Volume 1: The Wind Rises in the Heart of the Tree Chapter 26: The 10,000-year-old monster
Wan Nianqing turned around and beckoned a few little guys over: "It's too late today, I'll take you to a resting place, and I'll take you to see the palace master tomorrow, okay?" โ
"Good, good, good." How could a few little guys be unwilling, running all the way today, already tired, as soon as they heard that there was a place to rest, they immediately yawned one by one.
Wan Nianqing turned his head to Panshan Huamei and said, "You can go with you." โ
"Hmm." Panshan Huamei lowered her head and responded in a low voice. Now that everything is arranged, she doesn't need to think about it, but it's also relaxed and happy.
Seeing that several people had no opinions, Wan Nianqing got up and said goodbye to Yin Xuexue, but saw Gu Tingfeng reluctantly put down the book "The Origin of All Things", this "Origin of All Things" tells the history of the development of various ethnic groups in the form of illustrations and descriptions, from the Wu clan that opened the world to the origin and development of the human race.
The description of the origin and development process of the Wu clan and the dragon clan in it surprised Gu Tingfeng, who had only read the Four Books and Five Classics since he was a child, and he had never heard these fantastical and bizarre stories. As for the origin of the demon race and the human race in the back, he hasn't seen it yet. Wan Nianqing saw that he was reluctant, and said with a smile: "Since you are reluctant, you can borrow it from the pedant and return it after reading it." โ
Hearing this, Gu Tingfeng raised his head and looked at the old turtle, and the old turtle smiled kindly: "Human cubs, if you want to read any books here in the future, you can come and read them, just don't break them, many books here are unique books, which are collected by the old man for thousands of years." โ
"Uh-huh." Gu Tingfeng nodded like a chicken pecking rice.
Bidding farewell to the old pedant, a few people followed Wan Nianqing out of the gate, but saw a red sleigh car parked on the trunk road, with two handsome elk in front of the car. Wan Nianqing opened the side door and motioned for a few people to get into the car, and a few people got into the car again. Today's various things have opened their eyes, and they can't wait to have a few more pairs of eyes and hands, not to mention anything else, just these various means of transportation are things that have never appeared in their dreams before.
When a few people were seated, the two elk pulled the sleigh to start slowly, and the two supporting logs under the sled pulled out two long snow stains behind the car, and galloped forward along the winding tree trunk road. Wan Nianqing in the car introduced to Panshan Huamei: "This car is produced by the Holy Religion in the West of Shenzhou, it was originally their exclusive mount for a person named Santa Claus, and later the Holy Sect came to Shuxin City for a friendly visit, this car was given to the palace master as a gift, because the palace master grandmother has a lot of mounts, so it was given to me, the spell used in this car is completely different from ours, but it is a thing called ice magic, I changed it slightly, added a top, to reduce wind resistance, in addition, this car can also fly, However, Treeheart City is not allowed to fly except in military times unless it is in wartime, so today everyone will not experience the real feeling of speeding. โ
Wan Nianqing said, stretched out his right index finger, and condensed a spinning, crystal clear ice crystal flower at his fingertips. Under the light of the roof lights, the ice crystals shone brightly, and the jaws of several little ones fell on the car in shock.
"Is this the magic of legends?" Panshan Hua watched in a daze as the ice crystals disappeared into the air under Wan Nianqing's manipulation.
Wan Nianqing clapped his hands to offset the effect of the ice crystal cold qi on his fingers: "Yes, this ice spell was taught to me by the mission at that time, but unfortunately the Heavenly Palace and the Holy Sect became enemies later, and we never had a chance to communicate with them again." โ
A few people were about to ask, but seeing that Ou Qing's face began to turn pale again, Gu Tinglan pointed to Ou Qing and said to Wan Nianqing: "Uncle Ginkgo, Ou Qing is motion sickness again." Can you help him? โ
Seeing this, Wan Nianqing flicked his fingers lightly, and a green light did not enter Ou Qing's temple, and Ou Qing immediately felt refreshed.
Panshan Huamei was a little dissatisfied with Gu Tinglan's title of Wan Nianqing. Gu Tinglan called her sister and Uncle Wan Nianqing, isn't she a generation shorter than Wan Nianqing? According to Gu Tinglan's name, do you have to call Uncle Ginkgo biloba?
"Brother Ginkgo." Panshan Huamei deliberately called the name that Wan Nianqing had asked him to call before: "Sixty years ago, why didn't you take this car when you passed by Panshan." โ
"At that time, my grandmother hadn't given me this car. Besides, I was on a mission at that time, and it was inconvenient to swagger in the car. โ
"Also, then I won't see you."
"yes, how small you are, except for your head, your limbs are not shaped, they are all vine-like arms and legs. It's so tall. โ
Wan Nianqing was less than a meter tall.
"And what about me now?" Panshan Huamei stood up in the car and tried to stand upright.
Wan Nianqing smiled: "It's more like a little girl than then." โ
"I'm not a little girl anymore, I'm ninety-five years old this year."
"You're not 100 years old yet, and when you reach your 100th birthday, I'll definitely throw you a big birthday party, okay?"
"yes, okay." Panshan Huamei gave up her defense and retracted her erect body back to its original state.
"Uncle Ginkgo." After looking at the scenery outside the window, Gu Tinglan turned around and asked, "The palace master's grandmother is older than the old pedant, so there should be more folds on her face than the old pedant." โ
"Haha." Wan Nianqing couldn't help laughing: "You little girl, if grandma hears this, she will have to spank you." Grandma is just our honorific title for her. Grandma regularly gets the ginseng fruit of Wuzhuang Guanzhen Yuan Daxian to enjoy, so she has lived for more than 10,000 years and her face is not old, and she has always maintained the appearance of 28 years old as you human beings, so there are no folds on her face. โ
"Do youkai get old, too?" Gu Tingfeng asked, he had been looking through the "Origin of All Things" in his hand since he got into the car. It says that the lifespan of the demon clan varies, but except for a very few cases, the lifespan will not reach 10,000 years, and it is difficult to even 1,000 years.
But the palace master's grandmother heard that it has a lifespan of 18,000 years, which is far more than the actual situation.
Wan Nianqing put the tassel belt at the end of the jade flute in his hand in his palm, and patiently explained: "All living beings in the world will be old, it's just a matter of length. The demon clan will also be old, but the lifespan will generally be longer than that of humans, especially the plant-based demon clan, as long as there are no natural disasters and man-made disasters, the lifespan is basically more than a thousand years. The reason why grandma's lifespan is comparable to the entire history of mankind is that there is a way of cultivation, but because of the continuation of ginseng fruit. โ
"What is ginseng fruit?" Gu Tinglan tilted her head and continued to ask.
"Ginseng fruit, it is the same as Tiangong Pan Taoyuan and Buddhism Golden Cicada, used for longevity, immortality, eat one to protect your youth for five hundred years, this is the exclusive property of Yuanzi in Wuzhuang Guanzhen."
"Will the fairy get old?"
"Of course, otherwise what do you think the Heavenly Palace will do once in five hundred years?"
"Zhen Yuanzi, who is he?"
"He is the ancestor of the earth immortals, but this title is given by the Heavenly Palace. Some forces do not admit it. โ
"That ยทยทยทยทยทยท" Gu Tinglan still wanted to ask, but she felt the sleigh car shake slightly, and Ou Qing, who was looking outside to relieve motion sickness, interrupted her: "We seem to have arrived." โ