Age of Heroes, 10-game winning streak

Bai Yu carefully calculated: "So, if I don't live to be a hundred, won't he still be alive to dance at my grave?"

The second elder placed both hands on my back to hold it down... I endured it.

He knew that he couldn't give this kid a chance to speak, otherwise the topic would definitely go off track.

"Let me introduce you, these four are the heroes of Dragon Country."

"The Ao sisters will also be responsible for this water-walking ceremony."

"They will be responsible for guiding you and taking care of your daily life during this period."

Two women who looked very similar came over, like twins.

"I'm Sister Ao Shuang." The girl with short hair lifted her skirt.

"I'm your younger sister Aoxue." The girl with long hair followed suit.

One is older than the other, and both have the surname Ao, but they are probably not direct descendants but collateral descendants.

The Second Elder continued to introduce: "These two people are responsible for your safety this time. They are..."

"No need." Bai Yu refused without even listening: "Why do you think we need protection?"

Long Zuoyou said expressionlessly: "Just with your mouth."

Bai Yu still refused: "I'm afraid it won't work. These two bodyguards haven't reached the fourth level yet."

Long Zuoyou looked annoyed: "Then what do you want?"

Bai Yu immediately promoted his childhood sweetheart: "Tao Rusu is under Ruoli's watch. She is of the Heroic Spirit bloodline, so you should rest assured. She can fight even a fourth-level opponent."

Long Zuoyou nodded, then glanced at Bai Yu - what about you?

Bai Yu continued, "I'm not involved, so I should be fine."

Long Zuoyou sneered: "Don't you think that Dragon Country is a resort? A stranger like you can't even find a place to go out and buy a piece of toilet paper."

Bai Yu chuckled: "If you really want to give me a bodyguard, that's fine."

"Just go and call Long Jianquan."

"He's not a Haoyue-level bodyguard. I don't feel comfortable using him."

The second elder was furious for a moment.

I told you you were fat and you still gasped.

Long Mingcheng was also at a loss whether to laugh or cry.

Long Jianquan is a dignified Haoyue. What is his status? Why would he be your bodyguard?

Tao Rusu is indeed a distinguished guest of the Dragon Country now, and you can be considered guests brought by the distinguished guest, but Long Jianquan himself is also a treasure of the dragon clan.

There is not even a fifth-level dragon in the dragon clan now. Long Jianquan is the current Haoyue, and he is extremely talented. Perhaps he has the opportunity to restore the glory of the dragon clan.

The glory of the next two hundred years will all be on him, how could he be someone's bodyguard?

Bai Yu obviously thought of this, so he deliberately made this request that was impossible to meet.

With Long Jianquan's arrogant personality, there is no way he would agree to it.

The scene was frozen for a few seconds.

Long Mingcheng took out his information terminal and sent a message: "Let me ask first."

Long Zuoyou scolded, "What's there to ask, you bastard? Just shut up!"

Bai Yu whistled and thought, how can I investigate if I am watched by your bodyguards?

Of course, it is better to travel alone. I can’t let so many secrets of mine be exposed.

Then the unexpected happened.

Long Mingcheng said: "He agreed."

"I told you, he can't possibly..." Bai Yu turned around abruptly: "What did you say?"

"He agreed." The honest man repeated.

"Is he ill?"

Chapter 373: Impossible Disappearance Case

The first thing to do when entering the Dragon Country is to find a place to stay and put your luggage.

The three of them all stayed in a large house.

"This house used to be the ancestral home of the Ao family. Only direct descendants could enter. Normally, we weren't allowed to get close. It was later handed over to the Elders Council for management. However, after so much time, no one has ever lived here. Its previous owner was Aunt Ao Muxue."

Ao Xue, the younger twin sister, said in a clear voice.

Sister Ao Shuang was much more polite and courteous: "We have cleaned the guest room in advance, you can just stay here, don't worry, no one dares to disturb us here."

"It's troublesome."

"You're welcome. Guests are welcome." Ao Shuang pulled her sister to prepare tea for the reception.

Bai Yu randomly chose a guest room.

It's just an ordinary residence, nothing much to say in detail.

After leaving the room, Su Ruoli shook her head slightly at Bai Yu: "No surveillance."

Tao Rusu also checked and said, "I didn't find anything either. It seems they really don't dare to tamper with the ancestral home."

"The danger still exists. Be prepared for any eventuality." Bai Yu raised his finger to remind.

When they arrived at the living room, Long Mingcheng, Ao Shuang and Ao Xue did not take a seat.

"Would you like to go for a walk next?" Long Mingcheng suggested. "There are many beautiful sights in Dragon Country, but the most famous one is the Hundred Dragon Wall. It's a 500-year-old relic that was destroyed once and took over a hundred years to repair."

"Before that, let's talk business." Bai Yu snapped his fingers. "We still don't understand what the water-walking ceremony is."

"Well," Long Mingcheng said with a smile, "I don't know either."

"...?"

"Don't look at me like that, I really don't know." Long Mingcheng said helplessly: "Only those of the Dragon Emperor's bloodline can preside over the water-walking ceremony. I'm a man, so it naturally has nothing to do with me."

Several people looked at the sisters Ao Shuang and Ao Xue. They should know.

"If we want to talk about the water-walking ceremony, we have to talk about the water-walking..."

Ao Shuang poured the tea with a steady hand. She said slowly, "The process by which a dragon's soul returns to the sea after death is called water movement."

"The so-called water-walking ceremony allows the souls of the dragons who have died in the past hundred years to return to the sea and find peace."

Bai Yu asked curiously, "When a person dies, doesn't the soul return to reincarnation?"

"The dragon race is quite special. The wandering souls in the Dragon Land require this special ceremony to be sent back to the sea and reincarnate." Ao Shuang paused. "I don't know the specific reason, but this ceremony has been passed down for thousands of years and has been held no less than ten times."

"The last water-walking ceremony failed, right?" Tao Rusu asked after taking a sip of tea.

"I failed." Ao Xue picked up a biscuit and took a bite: "My sister also participated last time, but this is my first time."

"The reason for the failure..." Su Ruoli got to the point in one sentence: "Is it because of Ao Xuanyue's disappearance?"

"The obvious cause is Xuan Yue's disappearance, but the people of Dragon Country believe this is because they didn't follow the ritual." Ao Shuang sighed softly, "They all believe that only the true bloodline of the Dragon Emperor can complete the water-walking ritual. Otherwise, it will definitely fail."

"It's worthy of inclusion in the World's Wonderful Stories," Bai Yu commented. "Ao Xuanyue disappeared, and no one investigated the cause? Instead, they attributed it to a failed ritual. Isn't that putting the cart before the horse?"

"It's not that no one investigated, but that the investigation yielded no results." Ao Shuang, as one of the parties involved, had personally experienced the incident: "To this day, I still can't figure out how Xuan Yue disappeared."

Su Ruoli took out a pen and paper: "Can you explain it in detail? Thank you very much."

Ao Shuang hesitated for a moment and began to talk about the disappearance case three years ago.

……

The water-walking ceremony, as a major event that takes place once every century in the Dragon Land, has always been highly valued.

It is held in a place called 'Longyuan' in the Dragon Country.

This place is a huge abyss with only one way to go through.

There is a platform above Longyuan where people can stand, and a place was built here for holding water-walking ceremonies.

three years ago.

Ao Xuanyue said that he could hear the call of his ancestors and speak the ancient dragon language, and was thus identified as the person who could perform the water-walking ceremony.

Paired with her are Ao Shuang and another woman from the side branch of the Ao clan.

The three women had different divisions of labor.

According to the rules of the ceremony, Ao Shuang and another woman were responsible for the first two doors.

The Dragon Emperor's bloodline, responsible for the water-walking ceremony, is in charge of guiding the souls of the ancestors in the deepest part of the Dragon Abyss.

Soothe their resentment and obsession, eliminate their injustice and anger, and bring their souls back to peace.

After three days of baptism, the Dragon Emperor's bloodline will carry the souls of their ancestors through the Dragon Abyss and pour the Dragon Abyss water carrying their souls into the sea.

At that time, the water in Longyuan will recede.

This ceremony is actually not complicated.

It just requires a lot of preliminary preparation and the necessary personnel.

If one cannot listen to the echoes of the ancestral souls, then one cannot guide the souls to peace, and the so-called baptism becomes nonsense. This is why it must be done by direct descendants.

Because of their blood connection, only the Dragon Emperor's direct descendants can hear it.

Ao Xuanyue was not a direct descendant, but she said that she could hear it, and she did show evidence, so she was chosen to perform the water-walking ceremony.

But after the three-day ceremony, Ao Xuanyue disappeared in Longyuan.

This resulted in the ceremony failing.

Disappearance in Longyuan is almost impossible. Why do you say that?

First of all, there is only one entrance and exit to Longyuan, which is not even enough for two people to walk side by side.

This has also been mentioned, there are no other ways in or out.

Even this entrance was strictly guarded during the ceremony.

Secondly, even if one sneaked into Longyuan, to reach the ritual hall where Ao Xuanyue was, one had to pass through the gate guarded by the other two witches participating in the ceremony.

Finally, below the inner hall where Ao Xuanyue was located was the Dragon Abyss, which was a hundred feet deep. It was completely built in the air, so there was no possibility of going around it.

……

"So, Ao Xuanyue might have slipped and fallen to his death?" Tao Rusu raised the possibility.

"That's impossible." Ao Shuang shook her head. "The inner hall door is locked from the outside. She can't get out at all."

Bai Yu asked, "It's locked and I can't get out?"

"Yes."

"Who keeps the keys?"

"I and another witch who participated in the ceremony each keep half," Ao Shuang replied. "They must be combined to open the inner hall. This key cannot be copied; it's made of a very special material."

"It sounds like she couldn't have fallen to her death while taking a walk." Tao Rusu still refused to give up. "But this is a missing person. Have you searched the bottom floor of Longyuan?"

"We've searched Longyuan thoroughly, inside and out, and haven't found a body at all." Ao Xue blew a breath, "She disappeared like smoke."

"Even if it's Longyuan, if you have the ability to fly, you may be able to get through it." Su Ruoli guessed.

"Ao Xuanyue's strength is still far from reaching the level of walking in the void."

"What if someone else helps?"

"Unless they can directly break through space and take the person away, it's impossible to hide the sound of shattering the void from everyone." Long Mingcheng also said: "It's not that it's impossible, but the possibility is extremely small. If someone really has the ability to travel through space, this disappearance will be even more difficult to explain."

"If there's a rope ladder or something..." Tao Rusu was interrupted before she could finish her sentence.

"You can't bring it in." Ao Shuang said, "During the three-day ceremony, no one can enter or leave except those who deliver food."

"Who delivered the meal?" Bai Yu immediately pressed, "Can you elaborate on this?"

Ao Shuang thought for a moment and said, "I don't think there's anything to say about this, since I'm just responsible for delivering meals."

"Even if you just want to deliver food, you have to go through several thresholds."