"Oh?" As soon as I heard this, I was a little surprised, and I looked at him with great interest and asked, "Then, tell me what that dragon is?" ”

"Well, you wait for me to think about how I should tell you, you kid, you know a little bit about the myths and legends of the past, right! Then, have you ever heard that in ancient times, there was a kind of dragon that appeared, and its name was Candle Jiuyin. ”

"Candle Nine Yin!?" As soon as these three words came out, I immediately understood what the old man meant, looked at him with a little surprise, and did not speak for a long time.

To be honest, I have an impression of this creature called Candle Nine Yin, because this thing is not only huge, but also quite powerful. What's even worse is that this thing is extremely high-level, it is said that it was an ancient god that existed at the beginning of chaos, and if you think about it, it may be earlier than Fuxi Nuwa.

In the legend, Candle Jiuyin is a giant dragon, when the real body is manifested, there is the form of a snake body and a human face, he holds the "fire spirit" in his mouth, and is clothed in colorful flames. The Great Wilderness Sutra records as follows: "Beyond the Northwest Sea, north of Chishui, there is Zhangwei Mountain. There is a god, the face of the human snake is naked, the eyes are straight, the eyes are obscure, and the sight is clear. No food, no sleep, wind and rain are admonishable. It is a candle nine yin, called a candle dragon. ”

There is also a record of "Overseas Classics": "The god of Zhongshan, whose name is candle yin, is regarded as day, sleep is night, blowing is winter, calling is summer, not drinking, not eating, not resting, and breathing is wind; Thousands of miles long, in the east of Wuxi, it is a thing, a human face, a snake body, red, and lives at the foot of Zhong Mountain. ”

Judging from these two accounts, the statements are generally the same, and it can be basically determined that the Candle Jiuyin in myths and legends is a monster with a human face and a snake body, which is very similar to the form of Fuxi Nuwa.

Moreover, its real body, with red skin, lives in the extreme cold of the north. Its own ability is great, as long as its eyes are opened, the dark night becomes day; As soon as its eyes closed, day turned back to night. When it blows, the clouds are thick, and the snow is heavy, and it becomes winter; Exhale and immediately the red sun is scorching, flowing gold and stones, and it becomes summer.

It's lazy, it's always crouching there, not eating, not drinking, not sleeping, not breathing. Because as long as it breathes, it becomes a long wind. Most people believe that its divine power is all in the flame in its mouth, and it is said that this thing is the essence of the fire, which is not only infinitely powerful but also can shine under the nine springs. When he is fine, this guy often emits candlelight in the gloomy gate of heaven in the north, so people call it "Candle Nine Yin".

Judging from these explanations, the old man's statement is somewhat credible, and the most basic thing is that from the contents of the murals relayed by Xia Yu, the dragon should have the following characteristics:

First of all, this thing has a very high seniority, at least it will not be later than Fuxi Nuwa's era, Candle Jiuyin is one of the first few creatures to be bred after Pangu opened the sky, and it is not a problem at all in terms of generation.

Secondly, judging from the content on the mural, this dragon should be a fire dragon, at least, it is a very powerful dragon that can control fire. Look at the legend of the candle nine yin, most of them are inseparable from the flame, especially in many places have been mentioned, saying that in the mouth of the candle nine yin, there is a flame, called "fire spirit", also called "the essence of fire", this thing is through the sky, can illuminate thousands of miles, and then contact the plot and content on the mural, I have to make people suspect that at the beginning, the flame that Nuwa Niangniang borrowed from the dragon has something to do with this thing.

Aside from this, there is another detail that is very interesting, I remember that in ancient China, in the masterpiece of gods and demons novels "Romance of the Gods", there is an old-timer with a very high seniority, this goods, called Lu Zhuan Daojun. It is said that his generation is extremely high, even above the master of Sanqing Daozu, Hongjun Ancestor, for this reason, someone once made a poem and said: "Hongjun Daozu is the first immortal, the disciple Pangu opened the sky at the beginning, first there was Pangu and then there was heaven, and Lu Zhudao Jun was still in front." "To set off his old credentials.

Although this statement can't help but be scrutinized, many of the characters in the book are also made up out of thin air, and even say that there is no record of this "Hongjun Daozu" in history, but I have to admit that it was mentioned in the book that Lu Zhuan Daojun is the embodiment of the "essence of leaving the fire", and aside from the special situation that the author intends to spoof, is it possible that there is really no entanglement between the "essence of separation from fire" of Lu Zhudaojun and the "essence of separation from fire" of the ancient dragon candle Jiuyin?

Okay, let's not talk about this, but also the third point, in addition to this fire spirit, Candle Jiuyin is also very consistent with the description on the mural in terms of body shape.

Because, the dragons in Chinese myths and legends are actually not particularly big, at least, not as big as Xia Yu described, and even those who know little about some allusions believe that the dragon is not a strong creature in itself, and in the teachings of Buddhism, there is a kind of golden-winged Dapeng, which specializes in dragons for food.

Actually, this is not wrong in itself, but it itself has committed a mistake of stealing the concept, the golden-winged Dapeng they are talking about, in fact, we said before, the brother of the Buddha's mother peacock, one of the protectors of the Buddhist family, and there is also a number one character in the eight tribes, its name is "Garuda", also called Golden-winged Garuda, this thing itself is a very awesome big bird, very brutal.

In the legend, this thing is indeed based on dragons as food, and he will not be willing to eat dozens of ordinary dragons alive by a dragon king a day. However, the "dragon" mentioned here is actually the "dragon" of India, which is fundamentally different from the "dragon" with flying scales and claws.

In fact, in the hierarchical order of Buddhism, their dragon and this Garuda are of the same level, but the two races have always had grievances. And the dragon they are talking about is actually a creature similar to "Naga", that is, the kind of thing in Warcraft that twists and twists a dung fork to move forward.

Legend has it that this kind of thing is poisonous, Garuda eats them too much, and will burn himself to death at the end of his life, and Garuda's food is very large, almost eating the entire dragon clan, and later several leaders of the dragon clan snot went to the Buddha to complain in front of the Buddha with snot and tears, and finally mixed a few robes that could avoid the attack to avoid the fate of the dead clan.

Of course, this is also a digression, we have time to talk about it again, say so much, just want to tell you that in the various myths and legends of the Chinese land, the dragon is always one of the top creatures, and this candle nine yin, I am afraid that in all kinds of dragons that are very awesome, they are also a first-class ruthless character.