Chapter 736: The Guardian
Before she could speak, she cleared her throat and appeared calm, even childlike.
But Shang Xingzhou and Chen Changsheng could hear her voice trembling slightly.
Not because he was excited to meet Chen Changsheng in a free body, but because he was uneasy.
She felt that she was too close to the middle-aged Taoist priest, and it was a little dangerous.
At this time, she didn't know that this person was Chen Changsheng's master, but she clearly felt that the other party had the ability to hurt or even kill herself.
There are very few strong human beings in the world who have the ability to hurt or even kill her, but she has just escaped from the prison of hundreds of years tonight when she meets someone.
This made her feel a little frustrated in the face of fate, so much so that she didn't dare to glance at Shang Xingzhou, but just stared at Chen Changsheng's eyes, looking extremely serious and focused.
She didn't know that in the eyes of Shang Xingzhou, she was also a very dangerous existence.
Human beings recorded very well in the Daozang that they could not be too vigilant against the dragons, the highest level creatures under the stars.
What's more, she is the most noble and powerful Frost Dragon in the Dragon Clan, her petite body is full of energy that countless human powerhouses dream of, but can never have, if she learns to use those powers, or even if those powers are passively burst out, it will inevitably cause incomparably terrifying momentum and tragic consequences.
She was afraid of Shang Xingzhou, Shang Xingzhou was wary of her, and Chen Changsheng was just surprised.
He didn't expect that she would get out of trouble at the bottom of the well!
Even if he and Xu Yourong used the correct method at the beginning, his blood was constantly speeding up the speed at which the iron chain was eroded by time under the sublimation of the Xiliu Dian, according to his calculations, it would be at least two years before the iron chain would break, and after she left the underground, why didn't she quickly leave the continent that she didn't like the most and was full of human breath, but returned to the warm archipelago in the south and came to the National Religious Academy?
There were many variables in this negotiation, and it was faintly beneficial to him, but Chen Changsheng was not happy. He didn't want anyone or anything other than himself to get involved in this negotiation, whether it was the priest of the Imperial Palace, the teachers and students of the National Religious Academy, the Lishan and Huaiyuan Academy, and the senior brother who was worried in the Night Palace at this time, and what did she mean by this?
Guardian?Chen Changsheng remembered the relevant records in the seventh volume of the Taoist canon, the Morning Light Covenant, and then remembered some past events that the Pope seemed to have inadvertently mentioned that night.
Regardless of whether it is the state religion or the previous Taoist sect, if you want to maintain the eternal Taoist system, you must attach great importance to inheritance. Contemporary popes often begin to lay out many years in advance, educate and train successors, those young disciples are very talented in cultivation, amazing potential, but to grow into a real strong person who can lead the Taoist sect forward, it will take a long time, and there will be many tests, and the number of orthodox descendants of the Taoist sect has always been very small, for example, the previous generation only had the Pope and Shang Xingzhou, and this generation only had more than Chen Changsheng and Shang Xingzhou did not know how to confirm the pastoral poems.
With such a long and arduous journey and such a small number of descendants, it is logical that the lineage of the Dao Sect should be cut off at any time. However, for countless generations, the Daomen has never been in such a situation, in addition to the fact that those descendants are as great as the two brothers Yin and Shang, there is also a very important reason, that is, when these young descendants travel and practice in the world, the Daomen often invite an extremely powerful or high-status senior as the guardian of the heir.
The Taoist system has been immortal for thousands of years, and this rule has been maintained for many generations, even longer than the Great Zhou Dynasty. If Chen Changsheng lived as an orthodox heir of the state religion when he was in the old temple in Xining Town, then he should indeed have a guardian, and that guardian must be one of the strongest people in the mainland, and even the most likely one in the eight directions, but at that time, no one in the entire continent knew his identity, and now that he has become the Pope, does he still need a guardian?
"It turns out that the person Yin is talking about is you. ”
Shang Xingzhou's expression was calm, not surprised, obviously knowing about this matter in advance.
He looked at the little black dragon and said, "After hundreds of years, you can finally leave the old well in Beixinqiao and be free, why don't you go back to the South China Sea?"
"Because that's my promise. The little black dragon stood in front of Chen Changsheng, looked at him and said seriously.
It was obvious that Shang Xingzhou had put a lot of pressure on her, and her little face was full of nervousness, but she was still determined.
Shang Xingzhou suddenly asked, "Will you protect him?"
She looked up and said very proudly, "Of course." ”
Shang Xingzhou continued to ask: "Are you willing to be one with him in front of the starry sky, love him, respect him, comfort him, love him as yourself, whether he is sick or healthy, rich or poor, successful or unsuccessful, always put his name before his own name, until he leaves this world and returns to the sea of stars?"
These words are like a breeze, coming slowly, and like thunder, rumbling endlessly.
This is one of the oldest texts in the canon, this is the oath of the guardian, this is the rule of the palace.
She was silent for a moment and said, "I do." ”
Shang Xingzhou asked, "Even if you have to pay for it with your life?"
Without any hesitation, she said, "Yes." ”
A few years ago at the bottom of Beixinqiao, she had already sacrificed something more important than her life for Chen Changsheng, at least in her own opinion.
Of course, this does not mean that she is really willing to die for Chen Changsheng without asking any conditions, nor does it mean that she is not afraid of death. As dragons with a long life, death is something they rarely think about, but because their lives are so long, when they think about it occasionally, they will have a fear far beyond that of ordinary humans.
She stared at Shang Xingzhou's eyes and said, "Wang Zhice didn't dare to kill me back then, he only dared to imprison me, I don't believe you dare to kill me." ”
In the general perception of the cultivation world, the dragon clan is often immortal, and the main reason why there is such an impression that violates the facts is that the dragon clan is the most advanced life in the hierarchy under the starry sky, with incomparably long years and unimaginably powerful strength, and countless thousands of years ago, when the dragon clan withdrew from the continent, it formed a pact with the worlds - any life that actively offends the dragon clan must die.
The main reason why this covenant can be passed down to this day is of course not how much the demons and humans attach importance to commitment, but still because of the strength of the dragon race. Whether it is the peak powerhouse of the demon race or the human race, even in the face of a lonely, even weak dragon, they will rarely try to do anything, because the dragon has a Divine Soul Bead in its body, once the dragon is killed, the Divine Soul Bead will be destroyed, and its clansmen far away in the south will definitely carry out extremely crazy revenge after sensing it.
Even the Great Zhou Dynasty, ruled by His Majesty Emperor Taizong, was unwilling to bear such a price. Back then, the little black dragon was wreaking havoc everywhere, Wang Zhice used a trick to capture her, and never killed her, in addition to her forgiving, the more important reason was because it was not easy to kill and not easy to kill, of course, these two are not good to kill.
For countless years, the dragons have been far from the mainland but highly feared.
But at certain historical moments, there are occasional surprises.