Ten days later, Shu Lan and Miao Yi came back first, and it could be seen that their cultivation had improved a lot, and Miao Yi's progress seemed to be greater than Shu Lan's. Zhao Sichen had to wait two more days because his cultivation was a little slow, so my aunt asked us to take advantage of the gap in the middle to make some preparations for the new mission.

Shu Lan carefully inspected the copper plate, her expression was solemn, Miao Yi and I looked at each other, and no one spoke, for fear of disturbing her.

After a long time, she put down the copper plate and let out a long sigh of relief, "Fortunately, Cai Lao Liu didn't lie to us." ”

I looked at her, "Captain, who is Cai Lao Liu?" The one who joins me? ”

She nodded, "Yes, he is the second master of the Mengjin Water Ghost Sect in Henan, he is famous for his cunning in the rivers and lakes, especially good at cheating, his hands are particularly dexterous, and the fakes he makes can be fake and real, and many connoisseurs will be blind." But this time it was good, he didn't dare to play tricks with us, the object was real. ”

Miao Yi looked at the copper plate, "What is this?" ”

Shu Lan glanced at her, then at me, and smiled slightly, "This is the Dragon Gate Order, an object of the Tang Dynasty, and the key to open the Dragon Cave of the Yellow River." ”

"Yellow River Dragon Cave?" Miao Yi and I were both stunned.

Shu Lan picked up the copper plate, "Legend has it that in the autumn of the first year of Tang Wu Zetian's reign, a monster appeared near Mengjin on the Yellow River, and overnight, it ate all the living people in a village by the river. The magistrate reported to the imperial court, so Qin Tianjian sent personnel to investigate. After arriving in Mengjin, there was a loud thunder that night, and the Yellow River broke off overnight, and an unfathomable hole appeared in the silt of the riverbed. After the Qin Tianjian officials investigated, they said that Hailong had borrowed the road and mistakenly entered the Yellow River, borrowing all the water in the river. ”

"And this?" I wondered.

"And then?" Miao Yi asked.

Shu Lan looked at the two of us, and then said, "The breaking of the Yellow River was a vision in that era, and it was a sign that there would be a shock in the imperial court. So the officials of Qin Tianjian went to the imperial court and conquered a total of 30,000 people from the five surrounding counties to overhaul the Yellow River. They strengthened the embankment of the Yellow River and dug a cave on a hill twenty-five miles northwest of Longdong on the riverbed......"

"Digging a cave?" I frowned, "Do what?" ”

"Breathe the earth," said Shulan, "for wizards, this is unbelievable; But for a feng shui master, it's easy to see the doorway inside. Twenty-five miles northwest of the Dragon Cave on the riverbed, this point was not set arbitrarily, but was determined by the Feng Shui master of Qin Tianjian at that time in combination with the astrological topography and after accurate measurement. Legend has it that more than 20,000 people dug in the cave for more than a month, and after digging through the mountain, they found that there was a wide natural tunnel under the mountain. ”

"Is it the Dark River?" I asked.

"Yes," she nodded, "that dark river leads to the bottom of the Yellow River, and it is the hiding place of the sea dragon. After digging through, the officials of Qin Tianjian ordered the magistrates to evacuate all the common people, and only brought a few cronies into the dark river and killed the sea dragon. ”

Miao Yi and I looked at each other, and we didn't think it was very credible.

"You don't believe it, do you?" Shu Lan smiled, "Actually, I don't believe it either, but the legend says so." It is said that after the officials of Naqin Heavenly Prison killed the sea dragon, they arranged a sacrificial formation in the dark river to appease the dragon king of the East China Sea. Then they built a stone gate, sealed the cave, and left with their disciples. Three days later, on the night, there was another thunderstorm, and when the day dawned, people saw that the water of the Yellow River was back to normal, but the water level had risen by a full five feet......

I pointed to the copper plate, "Does this object have anything to do with this legend?" ”

"Of course there is," she said, "that sealed cave was later called the Yellow River Dragon Cave, and if you want to enter the Yellow River Dragon Cave, you need three dragon gate orders, and this copper plate is one of them." Later, as the years passed, this legend was gradually forgotten, but the Dragon Gate Order was passed down. This piece was obtained by a Taoist priest more than 800 years ago, and the disciples of the Taoist priest later formed a sect, because they lived by fishing for corpses and souls on the Yellow River, so they were called the Water Ghost Gate. Legend has it that as long as they carry the Dragon Gate Order, no evil thing in the Yellow River will dare to harm them, so this copper plate has become a treasure of their town and mountain passed down from generation to generation. ”

No wonder Cai Lao Liu was a hundred reluctant at that time, feeling that this is their treasure!

I breathed a sigh of relief, "I see, but captain, since it is the treasure of Zhenshan, how can it be sold to us for 10 million?" ”

Shu Lan put down the copper plate, "Although it is the treasure of Zhenshan, the Water Ghost Sect is not what it used to be, and now that the livelihood is withering, there are fewer and fewer disciples, and the life has long been unbearable." If there is less business, there will be no place for this Longmen order, and they can't starve to death by guarding the treasure of Zhenshan, right? This item, when it is given to Pan Jiayuan, is worth one or two thousand yuan at most, and only a buyer like us who knows the goods from the Tritheistic Sect is willing to give them 10 million. When Cai Lao Liu saw you, was he particularly reluctant and felt that we were giving less? ”

I nodded, "Yes, what he means, we're bullying." ”

Shu Lan smiled, "The old rivers and lakes are the old rivers and lakes, he did it on purpose to show you, he was afraid that we would regret it, so he deliberately took a gesture to let us rest assured." ”

"What do we want this Dragon Gate Order for?" Miao Yi asked, "There is only one, and it can't open the Dragon Cave of the Yellow River." ”

Shu Lan smiled slightly, "This object is in the hands of the Water Ghost Sect, and it can only suppress evil things, but in our hands, it will be of great use." If one is there, we can find the other two, and when we have three of them, we can open the Yellow River Dragon Cave......"

"What's in there?" I asked.

"There are our holy relics", she looked at us, "Dragon Soul Secret Talisman......"

Miao Yi was startled and stood up, "This ...... Is it possible? Wasn't the Dragon Soul Talisman destroyed a long time ago? ”

Shu Lan took a sip of tea unhurriedly and glanced at her, "Some legends can be believed, and some legends, just listen to them, you can't take them seriously." ”

"It can't be!" Miao Yi said, "My master said that the Dragon Soul Talisman was destroyed by Empress Wei, so how could it be hidden in the Dragon Cave of the Yellow River?" I can't match the time! ”

Shu Lan put down the cup, "The reason why Empress Wei destroyed the Dragon Soul Talisman was because she found out that it was fake...... This is just our predecessors borrowing the hand of Empress Wei to deceive the world. It's just that it's been too long, and we've deceived our own people. ”

The more I listened, the more confused I became, "You two wait!" What Dragon Soul Talisman? What's really fake? What the hell is going on, who will explain to me? ”

Shu Lan looked at Miao Yi, "Say it." ”

Miao Yi sat down and pondered for a moment, "The Dragon Soul Secret Talisman is a sacred relic of our Three Gods Sect, it is a piece of red jade, according to legend, it comes from the Kunlun Dragon Ancestor, there are two pieces in total, one is called Dragon Blood, and the other is called Dragon Soul. The dragon blood talisman does not belong to the triotheistic religion, but the dragon soul talisman was the treasure of our tritheistic sect in the Qin Dynasty. I don't know the rest, the master only said that during the Tang Dynasty, Empress Wei of Tang Zhongzong got the dragon soul and wanted to use it to make a jade seal to help herself ascend the throne and become an empress. She found a skilled craftsman in the Imperial Workshop to carve the jade seal, and as soon as the carving knife touched the dragon soul, it shattered. That night, Li Longji and Princess Taiping staged a coup d'état, slaughtering Empress Wei and Wu Sansi's entire clan. Master said that it was because Empress Wei destroyed the dragon soul and was punished by heaven. ”

I looked at Shu Lan, "Is it a red jade?" ”

Shu Lan nodded, "Yes, according to legend, it is the beloved thing that the Three Gods once wore on her chest, and its power is very powerful. ”

Miao Yi looked at Shu Lan, "The Dragon Cave of the Yellow River is a matter of Wu Zetian's reign, if it is true, then is the one destroyed by Empress Wei really fake?" ”

"Of course," Shu Lan said, "it was Zuo Weiwei's general Xue Sixing who carried out this task back then, and this General Xue was our disciple of the Tritheistic Sect. The Xue family, one of the ten protector families of the Tritheistic Sect that has been handed down to this day, is his descendant. At that time, our Tritheistic Sect had not yet split, and Xue Sixing was ordered by the Holy Maiden to take advantage of the Yellow River to cut off the flow of the Yellow River and Qin Tianjian to dig the Dragon Cave of the Yellow River and hide the real dragon soul secret talisman into it. Because the Holy Maiden foresaw that the Tritheistic Sect would split soon, and there were traitors within us, who conspired to steal the dragon soul and sacrifice it to Wu Zetian, she set up such a game. ”

"What does Wu Zetian want the dragon soul to do?" I asked.

"Because the dragon soul can come back to life", Miao Yi looked at me, "Wu Zetian wants to use it to live forever." ”

I was stunned, "Coming back to life?" Is it possible? ”

"Maybe," Shu Lan said, "but ordinary people can't control the power of the dragon soul at all, only the three gods can, otherwise, our holy daughter won't have to pass it on." ”

"Then Wu Zetian knows this?" I hurriedly asked.

"Of course she knows", Miao Yi said, "To activate the dragon soul, an extremely powerful formation and strength are required, so she has gathered the world's capable people very early and worked hard to activate the dragon soul for more than thirty years." But she didn't succeed in the end, so the myth of the dragon soul became a joke in the royal family. Maybe that's why...... Empress Wei dared to use the dragon soul to make a jade seal......"

Shu Lan smiled faintly, "What Wu Zetian got was a fake dragon soul, it's strange that he can succeed, the holy woman left a secret order at that time, saying that the dragon soul secret talisman is the treasure of my sect, and the holy sect is about to be divided into two veins, north and south, and neither vein can protect the safety of the holy relics alone." Therefore, she hid the dragon soul in the dragon cave of the Yellow River in advance, and waited until a thousand years later, when the north and south of the Trigod Sect were unified, and then it was taken out by the disciples of later generations, and the ...... of the Sect of the Three Gods were glorified."

Miao Yi frowned, "Captain, how did you know this secret?" If the Holy Maiden has a secret order, why have we never heard of it in the Southern Sect? ”

Shu Lan glanced at her, took a sip of tea from her cup, and didn't speak.

Miao Yi was a little excited, "Why don't you speak?" Can't I know? ”

I patted her hand, "Don't say that, didn't I just find out?" Do you know more than I do? ”

She glanced at me with a complicated expression, "Pony, I'm different from you, if some of these secrets inherited by the Southern Sect are fake, then we will ...... in the future Hey, I don't understand you! She turned to Shulan, "Captain, what the hell is going on?" ”

Shu Lan put down the cup, "This secret order, the Holy Maiden only told one person, that is, his only son, Li Weiying, the first head of my sect, the Great Protector of the Sect, and then Li Weiying died very early, but his wife Li Aoning did not pass on this secret to her two sons. These two boys later became the head protectors of the North and South Tritheistic Sects, respectively, so we don't know this secret. ”

"And how do you know now?" I couldn't help but ask.

She glanced at me, "The reason why I know now is because that Tang Dynasty saintess personally told our head altar sect master all this...... So, you understand, right? ”