Volume 2 Plane Battle, Chapter 288: The Loach Monster and the Carp Spirit
Seeing this, Jiaolong was furious, and actually hit the Taoist with his strong body, the Taoist was a little uneasy in his heart, and took out a few charms and pasted them on his body, after a loud noise, the dragon scales flew, Jiaolong was injured, and the wound was blurred with flesh and blood.
The Taoist suffered a huge impact force, and was forced to retreat a few feet away, and the charms attached to his body were all turned into ashes.
The Taoist wanted to escape, but Jiaolong was willing to let go, jumped out of the water, and crashed towards the Taoist again.
It was too late for the Taoist to dodge, so he had to parry with the peachwood sword, but how could he resist the power of this ten thousand jun, he was knocked out and slammed straight into the mountain rock of Qi Mountain, with a loud bang, the mountain stone collapsed, and the Taoist fell down, spitting blood from his mouth, and was seriously injured.
Jiaolong surfaced, looked down, the huge dragon eyes stared at the Taoist, the Taoist was scared to tremble, the Taoist secretly regretted in his heart, he wanted to use his own Taoism, even if he couldn't kill the Jiaolong, he could repel it!
Fight the dragon by yourself and save the people, at that time, the four words of Baiyun Dao people will definitely be known to everyone, like thunder, and Baiyunguan will inevitably be prosperous, but I never thought that this Jiaolong's body is so strong that I can't resist it.
The Taoist endured the pain, stood up, and said: "You are already a Jiao, in another thousand years, you can turn into a dragon, and then you can travel for nine days, unrestrained, why do you want to do this thing that hurts the heavens and reason, and then the heavenly catastrophe will definitely destroy you!"
It's a pity that you have cultivated the Jiao body for hundreds of years, it is better to listen to the old Taoist and let me go, and it can be regarded as accumulating good karma, and it will definitely be ..... when it comes to crossing the catastrophe and turning into a dragon."
"You go, I won't kill you. Jiaolong interrupted him before he could finish speaking. The Taoist was quite embarrassed, looked up at the expectant eyes of everyone on the chess mountain, and walked away.
On the chess mountain, everyone saw that the Taoist could not defeat the dragon, but fled, and their hearts were very desperate.
At this time, the dragon opened his mouth and said: "I was originally a thief in the mountains, that is, a white snake that you regarded as a medicinal herb and caught wantonly, you have captured all my descendants, and now I have turned into a Jiao, how can I not avenge my descendants." ”
After everyone listened to the words of the dragon, they knew that the dragon was transformed by the cultivation of the mountain, and now they were going to avenge the clan, and everyone was even more desperate in their hearts.
The dragon said, "Although I hate you and others very much, I don't want to kill innocents indiscriminately, you just need to sacrifice all the children here to me, and also feel the pain of bereavement, and I will spare you and others." ”
However, it is better to give up a child than to die here, and although many people would rather die than give up their children, they still let go of their hands under the coercion of others.
All the children in the village were pushed into the flood, and the dragon stepped forward, swallowed all the children in one gulp, and then turned away, and the flood receded.
When everyone went down the mountain, the bereaved people wept and wept, and I don't know how many people fainted along the way! When they came to the foot of the mountain, they saw many children crying in the mud after the flood had receded. Everyone hurriedly stepped forward, and when they saw that it was actually those children who were sacrificed to the dragon, there were quite a few!
Except for the muddy water on his body, he was safe and sound, and everyone cried with joy.
Luo Hongzi asked the villager: Are you saying that Bai Jiao did not harm the children, but just sent them to a safe place?
The villagers replied: This is such a situation! So the villagers of Qishan Village are very grateful to the dragon and have no resentment at all. From now on, I will never do the thing of catching the white snake in the mountains again!
The old man who was transformed into a white dragon asked: Since then, is there any news of that dragon?
The villagers said: Since the white dragon appeared, there is no trace of it in this vicinity! However, some time ago, I heard that there is a dragon in a place called "Bishui Hantan" in the direction of the East China Sea, and as for whether it is the white dragon, I don't know!
After thanking the villagers, the three of them immediately set off and headed for the East China Sea. I can't imagine that the more I don't want to go, the more I have to force myself to go! It seems that everything in the dark is certain.....
A few hours later, the three of them came to the place called "Blue Water Cold Pool". Now that the season has reached the beginning of spring, there are a lot of people gathered next to the blue water cold pool, Luo Hongzi inquired, it turns out that it is all people from the surrounding villages!
I also learned that this clear water and cold pool is hundreds of feet deep, the water surface is vast, and the smoke waves are vast. It is rumored that there is a dragon hidden in it, it will appear in the early spring, and it has been said that the dragon is more than ten zhang long, covered with blue-brown scales, with horns on the head, four limbs under the abdomen, and five claws each, which is the same as the legendary dragon!
It is also said that the dragon has great powers, can resist the water in the pool, and the nearby villages must sacrifice a boy every year, otherwise the dragon will manipulate the water of the pool to flood the surrounding fields and wash away the village, and the surrounding villages have to pick out a boy and throw it into the pool in the early spring every year for peace.
The old man who Luo Hongzi and the white dragon turned into was strange, because this was not like the temper of his white Jiao sister! But now he has not seen the truth with his own eyes, so some will be suspicious.
At this time, a child was brought to the shore. Because he was still young, he didn't know that he was about to be sacrificed to the dragon, so he looked at everyone ignorantly, and he didn't feel afraid.
A woman in the back was supported by someone, crying so much that her liver and intestines were broken, and she called the child's name while crying.
An old man seemed to be in charge, and he couldn't bear to see this, but he still waved his hand at everyone, signaling everyone to throw the child into the pool, and then turned his back and sighed.
When everyone looked at it, they saw a group of people walking not far away. The Taoist approached, bowed to everyone, and everyone saw the Taoist fairy wind and bones, and they were also very respectful, and they returned the salute.
This person was none other than Luo Hongzi, who had arrived with the old man who had been transformed into a white dragon! He really couldn't bear to watch the child being thrown into the blue water and cold pool, so he showed up to stop this tragedy!
Luo Hongzi said: "Poor Dao is a disciple of the Immeasurable Heavenly Venerable, and he has traveled here. I wonder why you are not wicked, but why do you do such a thing that hurts heaven and reason?"
The old man who led the way walked in front of Luo Hongzi, and Shi Li said: "The Taoist chief doesn't know, there is a dragon in this blue water pool, which will appear in the early spring, and the boy must be sacrificed, otherwise it will be flooded and flooded the nearby villages. ”
After hearing this, Luo Hongzi shook his head and said: "It's ridiculous, the dragon is made of snakes and fish in the water, and when you become a dragon, you must survive the thunderstorm, and anyone who hides evil in his heart, does things that hurt the heavens and harms reason, and bears evil consequences will not survive the thunderstorm!"
Because they will be split into ashes by lightning, less than one of those who can become dragons will have good thoughts, and once they become dragons, they will be able to reach the heavens with their abilities, no different from gods, and how can they do evil and eat people?
The old man hurriedly waved his hand and said: "Human life is at stake, how dare we play child's play, at first we didn't believe it, but every year the water in the pond inexplicably soared, causing floods, and the nearby villages suffered heavy casualties, and the people were not able to survive!"
But since the sacrifice of the boy began, there has been no flood, and the dragon has been seen by many, how can it be fake?"
Luo Hongzi pondered for a moment and asked, "When did that dragon start to appear?"
The old man said: "Since it appeared three years ago, the pond was full of fish and shrimp in the past, and since the dragon appeared, the fish and shrimp in the pond have gradually been eaten. After the old man finished speaking, he sighed!
Luo Hongzi glanced at the old man who was transformed by the white dragon beside him and said: "The thing in the pool must not be a dragon, listening to what you said, it is more like a spirit ....." Before Luo Hongzi finished speaking, he suddenly heard someone shouting: "It appeared, the dragon appeared." ”
Luo Hongzi looked at the pool, and saw a behemoth swimming in the deep pool, with a dragon head, dragon tail, and dragon scales, which was indeed a dragon, but Luo Hongzi saw that the dragon had a dragon shape, but no dragon energy, but was surrounded by demon energy, more like a demon in the water.
In order to verify, Luo Hongzi also glanced at the old man who had been transformed into a white dragon with an inquiring look. Got a very contemptuous nod of affirmation!
At this moment, Luo Hongzi affirmed his judgment even more!, "This is not a real dragon, it's just a river spirit." Luo Hongzi said.
"Spirit, isn't this a dragon, then why is he so similar to a dragon?" asked the old man.
Luo Hongzi replied: "I'm afraid that this monster has been transformed and pretended to be a dragon, so as to make the people fearful and sacrifice children!"
When the old man heard this, he suddenly realized that he was full of remorse! He said, "If I had known that this thing was not a dragon, but a monster, I would have asked a mage to subdue him, and I would have lost the lives of a few dolls." ”
The old man said: "Since the Taoist can see through the true face of this monster, can he subdue him? After the old man finished speaking, he had to bow down to the Taoist.
Luo Hongzi hurriedly helped him up and said: "This demon is doing evil, doing such a thing that hurts heaven and reason, I will not stand idly by, I will definitely get rid of it and do the right thing for heaven." ”
After that, Luo Hongzi took out a three-inch peachwood sword from his waist, and said something in his mouth, but he saw that the three-inch small sword was suspended above the Taoist's palm, dripping and turning, becoming bigger and bigger as it turned, and it became a long giant sword in an instant.
Then with a wave of his hand, Luo Hongzi shouted: "Disease", the giant sword flew straight towards the monster in the pool, the monster seemed to sense the danger, the dragon's tail flicked, hitting the water into a wall, wanting to block the giant sword!
The giant sword pierced into the wall of water, and after a moment's pause, it had broken through the wall, but at this time, when he looked for the monster again, it had disappeared and sank to the bottom of the water.
"Evil animal, I think I can't help you if I hide at the bottom of the pool?" Luo Hongzi took out a charm from his arms, and recited the spell silently in his mouth, the spell was suspended in the air, but there was no fire and spontaneous combustion, and then Luo Hongzi threw the charm into the pool, the charm fire was not extinguished, but the pool water was ignited, and a raging fire ignited on the water surface, as if the pool water was going to boil.
The monster gradually couldn't bear it anymore at the bottom of the pool, and had to surface to extinguish the fire, but the fire was splashed more and more by the water, and the fire was still unabated.
Luo Hongzi saw the monster surface, took out a spell from his arms, and recited the incantation: "The Thunder Emperor of the Five Directions, subduing the demon and punishing the demon, is as urgent as the law." ”
With the words in his mouth, the spell went straight to the sky, submerged into the clouds, and in an instant, the dark clouds were dense, lightning and thunder roared, and countless thunderbolts slashed down from the air, and went straight to the monsters in the pool.
After a loud bang, the air was filled with the smell of burning, and the monster in the pool surfaced, already charred and black, with its belly facing up, motionless, already dead.
After a while, the monster cracked a crack on its forehead, the crack slowly became larger, poured into the water, and a layer of shell fell off, Luo Hongzi fixed his eyes and saw that it was a huge old loach more than ten zhang long.....
The shell was a dragon shell made of silt, which cracked open because it was struck by lightning and soaked in water.
Seeing that the demons were eliminated, everyone at the edge of the pond knelt down to Luo Hongzi and thanked him, Luo Hongzi hurriedly helped everyone up one by one, and said: "Conquering demons and eliminating demons is the duty of cultivators like us, so why do we need to say thanks." ”
In this way, Luo Hongzi said goodbye to the villagers here, and continued to move forward with the white Jiaolong and Lin Hei'er to see if there was a chance to find out the whereabouts of the white Jiaolong sister!
After a few more days, the three of them came to a place called Jiaoyu Village. There is a river next to Jiaoyu Village, called Jiaoyu River, the water surface of Jiaoyu River is vast, as far as the eye can see, and the village and nearby villages rely on this river for irrigation water.
Just as I was about to ask for directions, the weather was suddenly cloudy and thunderous. And there is a faint thunder and lightning shuttling through the black clouds! The white dragon in this scene looked very familiar, and whispered to Luo Hongzi: There will be a "Heavenly Thunder Tribulation" here soon, quickly ask the reason.
I just happened to meet a passer-by in the village who was in a hurry, and after stopping him, I told them what was happening now, it turned out that there was a carp spirit in this Jiaoyu River, and I don't know how many years of cultivation, although he was a monster, he had never done anything to harm the villagers!
Not only that, but also often rescue some drowning people, every summer, there are some children to the Jiaoyu River to play in the water, but never drowned!
It is because of the secret protection of the carp spirit, whenever someone is physically exhausted or accidentally drowned, they will be carried back to the shore by the carp spirit.
The old people in the village all said that the fact that there had never been a flood in Jiaoyu River Village was also due to the carp spirit, so they worshipped the carp spirit as the river god! Every spring equinox, a river festival would be held, and some food would be thrown into the water to offer to the carp spirit.
It is said that this year's river festival is about to arrive, but at this time there is an accident in the village, the children in the village continue to disappear one after another, there are already five or six people, the children's parents are anxious, they have searched everywhere, but they can't find the slightest trace!
It is said that they were seen all going to the river, and then there were rumors in the village that these children had been eaten by carp essence, but many people refuted it!
It is completely unreasonable to say that this carp spirit has been in the Jiaoyu River for I don't know how many years, and has never done anything harmful, but has saved many people who have drowned, why do you want to eat children now?
Although most people don't believe that the carp spirit is doing evil, they also have some precautions against the carp spirit in their hearts, warning their children not to go near the Jiaoyu River, and some parents directly lock their children in the house and strictly prohibit going out.
At this time, a Taoist came to the village, with fairy wind and bones, and his beard and hair were all white! He told the villagers that the children were caught and eaten by the carp essence, and then some villagers retorted, saying that the carp spirit has always done good deeds to save people, and has never harmed the villagers.
The man sighed and said: "You ordinary people, how can you know how to distinguish between good and evil, since you are a demon, you will do evil, the good things he did in the past are just to confuse you, that demon has been practicing for more than a thousand years, and is about to cross the catastrophe and turn into a dragon!"
Therefore, they no longer pretend, eat the children of the village, and increase their Taoism, so that they can survive the catastrophe, but it is a pity that you are still kept in the dark and cannot see the truth clearly, what a sorrow!"
With a compassionate look on his face, the man said, "Once the carp spirit succeeds, after turning into a dragon, no one will be able to descend, and then the carp spirit will make waves, and I am afraid that the whole village will be flooded!"
Those villagers saw that the Taoist immortal wind and bones, like an old immortal, and what they said was not fake, so they asked the Taoist to help subdue the demon.
The Taoist looked embarrassed and said: "I can't hide it, I once met the carp spirit by the river, and when I saw that he was harming people, I wanted to subdue him and eliminate harm for the people, which can be regarded as a good deed, but the carp essence has practiced for thousands of years, and he has magical powers, and I can't hold him, but I almost lost my life." ”
After hearing this, the villagers frowned and sighed, even the old immortals can't do anything, what can we ordinary people do?
At this time, the Taoist took out a few pills from his sleeve and said, "You don't have to be embarrassed, since I know about this, I will not stand idly by, and I can only outwit it for the sake of today!"
I have a few pills here, which you put in the food during the river festival and throw them into the water, and the carp spirit will be greatly damaged if it does not die after eating it, and then I will take it down again. ”
The villagers saw that the color of the pills was bright red, as if it had been stained with blood, and there was a faint blood-colored mist flowing inside, so they hurriedly took it and thanked the Taoist for their kindness.
The time of the river festival came in a blink of an eye, the Taoist and the villagers came to the river early, and after the river festival began, the villagers put the pills into the food according to the instructions of the Taoist, and then threw the food into the water.
A moment later, a behemoth appeared in the water, covered with golden scales, the size of a copper basin, and it was the carp spirit, who swallowed the food as usual, and then dived to the bottom.
The Taoist and the villagers were looking at the river from the shore, at this time, the sky was suddenly covered with dark clouds, the sky gradually darkened, the thunder rolled, and there was a faint thunder and lightning shuttling through the black clouds, and the villagers were stunned by this vision!
It's a good sunny day, how can you say that if the sky changes, the sky will change? But I saw that the people were calm and relaxed, as if these were expected.
The black clouds in the sky gradually condensed over the Yan River, the thunder rumbled, and it rained heavily, and the carp shrank at the bottom of the water, refusing to come out.