The Secret Words of Immortality Chapter 1: The King's Funeral
In the late autumn of the Hangjin Mountain prairie, the grass and trees have long been withered.
A gust of wind swept by, and a spotted pit viper emerged from the dead grass, and it coiled itself tightly, holding its alert head high, making its best attack posture, staring at the goshawk hovering in mid-air.
There is no shortage of courage in the grasslands, pit vipers are of course formidable opponents, a few drops of venom are enough to poison a buffalo, but for a goshawk that has not eaten for three days, the pit viper is nothing more than a pile of walking meat, even if it is dangerous.
Confrontation between top opponents requires not only courage, but also patience. Because whoever makes the first move is likely to throw the flaw to the other party first.
Years of hunting experience remind the goshawk not to make mistakes, but the hunger in the belly constantly stimulates its desire to hunt along the cranial nerves.
The pit viper waited for a long time, but the goshawk did not rush down, but only turned around, and left the grassland, flew into the depths of the clouds, and disappeared in a short time.
Seeing the goshawk go away, the pit viper couldn't help but loosen its nervous body and lay lazily on the ground to rest, and the white and fragile snake pit viper was suddenly revealed.
The cunning goshawk did not leave, it just circled in a larger circle in the air, taking advantage of the pit viper's paralysis, and rushed towards the pit viper with all its might, and it was going to tear the pit viper to pieces with its sharp "claws".
The pit viper is about to become the belly of the goshawk.
......Suddenly, a low but powerful voice pierced through the clouds and resounded throughout the grassland. The goshawk, which was swooping to attack, was startled by the sound, and a harrier rolled over and leaped into the sky. Seeing that the situation was not good, the pit viper on the ground also burrowed into the dead grass with a "whoosh" and disappeared without a trace.
The genes in the goshawk and pit viper tell them that this is the voice of the king of the steppe, and if they don't dodge, they will die. Now dominating this grassland, it is not the wolf king, let alone the golden eagle, but the human being, the Rouran Khan Tuluova, who has hundreds of thousands of cavalry, and is honored as the Golden Crow Khan.
Even if it is the king of the grassland, he can't change the idea of immortality, let alone control his own death at will, in the court of the Rouran King under the Hangjin Mountain, the funeral of the Jinwu Khan has been held for three days, the Rouran people believe that the funeral is not over, the Khan's soul is still dominating this grassland, and the low and deep trumpet just now is the most elite warrior guard under the Khan's tent - the soul trumpet blown by the Sujinwei with the antlers.
"My esteemed high priest, the conjuring horn has just sounded again, and now it is almost dusk, and Prince Suhada's army is about to be killed, should we arrange for the army to be ready to meet the battle?" Inside the Khan's tent, a middle-aged man wearing a golden crown, gold chain mail, and a black cloak anxiously asks the man he calls the "High Priest."
The high priest did not answer, he wore a crown of peacock feathers on his head, dressed in a colorful spiritualist suit, and danced a strange dance with a blank face in front of the golden crow khan lying on the king's bed.
The furnishings in the king's tent are very strange, a huge black pine coffin is erected in front of the king's bed, and dozens of lights are swaying in the wind, making the picture even more weird.
"Report, eldest prince, Prince Suhada's army is less than 10 miles away from the royal court." A scout lieutenant rushed to the king's tent and reported to the middle-aged man wearing a golden crown.
"Revisit." The eldest prince of the Rouran Empire, named Hu Yesha, is now presiding over the funeral of the Jinwu Khan. Although he received an urgent report, Hu Yesha saw that the high priest did not change color in the slightest, so he could only wave his hand, turned around and walked out of the tent, the distant grassland was pressed with black clouds, and he vaguely heard the sound of drums and shouts of killing, as if he saw the military flag of Prince Suhada.
The princes of dozens of tribes under the tent all talked about it and there was a commotion.
"I said the right front captain, can this high priest's soul burial really bring the dead back to life?" The evil king of Hugh pushed the right lieutenant sitting on the left.
"Lord Wang, this high priest Aqika was born in the grassland of the Great Xia Kingdom, the sky is full of red light, and the fragrance is wafting for more than ten miles, and the wizard said that Aqika is the reincarnation of the eldest daughter of the Heavenly Mother, and has the power to bring the dead back to life." The right lieutenant whispered.
"Then have you ever seen a conjuring burial with your own eyes, has anyone come back to life?"
"That's not true, I heard that this high priest has practiced for many years, and finally practiced the secret method of soul summoning and burial, and I heard that the old man of a family in the depths of Hangjin Mountain was saved by Aqika by using magic skills."
"Ah, I heard? This eldest prince is also too child's play, if Aqika can't save the Khan, and Suhada and the army of the Great Xia Kingdom come over, won't we have to be buried together? The Evil King of Hugh said in shock.
The eldest prince glared at the evil king, and then at the khan on the king's bed, but there was still no movement. Hu Yesha didn't know in his heart that the scene was extremely dangerous at this time. The Khan had been assassinated by Suhada in the tent three days earlier, and he was spotted on the spot.
Unexpectedly, Suhada fled to the hostile Great Xia Kingdom, colluded with them to launch a rebellion, and framed the Great Prince for killing the Khan, who came to avenge the Khan.
The two tigers are fighting, which is exactly what the princes and captains of the five divisions of Mobei are willing to see. They did not move, with the intention of sitting back and watching the success or failure in order to reap the benefits of the fishermen.
Hu Yesha actually didn't count on these tribesmen, but with only thousands of guards in his headquarters, he couldn't defeat Prince Suhada and the Great Xia coalition army.
Just when Hu Yesha was in a hurry, he was even ready to give up the royal court and retreat to Mobei. The high priest Aqika grabbed his horse by the halter and said that he had a way to bring the dead back to life, and to save the Khan.
Hu Yesha knew that Aqika was a famous sorcerer on the grassland, but now that the army of Prince Suhada was approaching, it was a fast horse with a strong bow and a scimitar, and the high priest had divine power, what could he do? Is it possible to scatter beans into soldiers?
Speaking of this Aqika, unlike other wizards, he only took the initiative to cast spells and never accepted invitations.
It is rumored that the high priest is not only good at sacrificing and exorcising ghosts and welcoming gods, but also has been taught the art of yin and yang by the immortals of the Han family, and cultivates immortals to the realm of super-saints.
The incident that the former lieutenant on the right said just now is the legend about Aqika. It is said that once an old man died in a family on the grassland, and the son sent the old man to the place of heavenly burial according to the customs of the grassland, and let Changshengtian take away his father.
But at this time, Aqika appeared in the tent of the family and told the family: "Changsheng Heaven will not accept your father, take me to the heavenly burial ground quickly, I have my own way." ”
So, Aqika came to the heavenly burial ground, and the old man's body was still there. Aqika did some tricks on the corpse, burned a few more talismans, and then lit the water and gave it to the old man.
But half an hour, the old man actually woke up, and the family was amazed and shouted: Living immortals, living immortals.
Later, another old man in the tribe died, and the family came to invite Aqika, but Aqika did not go, and everyone was puzzled. Aqika closed his eyes and said only one sentence:
He is the one who Immortal Heaven will take away.
Aqika's meaning, the will of heaven is difficult to disobey, and the soul that Changsheng Heaven wants to take away, he can only do nothing.
Nonetheless, Aqika became famous. There was an endless stream of people looking for him to exorcise ghosts and sacrifices, but Aqika still refused, he always insisted on door-to-door practice, and only did what he thought he should do, otherwise even if Jinshan Yinshan invited him, he would not come, this is his principle.
Even the Khan of the Golden Crow held Aqika in high esteem and wanted to entrust him with the duty of worshipping the heavens. Aqika unexpectedly refused, only accepting the title of high sacrifice and not presiding over the sacrifice.