The three masters and apprentices looked at each other... Well, they are barely three people, although one of them has a slightly weird size and posture.
Mo Chen himself was also at a loss.
He is aware of the abnormalities in his body, but those abnormalities before were all partial, scales, or nails, are small places, inconspicuous. As for the growth of true essence... this doesn't seem like a bad thing.
It's just that I didn't expect the big change to follow so quickly.
Li Fulin looked at the apprentice who suddenly became so petite, coughed and cleared his throat: "First... go ashore first. Xiaodong, are you cold?"
He looked at the child's lip color was not right.
"Ah, I don't think..."
The master didn't mention it, but he didn't feel it. When Xiaodong was mentioned, he felt the wet clothes clinging to his body, and when he was blown by the strong wind, his whole body was as cold as if he had entered an ice cellar.
Li Fulin held his apprentice's hand, although he wasted too much of his real energy, it was still easy to dry his apprentice's hair and clothes.
Once the clothes and hair were dry, Xiaodong suddenly felt much warmer. It's just... Maybe there is salt in the sea water, which is not so obvious when it is wet, but when it dries, it feels a little itchy on the face and body.
Among the few people on board, Ji Zheng was the calmest one.
By the way, Li Fulin has never seen her not calm, whether it was when she killed someone, or... well, when he proposed to marry him just now, Ji Zheng was always calm, it was obviously something that happened to her. , but just looking at her face, it feels like it all happened to other people, she is just a cold-eyed bystander.
In the past, Li Fulin thought that her experience of wandering alone in the past made her lack of understanding of the joys and sorrows of ordinary people, but Ji Zheng knew herself, and in her impression, she was not very close to others since she could remember. Same. She didn't even cry when Master died.
What's there to cry about? People are always going to die, and she herself will die in the future.
Besides, there were too many hidden injuries on Master's body, and the more he suffered in the end, even if he took medicine to barely prolong his life, it would just be more suffering.
She took life and death very lightly, let alone other things.
As for her and Li Fulin—of course she likes him, if she doesn't like him, she won't miss him during the decades in the sealed city, and once she leaves the sealed city, she will travel thousands of miles to find him. But her likes are different from ordinary people's likes, sticky, crying and laughing, sweet talk... These things will never happen to her. Even when Li Fulin finally pierced the layer of window paper between the two of them, she was just... a little happy in her heart, but she still didn't show any abnormal expressions or actions.
So it doesn't matter what Mo Chen has become at this moment.
It's not her apprentice.
"You don't have to worry too much about Mrs. Yan and Mr. Wan." Li Fulin calmed down and comforted Xiaodong, saying, "They are more familiar with the situation here than we are, and they will definitely be able to get out of danger. We will wait around here after dawn. Look around and you should be able to find them."
Xiaodong shook his head.
Of course Master would not lie to him.
But Xiaodong had a vague feeling in his heart.
He may never see Mr. Wan and Mrs. Yan again.
At that time, his uncle faked his death and left him alone in Huiliu Mountain. Xiaodong believed that there must be a compelling reason for him, and he could no longer take him and take care of him.
But do you have to leave by cheating death? Once a person dies, it's over, uncle... No, it should be said that Mr. Wan left in this way, thinking that he would never see each other again, right
And Mrs. Yan, she never admitted to have any relationship with Xiaodong from the beginning to the end.
Not only Mo Chen, but even Xiaodong felt that he resembled Madam Yan when he looked at Madam Yan's appearance, but Madam Yan insisted that it had nothing to do with him.
Xiaodong can understand this kind of attitude of not wanting to be involved in anything from the very beginning.
Maybe... He is really destined to have no relatives.
But what does that matter
Xiaodong looked at Master, and then at... well, senior brother.
God is always fair, it was taken away elsewhere, and it is replenished here.
The master treated him so well, even putting himself in danger for him, not to mention the senior brother, who always put his safety at the forefront, even disregarding his own safety.
He also has Senior Brother Jiang, and... um, and Zhenren Ji.
He has a lot, not less than others. So even if we don't meet Mr. Wan and Mrs. Yan again, Xiaodong won't feel too sad.
Well, not too sad.
Still a little bit sad.
But compared with what he had, he felt that a little bit of sadness was nothing.
If it wasn't for the big brother's accident, Xiaodong would have noticed a little difference between Master and Ji Zhenren.
Master is a very gentleman, with a very open and honest style, especially for women. But now the master and Ji Zhenzhen are sitting next to each other, and there is no shyness at all.
Xiaodong saw it but didn't think deeply about it.
Mo Chen attracted his attention.
The senior brother suddenly became smaller... This, this reason cannot be tested for the time being. What Xiaodong is more concerned about now is, can the elder brother change back? It won't be like this forever, will it
Asked the master, the master touched his head and said: "This... should be able to change back?"
That doesn't sound too sure.
Xiaodong felt very troubled.
If the eldest brother really can't change back, what should we do
Although it doesn't matter whether it is the appearance of the human form or the current appearance, in Xiaodong's heart, the elder brother is the elder brother. But it's not a problem that the elder brother is always like this? He's only so small, he can't hold a sword, and he can't speak...
Xiaodong carefully placed his brother on his lap, and carefully looked at his current appearance.
I was too shocked just now and only looked around.
Now look at... well, the senior brother definitely doesn't look like a water snake, nor is it the kind of four-legged snake I've seen in the countryside before. Its body is covered with a layer of fine and smooth scales, which feels cool and slippery to the touch.
As for the claws, they are quite small, Xiaodong counted them. Has five claws—
What a strange number.
This, as long as people with long legs, people, birds, and animals, including some common insects, the number of toes and claws are usually in pairs, two, four, six, eight Yes, of course there are centipedes, so there are more, but they are all in pairs, and they are all even numbers. Brother, why is this an odd number
Is... Is one missing
No no, it doesn't look like it.
That's why the senior brother's form is extraordinarily different.
And the big brother... this one looks quite different.
The more Xiaodong looked at it, the more familiar it seemed.
Yes! This shape, this nose, and the protruding mouth are a bit like those auspicious animals in New Year pictures. If it grows beards and horns, it will look like those dragons and unicorns.
dragon…
By the way, dragon.
Senior brother looks like this, if he is bigger and has horns, wouldn't he look like the dragon in the painting
Xiaodong was a little flustered.
Dragon! That is not any other ordinary birds and beasts!
That's a dragon!
Is the elder brother's appearance after shrinking turned out to be a small dragon
It was not only Xiaodong who saw this, but also Li Fulin.
In fact, some cultivators have the blood of the demon clan. As far as Li Fulin knew, there was a Baijing sect back then, and from top to bottom in their sect, they more or less had the blood of the demon clan, some of them were incarnations of the demon clan, and some were born after the transformation of the demon clan. born of intermarriage.
As far as Li Fulin knew, there were foxes, wolves and other beasts, as well as birds and snakes.
These people can sometimes change between animal and human forms.
But I've never heard of a dragon shape.
Dragons have long been extinct in this world...
The last legend and relic about the dragon is Huiliu Mountain...
Li Fulin was stunned.
Huiliu Mountain was renamed later. It was previously called Zhumo Mountain. Just by hearing the name, one can guess what happened here.
But before killing the demons, of course the mountain wasn't called that name.
At that time, the mountain was called Yulong Mountain.
Li Fulin still remembers that a master uncle told him at that time that the jade character was passed around by people later, and it was mistaken, and it was prison dragon at first. It was once imprisoned here, and the last magic dragon was once slain.
This should be the last trace of the dragon in this world.
How many years have passed, and no one has seen or heard of a dragon appearing in this world.
Now Mo Chen suddenly became like this...
Li Fulin couldn't help but think, did the apprentice become like this, has anything to do with the legend before Huiliu Mountain
When it was almost dawn, they landed on the shore, but this place was not Zhongyuan, it looked like it should be a big island. The boat they were in got stuck in the fine sand on the shore.
Xiaodong looked around in a daze.
Maybe it's because the sky hasn't risen yet, and the place is empty, so nothing can be seen.
Li Fulin judged the direction by the stars in the sky: "This should be Nanjing Island. If you take a boat to the north from here, it will take about three to five days to reach the border of the Central Plains."
If Li Fulin hadn't lost his power, the journey back would naturally not take so much time. But now Ji Zheng is the only one in their group who is healthy, Xiaodong is not much better than ordinary people now, and Li Fulin urgently needs a quiet place to recuperate and exercise. As for Mo Chen... he can only wait and see how the situation changes now, and it would be inappropriate to try to change back rashly.
"Find a place to rest first." The most important thing is to recover your skills first.
Ji Zheng had no objection, Xiaodong of course listened to Master.
They got their bearings and started heading northeast.
It didn't take long to see a house, and there were people living there. Not far from the house, you could see fields with crops and fruit trees. However, the crops and fruit trees planted here are different from those in the Central Plains, which Xiaodong has never seen before.
The fruits are quite big...
Li Fulin misunderstood Xiaodong's gaze.
He can fast the grain, but the little apprentice can't.
It's been a long time since I haven't eaten or drank. It must be unbearable hunger and thirst. (to be continued)