Chapter 213: The Immortal Spirit Beast in the Lake
After relaxing, Xia Qiu only felt weakness in her feet, and she didn't know how long she had been sitting on the ground before she reluctantly stood up. Using the plum blade as a crutch, she walked towards the edge of Ome Island step by step.
When she reached the shore of the lake on Ome Island, she couldn't walk anymore. Rarely, there is a fine sandy area here, and the white sand is crystal clear when reflected in the moonlight. Xia Qiu sat down under a few coconut trees, the fruit of which is used to make coconut wine, and the smell of coconut wafted from the nearest brewery, which was particularly pleasant. She couldn't tell why her sense of smell seemed to be sharper than usual when her soul was separated, but she just wanted to sit quietly like this so that she could accumulate some strength and fly back to Bauhinia Island.
Although the horse flute that summoned the spirit horse still hung around her neck and did not disappear, she did not want to disturb the dragonfly anymore. She didn't know if it had safely returned to her companions on the island, remembering the fierceness of the battle just now, it had suffered a lot with her, and she had to comfort this hero tomorrow.
After resting for a while, she felt that she had some strength in her body, so she got up and tried to fly. The direction of Bauhinia Island is not difficult to determine, because even if the spirits are separated, they will still be attracted to each other, and as long as they follow their senses, they will definitely be able to go back. It's just that not long after flying, the strength she has easily accumulated is exhausted, and she falls into the lake after losing consciousness, and the temperature in the water drops rapidly, but fortunately there is no feeling of suffocation.
She no longer had the strength to go upstream, so she had to let herself continue to sink, and the scene on both sides of the lake reminded her of the ruins of the mermaid settlement under the surface of the lake in Dongyao Water City, where she had been before. She unconsciously entered the gap between the two mountain peaks, and under the light of her pink spiritual fire, she could roughly see the cascading buildings on the two mountains, the square houses one after another, very similar to the ones on Bauhinia Island, and the Bauhinia trees that had long since died and only had black branches.
As the distance between her and the water continued to increase, the already weak spiritual power fire in her body gradually became insufficient to illuminate the surrounding scenery. The dim waters of the lake frightened her, and with it a sense of loneliness. She couldn't help asking: Am I going to die here? Obviously won the purple-pupil monster that he thought he couldn't defeat at all, but still couldn't escape such a fate?
At this moment, a blue light suddenly flashed from her left. Although the light was not very strong, it was especially obvious because of the dimness of the underwater environment, and she couldn't help but turn her head to follow the light. In the blue light was clearly the shape of a spirit horse, which was running down the mountain at the bottom of the lake, as if chasing her, and when the spirit horse finally ran parallel to her, it jumped up from the mountain and swam in her direction.
It took the place of her weak belly as soon as it got its head, and then swam her back to the mountain, and continued down the trail, begging if it could take her back to the lake, but when she opened her mouth, she could only spit out a string of blisters.
The temperature under the water is getting lower and lower, and her consciousness has become trance-like, and I don't know how long after being carried by this sudden appearance of the spirit horse, her body suddenly warmed up, and her consciousness also regained with this warmth. It had brought her to the very bottom of the lake, which was filled with glowing plants, some resembling aquatic plants, others resembling mushrooms, and some colorful cotton-shaped flowers.
The spirit horse beneath him slowed down, and finally it stopped, as if trying to get her off its back. She thought it would be difficult to tumble off the back of the spirit horse, but it was surprisingly easy, and when she reached the ground, she realized that the spirit horse might still be a young horse, because it was much shorter than dragonflies.
She thought, "It's hard to think that you can carry me underwater for so long, you must be tired."
The little spirit horse arched her hand with its head as if it had heard what she was thinking, and then it looked at her with its round eyes and blinked. She felt that what it meant was to ask her to follow her, so she followed it. Walking underwater is much easier than in Dongyao, and with the glowing plants that grow thickly, the surroundings are no longer dark. Although she didn't know where it was going to take her, the feeling of following it made her feel indescribably reassured.
She could clearly perceive that the temperature under the water was getting warmer and warmer, and the entrance to a cave not far away appeared in front of them, and the little spirit horse walked towards the huge cave without looking back, and she had to keep up with its pace.
After walking far inside the cave, there was no more water, and not only that, but it was much brighter than outside, because there were white flames suspended in the cave. The flames seemed self-aware, tentatively leaning over as she walked past them, and at first, she was a little scared, but they didn't hurt her, they just circled her body a few times and then automatically returned to their original positions.
The warmth she felt just now came from this cave, and she couldn't help but guess that the cave itself might be a living being, because she could even hear the sound of a "thump" heartbeat, and the sound was getting clearer and clearer.
The little spirit horse had taken her to the deepest part of the cavern, which was much wider than the place they had just walked. On a high platform, a huge white spirit horse was lying there with its eyes closed, and above its head gathered many white flames similar to the ones Xia Qiu had just seen. But when she looked carefully into the white flames, she was pleasantly surprised to find that in each flame there was a young spirit horse, although they were of different colors, but they were all in their sleep, like little angels.
The white spirit horse with closed eyes felt her arrival, opened her eyes and stood up from the high platform, and then she reacted, it was much taller than she imagined, and its back height was about three meters. It lowered its head and reflected her face in the giant pupils, and it was half loud, and just when Xia Qiu was at a loss, it actually began to open its mouth to speak.
"You're human? It's really strange to be able to come here with your own spiritual power! ”
From the sound of her voice, this is a female spirit horse, and its demeanor and conversation reveal a noble temperament, which makes Xia Qiu can't help but be in awe. She responded, "Yes! What kind of place is this? And you're ......"
Before she could finish speaking, the female spirit horse said, "This is called the Spirit Cave, it is the place where the spirit horse was born, and I have been here since before the formation of the Infinite Heaven Realm. My name is Silver, and I am the mother of all spirit horses, and I can also be called the fairy spirit animal of the lake! So who are you? ”
"My name is Xia Qiu, as you said, I am a human being, for some special reasons, I had to flee to this immeasurable heavenly realm to join the Bauhinia Island Lord and the former demon king fox Ouyang Xueye." Xia Qiu replied respectfully.
"What a little girl with a bizarre experience! I didn't expect my shy son Huixing to lead you here. It was born much weaker than my other children, so it had a lot of low self-esteem, and even though it was an adult, it was still far less big than its siblings, so I kept it with me. ”
Silver looked at Huixing tenderly, like a treasure in front of her, and Xia Qiu could see its special love for Huixing. Although it was the first time she had seen the Mother of the Spirit Horse, she still boldly pleaded: "I fought a big battle with a purple-pupiled demon when the soul was separated, although I was lucky enough to win, but I used all my strength, and then I fell into the lake unconsciously, fortunately I was rescued by Huixing, but I must return to Bauhinia Island!" Hope you can help me! ”
"No wonder I feel that there is an inexplicable commotion on the lake tonight, so it is! Originally, I didn't want to have anything to do with things on the shore, but seeing that you have a relationship with Huixing, I'll make an exception to help you once! Silver spat out a bead surrounded by white flames from his mouth, and it looked like it was in the same shape as a pearl, about the size of a thumb, and it was so miraculously able to float in the air. Yinwang continued to Xia Qiu, "Swallow this bead that contains some of my spiritual power, it will definitely help you regain the strength to return to the lake." ”
Xia Qiu looked at the bank gratefully and said, "Thank you!" ”
Then she took the bead from the air and swallowed it in her mouth without hesitation, and the bead slid down her throat with a faint fragrance and warmth. Soon, she felt a burst of heat all over her body from the inside out, and as the heat expanded, she also felt an unprecedented strength grow rapidly in her body.
"Now you should be able to go back to shore, and the star will take you between the two peaks you passed when you fell!" Silver said with a hint of a smile in his eyes and on the corner of his mouth.
It looked so kind, as if Xia Qiu was also her child. Xia Qiu guessed that every time Silver sent his children away, he probably looked like this.
After saying goodbye to Silver, she followed Huixing back to the position between the two peaks. Huixing's eyes were full of reluctance, this was the first time it had contact with a spirit from the land, and the girl in front of her gave it a gentle feeling, as if the pink spiritual power flames emitted around her body made it naturally let go of all its defenses against the outside world, and maybe after that, it would also have the courage to say goodbye to its mother and go to the world on the shore.
Xia Qiu stretched out her arm to hug Huixing's neck and rubbed her cheek against its forehead, tears pouring out of her eyes and scattering into the lake. If it weren't for its help, she might have died alone in the cold waters, unable to speak, so she could only express her gratitude to it with such actions.
After a while, Huixing arched her, trying to tell her that the time of parting had come. She let go of her hand, nodded at it, and swam towards the lake above her head. Only then did she realize that the beads given to her by the silver were not only to give her the spiritual power to rush to the surface, she only gently kicked upwards and swam far away, and in a short time, she came to the surface of the lake.
The feeling of seeing the seven-colored moon again is indescribable, she jumped out of the lake and flew into the air like a dolphin, and the power in her body still poured out, which also made her spiritual fire more and more vigorous. Bauhinia Island was in front of her, and she wanted to quickly return to the bed where Ziyun was in the middle of her, and return to Xiao Libai's side. What could be better for her at this moment?