Chapter Seventy-Seven: Demons
Legend has it that during the Zhenguan period, the Tang Dynasty was prosperous, and Li Shimin, Taizong of the Tang Dynasty, in order to make the Li family immortal, secretly ordered Yuan Tiangang to look for the dragon vein everywhere and cut it.
And I remember that in "Journey to the West", there was a record of Yuan Shoucheng and the Dragon King of Jinghe betting on rainfall. Later, in order to win the gamble, the dragon king changed the time and number of rainfall points without permission, violating the rules of heaven, and died because of it.
According to folk rumors, Yuan Shoucheng is Yuan Tiangang's uncle.
Now that I think about it, is Wu Chengen, the author of "Journey to the West", based on the story created by Yuan Tiangang and slaying the dragon vein?
Suddenly, a loud roar interrupted my reverie.
I saw that in the big river next to me, something seemed to be enraged again, and the whole river was boiling, like boiling water, bubbling and bubbling, and there were bursts of whistling sounds, coming from the bottom of the river.
Since ancient times, the dragon vein has been a symbol of the emperor, and it is said that each dragon vein is guarded by a divine beast to prevent destruction.
How did you get a monster in this water?
The water on the surface of the river began to sink, a whirlpool formed in the middle, the drums sounded again, and the workers in the quarry scattered again to the heights.
At this time, we were very close to the quarry, but this time the drumming was different from the previous one, not only did it not stop, but it was beating louder and louder, and there was no intention of stopping.
Could something big happen?
At this time, some workers had already climbed to our side along the way, and as they continued to climb up, they muttered: The monster is coming out.
Senior Brother Hong hurriedly stopped one and wanted to ask, but the man looked frightened, shook off Senior Brother Hong's hand, and continued to climb up.
Does that mean we're not in a safe position right now?
Before I thought about it, I saw that on the surface of the river, like a tsunami, it set off a huge wave dozens of meters high, like a wild beast, rushing forward.
On the altar, the Taoist priest held a magic sword and chanted a spell loudly, his aura was like a crystal ball, protecting it, but he was trampled under the feet of the flood beast.
The beast of the flood continued to move forward, coming towards us, and everywhere it went, it withered and decayed, and the mountain wall next to it began to collapse.
It's not safe for us here, Brother Hong yelled, and we climbed up as hard as we could.
At this point, the flood water poured into the woods and uprooted the trees.
Looking at the flood situation, even if we climbed up as fast as we could, we still couldn't avoid the waves.
Do you have to be swept away by this flood again?
At this time, Senior Brother Hong's eyes were sharp, and he saw a big tree next to him and motioned to us.
Fortunately, all five of us are cultivators, we have a good foundation, and we have all practiced the art of lightening the body, and by the time the flood came, we had already climbed into the middle of the trees.
The flood was raging, and we clung to the trunks of the trees, feeling the trees shake as they were hit by the floodwaters.
But no one dared to let go, and it was really unpredictable to go into the flood.
I looked around, many workers were screaming, swept away by the flood, and some of them were submerged in the muddy water, and they never came back up.
Finally, the drumming stopped, the flood water slowly receded, and the big tree we were holding was also tilted by the wash, and some of its roots were exposed.
At this time, the survivors hiding in the trees on the top of the mountain and around the mountain came down one after another, and prepared to continue to the quarry.
I looked around, and the quarry was already a mess, and the red stone was still exposed, but it seemed that the wound had healed, and no more red blood was shed.
And on the mountains on both sides, there are corpses everywhere, and even on the low trees, there are corpses hanging on them, like the Shura Dojo, purgatory on earth.
Senior Brother Hong hurriedly stopped a person next to him and asked what was going on.
It was a middle-aged man in the prime of life, sighed and said: "Since last year, this weather has been like this, every day is misty and rainy, we people, originally made a living from farming, this is without the sun, how can we grow crops." Officials of the state government also reported the matter to the Holy Lord. Fortunately, the Holy One not only exempted us from servitude, but also sent a national teacher to inspect the reasons here. Later, the national teacher Yuan Tiangang came here, looked at the clouds, and found that there was a dragon vein, but because there were monsters in this river, they could swallow the clouds and spit out the fog, and the anger contaminated the dragon vein. It was originally Ruixiang's dragon vein, but it became an unlucky dragon, which caused it to rain continuously, and now it can only be eradicated. If you break this dragon vein, you will naturally be able to see the light of day again. After finding out the reason, the government also mobilized us, and we all came to assist the national teacher to eradicate the dragon vein as soon as possible, but the monsters in this river continued to cause trouble, and we were even more killed and injured, and more serious things happened before. In order for our descendants to continue and survive, we can only risk our lives and continue to cut the dragon vein. ”
After saying that, he went down again.
At this time, I saw that on the altar, the Taoist priest seemed to be exhausted and sat on the ground.
He should be Yuan Tiangang.
Senior Brother Hong motioned for us to continue walking, but Xiaolin and they refused, so the three of them stayed on it, and I went down the mountain with Senior Brother Hong, ready to go to the altar to see if we could find a way to crack the illusion.
As soon as we arrived at the altar, we saw that some soldiers had received some orders from the altar, and they ran to the quarry, shouting loudly: "The evil is about to appear, and everyone will return to the mountain, and they will not hear the drums, and they will not be allowed to go down the mountain."
As soon as we came down, they let us go up again, back and forth, when can we get out?
Senior Brother Hong raised his eyebrows in the direction of the altar, meaning that we should continue to walk that way.
I saw that on the altar, there were flags inserted, and there were dozens of soldiers standing below, wearing different armor, which should be different in the division of labor, such as transmitting messages, beating drums, and guarding. In the middle of the altar, there is a magic sword, which should be the one held by Yuan Tiangang: the Water Dividing Town Earth Sword.
It is rumored that the ancient immortals were able to move mountains and divide water.
This sword is probably left by an immortal.
And this is just a legend, I haven't seen it in reality, Su Xuanke's seven-star dragon yuan can only be called an ancient divine weapon, and this sword should be a magic sword.
Yuan Tiangang seemed to be really tired, slumped on the ground, and kept panting. Senior Brother Hong and I slowly walked to the altar, and the guards next to us saw it, hurriedly stopped it with a halberd, and shouted: "The altar is heavy, don't trespass, quickly return to the mountain to avoid chaos." ”
Senior Brother Hong and I were about to turn back, but we saw that Yuan Tiangang was looking at us, his face was full of surprise, and he smiled: "You are finally here." He stood up as he spoke.
The direction he was speaking in happened to be me, did he predict that we would come?
However, this is the illusion set up by Li Qingfeng, and it is not Yuan Tiangang's.
Then Yuan Tiangang actually looked at me and said, "Qingfeng, come and help me." ”
Qingfeng?
He did look at me and said, did he recognize the wrong person?
With doubts, I turned to Senior Brother Hong, only to see that he was also looking at me with wide eyes.
I touched my face and there was a slight beard.
Could it be that I have really become Li Qingfeng now?
At this time, Yuan Tiangang looked at the sword in my hand and said, "You have already brought the sword of King Qin, so it should be easier for us to deal with this demon." ”
I understand, it turns out that the Qin King Sword left by the previous illusion was used in this illusion. And the person holding the sword of King Qin, in this illusion, was set up as Li Qingfeng himself.
However, I still felt inexplicable, and I was tired of coming in, and I couldn't think about it at this time, because I saw Yuan Tiangang turn his head again and look at the river, where there were countless whirlpools, and a misty miasma slowly emanated from the middle.
What the hell is in this river?
Yuan Tiangang patted me on the shoulder and said, "Don't be stunned, let's start acting." The demon is about to appear. ”
I saw that the fog in the river was getting more and more and thicker, and gradually began to spread around.
Yuan Tiangang looked back at the quarry, where the workers had all been transferred to the mountain, and then ordered the soldiers who remained here and said, "Get ready." ”
A soldier shouted, and there was a military camp under the altar, and dozens of soldiers with naked bodies and tattoos walked up to the altar, took off the flags, and wrapped them around their bodies.
At this time, the fog on the surface of the river has spread to the surrounding area, and we are also stuck in the fog, and our vision is getting worse and worse.
Yuan Tiangang once again took the magic sword in his hand, looked at me and said, "Wait for the battle, I can't be separated, you have to protect yourself." ”
Suddenly there was a loud roar, and I saw that in the thick fog of the river, a huge shadow appeared.
The fog was too thick to see, but it felt like a hill, and there seemed to be two lighthouses on the top of the mountain, which should be the eyes of monsters, and the light was like a searchlight, focusing on the altar.
Demons, now in the world.