Chapter 35: The Shark Tail
He didn't answer, and after patiently polishing for a while, Changyuan picked up the embroidered handkerchief in his hand and wiped it clean repeatedly before handing it to her, "Xihe, this is for you." ”
"Give it to me?" She stared at the colored stone in his hand, reached out to take it, and smiled, "This stone is so beautiful." ”
He also smiled and replied, "Little girl, this is not an ordinary stone, this is the colorful stone that our merman clan uses to turn into a tail, it is extremely precious, there are only seven pieces of the merman's tail, and the person who can make us endure the pain of pulling out the taillin to refine the seven-colored stone must be the most valuable guest among our mermen." ”
"Since it's so valuable, then I can't take it." Xihe sent the colorful stone in his hand back.
Changyuan said, "Xihe, when you were young, you followed Lingyao Immortal Venerable to the East China Sea, I also watched you grow up, you have a pure heart, treat people kindly, and this time you saved me regardless of the danger, you should accept this colorful stone." ”
She is brought up by the master, almost inseparable, Lingyao Xianzun and the East China Sea mermaid family have always been friends, she also followed the master to often come to the East China Sea to play, at that time she was young and ignorant, except for Lingyao and Xuegu, she only likes to play with Changyuan, Changyuan has lived at the bottom of the sea for 80,000 years, has no wife and no children, likes her to like tight, so let her splash.
Later, due to physical reasons, Ling Yao's number of visits to the East China Sea also decreased day by day, and this thousand years passed.
This time, Xihe didn't shirk it anymore and accepted the colorful stone.
"Changyuan, I heard from other mermen that fishermen in the South China Sea have been catching mermaids for a while, why didn't you report this to Emperor Jun?"
Nagaki sighed and said, "Who said it wasn't reported!" It's just that the news sent was intercepted by a man wearing a red-faced mask, and that man was very skilled, not only did he help the villagers of Nanzhen arrest a lot of us sharks, but even I was captured by him himself. ”
"You must convey this matter to Di Jun for us when you go back this time, otherwise our mermaids will be eaten up by the villagers of Nanzhen."
Xihe replied, "That red-faced man is Yanlin Xianjun, he escaped from the prison for a short time, and this time he caused chaos in the world, adding to the crime. She assured, "Don't worry, Changyuan, I will report it truthfully." ”
"Yanlin Immortal Monarch?" He seemed to be thinking about something, and after a pause, he asked, "Is it the military attache who violated the first ban of the Immortal Clan?" ”
Xihe corrected, "It's not the first ban, it's a felony of colluding with the demons." ”
"But how did I hear that he had an affair with a woman of the demon clan, and also gave birth to a son, Di Jun killed his wife in front of his face stick, but he was indifferent, he didn't expect to lie on the salary and taste courage for three hundred years, and escape from the prison, causing chaos in the world and affecting my clan." Nagaki let out another long sigh.
This is a bit different from the version she has heard, and it is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood.
Now that it's over, there's no need for her to get to the bottom of it.
But whether it is collusion with the demon clan or fornication, it is a serious crime to be committed, and this scourge of the world is openly arguing with the immortal clan, no matter what, she has to send Yanlin Xianjun back to the Heavenly Palace.
Thinking of this, she had to take the person back from the mountain ghost before the pure demon bottle melted him, and as soon as she got up, Changyuan stopped her again.
She turned around and asked, "What's wrong?" ”
I saw Changyuan staring at the lock spirit bracelet exposed on her right wrist, surprised in his eyes, and asked, "Where did you get this bracelet?" ”
Xihe looked down at the lock bracelet on his hand and replied honestly, "This was given to me by a friend of mine." ”
"Can you let me touch it?" He asked.
"Of course."
When she started to pick it, she found that she couldn't take it off, and she couldn't take it off after repeated tries.
So she smiled awkwardly and said, "Maybe I've been fat during this time, and I can't take off this bracelet now." ”
"Can't really take it off?" He asked again.
Xihe smiled, "I can still lie to you, you don't think I don't want you to touch it, right?" ”
She handed her hand to him and said generously, "Since you can't take it off, you can just touch it." ”
Nagaki lifted up the wide cuffs, touched it carefully, and noticed that his expression became more and more serious, and asked, "Nagagaki, is there anything wrong with this bracelet?" ”
How do you know that Changyuan stood up suddenly, and the voice of Cihe on weekdays has increased a lot at this time, "It's a big problem!" ”
“?” Xi He's eyes widened a little unconsciously, and he asked, "What is the problem?" ”
Since this bracelet was given to her by the mountain ghost, in addition to being a little ugly, not only is there no problem, but it can also protect her life when it is dangerous, why is there a problem now?
"Xihe, the friend who gave you the bracelet is the man in black who traveled with you?"
"How do you know?" She was a little surprised, it seemed that the origin of this lock bracelet was really not simple.
Nagaki sat down slowly, recalling, "Because I just remembered where I had seen him. ”
He said, "Eighty thousand years ago, when I was still young, I saw the goddess Qingru bring a handsome young man to the East China Sea to heal his wounds, it was your friend, he was very seriously injured when he came, unconscious, I followed my grandmother, I heard my grandmother say that even the current emperor Jun may not be able to stand it, but he survived under the care of my grandmother. ”
"Later, the demons harassed the East China Sea, and he repelled the demons with his own strength regardless of his injuries, and my grandmother plucked a piece of his tail and turned it into a colorful stone for him in order to thank him for saving the whole clan."
He looked down at her bracelet and said, "That is, this bracelet in your hand, I didn't dare to confirm it just now before I thought about touching it, I will definitely not be wrong, this bracelet is indeed made by my grandmother's tail." ”
This was the first time she had learned about mountain ghosts from someone else.
To her surprise, he actually befriended the Qingru Goddess, so he wouldn't be a demon.
Xi He lowered her eyes, she didn't expect the mountain ghost to give such a valuable thing to herself who had just met.
She touched the smooth bracelet and asked, "What's wrong with this bracelet?" ”
"You must have heard that the merman is full of treasures, including the tail lin, and the difference is that the use of the tail lin can be good or bad, just like the jade bracelet that you have refined, if you use it well, it can save your life, and if you use it badly, you will die, which is all in the thought of the person who gave you the bracelet."
"Killed?" Xihe was shocked, and his heart was a little complicated.
The mountain ghost only told her that the bracelet would protect her, and did not mention the other side of the bracelet.
"I've lived for so long, and there are only a handful of people who can own my clan's tail, and it's the first time I've seen a colorful stone polished into jewelry, and I don't know much about how to use it, but you said that your bracelet can't be taken off now, it's probably not a good thing." ”
These words lingered in her ears repeatedly, and she speculated about the mountain ghosts with the worst thoughts.
But she still couldn't understand what he wanted from her?
Late at night, the North Abyss Styx.
Under the endless dark night, there are countless souls floating on the endless river Styx, wailing and roaring, the depths of the river Styx cannot be seen, and the true appearance of the river Styx cannot be seen under the extreme sky.
At this moment, there stood an old man with a scepter on the bank, his face was anxious, looking at a huge whirlpool in the night Styx, as if waiting for something.
It wasn't until a red figure jumped out from the bottom that he breathed a sigh of relief, and the whirlpool in the River Styx regained its calm.
The corners of the man's lips were hooked, his smile was wanton and cold, and he whispered a word, as if he had said it to himself, "Sure enough, it's gone." ”
He turned sideways, the blue-green aurora crossed his delicate and beautiful eyebrows, and his voice was not as hearty as before, and it was low, "Did I find what you were looking for?" ”
"Your Highness, you have found it." The old man took a respectful step forward and handed over a delicate wooden box.
He took it, opened it and looked at it, the smile on his lips became even more presumptuous, he took out a round and bright transparent bead from the wooden box, and put it in front of his eyes to take a closer look.
He turned around, patted the old man on the shoulder, and said, "I've wronged you first." ”
"Your Highness, please."
The man in red put away the smile on the corner of his mouth, chanting some kind of incantation in his mouth, and suddenly, the bead in his hand shone brightly, and a demon spirit slowly sucked from the old man's body into the transparent bead, and the more demon spirits the beads inhaled, the darker the bead in his hand became.
The old man's face was painful, and he gritted his teeth and endured it until he couldn't even hold the scepter in his hand, and the man in red refused to give up.
An unbridled smile appeared on the face of the man in red again, and he raised his eyebrows to look at the calm Styx in the distance, and muttered, "Great...."
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After learning the purpose of Xihe and Xuegu coming to the world, Changyuan pointed out a shortcut for them, and was willing to send them across the East China Sea to save some spiritual power, and the Nuwa Stone map also marked that as long as they crossed the entire East China Sea, they would not be far from their destination.
So, Xuegu also accepted the suggestion to recuperate for a few more days in the East China Sea.
After Xue Gu's health improved, he had been haunted by the last time he hit Yu Jingzi on impulse, and this time he stepped forward to save her, and he repeatedly struggled for a long time before he made up his mind to apologize to him.
She walked along the Yongdao, the Yongdao was winding, the long head was missing, and on both sides were the unique Qionglin in the depths of the East China Sea, more than three zhang high, connected into a piece, except for the Yongdao in front of her, there was nothing to see at all.
As soon as Yujingzi walked out of the corridor, he noticed that someone was coming behind him, he turned around vigilantly, and Xue Gu walked up.
He breathed a sigh of relief, touched his chin, and thought, "You can't follow me here, do you?" Why, there is nowhere to spill the anger in my heart, and I want to find fault? ”
Xue Gu's expression was faint, and she took out a peace charm from behind her, which she bought on the Yuan Ri Festival in the Narcissus Country.
Originally, she wanted to give it to him as a token of gratitude, but then she saw that he had an identical one hanging from his waist, so she gave up.
But when she thought about it for a few days, she didn't know what she was awkward with herself.
It was none of her business that he had a few peace charms.
"I'll give you this." She handed it over, and it was rare to be so calm when she talked to him, "The previous slap was wrong for me, I'm sorry, and this time.... You saved me again, thank you. ”
Yu Jingzi was obviously stunned, she was usually used to seeing her blue and white face, and suddenly took the initiative to come to him to apologize and thank him, and suddenly couldn't accept it, "Are you falling for Gu again?" ”
"Love or not." She threw the peace charm in her hand on his chest, turned and left.
Yu Jingzi picked up the peace charm on the ground and followed, and said with a smile, "I'm kidding you, why are you angry again?" ”
"Thank you for the peace charm." He raised the red talisman in his hand.
Xue Gu lowered her eyebrows and caught a glimpse of him placing the peace charm on his chest, and a subtle arc appeared on the side of her mouth.
Even she didn't find out about it.
She asked as she walked, "But what are you doing here in Qionglin?" ”
If she hadn't asked the merman who happened to meet him, she wouldn't have thought of Qionglin.
"It's not the first time I've been here, so let's just hang out." He shrugged and replied.
"Then you stay away from the place just now, and it's better not to come to Qionglin." She said kindly.