Chapter 102: A Fork in the Road (Part II)
That night, Jonah slept restlessly. He was lying on the big, soft bed tossing and turning, the Suiyang City outside the window was silent, and Dennis Stewart on the floor next to him was already snoring. The boy couldn't help but dig out the fragments of the nameless book in his personal collection, lit up the illuminated star array and read carefully, Danny let out a dissatisfied grunt, wrapped the thin blanket around his body and turned around to continue snoring.
"Merging 10,000 colors turns gray, merging 10,000 elements turns gray, and when the fourth sun rises, Ayala sinks in the gray lake. Jonah whispered. Of all the prophecies that had led him all the way here, this one was the least clear, with neither time nor place, and there was no way to interpret it. He sighed, suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, carefully collected the prophecy of Segres, where should he go next?Why hasn't the protector of the ghost's left hand appeared?Where is the clue to the next artifact?How will the world change?
The 17-year-old boy stroked the staff of Silafina, feeling the soul-warming power of the artifact. Since coming to the Eastern Continent, the three Divine Seals have been fluctuating vaguely with energy, which shows that the next artifact is not far away. Jonah sighed softly, looking out the window through the gap in the gauze curtain, the starry sky of the Eastern Continent is no different from the Western Continent, the deep canopy of the sky is shining with countless stars, the bright Milky Way stretches across the sky, the young man kneels on the bed, puts his hands flat on his chest, looks up at the vast starry sky like countless nights in the past, and feels the vastness of the night sky and the insignificance of himself. Look up at the starry sky and always be in awe. The shadow of the first mentor Gilbertto Gilberneon appeared in front of his eyes, and his proverbs turned into the inscription of the main entrance of the astrology tower of the Red Plains.
In the midst of uneasiness and confusion, Jonah fell into a deep sleep at some point, and the boy was exhausted from the constant fighting and pain, and once his spirit was relaxed, he fell asleep with a thud.
At two o'clock in the morning, just when people were sleeping deepest, a slender shadow sat on the bed in the other bedroom, she looked back at the sleeping Sibi beside her, and lovingly stretched out her hand to brush the messy hair on Sibi's forehead, and the little grasshopper giggled in her dreams, hugging the pillow and curling up in a ball, with a sweet smile on her face.
"I had a good dream. Long Ji whispered softly. She stood up quietly, opened the door to the balcony and walked out. This was the only one of the three bedrooms that connected to the balcony, and when she crossed the dividing line, she clearly felt that she had broken through a thin membrane, which was a sign of the protection of the Moon Phase Star Array.
There are brass telescopes, planetariums, sextants and mapping tables on the balcony, Suiyang City in the night is dark and quiet, but the top of the tower shines brightly, the Oriental woman raised her head and saw that the zodiac star map at the top of the "Pillar of Heaven" was activated, and the red and green stars were projected on the transparent dome, like countless fireflies flying on the top of the tower.
"Punish grandma. Long Shenlu appeared behind him, kneeling on the ground and said respectfully.
"Let's talk about it now. Long Ji looked at the red and green fireflies above her head and didn't look back.
"The information I got from that sorcerer has been told to you through telephony. Long Shenlan said in a low voice, "The stakes are very high, please ......"
"It's not about it. The Oriental woman said lightly, "Who are the others?"
"What?" the little dragon widened.
A few sharp cold lights lit up in the night, "Qiang Qiang!" The clear sound of the sword unsheathed flashed, and Long Ji's figure loomed like smoke, and the brilliant famous sword "Kiss" in her hand appeared on the neck of a man in black, "If you want to be bad for Jonah, are you a member of the Brotherhood?" Xiaolong, you ......" Long Ji looked coldly at Long Shenlu who was kneeling on the ground, but halfway through her words, she felt strange, her body gradually lost control, and began to be paralyzed from the extremities, as if her wrists and ankles were covered with heavy shackles.
The Oriental woman didn't resist, only widened her black pupils in surprise, "...... Which elder of the Long family has arrived?" the hostility in her words vanished.
"Don't you recognize me?" said the man in black in a deep voice, stretched out a finger and gently pushed away the short sword that lay across his neck, turned around and lifted the masked black scarf, revealing an old, fierce, eyebrow-like face, each deep wrinkle was engraved with the traces of the wind and frost sword, at first glance he was a strong man who had been in battle for a long time and had seen the world. Long Shen's scales touched the ground with his forehead, and he shrunk all over, not daring to say a word.
“...... It's you ......" Ryuhime spat out two words softly, her hands drooping, bound up by invisible shackles. The Oriental woman puffed up her chest, and there was no joy or sorrow in her eyes: "It's me who is sluggish, who can use the 'Prison Dragon' so silently except you?" Since you have arrived, then your shadow must have arrived, Uncle Shadow, are you there?"
The zodiac chart at the top of the tower illuminates the figure of the man in black, casting a long shadow on the ground, and the shadow begins to twist and wriggle, from which rises the outline of a man, two points of light shine in the eyes of the eye, and the shadow greets in a deep voice that is almost exactly the same as the man in black: "Miss, it's been a long time." ”
"It's a big deal for you to leave the Long family, what are you alarmed by?" Long Ji said calmly.
"You. The middle-aged man in black said briefly, "For so many years, I have been kept in the dark by you, and now that the matter has been revealed, are you guilty?"
Long Ji was silent for a while, and suddenly sneered: "I see, I knew that this day would always come, but I didn't expect it to come so early...... I thought I could kill that traitor with my own hands, and it would only take a little more time......"
"Shut up. The middle-aged man's fingers danced in the air according to the mysterious traces, and the invisible shackles "Titica" locked the woman's body, and Long Ji exhaled heavily, unable to make any more sounds. "Now follow me back to Pingyin, the Dragon Patriarch Elder Council is already angry, fortunately you are in the east, and the Shadow Sect has mastered your whereabouts, saving me a lot of trouble. Let's go. He turned, and the vague outline of the man was silent in the shadows.
At this moment, Long Shenlan suddenly shouted: "Right now, run away, punish grandma!" He jumped up, pounced on the middle-aged man, and four "flying lights" came out of his hand. "Imprisoned Dragon" is the secret bondage technique of the Long family, the trick to crack lies in the caster's gesture, once the handprint is forced to change, the effect of the bondage will disappear, Xiaolong tried his best to force the middle-aged man to change his gesture to dodge, but the man in black only snorted from his nostrils, his body did not move at all, and the four glass beads made a "pop pop" Four soft sounds smashed on the invisible barrier, and were cut into smooth fragments of the port to the ground, "Looking for a dead ......" The middle-aged man raised his right hand and pointed a finger at Long Shen's forehead.
Suddenly, a strange purple fire lit up in the night sky, and a skeletal arm covered with scars appeared in the void, pulling Long Shenscale down from the air, and the movements of several people present all stopped, "Qiang Qiang!" The invisible shackles were cut off by the bone knife, Long Ji moved her arms, walked to Long Shenscale's side and whispered something in his ear, and then turned to the middle-aged man: "I have already launched the 'Underworld Marriage' before I came out, and if you want to trap me, you have to show your real skills." But don't bother, I'm willing to go with you, it's none of my business's business, let those dozens of foreign envoys leave. Long Shenlan is a disciple of the Shadow Sect, just impulsively, you have no right to deal with it, let him go. ”
The skeleton centurion reluctantly glanced back, broke through the space and drilled back to the other world, Long Ji clasped her hands together, "I won't resist this time." ”
The middle-aged man frowned tightly and glanced at her again, and then glanced at Xiaolong: "Even the 'sickle dragon' doesn't know, the children of the Shadow Sect are really not successful. I'm not interested in your fox friends, but the knight ......"
"That's my only condition, otherwise let's fight. The Oriental woman said coldly.
"Hmph. Well, it's not too late to wait for the presbyterian verdict to come out. The middle-aged man raised his hand to cover the black scarf, and his right hand was held in the void, and the "Four Pillars of the Imprisoned Dragon" firmly bound Long Ji again, he raised his feet and climbed on the balcony railing, and jumped up with Long Ji in the air, and his figure immediately turned into smoke and disappeared into the night, "Give you a lesson." Leaving a word, his tracks could no longer be seen in the night of Suiyang, and dozens of figures jumped out from everywhere and sneaked into the night.
"Poof!" a column of blood erupted from Long Shen's chest, and he couldn't see where the attack was coming from. "Grandma Torture! I really didn't know they were here to arrest you! I'm not a traitor!" he clutched his chest and fell to his knees crying, "Grandma Grandma! I'll go find you!"
"Don't chase. ”
A gentle voice sounded behind him, and the little dragon turned his head with difficulty to see the Rose Knight standing proudly at the balcony door. At the first sound of the sword unsheathed, Elliott, who was keeping vigil in the living room, immediately opened his eyes. He instigated the unicorn to slowly walk to the door of the second bedroom, gently pushed open the bedroom door with his sword scabbard, and saw several figures facing each other on the balcony, Long Ji noticed him out of the corner of his eye, and made a few gestures with his left hand. Those three gestures mean "don't come here", "I'm fine", "Don't look for me." ”
The knight understood the situation of the Oriental woman, and stood quietly in the bedroom looking at it, without saying a word. The Moon Phase Star Array Barrier kept the fluctuations out, and if it weren't for the Symbiotic Spirit's keen senses, they wouldn't have been able to detect what was happening on the balcony. Sibi was still asleep in her bed, and Elliot watched in silence as the man in black bound Ryuki and disappeared into the night like smoke. He gently relaxed the handle of his rifle and raised his right arm to see his sweaty palm.
"Don't chase. Tell us everything. He walked behind Long Shenlu and said slowly.