Netherworld Chapter 111: Qinling Imperial Vein (3)
That day, the Taoist priest placed the empty bag in front of me and stared at me for three minutes. During these three minutes, I thought a lot, the most important of which was, if the Taoist priest really wanted to treat my legs, could he give me anesthesia first?
At this moment, I was sitting on the doorstep watching the old Taoist lead the little beauty to practice health-preserving boxing. One old and one young, one man and one woman, one big pervert and one small pervert. No matter how I looked at it, I felt that these two people were really a family. Speaking of which, the little beauty was really the child of my junior brother?
There is a famous saying now: In today's society, everything can be true, except feelings. In today's society, everything can be certain, except whether the child is yours.
Of course I don't agree with this statement, but it seems extremely appropriate when used to think about the relationship between the old Taoist and his junior fellow apprentice, the old woman and the beautiful girl.
Of course, I am just thinking about this kind of question, and I can never really ask it. Otherwise, the old Taoist may slap me to death and let me know whether I want to die or not.
After the boxing, the old Taoist went back to the house to do something. The beautiful girl did not follow him in, but came to my side slowly. At this time, I suddenly heard her cry "ah", and then she said in a very fake tone: Oops~ I stepped on something, it seems very soft...
I looked down and my vision went dark. I almost passed out. A small golden tail was tumbling under the little beauty's feet. It was Master Jiao!
It turned out to be that snake... The little beauty pouted and moved her foot away. Before I could come to my senses, the dragon, who was trampled and covered in dust, suddenly jumped more than one meter high. In mid-air, the golden tail was waving, and with a "snap" sound, a mark appeared on the little beauty's face.
You, you... The little beauty was stunned for a moment, and Mr. Jiao fell to the ground and crawled away quickly.
You dare to hit me! I'm going to skin you alive! The little beauty screamed and rushed into the Taoist temple with her teeth and claws bared. Soon, crackling and rumbling noises were heard in the Taoist temple.
After a while, "Ah~~" and "Hiss~~" sounds were heard from mid-air, and both the man and the snake were thrown out of the Taoist temple.
Before the two of them landed and changed their positions, a "lock" sounded from the Taoist temple. Then, the old Taoist's voice rang out: Lock them up for a day, and don't let them eat.
I looked forward blankly, and saw the beautiful girl and Mr. Jiao lying face to face, unable to move.
The little beauty was sticking her butt out and staring ahead, with one hand reaching forward as if to grab something, and the other hand reaching back as if to brush off the dust on her body. And Mr. Jiao, half of his belly turned over, stared at the little beauty with a pair of black eyes.
The man and the snake stared at each other, and I sighed and didn't bother to care about them and continued to do nothing.
After eating the essence of the winged snake, Jiao Ye became very strange. One day I scratched it and it became hot all over, and the pink color of its body became deeper and deeper.
Before I could put it down, it swooped down to the ground and flew out the door. I called it all day but it didn't come back. Later, when it saw me again, it would occasionally climb up my neck and rub against me, but when I reached out my hand, it would disappear in a flash.
I was very worried that this guy might have had a stomach upset and might have contracted bird flu, mad cow disease or something like that.
Fortunately, since the tail whipped her, the little beauty's revenge target has shifted to Jiao Ye. Every day after practicing health-preserving boxing, the first thing she does is to rush to Jiao Ye, who is curled up beside her and spits fruit pits as saliva. But Jiao Ye's movements are too fast, and he disappeared in a flash of golden light. The little beauty screams and shouts to find him everywhere. Once she finds him, the two of us will inevitably be one person and one snake. You scratch me, and I hiss and whip you back. You whip me, and I scream and scratch you back.
Generally, the hissing and howling sounds will be heard three times, and then the Taoist priest will kick the person out of the temple.
After the ban was lifted, I don’t know when it started, but the beautiful girl and Mr. Jiao both liked to come to me to complain.
One of them pointed at his face and began to count how many times he was hit, while counting he pulled his face to show me.
As for Mr. Jiao, he turned over and touched his belly with his tail, making a hissing sound and scratching it many times as if he was accusing the little beauty.
Now, this has become the thing I look forward to most when I have nothing to do every day.
On the ninth day, a man came down the mountain, claiming to be from the Emperor's lineage, and asked the Taoist to lead the way.
In response to this, the old Taoist said nothing. He left the beautiful girl to look after the house and took me and Mr. Jiao to rush towards the Qinling Imperial Vein using the Earth-Shrinking Technique.
The Qinling Mountains are very large and long, spanning most of my country's territory. It is precisely because of this that although the Qinling Imperial Vein is like a pile of loose sand, not many people dare to provoke it. Once such a behemoth is integrated, its power is simply unimaginable.
I used to guess that the Great Demon Venerable's martial power was comparable to that of Qinling Tiandi, and perhaps the Demon Zen lineage was also comparable to the Emperor lineage. But now it seems that this guess was too wrong.
Although the Great Demon Lord has extraordinary martial power, in terms of power, the Qinling Imperial Bloodline can be regarded as the number one throughout history.
The emperor is the most honorable ruler and the number one in the world.
I think that the Great Demon Lord must have lost the battle a thousand years ago.
Our arrival did not cause much of a stir in the Imperial Vein. Dongbalang sent three people to accompany us and lead us all the way to the depths of the mountains.
It is said that during the Warring States Period, the highest mountain in the Qin State was the Qinling Mountains. There were lush forests here, and traces of birds and beasts could be seen everywhere. They were not too afraid of humans, and many of them stood far away and watched curiously.
A middle-aged man who was accompanying me smiled and said: This is the dragon vein of China, and the birds and animals here are more spiritual than those in the outside world. There are countless ancient legends. It is said that in the Han Dynasty, a master found a seven-legged toad here and used it to make elixir to become an immortal.
Seven-legged toad? What's the relationship between it and the one in the shop that is used to attract wealth? Distant relative? I asked curiously.
The middle-aged man laughed and said: The three-legged golden toad has supernatural powers and can swallow treasures, but in essence, it is the same as the seven-legged toad, both are monsters. The seven-legged toad is born evil, and it grows one leg every hundred years. If it lives for eight hundred years, it can turn into a cloud dragon and ascend to heaven.
Oh... I nodded in surprise. It's incredible that there is such a monster.
When he heard the word "transformation into a dragon", Mr. Jiao poked his head out of his pocket and looked around. Not seeing anything worth noting, he licked my wrist and retracted it.
The three people who were accompanying him looked at Master Jiao and said with envy: "I heard that the descendant of Ba Suo raised a strange beast, it is indeed extraordinary. Judging from its appearance, it is not difficult to transform into a dragon in today's world."
Their envious looks and tones really pleased me, and I couldn't help but chuckle.
We chatted all the way, and after walking for about an hour, the three of us suddenly stopped and warned us solemnly: We are about to enter the depths of the Emperor's Vein, and there are many dangers here caused by the great forces of heaven and earth, so you two must not move around recklessly.
As a rookie, I naturally nodded and prepared to respond, but the old Taoist hummed in dissatisfaction.
The three middle-aged men stood together, each of them forming a spell and muttering something. Soon, they pointed forward and shouted: Open the mountain!
The forests and mountains before my eyes were suddenly stirred like the reflection of the moon in the water. After a wave of ripples, everything changed.
I was surprised to see a mountain almost as high as the sky standing in front of me, and a stone staircase winding up from the foot of the mountain all the way to the top of the mountain covered by clouds.
The three middle-aged men gave us a polite invitation.
The old Taoist took the lead and stepped forward without hesitation, stepping onto the stone stairs to climb the mountain. I exclaimed in amazement and followed closely behind him.
The old Taoist's Five Elements Taoist Temple also relies on stone stairs to go up step by step. After walking back and forth so many times, I thought my physical strength had increased enough.
But after climbing the Qinling Mountains, I realized that compared with these practitioners, I was too weak.
I read the introduction of Qinling Mountains before, which said that the highest peak is Taibai Mountain, which is more than 3,000 meters high. But I asked the middle-aged man halfway and found out that this is not Taibai Mountain, but in terms of height, Taibai Mountain is like a dwarf.
According to him, the mountain was not so high originally. It was only after the birth of the Emperor of Heaven that many people gathered together and used their great magical powers to move the mountain and merge it with the mountain, thus becoming the highest peak of the Qinling Mountains.
The Emperor of Heaven overlooks the world from the top of this mountain. This is the holy land of the Emperor, and people come here to worship every day. The name of the Emperor of Heaven, like the Buddha in the mouth of Buddhists, cannot be desecrated.
Now that the Emperor of Heaven is about to reappear in the world, this is a major event that has made all the people in the imperial lineage excited and unable to control themselves.
Along the way, I saw many people bowing their heads reverently, climbing the stone steps slowly, step by step, without praising the name of the Emperor of Heaven.
This is a kind of fanaticism similar to that of a follower of a religion. I am surprised that in the spiritual practice circle, there is a person who still has such a great influence after nearly two thousand years.
This is obviously abnormal, because the will of practitioners is stronger than that of ordinary people. They practice Taoism to respect immortals and gods, and to respect heaven and earth. However, the Emperor of Heaven is just a human being, who is close to being an immortal but not a fairy.
Although I feel that this fanatical belief is a bit abnormal, I feel somewhat relieved considering that many people, including old Taoist priests, have spoken of the majesty of the Emperor of Heaven.
Perhaps, this is the reason why the imperial bloodline is in disarray but can still shock the world.
My physical strength was completely insufficient to keep up with the four people in front of me. And in the holy land of the Emperor's Vein, I couldn't use magic at will. The climb was miserable, and sweat was pouring down like rain. I stuck out my tongue, and tried to follow behind with my hands and feet, hoping that the old Taoist could help me, while cursing the old man for being so cruel and only caring about himself. No wonder the little beauty was so annoyed with him.
As they walked further and further away, until they were finally covered by layers of fog and mist, I felt as if I were running naked in Antarctica in the middle of winter. I was chilled to the bone.
The Taoist priest doesn't seem to be concerned about my safety at all, or is he just testing me and telling me to exercise more often?
This old man is capable of anything, and I wouldn't be surprised if he really thinks so.
But now I am angry, very angry.
