Chapter 369: The Strange Bride
A young woman, holding a silver wine glass, slowly walked in front of Chen Yuanbiao, speaking softly.
"Honorable sir, this is a special medicinal wine made by our merfolk clan, and drinking it will make you strong."
"Even if you marry ten brides at the same time, you can still nourish your body."
Chen Yuanbiao laughed, "Look at my sturdy body, strong biceps, and I still need medicinal wine?"
In an instant, the girl's face became a little stiff when she was still smiling just now, "Please drink the wine!"
Dozens of people beating gongs and drums below repeated the girl's voice at the same time, "Please drink the wine in the glass."
At this moment, the noisy crowd stopped their voices at the same time, and the atmosphere was so silent that only the crackling and burning of the campfire could be heard.
The atmosphere was eerily oppressive, and Murphy and I glanced at each other, but we didn't say anything in a tacit understanding.
Chen Yuanbiao smiled awkwardly, picked up the wine glass stubbornly, and drank it all with a frown.
Chen Yuanbiao, who drank the wine, suddenly turned red, and a powerful dragon yuan qi rushed down his throat into his lower abdomen.
"Good wine!"
The empty wine glass fell to the ground, and the sound of gongs, drums and suona sounded again.
A group of brides lined up, lined up left and right, and surrounded Chen Yuanbiao in the middle.
I stared intently at Chen Yuanbiao, feeling the changes in his body.
The vitality poured into his body made his breathing heavier and his blood flow faster, but there were no side effects.
It was a non-toxic drink, and it was a great tonic for men, but I always felt that something was wrong.
Until Murphy suddenly spoke, "Hidden Dragon, look! These women's feet!"
Looking in the direction of Murphy's finger, I noticed that these women in red embroidered shoes had silk trousers with a patch of skin.
The skin is not a girl's pink, but rough folds, and the top is covered with dense age spots.
At this moment, it dawned on me.
No wonder I didn't see the patriarch and other hosts appear at the whole banquet today, it turned out that they all wore wedding dresses and became Chen Yuanbiao's bride!
Their bodies were tightly covered, and there was no clue at all except the folded skin on their ankles.
Chen Yuanbiao hugged the two brides closest to him, and the smile on his face was like a blooming flower.
I really don't know what kind of expression he will show when he is in the cave room later.
Murphy hesitated for a moment, then whispered to me, "Shall we save him?"
I shook my head and said indifferently, "We can't protect ourselves, how can we take care of him?"
"I have reminded Chen Yuanbiao many times that he can only blame himself for ending up like this."
With that, I took Murphy with me and quietly withdrew from the crowd.
The two of us dived into the rainforest behind us to find a place to hide, and then pulled out the concealment charm we had prepared in advance and attached it to our chests.
When the figure was completely gone, we crept back to the banquet.
I guess that if Sun Mingjin had been to this place, he would definitely have been treated the same as Chen Yuanbiao.
If you follow this group of old women, you may be able to find Sun Mingjin.
The two of us followed the procession to welcome the relatives, step by step.
Spiral up the mountain road, about five miles or so, and you will arrive in front of the huge courtyard of the villa.
Chen Yuanbiao, who was sitting on a sedan chair carried by four people, was humming a little song proudly, and his palms were dishonestly rubbing against the face of the girl who acted as the sedan chair driver.
"Little sister, do you want to visit the cave room later?"
The girl's face turned pale with fright, "I...... I don't dare!"
Ryoko Kawashima, the leader of the team, scolded the girl with a straight face, "On tonight's big day, you dare to seduce the groom! Get out of here!"
With tears in her eyes, the girl turned and ran away. Another girl took over the sedan chair.
After the team entered the door, Ryoko Kawashima actually wanted to close the door.
Luckily, Murphy was dexterous enough to drag me over with a harrier and into the courtyard before the gate closed.
The entire castle is an enclosed building, and there is a translucent glass barrier in the courtyard, which transmits light but not wind.
If it weren't for Murphy's timely response, we'd probably be stuck outside.
Ryoko Kawashima frowned, "How do I feel, like something flashed past?"
Hearing this, I chuckled in my heart, and immediately pulled Murphy to stand in the corner, not daring to move.
These mermaids, who have lived for hundreds of years, are exceptionally powerful. If we do have a conflict with them, Murphy and I will be torn to pieces.
A woman next to her laughed and teased, "Sister, do you want men to go crazy?"
"Why don't I go talk to the elders and let you add one to it?"
Ryoko Kawashima snorted, laughed and playfully said, "You damn girl, it's not your idea to think about men."
"My sister is only over 600 years old this year, and she hasn't lived long enough."
"When we're over a thousand years old and old, let's get a man to play with."
The sound of their conversation made me feel very strange.
Why do you have to wait until you are more than a thousand years old to find a man?
Could it be ...... When the merfolk were young, they were infertile?
Confused, I followed all the way to the inside of the building.
The hall is richly decorated, with pearls, agate, jadeite, shells and pearls ground into powder, and whitewashed walls that shimmer with the same crystal luster.
The huge sofa is hollowed out of the entire mussel shell and stuffed with silk fabric filled with sun-dried seaweed.
The entire space is almost coated with shell powder, so it has a faint salty smell.
As the groom, Chen Yuanbiao had to go up the stairs after getting off the sedan chair.
Ryoko Kawashima grabbed Chen Yuanbiao's arm, with a somewhat stiff smile on her expression, "Your new house is not upstairs, but underground."
"What? Underground!"
In Chen Yuanbiao's stunned gaze, Kawashima Ryoko pressed the switch of the staircase, and suddenly the marble floor moved to the left and right to open two lattices, revealing a dark and deep cave.
Chen Yuanbiao frowned, "It's dark and damp now, and there is moisture, why do you have to be under here?"
Ryoko Kawashima still has a formulaic smile on her face.
"Cave in the crypt is a tradition of our merfolk clan, please respect it."
Chen Yuanbiao, who had already been carried away by the fire, gasped and said, "Okay, listen to you, I'm about to have a problem!"
Murphy held his breath, leaned into my ear, and asked in a voice as thin as a mosquito, "Hidden Dragon, should we follow up in such a narrow place?"
I stood outside the cave and looked in the direction of the deep steps.