twin moon

Chapter 50, Scene [-] Undercurrent II

It was midnight, and the only sound that could be heard on the shore was the rustling of the tide caressing the beach, as if someone was singing a never-ending requiem.Under the twin moons, a small boat quietly came ashore in the dark night.

There were eight people on board.After disembarking from the boat, they took off their loose kimono clothes, and then they revealed their true faces—it turned out that among them were young girls who had just grown up.Their skin looked extremely fair, glowing brightly under the moonlight.It's just that everyone has an obvious gill cleft behind the ear, and a thick layer of webbed membrane is also connected between the fingers and toes.

"This is the world on land? It's so beautiful——"

The girls couldn't help admiring the bright twin moons on the celestial sphere.But before the words fell, a slightly hoarse voice came from behind a black reef behind him:

"Hurry up and put on the clothes of these land people. You are so playful while naked, you are not afraid of being seen by others!"

The girls turned their heads suddenly, only to see a short, wrinkled old woman walking out from behind the reef, throwing several stacks of clothes in her hands on the milky white sand.

The girls seemed to recognize who each other was, laughing and throwing their clothes on each other.The old woman muttered again, as if she was whispering some kind of secret language.After all the girls changed their clothes, they were surprised to find that their bodies had undergone tremendous changes in this short period of time, and they became no different from the people on the ground.

"Grandma Zhizhe, your magic skills are so brilliant, I guess even my parents can't recognize me now!" A girl admired in a low voice, and then complained, "It's just that the clothes of these land people wear Why is it so uncomfortable on the body, it is far worse than our scorpion clothes."

"People on the land also have brocades that are as smooth and smooth as gauze, but only girls from rich families can afford to wear them. We should not be too ostentatious when we go ashore this time, just wear some coarse linen clothes. Also, Lord Kunjie should have told you before, from now on, don't mention the word holding staff again. In normal times, everyone can call me Granny Cen."

There was a hint of reprimand in the old woman's tone.Seeing this, the talkative girl didn't dare to make any more presumptuous noises, bowed respectfully, and lowered her head.

"But mother-in-law, Lord Kunjie didn't reveal to us what the trip was about before we set off. I wonder if you can explain something now, so that the sisters can be prepared?"

Suddenly another girl interjected.The old woman looked up at the other party, and saw that she looked older than the rest of them, and the expression between her brows was quite alert, but she was less humble and respectful.

"What's your name?"

"Qingling."

"Qingling... the old man used spells to turn you into people on land, in order to blend into the crowd without being noticed. Three years ago, I was ordered by Master Kunjie to go ashore. I have made a detailed investigation of the sophistication and key joints of the people in various countries. Now, I need you to follow me to lurk in a nearby big city of land people."

"What are you going to do after lurking?" The girl opposite wanted to break the casserole and ask to the end.

"Forgive me for not being able to say anything for the time being. You just need to know that Master Kunjie has already discussed this matter with the other two elders, and the plan is thorough, so there is no need to worry too much."

The old woman frowned slightly, but she refused to say any more. Instead, she reached out to a small pocket on her waist for a few times, then spread her clenched palms in front of the girls, and said solemnly, "It's our group How eye-catching, if you wait until dawn to go to the official road, you may be interrogated by the officers and soldiers, and troubles will arise. You should hide this medicine in a convenient place on your body, don't ask any more questions, and waste time."

"Is this the legendary Lu Hui Dan?"

"That's right. You should all know that after taking this pill, the gill clefts behind the ears and the webbed membranes between the palms will disappear forever, and the bones and muscles will also become thicker, completely restoring the appearance of our ancestors before they migrated to the sea. However, after tens of thousands of years, Lu Hui's complete formula is now firmly held in the hands of the great priest Feng Weishu, and these few medicines were made by Lord Kunjie according to his memory, so it is difficult to completely neutralize the ingredients in it. Very poisonous."

"Since it's poisonous, why do you want us to carry it with you?" Qingling refused to reach out to pick it up.

"Land is not as good as the sea! Although your appearance has changed now, if you are seriously injured, you cannot be cured by land people's medicine. The only thing that can save you at that time is this Lu Hui Pill."

"How can poison save lives? Granny Cen, don't be lying."

"Although this medicine is highly poisonous, after taking it, it can regenerate the whole body's blood vessels, muscles and bones, so serious injuries will not be cured. The only price is the loss of life. No matter old or young, strong or weak , can only have five years of Yangshou left. The eight of you are the ones specially selected by Lord Kunjie to go ashore to assist the elderly, and you should have already made up your mind to sacrifice."

After finishing speaking, the old woman waved her palm in front of the women, signaling them to take the medicine quickly.But the girl named Qingling suddenly let out a low cry, and knocked all the pills to the ground, then swung a short knife hidden somewhere, and stabbed straight at the old woman's body!
"what are you doing?!"

Granny Cen was taken aback when she saw this, and hurriedly took two steps back to avoid the gleaming weapon.Unexpectedly, a figure suddenly moved on the sand behind him, and another girl came forward, and the short knife in her hand pierced into her body from under the right shoulder blade with a "poof".

The sharp pain in her back made the old woman feel a little dizzy.She staggered and turned around, and before the opponent could pull out the knife, she pulled out a pure white cane from under the cloak she was wearing, and slammed it on the girl's celestial cap.

I saw that the cane was about three feet long, and it was made of a whole rib of a giant whale.There are exquisite patterns carved by skilled craftsmen on it, and a fist-sized black spar is embedded in the head of the staff.The assassinating girl never expected that the opponent's counterattack would be so swift, and before she could react, she was beaten to the point of bleeding and died on the spot.

"You were not sent by Lord Kunjie at all!"

The old woman shouted loudly, and the snail bun that was originally coiled on top of her head was also scattered due to the fight, and her gray hair was scattered in front of her forehead, covering her slightly panicked face.

"Of course not. Not all the rebels are desperadoes. Just a little torture, and someone will naturally tell the whole story about going ashore tonight with the Elder Zhizhang. Otherwise, how can I bring people to meet you? And how should we bring the daughter of the great priest back to Cangliu City?"

Qingling sneered, and stretched out her hand to signal to the other young women to surround the old woman, as if they were trying to catch a turtle in an urn.It seems that the question and answer she had with the other party before was just to delay the time and cover the people under her hand to prepare for the murder.

"Hmph, Feng Weishu is really good, and he won't let us go on land!"

"Who is the chief priest? He already knew that you were the one who cast a spell under Ganyuan three years ago and took away his daughter. He even asked me to bring a message to my mother-in-law to advise you to do it yourself. Now you are surrounded and trapped. If you are wounded by a knife, why don't you take us directly to Miss Xun and send her back to Cangliu City, maybe the priest can spare your life."

"Go dreaming!" The old woman raised her cane high above her head, her tone was extremely decisive, "He imprisoned me in Ganyuan back then, and he didn't intend to let me out alive! Fortunately, God has eyes, so that the old man escaped." It's a catastrophe! It was my negligence that allowed you to seize the opportunity today, does he think that with just a few little girls, he can defeat my majestic elder holding the staff!"

After the old woman shouted loudly, a string of purple lightning suddenly burst out from the cane.The lightning struck straight at the seven girls surrounding him, making a deafening bang.

But in the dazzling light, instead of falling down on the spot, Qing Ling and the others burst out laughing.It wasn't until this time that the old woman realized that the girls' bodies were shrouded in a circle of blue light, completely blocking her own purple lightning spell!

"Old woman, do you think that with a broken staff, you can use ordinary spells to compete with the high priest's cowardice? Take your life!"

Qingling completely tore off the last trace of camouflage, leaving only the unhesitating killing intent in her eyes.She gave an order, and seven girls attacked the old woman at the same time.The sharp blade fluttered, and countless bright red blood flowers bloomed under the moonlight.

Grandma Cen knelt softly on the ground, but still struggled to support the upper half of her body with a whalebone cane, but her face was frighteningly white.The gurgling blood pooled on the sand under her feet, but without stopping for a moment, it all seeped into the ground.

"Old woman, if you are willing to tell us where the daughter of the chief priest is, I will make your death easier." Qing Ling walked up to her and whispered into her ear.

"Hmph, you guys are taking things too lightly, don't you? I still have some breath..."

"So what? Could it be that you have reinforcements?" Qingling stabbed the old woman's arm again, turning the blade lightly, torturing, as if to prove that she was a man of her word, but she didn't He didn't intend to kill him like this.

However, at the moment when the sharp blade stabbed out, she suddenly felt a sharp pain in her feet and calves.When I lowered my head to look, I saw a large piece of dark red, smelly thing emerging from under the sand, and in a blink of an eye, it climbed onto my knees and quickly attacked my upper body.Going to see the other people, it was the same experience!
"Old woman! What kind of tricks are you trying to play again, stop quickly!"

Qingling roared loudly and raised her knife to stab the old woman's throat, but it was too late.The pile of dark red things on the ground has long been connected to the old woman's body.It climbed faster and faster on the girls' bodies, and soon covered their chests.The women's hands holding the knives could no longer exert any strength, and the seven sharp blades fell on the sand one after another, and were soon swallowed up by the red patch, disappearing without a trace.

"This is—the Blood Snake Curse, the most vicious and vicious kind of curse! Because it will backfire on the person who cast the curse, even the priest dare not use it lightly..." The old woman murmured.

"Only the great priests of the past have the ability to practice the breath, so how can you, an old woman—" Qingling finally realized that she had no chance of winning, and her voice became sharper immediately.

"Arrogance... It is a spell that everyone in the clan knows... The original intention of the ancestors to create it was not just to kill people! But unfortunately, the previous high priests in the clan seem to have forgotten it. Only when the mantra is chanted for selfish desires can it display its true power..."

The old woman tried her best to raise her voice, but she vomited a big mouthful of blood on the spot.The light in her eyes gradually dimmed, and her body collapsed to the ground involuntarily.However, the dark red blood gushing out from the sand ground without hesitation devoured the seven female killers, leaving behind seven bones standing tall.

In an instant, the beach returned to calm, as if nothing had happened.In the darkness, the seemingly lifeless old woman suddenly raised her hand with difficulty, and then patted the object in her palm into her mouth—it was an object she touched by accident. Lu Huidan who was knocked to the ground by Qingling!

Even though the blood was almost drained from her body, she couldn't just die like this right now!

The old woman curled up in pain, ready to face the transformation she spent almost all of the rest of her life in exchange for.She gasped for breath, and clearly saw a faint blush under her skin, as if her whole body was being gradually eaten away by a strange flame.

Furthermore, a layer of bark-like tissue grew on the exposed skin of the old woman.That tissue is like the chrysalis of a caterpillar about to transform into a butterfly, wrapping its entire torso.After half an hour, it was completely hardened and became a human-shaped hard shell.

When the morning sun rose from the east, this strange hard shell finally fell from the old woman's body like long-dried soil.

At this time, the fatal knife wound on her body had disappeared without a trace, and even the skin that had been riddled with ravines seemed to have regained its tautness.The originally pale skin also became rosy again, and the strong heartbeat burst out from the chest again, making the old woman slowly wake up.

"It turns out that it feels so good to have a land-based body. My feet can stand firmly, my hands can be powerfully waved, my eyes are no longer dim and chaotic, and I have birds in my ears." Call the insects!"

Granny Cen had a long-lost smile on her face.Although from now on, there are only five short years left in her life, but she seems to have been reborn, with her legs that are no longer soft and trembling, facing the direction of Mulu City, striding towards the city. go forward.

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