Chapter 17 Floating on the sea, accompanied by idle gulls in the waves
Listening to Elder Fierce Plough's words, it was obvious that he had already known that Xingyan was not a person of the Demon Dao. However, this sobering statement had already been determined, otherwise he would not have been honest with the elder just now.
Now, I saw the Heavenly Demon Elder whispering to the young man with a smile on his face: "I looked at Your Excellency before, and I was quite unbearable for this Elder to take the blood of human wood, but at that time, I knew that you were not a person like me who was decided. ”
At this point, the fierce plough did not continue to inquire about the origin of Xingyan, but only changed his voice and pointed him out how to get to his lodging: "You go along this path, and you will see your lodging place when you follow the glowing path until you reach the end." ”
Next, according to the words of the elders, they stepped on the suspended boulder and carefully walked towards the endless heavenly path ahead. As they walked, a fierce wind blew horizontally, making their dresses hunt soundly.
While walking the heavenly path like this, the dragon girl in Qingluo's small skirt quietly questioned Xingyan again, asking him why he revealed that he was not a demon. Listening to her inquiry, he looked at the magic mermaids walking in front of and behind, and Xingyan only said: "This is just a 'small concession and a big fight'." ”
After whispering, he stopped talking and cautiously continued on his way.
After about half a cup of tea, the suspended boulder that was lowered in turn came to an end. At the end, the boulder road connects to the solid ground.
After jumping off the last boulder and keeping his feet on the ground, Xingyan saw another hundred and ten forks in the road in front of him. I don't know what spell the fierce plough elder cast, among the hundreds of forks in the road, in the eyes of Xingyan and Lingyi, there is only one road that is glowing with bright red light.
Thinking of the elder's words, he said that several people stepped on this red path of light, all the way forward, and after walking a hundred and ten steps, they saw three or four thin paths, and among the small paths, only one path shone with red light.
Walking along this winding red light road, after about half a stick of incense, Xingyan saw that at the end of the strange road, there was a red mud hut, which was lit with bright candles, and the warm light was shining from the window. Looks like that's where they're staying tonight.
When I approached the red mud hut and looked at it, I realized that it was more of a cave jutting out of the ground than a house. The ochre-colored roof, joined by the walls in a circle, resembles a semi-circular cat's ear.
In front of this cat's ear pill cave, both sides of the red stone path are paved with purple shells, and light yellow and light red flowers are scattered randomly in the middle, gently swaying in the evening breeze.
When he entered this hut, he saw that the furniture inside was very rough and simple, nothing more than a stone table and a stone bench, and a hard bed made of red clay. Looking at the width of this bed, it can almost sleep two people side by side. After looking around, he said in his heart that the style of this overseas spiritual continent was really very different from the mortal world in Middle Earth.
The folk customs and customs that are very different from those of Middle-earth make them take the trouble to discuss before going to bed. Because the bed could only accommodate about two people, Xue Yi and Qiong Wei expressed their opinions in unison, saying that Ling Yi'er was their respected guest and should sleep on that bed. And in the hall of the four seas, they respect the hall master - so the final conclusion is that Xingyan should sleep in the same bed with Lingyi!
Of course, such a suggestion could not be carried out, and in the end the three girls reluctantly squeezed into bed and fell asleep, while Xingyan slept on the stone table and clothes. After that, the four children in this line gradually fell asleep in the sound of the waves.
When they woke up the next morning, when they were looking around in the purple courtyard in front of the house, a sturdy man with a strange face and wearing only a leopard skin skirt came up, bowed his head and said that they should go to "wash up and eat". So next, on the beach not far from the Danya Purple Garden, they picked up some seawater and wiped it on their faces, as if they were washing their faces, and held a * in their mouths, and swallowed a few times, which was considered to be gargling. Next, the few people of Xingyan were like the other demons who went to the meeting, and barbecued the seashells and purple moss on the beach. At this time, most of the spirits who went to the meeting woke up, so the beach was full of smoke, and everywhere was bustling.
Although the morning banquet in this magic island is strange and full of fishy, but in the island and tidal flats, the cool sea breeze is blowing on the face, bathed in the morning sunset, while flipping the barbecue, while watching the rising sun, it also has a unique flavor. And this barbecue by the sea is particularly interesting to Qiong Wei, so Xingyan saw this little girl running up and down, handing this and that, and she was very busy.
After breakfast, Xingyan and Qiong Wei Xue Yi Lingyi returned to their lodging, prepared to rest for a while, and began their exploration plan.
Originally, Lingyi had also proposed to take advantage of the night to explore around yesterday evening, but after thinking about it for a while, Xingyan still rejected the idea. In his opinion, this night was no different from daytime for those demons of Haizhou, and at night, maybe they would be more strictly patrolled. On the contrary, during the day, even if you are found by looking around, you can tell that you just want to see the scenery of the island and have no intention of wandering. Therefore, Lingyi'er finally agreed to the boy's suggestion and set to start visiting Ryoma's hiding place during the day.
However, just as they were about to go out, they suddenly heard a noise outside the door, as if someone was running towards them with a "tom tom", and the chaotic and heavy footsteps were mixed with a low roar.
As soon as he heard this voice, he didn't wait to look out from the door, Xingyan immediately waved his hand, and Xue Yi Lingyi and a few people rushed out quickly - because this room was small, once he started, he would inevitably catch turtles in the urn.
But when they rushed out of the house, they could see clearly that it was only the two of them who made such a big commotion just now. One of them he still knew, it was the tiger head mountain god who had mixed sorrows and joys last night. Running next to him was a sturdy monster with a one-horned bull's nose, naked and naked, dressed in cyan leather armor, with a wide black lion belt around his waist, and at first glance it was a reckless bull spirit.
Seeing that it was these two people, Xingyan suddenly breathed a sigh of relief. Because although these two minotaur monsters are huge, looking at their heavy steps and impetuous appearance, they immediately know that they are not the opponents of their own joint attack.
Relieved, Xingyan motioned to the girls behind him to put away their weapons, and then walked forward with a smiling face, hugged his fists and said in a harmonious voice: "Ah! I don't know if the eldest brother of the mountain god is coming, the younger brother has not been far away, it is rude!"
Seeing that he was polite, the Red Tiger Mountain God, who was grateful to Dade, hurriedly stood up, and wanted to return the salute with his fists. At this moment, the green (sì) bison monster who came with him, but regardless of whether others were happy or not, suddenly moved forward with both hands, just stuffed the things he was holding into Xingyan's hands, and then said angrily: "Here you go!"
“...... Brother Tiger, what does this mean?"
Rao is young man has great strength, and he suddenly got his hands on a large piece of iron, which also made him stumble, and he almost fell down for a while!
Seeing this situation, the Red Tiger Mountain God was also very embarrassed, and hurriedly explained to him: "Little Engong is not strange, my brother is this bull temper and doesn't know how to speak. ”
"Actually, Brother Qingyu came here today to ask for your help. ”
After listening to the explanation of the tiger head mountain god for a while, he realized that the rhinoceros monster in front of him was also a god and monster in the grass somewhere in the southern wilderness. Now the heavy iron in his hand that he forcibly stuffed was still the weapon of the green bull monster half an hour ago, an extremely heavy mace.
This mace, like the bloodthirsty axe of the Tiger Head Mountain God before, is also a forbidden thing that must drink blood, and it is extremely angry. Moreover, this swamp bull god, like other spirits, does not like to see his own shadow by nature, and every time he goes to the river and stream to drink, he has to use a mace to disturb the still water before going to absorb and drink. It's just that this mace is a blood-stained forbidden object, and every time it is put into the water, it will turn the sweet water into the same as blood, full of fishy smell. Therefore, since last night, I saw this black-armored young man turn the bloodthirsty magic axe of the tiger god brother into a clear and flowing light, like a divine soldier, this rhinoceros Ze monster also moved his mind, and went to the fierce plough elder early in the morning, so that he could also ask him to melt his demon soldier into a stubborn iron appearance, and then pull the Red Tiger Mountain God, and hurried all the way here, so as to ask this unparalleled little brother to turn it into a weapon with divine energy.
After listening to the explanation of the tiger head mountain god, Xingyan showed some difficulty on his face, and seemed to be hesitant. As soon as he saw his face embarrassed, the Red Tiger Mountain God was busy, thinking that Xingyan was going to shirk, so he hurriedly explained to his brother: "Ahem, this righteous and benevolent prince is not strange, in fact, this brother is the same as me, although he is a member of the demon clan, he has always been in the barren mountains and wilderness, and there has never been any conflict with righteous people. Once, he didn't know a Orthodox Christian!"
This tiger-headed mountain god was indeed much stronger than his clumsy-tongued brother, and he had been careful since he learned from the elder in the morning that his benevolent father was not from the Demon Dao. When he saw Xingyan's hesitant expression, he guessed that he refused to help because of the view of the portal. If that's the case, then he's a big loser for his stupid brother. The demon spirit in that weapon, but it is so easy to practice, and years of hard work are likely to be destroyed in one fell swoop!
Therefore, the tiger head mountain god, who usually doesn't speak very well, was in a hurry, and the words of this explanation were actually said very smoothly, and the sentence at the end was even more miraculous. In fact, for more than 100 years, this young brother has always been obsessed with the only Orthodox man he has ever fought with, because he has now become a one-horned bull's head, thanks to that master. Of course, it is inconvenient to say this at this time, and in order to be close to the righteous person of Xingyan, he had to whitewash and borrow it.
It took a lot of effort to say this, but Chihu saw that the young man suddenly laughed, and said to himself: "Brother Tiger, don't be suspicious, since you are kind to each other, how can I excuse myself because of the difference between the devil's paths? I'm just embarrassed now-"
"What's so embarrassing?"
The Red Tiger and the Green Bull were nervous together. But I heard the young man say: "I'm embarrassed because I haven't seen the exact appearance of this big brother Niu's iron rod!"
“...... I see!"
So next, these two mountain gods and monsters danced and roared and compared with Xingyan. By the time the young man who was used as a casting master helped the young bull monster restore the weapon to its original state, it was almost noon.
Send away the spirits who have been thankful for a thousand thanks, and there is not much time left for them to inquire this morning. However, from the casual conversation with Chihu Qingniu just now, Xingyan also got an important news. Red Tiger and the others heard from the Heavenly Demon Elder in the morning that they would not convene a meeting all day today, and they would spare time for all the guests and distinguished guests who had come from afar to have a good look at the scenery of Liling Island. Of course, the elder also said that there are some forbidden places on this island, so please don't set foot in them easily.
Listening to the Hutou Mountain God who passed the word by the way, he said that he had prevaricated with "uh-huh-ahh As for the forbidden land, today we are about to make a big detective - in case we are discovered, we will say that this Red Tiger brother's accent is too strong, and I didn't understand it for a while!"
With such wishful thinking in their hearts, they were not in a hurry to go out for a while. After lunch, after recuperating for a while, the four of them traveled lightly and wandered around this overseas spiritual continent.
"Well, it will take at least a day or two to find out where Ryoma is hiding, right?"
Before coming, Xingyan fully estimated the difficulty of this exploration mission. The Elder of the Demon Continent is not very human, and the place where the dragon horse is hidden must be full of mechanisms and countless disguises, how can it be easily detected by outsiders? When he set off, Xingyan explained it to a few girls seriously, so that they should not be easily discouraged.
However, what happened next was somewhat surprising. What was originally thought to be extremely complicated seems to have become very simple. Not long after they set off, they only relied on Qiong Wei and Lingyi's extremely keen spiritual sense of water, grass, birds and beasts, and explored all the way, allowing them to easily discover the place where the Heavenly Demon hid the Four Desecrated Dragon Horses!
It is said that they half-floated and half-walked all the way, passing a series of tactful connected islands, and it was not long before they saw a green island. This island is different from the style of the red rock fire trees on the main island of Liling Island before, and the island is full of large broad-leaved green trees.
According to the spiritual consciousness of the second daughter, the stolen dragon horses should be hidden in this green island.
Although they didn't encounter any guards along the way, they were about to reach their destination, and they still didn't dare to slack off. According to the spiritual sense, the general location of the hidden dragon horse was measured in advance, and Xingyan and Lingyi and the others dived under the water with a spell, and sneaked in the turquoise water for most of the day, deliberately detouring in a big circle, before daring to gradually dive to the southeast of this green island. That's where Ryoma could be held.
When they got closer, they still didn't dare to raise their heads, but stood on the reef at the bottom of the island, looking through the clear water.
Through the slight swaying waves, he saw that there was a vast tidal flat at the edge of the offshore sea of the island in front of him. The silvery white sand beach is covered with mud and countless large algae grow. Among these dark green water plants, there are dragon horses that are as bright as snow. These snow-white dragon horses, with flying manes and foggy hooves, form a vivid picture under the blue sky.
Looking at these leisurely dragon horses, if it weren't for the fact that there was a circle of lilac fire walls on the edge of the tidal flats, I thought that this was a quiet and peaceful horse farm.
After carefully observing under the water surface for a while, Xingyan gently raised his finger, pointed to the white clouds and blue sky above the tidal flat, and snorted at Lingyi. Seeing his instructions, Lingyi understood, raised her hand and looked at it slightly, then pulled the young man's palm and wrote in the palm of her hand: "There is a top"
Feeling the words in his hand, he nodded his words, then looked at the indifferent wall of fire, and then gestured to Lingyi. This time, Lingyi looked at it carefully, and then scratched in the palm of his hand: "Easy to break"
After drawing the word "easy to break", the anxious dragon girl was about to do it. The young man who was close at hand only heard the sound of "whew", and a silver light flashed, and then the surrounding water waves were turbulent, and Lingyi'er was already a blade in his hand.
Speaking of which, this is the first time that Xingyan has seen the weapon of this four-desecrated princess. At this time, looking at the clear blue water, what Lingyi was holding in his hand was a moon-shaped silver bow with swirling lines and brilliant brilliance.
Seeing that she was about to break through the water in a hurry, Xingyan quickly pulled her skirt and waved her hand to signal her not to act rashly. Then these people, led by him, quietly left from the clear blue sea.
When he arrived at the place where he had set off before, as soon as he came out of the water, Ling Yi'er, who was full of suspicion, asked anxiously: "Wake up, why did you stop me just now?" I think the forbidden fire wall is very simple, as long as I shoot it with the Silver Moon God Bow, I can break it in an instant. Then we can drive the dragon horse by water, and in less than half an hour we will be able to return to our four dragon domains. ”
Listening to her inquiry, Xingyan replied to her seriously: "I'm afraid this matter is not so simple." I heard you describe the situation of Liuyun Mu's loss of horses before, and from my careful observation from my answer last night, the wisdom of the Heavenly Demon Elder here is absolutely unattainable. The simpler this guardianship seems, the more we need to beware of the pitfalls. ”
"Ryoma, who has been won so hard, how can the guards be so sloppy?"
Hearing his explanation, Lingyi thought about it and felt that it made sense, so he had no objections. At that moment, the master of the Four Seas Hall, who was afraid of a long night and a lot of dreams, reached out and scooped up the little Qiongwei who was still spitting bubbles in the sea water from the shallows, and then dried the clothes on his body with his own magic, looking around and swaying all the way, making an appearance of concentrating on watching the scenery of the island.
At first, this kind of sightseeing was just for show, but slowly, these young people were attracted to the beautiful scenery of the island. Wandering under the blue sky and white clouds, lingering on the blue sea and silver sand, these refreshed little men and women forgot their way home for a while.
Before you know it, it's dusk. The sunset sunset that sank into the storm on the sea surface dragged out the red glow of thousands of miles in the clear blue waves; the red sunset carried the sunset in the sunset waves, as if I was reluctant to give up on this vast blue sea, and I was unwilling to leave for a long time. And the glittering glow waves, fluttering and surging on the beach in front of them, seemed to push many flowing danzhu, dyeing the silver-white sea sand a piece of red, so that a few ethereal bells from afar also sprinkled into the golden glow.
Faced with this rare spectacle of the sunset on the island, Xingyan and a few girls were all fascinated by the seaside reef, and they forgot to speak for a while. From a distance, these children bathed in the glow of the sunset are like a few happy water birds snuggling on the waterside.
In the sunset, he was speechless, and he didn't realize that time slipped away quietly. After a long time, it was the first time that Xingyan came to his senses.
Remembering the bells, and not knowing what the meaning was, he quickly got up and stood up, and then pulled Lingyi Xueyi, who was curled up on the reef beside him, and signaled that they should return now. So he reluctantly left from the seaside, and turned back step by step towards the previous way.
Wandering all the way, walking past an island, the feisty Qiong Wei caused some small trouble. In order to pounce on a beautiful ladybug, the little sister suddenly disappeared from the bushes next to the tree for some reason. So Xingyan asked Xue Yi Lingyi to wait in the same place and went to the bushes to look for it by himself.
Walking through the twilight bushes for a while, but there was always no trace of Qiong Wei, Xingyan became a little anxious. He was about to open his mouth to call out to her, but he noticed that a lake of water as round as a mirror suddenly appeared in front of his eyes.
This round lake, which I came across by chance, is as flat as a mirror surrounded by the surrounding greenery. The clouds in the sky that had turned deep purple cast a purple glow in the center of the waves, dyeing the quiet clear lake into a huge purple jade disc. Occasionally, there was a ripple in the lake, and a little light was cast in this direction, like a shining purple jade piece. And in the middle of the smoky lake that was dyed purple in the twilight, I vaguely saw a faint shadow.
At this time, it was twilight rising, and the water surface of the round lake in the center of the island was filled with a layer of white hot steam, so that Xingyan couldn't see clearly for a while.
"Could it be that Qiong Wei's little girl didn't have enough fun and went to the lake to play?"
So the boy hastened to pick up his astonishingly precise eyesight, and looked intently at the little figure in the middle of the lake.
This look surprised him!