Whispers of the Dragon

Chapter 3

The last light of the fire was extinguished.

In addition to the smell left by the burned fabric, there is also a scalding, fishy smell in the air.

Xue Xian: "..."

He faintly felt that something was wrong, Xue Xian couldn't say it, but for some reason, seeing Heilong's inexplicable behavior made him withdraw his gaze as if his eyes were burned, and his face began to heat up.

What is the black dragon doing?

Is it angry, or is it tickling?

Why excrete?

Xuexian thought for a while but couldn't find the answer.

The current situation does not allow him to think wildly, and soon, the sound of the black dragon's heavy breathing came from the cave on the other side of the gap.

It sniffed Xuexian's scent, let out an inexplicable growl through the gap, and tried to continue hitting the cave wall outside the gap.

Xue Xian didn't hesitate any longer, and immediately groped the mountain wall, stood up with two weak legs, and moved his feet to escape along the direction of the water flow.

The water has not passed the calf, and the current is relatively turbulent.

The previous section of the road was quite open. Even if he lost his eyesight in the dark, he could still move forward slowly like a blind man.

Later, the space became smaller and smaller, and the surrounding mountain walls seemed to be shrinking.This is an extremely depressing journey. Several times, Xuexian almost bumped into an upside-down rock, or hit a sharp stalactite and died on the spot.

The narrowest place only allows Xuexian to pass through with his narrow body and knees bent. Fortunately, he is young and flexible enough, so it is not too difficult, but the wound on his bare left foot hurts badly, and the densely packed body in the darkness hurts a lot. The airy, unknown fear was too much for him to bear.

Finally, a light appeared ahead.

Xuexian crawled across a section of the mountain wall to stand up, and his whole body was suddenly bathed in a ray of skylight shining in from above his head.

Where he is now is a pool of water.

In addition to the waterway that I touched all the way just now, there are several adjacent caves that are also continuously pouring water into the pool. Some of the caves are two or three meters big, and some are only as big as a fist.In addition, there are also several holes for sending water out, and the water flows back and forth to maintain the balance of the water level of the pool.

The pool is huge and the water is very clear. You can clearly see some transparent fish swimming in the water. Those fish are not surprised when they see people, and they float in the water leisurely.

Xuexian's whole body was licked by the black dragon, it was so wet, it made him feel sick.

After stopping, he immediately washed himself with clean pool water, and chose a large protruding relatively dry rock to sit down and rest, taking a look at the wound on his foot.

The sole of the left foot was cut by something.

After soaking in the water for so long, it didn't bleed anymore, but the edges were whitish, like a small split mouth, and it hurt badly.

Xuexian took off the belt on the holy attire, trying to wrap it around the wound.

The belt is the same color as the holy attire, but it is different from the solemnity of the holy attire.The fabric of the belt was embroidered with extremely fine gold threads by the best embroiderers in the main city, and it was embellished with the totem of the temple, which looked the same as the tattoos on Xuexian's skin.

The belt is very long. When wearing it, it has to go around the waist three times and hide both ends skillfully. Only Xue Xian's most ingenious maid, Mi'er, can fasten it.

"Your Highness's waist is too thin." Mi'er has a wheat complexion, her teeth are white when she smiles, and she always speaks playfully, "It's thinner than the former Holy Son's waist, and even thinner than our girls' waist."

Xuexian never wanted to be a weak person, so she told Mi'er: "One day I will grow very strong, just like a boxer in the arena, the muscles are all lumpy."

The maid who was squatting and arranging her clothes covered her mouth and smiled: "Yes, one day, His Highness will still be young."

In the temple, Xue Xian was surrounded by gentle girls. When the ceremony was not held, the atmosphere in the temple was always relaxed.

"Don't look like that!" Mi'er tightened her belt, teasing deliberately, "What good are those fighters other than brute force? Your Highness looks the best like this. And ah, I don't want His Highness to grow up so quickly, I I want His Highness to be the little Highness we hold in the palm of our hands forever."

None of them knew he was here now.

The pool water in the dark reflected Xue Xian's current appearance, if Mier saw it, she would definitely feel distressed.

Half of his hair was scorched by the flames from the black dragon, and it was disheveled like a bird's nest.The snow-white holy clothes that had been soaked in the swamp could barely see the original color. The silt and blood stains smeared along the pool water, staining everywhere, dirtier than the savages wandering outside the main city.

The face in the reflection was also full of scars, and he was in a state of embarrassment, with two lines of tears that Xue Xian didn't realize were falling down his cheeks.

"Snapped."

A soft sound.

Xuexian was startled, and turned to look at the source of the sound, only to see a hand appearing behind a big rock.

Is there anyone here? !

There was an unbelievable ecstasy in his heart, he quickly wiped his face, straightened his back, and asked with a beating heart: "Who?!"

"Who is there?"

With six years of experience as a holy son, Xue Xian's solemnity has no sense of disobedience. As long as he appears in front of the public, he can even maintain this state at all times, and he will not slack off even for a minute.If you don't look at the face and just listen to the calm tone, no one will think about what this young man has just experienced.

That hand moved.

Xuexian's heart beat even harder, and he hurriedly said, "I saw you."

The other party did not answer.

Xuexian was a little anxious, with red eye circles, but still maintained a natural and steady demeanor and asked: "Are you a severely deformed person who inhabited the mainland and drifted here?"

The other party still didn't answer, and they didn't know if they still had human consciousness.

The sky shone on Xuexian's face, casting a holy light on him. He solemnly indicated his identity to that hand: "I am Xuexian, the holy son from the mainland. You may have heard my name. Don't be afraid , I will not discriminate against you, God loves the world, no matter whether you are a mutant or not."

"I can help you. Let's find a way to get out of here together. When we go back, we will report everything to the temple. The temple will give you a fair result."

The man didn't answer or respond, only the slight sound of "papa" came from time to time.

Xuexian felt strange, worried that the other party didn't believe his words, or that the degree of distortion was too severe and his body was damaged so that he couldn't speak. After thinking for a moment, he boldly waded across the water.

Humans should help humans.

After looking at it, I was very disappointed.

"what."

Xue Xian felt an indescribable loss.

There was no one there at all, only a light-colored leather glove that floated from nowhere, which was already very worn and thin.It was being pushed by the water and hit the rocks, and because of the light, it looked a bit like a human hand.

Perhaps this is left by some aberrant.

For example, the bones and fabrics I saw in the cave just now.

Xue Xian was stunned for a while, before despair welled up in his heart, another wave of sadness welled up first.

He picked up the glove, poured out the water, and placed it lightly on a more protruding stone, making sure it wouldn't be washed away again.

He stared at it for a moment, and recited a piece of requiem piously in a low voice.

rest in peace.

Xuexian only let himself feel sad for a while, then put away his tears and began to check the way out of the pool.

Except for a few small holes on the mountain wall, the surroundings of the pool were sealed off. He barely walked around the pool and set his sights on the largest one among the several holes.

I don't know where the hole leads to.

Xuexian didn't want to die here, he had to find a way to return to the mainland——after seeing that glove, he became more determined.

He straightened his tunic, then tied the sash that was wrapped around his left foot again, using it as a makeshift shoe.

Since his stomach was empty and his hunger was unbearable, he drank some water from the pool, and then he took a deep breath and got into the hole.

Walking in this cave is much smoother than when Xuexian came here, and it is not so dark. From time to time, the small hole above the head can be seen shining into the sky, which alleviates a lot of fear of the confined space, but the mountain wall is even more humid Slippery and colder.

The nature of dragon is fire, Xue Xian guessed that this is because this place is far away from the dragon's nest.

This is a good sign, indicating that at least he will not enter other dragon's lairs in the waterway.

But this time there was no end in sight.

From Theia's light disappearing overhead, the cave is plunged into darkness, and then the light of the actress shines back into the cave.Xuexian had tried several times to climb out of the cracks in the ground above the cave, but the lowest crack was several meters away from him, and he couldn't find a foothold to climb up.

He had no choice but to continue walking while singing softly to encourage himself. He walked for about seven or eight hours, and did not stop until he was completely exhausted.

He was so tired that he leaned against the mountain wall and fell asleep, and when he woke up, it was dawn again.

The water was still gurgling.

Wiping his face weakly, he forced himself to stand up and continue walking along the waterway.

It has been at least one day and one night since I came here, Xuexian was anxious and afraid, and became more and more at a loss.

Suddenly, the eyes suddenly opened up.

He actually walked out of the cave and came to an open land!

The waterways converge here, the vegetation in the forest is dense, the air is humid, and the tender green moss and thick vines grow freely, as if you have come to a tropical rainforest.

Walking ashore from the water, Xuexian regained consciousness in his hands and feet that had been soaked white, and the wound on the sole of his left foot also ached again, causing him to break out in a cold sweat.

The forest is deep, and the waterway runs through it.

It was extremely quiet here, except for the occasional bird call or two, shrouded in a strange uneasiness.

Xuexian walked along the place with less vegetation, observing his bracelet while walking.

Probably due to the lack of basic equipment in Longyu, his bracelet has never had a signal.

After a while he discovered the meeting point of the waterways: a shallow but wide lake.

There are several exposed highlands in the lake, all of which are piled up with many parts and equipment from human society, as if the remnants of the war hundreds of years ago, and the traces left by the aberrations sent here in the legend, are all left here .

They are piled high, like little rubbish mountains, covered with rust and overgrowth due to the erosion of water all the year round.

Xue Xian's eyes were sharp, and soon he found an old-fashioned water craft with a half sticking out of the rubbish. What made him even more excited was that the water craft was probably not broken, because he saw the dazzling light there. It is its energy storage lamp!

This discovery lifted Xue Xian's spirits, and his eyes lit up as he swept away the decadence on his body.

He took off his large and heavy holy attire, walked into the lake with only his coat on, and swam towards the water boat.

When he got to the high ground, he rushed to the water speeding boat behind the rubbish mountain.

It's a pity that after seeing the situation clearly, he suddenly stopped in place, his blood flowed backwards, and he immediately understood why the rainforest was so quiet.

——Here broke into the most powerful predator on the infinite star.

A dragon covered with silver scales was lying in the lake.

Its upper body is close to the high ground, and its long tail hangs in the lake water. The golden light of Star Theia shines on its silver scales, refracting brilliant light.

If he hadn't known how dangerous it was when he was there, Xue Xian would call this scene extremely beautiful.

The dragon was badly injured.

Its right wing was fractured, bent at an abnormal angle, and there was a bowl-sized wound on its back, from which a sharp steel column protruded.

Xuexian speculated that it should have broken its wings and fell here from a high altitude, and a steel pillar from the garbage mountain just pierced it.