Chapter Eighty-Eight: Ancient Rubbing
There was a knock on the door, and Patriarch Jiang said with a smile: "Come in!" ”。 Uncle Zhong, the housekeeper of the Jiang family, walked in with a map.
"Lao Zhong, why are you?" Patriarch Jiang looked at Uncle Zhong with some surprise.
"Just now someone asked me to give this to you, saying that their leader asked me to send it, and I saw that it was just a map, so I brought it to you directly." Uncle Zhong handed the map to Patriarch Chiang.
"This old Liu, don't you like to come to me and sit down for a cup of tea?" Patriarch Jiang shook his head helplessly, and then spread out the map on the glass table.
Old man Xiao took out a magnifying glass and studied it on the map with the light.
I leaned over to take a look and found that the map was marked with all the water systems in the country in detail, and one of the dragon-shaped water veins caught my attention: "Old Xiao! This is...
"Oh! That's what you say! It's the Yellow River! Have you ever been to the Yellow River? Old man Xiao turned his head to look at me, and continued to study.
"What? Yellow River? Then this one should be the Yangtze River, right? I smiled as I pointed to another giant vein of water.
"That's right! That's the Yangtze River. Old man Xiao didn't reply.
"Before I came to Jiang's house, I always dreamed of a huge body of water, but the water in the water was red and yellow, and there was a big monster in it. Do you know which river has red water? I suddenly remembered that I had had the same strange dream several times before, so I started talking.
"Huge bodies of water? Red water? Are you talking about... Old man Xiao glanced at me and carefully studied it on the map.
"Brother Wang, there is only one water area that meets the conditions you said! It's the Yellow River! Patriarch Jiang said to me with a smile.
"Haha! I know, the fierce water is the Yellow River, boy, the huge red and yellow water area you dreamed of is the Yellow River, which is the fierce water mentioned on the bamboo slips. Old man Xiao happily threw the magnifying glass on the glass table and patted his thigh with a smile.
"What? Yellow River? Mr. Xiao, are you saying that the water elixir is in the Yellow River?" Patriarch Jiang excitedly stood up from his wheelchair.
"Hmmm! By the way, I can be sure that it is the Yellow River, the legendary Yin River fierce water. Didn't he just take out your bamboo slip with it written on it? The fierce water is a giant turtle, and the giant turtle exists for thousands of years. It seems that there is a thousand-year-old Wang Ba in the Yellow River, who has been cultivated into a turtle, and the Water Spirit Pill is in its body. If you want to get the water elixir, you must first kill the Yellow River giant turtle. After Old Man Xiao finished speaking, he whistled excitedly.
Patriarch Jiang nodded excitedly, and then said in a trembling voice: "I already know the location of the Water Spirit Pill, and the mountain walker who took the Water Spirit Pill is in front of me, it seems that God bless the Jiang family!" After speaking, he was so excited that he left tears in his eyes.
"Patriarch Jiang, I said don't be too happy too early, after all, we went to get the water elixir, and we had to face a thousand-year-old giant turtle. That thing is much more difficult to deal with than ordinary evil things, and its path must not be simple. "My words were like pouring cold water on Patriarch Jiang, and Patriarch Jiang, who was happy before, suddenly became like a deflated ball, slumped in a wheelchair.
"So what to do? Can you deal with the thousand-year-old giant turtle? Of course, if you need any help, I will do my best to help you. Patriarch Jiang said weakly.
"Don't worry! Since the thousand-year-old giant turtle has been in the Yellow River for thousands of years, its Taoism is not shallow, if it makes waves, even if it does not take the water elixir, I will also kill it. "I say it categorically.
"By the way, I have known your master for a long time, and I have acted together many times, my goal is the antique artifacts in the tomb, but your master's goal is to kill all kinds of evil things and find the way to immortality. Later, we entered the East China Sea Murder Tomb, which was an ancient murderous tomb buried in the eyes of the sea, and we almost couldn't get out. Patriarch Jiang leaned on the wheelchair to recall the past experience and couldn't help but sigh.
"Yes, the purpose of my mountain sect is not only to find the way to immortality, but also to kill all kinds of evil things. So this time, since we encountered a thousand-year-old giant turtle in the Yellow River, it must not be so easy to let it go. You can rest assured that the Water Spirit Pill will definitely be brought back to you, unless Lao Xiao and I are buried at the bottom of the Yellow River. I patted my chest and made a promise to Patriarch Jiang.
At this time, Jiang Yimeng walked over with an antique wooden box in his hand: "Dad! I've already taken the rubbing! ”
Patriarch Jiang took the wooden box from Jiang Yimeng's hand and nodded: "Hmm! Good. ”
"This... Is this rubbing? Recording.. The way of immortality ... Rubbing?" When I saw the wooden box in Patriarch Jiang's hand, I began to stutter when I spoke excitedly.
Unexpectedly, the way to immortality that the Mountain Walking Sect had been searching for for thousands of years was right in front of me, and I finally lived up to Master's high hopes.
Old man Xiao pinched my thigh: "Boy, pay attention to the image!" ”
It turned out that when I saw the wooden box in Patriarch Jiang's hand, I was already drooling excitedly.
"Oh! Excuse me! Gaffe. I wiped the saliva from the corner of my mouth and smiled awkwardly.
"Haha! Brother Wang, don't worry! This rubbing, which is recorded in Baiyue script, has not been unraveled for many years! However, as long as you can find the Water Spirit Pill to cure my Five Poison Corpse Oil, I am willing to use it in exchange. Patriarch Jiang smiled and handed over the wooden box.
I swallowed, then carefully took the box and opened it.
Inside the wooden box was a strip made of unknown materials, which emitted a blue-gray glow, and it seemed that this was the rubbing.
There are many small characters engraved on the rubbings with black pigment, and I don't know what this black pigment is made of, but it has been preserved intact for thousands of years.
I carefully held the rubbing in my hand and looked at it, and strangely enough, as soon as my hand came into contact with the rubbing, a sense of déjà vu came over me.
"Huh? How so?" I looked at Old Man Xiao curiously.
"Don't look at it, let's put it up first! When the time comes, it is inconvenient to take the water elixir with it. It's better to just put it here with Patriarch Jiang first! When the time comes, take back the water elixir and take it together! Old man Xiao glanced at me.
"It's already yours, you can take it with you or keep it with me first." Patriarch Jiang looked at me with a smile and smiled.
"That's right! It's really inconvenient to walk around with it, so let's leave it with you first! When the time comes, when we get the water elixir, let's get it again! I reluctantly put the rubbing back into the wooden box, and then handed the wooden box to Patriarch Jiang.
"Mengmeng, you put it in the vault!" Patriarch Jiang smiled and handed the wooden box to Jiang Yimeng, who was standing aside.
"Hmmm! Okay, tell me the password to the vault! And what about the keys? Jiang Yimeng stretched out his hand.
"The key is here!" Patriarch Jiang took out a golden key from his arms and handed it to Jiang Yimeng, and then whispered a few words in Jiang Yimeng's ear. Jiang Yimeng smiled and left with the wooden box.
I reluctantly looked at Jiang Yimeng's distant back, in fact, I didn't know why I had a familiar feeling of déjà vu when I first came into contact with that rubbing.
"Well, it's not too early today. Let's go back and rest first! Tomorrow we will have a good rest and set off the day after tomorrow! lest you have long nights and many dreams. Old man Xiao pressed half of the cigarette in his mouth into the ashtray and snuffed it out, then stood up and said to me.
Patriarch Jiang looked at the wall clock on the wall and nodded: "Okay then!" Let's get some rest! It's time for me to go back to my room and rest. After saying that, he made a gesture of please.
Old man Xiao and I walked out of the door one after the other, and when we returned to the room, Old Man Xiao sat on the bed and looked at me: "Boy, something was wrong with you just now, what's wrong?" Is there a problem with rubbing? Is Jiang Tianwu lying to us? If you can't do it, let's retreat! ”
"No, there's nothing wrong with that rubbing, it should be true. But when I first got my hands on it, I felt a sense of déjà vu and familiarity, as if the rubbing was my personal possession. I tilted my head and sat on the edge of the bed looking at Old Man Xiao.
"Oh? A familiar feeling of déjà vu? Could it be...?" Old man Xiao was interrupted by me before he finished speaking: "Old Xiao! Could it be what? ”
"Oh! It's nothing! Let's rest early! Relax tomorrow and it's time to leave the day after tomorrow. ”