Chapter 290: Queen Xuanhuang Toad
The first to appear is a corner of the cornice, ordinary houses do not have cornices, cornices are mostly seen in palace temples or Taoist temples. οΌ
"What is it?" the fat man wondered.
The south wind is also confused, naturally can not help the fat man to solve the puzzle, according to common sense the highest house is the ridge, even if the water, the ridge should be the first to be revealed, but the strange house in the distance is the first to appear on one side of the cornice, and the angle of the cornice is not straight, but crooked.
The water came out of the house very slowly, and it took a long time to see the cornices and ridges on both sides, and the other cornices were still under the blackwater swamp.
"It's a small Taoist temple, not like an illusion. Nanfeng said, the size of the house can be judged by the size of the ridge, the house in the swamp is not very large, no more than two zhang long, less than nine feet wide, at first glance it is somewhat similar to the land temple, but carefully examined, there is still a difference with the land temple, the column under the eaves shows that it is a very small Taoist temple.
"Zhuge , how big is that thing you are talking about?" the fat man looked at Zhuge Chanjuan.
"I don't know, this kind of ancient alien is rare now. Zhuge Chanjuan replied, and then asked rhetorically, "Do you suspect that this Taoist temple is built on the back of the toad?"
The fat man nodded, and stretched out his finger to point forward, "Look closely, the house has been shaking. β
As the two of them spoke, the other two cornices of the Taoist temple also rose from under the water, and with the dripping of sewage attached to the tiles and walls, the Taoist temple gradually showed its true appearance, the roof tiles and cornices were golden, the walls were white, and it is not known whether the roof tiles were gilt or pure gold, or at least they were gilded. And the wall is made of jade slabs, although it has been soaked in sewage all year round, it has never been polluted by sewage.
Although the sparrow is small, and although the Taoist temple is small, it has one door and two windows, and because of the distance, it is not certain whether those two windows are real windows or just decoration. The door was a double-opened stone door, which was closed at this time.
After the Taoist temple came out of the water, it was not straight, but high in the west and low in the east, which was very crooked.
The three of them looked far away, trying to see what the temple was based on, but the bottom of the temple was still soaked in sewage, and they were only a little unseen.
At this moment, a black fog appeared in the area on the west side of the Taoist temple, and the black fog appeared without warning.
The three of them are currently on the ** side of the swamp, the north wind is blowing to the south, and most of the black fog is going south, even so, there is still a little spread to the area where the three of them are, a strong rancid smell, if it is not for the antidote pill swallowed before, this time I am afraid that even the dry food eaten in the evening will be vomited.
"What does it smell like?" the fat man covered his nose and frowned.
"This black mist is extremely poisonous, and those miasma are derived from it. Zhuge Chanjuan answered.
Because it was too far away, I couldn't see what the poisonous gas was, but soon after the black fog appeared, the Taoist temple in the swamp began to sink slowly, so it can be seen that the fat man's previous guess should be right, the Taoist temple was built on the back of the Xuanhuang toad, and it only appeared briefly when the toad breathed and breathed.
The water came out of the temple very slowly, but it entered the water very quickly, and after a while, it disappeared without a trace.
When the Taoist temple disappeared, the fat man looked at the south wind, "Is there a play?"
"It's not good, we have to keep watching. Nanfeng shook his head, the three of them have just arrived, they haven't figured out the situation yet, and they haven't found the pattern, it's hard to say if there is any hope to get it at present, but one thing is for sure, this thing is not easy to deal with, and it is very tricky.
"Nacheng, you two can observe here, I'll go back first. The fat man snorted southward.
"Let the eighth master carry you back. Nanfeng said.
"Don't be, I'll go back with Lao Bai, the eighth master will keep it for the two of you, and you can run faster if something happens." The fat man shook his head.
Nanfeng nodded, "Be careful on the road, it's easy to get lost when you're on the road at night, remember to watch Beidou." β
"Okay, go five hundred miles, come back five hundred miles, is it too late to come back tomorrow evening?"
"Don't worry, I'll be back at noon the day after tomorrow. Nanfeng said, combined with the time and route, the people of the Shangqing Sect should be rushing to Taiyin Mountain at this time, and the time is not urgent.
"Okay, I'll go first, you two don't stay here, go north, that's the upper hand. The fat man reminded.
Nanfeng agreed, and said, "Tell them a brief about the situation, don't just get people away, those rare birds and beasts will also be moved to other places to settle, don't let the Shangqing Sect give them a scourge." β
The fat man said that he knew, rode Lao Bai, and went south.
"You're so sweet as a brother. Zhuge Chanjuan said with a smile.
Nanfeng didn't know what Zhuge Chanjuan was referring to, and tilted his head in confusion.
"Knowing that he was a relative, he let him stay at home for one night. Zhuge Chanjuan smiled again.
"What have you been thinking about all day? Nanfeng glanced at Zhuge Chanjuan, he didn't think about it at all, he just felt that he had plenty of time, and he didn't want the fat man to work too hard.
"Miss my little man. Zhuge Chanjuan leaned up.
Nanfeng was still looking at her, and when she heard her say this, she also smiled, women are most afraid of twisting and pretending, and they have eliminated those hypocritical pretenses, whether they are subtle or subtle, they are all cute.
"Husband, are you tired, the slave family pinched your feet?" Zhuge Chanjuan teased.
"It's sick to death, go along. "The south wind is blowing north.
"Don't run, wait for the slave. Zhuge Chanjuan chased behind.
lest she catch up and make a move, Nanfeng ran faster, "If the slave family disgusts me, I will kick you to death." β
"Hahahaha, little one. "Zhuge Chanjuan is so unhappy.
The fat man's suggestion is good, the north side is the upper hand, the location is also high, not only does it not smell, but it can also observe the situation in the distance.
The stakes are very high, Zhuge Chanjuan naturally will not disturb the south wind at this time, and it will return to normal at the top of the mountain, "The Taoist temple must be behind the Xuanhuang Toad, in addition to the poisonous rotten water and deep silt in the swamp, you can't go down, you can only wait for it to come up." β
"Will the pill I just took resist the poisonous mist it spews?" asked Nanfeng.
Zhuge Chanjuan waved her hand, "No, but I have other ways, you don't have to worry about rotten water and poisonous gas." β
Nanfeng nodded, "That's a little better, but even if you don't care about these, it won't work, I calculated just now, it has a very short time to ventilate, and it's not enough for me to get in and out calmly." If this guy is frightened, he will dive harder, and if I enter that house, I may be carried into the swamp by it. β
Zhuge Chanjuan didn't answer, and what Nanfeng said was exactly what she was worried about.
Nanfeng frowned and looked at the swamp in the south, this matter is ironclad, but the tricky is also reasonable, there is only the tortoiseshell book elsewhere, there is not only the tortoiseshell book here, but also the Xuanhuang Tianlu, the tortoiseshell book is needless to say, the Xuanhuang Tianlu alone is enough to make people flock to it, although he has not seen Xuanhuang Tianlu, but he has seen several other kinds of the same five ancient miracle medicines as Xuanhuang Tianlu, his rebirth, the strength of the fat man is infinite, Li Chaozong's birth wings, this is a fact that he has seen with his own eyes, even if Xuanhuang Tianlu can't make people immortal, he can always live for three or five hundred yearsγ
The so-called pre-planning is to plan in advance, planning is not good, what to do is in vain, this matter is tricky, but that is for Xuanhuang Tianlu and Tortoiseshell Heavenly Book to get all of them, if you only take one, the difficulty will be reduced by half.
Xuanhuang Tianlu and Tortoiseshell Heavenly Book can only choose one, which one to choose?
Of course, choose the book of heaven!
Human life is limited, only enough to do one thing well, the important thing is to understand what you want, only to know what you want most, in order to give up those relatively secondary things, keep an eye on the goal, firm perseverance, if half-hearted greed, this also wants, that also wants, is bound to achieve nothing, work for life.
Choose the Book of Heaven, the Book of Heaven is the general outline of ten thousand laws, it is not difficult to have the Book of Heaven to live forever, Xuanhuang Tianlu is secondary, give it up directly, and do not hesitate.
After not killing the Xuanhuang Toad, the difficulty is much smaller, with Zhuge Chanjuan, the poisonous gas and poisonous rotten water spit out after the toad can be ignored, so that there is only one problem that needs to be solved, how to enter the Taoist temple in a short period of time to get the tortoise shell and get out of the body.
The biggest problem is that there is not enough time to solve it.
"The five elements of the Xuanhuang Toad belong to the earth, and they can't tolerate the wood poison, so I'm sure to poison it to death. Zhuge Chanjuan said.
Nanfeng shook his head again and again when he heard this, "No, no, no......"
"The toxicity first invades the spleen and stomach, and then enters the liver and gallbladder, as long as we do it immediately after his death, Xuanhuang Tianlu can still be obtained. Zhuge Chanjuan said.
"That's not what I'm worried about, can you guarantee that it will crawl out and die on the shore after being poisoned? What if it gets into the mud?" Nanfeng shook his head.
Zhuge Chanjuan stopped talking, she had indeed ignored this before.
"It's all a bad idea. Nanfeng sighed.
Zhuge Chanjuan was naturally not happy to listen, but she didn't say anything, because she really had a bad idea.
"This Xuanhuang Toad has a toad, there should also be a toad king, right?" asked Nanfeng.
Zhuge Chanjuan knew what Nanfeng was thinking, "This thing is somewhat similar to bees, there are many male toads, and the body size is also small, the one I just took is a male toad." β
Seeing that this road didn't work, Nanfeng thought of another possibility, "What does this thing like to eat?"
"Soil heterogeneous species are the least picky eaters and eat everything. Zhuge Chanjuan said.
Nanfeng didn't ask any more questions, and now it seemed unlikely that he would want to lure it ashore, so he had to do it from the swamp.
After a period of time, the two of them were gossiping, speculating, to be precise, why the Dao man built a Taoist temple on the back of this Xuanhuang Toad, the biggest possibility is that the Dao person knew that the Xuanhuang Toad could produce Xuanhuang Tianlu and wanted to guard it closely. However, there is another possibility, the Taoist man didn't know what the purpose was, he liked to stay underground, so he built such a Taoist temple on the back of the toad, and he lived underground on weekdays.
Sometimes the clues are thought of inadvertently, if the latter is the case, then the Taoist temple should be closed, and the time that the toad queen breathes is not enough for him to go in and find the tortoise shell and come out, but it should be enough to open the door and go in and close the door with his backhand.
"How long does it take for a frog toad to breathe?" asked Nanfeng.
"It's not good, some can stay underwater all the time, and some can't hold half a column of incense and have to breathe. Zhuge Chanjuan said.
Nanfeng didn't ask again, the toad came out to breathe later, which means that it can't stay in the water all the time, and what needs to be determined now is how long it can stay underwater.
In the early hours of the morning, the temple reappeared, but this time not in the northwest of the swamp, but in the southerly area, and after breathing, it dived into the swamp again.
"In two hours, if the room is impermeable, there should be enough air in it. Nanfeng said.
"What do you want to do?" asked Zhuge Chanjuan with a frown.
Nanfeng just wanted to explain, and suddenly two purple breaths appeared in the north, and when he looked closely, a flying bird carrying a purple qi daoist, judging from its movement trajectory, was coming towards the area where the two were located.
"Oops, how did it come so fast......"