When the two of them surfaced, they found that the area of water was much narrower, and the glow of the burning clouds reflected on the water surface was extraordinarily brilliant.
Qin Ci looked up at the sky: "Why do I think the sky seems to be getting lower?"
Zhu Haowen: It's really not easy to be able to have instant face-to-face conversations, and finally no more blisters.
Qin Ci: "Is it my illusion? I feel that the sea of fire above is getting closer to us, and even the water temperature on the surface of the sea has become higher."
Zhu Haowen floated on his back almost completely on the water, so he could see above more clearly: "Yes, the sea of fire is indeed approaching. Moreover, it seems that something is traveling through the sea of fire."
Just as they were talking, a gust of hot wind suddenly hit their faces. The two of them only felt that a fire was burning on the sea surface, and hurriedly got into the water to escape.
Through the water layer, the two saw a flame burning on the sea, which soon slowly extinguished.
A huge fire dragon whizzed through the sea of flames and the sky. Under the fanning of its big wings, many flames descended one after another, floating on the sea and waiting for self-extinguishing.
Qin Ci spurted out a small blister: "Isn't this a Chinese dragon? Why does it still have wings?"
Zhu Haowen blistered: "China also has dragons with wings, and Yinglong has wings."
Qin Ci bubbles: "What kind of dragon is Yinglong?"
Zhu Haowen said: "I used to read in "Shu Yi Ji" that it is said that a jiao turns into a dragon for five hundred years, a dragon turns into a dragon for a thousand years, a dragon turns into a horned dragon for five hundred years, and a Yinglong turns into a thousand years."
Qin Ci Bubble: "So it seems that Yinglong is a very high-level dragon?"
Zhu Haowen said: "Yes, there is a saying: What is Yinglong's painting? What is the history of the river and sea? It seems that Yinglong once helped Dayu to control the flood, and he drew the ground to form a river with the tail, thus dredging the flow of the flood."
Qin Ci didn't understand: "This Yinglong is obviously covered in fire, just like the dragon in Harry Potter."
Zhu Haowen didn't have time to understand that Qin Ci was still watching Harry Potter, and said with a bubble at the moment: "Have you noticed that the fire on this dragon is intermittent, some places have it, and some places don't; moreover, Although some flames fell from the fanning of the dragon's wings, the large flames on the water were actually taken away by it."
The water was calmer at this time, and the two surfaced again.
The dragon had long since disappeared, perhaps it was just the strange cloud that caused some kind of hallucination.
All the fire on the water disappeared, and even a cluster of small flames could not be seen, but the fire clouds in the sky were still low, as if they could gather into a group at any time, and the next fire rain.
The two of them couldn't tell the direction for a long time, and they couldn't find the way back.
Because of the narrowing of the waters, the two could even see the shore.
"Let's go ashore, or continue to swim?" Qin Ci found that he was still swimming as fast as a fish.
"We are now swimming faster than walking." Zhu Haowen believes that swimming is a good way to cool down in addition to being fast.
The water channel is getting narrower and narrower, and there is no sea at all.
Qin Ci observed the trees on both banks: "The waterway here is as narrow as the Slender West Lake in Yangzhou."
But there is no beautiful scenery of Slender West Lake here. There are pine forests on both sides, and the sound of pine waves in the wind sounds like being in the sea.
There was a very tall pine tree in front, just on the shore, and there was a man sitting under the tree.
Qin Ci and Zhu Haowen swam over softly, only to see an old woman under the tree, holding an old clothes to sew there.
"Could it be that this is the dragon girl that Monk Hai said?" Zhu Haowen couldn't believe it.
"The woman who is mending her clothes completely matches the description of the dragon girl from Monk Hai." Qin Ci has already swam to the shore.
The two went ashore one after another, and came to the bottom of the big pine tree soaked wet.
The old woman was unaware of the approach of the two, and she was still attentively sewing the clothes in her hands, as if the pressure of Mount Tai would not disturb her in the slightest.
If you look closely, you will find that she is not using ordinary silver needles, but black pine needles. Large pieces of broken dragon scales.
"Old man," Qin Ci stepped forward and greeted gently, "I'm bothering you."
The old woman looked up at Qin Ci and Zhu Haowen with some hesitation, her eyes were almost gray: "My eyesight is not good, I didn't notice the two of you just now. Don't bother, this tree The pine trees provide the greatest shade, and anyone can come here to enjoy the shade.”
Qin Ci continued: "I take the liberty to ask, are you a dragon girl?"
The old woman smiled and said, "Dragon Girl, that's how she was called when she was young. Now she's an old woman who can only sit here every day to mend her son's clothes."
Zhu Haowen also asked: "Old man, we jumped from the sea of fire. Monk Hai took us for a ride, but we were temporarily separated when we encountered danger on the road. He asked us to come to you."
The old woman looked at Zhu Haowen with her gray-white eyes: "People who dare to jump into the sea of fire are really brave and resolute, which is rare."
Zhu Haowen thought about it for a while, but still took out the box: "Our box has captured a scorpion in the sea. I want to ask, where can I find the second scorpion?"
After listening to Zhu Haowen's words, the old woman suddenly burst into laughter. She laughed for a long time before she stopped: "Subdue? It's obviously something you want me to do, how about subduing?"
Qin Ci hurriedly said: "We don't understand what's going on here, and we hope the old man can give me some guidance."
While mending, the old woman said, "There is only one scorpion in the sea in this world, where can I find a second one for you? There is an idol hidden on the seabed under the temple, and there is an Indian shipwreck there. There were several chests of treasure in the wreck, and among them was a golden vase in which the idol was hidden."
The two took the old woman's words seriously, and Zhu Haowen asked again, "According to what you mean, not all the patterns on this box are Suan? Do you still need an idol?"
The old woman was silent, as if by default.
"Old man, we used to think that we could find a few scorpions, but now we have added idols, do we need anything else? How many species do we need in total?" Qin Ci couldn't help asking.
The old woman rubbed her eyes and seemed to be out of energy: "Look over there, do you see that hill?"
The two looked over there, and there was indeed a lonely mountain, and the mountain was full of pearls, as if the mountain was not covered with stones and trees, but sprinkled with pearls.
The old woman said slowly: "You go to the foot of the mountain, beat the root of the mountain with this red thread, and loudly accuse: If the sea is not protected, will the aquarium be safe?"
Zhu Haowen took a red thread handed over by the old woman with both hands, but felt that the red thread was thick and extremely tough.
The old woman stood up and patted the dirt on her body: "Okay, my old lady can only help you get here. If you talk more, it will reveal the secret."
Seeing that the old woman was about to leave, Qin Ci hurriedly asked, "Excuse me, can you tell us what kind of things we are looking for, and what are the names of these things?"
The old woman didn't even look at Qin Ci, she cleaned up those large dragon scales, shook her head and said, "These children now don't even know about the sea monsters... What kind of world is this?"
The old woman no longer paid attention to the two of them, and limped away on crutches. The two of them wanted to come to help them, but she insisted on rejecting them.
The old woman went deep into the pine forest and disappeared.
The two of them were still standing under the big pine tree, carefully recalling what the old woman just said, Qin Ci said: "When I read the introduction material of 'Sea Beast Grape Mirror', I seemed to have heard the term 'sea monsters', but I didn't study it in detail. .I remember there is a similar bronze mirror called 'Hippocampus Grape Mirror'. It is said that it is carved with 'Pegasus', and there is also a saying that it is a horse from overseas. , but that's all I know."
Zhu Haowen also seemed to be lost in thought. After listening to Qin Ci's words, he took a long time to say: "I always think I have heard of 'sea monsters' somewhere, and if I remember correctly, it seems to be some fish, shrimp, crab, and mussels. Something like that... I really can't remember where I've seen it, and I don't have the habit of visiting museums.
Qin Ci: "..."
Zhu Haowen seemed to really think of something: "It seems to be hot pot!"
"… "
"It's hot pot, that kind of copper hot pot!" Zhu Haowen completely opened his memory, "When I was a child, there was an old mutton-boiled shop near our house. They used that kind of traditional charcoal-burning copper hot pot. There are some fish and mussels carved outside, and some things like monsters. I thought it was strange and asked. I remember my grandfather told me that the copper pot was carved with sea monsters, yes The town is on fire."
"Suppress the fire? Don't we have to use fire for hot pot? Why do we need to suppress the fire?" Qin Ci was puzzled.
"It seems to use these aquariums to calm down, so as to avoid water." Zhu Haowen used an old saying.
Qin Ci understood that running out of water meant a fire.
Qin Ci asked: "Do you still remember what's on it? Is there a scorpion? Is there an idol?"
Zhu Haowen: "I really can't remember, but I remember there were fish, turtles, clam shells, and some fierce beasts."
It was only at this time that the two of them felt that "the book will only be hated when it's used." In the past, Mu Yiran and Shao Ling were there for these traditional knowledge, and they could always solve it.
"What we can be sure of now is that this box is here to hold the sea monsters, and Su Yan is one of the sea monsters." Qin Ci could only try to analyze and summarize first, "According to the old man, there are also idols, and That strange mountain, these are three kinds, plus the fish, turtles, and mussels you have seen on the copper pot, there are six kinds in total, let’s look in this direction first.”
Zhu Haowen nodded, and that's all he can do at the moment: "The hill is not far, nor is it near, let's swim faster."
The two of them were still wet just now, and after a while, most of their clothes were already dry, and the fire clouds in the sky seemed to be getting lower and lower.
Zhu Haowen handed the red thread to Qin Ci for collection, and asked, "Did you see where she got this red thread?"
Qin Ci also saw it, but he couldn't see clearly: "It seems to be from the position of the legs. Is there any sewing pocket there?"
"No, it's from her body, from her legs." Zhu Haowen said, "Including the red threads she used to mend clothes, they were all drawn from her body. If you guessed correctly, this should be hers. part of the muscle."
Qin Ci was taken aback, thinking of the old woman who was limping: "If she is really a dragon girl, then this is a dragon tendon."
"Well, that's why it has so much power to shake a mountain."
The two of them had already jumped into the water and swam in the direction of the hill. When they got close, they realized that what kind of hill was this, it was clearly a giant clam the size of a hill! The whole body emits jewels, which is beautiful!