"You think so too?" Old Shark asked.
Others knew that Bai Ya might have said the wrong thing, although to them, it was not too wrong. They just knew that the words did not sound good, which caused the old man to ask questions. But that's not necessarily the case. When she asked this question, she didn't seem very unhappy, as if she was just saying something.
Of course Bai Ya knew, he nodded truthfully.
"What about you?" the old man turned to ask the others. Everyone didn't know how to express their position. Only Qi Huan muttered "uh..." vaguely in his throat for a while.
"Everyone thinks so. So do the old children." The old man missed his sight and looked through the water to the distance of the land. "This seems to be a selfish reason. It should not be put on the table and discussed openly. , should not be an excuse for us not to compromise with the Dragon Clan."
"You know, this can easily be labeled as selfish." Qi Huan said, "But to say the least, who can say clearly. Even if one country launches a war against another country, it is for the sake of being tortured by natural disasters. People, how should we comment on this? As for whether the two countries have negotiated or not, and what the attitude of the enemy country is, it doesn’t matter. For the king of the suffering country, his people are suffering, and he does not need to worry about what the people of the world will do to him. The reputation of selfishness is heavy on him. People are starving to death, who cares about reputation."
"Even if his people have not been tortured by natural disasters." Liu Shenghan suddenly said, "It is a noble reason for a king to expand the territory for the country and plunder resources for the people. Anyone can use this to start a war. ...It's just that most people want to find a high-sounding reason to comfort their conscience. But there is no need. Only the weak are exploited."
Qi Huan looked at her in surprise, feeling that there seemed to be something wrong, but he couldn't refute it.
The truth is always hard to hear.
"But is this power really important to you to this extent?" Bai Ya asked the old man, "Without it, you can't go to the land; if you can't go to the land, even your diet and daily life will be affected? Maybe I Now that I say it, it doesn't hurt to stand up and talk. I really have no position to question the meaning of things to other people. It's just... I really don't understand."
The old man smiled, looking so compassionate.
"It doesn't matter, child. I don't blame you, and no one should blame you. After all, many people in my clan feel that it's not worth the trouble. Although it doesn't sound good to say it out loud, it seems like they can't be beaten. , the treasure was just taken away by the Dragon Clan. We have many young children who actually refuse to give in and compromise because of their reputation. If the treasure is given away, it will make people think that the status of the so-called treasure is nothing more than this. , and it will also make people doubt that the status of our Shark race can no longer be compared with that of the past hundreds of years. In fact, this is not the case. Even a hundred years ago, our two races could not compete with each other."
"That……"
"You must have seen it." The old man withdrew his gaze from a distance and focused it on Bai Ya. This look was no different from her gaze on her own tribe, "You have seen the Crystal Tomb."
"If you are talking about the dead sharks, I think so." Bai Ya paused, "I also saw a human being."
"Human beings...are indeed dead." The old man murmured, "Human beings cannot survive such an environment. There is no air there. Although there is no water, the magic power of those crystals can only maintain the shark's body."
"You mean they're still alive?"
The old shark nodded. Under the vast sky, the golden fins on her side shone like earrings.
"Being alive...is no different than being dead. We discovered the anomaly in the Crystal Palace even earlier than the Dragon Clan."
"Then they are all... the same sharks who have been praying in the past few years?"
"Not just in the past few years, but in the past few decades." The old man corrected, "The orb has shown signs of mutation very early on. At first, it could still respond to the shark's prayers, but slowly, it began to change. It no longer has the power to realize it. This matter depends on luck. Some sharks came ashore as they wished and came back a day later, but more people disappeared forever. So some people said that maybe it was too long, The magic power of the jewelry has weakened. But how to explain the missing family members? The structure and mechanisms of the Crystal Palace will not kill the sharks. Have you ever seen the corpses of the sharks inside? "
"No……"
"That's right. The person who turned into a human said that he had never seen it before. Then he came ashore, grew legs, and could come back in less than a day. Everything was as normal as if nothing happened. One day, there was The young shark came to the Crystal Palace... He went to look for his sister who failed to come back from the Crystal Palace. He came back, but he didn't bring his sister back, and he didn't turn into a human. He yelled like he had lost his soul, like He was a madman who could only keep talking about the names of a few disappeared tribesmen, crystals, the underground, and other unintelligible things. Later, occasionally a few people were like him, and their minds were affected to some extent. Based on this, From their few words, we pieced together what the rumored 'Crystal Tomb' looked like."
"Are they all the missing sharks? All the sharks imprisoned by crystals?" Bai Ya kept asking, "Does the underground refer to the location of the Crystal Palace? I saw that the Dragon Palace was about three floors away, but we couldn't get to the top. It’s the orbs that are found in deeper places.”
"Yes. The orb was indeed at the highest place at the beginning. There, our craftsmen cast a giant statue - carved in the shape of a human being. He held the orb day and night. You will definitely be able to find it in the Crystal Palace, I have seen some scenes that are unique to land. The sharks don’t like humans...but they love that land."
"Humans also like to look up at the stars." Liu Shenghan said softly.
"Yes." The old shark laughed, his eyes narrowed into slits, and countless fine lines spread out from the corners of his eyes, breaking and reorganizing in the sparkling water, "And in the early years, many tribesmen liked humans. When I was young, I also went to many territories beyond the sea and saw all kinds of people and things. I also learned these clothes from your embroiderer when I was young... Those two-legged people on the ground are from We are so similar, even though they have almost no spiritual talent at all, their hands are so dexterous and their minds are so smart. We are not alone. You are us on land, and we are you in the sea."
You are us on land, and we are you in the sea.
Bai Ya recited this sentence silently in his mind without interrupting the old man, waiting for her to continue. Heyuan Book Bar
"It must have been the time when the dragons went to the Crystal Palace... They knocked down the sculpture on the top and hid it. They must have known that the magic power of the orb was weakened. They wanted to use a formation to speed up its incubation. All the tribesmen sealed by the crystal are sacrifices and nourishment for it to absorb spiritual power. Of course, it probably also spontaneously changed many things in the Crystal Palace."
"You just said that the giant statue is holding a pearl." Bai Ya asked, "Are the clams in its hands used by you to protect the pearls?"
"no."
The old lady suddenly said this, which made him a little at a loss. The old shark shook his head and said:
"There is no clam. The orb is in the hands of the giant statue. Your friend showed me the clam yesterday. This thing is a magic weapon of the dragon clan and does not belong to us."
Artifact - she said the word. Bai Ya's eyes lit up, but before he could speak, the old shark continued:
"This clam is what humans have been looking for."
"Which human?" Qi Huan was excited, "Is it the person Lao Bai just mentioned?"
"It must be him. He is the only one who has found us besides you for many years. My silly granddaughter met him and thought that all human beings have good intentions. Fortunately, you are not evil people. In this way, The things her elders usually teach her to be careful about are probably forgotten again.”
"No, I remember it!" Miss Quan, who was listening quietly to the story, suddenly started to make a fuss, "But, but peeling skin and refining oil sounds too fake. My sister must have frightened me."
"No, no, no, you better listen, this is true!" Qi Huan immediately warned her, "Human beings are much more complicated than you sharks, and there are more bad things!"
Miss Quan pursed her lips and said nothing, and her grandmother touched her head lovingly.
"What happened to that human being? What happened to him?" Bai Ya asked, his hands tightening unconsciously, "He is the person we are looking for... He is the missing consort of Ge Shen Kingdom."
The old shark nodded: "Indeed, he calls himself that. He ate a kind of grass that can breathe underwater and found us. But he didn't come for us, he wanted to find the dragon clan. He heard that dragons There is a treasure that is neither clinging to nor clinging to, neither flattering nor vulgar, and extraordinary. The treasure can help people practice, maintain health, practice Qi, protect the body, eliminate disasters, relieve misfortunes, ward off evil spirits, and suppress evil spirits. Anyone who gets this thing will be protected by Vajra. Cultivating both blessings and wisdom, you will have a peaceful life and be close to the Dharma of eternal life. He came here for this thing."
"He should... be trying to save his son." Bai Ya said, "It's just that his son is already dead and his body is..."
"For many years, he has traveled to many places, but to no avail. The gods who have power on land cannot help him, or do not help him... It is not that he does not know that Gandharvas have the fragrance of returning souls, but he When he learned that the thing could only resurrect skin, flesh and bones, but could not bring back the soul, he gave up. But - he said he was not here for the prince."
"Who could that be?" Now, none of them knew.
"For his wife," the old shark said. "He said that his wife was sick...very sick."
Bai Ya kept forcing himself to take deep breaths and calm down. At least, don't lose your composure at this time.
"The Queen Mother never said that she got sick before the consort left. We all thought it happened after he left."
"Indeed." Liu Shenghan held the front of his clothes with his hands and his face was dark. "It seems that this matter has not been spread among the people... In order to calm the people's hearts, they probably only let a few imperial doctors in the palace know about it."
"You got sick after the prince's accident, right?" Lord Shuangyue reasoned, "Something happened to the king of a country and the prince of his successor country. If you tell others about it, others will talk about it, and it will cause chaos. It will not end well for the prince-in-law."
Qi Huan scratched his head: "She... was right not to mention this. I think the consort must also have difficulties. Something happened to his wife and children, leaving only a little girl who is babbling. Everyone has to doubt him. The Queen Mother does not want him to being doubted."
"He also doesn't want the monarch to bear unnecessary infamy. Presumably, they have real reasons."
Bai Ya sighed and punched his thigh hard, perhaps out of annoyance. But the old man also said that humans could not survive in the crystal coffin, and he was afraid that he would have become a withered corpse long ago. Now, both the body as evidence and Orekidama as thoughts no longer exist, and the prince-in-law actually came for this reason, everything makes a few people feel like they are stuck in their throats.
"Alas..." the old man also sighed, "I can't comment on your human affairs. In addition...I have something to ask you."
"Just ask."
Bai Ya hadn't been able to break free from the emotion just now, but he quickly forced himself to keep his current expression at least, so as not to worry the old man and Miss Izumi. In the sea water, the old shark's slightly cloudy eyes stared at him, like two emeralds with cotton wool.
"Mr. Bai, the moment the orb hatched... what did you see?"
