Updated: 2014-04-15

Although Qianran's magic power was not very high, Lin Feng's undodging gaze outside the window also made her aware of the subtle magic flow around her.

But even though Qianran is the Lord of the Sea Spirit, her combat power on land is basically equal to zero. Because the source of magic she can control is only the creatures of the sea, and the sea water in the world's seas.

For a moment, she didn't dare to look back behind her.

Suddenly, an ethereal, harsh meow came from behind her. Immediately afterward, there was a chill on the neck, and the claw tips that were cold to the skin.

"Who's ......"

She stood motionless, her eyes looking back. It was only then that she finally saw the object lying on her shoulder. It turned out to be a black cat with a dark body and a bright coat.

"It doesn't matter who I am, what matters is that I need that thing in you."

As he spoke, the cold light Ling's sharp gaze had poked out from the back of Qianran's neck, staring at her white and tender side face, and at the same time opening her mouth slightly, revealing two sharp cat teeth.

And Qianran, who has always carefully guarded the clockwork of the ancient clock, finally realized that his quiet and stable days were finally over......

Looking at the cat's paws standing on her neck, she thought to herself. Finally, after his parents died, and the entire Windmill Town almost forgot that there was still a magic crystal that needed to be sealed and guarded by the ancient bell. There was still a demon spirit who came to the door, and it found itself without hiding its identity.

"I won't give it to you." Qianran said lightly.

She has probably lived alone for a long time, and she has long been indifferent to her sister who has been forgotten by the whole town, and the crystalline stone that only exists in the mouths of the townspeople.

It's just indifferent, and indifferently waiting for the day when he will die as a demon envoy. So I want to stay closest to my sister and continue to guard the clockwork. Because, that's the connection between her and Qianyi.

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There was a stalemate and a moment of silence. Lin Feng retracted the tip of his claw and leaped deftly from Qianran's shoulder. Then I saw a fluffy black shadow, which landed lightly on the desk in the room.

The room was clean and tidy, with a few books, notebooks, and pens on the desk.

Lin Feng was not in a hurry to change back to human nature, but just stretched out his paws and licked it lightly with the tip of his tongue like a common cat outside. The tail wagging behind him hooked up a pen from the pen holder.

In an instant, the pair of sharp cat's eyes suddenly sharpened, and the pen wrapped around the end was like a dart, and it flew straight towards Qianran's body......

Qianran watched the slightly pointed pen of the pen pass through the corner of his eye, but he still stood there and stood still.

Her calmness and fearlessness not only satisfied Lin Feng, but also made him more determined to the existence of the rainbow crystal, which even he was not sure whether it still existed in the world.

"Looks like you're going to protect that thing to the death. But there are some things I don't say, you should also know that this town has almost forgotten the old legends of the past, so why would you want to die guarding that crystal stone that has nothing to do with you? ”

Lin Feng flicked his tail, Ling Rui's eyes narrowed slightly, and he watched Qian Ran move his mouth slowly. The long, silver beard on both sides also floated gently up and down.

"It's my job, and even if the townspeople forget, I'll stay here."

"Is that the one who is trapped somewhere in order to be a 'sacrifice'?"

……

Manrou, with a hint of a cat's unique sharp voice, slowly hovering in the not too large attic. In front of him, a black cat closed its mouth one by one, making a burst of ethereal voices.

If someone who suddenly enters sees this scene, they will probably be frightened and staggered away.

"What are you talking about!"

Qianran panicked, he didn't know how much the cat in front of him knew about the rainbow crystal, and Qianyi, who was sealed to the bottom of the lake with the crystal.

"It's nothing, it's just that after living in peace for too long, the inhabitants here have long forgotten what it means to be on guard. So I can easily learn some about the beginning and end of the seal of the rainbow crystal. I also know that the key to open the crystal stone again can only be kept by the relatives of the 'sacrifice'...... After all, an old legend like this has long since become an unfounded story......"

Lin Feng said faintly, as if he didn't see Qianran's head getting lower and lower at this moment, and the eyebrows that began to twist together.

"Actually, it's already very aggrieved to be used as a living sacrifice by the townspeople to seal a magic crystal, and now that even the existence of you and that sacrifice has been forgotten, why are you protecting them like this, and losing yourself?"

Lin Feng still said unhurriedly, licking the hair on his back from time to time, and lying on the bookcase like a lazy cat. The tip of the claw gently scratched a small notebook spread out on the table, leisurely.

"Enough! You don't want to take a bite of a 'sacrifice', my sister is not ......" Finally, Qianran burst out in silence and shouted loudly at the black cat in front of her.

"It turns out that the person who was sealed along with the rainbow crystal is your sister." The black cat lying on the table, its clear and round eyes lit up slightly.

Qianran was silent, because this was the first time she had mentioned the word sister since her sister replaced her as the guardian of the Rainbow Island.

She, thinking of Qianyi, wanted to see her like crazy......

"Want to save your sister?" Suddenly, Lin Feng spoke.

Qianran didn't speak, but his body trembled faintly, as if he was about to fall out of balance at that moment. Then, she stared straight at the black cat of unknown origin in front of her.

"Needless to say, you should also want to get it, as long as the protected rainbow crystal does not exist in Windmill Town, then naturally there is no need for a person to seal it to exist. Think about my words, the old envoys who organized the succession ceremony in the past are long gone, and there is no need for anyone to be a sacrifice for it......"

As he spoke, Lin Feng got up from the table, stretched out his body in a trapezoidal shape, and after a lazy 'meow', he jumped out of the attic window with his tail wagged.

After Lin Feng left, Qianran's nerves, which had been tense, immediately relaxed, and he fell to the ground.

"Sister......

Qianran sobbed and buried her head deep in her knees.

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In the next few days, Lin Feng has been lying quietly on the roof of Qianran's house, sleeping soundly in the light and sleeping lightly with the moon. There's no communication with Qianran.,Just as quiet as an ordinary house cat.。

Finally, after reading a few books that recorded the Rainbow Crystals in the old bookstore in the town, and after determining that what the cat said was true, she decided to quietly open the door on the Wako Ancient Bell.

After all, the Rainbow Crystal contains powerful magical power, and the reason why it is stored separately is also to prevent it from falling into the hands of other demon spirits.

But now, since this matter has been forgotten by the world, it is better to be like the cat said, God unknowingly merge the rainbow crystals into one, and then hide them anew. This will not be discovered, and it will also relieve my sister from guarding the crystal stone and being sealed at the bottom of the lake for a long time.

Anyway, so much time has passed, and my sister has sacrificed enough for herself, for that piece of rainbow crystal, and for the whole town......

Thinking of this, Qianran took out the ancient clock clockwork that had been carefully kept. Taking advantage of the night, I quietly went to the ancient bell of Heguang......

The ancient clock is located in the center of the windmill town, connecting with the four main streets of the south, east and west.

Inside the bell tower, the gray staircase that spreads up makes people walk and walk with the illusion that they will fall into the bottomless darkness because of one foot in the air.

Qianran went all the way to the top floor of the bell tower, and managed the clock dial, hour hand, and the door of the gears. It is a place that only the mayor of the town and the mother-in-law in charge of the sacrifice can enter when the successive generations take over the ceremony.

In front of the bell plate gate, there are two pillars carved from luminous materials, and the door is covered with a finely carved window and a carved façade. Although the painted pigments on the woodcuts show a style of ancient charm and beauty that is different from the current world, it cannot withstand the corrosion of the passage of time, and reduces the color.

Qianran gently pushed the door open, and a gray light poured out of the door like a waterfall sliding down from the sky......

On the transparent dial, the hour, minute and second hands are clearly visible. It's like Alice's clock, clear and reflecting the bright moon outside, and the filtered moonlight shining into the bell tower.

Qianran moved forward little by little along the not very spacious foothold that led directly to the front of the bell plate.

"Sister, forgive me for not being able to listen to you this time. All the while, I have guarded this useless clockwork, leaving you alone at the bottom of the icy lake. This kind of life is really enough...... I'm going to rescue you now......"

Qianran muttered and came to the clock dial.

'Tick, tick—' the second hand moved briskly, even though its sound was so subtle. But when you hear it at such a close distance, you will also feel a little shocked and panicked.

On the clock dial, in the center where the hands are fixed, a small black box rests quietly. It rotates slowly as the hour hand moves.

There is a groove in the box, because in the era when this ancient clock was built, it was still a period when it could only be activated by a clockwork. And the clockwork in Qianran's hand is the only tool to open this small box and wind this ancient bell tower.

She plucked from her neck the clockwork that she had carried close to her for hundreds of years. Suddenly, I felt that the whole person was trembling inexplicably, and I was even a little overwhelmed.

From now on, you are Chiya, the spirit lord in charge of the sea.

Remember, Chiya gave her special instructions before entering the Rainbow Island. No matter what happens, you can't turn the clockwork of the ancient clock......

At this moment, these words have long been forgotten.

Mom and Dad are gone, and my sister gave up everything for herself, staying under the Rainbow Island forever. Such a lonely and lonely day for such a person, she is really enough, and it is finally coming to an end......

Thinking of this, Qian Ran closed his eyes and inserted the clockwork in his hand into the small black box in the center of the clock dial without hesitation.

Just as the clockwork was gently turned by her, suddenly, there was a buzzing sound in her ears.

As the pendulum slowly swayed, the hands on the clock dial spun like crazy. The sky outside instantly changed from day to night, and from night to dawn......

Finally, after the small bell door outside the bell tower slowly opened, a girl in a long white dress and a puppet in the shape of an old woman peeked out.

And what these two puppets are holding in their hands is the other half of the legendary hidden magic - the Rainbow Crystal.

As soon as the rainbow crystal came out, before Qianran could react and reach out to take it, he saw a black shadow suddenly flash behind him.

The shadow leaped out of the dark bell tower staircase, rushed towards the small bell door that had just opened, and snatched the glittering rainbow crystal in the hands of the two puppets with one claw......

"This crystalline stone, I will accept it unceremoniously......"

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