good day, and the people around her either wanted to kill her or get benefits from her. She ......"
This little girl was born to spend time in deceit, and she was displaced at a young age. She was too difficult, and she must have had a high math problem in her previous life.
So Rin didn't say anything more. It's easy to meet something happy, just let her play for a while, what's the big deal.
Nan Xiao changed the subject: "What exactly is cutting off Long Yin, do you know?" β
Rin looked puzzled: "Isn't it possible to ...... by taking the tears of the cherry dragon?"
"You're so naΓ―ve," Nan Xiao took out an ancient book, "Look at it, this is what I found from that guy from Sokuro Takida." β
There is only the second half of the ancient book, and the first half of the volume held by Saeki Xing is in the same style, and the handwriting is very similar.
Rin glanced at it a few times, and her face changed drastically. "What?" She exclaimed, and immediately suppressed her voice to the lowest level, "You want to kill the young master?" β
"That's right, cut off Long Yin, that's what it means."
"Absolutely not!"
"So, do you want to give up?"
Abandon? Rin hesitated again. "Cutting off Long Yin is the young master's wish......" She was very entangled for a while.
"It's not like there is no way to keep her alive." Nan Xiao said.
"Really?" Hope welled up in Rin's eyes.
"Well, I've studied the descriptions in ancient books over and over again. Discover a secret: if the son of Ryuyin can take Sakura's Tears with him, he will have a chance of surviving and cutting off Ryuyin. β
"Everycherry blossoms?"
"Well, in the ancient records, the son of Ryuyin named 'Zhang' picked a cherry blossom from the Asgard Palace and transplanted it into the Ashina Castle. Like the cherry blossoms of Asgard, it blooms undefeated and is called Everycherry Blossom. However, Ashina Castle has been through many wars, and the cherry blossom has long been destroyed. β
Rin looked lost: "It's ruined, so what should I do?" β
Nan Xiao laughed. "Look around," he said, catching a petal casually, "Everlasting cherry blossoms, as many as you want." β
Rin blushed suddenly, "That's right, the cherry blossom is from Asgard, I'm so stupid," she caught a few petals, smiled, and looked longing, "As long as you have it, you can cut off immortality." From now on, I can also accompany the young master and live together as an ordinary person. β
Just when she was looking forward to it, Nan Xiao suddenly took a scoop of cold water around her head: "You think too much, it's not that simple." β
"But you just said ......"
"That's just one of the conditions."
"Are there any other conditions?"
"And a very demanding condition, are you sure you want to know?"
"Tell me!" Rin said resolutely, "Like Young Master Xing, I must also complete my mission. β
"Okay," Nan Xiao said, "Zhang has always wanted to cut off his own dragon yin bloodline. However, the samurai who served him, Ba, was unwilling to let him die. The last solution Ba found was to kill himself. β
Rin's face turned pale: "Kill yourself? β
"The words of Ba are recorded in the ancient books: 'The immortality who accepts the blood of Long Yin will eventually bind his master', so if you want the son of Long Yin to return to normal people alive, in addition to taking the tears of the cherry dragon and the flower of the cherry blossoms, you must also break the covenant of immortality."
"That is, the person who received the blood of the dragon...... Must die? β
"That's right, and you have to kill yourself with immortality."
ββ¦β¦ I understand. β
"Then, while there is still time, let's play with her for a while," Nan Xiao said, "I'll go find fish food first." β
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