Chapter 15 15. Teenager
How beautiful is the mountain scenery after the rain stops? Not as good as flowers and birds living in the corner of your head.
The young man was leaning against a tree trunk and reading scriptures, with birds chirping on the branch-shaped jade horns on his forehead.
Looking up, you can see the shadows of the towering mountains in the clouds, stretching for thousands of miles and towering like clouds. Even if they have not solidified, the aura from the vast ancient times has enveloped the surrounding areas. In recent days, Li Xi'an has witnessed the appearance of these mountains with his own eyes, and as time goes by, they become more and more clear. It won't be long before these majestic mountains will appear in the real world.
The true face of Taihang Mountain, hidden in the shadow of time, is indescribably majestic and majestic.
Blue thunder suddenly appeared, and huge pale claws appeared under the old camphor tree.
A giant tiger with fierce flames walked out, holding a stack of documents in its mouth. This was paid tribute to Li Xi'an by those families with ancient heritage, in an attempt to use this method to prevent the red dragon from appearing in the future and liquidating them. Every once in a while, Qingyan would fetch it and put it under the old camphor tree on the island in the middle of the lake. This is also the source of the scripture in the young man's hand at this moment.
They were frightened at first, but it could be seen that the man in the Taihang Mountains who did not refuse finally let go of his worries and paid tribute even more diligently. Those aristocratic families who had not set foot in Taihang also paid tribute to some ancient books after hearing about this, trying to get some from Li Xi'an. benefit. There was no movement deep in the mountains for several days, which made people feel reassured, thinking that the red dragons either no longer cared about their past offenses, or had no intention of leaving Taihang at all.
"Just forget it?" Qing Yan said in a deep voice.
Its huge tiger body is now pale and its markings are dark. Flying when running, it is majestic. But the terrible scar that crosses the left eye on the face is still there. It could have healed during the transformation, but it didn't. It said that the scar was also part of the king's crown, not to mention that it would never forget that day.
"I never said let it go." Li Xi'an slowly turned the page without raising his head, "This is the self-righteous understanding of human beings."
"But you accepted the tribute." The ferocious beast was upright, thinking that since it accepted the benefits, it meant that it agreed to the deal. Isn't this how the ancient vassal states paid tribute to the dynasty so that it could send troops to save the nation in times of crisis?
"Ah... take it." The young man rolled his eyes, jumped down from the tree trunk, folded the scripture in his hand and pointed at Qing Yan. "Cat girl, you are good at everything except being straight."
Mao Yatou, ever since that day when the red dragon transformed into a human form and walked around the mountains in the posture of a young man, she has been calling the peerless fierce tiger next to her like this. Qing Yan didn't care. This king of beasts naturally believed that the red dragon was the oldest creature in the mountains, so it was understandable to call it a junior.
"Straight?" Xihu didn't understand the word.
It looked at the handsome young man in front of it and felt that he had changed a lot. The big red snake used to have a king-like majesty every time they met, but now the boy's voice is calm and has lost the suffocating sense of oppression. Sometimes Qing Yan would even see the boy telling interesting jokes to himself. The appearance and words sounded like... Qingyan racked his brains and remembered an adjective in human beings, like a friendly boy next door, although the other person always called him girl.
I don’t know whether this change is good or bad.
Without the aura of a strict king, like family and friends, Qing Yan actually felt from the bottom of his heart that this young-looking red dragon was extremely awesome.
Li Xi'an threw aside the scriptures that the family had carefully preserved in his hand, and picked up another book from the pile of books brought by Qing Yan.
"I won't do anything to them, but some lonely ghosts are still stranded in the world. I will personally send them to reincarnation."
After the young man finished speaking, he sat back on the branch and opened the ancient book to read. The birds that were frightened because he stood up flew back and landed on his horns, combing their feathers and glancing at the green flames under the tree from time to time, with an inexplicable disdain in their eyes. This dragon and bird were fluttering on the old camphor tree, and there was an indescribable sense of strange harmony in Qingyan's eyes.
The fierce tiger lay down on the spot and basked in the sun. Wait until the sun sets slightly in the west.
The green flame no longer stayed, and the giant palm exerted force, turning into green light and leaving. On the way, he thought deeply and thought that he might need to find some mountain people to ask what "straight" meant.
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Watching Qingguang fleeing into the mountains, the young man looked away.
The ancient books collected by these aristocratic families provided him with great help in re-understanding the world.
Although it was roughly the same as what he remembered as a human being, the difference was still there. The famous emperors in Xia, Shang and Zhou Dynasty did not correspond to their names. This is one story. King Wu’s defeat of Zhou, which he had a deep impression on, also became another dynasty iteration. The legend of apotheosis is only mentioned in the secret history in ancient books. , the statement of Three Sovereigns and Five Emperors is not obvious, so the people living on this land in this era called themselves "descendants of Dayan", and the title was taken from the Dayan Empire that unified the countries after Xia, Shang and Zhou. Most of the ancient artifacts held by the rising creatures among humans come from the three ancient dynasties of Xia, Shang and Zhou.
People of that era used ancient bronze vessels to seal the true spirits of heaven and earth so that their supernatural powers could continue. Even today, thousands of years later, the sealed spirits still have not completely disappeared and are used by rising creatures as the family's trump card.
The young man raised his head and looked at the majestic and undulating illusory mountains. In these ancient books, he also learned an interesting secret.
People in this era have worked hard for thousands of years, exploring the progress of civilization from scratch, and accumulated thousands of years of success just to one day rise together with the world. They hold the weapons of civilization and stand at the top of the world's ecology, thinking that it is enough and just need to wait. But when they left Taihang, they failed to take away any grass or trees. Li Xi'an did not think that this result was due to himself, but to the great power of Taihang itself.
Therefore, they underestimate nature after all.
The so-called heaven and earth are unkind and regard all things as stupid dogs. In the resurrected world, all living things are like a bunch of waves struggling to survive.
No one is an exception.
The young man thought, picked up a piece of fruit and fed it to the bird standing in the corner. His aura is not like a big demon, but more like a natural part of the mountains. Recently, birds often stay on the corner of his head. They look at him by the way. I don't know whether they are curious about why branches grow on this man's head, or why the old branches are so long. Looks like a person. This one was a novelty. Most birds would startle away when he moved, but this one would wait for him to sit back in the tree.
Taking out the bronze tripod, all the pictograms carved on it returned to the tripod, except for a missing piece in one corner.
A deer with seal characters has not returned yet, and the "spirit" it carries has not yet found its home.
Go and take a look, this bird will really build a nest on his head if you stay any longer. The young man took out the bronze cauldron and quickly put in the ancient scriptures and books on the ground. He stood up on the branch and raised his head. The golden candle burned under his eyes, and red scales appeared on his fair neck and cheeks.
The wind blew, and a creature deep in the mountain saw a slender figure like blood jade rising straight into the sky.
Disappeared in the clouds in an instant.
(End of chapter)