Chapter 185, Dragon Pearl Island (2)
According to Qingshi’s guess, things should be like this:
More than a thousand years ago, the Imperial Guard of the Tianlong Dynasty sent officials to this area for activities. They occupied this island and established a base. In order to avoid the endless attacks of the indigenous people, they built a shielding array to make the entire island invisible. However, the indigenous people did not understand the advanced array magic and thought that they were evil demons with powerful magic, so they used magic to steal their holy island. gone.
The officials stationed on the island were afraid that someone would come to harass them, so they used energy cannons to destroy all ships that dared to approach. They also released saber-toothed ghost sharks in the sea to scare the indigenous fishermen and prevent them from approaching.
As time went by, naturally no one from the indigenous people dared to come anymore. The indigenous clan chiefs and great elders at that time could not defeat their opponents, so they just randomly said that those people were evil spirits and had magic and so on. They also casually said that the Holy Island would come back on its own in a thousand years. To comfort the tribesmen.
A few days ago, there was a problem with the energy barrier on this island. The island was revealed and was accidentally discovered by the indigenous people, so this series of things happened.
The Tianlong Dynasty lasted for 1,600 years, and the official uniforms of its inner guards were basically unchanged. The Tianxuan Dynasty only added a black border to the original official uniforms. Therefore, the evil spirits painted by these indigenous people were also This is how Duan Wutian and Shen Jiayun are dressed.
As for seeing Duan Chen and Duan Shen perform magic to put the Holy Island into a magic bag, Qingshi estimated that the situation was exactly the opposite. It was precisely Duan Shen and Duan Chen who used magic to destroy the shielding circle that allowed these natives to discover them. The Holy Island is back.
While looking at the map, Qingshi figured out the whole story. He put away the map and threw the indigenous one back, and made up his mind and said: "What this old man said is right, this island is Longzhu Island, but it is a It happened a thousand years ago. After this island fell into the hands of evil spirits, it fell into the hands of Hero Xiang. Now it is the private property of Hero Xiang. Naturally, he should have the final say on how to deal with it, but I think He should return it to you." After speaking, he looked at Xiang An.
The barbarians also looked at Xiang An, their eyes filled with the most fervent anticipation. Naturally, Xiang An roughly figured out the whole story. He cursed Qingshi secretly in his heart, but he didn't dare to bring it out on his face.
Qingshi knew what he meant and said with a smile: "Dear fellow Tanlong Island folks, this Brother Xiang is an incredible hero. It took a lot of effort for him to recapture Dragon Pearl Island from the evil devil. Originally, he wanted to Treat this island as his own cemetery. Now that he has discovered that this island was originally your family property, and he killed so many of your people because of misunderstanding, I think he will definitely return the island to you, don't you think so, Xiang Daxiong? ?”
After listening to Qingshi's words, Xiang An knew that Qingshi would use this island to compensate these barbarian natives. He rolled his eyes and pretended to be helpless and said: "Yes, more than three hundred of my men died when I took back this island from the evil demon. But, Now that I know it is your holy island, I will just... give it to you. But, since this island is your holy island, I think you must know this island very well. , but I have a few questions to ask you and see if you can answer them, in case you lied to me!"
"Excuse me, hero!" The old man said respectfully, "We definitely did not deceive you."
"Why is this island called Longzhu Island?" Xiang An asked, "If you don't even know this, it means that this island is not yours at all."
Qingshi looked at Xiang An and couldn't help but wonder to himself, what does this guy mean? Could it be that the origin of the island's name is not what I thought?
The old man looked back at the two people beside him. After the three people gathered around and chatted in a low voice, the old man said: "This is originally a secret of our clan, but in order to prove that we are not lying, I will tell you that on this island There is a hidden dragon spring with dragon beads at the bottom, so we call this island Dragon Pearl Island."
"Nonsense!" Xiang An said, "What kind of secret is this? Even people in Laosha Kingdom know that Dragon Pearls are produced on Longzhu Island. You have to tell the location of Longquan and the method of entering Longquan to prove it."
"This..." The old man obviously hesitated.
"Hmph!" Xiang An said loudly, "I don't know. You don't even know this and you dare to say that Longzhu Island is yours. Those evil spirits know the location, I know the location, but you don't know... "
"Hold on, hero!" the old man said, "You mean that the evil demon knows the secret of Dragon Pearl Island, and you also know it?"
"Otherwise?" Xiang Anqi said, "Why else would the evil spirits want to rob your island? Why should I take it back from the evil spirits at the expense of bloodshed? You liars..."
"Hero, calm down!" the old man said quickly, "Only the clan leader and the chief priest know the location and entry method of Hidden Dragon Spring. This is a secret in our clan, how can everyone know it? We really didn't lie to you. ah!"
"Yeah!" Xiang Zhichang pretended to touch his chin, nodded and said, "What you said makes sense. Now tell me which tribe you are from. What are you, your tribe leader, and your chief elder's name?"
"We are the Tanlong clan who have lived on the Tanlong Islands for generations. We are nominally vassals of the Black Sea Kingdom, but we have stopped paying tribute to the Black Sea Kingdom a hundred years ago because we have a great clan leader named An. Naba, he is a famous warrior in the entire Qisha Sea. He also has thousands of warriors and warships and spaceships under his command. Our Palm Priest Elder is called Wuyunda, and he is the smartest and wisest person in the entire Qisha Sea. . I am one of the elders of the clan, my name is Wall, and my tribe is the closest to here, so the clan leader sent a message to let me come first."
"Well!" Xiang An said, "It seems that what you said is not a lie, so I will believe you for the time being. However, the handover of the Holy Island cannot be so careless. This is a sacred moment, and you are not qualified to do so. I am here to take over the Holy Island, so you should go back and tell your clan leader and great elder that your whole clan will calculate the auspicious day and prepare a grand ceremony, and then your clan leader and great elder will come to receive it in person. This is the right thing to do."
"Yes, that's right!" Wall said with a smile, "Our clan leader and the great elder are preparing grand ceremony items. They will come to take over the Dragon Pearl Island on the birthday of the Sea Dragon King three days later! We are here to drive out the evil spirits. .”
"You guys underestimate the evil spirits too much!" Xiang An said, "Did you come in a total of three airships and three small boats? How many people came in total?"
"Yes," Wall said, "Six ships and 140 people. Although there are few people, they are all warriors of my tribe. Since our tribe's large number of warships and warriors are scattered on various islands, it is relatively difficult to gather them together. Slowly, but Chief Annaba started gathering a few days ago, and he will arrive with his troops at any time."
The man next to him who escaped in an airship from outside said: "Elder Wall, the five ships outside were sunk by these two big... heroes. Except for the ten of us, the other warriors probably They’re all dead.”
"I know!" Wall said helplessly, "You just said it, this is a misunderstanding!"
"That's right, it's a misunderstanding!" Xiang An said, "We were just about to come over to see if there were any evil spirits, but we didn't expect that we were attacked by you. We thought you and the evil spirits were in the same group!"
"These sacrifices for Dragon Pearl Island are worth it!" Wall said, "Listen to this great hero, they also paid the sacrifice of three hundred warriors!"
"That's right," Xiang An said, "so many of my men have died, and many orphans and widowed mothers are living in poverty. By the way, Elder Wall, I gave Dragon Pearl Island to you, shouldn't you also express your gratitude? I don’t care about money or treasures, but what about my men who sacrificed their lives to take back your island? Their families should get some compensation from you."
"This is natural!" Wall said, "When I go back and report to the clan leader and the great elder, I will definitely compensate you. I can promise you now that I will give you at least three hundred ingots of purple gold and three hundred sea spirit beads. .”
"I dare not accept something as precious as the Sea Spirit Pearl," Xiang An said, "Since this island is called Dragon Pearl Island and it is rich in dragon beads, you might as well give me... some dragon beads to my dead brother's family. , it can also be regarded as compensation and commemoration for their sacrifice for Longzhu Island."
"Where do we still have Dragon Balls now?" Wall said with his eyes widened. "Didn't you take back Dragon Ball Island from the evil devil? You also know the location of Hidden Dragon Spring and how to enter it. Didn't you get it from Hidden Dragon Spring? Dragon Ball?"
"Well!" Xiang An said with some frustration, "I didn't even get a single dragon ball. It seems that the dragon balls were all taken away by those evil spirits. Don't you have any inventory?"
"It's been a thousand years!" Wall said. "Even when we occupied Dragon Pearl Island, we immediately sold the Dragon Pearls to buy supplies for the tribe. Where is the inventory?"
"Okay then!" Xiang An said, "We'll wait until your clan leaders and great elders arrive to make compensation. You can go. I'll wait for you to take over the island in three days."
Wall began to retreat with a dozen tribesmen, carrying several dead tribesmen. These natives who died in the battle were naturally killed by Duan Wutian and Shen Jiayun, but Qingshi and Xiang An did not kill any of them. Of course, they killed many more people outside than Duan Shen.
After Wall took two steps, he looked back at Xiang An and wondered, "Aren't these two demons?"
"Of course not," Xiang An said, "They are also my men, warriors who have sneaked into the evil demon's undercover!"
Wall and others stopped talking and turned around together. Only then did Qingshi discover that there was a narrow stone road that penetrated the west mountain wall. Wall and the others walked along this road. It seems that this is a passage leading to the outside of the crater.
The middle-aged man took several injured tribesmen onto the airship, and then flew away from the crater. The airship could only accommodate ten people at most, and the rest could only walk to the mountain wall passage. After a while, the airship disappeared from sight, and the rest of the indigenous people followed the passage out of the volcano. They did not stop, but went directly to the seaside, then released two small boats and drove away.
