Chapter 36: The Snake Tower
It turns out that her name is Xian'er, she is Xian'er, the pronunciation of Xian'er, not Xian'er. This name sounds so weird, she's obviously a ghost.
She knew what I was thinking, and this time she still looked at me with that very unhappy look, and said, "What the hell, what the hell, I think back then, I also had a chance to become an immortal, if it wasn't for your master's stepping, maybe I would really become an immortal now." Alas, your master is a good person, just nosy, you said that I cultivated in the mountains by myself, and I have never done bad things or eaten people, but he had to run to my territory to catch some drought, and I didn't know what he was going to do, and I thought he was here to catch me, and then I fought with him...... Alasβ"
As she spoke, Xian'er sighed and stopped talking.
I thought, why didn't there be, the fight started, and as a result, who won?
Xian'er looked at me more and more impatiently, but she still said, "Result? If you look at what I look like now, what do you think the result is? I was also blind at the time, and I knew that he was Chai Zongyuan, so I should have run away in the morning. β
In this way, Xian'er and my master should have a grudge, so why should she help me? Besides, why did she come to my house?
Xian'er said helplessly: "I heard that Chai Ye accepted such an apprentice as you, so I made a special trip to see you, but I didn't expect that as soon as I arrived at your house, I found that there was such a snake spirit hidden in your house, and I was unlucky enough." As for the grievances between me and your master, they have long been resolved...... Hey, I said you, when is this, why are you still thinking about it, I can tell you, I can't deal with that snake spirit, I can only temporarily block it when I used the fox fire just now, and now the fox fire is used up, in case it is caught, the two of us will die, it will be a death! You run fast for me! β
Why was it okay just now, she started to rush as she spoke. But hearing her say this, I also began to be scared in my heart, just now I saw that she could suppress the snake, I thought she was more powerful than the snake, but I didn't expect that she was also half a bottle of vinegar, and now the donkey skills are exhausted.
Xian'er muttered, "You're the donkey." After that, he didn't say anything more, just dragged me away.
I didn't expect that less than half a year after the corpse baby, I would run away like this again. But fortunately, there was no fog this time, and the direction could be distinguished.
Not far from our house, there was a bare hill, and in '97 there was an ancient pagoda on the mountain. Xian'er took me around the mountain, and from time to time I looked up at the tower on the mountain.
Although the mountain is small, I can't bear it after a few laps, and I can't stop panting. But Xian'er didn't mean to stop yet, so I stubbornly continued to run after her.
At that time, although I was still a little scared in my heart, I didn't have the same fear as last time, and I felt in my heart that the reason why Xian'er kept looking at the tower must have thought of a way to deal with the snake spirit.
I also knew very well in my heart that if it weren't for my oil bottle, it would be easy to get rid of the snake spirit at the speed of the fairy.
I don't know how long I ran, I felt my heart was about to explode, and my lungs were hot and painful, but Xian'er was still running, I looked back at the snake spirit, the distance between it and us was much closer than at the beginning.
"Up the hill!"
At this time, Xian'er suddenly shouted, took me around the corner, and ran straight towards the mountain.
On weekdays, I can see this mountain on my way to and from school, but I have never been to it before. So much so that before I went up the mountain, I thought that the road on the mountain was just an ordinary mountain road, and it didn't take much effort to climb up. But when I came to the foot of the mountain, I realized that there was a long, long stone staircase from the foot of the mountain to the tower.
The steps were clearly in disrepair, and I saw weeds and moss growing in the cracks of the stones, and some of the stone slabs were cracked entirely, revealing large patches of earth.
I know that from the day it was built, this tower was built to quell the resentment in the Infant River, so even if few people came, it has survived to this day. I also know that such a tower built in this location may be able to suppress the snake spirit.
Now the only hope seems to be this ancient tower on the top of the mountain. But I really don't have the strength anymore, if it was an ordinary mountain road, I gritted my teeth and might be able to finish it, but such a large section of broken stone steps, I can't go up even if I have the strength to feed, and I feel very tired even when I am panting.
Just as I was taking the first step, as soon as I lifted my foot, I felt a tingle in my thighs and calves at the same time.
Just as the tip of my nose was about to hit the stone steps, Xian'er suddenly reached out and grabbed me by the shoulder, lifted me up, and carried me on my shoulder, and ran towards the top of the mountain.
In fact, I have always felt that there are many incredible things in Xian'er, she is just a "soul" without a substance, but every time she pulls my wrist, I have a very real touch, and when her small body is carrying me at the moment, I can also clearly feel the softness and coolness coming from her shoulders.
Yes, it's cold, not cold, I remember the first time she grabbed my wrist, the yin qi in her body seeped into my internal organs from the skin on my arm, making my whole body feel a piercing chill. But now, the yang energy in my body has become more and more refined, and I can resist the erosion of this yin energy to a large extent.
But this kind of pure yang energy also made Xian'er under great pressure, and when she carried me, I saw that her figure became a little erratic, and it seemed that the yin energy on her body was being quickly consumed by my yang energy.
When I came to the gate of the ancient tower, Xian'er's body had become almost translucent, and she put me down and looked behind me nervously.
I followed her gaze behind me, and saw that the serpent spirit had also stopped, and it was coiled on the stone steps, looking gloomily at us, and its mouth was spitting letters.
Xian'er let out a long sigh of relief: "Huh, sure enough, this snake spirit should be the river god of the Infant River, and this tower still has a deterrent effect on it." β
Hearing her say this, I was also shocked. River God? Doesn't that mean that this snake turned out to be a fairy?
Xian'er glanced at me: "What kind of immortal is not immortal, it's just a big snake that is about to turn into a dragon." Alas, in fact, it is quite miserable, and it looks like it is about to turn into a Jiao, and I don't know who made it what it is now, and it doesn't even have its mind. Alright, don't bother, it won't stay long, get to the top of the tower! β
As she spoke, Xian'er rushed into the tower, and she ran so fast that she disappeared in the blink of an eye.
As soon as Xian'er walked like this, I stood outside the tower gate, facing such a snake spirit alone, looking at its eyes glowing with green light, my heart kept trembling, and I didn't dare to stay at all, and I followed in the footsteps of Xian'er into the tower.
As I entered the tower, I noticed that the morning star was rising above the eastern horizon, and it was almost dawn.
I have heard my master say that at twelve o'clock in the middle of the night, and every time night and day alternate, the yang energy between heaven and earth becomes very strong in a very short period of time.
At twelve o'clock in the evening, it is the yang energy that is derived from the yin energy, and this nascent yang energy will break free from the suppression of yin energy in an instant, and it will be very violent and very pure. At dawn, when night and day alternate, the aura between heaven and earth changes from yin to yang, and yang energy begins to dominate, and such an aura transformation will make yang energy become extremely thick for a period of time.
In addition, in the last few seconds of each day near 12 o'clock at noon, the yang energy is also extremely strong, and the yang energy at that time is overwhelming, almost completely eliminating the yin energy between heaven and earth.
These three kinds of yang qi are huge for ghosts, and if ghosts don't avoid these three yang qi in time, the yin qi on their bodies will be exhausted in an instant, so that their souls will be scattered.
That's why ghosts often choose to appear after 12 a.m. It is also the reason why whenever the rooster crows, the ghost has to find a way to hide.
In other words, Xian'er should have planned to use this heavy yang qi at the turn of night and day to completely destroy the snake spirit. But isn't she a ghost herself, so wouldn't Xian'er be also dangerous?
I was very puzzled in my heart, Xian'er and I are not related, and there seems to be some festivals between her and my master. But why did she take such a big risk to save me?
The ancient tower is only three floors, and the wooden staircase has deteriorated badly due to disrepair, so I can only hold on to the handrails of the staircase and climb up carefully.
My feet were already very sore, and every step on the steps was extremely heavy, and I listened to the steps as if they were screaming, and kept making "squeak" sounds, and my feet were shaking all the time, and the wooden steps also trembled with me, and from time to time there were streams of dust rising from the cracks in the old wood.
I was really worried that if I wasn't careful, I would break the wooden stairs.
Fortunately, the ancient tower is not too high, there are only five floors in total, and when I used all my strength to climb to the top floor, the wooden stairs did not break as expected.
Xian'er stood in front of an east-facing window, looking out.
I felt that I had no strength in my body, so I lay on the dusty ground, still holding the black gossip mirror in my arms.
Xian'er glanced back at me and asked, "What time is it?" β
I held out my two hands, shook my bare wrists, and told her I wasn't wearing a watch.
Xian'er glanced at me, looked at the gossip mirror in my arms and said, "I have to tell you something, don't wait for you to die, I don't know who hurt you." In your vein, in addition to Chai Ye, you also have a master, last time Chai Ye came back, I also heard Chai Ye say that there was a person named Luo Youfang in your family, this person may be your uncle's apprentice. β