84 Chapter 30: The End of the Dragons I
During the reign of Emperor Wai of the Eastern Han Dynasty, Qingzhou was earthquake, and the mountains of Duxiu Peak in the southeast of the Bohai Sea sank to the bottom of the sea overnight with a radius of 300 miles. It is rumored that there was a magnificent royal city built in the mountains, and the inhabitants there were tens of thousands, all of whom were knowledgeable, literate and martial, looking up at astronomy and looking down on geography, and predicting natural disasters such as sea tides and hurricanes were almost miraculous. Every year, the governor of Qingzhou will personally come to the outside of Youlan Valley with the capital of the whole city, and pray that a wise man will be sent out of the valley to serve as a one-year Taibu! Because they are all twenty-year-old young and handsome men who come out of the valley, they sit and lie down, and they are all the same people who cultivate immortals in the mountains, and they will inevitably return to the valley after the one-year term. Although the state pastor has a whisper, he is afraid that the people of this tribe are good at predicting the divine power of celestial phenomena, and the people who come out of the valley are all stunts, so they dare not slack off, so they have to pay tribute every year, in order to make the wind and rain in the jurisdiction smooth!
There was no way for anyone to enter the mysterious royal city, because the valley there was a heavy miasma, and beyond that, there was a canyon more than a hundred feet wide, and it was difficult for even to fly even with wings. In addition, the young people who come out of the valley every year are heroic teenagers who are not born in the world, and it makes people reverie about that royal city, because the people who come out of the mountain call themselves the servants of the dragon god, so people call them dragons! The fame of the Bohai Dragon Clan has spread far to the Western Regions.
However, that time the land fell, the dragon clan seemed to disappear overnight, and Qingzhou sent 800 miles to report to the imperial court urgently, but at that time, the foreign relative Liang Ji was in power, and he had no time to take care of this legendary disappeared ancient city! And the Grand Canyon, which is more than 100 feet wide, has turned into a huge lake according to those who have been lucky enough to enter it. This is the only record of the Bohai Dragon Clan in the world.
For more than 300 years, the Bohai Dragon Clan gradually faded out of people's memories, until more than 100 years ago, a sword god appeared, and he founded the sword god family with two martial arts treasures. One of them is the world-famous "Sword Mystery", and the other is the purple sun ring that is said to have the effect of resurrecting the dead. Each generation of sword god heirs will inevitably go overseas alone after the age of forty, and among all kinds of speculation, some people analyze that he is going to sea to find the ancient city of the Bohai Dragon Clan. So far, three sword gods have mysteriously disappeared.
Now, Baili Xing has witnessed this incredible scene! He saw the real dragons, though only images of them in the cold jade on the walls. Regardless of whether his father is a sword god or not, but since his mother handed over the "Sword Mystery Book" to him, he is already destined to have a continuous relationship with the sword god and the legendary Bohai Dragon Clan! It's just that he didn't expect that the mission of finding the dragon clan after the age of forty, as usual, was now completed ahead of schedule! Is this something to be happy about? He looked at Yao Xing and Shen Yiyan, who were already deeply attracted by the images on the wall, and obviously the same kind of memories revived in their minds! But he, at this time, has become an outsider!
Yao Xing stared intently at the dream-like old city. The cheeks, which are as white and delicate as porcelain, reflect a halo that borders on piety and holiness. In the eyes that are as clear as autumn water and cold pools, the memories of that life are replayed......
The mother took her hand and walked through the neat and clean streets, I don't know if it was because it was too early, there were few pedestrians on the streets. Among the clansmen, only the woman, who was responsible for taking care of the family's life, got up early and hurried through the water well shop and the restaurant. They all wore knee-length hair, but the flowers between the hair and the forehead rings of the hair were decorated with different gems, and the costumes were mostly light-colored, and they were rarely eye-catching. She was still curious, but she had already walked past two shops selling preserved sweet fruits just now, and she pulled her mother a few times in a row, but her mother didn't pay attention to her at all, but just clenched her hand even more and walked forward with her head down!
"Mother, where are we going?" She was very aggrieved and inexplicable to look at her mother who behaved strangely, her mother, who had always liked elegance and paid the most attention to clothing occasions, was actually dressed in a vegetarian today, wearing only a silver forehead ring to tie her black satin hair. She finally couldn't help but ask.
"It's coming!" Mother looked up at the high platform towering into the sky in the distance, and said softly, but there was a trace of tired sigh in such peaceful words!
"Mother, I'm so cold and hungry! Can't walk! The mother finally stopped, looked back at her, picked her up, and startled her: "Mother, I'm ten years old, and people will laugh at me when they see it!" ”
"It's okay, my mother can still hold it! I'm afraid...... There will be no chance in the future! "My mother's clear and timeless eyes were covered with a mist and slightly reddened, but unfortunately she could not read the meaning of this when she was a child!
"Why isn't there a chance?" She thought for a while, and suddenly realized, "Oh, I know, I will grow taller and taller, and finally I will be as tall as my mother, how can my mother still hold me?" The mother held back the tears that were about to burst out of her eyes, turned her head, and carried her on!
"Mother, aren't you hungry? You haven't eaten in the morning! "Her stomach is already protesting! But the mother still ignored her poor little belly.
"Good boy, I'll buy you food in a while!"
She sighed and fell silent, looking at the road ahead, the stone streets one after another, the beautiful shops one after another, and the golden royal city under the distant sun. Her father and mother never took her into the ten miles around the royal city, and even the high platform that towered into the sky did not let her get close. Her home is outside the city by the Grand Canyon, which is the farthest point from the center of Intramus!
That Grand Canyon is an abandoned pit for dragons! For every dragon couple who conceives a child, the district sends a temple wizard to perform a routine medical check-up. If the baby does not meet the criteria for being a descendant of the dragon family, it will be thrown into the Grand Canyon without mercy! The elite of the dragon clan is the result of such a bloody survival of the fittest! All those who survived are to be proud!
And she has not been tested by the temple wizards, which is absolutely not allowed in the dragon clan! Did the mother know from the beginning that she was bound to be thrown into the Grand Canyon? That's why it's hidden? Their family of three lived lonely on the edge of the Grand Canyon for ten years, far away from their clansmen! Her parents never let her come into contact with any of the children of the clan! Entering the royal city, it is impossible to even imagine being close to the altar, so why did the mother bring herself into the city now?
At a young age, she knew the difference between herself and other children of the same age - she was not sent to the Dragon Girls' Academy for training at the age of five like the children of the clan! But she is no different from those girls who are candidates for entering the royal city, she has inherited the beautiful appearance of the dragon woman, the graceful and light body, and the voice is like a natural sound! But her parents did not allow her to integrate into the community.
After turning a block, I have reached the altar and the boulder steps that are nearly 100 feet high! As far as the eye can see, the square is snow-white, and the mother, who is all plainly dressed in white robes and tied with silver rings, leads girls of the same size as herself to form a group and slowly walk towards the top of the altar! Silence, just silence, only the soft cloth shoes slamming on the steps, and the whistling of the lichen skirt! All the girls of the same age have their heads down, and it is depressing and dull! Feeling the solemnity of this atmosphere, she no longer looked around, and blended into the team and moved up with the crowd! It's so high, it's a long way to climb.
Finally, we were approaching the boxy temple at the top. Under the eaves of the palace, there is a team of seven young men and women on each side of the swallow wings, and the women carry gems on their forehead rings, red, orange, yellow, green, blue, and purple like the size of a human eye, radiating colorful glow; The men are all jade crowned with golden tassels, but there are gems shining on the fingers between the thumbs of the right hand, which are also seven-colored gemstones! They, and they are all amazed by the world, and the stunning posture that lingers in their dreams, but the wooden expression, overlooking the indifference of the common people, makes them look more like fourteen beautiful puppets!
She stared at the group of young men and women who looked like heavens, and a chill rose in her heart, and she had an inexplicable and very strong fear of the wide open door of the temple. Suddenly, she grabbed her mother's arm tightly with both hands, refusing to take another step! The mother's figure was stunned, and when she turned her head, her eyes were very painful and complicated, and she was ruthless to continue to pull her forward. The people behind bypassed them, and the team was connected again! The last boy in the group of men under the eaves of His Highness, who was about fifteen years old, looked at her, and a smile appeared on his lips, it was an unfathomable and profound schadenfreude smile! Seeing that her heart was on fire, she reciprocated with King Kong's angry eyes! The boy was even more amused, and winked at her, and as soon as she lost her mind, she was dragged up the steps by her mother and joined the group again.
The fear that was getting closer and closer, her body couldn't help but tremble, and she looked around in horror to see the opportunity to slip away, but her hands were clasped tightly by her mother, and they were all bruised! Through the gloomy curtains, there are twenty-eight wizards in the diocese fan-shaped rows, surrounded by the magnolia pedestal carved in the middle of the mystery and glory, the high priest of the dragon clan who is respected and feared by everyone! All the mothers and daughters who came to the front of the stairs quietly knelt down! Listen to the wizards in their own diocese report their place of origin, directory, and year of birth! The high priest listened indifferently and did not say a word, and the cold air around him almost froze the entire golden hall into an ice cave. She dared to look up at the mysterious man who stood tall above - the first thing she saw was the blue robe laid out, like the blue of the sea, mellow and indissolvable, and then up was the plump breast, the long hair as thick as ink poured on the blue satin, the red lips as bright as blood, the face as clear as white jade, the eyes as deep as sapphire, the flying sword eyebrows, the high bridge of the nose, with a suffocating beauty! But it's the kind of beauty between men and women, and if you don't have the proud twin peaks, you can see him as a man, the most beautiful man in the dragon clan! However, she was dressed as a dragon woman, and the blue-black forehead ring in her hair shone with a cold light that was not metallic but better than metal, reflecting her white jade-like face with a light blue evil light.
So if she is a woman, isn't she the most beautiful person in the dragon clan? The little girl looked up at her mother, and there was no one more beautiful than her. This man's evil spirit is not comparable to the holiness and elegance of his mother! She watched as the high priest leaned gracefully on the magnolia pedestal, holding the transparent ice-like sword and rubbing the blade and hilt thinly. A pair of mothers and daughters stepped forward, and one by one the wizards stylized their origins, directories, and birth dates, and she was not moved. So the mother and daughter of the pair turned around and left silently! The little girl is relieved, that's all? Then hurry up and leave this horrible place after kowtowing!
Finally, it was their mother's and daughter's turn, and she felt her mother's hands tremble in cold sweat as she knelt down. Then I heard a wizard say in a loud voice: "The daughter of the water without a trace, the Grand Canyon Sword Trial Tai Ren clan, was born around the time of the third year of the Heavenly Fortune Summer!" There was still silence, and the little girl breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to turn around and leave with her mother—a thick and cold male voice came: "Daughter of the water without a trace, about the hour?" Why is there no name and the hour is not accurate? Everyone was shocked, and the little girl suddenly raised her head, only to realize that such a very masculine magnetic and attractive voice actually came from the mouth of a stunning beauty that was coveted by men all over the world, and she was shocked!
At this moment, he raised his head, and met the pair of dark blue eyes with magic, and a cruel sneer appeared on his beautiful jade-like face, and the figure in front of him flickered, and he couldn't see how he moved at all, his face had already come to the little girl! The little girl's heart almost stopped, and her eyes widened and she stared straight at him (her), how many seconds had passed, but it seemed to her that it had been a year! The mysterious man suddenly withdrew his ice sword and put it on the slender neck of the little girl, and the mother's heart rose to her throat, and she glared at the high priest in horror, her lips moved, and the words of supplication were not spoken after all! The transparent sword, the ice sword that was cold to the marrow, dragged from the root to the tip, and cut a bloody hole in the little girl's neck, and she knelt there in a daze and didn't feel any pain at all. A strange thing happened, the blood flowing from the little girl's neck dripped onto the transparent sword, and it was sucked in like a sponge, turning into a few strands of red thread, evenly distributed in the slender sword body, winding and swimming a few times, and disappearing without a trace. The high priest's dark blue pupils radiated a terrifying light, and he held the little girl up with a sword in one hand and the other in the other, and looked up to the sky and laughed. Twenty-eight wizards, together with fourteen young men and women under the eaves of the hall outside the door, raised their hands above their heads, knelt down on one knee, and sang in unison: The sun rises in the east, scorching its glory! The dragon god blesses, and the country is forever prosperous! It takes three times to stop calling the mountain! The high priest looked stunned, leaned down and picked up the daughter of the water without a trace, and walked towards the outside of the hall with a wave of his wide sleeves. The mother fell to the ground in despair, her outstretched hand was fixed in the air for a long time, her mouth was open but nothing could be sounded, and two white-robed attendants came up and dragged her mother out! The daughter of the water without a trace woke up, looked at her mother's grief-stricken eyes, struggled desperately, and beat the thing that was holding her: "Let go of me, you monster!" ”
As soon as she walked out of the temple gate, this sentence was heard by everyone waiting in front of the temple without exception, and everyone raised their heads and looked at her in surprise, this little girl actually dared to be rude to the high priest! The high priest frowned, and said to the seven-colored disciples under the eaves, "Bring the water without a trace to the temple!" The disciples suddenly agreed. The daughter of the water without a trace was about to turn back to find her mother, and the next moment her body was light, and she was scooped up by a cold arm, and the whole person soared through the clouds, and the hundred-zhang high altar actually retreated rapidly, she was flying! The high priest took her high in the sky, "......" A huge strong wind mixed with a whiny smell came to her face, she looked up and saw that it was actually a big black bird with a wingspan of five meters, taking over the high priest, and flying towards the east of the royal city!