Hey!Long Jun, please wait a moment

Just as Ao Yi whispered half a sentence: "Rong Ge? I'll come to see you—" when he quickly stretched out an arm from the gap between the iron stone pillars, he boldly hooked Ao Yi's neck and was about to tighten it.

"Ah-hmm..." Ao Yi was startled, but he reacted very quickly. He quickly stretched out his hand to block, and at the same time flexibly lowered his body and rolled to the side.

However, none of them succeeded.

——Rong Ge failed to strangle Ao Yi's neck, and Ao Yi failed to escape in time. Across the iron stone pillars of the underground palace, they both grabbed each other's arms and glared at each other.

"What are you doing?" Ao Yi asked angrily in a low voice.

"What do you think I am doing?" Rong Ge was even more vicious, he grabbed Ao Yi's arm and looked coldly.

"I came to see you specially!" Ao Yi huffed, "It's the middle of the night, are you full?"

"Hey, I'm locked up, shouldn't you let me out?" Rong Ge was furious.

"Let go first." Ao Yi struggled and almost couldn't hold back his laughter.

"No, unless you let me out!" Rong Ge's attitude was extremely firm.

Ao Yi nodded, let go first, and said in a leisurely manner: "I will go to the holy lake tomorrow, and after meeting with the raptor tribe, we will go to Crocodile Valley together. Now, if you sprain my arm, I will be in danger when I go out to do business— —”

Before he finished speaking, Rong Ge snorted vigorously, and reluctantly let go of Ao Yi's arm.

"You have been imprisoned for two days, why haven't you figured it out yet?" Ao Yi didn't back down, just lying on the iron stone pillar like that, talking to his friends inside, "I have to go, but you can't. "

Rong Ge slammed his palm on the pillar, and the water wave made the underground palace rippling with fine lines: "Why can't I go? Why are you siding with my father?"

"Hush!" Ao Yi turned his head to look at the entrance of the underground palace, raised his fist and hit Rong Ge once, reminding him: "Be quiet, do you want to wake up the entire Dragon Palace?"

Like a trapped animal, Rong Ge swam around the square prison/room, and then returned to Ao Yi, putting on a pleasant expression, but before he could speak, Ao Yi said:

"Don't! I won't let you out. When Xiao You met a few days ago, he made it clear that he told you not to go. He was also worried that you would be attacked secretly—"

Rong Ge raised his chin and interrupted proudly: "Could it be that because I'm afraid of being attacked, I have to hide in the water all my life and never step into the dense forest on land? Ao Yi, you miss me that way too?"

Ao Yi was speechless for a while, opened his mouth again and again, and finally said earnestly: "Rongge, I never thought you were timid, but Uncle Rong is really worried about you. After you are not picky eaters, every time you go to the holy lake to play , he will personally accompany you, for fear that you will be attacked and assassinated by the Yingmen."

Rong Ge fell silent, his anger dissipated, he supported the iron stone pillar with both hands, and looked down at Ao Yi quietly.

"Don't worry, I brought along Rong Ji, Rongxiang and the others, and I am working with the Raptor Tribe. I am backed by the Sicilian Sea Dragon Clan. At least when Xiao You is the patriarch, I will continue to cooperate." Ao Yi smiled. said comfortingly.

"Yafu treats me like a parent and son. Without him, I might have died long ago." Rong Ge said softly, "Ao Yi, if one day the Ying people seek revenge on Yafu, I will definitely stop it. No matter what happened, I will die." I only recognize him as my...father."

"I understand." Ao Yi smiled, "If it were me, it would be the same."

The two sides looked at each other for a long time.

Rong Ge took a deep breath and urged: "Aren't you going to the holy lake tomorrow? Go back and rest quickly, cheer up, and don't let Yingren see the joke."

Ao Yi heaved a sigh of relief, nodded and said, "I won't be laughed at by Yingren! If you stay for a few more days, Uncle Rong will probably let you out, and I'll be back soon."

"Be careful!" Rong Ge sternly ordered, and then said: "By the way, send a message and ask Beibei to come and talk with me. I'm bored to death here. My Yafu is really ruthless."

"Haha, uh, cough, um, I see." Ao Yi almost couldn't hold back his laughter, and hastily agreed. Seeing his friend figured it out, he could finally go to Crocodile Valley to do business with peace of mind.

Finally, Rong Ge watched Ao Yi swim out of the underground palace, he squinted his eyes, thoughtful.

*****

In the afternoon of the second day, Ao Yi led his personal guards to swim in the underground channel leading to the holy lake on land.

"When we arrive at the Holy Lake, everyone will go to the old place to rest first. I will go up to find Xiao You. I will stay at the Holy Lake for at least one night, and then leave for Crocodile Valley tomorrow morning." Ao Yi told the guard Long.

The guardian dragons took orders neatly. They were all brave and good at fighting. Some of them were reformed dragons after eating dragon fruit, and some of them inherited the power of their parents just like Ao Yi.

Ao Yi has traveled to and from this waterway countless times since he was a child: he knows where there are forks, where there are caves, and where there are pools.

But just as he turned into a cave, Ao Yi suddenly smelled the breath of a dragon.

"Be careful!" Ao Yi yelled to stop immediately, and the guard dragons acted quickly and cooperated tacitly to protect the prince. "Who is hiding inside? Come out for me!" Ao Yi shouted in a deep voice, while cautiously going inside You, he inherited his father Ao Bai's ability to control water and ice very well, he usually studies hard and practice hard, is strictly required by his parents, and has rich combat experience, so he doesn't panic when things happen.

"Which race is your friend? Please come out and say hello." Rong Ji stepped forward and asked loudly. They all guessed that there should be some foreign tribe who went ashore to look for dragon fruit. They didn't know the way at all. There are also many people who have been dizzy for a long time in the dark river.

Soon, a deep and deep voice came from the cave, with obvious surprise, saying, "Ao Yi?"

The guard Long Rongji immediately frowned, and after going out of the cave to see clearly, Rongji immediately reminded him seriously: "My friend of the free people, please don't call our eldest prince by his first name!"

Ao Xuan originally wanted to swim over in surprise, but was stopped by Rong Ji's words, looking at Ao Yi who was surrounded and protected by the dragon guards.

"It's you." Ao Yi smiled politely, "Why are you here? Aren't you going to the Crocodile Valley to find Zhilian?"

"It turns out that you have to line up for questioning when you enter the trench of your house. I waited for a long time yesterday, and it was already dark when I came in. I was tired from swimming, so I just found a place to rest here." Ao Xuan explained seriously. Answer all questions.

Ao Yi nodded, "Then you continue to rest, I wish you good luck." Of course, he hoped that the other party could find Zhilian, and then show it to the priest to see if it can be used.After a brief chat, Ao Yi wanted to move on after saying goodbye.

"You—" Ao Xuan swam along, his dragon body was too thick, and it was not easy to move in the rivers of different widths.

"My friend, the place we are going to is owned by the owner, please don't follow, you have to go back when you go." Rong Ji said bluntly, not wanting to talk about it, their duty is to protect the prince of the Dragon Clan.

Although Ao Yi has expectations for Zhilian, but he has a mission, and he met Ao Xuan by chance, so he has no friendship, so Ao Yi just smiled apologetically and said:

"We are in a hurry, so excuse me first."

Ao Xuan could only say: "Okay, then you are busy."

"Brothers, be careful!" Rong Ji yelled loudly, and he hurriedly left behind, protecting Ao Yi.

Ao Xuan thought for a while, and followed quietly.It was his first time in Sicily, and he knew the general idea based on his grandfather's verbal description. Although he was very strong, he couldn't be defeated by a strong dragon... Ahem, a ground dragon.

In front, the guard dragon told Ao Yi in a low voice: "Prince, that dragon has been following behind, do you want to drive it away?"

"No need." Ao Yi shook his head, "Rong Ji has already reminded him, he can follow if he likes. The entrance of the holy lake is guarded day and night by Uncle's guard dragon, even if he goes, he won't be able to get in."

"Yes."

*****

When the sparkling vast holy lake was shrouded in the setting sun, Ao Yi and his party finally swam to the exit of the river.

"Is Brother Bin here? Our eldest prince is here!" Rong Ji swam to the gate of the iron and wood hard thorn fence familiarly, and shouted loudly to the guardian dragon of the holy lake.

After a while, Hei Bin quickly swam out from the stone house next to the exit, and opened the fence door with his companions in surprise, saying repeatedly: "You are here, I have been waiting for a long time, come in quickly!"

"How does Uncle know that I'm coming?" Ao Yi smiled. This land freshwater lake was his paradise when he was a child, and it is still the same until now. His father Wang Aobai's half-brother and his family lived on it.

Heibin explained: "It was the patriarch Xiao of the Raptor tribe who came first, he said."

"Oh, look at how happy I am, I'm confused." Ao Yi was amused by himself.

"Please go up, the lord is waiting." Heibin greeted enthusiastically, and the lord he was talking about was Ao Yi's uncle, Ao Yang.

After Ao Yi gave a few simple instructions to the guards, he took the coming-of-age ceremony prepared by Ji Mo for his nephew Ao Kang, and swam up with full of anticipation and joy.

Just as Heibin was about to close the iron-wood fence door at the entrance again, he suddenly said "Huh?" He looked at the strange black-scaled dragon Aoxuan approaching the entrance, turned his head and asked:

"Rongji, who is he?"

"Oh, that's a foreign dragon that went ashore to hunt for treasure. I told him not to follow, but he didn't listen. Brother Bin, let me close the door for you." Rong Ji went straight to help, and closed the door neatly.

Ao Xuan was imprisoned in the river, he looked curiously at the huge clear freshwater lake outside, turned and left silently without getting angry at all.

*****

Ao Yi happily and quickly went upstream, whenever this happened, he would think of many interesting things in his childhood.

Soon, with a "crash", Ao Yi emerged from the lake, next to him was his uncle's house - a wooden house built in the shallow water of the holy lake, which was designed by Ji Mo and built by the two families. Yi was not born yet.

It is evening now, and the smoke from the cooking above the wooden house is curling up, and there is a tempting aroma of barbecue coming out.

"Uncle! Brother Tu!" Ao Yi shouted loudly while swimming towards the wooden house.

As soon as the voice fell, a tall orc stepped out of the wooden house