Chapter 30: The Green Dragon's Promise
The Divine Bird of the Divine Bird obviously does not know and does not want to fly to where we wish to fly to, it has its own purpose, and the next situation, we can only resign ourselves to fate! The Divine Bird did not circle, almost the closest route flew all the way to the fork of the triangular pillar, where there was a stone nest, or a platform. From here, the columns of the www.biquge.info Pavilion split into three strands and topped up with a pyramid-like dome, which is about the same height from the top of the pyramid to the lower third of the ground. The cross-section of the stone pillar below is the size of a county seat, and the three strands that branch out above divide the area below. The incredibly large mountain-like supporting stone pillars still look a little thin from a distance in such a vast space, but now we feel so small on top of it, this platform is not in a forked nest, which is covered with thick moss, and if we step on it, we don't know how deep it will sink. The platform is a rock the size of a house protruding from the pillar to the south in the center direction. As soon as the big bird reached the platform, he looked back at me, and I slid down the feathers under its wings to meet Li Mingren under its belly. The big bird ignored our presence and lay on the platform like a hen guarding our chicks, hiding us in its wings!
I asked Li Ming, "Did this big bird lose its cub and make us two comfort me?"
Li: "Don't pull it, put your knife away, Suzaku is not protecting the two of us, but the dust beads in my pocket!"
Me: "So what now? Don't you feel hot?"
Lee: "There's no way, it's safest to stay honest now." ”
Me: "Safe? Did you take refuge in this cave? Do you think if I stabbed it in the stomach with a knife and it would fly away?"
Li: "Don't, if you mess with it and swallow us up, we'll be completely killed." ”
Me: "Then I can use a knife to make a hole in it, and that's how the Buddha came out of the belly of the green peacock when he was a lotus seed." The Buddha also admitted that the green peacock was his mother, and it was considered a caesarean section!"
We were just gossiping, guessing how long we would stay here if we continued like this. The hen didn't mean to move or leave at all, the two of us were too hot in the morning, the sweat on our bodies soaked through our clothes, and we drank water several times, and the smell of urine on Li Ming's body had not yet dissipated and he was anxious. I said, "Are you overindulgent and hurt your kidneys, why do you keep peeing?"
Li: "Actually, it's not that you're not in a hurry, it's just that you don't feel it." "As I said, the current situation is better to be resolved as soon as possible, and we decided to climb out slowly first. As soon as we showed up, the hen looked back at us, although we didn't peck at us, but we didn't know the bottom of our minds, and looked at the surroundings and felt that it was wise to stay honestly. At a height of more than 1,000 meters above the ground, this platform is only more than 20 square meters, and there is no parachute on us for a long time, and Li Ming is already trembling in his legs when he sees it. Besides, once you leave the platform, the rocks below are covered with moss, and they are so slippery that you don't know how thick they are, and you can't climb them at all. There is no hope for the upward movement, only waiting for the big bird mother to fly with us somewhere.
At this time, the big bird stretched its neck and tilted its right eye downward, as if staring at something. We looked there, and there really was a dragon! Actually, it looked more like an extremely thin lizard, so thin that its bones were exposed, except that it had a few horns on its head, and a sparse mane on its back, and it looked wet, and the individual did not look as big as this bird, and it climbed up on the rocks below us, and it didn't look like it could fly. Two other birds were waiting for an opportunity to attack the dragon, as if they didn't want it to climb up. "Phoenix?" Li Ming exclaimed, "It turns out that there really is a phoenix! and a green dragon!"
Me: "What did you say? The two birds that attacked the dragon were phoenixes?"
What did the dragon seem to be coming up for? Could it be that it was also for the dust bead in Li Ming's pocket? Although the dragon was furious from being disturbed by the two birds, he still climbed up without hesitation, and saw that it was getting closer and closer. "You can't stay here for a long time, let's hurry up and slip away!" Li Ming couldn't hold back a little. The two of us slid down more than ten meters from the direction of the chicken's butt against the moss on the stone wall, and the bird didn't seem to care, not knowing what it meant, probably hoping that we would take the beads away, and it stared intently at the green and dirty dragon that climbed up below. We went down to the bifurcation of the column, which divided into three cracks, one to the east and the other to the northwest, and the cracks were full of moss and the stones were slippery. I don't know how deep and thick the moss in the crevices is, so the two of us snorted and fell into it, but fortunately, the moss was very loose, like an enlarged sponge that was breathable and permeable. It was more than ten meters into it, and finally I stepped on the slippery rock. We couldn't see each other a few meters away, but we were breathing smoothly when I heard him shouting to me, "Hey, brother, where's we?"
Me: "Here!" I touched in his direction, and in a few moments I touched someone, but it was only his shoulder, and he was crawling diagonally!"Let's hurry away and avoid this falling position!" "We climbed again and again, and our feet were deep and shallow, and I didn't know which direction, sometimes we had to climb up the rocks under the moss, and sometimes we couldn't reach the bottom with one foot. In this way, the two of us walked more than 100 meters under the moss, and it took more than an hour. Listening to the sound of the fight above, it was far and near, but it was always extremely intense, and the two of us lurked quietly, under the cover of dense lichen plants, and watched the changes.
In this way, they each found a comfortable position and put themselves in a comfortable position and stayed all the time, anyway, it was very lively outside, and we couldn't pay attention to the small actions in such a hidden place, so we simply took out food and water to replenish our strength with the smell of moss rotting. My body was half-lying in the moss, and after a moment I fell asleep again. I was bored, watching Li Ming find a place to pee again, and then lay down without stopping, I slowly left my body and floated up. The situation of the fighting between the divine beasts has changed greatly, and now it is the green dragon that occupies the position where the divine bird once lay on its nest, and the three birds are flying back and forth to attack the dragon in turn, and the dragon is nervously defending, and there is no chance to relax for a moment.
I approached the dragon from the rock to get a look, and I couldn't help but be startled by the approach. It turned out that the dragon made me feel that it was not a dragon beast, but a human soul! The soul occupied the dragon's body and controlled the dragon. At this time, the human soul had already felt me, "Hmm? Liu Bo! How did you get here?" I was shocked again, this impression was clearly that Li Ming's master, Cao Daochang, Qinghe Zhenren!
Me: "Ahh······hh
"Don't ask me about me, why are you here, what are you doing here?" he ducked his head and dodged one of Suzaku's air raids.
Me: "I'm just going to see if there is any good way to cure my illness! Although I am not very polite to you Maoshan, I hope you can understand!" "How can I let this old Taoist know about me and Li Ming going on a treasure hunt together? If he knew that Li Ming was also here, I don't know if he would be furious, anyway, there would be no good fruit, so it was better not to let him know! Even if he found Li Ming, he could only tell him that Li Ming was also here for me. I couldn't read the expressions of the dragon and the ghost, and I couldn't guess what was going on in his heart. "Huh······ How can I help you?"
Cao: "I just discovered the spiritual path of the dust bead, it should be around here now, do you know where it is? Hurry up and find it for me!"
I tried to pretend to be confused: "What pig? What does it look like? Can that pig help you?"
The old man was furious: "You stupid tomb robber, you don't even know the dust beads! It's a big ball of eggs and jade, with a pattern like an eye! Go and help me find it!" The two phoenixes pounced down, and their claws almost caught the dragon beast, and the dragon head turned over fiercely, and the phoenix fluttered and flew away, and the dragon beast itself almost fell out of the chicken nest, and grabbed and climbed up again. I had no choice but to pretend to float around for a while and return to my body. The body was still asleep, so I had to stand up and call Li Ming, this kid didn't sleep, listening nervously.
I said in a low voice, "Hey, your master is here!" Li Ming glanced at me, but ignored me, he thought I was talking in my sleep!"Li Ming! I'm calling you, your master Cao Qinghe is also here!"
Li Ming understood: "What? How do you know?
Me: "I still need to ask! I left the soul to see you, you are a second goods! It's his soul, controlling the green dragon, looking for the bead in your pocket, let me find it for him!"
Li Ming looked stunned: "Ah! really fake?"
Me: "Figured it out, what the hell should I do?"
Li: "Oh! It turns out that this is the purpose of the copper coin that he asked you for, and he has left his soul to come here! He can come in at any time, so why should he leave his soul? Is it because he wants to live forever? Yes! That's right!"
Me: "What does that have to do with the beads?"
Li: "Now I can only guess that the dragon is lustful and evil, so my Dao Ancestor used so many divine beasts to suppress the dragon nature, so that the dragon is so weak." He wants to use this Yang bead to make the dragon strong! Can he borrow the dragon's body to live forever? But it's not him Cao Qinghe who lives forever!"
Me: "Don't be verbose, what the hell should I do?"
He thought for a moment and said, "You just said that you didn't find it for the time being, and you are trying to understand his words to see what he wants to do!"
Me: "Okay!" I lowered my body and floated around the moss a few times, returning to the rock next to the drake, and it seemed that the attack of the three divine birds had weakened a little. "Dao Chief, I didn't find it, maybe I don't know it. But what do you want that thing for?"
Cao: "I'm tired of earthly things, but even if I devote myself to cultivating, it will be difficult for me to achieve great success. Now in the twilight of life, if there is still a wish, it is only hope to be able to get one step closer. Thank you for the copper coin, which can give me time to realize the Tao and what attachment there is to the skin of the body. ”
Me: "Huh? Are you going to borrow this dragon body? How long can you control it? Are you really willing to be here with these beasts?"
Cao: "What are you doing here? Can you guarantee that you won't be trapped and get out? How many unknowns there are in the world, not to mention that the avenue is invisible, who can know!"
Me: "You are a good old man, you must be able to know that this soul is not the right way, even if you have gains, is it worth suffering from the thousands of years of exile?"
Cao: "Okay, whether it's right or wrong, it's here now, just do it and watch it." If this dragon is solidified and returned to its origin, how can this Huayang Cave lock up a real dragon? At that time, I will travel to the sky to know the heavens, what is not worth it? Hahaha······"
I had an idea: "By the way, Dao Chief, this time it was actually your beloved disciple Li Ming who took me into the cave, you won't punish him for revealing the immortal secret, right?"
Cao: "Now that the affairs of the world have nothing to do with me, what do I care about that disciple? As long as I take this dragon, even if you demolish this Huayang Cave, what will I do!"
Me: "Oh! You see through the red dust so much that it is difficult for us laymen to see Xiang Bei, then I have a reluctant request, if you can help me and Li Ming reach the cave in the southeast, I will definitely help you find that bead, what do you think?"
Cao: "Hahaha, I knew that you must have some plan, isn't it just for the treasure of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom! Any insignificant thing in this Huayang Cave is much more valuable than those yellow and white things, and this bad disciple of Qingming has a very high level of understanding but does not concentrate on cultivation, covets the little bit of lust in the world, and gives up the Great Dao. It's no wonder that the Great Dao is invisible, and not everyone can understand it! Okay, if you help me find the dust bead, I will hump you two to the southeast cave entrance, and the treasure is yours!"
Me: "Thank you, Chief!" and I quickly floated around the rock a few times back into my body. "It's negotiated!" My body was still asleep, but Li Ming didn't care anymore, and asked in surprise: "What?"
I said, "I told him, as long as we give him the beads, he will take us to the southeast cave!"
Li Ming: "Ah! really! But is he really so generous? He won't break his word, right?"
I said, "I don't think so, he's the one who sees through the red dust!"
Li Ming: "Okay, then we'll believe him this time!"
Me: "Then you wait here, I'll call him to come to us." ”
I floated away to the dragon again and said, "Li Ming has found your beads, come and get them with me!" The green dragon was about to come with me, but the three birds surrounded it, and there was another fierce fight, and I couldn't help but take a look. During the fight, the green dragon rolled off the platform and fell into the moss, and the three birds fluttered, sending the moss flying all over the sky. In the end, the green dragon was submerged in the moss and disappeared, and the birds flew around to watch and refused to stop! I finally determined the location of the green dragon, returned to my body and woke up, called Li Ming to gently remove the moss, and moved in the direction of the green dragon with difficulty.
Thinking that the location of Qinglong should not be so difficult to find, but it is really quite difficult to find. Li Ming and I trekked deep and shallow foot by foot in the wet and slimy moss, and fell into the seemingly bottomless rock crevice several times, almost drowned in the slime, and then sank more than ten meters deep again, and suddenly felt that what we stepped on was not a slippery rock, and when I reached down with my hand, it was the green dragon stuck in the stone crevice!
I can't talk to him without leaving my soul, and I don't know if the old way is still on Qinglong, so we are busy cleaning up enough to see the dragon head clearly and try to wake it up. The green dragon was scarred as if he was dead, and his eyes were closed silently.
I said, "Even if this green dragon dies, the soul of the Dao Master should be able to control it."
Li Ming: "Don't worry about it, put the beads in its mouth first, and see if you can save him!" After that, he took out the dust beads. I got a little worried, "Wait, I'm thinking about it!"
Li Ming: "What are you thinking about? What if it's too late?"
Me: "Even if the dragon dies, the corpse should be able to be controlled by the Taoist." But what if it survives and eats us instead of helping us?"
Li Ming: "Will my master eat me?"
I also felt a little overly worried, so I didn't speak. Li Ming broke the dragon's mouth open and stuffed the dust bead into it, but the green dragon remained motionless.