Volume 2 Chapter 4 Flowers Bloom and Fall
.“ Sacrificing the wind. Does the Taoist say that about me? What else did she say about me? ”
I thought that this big bird would immediately turn its face, and maybe it would smash him with bird droppings again, but unexpectedly, instead of being angry, it became extremely gentle. A cake was so surprised that the jaw shell was about to fall off! After a long time, he realized that it was because he mistakenly said "senior brother" as "senior uncle".
"Uncle Shi said a lot... A cake said tentatively. The big bird's eyes immediately widened.
“。。。 Say you're not a goblin, you're a fairy, and you're a good fairy... Yibao swallowed nervously and spitted, and then continued: "I also said that you are our senior, with high skills and a good heart, slaying demons and demons, helping the needy... Especially when you like to be helpful... "I feel disgusted when I say it.
"Hey, little fat man, you're really full of nonsense! However, it sounds very comfortable! The big bird couldn't help but laugh. There are some things that are absolutely impossible to say.
"Oh yes! That's true! Hey! Immortal, what do you call it? Yibai quickly smiled and stood up.
"Escape!" The big bird stalked its neck.
"Wow, what a magnificent name! Do you know my uncle well? A pie stared curiously into the eyes of the big bird.
"Ahem... Cough... Hum! Knew each other for a long time! Xiaoyao coughed lightly twice, his eyes a little evasive.
"Oh, that's it!" Yibai hurriedly nodded again and again, thinking, "It seems that it must be very ripe!" ”
"Hey, little fat man, what's your name?" Xiaoyao glanced at the trunk of the tree that supported Qi Yuanxiao and He Lingchi.
"Disciple Mu Tianci see the Great Immortal!" A cake immediately bowed down and shook his hands solemnly.
"Is it a godsend?!" Carefree pouted disdainfully.
"Hehe, Daxian is Daxian, and I even know that they all call me a cake!" A loaf of worship on the face.
"Yibing?"
"One of a kind, a cake of baked cakes!" Ichibame laughed awkwardly.
"Hahaha... Accurate! Accurate! Xiaoyao laughed and his feathers trembled. Seeing that it was in a good mood, Yibao hurriedly pulled Jin Guishan to his side.
"What for?" Xiaoyao immediately put on a bird's face.
"Daxian, for the sake of my uncle's face, you forgive them!"
"Forgiveness? They tried to steal my treasure, how can I forgive them? Xiaoyao glanced at Jin Guishan contemptuously.
"Great Immortal, we really don't know that there is a master! You must know that there is a master, and you will not dare to seek it without permission! Jin Guishan hurriedly said.
"Who told you that there is treasure here? Didn't he tell you that there is a lord? ”
"This... I can't say ... He didn't say ... Jin Guishan's face was embarrassed.
"Humph! This person's heart is negotiable! Xiaoyao frowned.
"Daxian, just forgive them! Isn't it to blame for those who don't know! A cake quickly interjected.
"No! To steal is to steal, what does it matter if you know and you don't know? ”
"You?" A cake couldn't help but clench his fists.
"How?!" Xiaoyao crooked his neck and stared at a cake.
“。。。 Not how ... Yibi's heart lowered his head unwillingly, and then sighed: "Alas... Uncle Shi, Uncle Shi, you still praise others, but people don't even give you face... ”
"Hey! Little fat man, aren't you talking nonsense?! Who said not to give face to the wind?! Xiaoyao immediately exploded.
"That's giving? Uncle Shi is really not wrong! Ichibame hurriedly looked up with a grin, awkwardly dodging his gaze.
"What the hell do you have to do with them?" Xiaoyao asked with a gloomy face.
"These three are Daoists of the Fog Cloud Sect, and they came here to hunt for treasures in order to rescue their junior sister. We have ... A cake hurriedly narrated. Although he said a lot of words, but Xiaoyao listened to it with relish, usually he was alone to guard Taozawa, not even a person to talk to, today finally caught up with a chatter, it was really happy.
"I see! That's a great girl! As soon as he finished speaking, Xiaoyao couldn't help but sigh.
"Daxian, please! As long as you can save my sister, you can punish me as much as you want! Jin Guishan fell to his knees with a "poof".
"You are affectionate and righteous! Alas... It's okay to forgive you! But you can't want this baby! I don't own it, I'm just in charge of guarding it, and I don't have the right to give it to you! ”
"Then who is the owner of this treasure?" Jin Guishan's face turned white.
"It's useless to tell you ... Let's pull them up first! "There seems to be something unspeakable.
"But..." Jin Guishan still wanted to ask, but was pulled by a handful of cakes.
Immediately, Yibi hurriedly shortened the trunk little by little, and slowly pulled Qi Yuanxiao and He Lingchi up.
"Little fat man, you actually became its owner!" Xiaoyao stared at a piece of divine iron tied to his waist.
"You know it?!" A cake looked at Xiaoyao curiously.
"Then the dragon must be angry, right?!" Xiaoyao couldn't help but ask.
"You know that, too?" Seeing Xiaoyao smiling and not answering, Yibai had no choice but to continue: "I feel that it seems to be very happy, and said that it is finally free!" ”
"Oh?!" Xiaoyao immediately looked disappointed.
At this moment, Jin Guishan walked over with Qi Yuanxiao and He Lingchi. They waved their hands in unison and said, "Thank you, Daxian!" ”
"That's it! OK! Xiaoyao hurriedly waved his hand. But seeing that they had no intention of retreating, he immediately understood their intentions.
"Alas... Even if I tell you who this thing belongs to, it doesn't make any sense. Xiaoyao sighed.
"Why? We can at least beg him! Jin Guishan couldn't help but take a step forward.
"You come with me!" Xiaoyao hesitated for a moment, and walked towards the center of the peach without looking back. A loaf of bread and they hurried over.
Since they had a free way, they didn't have to explore the way anymore, so they soon came to the middle of the swamp. Probably because he ran too fast last time, he didn't even notice that there was a path to the west. After a short journey to the west along the path, a round well repaired with black jade appeared in front of me. If it weren't for the carefree guidance, no one would have seen that there was a black well in this dark swamp.
"See for yourselves!" Xiaoyao pointed to the wellhead. Yibai and the others hurriedly looked over, and the water in the well turned out to be as black as ink.
"This..." The crowd couldn't help but be amazed.
"The treasure you are looking for is in this well!" Xiaoyao turned his head to look at Jin Guishan and said, "This treasure is called Hell Lotus, and his son can indeed restore his soul." However, it only blooms once every eight years and bears fruit only once every sixteen years. ”
"Sixteen years... Jin Guishan's face immediately turned to ashes.
"This year happens to be the year it bears fruit... The bird's face twitched.
"Really?!" Jin Guishan immediately opened his eyebrows.
"This hell lotus, before it blooms, the well water is as muddy as ink, and it sleeps at the bottom of the Ze; After flowering, the well water is as clear as a mirror, suspended in the ze; When the fruit is formed, the water in the well is yin and yang, and the water breaks out on the same day. Xiaoyao continued with a blank face.
"Didn't you say that this year is the year of the tie-up?!" One cake looked at the dark well water.
"Yes, not just this year, but today. Yesterday the water was as clear as a mirror, but when I looked at it this morning, not only did it not have water yin and yang, but it became like this. I'm afraid that this lotus seed won't be able to bear fruit, so what is the use of telling you who is the master! Xiaoyao said with a sad face. Immediately everyone stayed there.
Suddenly, He Lingchi cried "dumbly". Her cries echoed through the silent swamp, and they were particularly bleak.
"Hey, hey, don't cry!" Xiaoyao is the most unbearable woman to cry.
"Is there no other way? Is the junior sister scattered like this? He Lingchi looked at Xiaoyao with tears in his eyes.
"Isn't there anything left of previous years?" A pie chimed in. He's also hidden sweet potatoes under his bed!
"Absolutely nothing! This lotus seed will be extinguished every eight years, and as soon as the lotus flower blooms here, the lotus seed will naturally disappear over there! Xiaoyao shook his head, then sighed and said, "Alas... If the lotus knot is sent back, I will personally ask the owner of the treasure for it, and he may give one to you, and then I will be able to save your junior sister, but right now... “
"Why is it like this? You've been guarding it for so many years, can't you think of the reason? A cake hurriedly grabbed Xiaoyao's wings.
"At first, I thought it was a demon, so I quickly patrolled around. As soon as I finished patrolling, I saw them walking sneakily, and I thought they were doing something wrong, so I just... Who knows, it's not. The rest can only be explored at the bottom of the river, but to set off this 10,000-year-old swamp, you must have the permission of the master. Xiaoyao frowned.
"Then why don't you hurry up and ask the master?" A cake said eagerly.
"It's not that simple. I can only leave this peach when I return from the picks, that is, tomorrow, and I can't leave the rest of the time. However, even if I went to consult the master tomorrow, it would be too late. After today, this hell lotus flower will sink to the bottom again, and it will only be sixteen years from now! Xiaoyao smiled bitterly.
"Huh?! Then I'll deliver the letter for you! A loaf of bread immediately jumped up.
"You can't get there... Xiaoyao gratefully patted him with her wings.
"Is that all there is to it?" Thinking that the fat girl was about to be scattered, I couldn't help but feel anxious. He immediately lay on the edge of the well, and pulled the water from the well to both sides with both hands, trying to see the water clearly.
"It's so dark, what can you see?!" Xiaoyao couldn't help but admire in his heart: "This little fat man is really anxious!" ”
"That's also ... Ah! Suddenly, an inexplicable force grabbed his hands firmly and pulled him down. Immediately, the well water spun rapidly, and in an instant a huge vortex sucked him in.
One cake thought to himself, "It's over!"
He immediately held his breath and closed his eyes tightly, but he didn't feel any muddy water in his face for a long time, and he seemed to be slowly falling in the air. When he opened his eyes, there was a bright light around him, and the black mud that wrapped him was automatically receding, and a space was formed around him, as if in the Guiyuan Cave. Yibi inhaled nervously, and sure enough, he was able to breathe freely like in the Guiyuan Cave.
"It turns out that Uncle Shi said that the benefit is this!" Yibao couldn't help but pat his chest in fear. It was only then that he realized that his clothes were dry and seemed to be dripping. Looking down, he was so frightened that he almost didn't jump up, and it was his body that was shining!
"Is it the tears?" Yibai hurriedly rolled up his sleeves, but he didn't see any bright spots.
"Whatever! Let's get out alive first! "Seeing that it is falling deeper and deeper in the black mud, there is no longer so much to care about. He hurriedly unbuckled his belt, and was thinking about what he needed to transform into to help him escape, when he fell into the murky water again. It turns out that the upper layer of this peach is mud, and the next layer is water. It took a few more moments before he finally stepped on the ground.
At the bottom of this river, the black sand is covered with black stones, there is not a single aquatic weed, nor a living insect, except for the strings of bubbles that rise from time to time, and there is a dead silence everywhere. Looking around, there was a faint glimmer of light shining in the west. One cake swallowed and foamed, and cautiously walked towards the glimmer. After walking for less than ten zhang, he saw a piece of jade exposed in the black mud, and there was a pillar of light with the thickness of the mouth of the bowl pointing to Zemian on it. When I got closer, I saw that the jade-like thing was actually a lotus root with black mud exposed, and the pillar of light on it was the lotus stem it gave birth to.
"Looks like this is the Hell Lotus!" A loaf of bread hurriedly went up the lotus stem.
Along the way, I saw that the lotus stem was constantly writhing, and the higher it was, the more it writhed. It seemed to be being pulled by something. Originally, it was still stretching diagonally to the east, but as soon as it reached the bottom of the mud layer, it bent parallel to the west. Swimming to the west was not five zhang away, a jumping ball of light suddenly came into the eyes of a cake. It was a delicate blooming colorful lotus!
A cake couldn't help but be ecstatic in his heart, and hurriedly swam over. But before he could get closer, three streams of black water rushed towards him and pushed him back more than ten feet. He immediately transformed the belt into a sword.
It was only then that Yibai noticed that there were three things hanging from the crystal clear flower stalks, and it was they who were desperately pulling the hell lotus flower downward, pressing it hard to prevent it from coming to the surface!