The myth begins with the Lotus Lantern

Chapter 16 Reveal
"Now that I think about it, if I had run away at that time, I probably wouldn't have been able to escape. The black fish demon had chased me. With my limited cultivation at that time, I would have probably..."

Ding Lin is still telling
"The black fish demon searched along the ditch for a long time, and then came back to look for me again, but couldn't find me, so it left. I crawled out from under Qingyi's body, and she was almost disemboweled..."

Ding Lin's voice trembled a little.

……

The fairy maid beside the pool pursed her lips, without a trace of blood on them.

In her memory, a heavenly general flew out, and the army came rushing in like a tide, and her mother had to use all means to barely stop them.

However, a heavenly general stood out from the crowd, waving a spear. The father's straight chest was stained red with blood, and he fell to the ground, followed by the eldest brother. The mother turned around frantically to save him, but she only had time to protect the last two remaining children.

……

"The black fish demon left, and I used up all my demonic energy and finally managed to keep Qing Yi alive. Then, day after day, night after night, just when there was hope that Qing Yi's injuries would heal, I suddenly discovered that it hadn't rained for a long time, and the water in the ditch was about to dry up..."

"I thought about leaving again. The lake was nearby. I could survive if I jumped into it. However, I had already swam to the lake, so I swam back. At that time, I thought Qingyi was unconscious. But when I swam back, she was clearly awake, but she didn't make a sound. She just watched me leave. I..."

"At that time," Ding Lin's voice became low, "I should have been her last hope, but she just looked at me silently without saying a word..."

"You didn't leave in the end."

The fairy maid said, the scene before her eyes was vague.

……

How could a mother alone be a match for the Heavenly Army? She was suppressed in a few moves. Suddenly, a figure covered with spiritual light flashed in. His magic power was so strong that he broke the army formation with just a wave of his sleeve.

The mother must have known him, but she didn't say anything and let him grab her two children in one hand each. The man wanted to take the mother away with him, but the mother refused. She looked at the man with eyes that were not clear whether it was anger or despair, and then she threw herself on the father's body, refusing to leave...

……

"You should know what happened next. You saved us and brought me here, Qingyi?" Ding Lin paused and asked carefully, "Is she... still in that little lake?"

……

Behind.

The man did not take the mother away after all. He seemed afraid of his identity being discovered, so he ran away far away, covered in a halo. Then he put down the two children in his arms and disappeared.

Not long after, news came that my mother was suppressed under Taoshan...

……

"She was taken to the Dragon Palace by my companions. Don't worry, she should be out of danger."

The fairy maid stood up. She seemed a little absent-minded, but still answered.

"Dragon Palace." Ding Lin breathed a sigh of relief, feeling relieved, and even his voice became a little lighter. "It would be great if we were not still in that small lake. We really are..."

"Yeah, you're lucky."

The fairy maid stood up.

"That was not what I meant……"

Ding Lin was about to explain, but he found that the fairy servant was no longer listening. She became dazed, staring at the ground in front of her, motionless. So, she slowly lowered her voice and stopped talking.

……

You are really lucky.

in case……

If we were so lucky back then...

How nice.

……

There are still some questions I want to ask, but immersed in the pain of memories, those words rolled to my lips several times, but I choked and swallowed them back.

Forget it, tonight is already sad enough, I’ll ask again tomorrow.

……

There was a long silence.

The only sound in the yard was the wind blowing.

The figure in the pavilion tilted a little bit and slowly lengthened as the moon shifted...

"Thank you." A deep voice sounded.

Ding Lin raised his face from the water.

“It’s very touching.”

The fairy maid waved her hand and threw a pill into the pool. She suddenly turned to look at Ding Lin, raised the corners of her mouth slightly, and added.

"You're pretty clever, too."

After she finished speaking, she did not stop, but walked out of the pavilion with light steps.

Very... clever.

on the water.

Ding Lin's eyes suddenly widened, and the movement of opening his mouth to catch the pill stopped. His body froze in place until the pill fell close to his body, breaking the water surface with a "bang" sound, and he came back to his senses.

When I looked towards the shore again, there was only a figure leaning forward to pass through the arch, and then it disappeared from my sight.

The pill that fell into the water did not stay. It kept falling after entering the water, and finally shook a bit and stopped at the bottom of the water.

But Ding Lin had no time to care.

clever?

The fairy maid's last words clearly told him that she had heard some untruth in his words.

Ding Lin raised his head slightly, and the moonlight shone on his face.

The eyes changed.

Finally, peace returned.

Things have already happened, there is no point in regretting, the worst consequence would be being kicked out, the world is so big, leaving this small pond, although it means giving up a shortcut, it also opens up new possibilities.

Thinking of this.

Ding Lin didn't think any more. He flicked his tail, dived from the water, found the pill lying quietly among the fine sand, opened his mouth and sucked the pill along with the pool water into his mouth.

Raise your head and swallow it.

Now that spiritual practice has lost its effect, I wonder if the power of this medicine can still be effective.

Ding Lin thought about it and was about to close his eyes and refine it.

Suddenly, a burning sensation came from the abdomen, as if I had eaten a whole handful of chili peppers, and it was on fire, burning from the stomach and going up to the throat.

pain!
In an instant, the pain spread to every part of my body.

Every scale hurts!

Ding Lin opened his mouth and wanted to scream.

But his throat, which felt like it was on fire, made it impossible for him to make a sound.

Ding Lin felt like he had turned into a piece of steel, being burned in the fire and forged back and forth. The water flowing around him also turned into a sea of ​​fire. He tossed and turned in it as if tirelessly, but the pain did not subside at all. In the end, he hoped to faint from the pain, but his consciousness was stronger than ever and he remained awake the whole time.

I don’t know how many hours later.

Finally, when Ding Lin calmed down again, it was already daytime. He floated on the water like a dead fish, with his belly turned up, motionless.

But he didn't have any strength left in his body.

I don’t know how many hours it has been.

The midday sun shines warmly.

Ding Lin finally recovered a little. After the numbness, his stomach and intestines began to recover. At a certain moment, the anxious hunger finally replaced everything.

Ding Lin didn't want to endure it anymore, so he turned over with great effort, rushed to a lotus leaf, and took a big bite.

The cool spiritual energy washes over the body.

The fish's body trembled.

Alive again.

(End of this chapter)