In the early morning after the rain, the air was exceptionally fresh, and Hongdou stared blankly at the sky, her heart was panicked.

Last night, he chatted a lot with the villagers of Xujia Village, and with the help of wine, everyone was also reassured.

In addition to the west, that is, the direction of the altar, Xujia Village is surrounded by mountains, in other words, this is an island, I don't know if there are people in the vast sea, it stands to reason that there should be no rain here, but the earth is dry all year round, and melons and vegetables will only grow in a certain season.

And the reason why the people here have never left their villages to find another way to survive is not that they dare but can't do it, for a long time, there have been more than one person who wanted to conquer the sea, but the ocean in front of him has no fish and no wind and rain, even if it doesn't even matter, it can't even carry any weight.

It is worth mentioning that there is a stone statue of a chess player in all eight directions around Xujia Village, and only the stone statue of the Dragon Girl is the only female stone statue.

In the generations of people, the inheritance of other stone statues has appeared, and the power is different, just like the red bean can call the wind and rain, and there are people who can move mountains and reclaim the sea, and people can communicate with all things.

Except for the red beans, all the inheritors were born in Xujia Village and died in Xujia Village, and the abilities they possessed did not bring them much benefit, but were pointed at behind the backs of others, and only one of them grew old naturally and died without illness.

Xu Laojiu could tell her that she was already very grateful for this, no matter where it was, it would be like this for ordinary people, when it was not needed, it would only be disgusted and abandoned and feared, even if it was the stone statue of the chess player, and now, only in front of the stone statue of the dragon girl there was an offering table and sacrifices.

But this is not Hongdou's concern, what really worries her is how to leave Xujia Village, in last night's conversation, Hongdou learned that the inheritors have entered the sea more than once, but they still can't go ten miles.

"Grandpa Xu is early." Hongdou nodded politely when he saw Xu Laojiu coming over, and then said, "Actually, I was waiting for you on purpose, I want to go to the altar first." ”

Xu Laojiu had already expected it, stroked his beard, smiled, and said, "I knew that you girl couldn't be idle." ”

asked if Hongdou needed someone to follow, and the latter decisively refused.

Along the way, Hongdou found that after the rain irrigated, not only the big-shouldered and round-waisted men, but even women, girls and children were all engaged in the busyness of farming, but when they saw the red beans, they would put down their work, or wave or bend down to thank them.

Red Bean nodded in response, to be honest, she was very afraid of the warmth around her, which would make her forget the pain and resentment in her heart.

Xujia Village is not big, but it is not small, and it took an hour to go from east to west all the way.

Gradually, the stone statue of the dragon girl can be seen, a pair of dragon horns seem to be about to pierce the sky, Hongdou touched his head, and two small bumps are also pointing at the sky in the same position, but they are covered by black hair, and it is not easy to detect, which is also what she just found this morning, and she didn't tell others.

This was followed by a huge altar, on which there was a constant stream of people, and offerings of all sizes were already piled up on the offering table.

The arrival of red beans naturally caused an uproar, there was no way, now she seems to be the incarnation of the dragon girl, the incarnation of God.

Seeing that he was followed everywhere he went, there was no way, Hongdou had to threaten them, if he bothered himself again, he wouldn't ask them for rain next time.

It worked, although it was still inevitable that someone would peek from a distance.

Walking to the stone statue, the stone statue of the dragon girl does not know who and when it was built, and I don't know how similar it is to the real body, a dress, without any hanging ornaments, except for the dragon horns and dragon teeth, the dragon girl is also ordinary.

After staying for a while, Hongdou couldn't see the reason, so she set her eyes on the sea behind her, and almost all the stories she heard were related to this mysterious sea.

Red beans are still the first time to see the sea, the sea water is flush with the altar, they all say that the sea is blue, but I have never heard of the sea sticky, hold a handful in the hand, less than half a bowl, but as heavy as half a pound of scrap iron.

"There's something wrong with this sea."

Red Bean exhaled deeply and casually tossed a dead leaf over.

The dead leaves should have fallen, but they fell straight over this sea, and when they touched the surface of the sea, they still didn't stop, and Red Bean knew that it was heading for the bottom of the sea.

He dripped a drop of seawater on his clothes, and the seawater rolled down like a snowball, and when he looked at his clothes, he didn't even get wet.

Red Bean sat cross-legged on the spot, frowning, looking at the sea in front of him and thinking about something.

Hongdou studied in a private school in Qingshi Village when she was a child, she was not interested in the subset of scriptures and history, and said to Zhiwei that it was ripe, of course, there was a dragon among them.

Since she has inherited the power of the dragon girl, in addition to calling the wind and rain, is it also?

Thinking of this, Hongdou stood up and jumped up gently, not jumping high, but there was a stick of incense when it fell.

"Sure enough."

The red bean was ecstatic, and when he was about to suffocate his head into the sea, he raised it again, and then only heard a plop, and the red bean jumped into the sea.

"Oh no, the dragon girl has entered the sea."

The voice was loud and shocking, the dragon girl couldn't die, she died, and everyone's life and even survival became a problem.

In the blink of an eye, a lot of people gathered behind the stone statue, and they looked down, but there was still a dragon girl here.

Hongdou didn't hear anyone's voice, she could indeed breathe in the water, she could even swim freely, her clothes were not soaked, and even her hair was still dry, all thanks to the five girls.

In fact, Hongdou also ignored one point, she was going to the deep sea this time, which was already a forbidden area for the human race, if it wasn't for that adventure, she would have been crushed into pieces of paper in an instant.

On the shore, Xu Laojiu is still waiting quietly, it has been seven days since Hongdou left, and it is said that the highest record in history for going to sea is five days, which is still held by the inheritor of the chess player, so those who exceed this period are considered to have been buried at the bottom of the sea.

Nowadays, almost everyone is no longer holding out hopes, and they are now thinking about only one thing: whether the vegetables, fruits and other crops they have just planted will not be irrigated without rain.

Until dusk, Xu Laojiu finally waited for the result, in a blur, it seemed that a dragon flew out of the sea, and when she looked closely, it turned out to be red beans, she was standing above the sea area, standing under the blue sky where the eagle would fall.

When he came to Xu Laojiu's side and saw him waiting for him alone, he couldn't help but show a smile on his originally gloomy face.

"Coming back?"

Azuki smiled and nodded, but she came back to say goodbye to everyone, and now it seems that she only needs to say goodbye to one person.

She went to the depths of the sea, where there were piles of corpses, even mountains of human beings, birds, and fish and livestock, probably artificially dropped as sacrificial offerings.

In addition to these, there is also a stone stele, which stands on the top of the corpse, and it is precisely because of this reason why the red bean has a sad face.

It was none other than the Dragon Maiden herself, who had already expected that the only person who could come here would be her own inheritor, so she recorded some secrets to help future generations tide over the difficulties.

The place where Xujia Village is located is a seal, and the chess player was born and became a stone statue, not to accept bowing or to give Xujia Village favors through compassion, but to determine the location of his seal through a game to strengthen the seal.

Unexpectedly, people who are in line with the chess player keep appearing, taking away the power in the stone statue, when their own power is withdrawn, the seal will collapse, if the sealed thing runs out of this space, the life and death of Xujia Village is small, and I am afraid that the outside world will also be miserable.

As for the solution, the dragon girl only left one, and perhaps the only one, that is, to go to the end of the Stygian Sea and find a person named Lin Ruotian.

And then it's about how to exert the power of the dragon girl, which is also the reason why the red bean can master flight in a short time, the power of the dragon girl, is not affected by the styx, because the dragon girl was originally born in the styx, about this, the stone tablet is also a brush, and the red bean is not very clear.

Regarding these, Hongdou didn't plan to tell anyone in Xujia Village, even if she could cross the Stygian Sea, I am afraid it would be difficult to find Lin Ruotian, otherwise how could the dragon girl, who was the chess player, leave the problem until now.

Xu Laojiu saw that Hongdou had made up his mind, and knew that he couldn't help it, not to mention that she wanted to leave, who could keep the people in Xujia Village?

It's just that when the words came to his lips and couldn't be spoken, this weather-beaten old man became distracted for the first time.

"What's wrong?" Hongdou was still thinking about Lin Ruotian, and he didn't react for a while, so he asked stupidly.

"It's still rain, we can't do without water here."

Hongdou thought about it, but she couldn't afford the delay here, and after thinking about it for a long time, she finally came up with a similar solution.

She has spread a cloud in the air, in which the amount of rain will be stored for five years, so that at least within five years, Xujia Village will be smooth and rainy, which is already the limit of what she can do at present, as for five years, Hongdou does not dare to think about it, can only take one step at a time.

At this point, Xu Laojiu no longer had the luxury, and the two said some polite words that they often said when parting, and Hongdou left.

Xu Laojiu's figure gradually became smaller and finally disappeared.

Red Bean moved forward in a certain direction above the Styx, and he could feel the pull of some kind of force, perhaps it was the guidance of the dragon maiden, and she liked the feeling of rapid flight.

The sea of bitterness is boundless, and so does the Sea of Styx, Red Bean has been flying for a whole month, and now what she is most afraid of is that she has made a mistake, but there is no end to it, and she can't confirm her guess.

After a few more days, the Stygian Sea finally had a different color, and looking down from the sky, an ink dot was gradually expanding, although it was too small in the whole Stygian Sea, but it did spread all the time, like a bubbling spring water flowing from a spring.

Red Bean just watched from afar, but he could still feel the breath of death, the collapse of the seal had officially begun, and the Stygian Sea was changing back to its original form, and it was becoming worthy of its name.

After another two months, the red bean finally reached the end of the Stygian Sea, and whoever it was would be surprised to see the scenery in front of them, it turned out that the end of the Stygian Sea was the beginning of light.

In front of Red Bean was a city that radiated a dazzling light, and directly opposite her were carved beams and beautiful pavilions, and the endless golden walls stretched to both sides around her, seemingly excluding the entire Stygian Sea.

Azuki couldn't come back to her senses for a long time after watching the scene in front of her, and as she slowly approached, she was surprised to find that her body dropped to almost the same height every time she moved forward.

When the distance between the city and the city was ten zhang, the red bean had already landed on the Stygian Sea, and the Stygian Sea here was also affected by the city and turned into solid ground.

10 meters, 9 meters, 8 meters...... The distance between the red bean and the city gate is getting closer and closer, and although the red bean itself is not affected by the heavy pressure, the ground has left deeper and deeper footprints.

By the time the red bean was completely under the city gate, half of the red bean's body had sunk into the ground, and it was still slowly sinking.

She was also strange, she didn't feel any discomfort, but here she couldn't fly, and her feet were getting softer and softer.

Bang! Bang! Bang!

A heavy sound came out with the rhythm, it was the red bean knocking hard, the sound continued, and when the squeaky sound sounded, the door finally opened.

Just before, a woman in Tsing Yi appeared in a pavilion somewhere in the city at some point, she looked at the direction of the city gate with interest, and then took a sip of wine and ate a mouthful of meat, and wiped her mouth twice with her cuffs, she also had long hair, the long hair was not tied up, and it was casually draped over her shoulders, which was quite heroic.

"Three thousand six hundred, interesting people are coming."

She smiled lightly, and her figure turned into afterimages, and the moment the gap was revealed in the city gate, she appeared in front of Hongdou's eyes.

As for the wine and meat in her hands, she had already thrown it aside, so that she could put her hands behind her back and pretend to be a master of the world.

When the city gate opened, she smiled slightly and whispered to the red bean: "Coming?" ”

Hongdou was really frightened by the other party, nodded, now she only has one head on the ground, probably still tiptoeing, looking quite funny, so she had to crawl out first.

"You are Miss Lin Ruotian, no, Master Lin Ruotian, no, Sister Lin Ruotian?"

Hearing the other party's address to herself change again and again, she smiled even more and said, "Let's talk about it first." ”

Red Bean hesitated for a moment, and suddenly found that the city gate was closing, and no longer hesitated, Red Bean took two steps and one step, and entered the city before it was completely closed.