Ignoring the girl's increasingly anxious cries, and ignoring the fact that I was surrounded, I finally came to a distance where I could reach the statue with my hand, and I could see every detail of the statue, and I stared into her eyes, but the statue looked confused.

"You ......," I whispered to the statue, "may I speak?"

The statue's gaze became even more confused, but the column of water that made up her body trembled slightly.

"Or do you feel like we're a little familiar with each other?" I said, "and it's still a strong feeling......

The statue was still the same, but the "people" who had come out of the water and surrounded me did not attack me.

It seemed that it was impossible for us to communicate with words, and while I looked at her, I raised my right hand to the flat chest position, slowly stretched it out, and held it up like this.

The statue hesitated for a moment, and slowly raised its right hand...... Although it was not a long time, it seemed like I had been waiting for 10,000 years.

Our palms came together, and a chill came, a strange feeling......

Before I met Marshmallow, I was floating in the universe in the form of a soul. In that environment, every contact I had with the outside world was with my psychic power. Now, in situations where I can't communicate otherwise, psychic power is my only option.

I closed my eyes and didn't pay attention to the sensations in my body. Begin to awaken your own psychic power, using your hands as a medium, to sue her that I have no malice.

Even though I closed my eyes, I could still feel her body tremble again, and she reacted!

We clasped our palms together and communicated with each other, and I don't know how long it took...... Until I couldn't support it anymore and opened my eyes.

Let out a long exhale. The first thing you see is the statue with some minor changes. She doesn't get hard anymore. It's no longer cold. There was already a smile on the corner of her mouth...... With her smile, a warm and peaceful atmosphere spread around the statue, and everyone could feel it.

The water god smiled...... The god of water smiled!" the people around the pool began to worship again with tears in their eyes, and I realized that the edge of the pool was already black and full of people.

An old man in a blue robe, accompanied by Shande, walked past the others, the years carved deep outlines on his face, a large white beard hanging from his chest, and the staff in his hand was mostly used to support his no longer vigorous steps.

He waved to the crowd around him. The people gathered around the pool bowed to the statue of the god of water and left with him...... This should be the Great Elder of the Water Tribe!

With some difficulty, he stood by the pool and motioned for me to walk over.

I smiled at him and put my right hand on my chest to make a senior salute to him. When he came back, he pointed to the statue next to him and made a "please" gesture to him.

He shook his head.

I showed him one more time, and the eyes that matched the movements seemed very sincere. Hey, old man, it doesn't seem like you lose face to talk in front of the statue of your water god, right?

The Grand Elder sighed, and finally walked over with his staff in the company of Shande.

"Is it Your Excellency the Great Elder?" I asked him, saluting.

"Well, young people nowadays are becoming more and more impolite. I have to go down to the pool to speak," the Great Elder didn't look at me. Instead, she bowed to the statue, "It's not easy, this is the first time she's smiling since we found the water god clone here hundreds of years ago!"

"It's strange that the statue laughs every day. I gave him a thumbs up.

"You say this because you don't understand," the Great Elder finally looked at me, "Child, she is smiling in all our portraits of the goddess of water!"

"Really?" I turned to look at the statue of the god of water, "Am I not very lucky, then?

"Haha!" To my surprise, the Great Elder laughed, and his laughter was full of disdain, "Temple of Light, if our clan worships the Temple of Light, not the entire clan will flee here. ”

"Run?"

"Yes, are you surprised?" the Great Elder looked at me and said, "The god of water that my people have worshipped for generations does not belong to either the Temple of Light or the Temple of Darkness. ”

I looked back at the Great Elder in amazement, and the Great Elder's words undoubtedly shocked me greatly.

"What do you mean......" I said, "besides the Temple of Light and Darkness, there are other gods?"

"Don't you want to show me your true colors before you say that?" the Grand Elder diverted the subject, "Don't worry, it's just the three of us here. ”

"Hehe, it's really not easy to be a great elder!" I shook my head and said, "What's wrong with my outfit?

"As a smuggler, you're too zealous," the Grand Elder smiled, "but I've also concluded that a person who can make the water god smile can't be a sword against my people, right?"

Without saying anything, I removed the blue crystal piece from my eyes, removed the magic that changed the color of my head, and quietly looked at the old and young in front of me.

"Dark Moon...... Third Son?" Shande was startled, "It's you!"

"Hehe, interesting," said the Grand Elder with a smile, "no nobleman has ever set foot on our island—especially a ...... of such great fame as you."

"As the Governor of the Dark Moon, I can't take a casual look at my own territory, right?" I said flatly, "So, when you see your own Governor, you will only laugh haha?"

"You...... What do you want?" Shander is too young to hold his breath anymore.

"Is it difficult to salute one's own governor?" I said, "and don't forget, it is you who are anxious to know who I really am. ”

"You must know that, young man, we have never welcomed anyone of your stature here," said the Grand Elder, "but because of the water god, I can let you leave safely. ”

"Don't you understand?" I said, "I'm speaking to you as the Governor of Darkness, and if I'm not mistaken, your island should be under my dark rule!"

"It turns out that you insisted on seeing the Great Elder just to enslave our people!" said Shande, gritting his teeth. "Don't even think about it! We won't say yes!"

The impulsive Sander has put his hand on the weapons peculiar to the Aquarium. A short sword with a very narrow blade.

I chuckled. On the contrary, it was the Great Elder who stretched out his hand to stop Shande, who wanted to do it.

"Shande, Shande, have you forgotten what I told you before I got off the ship?" I said, "and why should I care too much about who I am?"

"I've just heard too much about you......" said the Great Elder, "are you going to explain?"

"I'm right in front of you, and if that's the case, you're going to believe the rumors......" I snorted, "isn't that a little too stupid?"

"Okay, Shande...... Salute the Governor. Anyway, he just saluted me as a junior," the Great Elder turned to me and said, "You won't ask me to salute this old bone for you, will you?"

"I've never had the penchant of asking old people to bow to me," I said, "and you're still a great elder." ”

Shander stiffened his neck and squinted his eyes and saluted me.

"So," said the Great Elder, "shall we have a good talk now?"

"Of course," I motioned him, "whether I speak first or you first." ”

The Great Elder smiled. "Let's satisfy my curiosity as an old man!"

I nodded.

"Alright, please do it here. The Great Elder turned around and walked out of the pool, "It's really old, it's getting harder and harder to even stand for a while......

Following the Great Elder, we came to a room that was a little smaller.

There was a large oval table in the room, and several high-backed chairs were placed around it, which, of course, was made of seashells without exception, which seemed to be their special preference.

The girl who had kindly dissuaded me by the pool appeared, and I looked at her with a smirk, but she stepped back with a wary look as she offered us a turquoise drink.

"Try it," the Grand Elder said to me, "and this is the drink we have for our guests." ”

I thought about it, but I still took a small sip, and ...... I almost swallowed it with my nose pinched.

The Great Elder put down his cup, "What do you want from us?"

"Well, it's hard to say what you'll get. But for now," I said, "it seems like I've just found a big baggage." ”

"I'm sure you should know, there are nearly 100,000 people in our tribe now crammed into this small island. Food and material are difficult, and there is no more energy to create zào wealth for you. ”

"I'm not counting on that either. ”

"And what do you want?" the Great Elder asked me quietly.

"I told you," I said, shaking the glass in my hand, "I'm just walking around my fiefdom." ”

Hearing me say this, Sander stood up and yelled at me, "This is our land!"

It seems that the Great Elder does not intend to stop Shande, a small tribe is a small tribe, whether it is a patriarch or an elder, they are all the same short-sighted.

I stood up and walked over to Sander, smiling.

I walked up to Sander and patted him on the shoulder, the smile on his face even kinder.

Neither Sander nor the Great Elder knew what I was going to do, and I thought maybe I should show them a demonstration.

So I struck out at close range, my right hand against the hilt of the sword at Shande's waist, and I grabbed him by the neck and pulled him so hard that his face and my forehead collided with each other so closely.

This action was completed in an instant, and Sander couldn't fight back at all, only had time to snort in pain.

It wasn't until I grabbed Shander's head and turned his body over and pressed it on the table that his first nosebleed came out.

"Honorable Great Elder, do you think this person's neck will be cut?" the dagger in my right hand shook back and forth on Shande's neck, "or should I try it?"

The Great Elder was surprisingly calm at this time, as if the Shande in my hand was worthless.

I don't think you understand," he sat still, "our race has been facing the fate of enslavement and oppression since the day it was born, and I've seen you this kind of threat too many times. ”

"Really?" I smiled and shrugged, "then this man will be the most worthless one to die." ”

"To die for resistance will be a hero worshiped by my people for generations!

"You're wrong, Grand Elder. "When I speak. The dagger had already cut through Sander's skin. "He will die because of your stupidity. ”

"My stupidity?" the Great Elder's head tilted slightly, "Tell me." ”

"Okay," I said to Sander before he sat down on a chair next to him, still in my hands, "I'm best at enlightening people." ”

The Grand Elder made a "please" gesture.

"As I said, the Governor of Darkness. Whether you want it or not. You all now dwell in my fiefdom. You should understand that, right?"

The Great Elder nodded.

"I'm a smuggler without revealing my true identity, and of course you can treat a smuggler with such rudeness. But you must not do this to your governor. I pointed to Shander, "Not to mention this idiot who tried to do something to me a few times." ”

"Really?" said the Grand Elder, "but we have not acknowledged you as our governor. ”

"Then I will give you two choices, one is that your whole people will leave my dark realm immediately, and the other is to be my subject, and give me the respect that a governor deserves," I said, "and if you can't do both, I'll give you a good look." ”

"Is this blackmail?"

"Blackmail? Someone will bring a fleet of grain to blackmail you? Your whole water tribe is so destitute that I blackmail you?"

I calmed myself. "I'm tired of reasoning with you, whatever you think, and I don't want to waste my youth at the negotiating table...... I still have a lot of work to attend to. ”

"You can't convince me on that alone. The Great Elder said flatly, "But I think since it's a negotiation, you should be more detailed." ”

What a hard and soft old bastard!

"Basically, if the Water Tribes become my subjects, they will enjoy the same rights as all my dark subjects, not to starve to death, not to freeze to death, not to be enslaved. Enjoy the right of way in all dark areas, and no one will rob you to sell it when you walk on the road...... Also, I will give you land to use. ”

"That means we'll have half-full food to eat and thin clothes to wear under your management?" the Great Elder rolled his eyes, "Why don't you give us a full meal and warm clothes?"

"Oh, I'm not the god of light! I can't care so much, I only have these basic things for you, if you don't work hard, you deserve to starve to death!" I said, staring into his eyes, "As for what you are worried about...... I think you've heard a little bit about the lives of the inhabitants of my fiefdom. ”

"Sure enough, it's a strange fellow," the Grand Elder, "yes, I know a little bit about you. If you promise that my people will be treated the same as the inhabitants of your fiefdom, I can consider it. ”

"Are you still thinking about it? I think you almost laughed out loud, right?" I said with a smile, "but don't be too happy, these things are not given for nothing." ”

"There are gains and losses, so there is a season when there is only harvest and no pay?" the Great Elder nodded, "Say it!"

"Like all the inhabitants of darkness, you must be assigned by officials at all levels to obey the laws of my darkness. I continued, "I will pay a certain percentage of the tax according to the amount of the harvest, and of course I will adjust the proportion of the tax in a bad year, and even as I do today, I will bring grain to fill your stomach." ”

"Sounds good," the Great Elder said with a smile, "and who are you going to let run over us?"

"Isn't there a ready-made one?" I pointed to someone who was still bleeding from his nose, "I'm still a little stupid, but I'm sure he will mature under your teachings, Great Elder." ”

"Hehe! There is no need to praise me so much," said the Great Elder, "I am old, and it is okay to tell stories. ”

"Did you say yes?" I said, "Shall you hurry up?"

"The water tribe is like this, can I not agree?, not to mention that the water god has already chosen you," the Great Elder looked at Shande with pity, "May the water god have mercy and show me the direction of my people." ”

"There's a great future to work with me," I said, "don't you show me a bitter melon face, okay?"

The Great Elder smiled bitterly, as if he had aged a lot in an instant.

"You can discuss the specific matter with Shande, I won't come to join in the fun...... old bones" He stood up and waved his hand at me slightly, "If you want to hear the story, you are welcome at any time." ”

The Grand Elder walked out, and the negotiation was finally completed.

Watching his emaciated figure disappear outside the door, I felt an inexplicable feeling in my heart. The Great Elder is the true leader of the Water Clan, but what a thin body this is, I really don't know how he carried it through those difficult years.

I relieved Sander of his physical paralysis and sat down across from him.

"If you don't want to be beaten, sit down for me," I said to him, "and this is about the fate of the water tribe! Now, let's talk about the details......

"Say," Sander wiped the blood from his face with his hand, and did not rush at it as I had done, "you devil, I will defeat you one day." ”

"Let's not talk about that now," I pulled a pamphlet out of my bosom and threw it to him across the table, "take a closer look, this is what I want you to do......"

"This is ......" Shande only flipped through a few pages, and his face had already changed, "You?"

As I expected, it took me several days to complete this booklet, which contains a few things that I have carefully selected that can be accepted by the Aquarists, and of course, all of them related to military affairs. When it comes to the construction of a strong navy, how dare I not do my best?

"When can you start working on the first half of the stuff?" I asked him.

"We have a lot of good craftsmen, and if we have all the supplies," Sander calculated in his head, "we should be able to scale up by this time next year." ”

"Okay, I'll start later," I was very happy to hear Shande's affirmative answer, "I'll let you know if there is a change in the plan." Besides, from now on, you are the lieutenant commander of my Dark Navy Legion!"

"This chief is not very good," Sander groaned, "...... will be exhausted"

"Then I won't waste your time. ”

Smiling, I walked out of the room, I wanted to hear the story.

"By the way," said Shande, behind him, "we have a celebration tonight, come on! on the beach not far from the pier." (To be continued......)

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