At this moment, Xiao Hei asked casually: "Uncle Patriarch, you said they can save the catastrophe of Undersea City? Why didn't I see it? In what specific aspects?"
"Hahaha." The old patriarch twisted his beard and said with a smile: "Not to mention anything else, just the two adults, the human figurine and the ice dragon, sent rich spiritual energy to Lingji Jade and strengthened the barrier. This is already a great kindness. , and, as far as I know, the aura of both of them has other wonderful uses."
After he paused for a moment, the old patriarch immediately walked towards the back of Lingji Jade and said, "Come here, I'll show you something new."
…
On the other side, Jie'an and Balu heard their sister's screams and immediately swam over to rescue them. From a distance, they saw Ximei fighting with several evil water beasts. However, Ximei had an injury on her shoulder and could only manage to wave. The sword resisted, and the situation was extremely critical.
"Miss, don't panic, I'm coming!" "Whoa!" It was too late, but then, a quick shadow rushed out from the slanting thorn, it was the young Zhenyu tribe - Meng Li.
He was seen approaching Ximei, and the strange water-curved sword in his palm made a "cha-cha-cha" sound. Countless sword energy flew out in all directions, forcefully piercing the bodies of those water beasts, and the other party immediately died with a howl.
"Brother Meng Li, thank you for helping my little sister." At this time, Jie'an and Balu arrived belatedly. He continued to Meng Li: "Brother's ability is outstanding, I admire it very much."
"I don't dare to take it, I don't take it." Meng Li's face was very calm, but there was a bit of pride in his tone, because after waiting for a long time, he finally got an opportunity for a hero to save a beauty. It was really not easy.
At this moment, he asked with earnestness: "I don't know how injured Miss is. I have healing medicine here. If you don't mind it..."
"No, no, Brother Meng Li, this is just a skin injury, it doesn't matter." Ximei has always been reserved and cautious, not to mention that the other party is just a stranger who has not known each other for a short time. Even though Meng Li saved him twice, he can't use it casually. Other people's things, so as not to cause misunderstanding.
Lowering her head, Ximei said softly: "You should keep this healing medicine for yourself, but thank you very much for saving my life, little sister."
"Uh, okay, okay." Although he was rejected by the other party, Meng Li's self-restraint was really good. He was just a little stunned and retracted the hand holding the medicine bottle.
Jie'an next to him also saw some clues, so he chuckled and said: "Brother Meng Li, please don't worry about it. My little sister is thin-skinned, so she rashly rejects your kindness, but don't take it to heart."
"No, no... Oh, the remnants of the evil beasts haven't retreated yet. I'm going to kill the enemy first. Take my leave." After saying that, Meng Li bowed his hands to the three of them, turned around and walked away.
"Hey, sister." Watching Meng Li's back go away, Jie'an suddenly smiled and said: "Actually, this Meng Li brother is quite good, he looks pleasing to the eye, and he is powerful. Don't you think about it?"
"Brother, what are you talking about?" Hearing this, Ximei's face turned red. She said, "I am a dignified temple priest and witch..."
"That's true, but according to the teachings of our ancestors, even priests and witches can marry freely after finding their successor."
Jie'an looked at her sister distressedly and said, "You are already old. If you delay any longer, you will become an old aunt in the future, but you really won't be able to get married."
"Bah, bah, bah, you're going too far to say such nonsense in front of Balu."
Ximei said and turned away, shouting: "I told my father to go and say you bullied me!"
"Hey, sister, I'm doing this for your own good -" Jie'an shouted at the top of his lungs, but at this moment, Ximei had already run away.
"Young Patriarch, my subordinate has something to say. I don't know whether to say it or not?" Hearing Balu speak, Jie'an nodded slightly: "But it doesn't matter, just say it."
Balu said cautiously: "I feel that the origin of Meng Li is not clear yet. It may not be appropriate if we rush to match him with Miss Ximei now."
"Hahaha, Balu, it turns out that what I said just now fooled even you."
Jie'an smiled at this time, with a sly look on his face, and then said: "Even if you don't remind me, I know that Meng Li's identity has not been completely cleared up, and further investigation is needed, but I also have my own That’s why I said those words to Ximei.”
Hearing this, Balu, an upright man, was a little confused: "This... subordinates don't understand, please make it clear to the young patriarch."
"First of all, the origin of this Meng Li is unknown, but he saved my sister at critical moments twice. Although he showed extraordinary strength, it made me suspicious. I even thought that he was deliberately looking for opportunities to heroically save the beauty in front of my sister. , to deepen her good impression."
When Jie'an said this, he glanced at Balu and said: "Although you didn't speak, I vaguely noticed that you must have the same assumption, right?" The other party nodded: "Yes, the young patriarch is wise. , my subordinates indeed have this suspicion.”
"That's right, but we think so, but Ximei may not be so wary. What she sees is just the young hero who saved her from danger twice."
Jie'an sighed and continued: "What I'm afraid of is that my sister will have a strange liking for Meng Li because of this. When the time comes, things will develop in an unpredictable direction, so I deliberately opened my mouth to test Ximei."
"As a brother, I know this girl's temper very well. As long as she likes her, she will definitely admit it openly. If she doesn't like her, she will walk away like just now."
At this point, Jie'an shrugged and said with a smile: "It turns out that my sister still has very high standards. She was not fooled by the illusion of that brat hero saving the beauty. I am very happy."
"Hehe, the young patriarch is wise." After hearing what the other party said, Balu burst into laughter, and Jie'an said again: "Also, what I said to you must never be said to Ximei. Mention it, otherwise, she won’t be happy.”
"Yes, I understand."
…
At the same time, the old patriarch took Xiao Hei, Bing Jiao, the human figurines and the star-swallowing mongoose to the back of two huge pieces of spiritual jade. It turned out that there was a small column here.
He pointed at this object and said: "This thing is the control mechanism for adjusting the barrier of the Undersea City. Normally, if you want to make the barrier larger or smaller, you all rely on it."
"Oh, it seems to be a very amazing thing." Xiao Hei circled the cylinder twice, and suddenly found a ring-shaped handle on it, and asked, "What is this for?"
"For a long time, our underwater city's barrier has only been used to defend against enemy siege, and we are at a disadvantage." The old patriarch explained in a very calm tone: "However, few people know that this barrier arranged by Lingji Jade, It has the ability to fight back.”
