Chapter 68: The Depths of a Daughter's Heart

  In mid-air, the distance from the water surface is not very high, between 10 to 20 meters. It seems that carrying three people on their backs is also very difficult for these two soulful birds. The brothers told the two women beside them to be ready to fight at any time, and at the same time, they transmitted this information to the birds below through divine thought. What's strange is that after flying for half a day, there was no movement. This phenomenon is extremely strange, quiet to the point of being abnormal, not daring to relax in the slightest, their divine consciousness has been paying attention to the situation on the lake surface all along.

  Just as one of the islands was in sight, a sudden change occurred, and a column of water shot up into the sky, coming straight for us. We were prepared, and the flying birds under us received instructions to skillfully avoid this attack.

  One strike didn't hit, another shot out, one strike faster than the other, the force getting stronger and stronger. The flying bird under me only showed its fastest speed at this time, strangely, the crane soul I summoned was actually able to keep up with the eagle soul in terms of speed, and before long, the water monster was left far behind.

  Just when everyone let out a sigh of relief, the water monster let out a strange cry, and then we saw a huge object rapidly approaching us from the other side of the island. Don't think it's clumsy just because it's as big as an island - its speed in the water is three times that of the monster behind us. It seems we must land before it gets around the island, or else we'll have to face this enormous creature, and just thinking about it makes my hair stand on end.

  It's a speed race right now, and we're getting closer to the islands. There are seven islands in total, with six of them forming a hexagonal shape around the largest central island. The distance between each island is only about 100 meters, which is just shallow enough to cover our knees, except for the largest island, where the distance is bottomless.

  At this moment, a large group of people seemed to be coming from afar on wooden rafts. They really seized the opportunity, which was also caused by the brothers' display of their summoning technique. The other students heard the commotion here and naturally thought that someone had started fighting here, which attracted the attention of the water monster, allowing them to take advantage of the chaos and land successfully.

  And we became the bait, doing a split-second challenge. One hundred meters, fifty meters, twenty meters, and if we get any closer, everyone will be safe. But the water monster didn't give us this opportunity, it launched an attack when it was still tens of meters away, a huge wave hit our faces, forming a water curtain that blocked our way.

  The way ahead was blocked, and several women exclaimed in surprise: "What should we do now?"

  "Run for it! Can't even make a hard fight out of it."

  "Where are you running to?"

  "Just sit tight."

  "Alright."

  Then, he instructed the flying bird to fly around the water curtain at its fastest speed. As it flew around the water curtain, the big water monster also chased after it. It only exposed half of its head, staring with a pair of eyes that were several people thick, as if looking down on our insignificance. Unfortunately, it couldn't speak, otherwise it would have sneered: "Can you escape? You're simply overestimating your abilities."

  I habitually use Insight to scan the Water Monster, and on the other side, my brother is also using Mind Repair to perceive the information he wants to know: it turns out that although its body is huge and frightening, it's actually just a fourth-level peak demon beast; what's ridiculous is that it actually thinks I'm very powerful, with an attitude of "you should either surrender obediently or let me take action personally", and in its heart, it's muttering: "if it weren't for those old men not letting me harm your lives, I would have wanted to taste the flavor of human flesh long ago".

  It turned out to be so, knowing these circumstances, the two brothers couldn't help but feel relieved. Silently telling the four girls to leave first, the two brothers jumped onto the head of the water monster and shouted loudly as they quickly walked away. The four girls didn't even have time to stop them before they had already left the original place and were rapidly approaching the island.

  On the other hand, the water monster was still fantasizing about these insignificant humans surrendering and begging for mercy, but unexpectedly someone escaped, and someone even dared to stir up trouble on its head. Before it could threaten them, it felt a painful sensation of its brain being stirred up, and its first reaction was to shake off the two people on its head. Its big head shook back and forth, and a large whirlpool slowly formed.

  As for the two brothers, they knew that its weakness was on its head. They aimed at the weak point on the top of the water monster's head and launched a simultaneous attack with their swords. Even if the water monster had strong defenses, it would still suffer a bloody blow to the head. No matter how hard it struggled, they grabbed onto a protruding part and refused to let go. The whirlpool grew bigger and bigger, stirring up a thousand yards of raging waves; ear-piercing screams came from within the turbulent waters, lasting for a long time.

  Four women wanted to come back and help, but were blocked by the whirlpool and could only stand on the island in a flurry; The big wave came, Tian Jiao Mei and Liu Zhen Zhen stood there motionless with worried eyes, seemingly unaware of the danger; Fortunately, the other two women pulled them back, and they safely retreated to the center of the island.

  The commotion here naturally attracted the three white-haired old men again, who knew the situation inside with a slight sense. Xiaomei saw the three of them and her eyes lit up, begging: "Three ancestor grandfathers, quickly save these two brothers, if you don't take action soon it will be too late." The other three girls did the same.

  The three old men smiled strangely, shook their heads, and Xiaomei thought it was hopeless. She felt disheartened and exclaimed: "I don't believe it! I don't believe he'll die! He said he'd protect me for the rest of my life! No! I won't let him die!" She grabbed the middle old man again

  "Great grandfather, I know you must have a way, right? You'll save my little brother..."

  Zhen Zhen's expression was not much better than Xiao Mei's, she gazed alone at the whirlpool that was slowly subsiding, with tears of sorrow flickering in her eyes. She had thought that this life would never again shed tears, because they had already been exhausted; she had thought that there would be no more painful events in this life, which had been predetermined by fate since childhood, but unexpectedly, at the moment when three ancestors shook their heads, she clearly felt it, and unconsciously wanted to walk towards the lake...

  Rose and Tian Chenchen stood from a bystander's perspective, but instead saw the inexplicable meaning at the corners of the three ancestors' mouths. They pulled Xiaomei to one side and comforted her, saying: "My silly little sister, usually such an intelligent little girl, how did you become as foolish as that even more foolish boy after meeting him? What's going on? Have you taken a liking to him?"

  Xiao Mei seemed to have caught on to something from their words, her eyes lit up as she looked at the three old men with anticipation: "So you're saying that Little Brother is fine? Ancestor, quickly tell me, is this true?" The three old men nodded in unison, their eyes filled with profound meaning.

  Rose saw her sister and couldn't help but laugh: "Haha, looks like you must have a secret crush on him, too shy to speak up, huh? Don't worry, I'll tell that silly boy for you. If he dares to treat you badly, just watch me teach him a lesson!"

  This topic is one of the easiest to change people's mindset. As expected, Little Mei's brother, a thin-skinned girl with a small red face, said stubbornly: "No way, you can't tell him, I want him to find out himself, and then..." Her expression turned somewhat gloomy, and she continued: "It's better if he doesn't know, best if he never finds out, as long as I see him happy, I'm satisfied."

  Rose knew that her sister's knot couldn't be untied in a short time, so she stopped entangling and looked around, but didn't see the figure of Liu Zhenzhen. She asked anxiously: "Three ancestors, have you seen Zhenzhen?"

  "Went to the lake."

  "Oh no! What if she gets desperate and jumps into the lake? Ah, I was only worried about Xiaomei just now, didn't notice this even more vulnerable child."

  "Yes, yes, I found that she has a special affection for Ren Yidian, and she won't be reckless..." Tian Chenchen also exclaimed. Xiaomei nodded in deep agreement.

  Only three old men remained unmoved, the middle one said: "Won't be, is there a bigger blow than that? She didn't do anything stupid before."

  "Was that a blow? I think it's an honor to make sacrifices for one's family and humanity, isn't that what most people acknowledge?" said the shrinking old man on the left.

  "As for this matter, everyone knows it in their hearts, it's just a false name imposed on the victim." A decent old man on the right broke the mystery with one word.

  "That's just what a woman would say!" The old man on the left retorted.

  ……

  It seems that the three old men are not reliable, they start arguing like a group of competitive children as soon as this issue is mentioned. The three Rose sisters decided to go find her themselves, just in case it's too late. From afar, they saw a tall and slender figure leaning forward from the waist up, shouting: "Jing Jing, don't jump! They still..."

  Unfortunately, it was too late. Liu Zhenzhen jumped down as if she hadn't heard anything. The three women's hearts were in their throats, and they sped up even more, fearing that if they jumped down and encountered a water monster, things would be disastrous.

  Just as Liu Zhenzhen was about to fall into the water, she found herself in a warm embrace. It was a warmth she had experienced before. She didn't open her eyes, thinking it was an illusion before death, and dying in such a warm embrace would be a good ending! However, a loud scolding came from beside her ear: "You silly girl, why did you jump into the lake? Don't you want to live?"

  Everything else might be an illusion, but this voice is absolutely true. Zhenzhen's heart was filled with joy, and even her brother's angry shout didn't bother her, she was overjoyed to the point of tears. On the other side, Xiaomei suddenly accelerated as soon as she saw me appear, rushing into my arms like a swallow returning to its nest, hugging tightly, as if only now did she truly feel at ease. And I first stiffened for a moment, then reflexively hugged her back.

  Actually, the two brothers were not quite clear what was wrong with these two girls and why they were like this. But the puzzlement did not last long, the two girls in their arms did not say anything, but from Rose and Tian Chenchen's secret complaints, the brothers grasped some information; they felt moved, also a little guilty, at the same time, there was an additional concern, unexpectedly finding themselves already so important in the hearts of these two girls.

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