Chapter 170: Who is the instigator?
Seeing Xinyi like this, Liu Xia hurried forward to ask what was wrong, but Xinyi just shook her head, frowning as she thought about other things. After a long while, she finally asked Xiang Luoli, "Let me ask you, did you move all the water from Fengwu Village here?"
Luoli nodded in agreement. Xinyi asked again why. Luoli sighed and looked at the cardamom in the water.
"If a mermaid stays out of water for too long, she will die of exhaustion. Although I'm not afraid of death, Doukou's life is hanging by a thread. She relies entirely on my spiritual power to keep her alive every day. If I die, no one will be able to save her..."
Banxia put away the talisman in her hand, straightened up, and asked, "Isn't it said that mermaid pearls can cure all diseases? Since you are a mermaid, then make another one."
Luo Li sighed again upon hearing this: "It's not as easy as it sounds to obtain a mermaid pearl. Some mermaids may never shed a tear in their entire lives, but those who do have tears that turn into a pearl have spent their entire lives nurturing that one pearl. Besides, this water is too plain compared to the ocean. Even if I had the heart to shed tears, I wouldn't have the strength to do so..."
"You mean we need saltier seawater?" Banxia interjected.
Luo Li shook his head again. "When I say bland, I don't mean salty or bland. Among us mermaids, there's a saying that the earth was created from the ocean."
"Before the earth existed, the world was a vast ocean. Back then, the sea and sky were one color, making it difficult to distinguish between the clear and the turbid. Later, a mermaid appeared in the ocean. Using some unknown power, she separated the sea and sky, and then transformed them into the earth, giving rise to the present-day mortal world. Therefore, the spiritual energy in the sea is the most concentrated. If the mermaids want to condense their tears into pearls, they must be surrounded by such spiritual energy for a long time."
Banxia sighed inwardly upon hearing this. Luo Li was already so difficult to deal with now. If they let him stay in the sea, he would probably defeat them in a moment.
Liu Xia frowned upon hearing this and leaned over to Xinyi and said, "This sounds similar to what we've heard about the great god Pangu creating the world. And what he said seems more convincing. Could it be that Pangu is a mermaid?"
Xinyi pondered for a moment before asking Xiang Luoli, "Since this is the nature of mermaids, there's nothing wrong with that. But you can't monopolize all the water sources. And with all the rainwater, how are the people living down here going to survive?"
Luo Li felt guilty when he heard this, "I do feel sorry for those people down the mountain, but I do have my reasons."
"What's your reason?" Everyone was puzzled. "Tell me about it."
"If this water can't become living water, it will inevitably become filthy. Once a mermaid comes into contact with filthy water, she will lose her magical power. That's why I have no choice but to gather all the water here to ensure the purity of the water source. Furthermore, although Doukou is unconscious due to my magic, the fetus in her belly is still growing. Even though Doukou is only mortal, her child is also half mermaid. If it can't be raised in pure water, I'm afraid it will die in the womb."
No wonder he was afraid of Banxia's talisman, so that's why.
But Banxia was furious when she heard this: "Your wife is already in such a state, and yet you still want to have children. Do you think she is just a tool for bearing children?"
Luo Li quickly explained, "Of course I love Doukou very much, but you don't know, before she passed out, she repeatedly told me to keep the baby for her. Even if I didn't want to, I didn't want to go against her wishes..."
Looking at the terrifyingly white Doukou in the water, Luo Li felt a pang of heartache. As everyone knows, the demon poison becomes more and more powerful the further it is introduced. Now that Doukou is like this, I'm afraid it will be difficult to recover...
As Luo Li thought this, tears welled up in his eyes, and when they fell to the ground, they had already solidified into crystals. But just when everyone thought that this was the mermaid pearl, they saw the tear crystals shatter and explode one by one, making a sound like shattering glass.
It seems that what Luo Li said is true.
Just as everyone was sighing, they heard Zhao Wuyang shouting from a distance: "Brother Xinyi, come quickly! Come and save Seventh Brother!"
He was so busy questioning Luo Li that he forgot about Long Qi!
Everyone hurriedly ran towards Zhao Wuyang, only to see that Long Qi had now turned into a bloody man, with blood constantly oozing from the places where he was injured by Luo Li.
Xinyi quickly pulled off Long Qi's clothes and saw that the wounds on his body were spreading continuously, as if they were corroded.
"This is the result of a spell..." Luo Li said from the side.
Hearing this, Zhao Wuyang immediately stood up and grabbed his robe, shaking it and roaring, "Since it's your magic, quickly untie it over there. If anything happens to the seven of them, I will definitely not let you go!"
Long Qi ended up like this because he protected him. He felt guilty and was naturally a little irritable.
Xinyi quickly grabbed Zhao Wuyang and, while doing so, asked Xiang Luoli, "My brother is in this state. Since it was caused by you, I think you should know how to solve it."
Hearing Xinyi's question, Luoli hesitated for a moment: "I do know how to solve it, but..."
Upon hearing this, Banxia angrily yanked up Luo Li's clothes and shouted, "What are you talking about? You hurt him first, which was wrong in the first place, and now you're hurting him again. If you don't heal him quickly, I'll stick a mud talisman on you!"
It was originally just a thin piece of cloth that barely covered her body, and when she pulled it, it was about to fall off, so Liu Xia hurriedly pulled her aside.
"Why are you so impatient? Let's hear what he has to say first."
Banxia glanced at Liu Xia, then snorted at Luo Li, "Although I'm not familiar with Long Qi, I was once taught by Elder Fu Cang. Now that her disciple is in trouble, I naturally want to help. Speaking of which, this Long Qi is your brother, I see you're not worried at all, which is strange."
Liu Xia looked innocent after hearing what he said: "It's not that I'm not anxious, but the current situation requires us to think of a solution. Even if we are anxious, it won't help."
He really didn't know why Banxia was so hostile towards Luoli. Logically speaking, this should be the first time they met, so what deep hatred could there be?
Upon hearing this, Banxia shook off Liu Xia's pull and sat down on a large rock beside her in anger: "If you are not anxious, then don't worry. You are not my brother anyway, so your life or death is none of my business!"
Liu Xia was helpless seeing her like this, but Long Qi was seriously injured, so he should think of a way to save him first.
Thinking of this, Liu Xia said to Luo Li, "Since there is a way, please treat him quickly. Human life is at stake and there is no time to waste."
Luo Li frowned and hesitated for a moment, then said helplessly: "Then take off his clothes and throw him into the pool..."
Banxia's face flushed, and she quickly got up from the rock and ran away - it turned out that she wanted to strip the man clean, no wonder she was so hesitant.
"Should...strip everything off?" Zhao Wuyang hesitated, "Is...is this okay?"
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Long Qi felt as if he had fallen into the clouds, his whole body limp and powerless. However, despite his weakness, he felt an unbearable coldness all over his body, and he couldn't help but want to...
"A-choo!"
After a sneeze, Long Qi woke up immediately. He opened his eyes in a daze and saw Zhao Wuyang's concerned face. He glanced around and saw Xinyi and Liu Xia squatting beside him.
"Seventh Brother! Seventh Brother! How do you feel? Are you feeling unwell?" As soon as Zhao Wuyang saw Long Qi open his eyes, he immediately shook him.
Long Qi felt dizzy and quickly grabbed Zhao Wuyang's hand: "Even if I ignored you, you would have caused me trouble..."
Zhao Wuyang finally felt relieved when he saw that Long Qi's grip on his hand was still strong enough, but he couldn't help but shed tears. Seeing him like this, Long Qi started to tease him: "You are so old, but you still act like a child. Men don't cry easily, and I'm not dead yet!"
Seeing him like this, Liu Xia knew that he must be fine. He smiled and said, "I thought your soul was going to wander in the void this time. I was also thinking about how to explain it to Miss Lingxiang in the future!"
Hearing this, Long Qi raised his fist and punched Liu Xia in anger. He struggled to get up, but...
But he was only wearing an outer robe, and now when he sat up straight, he realized that he was completely naked. When he realized that he was naked, he happened to see Banxia across from him...
Long Qi immediately became panicked and quickly curled up his body, grabbing the outer robe to cover his chest. However, he didn't know whether the outer robe was too small or what, it could cover his upper body but leave his lower body exposed. If it covered his lower body, his upper body would be exposed.
He kept pulling her up and down, shouting at Liu Xia Xinyi, "Where are my clothes? What have you done to me?"
Long Qi's appearance was just like those defiled looks described in operas. Xinyi and Liu Xia wanted to laugh, but were too embarrassed to laugh in front of him, so they could only turn their heads away and hold their breath.
Although Banxia turned around, she could still hear Long Qi's shrill voice behind her, which made her feel comfortable and a little amused. She suddenly felt like teasing him and cleared her throat and said, "Why are you screaming? What's the big deal? I, a woman, didn't scream even though you pissed me off like that, but you screamed instead, as if I wanted to see you." As she spoke, she made a gesture to turn around.
Long Qi had been staring at Banxia, and seeing her like this, he hurriedly shouted, "Don't move!" Then he asked Zhao Wuyang where the clothes were.
Banxia naturally would not turn around. Even though she was not particular about details, she still had some reserve as a woman. She just wanted to play a trick on Long Qi.
"The men in our village are real men, strong and healthy. At the very least, look at the grown-ups. That's what real men are. With your small frame, you don't even have a pound of flesh. What's there to hide?"
Banxia said this and recited it again, but Liu Xia felt a little uncomfortable when she heard it. It seemed as if she had seen it before when she said it.
Just as Liu Xia was about to say something, Banxia spoke again: "Besides, it's not the first time you've been seen, you've been through it all before, so there's nothing to be ashamed of..."
Hearing Banxia's words, Long Qi immediately stopped dressing and looked at Xinyi and the other two and asked quietly, "Who...did anyone tell her anything?"
Although it was whispered, Banxia heard it clearly: "They would never tell me this. I naturally heard it from Elder Fu Cang."
Hearing this, Long Qi's face suddenly turned bitter: This Lingxiang must think that he is not honest enough. It would be fine if he just looked at it himself, but he actually told these things to others. This... this...
How can he live his life when he returns?
Long Qi put on his clothes in a decadent manner, and kept complaining about Lingxiang in his heart. Just as he put on his clothes, he saw Luo Li standing by the pool not far away.
Upon seeing Luo Li, Long Qi was startled and quickly pulled Zhao Wuyang behind him, looking around for the Seven Star Dragon Abyss. Seeing him like this, Liu Xia quickly reached out and grabbed him.
"You were able to recover so quickly, all thanks to him. He doesn't look like a bad person. Maybe there is some misunderstanding." Then he recounted Luo Li's story to Long Qi.
Upon hearing this, Long Qi looked towards the pool with doubt. He saw a woman lying at the bottom of the pool. However, the strange thing was that the woman's face looked a little strange...
At this moment, Luo Li suddenly sighed, and everyone was puzzled. Liu Xia hurried forward to ask the reason, only to see him shaking his head and then pointing his hand into the water.
Everyone looked into the water. The originally crystal clear water now seemed a little turbid. Perhaps it was because Long Qi had just been soaked in the water. The water looked as if it had been dotted with cinnabar, but it was not very obvious.
"I gathered the spirit of moonlight in this water, which gave it the healing effect, but it has been stained with blood. Now I can't enter the pool again. But if I don't go in, I'm afraid I won't live long..." Luo Li looked at Doukou at the bottom of the pool, his eyes full of reluctance.
At this moment, blood began to form in the water, swimming like tadpoles and burrowing into Doukou's body. Shocked, Luoli tried to jump into the water, but Banxia, standing beside him, held him back. He struggled desperately to remove his robe, but Banxia, for some unknown reason, prevented him from escaping.
"Look carefully, don't be so impatient!"
After hearing Banxia's roar, Luoli surprisingly listened to her. Everyone hurriedly looked into the water, only to discover that it was Doukou who was absorbing the blood in the churning water, not the blood that was penetrating her body. As the blood was absorbed, Doukou's face looked less pale than before, and gradually began to show some color.
Seeing this, Luo Li was ecstatic. The fact that Doukou could be like this meant that the evil poison in her body was being diluted!
Just when Luo Li was overjoyed, the churning in the water suddenly stopped. When everyone thought that calm had returned, they saw blue mist slowly oozing out of Doukou's body.
"It's the mermaid poison!" Luo Li shouted.
I saw the evil poison constantly seeping out in the water, just like a brush dipped in ink thrown into an ink pool filled with clear water, constantly spreading, or like the steam from a soup bowl filled with delicious food, constantly steaming.
After about a cup of tea, the water in the pool turned a deep blue, just like the sea water in the distance!
However, no more evil poison seeped out of Doukou's body at the bottom of the pool!
At this moment, her eyes trembled and she looked at...
It looks like he is waking up!
Seeing this, Luo Li hurriedly wanted to jump into the water, but Banxia still held him tightly.
"If you jump in now, you will lose all your spiritual power!"
But Doukou was about to wake up, so she couldn't stay in the water forever, right? Besides, the water was full of demonic poison!
At this moment, Banxia looked at Long Qi.
Long Qi was confused and turned to look at Liu Xia, his eyes questioning her meaning. Liu Xia frowned, immediately understanding Ban Xia's intention, and without hesitation, kicked Long Qi...
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