Qingyang Chukong Mu Yuejun is the first six impermanence in the world. After him, Lord Yama decided to build a team that stayed outside the three realms and walked in the six realms.
Mutsuki-kun did seem busier than the one next to them. It took a lot of time to finish talking about the important things. It was already dark, and they were in a hurry to get on their way. The two parties said goodbye hastily without much exchange of greetings. After talking for so long, their legs and feet were numb. After Qi Huan stood up, he stretched out his arms and kicked his legs. Within a few seconds, Bai Ya pulled him away and asked him to stop being lazy and pack his bags together.
In fact, they came in a hurry this time and didn't have much with them. Lord Shuangyue had already put away the Huangquan Bell, and Liu Shenghan also dried the clam and put it away with other magical instruments. Bai Ya was putting the clams into his bag when he suddenly heard Qi Huan shouting in surprise:
"Miss Quan? Didn't you...already go back with your grandma? Why are you here again?"
Bai Ya's hand was stunned.
He looked up. On the coast, beside the rocks, a familiar figure stands gracefully.
She seemed to be holding a long, white cloth in her hands, which hung down and was even with the end of Miss Quan's own silk dress. The hem of the silk dress is very long, covering Miss Quan's fishtail, covering up her alien features, making her look so similar to humans. But the differences between her and humans still exist, like the insurmountable natural chasm that splits and separates the land and the ocean. The moonlight fell on her body, and for some reason it reminded Bai Ya of the scene when her grandma gently covered him with silk clothes.
Miss Quan stood there and looked at him deeply, as if she had a thousand words to say, but could not utter a single word.
The shark was speechless on the shore, and he almost forgot.
Her big eyes were shining and she kept waving to them. Several people approached the beach again, but Lord Shuangyue remained still. Then Miss Quan got back into the water and lay down in a place that was not deep. She flapped her tail fin absentmindedly, stared at Bai Ya and asked:
"Are you leaving?"
"Yes." Liu Shenghan agreed and put his hand into the water to touch her head. "Didn't you go back? If you sneak out now, you will be scolded. If your aunt and others find out, they will blame us again. ”
"No," she said, "They want to give you the dragon's ribbon. I'll give it to you."
"Long Xiao?" Qi Huan looked at the others. They didn't seem to remember what happened. "Ah, well... we haven't been able to get the orb back to you, and the Nine Heavens Kingdom has been endangered all the time. How can you have the nerve to get a reward if you are shrouded?"
"It doesn't matter." Miss Quan shook her head, picked up the cloth and sent it out of the water, "You are friends of the sharks. Friends should express their feelings with gifts."
They were a little hesitant. They both looked at Bai Ya, not knowing what to do. Bai Ya nodded, like a parent who allows a child to receive lucky money, and then Qi Huan stretched out his hands and carefully brought it to the shore.
Liu Shenghan's hand gently stroked the smooth dragon gauze, like a dragonfly touching water. Although this cloth comes from the sea, it is like a lotus leaf and has not been stained by a trace of water. It feels warm to the touch, similar to human body temperature. It feels delicate and soft, just like Miss Quan's hair. No one would have thought it was as invulnerable and indestructible as rumored. Under the moonlight, it is so white, like the first snow in the early winter morning, so white it is dazzling.
There were bubbles under the calm sea surface, and Miss Quan was like a child, mumbling something under the water.
"Well, is there anything else, girl?" Qi Huan asked carefully. He knew that she was still a child among the sharks, and a child would never get used to such separation no matter how many times it happened.
Miss Quan hesitated.
"I said before that I want to go to land... I want to go with you. You can take me with you, okay?"
At first, she seemed a little hesitant, but her words quickly became fluent, and she seriously asked people outside the water.
"..."
Bai Ya frowned deeply, not knowing how to answer. He looked at the people in front of him, and they all shook their heads helplessly, obviously thinking that Miss Quan was joking and that her words were so innocent. Bai Ya is well aware of her yearning for the unknown world and the attraction of freedom.
However, he, and they, would certainly not agree, nor could they agree. If asked, there are too many reasons, each of which is enough for him to refuse mercilessly.
"Well, how should I put it? It's not that we don't want to take you with us." Qi Huan squatted next to Bai Ya, glanced at his face, and said to Miss Quan after careful consideration, "But we just took you away, your aunt Why don't you get angry and drag us into the water and drown us alive? The place we are going to is also very dangerous. We can't even care about our own safety, let alone your safety. If you are injured, we I feel sorry for myself. And...and..."
He got stuck too. A fact, an absolute reason, so obvious that it seemed almost tangible, floating at the interface between air and water, but he couldn't think of a way to put it in front of Miss Quan's eyes without being so cold and cruel.
She is a shark.
Sharks are creatures of the sea. On land, not only can they not make a sound, they can't even stay out of the water for too long. This alone was enough to prevent her from taking the first step on earth.
Perhaps the fluctuation of thoughts was too strong, but Miss Quan read their meaning in the heavy silence. She pursed her lips, her words became hurried, and her accent became obvious, but her expression was terrifyingly firm:
"That girl...that girl in the legend, didn't she cut off the tail of the fish with a shuttle and become a human? I will do the same. As long as I do that, I can also become a human and walk on the land. With you..."
"Miss Quan..." Diandian Library
"good."
Qi Huan was still searching his intestines and stomach when Bai Ya suddenly said a word.
He was startled. Before he could say anything, Bai Ya continued:
"If you have the courage and dare to take a risk that no one has tried in the past hundred years, then I will obey you. Have you taken the shuttle?"
Mr. Shuangyue in the distance seemed to hear something. He raised his eyebrows slightly and seemed to be interested.
"What are you doing?" Qi Huan was extremely surprised. "Do you know what you are talking about? Shenghan, please give me some advice!"
Liu Shenghan was admittedly surprised, but she didn't say anything. She knew that Bai Ya's words and deeds had been carefully considered and he had his own plans, so he had no intention of stopping them. So Shenghan just shook his head gently and did not stop him.
"Well...I brought it." She said, taking out a gray-white shuttle made of bone, "This is my mother."
If he didn't know what the sharks were like, Qi Huan would have felt that a young girl holding a bone with an unknown meaning at the beach late at night would be quite scary. . But as for Miss Quan’s family... they can more or less guess the reason. Therefore, it was not surprising to learn the truth.
"Do you think your mother agrees?" Bai Ya said, "Of course, you don't have to listen to her. After all, I haven't heard it either."
Qi Huan wanted to reach out and pull Bai Ya, but it was in vain. Bai Ya suddenly stood up and turned his back. Miss Quan whispered that she didn't know, and didn't continue. Qi Huan couldn't see Bai Ya's face, and could only stare blankly at his back like Miss Quan, and listened to his calm voice:
"Ask your mother, your father, your aunt, your grandma, all your family... If one day, you really cut off your tail, become a human, go ashore, and come to us again .”
He didn't say more or explain more, he just slung the package over his shoulder and stepped forward. When passing Mr. Shuangyue, the package bumped into him. I don't know if it was intentional or not. Mr. Shuangyue, who was watching the show, didn't take it seriously, spread his hands, and walked away with him.
Qi Huan looked at the confused Quan girl, then at Bai Ya's back, stamped his feet, and chased after the latter.
"He has no other intentions." Liu Shenghan comforted her, "We are too busy...too busy. Sorry, we have to leave tonight. If you are destined in the future, you are welcome to come to us on the other side of the sea - if we If you can go home alive."
"Yes...you can definitely do it." Miss Quan was a little excited, "I still have many years to come, and I will definitely be able to find you. You must wait for me! Sister Liu, you are such a good person...I really envy you."
Undisguised sadness and pity immediately appeared in Liu Shenghan's eyes. She laughed deeply:
"You don't have to envy me. I don't deserve anyone's envy. In the final analysis, I'm just a poor person. As for the reputation of a good person... I'm afraid I can't bear it. You are still young and you will only believe what you want to believe. - This is a good thing, for now. I hope that ten years from now, a hundred years from now, you will be worthy of those bloody feet."
"……I can."
"Well, you will. See you later."
Liu Shenghan also slowly straightened up and turned around. She waved her hand in farewell and did not look back.
"Mr. Bai, I will definitely go find you——"
Until they were very far away, Miss Quan's last call still seemed to linger in his ears.
Even though the beach can no longer be seen, Qi Huan still looks back frequently and sighs from time to time. Finally, Bai Ya was annoyed by him. He slowed down and glanced over:
"It's endless."
"I really don't understand. Can't you give her some good words?" Qi Huan turned away and looked at him with a sad face, "What if she really gets her tail tied after she goes back?"
"This is a completely unclear topic. No matter how much we talk about it, it will be a waste of time. Besides, with other sharks watching, she will not be in danger. She is too young and doesn't understand anything."
This is not wrong. So Qi Huan sighed again, then fell silent and ignored the question.
They stopped talking and silently caught up with the two companions in front. There were no other pedestrians along the way, and no strange things were encountered. Even the animals seemed to have disappeared, only birds flitted across the sky from time to time.
Once, they saw a vaguely large red bird circling high in the sky. It looks so free, flying among other birds, among the white clouds, soaring freely between the sky and the earth, making a loud cry. Qi Huan touched the glass heart in the package. Perhaps he was recalling the past, but at this time he couldn't help but think of an "old friend" - the half-demon.
I wonder where Lingge is now. Has he started a new life as the bird god wishes?
