Bai Ya paused briefly, thought for a moment, and took the opportunity to collect his emotions.
"I saw light," he said, "overflowing from the orb. Then... time around me seemed to stop, and the dragons that originally attacked me stopped moving. I lost consciousness and fell into a dream. It was probably at that time that I was saved, and I didn’t really wake up until just now.”
Miss Quan, who was listening with great interest, suddenly interrupted: "Actually, I want to know - why is it such a coincidence that the essence in the orb hatched when you were here? Your spiritual power was not taken away, right? "
Bai Ya was stunned for a moment. But only for a moment.
"No." He said calmly, "I think maybe it's because I broke it... Maybe it was me who broke it that made you lose your family's most precious treasure. If you want to take responsibility... I admit it, It was me who failed to do a good job. Not only did I fail to bring back the treasure, but I made you lose it earlier."
However, the old man didn't seem to have much reaction. She seemed to believe Bai Ya's statement and didn't mind anything. She shook her head slightly.
"There will inevitably be changes when foreigners intervene. I have also guessed this. Mr. Bai must have done it unintentionally. Its core is the dragon ball, and the coat of tears must have bound it. If you destroy it, it will break The shell came out. But... our family's most precious treasure is a solid thing no matter how you say it. How did you open it?"
"Use a knife." Bai Ya said simply.
The old man's eyes glanced at the knife behind his back and asked, "Can I see your weapon?"
Bai Ya agreed. He drew his swords and handed them over. The old man touched the weapon carefully, looked at it repeatedly, and sighed: "It is indeed a good sword. Today's craftsmanship is much better than in the early years. But it can be seen that the craftsmen who can forge such weapons must be nothing. Ordinary people.”
"Um."
"But with such a knife, it is impossible to cut off the orb."
The old man said and returned the knife to him. Bai Ya took it calmly and said nothing. The old man continued:
"It seems that I still underestimate your skill."
"...You are overly complimentary."
"You just said you had a dream?"
Old Shark seemed to be more concerned about this matter, and Lord Shuangyue seemed to take it more seriously when he heard it. He took a step closer, ready to listen to what Bai Ya would say. So Bai Ya told the strange dream in detail, although it was a bit difficult. It is admittedly a bit difficult to express the picture in words as it is, and Bai Ya can only convey a general meaning. Fortunately, other people's understanding is not that bad, and they can more or less understand the picture he wants to express.
After all, it was such a big dream.
Bai Ya finally added: "I also saw a young man in white. But it was still a momentary illusion. I may have woken up."
"Like a god." Miss Quan said with emotion, "I can see everything, hear everything, and there is nothing I don't know."
"This is the first time I feel so tired from dreaming." Bai Ya shrugged, only to find that his shoulder blades were still hurting.
The old shark was thoughtful.
"That's a dragon that circles the island." She said, "You saw it...that's the little dragon from back then."
"Yeah?!"
Qi Huan and Liu Shenghan were shocked, and Bai Ya couldn't react for a moment. He composed himself, and before he could speak, Qi Huan continued to ask anxiously:
"How is that possible? Didn't he... disappear? Since he doesn't have dragon scales, he can't transform back into a dragon and can only live as a mermaid. And after so many years, he still..."
"Of course he is alive. There is a saying among us sharks, translated into your human language, it is: 'The sharks have a thousand years, and the dragons have ten thousand years.' It means that the sharks have a maximum life span of thousands of years, while the dragons have tens of thousands. The age is also normal. These years are just a blink of an eye for the Dragon Clan. I'm afraid that child, if he doesn't want to live as a shark anymore... he will return to the appearance of the Dragon Clan. It has no scales, and it has become a barnacle starfish. It has scales; it has no down, so seaweeds and sea anemones become its down; it loses its horns, and coral reefs become its horns. The dragon silk wraps around its body to prevent it from being eaten by shrimps, crabs, fish and snails Eat it clean."
"Its essence will return to its own body." Liu Shenghan's face became solemn, "Then it may wake up and cause irreversible damage to Jiutian Kingdom and nearby islands... What should we do? "
"It's impossible to tell. Maybe the new young soul no longer recognizes its own body; maybe this mutated and fragile body won't accept the reincarnated soul; maybe it will wake up but not want to move. Or maybe unable to move. Everything will happen, and no one can stop it before the change comes. We can only wait and watch. What's more, the thoughts of the dragon clan are not something that we and other little creatures can speculate on. "
Bai Ya's face looked a little ugly. He didn't expect that his mistake would lead to such a big mistake. One hundred percent
"If your homeland falls one day, I will not be able to escape the blame."
"Then let's wait until that day actually comes."
The old man's open-mindedness is incredible.
They were silent for a while, for a long time. There was a strange quietness all around, except for the rising and falling sound of the sea, lapping the shore regularly and singing its own song. What this song is about, I am afraid only its own people can know.
"Let me tell you another secret."
"What?"
Several people came over and stared curiously at the old shark in the water.
"The islands of Jiutian Kingdom are all alive."
"A-alive?"
This sounds quite creepy. Before they could fully understand the meaning of this sentence, the old man suddenly laughed. Regardless of whether they are human or mermaid old people, they all smile the same. Although their faces are full of wrinkles, they are as happy as a child. The old man explained:
"It's not like you and me, living like plants and trees. They have their own way of 'living'. We sharks can sense it, that's the sense we all have. We hear the sound of their movement. Why would the old man know that? Is the hidden dragon still growing? Because it is indeed still alive, and its breathing and pulse affect every corner of the Nine Heavens Sea. The nearby islands will change their shape and orientation as it grows, even The huge main island is also rotating at an extremely slow speed... But all this happened when the jewelry began to hatch inside the clam. I am afraid that the soul made an inaudible sound for the body to hear. Triggering such a slow restlessness. Although all this does not have much impact on the creatures on sea and land, things are indeed happening."
It dawned on them. Many events and questions that were originally inexplicable and unknown were answered at this moment.
The shipwreck they encountered when they landed on the island was probably caused by a deep-sea dragon. The islanders they met for the first time - loyal believers of Poseidon, the two children, Xiaoju and Xiaojie. They serve as sacrifices that need to be offered at regular intervals by the devoted followers of the soon-to-be Yaksha. I'm afraid that Yasha is using the power of the dragon clan as an excuse to deceive the trust of the people in the fishing village by using the abnormal weather that would have happened as a cover. Many ships also sank in these shipwrecks.
As for Jun Luanjiu, Liu Shenghan, Bai Ya's father, and more people who landed on the island, the landing positions of all ships were not fixed. Although the route is almost exactly the same every time, when it comes to contacting the main island, the corresponding position may not be in the same direction. If you think about it carefully, it has happened in the past ten years that Jiutian Kingdom does not have a map.
Because the map no longer has relative position as a consideration.
This is indeed shocking news. All of them were thinking, recalling their arrival on the island, and occasionally had a few words of exchange. The rest of the time, several people were lost in memories, struggling to rise up in the torrent of messy thoughts, constantly moving upstream, sorting out the messy river, making everything in their minds more vivid, vivid and real.
When he came back to his senses, the old Sharman was gone. I don’t know when I went back.
Miss Quan also disappeared, and the shark who was watching them from a distance was also missing.
But everyone was sitting here blankly, and even Lord Shuangyue didn't say anything. However, he never talks much. They were sitting here, as if they were listening to a grand and complex epic, deeply immersed in it, and unable to get out of it for a long time.
Until the sun sets.
"We should go." Shenghan said suddenly, "Let's go find Aoyan."
That's right, it's time to go to Wu Kingdom to pick her up. I don’t know how she is doing, or how she handles those complicated things.
No matter what, people should live in the present. Thinking of this, Qi Huan stretched and yawned before lazily agreeing with Sheng Han's words. The latter was holding the small but heavy clam, as if he was still thinking about it.
"We have to take this thing back." Bai Ya knew very well, "We bring it to them, which can be regarded as an explanation. After all, we all have the relics and remains of the consort..."
Mr. Shuangyue had probably seen the clam before, or perhaps he was indifferent and had no intention of studying it more. The remaining three people stood head to head, carefully examining the large shell. There is a bright line on the snow-white clam, which becomes more conspicuous under the steady light of the setting sun on the land. It extends from the shell surface to the roots, and half of it has become jade, giving off a sense of warmth brought by time.
Qi Huan said curiously: "I haven't looked at it carefully before... I have seen some clam ornaments, but there are not many with gold wire. If the gold wire is used to be polished into beads, it will be valuable."
"Listen to your money-seeking words." Bai Ya glanced at him sideways.
Qi Huan scratched his nose: "I'm trying to discover its value."
After saying that, he took the shell from Sheng Han and looked at it. There is indeed a golden vein at the junction between the jadeized part and the ordinary clam, showing a vague translucent texture, like the faintly visible blood vessels on the back of a human hand. He touched it with his fingertips and couldn't help but think of the beautiful golden scales on the old shark's body. The color of the golden thread almost melts into the dusk.
It should be one of the magic weapons.
