Chapter 775: Arriving at the Island
The sudden appearance of the tall woman froze the situation. Out of everyone present, only Su Jiu noticed her existence. When the woman spoke those two words, Su Jiu was taken aback.
“You call me Priestess? Why?”
After a moment of silence, Su Jiu felt increasingly strange about this. When she rescued the Little Princess back then, the other party had also called her Priestess in a daze.
Could it be related to her mysterious mother, A Jiu?
But she had seen photos of her mother. They were exact opposites of each other. Her mother wore a fiery red dress with high heels, and her eyes, which occasionally showed a smile, made her look like a dignified noblewoman.
In her free time, she had also investigated her mother’s specific identity.
But all she got was ordinary information——
A government employee, excellent in her student days, always the top student in school. After graduation, she chose to return to Huayang to work, get married, and have children. Until the day she disappeared, nothing significant had happened.
Her father, on the other hand, seemed to know something but never said anything, as if he were waiting for the right time. So, Su Jiu didn’t try to ask him.
After all, she didn’t have much strength back then, and knowing too much wasn’t good.
“I remember you, Miss Su Jiu, you saved my brother’s daughter…”
Without answering Su Jiu’s question, the Long Princess, also standing barefoot on the water, met Su Jiu’s gaze. A hint of piety appeared in her eyes as she mumbled to herself,
“As the Oracle foretold, when the Red Tide dyes everything red, the fated one will appear again. She will calm the waves of the sea…”
Hearing this, Su Jiu frowned, then snapped back to reality, and asked with a hint of amusement, “So, can you tell me why you called me Priestess first?”
“It’s not that I’m calling Miss Su Priestess, but rather that you are the one appointed by the Priestess, and the prophecy about your appearance is being fulfilled step by step.”
The Long Princess shook her head, her eyes holding a trace of sincerity. She placed her hand on her chest, bowed slightly, and said softly,
“It was recorded in a small book with drawings about past prophecies. When the Red Tide surges, the sky will tear apart, and darkness will engulf the entire sea. The Dragon Girl will travel through the islands, seeking a way to break the deadlock, find an immortal, pursue the daylight, and assist the Black-Clad Swordsman…”
“Originally, with Miss Su’s bloodline, there was no way she could be related to the Dragon Girl. But somehow, you’ve truly transformed into the Dragon Girl— this is the power of prophecy.”
After speaking, the Long Princess paused, her tone filled with surprise. She looked Su Jiu up and down, examining the scales on her face and the antlers on her head, her eyes shining with newfound wonder.
Listening to what the other party said, Su Jiu was stunned again. She was the chosen one of a prophecy? What a joke!
According to the original novel’s plot, she was just a very ordinary villainous supporting character. Could this prophecy somehow change because of the wings of some butterfly?
It was too strange.
But she knew now was not the time to be surprised by such things. It was time to understand if there were any follow-ups to this prophecy, perhaps related to the description in the ring: “What’s next? Is that all?”
“There is more, but it is said that the information did not contain prophecies about the fated one, so it was not passed down very clearly.”
The Long Princess looked up at Su Jiu and nodded, saying softly:
“Afterward, strange red robes fluttered in the air. A giant hand tore through the sky, a Cyclops stood above the sea, and the Black-Clad Swordsman fought the Blood-Clad one in the sky…”
Hearing this, Su Jiu fell silent. The clues were broken here, but she had also gained some basic information. If her guess was not wrong…
The Cyclops was the “Others” being sacrificed in this expedition. The “strange red robes” referred to the Cardinal in Red. And the Black-Clad Swordsman?
As the fated one, she definitely wasn’t the so-called Black-Clad Swordsman. Only the Night Watcher wore black. So there was only one explanation— it was exactly as she thought!
The Black-Clad Swordsman was…
White Crow!
Because only those who were also peak powerhouses could contend with the peak powerhouse that was the Cardinal in Red.
Now, she could be sure that White Crow was truly on her side. However, she still needed to go to the first island of the Eight Islands to meet the Ferryman named Water Bird.
“Since it’s the ship Miss Su is on, we won’t intercept you further— we only hope our tribesmen return soon.”
With a sigh, the Long Princess waved her hand towards the sky, then turned to pat the Unicorn Girl’s head before leaping into the sea with a splash, disappearing completely into the water.
As if rushing somewhere.
“You are strong, human.”
The Unicorn Girl, Xiao Xing, gave Su Jiu a deep look before turning and jumping into the sea as well.
However, after falling into the sea, Xiao Xing called out to the Long Princess ahead. Looking at her retreating back, she asked in a confused tone, “Why didn’t you finish? There was a song about mermaids…”
The Long Princess, with her back to Xiao Xing, didn’t move. After a long silence, she lowered her head and whispered,
“Because this story doesn’t affect the prophecy. Let this foolish fairy tale be buried with the seabed.”
…
“The fog has cleared. It must be around five or six o’clock now.”
As the two of them departed, the white mist in the sky slowly dispersed. Su Jiu looked up and saw the morning sun slowly rising from the distant sea level.
The orange light reflected off the sea surface, bringing a sense of warmth. On the ship, Bairnis smiled slightly as she looked at the sunlight in the distance, taking out a small picture album from her blood-red ring.
“The Dragon Girl and the morning sun, a beautiful picture.”
Opening to the fifth page, two colored pencils of different colors appeared in her hand. She gently sketched the Dragon Girl looking at the sunset, as if to capture this scene. The side profile of Su Jiu in the painting, the water ripples left by the Unicorn Girl’s departure, and the morning sun were all included.
“When we return, I’ll give it to the Little Miss. It will have a special meaning.”
If one observed carefully, the first five pages depicted the journey from the start of the practical training, like Bairnis’s new journey, but it was also very interesting. This was the beginning of their journey in the South China Sea.
The Butterfly Girl’s eyes held a gentle smile. She loved her Miss, so whatever her Miss liked, she cherished even more.
After this interlude, the ship began to sail again. A wisp of white smoke puffed out of the exhaust vent above. The members of the Law Enforcement Hall did not dare to be as unrestrained as before and quickly cleaned up the leftovers, leaving the living room tidy.
When Su Jiu returned to the deck, the members of the Law Enforcement Hall looked at her with newfound respect. Even Mo Cai no longer had the same unrestrained and wild demeanor as before, which made the young woman smile helplessly.
This was why Su Jiu disliked using her strength casually. The distance created by her power made her uncomfortable. Perhaps it was because she was a poor grassroots teacher in her past life?
“Miss Su, have some fruit. We should arrive in a little over an hour.”
Smiling, Mo Cai held up tangerines and handed them to Bairnis and Su Jiu one by one. Then, he walked to the front of the ship, lit three sticks of incense, and bowed three times.
“May the immortals protect us as we return home safely.”
Sailors were very superstitious. “Bowing” was like bringing a certain amount of oranges, even though it seemed to have little meaning now.
Taking the hard-skinned tangerines, Su Jiu listened to Mo Cai’s mumbling. As if thinking of something, she softly asked, “Uncle Mo, if I wanted to contact Iron Turtle Immortal, what would I need to do?”
The prophecy mentioned by the Long Princess earlier had spoken of an immortal. Could it be the same immortal as the one Uncle Mo mentioned?
“Contact… an immortal?”
Mo Cai turned his head and looked Su Jiu up and down. Seeing that she didn’t seem to be joking, he waved his hand with a chuckle and said,
“If we could contact immortals, we island residents would have done so long ago. He might exist, but he must live in faraway seas. We’ve tried to contact him many times over the years.”
“Is that so.”
Hearing this, Su Jiu felt that her question was a bit amusing. If he knew the whereabouts of Iron Turtle Immortal, he wouldn’t have been arguing with her about the so-called legend earlier.
“However…”
Seeing Su Jiu’s slight disappointment, Mo Cai fell into thought again, peeling a tangerine.
“However?” Su Jiu’s heart leaped. She hadn’t expected her casual question to lead to anything!
After pondering for a long time and eating a piece of tangerine, Mo Cai pointed at the only female elder on the deck and grinned,
“Ah Shui’s family has a younger uncle who specializes in researching issues concerning Iron Turtle Immortal. However, his temper is very strange; he’s aloof to everyone, and moreover, he’s mute.”
“Are you talking about my uncle? He became mute eighteen years ago, and since then, he’s become unusually obsessed with Iron Turtle Immortal, constantly searching for the so-called immortal all these years.”
The female elder named Ah Shui, hearing Mo Cai mention her, walked over. Her skin was also dark, indicating she often went out to sea with the fleet.
She paused, then took out a piece of paper, pulled a pen from her chest, and scribbled a few lines casually. She handed the paper to Su Jiu and said softly, “When we arrive at the island later, Miss Su, please take a taxi to this address. You can try calling him. My uncle lives nearby, but I’m not sure of the exact address.”
“Thank you, Miss Ah Shui.”
Putting away the note, Su Jiu finally had a basic objective. Upon arriving at the island, she would first contact [Li] to confirm the island’s location, and then go find this uncle of Miss Ah Shui.
She then bid farewell to Bairnis, who was drawing, and returned to her room to start condensing her domain. If possible, she hoped to complete it after this incident and develop her own rules.
The ship “whirred” as it sailed, and time passed. Bairnis, sitting on the deck, suddenly looked up and saw the silhouette of a huge port gradually appearing in the midday sun.
“We’re here?”
She slowly stood up and stretched, her gaze sweeping across several fishing boats in the port. She put down her pen and paper, revealing the “Dragon Girl’s Sunrise” in her notebook.
