My name is Lu Mingfei, not Lu Mingfei!

Chapter 69 67. Dragon Servant (2)

There was a soft click, and the swaying firelight dispelled the dark haze. The entire corridor suddenly lit up, illuminated by a small lamp made of bronze. It was shaped like a palace lady sitting on her knees, holding the lamp with one hand and the sleeve of the other hand. Above the lampshade, it is placed on the side of the corridor.

Ye Sheng immediately recognized that it was the Changxin Palace Lantern, a creation of the Han Dynasty court. During the Three Kingdoms period, Liu Bei always claimed to be the queen of Liu Sheng, King Jing of Zhongshan, and the Changxin Palace Lantern was unearthed from the tomb of Liu Sheng's wife.

A girl stood next to the Changxin palace lantern. She was wearing a cross-collar skirt with a white background and blue edges. She looked like she was no more than twenty years old. Her hair was tied into a bun. She looked like a romantic girl in some idol drama without any makeup. host. She bent over, holding two flints for making fire in her hands. The flame of the Changxin palace lantern swayed slightly, and her face was covered with a hazy glow. Ye Sheng had a strange feeling, as if this girl came from a thousand years ago. Before, mysterious and elusive, all he saw was her shadow.

Neither Shutoku Aki nor Ye Sheng dared to move forward. Although the distance between them and the girl was only five or six meters, in the city of the King of Bronze and Fire, they suddenly met an ancient girl who looked like a human. No one They would think that that indifferent face that looked as calm as water was a lovely young lady they could talk to. When she looked back, what they saw might be the wrath of a king.

Will Dragon King Norton be a girl? Ye Sheng quickly turned his brain, and Kassel roughly restored the history of the ancient dragon clan based on the dragon clan information he had already mastered. It is said that the four great monarchs were all created directly by the Black King. The dragon clan can reproduce even if it is alone, and there is no male-male mating. Necessity, and humans have never confirmed whether creatures like dragons have gender.

The dragon race is so perfect, it is simply the pinnacle of reproduction in the evolutionary tree. At that point, offspring seem to be dispensable, because a dragon can be reborn as long as it leaves eggs before being killed, and in the world itself There aren't many things that can threaten them. In ancient China, there was a saying that the phoenix rose from the fire and was reborn, but the dragon is the real immortal body.

"No one has been here for a long time." The girl threw the flint into the Changxin palace lantern, closed the lid, hid her hands in her wide long sleeves and closed them in front of her, "Today...what year is it?"

"Two thousand and two years have passed since the year when Wang Mang changed the name of the country to the new one from Han Dynasty." Jiude Yaji boldly said that if this girl is indeed Norton himself, then she must know that Wang Mang changed his name to the new one. It was from this period that Gongsun Shu officially became famous.

"Two thousand years..." the girl murmured, "so much time has passed in the blink of an eye."

Ye Sheng couldn't feel any hostility from her, but the snakes released were blocked by the girl. There seemed to be an invisible wall in front of her, which meant that the girl's bloodline was far superior to that of Ye Sheng.

Ye Sheng quietly held the diving knife tightly. He received A+ scores in all the practical classes at Kassel Academy. Although Yan Ling was not suitable for fighting, he felt that he could still handle a humanoid Dragon King with two moves. , this can at least buy Shude Aki time to escape.

"When I take action, you run back and go back the way you came." Ye Sheng used the spirit of speech to communicate directly with Jiude Aki, so that he could avoid being heard by the other party.

"Are you crazy?" Shude Aki opened his eyes in surprise, "She hasn't shown any hostility yet!"

"Besides Norton, who else can appear in the Bronze City?"

"I can hear your voice." The girl suddenly said, and Ye Sheng's heart trembled. "But you did make a mistake. The master is out, and the ministers must abide by their duties. It is my duty to stay here."

She turned half sideways and made an invitation gesture: "I am the lord's servant, my name is Samson. The master of the house is not here, and it is also the etiquette of a courtier to entertain guests. Please come with me."

Samson's every move has the elegance and calmness of an ancient lady. Young ladies from a well-known family are often known for their poetry, songs, etiquette, elegance and everything. Ye Sheng has always felt that such people should only exist in TV dramas. But now the real ancient people are in front of him. Samson comes from two thousand years ago, maybe even longer, so she will ask what year it is today, because she has never left here in these thousand years. What's even more concerning is that she said that the Lord has left. Of course the Lord of Bronze City is not Gongsun Shu. Could it be that Dragon King Norton has awakened?

I don't know if these are lies or the truth, but at least Samson didn't show any hostility, and she is very approachable now. Ye Sheng and Jiude Aki looked at each other, nodded, and followed Samson into the depths of the corridor.

There is another door in the depths, guarded by living creatures, but this time there is no need to donate blood. Samson just patted the head of the bronze man, and the water door slowly opened. The curved channels on both sides washed away a large amount of water, and the floor began to sink slowly until the water covered their heads.

"Oh my God!" Shude Aki exclaimed.

Ye Sheng followed her line of sight and looked down. The bottom of the water was full of white bones, densely packed into mountains. The obvious skull features showed that these were human beings, numbering at least tens of thousands.

Pieces of rusted metal can also be seen in the gaps between the bones, just like the ones seen on the gate before entering. They are the remains of armor, which shows that these dead bones are most likely ancient soldiers.

This is very consistent with history. History books say that when Gongsun Shu faced Liu Xiu's troops in the early days, he must have had the help of Norton. It was not until Liu Xiu found the hybrid Wu family that the Han army captured Baidi at a huge cost. city.

He suddenly looked at Samson's back, feeling that it was a trap. Samson might be luring them to go to the depths of Baidi City to strangle them, just like these dead soldiers, but Samson did not turn to look at him. He was in the water. She floats freely like an elegant mermaid.

It was that feeling of being dead and going nowhere again, drifting in the endless ocean. With the previous experience, Ye Sheng was no longer so panicked. He held Shuode Aki's hand tightly and closed it. Eyes, let the buoyancy lift themselves up naturally.

The sound of rushing water was sparse, and Ye Sheng suddenly opened his eyes. He thought he should see a magnificent palace, in which there should be a dragon master holding the sky, a bronze spout faucet, and gold powder and silver foam on the On the wall, the light shines brightly like day.

But now he and Shutoku Aki were soaking in the pool of a small house. Behind them was a bronze waterwheel whirling and spinning. Across the small bridge over the running water in front of them was a bronze residence with four long The palace lanterns lit up the surroundings. Outside the house, there were several stone piers and a white jade table with a chess board engraved on it. There were also a few chess pieces scattered around. This was probably the most luxurious thing here.

It's surprising. A monarch should be proud and self-reliant, using wealth and power to build palaces to show his prominence to the world. But Norton seems to be a very low-key guy with "Brother" written on his head. Living in a place like this is not so much about him. He is a king, rather he is a leisurely man like Tao Yuanming.

Samson did not invite them into the house. The master was not here, and of course the guests could not enter the master's house without permission. They sat down at the white jade table outside the house. Samson went into the house and brought back a bronze teapot later. Seeing Samson pouring tea for them in an ancient way, Ye Sheng began to wonder if this tea was the same as Samson's. It had been stored here for two thousand years. Maybe if he drank it, he would have diarrhea.

"I know why you are here." Samson sat down opposite the two of them. There was no tea prepared for him in front of her. "You are humans, but you have dragon blood."

"It's unimaginable that I'm sitting and drinking tea with a dragon now. I thought you should have killed us in anger." Ye Sheng opened the mask of his diving suit. Dragons are reptiles and they also need to breathe. Samson Life Deep inside the Bronze City, the air is exceptionally fresh. This should be due to the design of the Bronze City itself. There are ventilation passages around it that connect to the outside world.

"If it had been in the past, I should have." Samson said lightly, "My lord once fought with the emperor, and a large part of Gongsun's soldiers were given to me to command, because he trusted the lord, and of course he trusted me. He is buried here. There are tens of thousands of Han army skeletons under the city, so why would I care about killing two more people?"

"That means you won't do it now." Shutoku Aki said, "Why? Dragons and humans should be sworn enemies."

"I didn't say that I liked you and invited you to sit here, just because I need your help. In exchange, I know what you want." Samson pointed to the room behind him, "It's right there. "

"Aren't you afraid that we will rob you?" Ye Sheng raised his eyebrows. In his opinion, Samson was a little too careless. Although she was a dragon, she was now two against one, and Shuode Aki was even better than him in combat ability. To be stronger, Shutoku Aki always modestly said that he was still far behind compared to his sister.

"You are not my opponent. I am the lord's close minister and his sword. The lord has the honorific title of the King of Bronze and Fire. Even among the dragons, his alchemy is particularly outstanding. You should know."

Samson put his finger on the white jade table. His seemingly slender and tender index finger touched it so lightly, and a blade-like crack was carved on the white jade table.

She is indeed a weapon, an extremely sharp weapon. Although she looks like a young girl, inside she has been forged by Norton into an alchemical blade that can break through metal and iron. The material may be Samson's bones.

No one knows how Norton did it. As the ultimate achievement of dragon alchemy, Norton's achievements far exceed human cognition.

"Okay, let's admit defeat." Ye Sheng clapped his hands to express his applause for Samson's performance.

If your opponent can cut off white jade with just one finger, I'm afraid no one will want to fight with such a thing.

"But how is this done?" Shutoku Aki was very curious, "You look like a human girl. When a dragon becomes a human in appearance, other parts of it will also become similar to humans except internally."

"Because I am a living being." Samson pressed on his chest, "Crossing the boundary between life and death, the Lord's greatest masterpiece."

Samson opened his lapels, and his fingers, which were enough to cut through white jade, only needed a light touch to open his chest. Both Ye Sheng and Jiude Yaji saw the internal structure of her body. There were no internal organs or muscles. Some only have hundreds of mysterious dragon bones left, which have lost their original color and turned into a color like bronze. It's hard to believe that her beautiful appearance is only supported by these bones. It makes people think of the white-bone spirit in Journey to the West. Apart from the bones, there is only one skin.

"A gentleman, don't look at anything inappropriate!" Jiude Aki reached out to cover Ye Sheng's eyes, because she knew that Ye Sheng had not officially been in love yet, and it was too astringent for an innocent virgin to watch a girl undress in front of him.

"It's all bones, what's there to see?" Ye Sheng muttered.

"The master left a cocoon before he died and made me into the ultimate alchemical living being. I kept everything in the past and have stayed here for two thousand years, guarding the master's cocoon, just waiting for his resurrection." Samson resumed Put on your clothes, "But I don't like this. Are you willing to be alone in a place, listening to the sound of running water and waiting for two thousand years?"

"But you just said that Norton has left here." Ye Sheng pushed away Jiude Aki's hand, "Then do you still need to stay here?"

"I can't leave here. This is the rule of Dragon Cave. In order to prevent outsiders from invading, there are living gates everywhere in Bronze City. At the same time, in order to prevent intruders from leaving and killing them, you must sacrifice a person to leave here. , this rule takes effect for the entire Bronze City, except the Lord himself." Samson looked into Ye Sheng's eyes and smiled faintly, "The blood of a living person is enough."

Ye Sheng stood up suddenly, kicked over the white jade table, and pulled Jiude Aji back.

The ancient dragons were arrogant and ruthless. They were more inclined to use their violence to crush humans. However, as history developed, the secret party discovered that dragons were becoming more and more cunning. They began to know how to use strategies and how to lurk in human society to use their own power. Power creates intrigues and manipulates puppets. There are often shadows of dragons behind those well-known histories.

The same is true for Samson. She is just a servant of the Dragon King, but in the past two thousand years, she has learned to use her innocent appearance to deceive humans.

This was indeed a trap, planned from the beginning. They shouldn't have come here. Samson tricked them into a point of death with no way out. Those bones were the end.

Samson waved his hand gently, and the white jade table was silently chopped into pieces. As the ultimate creature created by Dragon King Norton, she was still an invincible weapon even without a master.

"The living souls sealed in the door are hopeless, but I am different. I can still move and think. As long as I have the blood of dragons, I can still be myself." Samson's eyes showed longing. The light said, "I don't care about betraying the master, I only care about myself. Come on, aren't you here for the bone bottle? I'll give you the bottle in exchange for your dragon's blood!"

She no longer had to pretend to be herself, every word she spoke was a roar, her voice was hoarse, blue-black scales came out from all over her body, and her graceful and slender arms suddenly grew into the claws of a tyrannosaurus, tearing her skirt to pieces, A cold light shone on the bone claws that pierced the knuckles.