"Did you really see the Dragon Palace?"
When Xu Shenxing said that the Dragon Palace had been abandoned, the parrot subconsciously did not believe it.
Shrines and the like were fine. After all, they were just places where humans worshipped the gods. When the gods no longer wanted to protect the land, they would leave. For example, they would possess a rice ear and elope with a merchant's carriage … That's right, most gods were like that.
But the Dragon Palace was the palace of the Dragon Gods. Unless there were some special circumstances, it was almost impossible for it to be abandoned.
Xu Shenxing, who was questioned by the parrot, grabbed it with a kind expression, then raised the parrot and prepared to play with the water.
"Wait, I believe it! Whether Five Leaf believes it or not, I believe it! "The parrot shouted as it struggled.
"Could it be that it went bankrupt because of poor management?" Compared to the parrot, Five Leaf accepted the fact that the Dragon Palace had disappeared faster. She tried to guess. "Then the Dragon God could only go to the human city to work to pay his debts..."
"Don't you have any reverence for the gods of your ancestors' time?" The parrot complained with an embarrassed face.
"Because of what you did, my reverence for the gods has been thrown into the dustbin with common sense!"
Five Leaf answered without hesitation.
It seemed that the experience during this period of time had quite a big impact on the girl's worldview...
"So what should we do now? For the time being, I'm not good at perception. "Xu Shenxing, who was not in the mood to participate in their crosstalk, asked.
"Well, it would be good if we could find more clues near the Dragon Palace..."
The parrot touched its beak and pondered.
"Carefully examine the situation at the bottom of the sea?"
Xu Shenxing drew his sword and made a chopping motion. "If necessary, I can learn from Moses to open the sea."
"Really? In that case..." The parrot was pleasantly surprised.
"Yes, but if you don't use enough strength, maybe nothing in this sea will survive." Thinking of the mushroom cloud slowly rising from the sea after he did that in the Otherworld, Xu Shenxing added.
"Let's walk around the sea and see if there are any clues."
Therefore, the parrot decisively gave up the idea of exploring the bottom of the sea.
Hearing what it said, Xu Shenxing made a gesture of preparing to run and asked Wu Yejin, "Should we start the car?"
"I will never sit in that seat again!"
The latter said in a resolute tone.
— — Dividing line — —
After walking around the coastline for a while, the two of them, along with a bird, encountered a group of naughty children.
They were yelling and teasing a turtle.
Originally, Xu Shenxing and his group did not intend to pay attention to this matter. However, when they passed by, the parrot suddenly made an unexpected sound.
"That guy … isn't he the messenger of Dragon Palace?" It used its wings to point at the sea turtle, who had been turned over by the naughty children and was trying its best to stretch its neck to turn back.
"Isn't the envoy of the Dragon Palace an oarfish?" Wu Yejin asked curiously.
"No, when it comes to the Dragon Palace, turtles are more common … Prime Minister Turtle or something." Xu Shenxing didn't have any special feelings about it.
"Well, although it's not a Prime Minister Turtle …"
The parrot seemed to find it difficult to explain clearly in a few words. In the end, it could only vaguely say, "In short, it's just a pet of the Dragon God."
"So, at this time, we should save the turtle first." Wu Yejin had just finished speaking when she revealed a puzzled expression. "Wait, this deja vu … Urashima Taro?"
As she spoke, the girl looked around as if she was looking for something.
"What's that?"
As a person of the Celestial Empire, Xu Shenxing, who was not familiar with the myths of Fusang, asked curiously.
"You haven't even heard of Urashima Taro? What a country bumpkin." The parrot jumped onto Wu Yejin's head and puffed out its chest. Ignoring Xu Shenxing's slightly narrowed and dangerous gaze, it said proudly, "Urashima Taro is a well-known fairy tale in Fusang. The general plot goes like this: A person named Urashima Taro saved a turtle. The turtle was the envoy of the Dragon Palace. In order to repay his kindness, it brought Urashima Taro to the Dragon Palace. The master of the Dragon Palace also thanked Urashima Taro for saving the turtle, so he received the highest level of hospitality in the Dragon Palace. However, Urashima Taro began to miss home after staying for a while, so he bid farewell to the master of the Dragon Palace. Before he left, the master of the Dragon Palace gave Urashima Taro a brocade box and warned him not to open it. "
"Such an obvious flag. In the end, that guy named Urashima Taro must have opened the box with his greedy hands, right?"
Xu Shenxing raised his eyebrows. "So what's inside? Disaster and plague? "
"It's not Pandora's Box … You're being too serious. Come down!" Wu Yejin first complained. Then, she shook her head and tried to get the parrot off her head.
The parrot flapped its wings and flew to a nearby reef. "After Urashima Taro returned to his hometown, he realized that several hundred years had passed in the human world … His family, friends, and even his home were gone. Urashima Taro panicked and thought of the box given to him by the master of the Dragon Palace. He thought that he might be able to figure out what had happened if he opened it. In the end, when he opened the box, he turned into a white-haired old man with a white beard. It turned out that he had only spent a few days in the Dragon Palace, but several hundred years had passed in the outside world. The box given to Urashima Taro by the master of the Dragon Palace contained his time. Once he opened it, those hundred years slipped away quietly, turning Urashima Taro into an old man. "
After saying that, the parrot pointed at Xu Shenxing. "Very good. Student over there, what do you think this story tells us?"
"The master of the Dragon Palace is not a good person. Should we kill her whenever we see her?" Xu Shenxing replied casually.
"Pfft, pfft, wrong!" The parrot made a big cross with its wings. Then, it thumped the ground and laughed. "The answer is that we should not waste time indulging in leisure and pleasure. Time passes quickly when we have fun. In the blink of an eye, we become old. Even children know this."
"No, no, no. I think this story tells us that we won't die if we don't seek death. What do you think?"
Xu Shenxing had a kind smile on his face as he grabbed the parrot. "Then, steamed or braised. Which do you like?"
"It's wrong to eat parrots. Let's have a good talk calmly …"
The parrot immediately gave in. It lowered its head and smiled submissively. Suddenly, the beach was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
"I'm sorry to interrupt your happy time, but there doesn't seem to be anyone else around except for us. Besides …" Wu Yejin sighed. Then, she expressionlessly pointed at the group of naughty children not far away. "If we don't hurry up, that sea turtle will be buried alive."
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