Under a star-studded night sky, a small raft floated slowly on the water. A person sat stupidly at the stern, and a person stood at the bow with an unclear outline.
The Dragon King who had been robbed in the Jinshui River not long ago was now standing at the bow, imitating the behavior of a "human". He bowed to Oliver who was sitting at the stern and spoke in a very polite manner.
"I was in great trouble, falling from the clouds, amidst the thunder and lightning, but luckily you used my hair as a guide and landed me in your home. I should have done something for you, and repaid you for your kindness, but my old wounds have not healed yet, so I can't do anything."
When Long Jun said this, he saw that the human soul in front of him did not react at all. He paused before continuing.
"Because my dragon ball was damaged, I had no choice but to transfer the dragon ball into your soul the night before for your recuperation. This is the inner court of Longzhuzi, in Baiyujing, which is quite safe."
Oliver just felt that he was swaying, as if he was drunk, with a heavy head and light feet.
There seemed to be a figure swaying before his eyes, but it was surrounded by mist and swirling breeze, so he couldn't see clearly.
From time to time, there was an intermittent buzzing sound that made his heart ache.
He was confused. Where was he? Wasn't he climbing the building just now?
The Dragon King stopped talking. He was afraid of scaring this mortal and wanted to treat him with the courtesy of a "human", but why didn't this human soul react at all?
He hadn't walked in the human world for a long time, nor had he seen a human being, so he was quite unfamiliar with these fragile primates.
The Dragon King then simply stood up, raised his arm and grabbed Oliver's soul in the air, bringing it to his sight and observing it.
After this research, Long Jun frowned. How could this person's soul be so light and unstable? How did he survive until now?
Fortunately, the dragon ball still nourished his soul a little, otherwise, the dragon sound he just heard when he spoke would have shattered him.
This time, the Dragon King handled Oliver with great care and placed her in the boat. After settling Oliver's soul, he even raised his hand to stop the wind in Baiyujing, for fear that the soul would be blown away.
The Dragon King stopped talking. His physical body had been destroyed by the thunderbolt and he no longer had any human form. He could no longer speak human language and could only use his dragon soul to speak dragon language.
Although Dragon Language is a language that all things in the world can understand and follow, but looking at the "person" sitting on the boat with empty eyes, it must be difficult for him to understand.
The Dragon King sighed. It might be a long time before he could repair his dragon ball. After all, before he could use the human soul to repair the dragon ball, he had to repair the human soul that was leaking everywhere first...
He followed the thunder and was thrown into the human world. He really didn't know whether it was a calamity or a fate.
The two of them just sat on the boat and drifted quietly for a while.
The Dragon King leaned against the bow in the form of a dark shadow, and leisurely looked at the human soul that was sitting quietly at his feet and had not yet woken up. His dragon ball was on the chest of this soul, emitting a soft golden light.
However, it didn't take long before the calm water surface began to surge with turbulent undercurrents. The Dragon King tried to suppress it but failed. Scales began to spread on his body, and finally the black shadow turned into a charred dragon, which roared up from the boat and then plunged into the water.
This scene happened only because the Dragon King's dragon soul was unstable.
After all, he failed to jump over the Dragon Gate and was only halfway through his transformation into a dragon. His dragon horns, dragon eyes, and dragon scales were struck off by the thunder.
Therefore, the dragon soul of this water spirit of Jin is always out of control. At the moment, it has turned into a charred dragon and dived into the water in a state of confusion.
Bai Yujing seemed to be accustomed to this kind of transformation between man and dragon. After the dragon's body, like dry tree bark, sank into the water, the water surface calmed down. The spinning boat finally stabilized in the center of the lake, leaving only a soaked human soul clinging to it, which was now wet and blinked.
When Oliver, who was stunned by the dragon's voice, came to his senses, it was already dawn in Baiyujing. However, there was no rooster crowing to herald the dawn, only the rising sun and the rolling sea of clouds in the sky.
Oliver felt damp all over, but not cold. He looked around and was shocked. Where was he? Why was he in the middle of the water?
The young master still cherishes his life very much. After all, his father and brother spent so much money to raise him, which is not cheap.
So he didn't think much about it and tried to save himself. However, after searching for a long time at the bow and stern of the boat, he felt very disappointed.
Where are the paddles?!
Who the hell put himself in the middle of the lake? He can’t swim!
And they don't even give us oars, so this is a dead end.
Of course, even if he had a paddle, he might not be able to row.
Helpless, in order to survive, Oliver had to grit his teeth and save himself. He looked at the deep lake water under the boat, thought about the paddling movements of the giant turtle monster in the pool in his mansion, took a deep breath, and then jumped in with a "plop".
It’s just that I feel like a weight. No matter how hard I push, I will sink to the bottom once I enter the water.
Oliver was struggling, but after a while he sank to the bottom and stopped moving.
He looked back and forth at the bottom of the water in a daze, then touched his face.
I was surprised, "Yes, I can breathe!"
Not only can you breathe underwater, the water is also warm.
The young man was soaking in the water, his hair flying, looking quite comfortable.
Oliver raised her head, and her bright eyes looked through the rippling water towards the clear sky that was somewhere in the distance.
Looking up at the sky from the bottom of the water, the world is completely different, both unreal and real.
He felt as if he had turned into a fish, diving in a pond, surrounded by invisible water.
The water was not as scary as he thought. It was soft, gentle, warm, and a little bit rough...
"?"
Hurts your feet?
Oliver quickly put away his curiosity and looked down into the water. The water was quite deep and the light was not clear, so Oliver raised his leg and stepped under the ground, then bent down to look carefully. He saw a familiar dead wood under his feet.
"There's wood under the water? Shouldn't it have been soaked and rotted long ago? How come it's so hard?"
So Oliver stopped trying to find a way out, squatted down, and reached out to pick at the wood under his feet.
"It's so hard! Could it be some rare and precious wood?"
Oliver dug harder, and a golden light gradually appeared on his chest which he could not see. The harder he dug, the stronger the golden light became.
Finally, with a "click", he broke off a piece of "bark", and the dead wood actually shone with a bright golden color, dazzling the eyes.
"Wow! Gold!"
Oliver was just sighing with emotion when unexpectedly the "dead tree" suddenly trembled, then moved and was "whoosh" away from under his feet.
He was startled, but fortunately he was in the water, and the buoyancy of the water supported Oliver and prevented him from falling.
Seeing that the situation was unusual, Oliver immediately turned around and ran. However, as soon as he turned around, he was faced with a huge black shadow in the dark and deep water. When the black shadow opened its eyes, a golden light shone brightly in the water.
Oliver screamed in fright and everything in front of him went dark.
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At the Su Mansion, in front of Young Master Su's bed, a maid was waiting to warm up some hangover soup, and someone was burning incense and heating the stove. The doctor came and went, saying that Young Master Su had nothing wrong and was probably just drunk.
In the pool that the noisy crowd didn't notice, a few little wet heads popped up. They looked curiously into the crowd, but after a while, they were hit on the head one by one by a turtle's paw that stretched out from the water and dragged away.
Jiang Li, the old housekeeper of the Su Mansion, also paced back and forth anxiously, and from time to time he would scold Jaxon who was squatting at the door of the house.
"What did I say? You should keep an eye on the young master, but what about you? You let the master get drunk, and you acted so well!"
While they were still scolding Jaxon, they heard Oliver, who was still unconscious in the room, scream "Wow!"
Grandpa Jiang turned around and went into the house. Jaxon didn't care about his numb feet from squatting, he stood up and ran into the house.
When they entered the room, they saw their young master gasping for air and sitting up from the bed in shock.
"woke up!"
"Wake up! Master is awake!"
Looking at the people around him in a daze, Oliver finally caught his breath, and saw Zhan'er bringing a sweet hangover soup to him.
Oliver reacted and realized that everything he had just experienced was probably just a dream. He was now on his bed at home, not under warm water, and there was no "dead tree monster" with gold growing on its body under his feet.
After a while, he spoke to Jaxon, who was lying on the bed sobbing, "What's the matter? Didn't we go to Denggao Pavilion? How did I get back?"
Jaxon was speechless, "Master, I was pulled away and they wouldn't let me go upstairs to find you." Jaxon felt aggrieved again.
"Fortunately, it didn't take long for the driver to tell me that the young master had fallen asleep in the carriage. After returning to the mansion, you slept for a long time. The doctor said that the young master was just drunk, but the young master clearly didn't drink a drop of alcohol!"
Oliver was also puzzled. He only remembered that Shopkeeper Chao Yun came to hand him clothes, and he didn't know anything else.
Jiang Li said, "Master, maybe there is some incense or something in the other person's building that makes people confused. You should avoid going to places of brothel, I don't know." Jiang Li felt that Oliver seemed to be bewitched by women, but it was just those maids who took advantage of her, so it should be nothing.
"Master Jiang! You come here too. I'm fine. I feel very well."
As he spoke, Oliver gulped down the sobering soup, threw back the quilt, got out of bed and walked around.
The old butler stroked his beard and nodded, "Well, he looks energetic. Maybe he needs to go out more and move around to stretch his muscles."
Oliver smiled and nodded.
However, Jiang Li also warned, "Su Ming will be getting married in a few days, so don't drink too much when you go."
Oliver turned around and rubbed Jaxon's wrinkled face, "Yes, yes, look, Jaxon is angry."
Jaxon was so moved by the young masters' laughter that he stopped talking back.
It was still bright outside. Oliver went to the door to see Master Jiang off. Jiang Li was already quite old. Although he was called a servant and a butler, he was actually one of the elders in the Su family. He had taken care of the young masters in the family and was highly respected by Oliver.
After seeing the people off, Oliver walked back into the house. Passing by the flower pond, she looked at the lush and ostentatious lotus flowers. She immediately exclaimed "Oh!" and asked Jaxon nervously, "Master Jiang didn't ask about the flower pond, did he?"
Jaxon was in a good mood after seeing that Oliver was fine. He started to act funny again, "Hmph, what's my eloquence? It's just a few words."
Oliver looked at the boy's eyes that were slightly swollen from crying, and pinched his face again, "You are so proud, I will continue to teach you to recognize characters tomorrow. If you still write nonsense, I will sew your mouth shut!"
As the two chatted and laughed, Oliver looked at the ripples in the flower pond and thought of the warm water in his dream.
He woke up from the dim morning sun over Baiyujing and returned to the human world, but it was already noon.
Oliver thought about his trip out and realized how confused he was from going back and forth!
Not only did he not take a good look at the lively scene in the town of Chuchun, but he also did not do anything about the little demons' instructions. Oliver considered himself a real man and should do what he said. Thinking of the expectant eyes of the giant salamander and the turtle brother, Oliver slammed the table and stood up in the room filled with the smell of medicine.
"Jaxon! Come on, let's go out with the master!"
"Wait for me to harness the carriage, sir."
"Why harness a cart? Just walk!"
On the tall building, Chaoyun, who originally had a charming complexion, turned pale. She was almost beaten back to her original form. Recalling the terrifying dragon power, Chaoyun's hands were still shaking.
"How are the sisters?"
The maid in red beside him sighed, "All his energy was gone, and he was no longer in human form. I sent him back to the water to recover."
After that, the maid in red asked again, "Sister, is that really the Dragon King?"
Chaoyun looked at the clear sky outside the building and told the maid to be quiet, "Don't mention your real name, or the master will know."
"Sister, since the adults have just been robbed, why don't we..."
"Shut up!" Chao Yun was furious.
In order to save people, she has hurt many of her own kind. Although the strong prey on the weak among monsters, practicing cultivation is also harmful to the natural order. She doesn't know what the final outcome will be, so how can she dream of defeating the Dragon King?
Chao Yun staggered out of bed and closed the window, and the room became quiet instantly.
"Jinshui is the ancestral land of all water creatures in the world. My lord, he is the spirit of Jinshui born and raised by nature, so he is naturally our master."
Then, she took a breath and looked at her fellow tribesmen who only had human forms but no human hearts.
"The spiritual energy in the world is thin now, and even monsters with human form are rare. If you can't cultivate to the great way and jump over that hurdle, who can survive alone? Your skin will also be gone in the blink of an eye."
The maid also looked lonely.
Chao Yun closed his eyes and rested, then said, "My Lord, he is the last hope for us elves."
But the maid was obviously worried about Chaoyun, "What will you do, sister?"
Chaoyun was silent.
After a long time, she opened her eyes, looked at the treasured painting of a beautiful woman on the wall under the curling green smoke, and shed tears silently.
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