Chapter 667: The Secret of the Shipwreck
Li Mingyong was originally unintentional, but when he heard that there were eight people and the bottom of the sea, he naturally thought of the story of the eight immortals crossing the sea.
However, the speaker was unintentional, the listener was intentional, and Liu Xi and Qiu Changsheng were stunned at the same time after hearing that the Eight Immortals had crossed the sea.
The two glanced at each other, and each immediately understood the meaning in each other's eyes.
Eight immortals across the sea, very likely.
The legendary eight immortals are Han Zhongli, Zhang Guolao, Han Xiangzi, Tie Guan Li, Lu Dongbin, He Xiangu, Lan Caihe and Uncle Cao Guo.
Among them, Lu Dongbin is the Taoist ancestor Lu Chunyang, who created a line of Taoist pure yang view, and the small pure yang view of Qixia Mountain is one of the inheritances of Lu Chunyang. The Qinglian Sword he refined with his own hands was a mortal weapon at any time, but it had already reached the standard of magic weapons, and it was once the most handy weapon in Liu Xi's hands.
Liu Xi and Daozu Lu Chunyang have the deepest fate and the deepest involvement. So far, Liu Xi still bears the name of the uncle of Xiaochun Yangguan, and also bears the responsibility of Zhongxing Xiaochun Yangguan and carrying forward the inheritance of Lu Zu.
If this was really the meeting place of the Eight Immortals, maybe there would be a little bit of incense.
The eight immortals in history all have archetypal characters, most of whom are from the Tang Dynasty. There was only one person during the Song Dynasty, and that was Uncle Cao Guo.
It is bold to assume that there are so many famous generals in history, and there are countless great achievements, but there are very few people who are called immortals.
These eight people are really not famous in history compared to other good ministers and fierce generals, or princely generals. Some people are even nameless, and before they became the Eight Immortals, their names did not even appear in the history books.
However, why are only the eight of them called immortals by everyone?
It must be because these eight people showed immortal miracles, were seen and spread. Moreover, there will never be a small number of people who see eight people showing immortal traces, and the number of times eight people show immortal signs must not be once or twice, at least six or seven times.
Only in this way will he be called an immortal by the world, not some other strange man.
Those in power say that the people are fools, and it is better to fool and fool. But in fact, the people are indeed the most difficult people to fool, and they are also the most realistic people in the world.
Those who read can be fooled by the teachings of the saints, those who are engaged in business can be perfunctory with a long stream of water, and those who are soldiers can be brainwashed by protecting their families and defending the country.
But the people are the most practical, and they never care about the future, the future, the future and other. They only look at whether they can eat enough, whether they can have clothes to wear, and whether they can afford to marry a daughter-in-law and have a baby.
The fame of the Eight Immortals comes from the people in the market, and it also spreads among the people in the countryside. If the people can spontaneously call the Eight Immortals immortals, and at the same time pass them on from generation to generation, then only the facts that appear in front of them will make the people very realistic do so.
Qiu Changsheng groaned and said, "If this is the meeting place of the Eight Immortals, then, who is the Scholar of Freedom?"
Liu Xi frowned, also thinking about this question.
Although I didn't see the abilities of the other people of the Eight Immortals, I couldn't draw a conclusion about who was strong and who was weak.
However, the Easy Scholar is a legend in the history of the cultivation world, even if the legend is no longer after coming to the end of the world, just by virtue of the unknown Nine Curves of the Yellow River Array around the shipwreck on the seabed, he must be the strongest among the eight immortals.
The strongest of the Eight Immortals, there are probably two people in historical legends, one is the Tie Guan Li, the head of the Eight Immortals, who is said to be the descendant disciple of Taishang Laojun, whose mana is unfathomable.
He is the leader of the Eight Immortals, and no one among the Eight Immortals is dissatisfied. Even the rest of the Eight Immortals were invited by him to gather at Stalagmite Mountain, so they were listed as one of the Eight Immortals.
This in itself is very revealing, Tie Guan Li is not only the leader of the Eight Immortals, he is also the initiator of the small circle of the Eight Immortals. In today's terms, he controls the personnel appointment and dismissal power of the small circle of the Eight Immortals.
Another theory of the strongest of the Eight Immortals is that the sword immortal Lu Dongbin is rumored to be superb in swordsmanship, and he can fly a sword thousands of miles away to take the enemy's head. Among the eight immortals, except for Tie Guan Li, he has the highest combat effectiveness.
However, Liu Xi had seen Xiao Chunyangguan's Qingmei swordsmanship cheats, and had used the Qinglian Sword for a long time, and with her vision, she could naturally roughly guess what level Lu Dongbin's combat power was in his heyday.
Lu Dongbin is a pure sword cultivator, all his skills are in the sword, even if he knows other spells, he will never be very proficient and powerful.
At the very least, a pure sword cultivator would never be able to arrange the Nine Songs Yellow River Formation, one of the top ten killing formations of the ancients.
Therefore, the person who arranged the Yellow River Formation on the bottom of the sea could not be Lu Dongbin, then it could only be Tie Guan Li.
After listening to Liu Xi's analysis, Qiu Changsheng nodded and said, "I am also inclined to Tie Guan Li, this person is a Taoist disciple himself, and he practices pure Taoist secret records. It is rumored in the wild history that Taishang Laojun passed on his "Tao Sutra" and "Xuan Jing". ”
He looked at Liu Xi and said: "Among the sixty-eight Daomen canons of Qianjimen, there is a canon called "Dao Xuan Sutra", and what is even more coincidental is that it is this "Dao Xuan Sutra" that was once practiced by scholars who were free. ”
Liu Xi nodded and said, "The matter of the Eight Immortals confirms what I have always thought. Even those predecessors who had come to the end of the world must have met each other, and even often gathered to unite against the descendants of the Wu clan. The Eight Immortals are just one example, and the time is mainly concentrated in the Tang and Song dynasties. During this time, the monks and seniors who came to the end of the Dharma world hugged each other to keep warm, forming a small circle of eight immortals. So, what about the history before the Tang and Song dynasties, and the history after the Tang and Song dynasties? Are there other small circles formed by predecessors?"
Qiu Changsheng said categorically: "Of course there is, just like you and I are now in a team, the former monk predecessors will naturally get closer to each other in the future, deal with the enemy together, and survive in the end of the world." There's only one thing I'm worried about right now, how do I get out of this front cabin?"
Liu Xi stood up from the Huanghuali chair, touched his chin with his fingers, and slowly paced around the Eight Immortals Table to think.
It is indeed strange, it is not surprising that this front cabin is vacant, after all, in the previous Zheng He's treasure ship, this front cabin was used to store troops and weapons. Since the ship was to be sunk, of course, the entire ship was hollowed out, and only the magic treasure weapons that the monks needed to hide were released.
But why put a table of eight immortals and eight chairs in the front cabin?
Is it really for the party?
If it is really a party, then how painful is it for the Eight Immortals to choose to gather in a sunken ship under the bottom of the sea of 10,000 meters?
Even if it is to show the immortal traces, except for a few deep-water fish on the bottom of the sea, there is not a single grass, who do the eight immortals want to show the immortal traces?
Li Mingyong spoke: "Could it be that they voluntarily entered this forward cabin and planned to sink to the bottom of the sea with this ship." I once heard an old captain say that some captains and sailors would volunteer to bury the ship they had been driving for half their lives. ”
Liu Xi glanced at him, and said angrily: "You said that this is the Eight Immortals, are they still part-time captains and sailors?"
Li Mingyong was a little embarrassed and wanted to buckle his head, only to find that he had turned into a big turtle and had no hands.
"It's not a party, so what is the reason for the eight people to gather here? Jointly arrange and build the Jiuqu Yellow River Formation and other undersea formations? This is all possible. ”
Qiu Changsheng said: "The shipwreck and around the shipwreck, in addition to the Jiuqu Yellow River Formation, there are more than 30 formations of all sizes. It is not easy to choose to arrange the formation at a distance of 10,000 meters under the sea. The water pressure here is too heavy, the water element is extremely abundant and irritable, and there is no profound cultivation realm, so it can't suppress the water element's riot. Once the water element riots, it will lead to an imbalance in the laws of heaven and earth, and in the end, the person who sets up the formation will be seriously injured if he does not die. ”
"No way. Liu Xi flatly denied.
Liu Xi ruled out Qiu Changsheng's opinion so neatly, Qiu Changsheng didn't feel unhappy, but his eyes were a little surprised, and he looked at Liu Xi's gaze with a question.
Liu Xi pointed to the cracks in the door and window, and explained: "If you look carefully, there is no trace of water in the crack of the door and window, not at all. What does this mean? This shows that the formations on the sunken ship have already been laid out before falling into the water, and only the Jiuqu Yellow River Formation has been successfully arranged under the water. This is the only explanation that explains why, when we entered, the deck was already covered with dark green algae creatures, but when we entered this forecabin, there was not even a trace of water in the cracks in the doors and windows. ”
After Qiu Changsheng looked at it carefully, he agreed with Liu Xi's opinion. He recalled the layout of the formation after entering the sea ship, and it was indeed a formation that had been laid out long before falling into the water, so that after sinking into the water, more than a dozen formations were destroyed.
Liu Xi muttered to himself as he walked around the Eight Immortals Table: "What is it that requires the Eight Immortals to gather at the bottom of the sea? Is there any secret they have to choose such a secluded place for a meeting? Or is there another unsightly reason? Is it to deal with the descendants of the Wu Clan, so as not to be destroyed by the descendants of the Wu Clan, and the treasure ship left for the descendants?"
"That's not right, there is a Jiuqu Yellow River Formation guarding the treasure ship outside, in this world of the end of the law, who has the ability to break through the Jiuqu Yellow River Formation? Even if it is a miniaturized version, a lite version, and a copycat version! Since you don't have to worry about being destroyed by the descendants of the Wu Clan, why did the Eight Immortals come to this bottom of the sea?"
It's not for the enemy, it's not for the formation, and of course it's not an ordinary tea party, where everyone talks about their feelings and the like.
What is it that attracts the eight most outstanding immortals on earth, and what is their purpose?
Liu Xi gently hammered the hammer head, feeling a paste in his brain, full of sleepiness.
She suddenly raised her head, her gaze swept over Qiu Changsheng's face, swept over Mo Yun, and finally landed on the big turtle Li Mingyong.
It's really funny, she and Qiu Changsheng have been entangled here for a long time, not only did they forget to ask the main master. And just now, the main owner clearly said a word, but she directly scolded back.
Liu Xi laughed at herself, so it seems that she is no different from those people in December, they all have eyes and don't know Taishan.
Li Mingyong said a sentence just now: Could it be that they voluntarily entered this forward cabin and planned to sink to the bottom of the sea with this ship.
Liu Xi didn't take it seriously before, but now that he figured it out, he suddenly felt that this was probably the real reason.
Qiu Changsheng obviously figured out this joint as well, so he nodded towards Liu Xi. wanted to take out the words from Li Mingyong's mouth, obviously Liu Xi was much more suitable than him.
"You just said that the eight people who drank tea here voluntarily sank to the bottom of the sea with the ship. Right?"
Li Mingyong smiled embarrassedly, shook the turtle's head and said pitifully: "I'm just talking nonsense, I can't take it seriously, I can't take it seriously." ”
Liu Xi looked into his eyes and said softly: "It's okay, anyway, everyone has no clue, just talk about it." Maybe your statement will give us some hints. Now tell me why you had this idea in the first place?"
Li Mingyong was stunned for a moment, and said in embarrassment: "That's what I thought at the time, and I don't know why I thought so." Anyway, my first feeling was that I really couldn't make any sense. ”
Liu Xi looked at Qiu Changsheng and asked, "Can you still show your tacit understanding?"
Qiu Changsheng shook his head slowly but firmly: "Tacit understanding is a secret technique, used to spy on other people's inner thoughts, and used to kill the Tao. Although spying on people's hearts is not as punishing as trying to snoop on the Heavenly Dao, it is definitely uncomfortable. At least for three months, it will never be possible to do it again. ”
Then there is no way, I can only find a way to start with Li Mingyong.
Fortunately, Liu Xi and Qiu Changsheng did not panic, since there was a Jiuqu Yellow River formation blocking the road outside, and they couldn't get in in December, the shipwreck was a very safe place.
Besides, Liu Xi's storage ring has enough food and water for three months, and she doesn't have to worry about starving to death if she doesn't eat or drink.
Li Mingyong smiled embarrassedly, shook the turtle's head and said pitifully: "I'm just talking nonsense, I can't take it seriously, I can't take it seriously." ”
Liu Xi looked into his eyes and said softly: "It's okay, anyway, everyone has no clue, just talk about it." Maybe your statement will give us some hints. Now tell me why you had this idea in the first place?"
Li Mingyong was stunned for a moment, and said in embarrassment: "That's what I thought at the time, and I don't know why I thought so." Anyway, my first feeling was that I really couldn't make any sense. ”
Qiu Changsheng shook his head slowly but firmly: "Tacit understanding is a secret technique, used to spy on other people's inner thoughts, and used to kill the Tao. Although spying on people's hearts is not as punishing as trying to snoop on the Heavenly Dao, it is definitely uncomfortable. At least for three months, it will never be possible to do it again. ”
Then there is no way, I can only find a way to start with Li Mingyong.
Fortunately, Liu Xi and Qiu Changsheng did not panic, since there was a Jiuqu Yellow River formation blocking the road outside, and they couldn't get in in December, the shipwreck was a very safe place.
Besides, Liu Xi's storage ring has enough food and water for three months, and she doesn't have to worry about starving to death if she doesn't eat or drink.