Chapter 3, Section 42 Vigil
On the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, the lanterns are displayed everywhere in Luoyang City, there are huge lantern wheels, lamp trees, lamp posts on the Luoshui River, and the city is full of fire trees and silver flowers, which is very prosperous and lively. There is a poem as proof:
The lights turn to China for thousands of years, and the fireworks and candles show joy.
The trees are full of colorful pearls, and the sky never sleeps.
The weather is cold and difficult to lock the new spring, and the stove is warm and suitable for cooking white jade pills.
Duobao glaze hangs high, leaving the bright moon and night.
Chengshan was not in the mood at all, he had taken a bath several times, but he always felt that there was a strange smell lingering on his body, and he had been following him like a ghost. Chengshan's mood has been completely disrupted, and his temper has become more and more irritable, and he will be furious at the slightest disappointment, almost provoking Shao Hui, if it wasn't for Gongsun Yu to stop it in time, the two of them would definitely fight.
Shao Hui saw that Chengshan had something in his heart, so he didn't care about him, and as soon as he saw the treasure in his hand, he was very happy and excited, he realized his wish, became a real spirit collector, and had a full set of treasures, he could act without looking at other people's eyes, and now he has enough right to speak.
"Where are you going to go tonight?" Shao Hui looked at Gongsun Yu.
"Go to the northern suburbs of Luoyang. Gongsun Yu thought about it and said.
The northern suburb of Luoyang is Pishan. Bishan is a low hilly area, with gentle terrain and high and empty. The mountain range winds in Luoyang, Mengjin, Yanshi three realms, its "back to the mountain and the river", the terrain is open, the soil layer is deep, the adhesion is good, solid and dense, suitable for the construction of tombs. At the latest, since the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, Bishan has become an ideal resting place for dignitaries and nobles, and is the ideal place for the ancients to sleep after death, and the custom of advocating burial has gradually formed for more than 2,000 years. There is a saying that "born in Suzhou and Hangzhou, died and buried in the north", so there are many ancient tombs on the mountain, and over time, the mounds stand in a forest, the pines and cypresses are lush, the tombstones are towering, the stone carvings are grouped, and there is "no place for lying cows".
Tao Yuanming Shiyun of the Jin Dynasty: "Once you are 100 years old, you will return to the north." ”
Tang dynasty Wang Jianshiyun: "There is little idle soil on the north mountain, and it is full of old tombs of Luoyang people. There are many old tombs in old tombs, and there is no place to buy gold piles. ”
There are more than 20 tombs of the emperors of the Eastern Zhou Dynasty, the Eastern Han Dynasty, the Cao Wei Dynasty, the Western Jin Dynasty, the Northern Wei Dynasty and the Later Tang Dynasty and their accompanying tombs on the mountain, which are staggered and adjacent, often dozens of meters high, hundreds of meters in circumference, stand like a small mountain, go through all the vicissitudes of life, still do not lose domineering.
Gongsun Yu and the three of them successfully found a flat land and fell, observed left and right, and chose a place with a wide field of vision and no obstacles to prepare to meet the enemy. Shao Hui began to fiddle with his magic weapons, kept asking Gongsun Yu questions, and occasionally tried his hand at it, and was excited. He was glowing pale blue, exactly like the other two.
Chengshan sat alone and sulked with his head down, as if he had nowhere to vent his annoyance, and occasionally looked up to the sky and sighed.
At the second watch, there was silence all around, only a bright moon in the sky swaying with silver-white light. Suddenly, two small red dots appeared in the distance, as if someone was carrying two flaming red lanterns, but the two lanterns moved very fast, and they were in front of them in an instant.
Shao Hui fixed his eyes and was surprised, this was a huge black python, the whole body was pitch black without any variegation, and its two eyes were like huge red lanterns, emitting red light. From time to time, it spits snake letters, and seems to be salivating over the delicious food in front of it.
"Be careful!" Shao Hui shouted, and was the first to stand up.
"Hit a snake and hit seven inches, is that so?" he was very excited, ready to show off his skills.
"That's right, it's a Dark Soul Beast. Gongsun Yu nodded. "It will spew venom, be careful to dodge!"
"Don't worry, look at me!" Shao Hui looked full of energy, he held the Zhigusheng Flower Pen in his right hand and the Tongjin Xuansi Inkstone in his left hand, shaking his head to attract the attention of the Dark Soul Beast.
The Soul Beast seemed to accept his provocation, and also saw that he was a novice, straightened up and prepared to attack, Gongsun Yu and Chengshan quietly flashed to the side, looking for an opportunity to sneak attack.
Shao Hui was too excited, he kept jumping up and down, shouting, making Chengshan, who was originally angry, smile bitterly.
"What a guy who doesn't know the sky. Cheng Shan muttered, he saw the opportunity to jump, holding the Zhigusheng Flower Pen in his hand, aiming at the back of the Dark Soul Beast and hitting it.
The dark soul beast seemed to have been on guard, and the snake's head suddenly turned, spewing out a stream of venom at the rushing Chengshan.
"Be careful!" shouted Gongsun Yu.
Chengshan saw that the situation was not good, turned around and flew to the ancient mound next to him, dodging the venom attack, only to see that after the dark green fluorescent venom fell to the ground, it made a sizzling sound, corroding the weeds on the ground.
Shao Hui stuck out his tongue in fright. "That's amazing!"
Gongsun Yu raised his hand and shot out the Xuansi inkstone in his hand, hitting the back of the dark soul beast, only to see its body twist violently a few times, as if it had been hit by the vital point, and after squirting a mouthful of venom at Gongsun Yu, it fled.
"It's not difficult!" Shao Hui felt that it was very easy for the three of them to deal with this monster.
"Childish. Chengshan muttered.
Shao Hui didn't pay attention to him, and continued to sit down against the ancient mound, occasionally chatting with Gongsun Yu. Gongsun Yu always looked at the huge tombs around him vigilantly, and he knew that there was another monster eyeing them.
Sure enough, a huge white figure appeared on the grave opposite, it was still the stupid and cute Xuanhan Demon, and now it was the cold season, so winter was the world of Xuanhan Demon.
Shao Hui was very curious when he saw a huge white bear running over. "And such a stupid and cute youkai?"
Chengshan didn't speak, he sacrificed the nebula purple flame lamp, the purple-red light covered them in the middle, the Xuanhan demon roared a few times, and the ice storm hit the lampshade but there was no response, so it squatted next to it and didn't leave, quietly guarding the three people.
"Idle is idle, why don't you go out and catch him and have fun?" Shao Hui is really too playful, and he dares to tease with anything.
"You go and try it!" Seongsan glanced at him, a look of contempt in his eyes.
"Don't mess around!" Gongsun Yu immediately stopped. "Didn't you hear his roar, the sound was frozen everywhere it went, just because you still wanted to hit it, and it was strange if it wasn't frozen into a popsicle and eaten!"
Shao Hui made a grimace, I didn't expect the Xuan Han Demon to be so powerful?
"There's no way to clean him up?"
"Let's talk about it when you have the requiem of Hirayama. Gongsun Yu said lightly, if it weren't for Chengshan borrowing the Nebula Purple Flame Lamp, he really didn't know how to complete this tribulation, he didn't want to do much now, as long as he could ensure that the three of them were safe and sound, it would be a victory.
As a result, the two opposing sides were at a stalemate. Shao Hui would sometimes be upset, and occasionally he would stand up and walk a few steps, and the Xuan Han Demon would immediately look at him vigilantly, thinking that he could get out of this lampshade. But Shao Hui seems to be very naughty, when he walks to the edge, he will make a grimace at the Xuan Han Demon, and the angry Xuan Han Demon occasionally yells a few times, but there is nothing to be done.
And just like that, nothing happened all night.
Before waiting for the east to turn white, Xuan Han Demon felt that it was really boring, so he walked away.
Chengshan put away the nebula purple flame lamp and patted the snowflakes on his body.
"Alright, let's go back. Without waiting for Gongsun Yu and Shao Hui to respond, he strode towards the direction of Luoyang, Chengshan was still very bored in his heart, and seemed to have anger that could not be released, wanting to calm down in this ice and snow, and not wanting to fly back to Luoyang immediately.
And after going back, he may meet the two Zhang brothers, which is the last person he wants to see now.
He suddenly felt a little strange, turned his head and looked, a few ploughing cattle came slowly from the side, how could there be ploughing cattle at this time, could it be that whose cattle came out to run around?
Faced with such a group of domestic animals, Chengshan didn't care and continued to walk forward. However, suddenly a yellow bull ran out of the herd, bowed his head and rushed to the top of the mountain!
Chengshan was taken aback, but because the distance was too close, he didn't have any defense, so he heard a "bang", and the bull hit his waist fiercely, knocking Chengshan into the air, and fell heavily more than ten meters away!
"Be careful!" Gongsun Yu felt wrong just now, looking at this group of cultivating cattle was a little strange, but he didn't expect that this monster would suddenly attack Chengshan and actually knock him away!
He didn't care much, jumped up from the ground, and went straight to the lovesick beast, he had to block its attack again, otherwise Chengshan would have to worry about his life.
It happened so suddenly, Shao Hui was also startled, and what was even more surprising was that this lovesick beast became bigger and bigger, like a small mountain in front of him, he exuded a golden light all over his body, and a pair of copper bell-like bull's eyes were staring at Chengshan, and his nose was steaming.
Chengshan, who had been knocked to the ground, sat on the ground with his hands on his waist in pain, and now he seemed to have no power to fight back, and he was at a loss.
Shao Hui saw Gongsun Yu attacking the Acacia Beast, so he hurriedly ran over and helped Chengshan up.
"How's it going?" asked Shao Hui with concern.
"It's fine. Thanks to the jade bracelet for self-defense!" Chengshan raised his left hand, and the Youling white jade bracelet on his wrist instantly shattered, turning into green smoke and drifting away with the wind.
"If it weren't for the white jade bracelet, you would be dead!Don't sulk next time!" Shao Hui was complaining about Chengshan.
"You go and help Gongsun Yu, he doesn't have a bracelet, in case he is attacked, it will be dangerous. Chengshan patted Shaohui on the shoulder. "You also have to be careful, the death hole of this lovesick beast is the pair of horns, as long as the Xuansi Yan can hit it, he will definitely be injured, and now there is not much time, it will be dawn soon, and it will not fight. ”
"Understood!" Shao Hui nodded, "Fathers and sons go into battle, and brothers in battle", at the critical moment, they still trust each other.
Shao Hui gently put Chengshan aside and stood up, smiling at the Acacia Beast. "Just let me clean up your temper tantrum!"