A handsome face was hidden in the waves.

　　"Shui Rokuro!" I lost my voice and shrieked, white light flashed in front of my eyes, water arrows forced their way to the small of my back, and the cold air stung my skin.

　　The beauties were too late to save me, in a life and death situation, I could only rely on myself!

　　A Phantom Dance pose flashed through my mind. I closed my stomach, arched my back, and popped up, my body like a soft leaf, stretching out flat.

　　The water arrow skimmed close to my belly. I broke out in a cold sweat, and Water Sixth Lang's mouth opened, spewing out a few more water arrows, each directed at the beautiful women who had rushed to my aid, before his face sank and he disappeared into the undulating sea water.

　　"Little scoundrel, are you alright?" Hai Ji split the water arrows with a palm and was the first to rush over.

　　I bent down exaggeratedly and covered my stomach, "It hurts, rub it for me. Once you rub it, I won't be in pain anymore."

　　Hai Ji blushed and snapped, "Can't change this greasy mouth of yours!"

　　I squeezed my eyebrows, don't look at Hai Ji's rigid nature, but she is most likely to be shy.

　　Hat Dan Mei stared at the sea, looked for a while, uneasily said: "I did not expect that Shui Liu Lang not only did not die, but also the spirit of the ghost has not yet followed. Last time, Immortal Gan had clearly seriously injured him, and once a few days had passed, he unexpectedly became alive again."

　　Gan Lime Zhen pondered for a while and said, "Shui Liu Lang's demonic power is indeed strange, it seems that he won't rest until he snatches the three treasures. During this period of time, we have to be on guard. Especially you, be more careful." The gaze fell on me unobtrusively.

　　My heart palpitated, this kid was vicious enough to know that persimmons pick the soft ones and only target me. He must have wanted to catch me first and then threaten a few beauties.

　　The pale sea was overflowing with twilight, and it was as if Shui Liulang was hiding under one of the waves, secretly peering at us. I couldn't help but feel a chill.

　　Haiji suddenly waved quietly at me.

　　"What is it, so mysterious?" I smiled and walked over.

　　Hai Ji glanced at Hat Dan Mei and Gan Lime Zhen in the distance and whispered, "Little rascal, don't be serious. Shui Liu Lang's group of demons, all of them have weird demonic techniques, the future journey must be treacherous, aren't you afraid?"

　　"What's the use of being afraid." I lazily said, "Stretching one's head is a knife, shrinking one's head is also a knife."

　　Hai Ji hesitated and said, "Follow me." Finger a little golden conch, pointed conch mouth like spreading ripples, slowly open wide, revealing a deep hole, she floated and leaped into the conch mouth, I curiously followed in.

　　Inside the dazzling light, palaces, pavilions, pavilions overlapping, gorgeous and exquisite, just like another world.

　　I exclaimed in awe, "Hai Ji, you know how to enjoy yourself."

　　Hai Ji smiled brightly, "This golden conch was found by me in the Spiritual Treasure Heaven, and after the refining of the Armour Royal Art, it can be changed at will. Here, no matter what is said or done, no one else will know." Reaching out, the conch's mouth contracted again until it was completely closed, shutting out the outside world.

　　I playfully said, "So that's how it is, hehehe, are you trying to whisper something to me?"

　　Hai Ji glared at me, "Little scoundrel, your instincts are too low, if you go on like this, sooner or later you will die. You, do you want to learn the Pulse Meridian Armour Royal Art?"

　　I was taken aback, "You're willing to teach me? Isn't that against your Pulse Meridian Sea Temple's door rules?"

　　Hai Ji bit her cherry lips, "Couldn't care less, anyway, I'm the Chief Female Martial God of this sect, they wouldn't dare to do anything to me. I ...... I ...... can't watch you die!"

　　I looked at her dumbfounded, inside the golden conch, it was very quiet, so quiet that I could feel the fluttering of Hai Ji's eyelashes.

　　Quiet like my heart, in a trance, I seem to return to that winter snowy dusk, the Wang family Miss put a piece of silver, personally placed in my palm. Snowflakes fluttered and blurred my eyes.

　　The cold silver, the cold hand, the hot tears in my eyes that could never come out.

　　Sometimes, accepting the kindness of others is a kind of pain. Because I don't know, which day I will lose again. I would rather have nothing in the first place.

　　I don't turn my head away, escaping Hai Ji's sincere eyes, and laughed, "Don't joke around, what Armour Imperial Art, I'm not interested in learning it."

　　Hai Ji anxiously said, "If it's really like what Hatan Mei said, the Demon Lord has come out, even if the three of us join hands, we may not be able to protect your safety. Shi Jiulang, Tubarang, Shui Liulang, someone who can make these demons with high demonic power bow down must be very terrifying. When the time comes, what will you do?"

　　What will you do when you let the Chakra Sea Temple know that you've been privately teaching the Armour Imperial Art? I stubbornly shook my head, turned around, and said, "I've been refining these days, old me is very tired, I want to rest and relax."

　　Hai Ji's voice was a bit disgruntled, "Why don't you know better?"

　　"Yeah, I've never been a likable person." I said lightly, suddenly realising that I, with my low demonic power, had become a burden to the three beauties.

　　The golden conch jolted, and I stood unsteadily, falling over towards Hai Ji. She held me up, and my lips, coincidentally, touched her lips.

　　Soft lips, as if they were fragrant and sweet-smelling petals. Both of us were shaken, Hai Ji hurriedly pushed me away, her face was full of red colour, my heart was pounding, I couldn't help but step back, my face was hot, I didn't dare to look at Hai Ji. For a moment, the mind went blank.

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　　It was quiet all around, so quiet that you could hear Hai Ji's faint gasps.

　　The golden conch began to shake violently.

　　"Something seems to have happened outside." Hai Ji's voice was as light as a mosquito's cry.

　　Only then did I come back to my senses, my first kiss, so gone. But it's good, it would be unfortunate to keep it for the rest of my life.

　　When we got outside, at sea, the storm was raging.

　　In the dark night sky, a bolt of lightning struck, like a twisted silver snake, drilling into the roaring sea. The waves rolled, the winds howled, and dozens of feet of sea water, like huge sea beasts, pounced madly on us.

　　Heavy rain poured down. In the midst of the wild waves, Gan Lemon True stood quietly on the snow lotus, not moving, "This storm, it came a little strange."

　　Hat Dan Mei said, "It might be Shui Liu Lang's trick!"

　　Hai Ji let out a cold laugh, "This coward who doesn't dare to show his face, only plays a little unseemly trick."

　　Gan Lime Zhen suddenly drank lowly and tapped the scabbard of his sword, a watery aura swiftly shot towards me, skimming over my side and striking the surface of the sea. I hurriedly turned back, and Shui Liu Lang's sinister smiling face just disappeared into the waves.

　　Hai Ji immediately pounced into the sea. I was secretly shocked, Shui Liu Lang is following us, it's almost like a follower.

　　After a while, Hai Ji leapt out of the sea and said resentfully, "He slipped up again."

　　The storm grew more and more violent, with lightning and thunder, and huge waves rising and falling, the golden snail was suddenly thrown up high, and then abruptly fell straight down again. I wiped a handful of water all over my face, pointed ahead, and called out, "Look, you guys!"

　　In the vast night rain, a little bit of turquoise light appeared, floating ghostly, like a spooky ghost.

　　A few points of turquoise light drifted towards us, and when I took a closer look, it turned out to be some monsters that were carrying a turquoise-coloured lantern and slowly drifting. At first glance, these monsters thought they were a single beautiful woman, but their lower bodies were fish bodies, and their huge tails were covered with fish scales. Hat Dan Mei frowned, "It looks like the mermaid race in the deep sea, it looks like they are coming towards us."

　　The mermaids drifted towards us in droves, and Hai Ji said morosely, "Get lost!" The palm of her hand slashed out harshly, golden light flashed, slicing a mermaid in half, and the lantern in her hand landed in the sea with a hissing sound, bursting into a cluster of eerie turquoise fire. The mermaids let out sharp cries from their mouths and dispersed sharply, circling around us but not daring to come any closer.

　　Hat Dan Mei smiled demonically, "Kill them all, save yourself the heartache of seeing them."

　　Hearing Hat Dan Mei's words, the mermaids fled backwards, and a lantern hid into the distance, where I saw a dark sea island, silent, like a silent beast, perched in the night.

　　The turquoise-coloured lights, hidden on the island, were like the blinking eyes of the beast.

　　It was as if the island had suddenly floated out of the sea. The three beauties looked at each other in disbelief, and I rubbed my eyelids and called out, "Strange, I hadn't seen such an island just now." I knew something was wrong.

　　"With such a heavy rainstorm, we're just about due for a break on the island." Gan Lime Zhen gazed at the island and calmly said, "The people on the island must be hoping for the same thing."

　　Hat Dan Mei giggled, "They are in a hurry to go to the Yellow Springs Heaven to reincarnate, how can we not fulfil them? Let's go to the island and see what tricks Shui Liu Lang is playing. If I guessed correctly, Shui Liu Lang's reinforcements arrived."

　　With a nod from Hai Ji, the Golden Snail rode the wind and waves, swimming rapidly towards the island.

　　Once on the island, it was a slippery mud beach, further away, jagged rocks and dark shadows of the forest, Hai Ji put away the golden conch, hid it into her ear, and softly said to me, "Don't you leave my side."

　　"Don't worry, kill me also don't leave." I said on one side, while carrying the treasure that Ouyang Yuan gave me on my back.

　　Hat Dan Mei said, "Once the enemy appears, Fairy Gan will engage them head on, I will steer, and Hai Ji will protect the little pervert. This time, we must wipe out this group of people."

　　I patted my chest, "Old me has a bit of demonic power now, I won't be slaughtered!"

　　The dark depths of the forest suddenly lit up with turquoise lights.

　　Two delicate mermaids floated out.

　　"It's an honour to have your guests here." The mermaid on the left said in a delicate voice, and the mermaid on the right continued, "The wind and rain are heavy, so the master has already prepared a feast to weigh down the shock for our honourable guests, so please follow me."

　　The faces of the two mermaids looked very similar, only the one on the left had an extra small black mole at the corner of her mouth, I asked curiously, "You're twins, aren't you?"

　　The mermaid on the left nodded, "Your Excellency guessed correctly, I'm the older sister Big Fish and she's the younger sister Little Fish."

　　I casually said, "Big Fish and Little Fish? Is there an old fish and shrimp?"

　　"Your Excellency talks funny." Big Fish puffed and laughed, but there was no smile on her face, and her pale face, reflected by the blue light, was gloomy. I noticed that although she looked youthful and beautiful, there were many wrinkles at the corners of her eyes.

　　We followed the two mermaids, slowly walking into the jungle, which had a clean path, paved with white gravel, that zigzagged into the depths. By the side of the path, white mist filled the air, strands of it condensing and not moving in the night, and faintly, I heard the sound of many mermaids sobbing. I couldn't help but shiver, I just felt eerie.