Tomb Raiders in the Three Kingdoms

Chapter 31

After passing through a broad-leaved forest, the road ahead became more rugged. You can't ride a horse, you can only dismount and walk.

Zhang Faqiu and Zuo Ci tied their horses to a tree and walked on foot.

A cold air rushed towards his face, and a deep pond could be seen in the distance, Zhang Faqiu shivered subconsciously.

Zuo Ci looked solemn, walked a few steps, squatted down, the old guy moved his nose, and looked back at Zhang Faqiu: "Did you smell it?"

Zhang Faqiu moved his nose, and a pungent sour smell hit his face.

"snake!"

Zhang Faqiu stepped forward and took a look at the withered grass. There were layers of blue snake skin inside!
Snakes are different from other animals. The scales on their bodies do not grow with the growth of their bodies, so every certain time, they will retreat to a layer of skin and re-grow scales.

Zhang Faqiu turned his head to look, and suddenly took a deep breath. The remaining snake skin was at least as thick as a bucket. Who knows how many years this thing has grown.

"I think we'd better go back and call people!" Zhang Faqiu thought of retreating, this is no joke, the old snake with the thickness of a bucket, he had heard of it in the previous life, but they were all mining workers, Unintentionally dug some amazing dragon lairs.

It's the first time I've seen such an exaggerated snake slough, so how can I not be afraid?
"There should be no problem. What we want is blood, not its life. This kind of thing can grow to such a large size, it has already been psychic, and it probably already knows when we get here." Zuo Cishen God muttered.

Without any explanation, he dragged Zhang Faqiu to the edge of the deep pool.

The water waves around the pool hit the cliff, making a dull sound of "Kang Dang" and "Kang Dang", which is shocking and timid people dare not stay here.

A strong sense of depression welled up in my heart.

"Xiangu! A certain Taoist Zuo Ci is also here to pay a visit to the mountain gate! This is the only heir to the funeral scriptures. My generation of monks is fighting for fate with the heavens. I am afraid that Xiangu has practiced Taoism for hundreds of years. This kid is willing Use part of the burial scriptures in exchange for a bowl of blood from Xiangu! If Xiangu is interested, please show her spirit!"

Zhang Faqiu thought to himself: This old guy can really show off, a big snake spirit has turned into a fairy girl?

After saying this, Zuo Ci took out a stick of yellow incense from his sleeve, this incense seemed to have been lit before, and now it was only as long as a thumb.

It is also strange to say that Zuo Ci planted the yellow incense in the damp place beside the pool, and it ignited spontaneously without fire!
A fine layer of sweat appeared on Zuo Ci's forehead, and he turned his head to look at Zhang Faqiu: "Read a funeral scripture for Elder Xiangu to listen to!"

Zhang Faqiu didn't dare to hesitate, and quickly read hundreds of words of scriptures.

At this time, Zhang Faqiu noticed that the smoke from the top of the yellow incense flew straight down into the puddle!

The smoke penetrated through the water layer, and emerged directly toward the depths of the deep, dark pool.

"This……"

Zhang Faqiu swallowed, completely unable to believe what he saw in front of his eyes.

"what is that……"

Zhang Faqiu rubbed his eyes, and suddenly saw that there seemed to be two copper bell-sized eyes under the deep and dark pool, looking straight at him!

"Don't stop, keep going!" Zuo Ci found a blue stone on one side, sat down, saw Zhang Faqiu stop, and urged him.

Zhang Faqiu swallowed, pointed to the two shining eyes deep in the pool, and lowered his voice: "Didn't you see it?"

"What?" Zuo Ci squinted his eyes and looked at it. Suddenly, as if he had come to his senses, he jumped up, pointed at Zhang Faqiu and cursed: "Boy! Listen to me, Daoist doesn't care about your funeral. Even if it is rare, I will definitely not listen to you recite it at this time, and just write it down secretly."

Zhang Faqiu rolled his eyes and thought to himself: "What is this?"

"Come on, you just wait on the side." Zhang Faqiu was speechless.

Zuo Ci seemed to understand something at this time, with a startled face, he asked: "Did you see it?"

Zhang Faqiu nodded again and again, thinking to himself: This old magic stick has finally been reliable for a while.

Before Zhang Faqiu could say anything, a jade bowl appeared in Zuo Ci's hand, placed it under the yellow incense, and then signaled Zhang Faqiu to continue reciting the funeral scriptures.

Zhang Faqiu continued to read, and when he had read more than 2000 scriptures, a trace of emerald green blood began to appear in the jade bowl!
There was an unspeakable fragrance on the emerald green blood, and it was as if a thousand-year-old wine had been sprinkled in the whole air, with a mellow fragrance.

Zhang Faqiu was thinking, his eyes were straightened, his body was out of his control, and he walked towards the pool!
When Zuo Ci saw it, he immediately rushed forward and cut off the yellow fragrance, and the fragrance floating down to the bottom of the water was also cut off in an instant!

"Pfft!"

Zhang Faqiu suddenly collapsed on the ground, white foam began to emerge from his mouth, and his body began to twitch crazily.

With a gloomy face, Zuo Ci looked at the deep water pool and yelled angrily: "Fellow Daoist! I kindly gave you a fortune, but you want to keep him in his entire body, it's too much!"

"Zheng-"

For a moment, the water waves on the entire cold pool shook endlessly, Zuo Ci stood on the edge of the pool with a cold face, without saying a word!

After a full cup of tea time, the water on the pond returned to normal again, and then... a scene so dense and hair-numbing happened!

Many crimson snakes emerged from the pool!
These snakes are as big as an adult's arm, and as small as chopsticks!

All of them floated on the cold pool, spitting out snake whiskers at Zuo Ci, hissing.

Zuo Ci's expression didn't change, his face was full of anger, completely ignoring these little snakes.

"Fellow Daoist, do you really want to fight to the death?" Zuo Ci yelled sharply. For some reason, the Taoist robe on his body moved without wind, and the sound from his mouth shook the vegetation around the cold pool, like thunder in the sky. just as loud.

Zuo Ci stretched out his hand and did an unexplainable thing, a sword "grown" out of his hand!

The shape of this sword is extremely quaint, and even in this era, it can be called an antique. There are simple patterns flashing on the sword body, layer after layer, very similar to Taoist talismans.

The sword light was brilliant, and Zuo Ci's old face was illuminated in black and white, disillusioned!

"Take it—"

In the depths of the cold pool, a voice came suddenly, it was not clear whether it was a man or a woman.

In an instant, the densely packed snakes on the cold pool also burrowed in through the cracks in the surrounding stones.

It was only then that Zuo Ci noticed that the jade bowl under his feet was already filled with a bowl full of blood.

The emerald green snake blood exudes light, like liquid jade, which makes people feel confused.

"There is an old saying that the blood of a real dragon is light green and has a clear fragrance. It is not easy for fellow Taoists to get to where you are today. If you want to become a dragon in the future, you can come to me to help you."

After saying this, Zuo Ci cupped his hands and bowed: "Thank you fellow daoist for this bowl of blood, see you tomorrow!"

"roll!"

The thunder shook, and the calm water surface of the cold pool, which was like a mirror, suddenly burst into a thick jet of water, which drenched Zuo Ci's body from head to toe.

Holding the jade bowl in his hand, Zuo Ci burst out laughing, not saying anything.

The snake blood does not melt in water, Zuo Ci didn't care, just put it away, wrapped it with a piece of animal skin full of talismans, and quickly retracted the ancient sword that "grows" in his right hand.

Only then did Zuo Ci come over and pinch Zhang Faqiu among the people, Zhang Faqiu woke up leisurely.

"cough--"

Zhang Faqiu felt a greasy feeling in his throat, coughed, and spit out some green liquid with a disgusting smell.

"Pooh!"

Zhang Faqiu spit several mouthfuls in a row, and almost couldn't spit out his tongue and head.

Without waiting for Zuo Ci to say anything, Zhang Faqiu ran to the edge of the cold pool water and rinsed his mouth with water in both hands.

"Old guy, what did you do to me?" Zhang Faqiu yelled while rinsing his mouth: "I know you stinky Taoist priests like to get some kind of drug most, did you get drug and want to Get all my funeral scriptures out, thanks to my trust in you, you treat me like this! I greet you, uncle!"

The concern on Zuo Ci's face immediately froze on his face, and anger burst out from his eyes: "You little bastard, what are you talking about? How could the Daoist do such a despicable thing?"

If I knew it earlier, I wouldn't have saved you, and let you go with that snake spirit.

"Hmph!" Zhang Faqiu just hummed a few times with water in his mouth.

"Huh?" Zhang Faqiu stood up, and suddenly realized that something was wrong, he...seems...probably...seemed...it was a nocturnal emission!

"Damn! Old stick, what have you done to me!" Zhang Faqiu jumped and scolded, thinking to himself that his virginity for decades had been ruined by an old stick!
"I kill you!"

Zhang Faqiu rushed forward like crazy, Zuo Ci saw this, kicked up, and shouted: "Go!"

"Puff-"

The water from the cold pool hit him, and Zhang Faqiu drank several sips before he gradually calmed down. Thinking that there was an old goblin in the depths of the cold pool who did not know how many years of cultivation, he quickly struggled to climb up.

"What did you do to me?" Zhang Faqiu's eyes were straightened, almost hysterical.

Zuo Ci shuddered, even facing the poisonous snakes in the pool, he was not as terrified as facing Zhang Faqiu now.

"Calm down! When you were chanting the scriptures just now, Xiangu wanted you to stay and be his company, but I forcibly interrupted it, so it can be considered that I saved your life!" Zuo Ci quickly explained.

Zhang Faqiu's eyes were still staring at Zuo Ci, Zuo Ci squatted on the ground, pointing at the white foam on the dead leaves:

"This is the white scum that flows out from your body after you were interrupted. If the old man deceives you, you will be hit with thunder and bangs, and you will die!"

"This..." Zhang Faqiu glanced back at the pool behind him, then stretched out his hand and tugged at his trousers, thinking of one of the three most admired by netizens in later generations—Xu Xian!
"Could it be that I have done the same great deeds as Xu Xianguan?"

(End of this chapter)