Chapter 314: Divine Spring
After many days, Luo Qingyan and Xia Mochen finally arrived at the legendary Divine Spring under the leadership of Youjia!
Along the way, there is nothing strange about it, and people are very rare, thinking about it carefully, it seems that I have met such a place as Penglai Xianshan! However, those things have passed, and now, most importantly, the three of them have reached the edge of the Divine Spring!
"This is the Divine Spring?" Xia Mochen's soft, thoughtful inquiry!
"Hmmm! Right! After getting a good affirmative answer, Luo Qingyan and Xia Mochen began to look at this so-called divine spring carefully!
It's midday and the sun is shining! The spring water is clear and turquoise, the bottom of the pool gushes out bright pearl bubbles everywhere, clusters, clusters, strings, large and small, staggered and scattered, scrambling, sparkling, it is really like the pearl of ten thousand flowers.
There is a small shallow pool paved with bluestone under the spring water, there is some water in it, every grain of sand at the bottom of the pool can be seen clearly, sometimes the sand is stirred, the spring water is rarely turbid, but soon, the sand is soaked in the bottom of the pool beautifully, and the spring water is still so clear.
The verdant greenery of the mountains gave birth to this spring. It exudes innocence and flows, and it flows with the meaning of life. It walked through the craggy rocks of the mountains, stroked the coiled ancient trees, and after all this magic, it unconsciously came to the mountain cliff.
All this seems so beautiful, if it is placed in the eyes of ordinary people, I am afraid that they will be impressed by this beautiful scenery!
However, in the eyes of Luo Qingyan, who is accustomed to seeing the major famous mountains and rivers in his previous life and browsing the many wonders of the world, these are only beautiful!
Originally, Luo lightly thought that Xia Mochen might sigh at the beautiful scenery of this place, but as a result, Xia Mochen was not moved at all!
"What's so magical about it?"
"Huh? Yes? ......" Youjia didn't react for a while, in his subconscious, such a beautiful scenery, no matter who it is, will be intoxicated by it for a while.
And that includes himself!
Originally, I thought that Xia Mochen and Luo Qingyan were no exception, but I didn't expect that the two of them were really not ordinary people!
"The magic of this spring is that at the eye of his spring, there is a divine beast that guards Xiaoyao Mountain!"
"Divine beasts?" Luo raised his voice lightly! Although there are many things in this world that Luo Qingyan has never seen, and there are many things that cannot be explained by science, Luo Qingyan still can't accept any divine beasts and other things, after all, in his heart, these things are things that only appear in mythological stories!
"Yes, it's a divine beast!" Youjia gave Luo a positive answer!
"I don't know which beast it is?" Xia Mochen was originally a person from this world, that is, the feudal ancients that Luo Qingyan used to say! Therefore, he has no big problem with the acceptance of the divine beast!
"Xuanwu!" Youjia spit out two words lightly!
Xuanwu? After Luo Qingyan heard these two words, his mind began to uncontrollably surface the knowledge about Xuanwu in his subconscious!
Xuanwu belongs to the four gods or four elephants in the twelve ancient divine beasts!
The so-called twelve ancient beasts refer to the twelve monsters in ancient myths and legends. These twelve monsters may not have existed in history, they may have been the totems of the twelve tribes, and were later mythologized as monsters. The twelve divine beasts are "four spirits", "four fierce", and "four spirits".
Four murders. The four fierce beasts of antiquity originated from the four ferocious tribal chieftains exiled by Emperor Shun. The four evils refer to: chaos, poor Qi, Han Qi, gluttony, "Zuo Chuan: The Eighteenth Year of Wen Gong" said: "Shun Chenyao, bin in the four gates, flow four fierce clan chaos, poor Qi, Han Qi, gluttony, cast into the four descendants, in order to resist the charm." "Historical Records. The Five Emperors Benji said that the untalented son of the Dihong clan was "Chaos", the untalented son of the Shaohao clan was "Qiqi", the untalented son of the Zhuan clan was "Han Qi", and the untalented son of the Jinyun clan was "gluttonous", and these four people were collectively called the "Four Murderers". Later, all four of them were exiled to the Quartet by Emperor Shun. The four fierce beasts that are rumored today should refer to the totems of the four tribes of the Dihong clan, the Shaohao clan, the Zhuan clan, and the Jinyun clan.
Four gods. Also known as the "four elephants", that is, the green dragon, the white tiger, the red bird, and the Xuanwu, these four animals each hold one side, and are called the gods of the four directions. The four gods have the effect of dispelling evil, avoiding disasters and praying for blessings, and the "four gods" must be taken into account in ancient times to build houses and march formations, so in ancient times there was a saying that "the former Vermilion Bird and the rear Xuanwu, the left green dragon and the right white tiger". There is still a certain difference between the Vermilion Bird and Xuanwu here and the "phoenix and turtle" in the "Four Spirits". The phoenix and the turtle are general concepts, while the vermilion bird and the basalt are more figurative, and the latter falls under the former.
Four Spirits. The four spirit animals of ancient times, namely the dragon, the phoenix, the turtle, and the lin, are called the "four spirits" in the "Book of Rites and Rites and Fortune Nine". "The Book of Rites, Rites and Fortunes No. 9": "Lin, phoenix, turtle, and dragon are called the four spirits." The dragon refers to the Chinese dragon, which is the totem of the Yan Emperor, the Yellow Emperor and other tribes. The phoenix refers to the phoenix, which is a totem used by Yu, Emperor Yu, Shun, and Qi. The turtle refers to the tortoise, which was used as a totem by some tribes in ancient times because of its extremely long lifespan, and was regarded as a spirit animal. Lin refers to the unicorn, which was used as a circle in the Western Zhou Dynasty, and was later regarded as a rui beast.
And, in this world, these things are all the same, not because of anything else, but because there is also this knowledge in the memory of the original owner!
And what surprised Luo Qingyan the most was that here, these twelve divine beasts did not belong to the mythological story as Luo Qingyan knew in the knowledge of his previous life, but these twelve divine beasts were real! And they all have their meaning to exist!
"Why is Xuanwu here?" Xia Mochen was a little puzzled!
"It's its mission!" Youjia said this, obviously unwilling to continue to reveal, Luo said lightly and Xia Mochen didn't ask anymore when they saw this!
What Luo Qingyan learned about Xuanwu in his previous life was:
The four most terrifying and powerful beasts in ancient Chinese mythology are the Green Dragon, the White Tiger, the Vermilion Bird, and the Xuanwu Beast. Xuanwu is also known as Xuanming, the turtle and snake are combined, the god of water, living in the North Sea, the turtle has a long life, Xuanming has become a symbol of immortality, and the underworld is also in the north, so it is the god of the north. It is the god of the north that represents the seven houses of the north. And Xuanwu can be through the underworld to ask divination, so Xuanwu is different from the other three spirits, known as Xuantian God, "Zhenwu Emperor", is the god of Taoism.
And Xuanwu Xuanwu is a kind of spiritual creature composed of a turtle and a snake. The original meaning of Xuanwu is Xuanwu, and the ancient sounds of Wu and Shen are connected. 武, is the meaning of black; Yin means yin.