Chapter 31 The Silkworm
Chen Chuxin's whole body was full of energy, his robe was bulging, and he was domineering, but he immediately retreated to Mo Shougui's side without any grace. Because just now there was a white-clothed foot stepping on the void, and he walked in front of him and blocked his way.
A cold wind blew, and the cold and glamorous woman with white clothes, white shoes and white hostas was fluttering, like a celestial. Chen Chuxin was no longer convinced, and he also knew that this woman was at the same level as the old man, but it was not something he could provoke.
Mo Shougui snorted coldly, in front of outsiders, he didn't want to be sarcastic.
Qin Xuan asked, "Senior Mo, we are looking for this Yin Silkworm in order to detoxify and cure my brother, but why do you take this thing so seriously? β
Mo Shougui hesitated for a moment, and was about to answer, Chen Chuxin suddenly said: "It's about the rise and fall of this sect in the future, why do I want to tell you?"
"Xiao Chen, since they are from the Ximen family, it doesn't hurt to tell them. β
"Old Mo, I think you are old and confused, you are not afraid of Dongxuan Sword Pool......"
Mo Shougui raised his hand to interrupt Chen Chuxin's words, he glanced at the two pairs of young men and women opposite, smiled, and said, "This matter, it's a long story, I'll make a long story short." β
Chen Chuxin still had some concerns, "There have been more people swaggering and deceiving under the guise of the Damen faction these years, how do you know that they are really from the Ximen family?"
Mo Shougui glanced at Ximen Feilong, he smiled and said: "Hey, you just said that the little brother claimed to be the grandson of Ximen Sword Crown, I don't see it, first of all, the appearance and temperament are somewhat similar, and secondly, hehe, the chain that tied you just now, old man, I was fortunate to see Ximen Sword Crown used, if I am not mistaken, this should be a binding rope, right?"
Ximen Feilong nodded expressionlessly.
Mo Shougui smiled, walked to a stone and sat down, after the Monument of Life and Death was broken by him just now, there were many such stones scattered on the ground, after he sat down, he beckoned Qin Xuan and the others to sit down as well, and then told them about the Yin Heavenly Silkworm.
It turned out that after Emperor Taizu of the Great Zhou Dynasty unified the Central Plains 70 years ago, in the seventh year of his reign, he suddenly issued an edict, ordering all sects and gangs in the rivers and lakes to be attached to the imperial court and obey the imperial court.
Once the edict was issued, the rivers and lakes were suddenly in chaos, since ancient times, the rivers and lakes and temples are on a clear flat line, the people in power have always turned a blind eye to the gangs in the rivers and lakes, as long as this group of martial artists does not make too much trouble, then there is nothing to do, let you be the first in the world, or unify the martial arts, you mix your rivers and lakes, I sit on my dragon chair.
But the old emperor who made immortal feats didn't think so, he was born in the rivers and lakes, but after gaining power, he suppressed the rivers and lakes, and those disobedient martial arts people secretly formed an alliance and came to the East Xuanzhou, where the emperor was far away, and later merged into a faction, and lived in seclusion in the Snow Dragon Valley of Kunlun Mountain, which became the hidden gate of the Tianshan Mountains.
Kunlun Mountain is rich in products, but the climate is extremely cold, but for them martial arts people, it has no impact, but the newborn baby can not stand this harsh climate, many martial arts people with families, as long as they have children, almost all die early, at that time the first generation of the old master of the hidden door was at a loss for this.
At this time, a strange thing happened, there was a half-grown child who was usually very naughty, and suddenly became not afraid of the cold, and could roll and play in the ice and snow in single clothes, without any scruples, and everyone was shocked. The adults asked him what kind of flower he was, and the bear child caught a pair of strange insects that could be seen everywhere at that time in front of everyone, and then one of them fell to death, just when everyone was inexplicable, but saw that another long worm actually bit himself to death, and after a while, the long worm that committed suicide actually bloomed a very beautiful flower on the top of his head, no one had ever seen this kind of flower, the child in the surprised eyes of everyone, he picked the flower, and then stuffed it into the mouth of a playmate, and the next day his playmate actually became the same as himγ
An old Taoist priest told everyone that this kind of insect is called the Yin Silkworm, and he has seen it in Taoist classics before, but the classics only record its characteristics and habits, and do not say that they will bloom after death, and people are not afraid of the cold when they eat it.
At this time, everyone was excited, and thousands of martial arts people who came to Kunlun Mountain used this method, even newborn children were no exception, they all ate that unknown flower, and finally they all became no longer afraid of the wind, snow and cold in Kunlun Mountain. They can bathe in the ice caves, roll in the snow shirtless, and spend every day in this icy and snowy world like the height of summer.
The people who live here, away from the strife and carefree, but many years later, new problems have appeared, there are more and more people in the hidden door, but there are fewer and fewer silkworms, and now, the outer snow mountains are almost extinct, and it is difficult to find the silkworms in the shade for hundreds of miles.
Qin Xuan and the others all looked at each other after listening to Mo Shougui, even he didn't know that this Yin Silkworm actually had such a magical effect, and they now understood why the people in the Hidden Door regarded the Silkworm as so important, because each pair of Silkworms can change the physique of a descendant of the Hidden Door and help them adapt to the climate here, and even said that each pair of Silkworms represents the life of a newborn in the Hidden Door, how can this not make them pay great attention to it?
Qin Xuan frowned and asked, "The old emperor who stepped on the rivers and lakes has been dead for decades, and no one will care about you now, haven't you thought about leaving Kunlun Mountain?"
Mo Shougui sneered: "Why do you want to leave, how good it is here, we are all used to living here, and the old master once set a rule, that is, all the descendants of the hidden door are not allowed to leave Kunlun Mountain." β
Qin Xuan was stunned.
At this time, the egret suddenly said: "Then why don't you raise the silkworm, let it lay eggs, and regenerate silkworms, so that it will never become extinct?"
If someone else asked this question, Mo Shougui would definitely give him a disdainful look, but for this white-clothed woman who was not only beautiful but also strong in martial arts, Mo Shougui's tone was still quite polite, and he sighed: "How could it not be raised?" The valley owner once ordered the upper and lower families in the door to raise the Yin silkworm, but this kind of silkworm is extremely difficult to raise, it can only lay eggs once in three years, and there are only two or three eggs at most, and it takes three years to grow, forget it, the headache is that a magnetic silkworm died after laying an egg, and the male silkworm does not live alone, and the young silkworm has to find a mate for it after it grows into adulthood, and it will fall short if it is not careful, two pairs of Yin silkworms can only be exchanged for three or four pairs for five or six years, sometimes even less, you say, such a speed, how can it meet the needs of more than 10,000 hidden disciples in the Snow Dragon ValleyοΌβ
"That's a real problem. Qin Xuan pondered for a moment, and then asked, "Didn't you just say that there were only a few thousand people in your Hidden Sect at that time, why are there tens of thousands now?"
When Mo Shougui heard this question, he suddenly didn't know how to answer, and when he was silent, Ximen Feilong suddenly interjected: "I know, a few decades ago, when your ancestors came here, there were more men and fewer women, so they wantonly robbed the women in the counties and counties of Dongxuanzhou to reproduce offspring, and now the number of your hidden sects is only more than 10,000, right?"
Mo Shougui's old face turned red, and he got up and said angrily: "Boy, don't rob the people's girls one by one, many of the women who were brought into the valley at that time were bought by the ancestors from poor families, how can they rob them?"
In fact, Ximen Feilong's words really talked about the sore spot of Mo Shougui, because his mother was robbed by his father back then, but fortunately, his father was also very good to her mother, and over time, his mother accepted her fate and taught her husband and children in the Snow Dragon Valley with peace of mind. Of course, there were also many robbed women who were not very happy at that time, and even very unlucky, if these things are traced back, the title of the Hidden Gate Demon Sect is not groundless.
Ximen Feilong was about to refute, glanced at Qin Xuan, saw that he was bowing his head and pondering, hesitated, but still didn't say anything again, he didn't have a good impression of the Tianshan Hidden Gate.
Qin Xuan said solemnly: "Senior Mo, can you take me to your sect, I want to see the Yin Heavenly Silkworm with my own eyes." Seeing that he was a little hesitant, Qin Xuan added: "It's not a secret, I come from a medical family, I have studied medicine with my father since I was a child, and I also know some pharmacology, I think that since the flowers that bloom after the death of the silkworm can make people not afraid of the cold, then there must be other ways to achieve this effect without harming the silkworm." β
Mo Shougui thought about it again and again, and finally said: "Okay, as long as you have the guts, you can go to Snow Dragon Valley with us." β
Qin Xuan smiled, "The junior has no malicious intentions, his heart is open, why be afraid? Could it be that your Snow Dragon Valley is a tiger's den in Longtan?"
Mo Shougui smiled and did not speak.