Chapter 18: The Fear of the Unknown
The dragon swims in the sea of stars, its sound is like a copper plate, desolate and ancient, with a great power that penetrates people's hearts.
Akamatsu Hiroshi was in an indescribable shock, he raised his head, and as far as his eyes could see, he could barely fully encompass the dragon's massive body.
Even hundreds of millions of miles away, the whiskers fluttering around the dragon's mouth looked several times thicker than his body.
Under the dragon's jaw was a pearl that was larger, brighter, and more dazzling than a star, and a special scale of the kind could be faintly seen under its throat, which grew upside down, completely different from all the other dragon scales in shape and color.
"This is the legendary true dragon that can be visible and hidden, can be huge and thin, and can be short and long?! How is this possible?"
The strong shock completely destroyed Akamatsu Hiroshi's cognition, and plunged his soul into unknown fear: "How can a true dragon exist in a bronze mirror?"
At first, Akamatsu Hiroshi did not suspect that he had fallen into some kind of artificially created hallucination, he suspected that the starry sky, nebula, and dragon he saw in front of him were not real, but only illusions that appeared with the help of some kind of enchantment formation.
However, when the sound of a dragon groan that pierced his soul came, instantly cleansing away all the impurities in his soul and making his soul go through a baptism, he knew that whether it was this incredibly vast starry sky, or this dragon groan that was enough to distort time and space and tear the void, it was all real!
This also means that the divine beast in front of him with a head like a camel, horns like a deer, eyes like a rabbit, ears like a cow, neck like a snake, a belly like a mirage, scales like a carp, claws like an eagle, and a palm like a tiger is also true.
When this was confirmed, Akamatsu did not find relief, but fell into greater fear.
He was sure that there was no such thing as a dragon in the world, and the dragon was just a totem assembled and assembled from ancient Chinese times.
In addition to the Chinese mainland, only the surrounding countries such as Yingzhou, Siam, Annam, Chenla, Luzon, and Piguo that are deeply influenced by Chinese culture have the legend of the dragon.
Although Western countries also call the winged lizard a "dragon", it is essentially the same thing as the Chinese "dragon".
Why is there a real dragon here?
Why is there a real dragon sealed in the modern handicrafts of this antique bronze mirror?
Facing such a true dragon that spanned the galaxy and stepped on the sun and moon, Akamatsu Hiroshi felt that he was so humble, so humble that his whole soul trembled.
- The self-esteem that has been so carefully ground that even the slightest breeze can make it tremble.
As an S-level ninja elder of the Shadow Shogunate, his true combat power is still above the sixth-order Great Onmyoji, Akamatsu Hiroshi originally thought that he was already the top master on the four islands of Yingzhou, even if he was not as good as the young hall master of the "Hook Xuan Pavilion", it must not be far behind, but who knows......
Who knew that the two sides were not on the same order of magnitude at all!
Akamatsu Hiroshi felt that not to mention the gap between the two, even if he wanted to compete with one of them, it seemed so ignorant and ridiculous!
- Because the top master in the world is no longer enough to describe Tang Zeqian, he is clearly a god walking in the world!
Just as he turned this thought in his heart, the giant dragon seemed to have a sense, the dragon scales trembled and wanted to fly, and the dragon's eyes were like electricity, blooming with dazzling golden light, which pierced directly into Akamatsu Hong's eyes.
In the midst of the fright, Akamatsu Hiroshi only felt that a surging energy fluctuation slowly escaped from the depths of his soul, and his spiritual power rose sharply, and he actually completely repaired and perfected the crack caused by the previous "second personality consciousness" in one fell swoop.
"No wonder the pavilion owner said before that this bronze mirror has the effect of gathering gods and souls, and the magic effect that evil spirits cannot invade, it is most suitable for people like me who have unstable souls......"
However, the dazzling golden light in the dragon's eyes did not last long, and it suddenly disappeared.
"Ang ......"
The giant dragon that crossed the galaxy raised its head and let out a burst of dragon groans, and a strong dragon power swept in, and all the planets encountered on the way turned into powder......
When Akamatsu Hiroshi was frightened, the picture of the destruction of the world and the collapse of the universe in front of him suddenly disappeared cleanly, as if it had never appeared.
His spirit exited the bronze mirror and returned to the real world.
There seemed to be no change in the real world, and Tang Zeqian still maintained the smile when he handed him the bronze mirror, as if time was still stuck in that second just now.
However, Akamatsu knew that everything he had just experienced was true—especially after his gaze glanced at the mirror of the bronze mirror.
From the reflection of the mirror, he saw that his originally smart eyes suddenly became much sharper, filled with a faint cold glow, and the most important thing was that in the depths of his pupils, there was a subtle dragon shape slowly swimming and looming......
Akamatsu Hiroshi turned his head, looked at the flawless smile on Tang Zeqian's face, and made a decision in his heart.
He took a deep breath and said respectfully, "Thank you, Your Excellency, for the gift!"
As he spoke, he took out a token from his bosom, put it on the table, and said, "This token is a return gift, if you have something to do in the world, but it is inconvenient for you to come forward, you can send this token to Nijo Castle, and hand over those mundane things to them, which will definitely satisfy you......"
Tang Zeqian couldn't help but be surprised when he heard this, and was a little confused: What do you mean, as soon as the token comes out, you will command the heroes? But now it is a society under the rule of law, and it is not a fantasy martial arts world, how can there be so many routines for walking the rivers and lakes?
He only thought that the old brother Akamatsu Hiroshi was joking, and he didn't take it seriously, and joked casually: "Since that's the case, then I'll take it! It's not too early today, so you should go back and rest early......
If you don't leave, you'll be sick again in a minute! Who's going to be the one then?
Akamatsu Hiroshi nodded and said, "I took the liberty to come to the door today, I really disturbed a lot, and I hope your Excellency will forgive me!"
With that, he got up and left.
When he walked out of the door of the "Hook Xuan Pavilion" and felt the slightly cool air outside after the middle of the night, he shivered slightly. He couldn't help but glance back at the gilt plaque hidden in the night of the "Hook Xuan Pavilion", and thought in his heart.
Originally, he came to track down the whereabouts of the egg lost by the "Blood Shadow Mandrill", but he didn't expect to encounter so many things unexpectedly, and saw a god walking in the world, and also expelled the hidden danger of "second personality consciousness" in his body......
The "egg" is definitely not coming back!
With this great god hidden in the mortal world in Kyoto, even if the "egg" hatches, it is impossible to cause too much movement, and all his plans in the previous half a year have now been shattered!
However, he didn't feel frustrated, because judging from the current situation, His Excellency the Pavilion Master who was hiding here didn't seem to have any prejudice against himself and the Shadow Shogunate, otherwise he wouldn't have helped him expel the "second personality consciousness" in his body, let alone give him a priceless "Tai Chi Antique Bronze Mirror" before leaving!
"All of the shogunate's plans in Kyoto will be readjusted from now on......
Akamatsu Hiroshi sighed and slowly walked into the dark night.