Cheng Li was taken aback and asked, "A clansman wants 100,000 strange snakes, so how many people do you have?"

Xie Xiaoqing said: "Not much. Including Master, there were only 300 people in total. ”

Cheng Li gasped and said, "That's 30 million strange snakes." Thinking of the scene of 30 million strange snakes surging in the mountains and fields at the same time, even he couldn't help but feel a little numb in his scalp.

Xie Xiaoqing smiled and said, "That's not how it is calculated. A total of 30,000,000 snakes are needed, and they are not needed at the same time. It can be cultivated slowly over decades, or even hundreds of years. ”

Cheng Li also came to his senses, nodded and said, "It's because I think it's bad." However, even if it is divided into 100 years, it will take 300,000 snakes per year. Yongzhou isn't that big place, is it? It's not easy to accommodate so many poisonous snakes. ”

Xie Xiaoqing sighed: "It's not easy. In retrospect, it was a disaster for the people of Yongzhou. In the past 100 years, there have been thousands of people who have died because of strange snakes. ”

Cheng Li was dull for a moment, and said slowly: "If it were those monks and Taoists, most of them would say that this was a sin and there would be retribution." I don't believe in karma or anything like that, but I do know that there will be people who will look at this situation and try to change it. When the time comes, it will be your doom. ”

Xie Xiaoqing smiled bitterly: "Little brother, you are very right. Our calamity will come sixty years after the serpent was cultivated, that is, at the time of the first jiazi. The one who brought this catastrophe was the national teacher Taiyin Zhenjun of the Tang Dynasty at that time. Later, he also had a title in the Daomen - Daozun. ”

Cheng Lidao: "Daozun? Isn't that the creator of the Taiyin Sutra? I heard that he was ordered by the emperor to supervise the cultivation of the "Wanshou Daozang", and finally learned from the Daozang without a teacher, comprehended the supreme martial arts, and compiled the Taiyin Sutra into two volumes. ”

Xie Xiaoqing pursed his lips and said, "I've also heard this story." I don't know if Taiyin Zhenjun made it up himself, or if he later helped his disciples and grandchildren make it up. Hmph, complete nonsense.

The Taiyin Sutra was not created by Daozun himself at all. Most of the content in it is actually from our family. Including Heart-Destroying Palm, Demon Suppression Fist, White Bone Claw, Mind Twisting Technique, Spiral Nine Shadows, Flying Fluff Strength, etc., are all combat skills that must be learned by the warriors of our clan since childhood. ”

Cheng Li frowned and said, "Then, how can the skills of your clan become the Taiyin True Scripture?"

Xie Xiaoqing sighed: "Isn't it a 'love' word to blame? Back then, Daozun was not a Daozun, let alone a national teacher, but an ordinary Taoist. He came to Yongzhou alone, and he didn't know how to do it, but he met with our master. I don't know how to do it, but the master actually fell in love with him at first sight.

So, Master took him to the place where our people lived. Except for the magic weapon that returned to his hometown, he didn't let him know, and all the other secrets were told to him.

This Dao Venerable, in fact, can't be said to have no real talent and real learning. After he learned the skills that had been passed down from generation to generation in our clan, he studied them with the Master and combined them with the things of their Taoism. In the end, the two worked together to compile the "Taiyin True Scripture". ”

Cheng Li sneered: "Since Daozun has already got what he wants, then it seems that the relationship between him and your master has also come to an end." ”

Xie Xiaoqing exhaled lightly and said, "That's right. Not long after the compilation of the "Taiyin True Scripture", Daozun did not say goodbye. Moreover, he also took away another magic weapon in our clan. ”

Cheng Li said: "It's the glass treasure knife...... No, the sword?"

Xie Xiaoqing said: "Seriously, it's actually the crystal bead of the glass sword. It is also the most important part of the sword. ”

Cheng Li frowned and said, "How many parts is the glazed sword divided into?"

Xie Xiaoqing said: "Three parts." They are the sub-sword, the wooden sword, and the crystal bead. In fact, the glass sword is another important condition for our family to return home. Only the clansmen with high enough bloodline purity can drive that magic weapon home with this complete sword. It's useless to just have a magic weapon, or just a sword. ”

Cheng Li nodded: "I can understand this." And what happened later?"

Xie Xiaoqing said quietly: "After Daozun disappeared with the sword crystal bead, there was a lot of chaos in the clan. But what the specific situation was, my sister and I were still young at that time, so I don't know very much. I only know that there were three third-generation clansmen in the clan, including the master. But after that chaos, only the master himself was left in the third generation. ”

Cheng Li was silent for a long time. "But even if things get to this point, it's not over yet, right?"

Xie Xiaoqing said: "Yes." It should be said that this is just a prologue. It really started thirty years later. ”

Cheng Li asked, "Thirty years later, what happened?"

Xie Xiaoqing gritted his teeth and said: "After Daozun returned to the imperial court, he dedicated the "Taiyin True Scripture" to the emperor, saying that he could use the prescription in this scripture to refine the immortal medicine, and after eating it, he would live forever.

The emperor was very happy, so he canonized him as a national teacher, and the Taoist name was Taiyin Zhenjun. Let him be in charge of alchemy. However, under the guise of refining medicine for the emperor, Daozun ordered the local officials of Yongzhou to pay the strange snake as a tax. As a result, many people in Yongzhou went up to the mountains to catch snakes, which caused us heavy losses. ”

Cheng Liqi said: "Why is this?"

Xie Xiaoqing said: "Because in the Taiyin Sutra, there is a 'easy tendon forging bone refining method'. For our people, this is just a way to help us purify our bloodlines more efficiently. But if a mortal cultivates this cultivation method, he can transform and break through and become a super master that no one can do. But to cultivate this method, you also need to devour the alien snake. ”

Cheng Li sneered: "You can become a master by devouring a strange snake? How can there be such a cheap thing in the world? The easier it is to get power, the greater and more dangerous it is to devour." ”

When he said this, Cheng Li couldn't help but think of himself. As a raider, it's actually easy to quickly increase your strength. It is enough to let go of the restrictions and absorb a large amount of the ubiquitous "calamity power" in the universe.

But the end of this is that the body can't withstand the excess power, and finally becomes like a balloon that is too inflated, exploding "bang~", shattering bones, and dying without a place to be buried.

Xie Xiaoqing didn't know what a robber was. She blinked her eyes and said in surprise, "Little brother, you couldn't be more right." Devouring the Alien Snake Practice, for mortals, there will indeed be a backlash. In the "Taiyin True Scripture", it is called the Nine Heavenly Tribulations.

Daozun has practiced for thirty years and has survived the triple heavenly tribulation, but he has not dared to have the fourth heavenly tribulation again. And the time has dragged on for too long, and the immortal medicine has not been refined for a long time. The emperor finally felt impatient and no longer trusted Daozun. ”

Cheng Li said: "Daozun won't stop there, right?"

Xie Xiaoqing sighed: "Yes." So after thirty years, Daozun came to Yongzhou again. The plot is to get the double sword of the glass sword. He believed that as long as he had a complete glass sword, he would definitely be able to survive the catastrophe smoothly. ”

Cheng Li said: "Of course you can't obediently send the glass sword with both hands. ”

Xie Xiaoqing nodded vigorously: "Not only that. Daozun came to Yongzhou again, and our clan thought that this was a great opportunity to take revenge and recapture the glass crystal beads. So, the master decided to send his clansmen to secretly assassinate Daozun. And the person in charge of this operation is my sister. ”

Cheng Li took a deep breath and said, "White lady, Bai Suzhen." ”

Xie Xiaoqing said quietly: "That's a later title." At that time, my sister had another name - 'Flying Track' Xue Yanxia. ”