Chapter 63: The Presence or Absence of Dragons
Of course, what Jiang Liu'er didn't know was that at this moment, the giant python that was curled up and hovered in the tree hole under a towering cedar tree not far from the cliff above his head, closing his eyes and recuperating his mind, actually felt Jiang Liu'er's presence the moment he approached its territory, and its thick letter and keen sense of smell knew everything within the controllable range.
Compared with the mountain monkeys and apes that usually prey, it can be said that Jiang Liu'er, who weighs dozens of pounds of flesh and blood, is also a rare meal, but this behemoth, which can be said to be one of the best on the desert island, seems to be very jealous of the things in this cave, just curled up in the tree hole, not daring to make the slightest big move, the pressure of the world made it slightly out of breath in the torrential rain, let alone eat Jiang Liu'er.
Moreover, although the forest snake is huge, its speed on land is really flattering, if it is okay in the water, it can quietly hold its breath to approach its prey, and then quickly attack to carry out deadly entanglement, one move to defeat the enemy, but on land it may not even be able to outrun a mouse.
Anyway, his territory is in the lake at the other end of the island, where the food is abundant and the flavors are varied, and sooner or later he will have to go back, and there is no need to offend the person in the cave for a little human flesh.
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But Jiang Liuer didn't know this, and he had a lot to think about.
The first thing to bear the brunt of is the superpower that he suddenly possesses, that is, the ability to detect consciousness or sensation like the peerless perspective, if he expects it to be good, this matter should have a lot to do with the small fruit he swallowed in the stomach of the East China Sea Dragon Shark before.
But what made him very puzzled was why when he swallowed the little fruit for the first time, he only saw its strange effects of healing and rejuvenation, but did not feel the existence of this clair-like superpower?
Thinking of the inexplicable fierce Seven Star Long Yuan before, Jiang Liu'er suddenly had a very frightening idea from the depths of his mind.
The reason why the Seven Star Long Yuan was fierce enough to confuse his mind was because the blood that dripped down his arms and wrists stimulated the sword body of Long Yuan's sword, as well as the residual strength, which is also a very common episode in fantasy novels.
Long Yuan...... Long Yuan...... It is probably also slightly related to the legendary dragon of the Chinese totem, and the monster he encountered, the so-called Dragon Shark of the East China Sea, should also be a descendant of the Dragon Clan, so the blood produced by killing the Dragon Shark inspired the male of the Seven Star Dragon Yuan, and this situation is also possible.
Think about it boldly, open your mind, and assume that you have the ability to detect consciousness by accident this time, which has a lot to do with the snake meat of the cobra you eat, and in a larger direction, the snake is also a branch of the descendants of the dragon family, no matter from the East China Sea dragon shark or cobra thinking, the little green fruit you eat should have some connection with the dragon in ancient legends.
If it was before, Jiang Liu'er, who firmly believed in socialism and abided by the eight honors and eight shames, would not have believed in such an ethereal thing as a dragon at all, but all of what he saw and experienced with his own eyes during the crossing slowly changed his thinking imperceptibly.
The world is so big that you can't say that you haven't seen it and arbitrarily deny the existence of certain things and phenomena, such as crossing, dragons and aliens.
Especially the existence of the dragon, throughout the ages, many literati and writers, migrants and people have a lot of longing and fantasy for it, and the contemporary Chinese nation also claims to be the descendants of the dragon, of course, there are many materialists who do not believe in the existence of the real dragon, because there is no physical object and exact evidence, so the two views have been disputed for thousands of years, and no one can convince anyone.
In the early days, the social productivity was low, people lived in the harsh natural environment, and they could not independently control the natural forces, nor could they explain their own origins, they were full of illusions, longings and even fears of the natural world, and worshiped various natural or supernatural forces that were more powerful than human beings, which was the social basis for the emergence of totems and ghosts.
The reason for the formation of the dragon totem, one theory believes that it originated from the Yellow Emperor's Busan Hefu.
"Historical Records: The Five Emperors" records: After defeating Emperor Yan and Chiyou, the Yellow Emperor toured the Quartet and "fit Busan". This "conjunction" not only unified the symbols of the military orders of the various ministries and established a political alliance, but also took some elements from the original totems of each tribe and combined them to create a new animal image - dragon.
Since then, all tribes in the Central Plains have a common dragon totem, and the history of unified Chinese civilization has begun, so the Chinese are all "descendants of the dragon".
Although this story perfectly explains how the dragon that existed in the unnatural world became the ancestor of the Chinese nation, the discovery of the dragon image in the prehistoric cultural site made it self-defeating.
Most contemporary scholars believe that the dragon totem evolved from other animal totems. In the early days, the "snake evolution theory" was widely representative, and when the snake evolved into a dragon, we naturally became "the descendants of the dragon".
But in reality, Jiang Liu'er knew that the term "descendant of the dragon" did not become popular until after May Fourth.
Ancient books say that Emperor Shun and the Xia Dynasty had activities of raising dragons, and the dragon was the name of the clan.
Volume 11 of "The History of the Road: Later Chronicles": "When Shun is in time, people come to serve (sacrifice) the dragon and ask for food." After Gaoyang, there is Dong's father who can ask for his desires and make him happy. The White Dragon. Sealed in the Tsukawa, so there was an official of the dragon. ”
"Zuo Biography" Zhao Gong 29 years cloud:
"There are animal dragons in the Emperor Shun clan, and (there are) Xia Kongjia, disturbing the emperor. The emperor gave the dragon, the river and the Han each two, each with a male and female. Kong Jia can't eat, and he didn't get the dragon clan. Tao Tang clan declined, and then there was Liu Lei to learn to disturb the dragon in the dragon clan, to do Kong Jia, can eat and drink, Xia Hou Jiazhi, give the surname (name) said Yulong, to more Feng Wei after. The dragon died and the queen of the summer was eaten. After the summer, even if he begged for it, he was afraid and moved to Lu County, and Fan's followed. ”
There are also many interesting archaeological discoveries in contemporary times, which make the existence or fiction of dragons more confusing, the most representative of which is a jade dragon found on the grassland.
The jade dragon is carved from dark green Xiuyan jade, with a smooth body, a long snout on the head, a flying mane, and a curled body like a hook. The shape is vivid, the carving is exquisite, and it has the reputation of "the first dragon in China".
This jade dragon is made of black-green jade, finely polished, and has a considerable artistic value, from the characteristics of its head, the snout is long, the nose protrudes forward, and the upper ridge is upturned, the end face is truncated, and there are 2 nostrils side by side. In the archaeological excavations near the big river, there are similar images of jade dragons, which may be the original form of the dragon.
Jiang Liu'er, who likes to watch some tomb robbery archaeology and unsolved mysteries since he was a child, racked his brains and only unearthed a little bit of information he knew, but it seems that on this deserted island where the living environment is extremely worrying, this kind of brain hole is indeed a little unrealistic.