There is a small lake, or pond, outside their dwelling. Anyway it was the size of a football field, the water was clear and cool, but the water was shallow, the deepest point was to my chest.

The most interesting thing about this small lake is that half of its area is occupied by a huge dragon skull. The keel was probably left for a long, long time, and a thick layer of moss was placed where it came into contact with the water.

When I went back, Zhang Miao and Concubine Qin were holding the corners of their skirts, touching something under the dragon's skull?

"What are you doing?" I asked them, standing by the lake.

"Oh! It's not - do you want to come down, we're scratching the marbles.

"What marble?"

"Won't you come down and take a look yourself?" It was rare for Zhang Miao to talk to me, although the tone was not very friendly.

I took off my shoes, rolled up my skirt and went down into the lake. As I turned over the jaw of the keel, I saw a girl in an ink-colored dress standing in the middle of the water, with an extraordinarily attractive appearance. She was about ten meters away from Zhang Miao, wiping the sweat on her forehead, and by the way, pulling a few strands of scattered hair behind her ears, she probably noticed that I was looking at her, so she turned her head and smiled at me, and then bent down and touched the marble in the water.

The girl is very delicate, and her eyes are watery, like a bend of autumn springs. The hair was about the shoulder blades, the hair was very fine, with many split ends, tied in a very simple ponytail, and a few strands of loose hair attached to the cheeks. Melon seed face, some baby fat, pale complexion. The two dimples are very obvious when laughing. But there was something sad to look at, the shallow lines on her forehead. That's because girls often frown. I've seen it on Limbo's face as well. I think she probably had a lot of hardships in her life. She may be tired from living, but I think that the Water God Palace has no quarrel with the world, what makes her frown so often. Look at Concubine Qin and Zhang Miao living so freely and happily.

"No, what did Master tell you?" Concubine Qin asked me.

"She taught me how to save Zijun, and we talked about blood sacrifices. But that's not the most important thing, the most important thing, I have a great gift for you. ”

"What a great gift" Zhang Miao turned her head suddenly, looking like a puppy pounced.

"Why don't we go ashore and talk about it, and make sure you like it," I said.

"Miao, how many did you catch?" Concubine Qin asked

"Four, you?" Zhang Miao spread out her hands, and the marbles they were talking about were thumb-sized, black balls. I don't understand what's there to catch with this thing, I should just pick it up.

"Six!"

"Oh... Concubine, how did you catch it, I was so serious. I have more than 30 years of experience catching marbles. "Zhang Miao.

"You're only a few years old. ”

"Humph!"

"Ask Mozhu, there are fifteen, let's go back"

"Okay" Zhang Miao responded, and shouted to Mozhu, "Mozhu, you caught a few marbles." ”

"Did you ask me how many marbles I caught?" she repeated.

"yes, a few"

Mo Zhu swayed over with his skirt, and said as he walked, "I only caught eight, what about you?"

"You caught eight, so many, Zhang Miao caught four, I caught five, but it's enough, let's go back." Concubine Qin said. At this time, Mozhu had already walked to our side.

"What is this marble, and what are you doing with it?" I asked.

"This marble is called a keel beetle, because it swims very fast in the water, and everyone calls it marble. It's delicious, but they're so cute, we don't eat it, we use it for practice. When they get tired, they go home. Concubine Qin said.

"Can this thing be practiced?" I asked.

"Don't underestimate it, it runs faster than a rabbit on land, but it's a little afraid of people, and it doesn't move when it's caught. Zhang Miao said.

"Then how do you use it for practice?" I asked

"Hmmm... Zhang Miao pondered for a long time, and the expression on his face was very painful, "In short, this is a profound question, it is difficult to explain it to you, but when Mozhu practices, you can come and visit." You'll understand. ”

I answered, and Zhang Miao asked me, what about the gift you gave us. I took out the fragrant fruit.

"This is the Heavenly Master's reward for your meritorious work in descending the mountain. ”

I gave it to Concubine Qin and Zhang Miao, and when I gave it to Mozhu, she resolutely didn't want it.

"I haven't come down the mountain, this is given to you by the master, I can't ask for it. ”

I think this was originally for Zijun, since you don't want it, I will also give it face, so take it back. Who knew that Zhang Miao, a bastard, snatched the Tianxiang fruit in my hand and stuffed it into Mo Zhu's hand.

"Mozhu, you want to participate in the Holy Maiden election, eat a few more Tianxiang Fruits to replenish your body, and the master has given you too few Tianxiang Fruits. ”

"But I... I"

"It doesn't matter if you take it, according to my Zhang Miao's analysis, eating Tianxiang fruit for him is equivalent to eating it for nothing, it is better for you to eat it. ”

"Well, thank you," she said to me.

"You're welcome, it was originally for you," I said reluctantly.

On the way back to the residence (a wooden house in the shape of a hollow square) from the lake.

"I think your internal force fluctuations are a bit weird!" Mo Zhu said to me suddenly.

"Strange, maybe, I'm a practitioner of the Blood Sacrifice."

"No, it's not this, I mean physique, a very special physique. ”

"Oh, Mozhu, what do you see, I also think he is mysterious, his swordsmanship is very good, but his IQ seems to be very low. Zhang Miao made a gesture of pressing her hand down.

"Where is my IQ low?" I asked rhetorically.

"Mo Zhu, what kind of physique is he? Concubine Qin asked.

"I'm not sure, it's different from ordinary people anyway, maybe it's Hezhong. But, it's really rare," Mozhu always looked at me when he spoke.

"Mozhu, you are looking, with my Zhang Miao's more than 30 years of experience in martial arts, people who neutralize their physique cannot practice martial arts. His internal strength is very strong, and his swordsmanship is also very good. ”

"I, I'm not sure, I just think it's weird. Under Zhang Miao's questioning, Mozhu was a lot more timid.

"No matter what kind of physique you are, let's go back quickly, tomorrow you will participate in the election, you have to practice more. Concubine Qin said, she glanced at me as if she was looking at a foreign object.

"Mo Zhu, also participating in the Holy Maiden Campaign?" I asked in surprise.

"I've said it twice, Mozhu has a pure yin physique, and his perception is super strong. Zhang Miao said.

"In fact, I don't have a pure yin constitution, but I am more feminine than others. Mozhu said.

"That's right."

"Are you afraid that Mo Zhu will rob the Qingying Heavenly Master of the position of her daughter, the Holy Maiden. ”

"I don't want Zijun to be a saint. ”

"Everyone is quite a saint, so they don't believe what you say. Zhang Miao said.

I was about to refute, but Mo Zhu said tremblingly: "No, not everyone wants to be a saint, in fact, many people just want to live her life quietly." Mo Zhu's words became smaller and smaller, and in the end, the word life was almost inaudible, and his head was buried in his chest.