Tang Lie's body shook violently, and Xuan Bo's exquisite beauty suddenly reflected in his mind. Could it be that the girl in Ao's mouth was Princess Xuan Bo who was lost in the Blackwater River? This accidental discovery made Tang Lie suddenly excited. stand up.
He pretended to be calm and said coldly: "Do you know what that girl's name is?"
Ao Ren shook his head blankly, and after a long time he suddenly shouted: "I remembered, she also has a companion...she...she seems to call him Ya Yi'an..."
Tang Lie couldn't restrain his inner excitement. He grabbed Ao Ren's long green hair and lifted his body from the ground: "Quickly tell me, where is the great sage?"
"Crystal City,"
"Go away," Tang Lie kicked Ao Ren's private parts. The place where his toes touched was extremely hard. It seemed that Ao Ren's lower body also had armor. No wonder they felt good about themselves.
The seven Ao people supported each other and fled into the crystal forest. Tang Lie looked at the broken Ao people on the ground and couldn't help but sighed: "The attack is too heavy, these Ao people are probably going to be crippled,"
Fina shook her head and said: "The Ao people's turtles have strong regeneration ability. It won't take long for them to return to normal." She asked with some confusion: "Tang Lie, why did you let those few go so easily?" Ming'ao people,"
A knowing smile appeared on Tang Lie's face: "If their news is true, Princess Xuanbo should be in Crystal City,"
"What," Fina shouted in surprise.
Tang Lie nodded heavily and put his arms around Fina's slender waist: "You can't find anything even if you break through the iron shoes. It takes no effort to get here. If you find the princess, you can put an end to what the emperor told you."
It took them two full days to get out of the Crystal Forest. There was an obvious water curtain at the exit of the forest. If they walked further, they would enter the sea water again. There was a gathering of vendors at the boundary between the forest and the ocean. Although the area of the town is not large, it sells an extremely complete range of goods, including many rare treasures.
Tang Lie and Fina's distinctive appearance quickly attracted the attention of many vendors. A short male mermaid greeted loudly in the pool under the tree: "Are you two from the continent of Grandia?"
Tang Lie nodded politely, and the male mermaid's huge tail fin transformed into stubby legs in the pool. He stepped out of the pool and came to Tang Lie with a smile on his face: "If I guessed correctly, the two of them will You must want to go to Crystal City,"
Tang Lie smiled and said, "You have very strong observation skills."
The mermaid chuckled and said: "Very few people from Grandia continent can come to the bottom of the virtual sea. In front of you is the sky curtain. If you step out of the sky curtain, you will enter the deep sea. With your body structure, it is impossible to stay in the water." Too long,”
Fina said calmly: "You have a way,"
The mermaid nodded hurriedly and said: "If you want to enter and leave the Crystal City freely, you must wear water-proof beads." He took out a huge shell from his arms, opened the shell, and saw that it was filled with colorful beads. The mermaid said: "These are all water-proof beads. Feel free to buy them. I can give you a fair price." He added slyly: "Grandia's gold coins can also be used here."
Tang Lie had never seen a water repellent bead before, so he pretended to pick one up and look at it.
Fina whispered to Tang Lie, "Be careful of scams." Before she finished speaking, the beads in the shell suddenly dimmed. They were colorful a moment ago, but turned into gray-brown in the blink of an eye.
The mermaid didn't expect such a sudden change. He stared at Tang Lie fiercely and said, "I sold you water-avoiding beads with good intentions, but you secretly did something wrong. Please pay me for it."
Tang Lie said in astonishment: "I haven't touched the beads in the shell. Do you want to frame me?"
The mermaid said angrily: "So what if I framed you? If you don't come up with money to compensate me today, you will definitely pay a heavy price." He muttered words on his lips, and the pool water behind him rose up like a water dragon, and he waved his hand. In the direction of Tang Lieduo, head towards the hood.
Tang Lie was furious in his heart. He didn't expect that the people of the Sea Clan were so arrogant and unreasonable and wanted to buy and sell by force. His whole body was instantly covered with a layer of light blue halo. He drew out the dragon-slaying knife with his backhand and slashed at the mermaid's head like lightning.
The mermaid had already judged that the situation was not good from the speed of Tang Lie's attack, so she took a few steps back and slid into the pool like a loach. Tang Lie's angry knife slashed the oncoming water in two. The blue sword flame exploded at the core of the water flow, and the water dragon was blown away into thousands of water droplets, shooting in all directions.
The overbearing sword energy was forced towards the direction where the mermaid was fleeing at high speed. The mermaid hurriedly picked up a shell to block it. The sword energy split the shell into two halves, and several strands of the red hair on the top of the mermaid's head were also cut off. It was frightening. His face turned pale and he hurriedly dived into the pool.
Tang Lie just wanted to teach this cunning mermaid a lesson, and did not want to press any further. He slowly withdrew the dragon-slaying knife, but heard a hoarse voice behind him saying: "Good knife, if I read it correctly, this knife should be Carved from the horns of a dragon lizard,"
Tang Lie turned around and saw an ugly old man with a long beard slowly walking towards his position. After looking carefully, he realized that the old man's beard was made of fleshy tentacles as thick as fingers. Even though he was silent, He was still squirming constantly, his skin was wet and waxy, and there was a layer of mucus all over his body, which made people look extremely uncomfortable.
His black eyes were filled with tears all the time, as if he had been greatly wronged. He said in a hoarse voice: "I, Zhang Baqiao, have been doing business in Longmen Town for many years. Could this little brother be willing to lend me a chance to talk to me?"
Tang Lie did not dare to compliment this man's appearance, but considering his precise eyesight, he nodded.
Zhang Baqiao glared at the mermaid in the water and said: "You bastard, if you want to run a business in Longmen Town, you must be honest and treat everyone equally. You actually dare to use fake products to deceive foreign customers. It is really abominable. You are not allowed to operate here again in the future."
The mermaid seemed extremely afraid of Zhang Baqiao, and was so frightened that she shrank into the pool and disappeared immediately.
Tang Lie and Fina followed Zhang Baqiao to a big crystal tree. Zhang Baqiao smiled and said: "Little brother, are you willing to sell your knife? I am willing to exchange it with you for genuine water-repellent beads."
Tang Lie laughed loudly and said: "Mr. Zhang misunderstood. I came here today to buy water-repellent beads, not to sell knives."
Zhang Baqiao nodded with some disappointment and said: "It's such a treasure, no wonder you are reluctant to sell it," he implored: "Little brother, I have an unkind request, can you let me see this knife of yours?"
Tang Lie hesitated for a moment, but when he saw Zhang Baqiao's expectant eyes, he really couldn't bear to refuse, so he readily took off the dragon-slaying knife and handed it to Zhang Baqiao.
Zhang Baqiao slowly pulled out the dragon-slaying knife, and saw that the blade was faintly glowing with green fluorescence. He flicked it and made a metallic clang. Zhang Baqiao praised loudly: "Good knife, it is indeed a good knife. If I’m not mistaken, this knife was carved by the skilled craftsman Geersa of the bandit clan. He had drunk dragon’s blood, and its texture has been greatly different from before.”
Tang Lie deeply admired the ugly Zhang Baqiao in front of him from the bottom of his heart. With just a short observation, he could already see the origin and changes of the Dragon Slaying Knife, which proved his immense knowledge.
Zhang Baqiao said: "Although my little brother owns this rare sword, I'm afraid he doesn't fully understand its characteristics."
Tang Lie nodded and said, "Mr. Zhang is right, I just got this knife by chance."
Zhang Baqiao smiled and slowly immersed the dragon-slaying knife into the water pool next to him. However, he saw a zigzag and circling blue line faintly appearing on the dragon-slaying knife. Zhang Baqiao stretched out his snake-like flexible fingers and gently touched the dragon-slaying knife. The dragon-slaying blade bounced, and a green light wave twisted and spread towards the center of the pool. In an instant, countless floating figures were attracted by the green light wave, and merged into the green light waves from the surroundings. Green flocculent smoke slowly floated around the dragon-slaying blade. , until the green light flashed back into the blade, and the smoke gradually dissipated.
Zhang Baqiao pulled out the dragon-slaying knife from the pool and said with a smile: "I am not doing any tricks. This knife has strong vitality. It can absorb energy from the surrounding environment and continue to transform."
Tang Lie listened leisurely and fascinated.
Zhang Baqiao returned the dragon-slaying knife to the scabbard, handed it back to Tang Lie with both hands, and said with a smile: "If you and this girl want to go to Crystal City, it is absolutely impossible without the water-proof beads," he said from his arms He took out two huge blue pearls and said, "These two water-proof pearls should be my gift to you two."
Tang Lie was flattered and said: "Mr. Zhang, we are strangers, how can we have the nerve to ask you for such a heavy gift?"
Zhang Baqiao smiled calmly and said: "Since you can lend me such a precious sword for appreciation, these two water-proof beads are nothing." He put the water-proof beads into Tang Lie's hand without any explanation, and said happily: "We, the Sea Tribe people, have always maintained neutrality. As long as you two go to Crystal City and stay safe, you won't encounter any trouble," he turned and walked away.
Tang Lie said loudly: "Thank you, Mr. Zhang."
Zhang Baqiao waved his hand and said: "Since we are destined to meet each other, maybe we will meet again in the future."
When Zhang Baqiao walked away, Tang Lie and Fina's eyes returned to the water-proof beads. Tang Lie looked at the crystal clear water-proof beads and said with half-belief, "It can't be fake, right?"
Fina picked up a water-proof bead and looked into the pool beside her. Before the water-proof bead came close to the water surface, the pool water moved away like waves. Fina's delicate hands reached into the pool water to form a huge There was no water stain at all in the gap. She was surprised and happy and said: "It's true, Mr. Zhang didn't lie to us."
After buying some more food, they just left Longmen Town, which also meant leaving the scope of the Crystal Forest. Tang Lie and Fina put the water-proof beads on their bodies, looked at the edge of the water curtain in front of them, and walked away decisively. As they entered, the seawater evacuated to both sides, forming an arc-shaped underwater channel around the two of them. The effect of avoiding water beads was indeed magical.
The journey was fairly smooth. After about three days of walking on the bottom of the sea, Crystal City, the military and political center of the Sea people, was already in sight. When they walked into the main road in front of the city, they saw a group of shark-riding warriors passing quickly over their heads. , the sea warriors did not show much wariness towards the two foreign visitors. They looked at them and left their side.
A loud sneeze suddenly came from the bag around his waist, and the little white dragon's bald head came out of the mouth of the bag. His blue eyes curiously looked at everything around him, and his pink front paws crawled along Tang Lie's clothes. Reaching his shoulder, Tang Lie smiled and said, "You're awake,"
Xiao Bailong stretched out his bright red tongue and licked his upper lip, then sneezed suddenly, spraying droplets all over Tang Xie's head and face. Fina couldn't help but smile when she saw Tang Xie's embarrassed look.
"Holy shit, such a small figure can actually shed so much saliva," Tang Lie exclaimed in a dumbfounded voice while wiping his face.
Xiao Bailong seemed to have a strong interest in the dragon-slaying knife on Tang Lie's back. He slowly climbed up to the handle of the knife, curled his body on it, and actually dozed off again.
Crystal City is a large-scale underwater building complex made entirely of transparent crystals. From time to time, you can see people from the sea tribe passing by on various water beasts. Of course, there are also people like them wearing water-proof beads in the crystal shop. The tribesmen walking slowly on the main road.
Water-repellent beads are not only a tool among the Hai people, but also a symbol of status. Most of those who can wear water-repellent beads are nobles and wealthy businessmen with high status.
Tang Lie and Fina came to the gate of Crystal City. Four shark-riding warriors stood quietly in the water. They carefully checked every pedestrian entering and leaving the gate and did not allow any weapons to be brought into the city.
The leader of the shark-riding warriors said: "All weapons will be safely stored in the temporary armory. When you leave Crystal City, we will return them to you intact,"
Fina said softly: "As the Romans do in the countryside, we should abide by their rules." She took the lead and handed the jasper sword into the hands of the shark-riding warrior. The warrior picked up a crystal number plate and handed it to Fina respectfully. This is the key to her future extraction of the jasper sword. of credentials.
Tang Lie took off the dragon-slaying knife with some reluctance. The shark-riding warrior took the dragon-slaying knife, held the handle and pulled out part of it. He saw that the blade was rusty, and it was obviously a piece of broken copper. He He couldn't help but laugh and said: "I thought it was a treasure, but it turned out to be a broken knife."
Tang Lie was shocked. The dragon-slaying knife was carved from the horns of a dragon lizard. How could it rust due to the special material? He snatched the dragon-slaying knife back from the shark-riding warrior's hand and pulled it away completely. After taking off the scabbard, there was a crisp clang sound, the handle and the rusty blade came apart, and the blade fell to the ground. Tang Lie murmured: "How could it be possible? How could it be possible?" He was extremely frustrated, and he immediately understood that it must be When he was in Longmen Town, the abominable Zhang Baqiao took the opportunity to repurchase the Dragon-Slaying Knife. No wonder he was so kind and gave him two water-proof beads. It turned out that he had stolen his Dragon-Slaying Knife without anyone noticing.
Tang Lie gritted his teeth and cursed: "This old bastard actually plotted against me."
Fina sighed, knowing that Tang Lie had always regarded the dragon-slaying knife as a treasure, and was deceived by Zhang Baqiao using a subcontracting scheme, so she must have felt extremely disappointed. She advised softly: "The matter has come to this, we have to settle down in the city first. "
Tang Lie nodded helplessly, remembering that the main task of coming this time was to find the whereabouts of Princess Xuanbo, and other matters had to be postponed for the time being.
Entering the Crystal City, the sight in front of them stunned Tang Lie and the two of them. Although they had been mentally prepared for this crystal-carved city, they still couldn't help but feel that the whole city was displayed in front of them. I let out a cry of admiration. The entire city is made of pure and transparent crystal. Every brick and every tile is carved so carefully. The patterns and reliefs on it are so exquisite that they can independently become a perfect work of art.
The street is also paved with fine crystals. Through the crystal floor under your feet, you can see colorful fish swimming slowly from below. Most of the passers-by wear water-proof beads and wander around the street in a leisurely manner. They talk and laugh happily, or they are free and easy, or they are charming and enchanting. The hair color of the Hai people is mainly blue, and their skin color is fair. This is probably because there is no direct exposure to ultraviolet rays. Looking at it, the proportion of women far exceeds that of men. It seems that The male-to-female ratio among the Hai people is seriously imbalanced.
The girls from the sea tribe were dressed in sexy and revealing clothes, showing off their beautiful icy skin without hesitation. Tang Lie could just feast his eyes on the sexy figures of the girls from the sea tribe, and he would soon lose his dragon-slaying knife. The depression was thrown away.
Fina looked at Tang Lie's soul-giving appearance, and Fina felt a sour feeling in her heart. She stepped on Tang Lie's foot while no one was paying attention, and Tang Lie covered his soles in pain. She shouted, and seeing Fina's proud expression, she immediately understood that this girl was deliberately seeking revenge.
The little white dragon, who was dozing on Tang Lie's shoulder, looked at Tang Lie with gloating. At this time, a graceful and beautiful girl from the sea tribe came to Tang Lie, pointed at the little white dragon with her delicate fingers and said: "This is yours." The water mouse is so cute," the little white dragon's blue eyes rolled upwards and almost fainted from the girl's anger.
