Chapter Twenty-Four
The river is relatively deep, even if it is shallow, it can reach his waist, Ye Qian is not ready to enter the water, just walks along the shore. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info because the grass near the river is either too old to eat, or just pulled out the tender stems and was picked away, and after a long time, the bottom of the basket has not been covered. The sun before dusk is soft and bright, and the afternoon heat fades, and the breeze blowing on the river is the most comfortable time of the day. Seeing that the time was still early, Ye Qian was not in a hurry and looked carefully while walking, and unconsciously the distance from Chenghuang became farther and farther.
Chenghuang took advantage of Ye Qian's time to pick pu vegetables and took a nap, and had a sweet dream full of small dried fish, and was in a good mood. smashed his mouth, stretched his waist lazily, licked his paws and washed his face and ears. Squatting on the grass, looking at Ye Qian's back in the bushes, and looking up at the sky, they had to rush back to Yaqu before sunset, otherwise there would be some trouble.
"Little leaf, don't go too far! It's almost time to go back! ”
"Got it-" Ye Qian turned around and waved his hand at Cheng Huang, ready to pick the last pu vegetable in front of him and leave. Lifting the basket of pampas carried in the crook of her arm, Ye Qian leaned forward and reached for the cattails that were farther away in front of her, and inadvertently glanced at it, she seemed to see that the originally crystal clear river water suddenly turned into a thick ink, rubbed her eyes, and then looked closely, it was still jet black ink. Ye Qian's heart was shocked, he took two steps back, looked at the more open river, it was still clear and clear, there was nothing unusual, he looked down at the front of him, where was the river changing color? It was clear that something was sinking in the water.
Ye Qian swallowed nervously, and her right foot carefully staggered back a little, and as soon as she moved, the things in the river also moved. It was supposed to be a behemoth, curled up in shallow water at the moment, and at the slightest movement, most of its body came to the surface. The sight in her eyes made Ye Qian's face pale in an instant, and her scalp tingled, because through the river, she suddenly saw a huge black triangular snake head, and her nervousness was about to jump out of her throat.
Fortunately, the consciousness was still there, Ye Qian turned around suddenly, wanting to escape as soon as possible, and shouted as he ran: "Rhubarb, there is a snake in the water, help-" In a hurry, he almost stepped on the hem of his skirt and stumbled and almost fell, and the pu vegetables in the basket spilled all over the ground.
When things happened suddenly, he saw Ye Qian running towards him with a shout, Cheng Huang was stunned, and ran towards Ye Qian's side with his legs, but because the distance was too far, his little short legs were obviously not very effective.
Ye Qian's shout seemed to anger the big snake in the river. With a roar, the river was suddenly lifted up and overflowed to the shore, and the behemoth instantly appeared from the river, and the part that came out of the water was more than a zhang high.
The big snake came out of the water, brought up a few water columns, and splashed countless splashes, because of the close distance, Ye Qian was watered by the river water, and the huge momentum directly knocked her down on the bank. With a muffled snort, her chest hurt so much that her eyes turned black, and she looked back in horror, which almost scared her out directly. The black snake hidden in the water was originally surrounded by three people, and two bulging fist-sized bags were faintly visible on its head, its eyes were fierce, the black scales exuded an eerie luster, and it spit out the same pitch-black letter, and it was more than twice as big as the Qingjun back then.
The river rushed towards him, and Cheng Huang instinctively jumped a few feet away to avoid getting soaked, but a few drops of water still fell on him with the huge momentum. Chenghuang shook his hair, and when he looked up, he saw Ye Qian still lying on the grass stupidly, and the big black snake was opening its bloody mouth, twisting its body and screaming, and its fangs approached her fiercely. "Oops!" Seeing that Ye Qian was about to be swallowed alive, Cheng Huang was anxious for a while, and rushed over desperately.
Ye Qian originally wanted to escape, but his soul was scared away, his body was stiff, his legs didn't obey the call, and his whole body was trembling, where could he still get up. Looking at the approaching snake head in front of her, as well as the fangs that burst into the cold light, she could even feel the fishy smell coming to her face, and she was so frightened that she quickly closed her eyes, and then her body was caught and quickly flew away from the grass, leaving only the whirring wind in her ears. Ye Qian thought to himself that this time he was really dead, and the feeling of being eaten alive must be very painful! His body stiffened, his fists clenched, he bit his lip desperately, and waited in despair and fear for death to come, but after a long time......
"Alright, don't play dead!"
The sound of rhubarb? Ye Qian opened his eyes and looked around, there was no black snake, and it was not by the river, where was this? From time to time, a few white clouds floated by his side, and occasionally a few geese fluttered their wings and flew by. Reaching out and touching it, there seemed to be warm and soft hair under her, but Chenghuang was missing. "Rhubarb, where are you?"
Chenghuang rolled his eyes, lay on his back and asked where he was? "We're on the clouds, don't move, be careful of falling and killing you!" It turned out that Cheng Huang Fangcai actually appeared in a hurry.
The voice came from a pile of hair, Ye Qian searched for it randomly, but he didn't see the brown and yellow short-legged big fat cat, and then he suddenly realized: "Rhubarb, it turns out that this is your real body!" Hehe, you're really a divine beast! ”
"Shh Chenghuang pouted, fortunately, not too stupid.
Cheng Huang's original body resembles a huge fox, covered with thick blue-gray hair, and a pair of silver horns on its back, which shine silver in the sun. Ye Qian was lying on Cheng Huang's back, almost submerged in his thick and shiny coat, because he was afraid of falling, he held one of Cheng Huang's horns with both hands and looked under the clouds, in fact, they were not too far from the river. On the surface of the river directly below the clouds, the black snake was writhing frantically because it didn't catch Ye Qian, constantly slapping the river with its tail, stirring up countless water columns to attack in midair. However, the water column was not far from Chenghuang and Ye Qian, as if it was blocked by something, and smashed back into the water and smashed into the black snake, as a result, it became more and more manic, and it continued to hiss with its mouth open.
Ye Qian swallowed her saliva and didn't dare to look at it anymore, the snake had left a shadow in her heart ten years ago, and she would have a numb scalp and be creepy just hearing this word.
"Rhubarb, what do we do now?"
"Wait!" The black snake made such a big noise, Qingyin would not be able to detect it. Chenghuang said a word, then opened his mouth and yawned, and actually lay on the clouds with his front legs bent to watch the excitement. "Don't worry, my enchantment can last for a while, and then it depends on whether your master will die and not be saved."
Ye Qian nodded wistfully, she seemed to be in trouble again, but she couldn't be completely blamed! After being silent for a while, Ye Qian asked again: "Rhubarb, aren't you an ancient divine beast?" How can you not beat a big snake? ”
Cheng Huang Leng snorted twice, full of disdain, "If it's somewhere else, this god will definitely beat it flat!" But......" There was a sudden helplessness in his voice, "Xiao Yezi, I practice fire-based spells, I'm afraid of water!" ”
"Oh." Ye Qian patted Chenghuang's thick hair, feeling that he seemed to have poked his sadness, and hurriedly comforted: "It's okay, just keep working hard!" ”
"Work on your head! I am a divine beast, not a god! Chenghuang rolled his eyes upward, "Taoism is all mutually reinforcing, and I am destined to be afraid of water." ”
The big snake also seemed to know that Chenghuang was afraid of water, and he was tirelessly bound to die with them, and several water columns attacked in a row, and Chenghuang's enchantment shook a few times, and it seemed that it couldn't last too long.
Cheng Huang had to strengthen the enchantment again, gritted his teeth and said, "What the hell is the old immortal rubbing!" "He was injured by gluttony back then, and his cultivation was too badly damaged, although he forcibly activated the original body at this moment, he didn't have enough strength to maintain his form, not to mention being continuously attacked by the water system spell that could completely suppress him.
"Rhubarb, are you okay?" Ye Qian frowned, she seemed to be able to feel Cheng Huang trembling, "Why did he attack us?" "Are you going to eat them? But she doesn't have much meat in total, so it's worth working so hard?
Chenghuang couldn't hold it anymore, and he was still gritting his teeth and persevering, this girl was born to make trouble for him! Gritting his teeth, he said indignantly: "Because of your words, he has to wait for another thousand years, and it's no wonder if he doesn't look for you to fight hard!" ”
The dragon is in charge of the life and death of the reptile in the world, and the spirit snake that has been cultivated for thousands of years, as long as the Tao is enough and the cultivation is diligent, he will get a chance to incarnate into a Jiao. They left the deep mountains of cultivation, passed through rivers and lakes all the way, and finally swam to the sea after hardships, and were recognized by the true dragon who lived in the Dragon Palace in the sea. Because they have not yet faded from the snake's body, they must carefully hide their whereabouts along the way, and they are the most inaudible.
"What did I say?" Ye Qian blinked, not understanding at all. However, she was not given a chance to understand, because before the words fell, Cheng Huang's spell collapsed, and it turned back to the appearance of a short-legged cat, and a man and a cat fell from the clouds and smashed straight into the river.
Seeing this, the big snake no longer attacked, but found the right direction, opened its mouth wide to the sky, and waited for Ye Qian and Chenghuang to send it to the door by themselves.
"Ahh Ye Qian waved her hands and feet, she didn't want to fall to death, and she didn't want to feed the big snake.
When the black snake appeared, Qingyin had already noticed it and rushed to the river, but Cheng Huang rescued Ye Qian before him, and he didn't show up. At this time, Qingyin pinched the black snake on the surface of the water with one hand, and flew to pick up Ye Qian and Cheng Huang, dressed in white, handsome and free.
"Old immortal, you're too slow!" Cheng Huang was pulled by Qingyin, the fur on the back of his neck was carried in his hand, and he didn't forget to complain to him repeatedly.
Ye Qian was so frightened that his soul was about to fly out of the clouds, fell into Qingyin's arms, hurriedly hugged his neck, buried his face in his chest, and didn't dare to open his eyes again. Her hair was swept on her face, and the wind whistled in her ears, but smelling the faint fragrance of Qingyin's body, she felt that her panicked heart gradually calmed down.
Qingyin hugged Ye Qian and landed steadily, looked down at the little girl who was shrinking in his arms, closed her eyes tightly, and was still holding the corner of his clothes in her hand and was still in shock, and said gently: "Qianqian, it's okay." ”
Ye Qian slowly opened his eyes, his bright eyes were full of moisture, and he looked at Qingyin in a daze, "Master......"
"Don't be afraid, Master is here. But ......" Qingyin glanced at Ye Qian's arm tightly around his neck, and smiled helplessly, "Qianqian, you come down first, Master is about to be strangled to death by you." ”
Ye Qian looked at Qingyin's gaze, a little embarrassed, and hurriedly jumped out of his arms. Raising her eyebrows, she secretly glanced at Qingyin, his black hair was pulled up at will, his demeanor was bright, his sword eyebrows were bright, and there was a shallow smile on his thin lips, she only felt that her heart began to pound again, but it was different from the feeling when she was scared, strange!
Ye Qian kept watching Qingyin slowly walk towards the river, and stood in place in a daze looking at his back in a daze.
"Little leaf?"
"Huh?" Ye Qian came back to his senses and blinked suspiciously.
"What a daze! Scared silly? ”
Ye Qian rubbed her face, she seemed to be really scared silly. He took a deep breath and calmed down, "I was almost swallowed alive, can I not be afraid?" ”
Chenghuang snorted disdainfully, "I haven't seen the world, I want to ...... back then." Never mind. Cheng Huang, who turned back into a short-legged cat, looked down at his current description, a little embarrassed, completely inconsistent with his tall and glorious image as a divine beast, and he no longer thought about it back then. Wagged his tail, leaned over to Ye Qian's side, squinted his eyes, and said proudly: "Little Yezi, do you see it?" I'll just say that there is a problem with the identity of the old immortal, and it is easier for him to clean up the thousand-year-old spirit snake than to pinch an ant to death. ”
Ye Qian glanced at Chenghuang and felt that he was acting in vanity, wrinkled his nose, ignored it decisively, and trotted towards the river.
"Hey-" Chenghuang waved his paw awkwardly, "Xiaoyezi, you wait for me!" ”
By the river, Qingyin had already lifted the black snake's immobilization method, but he had no intention of hurting it or letting it go.
When Ye Qian approached, he heard Qingyin's elegant and gentle voice say: "She is full of aura, if you don't have your thoughts, you will never show up here." If you have this kind of greed, how can you cultivate the Tao? ”
Ye Qian was suspicious, was this 'he' that the master said was her or rhubarb? It should be Rhubarb, yes, he is a divine beast, so the big snake was not provoked by her?
As if he could understand, the black snake flashed and turned into a man in black with phoenix eyes. Ye Qian was startled, instinctively dodged behind Qingyin, and then he was relieved, Qingjun could transform into a human form, let alone a black snake with a higher cultivation. Then I saw the man in black kneeling on one knee in front of Qingyin, putting one hand on his knee, bowing his head and saying, "Foolishness is wrong, and I hope that the immortals will be forgiven magnanimously for the sake of the suffering of foolish cultivation!" He glanced at Ye Qian with a complicated expression, and quickly lowered his head, "I don't know if I am an immortal, I have eyes and no beads, and I am offended, and I hope that the immortals will spare their lives!" ”
The black snake has indeed been concentrating on cultivation in Tianyu Mountain for many years, at first he was just curious about the aura on Ye Qian's body, and he didn't want to hurt her, but later he was angered by Ye Qian's word 'snake', and he became manic. Qingyin didn't think about asking for his life, and said calmly: "If you go to Guihai at this time next year, it can be regarded as a small punishment and a big commandment!" ”
The black snake was stunned, under the powerful pressure of Qingyin, he only wanted to save his life, where did he dare to ask for more, he never expected that there would be a chance to become a Jiao. Deqingyin said a word, kowtowed again and again, and was grateful: "Thank you to the immortals, thank you to the immortals." ”
Qingyin stood with his hands in his hands, bowing his head slightly, "Go ahead." ”
The man in black got up and looked at Qingyin and then turned his gaze to Ye Qian, and hugged his fists, "If he is in trouble in the future, he should give up his life to save him." Turning around, a black light flashed, and a large black snake was swimming in the distance in the crystal clear water.
It wasn't until the black snake walked away that Ye Qian walked out from behind Qingyin and lowered his head, "Master, I'm sorry, I'm in trouble again." ”
Looking at Ye Qian's appearance, Qingyin only felt funny, and replied to her words: "Yes, the attitude of admitting mistakes is much better than the last time." After a pause, he asked her again, "What's wrong?" ”
"It's ...... wrong" Ye Qianzhi hesitated for a long time, and he didn't understand what he was wrong.
"It's wrong not to talk too much!" Cheng Huang interjected from the side with a smile.
Ye Qian glanced at Chenghuang sideways, and was silent for a moment, still not understanding, "Master, Da Huang said that because of my words, it would have to wait for another thousand years, so he came to me desperately, really?" She carefully recalled what she said, as if there was only one sentence, "There is a snake, help!" "Is that a problem?
Qingyin's eyebrows were solemn, and there was a hint of sternness in his tone: "Those who don't know are not to blame, but you remember to encounter the matter of walking Jiaojiao next time, don't talk nonsense." ”
"Next time?" Ye Qian hurriedly shook his head and waved his hand, "There is no next time!" "It's horrible, she's not going to be unlucky enough to meet again.
"He is not a dragon, nor is he a snake, but the word 'snake' is particularly taboo for him."
Ye Qian blinked his eyes and pondered: "Isn't this forgetting your roots?" ”
Cheng Huang listened on the side, Ye Qian's words made him laugh and leaned back together, "Xiao Yezi, it can't listen to other people's words all the way through Jiao, the old immortal means that you have authenticated it instead of the dragon, it can't become a Jiao, it's just a snake." ”
Listening to Cheng Huang's words, Ye Qian was a little unconvinced, leaned down and poked his head, "He is a Jiao or a snake, and he can't just decide my words!" What is the rationale for this? ”
"Why doesn't it make sense?" Cheng Huang hurriedly waved his little short legs to fight back, and one person and one cat had a lot of fun.
Looking at Ye Qian and Chenghuang who were playing, Qingyin shook his head helplessly, the corners of his mouth hooked up a shallow smile, and said leisurely: "Everything in the world is prosperous and orderly, endless, and all follow the cycle of heaven." Every living being has rules to follow, and as unreasonable as you may think, those are their rules! The calm voice, the light tone, but there is a posture of looking down on all beings.
Looking at Qingyin's side face, Ye Qian nodded as if he didn't understand.
Speaking of the laws of the world, Cheng Huang suddenly remembered that he had just appeared in his true body, and Ye Qian inexplicably had two thousand more lifespans, flicked his tail, ran to Qingyin, squeezed his eyes, and whispered: "Old immortal, solve Xiao Yezi's spell." ”
Qingyinyun glanced at the cute short-legged cat Chenghuang lightly, and then the corners of his mouth hooked up a meaningful smile, and then turned around and walked towards Jimo City as if nothing happened. Now he should be grateful to Chenghuang, otherwise he wouldn't know when he would have made that decision. For 2,000 years, Qingyin has been a loner and calm, in fact, he knows that it is not calm but perfunctory, because he will not take anything to heart, but after all, taking care of the child for ten years will still be a little different for him.
"It's shallow, it's getting late, it's time to go home."
"yes, okay." Ye Qian's brisk voice replied. Turning his head to look at Cheng Huang who was staring at him in a daze, he smiled sweetly: "Rhubarb, let's go, go home!" Jumping up and down to catch up with Qingyin and walking side by side with him.
The twilight is four, and the last touch of the slanting sun is still reluctant to linger in the world.
Cheng Huang looked at the backs of Qingyin and Ye Qian, and it took him a long time to react, so angry that he blew his beard and glared, and inexplicably had a feeling of being used!