Chapter 8: The Blue Sea
When Xiao Qianye returned to the military pavilion branch, the night was already completely dark, and the subordinates who were not waiting for the rush to turn around greeted him, he had already waved his sleeves and sent everyone away, only beckoning to one of them and signaling him to follow.
The Pavilion branch was located on the coast, next door to the Navy headquarters, and he looked back and saw that the lights were still on in the navy.
"Is the marshal back?" Xiao Qianye asked his subordinates at this time, the young man followed him closely, he looked much younger than Xiao Qianye, nodded and continued, "The marshal arrived in the evening, and he has already sent someone to look for you three times." ”
"What is important?"
"The marshal said that he would wait for you to come back in person, it should be about the end of the sky, but the young pavilion master wants to go over now?"
Xiao Qianye had already stepped into the door, lit a candle casually, spread out a table of papers, and looked at it roughly, asking while watching: "I'll go over later, Zhengfan, what's the situation today?"
"There is still no trace of the fugitive. The young man named Zhengfan took out a document from the table and handed it to him, "Not only that, but the annual mirage in the city has also started as scheduled, and there are many foreign businessmen gathered in Xiaoqin Tower, wanting to catch a few rare alien races and sell them for money...... Xiao Qinlou and the Gongsun family seem to have some origins, so we don't want to go too deep. ”
His voice grew lower, obviously knowing that this was not a glorious thing.
Xiao Qianye thought about it, the largest restaurant in the imperial capital is called "Qin Building", which is rumored to have something to do with the Gongsun family, and the small Qin Building in North Shore City is said to be a newly opened branch.
The mirage, which is nothing more than a large-scale trade fair on the surface, is actually a special trade that wanders in the gray area, and in addition to all kinds of rare treasures, human trafficking is also repeatedly prohibited.
It's just that there is a huge chain of interests behind this, and even if it is a military cabinet, it usually turns a blind eye and does not over-control.
However, Xiao Qinlou is located in the downtown area, and it is also a gathering place for officials and merchants, and it is impossible for the two fugitives not to be discovered even if they have great ability.
Xiao Qianye took out the map and looked at the coastline carefully - the Lingyin Clan's Shanshui is a foreign race born from the sea, although it has long lost the ability to live in the water, but the shallow reef by the sea is still the most suspicious hiding place.
Xiao Qianye frowned, in terms of martial arts, the current generals of the military pavilion are all first-class, however, once they encounter a Xuanmen technique in their mission, they will often fall into an unsolvable predicament.
Suddenly, Zheng Fan remembered something, and hurriedly said: "Young Pavilion Master, earlier today, the young master came to look for you, and when he saw that you were not there, he went out again. ”
"Why is he here?" Xiao Qianye's face suddenly showed surprise, but he couldn't help but think of the familiar voice on Wanling Peak in his mind!
The "young master" in the mouth of his subordinates is his twin brother - Xiao Yibai.
The eldest brother has been stationed in Garo all the year round, and the task of North Shore City has not been handed over to him, why did he suddenly find it at this time?
"Is there anything he is looking for me?" Xiao Qianye immediately regained his composure and asked casually, "How long have you been out?"
Zheng Fan thought for a while: "It's been a while, but the young master said that he would come to you again." ”
Xiao Qianye's eyebrows furrowed suddenly, and he gritted his teeth and was silent for a long time - the person who came was not good, this was the only word he could think of now.
It has been eight years since he returned from Kunlun Mountain, and he saw the change of this big brother in his eyes and was shocked in his heart.
What scared him the most was actually the eyes of his eldest brother.
Most of the human pupils on the flying wall are blue or dark brown, and the royal family is a faint light gold, but this eldest brother, when he went to Kunlun Mountain, his pupils turned into an ice blue that made him feel cold!
This is not innate, and it will not even be maintained all the time, the eldest brother's young eyes are indeed the same blue and blue as himself.
He had never seen a person with such eyes, and if he had to say that there was anything with such eyes, it was only on the family crest of their Xiao clan, and the strange beast had ice blue eyes!
Regarding the strange beast on the family crest, he had also curiously looked for relevant information, but Feiyuan had been isolated from the world for too long, and there was no record on the island, but when he was young in Kunlun Mountain, he found a similar strange beast in a book called "The Classic of Mountains and Seas".
Poor Qi, the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" is called that strange beast, one of the four fierce beasts in the legend, as for why there is a fierce beast on the family crest of the Xiao family, Xiao Qianye does not know.
The Wind Demon is here, big brother...... Also coming.
Several cases of extermination that shocked the government and the opposition were all committed by the Wind Demon, and in the case of the Tianzheng Mansion, he once suspected that it was the Wind Demon.
Eldest brother...... Could it really have something to do with the Wind Demon?
He suddenly felt a headache and couldn't help but rub his eyes.
"Young Pavilion Master, you need to rest first. Zheng Fan also saw his exhaustion, this top boss had not been seen for a whole day since he said goodbye in the early morning, and did not return in a hurry until late at night.
"Hmm......" Xiao Qianye still tried to clear his head, there were too many things that happened to him that day, but as soon as he raised his head and didn't have time to speak, the oncoming person made him even more headache.
Xiao Yibai stood outside the door, silent, and didn't know when he came, and beckoned to him with a smile.
"Young Pavilion Master ......" Zhengfan is a little vigilant, Xiao Yibai is the twin brother of the Young Pavilion Lord, the two have very different personalities, although they work together in the military pavilion, the Young Pavilion Lord is nominally his boss, but there is very little contact between the two.
"You go and rest first. Obviously knowing the strangeness of his coming, Xiao Qianye simply dismissed his subordinates, and said to Xiao Yibai, "Come with me." ”
The division of the North Shore City is not large, and as long as you go around the cloister and go out from the east, you can see the sea.
Xiao Qianye walked all the way to the beach, twisted his neck and relaxed for a while, and then said slowly: "How many times have you been told, don't dress like this to come to me, you will be nagging when you are seen." ”
Xiao Yi laughed in vain, he was dressed in a snow-colored robe, and he really didn't wear the uniform of the military pavilion according to the regulations, and replied: "I'm just stopping here, and I'll come over to see you by the way, who will nag?"
"By the way?" Feeling that the green tendons on his forehead were about to jump, Xiao Qianye suppressed his anger, "It's not a little road between Jia Luo and Yu, how did you come by the way?"
When asked like this, Xiao Yibai couldn't help but smile: "Aren't I worried about you? It's been a month since the first detachment of the Blue Bird came here, why hasn't there been any progress?"
"Will I still be here if there is progress?" he asked rhetorically, a little unpleasant, "This month, Lan Xin has not heard any news at all, and she has disappeared along with the person who took her from the end of the earth. ”
Xiao Yibai frowned slightly-that person escaped from the Water Prison of the Bound King, which is supposed to be the responsibility of the forbidden army, and the end of the sky is located under the Biluo Sea, and it is also the navy's business to take over, in fact, it is not the turn of the military pavilion to pursue him.
However, Emperor Tianquan counted this matter on the head of the military cabinet, and only gave a one-month deadline, if it could not be completed as scheduled, the jurisdiction of Yudu would be handed over to the forbidden army.
Xiao Yibai sighed, after this younger brother came back from Kunlun, because of the amazing performance of the White Sect in the First War, he was promoted by Prince Mingxi to become the new military pavilion master, but he immediately did a jaw-dropping thing - he replaced almost all the generals in the military pavilion and swept those stubborn sons and daughters out of the house!
He knew that Emperor Tianquan's move this time was undoubtedly testing pressure on him, after all, behind Emperor Tianquan was the center of the imperial power, the Bipolar Society.
"Xiao Yibai, since you are here, help me do something. Xiao Qianye suddenly interrupted his thoughts, walked into the seawater, and sneered, "You have been interested in Xuanmen magic since you were a child, and you have been studying those things without doing your job, why don't you help me find two people, after all, only you know these things in the current military pavilion." ”
Xiao Yibai obviously didn't expect him to make such a request, only to see Xiao Qianye kick the seawater, obviously playing a trap on him, and then said: "Don't tell me you can't find it, you definitely didn't come here to play, right?
"Ahem......" Xiao Yibai coughed embarrassedly, Xiao Qianye took advantage of the situation and said, "You are the best at these, help me, you can't let me use the title of the military pavilion master to press you, after all, you are still my eldest brother." ”
He looked good-mouthed, as if he was pleading, but in fact he was not allowed to refute it at all.
He never expected that this quick and resolute brother would suddenly ask him in this way.
"What's the problem?" Seeing that he was silent for a long time, Xiao Qianye turned around and stared at him directly, observing the subtle changes in his expression.
"You're willing to beg me, what's the problem?" Xiao Yibai smiled, and then followed him to the sea.
The sea water was up to his ankles, it was the unique cold of the blue sea, between the ebb and flow, Xiao Yibai's feet floated a circle of light, he closed his eyes, and listened carefully to the faint sound in the sea.
When he was at Wanling Peak, the art of punishing heaven and earth had positioned the direction on the sea, and there was indeed a strange spell that was hiding something.
It's been a month since Lan Xin's disappearance, and as early as the time of Jia Luo, he had used the astrolabe to calculate the location, but there has always been a strange force interference, and the star technique he is proud of is only very vague to stop the direction in Yudu.
There has been no further news from the Star Sacrifice Palace, and at first he thought that the emperor was deliberately embarrassed, but now it seems that he really can't find a specific location.
This time the two escaped from the original confusion, and Lan Xin is a foreign race with special abilities, plus Yudu and Jia Luo Tiannan are too far apart, he didn't care about the result of Si Xingshu, he couldn't find it, it was originally reasonable.
And now, he stood on the shore of the Biluo Sea close at hand, and the spell still couldn't determine the exact location.
Xiao Yibai became serious at this time, and looked at the spell under his feet seriously-the Lingyin clan is not a particularly powerful race, and the power of secret interference is more like coming from the deep sea.
He soon realized that this was unusual, but he still kept his face unchanged and said calmly: "They must be on this coastline, but we can't see it." ”
"Can't see?" Xiao Qianye asked, "Is there any trick to get around?"
"It's not like the Lingyin clan did it......" Xiao Yibai sighed meaningfully, but his gaze pierced into the deep sea like a sharp knife.
Biluohai is the link between Feiyuan and the Central Plains, and travelers from the Central Plains will cross the South China Sea by boat, enter Biluohai, and then land in the north shore city along the coast before officially reaching Feiyuan.
The surface of the turquoise sea is calm, like a beautiful piece of jade, and even in stormy weather, there is not a single wave here, as if there is some strange attraction under the water, which sucks everything into it.
Every year, more than half of the ships disappear into this tranquility.
It is said that those ships disappeared suddenly, without any warning, and even two ships in front of one after the other went into the fog at the same time, and after they came out, there was already one missing, no one heard the cry for help, and no one saw the firework on the ship, so suddenly disappeared without a trace.
The Biluo Sea is in the Central Plains and is known as the "Devil's Sea".
More than 60 years ago, when the trade between Feiyuan and the Central Plains was not as difficult as it is today, an emperor of the Central Plains also sent a fleet to this sea area to unravel the secret of the blue sea.
However, this incident was severely warned by Emperor Minghui of Feiyuan, and he even did not hesitate to send a navy to block the fleet of the Central Plains, and the two sides were at a stalemate at the junction of the South China Sea and the Biluo Sea for more than three months, and finally Emperor Jingxuan of the Central Plains finally compromised and withdrew the fleet.
Thirty-six years ago, after Ming Ze, the second son of Emperor Minghui, usurped the throne and seized power, he ordered the blockade of the ship lanes between the South China Sea and the Biluo Sea, and only fixed passenger ships were allowed to cross the sea through the official road every year.
This policy has seriously hindered the trade between the two countries, but the strange goods of the flying wall are extremely coveted by merchants from afar, and after the official road is impassable, more and more people choose to pay for the smuggling route, but the private road without the protection of the army is full of dangers, and the sea devils are endless.
However, even if countless people are buried here, under the temptation of money, there are still batches of people coming one after another!
The first foothold of these lucky people who came to Feiyuan was the North Shore City in the coastal Yudu.
Thirty years ago, Emperor Tianquan, who was vaguely aware of this situation, moved his naval headquarters to the North Shore City, and the situation of smuggling into the island improved.
The North Shore City has gradually become a gathering place for foreign travelers, and the Enchanting Mountain and the Biluo Sea, which surround the city, have become a concentration area for the native aliens of Feiyuan.
This rich and mysterious city has a creepy legend - in the depths of the blue sea, there are sleeping monsters!
To smuggle the way to the Higaku, it is necessary to sink the entire ship into the sea with a special method and drive in the sea.
It's pitch black in the depths, and even the lights installed in the bow of the ship have no effect, but if you can pass through the huge serpentine currents and avoid the beasts in the water, you can see the light of the deep sea when you get close to the shore.
It is said that it was an extremely strong blue light, and even sharks in the sea did not dare to approach it, and if you looked down through that pillar of light, you could see the silhouette of a huge city!
This ancient city is the end of the sky, and under the ancient city, there are seven hundred huge chains!
These chains are made of the hardest sea soul stone on the seabed, connecting the foundations of the ancient city, and the seven hundred chains stand upright, like a "forest".
At the deeper and darker bottom of the sea, there is always a creepy roar.
Unlike the calm sea, the currents in the deep sea are extremely difficult to control, and even twisted together like a snake, if you are accidentally swept away by the current, it is impossible to find it back, and the private road is illegal in the first place, and no one will come to rescue the ship if it is shipwrecked here.
The surface of this sea is also eternally calm, like a cunning hungry wolf, disguised itself to tempt food, and no one knows how many nameless white bones are buried under this emerald blue sea.
What secrets are hidden in this sea, no one knows.
No one knows what kind of shocking changes have taken place in the depths of this sea today.