Chapter 28: Five Things
"Well, in a few hours, you will be leaving, and I will choose the most important thing. Meiyi," Madame sat across from us, pressed her palms down, and motioned for me to be quiet: "Meiyi, don't be impatient, I will leave time for you to ask questions." Now listen to me patiently. Madame was gentle and persistent, and her heavy brown eyes looked at me firmly.
I quieted down.
"The Holy King, that is, the Infinite Realm that the Lord just said, he rules over the heavens and the earth, the five clans and the Holy Clan, and it will be the year 2000 next year. Today he suddenly proposed to abdicate, everyone was surprised, believing that there must be a reason, but now we can't guess, now we have to face my daughter, your sister, Huahai, has become a candidate for the new king. No matter how long and bleak it is to become a saint just now, I am afraid that only those who have experienced it are qualified to make such an exclamation, as you," she looked deeply at the sea of paintings, then me, and then said, "There is no other way but to accept the arrangement of destiny, to face, to experience, to taste. Life and death are great miracles, but who can deny that it is not a miracle to persevere in the darkness and to live with all your heart and soul knowing that there is no end?
Piercing the clouds, you are like an adult, although smart but lazy and indifferent, these years, if it is not a good intention, I am afraid that you will sink more and more; painting the sea, your character is influenced by me, you know the general situation, calm down, big mind, high heart, this new king of the battle is exactly what you want, but you also have to be extraordinarily sober, the holy king is like nine tripods, victory is a great joy, if defeated...... "Mrs. eyes focus on painting the sea, like petals to protect the core.
"When I heard what the adults said, the painting sea couldn't control itself, and cried again and again, not for anything else, but for the adults to spend a thousand years in confusion and boredom. As a blood clan, but extremely disgusted with the blood clan, unwilling to face up to where he is, unwilling to light a little flame of hope for himself, no wonder I have realized since I was a child, my lord, he, does not like me, it turns out that he does not like anyone, because his enthusiasm has long been exhausted. "The tears of the painting sea are still there, but the eyes are like washing, and the words are chiseled.
"Draw the sea, you're enough. My brother whispered.
Hua Hai glanced at his brother, disappreciated, and continued: "But I'm different. As a newborn baby, I was picked by you in the Source Garden, and the first person I saw when I opened my eyes was you, Madam, a noble blood clan, and from that moment on, my fate was sealed - to become a blood clan. No hesitation, no detours, this is how I was cultivated to grow up day by day in order to become a qualified blood clan, yes, before yesterday, I was still a human being, but, so what, just like the 'cocoon into a butterfly' described in my brother's book, I hid in the shell of human beings, like a caterpillar that has accumulated strength, all the waiting and hard work, all the ugliness and stupidity, have been rewarded at the moment of turning into a butterfly!"
I was dumbfounded. It's too much information for me to digest.
"Painting the sea!Can you take care of the good intentions, she has only been awake for a day, and she can't distinguish between 'humans' and 'blood clans', she can't confirm who she is, can she slow down, wait for her to get used to it, and then slowly talk to her. The brother's tone was very unkind.
"Hmph," Huahai sneered and said: "Please don't seem like you're the only one who cares about Meiyi's feelings, why don't we love her?" Just now you also heard the adults say, Meiyi will walk with me, 16 years she has been in a deep sleep, once she wakes up, what she needs most is to wake up quickly, please don't play dumb riddles in front of her, that will not help her growth!" I laughed.
"Kids, please stop. The three of you will be together for a whole year talking about all the topics you want to talk about, and now please hear me out. Madame's voice was soft, but there was a majesty of its own, and the three of us kept our mouths shut.
Three, that means my brother will accompany me to the sea of paintings, and the three of us are not separated, "Great!" I cried. Madame looked at me in surprise, and I glared at me, and my brother reached over and patted me on the head. I quickly looked down at the fish swimming in the water of the table hole, and my heart was ecstatic.
Suddenly, a red fish swam up to me, facing me, grinning!
Madame said: "Before leaving the Holy Star Castle, the Star Envoy conveyed the Holy King's will to our Red Fortress, Blue Fortress, and Yellow Fortress Lords, and the candidates for the kings of all clans will work together and go all out to retrieve five things from this world, these five things are of the utmost importance to my Holy Clan, and even to the five clans of the world, and they are all related to survival. We don't know what these five things are, but you will be instructed on the journey, and it's up to you how to get them. These five things are by no means mundane or common, and if they are to be obtained, they must be extremely difficult and dangerous, so the Holy King especially emphasized that the candidates must cooperate sincerely in order to succeed, and if any of them have the desire to be the leader, I am afraid that none of them can be retrieved. Therefore, one of the rules: next year, today, the Holy Star Fort, the five things are complete, and the candidates must also be complete......"
"What do you mean?" Hua Hai asked puzzledly: "I heard what the Holy King clearly said was 'among the three, a new king was born, and the other two disappeared', 'sacrificing the weak to screen out the real strong', which means that the candidates want to fight to the death, why do you suddenly have to 'cooperate' and 'complete'?"
"Personal courage is important, but teamwork, management, and handling things are also necessary for the future king, take those five things, it is difficult to take those five things, and you must work together with all your strength and do your best to have the possibility of success, to put it bluntly, in the coming year, you are all in a cooperative relationship, with the same goal, rather than a hostile competitive relationship, because if you can't complete the task, or one person dies, the remaining candidates are meaningless, and the holy king will also abandon it. Therefore, painting the sea, first put away the competitive heart, and join hands with those two to retrieve the five things. The five things are retrieved, the personnel are neat, and at this time next year, who is the king, the holy king naturally knows in his heart. Madame explained patiently.
Hua Hai pouted and said disdainfully: "Since it is a rule, I have nothing to say, but the way to take things, all kinds of dangers and difficulties, in order to test and select the real strong, everyone rushes up, there are people who are indiscriminate, how to identify who is strong and who is weak?"
"Don't worry, the second rule is here: the eldest son of the lord of the Red Fortress Castle pierces the clouds, whether it is age, qualifications, knowledge, or morality, he is enough to be a candidate for the king......
"What's that for?" asked Hua Hai.
"It is to accompany you candidates for the king, arrange, guide, record, and remind along the way, and carry out the will of the Holy King, but never help, command, or point fingers in the matter of taking things, in fact, you are a bystander and recorder. After the matter is completed, the Cloud Piercing Association will issue a detailed report to the Holy King, which can be used as a reference for the selection of the Holy King. Madame said.
"Can my brother help my sister?" I asked.
"No, you can't. Piercing the clouds is just a neutral. Moreover, he is upright by nature and disdainful of dirty. Besides," the lady glanced at me, "is there anything else the Holy King wants to know but can't know?"
"Actually, it's because of you that you can go through the clouds. Madame looked at me and said.
"Because of me?"
"Yes, Meiyi. At that time, you were disrespectful to the Holy King, tore off his robe, and provoked him to anger, and your brother was afraid that you would be frightened and injured, and wanted to save you, so in desperation, he showed his sharp teeth to the Holy King, which was a crime of disrespect to the Holy King in the Holy Clan, so your brother was willing to personally accompany the candidate on the difficult road to becoming king as a punishment. Madame said.
"Yes, brother?" I asked, turning my head. My brother smiled bitterly: "I don't know that I am as happy as I am." ”
"What about me, I'm also disrespectful to the black-robed man, how can I punish me? Besides, what's disrespectful, always wearing that big black robe, I see people in a hurry, I have long wanted to pull it!" I said proudly.
"You're missing? The third rule: Although the Red Warrior Castle has reached the age of 16, it has been sleeping soundly, uneducated, ignorant and reckless, and it may be difficult to be qualified for the 17-year-old new saint clan freshman in a year, so it is specially arranged to accompany the king candidates this time, learn and experience all the way, hoping to be reborn and reborn smoothly. Madame said, with a faint smile on her face, which warmed my heart.
"'Uneducated, ignorant and reckless', who said these two words, haha, if you want to know what it means, you will definitely rush over, a full meal, hahaha!"
"Draw the sea, draw the sea!" is what the Holy King said. Madame had a displeased face, but she couldn't help but smile.
"I don't care, I don't understand anyway. I only know that I can go with my brother and sister, and I am not afraid of any dangers! I will definitely help my sister find those five things, and then come back with my sister and see my sister become the king with my own eyes!" I said as I stood up, put my arms around the head of the painted sea, and pressed her face to my cheek.
I only felt a chill on my face. My sister's body froze. Then he reached out and wrapped his arms around my head as well.
In the big pool of water in the hollow of the round table, suddenly the colored fish leaped, circled into a semicircle, the tail of the fish fluttered, the mouth of the fish opened and closed, and called in unison: "Meiyi! Meiyi!"