Lao Chen pointed to Sister-in-law Chen, who was busy, and smiled: "Since that day I brought back the Neidan of the catfish essence for her to swallow, she has been moaning in pain in bed for three whole days, of course, I haven't forgotten what the carp essence said, so I haven't let my cousin touch the water for three days." ”

"And then? What happened? I asked Lao Chen impatiently.

Lao Chen nodded with a smile: "On the fourth day, my cousin can already get out of bed and walk, and on the fifth day, he can walk like a fly." I can't tell that my cousin is a person with terminal cancer. Less than half a month after swallowing the catfish essence, my cousin's body is already stronger than mine, and it is not a problem to carry heavy burdens and do farm work. ”

"It's just that every full moon night, my cousin's body will exude a faint fishy smell! No matter how much you wash it, it can't be washed off. Still, as long as she's okay, I don't care about that. When Lao Chen said this, he looked at Sister-in-law Chen's back and smiled happily.

"Lao Chen, did you see that carp essence again later?" Old man Xiao handed Lao Chen a cigarette, and then talked to Lao Chen.

"I saw it once, and I never saw it again. But the pool dried up completely after a major flood. Lao Chen lit the cigarette in his mouth, and then answered Old Man Xiao's question.

"That carp spirit is very spiritual, many people have seen it, and it also likes to get along with people. Whenever someone passes by the waterhole, it will surface and watch quietly. On several occasions, it has also rescued people who have fallen into the water. Because of it, children can also go to the pool to play in the water with confidence. Later, when the waterhole dried up, no one saw the carp spirit again. Some people say that the carp essence has been cultivated into an immortal, and some people say that it has successfully jumped through the dragon gate and has become a dragon. Later, the people in our village raised money to build a fish fairy temple by the pond, and the carp spirit was enshrined in it. Speaking of this, Lao Chen looked at me and Old Man Xiao and smiled, and then said with a smile: "How is it?" Wait, do I want to take you to the Fish Fairy Temple? Although it is located in our poor country, the incense is still good! Tomorrow there will be a sacrifice there, praying that the carp spirit will bless us with good weather and peace. By the way, this time it was my family's turn to sacrifice. ”

"Sacrifice? What kind of sacrifices do you usually offer? I asked curiously.

"The sacrifices are generally meat, fish, chickens, and animals, and then some fruits." Lao Chen pointed to the busy sister-in-law Chen and said: "The matter of the sacrifice will be handed over to her, who let the carp spirit save her back then." ”

"Good! Then you can take the two of us to see it together! Let's also learn a lot. Old man Xiao looked at me with a smile and said.

The next morning, Lao Chen took Chen's sister-in-law to a small temple by a waterhole in the mountains not far from his house. A few villagers were already waiting there.

As soon as they saw Lao Chen, they hurriedly helped to set up the sacrifices, and then began to perform sacrifices and pray for blessings.

The size of this fish fairy temple is a bit small, but the idol enshrined in it is a big carp with kind eyebrows.

The waterhole next to it is a different story. I looked at the waterhole next to me, because the water source was dry, and the bottom of the waterhole was already covered with grass more than a person tall. In a small ditch in the middle, there is still a small stream of water flowing slowly, as if to tell the story of everything before the waterhole dried up.

Suddenly, Old Man Xiao patted me on the shoulder, and then pointed to a black hole in the stone wall at the bottom of the pool.

When I looked closely, I could see that the hole was obscured by weeds, but if I looked closely, I could still see the outline of the hole.

I smiled: "Old Xiao! I see a faint trace of aura coming out of that cave, I guess it should be the cave where the carp spirit cultivates here, are you interested in accompanying me to see it? Maybe there's a treasure in there! ”

Old man Xiao shook his head: "No matter how good the baby is, I am not rare, it is so high here." I'm that old again. What am I going to do? Or you young people go! ”

"Good! Then I'll go! If I find something, you don't have to blush! "After saying that, I used the mastery of the mountain-walking school - gecko climbing the wall. The whole person was like a huge gecko, clinging to the steep stone wall and slowly climbing down.

After descending to the bottom of the pool, I slowly approached the mysterious stone cave, and the aura in the stone cave became more and more vigorous.

I peeled open the weeds that covered the hole, and slowly slipped into it.

This cave is not large, and there is a stone platform formed by the heat of the day.

At this time, there were a few sparkling pieces on the ground that attracted me. I hurriedly crouched down and picked up the glowing thing. "Huh! Isn't this a fish scale? "I realized that the glittering object on the ground was a few palm-sized fish scales.

Although the waterhole has dried up for two or three years, the scales are shiny as if they had just fallen from the fish. "This must be the scales on the carp spirit! Hey! Yes, you must take it back to Lao Xiao to see. ”

Then I put the huge scales in my pocket and slowly crawled out of the hole. Old man Xiao shouted loudly on it: "Boy, have you found any good treasures, let me see it too?" ”

I rolled my hands into a trumpet shape and put them to my lips and replied loudly, "I have found a good treasure, and when I come up, I will show you the knowledge!" Don't worry, I'll come up right away. After saying that, he used the gecko to climb the wall and slowly climbed to the top.

After returning to the ground, I smiled and took out a few palm-sized fish scales that I had just picked up and handed them to Old Man Xiao: "Old Xiao! That's the good stuff found in that hole, you see. Hey, hey, hey, hey"

Old man Xiao took the fish scales and looked at them, and shouted excitedly: "Damn, there are such large fish scales!" It's the first time I've seen fish scales this big for the first time in my life. Gee! Awesome. Since it was the first time he had seen such large fish scales, he was so excited that he even burst out of his foul mouth.

"Lao Xiao, I don't think it's a fish scale, but a dragon scale." I looked at Old Man Xiao and nodded.

"Dragon scales? You mean..... Old man Xiao was interrupted by me before he could finish his words

"Yes! That carp spirit has already cultivated into a dragon. It's not a real dragon, but it's already a dragon body, and it's probably not far from becoming a real dragon. Maybe it's because the aura here is getting thinner and thinner, and it can no longer satisfy the carp spirit to continue cultivating, so it must have left while the water was in the water. There was no carp spirit here, and the water source quickly dried up. But that's just my speculation. Lao Xiao, let's talk about your thoughts! I looked at Old Man Xiao seriously.

Old man Xiao, who was full of praise with huge fish scales, turned his head to look at me: "Boy, you want to go with me, hahahaha." ”

I looked at the sacrifice in the Fish Immortal Temple next to me and saw that it was almost over, so I snatched the fish scales from Old Man Xiao and put them in my pocket: "Okay, their sacrifice is about to end." I'll put these scales away first, and I'll see them when I get back, so you can see enough. Old man Xiao nodded, and then looked at the stone cave where I had just found the fish scales.

"Lao Xiao, let's go! Lao Chen: They are about to come out. When they see us holding the scales of the fish fairy in their minds, they can't eat us! I patted Old Man Xiao on the shoulder and walked towards the Fish Fairy Temple.