Verse 264: The Legend of the Soul Continent
"Then which continent is this kid from?" Mu Sheng was not as clear about the situation on several continents as Nangong Yuhuan.
"If I'm not mistaken, this kid should be from the Soul Continent. Nangong Yuhuan thought with his hands on his cheeks.
"Soul Continent, why haven't I heard of it, where is it?" Mu Sheng had only heard of the ten states in the sea when he was in Shenzhou and Fusang Island, but he didn't know that there were soul continents in the ten states in the sea.
Nangong Yuhuan lightly opened his lips and said: "I remember reading a book called "The Ten Prefectures of the Sea" when I was a child, which recorded that Yingzhou is a soul continent, and because the continent is round, it is also called Huanzhou. There is a big abyss hole near the Stygian Sea in the east, and there are fish in the cave that are thousands of feet long, colorful and gorgeous, and the nose end has horns, and they often encourage and play together. There are five-colored clouds in the water from afar, and it is only to find that this fish sprays water for clouds, such as the beauty of Qingyun, and the gorgeous words of the clouds are incomparable. There is a tree named Shadow Wood on the continent, look at it during the day, the tree is like a shadow, illusory and unreal, a leaf with a hundred shadows, the flower will shine, at night it looks like a star, this Shadow Tree takes 10,000 years to grow a fruit, the fruit is like a watermelon, the green skin is black and black, eating it can make people light and light. ”
Speaking of this, Nangong Yuhuan paused and looked at Tantai Xindao: "I don't know if what I described is right?"
"This ......" Tan Taixin opened his big black and white eyes, and replied weakly: "I usually stay at home, and my father doesn't let me run around at will, so I don't know if there is anything you said, sister, no one told me anyway." ”
Nangong Yuhuan listened to Taixin's explanation, frowned lightly and said to himself: "Didn't anyone tell you this? It's no wonder that the big fish in the east near the Styx Sea are fierce, and the natives of the Soul Continent don't go often, and the shadow wood fruit is useful to people, but it is useless for ghosts and zombies. ”
Nangong Yuhuan thought for a while and said: "Then "The Chronicle of the Ten Prefectures in the Sea" also said that the Soul Continent is already considered a place in the extreme north, the sun and the moon cannot be penetrated, and the sun is not seen all year round. In order to make this place suitable for human habitation, it also plays the role of suppressing ghosts, hanging the fire essence for the sun, carving the black jade for the god Wu in the sun, taking the water spirit for the moon, and carving Qingyao for the toad rabbit in the moon palace. If there is a deviation, the underground machine will be automatically adjusted. In order to blow away the gloomy clouds and mist of this soul continent, the great power set up incense in the machine, so that the soul continent has a fragrant wind from time to time, and the sleeves are received, and it will not stop all year round. ”
Speaking of this, Nangong Yuhuan looked at Taixin and asked, "You have always seen the sun and the moon, and you have always smelled the fragrant wind, right?"
Tan Taixin's eyes rolled, and he thought for a while: "No wonder I always feel that the sun and moon in my hometown are different from here, and when I hear my sister say this, I seem to understand a lot." ”
"Oh, what's the different method?" Mu Sheng and Nangong Yuhuan asked in unison.
Tan Taixin tilted his head and thought for a while: "I always feel that the sun and moon in my hometown seem to be much colder than here, I used to think that it was because the extreme north was too cold, but now I hear my sister say this, I'm afraid it's because the sun and moon are fake." ”
"Have you ever smelled the fragrant wind?" asked Nangong Yuhuan.
"This ...... "I don't know what my sister is talking about? My physique is different from theirs, I and my scholar brother can smell it, my father and aunt can't smell it, and we always have to smell it several times a year! I don't know if this fragrance is a flower or what? In this way, my sister knows more than my native, but what else is interesting, let's hear it!"
Nangong Yuhuan smiled: "I just saw it in the book, I don't know if it's true or not, since you're interested, then I'll talk about it, you have the right to listen to the book, legend has it that there is a strange beast named Sniffing Stone in this Soul Continent, it looks like a unicorn, doesn't eat raw things, doesn't drink dirty water, sniffs the stone with your nose to know if there are treasures such as gold and jade in the stone, and when you blow the stone with your mouth, it will separate, revealing the Jinsha Baopu inside, which is usable, so everyone calls it the sniffing stone, there is a grass called Rue Miao, its shape is like an iris, the leaf is drunk, and the bait root is awake. I also heard that there are birds like phoenixes, the body is black red, the wings are red, the name is "Tibetan pearl", every time it chirps and flies, it will spit out the pearls. Practitioners often decorate their fairy clothes with its beads, taking advantage of its lightness and shining. ”
Tan Taixin tilted his head and thought for a long time and said: "I was very strict with my father when I was a child, and I was not allowed to run around, only around the cave, I haven't seen the rue seedlings and Tibetan pearl birds that my sister said, but I seem to have seen the beads that shine I seem to have seen the eldest lady wear them, and they look like the smelling stones of the unicorn, but I don't know what kind of animal they are." ”
Tan Taixin smiled embarrassedly and said, "Because I don't know what the unicorn looks like." ”
Nangong Yuhuan was stunned and asked, "Little brother, how old are you this year? Didn't your father let you go to school?"
Tan Taixin's big eyes rolled, bit his finger and said: "My father said that I was ten years old, and I had invited a few teachers to teach me, but it didn't take long to teach, and my teachers died one after another, and then my father had no choice but to teach me personally, but he was also very busy, and he taught me intermittently, so I only recognized some simple words, but I didn't read many books." He lowered his head in embarrassment. ”
Nangong Yuhuan clapped his hands and smiled: "Then you follow us, it's right, this brother is right in reciting poetry, and he is proficient in guessing lantern riddles, and he teaches you to keep what you have learned." ”
Mu Sheng's face turned red and said: "How can I be so capable as you say, it's just a rough text." ”
Nangong Yuhuan said with a smile: "Don't be modest, when you pretend to be a little Taoist, how good the love you sing, and guessing the pair of lantern riddles in Guishan City, you are also very talented!"
"What is Taoism? What is a lantern riddle?" "Yu Taixin flashed his long eyelashes, and looked at Mu Sheng with big eyes: "Brother Youde, can you sing Taoism for me, let me listen to it?"
"That's, that's it, it's been a long time since I've heard you sing about Taoism, and I want to hear it too!" Nangong Yuhuan applauded on the side.
Mu Sheng said with an embarrassed face: "This ...... We still have a few things to ask you! Since you have been trapped near the cave by your father for a long time, how did you get abducted here by others? And your scholarly brother should not have been with you for too long, right?"
Nangong Yuhuan heard Mu Sheng's question, so he didn't follow the coaxing, but quietly looked at Taixin, waiting to hear his answer.