Volume 3 Journey to the North Chapter 86 The Wise Demon of the North Sea
The sky was dark and blue, the waves were like brocade, the fog gradually faded, and the waves swayed slowly......
"I invited Beihai Xian's nephew here today because I want to confess something to you, Hanhai Kingdom. Qu Xiang sat on the hall and said expressionlessly.
"Oh?" Ao Beihai picked up the teacup and sniffed it gently, and when he heard Qu Xiang's words, he put down the teacup and asked with some doubts, "Uncle Qu has something to say, let's be a family in a month, and it's polite to say these words again, isn't it?"
Qu Xiang coughed a little embarrassed when he heard this, and said in a deep voice, "Actually, my daughter has never left the Blue Youguo Palace at all, and what she escaped before was just a stand-in." β
Ao Beihai seemed to have guessed what Qu Xiang was going to say, so in the face of this big news that shocked the entire Beihai, his face did not change at all, and he still looked at Qu Xiang with a smile.
"Uncle Qu, this is your mistake, although my reputation in the outside world is indeed not very good, but since my Hanhai Kingdom has proposed to the Blue You Kingdom, how can I, a person who is about to start a family, be like before?"
Ao Beihai's expression didn't have too much emotion, because he had actually guessed Qu Xiang's choice a long time ago.
He and Yun Zhonghe lived in the dormitory arranged by Lan Youguo, how could there be no eyeliner in the residence? The time when the two of them left the dormitory last night was the same as the time when there was an abnormal movement outside the courtyard of Yuanzhou, if Qu Xiang couldn't guess who the two people who sneaked into the secret guard's residence last night were, then he, the lord of Lan Youguo, might as well let a dog be the one.
Qu Xiang knew that he was at a loss, so he didn't refute a word in the face of Ao Beihai's cynicism, just sat there quietly and listened.
In this world, perhaps only Qu You can make this ruthless emperor lower his arrogant head.
General Beihai moved his wrist slightly, squinted his eyes and stood up, "Uncle Qu, you must know that my trip not only represents me Ao Beihai myself, but also represents the entire Hanhai Country. β
"It doesn't matter if you slap me in the face, after all, I call you Uncle Qu, and you will also be my father-in-law in the future, how can I not even talk about this little affection? But if this matter spreads, it will hit the face of the entire Hanhai Kingdom! This ...... I'm afraid it's not easy to do......"
Hearing Ao Beihai's words, Qu Xiang nodded and asked expressionlessly, "I understand what you mean, let's make a condition." From now on, only a few people in the temple will know about this matter, and you will open the price. β
"Indeed, it is not a glorious thing to marry a substitute, and it is rumored that our Hanhai Kingdom has no light on its face. Since Uncle Qu said so, then I, the prince of Hanhai Kingdom, will have a showdown with you. β
"I want the ownership rights of the archipelago north of Blowing Sand Island and the fishing rights of the surrounding 100 miles of water!"
Qu Xiang nodded without thinking, "Okay, just according to what you say." From today on, the thirteen islands north of Fusha Island belong to your Hanhai Kingdom, and the fishing rights of the surrounding 100 miles of sea areas will be open to the Hanhai Kingdom for 50 years. β
As soon as these words came out, it was Ao Beihai's turn to be dumbfounded, originally he thought that Qu Xiang would bargain with him, and he even thought about how to bargain, but this guy actually agreed directly?
Damn! Ao Beihai secretly scolded in his heart, he would have ordered more if he had known that he would have ordered more! Who would have thought that this method was ruthless, and the old fox who valued the land more than anyone else would actually regard his only daughter so seriously! He was willing to give away this large territory and territorial waters!
The depressed prince of Hanhai Kingdom was silent for a moment and nodded lightly.
"Then the matter is settled, and I will send an envoy to deliver the edict later. With that, Ao Beihai opened the door of the main hall, and the sun shone on his face.
"But although there is no problem with the conditions, I always want to see good talents. β
"It's not that I don't believe Uncle Qu, it's just that after all, there is such a precedent as before, I can't think of her too much, right?"
Qu Xiang closed his eyes and nodded, and said in a deep voice, "Yes, I'll take you to see her later." β
The corners of Ao Beihai's mouth finally showed a smile, after such a long time of layout and countless accidents, didn't he finally succeed?
He stepped out of the temple door gently, breathing in the fresh sea breeze, and his mood was extremely comfortable.
Qu Xiang slowly followed him, but there was no expression on his face anymore. He couldn't hold what he cared about and what he didn't care, did he?
"I lost to you. Qu Xiang, who was standing behind Ao Beihai, sighed and said, "Xu is that these Beihai people are blind, and they actually treat you as a waste person, hehe, it's ridiculous......
"In his position, he is planning his own affairs, what Beihai has done is just for the benefit of my Hanhai country, how can there be any victory or defeat. Ao Beihai replied with a smile, "Have you ever thought that perhaps, the current situation is the best outcome for both of us." β
"The marriage of the Hanhai Kingdom and the Lanyou Kingdom, the two most powerful countries in the Beihai Sea, the powerful alliance, and the conquest of the entire thirty-six islands of the Beihai are not just around the corner?"
"I have obtained the fishing rights for the thirteen islands north of Blowing Sand Island and the surrounding waters for the Hanhai Kingdom, and I really married Princess Quyou, which is also the luck of my Hanhai Kingdom, and it is even more of a blessing. β
"And not only did you keep the reputation of the Lord of the Blue Shadow Country, but you also learned that I am not a waste, isn't that enough?"
After listening to Ao Beihai's explanation, Qu Xiang suddenly laughed, and Cang Jian, who had been following him, looked at the gaffed lord and shook his head silently.
"You have a point!"
"You're not a waste! Of course you're not a waste!" Qu Xiang pointed to his nose tremblingly, and said word by word, "I'm a trash!"
Ao Beihai smiled slightly, raised his head to look at the blue sky, and leaned over to Qu Xiang's ear.
"If only you knew you were waste......"
His voice was very light and light, so light that except for Qu Xiang who could hear it, Cang Jian, who was closest to the two of them, couldn't hear it clearly.
Qu Xiang heard the words as if he had been struck by lightning, his eyes looked at the prince of Hanhai Kingdom with complicated eyes, and his smile gradually froze.
"Please lead the way, Uncle Qu, I've been waiting for this moment for a long time......" Ao Beihai made a gesture of asking for a while and smiling.
At that moment, Qu Xiang finally understood that from the moment he agreed to the marriage contract, he had already been defeated, completely defeated, and there was no possibility of turning over!
Sanchuan Bay, outside the ghost doctor's cave, a shirtless man waved the wooden sword in his hand vigorously, although he was covered in sweat, he was unaware of it, and he was still immersed in the sword.
"Do you know why your soul species is gold, but I let you practice the wooden sword first?" Shen Congtian knocked the melon seeds while sweeping the shirtless Xun Fang with his afterglow.
"I don't know!" Xun Fang gasped heavily, and said with a firm look in his eyes, "But I know that senior, as the leader of the sword in Beihai, will definitely not let me do useless work, and there must be a reason for you to teach me to practice the sword like this, I just need to do my best to practice the sword well." β
Shen Congtian spit out the skin of melon seeds, shook his head and said, "You can't practice swords like this, the sword body of the swordsman is important, if there is no sword body and no sword heart, the sword that you practice can only be a dead sword, and it is not alive." β
"You have to learn to look at your sword from your own perspective and think about the purpose of sword training with your brain, otherwise you won't be able to change the iron sword even if you practice for another year, understand?"
Hearing this, Xun Fang stopped swinging the sword in his hand, wiped the sweat on his face indiscriminately, took a deep breath, turned his head to look at Shen Congtian, and waved the wooden sword in his hand again.
"The soul species is golden, and the golden qi in my chest is fierce, if I use an iron sword as soon as I get started, my weak body may be injured by the golden qi backlash, so it is naturally best to practice with a wooden sword first. β
Shen Congtian nodded, and said vaguely, "Half of it is right, and then think about whether there is any other reason." β
Xun Fang frowned and thought for a long time but couldn't come up with a reason, Shen Congtian smiled when he saw this, and he was no longer embarrassed by this little guy who had just entered the way of the sword.
"The soul species is divided into five elements, naturally you can't escape the common sense of the five elements, among the five elements, Jin restrains wood, do you think this has anything to do with your wooden sword?"
The boy's sword dance hand stopped, and he stared at the wooden sword in his hand, his eyes gradually changing.
The originally smooth and flat wooden sword actually appeared one after another scratches at some point, he just swung it into the air every day, and never made this sword cut anything, why did there be mottled scratches on it?
"The golden qi is too fierce, especially the golden qi in your chest that contains the power of killing, if you don't sharpen it with a wooden sword, you won't be able to hold the sword in your life. β
After listening to Shen Congtian's explanation, Xun Fang suddenly touched the scratches on the wooden sword, and said with surprise in his eyes, "I understand, it is the golden qi in my chest that is too strong, and I practice the sword with the wooden sword that is restrained by this golden qi, and this golden qi will not cause damage to my body, but will be slowly sharpened by this wooden sword, right?"
Shen Congtian nodded lightly, fortunately, this kid is not too stupid, and he understands the truth with a little stroke.
"If you reach the level of injury, you don't need to be strong enough in your physical body, but with your current physical strength, grinding your qi with your body is tantamount to sending you to death. β
"I see. Xun Fang nodded solemnly and waved the wooden sword in his hand again.
"If one day, my wooden sword in my hand is broken by the golden qi, it should be considered done!"
"It's not up to you to decide whether it succeeds or not. Shen Congtian dusted the melon seed skin in his hand to the ground and walked towards the cave.
"When the sword in your hand feels that you have become, then you will be considered a ......"
Hearing Shen Congtian's words, Xun Fang scratched his head in confusion. What does it mean that the sword thinks that he has become him, and he has become it?
Xun Fang understood that in addition to his innate Silent Sword Soul Species, he no longer had anything to do with the way of the sword, whether it was strength, talent, or understanding, he was 108,000 miles behind those geniuses of the way of the sword.
But so what? If someone else swings his sword a thousand times a day, he will swing his sword 10,000 times, and he will always succeed, won't he?
Thousands of times to swing the sword, Xun Fang has never shouted bitterness and tiredness, this is his most outstanding point, his strength, understanding, and talent are not good, but fortunately he is tough enough.
He was going to practice the sword in his hand until the day he felt he had become......
Ao Beihai returned to the courtyard where the distant boat was located under the leadership of Qu Xiang, but this time it was much more upright than the last time.
"Could it be what you guessed?" asked the crane in the clouds whispering in Ao Beihai's ear.
"Ninety percent sure. Ao Beihai glanced around the courtyard and replied softly, "If I guess wrong, my name as the most beautiful man in Beihai is half of yours." β
Yun Zhonghe rolled his eyes and hummed a little song after him, without the slightest awareness of being a guard.
Yuanzhou in the house heard footsteps from a distance, and she knew from the moment she forced Qu Xiang to make this decision that the prince of the Hanhai Kingdom would definitely come to confirm her identity. As long as she survives this last trembling, then her plan will be completely unhindered!
Seeing that everyone had entered the courtyard, Yuanzhou sank into the courtyard, carefully arranged his clothes again, and resolutely pushed open the door.
Ao Beihai's eyes were fixed on the distant boat, as if he wanted to see her through.
He understands that if Yuanzhou wants to replace Qu You, then he will inevitably do something in his appearance, Xu is a mask to change her face, Xu is to directly change her appearance, in short, her current face must be the same as Qu You.
"This is the prince of Hanhai Kingdom, Ao Beihai, and your fiancΓ©. Qu Xiang said in a deep voice.
Yuanzhou respectfully saluted Ao Beihai, and then stood behind Qu Xiang with his hands in his hands.
After returning the salute, Ao Beihai slowly sat down opposite the elephant, his eyes looking up and down the distant boat aggressively.
Shape, movement, etiquette. Everything is perfect, if it weren't for Ao Beihai's certain certainty in his heart, I'm afraid he would really think that she was the real princess of Lan Youguo.
If someone dared to look at his daughter so presumptuously in normal times, Qu Xiang would have chopped him up and fed him to the fish. But the person in front of him was the crown prince of Hanhai Kingdom, and he could only suppress all his anger in his heart, watching his presumptuous eyes flow on Yuanzhou's body.
"It's not that I don't believe Uncle Qu, I just want to prove the true identity of Qu You's sister, I'm afraid it's not enough just by her appearance......" Ao Beihai stared at Yuanzhou's face, smiled and beckoned behind him, and the crane in the cloud on the side immediately put a box in Ao Beihai's hand.
"This is a box containing some potions, whether you two are father and daughter, you only need to drop a drop of blood in it, and you can tell if it's true or not. β
"Your Royal Highness the Prince, don't go too far!" Qu Xiang hadn't spoken yet, and Cang Jian on the side couldn't help it, although he was at fault, but it was too ridiculous to take the blood of the lord of the country and the princess to recognize his relatives!
Qu Xiang waved his hand to signal Cang Jian to stop, he glanced at Yuanzhou deeply, and then took out a dagger from his waist and gently cut his fingers, dripping his own blood into the box.
Yuanzhou was naturally a little flustered when she saw this, although she was ready for everything, but Qu You's corpse had already been dispersed by her, and all the bloody clothes had also been disposed of, where did she find Qu You's blood now?
Ao Beihai, who had been paying attention to the distant boat, keenly caught the trace of panic flashing in her eyes, and couldn't help but clench his fists.
Now he has an absolute grasp of his guess, the woman in front of him is definitely not Qu You, the princess of Hanhai Kingdom, she must be the distant boat who came to take revenge!
Looking at Yuanzhou's hesitant appearance, Qu Xiang gently held her hand, and said to Ao Beihai with a smile, "Since I was a child, I was afraid that she would hurt a little, and I felt distressed when I touched her skin a little......
Yuanzhou forcibly calmed herself down, now this situation must not be chaotic, the more chaotic it is, the easier it is to make mistakes, so she must calm down.
She pretended to look at Ao Beihai timidly, but to her surprise, Ao Beihai was looking at her with a smile, as if he knew that she was going to show her stuff next.
There is definitely something wrong with this guy! Could it be that he guessed my identity? Yuanzhou swallowed nervously, and immediately lowered his head and did not dare to look at him again.
Seeing this, Qu Xiang sighed helplessly, picked up the dagger and said distressedly, "Don't worry, it's just a drop of blood, it won't hurt very much......"
The dagger gradually approached Yuanzhou's finger, and Ao Beihai kept staring at her face.
Yuanzhou panicked, she was really panicked. If this drop of blood is taken out, then her identity will definitely be exposed, and there will definitely be no place to die at that time!
What should she do? How should this mortal situation be solved?
"Wait!"
Just when Yuanzhou was almost desperate, Ao Beihai suddenly stopped Qu Xiang's movements, scratched his head embarrassedly, and said with a smile, "Forget it, Sister Qu You is so calm, how can it be a fake!"
"Besides, how can I bear to hurt Sister Qu You? I don't want Sister Qu You to have any trouble with me in the future because of this little thing, hehe~"
Qu Xiang listened to him say this, nodded his head, and easily opened Yuanzhou's wrist.
Yuanzhou immediately retracted his wrist, and looked at Ao Beihai with a smile on his face with some fear, and his entire back was covered with cold sweat.
There's definitely something wrong with this guy! He wasn't testing the image at all, he was testing me!
Although Qu Xiang and Qu You are father and daughter, they rarely have personal contact with Qu You, which makes Yuanzhou confuse him through his understanding of Qu You's life habits. And the father-daughter relationship between the two often manipulates Qu Xiang's emotions, so that he has never had the slightest doubt about the identity of the 'daughter' behind him.
However, although this prince of Hanhai Kingdom had only met Yuanzhou for the first time, it was as if he had already understood all the secrets in her heart. His eyes made Yuanzhou, who had always been extremely confident in his disguise, feel threatened for the first time.
The prince of Hanhai Country is proud of Beihai, and he is definitely not a lustful gentleman as she heard before. On the contrary, I am afraid that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is a wise and close demon existence, and it is very likely that he will threaten his plans in the future.
"Now that all the doubts have been solved, then the virtuous nephew of Beihai will go back to Hanhai Country first, after all, the wedding date is approaching, and there are still many affairs waiting for you to deal with in Hanhai Kingdom......
"There's no hurry. Ao Beihai said with a smile: "I finally saw my daughter-in-law who had not passed through the door, so naturally I had to watch it for a while." β
"Sister Qu You, how about you move to me from today onwards?"
Hearing his profane words, Yuanzhou's whole person was stunned in place, and even his original character of being wise and close to the demon that he had finally stood up in Yuanzhou's heart also collapsed a little at this time.
Qu Xiang even smashed his fist on the table, smashing the entire stone table.
"Don't go too far!"
The crane in the clouds behind Ao Beihai immediately stood in front of him, and a powerful True Yuan fluctuation instantly erupted, fighting against the curved elephant.
Seeing this, Cang Jian's heart sank, this little-known guard was actually an immortal cultivator with four serious injuries!