Xu Zhuang, led by Giant Whale and Xiao Si, swam away to the Dragon Palace. When they came to a side door, they saw several shrimp soldiers blocking the door with their spears and halberds crossed, blocking the way of several monsters.
Those monsters were still wasting their words. The shrimp soldiers suddenly swept away their spears and halberds. The monsters were so frightened that they stepped back a few steps and walked into the aisle. The shrimp soldiers put away their spears and halberds again and said respectfully: "I've seen you before." General."
The giant whale turned into a human and landed in front of the door. He nodded and said, "Get out of the way quickly. These two are guests of His Highness the Sixth Prince."
As for 'Master Si', of course there is no need to introduce him. When the shrimp soldiers heard this, they hurriedly moved to both sides and called the whale men. Xiao Si led Xu Zhuang and the two to the door in a swaggering manner.
Seeing this situation, the monsters screamed: "What's the point? We are also guests of His Highness the Eighth Prince!"
When the shrimp soldier heard this, his head immediately changed color and shouted: "Who are you! You are worthy of being a guest of His Highness the Eighth Prince!"
"Why are we not worthy? Our general also took the invitation and came to the wedding banquet of His Highness the Eighth Prince..."
"Oh! What about your General Laoshizi?... Get out of here! If you bother grandpa again, I'll kill you right away."
After entering the side door and passing through the palace wall, you could still hear the noise coming from behind. Xiao Si murmured: "There are always so many random things trying to sneak into the palace recently."
"Oh? Why is this?" Shi Shi pretended to be curious, but Xiao Si coughed a few times and did not dare to answer.
The giant whale man touched his forehead and said, "Master Si, now that I have entered the palace, I will return to the army first."
Xiao Si nodded when he heard the sound, and the giant whale man walked on another road and left. Xiao Si said to Xu Zhuang and the other two, "Please come this way."
The two of them had no choice but to keep up, and the three of them walked all the way through the corridor gate pavilion towards the inner court area.
'Walking' around the periphery is still straight palace roads, but when you get to the inner court, it is winding and winding. From time to time you have to step on the spar road and pass through the courtyard of the coral forest. Along the way, you can also see many fish and clams. The woman hurriedly swam past with a lantern, decorating the coral trees and courtyard columns, creating a joyful scene.
Xu Zhuang guessed that these must be decorations for the real dragon's wedding banquet.
Ao Hai didn't go long first, and even if he hurried, it wouldn't be possible to get back to Dragon Palace quickly. Xu Zhuang and the others had a day and night? The lanterns and decorations started so quickly.
The two of them looked at each other. Xu Zhuang could see some joy in Shi Shi's eyes, but his face remained calm. He followed Xiao Si all the way and finally came to a palace.
This palace occupies a large area, but there are few decorations. There are not many corals planted in the courtyard, and it is not very lively inside. There are only a few maids busy around.
The three of them entered the main hall and saw Ao Hai sitting on the main seat with his eyes closed and concentrating. A beautiful woman in palace attire was leaning on him and pressing his shoulders.
Seeing the three people coming in, the beautiful woman said "Ah!" and quickly got up, hiding her face and hiding in the back of the hall.
Xiao Si quickly ran to Ao Hai's side and said diligently: "Your Highness! I have brought Mr. Xu and Fairy Shi here."
Ao Hai opened his eyes, gave a faint hum, and said to Xu Zhuang and the others: "You two can stay in my palace for the time being, but I don't like to be noisy. There are no rare things in the palace, and there are not many servants in charge. If you need anything, just contact Xiao Si directly."
Xu Zhuang cupped his hands and said, "Thank you, Your Highness." Shi Shi also bowed and followed Xu Zhuang's words, as if he was curious: "I just walked along the way and saw lanterns and colors everywhere. I wonder if there are people in the palace." What's the excitement?"
"What?" Ao Hai seemed to have just found out. He was startled when he heard this, and sneered: "Humph, you idiot Ao Lin, I just brought back the dragon ball of the 16th, and I am so impatient."
"But it is indeed a 'wedding banquet' for you. If you want to join in the fun, ask Xiao Si to go to other palaces to get you two invitations. Don't use my name to do anything."
After hearing the news, Ao Hai seemed to be in a bad mood. He waved his hand and said, "If you have any questions, just ask Xiao Si directly. It's not worth any taboo."
"You came to the Dragon Palace for fun, so you don't need me to receive you. With my token, as long as you don't trespass into any forbidden areas or other people's palaces, you can come and go anywhere else as you please."
Having said this, he stood up and went back to the back of the palace.
Seeing Ao Hai leaving the front hall, Xiao Si also breathed a sigh of relief. Fang raised her head and saw Shi Shi's eyes. She smiled and said, "Your Excellency, maybe you can tell us what kind of happy event is going on outside? "
Xiao Si smiled bitterly and said, "I dare not hide it from the fairy. In fact, this is what happened."
"Originally, two months ago, because His Highness the Eighth Prince was about to welcome his bride, the palace began to make great arrangements. The number of demon princes and generals who received the invitations had all arrived, but suddenly..." At this point , Xiao Si lowered his voice: "Your Highness, Sixteenth Highness, I don't know who has been poisoned by someone, and all the dragon beads are scattered outside."
"After such an incident, even the big shots in the palace were alarmed and ordered a thorough investigation. Not only to capture the murderer, but also to recover the dragon ball. There was no reason for the palace to be overjoyed, so the wedding banquet of His Highness the Eighth Prince was only I can put it aside for now.”
"His Royal Highness the Eighth Prince has always been very unscrupulous about this, but even so, who would have thought that His Highness would only bring the dragon ball back to the palace today, and His Highness the Eighth Prince would be impatient and start taking care of it."
"So that's it." Shi Shi suddenly said, "The real dragon's wedding banquet! This is a very rare event in the world, Xu Lang?"
An inexplicable smile appeared on Xu Zhuang's face, and he said: "It is indeed very rare. If you can't watch this grand feast, wouldn't your visit to the Dragon Palace be in vain? As expected, we still need to ask you to get two invitations for us."
this? Couldn't these two people really see that His Highness was unhappy with the Eighth Prince's behavior?
Xiao Si's face twitched and hesitantly said: "Of course it is... but His Highness is not allowed to use his name to do this, and I don't know if we can manage the relationship..."
"I know." Shi Shizhan smiled, took out something unknown from the embroidery bag at his waist, and stuffed it into Xiao Si's hand, "Please take care of the invitation~"
"This!..." Xiao Si was shocked. He was about to refuse, but suddenly he took out something in his hand. He was confused for a while. This was not my intention!
"Okay!" Xiao Si said sadly: "Don't worry, you two, I will do my best."
He looked at the back of the hall and said, "Why don't I take you two to the side hall first so that we can take care of this matter?"
"Good." Xu Zhuang smiled and nodded.
Xiao Si returned the gift and said, "You two, come with me."
In the eyes of the people in the Dragon Palace, Xu Shi was a lover, and it was natural for them to live together in the same room, so Xiao Si led the two of them to a side hall, saying that he was going to settle the relationship between the two of them, and then left first. .
Although it is a side hall, it is actually very spacious, and everything is quite complete. Xu Zhuang walked to an ice chair, Shi Shiran sat down, and saw a vase made of black ice placed on the table. I'm a little curious, what else can be contained in this pot in the underwater world?
"I didn't expect that the sixth prince took the first step and brought the dragon ball back. The eighth prince's wedding banquet was immediately organized. It seems that the brotherhood between the dragon clan is not very strong?" Xu Zhuang held the curling stone and As soon as you pour it into the cup, a stream of slurry will hang down from the mouth of the pot, and it will solidify without falling into the cup, which is very strange.
"Oh?" When the ooze flowed out, Xu Zhuang smelled a mellow and rich spiritual energy. It turned out to be a strange spiritual essence. Xu Zhuang asked in surprise: "What kind of spiritual essence is this?"
"This is ordinary spiritual energy, which was refined by the Dragon Palace using secret methods. The quality is considered to be of the highest quality, and it can be regarded as a priceless luxury product in the East China Sea." Shi Shi took the curling pot and gave it to himself He also poured out the juice and said with a smile: "Young master, I don't know. Although the 'princes' of the Dragon Palace are ranked according to their seniority, it is just because of the rules set by the Dragon Clan in ancient times. They are not all born from the same generation. During this time, everyone should be familiar with each other."
Xu Zhuang nodded, not knowing which sentence he was responding to, and asked: "Having said that, it is the death of the real dragon after all. Isn't the eighth prince afraid of causing dissatisfaction among the elders in the palace by acting like this?"
"This slave family doesn't know anymore." Shi Shi said: "But I guess... the so-called true dragon's death and the shock of the Dragon Palace may be more due to the dignity of the Dragon Clan, but it may be impossible to say how to make the Dragon Clan feel sorry for it. .”
"Oh?" Xu Zhuang asked doubtfully, "Isn't this consistent with what Xu knows?"
"Young Master, do you think that the number of real dragons is really so rare?" Shi Shi said with a smile in his eyebrows, "Those are all misunderstandings caused by rumors from the outside world. How rare are these little dragons in the Dragon Palace?" ? The number can range from hundreds to dozens, and each generation can always give birth to many."
"The so-called number of true dragons has never increased or decreased... In the past, it referred to the innate dragons who were blessed with divine beasts when the universe first opened. They could naturally reach the realm of Yuan Shen with just the growth of time. Later, they referred to the innate dragons. It is also the true dragon of the soul that can be refined into the soul and can be seen for a long time. It has nothing to do with these little dragons now."
Xu Zhuang was shocked: "Can you naturally achieve Yuan Shen just by increasing the years? Is there such a heaven-defying species in the world?"
"Huh? There should be records in the Taisu Sect. Don't you rarely read these secrets?" Shi Shi said with a smile: "It is said that when the universe first opened, the dragons were born with divine beasts, and every true dragon The birth of a child is very difficult. However, very difficult times are very lucky!"
"The innate dragon clan is born with no secret of life and death. Once it is born, it is immortal. As time goes by, it will naturally become a soul."
"However, the great road is constant, and gains and losses are always balanced. I don't know whether it is the true dragon clan, the great fortune of heaven, or the worry of life and death, which makes many dragon clan too lazy. Many true dragons, even if they achieve Yuan Shen, cannot escape. Human tribulations, killings, and three calamities are beneficial. After many years, the Dragon Clan, which is blessed by nature, has not grown stronger, but has shown a trend of decline and decline. "
Such innate secrets were indeed unheard of for Xu Zhuang, who had been obsessed with spiritual practice in the past. He was listening attentively, and when he saw the meal, he couldn't help but ask: "What happened next?"
"Later..." Shi Shi's eyes also showed incomparable longing: "There are rumors that there is a dragon master who has achieved incredible results. He feels that it is too easy for the dragon clan to achieve enlightenment, so he suffers from it. He uses unimaginable magical powers. , cut off the Dragon Clan’s destiny of immortality. From then on, the True Dragon Clan also needs to practice step by step and break through the barrier of life and death in order to refine their soul and become immortal.”
"This...?" Such stories like myths and legends shocked Xu Zhuang, but also gave birth to infinite yearning.
"It is unimaginable that such myths and stories will appear in the actual records of the sect." Shi Shi said sadly: "So the Dragon Clan has always had the idea of refining the soul to be the 'true dragon'."
Xu Zhuang said thoughtfully: "So these princes and princes in the Dragon Palace are naturally not ignored, but really, how valuable they are to the Dragon Clan is nothing more than this?"
Shi Shi smiled and said, "Of course, this is just the slave's guess."
Xu Zhuang smiled and said: "The girl's speculation is not unreasonable... Oh? This person does things quickly? He returned so quickly."
Shi Shi said: "Young Master's spiritual consciousness is very powerful, but that person is still far away from this palace."
Xu Zhuang said noncommittally, "Didn't the girl also sense it?"
Shi Shi smiled and said: "In this Dragon Palace, the slaves don't dare to use their spiritual sense to scan at will."
As for how to detect it, she kept silent.
The two waited patiently for a while, and sure enough, there was movement outside the door, and Xiao Si trotted in quickly.
Seeing the two of them in the hall, Xiao Si smiled, took out two pages of gilded letter from his arms, and said: "You two, you are fortunate to have lived up to your fate. The younger one asked for this from the palace of His Highness..."
"Oh? Excuse me." Xu Zhuang didn't wait for him to finish. He reached out and picked it up, and two pages of letters appeared in his hands. He opened it naturally and saw that it was indeed the invitation to the Eighth Prince's wedding banquet.
"This..." Xiao Si's face twitched, hesitating to say what to say. Seeing this, Shi Shi smiled silently, got up and walked to him, took out another pearl in his hand, put it in his hand, and said softly: "Thank you for your consideration, you took care of this matter so quickly. One more thing, I would like to trouble you, my Mr. Xu is very fond of the Lingzhen in your palace, could you please get a few more pots?"
Xiao Si took the pearl and said happily: "Yes, yes, this Lingzhen ration is just a small matter. I will ask someone to pick it up right away." Then he went away happily.
Xu Zhuang said: "There is no limit to greed, why should a girl pay attention to such a villain?"
Shi Shi said with a smile: "The king of hell is easy to see, but the little devil is difficult to deal with. I just have some extravagant wealth, so I can just 'buy' what I want from the Dragon Palace."
"The value is not quite equal." Xu Zhuang laughed, handed over an invitation, and said: "The eighth prince is really anxious. There will be a banquet in two days, and the celebration will last for three days."
"This is good news for us." Shi Shi said: "This Dragon Palace is not a place to stay for a long time. It is best to achieve our goal as soon as possible."
"It's what the girl said." Xu Zhuang said with a smile: "In two days, let's go to the real dragon's wedding banquet to find out."
"Good." Shi Shi responded.
