East China Sea dust

The two ended up breaking up that day.

Zhang Qinglan thought she was in the wrong, and left before the guards noticed the change in the hall. Before leaving, she didn't even look back, so naturally she didn't notice Ao Zhan's deep eyes looking at her.

After that, Ao Zhan didn't want to see him, so there were more than a dozen more patrolling shrimps, crabs, fishes and turtles inside and outside the side hall.The upset Dragon King of the East China Sea declared to the outside world that he would retreat to recuperate his wounds, and immediately set up a barrier, but it only guarded against one person.

Zhang Qinglan was worried that the red line on Ao Zhan's wrist hadn't completely disappeared, but he had to be stopped outside the hall every time, and couldn't get half a step closer to the side hall.In the end, I could only touch and hide behind a certain coral cluster not far away, waiting for Ao Zhan to leave the customs.

It's just that, what was waiting was the information that Ao Dingbo was besieged after he led his troops deep into the southern border, asking for help.

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"Southern Xinjiang is vast and has always been famous for its continuous mountains. Tens of thousands of mountains are criss-crossed and twisted."

"In the mountains and forests, the ancient trees are towering and the terrain is rugged, surrounded by swamps and miasma. It is said that the human race living in it is good at making Gu and using poison. They have lived in seclusion for generations, isolated from the outside world..."

Seeing this, Ao Zhan closed the scroll in his hand, and the last line of ink in the information disappeared immediately.

Ao Zhan frowned, raised his eyes and looked around.Everywhere you can see are towering ancient trees, the trunks of which are winding with dark green giant vines, the sunlight is cut by the stacked leaves of the giant trees, and when it finally falls on the meadow, it has become mottled and broken.

It is really inconvenient for the dragon body to move in the deep mountains and old forests, so Ao Zhan had to temporarily transform into a human form and lead a group of people into it.

The grass under his feet was soft, and every time the soap boots took a step, a lot of water would be squeezed out of the grass blades.The weeds are knee-deep, and countless unknown wild flowers are dotted among them. Occasionally, flying insects fly by, staying on the petals for a while and then flapping their wings and flying away.

In the depths of southern Xinjiang, the land is vast and sparsely populated, and it is extremely quiet. There are occasional depressions in the nearby ground, and a puddle of clear water accumulates on the exposed shallow pits.Shallow mist filled the forest, and the shrimp soldiers and crab generals moved forward while waving tung oil torches to drive away the poisonous miasma around them.

The accompanying Prime Minister Gui handed the torch in his hand to the crab general who was following him, then took out a mirage bead from his arms, hurried to Ao Zhan, bent his body, and handed the mirage bead to Ao Zhan He said respectfully in front of his eyes: "My lord, news from your majesty."

Before Ao Zhan took over the mirage beads, Prime Minister Gui opened his mouth a little nervously, with a very concerned expression: "My lord...that human race has been with us for half an hour, do you want me to drive them away?" From the corner of her eye, she fell on Zhang Qinglan who was behind the team, her face full of embarrassment.

At this time, the young man was carrying a long sword wrapped in cloth, and followed far behind, even deliberately keeping a distance of two or three meters from the soldiers. He could not see his expression clearly, and was walking forward with his head buried.

Ao Zhan didn't want to turn his head back, he paused when he felt the familiar breath, and after a long silence, he said hastily: "Let him go."

After finishing speaking, Ao Zhan took the mirage bead, stopped looking at Prime Minister Gui’s face full of pain, accumulated a cloud of blue aura on his fingertips, and then poured the aura into the mirage bead—a moment later, Ao Dingbo frowned The appearance of the face was gradually projected by the mirage beads, floating unsteadily in mid-air.

I saw that the red dragon's horns were covered with a layer of flames, the clothes on his body were mostly stained with mud and water, and his red hair was scattered behind him. He was sitting cross-legged on the grass and looked at Ao Zhan on the opposite side of the image with a sad face. When he spoke, his tone was quite aggrieved: "Brother..."

Hearing his voice, Ao Zhan felt a throbbing pain in his forehead, and finally couldn't help rubbing his sore nose: "What? Was he chased away by the Laoshizi boa constrictor again?"

God knows that an hour ago he was still sitting on the ground in the South China Sea Dragon Palace and poured half a bowl of tonic. Before he could put down the bowl, he received a secret call for help from Ao Dingbo.

It is said that in order to track down the clues, the blood was rushed for a while, and a dragon rushed into the southern border through the clouds and fog, but it was a pity that it accidentally flew over the head with too much force, and in the end not only did not find anything, but also got lost in the deep mountains and old forests.After struggling for a long time, there was really no way to get out of the predicament, so he remembered to use the secret method of the dragon clan to send news to his elder brother.

Fortunately, Ao Dingbo was not injured except for being disgusted by snakes, insects, rats and ants.After being scolded by Ao Zhan, he stayed where he was, and didn't dare to run around.

"But count the days," Ao Zhan changed the subject and said coldly, "It's time to meet that bald donkey in southern Xinjiang."

Ao Dingbo nodded ignorantly, and raised his sleeves to wipe off the mud on his cheeks: "Brother is right." The whole person sat listlessly under the giant tree, and when he spoke, he lost his previous bravery and drive.

The image projected by the mirage bead was hazy, and Ao Zhan watched Ao Dingbo holding the tree trunk and grinding the dragon's horns with a sad face: "Brother, how long will it take for you to find me?"

"There is a mutual reaction between the mirages." Ao Zhan looked disgusted at the inadequacy of this brother who had given up, but he sighed after seeing the other party's expression that was about to cry, and said bluntly: "Wait for half a stick of incense." That's right."

"However... what exactly did you see that made you so excited that you would rather leave your guards behind and chase into the southern border?"

Ao Dingbo was taken aback when he heard the words, and after a while he stretched out his hand and patted his forehead, and then he remembered the most important thing before he said to Ao Zhan: "I saw the white deer you mentioned on the back mountain of Jinglian Temple .”

Ao Zhan's eyes darkened slightly: "Be clear, what kind of white deer is it?"

"It's a young deer, about half the height of a person, with snow-white body, exuding aura," Ao Dingbo recalled carefully, and described truthfully: "It seems that he has already opened up his spiritual wisdom, and the moment he saw me, he went to the distance. Jump away."

"Every time I was about to catch up with it, the white deer would suddenly disappear without a trace. Once I stopped, the young deer would appear not far away."

Finally discovering the clue, Ao Dingbo said with a dark face, "After several repetitions... he was taken into the mountains unknowingly."

The southern border is vast and surrounded by mountains, but there is no clear boundary with the surrounding areas.Jinglian Temple was originally located in a large wilderness, and hundreds of miles further south, you can see the Hundred Thousand Mountains.

Long Teng can leap hundreds of miles with one breath, and Ao Dingbo is reckless. After being lured into deep mountains and old forests, he lost his way, which is not something he can't do.

"Young deer," Ao Zhan frowned, and suddenly said, "Are you sure you saw a young deer?"

After the words fell, soon through the mirage bead, I saw Chilong nodding sincerely: "Yes."

"No." Ao Zhan's heart suddenly rang an alarm: "The one I saw in Luliao Mountain is clearly an adult stag."

...The young deer, only the one that Xuanlan personally rescued.

Ao Zhan frowned, and told Ao Dingbo through the light curtain projected by the mirage bead: "Restrain the breath of the dragon immediately and hide your tracks. Don't be impulsive when things happen, and wait for me obediently."

As soon as the words fell, Ao Zhan immediately turned into a blue dragon and poured a lot of spiritual power into the mirage pearl.The huge dragon body easily crushed dozens of thick ancient trees and rose into the air.

At the moment Canglong swung its tail, I saw the huge monster eyes turning backwards seemingly inadvertently——

It wasn't until he was sure that the young man had mobilized his spiritual energy and was able to follow closely behind the general that he raised his head and let out a long roar, and flew quickly in the direction pointed by the mirage bead.

*****

Leng Buding was cut off by his brother, Ao Dingbo stretched out his hand to catch the light golden mirage beads falling from the sky, and sighed heavily.

Although he didn't know why his elder brother's expression suddenly became weird, he still obediently followed Ao Zhan's words, using spells to restrain all the real dragon aura in his body, and completely gave up the dragon-shaped features on his appearance, turning the dragon's horns into red hair. hide.

Suddenly, he became a human race through and through.

Just in case, Ao Dingbo stuffed the mirage beads back into his sleeves, and then sealed a few spells on himself that could hide his traces, so as to calm down and hide his voice.

After making sure that no one else could find him, Ao Dingbo relaxed, leaning against the ancient tree with one hand behind his head.

At this time, there is no other sound in the surrounding environment except for the occasional wind. The mountains and forests are humid, and there are many swamps and puddles around. In addition, after being exposed to the sun at noon, the transpiration of water vapor is as if it has been heated, rushing towards the face. It's depressing.

Ao Dingbo raised his legs, grabbed half of a slender blade of grass, and dangled it in his mouth.

Glancing at the mud on his body with distaste, Chilong had a sad expression on his face... While waiting for his elder brother, he began to think carefully about the scene he saw at that time.

At that time, he almost overturned the entire Jinglian Temple in order to find out the clues that led to Ao Zhan's coma. Not only the scripture hall of the Tibetan Scripture Pavilion, but even every monk's bedroom was turned upside down by him.

It's a pity that nothing was found in the end, the only thing left by Xuanlan is the old monk's robe in the Sutra Pavilion.

Whether it is Luoqian Town or Jinglian Temple, it seems that they have been cleaned up in advance, and they are so clean that they have to be suspicious.

On the day when Ao Dingbo was about to leave the temple and wanted to go back to Nanhai to meet his elder brother before discussing, an abnormal fluctuation of spiritual energy spread out at the back door of Jinglian Temple, which caught his attention.

The moment he rushed to the back mountain, Ao Dingbo clearly saw a snow-white deer hiding behind a tree not far away, staring at him with a pair of dark eyes, and even snorted. As if afraid that the other party would not notice.

Ao Dingbo spat out the blade of grass in his mouth with a "bah", and scratched his head a little irritably.

Later... Later, he seemed to be possessed by a demon, chasing the spirit deer all the way, and finally got trapped in the deep mountains and old forests.Not to mention rushing to the sky, even flying to the top of a tree, trying to overlook the mountains in the southern border is impossible.

There have long been rumors that there are many strange things in southern Xinjiang, and it is difficult to explain them with ordinary demon spirits... The more Ao Dingbo thought about it, the more frightened he became, and finally couldn't help sitting up straight, shaking his head, and put those messy thoughts Get out of your mind.

The moment Ao Dingbo raised his hands and patted his cheeks——

Hearing a soft "shua", the snow-white young deer that appeared and disappeared countless times suddenly stood in front of him, blinking a pair of big eyes, tilting its head and looking at the person in front of him.

Immediately, a gentle and clear male voice sounded in the ear, and there was even a slight smile in the voice:

"The poor monk Xuanlan...has seen the Dragon King of the South China Sea."