twin moon

Chapter 4 Prologue

In the dark hall, the old man with a thick white beard pulled his hands out of the wide armholes of his gown.The faint light coming in from the window seemed so powerless in the stream of light from the night pearl hanging high on the roof of the Dharma Hall.It can only occasionally rely on the vague shadows left by a few swimming fish to declare its existence.

On the ground in front of the old man was a silver ring inlaid under the moiré stone floor, which was two to three feet square.A huge black spherulite is embedded in the silver ring, and the light and shadow inside change, reflecting a rough sea surface glowing with blue light.In the midst of the huge waves, a wooden warship that had begun to leak and collapse was like a dead leaf in the torrent, unable to escape from the huge whirlpools under the water that were gradually tearing it to pieces.

"Master Sui Ya, do you feel that the student's breath is still not perfect? ​​After all, it will take some time to drown."

A middle-aged man next to the old man bowed to him respectfully.

"You don't need to be too polite, you've done quite well. When the old man was your age, he had just become an officiant, let alone the high priest who holds the power of life and death. As for those people— ——Those ignorant and ignorant sinners on the land, no matter what method is used to take their lives, it is a punishment from God, and it is forgiveness and redemption from the gods."

The old man touched the man's forehead lightly with his webbed palm as a sign of encouragement.His entire mouth was covered by a thick beard, and the movement between his lips and teeth could not be seen at all when he spoke, only the human voice with a thick nasal voice could be heard echoing under the tall dome.

"I would also like to thank the master for his cultivation. The students will study all kinds of spells diligently when they go back, hoping to completely wipe out those ignorant people on land, and pave the way for our family to return to the homeland of our ancestors."

The priest Feng Weishu still stood there humbly bowing his body, but his tone revealed incomparable firmness.

"Hehe, it seems that the old man really did not promote the wrong person. I hope—my old bones can still live to see the day when the people of my tribe set foot on land again—use them to restore their normal bodies."

Sui Ya replied with a smile, but there was still a little melancholy on his face.As he spoke, he withdrew the hand that was caressing the other party's forehead, and subconsciously touched the two cheek clefts hidden behind his ears that were opening and closing with his breathing, "Old man—I'm about to forget , Breathing the air on land, what kind of feeling does it feel..."

The high priest watched the old man stroke his weakened arms and slowly swim towards the thousands of lights in the city outside the Dharma hall.He finally straightened his back and returned to the spherical black crystal on the ground.

In the spherulite, there is only the last blurred afterimage left at this moment.The ship on the sea had already been broken in two, and in the sea full of debris and various wreckage, Feng Weishu suddenly saw the silhouette of a boy curled up in a ball, still struggling in the water as if he would not admit defeat.

"Are you just killing people!"

Suddenly, a clear female voice resounded from the Dharma hall, causing the priest to tremble slightly. His sleeves rolled up in blisters all over his body, and the image in the crystal disappeared.Then he quickly recognized the voice of the person coming, quickly calmed down his emotions, and reprimanded him in an extremely severe tone:

"Yue'er! You are so brave, how did you sneak in!"

"No one saw me when I came in, so why did father make such a fuss?"

The girl's figure flashed out from behind a pillar, but she kept a considerable distance from the man she called her father.Her long coral-red hair was not tied behind her head as her father requested, but was allowed to flutter freely in the water, like a flame that could never be extinguished.

"What a fuss? You are not even qualified for the post of deacon. Don't you know the rules of the clan, you are never allowed to enter and leave the hall at will?!" The chief priest's tone became more severe, and he moved closer to his daughter.

Unexpectedly, instead of admitting her mistake, the girl in front of her stepped back a lot and confronted her father face to face: "Of course I know. But I came anyway and saw what you did!"

"Presumptuous! Although I am related to you by blood, I am still the chief priest of the family! How much of the techniques I used just now have you secretly learned?"

"I don't hesitate to learn your killing skills, is there any need to steal my teacher!"

"Yue'er, how can those people on land deserve your sympathy? They are all damned remnants!"

"Could it be that the remnants deserve to die? Our ancestors' greed and ignorance violated the gods, so we were punished, and then became what we are now! My daughter dares to ask my father, are we also the remnants in the eyes of others?"

The red-haired girl spoke righteously.Feng Weishu was trembling with anger, and immediately retorted sharply:
"Nonsense! Thousands of ancestors in the family have gone through countless hardships, and finally found a way to survive the bloodline in the sea, changed their bodies, and finally survived the catastrophe ten thousand years ago. We are the ones who are truly affected People favored by the gods! And those ignorant remnants on land who linger somewhere and have survived to this day have taken the opportunity to occupy everything that should belong to us. Don't they deserve to die!"

"Father, did you hear what you said just now? When there were rumors in the clan saying that you were a murderous demon, I was reluctant to believe it for a while. Now it seems that those rumors are probably all true! "

"Where did you hear these absurd nonsense? You still let it blind your eyes and disturb your mind?! You—won't you get involved with those rebels in the city who have betrayed the legacy of their ancestors? Bar?"

Hearing what his daughter said, the priest's face suddenly changed, he rushed forward and grabbed her arm, and immediately opened his mouth to call the guards outside the door:
"Come on, this girl has trespassed in the forbidden area. Take her to the stone room next to Ganyuan and lock her up. Don't go out without my order!"

"Father, let me go! Let go!"

The girl's arm was tightly held, but she couldn't break free no matter what.There was a crisp sound of "pop", and the red coral bracelet on her wrist was broken by brute force during the resistance, and it dangled and fell to the ground.

"Prince Priest, this—this is your only flesh and blood. There is no sunshine all day long in Ganyuan, only a large sea thorn forest. Send the lady there, in case something happens—"

The two guards who came into the Dharma hall had never seen before, the usually easy-going and humble priest would be so furious, he didn't know what to do for a while, but he still helped restrain the seemingly delicate and savage girl in the other's arms. Wayward young lady.

"You don't need to tell me what Ganyuan is like. But the ancestors set up strict family rules back then, not as a decoration! Even if I make a mistake, I must be punished, let alone mine. Daughter! If a commoner enters the Dharma hall without permission, his eyes and tongue should be cut out according to the law. Now it’s just a big lenient to imprison her in Ganyuan!"

Seeing that the chief priest was really angry, the guards did not dare to risk persuasion, so they had to escort the red-haired girl away from the hall.

However, only half an hour had passed, and the high priest, who had finally fallen into meditation in the dharma hall, was again disturbed by the noise outside the door.

Annoyed, he pushed open the door with all his might, only to see that his first wife was standing on the square outside the door of the Dharma hall with red eyes, accompanied by his father, Sui Ya, who was also his teacher.

"The wind is not different! What are you planning to do to our daughter? Well, why did you suddenly send Yue'er to Gan Yuan's stone room for house arrest? Aren't you afraid that something will happen to her there!"

The woman in front of her also had coral-colored red hair.As soon as she opened her mouth, the high priest realized that something was wrong, and he suppressed the uneasiness in his heart and asked the guard who was at a loss:

"Did something happen to Yue'er?"

"The priest forgives the sin. Half an hour ago, the two of us were ordered to escort the young lady to Ganyuan, and we didn't dare to relax our vigilance for a moment. But I didn't expect her, she suddenly disappeared out of thin air!"

The guard explained in a panic.

"Disappeared out of thin air? What happened in the sea at that time?"

"I'm not sure exactly when it started, but I could clearly notice that the sea water near Ganyuan became extremely turbid. When we continued to move forward, a ball of dazzling white light burst out in front of us, and then Miss She took the opportunity to break free. The two of us clearly saw the ball of white light sucking the lady in, and we wanted to follow, but we were still a step too late."

"It's the Curse of Concealing Water! The matter of the map was also leaked by our own people - it seems that there are indeed some remnants of the rebel party who have not been wiped out hiding in the city, and they are against my whole Cangyu clan!"

After hearing this, the chief priest's first reaction was not to worry about his daughter's whereabouts, but to rub his hands on his forehead nervously.

"My daughter is lost, why are you still worried about rebellion?!"

The woman standing aside couldn't hold back after all, and shouted sharply.The tears from the corners of his eyes came out like a string of crystal clear pearls, swirling and floating towards the surface of the sea.

Seeing this, the old man quickly comforted her a few words, and ordered his attendants to escort the woman home so that she could be taken care of, before he walked in front of the priest with a straight face:

"You, you. At this time, you have to use your emotions. Yue'er is still underage, so she will inevitably do some outrageous things. But if there is a bigger right and wrong because of this, what is the big plan for you and our whole family? , will bring immeasurable impact! After all, she is the only one who inherits the blood of the great priest!"

"What the teacher taught is that the students didn't think about this matter. But you can rest assured that the students will handle this matter properly. Now that the rebels have taken Yue'er away, the spells they cast will definitely remain in the sea. Leave traces that are difficult to cover up. Follow the traces and fish, maybe you can find their hiding places!"

The priest bowed, and hid his face in the dark blue shadow at the bottom of the water. After a long time, he rubbed the coral bracelet that had been held tightly in his hand since just now, which was broken into two pieces. Quietly hid it in the pocket of the armhole, gritted his teeth and said decisively:

"This time, we must wipe out those hidden people!"

(End of this chapter)