Chapter 82: The Dragon Stick
After a period of time, Zhang Wei and Zhang Zheng saw that there were no arrows shooting down from the top of the mountain, so they climbed up, looked around, and chased them into the dense forest. Liu Kuan heard the movement, thinking that after the two of them lost their traces for a while, they would definitely return to look for it, so he pulled Liu Tong and hurriedly went to the bottom of the cliff to continue climbing.
The two of them worked hard to come to the bottom of the cliff, the bottom of the cliff was overgrown with bushes, and Liu Wan walked as far as possible to the stone with Liu Tong, all the way to the northwest Xiangping. The further the two walked, the wider the valley floor became, and Liu Kuan found that it was a boat-shaped canyon.
"Dad, look, there's water flowing out there."
Liu Kuan looked in the direction pointed by Liu Tong, and indeed saw a piece of water in the distance covered with shrubs and grass roots, and a thin stream coming from the steep cliff on the left. Liu Kuan thought that there should be a way out in the direction of the water flow, so he walked over with Liu Tong.
When he came to the bottom of the cliff, Liu Kuan found that at the source of the water, there was light in the shrubs and vines on the stone wall, so he pulled the vines, and the vines dispersed, revealing a hole.
Liu Tong was curious and got in. The entrance of the cave is less than two meters wide, and after the two of them enter the cave, they see that the cave is very spacious, and the ground is shallow water. The two of them continued to walk along the stone next to the cave wall, the further they went, the smaller the space, along the steep cave wall, the road gradually sloped downward, and the two of them meandered down the cave wall, and the water droplets kept dripping down from the top of the cave.
Liu Kuan lit the fire rope with a flint and continued to walk, the more down the cave wall, the more cold it became, and the two gradually found that the cave was becoming more and more beautiful, and the cave was getting wider and wider, full of stalactites and stalagmites, and it was dazzling. All the way down, the stream in the cave also goes down.
After walking forward and down for more than a quarter of an hour, they gradually saw some stalactites and stalagmites wrapped in a thin layer of ice, crystal clear, and then passed through some stalactites and stone pillars to form a zigzag corridor, and came to a cave with bright light.
Liu Kuan extinguished the fire rope, looked up and looked at the bright light, and saw that the cave was dozens of meters high, the top of the cave was getting smaller and smaller, and the highest part had sunlight penetrating in, shining on the wall of the cave ten meters high.
Suddenly, Liu Tong pulled Liu Kuan's arm and patted Liu Kuan, Liu Kuan looked down and saw Liu Tong open his mouth wide, pointing to the dark place in the cave, Liu Kuan looked over and saw a woman standing there in tattered clothes, looking at his father and son.
Liu Kuan paused for a while, and after his eyes gradually adjusted, he found that the woman was less than thirty years old, with a very elegant and handsome face, and two iron chains passed through her pipa bone to lock her to the stone wall.
Liu Kuan hurriedly leaned the Tianxing stick on the cave wall, stepped forward, hugged his fists and bent down to salute: "Under Liu Kuan, disturb the honorable driver." ”
The woman stared at the Tianxing stick, her eyes were full of tears, she choked for a long time, and then slowly spoke, and asked in a difficult voice: "Canglong stick, Canglong stick!" Are you from Cangchunzimen? Looking for me? ”
Liu Kuan was stunned, knowing that she had recognized the wrong person, and replied: "In the Lower Five Elements Gate, I don't recognize Cangchunzi." ”
After hearing this, the woman roared: "You are not the disciple of Cangchunzi, where did you get the Canglong stick?" As she spoke, she raised her right hand and stretched out to the Tianxing stick, only to see the Tianxing stick fly into her hand, the woman stroked the stick, looked at Liu Kuan, and shouted: "Who are you?" Why is this here? ”
Liu Kuan and Liu Tong were so frightened that they retreated, leaning against the cave wall with their backs, and they were terrified.
Liu Kuan saw that although the woman's pipa bone was locked, she could still take things from the air, and knew that she had aura cultivation, which was stronger than Hua Jun and others after being injured, so he protected Liu Tong behind him, and said: "Liu Kuan, who was chased and killed in the Lower Five Elements Gate, fled to Guidong Mansion and disturbed the Qing cultivation of his predecessors, I hope to forgive me." ”
Liu Kuan saw that the chains were mottled and the stone moss was old for a long time, presumably she had been trapped for many years, so she was commensurate with her predecessors.
"Five Elements Gate, there has been a Five Elements Gate in the past few decades?" The woman stretched out her left hand, grabbed Liu Kuan's chest in the air, Liu Kuan hurriedly transported the true qi to resist, only to feel a huge force pulling herself towards the woman, the woman suddenly put away the aura, Liu Kuan fell and knelt on the ground.
The woman asked in surprise, "Are you a disciple or a grandson of Xiaoshengzi?" ”
Liu Kuan knew that the woman was testing her teacher, and it was estimated that the little Shengzi she said was referring to the ancestor Zhao Sheng, listening to her tone, she was older than Zhao Sheng, and she had a good relationship with Zhao Sheng, so she put her mind at ease, "The younger generation is the disciple of the ancestor again." ”
"Five Elements Gate? The luck of the five elements, it is also apt to call it, Zhao Sheng opened a sect? Such a big man, this ruthless and unrighteous thing, I haven't seen each other for decades! ”
"Seniors, the ancestor has already ascended to immortality with Patriarch Zhang Daoling." Liu Kuan replied.
"No wonder, it's no wonder that Zhao Sheng", the woman whispered, and suddenly raised her voice, "Zhang Ling, a shameless person, also deserves to be promoted?" ”
Zhang Ling is Zhang Daoling's secular name, and later generations respected him as Zhang Daoling. Liu Kuan saw that the woman was disrespectful to the patriarch and did not dare to speak.
"Auntie, Auntie, you are a master of the world, who is so vicious and locked you up here?" Liu Tong saw that the woman had no ill will towards her father and son, so he stepped forward, took the woman's hand, raised his head and asked with concern.
Seeing that Liu Tong was young and kind, the woman's heart was soft, so she held Liu Tong's little hand, and when she shook her little hand, her heart trembled slightly, and she was excited, looked at Liu Tong carefully, nodded and said: "Xiao Shengzi really chose the pure five elements and gave him an apprentice, and it is not in vain that my husband and wife have a deep friendship with him!" ”
The woman turned her head to Liu Kuan and said, "You're fine, get up and talk." Liu Kuan bowed and stood up again. The woman continued: "Your father and son have deep internal strength, who is hunting them down? Liu Kuan explained the situation in his own door and the reasons and experiences of being chased and killed by the ancestral court.
"Zhang Heng, this rebel is rude and troublesome! Although Zhao Sheng's Five Elements Recipe is based on Zhengyi's key technique, his exercise method is taught by my husband, and Zhao Sheng's talent is unique and he has created the Five Elements Technique. How could he force it? ”
Liu Kuan estimated that the woman didn't know that Zhang Heng had been killed by the Five Elements and Five Disciples, and she didn't dare to squeak when she listened.
The woman stroked the Tianxing stick and asked with concern, "This Canglong stick is my husband's magic weapon, how did you get it?" ”
Liu Kuan told the truth about how he got the Canglong stick from Tianchi.
"I expected that my husband would not be able to escape the clutches of Chi Songzi and Zhang Ling, it turned out that he was imprisoned in his own mansion. Red pine nuts are so vicious, regardless of the friendship of the same family, not only to go to its cultivation, but also to cut off the three flowers on the top of the head, my family of three has been difficult to get together for thousands of years......" The woman was inexplicably sad.
"It's no wonder that Cangchunzi asked you to take the Canglong stick, presumably he knows that you are the descendant of Zhao Sheng, are you sure that Cangchunzi has Xuanjing as a bed?"
Liu Kuan saw that he asked, and it was estimated that Cang Chunzi was the woman's husband, so he nodded and answered, and suddenly wondered, how could the woman's husband be a dragon, and the two seemed to have a child.
When the woman saw Liu Kuan's expression, she talked about her experience.
It turned out that the woman's name was Zhang E, who was Zhang Daoling's younger sister, Zhang Daoling and the first disciple of Shangqing Guan, Chi Songzi, were good friends, and often came and went, learning martial arts, and exchanging Taoism. After going back and forth, Zhang E and Chi Songzi's junior brother Cang Chunzi became acquainted with each other, and they had feelings.
Shangqing is one of the three Qings of Taoism, and unlike Yuqing and Taiqing, Shangqing does not exclude aliens. Cangchunzi was originally from the Tianchi of Changbai Mountain, and he has practiced Canglong for thousands of years, and he can already transform into a human form.
Cang Chunzi knew that the six tricks of the Sanqing precepts were not allowed to be combined with the seven tricks of human beings, so he searched everywhere, and finally visited the fairy grass golden poria, after the two of them ate, Zhang E's face stayed forever, and Cang Chunzi had all the seven tricks, and the two of them cultivated to a big rise, facing a catastrophe.
Despite the opposition of Chi Songzi and Zhang Daoling, who had been promoted to the head of the sect, the two became husband and wife, and both were expelled from the school.
Cangchunzi and Zhang E lived in seclusion, but they have always been regarded as rebellious by Sanqing, before Chi Songzi and Zhang Daoling ascended, they all felt that the door was not quiet, so they united Yuqing and Taiqing masters to round up Zhang E and his wife. Each was brought back to the door for disposal.
Cangchunzi was imprisoned by red pine nuts, and Zhang E was abolished by Zhang Daoling for purple qi cultivation, locked by the dark iron chain, and imprisoned in Dahe Cave at the bottom of Dahe Mountain. Since then, Zhang E has been separated from Cangchunzi and man, and has lived by eating fish and water in the cave stream.
Zhao Sheng was ordered to deal with Long Duan'er, Zhao Sheng and Cang Chunzi and his wife were close friends, he couldn't bear to let Long Duan'er die tragically, and was worried that he would be lonely and miserable, so he took Long Duan'er to Dahe Cave, and after a lot of hard work, he obtained Xuanjing, and sealed Long Duan'er in the ice cave of Dahe Cave in Dahe Mountain.