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The skin of the sea fish was cracked by the tender meat, and the exposed meat was soaked in sauce. Each of the generals held half a bowl of rice in their hands. They couldn't wait to pick up a sea fish and put it in the bowl. The sauce on the fish slowly dyed the white rice under the fish into a light brown.
At this time, impatient people would use chopsticks to scrape the meat from the fish belly. The fish meat was shaved off the fish bones, and it trembled slightly on the chopsticks. Seeing that the soup on the fish meat was about to fall off, they had already stuffed it into their mouths.
With a sip, the tender fish meat melts in your mouth and is fresh and sweet! Mixed with the taste of soy sauce, it is salty, spicy and a little sweet. The taste is so good that you can't help but take the next chopstick.
Those who are gentle will start eating from the back of the fish. Just use chopsticks to gently pinch along the middle of the fish body, and the meat on the back of the fish will be separated from the bones. There will be fins above the fish back meat, and there will be small spines below the fins, but the mermaids have already pulled off the fins and the small spines below. This is a mouthful of pure meat, and you don't have to worry about being stuck by fish bones when you take a bite.
Not all fish are soft and melt-in-your-mouth. Some fish are crispy, others are firm. Every fish has its own unique taste, and people quickly discovered this, so after eating one type of fish, they would subconsciously look for a different fish to eat.
Everyone eats fish at different speeds, but everyone has the same point: after eating half of the fish, they move the fish aside to pick up the rice soaked in sauce under the fish. The fish soup becomes sticky after emulsification, and the rice grains also become sticky. After taking a bite, the aroma of rice mixed with the aroma of fish makes people unable to stop.
This was a dish that would make people eat a lot. Xuan Yu had expected this, and the dishes he took out from the refrigerator were all vegetarian. However, up to now, everyone was eating fish, and no one touched the vegetarian dishes.
There is another delicious thing hidden in the fish soup, which is the thumb-sized dried radish. God knows why dried radish can go so well with small fish! After being boiled, the dried radish does not lose its tough and crispy texture. Its original five-spice flavor is soaked in the flavor of the fish soup, and it tastes salty, sweet and crunchy.
The first person to discover this delicacy was Jing Nan. After he discovered it, his chopsticks never left the dried radish. He picked up the dried radish from the fish soup and put it on the rice in the bowl. Taking a bite of dried radish and a bite of fish, Jing Daxian was eating so much that his tail was almost shaking.
Jing Nan was eating with great enthusiasm, and suddenly two pieces of dried radish fell into his bowl. He looked up and saw Feng Gui looking at him with a smile: "Eat slowly." Jing Nan shook his head: "No."
If you are slow, it will be gone!
Jing Nan looked at the dried radish in the bowl and thought he should give Feng Gui a gift in return. So he scooped up the chili peppers from the soup and put them in Feng Gui's bowl: "Eat more."
Feng Gui stared at La Jiao: ...
The fish in soy sauce is a killer for rice. Soon, the generals all stood up to serve the rice. Seeing that everyone was serving the rice, Xiao Xiao became anxious and said, "Eat slowly!"
He is still struggling with the small fish. Ever since he got stabbed by a fish last time, he is now very careful when eating fish.
Xiaoxiao had only been in human form for a short time, and his fingers were not very flexible. When he was picking up the fish, many fish bones fell from the fish bones into the rice. He had to pick up the fish bones one by one from the rice, which took him quite a long time.
At this time, a white-gold light flashed in Xiaoxiao's bowl, and the fish in the rice flew out one by one. After a while, Xiaoxiao's bowl was piled with a pile of whole fish meat. Without looking, it must be the credit of Xiaoyu.
Xiaoxiao said gratefully: "Thank you, Little Feather!" Little Feather said: "Don't worry, I'll wait for you."
The generals ate the whole pot of fish one by one, and even used the fish soup to mix with rice. When Xuan Yu cleaned up the dishes, Xiao Xiao and Xiao Yu Mao were chewing on the rice crust. Xiao Xiao was very depressed: "Du Heng Heng, next time you can cook a pot of fish for me and Xiao Yu Mao alone, okay?"
Du Heng laughed out loud: "Okay." The two children tried their best but still couldn't snatch the general. Now Xiaoxiao always felt that she was at a disadvantage.
Du Heng comforted him, "Don't worry, this is just to fill your stomach. Didn't you hear what Chief Yan said? He will host a welcoming party for us tonight."
Xiaoxiao shrugged his shoulders and chewed the rice crust with a crunch: "Come on, it's nothing but some singing and dancing, I'm tired of watching it!" After all, he is a little phoenix from the Feather Clan, and Xiaoxiao has seen some big scenes.
Xiaoxiao was right. Not long after they finished their meal, a mermaid came to greet Xuanyu and the others. Du Heng thought the reception would be held inside the Crystal Palace, but he never expected that the mermaid would lead them straight to the back of the Crystal Palace.
Behind the Crystal Palace there was a pit ten feet deep and ten feet in diameter. The pit was round and had a flat bottom. Above it was a dark blue barrier. There was no water in the barrier. From a distance, it looked like a large dark blue mushroom.
When Du Heng and his companions passed by, a ball of jumping flames was lit in the middle of the deep pit. Some strange-looking fish were sticking out from the flames. These fish were skewered on harpoons and were dripping oil.
Feng Gui put his hands in his pockets and said, "Wow, is this how you use the innate spiritual fire?"
Du Heng shuddered: "Ah?" So the fish was roasted with the innate spiritual fire? The mermaids are really powerful.
After entering the barrier, Yan Lingyuan strode over and gave Xuan Yu a mermaid salute: "Welcome, Lord Dragon." Xuan Yu smiled and said: "Patriarch Yan is thoughtful."
The beautiful mermaids sang and danced around the spiritual fire. Xiaoxiao was right. The so-called welcoming ceremony was just some singing and dancing performances. But Xiaoxiao didn't expect that the mermaids would also eat grilled fish. Looking at the plump grilled fish, Xiaoxiao's saliva flowed out: "It looks pretty good."
Yan Lingyuan saw what everyone was thinking, and he explained with a smile: "The mermaids generally don't eat grilled food, but Huai Zhen told me that you, Lord Long, prefer cooked food." Everyone suddenly realized, that's how it is!
Du Heng looked around and asked, "Where are Huaizhen and Nuonuo?" Why isn't Huaizhen here in such a lively occasion?
Yan Lingyuan smiled and said, "Nono is asleep, Huaizhen is with him."
As they were talking, the first batch of grilled fish was placed in front of Du Heng. The grilled fish of the mermaids and Xuan Yu were similar in nature. Du Heng saw that the skin of the two-foot-long fish in front of him was grilled to a golden brown color, and it looked very crispy.
In addition to sea fish, the mermaids soon offered grilled conchs and other seafood. Du Heng found the most amazing thing was that he actually saw barbecue among the food that was served.
He picked up a piece and tasted it. The meat was thick and tender, with a faint milky aroma. He couldn't figure out what kind of fish it was, but it tasted good, so he ate a lot.
The girls and boys of the mermaid tribe are good at singing and dancing. As early as in ancient times, there was a legend that mermaids sang loudly to the moon to attract passing ships. In the records, mermaids seemed to be something that harmed people. However, the reality was different from the rumors. During the conversation, Du Heng realized that the mermaids sang loudly on the reefs just to make the merchant ships avoid the reefs in the water. Unexpectedly, not only did they not avoid them, but they also crashed into the reefs. Who could be blamed for this?
The mermaids are rich in two things: pearls and dragon silk.
As the banquet was drawing to a close, Du Heng and his friends received gifts from the mermaids. The mermaids brought up giant clams that were one foot in diameter, and after opening the shells, the beautiful pearls almost blinded Du Heng's eyes.
The South China Sea pearls, which were as big as longan, were warm in color and emitted a light purple or pink light when placed in a giant clam. Pearls of this level would cost at least 10,000 spirit stones each in the Taixu Realm, but now, there were hundreds of pearls in a giant clam.
This is not the end. Under the pearls, there is a piece of gorgeous Jiao gauze. Jiao gauze is a light gauze woven by the mermaids using a kind of seaweed from the seabed. It is light in texture and can contain huge spiritual energy after being made into clothes or magic weapons. The color of Jiao gauze depends on the color of the mermaid's tail that made it. The Jiao gauze that Du Heng received was slightly golden in color. If it was made into clothes, it would definitely be extraordinarily gorgeous.
Xuan Yu thanked Yan Lingyuan on behalf of Du Heng and the others, and then everyone happily accepted the gifts. Du Heng was just thinking about putting the gifts away when he saw Xiao Yu and Jing Nan handing the giant clams in their hands to Feng Gui. Feng Gui did not refuse and he put all the gifts away.
Not only Du Heng was puzzled, Yan Lingyuan was also puzzled: "This..."
Feng Gui nodded: "I am the accountant among this group of people."
Du Heng was shocked: "Ah?! It's Xixi who is in charge of the accounts?!" He always thought it was Nan Nan who was in charge of the accounts.
But it makes sense when you think about it. Nan Nan is so lazy. If he is asked to take care of the accounts, he will definitely fall asleep while doing it. Xiao Yu never paid attention to anything before. If he could take care of the accounts, he wouldn't have to live in such a shabby house.
Only Feng Gui is the most suitable. Although Feng Gui looks noble and cold, he actually likes golden things. Otherwise, he wouldn't build his house so luxuriously... Thinking about it this way, it is reasonable for Feng Gui to manage the money!
The banquet lasted for two hours. At the end, Du Heng and his friends had a lot of fun among the mermaids and got drunk. Fortunately, Du Heng was not the drunkard before. After changing his body, he could drink quite a lot. But even so, he couldn't withstand the toasts from the mermaids.
The mermaid's wine is brewed from a kind of seaweed from the deep sea. It tastes a little cool at first, but once you drink it, the alcohol hits you instantly.
In the end, Du Heng didn't know how he got back. He only remembered hearing laughter in his ears, and then he fell asleep while holding onto something.
When he woke up again, Du Heng was rocking in a hammock made of seaweed. He heard a steady whirring sound in his ears, and when he turned around, he saw Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyumao on either side of him. A fluffy chick was leaning against his shoulder. No wonder his dreams were filled with flames.
He stood up, and Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu rolled down the hammock to his back, and his back immediately felt warm. Xiaoxiao hummed, "It tastes good~"
Du Heng took a quick look and found that both children were drunk. The mermaids were so powerful that they even spared the children!
Not only Xiaoxiao and his friends fell down drunk, but also Nannan's nine tails were hanging like a waterfall in the hammock next door, and he was lying in Xixi's arms, and the two of them were sleeping soundly. On the seaweed under the hammock, the Zhou brothers were snoring, and they probably set up a barrier for themselves because they were afraid that their snoring would be too loud and disturb others.
Yun Zheng, Chonghua and the others were also asleep. Du Heng had never seen the sleeping postures of the generals before, so he couldn't help but take a few more glances. Chonghua was lying on his back like a child, with his arms and legs resting on the edge of the hammock. If he rolled over again, he would fall off.
Yun Zheng was straight and well behaved even when lying on the hammock. Lao Dao was sleeping on his side, with his head resting on his arm. The cat is silent... This guy sleeps with his eyes open! He's drooling!
Xuan Yu was sitting cross-legged near the door, the Slaughter Heaven Sword across his knees, his back to the crowd. Something seemed to be cooking on the stove, and the flickering flames at the bottom of the pot cast his back against the wall.
Du Heng turned over and got off the bed with his clothes on. Before he could get close, Xuan Yu turned his head. Xuan Yu looked at Du Heng with curved eyebrows: "Are you awake?"
Du Heng hugged Xuan Yu from behind: "Why don't you take a nap?" Xuan Yu stretched out a hand and held the back of Du Heng's hand: "The mermaid wine didn't make me drunk, but the wine you brewed tastes better."
In fact, this was just Xuan Yu's excuse. It was not that Xuan Yu did not trust the mermaids, nor that the mermaids' wine was not intoxicating. It was that there were always various dangers in the deep sea, and they could not sleep together without any burden. Xuan Yu saw that everyone was drunk, and he needed to stay sober.
Du Heng also sat cross-legged beside Xuan Yu, and the two of them faced the fire. Du Heng saw white steam coming out of his casserole. He sniffed and smelled the scent of red beans: "Are you cooking red beans?"
Xuan Yu nodded: "Well, there is not much bean paste in the refrigerator. I am afraid that you will need to cook it temporarily next time you need it. I just cook some now and keep it aside."
Du Heng felt warm in his heart, and he put his head on Xuan Yu's shoulder: "Xiao Yu, it's great to have you here." Xuan Yu smiled and touched Du Heng's hair: "I think so too."
Looking at the flickering flames and smelling Xuan Yu's scent, Du Heng felt very safe. The Chaos Sea was so big and so deep, but from the moment he entered the sea this time, he never felt any fear in his heart.
Thinking back to the time when he and Wuwang went down to the Chaos Sea ruins, every time they did they not tremble in fear and almost die.
He understood that all this was because he had Xiaoyu by his side. This silent and low-key man gave him a sense of security. By his side, not only Du Heng, but also his companions could sleep peacefully.
The casserole made a gurgling sound, and Du Heng smelled the aroma of beans. He wanted to ask Xuan Yu about Kang Long Yuan, but when he opened his mouth, he turned it into: "Did you add rock sugar in it?"
Xuan Yu said softly, "Well, you like to use candied red beans as fillings." Du Heng smiled and rubbed Xuan Yu's shoulder: "Yes, you still understand me."
Forget it, I won't ask anymore. What can Kang Longyuan do? This time Du Heng will accompany Xiaoyu again!
Du Heng didn't know when he fell asleep again. When he woke up, he heard Jing Nan and the others talking. Du Heng turned over from the hammock and yawned: "Good morning."
There is no day or night in the sea, and Du Heng didn't know how long he had slept. But he felt that he had slept well, and now he felt refreshed and energetic.
Seeing Du Heng wake up, Jing Nan raised his head with a smile: "Oh, you are awake. We are discussing with Chief Yan where to go down to Kanglongyuan."
Du Heng looked and saw Yan Lingyuan sitting next to Xuan Yu. A brown map was spread on the flat-tailed snail in front of the four of them. There were two zigzag lines drawn on the map, and some incomprehensible symbols around the lines.
Yan Lingyuan was explaining to Feng Gui: "The mermaid road closest to the mermaids is a hundred miles east of here. If you must go down to Kanglongyuan, I suggest you go down near this mermaid road. There are the remains of the mermaid road here. Compared with other places, the area near the remains should be safer. In order to maintain the mermaid road, our tribe opened up a road leading to the abyss. The mermaids can escort a few people to the bottom of the abyss from there, but they can't go any further."
Xuan Yu nodded: "Okay, thank you for troubling Chief Yan."
Yan Lingyuan had a worried look on his face: "Lord Long, I'll advise you one last time. It's still not too late to turn back and leave from the east coast." Xuan Yu waved his hand: "Wen Chi will not let us reach the east coast alive."
The fact that Wen Chi was able to create the Demon Slaughtering Formation and blow up the Mermaid Road proved that he was very ambitious. He must have had something to do with the previous attack on the village by the demon beasts.
Jing Nan said: "Instead of going from the east and facing my former subordinates, it's better to go to Kanglongyuan. It sounds interesting..."
Yan Lingyuan sighed: "Since Lord Long and fellow Taoists have decided to leave, I can't say anything. My clansmen will escort you to Kanglongyuan."
Xuan Yu bowed: "Thank you."
Hearing that Du Heng and the others were leaving, Yan Huai's eyes turned red. He held Du Heng's hand and said, "My benefactor, why are you leaving so soon? I thought you and Long Jun would stay with our tribe for a while longer."
Du Heng comforted her, "After we go to the Dragon Clan and take care of things, I will come back to see you and Nuonuo."
Yan Huaizhen burst into tears when she heard this: "Then... I'll wait for you to come back. Please come back soon."
Du Heng touched Yan Huaizhen's head and said, "Don't cry. You're already a father, and you're still crying. Look, Nuonuo hasn't cried yet."
Yan Huaizhen was nervous: "Ah, Nuonuo is awake?"
Nuonuo didn't wake up at all. He was lying in the arms of another mermaid, licking his fingers and sleeping soundly. But when he woke up and didn't see Du Heng, he would probably make a fuss.
After thinking for a while, Du Heng took out an ugly chicken doll from his storage bag. This doll was originally made for Xiaoxiao, but now Du Heng decided to leave it to Nuonuo.
He placed a barrier on the doll, which carried his aura. Du Heng handed the doll to Yan Huaizhen: "If Nuonuo wakes up and cries, you can use this to tease him, maybe it can stop him from crying."
Yan Huaizhen took it solemnly: "I hope you and Lord Long have a safe journey!"
When they came, Du Heng and his team drove the car, and when they left, of course they drove the car as well. When the car went several miles along the water, Du Heng could still see Yan Huaizhen holding Nuonuo in front of the Crystal Palace from the car frame. He looked at Yan Lingyuan, the leader of the team in front of the car frame, and smiled. Yan Huaizhen should not be wronged by following such a man, right?
He had thought that if Yan Huaizhen met a scumbag, he would definitely fight for him and stop him from being bullied. At most, they could just build another house in the village. They could afford to raise two fish. But he never expected that Yan Huaizhen just wandered away in a daze, causing Yan Lingyuan to look for him so hard that he almost vomited blood.
This is a good match. No one will bully him and Nuonuo anymore. Du Heng can rest assured.
The closer they got to Kanglongyuan, the more nervous Xiaoxiao and Xiaoyu became. Xiaoyu turned into a young Taishuhong, holding a sword and looking serious and cold. Seeing Taishuhong like this, Du Heng thought of the first time he saw him at Shenzao Peak.
Du Heng comforted her, "Don't be afraid, Xiaoyu and the others are here, nothing will happen."
Xiaoxiao asked Du Heng seriously: "Du Hengheng, can't you feel it?" Du Heng replied: "What?"
Xiaoxiao pointed in the direction of Kanglongyuan: "From the beginning, I smelled a very unpleasant smell. The closer I get, the stronger the ominous smell becomes."
Du Heng: ...
Jing Nan smiled and said, "If your Du Hengheng had your sense of smell, he would have ascended long ago. He is a human, not a demon, so don't force it."
Hearing Xiaoxiao and Jingnan say this, Du Heng's consciousness swept towards Kanglongyuan. There was a black and red aura entwined around Kanglongyuan, which was resentment and murderous aura. It was the first time Du Heng saw such a strong resentment. No wonder Kanglongyuan made the demon cultivators in the sea retreat. It was really scary! How powerful must the demon beast be to survive such resentment?
Du Heng’s current cultivation level is not bad. He feels that if he were to go to Kanglongyuan, he would be outnumbered and end up dying tragically.
Soon, everyone reached the edge of Kanglongyuan. In front of them was a three-meter-wide road that twisted and turned into the distance. Because of the obstruction of resentment, everyone's consciousness could not see how wide Kanglongyuan was, but they saw the situation of the road. Less than a mile ahead, the road was cut off.
The Kanglong Abyss was pitch black and bottomless, and the entire abyss was filled with black and red gas. If you look at it for a while longer, your spiritual sense will be corroded by this resentment and it will hurt. Du Heng withdrew his spiritual sense, and now he could only bite the bullet and go on!
The mermaids stood by the road. On their side, there was a steep road leading to the abyss. Yan Lingyuan bowed to Xuan Yu and said, "Lord Long, from now on, you have to abandon your car and walk instead."
Xuan Yu nodded. He looked at Feng Gui, who put the bicycle frame into his sleeve with a wave of his hand: "Alright."
Yan Lingyuan nodded to the mermaids and said, "Let's go." As soon as he finished speaking, the mermaids took out the harpoons in their hands, and the mermaids used their tails to exert force, creating huge splashes of water and rushing towards the abyss.
Yan Lingyuan waved his hand: "Follow me!"
Du Heng and his companions followed the mermaids in the barrier and jumped down from Kanglongyuan. Thick darkness immediately enveloped them. At this moment, they could only see the gorgeous long tails of the mermaids in front of them. The stream of light emitted by the mermaids lit up the surroundings like a lamp.
The mermaids at this time had changed the warm and beautiful impression they left in Du Heng's mind. They were sturdy and brave, and their postures were agile. Following behind them, there was a feeling of being surrounded by the sword formation of the sword cultivators of the Shenxu Palace.
Just as Du Heng was daydreaming, the mermaids stopped and said, "Form a formation! There are a group of sea pigs!"
In the darkness in front of the mermaids, sea beasts appeared with heads as long as a person. These sea beasts looked like pigs on land, but they had no necks. Their heads grew directly on their bodies, which looked very funny, but the mermaids could not laugh at all.
They are covered with black scales and have fin-like limbs with sharp barbs. Their mouths take up half of their heads and are filled with sharp teeth. They come in groups, often in the hundreds or even thousands. When they rush over, even mermaids will be gnawed to bones.
The mermaids looked serious. Yan Lingyuan waved his hand to Xuan Yu and the others and said, "Lord Dragon, please retreat for now. These sea pigs are not easy to deal with."
In the past, sea pigs were the sea beasts that the mermaids were most afraid of encountering when they went to the bottom of the sea to protect the mermaid community. When they encountered them, they either had to admit defeat or run away, there was no third choice.
The sea pigs' fangs were chattering and they were making a cooing sound, so unsuspecting that someone might have thought there was a group of pigeons below.
Hearing the gurgling sounds, Yan Lingyuan's face turned pale: "Get ready--" Even if they have to sacrifice this body, they must send the Dragon King to the bottom of Kanglongyuan!
Xuan Yu suddenly whispered to Feng Gui: "Xixi, this thing is delicious."
Feng Gui: ??? Why are you suddenly saying this?
Xuan Yu said: "When roasted over a fire, it will sizzle and become fresh and tender, and taste better than the pigs on the shore. Light a fire and we will have roasted pigs to eat later."
Feng Gui:!!!
Yan Lingyuan was about to send out an attack signal when he saw a brilliant golden light passing by him and rushing down. Then the darkness in front of him was lit up by the golden flames, which rushed towards the sea pigs like a huge phoenix.
The grunting sea pigs screamed and fled in all directions, but they were too round to escape faster than the flying speed of the fire phoenix. Thousands of sea pigs flapped their fins and rolled in the fire, their black scales ignited. After struggling for a while, they fell into the abyss like burning streams of light.
The abyss is lit up!
The mermaids were stunned: ...We have never seen a fire-type demon cultivator so domineering in the water!
Du Heng and others: "Wow!! That's great!"
Feng Gui drew his sword and floated in the water, saying with some anticipation, "Let's go pick up the pig!"
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