Tian Gang Chapter 213: Ascension (1)
Are you saying that the so-called Kunlun Mountain God was actually born in these rocks? Isn't this too... Old Man Yuanling hesitated and didn't finish his words.
I have heard about this old man's background from an old Taoist priest. Although he is the leader of the old Si in Xiangxi and has great prestige in the four provinces of Xiangxi, he is actually a mainlander. It is not clear where his hometown is, but it is said that he worked in Beijing for a long time when he was young. He moved to Yuanling only after he retired.
Therefore, like ordinary people, he has an indescribable and inexplicable feeling towards Taoist immortals.
The Kunlun gods are extremely mysterious in legends. We are used to putting these "creatures" in a sacred position. But now, some people say that the so-called gods actually jumped out of stones...
In this case, does Sun Wukong as created by Wu Chengen also belong to the same category?
That stone was left by Nuwa when she repaired the sky. And the image of Nuwa is similar to the appearance of Kunlun God, a combination of human and beast.
Perhaps the ancient gods all had the same origin, so it would not be surprising that Sun Wukong and the Kunlun gods had the same roots.
Of course, Journey to the West is strictly speaking a novel, I am just using it to express my surprise.
The old Taoist just nodded his head to the old man from Yuanling, then shook his head and said: I just made a judgment based on the strangeness here and the records in ancient books. However, I am not sure.
The old man from Yuanling looked at the strange skeleton that was seven or eight meters long in the center of the rock. He frowned, sighed slightly, and did not answer.
We stayed on that rock for dozens of minutes because the Taoist's guess was too shocking. However, no matter how shocking the guess was, it couldn't stop us from continuing to climb Kunlun Mountain.
We continued to climb up for nearly 10,000 meters, and the top of the mountain finally changed from before, and we could see more clearly. But I thought it would take a long time to reach the top.
At this time, the two old witch doctors who were being pulled by Old Man Yuanling and Zaguyi suddenly cried out in surprise.
The old man from Yuanling stopped and looked at the old man next to him. Then he got the answer: I feel the breath of witchcraft, it is very pure, different from Gu magic...
Oh? What else can you feel? The old man Yuanling asked with a raised eyebrow. Although he was powerful, he was not as good as the old man Wu Gu in terms of sensing ability. So when he heard about this, he was immediately surprised.
I stood in front of them, clinging to the rocks, and then I remembered that although Lao Si and Wu Gu were different, their roots were both witchcraft. Therefore, it was not surprising that the old man from Yuanling was interested in the appearance of witchcraft in Kunlun Mountain.
The old Taoist priest in front jumped back and asked: What happened? What did you find?
Someone is using witchcraft in Kunlun Mountain, said the old man from Yuanling.
It's not witchcraft, but it has the aura of witchcraft, which is different from any witchcraft I know. After carefully sensing it, the old man who spoke before corrected the words of the old man Yuanling, and then he continued: This aura is so pure and unbelievable that I can't help but tremble, just like, just like...
The old man wrinkled his dry face, and after careful consideration, he said the unfinished words: It's like a python meeting a dragon, or a child meeting his ancestors, so strange...
Hmm... An expression of surprise appeared on the face of the old man from Yuanling. He looked at the other old man who was being held by Zaguyi by the arm: Did you feel it too?
Yes, that’s right. So is what that person said.
The old man from Yuanling looked up at the top of the mountain, then lowered his eyes, as if he was thinking about something. Perhaps he was wondering whether he should go up the mountain or look for the source of the witchcraft that even the old man trembled with fear.
How about I use my Taoist magic to help you guys? I asked.
Well, OK. The old man Yuanling responded without any hesitation, which showed that he was very concerned about the strange fluctuations of witchcraft.
I held onto the rock with one hand and stood with my feet apart, stepping on two rocks of almost the same height. Then I pointed to the void with one hand and chanted softly: Chengtian, the shadow appears.
Waves trembled in the void, and a blurry picture appeared in front of us like the moon reflected in the water.
In the picture
The shaking in the void became more and more severe. Before we could figure out what was going on, the picture gradually blurred and disappeared.
I was stunned for a moment. This was the second time that the Taoist method failed. The first time it was broken by someone, which was understandable, but what about this time? I couldn't help but look at the old Taoist, and he shook his head, indicating that he didn't know.
I tried to use the Shadow Manifestation Technique again, but just like before, the image was blurry and disappeared after a few seconds.
This time, when the picture disappeared, the old Taoist suddenly exclaimed in surprise, and then said to me: Use it again.
I followed his instructions and used the Taoist method for the third time. When the image disappeared again, everyone turned their eyes to the Taoist priest. The Taoist priest looked thoughtful, and after a while, he said: "In the range of the image, I feel a strange pressure. It's as if something is squeezing in from all around, flattening the image until it disappears."
This place is too strange, we have to be more careful next time. After giving a reminder, the old man from Yuanling said: Let's continue climbing.
Huh? You don't...
Before I finished my sentence , the old man Yuanling waved his hand and interrupted me: Those have nothing to do with us, let's find the wolf cubs first. This place is too strange, your Taoist power seems to be rejected, it's better to be careful and not cause trouble.
This makes sense, I hummed, and didn't say anything against it. However, the two old witches had obvious disappointment and regret on their faces. For them, this might mean missing the opportunity to get closer to the origin of "witch". Even a facial paralysis patient like Zaguyi couldn't help but curl his lips at this moment. However, the prestige of the old man Yuanling was too high. If he said he couldn't go, the other three had nothing to say.
But as I continued to climb, I was wondering, who are those two people?
The original inhabitants of Kunlun Mountain? Or the people who came in with us? What is that huge body?
These doubts cannot be answered for the time being.
Climbing a mountain is a very labor-intensive activity. If we didn't have the magic talisman, we would have turned back home. After a long time, when we were out of breath and almost exhausted, we saw the jasper tower in the distance and the glow of the sunset, and suddenly we felt a sense of relief.
Finally we are at the station...
Before reaching the top of the mountain, we each found a place to rest for a while, because there might be cult members on the top of the mountain, and if a fight broke out, we would be dead without a doubt if we were exhausted.
However, the Ling family's big demon also came in before, and I don't know if it found the cult. If we have the help of this big demon, it will be much easier for us to kill the cult.
The old Taoist gave each of us a health pill to help us restore our energy. After our strength was fully restored, we continued to climb upwards.
Those beautiful buildings seemed very close, but in fact, we had to climb nearly 10,000 meters to get there.
All in all, we have climbed to an altitude of 50,000 meters. This is something that we cannot even imagine in the human world!
When we climbed up the rocks and saw the first flat ground, we were excited and extremely shocked.
The buildings and palaces that we had seen before were placed in a well-organized manner among the rocks. The buildings were surprisingly large, and what was even more surprising was that the rocks where the buildings were placed were all suspended in mid-air.
In the gaps between these suspended buildings, I saw a huge pillar in front of me. It was gray and white, and from a distance of thousands of meters, it looked like a mountain.
We climbed to the top of the mountain, stood on a flat surface, and looked up at the floating buildings all around.
Really...The old man from Yuanling smacked his lips.
It's amazing, we can only look up to it, said the old Taoist priest.
Zaguyi helped the two old witch doctors to sit down, then stood up, looked around and said: It seems that the cult is not here.
Well, they should have gone to Dengxiantai, but where is the legendary giant bird with wings covering the King of the East and the Queen of the West? The old man from Yuanling said, looking around.
If there is no guess, the huge pillar in front may be the claw of a rare bird. We can go and take a look. The old Taoist said.
Huh? So big... This time, even the old man Yuanling was shocked. He curled his lips and said: If I roast this and eat it, it should last for a long time.
I was ashamed when I heard this. This old man was too capable. That was the legendary divine bird that spread its wings and covered the two gods who controlled the Ascension Platform. He actually wanted to roast it and eat it? Hmm, I wonder how it tastes... I thought.
We didn't pay much attention to the floating rocks and palaces around us because they were too high. Kunlun Mountain seemed to be very repulsive to the power of Taoism, and it was not easy to climb those floating palaces.
We walked forward for a while and came to a huge gray-white pillar that reached the sky.
To our horror, the Taoist priest was right, it was indeed a giant claw, but now there was no flesh and skin, only gray-white bones.
Even so, this claw is still nearly 100 meters thick, which shows how huge the bird named Xiyou is.
After confirming that the rare bird really existed, we looked to the left and right and saw something tall and large in the distance. It was hard to tell what it was, it looked like a mountain or something strange.
Finally, we chose to go to the left. This direction was inferred from the records in ancient books, but it was not accurate. Because the rare bird was too big, no one knew which direction it was facing. And the ancient books did not say what the so-called "Dong Wang Gong was on the left" was based on.
But it is undeniable that we were lucky. After running for several thousand meters, we suddenly heard a loud roar from an unknown creature in front of us.
The sound was like thunder, and it made people feel as if they were about to explode with the boiling blood. There was a loud bang in the distance, and many things were flying.
We looked at each other, immediately confirmed our ideas, and ran forward at a faster speed.
After a few minutes, everything in front of me gradually became clear.
I saw that in the air ahead, there was a ball of gray gas that occupied an area of several hundred meters and was attacked by hundreds of people. Their attack method was very strange. They inhaled the gray gas into their bodies, and then when they attacked, balls of black gas stabbed forward like spears and swords. However, as they inhaled too much gray gas, the flesh and blood of many people shrank rapidly, and some were even blown away like ashes in mid-air.
Behind these people, a red stone platform several hundred meters high stood. In the gray air, a blood-red giant claw as thick as an ancient tree suddenly clenched its fist and punched out, easily knocking away the dozen people blocking the way, and hitting the blood-red stone platform with a bang .
It’s the great demon of the Ling family! The old Taoist stood beside me and said solemnly.
