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The evening clouds were low, the sea was level and the moon was rising, and the frenzied sea breeze was blowing.

The people rushing to the small fishing village to stay there quickened their pace, without nostalgia.Only Qi Zhong, who has lived in the inland all year round, is now jumping and cheering for a group of people near the sea.

"Wow. It's the sea breeze, so cool and comfortable."

Open your hands, let the sea breeze fill your arms, and look at the sea level at sunset with your eyes satisfied.

Min Zhi turned back and tugged at him, frowning and said: "I still haven't followed, and I will yell from behind later."

……

After entering the fishing village, everyone searched for accommodation for a long time but could not find a hotel. In the dead of night, they were taken in by a widowed old couple.

Most of the fishermen are simple and rely on the sea to eat. The supper in front of them is full of delicious seafood. Qi Zhong doesn't like it very much, and he seems to lose his appetite all the time.

He got off the table in a hurry, moved the small bench, sat at the narrow doorway, and let the wind blow.

Mu Yun noticed the scene where he couldn't eat, and quietly followed him, silently stuffing him with a bag of snacks.

"Where did you get the mooncakes from?"

Qi Zhong opened the oil paper bag in surprise and found that it was his favorite flavor.

Mu Yun didn't answer him, his expression was indifferent, he turned back to the table, and was in harmony with everyone.

"Old man, please ask, have any strange things happened around here recently?"

After a good supper, everyone talked about business.Min Zhi first asked the two kind old couples.

"...Are you here to look for relatives?" The old lady asked her back with her eyes narrowed.

"No. We are from other places, and we came to the beach to find something." Min Zhi shook his head.

"Oh. Our ancestors here have been fishing for generations. What are you looking for? There are freshly sold seafood in the fishing village. You can go to the morning market tomorrow and see if there is anything you want."

The old fisherman thought they were merchants buying goods, so he answered the conversation very enthusiastically.

"Uh, old man. We don't buy these, we just want to know if there is any special event or person here." Min Zhi laughed dryly.

The old fisherman rolled a cigarette and murmured: "Special people, special things..."

Qi Zhong was a little anxious: "For example, what kind of sea monster? Sea god? Anyway, if you find something strange, talk about it."

The old fisherman squinted his eyes, pondered for a while, exhaled the smoke, and said slowly: "It is said that on the fifteenth of every month, when the sea fog rises, the mermaids will sit on the back of the big fish and sing in the fog. , the singing is often bleak, and they will cry while singing, and the tears they shed will turn into shark pearls, sink to the bottom of the sea, and become rare treasures."

Everyone listened carefully, and there was a faint sound of sea tide in their ears.

"Then why are they crying?" Qi Zhong asked.

The old fisherman said again: "Because there is still a huge sea dragon living in the sea, which often haunts the deep sea and invades their territory, making them homeless."

"It is said that the sea dragon is extremely ferocious and likes to eat people's brains. When it is dark, it will jump out of the sea and kill those boat owners who are fishing late at night. Therefore, in our fishing village, there are very few people who go out fishing at midnight, just like this Fewer and fewer fish were caught, and life became more and more difficult.”

The old fisherman's eyes that were covered with weathered wrinkles suddenly dimmed, and his tone was helpless.

"Isn't it a legend? Why did it come true again?" Min Zhi wondered.

"Hey, at first no one believed in this legend, it was just used to scare children. Until one day, a group of young people made an appointment to go out to sea, but they were shipwrecked, and only one survived. He came back and said that he had met Jiaolong. If few people die, the big guys can only believe it."

The old fisherman sighed, wiped away his tears, and said hoarsely, "My two sons also died like this..."

Min Zhi slapped the table angrily: "Damn sea dragon! What a disaster!"

Then he said: "No wonder when we entered the village, we found that there are many women and children here, but few men. It seems that it is all the fault of this evil beast!"

Qi Zhong nodded in agreement.

But the old fisherman sighed, shook his head and said, "It's not enough, it's not enough."

When everyone heard the words, they were quite puzzled.

The old fisherman looked distressed: "Although Jiaolong is a disaster, we can avoid it if we can. This is not the reason why there are few men in the village. It's because they are gone forever."

"Where did they go?" Qi Zhong asked.

"In a spring building called Huanyan Pavilion. They abandoned their wives and sons, and stayed there all day long, entangled with a witch, and refused to go home..."

"Ah?" Qi Zhong couldn't believe it, such a remote small fishing village had so many disasters, and all kinds of monsters and ghosts were encountered.

Min Zhi snorted coldly: "It's really going downhill. Where is the fireworks place? I'll go and deal with them idiots, and call them all back to support their families."

The old fisherman sighed: "It's useless. They're already obsessed with ghosts, and they can't be persuaded to come back. And that building is very strange, it only appears in the middle of the night. It's in the purple forest thirty miles away from here."

Qi Zhong stepped forward to comfort him and said, "Old man, don't worry. It's just a trivial matter. This time we're here, we'll solve everything for you, such as sea dragons and witches, and your village will definitely return to its original state in the future." .”

"Ah! You are really good people, good people." Hearing his assurance, the old woman who was sorting out the fishing nets burst into tears of gratitude as if seeing hope.

Feng Mei, who was taciturn, had already seen the determination of Mu Yun and the others to help the fishing village. He was a little hesitant. It was a waste of his time to delay the business like this.But if he quits at this moment, he may be suspected, and it is impossible to monitor whether Fang Yanxiao has tipped off.

After pondering for a moment, he said: "Since everyone has reached an agreement, why don't we split up, you get rid of the harm of Haijiaolong, and Miss Fang and I go to solve the Huanyan Pavilion. Yuan Qian is timid, so why not stay here , wait for us to come back?"

Mu Yun was a little puzzled, he was clearly expressing an opinion that everyone should listen to, but Feng Mei kept looking at him.He had no choice but to reply: "Alright."

As soon as he said that, everyone acquiesced.

Qi Zhong said with a smile: "Hey, it's easier to do things when there are many people. Then please, Patriarch Tang Er, take good care of my elder sister."

After finishing speaking, he inexplicably gestured to Feng Mei's eyes, which had many hidden meanings.

He pursed his lips into a smile, and froze his hair for a while.

Fang Yanxiao, who still disdained to be with Feng Mei, was moved when she heard that Qi Zhong defended herself so innocently, she cooperated with the acting, and accepted it with a slight smile.

Min Zhi recalled what happened to Tian Xinyuan last time, Fang Yanxiao changed a lot, even though she felt embarrassed, she didn't sneer at her as before, she just kept on guard in her heart.

Inexplicably, everyone's scattered thoughts were suddenly united.

On the night of the full fifteenth month, the three of Qi Zhong came to the edge of the sea area where Jiaolong haunted and got ready.

After borrowing fishing boats, everyone took advantage of the wind to drift in the sea.

Qi Zhong stood at the bow of the boat and looked into the distance, only to see the stars and the moon hanging in the sky, the bright river in the sky, the sea breeze blowing in all directions, and the moon sea was boundless on one side.

"Hmm. Why hasn't this little Hai Long come out yet? It's rare that he knew we were coming and was scared in advance?"

He made jokes to relieve the dull atmosphere.

Min Zhi confuses his self-confidence, and snorts: "Do you think it is your pet? Just tell it."

"Of course, I'm a master dragon..."

While speaking, on the sea level, the fog suddenly rose and became thicker and thicker.A storm gradually approached the solitary boat, enveloping it completely.

Everyone became vigilant and looked around one after another, only to see a black shadow in front of them, appearing and disappearing in the sea fog, and the fishy smell gradually became stronger.

Qi Zhong clasped his hands and said, "Look. Isn't this here?"

The ship sailed tremblingly into the majestic fog.

In a daze, a long tail swooped towards it, setting off hundreds of feet of waves. Before everyone could tell the difference between the north and the south, the fierce dragon tail had already slashed over, smashing the weak boat to pieces, and the three of them were forced to separate, each standing on a floating On the wood, it echoes from afar.

The fog did not show signs of dissipating, and the waves rose higher and higher, and the sound of the sea blocked the three people's voices.The Jiaolong has not yet fully appeared, dragging a body of shining scales, appearing and disappearing from time to time.

Qi Zhong tried to shout a few times, but no one responded.Just as he turned around, a pair of ferocious claws suddenly struck, and the dragon appeared first in front of his eyes.

After being astonished, Qi Zhong quickly drew his sword, made a feint to divert Jiaolong's attention, and then cut open the driftwood without confronting it head-on.

……

Hearing Qi Zhong's shout slightly, Mu Yun followed the sound, but his vision was limited in the fog, so he couldn't see him at all.

He was quite worried, seeing that the front was too quiet, he expected that there was no one there, so he hurriedly changed his direction, intending to look east again.At this moment, the driftwood under his feet suddenly hit an unknown object in front of him. Mu Yun was concentrating, only to hear a complaint.

"Oops, bad thing. Hit a rock?"

A familiar voice came into his ears, and he said happily, "It's me!"

Qi Zhong heaved a sigh of relief, waved away the haze in front of his eyes, saw the people coming, and said with a smile: "I finally found you. I was chased by that dragon for a long time just now, and I didn't see you again. I was always worried."

Mu Yun drove the driftwood forward and floated side by side with him, asking, "Where is it? I'll solve it."

"Hey, don't panic. I trapped it with a phantom array, and now this little black dragon is wandering around its tender land... Listen to me, I'll go there later and lead it to the nearby reef, You set up a killing array there in advance, and when it comes, kill it immediately. Only then will the fog clear, and we can go back."

Qi Zhong confidently finished his plan, thinking that he would get a very admirable compliment, but saw that the other party was in a daze for a long time without reply.

"Hey, you just nodded and decided."

After thinking for a moment, Mu Yun frowned slightly: "Can you do it alone?"

Qi Zhong hummed: "Nonsense. That's it, you go get ready, I'll go first."

"Wait……"

Before Mu Yun could utter his instructions, the fog obscured his vision again. He sighed softly, followed Qi Zhong's suggestion, and turned to the rocky place.

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A moment later, there was a burst of fishy and damp air in the sea breeze, accompanied by the unbearable roar of the dragon, and it rushed towards the dark reef island, soaring repeatedly in the fog, chasing an illusory colorful scale spirit dragon.

Mu Yun looked up and suddenly understood what Qi Zhongshicai meant by "Tender Township".With a slight smile, he lamented that this person is quite clever.

The driftwood was close to the edge of the reef. Qi finally saw Mu Yun's figure, and quickly signaled with his sword light. After receiving a response, he followed Mu Yun's prompt and threw the colorful dragon's shadow into the invisible sword net. Seeing this, Jiaolong, Impatient and demented, hurriedly followed.

Seeing the right moment, Mu Yun activated the sword array, covering Jiaolong's body layer by layer with thousands of sword nets, and his plan to kill the dragon was about to be accomplished in one fell swoop.

Knowing that he was cheated, Jiaolong roared angrily, unwilling to struggle, causing the waves in the sea to be rough, and the reef was also smashed by its wagging tail, bouncing countless gravels and smashing them around.

Qi Zhong said angrily: "Oh, you still want to make trouble at this time?"

No longer hesitating, Mu Yun skillfully wielded the sword, the sword energy flowed through his body, the dragon wailed in pain, the scales fell off layer by layer, and then came from the inside out, looking heartbroken.

The situation was over, Jiaolong glared fiercely at the two of them, and when he died, he spit out countless dead souls in the Black Sea.In the end, the body and spirit are all scattered, the sea is flat, the fog is light and the moon is bright.

Qi Zhong stepped ashore, and under a pile of messy keel bones, he found a gleaming golden inner alchemy, his eyes lit up, he quickly picked it up, and held it in the palm of his hand.

Excitedly said: "Look, look, this little black dragon's cultivation level is not low, what a beautiful Yuandan."

Mu Yun easily retracted the sword, looked down, and was quite surprised: "This is not its inner alchemy. This is..."

Before the words were finished, an anxious cry came from not far away.

Qi Zhong looked back, saw Min Zhi's figure, and hurriedly waved: "Hey, we are here."

Come one step later, everything is calm.Min Zhi felt slightly uncomfortable, so he had no choice but to take advantage of the situation: "Since Jiaolong has been eliminated, let's go back to the shore too."

"Ah."

Just when the three of them were about to return, there was another burst of singing not far away, melodious and melodious.

"Wait, it looks like someone is singing."

Qi Zhong stopped to listen carefully, then turned to look back.

I saw a group of big fish swimming towards the place where the bright moon fell into the sea, and quickly drifted towards the three of them.When they got closer, they saw a group of long-tailed monsters sitting on the back of the fish clearly.

"Could this be the legendary shark?" Min Zhi sighed.

Qi Zhong was stunned for a moment, then optimistic: "Wow. Get rich, get rich."

"What do you want to do?" Mu Yun didn't understand why he was so happy.

Qi Zhong clicked his tongue: "Didn't the old fisherman say that the tears of the merman and the merman's beads are priceless treasures. They must have known that we defeated Jiaolong and came here specially to give us treasures."

Mu Yun looked hesitant, unwilling to believe it.

Qi Zhong said again: "Look, look, they are all laughing."

The three of them stopped and looked back, only to see that the group of big fish began to disperse when they were about to approach the reef shore. They swam around this small territory and drew a circle of water, which gradually expanded into a whirlpool. The singing became more and more psychedelic, gradually forming an intoxicating barrier.

Mu Yun came to his senses and said seriously, "Go!"

Qi Zhong scratched his head inexplicably: "What's going on?"

Before taking off and returning to the shore, the three of them were one step too late. They were constantly dragged by the suction force of the deep sea vortex, and finally fell into the endless abyss.

The singing stopped, and the sparkling sea finally fell silent.