Chapter Forty-Eight: The Three-Legged Golden Toad
Under the infusion of countless heaven and earth aura, this phantom became bigger and bigger, and when it reached five zhang, it no longer became larger, but tended to condense, and the terrifying spiritual pressure made the people below unable to raise their heads.
At this moment, everyone below was shocked. It's just a poem, how could there be such a big movement, and after the phantom became solid, everyone finally saw its face clearly.
It was a huge beast similar to a toad, with jade-like skin, only three legs, and huge eyes that made this beast seem to come to life.
"Three-legged golden toad?!"
As soon as the strange beast appeared, Master Cen cried out in a lost voice.
"Master Cen, what is the three-legged golden toad?" asked a disciple beside him, not only this disciple, but everyone around him showed an interested look.
"The three-legged golden toad is a famous mythical beast in the mythological era, but the number is extremely rare. It is rumored that the three-legged golden toad has a magical power, which can swallow the aura of heaven and earth or other spiritual substances, and these spiritual energy or spiritual substances will automatically condense into a kind of crystal in the belly of the three-legged golden toad, which is called a divine crystal by monks. ”
According to sporadic records, this kind of divine crystal can even allow some low-level monks to break through several realms without any side effects, and it is also a great gain for high-level monks, so the three-legged golden toad is also known as the lucky toad. ”
"Although I know that this three-legged golden toad has this effect, there are almost no people who dare to pay attention to it. Legend has it that the three-legged golden toad lives on the seashore, sleeps all the year round, once it wakes up, it must open its mouth to swallow all the living creatures within a radius of hundreds of miles, almost no living creatures can escape, and when the three-legged golden toad finishes eating, it will continue to sleep in another place. ”
"Although no one dares to provoke the three-legged golden toad, the corpse of the dead three-legged golden toad also has a similar effect, if there is a corpse of a three-legged golden toad, it will definitely cause a bloody storm, but the three-legged golden toad rarely leaves a corpse ......"
After listening to Master Cen's explanation, even the Seventh Prince was interested, and then asked, "Then why does one of this person's poems lead to the vision of the three-legged golden toad?"
"The so-called three feet above the head of the gods, the three-legged golden toad may no longer exist in the world, but their will and spirit imprint is still there, I have heard that the sages write poems and lyrics can always lead to some existence in the underworld, but I have never seen it, so it has always been regarded as vain, I didn't think that today I saw it with my own eyes, the ancients did not deceive me!"
"Yes, the first two sentences of this poem 'sitting alone in the pond like a tiger, raising the spirit under the green shade tree' actually compared a little frog to a tiger, and as the finishing touch, the second half of the sentence 'I don't speak first in spring, which insect dares to make a sound' raises the whole poem to a higher level, a king's domineering spirit came to the face, so that the frog's "king of ten thousand insects" image jumped on the paper, but invisibly it also fitted the status of the three-legged golden toad as a divine beast, so it is, so ...... it" In the end, Master Cen didn't know whether he was answering the words of the Seventh Prince, or talking to himself, muttering alone.
Lin Hu's poem "Yong Frog, naturally not written by himself, the original author is Lin Hu's poetry of the Taizu of the Dynasty when he was a teenager, which profoundly shows his lofty ambitions and broad mind in his youth, which is full of imperial thoughts, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is an imperial poem.
Naturally, even the scholars are not the kind of nerds who "don't listen to things outside the window, and only read the books of sages".
As soon as Lin Hu's "Song of the Frog" was written, it won the praise of everyone including Master Cen, and the Seven Princes just wanted to say something to Lin Hu, when the "three-legged golden toad" above Lin Hu's head moved.
The "three-legged golden toad" passed through Lin Hu with boundless aura, and landed on the "Yong Frog" on the bookcase, and the rolling waves of "splashing" made the people around him unable to open their eyes.
It seems that a long time has passed, and it seems to be a moment, when the people around me saw it clearly, they saw that the "three-legged golden toad" had long disappeared.
And Lin Hu in situ is still in that action, that posture, but it makes people feel indescribably strange.
Lin Hu looked at the "Yong Frog" in front of him in a daze, only to see that the original white paper had turned jade-colored, but there was a strange touch in his hand, some like some kind of animal skin, cold and cold.
What made Lin Hu want to laugh the most was that in the lower right corner of this piece of paper, there was also a pattern of a strange beast that Lin Hu had seen just now, a three-legged frog. Because the pattern is not big, the appearance is very cute, and it has a bit of a cartoon picture.
Lin Hu looked at the "Song Frog" in his hand, and then handed the poem to Master Cen.
After Master Cen took it, he looked at it again and again, and didn't make any comments, for a long time, he sighed, and said quietly: "This kind of poetry that can lead to visions is no longer something I can evaluate, just this one, luck, and other reasons, it is enough to prove that Gongzi is a talented person, the original head of the family said that we have a treasure in Haoran Mansion, in my opinion, you are the treasure!"
said, regardless of the surprised eyes of the people around him, he returned "Yong Frog" to Lin Hu. Tell them to take good care of it and not to lose it, as it may be of some unexpected use in the future.
Then, Master Cen signaled the assessment to continue, and asked those candidates who had not yet written it to write the poem quickly, otherwise when the time came, they would all be treated as giving up.
At this moment, those who have not written poems are in a hurry, because the Seven Emperors Lin Hu and the two have written two "good poems" in a row, and if the next one cannot reach a certain level, they may be ridiculed.
Several Wu Confucian students who had not yet written poems were originally quite anxious, but now, I don't know what psychology it is, but they are not in a hurry, they take a step forward, say "I abstain", and stand aside very shamefully, waiting for the next martial arts test.
In the field, only some Wen Rusheng were still jumping in a hurry, because Wen Rusheng had no chance behind him, and if he gave up, he would really not be able to pass the assessment.
At this point in the assessment, the written test is nearing the end, and the Seventh Prince unconsciously shook to Lin Hu's side: "Lin Gongzi, can you give me the poem just now, no matter what the price, as long as you open it!"
Lin Hu smiled slightly, and after putting "Yong Frog" into the storage ring, he said slowly: "I'm sorry, I like this poem myself, I'm afraid I can't satisfy Your Excellency." ”
This time, the Seventh Prince was a little surprised, after knowing his identity, few people would dare to reject him so directly, could it be that he really had some origins?
Seeing that Lin Hu walked to the other side after replying to his words, a glimmer of light flashed in the eyes of the Seven Princes that no one could tell, and then said faintly: "Luo San, you can go back later, you don't have to follow me anymore......"
Among the several people surrounding the Seven Princes, one of them turned paler, lowered his head, and stammered, "Yes...... Yes, Seven Princes!"
This Luo San is the person who scolded Lin Hu when he wrote the poem, and this scene was just a small episode.
Not long after, after the last Confucian scholar wrote a mediocre poem about the frog, the written test finally came to an end.