Chapter 171 The mysterious dragon sheds in Jiaolong Cave
Half a quarter of an hour later.
The ancient town gradually became noisy.
A bonfire was burning in the open space in the town.
The firelight dispersed the black fog and illuminated the surrounding area as bright as day.
Busy figures shuttled back and forth.
This ancient town, which has been silent for thousands of years, seems to be alive again.
Beside the fire, several people were busy grilling meat.
The large piece of dragon meat threaded on the bamboo slices has been burned by charcoal fire, and slowly takes on an attractive golden color. The oily flowers are sizzling out, and the meat is fragrant.
Let the group of guys around who were busy setting up camp secretly swallow a few saliva from time to time and look back frequently, all of them unmotivated to do anything.
Under a broken wall.
Partridge Whistle found a stone slab and sat on the ground.
Holding the vajra prong and wiping it carefully, the joy in his eyes could not be concealed at all.
This tantric magical weapon, no matter its size, weight, or sharpness.
It's like it was tailor-made for him.
It becomes more and more satisfying to use.
After wiping it several times until it was spotless and with a faint golden light shining, he carefully put it away.
Then I picked up a piece of leather.
Look at the grain and texture.
It is clearly a piece of dragon skin.
It is simply prepared with the secret medicine of moving mountains.
Invulnerable to water and fire, and difficult to break with swords, it is the best material for making leather armor scabbards.
Partridge Whistle no longer delayed, took out a box of needlework, and looked at the flickering firelight not far away, just like a tailor on the roadside, lowering his head and starting to work seriously.
Not long after.
A scabbard has been formed.
Pulled out the vajra prong and tried it.
The square blade is perfectly enclosed in the sheath.
The black scales contrast with the Vajra Bodhisattva on the handle, giving it an indescribable cruel beauty.
“Not bad.”
“The craftsmanship is not lost after all.”
He nodded with satisfaction.
The partridge whistle murmured in a low voice.
Although he was born as a mountain-moving Taoist, he is very good at all these crafts.
In the past when traveling around the world, it was inconvenient to show people the swords, so he sewed them with his own hands.
After replacing the mirror box twenty times, I seldom do it again.
After so many years, I picked up the craft of sewing again. Unexpectedly, not only was it a success, it was also unexpectedly almost perfect.
Although the Bishan lineage has a very deep foundation, many inheritances and magical artifacts have been lost because the tribesmen have been migrating in search of pearls for thousands of years.
Even to his generation.
Not only has no one broken through the realm to enter the Tao.
There are only three mirror umbrellas left among the magical instruments.
However, the polarized umbrella is still a defensive weapon, and it is not enough to kill, so it can only be replaced by muskets.
But now we have this Vajra Prong.
If you meet the big demon again, you will finally have the strength to fight, and you will no longer have to be in such an embarrassing situation.
You can only skim the formation aside.
For him, there is always a feeling of needing to be protected at all times.
In the past, they had encountered demons while searching for pearls, but the three brothers and sisters never retreated.
How can I finally practice cultivation and enter the country, but I don’t even dare to take action? Isn’t this a big joke?
"Senior brother..."
The old foreigner who has been standing by.
Looking at the vajra prong, a trace of enthusiasm flashed in his eyes.
He has been with his senior brother since he was a child.
Have a lot of treasures in the Bishan lineage.
This is the first time I have seen the Vajra Prong. Coupled with its strange form, it looks like a Buddhist object at first glance.
I think it must have been obtained after entering the Jingzhu building with Chen Baotou.
“Take it, don’t break it.”
His small thoughts were like a blank piece of paper in front of Partridge Whistle. He shook his head and smiled, and handed over the Vajra Prong in his hand.
"Senior brother, don't worry."
The old foreigner took it with a look of surprise.
My eyes fell on the square pegs, and the simple and heavy atmosphere suddenly hit my face.
The expression suddenly became solemn.
He no longer dared to be distracted, but looked at it carefully.
"The third statue in the southeast of the seventh floor."
When he scanned the image of the Bodhisattva cast on the handle, he had an impression.
Senior brother and Chen Baotou entered the scripture building earlier.
Leave a few of them behind.
The old foreigner specially walked around the ancient building and looked at the sutras and curtains several times.
It is not out of awe, the Zagrama clan believes in the true God and has no connection with Tantra. It is purely out of curiosity and wonder.
A total of three hundred statues of gods are as vast as smoke.
Carved on a stone tower.
This was a spectacle he had never seen before.
Seeing his junior brother muttering to himself, Partridge Whistle didn't pay attention and looked past him to the bonfire in the distance.
Everyone in Xiling was still busy with dinner, while junior sister Hua Ling was sitting with Miss Hong talking about something.
See this situation.
Partridge Whistle couldn’t help but breathe a sigh of relief.
Wondering whether to take a break while it's still early.
But...
The idea just came up.
He suddenly raised his eyebrows, feeling that something was not right.
Looking up again, looking past the many busy figures to the outside of the ancient town.
Beside the well under the trees at the entrance of the ancient town.
A figure in a green shirt is sitting cross-legged, with aura wrapped around his body. He is clearly practicing meditation.
See this scene.
Partridge Whistle couldn't help but feel a flash of shame in his expression.
Practice is like sailing against the current. If you don’t advance, you will retreat.
No wonder Chen Yulou can travel thousands of miles a day on the road.
I recalled it carefully.
Since the reunion at Pingshan Yizhuang, in the past few months, I have watched the sun in the morning and the moon at night, no matter the weather, I have never slacked off.
Just this self-control surpasses all of them.
Thinking of this, how could Partridge Whistle have any intention of resting.
Take a deep breath.
Start practicing with your eyes closed.
"Master..."
After playing with the vajra prong for a while, the old foreigner became more and more aware of its preciousness.
Subconsciously, I want to return it to my senior brother.
But when he turned around, he suddenly discovered that the other person had already entered samadhi.
Seeing this, the old foreigner didn't dare to disturb him, carefully put away the vajra prong, and then stepped out quietly.
Outside the ancient town.
Chen Yulou seems to be able to understand everything.
Only noticing the behavior of the partridge whistle, he smiled helplessly.
The reason why he came here was not what he had in mind, but just to stay away from the noise. At this moment, he spread his right hand, and in the palm of his hand was a strange bead blooming with light.
Astonishingly, it was the dragon's head taken out from behind the dragon's neck.
The dragon's eyes are truly magical.
It contains not only the energy of the sea of clouds, but also the essence of the deep sea.
Breaking waves, exploring secluded areas, diving into the abyss, riding on the clouds, and ascending to the sky.
They all rely on the power of dragon eyes.
The most important thing is that there is a trace of dragon blood in it.
However, when he tried to sense it just now, the trace of blood was so weak that it could almost be ignored.
Not to mention the phoenix blood in Luofu's body.
Even Yuan Hongdu, who had fused the mandrill's bones, was far inferior.
You must know that the possibility of a dragon transforming into a dragon is closely related to one's own bloodline, in addition to acquired chance.
That little bit of weak blood.
Wanting to transform into a dragon is as difficult as ascending to heaven.
No wonder it has been practicing here for a thousand or two thousand years.
They don’t dare to gather the dragon beads and try to walk through the water.
Hu——
He exhaled.
Chen Yulou turned his palm, the dragon's eyes disappeared, and what appeared in his hand was the relic.
The theory of Buddhist relics has been around since ancient times.
It is said that after your Buddha passed away, he left behind a total of 84,000 relics.
Each one has its own Buddhist kingdom.
The one in front of me is naturally not as amazing as the Buddha's true body relic.
But the Buddha nature contained in it should not be underestimated.
You can get a glimpse of this by sitting down for a thousand years and being able to move the sutra pillars and suppress the dragons.
What a pity.
None of them practice Buddhism, otherwise this thing would definitely be regarded as a supreme treasure.
It's not like it can only be used as an ordinary Buddhist instrument at the moment.
However.
Practice in this world ultimately leads to the same goal through different paths.
From the time he entered the martial arts world to the present, he has experienced Taoist Qi-breathing, alchemy, witchcraft, talismans, and ghost cultivation in the Wa village. At present, Tantra practice is considered the fourth type.
In this way, this trip over the mountain will not be troublesome.
What's more, slaying a dragon is even more beneficial to practice.
It is said that Xu Zhenjun, one of the four great heavenly masters of Taoism, killed more than ten evil dragons and evil dragons in one body, thereby gaining great fortune.
Although Chen Yulou doesn’t know how to condense luck.
But using the dragon to sharpen his sword skills, train himself, and control his spiritual consciousness is an improvement visible to the naked eye. Especially, this dragon belongs to wood.
In essence, he has demonic power and can be regarded as belonging to Aoki.
Beheading it is equivalent to taking away the green wood energy of the dragon.
In this way, it should be regarded as a kind of slim luck.
“Let’s eat!”
After pondering for a moment.
In the ancient town, there was a sudden burst of cheers.
Chen Yulou put away the relics and walked into the town with his hands behind his back.
The bonfire was shining in the distance, the Xiling bandits were laughing and yelling, and the aroma of barbecue drifted in the wind. The noise added a bit of fireworks to this dilapidated ancient town.
Wait for them to sit down.
The guys finally dared to use chopsticks.
One by one, he was gobbling up food. He was a bandit, so he didn't need to worry about his image.
Seeing everyone eating so deliciously.
Although Chen Yulou had some grudges, he looked at the skewer of barbecued meat that Kunlun handed over, hesitated for a moment, and took a bite.
The flesh of the dragon is golden in color.
The outermost layer is slightly burnt.
But after biting it open, a rich juice spread on the tip of the tongue.
He couldn't help but light up after eating.
No wonder they talk about heavenly dragon meat. In the past, he always wondered what dragon meat tasted like, but now he had a rough idea of what it tasted like.
The noise continued until midnight.
It gradually returned to calm.
The next morning.
Only a little fish belly white appears on the horizon.
Chen Yulou woke up from his deep sleep and washed himself briefly. Seeing that no one had any intention of waking up, he did not urge them. He just took out the map and identified the direction.
Then he walked straight out of the town.
However.
Just walked a few steps.
A rustling sound suddenly came from the ancient tree outside.
Looking up, it was Yuan Hong who was spending the night in Shuotou.
It has lived in Baiyuan Cave for decades and is used to the noise of wind and cranes. It will wake up at the slightest movement.
“Now that you’re awake, come with me for a walk?”
"Yes, Master."
Yuan Hong nodded.
Grab a handful of branches and swing them back and forth in mid-air. The next moment, they landed next to Chen Yulou.
Follow Chen Yulou.
The two of them walked through the dense forest.
Not long after.
A majestic tidal wave of water vapor hit us.
Different from the Great Lakes and Daze,
the water vapor hitting the face is as cold as winter rain.
“Here we go…”
Chen Yulou suddenly felt confident.
"Master, let me go and have a look."
Yuan Hong, who couldn't wait for a long time, rushed out with an iron rod on his back, pushed aside the heavy bushes, and after a moment, Arriving at a cliff.
Looked down.
There is clearly a deep pool underneath.
The water waves are turquoise, and as you go deeper, the color gradually becomes darker, almost appearing blue-black.
You can imagine how deep the pool is.
As a genus of apes, Yuan Hong is naturally afraid of water. Standing on the edge of the cliff, he only dared to look down from a distance and quickly looked away.
When I was thinking about going back to inform the owner.
I turned around and found out.
Chen Yulou didn't know when, but he had already arrived.
At this moment, I am standing on a bluestone on the edge of a dangerous cliff. The stone protrudes from the cliff by a full one or two meters. Standing in it, it feels like hanging in mid-air.
See this situation.
Yuan Hong's heart also jumped to his throat.
Seems to be aware of its thoughts.
Chen Yulou smiled and said, "It is recorded on the map that there is a village near Longtan. Go and have a look."
"In addition, look around to see if there are any wild fruits to satisfy your hunger."
" Yes..."
When Yuan Hong heard this, he did not dare to refuse and immediately took the order and left.
Quickly go down the cliff.
Then he walked along the stream under the deep pool.
Wait for its breath to disappear within the scope of the spiritual survey.
Chen Yulou then looked away, took a deep breath, and exhaled like a waterfall.
"Magic move!"
Take one step.
His figure was like a feather, gliding lightly towards the center of the Longtan, with his toes stepping on the water, and weak water waves spread out around him with him as the center.
It's like walking on water.
A ray of spiritual consciousness broke through the water and rushed towards the depths of the pool.
Three meters.
Five meters.
All the way to thirteen or fourteen meters.
Longtan finally bottomed out.
There is no light around, it is as dark as ink, except for some mayfly life, there is not even a trace of fish or shrimp here.
Chen Yulou had no intention of withdrawing his consciousness, but continued to explore around.
Sure enough.
After a while,
a stone cave at the bottom of the pool appeared in his 'sight'.
The spiritual consciousness drifted into it.
The cave is not small, but it is extremely empty. Apart from some strange stones, copper coins, porcelain shards, and a few beads that have lost their luster, there are only a few skeletons.
Jiaolong Cave Mansion!
Seeing this, Chen Yulou already knew something in his mind.
Those white bones were either human sacrifices thrown into the water by the mountain people near Longtan, or they were blood food plundered by black dragons from the ancient town.
As for the strange stone and porcelain pieces.
It is said that Jiaolong’s favorite thing is to collect treasures.
Now that Chen Yulou saw the ancient relics piled up on the ground, he knew that the rumors were true.
Unfortunately, after being soaked in water for more than a thousand years, those things basically have little value.
"Wait a minute..."
When he was about to put away his consciousness and leave Longtan.
Chen Yulou scanned the pile of junk with his spiritual consciousness, and suddenly found a bone under the pile of strange rocks.
Looks like the size of a palm.
Shaped like a beast's finger bones.
On normal days, he would never have taken a second look. However, to be so carefully treasured by the black dragon, the origin of the bones may be quite significant.
The subconscious mind activates the consciousness.
Carry the phalanx up from underneath.
Whoosh——
When he waited for the water surface, Chen Yulou's mind moved, and his finger bones broke through the water, and fell accurately into his open hand.
Looked at it carefully.
The phalanges are about three inches long and are crystal clear, with a hint of light gold in the depths.
The majestic water vapor is hidden in the bones.
In addition, there seems to be an indescribable aura.
Snakes, pythons, dragons and dragons are all different.
But they are vaguely similar.
"This is..."
Chen Yulou frowned slightly.
A bold idea emerged.
"Dragon sheds?!"
It is said that snakes shed skin and dragons shed bones.
Although it was just a finger bone, the aura in it was amazing, and it was able to be treasured by the dragon. If it weren't for the dragon's shedding, he would never have thought of the second possibility.
Just.
This is the space between heaven and earth.
Are there really dragons still there?
Chen Yulou, who was standing on the blue waves while treading water, held his finger bones in his hands and subconsciously looked up at the sky above his head.
At this moment, the sky is gradually getting brighter.
But there are still heavy clouds and fog, as if a layer of fog has been forcibly covered, making it impossible to see clearly.
Also.
If it is really a dragon shed.
Where did the dragon get such a rare thing?
There is already a dragon in the body, so why eat people? Isn’t this just adding to the disaster of transforming into a dragon out of thin air?
Countless doubts flashed through his mind one after another.
So, it was not until the sound of Yuan Hong's running footsteps came from a distance that he suddenly woke up and did not dare to stay longer. He stepped on the surface of the pool with his toes, and countless water waves suddenly rose.
Chen Yulou jumped up using the wave of water.
I drifted back to the dangerous rocks on the cliff.
"Master..."
It didn't take long.
Yuan Hong left and returned,
The dew wetted the gown it was wearing, but it didn't care.
"How about it, have you found the village?"
Yuan Hong nodded repeatedly.
"Found it, the village is at the foot of the mountain, and..."
"And what?"
Chen Yulou raised the corners of his eyes, a little displeased, and spoke halfway. Wasn't this meant to titillate?
“I saw a group of merchants at the foot of the mountain.”
“It seems they are also going to Lucheng!”
(End of this chapter)