The next day, early in the morning, I went out to prepare to go to sea with the old man Song and other fishermen. It was another fine day, and at this moment the rising sun had just jumped out of the sea, red and dazzling. A gentle breeze came from the sea in the distance, warm and moist. Luo Yin lay under the window that was open to the sea, listening to the chirping of seagulls and smelling the sea breeze, so pleasant.

He yawned a few times, and after watching the fishing villages go out to sea, he turned over and wanted to sleep again. I just fell asleep, but I was awakened by a knock on the door, and I got out of bed and opened the door with a face full of resentment, but it was Liu Qin'er, a girl, who was carrying a half-human-high bamboo basket, blinking her apricot kernel eyes excitedly, and said: "Luoyin, I found a cave in Cuttlefish Bay yesterday, which is bottomless, and it seems to hide a lot of treasures, do you want to go treasure hunting?"

"Don't go" Luo Yin stretched his stinky face, and he looked like he hadn't woken up yet, "Don't make me sleep, I'm going to go by myself." ”

He had lost the stone tablet, and he had been sulking all night, and he was still thinking about it. Then he walked into the house, lay down again, with his back to Liu Qin'er, and didn't say anything for a long time, I didn't know if I was asleep or not. Liu Qin'er didn't care at all, quietly moved to the side of his bed, sat behind him, slapped him on the right cheek, frightened, turned over and sat up, and shouted angrily:

"What are you doing! Don't go, don't go, don't go! Don't bother me. ”

"Ouch, it seems that you're in a bad mood!" Liu Qin'er stimulated.

“......”

"Then you see, this is your baby?" As she spoke, Liu Qin'er stretched out a hand and spread it out in front of Luo Yin's eyes, which was the white stone plaque that Luo Yin had lost.

Luo Yin hurriedly snatched it from his hand, looked through it carefully, and asked, "Why are you there?"

"Hmph, little family angry!" Liu Qin'er glanced at him, and said, "Then you are not going to hunt for treasure with me today?"

"Go, of course go, hehe!" Luo Yin touched the back of his head and smirked a little embarrassedly.

"Look at your little bit of talent, a broken stone brand will make you depressed into this virtue. Liu Qin'er counted down.

"Where did you pick it up?"

"I didn't walk far yesterday, I was just about to walk into a shop that sells fat powder, I heard the sound of you arguing with Xiao Hei, I was going to go over to persuade you, who knew that you had already started fighting, and when I rushed over, you all ran away again. It just so happened that I saw such a stone tablet on the ground, and it was in the area where you fell to the ground and wrestled, and I thought it should be yours, so I will keep it for you for the time being!"

"Thank you, Qin'er, I was reckless, sorry. ”

Seeing Luoyin's stupid and somewhat overwhelmed appearance, Liu Qin'er couldn't help laughing, and reached out to pinch him, "Okay, okay, forgive you." What do you think this is?" As she spoke, Liu Qin'er took out a long strip of dark green gravel from her waist, but the gravel was crystal green and shining in the morning light, which was very rare, and she was shocked to see it.

"Where did this come from? Didn't you pick it up in that hole yesterday?" asked Luo Yin.

"Of course, otherwise I'd tell you. Liu Qin'er smiled a little proudly.

"Okay, wait for me to wash up, grab my fishing knife, and go now!"

After walking along the beach all the way to the south for almost a morning, the sun was almost moving overhead, and Liu Qin'er finally came to a rocky shore that was inaccessible with her hermitage, far from the fishing village, and very desolate from the parasitic seaweed on the rocks around her and the rows of aquatic plants on the shallows. There is no trace of snails, crabs and shrimp in the shallows, and the water is a somewhat unusual dark blue.

"Hey, Qin'er, have you arrived, we've been walking for two hours, and we're thirty miles away. Luo Yin asked as he dragged his feet a little tiredly.

"Hurry, hurry, keep going. Liu Qin'er replied.

"You said that you are a girl's family, how dare you run so far alone, in case you run into some demons or monsters, your life will be gone. ”

"Hmph, what's wrong with the girl's family, how can you young masters and boys have the guts? Don't underestimate my aunt and grandmother. Liu Qin'er blew her nose and said.

It is said that this Liu Qin'er is the granddaughter of Liu Changsheng, the head of the fishing village, her parents are both respected Jialan guards in the clan, and her father is the famous Liu Lingkong, known as the Silencer, who is good at interrupting or suppressing the casting of all mages within a radius of two hundred steps by silently, and her mother is a Windranger, who is good at shuttling between friends and foes with a sensitive and swift wind step in battle. Influenced by his parents, Liu Qin'er is not afraid of the sky, and follows a group of boys up the mountains and down to the sea every day, fishing for fish and turtles, agile and water-based. Since she was five or six years old, she studied martial arts with Dr. Zhang, who lived in the westernmost part of the fishing village, and at the same time learned some healing techniques unique to the Jialan people. According to legend, Dr. Zhang's grandfather had been in a battle to resist the invasion of foreign enemies fifty years ago, with his own strength, urging hundreds of solid yuan qi, so that the warriors of the Jialan tribe not only have the power to resist ordinary people, but also can make no matter how big the wound can be healed in half an hour, which makes the invaders panic, under the long battle, the foreign casualties are more and more, and they have to retreat, but the Jialan tribe is still alive and vigorous, the more they fight, the more brave they are, and there are few injured。 At the age of sixteen or seventeen, Liu Qin'er's ability as a little girl should not be underestimated.

After walking for a while, the surroundings became more and more barren, and huge rocks extended in an orderly arc in the shallow sea, and some rare purple algae plants parasitized the bottom of the rocks, and the color of the sea deepened.

"Look, you see, the island in front of you is it, and behind that island is the cave I mentioned. Liu Qin'er said excitedly.

Luo Yin looked at it, and saw that not far from the shallow sea, there was a mountain, like a lonely island.

"Why do you have to wade through the water?" Luo Yin asked.

"I came here yesterday, the water is not deep, let's swim over, it won't be long. Liu Qin'er was also at a loss.

"Fortunately, it's not far, and the water is not deep, so let's swim over. You follow me. ”

After that, Luo Yin took off his short coat and shoes and put them on the reef on the shore, and took the lead to go down into the water and walked forward slowly, his dark back muscles were strong, and there were two old scars on his back that stretched from his shoulders to his waist. Liu Qin'er looked at these two scars, and couldn't help but be a little curious, and when she was stunned, Luo Yin turned around and called her, and she quickly took off her shoes and socks and went into the water to follow.

The water gradually submerged over their chests, and they had to swim up any further, when they suddenly fell into the air under their feet, as if they had fallen into a huge pit, and in the blink of an eye, their heads disappeared from the water. Frightened, Liu Qin'er hurriedly stood still, and then she took a deep breath and dived into the sea with a bow. When she entered the bottom of the water and opened her eyes, she was shocked that Liu Qin'er's heart trembled again, where was the big pit, it was clear that the seabed was abruptly broken at the place where it had just fallen and sunk, and here it was like a cliff submerged in the sea, and further on, it stretched all the way to the bottomless blue water. Doubts followed, when I came yesterday, it was clear that the land was connected, not to mention the cliffs, and even a ditch and a ravine were not found.

At this moment, Liu Qin'er didn't care about thinking about the changes, she was very anxious in her heart, and looked around to search for the hidden traces, but saw that the surroundings were getting darker and darker, and there seemed to be nothing except the blue sea. She rowed out of the sea, took two breaths hard, and then took another deep breath and plunged into the water, diving more than seven or eight feet deep, still in the vast expanse, and no one was seen. The water pressure was significantly greater, and there was a dull pain in the ear cavity. Liu Qin'er's heart immediately panicked, and a stream of hot tears flowed out in a hurry, because she was underwater, she just felt that her eyes were hot and painful. The breath was exhausted, and he had to rise to the water again. After going out of the water four or five times like this, and still not finding a trace of the hidden, Liu Qin'er was flustered and full of remorse, as if there were thousands of ants biting in her heart, and she couldn't help crying. was crying, as soon as he lowered his head, he saw a figure in the dark place under him quickly swim over, it was none other than Luo Yin. She grabbed Rakuin's outstretched hand and paddled out of the water. As soon as Fang came out of the water, he gasped for breath.

"Scared me to death, Luoyin, I really thought you were just dead. With that, two lines of tears flowed down Liu Qin'er's pale cheeks, and her eyes were red.

"It's okay, how can someone who grew up in the sea every day drown easily?" Luo Yin wiped the waterway on his face, "Okay, okay, don't cry, ask you, didn't you say that you went there yesterday, why did such a wide trench suddenly appear?"

"I don't know that yesterday it was indeed the flat seabed. Liu Qin'er wiped her tears and said, and then whispered to Luoyin, "I'm sorry, Luoyin, it was my fault, I almost killed you." ”

"I don't blame you, don't take it to heart. Luo Yin stretched out his hand and touched Liu Qin'er's head. "There must be something strange about this, and it must be some kind of force of nature that caused the continent to collapse. I just fell down unprepared, and I was really shocked into a cold sweat, and I slid down for more than ten feet, so I simply dived down a little more, and I found out, and I have been sinking for a long time, and I should have a depth of about ten zhang before I touched the bottom. ”

"No wonder I came here today and felt that the color of the sea was much darker, and it was not the rising tide, but the land had fallen, and the sea water had poured in. ”

"Hmm. ”

"Then, shall we continue to swim forward?" asked Liu Qin'er a little timidly.

"Of course, it's all here, wouldn't it be a pity to turn back?" said that, Luo Yin smiled, his expression relaxed and full of interest, as if the thrill just now had not happened at all.

"Luoyin, what's the matter with the two scars on your back, how can they be so huge?" After swimming for a while, Liu Qin'er couldn't help but ask.

"When I was eight years old, I went to sea with my father, but when I got to the heart of the sea, I encountered a storm and waves, our fishing boat capsized, and the fish in the basket and the smell of blood attracted the saber-toothed fish, and the fish did not know what it ate to grow up, and it grew to a full six or seven feet long, and its tail was like a steel fork, and I couldn't dodge it in the fight, and I was swept away by it, and the meat was cut off, and I almost died, but fortunately, my father swam over in time and slapped the head of the fish, and I don't know what the fish was, and suddenly he was frightened as if he had seen a ghost, and he turned around and flipped twice。 Luo Yinyou said as he walked forward.

"Uncle Luo looks like a weak scholar on weekdays, but he is so powerful, I never knew it!" Liu Qin'er sighed.

Indeed, it is not unsurprising that this is hidden. Father has always been gentle and honest, in addition to fishing and drying nets all his life, he studied his ancient books collected from nowhere on weekdays, in the memory of Luoyin, he has never seen him dance and play his legs, and Wang Mazi, who eats and drinks every day in the village, can't beat the kung fu of the three-legged cat, and every time he is angry, he just goes home to lament and complain.

"I don't know what to do, it's good if I can pick it up, who cares about those whys, Zifei is not a fish, and I don't know the fear of fish. "Fall into the shadows.