Chapter 44: The Fruit of Eternal Life (12)
Seeing that Zixu didn't move, Ah Nian persuaded him, "Zixu Daoist, let's go!"
Zi Xuan was silent, and he still didn't move like a bell, no matter how hard Ah Nian pulled him, he didn't get up.
Ah Nian also knelt down again, held his hand and persuaded again, "Zixu Daoist, don't force it, it's very difficult for you to make the real person in charge like this!"
Zixu was still unmoved.
Ah Nian was also very helpless in his heart. Zixu's persistence was for her, and it was wrong for her to persuade him to give up, so Ah Nian finally stopped saying more and persuaded more, and knelt with him in the same upright.
Time passed slowly, Ah Nian didn't know how much time had passed, his back was a little tired, but his knees didn't hurt much, I don't know if it was because the ground was not dirt but water. The old man never opened his eyes again, nor did he move, as if he had turned into a stone.
Ah Nian glanced at Zixu, his forehead and back were still straight, his expression was resolute, and he was determined not to give up if he could not do anything.
What can she do? Ah Nian didn't have to think about it at all, she could only continue to accompany her.
Ah Nian finally knew the time, because the Gu poison on her body was wrong, and she used to have every attack at midnight.
The moment the pain hit, Ah Nian could no longer kneel upright, and her body fell forward, but before she could touch the water, one arm had already crossed over and hugged her.
"Miss Ah Nian, I'm here. As he spoke, Zixu softened his back, changed to a kneeling position, and hugged Ah Nian into his arms as usual......
In the past, Ah Nian always curled herself up into a ball and hugged herself tightly with both hands to resist the pain, never willing to touch Zixu, lest she couldn't bear the pain and scratch him, but this time her body couldn't stand the pain and curled up, but her hands hugged Zixu's arm, trembling and her teeth bumped and sounded, "Zixu...... Dao Chief, the last ...... time...... I don't want to...... Stay, I want to ...... Look outside...... of the world. ”
"Get the medicine, let's go!" Zixu tightened his brows, but not because Ah Nian scratched his arm, but because he felt sorry for the person in his arms, "Ah Nian girl, don't think nonsense, don't talk," he stroked Ah Nian's back, his expression was almost cold and resolute.
Ah Nian was so painful that she couldn't open her eyes at this time, so she couldn't see Zixu's expression, and she could hear his words vaguely, but she inexplicably understood that his decision would not change.
Ah Nian gave up again, let go of Zixu's arm, hugged himself as usual, and struggled to resist the painful torture......
An hour later, Ah Nian was finally relieved from the pain, but at the same time, he fainted and fell asleep, his arm naturally drooped, his wrist sank into the water, and the bright yellow amber lit up slightly in his sleep......
Suddenly, a fresh breeze blew from nowhere, and layers of thin waves rose on the calm mirror-like water surface, and a distant and vague sound came, followed by a second sound after a short break......
The old man suddenly opened his eyes and stood up, his long white beard and white clothes were swaying lightly in the wind, and his eyes were as sharp as cold stars at this moment, and he didn't see the fog he had when he faced Zixu and Ah Nian before.
Zixu listened intently, confirming that the sound was coming from the water below, and the sound was getting closer and closer, and it was getting clearer and louder, like the humming of some animal......
The wind was only the first one, and soon ceased, but the surface of the water became more and more turbulent, and the thin waves were stacked into obvious large waves, and a series of bubbles gurgled as if they were boiling, but Zixu, who knelt on it, was sure that the water was as warm as before, and not hot.
"The real person in charge, I feel that something is coming under this water, right?" Zixu stood up with Ah Nian in his arms, and looked down at the waves under his feet, "What's down here?"
"This underwater...... There are dragons. The old man smiled slightly.
"Dragon?" Zixu was not particularly surprised, but felt a little expected, the voice ...... It turned out to be a dragon chant.
The old man continued, "The ancestors of Penglai have words, Lingxu Cave, Xuanji Hide, the storm rises, and the green dragon comes out. However, since the establishment of the Penglai faction, no one has ever seen Qinglong. ”
"Penglai has been building a faction for a long time, right?"
"It's been more than 9,000 years. ”
That's really a long time! Zixu sighed in his heart, and suddenly a big wave split his head and covered his face, Zixu was beaten to a soaked body, and at the same time, a blue light flew out of the water, and the volley turned into a huge green dragon, the green dragon soared wantonly in the starry sky, and finally coiled his body, looked down with his head, and stared at the old man and Zixu with blazing eyes.
The old man bowed respectfully and said, "The fourth head of Penglai, Qing Ming, has seen the Qinglong Venerable. ”
Qinglong looked the head up and down, and then looked away, "No need to be polite!" After the head stood up straight, Qinglong then asked, "Who woke up the deity?"
The head of Qingming replied, "It should be these two juniors." ”
Long Mu stared at Zixu, "Boy, what's your name?"
"In the lower sub-void. "Zixu saw the dragon for the first time, but he was not afraid, but found it interesting.
Qinglong shook his head slightly, and then stared at Zixu again, "It's a bit like." ”
"Like what?" Zixu asked.
"Like an old man. ”
Zixu couldn't help laughing, and said a little self-deprecatingly, "I'm already like a lot of people's old friends, I guess I'm too passerby!"
The green dragon approached suddenly, and Zixu was so frightened that he took two steps back and almost fell backwards.
"Useless boy!" Qinglong snorted lightly and retreated.
Zixu said indignantly, "Brother Qinglong, you suddenly come in with such a big head, how can I not be afraid?" Zixu was fearless and fearless to Qinglong, listening to Qinglong's deep and low voice, like a young man, he regarded it as his own generation, and he didn't think that this Qinglong should be very old at all.
Qinglong snorted disdainfully, and asked again, "You woke up the deity?"
Zixu said calmly, "I don't know." ”
Qinglong Long's eyes drooped slightly, as if he was confused, "I can clearly smell that person's breath." ”
"Who is that person?" Zixu looked at Qing Ming, who shook his head lightly to show that he was also puzzled.
Qinglong snorted, "It's someone you can't even compare to a toe!"
"I'm not going to compare with him. Zixu said with a smile, seeing that Qinglong seemed to be angry, he hurriedly said, "Brother Qinglong, you said that you smelled the breath of that person, there are just a few of us here, do you want to pay attention to the news?"
Zixu looked at the head of Qingming again, and Qingming immediately shook his head, "I have been here for more than two thousand years, if it were my breath, the Qinglong Venerable would have woken up a long time ago." ”
Before Zixu could think elsewhere, Qinglong had already said first, "I just got close to smell you, and your breath is not his." ”
So it didn't come over to scare him before! Zixu couldn't help but glance at Qinglong more, and then secretly pondered again-it wasn't for him and the master, then there was still ...... here
"Could that be Miss Ah Nian?" Zixu looked down at the person who was still asleep in his arms.
"It's not a woman!" Qinglong snorted with some anger, "And the deity doesn't like this woman, definitely not her." ”
"Ah Nian girl doesn't need you to like it!" Zi Xuan was slightly annoyed, but quickly calmed down again, "If it's neither, is it because Brother Qinglong you smelled it wrong?"
"Impossible!"
"Maybe you had a dream while you were sleeping. Zi imagined that it had slept for more than 9,000 years without showing up, and maybe he had slept in a daze.
"There's no way the deity is mistaken!" Qinglong was visibly annoyed.
Zixu inexplicably remembered that this dragon was quite old, and the older people were, the more stubborn they became, and the dragon had to be stubborn according to his age, so he was too lazy to persuade thanklessly, and exhaled lightly, "You insist that you are not mistaken, then you can find out the person you think is by yourself!"
Zixu's back was a little tired, and at this time, he stood with Ah Nian in his arms for a while, and when he saw that the water was as calm as ever, Zixu sat down on the spot without thinking......
"Wait!" ...... on her wrist" The dragon's eyes shrank sharply, staring at Zixu's arms.
"What?" Zixu didn't understand for a while.
"Something the woman had on her wrist. ”
Zixu pulled Ah Nian's wrist with amber hanging and shook it, and Amber shook it around, "This?"
"Not bad!"
"Are you saying there's something wrong with this necklace?"
Qinglong nodded.
After pondering for a while, Zixu took the amber from Ah Nian's hand, took it in his hand and handed it out......
Qinglong leaned his head towards Amber and sniffed, "It's his breath." It glanced at Ah Nian on the ground, slightly puzzled, "Where did she get this thing?"
Zixu smiled, "I sent it." ”
"Where did you get that?"
Zixu was stunned for a moment when asked, and then he recalled seriously, "It seems to be ...... It looks like I picked it up. ”
"Where did you pick it up?"
Zixu smiled awkwardly, "I...... I don't remember exactly. ”
Qinglong's eyes were almost bulging, and "...... you" was speechless.
"This looks like a very ordinary piece of amber!" Zixu argued, "I'm a mortal, and I don't see any difference." ”
Qinglong let out a series of gurgling sounds with some annoyance, and Zixu said again, "Brother Qinglong, don't be angry, I'm really sorry for letting you wake up after misunderstanding, but you can't blame me for this!"
Qinglong snorted again, then lowered his eyelids and was silent for a while, and then spoke, "Boy, after thinking about it, I think you must have an indissoluble bond with him—your appearance is a little similar to him, and you just happened to pick up this piece of amber with his breath, and now you have used this piece of amber to wake me up by chance." ”
Hearing Qinglong say this, Zixu couldn't help but be curious, "Who is he?"
"His name is also Zixu. ”
Zixu had a very peculiar complex emotion, "I thought I was the only one who used such a strange name!"
"In any case, you have a relationship with him and me, and with this fate, the deity can help you with one thing. Qinglong asked quite solemnly, "Boy, do you have any wishes?"
Zixu was a little dizzy by this complete surprise, "Can you really help me with something?"
The head of the sect furrowed his brows, but opened his mouth slightly and closed it again, without speaking.
"The deity has always been true to his word!"
"I want the most holy medicine. ”
Qing Ming lowered his eyes in anticipation, sighed lightly, and remained silent.
"Holy Medicine?" Qinglong seemed confused.
"The fruit of the tree of eternal life. Zixu patiently explained.
"What is the Tree of Eternal Life?"
"You don't know what the Tree of Eternal Life is?" Zixu was surprised.
Qing Ming said softly, "Under Penglai, at the bottom of the East China Sea, there is a divine tree ......."
"That?" said the green dragon, "who gave it the name The Tree of Eternal Life, and the half-dead tree was called the Tree of Eternal Life?"
Zi was anxious in his heart, and didn't want to hear too much from him, so he said, "It doesn't matter what it's called, anyway, I want it to bear the fruit that can save people." ”
"If you want to take it, it's good!" Qinglong was very generous.
Qing Ming lowered his eyes and spoke again respectfully, "Penglai's ancestors have set a rule, the Holy Medicine cannot be used by non-saints, so Penglai cannot hand over the Holy Medicine to this little Taoist. ”
"You Penglai have your Penglai rules, I can't let you change it, and I don't plan to let you Penglai change it. Qinglong was silent for a moment, then asked, "So...... The fruit on the tree can't be considered your Penglai, right?"
"On the tree?" Qing Ming said in surprise, "It's not yet two thousand years, and the fruit of eternal life should not be ripe!"
"It didn't take 2,000 years for that tree to blossom and bear fruit. ”
The head of Qingming was shocked again.
"That tree never grows leaves, blooms for a thousand years, bears fruit in a hundred days, and then the fruit will ripen in a hundred years, but since the beginning of the fruit, the vicinity of the tree is very dangerous, even if the deity itself is here, it will be very safe, but every two thousand years will be very safe, Penglai is picked during this period every time. Qinglong stared at Zixu and said, "Boy, you want the fruit of that tree, you can." The tree is there anyway, and if you can get it, the fruit is yours. Do you dare?"
"I dare!" Zixu didn't hesitate and hugged Ah Nian tighter.
"Okay, then you can go!"
Qinglong's words fell, and before Zixu could react, he suddenly sank into the water and kept falling......