moonlit night

When Yue Qingchen went back, he saw Luo Mingche standing at the entrance of the temple, his back was solemn and calm, his right hand was raised flat, his palm was swinging back and forth like a fish's tail, causing layers of ripples in the sea water in front of him, obviously he was using some Arrangement in a variety of ways.And Leng Beixiao stood not far behind him, staring deeply at Luo Mingche's back in a daze. His long hair, which was loose at random, was neatly tied up with a sapphire hairpin, which was much more pleasing to the eye than before.

The Yaozu have always admired wildness and nature, so they would not use such things as hairpins, and the green jade hairpins must have been brought to him by Hengwu.

The picture looked very harmonious, Yue Qingchen paused for a moment, but continued to move forward.The old Xie Jing who had been waiting for a long time was the first to notice that he was back, and immediately stepped forward and said:

"Your Highness, you are back."

After finishing speaking, he stretched his neck and looked behind him, wondering, "Where is that demon?"

"He's gone." Yue Qingchen kept walking, stopped beside Leng Beixiao, and asked, "How is Heng Wu?"

"We don't understand, and we dare not ask. Are you finished?" Leng Beixiao raised his eyebrows, looked Yue Qingchen from top to bottom, and whistled frivolously, "Is he so fast?"

These words seemed to mean something else, but Yue Qingchen turned a deaf ear to the cold joke, and just cast his eyes on the demon king, and then moved to the ripples in front of Luo Mingche.He watched those waves parting and rejoining, gradually returning to calm from the initial turmoil, and thought to himself: "It seems that the formation is about to be completed."

As soon as this thought flashed through his mind, Luo Mingche's figure swayed, and the halo that originally covered his whole body quickly dissipated, obviously a little exhausted.Yue Qingchen knew that if he wanted to deploy "a drop in the ocean", he needed the extremely precise control of the surrounding Qi veins by the people who set up the formation, which was almost impossible.Mr. Hengwu was already seriously injured, and the reason why he dared to set up this formation was all because of his good foundation, but when the last stroke of the entire formation was finally connected, he let out a long sigh of relief, no matter how difficult his injury was. depress.

Yue Qingchen was about to step forward, but Leng Beixiao took the lead in rushing up, as if he had been preparing for this moment.Yue Qingchen saw that he was carefully avoiding Luo Mingche's injured arm, as if he wanted to hug him horizontally, but Luo Mingche immediately stopped him by holding onto his arm:

"Don't worry, I'm fine."

"How do you make me feel at ease?" Leng Beixiao fiercely said, "Every time you say it's okay, every time it's a big deal. Patriarch Luo, count yourself. How many times have you scared me since you met me?"

Yue Qingchen watched from a distance, feeling that she was a dazzling bright light.At this moment, he couldn't tell what he felt, and he even felt a little bit envious.But when he thought of Ning Yuanmei, he felt that the scene in front of him suddenly became dazzling.

"Your Highness, what do you think?" The crab demon who followed beside him suddenly spoke.

"what?"

"Humans and monsters have different ways, what do you think, Your Highness?" it insisted.

"I think the meaning of these words is elsewhere," Yue Qingchen took a deep look at it, turned around and found a clean place to sit cross-legged, saw that the crab spirit followed again, but stood still in front of it, and greeted: "Sit down, that person needs to rest. During this period, I want to hear the story between you and Wang Zishu. What is he like? How did you meet?"

As if some long-term memories were brought back by these words, there was a trace of fascination in the muddy but still bright eyes of the old Xie Jing: "His Royal Highness, it is like a bright moon rising from the sea of ​​bliss. You are so dazzling that it can make everything in the world lose its color. You are kind and kind, and you are the successor chosen by the Dragon God and the Queen of the Sea. You treat all the aquariums under your rule equally. Heart. From the moment you saved my mother from the mouth of the giant salamander, I swore secretly that I would put my life in your hands, protect you, and help you realize your ideals. Unfortunately, in the end, I still watched Let your life disappear in front of me, because of that damned human being!"

At the end, Xie Jing's tone suddenly became vicious, and a pair of black beans looked at Yue Qingchen eagerly, and began to lobby: "Your Highness, when the mermaid tribe was exterminated, and all the tribes of the aquarium tribe were also slaughtered, you swore that you would never let me go!" The glazed eye that sealed the power of the dragon god fell into the hands of the thief, and he ordered his subordinates to hide it in the forbidden area and guard it strictly, not allowing any aquarium to get closer. Now that a thousand years have passed, you have returned, it is time to open it Forbidden land, take out the glazed eyes, recall the power of the dragon god, and take revenge on those damned human races!"

After hearing his words, Yue Qingchen was silent for a moment, but said: "So it seems that he really understands you. If you don't say that, how could you be willing to listen to him and keep this secret until a thousand years later."

"Your Highness," the crab demon's voice trembled, "What do you mean by that?"

"He wants you to live well, but he doesn't want you to become a big monster who causes disaster because of your resentment towards the human race. So he came up with such a compromise method, let you imprison yourself here, and live in peace with the human race It's been 1000 years," Yue Qingchen said lightly, "It's just that he didn't expect that your hatred didn't weaken with the passage of time, but became stronger because you always remembered it. What you said to me just now, if you Let him hear it, and he will feel very sorry."

"Impossible! Nonsense!" The crab demon took a step back in disbelief, the armor covering his body turned red, obviously feeling extremely angry, and roared: "Your Highness, he hates the human race more than anyone else, why doesn't he want me to go To avenge him?"

"Revenge? Who to seek revenge?" Yue Qingchen shook his head, "The life of the human race is too short. Those who wiped out the mermaid race have already been reduced to ashes. If you spread your resentment to innocent people today On the human race, then what is the difference between you and those people you hate?"

"But, could it be that those tribesmen who died in battle died in vain? Aren't they innocent?" Xie Jing was still very stubborn, "Your Highness, I have been waiting for this day for 1000 years. Anyone who dares to take a step closer to this sea area, I will tear them to pieces!"

"I didn't say that you are not allowed to take revenge, but before you take revenge, you must always recognize who your enemy is." Yue Qingchen stood up, "Perhaps, Wang Zishu is right, because today after 1000 years , the former instigator has really come back.”

The latter sentence, Yue Qingchen seemed to be speaking to herself, but Xie Jing didn't understand it, so she couldn't help asking: "What is the instigator? Is there a human race that can live for 1000 years?"

"No one can live for 1000 years, and those who can live for 1000 years are not human." Yue Qingchen's expression became solemn, "Did your Highness say or do anything before he died?"

"At the end of his life, he said..." The old crab tried his best to recall the farewell scene, his lips trembled a few times, and he wanted to speak, but he couldn't speak.

That was the most desperate moment he had ever experienced when he was still the guarding general of the Crystal Palace.

At that time, because His Highness Shu's right eye was taken away by the human race, and he felt that the power of the Dragon God was fading, Haihou attached great importance to sacrifices and ordered the whole family to seriously prepare for the upcoming Dragon God's birthday.But on the last day, I don't know what method those human royals used to attract thunder, destroy the guardian seal set by the Dragon God outside the Crystal Palace, and even want to completely burn the Dragon God Statue.His Highness was originally locked in the palace, but when he rushed to the place because he felt something strange in the temple, he found that His Highness had escaped from the palace at some point, and now he was lying near the dragon claw of the god statue, staring blankly at him. There is a pile of black ash next to it.

The pile of charred ashes could still be seen to be a human figure, but it was scorched black by the thunder, and it was impossible to see what it was like.He walked over and wanted to help His Highness Shu up, but the other party ignored him, just looked at that person, and slowly repeated the same sentence three times:

"I knew you wouldn't lie to me."

At that moment, he understood who this person was, Chuhe, whom he hated the most.Just when he couldn't stand it anymore and was about to forcibly drag His Highness up, Hai Hou, who was repulsed by successive thunderstorms, happened to retreat to their side, speaking in a hurry:

"Shu, the heavens have discovered this place, and the mermaid tribe can't keep it. Come with me."

"I won't leave," His Highness stood up, "The people here regard me as Lord, if I leave, what will they do?"

"Even if you stay, it's nothing more than one more death. It's useless at all. The last soul of the dragon god has gone with that human race. Even if Liuliyan is in your hands, you can't compete with the immortal emperor," Haihou insisted, "Follow me..."

"Why are you happy in life? Why are you afraid of death?" Shu interrupted her with an unbelievably calm tone: "I will not contend with the Immortal Emperor, but I will completely close this forbidden area, so that at least some aquatic life can be preserved. Come down. Empress of the sea, you are the benefactor of all the deep-sea aquariums, you are my benefactor, this place is about to be destroyed, please leave quickly."

He saw tears falling from the face of the always tough woman, she wiped it vigorously, turned her head to stare at His Highness and said, "Honorable One, you haven't changed at all."

"Sovereign?" After listening to the crab demon's retelling, Yue Qingchen quickly connected the clues before and after in his mind, thinking to himself: Her name is Lin'an 'Sovereign', it seems that she is also related to the God Realm .

"So, what's next?" Yue Qingchen asked.

"The Empress of the Sea really left after that." The crab demon was filled with grief and indignation: "There were not many mermen left in the Crystal Palace, and after experiencing the thunder, when my highness and I returned, there were not a single one left." .Actually, if you use the remaining divine power in Liuli's eyes, His Highness can obviously survive, but he used this last bit of power to completely seal off the waters near the Crystal Palace. I was locked in the palace gate by His Highness at that time, and I could only watch helplessly. I watched him melt into foam amidst the lightning and thunder outside, and then rise to the surface of the sea, but he was powerless. But at the moment he melted into foam, on such a dim sea bottom, I suddenly saw the lights of fire all over the place. Those fires would Floating, spreading from a distance quickly, reflecting everything around it in bright red, as if it would never go out. I was thinking at the time, could it be the souls of those ancient water tribes buried under the sand , I am spontaneously seeing His Highness off."

"So, what about the glass eye? Did it disappear with Shu's departure?"

"No, Your Highness entrusted it to me, and I hid it in the abyss where the keel is buried." The crab demon suddenly raised his head, his eyes burst into a light of extreme excitement, "Your Highness, are you going to take a look?" ? I’ll take you there! I’ve been here for 1000 years, and I’m almost suffocated. As long as you open your mouth, I’ll fight for you, even if it’s a mountain of swords and a sea of ​​fire.”

"I said, I am not your Highness," Yue Qingchen stood up, "Excuse me, take me to the abyss to see. In return, I promise you that I will do my best and never let any human race invade again One step in this sea area."

"Wang Shu, where are you going?" Luo Mingche saw Yue Qingchen walking out with the old crab demon with a white beard, and when he spoke just now, the crab demon was obviously very emotional, so he couldn't figure it out for a while. What is the situation.

"Go to the forbidden area of ​​the mermaid race." Yue Qingchen took a few steps behind and said in a low voice: "That is also one of the entrances to the Xuanwu Tomb, you follow me."

Luo Mingche and Leng Beixiao looked at each other, nodded calmly, and then quickly followed.The moment they walked out of the gate of the Dragon God Temple, they all felt the terrifying cold aura blowing towards their faces.

Not long after, it seemed to be right in front of us.

"This is the breath from the underworld. It seems that there are more evil spirits in this sea than before, and their power is also stronger." Luo Mingche frowned. The seal was set. We're going to be quick."

Leng Beixiao nodded in agreement, but suddenly remembered something, and hurriedly asked Yue Qingchen who was walking not far in front of him: "But Wang Shu Jun, where did the Demon Lord go? You won't really drive him away, will you?" ? The king expects him to do more this time."