Wind and clouds gathered, auspicious clouds appeared, the sunlight turned golden red and shone down, thick yet soft clouds gathered above the waterfall.
Mi Xin stood at the foot of the waterfall, holding the red-faced old monkey in her arms, and the man and the monkey looked up blankly.
They could not see the long river above the waterfall, nor the Dragon Gate, but they saw clearly the red carp swimming upstream into the vertical waterfall.
After standing there for a while, the red-faced old monkey lowered his head first.
It didn't understand, it was just curious. After looking for a long time, it saw nothing but clouds and mist, so it shifted its attention.
It reached back and took out two fruits from somewhere.
It was the one that he had held in his paw when he went to pick the fruit just now. There was a snake in that place, and neither the man nor the monkey intended to pick up the rest of the fallen fruit.
The red-faced old monkey turned around in Mi Xin's arms, hooked one hairy paw around her neck to prevent himself from falling, and used the other hairy paw to stuff the fruit into Mi Xin's mouth.
Mi Xin didn't think it was dirty, she opened her mouth and bit the fruit, her eyes still fixed on the waterfall.
Another half moment passed.
Mi Xin leaned against a big rock boredly. The old monkey sat on top of the rock, and a pair of hairy arms pulled her hair and searched around.
She glanced upward from time to time.
The cloud has not yet dispersed.
There was a sudden pain on the top of his head, and the old monkey accidentally pulled out a few hairs.
"hiss……"
Mi Xin gasped.
"Hehe, I've told you so many times, I really don't have lice on my head..."
The old monkey ignored it and continued to dig.
Mi Xin sighed helplessly, and habitually glanced up at the waterfall again, then casually looked away like she had done several times before.
Then he was stunned and looked up suddenly.
He stood up hurriedly, fear in his eyes.
Above the waterfall, the cloud had dissipated, and the golden-red light covering the earth gradually faded and became ordinary.
When the clouds cover something that was concealed, its true appearance is revealed.
The golden red scales were dazzling in the sunlight, the body was more than two meters long, the head was like a tiger, there was a small horn on the forehead, small and straight, the body was slender, there were two feet side by side in front, the claws were like hooks, the tail was like a snake, smooth and without fins.
Perched above the waterfall, with eyes slightly closed, he looked majestic and terrifying even without opening his eyes.
If there were someone with broad knowledge here, he would know that he had encountered a dragon.
Mi Xin didn't expect that this was a red carp.
After all, when it swam up, it was a red carp, and when it appeared again, it became a dragon. The change was extremely big. Which mortal could imagine and endure it?
Just as she was panicking, the monster's eyes opened.
His eyes were slightly lowered, and his golden vertical pupils, which were larger than lanterns, stared coldly at Mi Xin who was standing by the pool below, with the creepy look of a cold-blooded animal.
As if falling into an icy cave, Mi Xin's whole body was stiff, she dared not move, her limbs were completely out of control. She stood there in a daze, not even having the strength to escape.
I saw the dragon above the waterfall move, swimming around in circles in the sky, and its speed was getting faster and faster.
Mi Xin relaxed a little and sat down on the ground. The red-faced old monkey she was holding also buried his head in her arms and trembled.
Only then did I realize that my back was wet with sweat. Although I could move, my legs were weak and I couldn't walk.
But he didn't dare to take his eyes away from the dragon for even a moment. He was afraid of the darkness even when he blinked.
In a flash, the 20-meter-long dragon in the sky that had been chasing its tail suddenly disappeared.
Mi Xin widened her eyes, opened her mouth, and shook the old monkey who was pretending to be an ostrich.
Did you see it? Such a big dragon, more than two meters long and thick, was there just fine, and then it disappeared!
The old monkey refused to look.
She still didn't dare to look away, and quickly glanced around to make sure there were no terrifying giant creatures nearby. Then she looked carefully again and found a human figure where the dragon had originally been.
The figure floated towards this side, getting closer and closer, and getting bigger and bigger, and finally the true appearance could be seen clearly.
He is a young man in red.
Her long black hair was half-tied up with a dark red headband. She wore a red gown embroidered with delicate dark patterns, and the fabric faintly revealed tiny golden spots in the sun. She wore a white belt, and the robe had wide sleeves and a light hem. When she moved, the red gown was like a fish fin swimming underwater, ethereal and agile.
He has a handsome face, jade-like skin, and a sense of transparency. His thin lips are slightly pursed, with a cold glow, his nose is straight, and his eyebrows are slightly thinner than those of ordinary men. They are light in color, slightly raised, and slanted above his eyes, but they do not show domineering, arrogance, or effeminate. They only make others feel that he is majestic and cannot be looked at directly.
Especially the pair of eyes that were slightly raised at the corners, just like his eyebrows, were extremely sharp, and the golden pupils made them look even colder.
There is a golden line on the forehead, like two vertical curves intersecting and entwining each other, imprinted on the skin.
Cold and arrogant, unapproachable.
Mi Xin stared blankly, her eyes fixed on the person, but her mind was no longer aware of where else it was going.
She grew up in the village and had never seen such a person.
Are all the people outside looking and behaving like this?
His fingers unconsciously pulled at his sleeves and clenched his hands to cover them.
She was only wearing a red middle-length dress, the same wedding dress. After several days of trekking, the sleeves had worn edges and there was some threadbareness at the cuffs, mixed with mud and dust that seeped into the threads and could not be washed clean no matter how hard she tried.
In a blink of an eye, the young man in red came closer.
"There is a town a thousand miles away. I would like to give you a ride. Do you want to go?"
A clear, crisp young voice, like jade beads falling on a plate, came from his thin lips. Just like him, there was a coldness in his voice.
Mi Xin didn't know how to react and was stunned and at a loss.
In her memory of more than ten years, she had never known such a person. If she had seen him, she would never forget him.
But the other party was talking to her now, and it seemed that he knew her...
The young man in red stretched out his hand towards her, palm facing up, with warm palms and slender, clean fingers like jade.
Mi Xin didn't dare to move.
The old monkey in his arms heard the voice, turned his head, looked at the young man in red, and then looked at the hand he stretched out.
It made a thoughtful gesture, then placed its furry paw in the palm of the red-clothed boy's hand.
It twisted its body and stretched out its other furry claw to climb towards the young man in red.
The young man with a frosty face hugged the old monkey nonchalantly, letting the other's arms hook around his neck and lean on his arms.
"Take me there!" Mi Xin said courageously.
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"So...so you are Mr. Carp? The one in the sky just now...was also you!?"
The young man in red, who was Luo Zheyu after his transformation, was holding the old monkey in one hand and Mi Xin in the other, running, jumping and falling in the woods at an extremely fast speed. At least from Mi Xin's perspective, the surrounding trees were so blurry because of the extremely fast speed that she couldn't see what they looked like. His messy hair was blowing backwards.
The old monkey even covered his eyes with his paws, not daring to look.
"yes."
He answered, his cold and arrogant temperament lingering, but Mi Xin felt much closer to him.
After transforming into a dragon, Luo Zheyu was reborn. He realized his magical powers and could control water, possessing the ability to turn rivers and seas upside down. However, the dragon's home base is in water, so it cannot fly into the sky.
Previously, when it was hovering in the sky, it was just using spiritual power to support itself and achieve the effect of short-term ascension, which consumed a lot of energy.
Towns thousands of miles away can also be seen during liftoff.
The upstream river is the waterfall, flowing down from the mountain. If Mi Xin is not sent on this journey, if he wants to reach the inhabited area, he needs to cross the mountain first and make sure he does not take the wrong route. Even so, it will take at least ten days and a half a month to reach the town.
A quarter of an hour later.
"arrive."
The tall and graceful young man in red stopped, his black hair hanging softly behind his head, neat and tidy, not messed up by the wind at all.
Mi Xin fell out from his wide sleeves with weak legs, his face pale. After he calmed down a little, he pulled the trembling old monkey out from under Luo Zheyu's other sleeve that was covering his body.
After they walked for a while, Mi Xin and the old monkey felt dizzy and very cold, which is why Luo Zheyu used his sleeves to cover them.
At least this will keep the wind out.
After going around the woods for a while, we finally saw the city wall of the town.
Mi Xindong looked around, his eyes never stopping.
She marveled at the tall and majestic city walls and stared in amazement at the guards at the city gate and the few people queuing to enter the city.
Perhaps because of the direction of this city gate, people entering the city are dressed as farmers. Those who carry loads carry a large basket on each side, and the weight of the loads makes the poles bend. The wooden boards of the donkey carts are full of people, young, old, and old, obviously dragging people from the village into the city. There are also people who come on foot, carrying a bag with a coarse-grain cake in it, a bamboo tube hanging around their waists, and wearing a pair of straw sandals.
Mi Xinduo looked at the donkey for a few times, grinned and imitated the donkey's bray. The old monkey tentatively stretched out his hairy claws to pull the donkey's tail and teased it for a while, but was stopped by Mi Xinduo.
There were no donkeys in the village, and this was the first time she had seen one.
She secretly looked at the crowd, but the crowd was staring at Luo Zheyu and whispering.
"This young man is so handsome! He is so good-looking." A woman whispered.
"Well... this... it looks good, but it just doesn't have much popularity. It makes me scared just looking at it." The big man next to her continued.
"I don't think he's unpopular. Look at his appearance and the way he dresses. He must be rich or noble. Nobles are definitely different from us."
After a pause, she glanced at the big man and said angrily, "You are quite popular, but it's a pity that you are not handsome."
The big man took advantage of her inattention, glared at her fiercely, and muttered: "You stinky woman! You only know how to look around!"
"What did you say?"
The woman didn't hear clearly.
"No, nothing. My lady, you are really amazing. You can tell at a glance that he is from a wealthy family." The big man smiled innocently.
On the other side, two people and one monkey were following the team to enter the city gate.
"Hey, wait a minute!"
The guard stopped them, holding the scabbard.
"These... two people look unfamiliar. I don't know where they are from or where their hometown is."
Luo Zheyu was too conspicuous, and the old monkey in Mi Xin's arms was also eye-catching enough. The guards couldn't ignore him and began to stick to their posts and perform their duties faithfully.
"I'm from Pingshui Village." Mi Xin stared at the guard's clothes and helmet without blinking.
"... Pingshui Village? Where is that?"
The guard thought about it and realized he had never heard of it. He looked at the guard standing opposite him, and he also shook his head.
"It's the village next to the Pingshui River, behind that mountain." She pointed to a distant mountain.
The guard looked at her suspiciously and asked, "What's your name?"
"Mi Xin."
"How many people are there in the village? How far is it from here..."
…
"What about you?" The guard wrote down Mi Xin's information and looked at Luo Zheyu.
"You're not from the village, are you?"
His eyes were filled with the expression "I will never believe it, so don't try to fool me."
The other person looked like a nobleman, how could he come from the village?
The guard had made up his mind that if the young man did not tell the truth, he would not dare to offend him and would report it directly to his superiors to handle it.
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