blue whales under the stars

Chapter 38

Before the two of them left the deck, there were already preparatory students starting to walk back one after another.After the excitement of the first day, what awaited this group of preparatory students was not only the excitement of being close to the ideal college, but also the next few times of screening.There may be group arrangements on the second day, and recharging your batteries is the most important thing tonight.

Mu Ye was led by Mr. Blue Whale, and when he left the deck, he glanced back halfway.Several other people surrounded Anna Getaiu, and their figures were quickly covered by other preparatory students walking around. Mu Ye couldn't see them, so he turned his gaze back.

Bai Cang helped him keep an eye on his feet, and when he saw someone turned around, he raised his hand and gently rubbed the back of his head.

"don’t worry."

Mu Ye looked up at him, blinked, but didn't speak.

The two returned to the assigned room, and after closing the door, Mu Ye asked, "Are we going to participate in the all-beast tamer competition?"

Bai Cang took out the bed quilt they brought with them from Starman, and while making the bed, he said, "We'll finish our own affairs before we think about that. If you don't want to participate, we won't go."

Mu Ye hugged two fat pillows: "I have a doubt, I didn't figure it out..."

Bai Cang made the bed, took the pillow from the boy's arms and put it on the bed: "What's wrong?"

Mu Ye asked in a daze, "What did that person say just now, that all beast tamers have to participate in the competition?"

Seeing that Bai Cang turned his head to look at himself, and there was no denial in his expression, Mu Ye continued: "But since childhood, no one in our clan has mentioned this matter, nor have we participated in that competition together... ...doesn't that contradict what he said?"

When Anna Getaiu threatened him before, Bai Cang vaguely felt that something was wrong.If the other party really wanted to provoke, why wait until the Beast Taming Clan competition, there would also be competition among students within St. Paul's Academy.Even more recently, after this batch of preparatory students arrived at St. Paul's College, they had to go through the college's assessment before they could become official freshmen.If Anna Getaiu intends to compete with Bai Cang, he will be able to compare with the previous one in the preparatory student assessment.

However, Anna did not do this, which has to be considered from two aspects.The first possibility is that Anna's own strength is not sure that she can directly surpass Bai Cang in the preparatory student assessment.After all, this kind of separate examination, unless the potential of the element is leaked like Mu Ye, otherwise, even if it passes the examination, it will not have too outstanding a performance.Of course, Anna can also compare with Bai Cang from the different audit items, but after seeing Bai Cang's performance in Tamar City, he may feel that he cannot surpass Bai Cang in the initial audit, so he chose Compete with Bai Cang at the ten-year ratio when the situation is favorable to him.

If Anna knew that his strength was not as good as Bai Cang's, then he still insisted on provoking him tonight, probably because of the reputation and arrogance accumulated by the Eight Great Clans for a long time.Anna Getaiu is not only representing himself, he is using the identity of the eight major clans to intimidate the animal tamers without surnames.

On the other hand, if Anna has full confidence in his own strength, and he is determined that he can defeat Bai Cang who "only relies on the ability of the cetacean companion beast", then he chooses to be the beast trainer. If he competes with Bai Cang during the competition, it may be because of the restrictions of the academy's competition. Only in the ten-year competition of the beast tamer can he achieve his goal.

Bai Cang searched for information about the ten-year ratio in his memory, but he didn't find anything useful.

In the previous life, Mu Ye was not an ordinary person. At that time, the number of the beast taming clan had not been reduced to this point, and the clan still had its own royal family.Later, accidents happened, and the entire group of beast tamers suffered from overt and covert suppression and exclusion. As the origin, the royal family had to take responsibility, and because there were no successors, it gradually declined.Afterwards, the forces within the Beast Tamer were reshuffled, and only then did the eight major clans stand together.

The previous time when Mu Ye was still around, the beast taming clan also had the practice of ten years, but at that time Bai Cang's prototype was quite special, so he didn't participate in the competition, so he didn't know much about it.After Mu Ye left, Bai Cang was busy cultivating a human form, and experienced many ups and downs, so he naturally paid less attention to the beast taming clan.Except for some major changes, it is difficult for the rest of the news to come into Bai Cang's attention.

Bai Cang was silent for a moment, then took two steps forward and walked in front of Mu Ye.He held Mu Ye's right hand, raised his other free hand, and rubbed Mu Ye's cheek with his fingers.

"wait for me."

The current Mu Ye's strength is only at the initial stage. If he uses his own things stored in the star, Bai Cang does not need to perform any special actions, he can directly check and select with his consciousness.But for those things that existed in Xingman before, because Bai Cang has not recovered his peak strength now, he must have direct contact with Xingman and use the power of consciousness to complete the investigation.

Going one step further, Bai Cang couldn't even see the golden balls of light that stored more precious objects, so there was no need to talk about picking them up.

Mu Ye obediently stood where he was, blinking his eyes at the other party.Mr. Blue Whale seems to have searched among the stars, and all he pays attention to are those silver light balls.After a while, Bai Cang let go of Mu Ye's hand, and a thick old book tightly wrapped in leather appeared in his hand.

Mu Ye went to look at the old book. Its cover was completely covered with leather, and there were only a few simple and strange symbols on the front, without the title of the book.When the other party opened the book, Mu Ye looked carefully again——

But he found that he could not understand the words inside.

Mu Ye couldn't understand the old book kept in his ring, but Bai Cang had no trouble reading it.He found the relevant chapters in the book catalog, and after reading the details, he closed the book and sent it back to the silver light ball in the starry sky.

Mu Ye's consciousness also went in with Mr. Blue Whale. A stack of thick books was kept in the silver light ball. Mu Ye touched the light ball curiously. Under the thrust of his consciousness, the light ball floated lightly. Moved a little bit outward.

Before continuing to move, Bai Cang called Mu Ye's consciousness back.He explained: "The book says that the ten-year ratio is a long-standing tradition among the animal tamers, and those who can participate are animal tamers who have grown up and are under a hundred years old. A long time ago, because of the rich rewards, most Animal trainers of the right age will choose to participate. Anna Getaou just said that everyone must participate, which should be a rule that has only been changed in the past few decades."

He looked at Mu Ye: "Xiao Ye, did you say before that there will be a beast tide every 20 years in your place?"

Mu Ye nodded: "Yes."

Bai Cang said clearly: "That's it. It is recorded in the book that even when they voluntarily participated in the past, there will be some exceptions that cause some people to not participate. One of the situations is that if the animal trainer is sent to If the time between the ten-year ratio and the time of the beast tide is within five years, the animal tamers will not be allowed to participate in the ten-year ratio. But they The rewards for resisting the beast horde will be better than competing once in ten years."

Mu Ye looked up at him: "Just like us?"

Bai Cang nodded: "Yes, because the content of the competition involves competition, and the beast tide requires long-term collective training, so there will be conflicts between the two."

He lightly pinched the back of the child's neck: "According to what Anna Getaiu said, next year is ten years away, and the beast tide in the mountains and forests is only two or three years away. The distance between the two is too close. Therefore, people in the mountains and forests should not participate in this competition."

Mu Ye still didn't quite understand: "Then...how about that time nine years ago?"

Nine years ago, the 20-year beast tide had ended for about ten years.

Bai Cang asked: "Xiaoye, do you remember that no one has ever left the mountains?"

Mu Ye thought for a while: "I just remember that it didn't happen that everyone left together..."

Nine years ago, he was still too young, and his memory could not be too clear after all.Moreover, Mu Ye spent most of his time dealing with animals at that time, but he was closer than other people.

Bai Cang said: "Maybe there are people of the right age who have participated, but not everyone has participated, so you remember it like this."

Mu Ye asked: "That Getau... didn't he say that everyone has to participate?"

Bai Cang thought for a while and said, "I think it might have something to do with the guards of the beast tide."

The old book records the situation when the royal family was still in the beast taming clan. Resisting the beast tide is a very risky thing. Most of the beast tamer groups participating in the beast tide have lasted for hundreds of years and have trained a set of methods. Unique program.In addition to the natural gifts left after the beast tide, the guard rewards mentioned in the records should also include gifts from the royal family.

But now that the royal family is gone, and the eight major clans are divided, the rewards for resisting the beast tide may not be as timely as before.Correspondingly, the rule of the eight major clans over the animal tamer group that has been guarding the beast tide has also weakened compared to the royal family period.Because the risk of the beast tide is too high, even if the rewards are very rich, there is not much power to join the guard in the future.They would rather go to the ten-year competition to get some rewards than join the guards.

The Eight Great Clans probably didn't want to cause too much trouble, so they also adopted a special attitude towards the groups that resisted the beast tide, just like the original royal family.

While explaining, Bai Cang heated up the clear water in the basin. He urged the child who was still a little confused to wash up. When he was looking for clothes, he filled the prepared wooden barrel with clear water again and continued to wash the water for two Heating outside the wooden barrels used by people.

No matter what the bystanders are, if things happen to Mu Ye, Bai Cang will never let him get hurt.

Although there are still a certain number of ninth-order primordial beasts in the mainland, after so many years of traveling, Bai Cang has not found any traces of other primordial beasts that can cultivate human form.But now, the power that has been consumed for a long time has gradually recovered due to finding Mu Ye. Bai Cang's current strength has stabilized. With Mu Ye's continuous improvement, his recovery speed will not drop too much.

Bai Cang looked at the warm water in the wooden barrel that was shaking slightly as the passenger ship moved, and slowly let out a breath.

He will no longer get Mu Ye involved because of his lack of strength.

When Mu Ye came back after brushing his teeth and wiping his mouth, he happened to see Mr. Blue Whale standing beside the half-person-high wooden barrel, looking at the clear water inside with a complicated expression.

This action of Mr. Blue Whale reminded Mu Ye of the fish tank he had just thought of when Anna Getaiu was speaking.Mu Ye poked his head carefully to see Mr. Lan Jing's expression, and walked up lightly.

He held the two fingers of Bai Cang's right hand hanging by his side with his hands, and shook them gently.Bai Cang's hand was much bigger than Mu Ye's, and he couldn't hold it directly with one hand.

Seeing someone approaching, Bai Cang quickly came back to his senses. He looked down at the boy and said in a low voice, "Did you rinse your mouth?"

Mu Ye nodded obediently, and shook Mr. Lanjing's two fingers again. He stretched out a hand to touch the outer wall of the wooden barrel, and asked, "Do you need a fish tank?"

The complicated expression on Bai Cang's face disappeared immediately, and he thought for a moment that he didn't hear the other person's words clearly: "What?"

Mu Ye scratched his hair in embarrassment: "That's right, that, I'm afraid you're short of water..."

The expression between Bai Cang's eyebrows and eyes was indescribable. He raised his left hand and snapped his fingers lightly. A bubble made of sparkling water flew out from his fingertips and floated unsteadily in front of Mu Ye. Mu Ye's curious gaze touched his cheek.

Mu Ye's face cooled slightly, and the touched air bubble made a light "pop", and fine water vapor fell in the air.

"I know you can create water, that is, I am worried that you will miss sea water when you go to land..."

Mu Ye wrinkled the tip of his nose: "Sea water is different from ordinary water. I like its temperature, color and taste. But there is no such beautiful sea on land."

He said the proposal he thought of before: "I just thought, should I find a few wooden basins in advance, use them to fill up the seawater, and then take a little of the seawater away? Anyway, there are stars everywhere, so we don't have to worry about the weight. "

There was a little smile in Bai Cang's eyes, and he said, "It's not really useful for wooden barrels."

Mu Ye wondered, "Then how do you fill it with sea water?"

Bai Cang raised his hand and tapped his right hand: "Didn't you say that there are stars?"

"That's also..." Mu Ye thought for a while before he realized, "Ah, you mean the ball of light?"

Bai Cang said with a smile: "Well, it's just a good time to try, how much can your own silver-gray light ball hold."

The owner of the golden light sphere has not yet been clearly identified, and the silver light sphere is filled with things left by the previous Mu Ye. The light sphere that belongs to the current Ono is silver-gray, and the storage capacity of each light sphere is different. , This is also related to Mu Ye's current ability.

Mu Ye didn't consider these gaps. After stopping Bai Cang's words, he excitedly dragged Mr. Lan Jing to the window.Although the water in the wooden bucket has just been heated, it can be reheated after a while, so there is no need to worry about it getting cold, so Bai Cang let the boy drag him to the window together.

The glass on the windows is very thick and should be double-glazed.For the sake of safety, although the entire passenger ship is covered with hundreds of large and small protective magic circles, in the several floors above the deck, the windows of each student's room can only be opened halfway, which can barely stretch out. hands out.

If you want to get close to the sea, the deck is the best choice.But it’s late now, and there are definitely not many people left on the deck. If the staff of St. Paul’s College on board reminded them, everyone may have already returned to their rooms, so going to the deck now is not a very good choice .

The diameter of the circular window is only the length of the forearm of an adult man, so Bai Cang didn't try the trick he used to catch the cod before, he condensed the water polo and let it float up by himself.This method is troublesome on the one hand, and on the other hand, if the sailors on the ship are patrolling and accidentally see water polo floating towards the ship, they will definitely become suspicious.

So Bai Cang held Mu Ye's right hand, still planning to use Xingman's ability.He guided Mu Ye in a low voice, left the cabin together with the consciousness of a teenager, and dived into the sea.

The way the consciousness extends outward is very similar to the method of exploring the light sphere in the star field, but there will be some differences outward after all.Before meeting Mr. Blue Whale, Mu Ye figured out the purpose of the ring by himself, so even if it was the first attempt, Mu Ye succeeded smoothly.

There is wind in the air, and the sea is cool.Under the guidance of Mr. Blue Whale, Mu Ye soon felt his right hand warmed up slightly, and a new silver-gray light ball appeared in the star field, and began to store the seawater that his consciousness touched.

The process went very smoothly, although Mu Ye was still a little nervous.He kept concentrating his consciousness on the piece of sea water that Bai Cang led him to stretch out, and slowly explored the sea water downwards, and even accidentally put a passing small fish in it.

It's better not to leave any living things in the water that is no longer flowing. Mu Ye was still pretending that the sea water was not distracted. Seeing this, Bai Cang picked up the tail of the little white fish and sent him back to the sea.The racial coercion among animals is even more obvious. The little white fish was still swimming unusually lively in the sea, but immediately became stiff after feeling the breath of Bai Cang, motionless, like a silver leaf.

After Bai Cang put it back to the surface of the sea, the little white fish wagged its tail and quickly disappeared.

Bai Cang's consciousness returned to Mu Ye's side. He had just sent the little white fish away, only to find that a grouper, two shells, and three claws had been filled into the silver-gray light ball in the starry sky. There are shrimps that haven't opened yet and a crab with teeth and claws.

Bai Cang: "..."

This is definitely not the category of carelessness.

Because of the juvenile's high attraction to animals, a certain blue whale who was also attracted had to work hard to carry it several times before sending away all the small animals that came in mixed with the sea water.

After finally clearing the light, the silver-gray ball of light was still not full. Bai Cang held Mu Ye's right hand and said in a low voice, "Xiao Ye, there is no need to go deeper."

Going deeper, I don't know what kind of strange creatures will be attracted by Ono's breath.

Under his reminder, Mu Ye slowly gathered back the consciousness that was deep below the sea surface, and when he returned to the sea surface, he began to spread his consciousness, wrapping the calm sea surface and slowly absorbing the sea water.

"Is this okay? Isn't it a bit too slow..." Mu Ye's voice was still a little tense, and he didn't dare to pay too much attention.

Bai Cang comforted the other party and said: "You are doing very well, we are not in a hurry."

He circled the person into his arms from behind, and his chest was filled with the boy with real body temperature.The two stood in a quiet room, but their consciousness had already fallen into the vast and boundless sea.

"In this case, not only sea water is loaded in."

Bai Cang hugged the boy in his arms tightly behind his back, his voice was low and deep, like the gentle undulating waves in the distant waters.

"The moonlight on the sea is also filled in."

"Ono is amazing."

——whale——whale——whale——

After the silver-gray light ball was filled and Bai Cang confirmed that there were no living things visible to the naked eye, Mu Ye finally breathed a sigh of relief.

He fulfilled his wish beyond expectation, and the corners of his eyes and brows were full of unconcealable happiness.Now Mu Ye can also spray water directly from his fingertips like Mr. Blue Whale, and there is a lot of sea water. If it is released in a place with enough space, it can really make a super large fish tank.

but……

Mu Ye looked at Mr. Blue Whale and thought to himself, it seems that keeping blue whales is not enough.

But Mr. Blue Whale should have lived in the sea, so Mu Ye's obsession with fish tanks is not as deep as sea water.So he quickly put this thought behind him, and obediently waited beside Mr. Blue Whale to watch him heat the barrel again.

There are common public bathrooms on board, but in order to save space, there are only curtains between them, so the conditions are not very good.Some preparatory students from relatively superior families have their own space storage, and they will take a bath directly with their own bathtub, so it won’t be too special if they don’t go to the bathroom.

Bai Cang built a water curtain indoors with a cloth made of water to prevent water from splashing outside.After he finished his work, he saw that Mu Ye had already ran to the chair on the other side and sat down, starting to play with the water polo in his palm.

Bai Cang called him: "Xiaoye, come take a bath."

"Hey..." Mu Ye responded suspiciously: "Shall I come first?"

When they were at the beach before, the time for the two of them to wash was staggered and not at the same time.Seeing that Mr. Blue Whale had already pulled up the water curtain, he thought that the other party was going to wash first.

Bai Cang's expression remained unchanged: "Let's go together."

Mu Ye: "...huh?"

Bai Cang walked over, confiscated the water polo made of seawater from the child, and pulled them into the space surrounded by the water curtain.The bathtub, which is enough for two people to use together, continuously emits heat in the nearly closed space, and the surrounding air also rises a lot.

Seeing people with a look of surprise, Bai Cang said while urging people to move, "Didn't you want a fish tank before?"

"Ah...? Oh, yes." Mu Ye took a long time to react.

Bai Cang quickly tidied himself up after helping someone to step on the low stool beside the barrel and wading into the water.

He patiently explained to Mu Ye: "Now this is a fish tank."

Mu Ye: "...??"

Bai Cang pointed to himself, then tapped the barrel wall with his fingers: "Fish, tank."

Although what Mr. Blue Whale said was indeed very reasonable, Mu Ye thought while his eyes were closed and his head was covered with white bubbles gently rubbed, but it seemed that there was something wrong.

A fish tank should be prepared for fish, right...

But why now, the person who was raised in the "fish tank" seems to be himself instead?

Mu Ye opened his eyes, and a ball of snow-white bubbles just fell on the water in front of him. He puffed up his cheeks and blew gently, and the bubbles were blown away.

The warm water poured down from the top of his head, but the trajectory of the slide magically avoided his face.The bubbles all over his head were washed away by the hot water, and Mu Ye subconsciously closed his eyes.

Mr. Lanjing's movements were as gentle as ever, Mu Ye took a breath of moist air, thinking silently.

...Forget it, it doesn't seem to matter.