Mr. River Mussel

The noon sun shines on the gurgling stream, and the crystal-clear stream shines with sparkling light, like a silk ribbon woven with silver silk. The colorful river pebbles beside the stream make this ribbon even more beautiful. It adds a lot of color.

He Xiaoceng poked out the clam meat, gathered the most colorful river pebbles together, then lay down on it, and opened the clam shells to the sun.

As a river clam, basking in the sun is definitely looking for death, but He Xiaoceng is not an ordinary river clam, he is a clam essence, a clam essence that has been cultivated for a hundred years.

Stretching his body, He Xiaoceng proudly revealed his white and soft flesh, and more than a dozen round, huge, crystal clear pearls.

The pearls shone with multicolored luster in the sun, and they were extremely beautiful. He Xiaoceng fiddled with them with mussel meat, feeling more and more proud.In the past, he always felt inferior because of his shabby appearance, but now...is there any stone in this stream that is more beautiful than his pearl?

When the scholar came, he would be dazzled by his pearls and couldn't take his eyes off. He Xiaoceng looked at the narrow path in the north angrily, and opened his shell even more.

He has lived in this creek for 100 years, and the only thing he sees every day is that scholar, except for the immature fish and shrimps in the creek and the occasional Grandpa Turtle who comes over. I just went to the place where the scholar was drawing water, but I didn't expect the scholar to say "it's so dark" after touching his shell.

He is not black!His flesh is white, his pearls are white, and his insides are all white!

He Xiaobeng vowed that he must let the scholar see his inner beauty, but... Thinking of the few days ago when the scholar just picked up water and didn't even look at himself when he opened the clamshell, He Xiaobeng felt a little lost again.

However, he quickly cheered up. A few days ago, the scholar must have missed it because he chose a bad position. Today is different. He decorated the place where he lay so beautifully. You can see him at a glance!

He Xiaoceng was thinking about how to shake the blind scholar's eyes when a brown long-billed sandpiper suddenly rushed down from the air and pecked at his clam meat.

I am a clam spirit!It's clam essence!Being so provoked, He Xiaoceng was very upset, the two clamshells suddenly closed, and he was about to clamp the lifeless water bird, causing the other party to suffer a big loss - in this place, no one has ever dared to provoke him!

He Xiaoceng, who has been dominating the brook all this time, didn't pay attention to the water bird at all, but the long-billed sandpiper suddenly accelerated at this moment, and before He Xiaoceng had time to close the clam shell, it pecked at the water bird. On the meat of He Xiaoclam.

He Xiaoclam suffered from pain, the clam meat shrank into a ball, and the clam shell closed suddenly, but at this moment, a gust of air rushed over, and the pearls that were originally surrounded by his clam meat also flew away due to the impact .

This seemingly ordinary snipe turned out to be a fairy just like him!

He Xiaoceng is already a hundred years old, and the pearls he has cultivated over the years can be eighty if not a hundred. He doesn't care if the pearls are lost, but when they fly out of the pearls, besides the ordinary pearls he has cultivated, there are still one. A clam spirit orb.

The clam spirit orb was condensed with his whole life's skills, and he has not yet transformed. If the orb is lost, he may soon be at his end.Panicked, He Xiaobeng fought back quickly, but he has been living in this creek since he opened his mind. Except for the very friendly Grandpa Turtle, he has never met other spirits and monsters, and his mana can fly far away with the orb. When they came out, they could only open and close the shells in vain.

The snipe cast a disdainful glance at He Xiaoceng, then spread its wings and flew towards the shore, and precisely pecked at He Xiaoceng's clam spirit pearl, obviously wanting to take all of He Xiaoceng's mana for himself have.

If the orb is gone, I will become an ordinary river clam that has just opened up its wisdom!He Xiaoceng poked out the clam meat and hurriedly crawled to the shore.

At this critical moment, a white-clothed scholar walked along the narrow path to the stream.

When He Xiaobeng saw the scholar, he immediately became annoyed—if he hadn't wanted to impress the scholar, he would never have been foolishly "bathing in the sun" by the river, nor would he have been attacked by the snipe spirit.It's just... If the scholar came over, he would be killed by the snipe... He Xiaoceng anxiously wanted to remind the scholar, but he couldn't shout, so he could only slap the stones beside him anxiously.

He Xiaoceng was angry and impatient, but he didn't expect that the snipe, who was about to peck his clam spirit orb, suddenly screamed sharply, then spread his wings, and flew away quickly, looking like he was lost in the wild. escape.

The snipe escaped!He Xiaoceng opened and closed his clam shell happily, but in the end he hurt the clam meat, so he could only shrink into a ball again. After a while, he finally leaned out and started to move towards his orb.

Just as He Xiaobeng was advancing courageously, the scholar suddenly bent down and picked up the clam spirit orb that almost fell into the snipe spirit's belly before: "This bead is so beautiful."

this is mine!mine!He Xiaoceng opened and closed his clam shell eagerly, making a "pop" sound.The scholar didn't realize it, he put the orb into his arms, looked around lazily for a week, and then set his eyes on He Xiaoceng: "It's a big river clam with a lot of meat."

A lot of meat?He Xiaoceng's whole clam froze.

"Wouldn't it be too old to boil such a big mussel? Can it be shredded and stir-fried?" the scholar asked again.

With a sound of "bang", He Xiaoclam's shell suddenly closed, and it was tightly closed and never opened again. He has grown so big and has never been in danger before. Today, a snipe spirit wants to eat it Not to mention, now this scholar actually wants to boil and stir-fry?

He Xiaoceng's soft flesh shuddered into a ball, and large drops of water leaked out from the flesh. Before, he wanted the scholar to see his white flesh, but now he wished that the scholar could not see him at all.

However, he was picked up!

Feeling being hugged, He Xiaoceng was so frightened that he became limp and shrank into the deepest part of the clam shell, holding on to the clam shell tightly by the way.

But, obviously very scared, for some reason, He Xiaoceng felt a warm current melt into his body, which made him unable to help but want to sleep after being injured. It seemed that he heard the words of the scholar again : "What a silly river clam..."

I'm not stupid... He Xiaobeng felt that his wound was very warm and comfortable, and finally fell asleep completely.

When He Xiaoceng woke up, he found that he was staying in a small place. This is... a water tank?

Opening the clam shell slightly, He Xiaoceng sneaked out, and as soon as he found some soft meat, he heard the scholar's words: "There should be sand in the stomach of the clam, right? Then raise it for a few days before eating."

You only have sand in your stomach!He Xiaoceng suddenly retracted his soft flesh, a little unhappy, he is not an ordinary river mussel, but a clam essence, and a very clean clam essence, how could there be sand in his stomach?

No, it should be more important... This scholar wants to eat himself!He Xiaoceng suddenly thought of this, and shivered in the clam shell.

As a clam spirit, he should not be afraid of humans, but if he lost his clam spirit orb, his low mana naturally disappeared, and now he is no different from an ordinary river clam.

He Xiaobeng suddenly remembered Grandpa Turtle who would tell him many things about the outside world. Last time Grandpa Turtle lived in the creek temporarily, he mentioned that many people like to eat river mussels. They would use a sickle to break open the shells. Dig out the clam meat...

He Xiao's clam shell closed even tighter, and he missed his clam spirit orb even more.

But why can't he feel where his orb is?