blue whales under the stars

When the jingling silver coin landed on the young man's palm, it still carried a warm body temperature and a small light-colored hair.

It was the season when cats shed their hair. The girl who held the white cat up to her face and kissed her had scattered soft fur all over her body. There are dirty marks.After Mu Ye earnestly told the taboos after the healing operation, he continued to walk towards the next intersection while the girl was overjoyed and thanked him incoherently.

The silver coins were exchanged for long breadsticks and a small bar of grass-scented soap.Mu Ye sat cross-legged on a rough tree branch. This was his new bed for tonight.It took him a while to invite the fireflies in this strange town, and under the yellowish light, he took out a roll of maps with yellowed fur edges and examined them carefully.

The boy measured the distance traveled from early morning to evening with his fingers, and compared it with the rest of the path.Today, a lark and two immature cats were healed. The small animals needed less energy, and the energy they retained allowed Mu Ye to walk half a fingertip longer than yesterday.

After paying the fireflies with a few drops of nectar, Mu Ye kept the map close to his body.He counted, and without any accidents, he could arrive in about two days.This conclusion caused a small cluster of flames to rise in his chest, and the flames made a soft chirping sound, eagerly looking forward to it.

Mu Ye's eyes couldn't help falling on the destination that he had rubbed until the surface was fuzzy, beyond the lines meandering to show the continent, some very different symbols appeared there.

It was the legend he had heard only in the snoring of the oldest trees, and it was the place he wanted to go after trekking across mountains and rivers.

There is the sea.

Hitan Continent is surrounded by sea on all sides and has a vast territory.The three major powers are three pillars, and the surrounding small countries are scattered.The origin of Mu Ye is a small country deep inland. He grew up in the mountains and forests, and rarely gets along with other people except his clansmen. This journey after adulthood is the first time he has grown up away from himself. forests.

He came from the depths of the mainland and wanted to see the sea.

After resting overnight, Mu Ye started on the road again.The closer he was to the sea, the more humid the air was. For the first time in an environment without water, he smelled such a strong smell of hoarfrost on the rocks by the stream.

When I finally finished the last section of the map and saw the empty blue sky from the rows of neat flat-roofed buildings, the young man who had been trying to face difficulties and customers with a steady expression along the way finally couldn't help it. He quickened his pace.

He was walking first, and his pace became faster along with the sound of his heartbeat, but then his footsteps couldn't catch up with the beat of his heartbeat, so he simply grasped the long strap of his backpack tightly and ran directly in that direction.

There are obviously no friendly mountains and wild vines here, but Mu Ye feels that he is running and leaping in the most familiar way.

"Wow……"

The boy who saw the sea for the first time let out a satisfied exclamation from his throat.

The sea and the sky paint the boundaries together, and the layers of gradual blue spread out like a flat scroll.The bleak sea breaks through the boundaries of imagination in the most concise and clear way, and the luster of the slight waves under the clear sky is more dazzling than the emerald blue tail feathers of peacocks in the mountains and forests.

Mu Ye couldn't help covering his mouth, but joy and joy slipped out from between his fingers.

beautiful.This is a picture that no beautiful hymn can sing.

The boy walks away along the clear sea waves with white lace, the white sand under his feet is like fine sugar spilled in Uncle Lorraine's bakery.He used to be able to circle a big bed on the softest fallen leaves only in early autumn, but now he can turn ten somersaults on the ground at will.

Mu Ye was very curious about everything, and there was a thin layer of white sugar sticking to his calf and palm.It took more than half of the sun on his fingertips to even greet the octopus round shell worm waving its hands rampantly under his feet, not to mention the pure white round shell that fell from the waves, and other fresh and strange strange creatures.

It's just amazing.Mu Ye thought silently, he stretched out his hand to pat off the fine sand on his hand, and looked down at the palm of his right hand.

People of the same age in the mountain forest already have their own companion beasts, showing unique palm patterns, only his right hand is left, which is still empty.

Mu Ye took a deep breath and looked up at the distant sky.The sky turned from blue to dark, but the beautiful scenery was not compromised much.

Sea views always open your mind.Mu Ye thought, just like what Master Sequoia said in the story, maybe he will also find the companion beast he has been looking for for a long time at the seaside.

The sun was about to submerge into the sea with only one knuckle left. The young man looked up at the increasingly dark sea surface, and finally walked towards the shore reluctantly.

He used his footsteps to measure a suitable distance, and chose today's bed for himself at the junction of the undergrowth and the beach on the shore.Mu Ye took out a large piece of strong sackcloth from the small ring around his neck, spread it out on the flat and dry sand and sat down, watching the overcast sky and gnawing on his rose fruit for dinner.

In the evening, the sky was overcast, and Mu Ye didn't see the sun being submerged by the sea.What he ate was the sixth last rose fruit, which was much less than when he brought it out of the forest.Along the way, he exchanged his beast healing skills for silver coins to wrap his belly, and left five of the largest and plump rose berries, intending to distribute them to his companion beasts.

Mu Ye didn't know if he could find the companion beast this time. All his peers in the clan signed the contract three or four years ago. The young man had learned to wait, but he still had hope that he couldn't hide in his heart.

If he can succeed this time, he will definitely love his companion beast like the little Monte of the patriarch's family, and leave the best food for it.While gnawing on the remaining rose fruit, Mu Ye thought, wondering what his companion beast would like. If he grew up by the sea, maybe he would have to consolidate the fishing methods he learned in the forest tomorrow.

The deep night shrouded, the sound of crackling flames and the sound of ocean waves intertwined gently, forming a movement that is not inferior to the chirping of leaves and insects in the mountains and forests.The boy fell asleep facing the fire, and the warm orange light outlined his immature outline more softly.

For Mu Ye, today is a very special day.

But for the sea, this day couldn't be more ordinary.

In the early hours of the morning, the never-ending turbulent waves crept ashore.The originally dry beach was gradually wetted by the rising waves, and the gentle waves in the daytime added a lot of coldness at this moment.The previous wave could not reach the corner of the linen cloth, but the next wave of rising tide brought in the sleeping boy and the crackling firewood together.

Before Mu Ye was fully awake, the water from his nose and mouth choked into his trachea.

The aggressive waves didn't even bother to get wet, and directly rolled people into the shallow water on the shore.The boy lying flat had no time to react, and was directly submerged by the sea water, which was less than half his height, and rushed towards the deeper abyss.

Master Sequoia never said that brave men who go on adventures at sea never sleep by the sea.

Drowning when you are not awake is actually not painful, just like a quiet and comfortable dream.Mu Ye just opened his eyes in a trance and saw a dark place in front of him. There was a faint light in the distant heights, and his soft body was like a ginkgo leaf falling in the stream, floating steadily and smoothly into the depths of the distance.

Until he was awakened by the strong pressure on his chest, and when he turned his head and painfully spat out the salty seawater in his mouth, the boy was still at a loss for his situation.

The sackcloth on his body had disappeared, and there was no warmth and light from the bonfire around him. Mu Ye coughed for a long time, barely wiped away the water stains from his sour eyes, before he could see the figure in front of him clearly.

Kneeling on one knee beside him was a thin man with thin wet clothes sticking to his body, outlining a smooth figure.The sky was dark and his vision was blurred. The young man couldn't see the man's face clearly. All he saw was a pair of eyes that had not been concealed in the night. There was a dull light inside, which reminded him of the patient and reserved eyes in the jungle for no reason. Potential large wild animals.

——the kind of spiritual beast that the most outstanding and brave people can't tame.

"Cough, cough cough...thank you, thank you...cough..." The boy thanked intermittently while coughing the remaining sea water in his throat.Although the man in front of his intuition contained huge and dangerous power, Mu Ye could now guess that it was the man who saved him.

The man didn't speak, but stretched out a hand to cover Mu Ye's slender back, helping him to breathe.

The boy covered in water was shivering from the sea breeze, and even the palms on his back couldn't transfer much heat to him.After a muffled sneeze, Mu Ye felt dizzy before he had time to say sorry.

The other party directly picked him up.

Mu Ye was taken aback, but the man had no intention of discussing with him, and walked towards the distant darkness without hesitation holding the wet man in his arms.

It was only when the man stood up and began to walk that Mu Ye realized the man's tall figure.There is a huge difference in the size of the two people. If Mu Ye stood upright, he could only reach the man's chest at most.

He managed to stop coughing, and asked with some anxiety, "Excuse me... where are we going?"

Except for being taken care of by the elders in the mountains and forests when he was sick, the boy rarely had the experience of being hugged instead of walking.There wasn't much warmth in the man's arms, and Mu Ye was a little stiff from the cold, and all he could feel was the other's hard shoulder bones and the power he was storing up.The man still didn't answer, he could only bite the bullet and say: "Sir, I can go by myself, can you put me down?"

His answer was consistent silence, and shortly after the boy asked, the two arrived at the man's destination.The night was thick, and Mu Ye's specific concept of distance had been blurred. When he realized it, he realized that the two of them had arrived in a small room with a roof.

There was no light in the house, but the man's movements did not falter in the slightest.The young man couldn't see anything, he just felt that he was placed on a hard bed covered with a thin cloth. After a creaking sound, the noisy sea breeze was separated from the house, and the movement inside the house became clearer.

Mu Ye hadn't gotten used to the darkness yet, so he felt a pair of hands reaching out and pulling at his clothes.He stiffened a bit at first, then groaned about his soaked clothes, and began to feel guilty for having wet the bed again.

All the clothes on his body were taken off, not even the last shorts left.The young man just felt a little uneasy, and a bed quilt with a rough surface but a faint scent of soap was covered on him.

"Thank you."

Mu Ye thanked him softly, and while he was relieved, he also felt a little ashamed because of his nervousness just now.He touched the silver ring around his neck, took out a new pair of shorts and put them on.

He was about to put on his shirt, but a piece of the quilt on his body was lifted from this moment.

The young man was slightly taken aback, and there was a cool body that he had touched just now lying not far behind him.