Chapter 308: The Mermaid's Secret

Zhang Su strode across the snow, leaving a trail of visible footprints behind him, and he entered the garden of Anxin-in, intending to find a place for Princess Otohime.

The pond is probably a good idea, and she definitely likes water.

In the garden, a few birds crowed, and the pale dawn light shone through the slender birch branches. The first snow is melting, and the creek meanders through the riverbed and slowly flows into the icy pond.

The plum trees by the pool have bloomed. He saw clusters of pink petals blooming on those branches, their colors gently seeping with the gray sky.

"Jiangnan has nothing, talk about giving a spring". Zhang Su couldn't help but think of this poem. The plum blossoms are sent here. Plum blossoms lose their leaves in winter to accumulate water and nutrients, and when spring arrives, the buds quickly bloom, becoming a unique flower scene in the snow and a representative of spring.

This winter is almost over, really fast, the spring of 2058. The hibernating Katy, Eupharyn, and Hornet are about to wake up. Zhang Su thought to himself. There are so many gifts for them.

"Ahem......" Hongyan woke up early in the morning and sat on the big bluestone, with two small short legs stacked together.

"Good morning." Zhang Su greeted Hongyan, "How was the rest?" ”

"When you close your eyes in the tunnel, it's a new day. But you seem to be badly injured. "The red flame probe probes the brain, looking east and west.

"I'm sturdy and don't fall down easily." Zhang Su said.

"That's good, anyway, the recent events have really upset the Bodhisattva......" Red Flame hinted frantically.

"Tell me what the Bodhisattva is worried about." Zhang Su took her words.

"Princess Otohime!" Red Flame couldn't help but say, "How can you behave like this, after so many things, after the events of Ryugu City, now the most terrible thing is about to happen: Princess Otohime is about to come to visit Anxinin!" But I'm not ready at all! ”

"Not ready for anything?" Zhang Su didn't understand.

"I heard from the children that Princess Otohime still wanted to devour the Bodhisattva alive when she mentioned the name 'Red Flame'." Hongyan was nervous, "It's all those echo walls or something that turned Princess Xiao Yiji into the Bodhisattva's old enemy, and when she comes to the Anxin Temple, she will definitely come over and point at the Bodhisattva's nose and scold." ”

"Just get out of the way." Zhang Su said.

"Humph! It's too easy for you, sitting there, chatting for a day, it's like going to class. Is there a way to turn Princess Otohime into a good friend very easily...... Don't want to guess the right option to unlock the friendship plot. There is this time, the Bodhisattva wants to play electric more. I dug the tunnel before, but I worked very hard, so let's help the Bodhisattva this time. Red Flame was visibly shy, and stood up on the stone, his hands on his hips.

"Things have to be sorted out all over again." Zhang Su said.

"Then, the Dragon Palace Sea Clan has always lived there, and the Dragon Palace Cliff was still a top secret at that time, and I don't know what is down there. But I can sense that Princess Otohime is obviously tired of it, and she wants to leave her hard labor and go to the spirit world, where she can enjoy immortality and fairy food like the witches who are fortunate enough to ascend to the spirit world...... What happened after that was just like what you saw later, it turned out that in the past few hundred years, they decided to give up, all of them gave up, and they couldn't hold on no matter how they said! Leaving a little Otohime, who studied the 'Villain Red Flame' since he was a child, and went to the spiritual world just because he knew how to make orange rice cakes, Bodhisattva, I didn't dare to think about what those words were written, it must be full of jealousy. Red Flame said.

"Then what kind of person do you think Princess Otohime is? The one before it. Zhang Su said.

Red Flame sighed deeply.

"Bodhisattva, why have I been hiding in the tunnel?" She asked rhetorically, "This thing is too big, this thing—fighting demons, spending our lives with endless demons, spending our lives, and then our children and grandchildren." No one can do it, no one anyone! ”

"Then Princess Otohime is a good person." Zhang Su said.

"I have a lot of respect for Princess Otohime! She is the wisest, most loved, and sure of the Sea Clan. No one can criticize her. "Red Flame gives Princess Otohime a high evaluation.

"But she passed on her hatred to Otohime." Zhang Su said.

"It's okay to hate me, hum, Bodhisattva, I also regret going to the spirit world, the only good thing is immortality and a free fairy food buffet, the disadvantage is to be pointed at by everyone." This is a witch who has been to the spirit world! How to get there? She will make orange rice cakes'! Ahh

"Come on." Zhang Su invited Hongyan.

He researched the tranquil garden pond and worked with Red Flame to design a suitable place for Princess Otohime to live.

"It's probably an open terrace that floats on the water, it's divided into two levels, where you can bask in the sun and let everyone sit, and below is a hollowed-out channel that connects to the bottom of the pond, and then there's a pontoon bridge that leads to the shore so that we who can't swim can go there." Designed by Zhang Su.

"Oh-oh-oh-" Red Flame concentrated on his divine power and began to build the fantasy floating treasure house. She takes it seriously and tries to make amends for an age-old feud by showing hospitality.

Soon, an amber glow lit up in the center of the lake, revealing a frame of waterproof driftwood and octagonal piles extending below the bottom of the water.

Immediately afterward, Red Flame flew into the air, stroking the wooden hut in front of him with his hand, weaving between the frames, the amber light intertwined like a thin net, giving the appearance of the floating treasure house gradually taking shape, and the lower layer was a hollow net that could float on the water, which could easily allow Princess Otohime to jump in or out.

After that, the upper level of the production, Hongyan built a hollow terrace above the treasure house, with wooden sofas, chairs, coffee tables, and long tables, the furniture was covered with silk, mainly blue and green, and the balustrade was carved in the shape of coral, and she added some trinkets of shells, fish, and pearls with her imagination, hoping to remind Princess Otohime of the landscape of Ryugu Castle.

Zhang Su laid the pontoon bridge section by section, from the shore to the floating water treasure house, he had great strength, and the throw was accurate, and now Zhang Su knew that the practice of throwing things was very meaningful, and now he can throw it accurately to the side of the treasure house every time, impartially.

By about noon, the floating treasure house was finished, and Red Flame added some counterweight stones to hold the treasure house in place and protect it from the waves, and then retreated to the shore and looked at the water hut in front of him with satisfaction.

"Behold, this is the most beautiful and beautiful floating house that a Bodhisattva can make." Red Flame announced.

"If I go up, I'll collapse it, so Bodhisattva go and try it." Zhang Su said.

"Good!" Red Flame jumped hard, jumped thirty meters from the edge of the pond, and jumped onto the terrace of the floating treasure house in one go.

She touched the railing here, sat down on the sofa she made, felt the material of the cloth cushion and the height of the armrests, fine-tuned it, and checked the table again, this is a beautiful table, you can put a lot of snacks to eat and drink, you can sit next to the table, watch the koi fish swim around the pond, look at the scenery by the pond, blow the wind, how comfortable it is.

"How?" Zhang Su asked.

"The Bodhisattva did his best, this is a gift for Princess Otohime. If she came to the peace house, it would certainly not be convenient to live in a human house, but she should be able to live comfortably in our pond hut. I hope she can have a good impression of me because of this! Red Flame walked down from the side of the floating treasure house and walked back to the shore along the pontoon.

Zhang Su looked at the newly completed Flowing Water Treasure Residence.

"Maybe it's not a waiver of responsibility." Zhang Su said suddenly.

"Huh?" Hongyan looked up at Zhang Su, her height was only up to Zhang Su's navel.

"The former princess Otohime." Zhang Su said, "I saw her and the other ministers die by suicide in the big conference hall, but they left a lot of resources for Xiao Yiji, and Xiao Yiji lived alone for many years without any problems. Their bones are aging, and it may just be the end of the day. ”

"You're — you mean aging." Red Flame was startled. She was so accustomed to longevity that she forgot that ordinary witches only had a lifespan of more than two hundred years.

"When she stuck to Ryugu Castle and separated from the Bodhisattva, Princess Otohime was probably not young. Maybe another fifty years have passed since then, and Princess Otohime knows that she is about to die, but the heir Xiao Otohime has not yet hatched. Zhang Su said.

"Quite possibly." Red Flame nodded.

"Then, in the time since the Red Flame Bodhisattva left, the puppet demon has successfully controlled the ancient guardian 'Mo Centipede' and effectively sealed off Dragon Palace City. The people of the Dragon Palace withered, only a few of them remained, Princess Otohime's life was short, there was no foreign aid, and in desperation, she had to prepare all the resources for Xiao Otohime to grow up, in order to avoid anyone among the remaining ministers from destroying Princess Otohime's will, she asked everyone to die with her. After that, the bottom of the sea remained silent until Xiao Yiji broke out of her shell, until the outside world broke the blockade of the centipede again and discovered the ...... of Dragon Palace City," Zhang Su said.

"Yes, every time you say it. Princess Otohime is indeed very old and has not bred for a long time, and may have found a true love later, I don't know who it is. Red Flame sighed.

"Yes, little Otohime was born by the power of 'deep love', and the princess Otohime of the previous generation hoped that she could grow up safely and happily, and be able to hold on to it in Ryugu Castle for a little longer, until someone could rescue her! Being able to let her see the outside world is what it means to persevere. Zhang Su said.

The Red Flame Bodhisattva was said to cry by Zhang Su.

"I'm going to play with Otohime." "I'm going to tell her what a great person her mother is. ”

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"Eat to your heart's content and go to bed early ~ There are many friends and few worries~" Saho took Princess Otohime to Anxin Temple to play.

"You're so funny." Princess Otohime's tail jumped and jumped, and she staggered and followed Saho.

"Passing through the tunnel is the human world." Saho saluted Princess Otohime, "This is the first time you've left Ryugu Castle, don't be mesmerized by our beautiful land world." ”

"I won't!" Princess Otohime said.

"Go, to land, and infinity!" Saho passes through a tunnel made of stardust bricks and returns to Wolkaen.

"Wow-" Princess Otohime crawled out and immediately stood up and looked around at the white walls around her.

"Uh, that's high!" Early spike raised its head.

Princess Otohime can be three meters tall when the dragon's tail is erect, after all, the tail is usually coiled, and it would be great if it was completely erected.

"Where is this? Where is this? Princess Otohime excitedly touched the wall of her room.

"This is a room in Yuehuayuan, maybe this will be a space-time hub or something in the future. There are 10 of them. "Saho checked it, this is the largest room on the second floor of the Anxin Temple, maybe this kind of function was reserved at the beginning of the design, and Dasu really has a lot of ghost ideas.

Princess Otohime poked her head out to look out at the outside world, her eyes widening.

"So many colors, so many new things!" Princess Otohime sighed, "The air ...... It doesn't smell the same! It's so fresh! ”

"Give you 10 minutes to get excited, and then we'll go again." Saho said.

Princess Otohime was about to run out, and Saho was startled, and quickly rushed over to hug Princess Otohime's tail, and was then taken down by her from the window.

(End of chapter)