Chapter 198: Ruotuo Dragon King
Anping didn't sleep very well and woke up early. It doesn't have much to do with sleeping on the grass without a shirt, mainly because last night I dreamed that in the endless darkness, a pair of crimson child holes were staring at him.
Annotated by this pair of children's holes, Anping was as uncomfortable as a ghost pressing the bed, and it was difficult to move. I felt like I had slept for a long time, but when I woke up, it was just dawn.
No wonder there is some fatigue.
"Good morning. The morning dew is sweet, would you like to give some to you? Seeing An Ping sitting up from the ground, Shenhe, who was collecting morning dew with lotus leaves, looked at him.
Shenhe then thought of something and added.
"Morning dew is a gift of nature, and you don't need to exchange anything with me."
"Thank you then." Anping didn't refuse, took the lotus leaf handed by Shenhe and drank it all. He had nightmares and felt a little dry in his mouth.
Was it influenced by the Ruotuo Dragon King under the Fulong Tree? After all, it was only yesterday that he spoke to this ancient being... If he had known that it was Ruotuo Dragon King who was suppressed here, Anping would not have slapped other believers' butts in front of others.
"You don't look good, did you catch a cold and get sick last night?" Shenhe suddenly leaned over and put his hand on Anping's forehead to measure the temperature.
"I'm not sick, but Shenhe, you didn't sleep last night, are you okay?" Shenhe's hands were a little cold, and Anping felt that his heavy head was much clearer after putting it on his forehead.
"Meditation is a way to rest, but for some reason, I feel a lot hungry." Feeling that Anping's body temperature was normal, it shouldn't be sick, Shenhe put his hand down.
"You eat some flowers and plants all day long, you must be hungry fast, anyway, Liuyun borrowed the wind Zhenjun doesn't make something else for you to eat on weekdays?" Anping still remembered that Ying told him that when he went to visit Liuyun Borrowing Wind Zhenjun, he offered some dishes to see Liuyun Borrowing Wind Zhenjun.
According to this, Liuyun borrowed the wind Zhenjun should also be a person who loves food, why the two apprentices have the eating habit of drinking dew and eating grass.
"Ordinary food is delicious, but it is an obstacle to my practice, and after many years of practice, I have become accustomed to these rules and precepts. As for the Master, 'Immortals will not be hindered by the worldly things in their cultivation, so they can eat all kinds of dishes openly'... That's what Master said. ”
“... Is that so? Although he was a little disrespectful to the immortals, Anping always felt that it was an excuse for Liuyun to borrow the wind Zhenjun to be too lazy to cook for his apprentice.
"Since I'm hungry, let's find something to eat first, and I'll try to contact Zhongli later, if it doesn't work, I'll go back to him." Based on past experience, he should have reacted to the mention of Zhongli.
It feels like either this place is weird, or I'm shielded by Zhongli. In either case, you should have gone back to him sooner to settle the matter.
The sealed Ruotuo Dragon King is fused with the Fulong Tree, and the leylines are also replenishing its power, and it is possible to break through the seal with the help of the believers, which is an even more dangerous situation than when the Vortex Demon God was released.
The scenery of this South Tianmen is beautiful, natural and harmonious, whether it is a fungus lone hare or a fish frog, there are a lot, it is simply a natural vegetable market.
It's a pity that Anping's talent for cooking is as bad as heaven's curse, and after learning from Xiangling for a while, he gave up and could only pick sunset fruits to satisfy his hunger.
As for Shenhe, she herself had some pure hearts and glass bags, and the sunset fruit was a little too sweet for her.
While picking the sunset fruit, Anping noticed that the cracks between his fingernails were particularly dirty and covered with mud.
"It's really easy to get dirty when you sleep in the wild..."Anping didn't pay much attention until he squatted in front of the stream to wash his hands, and he noticed that something seemed to be wrong with the mud on his shoes.
Normally, it is inevitable to get dirt when walking in the wild, but the color of this soil is extraordinarily black, unlike the soil on the surface of the ground.
An Ping glanced back at the place where he had rested last night, and then stared at his shoes and frowned.
"What's wrong?" Shenhe noticed An Ping's expression.
"Did I get up and sleepwalk last night?" Anping began to have doubts, strange dreams, uncontrollable body... Obviously, I felt like I had slept for a long time, but my body was a little tired.
"No, if there was any movement, I should be the first to notice it." Shenhe shook his head very convincedly.
"But you can see the mud on my shoes, the color of the mud here is completely different..."Anping picked off a piece of dirt from his shoes and showed it to Shenhe.
"Is it possible that your blood has changed color from falling on it?" Seeing this unusual earthy color, Shenhe also frowned.
"If that's the case, there should be a smell of blood..."An Ping leaned over his nose and sniffed, but he smelled an inexplicable smell of ore in the dirt.
"Even the taste is different from the dirt on the surface." Anping also picked up a piece of yellow mud and smelled it, and compared it to a conclusion.
"This can't be..."Shenhe's expression became incredulous, and there was no wind at all last night.
She wouldn't even notice the movement of calming down.
"The Ruotuo Dragon King is sealed here, so it's not strange that anything happens... I'm afraid something strange happened after I fell asleep... So where did this black mud come from? An Ping's gaze turned to the Fulong Tree, which was quietly rooted there, and there was a guess.
"Do you suspect that you went digging the dragon tree last night?" Seeing the position where An Ping's eyes were directed, Shenhe could also see what he was thinking, but Shenhe still couldn't believe it.
"But if that's the case, I should have found out in the first place..."
"What if you're blocked from your five senses?" Recalling Shenhe's statement that she felt extra hungry this morning, Anping's guess became clearer and clearer.
"Is anyone really going to be able to do this kind of thing?" Shenhe was incredulous.
"For example, the Ruotuo Dragon King who is being suppressed below?"
"It's even more unlikely... The seal was not broken..."
"But wasn't there some movement here the other day? Maybe it was at that time that the seal was loosened, and I'm afraid that Ruotuo Dragon King would already be able to use some of his abilities to affect the people around him..."After listening to An Ping's explanation, a little self-reproach appeared on Shenhe's face.
Obviously, she said that she would guard Anping on the side. An Ping recalled the pair of scarlet child holes in his dream... I'm afraid he didn't just sleep all night... No problem over there, right?
He didn't dig him down, did he? An Ping swallowed a mouthful of saliva, and quickly finished eating the sunset fruit in three or two bites.
"But you said that the seal was not broken, and there should be time to remedy it... Let's hurry to see if there is any change in the Frontree. "Judging from the current situation, at least if the Dragon King is still sealed, and the fact that he didn't kill himself directly means that he doesn't have that ability yet, and it should be too late to fill in the soil now.
Such a big Fulong tree is not enough to be dug down by itself in a few nights. Anping and Shenhe circled around the Fulongshu and found the pit that Anping had dug behind the Fulongshu.
"How long did it take me to dig such a big hole!?" Looking at the entrance of the cave where two people were tall enough for four or five people to enter side by side, An Ping was shocked.
That's not something that can be done in a day or two.
"The dirt at the entrance of the cave is indeed the same as the one on your shoes... It seems that your speculation is correct... But what is the Dragon King trying to do when you dig this pit? Shenhe looked into the depths of the cavern, which was illuminated by a special ore, and Shenhe noticed that there was a golden sigil flickering in the deepest part of the cave.
Is this the prohibition that only stops when the seal is dug up?
"It doesn't matter what he wants to do, I only know what he wants to do, and I won't let him do anything!" Anping condensed a rock of the same size as the entrance of the cave, and wanted to plug the pit.
"Hehehe..." The girl's gloomy sneer suddenly came from the cave, and the huge rock that Anping had just blocked the entrance of the cave was kicked out in an instant, and Shenhe and Anping hurriedly dodged.
"That girl is in there! She wants to break the seal?! Shen He frowned, a spear appeared in his hand, and summoned the Ice Urn Spirit to rush into the cave first, and An Ping also hurriedly followed.
"Have you finally found out? It's too late, get ready to witness the resurrection of the oldest and greatest dragon king! The girl with her back to An Ping and Shenhe stood in front of the seal, and the black qi lingered on her body, condensing a terrifying force, which seemed to be about to impact the seal.
"As long as I kill you here, it won't be too late!" Shenhe stepped on her toes, and Ling Ling followed her and rushed towards the girl.
Anping also drew the sword of humus and rushed forward, but he faintly felt that something was wrong. The girl turned around, and the smile on her face was sinister, with a smug look that could not be hidden.
The uneasiness in An Ping's heart became more and more obvious. But at this moment, you can't help but stop the girl and let her break the seal... Break the seal!
"Shenhe, stop!" Anping finally thought of the source of the wrong, and immediately stopped and reminded Shenhe, but it was too late.
If the girl could break the seal herself, the Dragon King wouldn't have let them wake up and stop it, but unfortunately they realized it too late.
Shenhe's attack had come to the girl, and the smile on the girl's face became brighter and brighter, and the black mist that lingered on her body guided Shenhe's attack and crashed into the seal together.
The golden light of the seal dissipated into the cavern with the girl. Shenhe, who realized that he had been fooled, immediately regretted it, and wanted to manipulate the ice element to make up for his mistakes.
"Run!" Anping knew that something big was going on here, how could Shenhe be able to make up for it! He hurriedly grabbed Shenhe's hand, dragged Shenhe and ran out.
It's just too late. A huge suction force came from the place where the seal was broken, sucking Anping and Shenhe directly into it.
An Ping held Shenhe in his arms and swirled in the darkness for a while, and finally fell to the ground.
"Are you alright?" Shenhe hurriedly broke free from An Ping's embrace and got up to check if his body was injured.
"It's okay, the skin hasn't been scratched." The feeling of this whirling world just now is very familiar to An Ping, is there a teleportation array behind the seal?
Where is this being teleported? An Ping sat up, and when he saw the environment in front of him, his legs were weak and he almost couldn't stand up.
"It's... This is Ruotuo Dragon King? "Right in front of Anping, stood eight rock pillars that he had seen Zhongli unleash.
It's just that the rock pillars carved with ancient patterns in front of me are like heavenly pillars. Surrounded by the rock pillars were giant beasts that were lying on the ground and sleeping, their size comparable to that of a mountain, and those stone pillars looked a little petite compared to the giant beasts.
Even compared to Durin's original size, the behemoth was a few points larger. Anping now estimated that he was hundreds of meters away from this giant beast, but he couldn't even get a glimpse of its full extent.
And... Didn't you say the Dragon King? Anping could only see the head of the Dragon King, and it was a bit far-fetched to say that it was a dragon in his impression, whether it was the dragon of Liyue or the dragon of Mondstadt.
More like dinosaurs.
"It should be, I have seen the appearance of the Ruotuo Dragon King in the portrait in the Master's collection." Shenhe glanced back and looked up and down, making sure that this was the Ruotuo Dragon King.
Well, the Dinosaur King is also a Dragon King... An Ping noticed that there was a golden curtain floating with ancient texts between the rock pillars, and it seemed that the seal had not been completely lifted.
"It doesn't seem to have woken up yet, and the seal shouldn't have been completely broken... Let's quickly find an exit and escape first..."An Ping lowered his voice and whispered in Shenhe's ear, for fear of waking up the Ruotuo Dragon King.
"But where did the little girl go? If she left it alone, I'm afraid that the seal here would also be broken by her. Shenhe looked around and didn't find the little girl.
"Leave her alone... The most important thing now is to survive..."As soon as Anping's words fell, he saw the figure of the little girl appear in the seal of the stone pillar.
How did she get in? An Ping chuckled in his heart. It was far away, but Anping still felt that the little girl looked back at him, and for no reason, he remembered the scarlet eyes in his dream.
No... Yes... Bar... Anping's heart sank to the bottom. Run! Run! Run! There was only this thought left in An Ping's mind.
"Follow me!" Anping now no matter where his portal can be teleported, even the crater will only be safer than here, and he immediately condensed the dark energy to open a portal.
However, after taking Shenhe's hand and rushing into the portal, Anping found that they had only come to the front of the Ruotuo Dragon King.
The little girl standing in front of the Ruotuo Dragon King looked at him expressionlessly.
“... Misunderstanding, misunderstanding, I'm quite familiar with the emperor, I'll ask him to come and drink tea with you another day..."An Ping sneered, reopened a portal, and pulled Shenhe into it again.
This time, he simply hit his head on the stone pillar. Teleportation loses its effect here. An Ping's heart instantly pulled out the cold.
"That girl has merged into the body of the Dragon King!" Shenhe saw that the girl who had been staring at Anping turned into black smoke and burrowed into the body of the Dragon King, and hurriedly reminded Anping.
"It shouldn't have broken the seal so quickly! I can think of a way to get out! Anping held his head and meditated.
However, the dragon king in the seal opened his eyes, and they were exactly the same as the pair that An Ping had seen in his dream. The ground began to shake.