Text Volume 2_Chapter 76 The Battle of Qilin Fire (3)
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When Tao Xiaozhi returned to the cottage, he told the soul about it, but did not mention the poetry.
Tao Xiaozhi said: "Who is he?"
"He's a god-like figure!" Soul Breaker clearly hasn't come out of his surprise yet, "he's known as the Doomsday Prophet - Shame!"
"Prophet?" Tao Xiaozhi was obviously surprised by such a term.
"He is proficient in astronomy, proficient in divination, and can see through many heavenly opportunitiesγγγγγγγ He has made many prophecies, some of them are true, some of them are nonsenseγγγγγγγ The believers call him a god, the unbeliever a madman, and the skeptical like you - with an idiot's smile on your face!"
Tao Xiaozhi said: "What prophecies did he have?"
Soul Breaker smiled: "There are not many predictions in his life, there are those that have been confirmed and those that have yet to happen, and those that have been confirmed are wrong and right, I don't know which part you want to hear?"
Tao Xiaozhi smiled: "Those are more famous!"
Soul Breaking said: "He actually said that he would become a demon emperor in the future when he was not famous, and when will the war between the Demon Domain and the Holy Spirit Source break out, and the eruption of several volcanoesγγγγγγγγγ Of course, there are some pure, such as the year before last (he predicted a long time ago) that the heavens would burst into a big hole, and then an unknown fierce beast would pour in, and its power would be enough to destroy the entire demon worldγγγγγγγγγ And what hasn't happened yet, he didn't have many predictions, the most famous one is about the end of the world: the Black Sea submarine volcanic complex will erupt in a few years, causing earthquakes and tsunamis that are locally devastating, but more importantly, these volcanic eruptions will carry out a large group of invincible sea monsters the size of a mountain sleeping in the depths of the ocean (the legendary beast is even more terrible than the Cerberus, its fire is enough to destroy the entire town, and the poisonous gas it exhales will spread like air!), and then our world will be on the verge of destruction!"
It turned out that the poem that he was gradually ashamed of Tao Xiaozhi was really a prophecy! The prophecy of this prophecy still needs to be slowly scrutinized and comprehended!
Soul Breaker said, "What is he looking for you to do?"
"He didn't come to look for me," Tao Xiaozhi smiled bitterly, "He was just passing by, and then saved my life by the wayγγγγγγγγ β
"Didn't you say anything else?"
"Noγγγγγγγ β
What is Tao Xiaozhi hiding from what is he trying to hide? Why didn't he dare to mention that poem? Did he already understand the meaning of that poem? What did his savior not say? What was he running away from? Just like when he broke his soul and insisted that Mad Fei and Tao Du were the same person, the same feeling appeared, what was he afraid of? Does he believe or not believe this prophecy?
He felt more and more that many things were not accidental: dreams, fangs, unicorn fire, fire unicorns, unicorn knights, falling into the demon realm, and prophetic poemsγγγγγγγγγ These things are woven like threads, getting denser and denser, and then they become a piece of cloth, and the pattern on the cloth gradually becomes clearγγγγγγγγ
The Nightmare Flame strikes
The beast roared wildly
Demons smear the living beings
Justice is passionate
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This poem sounded in his mind over and over again, provoking his nerves and giving him a headache! Is the "strange dream" the dream? Could the "divine beast" be it? Who is the "evil demon" and "heavenly tooth"? Is the "knight" the knight? The "boy" can't be me, right? What is the matter with the "king"? Is this a mission?
There are so many headaches in this poem, I can't figure it out, I can't stop it, his truth about "can't figure it out" is now invalid, and he is almost to the point of collapse!
"If he tells you something, you don't have to tell me. "You just need to remember it, experience it, even change it, and then see if it's real!"
Tao Xiaozhi said: "He did tell me something, but I don't want it to be true. β
"A bad omen?"
"I don't know, I don't want to know!" Tao Xiaozhi said, "I don't belong to this world!"
In other words, the prophetic poem has nothing to do with him!
"Don't worry too much about itβyoung man!" Soul Breaker patted Tao Xiaozhi on the shoulder and smiled, "Maybe that old man is just a madman!"
Although he felt that it was disrespectful to gradually ashamed, Tao Xiaozhi still "hoped so".
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Tao Xiaozhi stayed in Lingyun Mountain for a few days, but he didn't encounter gradual shame again, and his body was almost recovered, so he went down the mountain.
First of all, he had to pay tribute to those who had died in the Battle of the Dashing Forest, who had given so much for him and several of his prisoners that half of his life was owed to them. Their funeral had been held more than ten days earlier, but there were many people present on this day, and there was no shortage of weeping, and they shed not tears of sorrow, but pride! He did not cry at the grave, but everyone could see how sad he was, and this sadness almost kept him from speaking for days.
They spent a few days in the Dashing Forest, helping him repair his house, planting trees, etc., and the Dashing Grove would soon come out of the shadow of war and regain its former vigor.
Then, what they face is parting. Shaking his chin wants to return to the Huang Clan Villa, which has not returned for ten years - seeing the mess after the battle of the dashing forest, it makes him think of the Huang Clan Villa after being washed in blood, and of course, the night tooth that caused this result, this hatred he will remember all his life, which is why he has not been tortured to death in prison for ten years! Although he is old, as long as he has a breath left, he will come back, and his jaw is no longer bleeding. And with him was the one-eared dragon: now he had only one ear and one hand. He was still alone, without any concern, and without hatred in his heart. When shaking his chin and begging him to go with him, he didn't hesitate to agree. He was not sad about the loss of an arm, whether he could change again was no longer a matter of concern to him, in fact, Jean was still indifferent to anything, not even himself.
And Tao Xiaozhi and them also had to say goodbye to the people of the chic forest, although the latter tried his best to keep them. The first thing they had to do was to go to Fat Sheep Mountain and retrieve the sword. Then, they have to find their way back to the world, or in the process of hardship, they will have to meet those who have fallen into the Shadowless Lake. What if they can't find that way? If they can't find it, what are they going to do? Thinking too far will only bring endless troubles, and he can only take one step at a time.
And Tao Xiaozhi will be much easier to go to Fat Sheep Mountain this time, not only because there are two more brothers with Amu Iron Bucket around him, but they can also ride an all-round dragon. These all-powerful dragons were subjugated by a certain dragon taming master in the dashing forest, and they were not as fierce and proud as other all-powerful dragons, and they became a good third-line vehicle for water, land and air (the all-powerful dragon is a three-way animal)! This made Amu excited for most of the day! But they still didn't know the way to Feiyang Mountain, even if there was a map, it was easy to get lost in the barren mountains and mountains, and they needed a guide. And a pine elf said he could give them a ride, which was undoubtedly good news for them. If nothing else, they can reach Fat Sheep Mountain in half a day!
Tao Xiaozhi's trip to Fat Sheep Mountain has been delayed for three months, which was originally planned for more than ten days. Because there are too many things happening in this journey, and they have caused a lot of trouble, and most importantly, they are already the focus of the Demon Dynasty! It's just that due to the impact of the "Evil Saint (Demon Domain and Holy Spirit Source)" war, such a trivial matter as chasing fugitives may have been overlooked, but it is not that there are no dangers, and there are still many dangers waiting for them.
"Why do animals speak human language?"
On the way to Fat Sheep Mountain, the iron bucket said to the little squirrel.
The little squirrel is trying to bite open a walnut, and the bucket is trying to snatch its kernel after it is opened, so it is not in a hurry to open it, and its vigilance is still relatively high. It wiped its ears and said, "I'm an animal elf, so of course I can talk!"
In general, elves are all talkative and may speak multiple languages.
The bucket still stared at the walnuts in its hand, and spat out, "But why don't you wear clothes? I think you look more cute when you wear clothesγγγγγγγγ β
"Can't you see?" said the little squirrel, holding his stomach out, "we have a beautiful and warm fur, isn't it better than those who are unexpected?"
The iron bucket was obviously absent-minded, nodded, wiped his saliva again, and said, "How did you bite into such a hard walnut?"
That's the point!
The little squirrel said: "Because I have sharp teeth~~~"
The bucket scratched his head and said, "But I don't see any difference between your teeth and mineβyours are not made of gold!"
"Actually, it's pretty much the same, except γγγγγγγγ The little squirrel smiled wickedly (just didn't let the bucket see it) and said, "It's not worth enough, we squirrels eat walnuts in a very different wayγγγγγγγ β
"What's the difference?"
"The angle is different, that is, the fulcrum of the upper and lower rows of teeth is differentγγγγγγγ It may be too general to say thatγγγγγγγγ With a click, it bit down on a walnut and threw it in its mouth, laughing, "Look, how simpleγγγγγγγ Actually, you can do it too!"
"With my axe?" said the bucket with a wry smile.
"Your teeth, of course!" said the little squirrel, confidently.
"Can I bite it open?"
"I'll teach you!"
Of course, the bucket didn't want to learn this method, but the nuts inside were too tempting for himγγγγγγγγγ So, he said yes.
The little squirrel gave her a walnut and put it between the upper and lower front teeth, telling him to bite it with all his might, but he couldn't break it!
"Isn't there a fulcrumγγγγγγ My teeth are shatteringγγγγγγγγ β
The little squirrel snickered and said, "Bite the walnut and don't let go, the fulcrum is rightγγγγγγγγγγ It just takes a little bit of impactγγγγγγγ β
"What to do?"
The little squirrel touched his chin and said, "I'll teach you a simple method: hold the top of your head with your left hand, and suddenly hit your chin with your right palm, which will bring a strong impactγγγγγγγγγγ β
"Is that okay?"
"Okay, trust me, elves don't lie!"
So the right palm of the bucket slammed outγγγγγγγγγ With a crisp "click", the walnut flew out intact, but one of his front teeth also flew outγγγγγγγγ
The little squirrel couldn't stop laughing anymore, and Amu and Tao Xiaozhi were also very happy!
"I'm going to roast your dead squirrel and eat it!" said the Iron Bucket was furious, almost terrifying the all-powerful dragon he was riding!
And the little squirrel jumped from the almighty dragon in the iron bucket to Tao Xiaozhi's one, and then jumped to the one in front of Amu, and said with a grimace: "If you catch me, let's talk about it!"
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After this fight, I have arrived at Fat Sheep Mountain unconsciously.
Fat Sheep Mountain has more than a dozen rolling hills, which look a bit like a sheep's back from a distance, but the origin of this name is not because of this reason, but because the grass here is high-quality, lush and delicious, which can fatten sheep. Therefore, many nomadic sheep herders like to shepherd sheep here (of course, there are fixed shepherds nearby, but there are a few, and who wants to live in this barren mountain for a long time), and the old man is of course one of them.
When they arrived, it was dusk, and there were very few sheep to be seen, and most of the shepherds had driven the sheep back to the sheepfold, and put dogs outside the pen, because at night, there were so many wolves hereβbecause there were so many sheep in the mountains!
There is a huge fat sheep mountain, and if you want to go around it, it is estimated that it will take a day or two to run, so it seems a bit blind to walk in such a place and place by place, and it is a problem whether he is here or not.
They would do well to ask the shepherds nearby.
At first, the shepherds avoided them from a distance, because they had three all-powerful dragons behind them, and they would eat the sheep, and they were a little relieved to know that the dragon's back was tied to the tree.
There were several yurts at the head of the hill, where shepherds drove the sheep into the fold on horseback and whips, and a few dogs barked fiercely nearby, and the sheep quickly squeezed in.
"Do you know where the old man is forgetful?" Tao Xiaozhi asked, a burly middle-aged man, with a beard and simplicity, and a particularly red nose, which looked like the result of long-term alcohol - in fact, he also had a water bladder hanging around his waist, which contained half a bag of wine!
The red-nosed shepherd said: "He hasn't been to Fat Sheep Mountain for half a month, and it is estimated that even he has forgotten the place of Fat Sheep Mountainγγγγγγγγ β
"What?" Tao Xiaozhi didn't quite understand the meaning of the second half of his sentence.
"Don't you know?" said the red-nosed shepherd, "he is a man who is very forgetful, and suffers from what seems to be some kind of acquired memory labyrinth, and in any case he often forgets this and that, and sometimes even his own nameγγγγγγγγ However, there is one more thing he will never forget - first love!"
What Tao Xiaozhi is worried about is that the old man who forgets his love may have forgotten to take the sword, and he has forgotten to come to Fat Sheep Mountain, so what should he do?
The red-nosed shepherd continued: "It is said that it was because of this affair that he was so devastated that his brain was damaged, and when he got this disease, he claimed to be forgetfulγγγγγγγ That was a long time agoγγγγγγγγγγγ β
"Do you know where he lives?"
"He was a nomad and had no fixed dwelling, so he went to this place where he could feed his sheepγγγγγγγ β
This is the same as Tao Xiaozhi thought: although the matter is very simple, the process is very tortuous, and accidents often occurγγγγγγ
"Do you have anything to do with him?" the shepherd continued.
Tao Xiaozhi said with a smile: "We are his distant relatives - he is my brother-in-law, which is better than us coming to him, one is to introduce him to some mutton dealers (including goat milk and other side industries), and the second is - it is also important - to find a doctor to treat his illnessγγγγγγγγ β
"Why didn't I hear him say that he had a nephewγγγγγγγγγ β
"You know," Tao Xiaozhi pointed to his head, "he's hereγγγγγγ So, it's normal to forget about usγγγγγγ β
The shepherd expressed his understanding and said with a smile: "Once, when I asked him to drink, he actually forgot who I was, why did he rob him of wineγγγγγγγγ β
Tao Xiaozhi arched his hand and said: "His old man often does some stupid things and causes trouble for everyone, so I'll say I'm sorry on his behalf!"
"Not really," laughed the shepherd, "but he is still quite an interesting old man, and we are all his friends, for he has one advantage that many people cannot do, that is, he is forgetful, and of course hatred does not remember! Therefore, he still has many friends, and whether he can remember it is another matterγγγγγγ It's just that we're all friends!"
"What should you do if you can't find him?" said another old shepherd, smiling.
It's getting late and they need to find a place to stay, but they don't know how to plan it.
"Join us Shepherds' Campfire Ball, tonight!"
The red-nosed shepherd patted Tao Xiaozhi on the shoulder and said.
The old shepherd smiled and said, "There are a lot of beautiful women who attend, oh, the gathering of people near Fat Sheep Mountainγγγγγγγ β
"Is there anything to eat there?" the bucket wiped his saliva and thought in reverie.
"Yes, there are a lot of roast lamb, goat's milk and wineγγγγγγγγγ β