Then the two of them came up and shaved our hair all over our heads with daggers, and I noticed that all the whale riders were bald without hair, which is not difficult to understand, after all, it is a person who cruises in the sea, and hair only increases resistance.

Then he took a few more pointed and long spear-like objects, and a short, cone-like object, which must have been the weapons of the whale pilots, whom I had just seen stabbing most of the crew to death with their spears.

The "translator" said: "These two things are the nails of the fire turtle and the teeth of the sea snake, and they and the hair of Qiu Yin are the three sacred relics that the whale people must not leave and are also our most precious gifts, which we give to the two of them." "Respectfully handed me the gift, but the other crew members did not treat it that way, and their hair was not even shaved.

The whale rider is a sea people, and the aborigines don't have the red tape of "civilized people", so after doing all this, it is our "reception dinner", but when arranging the seat before the meal, Qiu Yin actually "sat on the main seat" in the heart of the whale man, the status of the treasure is equivalent to the Han people seeing the dragon, so of course it is respected to the extreme, and I sit next to Qiu Yin, which is also a great "honor", followed by the head and Uncle Liao, and then the sailor and the whale man, the wine and dishes for dinner are also very special, the wine is brewed by the whale man, I'm not sure if it's wine or a drink, because it's sweet and sour but doesn't have the slightest taste of alcohol, and the dishes are all kinds of fish and seafood from the ocean, and the way they cook them is very simple, either cooking soup with coconut water or making a fire to barbecue, but the raw things are so delicious that I almost vomited before I reluctantly stopped eating.

I couldn't suppress my curiosity and asked the translator what was going on in the big hole under the sea, he smiled: "That's a ritual we perform, the thing in the cave is the fire turtle, we whale pilots rely on the creatures in the ocean to ensure their own safety, so those giant sea beasts are very important to us, the fire turtle is a very special kind of creature, because although the elephant nose octopus is huge and brave, it can't withstand the bombardment of human gunboats, The hard shell of the fire turtle can block the attack of ordinary naval guns, and its shape is very similar to a small island, which can confuse the enemy and launch a surprise attack, the fire turtle in the cave has lived here for hundreds of years, and has hatched countless fire turtles for our use, so it is also a very important member of our group, every year we will worship it, hoping that it can continue to lay eggs, but Qiu Yin and it are natural opponents, the two parties must not meet, fortunately this Qiu Yin is still young and cannot dive into the deep sea, otherwise the fire turtle would have been bitten to death by it. ”

I laughed, "I really didn't expect the relationship between the two to be so complicated, I didn't know I should have brought it ashore." ”

"How can there be so many people in this world who know it early, and those who don't know it are not strange, for us, Qiu Yin is an eternally noble holy relic, and no creature can compare it to it."

We were chatting as the Tiantou man turned his head to me and said something to me, and the translator said, "The head man said that if you need our help when you go to sea this time, just say it, we will do our best." ”

I hurriedly thanked him, and then said: "This matter is really difficult for me, in fact, we went to sea this time to find two things, one is the Qingliangtai Youwang Mound, and the other is the son and mother yin monster, have you heard of these?" ”

Seeing that he looked confused, I further explained: "Do you have a huge sea tomb in this sea area, many people have come here to look for it in the past, and there is a very terrible water ghost who often comes out to kill people when the sea conditions are bad?" ”

The translator didn't disappoint me, and nodded again and again: "That's right, I know what you said, but our statement is different, Qingliangtai Youwang Tomb we call it the Giant's Tomb, that is the burial place of our Whale Clan's Holy King, as for the son and mother Yin Monster you said, the whale rider is called the Queen of the Sea, we will hold a ceremony for her every year, the altar is on the island where she lived before her death, if you are lucky enough, you should be able to find it on that island, but the water nature of the Sea Queen is even better than our whale pilots, and it is more difficult to catch it than to ascend to the sky." ”

I chuckled in my heart, but I didn't expect that these two things that seemed to be unattainable were actually under the control of the whale riders, so I said, "You said that the one buried in the tomb of the Youwang is your holy king?" Then will you not keep this tomb safe with the strength of your people? ”

"Of course, we can't let any human into the giant's grave, including ourselves, and of course if someone has to go in, we have to make sure he can't get out."

After listening to him, I really wanted to slap my mouth, and blocked my way for no reason, but the translator was really face-saving, and didn't ask me why I wanted to enter the giant's grave, he just let me know what would happen to the humans who wanted to enter, and after a while, in order to ease the awkward atmosphere that suddenly arose between me and him, I said: "Don't blame those who don't know, I didn't know that Youwang Tomb was a forbidden place for the whale clan before I came, and since I knew it, I promised that I would never get involved in it." ”

He smiled and said: "This can't be completely blamed on you, it is said that there are the most precious treasures in the world in the tomb of giants, so there are always people who will take risks to come here to steal treasures and want to make a windfall, but the final result is basically the same, if you don't die, you have to shed your skin, not to mention us and the heavy mechanisms in the tomb, just the elephant trunk octopus around the dungeon and the sea queen who swim back and forth are enough for people to drink a pot, so no one has been able to enter the dungeon so far." ”

I wondered, "Is the Sea Queen also guarding the tomb?" ”

"Of course it doesn't have that awareness, but the island is on top of the giant's tomb, and the Sea Queen lives in the sea, so the tomb robbers are likely to meet the Sea Queen first, and they all say that the Sea Queen kills a lot, but in fact, these people are all greedy tomb robbers, and they are innocent."

The meaning of the translator's words is also very obvious, that is: Although the Zimu Yin Monster does not exist to guard the giant's grave, its actions based on its nature are also inadvertently guarding the giant's grave, so killing her is equivalent to clearing the strongest grave guarding force, in the final analysis, it is the whale clan that suffers, thinking of this, I can't help but sweat, and I have no idea at all.

However, the interpreter smiled and said, "Please rest assured, we will do our best to help you deal with the Sea Queen." ”

When I heard this, I felt inexplicable and said, "Why? Why do you want to deal with the forces that protect your dungeon? ”

"Because the Sea Queen can't help but have a threat to those tomb robbers, and there is also a threat to the whale clan, there have always been some strange people to protect it over the years, and even assist the Sea Queen with mysterious rituals to enhance its power, although we have long had the idea of getting rid of it, but we have not been able to do it for a long time, but during this time those strange people suddenly disappeared, without them I believe that the Sea Queen can be defeated."

I felt strange in my heart again, because according to Uncle Liao, the Zimu Yin Monster has always been guarded by the Taoist priest of the Maoshan Sect, and they lost the target they guarded, so this gave us room to attack, if according to the whale man, the Zimu Yin Monster was not lost under the care of the Taoist, but the Taoist himself took the initiative to evacuate?

What am I going to sea for?

After that, we slept on this island dedicated to "entertaining VIPs", and the next morning we went out to sea in the boat of the whale tribe, the sea was calm, but the sun shone on me and I hated to soak in the water, but the strong ultraviolet rays did not seem to hurt the whale pilots, and soon a small tree-lined island appeared in front of my vision, and the translator pointed to it: "That is the island where we worship the queen of the sea, we call it the devil's altar." ”

Before the words fell, I suddenly felt a stirring of the small wooden boat, and then the speed became significantly faster, and through the clear water I clearly saw a huge elephant trunk octopus slowly swimming from the bottom of the boat, it was the impetus generated by the current when it swam that accelerated our speed, the interpreter did not panic at all, but slapped the water with his hand, and there was a sound of "hehe" in his mouth, only to see the elephant trunk octopus slowly stretch a huge tentacle out of the water and shake hands with the interpreter.