Dragon Fate of Shan Hai Ji

But that voice was still ringing very softly—"Fellow Dao...Friend Daoist..."

Mother, could it be that Master Qingyao came over from 400 years ago this time?Le Yue quickly scanned the surroundings, but there was no one around, but the shout was getting closer and closer.

"Fellow Dao...Friend Daoist..."

The voice... seems to be much more vicissitudes than Master Qingyao's, it seems to be the voice of an old man.

Zhao Yuan also noticed the movement in the dream, quickly opened his eyes and raised his head, a golden light flashed all over his body, and he had already turned into a human shape, and shouted in a low voice, "Who?"

The soldiers patrolling outside the tent suddenly stopped, and raised their voices inward: "Young Master Le, what's the matter?"

Le Yue hurriedly pushed Zhao Yuan back to the floor, and said loudly, "No, a moth hit my face just now, and I just woke up in shock."

Zhao Yuan quickly changed back into a dragon shape and got into Le Yuexiu. The soldier opened the curtain, held a torch and looked inside, and found that Le Yue was indeed sitting alone on the floor. The tent was empty and there was no place to hide. Just now he said "excuse me" and stepped out of the tent.

Le Yue held his breath and sat for a while. After the patrolling soldiers began to move normally, he carefully took out Zhao Yuan from his cuffs.The vicissitudes of life sounded out just now: "Fellow Dao...Friend Daoist..."

Le Yue stared at the place where the sound came from, and lowered his voice extremely low: "Why are you pretending to be a ghost, my friend? Please come out and see."

Zhaoyuan suddenly thought that at this time, a barrier should be added inside the tent, so that the soldiers outside would not be able to detect the movement inside the tent.This spell Lin Jing once taught it.

Zhao Yuan folded his paws together and chanted a spell, a faint golden light flashed, expanded, and successfully turned into an arc-shaped wall cover, clinging to the cloth wall of the tent, covering them in it.

The inside of the tent became brighter in the light of the magic barrier. On the side of the floor, the voice just now continued: "Fellow Daoist, don't worry, the little old man has no malicious intentions. He just came to pay a visit when he saw His Excellency passing by."

A human head broke through the ground, Le Yue was startled, and almost picked up the long sword beside him and chopped it down.The head rose higher and higher, gradually revealing the neck and upper body... Finally, a thin old man stood on the floor and bowed to Le Yue: "Little old man Qiu Ming, I met fellow Taoist."

Le Yue stood up and clasped his fists together: "Le Yue. Well, this Fellow Daoist Qiu... may I ask, you... are not human."

The appearance of the old man is no different from that of ordinary people, except that his beard and hair are all brown. He stroked his brown beard and said with a smile: "Le Yue Daoist winks, the little old man has practiced here in the mountains for more than three hundred years. Although I am not Human race, but like fellow Taoists, they devote themselves to cultivating the righteous way, not cultivating demons and cultivating demons."

Le Yue cupped his hands again: "I'm sorry, I'm sorry, it turns out that you are always my senior, but I don't know if you come here late at night, what can I teach you?"

The old man Qiu Ming said politely: "I sensed that Fellow Daoist Le came here. It is a predestined relationship to practice Taoism together, so I came to pay a visit."

Of course Le Yue didn't believe this, he had only practiced Taoism for a few days?It's not even half-baked, how could it be possible to attract spiritual monsters who practice Taoism, the old man in front of him must have another purpose.

Sure enough, the old man Qiu Ming looked more humble again, bowed and said: "Besides, the little old man learned that there is a dragon god visiting my place today. I wonder if Fellow Daoist Le can introduce him for you?"

Dragon God?Le Yue reacted for a moment before pointing hesitantly at Zhao Yuan who was lying on his shoulder: "Are you talking about it?"

The old man Qiu Ming gave another bow respectfully.

Le Yue felt a little surprised for a moment, the silly dragon has grown up, and there are spirits visiting him.He asked inexplicably: "It's here, can't it be enough for the senior to say hello to it?" He poked Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan immediately turned into a human form and stood beside Le Yue, but the old man Qiu Ming still bowed to Le Yue and said, "Young old man is humble, so I dare not disturb His Highness Dragon God rashly, so I ask Fellow Daoist Le to introduce you."

Le Yue was in a cold sweat, so he said to Zhao Yuan, "Uh, here is a senior Qiu Ming who cultivates Taoism..."

The old man Qiu Ming bowed again: "The original body of the little old man is an earth dragon, so he has some kinship with His Royal Highness Dragon God. Please let Fellow Daoist Le report it for you."

Earthworm?Isn't that an earthworm?Le Yue was speechless for a moment, no wonder the old man's surname was Qiu, and his beard and hair were of this color.It's just that although Earth Dragon and Dragon have one word in common, it's a bit far-fetched to count them as relatives.

Le Yue cleared his throat, and continued to say to Zhao Yuan: "Uh, this senior earth dragon Qiu Ming who cultivates Taoism has some clan ties with you. He is here to pay a visit at this time. I hope you...well, I hope you are willing to get acquainted with him. "

Faced with the situation in front of him, Zhao Yuan didn't know what to do, so he sincerely greeted the old man of Earth Dragon, "Hello, Mr. Qiu."

Qiu Ming bowed again and again: "Don't dare not dare, the little old man is hard to be a gift from His Royal Highness Dragon God. His Highness Dragon God is willing to meet me, I am extremely grateful."

Zhao Yuan quickly said: "Old Qiu, you don't have to be so polite, you can just call me Zhao Yuan when you see Elder Qiu is still my elder."

Qiu Ming's beard was trembling with emotion: "His Royal Highness the Dragon God treats the little old man so courteously, the little old man really doesn't know what to do..."

Fearing that he didn't know what to do, Le Yue dragged it off until dawn, and interjected: "By the way, Senior Qiu, we have a doubt that we can't figure out, so I just ask you for advice. Why is there no land here to sit on the town, and we don't see it. Any traces of other Taoist or demon cultivators?"

Qiu Ming lowered her eyebrows and sighed: "His Royal Highness Dragon God, Fellow Daoist Le, actually I came here tonight, in addition to paying a visit, I also came to report a letter, may I ask whether His Royal Highness Dragon God is fighting against the Feng Clan? "

Zhao Yuan defaulted.

Qiu Ming said bitterly: "In these years, those bird races have gained power because of the phoenix protecting the veins, and they all show off their might. Not only the dragon spirits and flood spirits in the world, but also small earth dragons like the little old man, are often insulted by them. Recently, there are rumors that The battle between the dragon and the phoenix is ​​about to begin again. Your Highness, the dragon god, you have walked all the way, and it seems to be going smoothly. In fact, there are birds and birds watching every step you take, and report your every move to the Phoenix god. They are afraid that you will notice, and they will tell everyone who has the way and spirituality Birds are not allowed to approach you, and you only use ordinary birds to keep an eye on them. Other Taoist immortals and demon cultivators do not want to go into this muddy water, so they avoid it automatically. Spiritual demon. Only people like the little old man, whose aura is thin and hidden in the soil, can come here to visit and report."

Zhao Yuan was stunned, he didn't expect that the pulse-protecting phoenix would be so powerful in the mortal world, even an earthworm was persecuted because of the word "dragon".It felt faintly angry.

Le Yue said: "Why is the land god gone? Could it be that the power of the pulse-protecting phoenix is ​​so powerful that the land god can also move?"

Qiu Ming hesitated and said: "God of the land, of course not... the little old man would venture to ask, among the companions of His Royal Highness Dragon God and Fellow Daoist Le, there is also a great ancient god..."

Le Yue felt a little surprised for a moment, the silly dragon has grown up, and there are spirits visiting him.He asked inexplicably: "It's here, can't it be enough for the senior to say hello to it?" He poked Zhao Yuan.

Zhao Yuan immediately turned into a human form and stood beside Le Yue, but the old man Qiu Ming still bowed to Le Yue and said, "Young old man is humble, so I dare not disturb His Highness Dragon God rashly, so I ask Fellow Daoist Le to introduce you."

Le Yue was in a cold sweat, so he said to Zhao Yuan, "Uh, here is a senior Qiu Ming who cultivates Taoism..."

The old man Qiu Ming bowed again: "The original body of the little old man is an earth dragon, so he has some kinship with His Royal Highness Dragon God. Please let Fellow Daoist Le report it for you."

Earthworm?Isn't that an earthworm?Le Yue was speechless for a moment, no wonder the old man's surname was Qiu, and his beard and hair were of this color.It's just that although Earth Dragon and Dragon have one word in common, it's a bit far-fetched to count them as relatives.

Le Yue cleared his throat, and continued to say to Zhao Yuan: "Uh, this senior earth dragon Qiu Ming who cultivates Taoism has some clan ties with you. He is here to pay a visit at this time. I hope you...well, I hope you are willing to get acquainted with him. "

Faced with the situation in front of him, Zhao Yuan didn't know what to do, so he sincerely greeted the old man of Earth Dragon, "Hello, Mr. Qiu."

Qiu Ming bowed again and again: "Don't dare not dare, the little old man is hard to be a gift from His Royal Highness Dragon God. His Highness Dragon God is willing to meet me, I am extremely grateful."

Zhao Yuan quickly said: "Old Qiu, you don't have to be so polite, you can just call me Zhao Yuan when you see Elder Qiu is still my elder."

Qiu Ming's beard was trembling with emotion: "His Royal Highness the Dragon God treats the little old man so courteously, the little old man really doesn't know what to do..."

Fearing that he didn't know what to do, Le Yue dragged it off until dawn, and interjected: "By the way, Senior Qiu, we have a doubt that we can't figure out, so I just ask you for advice. Why is there no land here to sit on the town, and we don't see it. Any traces of other Taoist or demon cultivators?"

Qiu Ming lowered her eyebrows and sighed: "His Royal Highness Dragon God, Fellow Daoist Le, actually I came here tonight, in addition to paying a visit, I also came to report a letter, may I ask whether His Royal Highness Dragon God is fighting against the Feng Clan? "

Zhao Yuan defaulted.

Qiu Ming said bitterly: "In these years, those bird races have gained power because of the phoenix protecting the veins, and they all show off their might. Not only the dragon spirits and flood spirits in the world, but also small earth dragons like the little old man, are often insulted by them. Recently, there are rumors that The battle between the dragon and the phoenix is ​​about to begin again. Your Highness, the dragon god, you have walked all the way, and it seems to be going smoothly. In fact, there are birds and birds watching every step you take, and report your every move to the Phoenix god. They are afraid that you will notice, and they will tell everyone who has the way and spirituality Birds are not allowed to approach you, and you only use ordinary birds to keep an eye on them. Other Taoist immortals and demon cultivators do not want to go into this muddy water, so they avoid it automatically. Spiritual demon. Only people like the little old man, whose aura is thin and hidden in the soil, can come here to visit and report."

Zhao Yuan was stunned, he didn't expect that the pulse-protecting phoenix would be so powerful in the mortal world, even an earthworm was persecuted because of the word "dragon".It felt faintly angry.

Le Yue said: "Why is the land god gone? Could it be that the power of the pulse-protecting phoenix is ​​so powerful that the land god can also move?"

Qiu Ming hesitated and said: "God of the land, of course not... the little old man would venture to ask, among the companions of His Royal Highness Dragon God and Fellow Daoist Le, there is also a great ancient god..."

Le Yue vaguely guessed the reason.

Qiu Ming said hesitantly: "This great god's immortal energy is very deep. The little old man, a humble person like this, can't help being in awe, avoiding it from a distance, and not daring to come forward to disturb... I think the Taoist along the way This is one of the reasons why demon cultivators avoid you... I just heard some rumors... These ancient gods, have they ever violated the rules of heaven..."

Le Yue said bluntly: "The God of the Earth must have reported to Heaven."

Qiu Ming bent down: "Exactly, exactly..."

Le Yue and Zhao Yuan were silent at the same time.Le Yue made a quick calculation in his mind. It is said that one day in the sky and one year in the ground. I don't know if it is true.If the yamen in the sky were as procrastinated in doing things as the yamen in the world, even if the land gods went to the heavenly court to report the news along the way, it might be a year before the heavenly court sent troops to arrest Ying Ze.

In a year, there are many variables. Maybe the old dragon will fully recover his mana by then, and they will also think of a way to deal with Tianting.

Le Yue thanked the old man Qiu Ming: "Thank you, senior Qiu, for reporting the letter. This junior and Zhao Yuan are very grateful."

Qiu Ming suddenly bowed deeply again: "The little old man has a request, and His Royal Highness the Dragon God must agree."

Just as Zhao Yuan was about to promise, another voice came from outside the tent: "Don't worry, it will definitely agree, and we will all try our best to help it do it."

Lin Qing and Shang Jing walked through the tent wall and the barrier together, and walked to Zhao Yuan and Le Yue.

Zhao Yuan was surprised: "You..."

Lin Qing smiled and said: "How can we not notice this movement. The old dragon is lazy to sleep in the tent, and the old tortoise and I have been listening outside for a long time." She reached out and tapped Zhao Yuan's forehead, "The magic barrier is well established. That’s right, but we’ve been outside for so long, you can’t even notice it, and you still need to practice and practice.”

Zhao Yuan touched his forehead and nodded.

Shang Jing walked up to Qiu Ming and said, "Just tell me what you want, and I will promise as the Maid Protector God that I will try my best (?) to do it." He raised his right hand, a faint green halo floated in his hand, It hangs over Qiu Ming's body.

Qiu Ming showed a grateful expression: "Thank you to the great gods. I have a grandson who is practicing in the wetland by the Lingxiao Nianhua Lake three hundred miles away. I hope that some of you can pass this thing to him so that he will not be afraid of it." Think about other things, potential cultivation, soaring as soon as possible." He took out a bead from his sleeve, held it in both hands, and the bead automatically flew into Shang Jing's hand in the green light.

Shang Jing said solemnly: "It will definitely be done. You can do it but worry about it, so you don't need to stay."

The green light gradually became stronger, and Qiu Ming bowed in the dazzling halo, and suddenly said to Zhao Yuan: "Your Highness Zhao Yuan, is His Majesty Chen Shang your father?"

Zhao Yuan nodded.

"More than 200 years ago, I had the honor to meet His Majesty Chen Shang once. At that time, his heroic posture hovering on the nine clouds is still unforgettable to me. I believe that His Highness Zhaoyuan will re-elect the position of the Dragon God who protects the veins one day, and let the mortal world All things look up to the glory of the Dragon God." The old man showed a gratified expression, and his figure gradually dissipated, turning into a few black debris and falling into the dust.

Zhao Yuan was stunned, and said blankly: "He..."

Lin Qing shook her head regretfully: "You didn't realize that, like the hedgehog in Ziyang Town, he is a mass of spirits (souls?)." She knelt down and looked at the bits of debris, "It's too cruel! Well, earthworms are so resilient that they can survive even being cut in half. They even cut him into several pieces and disemboweled him and burned him..."

Zhao Yuan asked dumbly: "Who are they?"

There was no answer, and there was a moment of silence in the tent.

Lin Qing, Shang Jing, Le Yue and Zhao Yuan all knew that they could only be members of the Yu Clan who obeyed Fenghuang.Zhao Yuan stood stiffly, and suddenly raised his head to the sky, and a long whistle escaped from his throat.

Lin Qing and Shang Jing rushed forward at the same time, trying to stop it, but it was too late.

Dazzling golden light burst out from Zhao Yuan's body, and a long golden dragon soared into the sky, broke through the tent, and went straight to the sky.

The inspecting soldiers stared at the strange scene in front of them like stone statues, unable to believe their eyes.The golden dragon circled and roared in mid-air, the dark night sky was brightly golden, surrounded by auspicious clouds, brighter than the day.

Countless frightened birds chirped and flew from the treetops, timidly flapping their wings desperately and flying.The weapons in the hands of the soldiers fell to the ground, their knees bent involuntarily and they fell to their knees. More soldiers, together with Eunuch Liu and King Dingnan, poured out of the tent.

Eunuch Liu pointed to the sky with trembling fingers: "That's it! It's exactly the same as the one I saw in Jiuyi! It's really... really amazing... The dragon... the dragon is really real!"

King Dingnan looked up at the sky with his hands behind his back, frowning and saying nothing.

Du Ruyuan walked slowly through the crowd, and walked in front of King Dingnan. The ropes on his body had already been untied, and the thin silk single robe set off the dragon aura that filled the world, surrounded by a light golden halo.

"Father, you have seen with your own eyes that what I said is the truth, you can let me go."

King Dingnan stared at the sky, calmly and firmly said: "There are no ghosts and gods in the world, but they are just occasional celestial phenomena, or mirages, or blindfolded by people with ulterior motives."

Sun Ben led Fei Xianfeng to stand not far away, Fei Xianfeng saw the manic Zhao Yuan again, danced with excitement, beat his chest and screamed twice, the wings hidden behind his back spread out, and the whole figure swelled again It was swollen and swelled, flapping its wings and flying into the sky, circling excitedly.

There was another commotion during the stroke, and Eunuch Liu said sharply, "Our family has seen this monkey before!"

King Dingnan said: "Even a monkey can use it, which shows how inferior this kind of blindness is." With a serious expression, he turned his head and scolded the soldiers who had fallen to the ground, "Some tricks in the river and lake scare you like this What kind of appearance is it! Hurry up and return to their places!"

Lin Qing, Shang Jing, and Le Yue chased out of the tent. Ben was looking at Zhao Yuan in the sky thinking about countermeasures. At this time, she heard King Dingnan's words from afar. Lin Qing immediately raised her eyebrows and pushed Le Yue. : "Hey, Du Shudai's father is still dead, so why don't you let him fully experience what destiny means to return tonight! Call Zhao Yuan back to your side."

Le Yue folded his hands into a trumpet shape according to his words, and as soon as he put them near his mouth, Lin Qing pushed him again: "No, you have to recite silently in your heart, from the bottom of your heart, and let Zhao Yuan come back to you."

Le Yue had no choice but to close his eyes, and said silently in his heart: "Zhao Yuan, calm down, come back."

The golden dragon hovering in the sky paused, and Le Yue continued to meditate: "Zhao Yuan, Zhao Yuan, restrain your emotions and come back quickly."

The tumbling and swimming golden dragon gradually calmed down, turned around and swooped down.The onlookers retreated unconsciously.The golden dragon fell, entwined with Le Yue's body, and disappeared invisible with a whoosh.

It disappeared too suddenly, and the people around were still staring at the Dragon God in a daze, but in the blink of an eye, the Dragon God disappeared, and the world returned to the dark night. Everyone couldn't react for a while, and the surroundings suddenly fell into silence.

In this silence, only King Dingnan walked up to Le Yue calmly, looked him up and down for a moment, stretched out his hand, picked up Le Yue's sleeve, and shook it, and then picked up Le Yue's skirt, and shook it.He squinted his eyes: "Huh? Young man Le, if my guess is correct, the object used in this trick should be fireworks, and the mechanism is hidden on your body."

Le Yue felt that Zhao Yuan was going deep into his arms, so he could only smile dryly at King Dingnan.

King Dingnan shook his skirt again, but nothing came out. Just at this time, Fei Xianfeng also fell back to the ground, squatted beside Le Yue, and bared his teeth to make a face at King Dingnan.

King Dingnan stretched out his hand to touch the leather wings behind Fei Xianfeng, twitched it, and said calmly: "Well, it looks like it's real."

Flying Pioneer flapped his wings and creaked a few times, intending to prove that the wings were indeed real, but unfortunately, King Dingnan had already walked away calmly and swept the soldiers around: "Those who should return to the camp should return to the camp quickly, and it is time to patrol." continue to patrol."

The soldiers immediately moaned and obeyed.

King Dingnan said to Eunuch Liu: "Eunuch was shocked tonight, please go back to the tent and rest."

Eunuch Liu looked and looked at Le Yue, and walked away muttering: "Oh, sometimes our family doesn't know whether we should trust our eyes."

King Dingnan turned around, looked towards Le Yue again, and said calmly, "You guys should have had enough trouble tonight, let's go back to the camp." Finally, he turned to the black-armored guards who were accompanying him. Raising his hand, "Tie the son back and continue to keep him under strict supervision."

Le Yue watched helplessly as Du Ruyuan was tied up again and dragged to the soft and forbidden tent.

Lin Qing suddenly said loudly: "Hey! Father surnamed Du! Open your eyes and see clearly!" Flames erupted all over her body, and in an instant, a huge fiery red unicorn stepped on the fire cloud, breathed out wolf smoke, and stood up. In the clearing between the tents.

King Dingnan turned around and frowned, "Hmm."

The flames around Qilin jumped up, and once again turned into a mother-in-law in red clothes and soft boots, staring at King Dingnan with wide eyes: "How?"

King Dingnan said solemnly: "Little girl, the tricks have become quite good."

Lin Qing's face turned green.

King Dingnan turned around, leaving everyone with a calm back: "It's just that the sky is dry right now, so it's best not to play with fire casually."

Lin Qing was stunned for a while, then jumped up suddenly, Le Yue quickly stopped her, Lin Qing struggled and kicked her in Le Yue's arms: "Don't stop me, even if he is Du Ruyuan's father, I will Cleave his head off!"

Shang Jing, who had been standing by with his arms folded, raised his hand to hold her shoulder: "Little Qilin, even if you split his head, he will still be like this."

Le Yue sincerely admired: "Actually, I think Brother Du's father is the strongest among the four county kings."

At any rate, after pulling Lin Qing back to the camp, Lin Qing was finally not reconciled, broke into the leader's camp and took a bag of steamed buns, and persuaded Ying Ze to challenge King Dingnan again.

Lin Qing and Ying Ze broke into King Dingnan's tent invisibly, and suddenly appeared in front of him.Yingze summoned two small black clouds, made a whirlwind, struck lightning, stunned two guards, and shattered several wine glasses. King Dingnan watched it attentively, patted Yingze's head lovingly, and let The guard brought snacks for Ying Ze and Lin Qing to have a supper.

Ying Ze came back satisfied with his snacks, and praised Dingnan King as a rare and determined talent among humble mortals.

Lin Qing was defeated with hatred, and did not receive sympathy and comfort from Le Yue and the others when she returned. Instead, Le Yue, Luo Lingzhi, and Shang Jing got together and lamented the emotional pain that King Dingnan suffered back then.

Le Yue said: "It can be seen that the harm Brother Du's mother did to Prince Du back then is really incalculable."

Luo Lingzhi said: "The hurt is the most painful, it's only about emotion."

Lin Qing's teeth were almost soured by them, she ground her teeth and said, "I think Du Shudai's mother was right to dump King Dingnan, this man is a pervert at all."

Unexpectedly, Le Yue, Luo Lingzhi, and Shang Jing pulled their faces down in disapproval.

Shang Jing said: "Little Qilin, what you say is too harsh. If it wasn't for what happened back then, how could King Dingnan not even dare to believe what he saw with his own eyes?"

Sun Ben interjected with great interest: "What are you talking about, can you tell me in detail?"

Lin Qing was left aside, watching the few of them muttering together to review the past of King Dingnan's bitter relationship, stomping in resentment and going back to sleep in her tent.

As soon as she left, Shang Jing got up and told her to go back to accompany Du Ruyuan.

Luo Lingzhi also said: "It's almost dawn, brother Yue should take a little nap, and we have to go on the road tomorrow."

Sun Ben stretched his waist: "Yes, Mr. Sun also wants to go back to catch up on sleep. It's not too late to hear about this painful past." Then he took Fei Xianfeng and Luo Lingzhi and left together.Ying Ze also solemnly announced that he would also go to take a nap.

After everyone left, Le Yue blew out the candles, lay back on the floor, took out Zhao Yuan from his arms, and poked its glowing horns: "Have you recovered?"

Zhao Yuan's beard moved slightly.

Le Yue put it next to the pillow: "Oh, I was the one who got you in trouble last time, why did you become so manic this time?"

Zhao Yuan was speechless.

Le Yue said: "I know you feel uncomfortable. To be honest, I feel uncomfortable too. The master and juniors don't know what to do. The emperor recruited me to the capital just to use me as a pawn to deal with King Anshun and the crown prince. There is a hatred between parents... But these days, I want to understand a truth, since what we have to deal with is not good, then we can't become bad like them. In the dream, Qingyao said that the truth lies in the heart, although we You can’t get to that level, but you can’t get your sanity burned by revenge. If you lose your sanity, you may not be able to take revenge.”

Zhao Yuan moved closer to him, and Le Yue tugged at its beard: "After listening to my Le Daxia's persuasion, do you feel enlightened and enlightened?"

Zhao Yuan hummed lightly.

Le Yue put his arms on his pillow and raised his legs and shook: "You are going through a day, maybe after arriving in the capital, you will show your dragon power and destroy that Fengjun with one move, then the world will be peaceful and everything will be fine. Hehe." He patted the pillow, "Of course, this can't be true, but remember, we still have a bright future. So, hold on." He felt a dragon horn rub against the side of his face Rubbing, knowingly smiled, closed his eyes and fell asleep.