Cannibalism

In fact, the whole matter was not that complicated, it was nothing more than that a small bag was stolen by Run Yuan when he was staying outside, and in that small bag happened to contain the treasures of their sect on three layers inside and three layers outside.Since then, Runyuan has been trembling every day, afraid that the master will ask about this snakeskin bag that has been handed down for thousands of years.

Under the daily worry and anxiety, he hated the shameless thief more and more, and he vowed to catch him one day.

"So, when you saw the Butterfly King trying to take back the snakeskin bag you took out, you thought he was a thief?" Xie Sheng crossed his fingers and leaned back with his head in his arms, "What about the Butterfly King? Did the king say anything?"

"He said at the beginning that he didn't steal anything, but then he heard me say something... and then he started fighting with me." Run Yuan lowered his head, his eyes were as dumb as dead fish, "We two fought Inseparable, and then, senior used magic to entangle me."

"Oh, it's inseparable." Xie Sheng rolled his eyes, "The Butterfly King must have been merciful, otherwise, with your three-legged feline kung fu, you can still live until now? If I hadn't saved you in time, Fight for a while, maybe he will miss you and kill you."

"Thank you so much, senior." Run Yuan was grateful, "Then, what should I do now?"

Hit and hit, scold and scold, people are offended.Now that he calmed down, he felt more and more reckless and stupid.If this matter got to his master's ears, and the old and new accounts were settled together, he might be fined to shut himself up and think about his mistakes, and he would not be able to go down the mountain for three years.

Xie Sheng looked at the sky and estimated the time: "After dinner, King Butterfly has almost calmed down, so you go and explain the matter clearly from the beginning to the end, admit your mistakes in time, and be sincere. King Butterfly is the head of the clan after all. Of course there are. Even if it is because your master is a master of Taoism, he will give you a good face and return the snakeskin bag to you."

Run Yuan's pale face finally softened: "Okay, I'll try it then."

"By the way, why does your sect regard a snakeskin bag as the treasure of the town?" Xie Sheng was slightly disdainful.There are a lot of treasures that can hold roasted things and look good.There are quite a few such treasures on Tianyan Mountain, but none of them can be regarded as the treasures of Zhenshan.

"Because it is embroidered with the logo of the first generation of sect established by the ancestor of the Lipai. Among the objects handed down by the whole sect, only the logo on it is the clearest, so this snakeskin bag is more important to the sect than its original use. But , It is said that it has been passed down for thousands of years, but it is less than 1000 years. In fact, it is only about [-] years old in our sect." Run Yuan rubbed his chin and recalled, "This snakeskin bag seems to be a gift from an ancient god. .”

Xie Sheng didn't expect that there was such a big reason for this small bag.

He stood up and walked out of the mountain and rock: "After you said it, it is reasonable to establish it as the treasure of the town."

Run Yuan trotted along: "Hey, senior, wait for me."

"Wait a minute, go back and find your junior brother. Don't follow me anymore." Xie Sheng made a stop gesture to him, "I have to go to the Zangshu Pavilion in our clan to read some materials. Outsiders of the Zangshu Pavilion are not allowed to enter. "

"Ah?!" Run Yuan was shocked, "Won't you accompany me when I go to apologize to King Butterfly?"

"Of course, I am responsible for the mistakes I made. I will wait for you to get back the good news about Zhenpai Zhibao."

Xie Sheng waved at him, then tucked his clothes, put his hands behind his back, and swaggered away.

He went to the library to find a few books related to plants and herbs, and looked through them a few times, but there were no records related to piranhas.Most of the books in the Tiger Clan's collection are records of birds and animals, and there are few records of plants and trees. There are only about fifty or sixty books on half a bookshelf.But it still takes a while to read them all.

Turning over and over, it became dark, Xie Sheng lit the candle lamp, and continued to search the dark place of the bookshelf.The dampness in his eyes has not yet completely receded, and after looking at it for a short time, the eye sockets gradually became sore, and he felt a little dizzy when he looked up and down.I have no choice but to suspend the search for records of piranhas.When he withdrew from the Zangshu Pavilion, he suddenly remembered that Yuan Shiren told him yesterday that the vortex in the East China Sea was about to disappear.

It's just free right now, why not go and have a look.

Xie Sheng came to Donghai to visit his master Dragon King.When the cuttlefish guard at the gate took him to find the elder octopus, the elder was sitting in the golden dragon palace chewing betel nuts.

Elder Octopus is the only monster in the Sea Clan who likes to maintain a human form, because the human form has sharper teeth than the octopus, and it is easier to chew betel nuts.

"You are finally here." Elder Octopus sat on top of a folded shell, his legs resting on the table carelessly, "A few days ago when I went to Fanchuan Ghost Field for rain, I found that their place was not moist. Oh, oh, I ate a carload of betel nuts from Butterfly King for nothing. The people there said that the drought was solved by your Xie Tiger Clan, right?"

It was indeed solved by the Xie Tiger Clan, but if one traces back to the source, the cause of this matter is also Xie Gan of their clan, so it is not something worthy of praise.

So Xie Sheng's face rarely showed any sense of pride: "Yes, it's us."

"I've heard people say that it seems that Fanchuan Huoling lost his temper and caused the drought. I hope he loses his temper a few more times, so that there will be a steady stream of betel nuts sent to our Dragon Palace." Elder Octopus looked regretful, "That whirlpool in the sea It's almost gone, and I'm almost finished eating betel nuts, one blessing and one misfortune just offset it, so I can't be happy now."

"Elder, is the vortex really getting smaller and smaller?" Xie Sheng wondered, "Since it has appeared once before, why did it appear this time?"

Elder Octopus said: "Didn't the little octopus follow you that day? He was sucked away by the sea vortex, let him come and have a look, maybe he can find out what's tricky."

Xie Sheng lowered his eyebrows and sighed: "He went back to his God Realm."

Elder Octopus stroked the blue stubble on his chin: "Let Lu Qing lead you there."

Lu Qing is the head of the crab guard guarding the Dragon Palace. Xie Sheng has known him for many years and has spoken at least a hundred words with him, so he is considered an old acquaintance.

The current sea vortex is indeed much smaller than when it was last time, the entire diameter is only four to five feet long.That time the elder octopus set up a protective cover on the sea vortex, but he could feel a suction force before he got close, and there were tumbling white foam and water waves everywhere, but this time when he walked in front of him, he did not There was an obvious feeling, there were many schools of fish wandering around, and the suffocating sense of oppression disappeared.

The protective cover was also removed, and the two of them were able to get closer.

The remaining spiritual power of the sea vortex is decreasing at a speed visible to the naked eye.The night pearl above Lu Qing's head just shone in the center of the sea vortex, Xie Sheng could see it very clearly, the arms of the wave rotated and merged into a white spot, but there was no connecting channel around the sea vortex.The sea water that was sucked away seemed to disappear out of thin air.

"Chief Guard Lu. Tell me, where does this vortex lead to?" Xie Sheng walked around it without a clue.

Lu Qing shook his head.

"I'll throw a silk handkerchief in to have a look." Xie Sheng reached into his arms, pulled out a blue and white silk handkerchief, and threw it towards the center of the vortex.

The silk handkerchief slowly drifted into the center along the rotating wave arms, and then disappeared into the white spots, never to be found again.

Lu Qing was shocked and said, "Strange, where did it go?"

"Disappeared out of thin air." Xie Sheng paused his outstretched arm, and then smiled in surprise, "If you want to know the origin of this vortex, you have to find out where the vortex leads to. But... probably there is no Opportunity identified."

He estimated in his heart that he was so slow to suck a handkerchief just now, the remaining spiritual power of this vortex must not last for half a month.

Xie Sheng said: "Chief Guard Lu, it is already late at night. I haven't found any clues, so I won't go back to the Dragon Palace. Please, Chief Guard, please help me say goodbye to the elder."

"No problem. I'm going back alone." Lu Qing nodded to him, "Xie Sheng, chivalrous man, goodbye."

Xie Sheng went to Dragon Palace for a trip, and always felt that the information obtained from these two investigations was somewhat related, but he couldn't say what it was.

Among them, the one that excited him the most was the connection between Ren Toshiro and the little octopus when he was a child.

Xie Sheng returned to Tianyan Mountain, first visited his elder sister Xie Gan and Die Wang, and after learning that the snakeskin bag had been returned to its original owner, he walked back to his small courtyard.

Without Flora, only deserted.

He dragged his tired body into the dark room, took off his coat, opened the bed, and saw the iron-eating beast sleeping on his bed.

Xie Sheng was not mentally prepared, and was really taken aback.

Yong Chuan's chubby body occupied the entire bed.

"Hi." Hitoshi Tobishi patted his furry face, "What are you doing here?"

The iron-eating beast didn't realize anything was wrong. He lazily turned over, scratched the itch on his back, and muttered with his eyes closed: "You've been applying medicine to heal your injuries for the past few days. Xie Nan is afraid that I will disturb you in the middle of the night. He kindly took me in for seven days, but as soon as the flower god left, he kicked me out without mercy."

After finishing speaking, he fell asleep again as if he hadn't woken up.

"Sorrowful man, why did the two of us brothers pick up a living treasure like you. You're really asking for trouble."

Xie Sheng went to another room, undressed and lay down, with a pillow in one hand, looking at the crooked moon outside the window.The luster of the moon is soft and clear, which makes people feel calm.As a result, those messy thoughts disappeared.

There is no night in Yuanshou Mountain God Realm, only the scene of one hour and one hour.

Yuan Shiren was washing his hair by Chenyou Lake.He took off the wooden hairpin and put it by his feet, squatted down and stroked the lake water.

At this moment, a layer of ripples appeared on the surface of the lake, and a bubble spit out from the center.The bubbles swayed unsteadily to the edge of the lake, and jumped into the palm of Kiteshiren's palm that was stroking the water.

With a snap, the blister burst.

Kiteshiren looked down and found a piece of blue and white silk cloth hidden in the blister.

There is also a hint of salty smell belonging to the ocean on the silk cloth.