Cannibalism

The deep sea is mostly a dark area, and the dazzling Dragon Palace is an exception at the bottom of the East China Sea.

Leaving the enchantment of the Dragon Palace covered with jeweled whale oil lamps, the surroundings quickly dimmed.There were only two faint fire lights left behind, Xie Sheng knew that they were the fire spirits used by Dragon Palace to guide the direction.

Fortunately, there is a huge night pearl embedded in Lu Qing's refined iron helmet.As soon as the Ye Mingzhu reached the sea area outside the Dragon Palace, it lit up fluorescently.

The light from the night pearl in the water wraps the sea area around the three of them into a round lantern, which can ensure that they can see clearly.

Lu Qing stopped in his tracks: "Xie Sheng, do you feel it? There is an undercurrent surging ahead."

Xie Sheng nodded: "And it's not like an ordinary seabed undercurrent, it's more like a magical change."

Tobimuro Jin frowned, but said nothing.

On the way out of the Dragon Palace from the market, Xie Sheng had already told Yuan Shiren the "important matter" that Elder Octopus was worried about.The gods are most sensitive to breaths such as spell fluctuations, and may be able to detect some omissions.

"A few days ago, it was Baiwo Mountain and Baiwo Mountain, and this time another sea vortex appeared in the East China Sea. It seems that we are really destined for 'Whirlpool'." Xie Sheng remembered the nightmare of Lujia Village, and sighed, "I hope this This time, don't let it be a battle of spiritual consciousness again, or you will have to exhaust yourself physically and mentally."

Tobishi Ren said: "Besides the slight difficulty in breaking the forbidden technique, what else makes you feel physically and mentally exhausted?"

A group of peach blossom fish exuding starlight floated towards them and passed them by.

"In my eyes, those birds and beasts endowed with consciousness in the forbidden art are no different from ordinary people. Although their wisdom is not one-tenth that of ordinary people under the forbidden art, they also have emotions and can perceive emotions. , I can even feel the birth, old age, sickness and death in the world, and cry for the departure of relatives and friends.” Xie Sheng, who has always regarded himself as upholding the justice of the way of heaven, seldom shows doubts about the way of heaven as he does now. Birds and beasts feel aggrieved, "People who cast forbidden spells never ask them if they want to have divine consciousness, and God doesn't care that they may still have nostalgia for memories when they take them away."

Anyone without consciousness will turn back to the appearance of lying on the ground and drinking blood. They don't understand etiquette, justice and shame, and there is no distinction between right and wrong, let alone gratitude and sympathy, all of which have disappeared.

As the chief guard of the Crab Guard in the East Sea Dragon Palace, Lu Qing is naturally well-informed, so he can understand the deep meaning of Xie Sheng's words.

The chief guard of Crab spit out a few bubbles in the water, and said: "It's like I met a shark friend, and I chatted with him all day long, and had a good time with him. Suddenly, one day, he no longer knew how to drink or talk, and he was even fierce. When I became sexually aggressive and killed all my relatives, I felt both pain and hatred for him, but it was unreasonable, because his spiritual consciousness was taken away by the heavens. At this time, I would feel that good fortune has made people, and I feel more and more I am exhausted physically and mentally. Xie Sheng, do you think I am right?"

Xie Sheng smiled distressedly: "Just being a bystander who breaks the forbidden technique is exhausting enough. The example given by Chief Guard Lu is even more heart-wrenching."

Yuan Shiren saw that Xie Sheng's expression was not as heartless as before, so he reached out and touched his back: "Don't blame yourself. Everything is the fault of the forbidden technique, you have to do it. Although I I seldom set foot outside Yuanshou Mountain, but I also know the truth of sacrificing the ego to fulfill the ego. It is not your fault, not to mention that I was the one who broke the forbidden technique last time."

The flesh on Xie Sheng's back was tensed for a long time, and finally loosened under the comfort of Flower God.

On the surface, he was blaming God, but there was indeed a hint of guilt in his heart.Lu Qing understands him, but the person who really understands his mind is the flower god who is caressing his back at this moment.

The waves reflected on the faces of the three people suddenly shimmered and trembled, and the swift current began to circle around, and the water splashed on their bodies, forming one after another white foam.

The location they were in was bottomless, and there were no stone walls on both sides to block them. If there was any danger, there was nowhere to escape.Although Xie Sheng knew that there were almost no monsters in the seabed that could do anything to them, but the unknown feeling of darkness everywhere made him feel chills all over his body.

There was a sucking force that sucked their bodies, but fortunately it was not violent and they could still float freely.

"It's almost there. The front door is the guardian realm set up by the elders. Standing on the border, you can observe the shape of the vortex." Lu Qing warned, "Remember not to step into the border, or your life may be in danger."

"Thank you, Brother Lu, for reminding me."

In front of him, there was a piece of seawater gushing upwards, like vines climbing on the fence, spreading a whole layer thickly and firmly. On one side of the "fence" is the surging sea water, and on the other side there are huge waves churning, and ripples like long arms stir the bottom of the sea.Without the protective barrier of the elders of the octopus tribe, the sea area here might have been leveled by it.

Toshiro Jin stood there watching the huge waves raging and churning, while Xie Sheng circled around the protective cover. He jumped to the top and looked down at the sea vortex that stirred up the inside.

No other sea people around dare to approach, probably already aware of the danger of the sea vortex.

Lu Qing asked: "You two, what did you investigate?"

Xie Sheng swam down from a high place: "There is not enough spiritual power in it, only a little spiritual power remains. If it is really a magic circle, then it should be set up many years ago and has nothing to do with the present."

Yuanshi Ren said: "I agree with Xie Sheng's statement. It is more like a useless thing that has been abandoned. Maybe when it exhausts its last trace of spiritual power, the surrounding changes will stop."

Lu Qing was curious about what he said: "If it was really abandoned, who does Flower God think it would be?"

Throwing discarded things into the East China Sea without anyone noticing is really audacious.

Hitoshi Toshiro lowered his eyes and thought for a while, then shook his head and said, "Sorry, I have no idea."

Lu Qing smiled: "The flower god said that the abnormality will stop after the spiritual power is exhausted, so I believe it, so that you don't have to worry about the sea people in the East China Sea."

"Dragon Palace is really blessed to have such a head guard who is considerate of others." Xie Sheng patted Lu Qing's armor and said, "But I am still puzzled. With the elder's cultivation, it is impossible not to see the vortex here. The spiritual power has already declined, why are you still worried? Brother Lu, is there any mystery that you haven't told me?"

Lu Qing glanced aside: "Oh, it's not that I don't want to say..."

Xie Sheng knew his difficulty: "In that case, I'll go back and ask Master."

"Report! Chief Guard!" A seahorse soldier rushed over, "Report Chief Guard, Yugong Peak Butterfly King and his wife are here, the elder calls Xie Sheng to go quickly."

The Butterfly King of Yugong Peak is Xie Sheng's eleventh brother-in-law. Xie Sheng's eyes suddenly brightened under the illumination of the night pearl: "Oh? My eleventh sister is here too?"

Lu Qing nodded: "Go back, don't keep the elder waiting."

As soon as he returned to the inner mansion of the Dragon Palace, Xie Sheng looked past several Butterfly Clan servants and saw his Eleventh Sister.

"Butterfly King and Mrs. Butterfly King, I haven't seen you for a long time." Xie Sheng walked up to her eleventh sister Xie Gan in two or three steps, "What wind brought you here?"

As he spoke, Xie Sheng glanced at Elder Octopus. He was still sitting there eating betel nuts, but his posture was a bit more solemn than when he just met him.

"Cough... Xie Sheng is back." The elder tidied up his cuffs and wiped his hands with the silk cloth on the table. "Did you just run there to play? I sent someone to search for a long time before I found you."

As soon as Yuan Shiren heard it, he knew that the elder of the octopus clan wanted Xie Sheng to hide the matter of the sea vortex from King Butterfly.He heard Xie Sheng explain: "Just now I was visiting the Dragon Palace Bazaar with my Flower God friend. He especially likes things like pearls and agates, so he stayed in the market for a while."

Who would have thought that Xie Sheng would drop the topic on him as soon as his voice changed.In an instant, the eyes of a group of people in the room fell on him.

"I……"

Yuan Shiren was worrying about how to deceive others, and suddenly everyone smiled at him.Xie Gan said to the Butterfly King: "Husband, you will accompany me around the Dragon Palace market later. The jewelry on the flower god is really beautiful. I heard that the pearls in the Dragon Palace are big and cheap."

It turned out that the jewelry given to Tobishiren by his sisters and sisters in the market were still hanging on him.The top and bottom of the skirt are full of radiant agate pearls, which makes people unable to move their eyes away.No one would doubt Xie Sheng's words after reading it.

"Whatever Madam Butterfly King wants, I will give you all from the Dragon Palace." The elder leisurely chewed the fruit in his mouth, "There are countless treasures in the Dragon Palace of the East China Sea, and the most important thing is these large and small beads. But this cart of betel nuts... please help me." gone."

King Butterfly knew the elder's preferences and brought a carriage of betel nuts as a gift.

Xie Sheng joked: "Elder, it's better to eat less betel nuts. I heard that it is not good for the teeth. If you eat too much, the teeth will become dark yellow."

The elder snorted, and suddenly spit out a ball of black ink from his mouth, staining all his teeth black: "Heh, the black is already black, so why not worry about turning yellow?"

"Hahaha. The elder is so humorous." Butterfly King embraced his newly married wife and waved his long sleeves, "Then we won't bother you anymore, Dragon King, don't forget about the rain."

"That's natural."

"Sister Gan, let's go, I'll accompany you to the Dragon Palace Market."

After Eleventh Sister and her brother-in-law left the inner mansion, Xie Sheng stood where he was, and said seriously to his master, "Elder, I investigated the sea vortex with Flower God, and the results of the investigation should be the same as your thoughts."

The Dragon King asked curiously, "What am I thinking?"

Xie Sheng crossed his arms and said with a feigned air: "The spiritual power of the sea vortex is about to be exhausted, there is nothing to be afraid of, and the barrier used to protect it can also quickly recede."

"You kid." His master laughed angrily, "Tell me, are you going to provoke me, and then talk to me again?"

Xie Sheng didn't take it seriously: "Elder, you asked me to investigate the sea vortex, but you didn't tell me something more important, then of course I will be angry."

"All right, all right, I'll tell you if you want to know so much." The elder waved away the little shrimps serving around him, and let Xie Sheng put his ear close to him, "Let me tell you, you must never tell others."

Xie Sheng responded, "Elder, tell me."

"A long time ago, such a vortex appeared in the East China Sea. At that time, it was full of spiritual power, powerful, and very ferocious. It sucked away many creatures, and its whereabouts are still unknown. At that time, your playmate 'Little Octopus' also One of the members who was sucked away."

When Xie Sheng was young, he liked to catch octopuses by the East Sea. He said he liked to eat them, but in fact he never ate one.In a vague recollection he had indeed caught a very different little octopus.The little octopus always wrapped its claws around his tiger claws, strangling the veins on the soles of his feet. If he hadn't been strangled severely by the opponent, how could he have worshiped the elder octopus as his teacher and begged the elder to teach him the skills of the octopus clan.

It's a pity that it's been too long, and childhood memories are always easily forgotten, and now he no longer remembers what the little octopus looks like.

The elder of the octopus tribe continued to whisper in his ear: "Fortunately, you have found the 'little octopus'."

Xie Sheng's bent back tightened.Surprised: "What?"

"Huh? I thought you already knew. The flower god in front of you is the 'octopus demon' you caught back then. I saw it right away."

Xie Sheng was stunned.He looked at the glistening Toshiro Jin a foot and a half away in disbelief.The boy was holding the string around his neck with one hand, and was blinking his eyes at him.