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Ao Yan stayed in the Crystal Palace for another two months. Under the refining and nourishment of the aura in the palace, his body and temperament have undergone earth-shaking changes. From a strong teenager, he has become calm and introverted. The whole person looks magnificent, which gives people a sense of maturity and stability, confidence and fullness.

People say: One day in the mountains, ten years in the world.

Although this day in the water is less than ten years, the brilliance of the Crystal Palace shines regardless of time, and it is easy for Ao Yan to ignore the existence of time. Therefore, no matter how good the crystal palace is, he will get tired of staying for a long time, so he walks out of the palace and walks around.

Outside the palace gate is another scene, white sand paving, all kinds of rockery stones, clams, snails, triangular mussels are half sunk in the sand, under the light of the soft light at the top of the crystal palace, the dark green aquatic plants around are leisurely upward, and bubbles float up from time to time.

It's like a dream.

Ao Yan stepped on the soft sand, and the friction caused by the squeezing of the sand transmitted from the soles of his feet to his heart, and there was an extraordinarily steady feeling.

"How long has it been since I've experienced such a comfortable and down-to-earth feeling?" Ao Yan asked himself.

It seems that since he came into contact with the White Lotus Sect, his heart has become much calmer, and he no longer has the cheerful freedom that he had when he lived in the village.

"Now that I think about it, it's actually quite a good feeling to worry about three meals a day. ”

He remembered the scene when he first went down to the lake to discover the method of using Fu Zhao, and the magic and mystery came from the heart and was quite touching.

Rustling...... Rustling......

As he walked forward, the sand made a noise, and then he felt the calm water around him sway, and the white sand stirred up a layer of fog and sand. At this moment, his mind suddenly moved, and a burst of indescribable joy came to his ears.

The sound was strange, a little like the small cheers of a group of babies.

"Where's the sound?" Just as he was wondering, Ao Yan noticed that the surrounding mussel shells were opening one by one, and the pink and white mussel flesh quickly contracted and released, burrowing in the soft white sand.

Ao Yan felt a little disgusted when he looked at these soft meats.

He picked one up and asked, "What are you doing here?"

The shell of the mussel kept closing one by one towards him, and with the sound of baby-like cheers, a wave of joy and adoration flowed into his heart.

It turns out that these mussel shells are illuminated by the light of the Crystal Palace day and night, and have derived some spirituality, waiting for a new life.

"Give new life, and I am their parent. ”

In other words, these are his children, and they are all his people. Thinking of this, a sense of happiness to the soul and a sense of sufficiency and steadiness surged into Ao Yan's heart.

After a pause in his mind, when he looked at these mussels again, he suddenly felt that these little ones felt cute.

Put down the mussel shells, and with a wave of your hand, the mussel shells dispersed obediently.

Walking out of the bottom of the big ditch, Ao Yan strolled in the long river.

He found that when he looked at the water, he could clearly distinguish between the bright and the undercurrent, and his vision was no different from that of the air on the shore.

"If I were just an ordinary person, I'm afraid all I could see would be a blur of water. Ao Yan sighed.

After walking for a while, Ao Yan stopped if he felt something, his body was like a fish floating in the water, closing his eyes, and urging his mind to Fu Zhao.

In the dark mind, the golden Zhengjiupin Lake Bo Fu Zhao was standing silently.

Feeling the master's intentions, Fu Zhao trembled.

Ding――

Circle ripples spread out from Fu Zhao, floating out of his mind, and a layer of invisible power rushed out from Ao Yan's body, and where he passed, the water flowed flat and stopped.

Ding-ding-ding-

The surface of the water changed from still to silent as a mirror, not moving at all, reflecting the clouds, the sun, the blue sky, the birds, and everything in the sky.

At the same time, the waters under Ao Yan's jurisdiction came to a standstill.

As if it were ...... Time stops.

At this time, although Ao Yan closed his eyes, everything in the water was presented in his mind, just like an image projection, clear.

Beneath his feet, in the black mud and sand of the riverbed, a clam shell rested quietly, and above them were many gray pebbles. Clumps of sword-like aquatic plants grew from it, bending forward along with the current, and some of the aquatic plants were jagged like kelp, and the undercurrent surged over its wave-like edges, and the whole grass was shaking leisurely like a snake.

Sometimes schools of small fish pass by, and their nimble bodies burrow through the aquatic plants, eating the floating delicacies that grow on the aquatic plants.

After the small fish left, only the river shrimp swam in, and they burrowed into the roots of the aquatic plants, avoiding the strong flow of the water, and did not leave, and set up a nest here.

At this moment, a fierce fish as thick as a long tube, with black spots on its silver body, and fins like folding fans under its gills, quietly swam up. Its mouth is full of fangs, and its body of about a foot and a half is strong enough to resist the rapid undercurrent. When it got close to the water and grass, it naturally slowed down, approached gently, and quickly shuttled in.

Ao Yan clearly saw that the eyes of this mandarin fish were fixed on the place where the shrimp were most densely populated.

And then...... It shook its body violently, stirring the surrounding water, and its body was like an arrow off the string, speeding up under the speed of the water!

It wasn't until the mandarin fish approached that the group of shrimp reacted, but it was too late. All the shrimp are chased by mandarin fish with their mouths open, and they hunt frantically, even those small fish that pass by!

Ao Yan observed carefully, and he found that this mandarin fish seemed to be familiar with the road, and he had already guessed in his heart that it was the "overlord" of this water.

When the mandarin fish was hunting unscrupulously, the most unexpected thing happened to Ao Yan, a twenty-centimeter-long, black and sturdy prawn passed against the current, raised its pincers and attacked the mandarin fish face to face.

The speed of the prawns, the strength of the strong, and the agility of the movements are completely beyond the expectations of the mandarin fish.

The thorns on the shrimp's head pierced the mandarin fish's head, and the double pincers were inserted into the eyes of the mandarin fish, and before the mandarin fish could struggle, the prawn pulled out the double pincers and cut off the entire fish head at a jaw-dropping speed.

It's only four or five breaths before and after!

Suddenly, the water was filled with fish blood, and the shrimp that had been preyed on just now were attracted to eat the mandarin fish at this time.

for it is the spoils of their kindred.

But things took another unexpected turn, and the prawns waved their pincers as if to signal something, and the shrimp immediately stopped.

Then, the black prawns held the head of the mandarin fish with their pincers and went upstream, and the shrimp were like stars holding the moon and dragging the big fish body and following them.

When he arrived in front of Ao Yan, the prawn stopped, his body was horizontal in the water, and his double pincers raised the fish's head over his head, like a courtier offering a treasure.

Behind him, the shrimp team lined up horizontally, turning into a neat phalanx, and the fish body was lifted in the center, like a group of soldiers carrying a big treasure.

The lead prawn slowly swam in front of Ao Yan and presented the fish head.

"You...... Is it Ao Qing's subordinates?"

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