Chapter Ninety-Eight: Zhong Shan

Although it only exists in legends, as long as the dragon is mentioned, I believe that every Chinese son and daughter will never feel strange.

In Li Shizhen's Compendium of Materia Medica, there was such a record of the legendary dragon.

The dragon has the length of the scales, and the king said that its shape is like nine, the head is like a camel, the horns are like a deer, the eyes are like a rabbit, the ears are like a cow, the neck is like a snake, the abdomen is like a mirage, the scales are like a carp, the claws are like an eagle, and the palm is like a tiger.

There are eighty-one scales on its back, with ninety-nine yang numbers, its sound is like a copper plate, there is a beard next to the mouth, there is a pearl under the chin, there are reverse scales under the throat, there is Boshan on the head, also known as the ruler wood, the dragon can not ascend to heaven without a ruler wood, and the breath becomes a cloud, which can change both water and fire.

In the legend, the dragon is a magical creature, which absorbs the essence of all things, the horns are like a deer, the head is like a cow, the eyes are like a shrimp, the mouth is like a donkey, the belly is like a snake, the scales are like a fish, the feet are like a phoenix, the whiskers are like people, the ears are like elephants, it is in the shape of nine likes, and the gods are incomparable.

At the same time, the dragon is not only the myth is respected as the long of the scale insect, the supernatural creature in charge of the clouds and rain, but also the spiritual totem of the Chinese nation, it is rumored that the dragon can show the ability to hide, can be small and huge, can be short and long, the spring equinox ascends to the sky, the autumn equinox dives into the abyss, calling the wind and rain, extremely powerful.

In mythology, the dragon is not only called the four spirits together with the phoenix, turtle and lin, but also the four elephants with the white tiger, the red bird and the xuanwu, whether it is the four spirits that symbolize auspiciousness, or the four elephants that symbolize the beast, the dragon firmly occupies the dominant position.

In addition, not only in the myths and legends of China everywhere there are traces of dragons, even the kings of all dynasties have invariably taken the dragon as a symbol of imperial power, most of the utensils used by the royal family are decorated with dragon patterns, and the king himself is the true dragon son of heaven as a self-proclaimed.

From these records, it is not difficult to see how the people of Shenzhou admired and yearned for the legendary dragon.

Until then, we had thought that the creature carved on the mural had the same characteristics as Nuwa's human-headed snake body, but after discovering the claws hidden in the pattern of its scales, all the conjectures immediately came to an end.

In that case, what would be the sacredness carved on this mural?

Even the legendary Nuwa Niangniang, who made people out of the soil and made up the sky by refining stones, only showed the characteristics of a human head and a snake body, so how could the creatures on this mural show the abnormality of a human head and a dragon body?

Thinking of this, my eyes slowly scanned the surroundings, and from the calm expressions of everyone, I guessed that everyone had not yet noticed the strangeness, so I coughed lightly, and after attracting everyone's attention, I pointed to the claw marks found on the mural just now and asked Chunting.

"Chunting, it's common knowledge that snakes don't have feet, but you see that there are obvious traces of claws here, could it be that the carving on this mural is not a snake body, but a dragon body?"

Everyone was surprised when they heard my question, but after seeing my serious expression, they didn't ask more, but came to my side and took a serious look at my finger again.

And after this observation, everyone fell silent, although no one spoke, but from the surprised and confused expressions on everyone's faces at this moment, I knew that my discovery was not wrong, and what I saw just now was not my delusion.

"From the time I saw the mural until now, I have never said that the existence on this mural is a human head and a snake body, all of this is just your self-righteousness." Search

Chunting seemed to be waiting for us to be deflated, and after seeing the silence of everyone, he slowly spoke and said to us in a stern tone.

"The reason why I haven't corrected you is to see when you will be able to discover the mystery, but I didn't expect that none of you are careful enough, you know, even a little negligence at a critical time is enough to kill you on the spot."

Hearing Chunting's stern tone, everyone suddenly didn't dare to speak, and the atmosphere on the field became silent.

But at this moment, maybe it was a little unbearable to see that we didn't dare to speak, so Xue Nan couldn't help but step forward, and gently held Chunting's hands, trying to influence Chunting with his warmth.

"Chunting, don't be angry, as the saying goes, eat a trench and grow wise, don't you see that this time everyone didn't have any accidents, next time everyone should be serious."

For Xue Nan's tenderness, Chunting no longer seemed to intend to resist, so after hearing Xue Nan's persuasion, Chunting's tone suddenly softened, although it was not soft, but it was no longer as tough as just now.

"It's okay, you don't have to intercede for them, I'm just talking, since there are no accidents this time, I naturally don't have too many opinions."

After finishing speaking, Chun Ting turned his gaze to us, although the words became harsh again, but the tone was no longer cold, and now he was more like an elder who cared about the younger generations, and said bitterly to us.

"But you must remember that this road is full of bumps and dangers, this time nothing happened is pure luck, next time everyone may not have such good luck, today's events are also a lesson, and you must not be self-righteous in the future."

Everyone knew that Chun Ting's stern advice was worried that we would have an accident in the future, so although his tone was extremely harsh now, everyone did not refute it, except for Yi He, everyone silently lowered their heads and firmly recorded what he said in their hearts.

Perhaps because of Xue Nan's tenderness just now, Chunting actually said a rare word of comfort when he saw everyone's depressed appearance.

"Okay, all keep your heads up, since nothing happened, take it as a lesson, after all, you have only a short time to set foot on this road, so even if you make mistakes, it is actually normal."

"I know that there are still many puzzles in your hearts, such as why this so-called demon fire was brought to the land of the hidden capital by Houtu, and what kind of creature this fire is, it actually shows the strange characteristics of a human head and a dragon body, I haven't explained many things, you must be curious in your hearts."

After everyone raised their heads, Chunting looked at the mural in front of him again, and his tone was faintly strange.

"But don't forget, now in this city of black stone, not only our group, some things I say are naturally inferior to the person in charge, this is actually the real reason why I always care about him."

After speaking, Chunting stopped paying attention to our shocked reaction, only to see him discern the direction on the spot, and then slowly saluted facing the north, while shouting loudly in a respectful tone that he had never heard before.

"The acting leader of Guanshan respectfully invites the god of Zhongshan!"