[OP] The Story of Ming Shi

"Hey! Hey!" Sam patted Sola on the back vigorously, trying to get his attention back, "What's the matter?"

Sola didn't reply, his pupils were still a little slack.After about a few minutes, he came back to his senses, covered his head in pain, and said, "You can stop now, I think I'm about to be vomited blood by you."

"Uh, who told you to look so strange all the time, and told you not to answer." Sam said embarrassingly, he withdrew his hand and didn't know where to put it.

Sola reassured himself, holding his chin and pondering: "What do you think is a god? God...is there a saying of renewal?"

"How could it be? Aren't gods immortal!" Sam said, "However...it seems that there are new gods and old gods. We have a legend..."

"Forget it, I don't want to hear it, I have a headache, let me rest for a while." Sora said, lying down on his own, resting his arms on his face and not making a sound.

There's a crossroad on Sam's head, I'm so rare that I'm interested in telling a story and you still don't listen!But after thinking about it, it's not right for him to lose his temper with the little kid at such an adult, so Sam swallowed his breath.

"However... you can talk about what happened after the light beam fell, you haven't finished talking just now." Sola said.

"Ah... that, it's very unbelievable, I wonder if I'm hallucinating. Because I passed out after that, and I came here after waking up." Sam scratched his head, "It's okay to talk about it, believe me Believe it or not, it's up to you. Anyway... I believe it! There are all kinds of strange things in this world, but we haven't seen them before."

Sora nodded slightly, indicating that he was listening.

"At that time, I thought I was going to die, but we suddenly sank underwater, as if some force pulled us! By the way, at that time, I seemed to vaguely see a spherical shape of water surrounding us. , and then we flew away... No, it should have swam away, very fast, very fast! It was so fast that I couldn't see clearly, I don't know where we are going..."

Speaking of this, Sam paused for a moment: "Actually, I couldn't hold my breath at that time, and my eyes were dark... So... Hehe, I didn't know much about it later, and I was here when I woke up."

"Hmm..." Sora thought deeply, "This place should be near Angel Island, and we should still be in Baibaihai or Baihaihai."

"Well, how do you know?" Sam asked.

"Feeling." Sora threw him two words, and Sam almost slipped his hand and let his chin hit the ground.

"Also, here is very close to the sea. If this is an island, we should be right by the sea." Sola said again.

"But it's obviously a building, and it's a very tall one! Look at the ground! This rock!" Sam pointed to the ground and asked Sora to look at it.

After his reminder, Sola only noticed the ground here.The ground is probably paved with a very smooth slate, the color is close to black, and it feels cold to the touch, very comfortable.Sora stroked the stone on the ground and said, "Really, it's better than the inner floor of the palace."

"Let me just say it! Wait...you said the palace, could it be that you have been in it?" Sam asked.

"Well, not only did I go in, but I also stayed there!" Sola laughed, "I also met the king and princess."

"Hey - I don't believe it, I don't believe it! Tell me about the palace, haha ​​- I can't tell you, I knew you were bragging!" Sam laughed.

But Sora is not Usopp, so he doesn't have a hobby of bragging.But this time even Usopp is bragging about this bullshit again, because they have really experienced this, and the princess has sailed with them for a long time.Sola didn't listen to Sam's words at all, because he discovered something extraordinary.

"Hey, look at this." Sola called Sam, who was very strange but still followed Sola's example and lay down on the ground.

"Look, this is not paved with stone slabs at all. I haven't found any seams! Even the large slabs are too big, and they will definitely break during transportation." Sola deduced, "This is a complete stone , and someone grinds it down..."

Sam was speechless: "I just saw that the stairs above are also made of this kind of stone. I didn't pay attention to any joints. If you say so, this project is too huge!"

Sora stood up: "I'm going to see the stairs."

They checked the stairs, and it turned out that the stairs were not stacked one by one, and they couldn't find any seams.

"Hey, is this really a stone? It's not covered with cement, is it?" Sam couldn't help but kicked the steps.

"It's not wrong, it's stone." Sola was also puzzled, "Could it be that some technology we don't know is used?"

"As far as I know, there is no such technology. This is simply not a project that humans can complete!" Sam sighed, and then he suddenly exclaimed, "Could it be the merciful Sea God who saved us, this is the domain of Sea God ?”

Sola's heart trembled violently, and he only uttered four words: "...Sea Temple."

"That's right, maybe it's the legendary sea temple. The sea palace was originally a legend in Qinghai, have you heard of it? Palaces that appear and disappear in seas all over the world... But in recent years, no one has seen it in Qinghai. It’s here, it turns out that they came to the sky!” Sam clapped his hands, he was very excited, “There are only people who have witnessed it in the records, but no one has ever been in close contact with it! Dude, you and I may be the first to come here People here! Let's go, let's go up!"

Sola was stunned at the spot, the sea temple... This is the purpose of his trip.Originally, he thought he would have to spend a lot of time looking for it after he came to Kukai, but now that the temple is close in front of him, it came so suddenly that he didn't know what to do.

Sam has already run up three steps in two steps, and soon Sora only saw Sam's shadow.Sola swallowed, he looked up to the high place, the surrounding fog blocked his sight, he couldn't see anything.In the end... is this the Sea God Temple?He couldn't see it, so he didn't know, everything was just speculation.

"No matter what, just go up and have a look." Sola encouraged himself, and then he stepped on the steps and walked up step by step.

After he walked up a dozen steps, Sola felt that his vision had broadened a lot.At first he thought it was because he was standing taller, but after walking a few more steps, he realized that it was the fog that was slowly dissipating.

After walking a few more steps, Sora found Sam sitting on the steps panting to rest.

Seeing him coming, Sam greeted him: "Hey, why are you... not tired at all, I seem to be in a hurry... I climbed more than 100 steps in one breath..."

"More than 100?" Sola suddenly felt that something was wrong, he had clearly climbed more than 20, why... But seeing Sam's panting, Sola didn't think he was lying.

"Ah, the fog has cleared!" Sam had rested enough, and when he noticed that the fog had cleared, he got up, "Let's go together."

Sora nodded and walked alongside him.

Once the fog started to lighten, it cleared quickly.Before they had walked a few steps, the fog completely dissipated, and the two of them also saw the majestic and luxurious palace above the steps.

It's really... the Temple of the Sea!Sola was stunned, looking at the gate that could be reached by more than a dozen steps away from him, feeling boundless in his heart.As for Sam, he rushed out frantically after being surprised.

Sola didn't follow, he turned around and looked at the bottom of the stairs, there was a small open space under the twenty or so steps they walked.No matter how far away you can see the white sea of ​​clouds, but you can't see farther away, and the entire temple is still surrounded by clouds and mist.It must not look real from the outside.

Suddenly, Sola found Sam appeared in his vision... This is unscientific!Didn't Sam go up first!

When Sam, who was struggling to climb the stairs with his head down, looked up, he and Sora looked at each other.

"You, when did you come up there!?" Sam expressed surprise.

"...No, you ran downstairs." Sora frowned, "Why..."

"Because there is no guide, outsiders are not allowed to enter here." A voice came from behind, and the two suddenly looked in the direction of the voice.It was a man, not tall, of medium build, with light blond hair and some stubble on his face.

"Who are you!" Sam yelled.

Sola looked at him, his pupils dilated slowly, he knew this person, this person was...

"Daddy?" Sora called out.

"Ah?" Sam was dumbfounded when he heard Sola shouting, "What's the matter? Your father?"

The man nodded slightly and smiled.Sora's eyes were wet, and he opened his mouth, but couldn't say a word.

Seeing the father and son (daughter?) looking at each other affectionately, Sam couldn't get in the conversation at all, so he could only cough to clear his sense of existence: "Ahem! Well, should you explain to us what this place is? ?”

"Don't you already know?" The man looked at Sam a little strangely, "Sea Temple or Sea Palace...that's what you call it, right?"

"Uh...I mean, do you live here? What's the matter with this place? Why do you appear and disappear in seas all over the world?" Sam sorted out his thoughts and asked again, "Also, you just said that outsiders What does it mean to need a guide to enter here?"

"You have a lot of questions." The man narrowed his eyes, "And it's not easy to answer... How about it, you guys come up, and I'll talk slowly."

Sam was about to move forward, but was stopped by the man.

"Oh, this gentleman can't be so impatient. Come on, Sora, you go ahead."

Sam didn't understand the reason why the man arranged them to do this, Sora seemed to understand something, he stepped forward and walked side by side with the man, Sam followed behind, just like that, the three of them quickly reached the gate.

Seeing that the man didn't intend to invite them in, Sam said, "Why, as the host, don't you entertain guests from afar?"

"Your words are wrong. I am not the owner of this place. In fact, I am also a half-outsider." The man raised the corner of his mouth slightly, "This castle is not anyone's property now, even if you are allowed to enter here People who own it only have the right to use it.”

Sora just stared at the castle, he didn't say a word from the beginning.

"So, in fact, I can't enter this castle, because I can't open the gate." The man shrugged, "So I said I am an outsider, and you are the same."

"Are you kidding, isn't it just a door!" Sam didn't believe it, and pushed forward, but he still couldn't open the door with all his strength.Panting, he asked the man, "Is it locked inside?"

The man shook his head: "There is no lock. This is a temple. How can a temple that can prevent outsiders from entering need a lock?"

"The temple...the temple of the sea... So, there is a sea god here?" Sam suddenly realized.

"There is no god." The man said, his expression was indifferent.

"Then..." Sam frowned, "That's not right, this kind of thing doesn't make sense in many ways, then what is it that made us fall under the judgment of the sky before—"

"Let's talk about these things after we go in." The man stopped Sam from continuing.

"Wait, you're contradicting what you said, didn't you say that we can't open the door!" Sam yelled strangely.

"Sola, open the door." The man said to Sola who had been silent.

"Hey, what can the kid do that we can't open the door?" Sam continued to scream.

"Quiet!" The man yelled softly, his gaze remained on Sola all the time, "That child is different from you and me, what we can't do, he can do."

Sora stepped forward, looking up at the blue-black gate with strange patterns.He reached out his hand and attached it to the door.The lines on the gate glowed faintly, not dazzling, even a little inconspicuous, so that Sam didn't notice it at all.

Then in the next moment, the door opened.

The author has something to say:

I haven't explained the reason why Sora has the ability (but maybe it can be seen?)...Ahaha, everyone can guess freely, the next chapter will continue!

In the next chapter, there will be an interaction with Papa San, and Sam's role... well, it will be over after the next chapter