Chapter 227 Those Who Meet Will Meet Again
Karin was absolutely stunned by this move.
Brother Shrimp, may your spirit rise with the wind for a hundred years, soaring straight up to ninety thousand miles!
The plastic siblings rushed headlong into a secluded courtyard in the alley. Huali looked closely and realized it was the same place where she first saw the bird during her second playthrough.
The lobster strained its small eyes to open them wide and exclaimed, "So what the little fish said wasn't false, there really is such a person as you!"
Hua Li asked in confusion, "You know me?" She had never met Xia Ge Guan Lan.
Mentioning this shrimp brother made him very excited. "With eyes like yours, I'd recognize you even if you were ashes. Whether you're human or ghost, once you're here, don't leave. You can help me persuade Little Fish..." As he spoke, shrimp brother pulled out a large hermit crab shell. "You're too conspicuous. Disguise yourself."
Karin took it and tried to crawl inside, "Where is the little bird now?"
Unable to bear watching any longer, Brother Shrimp grabbed the seashell and placed it on her back. The seashell automatically adhered to her, and she couldn't feel any weight at all.
“He was seriously injured again the day before yesterday and is recovering,” the lobster explained. “I have seen him draw on seashells more than once, and the eyes on them are exactly the same as yours, which is why I was able to recognize you so quickly.”
"When you see Xiaoyu later, you must persuade him. The commander is already thinking of a solution. Even if he is sacrificed to suppress the sea beast, he is not necessarily going to die. As long as he lives, there is hope!"
Huali focused entirely on the words "seriously injured," saying, "Understood, let's hurry!"
*
The two arrived at the palace where the birds had once been imprisoned. Three hundred years had passed, and the place was now covered in moss.
If it weren't for the lobster pointing the way, Huali wouldn't have even seen the house clinging to the edge of the icy trench cliff at the edge of the ruins.
Or rather than a house, it's more like a forgotten nest, roughly constructed from rough rocks, shells, and vines in the gaps between wreckage.
"Right there."
Huali quickly stepped forward and brushed aside the dried seaweed that served as a door curtain.
However, it was completely empty.
Before she could react, a weak voice sounded behind Huali amidst the rippling water, "Don't look for him anymore, he's not here."
Huali turned around and met Guanlan's pale and weak face.
"Commander!"
Guanlan turned his head and spat out a mouthful of blood, waving his hand at the lobster that was trying to help him.
He stared at Huali's eyes with a complicated expression, and after a long while, he smiled bitterly: "You... you're too late. He has already been taken away by the king's men."
The lobster was startled. "Tomorrow is the day of the sacrifice, and the Sea Queen has already left the Dragon Palace for the sacrificial altar. The King has been eyeing this little fish for so long..."
"What did you say!" Huali was stunned.
How dare that old bastard covet her beautiful little bird?
Don't you even take a piss and see how pathetic you are!
Having learned from the previous two experiences, if Lao Deng dares to show his face again, she will immediately use the spiritual treasures given to her by Luo Chuan Lian Zhuo Chen Yu Wen Jin in her Qiankun Bag to smash him to death!
When she wakes up from her dream, she'll definitely go to the Cangming Sea and dig up that old man's grave!
Guanlan was severely injured; blood trickled from his lips with almost every word he spoke. His out-of-control spiritual energy, fueled by his rage, pounded against the crumbling hut. "There are more than ten Nascent Soul cultivators around there alone. Your Majesty... you haven't given him a way out at all."
At this point, the mermaid leader's eyes were filled with undisguised sorrow.
When he brought Yan Xi back from the distant waters, the first thing he saw was the little mermaid lying in a huge coffin made of giant clam shells, looking at him with shy yet clear eyes.
Later, he was imprisoned in a dark palace, where no one was allowed to approach.
But no one knew that Guanlan had been secretly investigating several times, until one day she discovered something different.
He seems to have made some friends.
Despite his best efforts to cover it up, everything ultimately proved to be a mirage with the appearance of Prince Li Yuan.
Thinking of everything Yan Xi had suffered over the past three hundred years, Guan Lan's eyes turned bloodshot.
That was the child he had raised from childhood. They had already resigned themselves to becoming a sacrifice, but why wouldn't the king let him go?
Unparalleled rage caused Guanlan's violent spiritual power to completely spiral out of control. As powerful waves spread out from his body, his exhausted body finally collapsed like a withered leaf.
"Commander!"
"The cycle of flourishing and decay, the essence!"
Even faster than the lobster was the healing green spiritual energy. The vines quickly wrapped around Guanlan, enveloping him in a gentle green cocoon, continuously supplying him with healing light.
"Guanlan is alright. Let him stay here for now. You take me to find the little bird."
Not wanting to waste any more time, Huali used her spiritual power to send Guanlan into the hut and then immediately left with the lobster!
Little did they know that the moment they disappeared, this illegal building could no longer hold on and was forced to collapse completely.
"Boom—"
Guanlan was startled awake by the sound of a small, dilapidated house collapsing!
The vines shielded him from all harm. He instinctively turned his head, but when he saw the scene before him, he gasped in shock.
Beside him, in a corner close to the inner wall of the cliff, a niche carved out of the entire wall was clearly visible.
Inside the niche, countless seashells of different sizes were neatly stacked, arranged, and even strung together with gold threads as fine as hair!
On each smooth inner wall, a pair of eyes are depicted with an extremely delicate, shimmering, deep-cold mineral pigment.
Her almond-shaped eyes smiled like the moon, as if containing a vast sea of stars.
She looked exactly like the girl who had just left.
They are arranged neatly and carefully, like statues worshipped by the most devout believers. They are the longings and imprints drawn stroke by stroke by a lonely soul over the long years.
Guanlan, who witnessed this scene, remained silent for a long time before finally letting out a sigh...
Life is unpredictable, yet we always seem to miss out.
Even if this little girl lingered for just one more second, she could see this wall covered in longing...
Seeing this sincere love... what a pity...
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Under the dim light, the pearls on the dome were distorted into eerie shimmering waves.
Yan Xi stared expressionlessly at the light that was slowly creeping across the wall.
Everything was exactly as he had predicted.
Now, if we can find a way to provoke the Sea King and make him lock himself in the sacrificial altar in advance, he will have enough time to use his own blood essence and soul to completely unseal the demonic beast suppressed at the bottom of the sea.
We are at the mercy of others, but it's not always like that.
The young man rested his chin on his hand and unconsciously traced a pair of eyes on the table with his blood-stained fingers.
The crimson color spread out, like a silent tear.
When the time was about right, Yan Xi slowly took out the porcelain bottle hidden under the wound on his tail fin, his eyes filled with even more mockery.
This face was kept for a crucial plan, but now that the plan is complete, its tool value is gone.
*
"They're here! They're here!"
Seeing the Sea King walk out of the main hall, Shrimp Brother took a deep breath, closed his eyes, and rushed forward, shouting, "Your Majesty, Commander Guanlan is about to die!"
However, before they could even get close, the guards behind Aquaman had already stepped forward first.
Seeing that the blade in the enemy's hand was about to pierce his body, Brother Shrimp slid down to his knees with incredible speed and fell to the ground with a thud. "Your Majesty, please save the commander!"
After showering and changing, the Sea King's eyes flashed with impatience. Just as he was about to reach out and turn this ignorant thing into dust, the Gold Card, which had been waiting behind him for a long time, suddenly lashed out.
"No trace left, pursue!"
One of the Gold-type card skills is to release false information and create several phantom clones, each carrying a different causal thread, to confuse the tracker's judgment.
Sure enough, the next second, Aquaman's hand, which had risen into the air, suddenly stopped.
As if he had seen a persistent ghost, he suddenly turned his head! He then saw the ghost's profile as it fled.
Head straight for the Liyuan Palace!
"It's you again! You're asking for it!!" A raging fire instantly ignited in the Sea King's eyes!
"Today I will annihilate you, you monster, soul and all!"
Seeing the Sea King disappear, Shrimp Bro, who had been sliding on his knees, immediately stood up and said in a voice as fast as if he had just eaten shrimp paste, "What are you all standing there for? Go protect the King!"
As soon as everyone left, Karin immediately leaned out.
"Tracking talisman, go!"
The talisman transformed into a butterfly and flew straight towards the room not far away, which was covered by a barrier.
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The dark green mist of the "Bone-Eating Jade" churned continuously, and its corrosive aura, capable of instantly eroding bones and melting flesh, caused the air to distort slightly.
Yet the hand holding it remained as steady as a rock.
Just as the destructive spiritual mist was about to touch his cheek, Yan Xi's lips slowly curled into a smile that was both almost gleeful and contained a bone-chilling despair.
His life...
Butterflies hovered outside the barrier, and as Karin threw away the seashell behind her, five cards appeared at once!
At the critical moment—"Bang!!!"
The deafening roar was like thunder exploding in the deep sea.
The door, inlaid with aquamarine, was suddenly smashed open by an overwhelming external force!
The howling wind outside suddenly whipped Yan Xi's hair and robes into a fluttering sound.
As the surging air, carrying the familiar yet unfamiliar scent of pear blossoms, poured into the cage, the girl's voice cleaved through the chaos, clearly reaching his ears.
"Little bird, I'm here!"
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