Chapter 101: Bad News
The gray shadow rises from the black rock embedded in the amethyst, intertwining with the black shadow on the ground in front of the rock, gradually expanding, and finally filling the entire space.
In the Amber Dragon Palace, it is dignified.
Since last year, the Amber Dragon King's body has gradually hardened, but he suddenly fell into a state of fainting at noon on this day. The palace physician couldn't say anything after seeing it, but he only felt that the old dragon king's breath was weak, his face was like ashes, and he was likely to die soon.
The news that the old dragon king was critically ill soon spread to the royal city, and Qianqi couldn't accept it for a while. After breaking the array material of Xizhen in Mucheng before, they still stayed in Dongyao, and at that time, their father still looked radiant and radiant, how could he suddenly be sick?
Yongchuan High School, in the classroom of the first (1) class of high school, Xia Qiu was stuck in an algebra problem, and she had not completely memorized the formula taught by the teacher in the morning class, so she had to turn the book to the front to find it.
The phone suddenly vibrated in the desk, and no one would normally send her a message at this time. She hesitated to wait until after school to look at it, but eventually pulled out her phone.
The message was sent by Dong Muya.
"In summer and autumn, Momiji sent someone to spread the word that the Amber Dragon King was critically ill. I'm afraid this matter is related to the formation material Yuqi Rock of the Qilie Array in Dongyao, Shuicheng, and Wang Cheng wants you and Xiao Leng to go to Chenji Palace quickly. Another: You are likely to leave for Dongyao immediately. ”
In the Chenji Palace of the Demon Realm King City, the Auxiliary Star Hall ushered in the return of Ouyang Xiaoleng and Xia Qiu, Qian Qi was already restless, his face was full of gloom, and he was usually very anxious.
When he saw them come in, he immediately said, "You have finally come, so let us go!" ”
Ouyang Yong also hurriedly walked to the hall with Ouyang Hongye, he handed a silver pill box to Qianqi and said, "Take this with you, this is the best elixir that can be prepared in the royal city so far, and it has the effect of restoring the soul and renewing life." ”
When Ouyang Xiaoleng and Xia Qiu saw Qianqi with a sad face, it was inconvenient to ask more, so they set out on the road with him and Lingyu after a little preparation. Several teenagers drove the demon horse and hurried continuously, and after a day and a night, the water outside Dongyao City finally appeared in their field of vision.
Before the boat could stop at the dock in the city, Qianqi jumped up from the boat and flew in the direction of the Amber Dragon Palace.
He had never thought that it would be so far from the docks to the Amber Dragon Palace, and the Amber Dragon Palace, where he had lived since childhood, seemed to suddenly become very large. finally came to his father's sickbed, and knelt down on the side of the bed as soon as his legs were weak, but he called his father again and again, but he did not get any response from his father.
He had never seen his father so weak at this moment, and he could only feel his silky breath when he was close to his face, and he began to cry like a child at the thought that his father was likely to leave him like this.
The palace physician on the side came over and said, "Young master, please don't be sad first!" The villain has some opinions about the sudden health of the Dragon King! ”
It took Qianqi a long time to regain some senses, and he sobbed and asked, "Oh? Tell me about it! ”
"There was a girl called Jade Cicada in the Song and Dance Division of the palace before, can the young master recognize it? The day before yesterday, she said that she had something important to see the Dragon King, but because of her humble status, everyone did not agree to her plea, and they did not take her words to heart. ”
With Qianqi's understanding of the jade cicada, although she was more perverse than other mermaids because of her close relationship with herself, she would never be unreasonable, so she asked, "What about the jade cicada?" ”
"She hasn't been seen in the cabaret since yesterday, and everyone else says they haven't seen her again!"
After listening to the doctor's words, Qianqi felt more and more strange, there seemed to be some kind of connection between the disappearance of the jade cicada and the serious illness of his father. At this time, in the summer and autumn, Ouyang Xiaoleng and Ling Yu were also brought in by the demon servant, and Qianqi repeated the doctor's words to them.
At the end, Qianqi thought for a while and said: "That girl of the jade cicada has been extremely smart since she was a child, maybe she will leave any clues for me!" ”
So a few teenagers decided to go to the song and dance division to find out. In Jade Cicada's room, Chiki saw at a glance a letter left on her pillow. When you open it, you can see a road map and a few lines of dense symbols.
"This is the earliest language used by the merfolk, and there are not many people in the merfolk who can use it now, and she knows that I can understand it." Qianqi read it as he read the letter.
Young master
The illness of the Dragon King is related to the descendants of the mermaid clan. This man's name is Lu Yin, I pretended to be a dancer to contact him, and learned that he came for Qingyun's strange array, and the fish rock seems to be the key to the array, this picture is the specific route to the lake bottom temple maze path, the entrance of the maze path only opens at noon every day.
After entering the temple, walk along the Milky Way and you will see the Fish Habitat Rock.
I was soft-spoken, and no one in the palace believed what I said. Seeing that the Dragon King is seriously ill and the young master is not in Dongyao, I have no choice but to take the risk and go to the temple alone, if you read this letter before you meet me, it is likely that I have met with an accident.
The young master's kindness is too late to reciprocate, and the jade cicada doesn't believe in reincarnation, and only hopes that this picture can be used by you, and you will die without regrets.
Jade Cicada
At this time, it was almost noon, and several teenagers decided to follow the road map drawn by Jade Cicada to find the entrance to the maze that led to the temple at the bottom of the lake. Qianqi led everyone directly from the palace courtyard to the bottom of the lake, and this time he did not conjure up a huge bubble to surround them like before, but put a bubble like a helmet on everyone's head. This bubble is amazing because it automatically filters the oxygen in the water and expels the carbon dioxide they exhale into the water.
Each of them carried a lamp made of night pearls in their hands, and headed towards the former site of the thief coral house of the merfolk at the bottom of the lake. Fish that hibernate due to the cold are woken up by them, and colorful fish swim around them curiously, some of which are so large that they look scary but do not attack them.
According to the road map drawn by the jade cicada, they successfully found the thief coral house, although most of those houses are dilapidated, but it is still difficult to hide their colorful beauty, but at this moment several teenagers are no longer in the mood to enjoy the scenery. When they entered the thief's coral hut marked by the road map, bubbles were bubbling on the floor behind the large bronze mirror, and several people crowded behind the bronze mirror and fell before they could stand firmly.
Xia Qiu was lying on his back on the frozen ground, and there were stars in front of him. If you look closely, it's not the starry sky, but the golden specks of light on the deep blue rocks. Ouyang Xiaoleng and Qianqi sat beside her, and Ling Yu couldn't help but fly to the rock wall to touch the stars.
"Look! That's what Jade Cicada said about the Milky Way! ”
Thousand Riders said as he pointed to the silver strap above. The golden flecks of light in this band are denser than those next to them, and continue to move forward.
The four teenagers walked along the Milky Way and entered an open field where countless pillars supported the main body of the huge temple. The temperature inside the temple was extremely low, and the breathing room was full of white hazing, and the icy ground was slippery, so you had to walk carefully so as not to fall.
The air was eerily quiet, and everyone summoned their weapons and prepared for a battle that could come at any moment. After walking for a while, Qianqi saw the jade cicada in front of him tied under a pillar in the distance, and he immediately ran forward and cut the rope tied to her with a short knife from the hydrator.
The jade cicada fell into his arms, already dying. Her exposed forearms were scarred with a knife, and Senki pulled her sleeves up, revealing that her entire arm was a blur of flesh and blood. What kind of ruthless person should be to commit such a vicious act? To torture a young girl in this way, and in the end, to leave her with a breath of pain.
"Jade Cicada ......" Qianqi affectionately evokes her name.
"Young Master......" Jade Cicada reluctantly opened her eyes and raised a hand weakly.
"I'm here!" The Thousand Riders took her outstretched hand in response to her.
The jade cicada relied on the warm hand of Qianqi to gain a trace of strength, supported it and said, "To ...... Be careful...... Nakshatra, Heron Moan...... The power of the fish-dwelling rock, the harm ...... Kill the Dragon King. ”
Qianqi looked at the playmate he had grown up with in his arms, and the little mermaid he loved as much as his sister, he was distressed, and sighed: "Silly girl......"
On that day, Jade Cicada disguised herself as a dancer, and after winning the trust of Lu Yin, she obtained a way to enter the temple at the bottom of the lake. She wanted to tell the Amber Dragon King what she knew, but the people in the palace ignored her words. At this time, there was the bad news that the Amber Dragon King was critically ill, and the palace was in chaos all of a sudden, and no one cared about her discovery.
Her instincts told her that the Amber Dragon King's illness without warning must have something to do with the heron who claimed to be the descendant of the merfolk clan, and she calculated that the thousand horsemen would soon rush back to Dongyao, so she left a letter for him and went to the temple at the bottom of the lake alone.
When she reached the temple at the bottom of the lake, she bumped into the heron who was doing a ritual in the temple. As a descendant of the merfolk clan, he inherited the psychic power of his ancestors, and their psychic power could make the power of the mermaid ancestors in the Yuqi Rock available to them, including harming the souls of the living.
According to Qingyun's arrangement, in order to prevent the Amber Dragon King from hindering them during the formation, Lu Yin cast a spell to kill him. If it weren't for the fact that the Jade Cicada arrived to disrupt his spell while he was casting the spell, then the old dragon king would probably have died.
At this time, Yaksha suddenly appeared, and the jade cicada, who could only embroider his legs, was not his opponent at all, and he was easily caught by him before he could make a move. Seeing that she was the beautiful dancing girl of that day, Heron was annoyed knowing that she had fallen for her, while Yaksha was furious. He ordered Lu Yin to recast the spell, and he tied up the jade cicada and tortured it little by little.
Who knew that this seemingly weak mermaid girl would be so willing to bend, no matter how he tortured her, even cutting her flesh with a knife, she would never give in to him. The more she did this, the more Yaksha found it amusing, and every time she fainted from the excruciating pain, he would break ice from the ground and put it on top of her to wake her up, and then continue to torture her.
Long before heading to the temple at the bottom of the lake alone, the jade cicada was ready to meet death.
The life of a mermaid is so short, so she has to bloom like a firework, for the young Ouyang Xiaoleng she loves, and the young master Qianqi who made her understand what dignity is, she feels that her life is full of meaning like never before.