Chengtian Ba ​​Suo

The old Taoist and I went into another room and put the box on the table. 【 】

The furnishings in this room are simpler, with nothing left on the table.There is a futon on the bed, which is completely opposite to his junior brother's room.I guess this is the old Taoist's own house.

At this time, the old Taoist had already opened the box.

There was a red cloth in the box, and there were three things in total.

An ancient book with a greenish-yellow color that looks very old.A handful of jade hairpins with only half of them left, and another box at the end.

The old Taoist took out the small box and opened it. There was still a red cloth inside, and what was wrapped in the red cloth was a stone beast.

Compared with the stone beast of the Wei family, this one is much smaller, and it seems to be only half of it.In terms of style, it is more monster-like, with a bull-headed human body, two bone spurs on the back, and a little bulge on the right hand.

My master said that it was passed down from his master.When Shizu first got it, the stone beast was not completely sealed, and a trace of flesh and blood could be seen.It didn't take long before it was completely closed.

Taoism is useless, and the ancestor was afraid that brute force would damage this strange thing, so decades of investigation failed, so it can only be passed down regrettably.said the old Taoist.

ah?You mean, this stone beast was alive at first?I was amazed.

K.The old Taoist is not sure: it is also because of this that I was surprised after seeing the two stone beasts in the Wei family.This thing is really unusual, perhaps, Gamu found out something, and then made friends with the Wei family.

Then the Wei family must know something, otherwise they wouldn't have closed their doors because of two strange things.They said that Gamu gave a letter, only to give this thing to the Wei family, it must be a lie.I said angrily.

You think the same as I do.The old Taoist nodded, and looked at the stone beast in his hand over and over again.

show me.

The old Taoist didn't hesitate, and threw the stone beast into my hand.

Although this thing may not look big, it is very heavy.Ordinary stones are as big as a palm, and at most a few catties will be a big deal.But this piece is roughly estimated to be at least twenty catties.Just this point is enough to prove that he is weird.

Is the stone material okay?Why is it so heavy.I asked.

The old Taoist replied: Ordinary stones are heavy, perhaps because there are unusual things in them.

How about we cut this thing up and see?I propose.

No.The old Taoist shook his head and said: I always find this thing extremely weird. It is said in ancient books that if you destroy it, you will die.

Ancient books may not be all correct, and ancient things may be different from modern ones.Just like the things in Shan Hai Jing, most of them can't be found today.

The night my junior brother disappeared, there was this stone beast on his desk.said the old Taoist.

There was a burst of panic in my heart, and I almost threw the stone beast out.

At this moment, the Tongming jade pendant hanging on his chest suddenly felt hot.

I quickly put down the stone beast and took the jade pendant out of my clothes.The Tongming jade pendant emits a faint black light, which is almost invisible, and it looks like a burnt iron rod in the hand.Although it is not to say that the flesh and blood of the hot people are blackened, it is almost unbearable for me.

what happened?asked the old Taoist.

I don't know, it suddenly became very hot.I looked at the stone beast: Could it be related to this thing?

The eight cables have one vein, which runs through the world and the nether world. Maybe this thing has something to do with your vein.said the old Taoist.

I thought about it with the jade pendant, and tried to get it close to the stone beast.The black light on the jade pendant became brighter and brighter, but the temperature also became higher and higher.My scalp was so hot that I almost wanted to throw it away.

And when the jade pendant was less than ten centimeters away from the stone beast, a little black air suddenly appeared from the head of the stone beast.It has no smell and disappears quickly in the air.And the strange shape of Yupei also disappeared.

uh, what is that?I asked in surprise.

The old Taoist closed his eyes, as if sensing something.After a while, he opened his eyes, and said in shock: Essence.

Essence?what is that?

Anyone who is good at Taoism needs to be full of energy, and the more powerful a person is, the more energy he has.Even ordinary people have energy, if it loses too much energy, it will lead to serious illness or sudden death.This is equivalent to what ordinary people call anger, which is the embodiment of life.The old Taoist explained.

After hearing what he said, I was immediately stunned.This means that the stone beast still has life?

You can say that.The shock on the old Taoist's face quickly faded, but then he said something that shocked me even more.

Stone beasts are difficult to touch, so I brought stone beasts to find someone to identify them more than ten years ago.In the end, I learned that this thing has a history of more than 600 years.

It's too unbelievable.I almost cried out, this dead old man, he must have lied to me.When his ancestor got this thing, the stone beast could still see a trace of flesh and blood.And just now, he felt the spirit overflowing from the stone beast again.

In other words, this stone beast lived for a full 600 years or even longer?

It's so nonsense, although people say that the king of a thousand years is a tortoise of 8 years, but no tortoise that can live is more than [-] years old.There are some exotic creatures that can live more than [-] and even theoretically live forever.

But this is a stone beast, not a bacterial seaweed, how could it live for more than 600 years?Aliens?Nima was filming the second part of Alien Invasion No.20!

I put the jade pendant that had returned to normal on the head of the stone beast, and there was no abnormality again, and no black essence drifted away, and everything returned to its original state.

Puzzled, I put the jade pendant back on my chest, and picked up the stone beast again.Maybe it's an illusion, I always feel that the stone beast seems to have become lighter.

This time, nothing strange happened to the stone beast and jade pendant.

What happened just now is definitely a big discovery.However, neither the old Taoist nor I grasped it. Apart from knowing that the stone beast is still alive at this moment, there is no other discovery.

How about... let me try some blood?I proposed to say, but then thought, maybe I have been addicted to bloodletting recently, and I want to cut myself if they don't talk.

You can try it.The old Taoist replied simply and clearly, and then took out a sharp knife from his arms.

Looking at the shining blade, I really want to slap myself.

In the end, I gritted my teeth and gave myself a knife because I successfully satisfied my seemingly perverted psychology.

I dripped blood on the stone beast, but there was still no response, and this time the old Taoist didn't give me a blood-enriching pill, which was a big loss.

What should we do now?I asked, but I saw the old Taoist priest holding a knife and thinking.

Not long after, he came back to his senses and looked at the stone beast, as if he had made up his mind: cut it open!

ah?I was a little surprised, and asked him: Didn't you just say that it is written in ancient books that this thing will die if it is destroyed?

On the day the junior brother disappeared, besides the stone beast in the house, there was an ax on the ground.The old Taoist said: I only thought that his disappearance was related to the stone beast. Now that I think about it, the younger brother would not have put an ax in the house for no reason.Maybe, he was going to cut open the stone beast at that time, so weird things happened.

I can't hear anything to refute the old Taoist's guess, it's very reasonable.However, this thing is too weird, he is not afraid of death, but I am.

Gamuke was still running around with the bronze armored corpse, preparing to refine the corpse king.In case something happens after we cut it open, how can anyone restrain him?I found a reason, which made me admire myself legitimately.

The old Taoist frowned and thought for a while, then put down the sharp knife in his hand with some regret: After killing Gamu, he will cut him open.

I nodded at the side: umm, cut it up immediately after killing it, cut it horizontally and vertically, and chop it into four pieces.

This stone beast appraisal finally ended with the old Taoist reaching out and slapping me on the head.

I laughed and saw that he put the stone beast back into the box, rubbed it to the side, pointed to the ancient books and jade hairpins in the wooden box and asked: What are these two things for?

The ancient book is the secret book of my five-element pulse, do you want to learn it?After apprenticeship, I can teach you.said the old Taoist.

I looked at him, the old man looked serious, he didn't look like he was joking.To be honest, I really want to learn the Five Elements Taoism, among other things, the hand shrinking technique alone is very powerful.After I finish my studies, among other things... I want to be a taxi driver, who the hell can beat me! ?

However, the old Taoist always bleeds me when I have nothing to do. I am afraid that I will be killed by him before I learn the method of shrinking the ground.

Wait, I'll think about it, hehe...

The old Taoist snorted softly, as if saying: Please.

What about Yuchai?

Speaking of Yuchai, the old Taoist miraculously lost his mind.Although it can be restored in the blink of an eye, even a blind person can see that this half jade hairpin has a poignant love story.It's done like this in novels and TV dramas, if not, then the author is too bloody.

However, the old Taoist didn't give me a chance to witness the author's dog blood, so he put the box containing the stone beast away, and closed the wooden box with a snap.Then he walked out of the room without saying a word, and stopped just as he was going out.I thought he forgot something, but he turned his head and said to me: Come out, go to your room and stay.

You old man, turn your back on him and don't recognize anyone.I muttered in my heart, and headed back to my room with a dull head.

The old Taoist never came back, and he didn't know what to do in his master's room.And I was lying on the board, looking around.

There are too few things in this room, no matter how carefully you look at it, you can finish it in a few minutes.

The younger brother of the old Taoist priest, I don't know what kind of person he is.Judging by the appearance of the old Taoist priest, he should be around 50 or 60 years old, and his junior brother should not be much younger than him.

It's just that I don't know whether he is dead or alive in some strange place.

Thinking of the old Taoist's younger brother, I was curious, what would have happened if the stone beast had been cut open just now?