Tianwei Chapter 238: Dragon (3)
How hungry must you be to think a ball of light is delicious... I was speechless.
The beautiful girl walked out of the room and was not too surprised when she saw the little boy. She just said: You came so early, I thought you would need a few more days.
If you miss your sister, eat more and eat faster. The little boy ran over and hugged the little beauty's waist with a smile.
Ah! This is unforgivable! He flirted with girls in front of me! He was acting like a young man like me didn't exist!
You two... came together? I asked.
The little beauty hummed, touched the little boy's head, and said: When I went to look for you, he followed me. Don't underestimate him, he is very powerful.
Oh? I curled my lips. How powerful can a little brat be?
The arrival of the little boy brought a little surprise to the Taoist temple. The little beauty took him to see the old Taoist priest, who did not object, but looked at the little boy carefully for a few times, his expression slightly moved.
Speaking of which, the little boy has grown taller in just a few days. He looks at least eight or nine years old now. Is this kid fat for three months? Even a pig can't grow so fast.
After the little beauty took his hand and left, I asked the old Taoist: Did you notice anything? I think this child is very strange. When I first met him, he looked about six or seven years old. Now he looks...
I can’t see through it, said the old Taoist priest.
Huh? I looked at him in surprise.
Everything that we can see through has stopped changing. Even if it is still changing temporarily, there will only be a fixed result in the end, so we can see it clearly. But he seems to be changing all the time, and it feels like watching the flow of water. It is indeed strange to grow fast, but I can't see through it. The old Taoist said.
Will it be dangerous? The boy once told me that in his dream an uncle asked him to find Fanran and asked Fanran to go with him to a certain place to get something. I think this is very strange.
The old Taoist agreed with my concerns and said: "It is very strange, but from the current point of view, there is no danger. I said that fortune and disaster are determined by heaven and cannot be stopped by human power. If he really wants to hurt people, how long can you and I protect him?"
That being said, though…
Please pay more attention. The old Taoist priest patted my shoulder and said: In a few years, I will not be able to take care of her anymore. When that time comes, I will need your help.
That's just the Book of Life and Death, it doesn't necessarily mean...
Life and death, fortune and misfortune all have their own trajectories. You can leave these trajectories, but it will definitely cause greater harm to the people around you and yourself. This truth has been proven countless times over the past thousands of years, and no one can change it. The old Taoist said.
I looked at him, and on his gradually aging face, there was no fear of death, but only calmness. The old Taoist had experienced ups and downs, great joys and sorrows, life and death. A person with such rich experience, if he is not crazy, will definitely let go of everything.
However, I felt very uncomfortable. Although I had only been with the Taoist for a few short months, it felt like several years had passed. I had long lost my family affection, so I treated him like my own uncle. It was he who led me into the world of practitioners and led me on the path of practice. The Taoist and I were both a teacher and a friend.
A weird connection, but one that makes sense.
However, since the Taoist master, as the host, has no objection, I naturally have no room to object.
The little boy successfully moved into the Five Elements Taoist Temple.
During the conversation, I learned that his name was Tiansheng. He had no surname, only this name.
Born and raised... perhaps this name is the most appropriate for a strange child with amnesia.
Besides the fact that he always hangs around the little beauty, what worries me most is that this child always drools at the light ball that Jiao Ye has transformed into. Sometimes I wonder, so many animals died for no reason in Yuanling, could it be that he is the one who did it? This is very likely. When Yang Zongxu and I were tracking that night, we saw a child-like figure.
This speculation makes me shudder.
Due to his natural eccentric behavior, I have to stay by Jiao Ye's side 24 hours a day. If he wants to leave, I will use the Taoist method to lay a warning halo. This Taoist method, which seems to have a high technical content, is the simplest for me now, because it does not require too much Taoist power.
Since she learned about the cult's ascension to heaven, the little beauty's mood has gradually improved. Now she occasionally smiles, but when she sees the old Taoist, her expression immediately dims. Perhaps, when she sees the old Taoist, she will subconsciously think of Du Shengmai and the old woman.
The fourteenth day after Master Jiao turned into a ball of light...
This time is much longer than I guessed, and I am almost losing my hair waiting.
The moisture in the room was getting heavier and heavier, until now, it was like a thick fog in the room. You couldn't see anything within half a meter.
The mist was very unusual, with a faint fragrance. It didn't stick to the body, and it would disappear as soon as one left the room. What was even more bizarre was that although the naked eye couldn't see anything half a meter away, there were always golden and red patterns flashing where Master Jiao was.
This is really a strange thing, and it is hard to understand. Obviously, these things can no longer be explained by logic or optics.
At noon on the fourteenth day, the sun did not rise because the sky was covered by layers of dark clouds.
The dark cloud seemed to overwhelm everything, with golden lightning flashing in it, and the sound of thunder resounding through the heaven and earth, continuously. Thick electric snakes shuttled through the thunderclouds, and huge crackling sounds continued to ring out.
Despite such dark clouds, no raindrops fell, and there was not even any wind.
I was a little worried. Was it going to bring a storm? I heard that a sea anemone was going to land in China recently. I wonder if it would blow directly here?
Although I like rainy days, I like the sound of raindrops hitting the windows and the feeling of being unable to see anything clearly outside. But the Five Elements Taoist Temple is too dilapidated. If a storm really comes, we might be airdropped to Russia along with the Taoist temple. At that time, in addition to finding a way to return, we also have to think about how to explain the problem of illegal entry without a passport or visa...
In the afternoon, the dark clouds became even thicker, almost like irregular iron blocks pressing down from the sky. You looked up and saw the sky was full of dark clouds, and it felt like you could grab the clouds with your hand.
The lightning flashed, illuminating the entire mountain. For a moment, it felt like the whole mountain was wrapped in lightning.
I started to worry again. There isn't much metal in this mountain. I might get struck by it as a lightning rod. That would be an unjust death.
The little beauty didn't like this kind of weather and had already hidden in the room. The little boy was jumping around and shouting outside, but he didn't shout for long before he was caught by the little beauty and taken into the room.
After a while, the old Taoist walked out of the room. He stood at the threshold with me, looking at the dark clouds in the sky.
Feeling the unusual weather, I asked worriedly: This weather is so weird, is anything going to happen?
The transformation into a dragon has reached the most critical moment, but why did thunderclouds appear? Could it really become a dragon in one fell swoop? The old Taoist priest seemed to be talking to himself, his voice was very soft, as if he was afraid of disturbing the thunder.
I was a little surprised. Although the Taoist priest had mentioned this possibility before, at this moment, he once again said the words of transformation into a dragon, which instantly made my worries explode!
But I didn't say anything, because it was too late to say anything at this time. I couldn't slap Mr. Jiao seven or eight times to wake him up and tell him that he must not turn into a dragon.
Let's just forget it. I had already treated it unfairly in the valley back then. Now it's so difficult to transform into a dragon. If I ruin this opportunity, I'm afraid there won't be another dragon in the world.
The water vapor in the room began to spread outward. The old Taoist stretched out his hand and stroked it in the mist. He rubbed it a few times, nodded, and said: "A python enters the water and becomes a dragon, and a dragon emerges from the water and becomes a dragon. It seems that the records in the ancient books are correct. However, there are some intangible things in this mist, which are really hard to guess.
This was the countless times that the old Taoist had said that he couldn't understand. Master Jiao brought him many doubts. Perhaps, in history, there had never been a red-spotted python that had eaten the bones of an immortal, the essence of a python, the dragon energy of the Qinling Mountains, or the arm of an immortal corpse.
Moreover, it was broken and rebuilt twice!
All these factors combined have made Jiaoye completely different from the dragons and snakes in the records, and no one knows what it will eventually become. Because it is like a creature created by humans by mixing various genes together. Although the cells carry familiar DNA, in fact, it is already a completely new species.
I crossed my arms involuntarily across my chest, looking at the dark clouds in confusion, feeling a little expectant but also a little disappointed.
Don't worry too much, the result may be different from what you and I imagined, said the old Taoist priest.
I hummed but didn't say anything. He seemed to understand that I didn't want to say more, so he stopped talking.
That night, according to Beijing time, it should be around 18:20. The mist had already spread out of the room and extended for more than three meters.
A golden lightning bolt came down from the sky, splitting my room in half at a speed beyond the reach of the naked eye.
This was no ordinary thunder, because the bricks and tiles it touched disappeared in an instant, without even a fragment left.
The entire roof was blown open, and I saw the lightning piercing through the fog like a golden spear, piercing through the light ball of Mr. Jiao.
"Master Jiao!" I yelled and subconsciously ran into the house, but was grabbed by the Taoist priest.
Don't move! His solemn expression and stern tone made me stop in my tracks.
I could only stand there and watch the ball of light explode. The speed of the mist spreading increased instantly, and in a few seconds, it completely covered the entire Five Elements Taoist Temple.
A strange aroma filled my nose, and a strange roar sounded in the room. It was hard to describe the sound. It was strange, a little shrill, and soul-shaking. Listening to the sound, it was as if a huge wave was surging in front of me. That feeling was indescribable.
As the roar sounded, I saw a figure wrapped in heavy water vapor rushing straight into the sky. The water mist that filled the Five Elements Taoist Temple was like iron powder attracted by a magnet, quickly recovered, and flew high into the sky behind it.
