Chapter 55: Touching my fish tail means I'm asking for sex, are you sure...?
As one of the protagonists of the War of the Gods, Lu Jiao certainly knew where the battlefield of the War of the Gods was, but that was before he fell into a deep sleep.
After he woke up from his deep sleep, he couldn't tell which place was which.
Incidentally, he didn't fall into a deep sleep when the spiritual energy was depleted. Tens of thousands of years before the spiritual energy began to dry up, he had already sealed himself in an ice coffin.
As for the reasons for doing so...
There's nothing else to it, I just feel bored.
He had lived too long and was already tired of it, but he could only die. Unless he committed suicide, he couldn't die anytime soon, so he could only seal himself away and pretend to be a corpse.
“You can go now,” he said.
"Oh." The dragon responded subconsciously at first, but when it realized what he had said, it fell silent.
"What? Don't want to leave?" Lu Jiao looked at him, her expression seeming to say, "If you don't want to leave, then die."
How could he leave? He flew, so fast that Lin Jianyu didn't even have time to react.
"Will he expose our location to Xian Ting after he goes back?"
"It doesn't matter," Lu Jiao said, already walking forward.
Lin Jianyu saw this and quickly followed.
Is my master up ahead?
"I don't know," Lu Jiao said. "The last place I sensed he was was in this area."
“Should?” Lin Jianyu grasped the key point in his words.
Lu Jiao: "I forgot."
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Lin Jianyu rebuked: "How could you forget something so important!"
“I don’t think it’s important.” That’s one point.
Another point is that although he did not completely lose his mind at the time, he quickly lost consciousness.
When he woke up and tried to sense Lin Jinshui's location again, he could no longer sense it.
Lin Jianyu wasn't angry... no way!
I'm so angry!
But now is not the time to be angry.
"Where should we look now?"
"I don't know." Lu Jiao really didn't know. "I can no longer sense his location through my soul and bloodline power. He's most likely dead."
"What about low probability?" Lin Jianyu didn't want high probability.
"It's unlikely, and I can't find him either. You'll have to find him yourself," Lu Jiao said helplessly.
"If I could find it myself, why would I need to rely on you?" She's a good-for-nothing.
“You and he are the people with the deepest connection,” Lu Jiao said. “In a sense, you are him and he is you. Apart from your souls, you share everything about each other. Sensing his presence should be your instinct.”
Lin Jianyu didn't have this instinct because she couldn't sense anything.
“Teach me, teach me how to sense.”
"How do you teach instinct?" Lu Jiao stopped and asked her.
Lin Jianyu: "...Besides instinct, is there no other way?"
"Yes, but you probably don't know how to use it."
"If you don't know how, teach me!" Lin Jianyu said without thinking.
Lu Jiao: "...It's not that I can't, it's that I don't know how."
"Aren't these two the same?" Lin Jianyu asked, bewildered.
Lu Jiao took a deep breath: "You must undergo the transformation immediately. If he is still alive, I will be able to sense his presence, but at the same time, your transformation may also kill him."
"Oh, it's this you can't do!" Lin Jianyu understood. "Are you sure you can sense his presence?"
"If he's still alive," Lu Jiao stated the premise.
"What are the chances of me killing him?" Lin Jianyu asked again.
"I don't know." Lu Jiao was unaware of Lin Jinshui's current condition. "Your body has almost completely mutated. Another mutation could mean a complete mutation."
It wasn't supposed to be this fast, but she first drank his blood, and then was shocked by Xian Ting several times, which improved her soul and body, bringing her to the point where she could undergo a complete transformation.
Of course, he can stop it if he wants to.
However, as mentioned before, Lin Jinshui's life or death does not entirely depend on whether she succeeds in her transformation. He was already close to death, and even if she did not succeed in her transformation, it could still be the last straw that broke the camel's back.
Lu Jiao explained all of this to her, and whether or not the mutation occurs depends on her own decision.
Lin Jianyu dared not gamble, at least not at this moment.
"Let's look around the neighborhood first; maybe we can find it."
The search took most of the day, from dawn to dusk. As far as the eye could see, there was only grass and trees, not even a decent road.
"Where exactly is this desolate wilderness?"
"say!"
"I don't know," Lu Jiao said.
Lin Jianyu: "...Don't you shamans have any shamanic arts for finding people?"
"have."
"Then you don't need to." What a waste of most of the day; it's almost dark.
"I can't," Lu Jiao said confidently.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
Lin Jianyu took out the Whale Rider. Don't misunderstand, he wasn't going to kill Lu Jiao, he was just going to give him a long lecture.
“Jing Qi, do you remember the place where you and my master parted ways? Go, find it.” With that, she threw the sword away.
The sword lay motionless on the ground.
Lin Jianyu walked over and kicked it, but it still didn't move.
"Why is this sword like it's dead?" Even Parkinson's wouldn't know how to do that. "Whale Fall, show it a move."
The whale fall shook itself in agreement.
"Why is it that Whale Fall is so obedient while Whale Rise is so rebellious, even though they are both my master's natal swords?" Lin Jianyu asked Lu Jiao.
Lu Jiao said, "There are people ahead."
Upon hearing that someone was there, Lin Jianyu forgot all about Jing Qi and immediately looked ahead, only to find that he hadn't seen a single person or even a bird.
“Where?” she asked.
"Front."
"Wasn't I looking at what was in front of me?"
"Further ahead, you can't see it from where you are."
"Oh, then what are you standing there for? Hurry up." After saying that, Lin Jianyu ran a few steps forward, but quickly turned back, picked up the whale on the ground, and realized that she had almost forgotten about the whale.
Lu Jiao seemed not to hear her urging, and continued to walk at a leisurely pace.
She didn't urge them any further, since it wouldn't get lost anyway.
After running for more than ten minutes, she finally emerged from the barren mountains and saw... a village in the distance?
Built against the mountain and nestled by the water... Where had she seen this architectural style before? Then she remembered, when she went to Xiyue with her master.
So, this is the Western Yue?
Judging from their flight time and speed, this place is very likely to be in western Vietnam.
Looking at the village in the distance, well... it seemed that not only the architectural style, but also the village itself looked familiar to her.
She didn't know if all the villages in Xiyue looked alike, or if this was the Peach Blossom Village she had visited a few times when she was a child.
I can't remember, but it's easy to prove.
Behind Peach Blossom Village is a peach grove. To find out if it's Peach Blossom Village, just go behind the village and see if there's a peach grove.
"Why did you stop running?" Lu Jiao asked, puzzled when she suddenly stopped.
"There's a village up ahead. I think I've been there before, but I'm not sure," Lin Jianyu said, pointing to the village in the distance. "When you said there were people up ahead, were you referring to the people in that village?"
"yes."
"I want to go and see." If that really is Peach Blossom Village, then her master is very likely in the peach blossom forest behind the village.
“Go,” Lu Jiao said.
Lin Jianyu looked at him, somewhat hesitant.
"What?" Lu Jiao asked, puzzled.
"I've thought about it, and your appearance isn't really suitable for appearing in public. But if we want to go to the back of the village to see if there's a peach grove, we have to go through the village." Lin Jianyu was a bit troubled.
“I can fly you there,” Lu Jiao said.
Lin Jianyu was flattered!
However, despite her surprise, it didn't stop her from climbing onto his shoulders and wrapping her arms around his neck.
"I'm ready."
Lu Jiao: "..."
Lu Jiao didn't say anything in the end, and flew towards the village with her.
It was already dark, but there was still a risk of being seen.
Just in case, Lin Jianyu told Lu Jiaofei to fly higher and take a detour.
Because the distance wasn't far, Lu Jiao was unusually obedient.
Once they reached the back of the village, Lin Jianyu was certain that this was Peach Blossom Village, because she could see a peach grove.
It's peach season right now, and the peach trees are laden with fruit.
Lin Jianyu glanced at it and said to Lu Jiao, "My master must be here." After saying that, she ran straight towards the forest.
Lu Jiao followed behind her, keeping a distance that was neither too close nor too far.
After entering the peach blossom forest, Lin Jianyu did not search blindly, but followed her memory to the location of the stall selling peach blossom pastries. She remembered that there was also a mountain temple nearby.
When she arrived at the location of the stall she remembered, there was nothing there, let alone the stall. Looking at the empty corner, she didn't doubt that she remembered wrong, because the mountain temple was still there, but it was somewhat dilapidated compared to her memory.
She stood outside watching, not daring to go in, until Lu Jiao arrived, at which point she pulled him along.
When she came here with her master, she was a staunch materialist who had no interest in burning incense or anything like that, and had never been inside this temple before. Now that she's here, she doesn't see any changes.
The only thing that's certain is that there's no one in the temple.
Yes, that's what Lu Jiao said.
Not only in the temple, but there was no one else around here except for Peach Blossom Village.
Lin Jianyu can boldly seek out her master.
“My master told me that he was…” Lin Jianyu tried hard to recall, then pointed in a direction and said, “That’s where my grandmaster found him.”
"Was he born here?" Lu Jiao asked.
“Maybe.” Lin Jianyu wasn’t entirely sure either. “I only know that he was still an infant when my grandmaster picked him up. As for whether he was born here or abandoned here by his parents, I have no idea.”
“He probably doesn’t have parents,” Lu Jiao said.
"What do you mean?" Lin Jianyu asked, bewildered.
"The literal meaning."
Lin Jianyu understood the literal meaning, so she didn't ask what it meant. Instead, she asked, "How did he come to be without parents? Did he spring out of a stone like Sun Wukong?"
Lu Jiao knew Sun Wukong; he had heard Zhu Liu talk about him. He was a stone monkey, born from a celestial stone.
Lin Jinshui's situation is somewhat similar to his in some respects.
“I sensed a power similar to that of a god within your master’s soul jade,” Lu Jiao said.
"You mean my master is a god?" Lin Jianyu asked in surprise.
Lu Jiao didn't mean that.
"Before the War of the Gods, this place was the domain of the gods, giving birth to generation after generation of deities."
"After the war of the gods, this place became a purgatory, filled with death and piles of bones. Not to mention gods, even ordinary mountain and sea creatures could no longer reproduce."
"But some beings are born from death, and your master is one such being."
"When a whale falls, all things are born; when a whale rises, all things perish. And vice versa; when all things perish, a whale rises."
"Born because of me, and will die because of me." Only at this moment did he truly understand the meaning of this sentence.
Lin Jianyu: "I don't understand."
Lu Jiao: "...To put it simply, he was born because of my killings, and he died because of the magic I created."
"Is he a god?" Lin Jianyu asked.
“No,” Lu Jiao said. “He can only be considered as being born of a god, not a god. Therefore, the power contained in his soul jade is both like a god and not a god.”
Lin Jianyu seemed to understand a little.
Will he die?
"Yes." Lu Jiao's answer was affirmative.
Lin Jianyu: "..."
What a waste of your time.
Yes, she thought her master wouldn't die.
"He can't die here." After saying this, Lu Jiao suddenly turned to look at her and asked out of the blue, "Who wants to kill him?"
“Good question.” Lin Jianyu also wanted to know. “Find him, and then kill him.”
Lu Jiao listened attentively.
Then, Lin Jianyu was abandoned.
Watching the fish suddenly fly away, Lin Jianyu was speechless.
Is it in such a hurry?
No, that's exactly what we should do!
He's on his way to save his master's life; how can he not be in a hurry?
Thinking of this, she sped up and flew towards the direction in her memory... She couldn't just fly; she had to run there.
They ran for more than half an hour, running straight out of the peach blossom forest.
About two kilometers further on from the peach blossom grove, there is a cliff. The cliff appears quite abruptly, and if Lin Jianyu hadn't had night vision, he almost wouldn't have been able to stop.
Below the cliff lies the boundless sea, where waves crash against the rocks, producing a crisp, cracking sound that is exceptionally clear in the still night.
Lin Jianyu gazed at the sea, but saw nothing but the boundless ocean and the bright moon hanging high in the sky.
"Master!" she shouted towards the sea. Her voice carried far, but no one answered. So she added, "If I call your name, will you dare to answer?"
Lu Jiao, who was drawn by her shout, was speechless.
It's superfluous.
Lin Jianyu was quite surprised to see him and jogged towards him.
"So? Have you found my master yet?"
“No,” Lu Jiao said. “I’ve searched all the land around here, but I didn’t find anything.”
"What about in the sea?" Lin Jianyu asked. "When my grandmaster found my master, he did a divination for him and said that he would die in the sea. Given that everyone in our sect has a tendency to jinx things, there's a pretty good chance that my master is in the sea."
Lu Jiao had originally planned to go into the sea to look for her, but after hearing her words, he simply nodded and jumped off the cliff... uh, jumped into the sea.
He jumped off such a high cliff without making a splash, and Lin Jianyu, who was a beat slow, didn't even see where he landed.
What followed was a long wait, until Lin Jianyu was already dozing off, when finally Lu Jiao's figure appeared on the sea.
On the shimmering sea, the figures of merfolk appear and disappear, their long, ink-black hair cascading down like a waterfall, their silvery-white fishtails gleaming faintly. Even without seeing their faces clearly, they are breathtakingly beautiful.
With just one glance, Lin Jianyu was wide awake.
But now is not the time to indulge in beauty, even though she really wanted to touch Lu Jiao's fish tail.
This was the first time she had ever seen Lu Jiao's fishtail. At this distance where beauty could be created, she was not only moved, but her DNA was stirred.
It looked even better up close, because she could see Lu Jiao's face clearly.
That was a stunningly beautiful face that she could never have imagined.
"Where's the tail? Bah! Where's my master? Have you found him yet?"
"No," Lu Jiao said.
"Then conjure up your fish tail so I can touch it." She had waited so long; she couldn't let it go to waste. She had to get something in return.
Lu Jiao: "..."
Lu Jiao escorted her away to a place a thousand miles away.
In the instant she fell off the cliff, Lin Jianyu only had time to shout "Lu Jiao!" before the rest of her curses, along with her entire body, were swallowed by the sea.
The seawater is not only salty, but also bitter, just like her—both salty and bitter. Yes, the saltiness is like that of salted fish, and the bitterness is like that of a miserable life.
Why is her life so miserable! Lin Jianyu thought for the countless times as she struggled in the sea.
Yes, she didn't die.
As someone who can't swim, she fell into the sea and not only didn't drown, she even learned to swim... well, she didn't actually learn to swim, she just didn't drown.
So Lu Jiao just watched her struggle in the water without trying to save her.
In order to save herself, she had no choice but to take the plunge and slowly struggle toward the shore.
After finally climbing onto a rock, she lay down on it.
worn out!
At this point, she was still a few meters from the shore, but she no longer wanted to struggle. Even if she struggled, she wouldn't be able to climb the cliff. She might as well just lie on the rocks, since Lu Jiao wouldn't abandon her anyway.
Lu Jiao did not ignore her; he stood in front of her, looking down at her.
Lin Jianyu turned over, not wanting to see him.
Lu Jiao: "...Get up."
Lin Jianyu ignored him.
Lu Jiao kicked her foot.
Lin Jianyu withdrew her foot and continued to ignore him.
Lu Jiao: "..."
Lu Jiao played his trump card: "Aren't you going to look for your master?"
“I’m not looking anymore. I’ll die with him. There’s no point in living anyway,” Lin Jianyu said.
Lu Jiao: "..."
Lu Jiao compromised: "What do you want?"
"Can I do whatever I want?" Lin Jianyu turned to look at him.
"You go first." Lu Jiao was afraid that she would make another unreasonable request, so he did not agree directly.
Lin Jianyu said, "I want to touch your fish tail."
"No way." Lu Jiao refused without even thinking.
Lin Jianyu turned her head away and continued to ignore him.
Lu Jiao: "...Change to another one."
"I want this one." Lin Jianyu didn't necessarily want it at first, but since he handed her the pole, she would feel bad if she didn't climb up it.
"You can't let just anyone touch a mermaid's fish tail," Lu Jiao tried to reason with her.
Lin Jianyu was completely unreasonable: "Then I won't be casual. If you give it to me seriously, I'll touch it seriously too."
"Touching a fish's tail means you want to make love. Are you sure you want to touch it?" Lu Jiao asked coldly.
Lin Jianyu paused for a moment, then nodded vigorously.
Lu Jiao: "..."
How can someone be so shameless!
In the end, Lin Jianyu failed to touch Lu Jiao's fish tail as she wished, because she was shameless, and Lu Jiao wanted it.
After lying on the rocks all night, Lin Jianyu felt no discomfort other than the discomfort from the discomfort.
I slept better than I had in the previous three days.
Yeah, for the past three days, it was either cold, hot, or I couldn't even get any sleep.
After waking up, she finally got up from the rocks, stretched, put her bag, sword, and coat on the rocks, and then jumped into the sea.
As the water splashed up, her figure was quickly swallowed by the sea.
Lu Jiao stood behind her, watching her every move, wondering what she was up to.
After Lin Jianyu jumped into the sea, there was no movement. Lu Jiao waited for several minutes but she didn't come up. Even though he knew she wouldn't drown, he still jumped into the sea after her.
After going into business, he quickly found Lin Jianyu.
She sank to the bottom of the sea, her eyes closed, trying to drown herself.
Lu Jiao: "..."
Lu Jiao was a little speechless, but he still swam towards her, grabbed her arm, and tried to bring her to the shore.
Lin Jianyu struggled, and Lu Jiao let go, wanting to see if she could drown him. But as soon as he let go, she grabbed his fish tail.
Yes, she not only touched him, but also hugged him. Not only did she hug him, but she also grinned silently at him, looking like she had succeeded in her scheme.
Lu Jiao: "..."
Lu Jiao had never been so speechless in his life.
An hour later, Lin Jianyu's clothes were almost dry, but Lu Jiao still hadn't returned.
Well, after she teased him, Lu Jiao left her and wandered off on his own. She didn't know where he went after that.
The sun was too strong, and waiting like this couldn't go on, so Lin Jianyu decided to go ashore first.
Unable to climb the cliff, she had to find another way, so she taught herself to swim.
She would rest when she got tired, and then continue swimming after she had rested enough. She would repeat this cycle until she finally found a place where she could get ashore.
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