"If you want to live, hold me and don't let go!" An eerie voice came. This is clearly not He Xin's voice.

Hu Kehao and He Xin were hesitating, and this strange voice came again: "Hurry up and hold me!" ”

It turned out to be the sound of a large golden fish behind him. They didn't dare to think about anything, Hu Kehao hugged the big fish, and He Xin hugged Hu Kehao. Together, they sank to the bottom. Strange to say, in the process of sinking, they no longer choke on water, and in the water it feels like they are breathing freely in the air.

They saw fish swimming around, clearly in the water, but they felt like they were on land. They stirred with their hands, and the sound of paddling was distinctly heard. They breathed a few more hard breaths, and streams of air came out of their nostrils. They took a closer look at the scales on their bodies and found that there was a certain gap between the scales and the pool of water. When they sink, the pool of water that comes into contact with the scales separates automatically. This made Hu Kehao very puzzled: even if the wettability of the scale coat is not hydrophilic, the water will come into contact with the scale coat, but the wetting contact angle is a little larger, why does the pool water completely avoid the scale coat? It seems that this scale coat is by no means an idle thing.

After sinking about a few dozen meters, Hu and He landed safely. He Xin felt incredulous and exclaimed, "It's strange, why weren't we drowned?" Have we become amphibians? ”

"Don't be noisy. You have entered the water palace of Qinglong Pond. The big golden fish said. Suddenly, the big fish transformed into a servant girl, with her hair in a ring-shaped braid, and wearing the clothes of the Ming Dynasty.

Hu Kehao thought to himself: This underwater world and our land world don't seem to be the same era. We have entered the 21st century, but this underwater is still equivalent to our Ming Dynasty? Or is it a different way of dating the underwater world than our terrestrial world? Or is this underwater world the same era as our land world, but their customs and costumes are different from ours?

While they were suspicious, a patrol guard arrived, and these guards were simply a mixture of people and fish and shrimp. Some of the upper body is like a human, and the lower body is like a fish and shrimp; Some of the upper body is fish and shrimp, but the lower body has human feet. The leader of the guard knew the maidservant, and when he saw that she was carrying two strangers, he said, "The king of Tan has an order that strangers are not allowed to come to the water palace." You have blatantly disobeyed the order, and I will strictly enforce the law and arrest these two people. ”

The maidservant took out a token, handed it to the head of the guard, and said, "This is a guest invited by Grandma." ”

The guards looked carefully and found that this was the token of the grandmother in the water palace, not the king of Tan. Although Grandma is very prestigious in the Water Palace, and the King of Tan also wants to give her three points, this token only allows Grandma's people to enter and exit, and does not have the permission to bring in outsiders. The guards felt hesitant, and if they let Hu Kehao and the others enter the Water Palace, they would disobey King Tan's orders. If they are arrested, they will offend Grandma again.

The guard asked the maid to ask the king of Tan for a token, and the maid started a fire: "You dare to block the guests invited by Grandma!" If you offend your grandmother, you will bear the consequences! Do you still want to complete the evolution? You want to be a half-human, half-fish monster forever? ”

In the Water Palace, Grandma has a strong mana and can refine elixirs, she exists like a god in the Water Palace, and she is neither under the jurisdiction of the King of Qinglong Tantan, nor does she interfere in the affairs of the Water Palace. The relationship between Grandma and King Tan is a bit like the relationship between Taishang Laojun and the Jade Emperor in the Heavenly Court. The generals under the Jade Emperor, who dares to offend Taishang Laojun? If Taishang Laojun invited guests, who would dare to stop the generals under the Jade Emperor? This guard was originally a fish and shrimp in Qinglong Pond, Grandma made them take elixir, and gradually evolved to humans, if they offended Grandma, their evolution would end here, and they could only be fish people forever. The leader of the guards thought about it and let them in.

Hu Kehao and He Xin followed the maidservant to turn left and right, and suddenly saw a splendid palace standing in front of them. The palace is majestic, and the shape is the same as the Taihe Hall in Beijing. In Huaishu Village, there are just some brick houses, mud-walled houses, and thatched houses, where is there such a style? Hu He and the others are trying to go in to visit, maybe they can get the cordial reception of the king of Tan, and they can also eat the delicacies of the mountains and seas, even if they eat lobster and hairy crabs, how satisfying their hunger.

The maidservant had no intention of taking them to the palace. She led them around the palace and into a winding path. This trail is hidden behind the aquatic plants and strange rocks, and the further they go, the darker and darker the light, the narrower and narrower the path, and the more and more aquatic plants and strange rocks, they can't help but feel empty. According to the calculation of the area of the Qinglong Pond on the ground, it is estimated that it will only take half an hour to go around, but in the underwater world, they actually walked for an hour and saw a small stone house in front of them. The road was covered with moss, and He Xin accidentally slipped and fell.

Hu Kehao helped He Xin up and continued to follow the maid. After going up a few more stone stairs, I came to the door of the stone house, and saw a mirror above the eaves, which emitted a sharp light. The handmaid told them, "Do not be afraid of this mirror. This is a mirror of demons, which only works on demons and monsters, but not ordinary people. ”

The maidservant knocked on the stone door a few times, only to hear an old woman's voice: "Who is it?" Is Rue back? "This rue is the maid's name.

"Grandma, I'm back. I've got the guy you're looking for. The maidservant replied.

The old woman opened the door, and Hu He and the old woman looked at each other fiercely, both of them frightened. The old woman was old, and the skin on her face was like a piece of old bark, and her eyes were like pimples on the bark of an old tree. The handmaid is such a symbolic character, and they all feel incredible, is it possible that the old woman has a genetic mutation?

The old woman's heart was not as ugly as her appearance, and she was very enthusiastic about Hu and He. She went into the back room, brought out two stone benches, and told them to sit down. They were very suspicious of the strange stone house and the strange old woman, and they felt that the stone bench was cold and cold, and they did not dare to sit down. The old woman smiled and said to them, "Don't be polite, don't be restrained, relax and come here as if you were coming home." With that, the old woman stretched out her hand and pulled them into their seats, and they saw that the old woman's fingers were like dead branches on a tree, as if they were about to break at the slightest touch. But the old woman had great strength in her hands, and she pulled them down on a stone bench and sat down, and then turned and went into the inner room, and brought out two bowls of black stuff, and told them to drink them to quench their thirst.

Looking at this dark thing, Hu Kehao and He Xin didn't dare to drink it, and besides, they weren't thirsty at all. Hu Kehao was trying to think about it, they were in the underwater world, but did the old woman give them water? If it's water, then it will melt with the pool water. But the contents of this bowl really exist independently, is this thing something that is not miscible with water? Is it a substance like oil? No one dares to drink oil and other substances directly! What should I do if I have diarrhea after drinking?

The old woman welcomed them warmly, and the maidservant accompanied them in chatting. The old woman said to her maidservant, "Son, go and get some snacks for the guests." They must be hungry. ”

The maidservant turned and went into the back room, brought out a plate of peanuts, and invited them to eat them freely. They were so restrained that they didn't dare to take it. The old woman showed them how to pick up a "peanut" and peel off the shell, only to see that the "peanut kernel" was still moving. They took a closer look, and where were peanuts, it was clearly snail meat. The old woman and the maidservant ate the meat directly. They smelled a fishy smell and almost gaged.

The old woman ate the snail meat and drank another sip of the dark "strong tea". Maybe because the tea was too hot, the old woman blew it a few times, and the smell actually overflowed the hut, and Hu Kehao and He Xin smelled a special fragrance. In the face of this pitch-black liquid, they thought of what Li Yunlong said in "Bright Sword": "Knowing that the other party is the number one swordsman in the world, we are completely invincible, but when we meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, and we must show our swords." So they plucked up their courage, carried forward the spirit of the bright sword, and took a sip of the dark "strong tea".

After drinking, they felt a burst of fever and their bodies were filled with tremendous energy. The old woman told them, "This is a soup made from the bead grass that I have cultivated myself." Drinking it can ensure that you live longer, your waist is not sore, your legs are not painful, and you can walk energetically. The old woman brought out some spices, probably mustard or something, and told them to eat screw meat, which they dipped in and ate with relish. They sat next to the old woman all the time, and they did not dare to look at her face as ugly as the bark of an old tree. After eating the screw meat and drinking the Zhuzhu tea, the old woman took He Xin into a secret room.