Chapter 65
He laughed again: "Hey - what are you talking about, the Mermaid Prince? I have missed the Mermaid King very much these years, and I have always wanted to apologize to him in person. When I was young and strong, I always loved to fight. Now that I am older, I think back and realize that it was all just a joke. I beg the Mermaid King not to blame me."
"Just kidding?" Deng Ru laughed again, "What a joke."
The old dragon king stroked his beard, lowered his head, and smiled awkwardly: "I came here this time to ask for a favor. I hope the mermaid prince will do me a favor."
"Father has been in seclusion for many years. I'm afraid the Dragon King won't be able to see him anymore."
"What?" The old Dragon King raised his head and straightened his back. He stared at Deng Ru with anger in his eyes and said, "Why didn't you say anything just now?"
"Everyone believes in expressing their feelings at their best. Some things should be said at the right time." Deng Ru looked innocent.
Old Wang's beard trembled with anger, and his chest rose and fell violently: "Okay, if he's not here, I can find you."
"Hey, I'm just a junior, I can't help the Dragon King much."
"You can!" The old Dragon King was full of energy at this time, and directly stated his purpose, "I came to borrow the Mermaid Book."
Deng Ru chuckled several times, with beads of laughter at the corners of her eyes.
How funny is this? The old dragon king bit his cheek, restrained his emotions, and asked: "Have you laughed enough?"
"No - not enough," Deng Ru held his waist and laughed, "Not enough -"
"Okay, I'll wait here until you finish laughing!" The old Dragon King also lost his temper. He couldn't beat or scold the kid, so he just swallowed his anger.
In all his years of life, he, the king of dragons, had never suffered such humiliation.
After Ao Zhuozhi recovers, he will personally lead the troops to destroy the mermaid tribe and take back that damn heavenly book!
Thinking of this, the tightness in his chest dissipated a lot.
However, the rage that flashed in the old dragon king's eyes was accurately captured by Deng Ru. Dragon clan? Haha, even if you are favored by the heaven, so what? Didn't the dragon clan ruin their luck? Once the luck is gone, even if the heaven intervenes, it can't escape the law of nature.
Deng Ru straightened his back and looked at the old Dragon King indifferently. He was completely different from the one who had just spoken. At this moment, he was more noble and calm than the Mermaid King. Especially those eyes. He was indifferent to everything in the world. Everything had nothing to do with him. Those eyes didn't even have himself.
"Father is in seclusion, and Dengru is young and cannot help. Please go back, Dragon King." His voice was cold and without any tone.
Knowing that Deng Ru was chasing people away, the old Dragon King did not want to let him go. He took another step forward, and with a pressing tone, he said in a solemn and hoarse voice: "I am here to borrow the Mermaid Book."
"The Mermaid Book is not available for loan."
"I won't take it away. Just look at it here."
Deng Ru looked troubled and frowned slightly: "But not everyone can read the Mermaid Book."
"What do you mean?" The old Dragon King became interested, after all, Deng Ru had agreed.
"The reason why the Heavenly Book is called the Heavenly Book is that it cannot be controlled by gods or immortals. It all depends on God's will."
The old dragon king thought about it and thought, that's right, otherwise, how could it become a treasure? He continued to look at Deng Ru, motioning him to continue.
"If the Heavenly Book is not satisfied, or if it cannot sense sincerity, it will not reveal anything." Deng Ru looked at the old Dragon King, "And you will have to pay a price every time you open the Heavenly Book."
"Price?" Lao Wang nodded, "Of course, of course." Then he asked, "What's the price?"
Deng Ru looked worried, his brows never relaxed, his eyes half lowered, and he looked like he couldn't speak. The old Dragon King became anxious, took another step forward, and urged, "Just say it."
“A sacrifice is required.”
"What?" The old Dragon King was a little confused. "What is a sacrifice?"
"What can you offer? Exchange it with the Book of Heaven."
"I..." The old dragon king rolled his eyes, "I'll exchange it for treasures. What kind of treasures does he like?"
Deng Ru shook his head: "The Heavenly Book is a sacred object, how can it like mundane things?"
"Then what does he like!" The old Dragon King was anxious.
"What can you give from your body?" Deng Ru smiled and stretched out his tone, "For example - your sense of smell, your sense of taste, your soul, your hair, your immortal power, your life span, etc."
Then he said: "As long as it's yours, it's all fine."
He added, "Of course, it depends on whether the Heavenly Book is satisfied. If it is not satisfied, the things you sacrifice will not be returned. After all, whether it is human or god, there is greed. Some people want to exchange a broken hair for a supreme immortal power. Do you think this deal is worthwhile? So my suggestion is to give a big one-time gift to satisfy the Heavenly Book directly. Otherwise, it is not worthwhile to lose as much. Once you lose it, you can never get it back."
The old Dragon King's beard twitched as he shouted, "Ridiculous!" and then, "Absurd!"
He didn't believe it! Not a single word of it.
"You don't want to borrow it? If you don't want to borrow it, just say so! Such a ridiculous statement is probably not even believed by a three-year-old child."
Deng Ru said in a cold voice: "If the Dragon King doesn't believe it, then forget it. But Deng Ru kindly reminds me that the Mermaid Book is the most precious treasure of the Mermaid Clan. It is not only spiritual but also nurtured by heaven and earth. If your words anger it and it takes a fancy to something on your body and forcibly takes it away, I can't save you. The old Dragon King also knows that my Mermaid Clan is not good at fighting."
"You!" The old Dragon King wanted to say something, but Deng Ru interrupted him, "If you don't believe me, you can go find the leader of the sea carp tribe. Ask him whether it was their perseverance that moved the heavens or someone came to the mermaid tribe and exchanged something with the Mermaid Heavenly Book to save the descendants of the tribe."
"Okay! I'll go ask right away!" The old Dragon King still didn't believe Deng Ru's words and felt that he was lying.
The old Dragon King disappeared without even saying hello, looking very anxious.
Deng Ru frowned. What happened to the dragon clan?
Then--what about the Shenfeng? How is the Shenfeng?
He is a good friend of Shen Feng, so it would be a lie to say he is not worried.
However, it seemed that the Dragon King might not be able to return for a while, so he decided to go to the Dragon Palace to investigate first.
The body is faster than the brain. At this time, Deng Ru is already on the way to Dragon Palace.
The mermaids have weak combat capabilities. If the Divine Phoenix had not taught him a set of spells and several ancient formations, especially the Dragon Locking Formation, he would not have been so tough when the old Dragon King came today.
The Divine Phoenix is a benefactor to the mermaids.
Deng Ru silently activated the invisibility array, swaggered to the gate of Nanming, and walked in.
The Dragon Palace is silent and cold.
Something is wrong.
With Ao Zhuo around, the Dragon Palace would not be so silent.
What happened in Dragon Palace?
Deng Ru flashed directly to Shen Feng's residence. He remembered that Shen Feng had said that she had a special palace in the Dragon Palace.
The Dragon Spirit Temple in front of me——
It's a name that's hard to describe in words, and it's obviously the work of Ao Zhuozhi.
He slipped in. It was quiet and hushed. It seemed that no one had lived there for a long time.
Deng Ru frowned and went to the Dragon Palace again.
If the Dragon King is not here, then Ao Zhuozhi must be here. Deng Ru did not expect to meet Ao Zhuozhi on the way, with a coral spirit and a carp spirit following behind him. Looking closely, what was in the stupid dragon's arms - a flower pot?
This is too tempting.
Deng Ru came closer, and sure enough, it was a pot of blue flowers. And Ao Zhuozhi's eyes were full of affection!
Deng Rubujin left two drops of cold sweat. Ao Zhuozhi's expression was as if he had been coveting that flower for a long time, and it was really, really a bit scary.
Something was wrong. Something was clearly wrong with him.
Looking more closely, those eyes were blank, as if they had lost half their souls, and looked stupid and foolish.
this--
No wonder the old Dragon King had to swallow his anger in silence, Ao Zhuozhi’s problem was serious.
It seems that something big happened in Dragon Palace.
Deng Ru hid in the dark, with a slight smile on his lips. Behind his smile was the hope of the mermaids for thousands of years. Old Dragon King, Ao Zhuozhi, you two have come to this day. Isn't it the blessing of heaven? Heaven can also make mistakes. My mermaids have always valued harmony and have a gentle temperament. There is a saying in the mortal world that a kind person will be bullied and a kind horse will be ridden. The kindness of my mermaids has been exchanged for thousands of years of shame. This is the blessing of heaven.
Big joke.
What about the Way of Heaven? The Way follows nature.
The dragon clan's luck has run out.
Deng Ru did not follow Ao Zhuozhi. His purpose of coming was to find the divine phoenix.
He searched for a long time, even using bubble sound waves, but there was no trace of the divine phoenix. This meant that the divine phoenix was no longer here.
Where could she be?
Returning to the Red Sun Continent?
As long as it’s not in Dragon Palace, it’s fine.
Deng Ru returned to Wuyou Island. If nothing unexpected happened, the old Dragon King should have met the leader of the carp spirits by now.
That's right, Lao Wang was indeed in the carp spirit's territory at this time. He was sitting in a thousand-year-old black clam, which was the exclusive seat of the leader Li Dali. After all the running around, plus most of his immortal power was used to save Ao Zhuozhi, the old dragon king was obviously exhausted from all the back and forth, so he chose to close his eyes and rest for a while. But in the eyes of the carp spirit leader Li Dali, the old dragon king was pretending to be asleep, waiting for him to take the initiative to explain.
But what should I explain?
He racked his brains, but it seemed like nothing big had happened to the Carp Spirit Clan recently.
He was sweating profusely and stood in front of the old Dragon King with his head huddled, not daring to even raise his eyes.
This is the Dragon King!
The Dragon King actually came to find a small commander like him!
He never thought that anything good would happen to him. Could it be - could it be that his daughter had caused trouble around the prince?
Oh my god!
His carp spirit clan had finally escaped the disaster of genocide, but they had only lived in peace for a few generations! No, it must not fall into his hands. So, Li Dali fell to his knees in front of the old Dragon King, wailing: "Old Dragon King, please forgive me!"
This wailing sound completely interrupted the old Dragon King's rest. His brows instantly tightened. Li Dali even thought that it was the carp spirit Mian'er who caused the disaster to Ao Zhuozhi.
This is——
This is a catastrophic disaster!
Li Dali frightened himself to death and begged for mercy: "Old Dragon King, please forgive me. Old Dragon King, please forgive me."
The old Dragon King was already annoyed. What annoyed him was that he hadn't recovered yet, but this carp spirit leader kept begging for forgiveness for his sins. He had no tact at all!
What sin is he forgiving? It's really inexplicable, noisy, so noisy.
The old Dragon King was furious. He slapped the armrest of the chair with his palm and shouted, "Believe it or not, I will punish you right now!"
Li Dali was so frightened that he couldn't close his mouth: "Old Dragon King, spare my life!"
"Let me ask you, how did your carp spirit clan, a freshwater clan, swim upstream and adapt to the flow of the Nether Sea?"
“This—” The Carp Clan leader froze, and the old Dragon King added, “Don’t even think about trying to impress me with your tricks about moving the heavens!”
"This..." Li Dali was in a dilemma. He didn't understand why the old Dragon King would bring up this matter again. This matter was a secret of the carp spirit clan. Besides, the previous leader had instructed before his death: Don't talk about it.
He was so anxious that he scratched his head and cheeks. Anyone who saw him would find it strange. How did Li Dali become the leader of the carp spirit clan? Oh, yes, the carp spirit clan advocates force. Li Dali has well-developed limbs and a body of tendons, which is the standard for the carp spirit clan to select a leader. The one with the strongest strength wins. However, he has a simple mind. Li Dali can't hide anything. His face almost says-I know, but I can't say it.
The old Dragon King's patience had obviously run out. Li Dali was anxiously turning around in the same place. It was such a small place, and he was almost dizzy from walking back and forth.
fed up!
A roar: "Li Dali! Are you going to tell me or not?"
If the old Dragon King had not been so eager to know the answer, he would have dragged Li Dali out to be used as sea fertilizer long ago.
This sound frightened Li Dali so much that he fainted on the spot.
The old dragon king was angry——
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