There was such a loud noise inside and outside the Biyou Palace that Nanzhu and Jun Muzhi were alarmed and walked to the bridge to look.
Jun Muzhi's face was very bad: "Long Yuzi is awake."
Nanzhu said in a deep voice: "Isn't the Eye-Eating Gull in the Turbulent Flow Area? How did it come here?"
"This... I'm afraid it's not a coincidence." Jun Muzhi looked at the flock of gulls.
Nanzhu was about to say something else when Gu Pinglin, Qi Wan'er and the others came out to watch. Nanzhu immediately went over to comfort them: "Something happened on the island. Sorry to disturb you all."
Qi Wan'er was born into a noble family and had good knowledge: "That... is it an eye-eating gull?"
Yao Feng said: "Yes."
Bu Shuihan heard this and asked, "Have you met Brother Yao?"
"There are also some outside the mountains," Yao Feng thought for a moment and added, "but not so many."
Jiang Ruoxu, who was standing next to him, watched carefully and said, "There is something in this inner sea. They are very afraid of it, so they dare not come over."
"It's the dragon fish roe, the guardian beast of the Biyou Palace," Gu Pinglin said. "Even though the eye-eating gull is a vicious beast, it dares not offend the dragon fish roe after all."
Nanzhu nodded: "The beast is approaching, and Long Yuzi is alarmed."
Bu Shuihan said: "No wonder there was such a big commotion."
Jun Muzhi squinted at Duan Qingming and frowned, "The Eye-Eating Gull was supposed to be in the Chaotic Flow Area, but now it appears in Penglai. What do you think, Brother Duan?"
"This..." Duan Qingming paused and said, "Eye-eating gulls are the most vengeful. Someone must have provoked them. Fortunately, no one here has left. Maybe they are friends on the island?"
Gu Pinglin suddenly asked: "Where is Wang Xiuzhe?"
There are many people on Penglai Island, and in order to avoid the people from the Demon Realm, Xin Ji still used the pseudonym "Wang Yin". It was only then that Gu Pinglin asked about it, and everyone realized that he was not there.
"Oh my!" Duan Qingming remembered something, "Oh no, could it be that he is going to..."
Before he could finish his words, the barrier of the Biyou Palace in the distance opened, and a figure appeared at the ferry terminal. He was soaking wet, his clothes were torn in several places, and he looked extremely disheveled. It was Xin Ji.
The guard at the ferry quickly brought Xin Ji ashore, and everyone gathered around him.
"Did you provoke the eye-eating gull?" Gu Pinglin asked directly.
"Nonsense! I spent so much effort to lure them all here!" Xin Ji was still panting and losing his temper, pointing at the eye-eating gulls in the distance and cursing, "Damn birds! I don't know how many eyes I have dug out in my life, and now I was almost pecked out by a group of beasts!"
Duan Qingming smiled and comforted him: "The law of nature is cyclical, karma will prevail, senior, just think positively."
Xin Ji was furious when he saw him: "Bullshit! If I had followed your advice, I would have almost turned into bird droppings!"
"Gah, I didn't guarantee the safety of this plan," Duan Qingming said, "Any normal person knows that there are risks in attracting so many eye-eating gulls."
Xin Ji was speechless and snorted, "If Tong Hua was here..." At this point he suddenly realized what was going on and quickly shut up.
Jun Muzhi asked the key question: "Why do you want to attract the eye-eating gulls?"
"It's this guy named Duan!" Xin Ji held back his anger. "He said that since the dragon fish eggs in the Biyou Palace have awakened, they can be used to restrain the eye-eating gulls. This way, it will be easy to cross the chaotic river area."
Everyone looked at Duan Qingming.
"I did mention this method," Duan Qingming sighed, "but I didn't ask you to really go. With the dragon fish roe here, the eye-eating gulls won't dare to act rashly. But if they don't leave, it will definitely disturb the tranquility of Penglai Island. What if they hurt the islanders?"
Xin Ji was stunned for a long while, then jumped up and down: "You... why didn't you say so earlier!"
"I was just about to say, how could I have known you would be so anxious?" Duan Qingming said, "Besides, I clearly mentioned two methods at the time. This plan is just a last resort. According to my plan, Senior Wang, you are the one with the highest cultivation among us, you will go up first to contain these eye-eating gulls, and I, Yao Feng, Senior Brother Bu, and cousin Wan'er..."
"It's Qi Shisan!" Qi Wan'er gritted her teeth.
"Yes," Duan Qingming said with a smile, "The four of us will help and form a sword formation, so we should be able to deal with it. Although the eye-eating gulls bear grudges, I heard that dragon fish eggs change their scales every thousand years. I think there are many old scales on Penglai Island. As long as we carry a few scales with us to cover our breath and use the sword formation to intimidate them, I don't think they will chase us."
Nanzhu's eyes lit up: "This is a great idea!"
As the future overlord of the East China Sea, he reacted faster and immediately discovered the benefits of this strategy. Everyone was not stupid either. After thinking about it carefully, they nodded. Bu Shuihan only blamed them for "not saying it earlier."
Jun Muzhi suddenly smiled: "Except that it is a little dangerous to restrain the Eye-Eating Owl, this plan is indeed impeccable."
Everyone was stunned and looked at Xin Ji.
It was obvious that Xin Ji did not want to take any risks, so he adopted the first method without authorization.
Qi Wan'er said mercilessly: "Eye-eating gulls are ferocious beasts no matter how ordinary they are. No wonder Senior Wang is afraid of them."
"You...would I be afraid?" Xin Ji was so angry that his old face turned red. He knew he was being tricked. He wanted to scold Duan Qingming but couldn't find a reason - Duan Qingming really didn't ask him to lure the eye-eating gulls, he just said this method was "cheap and easy."
Duan Qingming probably felt guilty too, so he bowed to Nanzhu and apologized, "It's all my fault for not being careful enough. I caused Senior Wang to misunderstand me and brought trouble to Young Master Nan. I'm really sorry."
Nanzhu looked at Jun Muzhi and waved her hand calmly: "It's okay."
Duan Qingming also asked Jun Muzhi: "Eye-eating gulls always bear grudges, do you have any good ideas, brother Jun?"
Jun Muzhi held the jade fan tightly.
It was not difficult to deal with the eye-eating gulls. The key point was that Long Yuzi was really awakened. The young master's divine flute had not yet been fully developed, and he could not appease the angry Long Yuzi. It was no longer feasible to take the submarine passage. On the surface, Wang Yin was the bad guy, but he was clearly guided by Duan Liu's words to do so. He had deceived them with the news that Long Yuzi had woken up before, and now he had to suffer the loss of this mute.
Jun Muzhi tried to remain calm: "Don't worry, everyone. The defense of the inner sea has always been the responsibility of Lord Liu Yu. Lord Liu Yu will handle it."
"Now that things have come to this, let's leave as soon as possible while the eye-eating gulls are not in the turbulent waters." Nanzhu was in a good mood. The trouble was left to Liuyu Gong Guo Feng to deal with. By the time he found out the reason, everyone had already left, and he was expected to be helpless.
Duan Qingming added with a smile: "Now that the Eye-Eating Gulls are gone, we only have to deal with the Night Crying Monsters. Why don't we combine our two forces into one? Perhaps our fellow disciples can help a little."
Previously, he had chosen the eye-eating gull, which was an advantage. Now, he used the power of Penglai to deal with the eye-eating gull, and dealing with the night-crying monster turned out to be "helping".
Jun Muzhi almost couldn't catch his breath.
The people in Nanzhu didn't hear anything wrong and all agreed. The Night Crying Monster was more dangerous than the Eye-Eating Gull. Without the inner elixir, the more people the better. Everyone decided to set off the next day and dispersed to prepare.
Jun Muzhi took his leave without changing his expression and walked quickly along the corridor.
Liu Min, the trusted eunuch, followed behind him, not understanding why he was walking so fast, and chased after him to ask, "Since Long Yuzi has woken up, our previous preparations..."
"Everyone retreat." Jun Muzhi waved his hand to interrupt him, but kept walking.
Liu Min agreed, thought for a moment and asked again: "The scales of dragon fish roe..."
Before he could finish his words, Jun Muzhi in front of him suddenly stopped.
Liu Min thought he had more instructions, so she pricked up her ears.
Then, he heard the usually graceful and graceful Lingsha Envoy utter an unprecedented curse through gritted teeth:
"Damn Duan Qingming!"
Outside, the people on the main island have already started to move, preparing to drive away the eye-eating gulls. Sixth Imperial Duke Guo Feng is seeking an audience outside the Biyou Palace. Nanzhu has also prepared a response and left the palace with the guards. Since he did not mention the plan to take the underwater passage, Gu Pinglin pretended not to know and followed Duan Qingming into the room.
Duan Qingming sat back in his chair leisurely and shook the teapot on the table next to him: "The tea is cold, I have no tea to entertain you, Junior Brother."
"It's okay, I don't mind." Gu Pinglin sat down opposite him.
"What else do you want to say?"
"You used Xin Ji to do this."
"You really wronged me," Duan Qingming calmly took out a pot of wine, "The tea is cold, how about wine instead of tea?"
"No need," Gu Pinglin refused flatly, "I have made it very clear before. I hope you can understand what I mean and stop here."
Duan Qingming said “hmm” and put down the wine pot: “Because my past life, my past life was so important to you?”
Upon hearing this, Gu Pinglin couldn't help but tighten his grip on the armrests of his chair.
Of course he was important, so important that he became the person I was obsessed with. However, everything was in the past, and no matter how unwilling I was, I couldn't find him to question him.
"If I let you, you'll be angry. If I don't let you, you'll still be angry," Duan Qingming said. "If it were Nanzhu and Bu Shuihan, would you be angry?"
This sounded strangely familiar, and Gu Pinglin calmly asked back, "If it were you, would you want your opponent to give in or not?"
Duan Qingming said: "We are also brothers."
Gu Pinglin glanced at him and said, "You don't even have the Lingxin Sect in your mind, let alone any fellow disciples."
Duan Qingming did not deny: "Is this related to us?"
"certainly."
"Because of my past life?"
"Hmm?" Gu Pinglin raised his eyebrows.
Duan Qingming leaned forward slightly, looked at him across the table, and said with a half-smile: "Why do you think I am this kind of person?"
Because he was this kind of person in his previous life. Gu Pinglin was silent.
"You're right," Duan Qingming said slowly, "You know me better than I do. So, it was you who approached me, and it was you who said you wanted to quit. You've always been too sure of yourself."
Gu Pinglin said bluntly: "What do you want?"
Duan Qingming did not answer, but handed the wine jug to him again: "If we are not opponents, what is the relationship between us?"
Gu Pinglin looked at the wine jug for a moment, then he changed his mind and reached out to take it: "Of course it's my fellow apprentice brother."
In an instant, a smile appeared in the black eyes opposite, like rippling spring waves, and the two enchanting shadows at the corners of the eyes became increasingly red.
"Oh--" Duan Qingming paused, "Yes, very good."