second to none

Chapter 21

Wanlan Mountain is located at the border of Qiong Kingdom in the west and stretches for thousands of miles. It is rumored that the imperial tombs of Qiong Kingdom were built somewhere in the mountain, and it is guarded by a war ghost general.

Yuan Zhong rode the Bird of Paradise, and as soon as he passed by here, he began to scratch his head, fidget and sigh, obviously remembering some bad memories.

Tan Yin wondered, "What's wrong with you?"

Yuan Zhong bowed his head in pain: "...I think of a little girl who makes people heartbroken."

That Mrs. War Ghost, who is tougher than General War Ghost...is her name Xin Mei?He will not forget!She almost broke his two molars with a slap, and arrogantly ordered him to drive around, treating him as a cheap driver. He was almost tortured out of the shadows. The little mortal girl's calves trembled.

Tan Yin obviously misunderstood, afraid of hurting him, she deliberately and cautiously asked: "Is... your lover? Do you want to go down and see her? If there is any misunderstanding, it's better to let it go..."

Yuan Zhong shook his head like a rattle, what a joke!A girl like Xin Mei can only be tolerated by General Zhan Gui. He would rather spend his whole life with Tang Hua than spend a day with Xin Mei.

"You misunderstood." He glared at Tan Yin, "The woman I like is not her."

"Oh..." She didn't know what to answer, so she just oh.

"Stupid." He wanted to sigh when he saw her so stupid.

At that time, the weather was fine, and there was not even a single cloud in the sky, but after flying slowly for a while, large groups of clouds and mist appeared in the blink of an eye to block the sight.Yuan Zhong whistled, and the bird of paradise slowly slowed down and stopped in mid-air.

"The imperial mausoleum should be below. This is the cloud formation released by General Zhangui." He pushed away the airtight mist in front of him, but soon more mist surged in. Tan Yin was no more than ten feet away from him, but already I couldn't even see her face clearly.

Yuan Zhong rolled his eyes twice, then suddenly turned around and smiled kindly: "Can't see the way clearly? Come, come to me."

"It's okay, I can follow you." She replied completely puzzled.

He persevered: "This is just the outer edge of the cloud and mist formation. If you go deeper, you won't be able to see me."

"It's okay, don't worry, just fly forward, I can keep up." Still puzzled.

He frowned: "...can't make it through?"

"...Okay." Tan Yin reluctantly gave in.

She drove the organ bird to his side, stood up lightly, and fell behind him like a feather. The soft down on the back of the bird of paradise was indeed much more comfortable than the organ bird.

"I can feel that the concentric mirror is in the imperial tomb." She whispered with a smile in her voice.

"What is that?" Yuan Zhong blew a whistle, and the bird of paradise flapped its wings and began to fly over the cloud formation at the slowest speed.

"An interesting thing I made before can only be photographed if two married men and women take a picture of it together, otherwise the mirror will always be blank."

After she became a god, the first thing she made was the concentric mirror, and she also used the Tianhe gold sand snatched from Taihe.I remember that when the work was finished, she was holding a mirror and looking around for someone to look after her, but the God Realm is not as prosperous as the mortal world, and it is cold and vast. The gods, kings and goddesses are usually busy with their duties, and their tempers are also very weird. , she ran for a long time but couldn't find anyone, so she had to stare at the mirror in a daze, considering whether she should go to the lower realm to be looked after by others.

Taihe suddenly appeared behind her at that time, looked at the mirror in her hand and wondered, "Huh? You made a bronze mirror?"

She was startled at first, and saw him when she turned her head, and then remembered her evil deed of stealing the Tianhe gold sand, she felt guilty, ran away, hid behind the pillar and glared at him.

Taihe picked up the concentric mirror she hadn't had time to take away, took a picture into it, and laughed: "Why can't you see anything?"

She stammered and explained: "Then, only the man and woman who are married can be photographed."

Taihe was surprised: "You did it? It sounds very interesting."

Seeing his handsome appearance and gentle conversation, Tan Yin probably didn't care too much about his evil deed of stealing the gold sand, so she couldn't help but feel relieved, and she revealed half of her body from behind the pillar, and whispered: "That... also used the last time Tianhe Jinsha."

Taihe smiled: "Is it enough? I still have a lot."

Tan Yin was overjoyed: "Can I take it again?!"

He smiled and nodded, stroking the rough and dull surface of the copper mirror: "What's the name of the mirror?"

"Concentric mirror."

"Good name." Taihe praised, and slowly walked in front of her with a mirror in his hand.

Tan Yin raised her head, staring at him in a daze as he walked over to her side, and then held up the concentric mirror—the surface of the mirror was rough and dim, and nothing was reflected.

"Oh, is it really useful?" Taihe scratched his head with a wry smile.

Tan Yin said anxiously: "Only married men and women can take pictures of this."

"Okay." He handed her the concentric mirror and smiled slightly, "I'm so sad that we don't have a marriage."

This was of course just a joke, but she was so stupid at the time, but she didn't realize it, and she racked her brains to explain: "This, this...maybe, maybe it's useless to the gods..."

Taihe was slightly taken aback, but then smiled again, very softly.

"I know who you are now." He said, "You are the new unparalleled goddess, a unparalleled craftsman."

Tan Yin nodded: "Then, then you are..."

"I am Taihe, the god of Taihe, in charge of the Tianhe stars."

Tan Yin thought of these long and interesting past events, and the smile on the corner of her lips couldn't help but deepen.

Yuan Zhong was in front, silent for a while, then suddenly turned the bird's head and flew down, saying: "The concentric mirror sounds very interesting, let's go and have a look."

Tan Yin hurriedly pulled him back: "That mirror usually looks at people, but it can't see people..."

"Just look at it."

"But there are war ghosts below..."

"Don't be afraid, I'm here."

The Bird of Paradise is as fast as an arrow off its string, piercing through the clouds and mist, and in the blink of an eye, you can see the row of red, white and white flowers and trees on the Imperial Mausoleum Shinto. , it whirled, and landed lightly and noblely on the Shinto path, looking proudly at the stone men and horses beside the path.

Yuan Zhong grabbed a strand of wind tail and sniffed it carefully, then said with a smile: "That war ghost is not here, let's go."

It is the first time for Tan Yin to come to the imperial tomb of Wanlan Mountain. She doesn't know much about the imperial tomb, but she sees the fragrant red and white trees, the green hills in the distance, and the beautiful scenery, which is quite different from the gloomy and decadent atmosphere in her imagination. , only the southeast corner is filled with cloudy air, which must be the place where ghosts gather.

Yuan Zhong clasped his hands together and meditated for a while, soon there was a layer of light blue enchantment covering the two of them, he tilted his body and sat on the back of the Bird of Paradise, so that he could look back at Tan Yin.

"Put a layer of enchantment, people here can't find us."

Seeing that Tan Yin was fascinated by the scenery of the imperial tomb, he couldn't help reaching out his hand secretly, moving over bit by bit, carefully and gently holding a corner of her clothes.She was sitting next to her, exhaling like orchids, her body was full of various smells, the smell of wood, copper, and the aroma of the cool skin, all mixed together, more intoxicating than the strong fragrance of flowers here.

The beauty is on the side, the scenery is picturesque, dream?Wake up?
He suddenly felt that Xin Mei in the depths of the imperial mausoleum was not scary at all. Ji Tanyin was here, and even with General Zhangui became a little cute.

The Bird of Paradise walked very slowly, met many little monsters on the road, the young boy with wings, the enchanting and beautiful lotus banshee, the old man with the mouse tail sticking out from under his clothes, talking and laughing all the way, chirping away. up.

There is a green bamboo grove beside it, and there are exquisite white stone tables and chairs in the forest. There is a beautiful little girl sitting on the chair and eating melons. Behind her stands a big man. The two of them don't know what they are talking about. The big man's face turns green and turns white , as if about to be stunned.

Seeing the girl, Yuan Zhong couldn't help shaking, and patted the bird of paradise on the head, it walked faster.

"I can feel the concentric mirror." Tan Yin turned her head and looked to the south, where there was a faint row of long houses with black tiles, blocked by dense tree shadows, presumably it should be the place where the owner lived.

She flicked her finger slightly, and a thin golden light suddenly rose into the sky not far away, with a clear and clear whistling sound of joy, like a cheerful bird pounced into her arms.When the faint golden light dissipated, a bronze mirror suddenly appeared in her arms, covered with dust, it was obvious that this current owner did not cherish it very much.

Tan Yin pitifully wiped the dust off the mirror surface with a handkerchief, the dull mirror surface gradually became clear, the mirror surface was rough, as if it hadn't been polished, and there were faint golden glints in the dim color , is the Tianhe gold sand that she blended into it back then.

"Look." She raised the concentric mirror with a smile, "This is it."

Yuan Zhong held the concentric mirror and turned it over and over to look at it, and finally moved to her side, the two of them looked at the mirror together, the rough and dull mirror didn't respond at all.He tapped on the mirror with one finger, doubtful: "Is this thing useful? You must not have done it well."

Tan Yin hurriedly defended: "Of course it's good. I said that only married men and women can take photos! What's more, my current body is not my own. What can you take photos of?"

"Then show your true face and let's take another photo." Yuan Zhong was very persistent.

Tan Yin shook her head.

He rolled his eyes and smiled: "You refuse to show your true face, so you must have been ugly in the first place, and you couldn't see people."

Tan Yin was tongue-tied, she didn't know how to get rid of her reputation as an ugly girl. After holding back for a long time, she was about to speak when she suddenly turned around as if she had noticed something, and looked towards the southeast with a solemn expression—— that full of She felt a trace of unusual fluctuations in the place filled with evil spirits.

"What's wrong?" Yuan Zhong couldn't help being surprised when he saw that she didn't speak suddenly and her expression was serious.

"...Go and have a look over there." With a flick of Tan Yin's finger, the concentric mirror reluctantly turned into golden light and returned to the bed in the master bedroom.

The Bird of Paradise slowly flew to the southeast, and after a while, it stopped over a huge almond blossom forest.This boundless apricot forest is still in full bloom in this late summer and early autumn weather, and its color is white and shiny. Looking from a distance, it looks like an endless snow sea. Although it is beautiful, it has a dark ghost. gas.

"This is the burial pit of the imperial mausoleum," Yuan Zhong whispered. "Many emperors of the Qiong Kingdom were buried in the imperial mausoleum in the past, and countless people died in the burial pit. It is cloudy and gloomy all day long, and ghosts haunt it. Fortunately, there is a war ghost here." Guarded by the general, these ghosts and spirits are trapped here and cannot get out of the Xinghualin."

Tan Yin didn't speak, her eyes were fixed on the apricot blossom forest, she could see the dark entrance of the underground palace in the forest, and the familiar wave that disturbed her was coming out of it.

Suddenly, the dark hole of the underground palace seemed to be distorted, followed by a huge translucent mist-like thing slowly crawling out of it, and she clenched her hands suddenly—it couldn’t be wrong!It really is a monster!

No one knows what it is better than her. Low-level monsters become stronger by devouring their souls. Although she did not personally participate in the tragic battles in the old battle between gods and demons, she has seen some monsters.This monster should be the lowest, it doesn't even have a human form, it's just a translucent mass of evil spirit, which is attracted by the ghosts in the imperial mausoleum to devour them.

Tan Yin's expression gradually became dignified. During the war of gods and demons back then, all the monsters in the world should have been wiped out, and the God Realm also suffered heavy losses. After the Demon War, many immortals emerged, resulting in the current situation where humans, demons and immortals live together in a mixed manner.

But at this moment, a living monster actually appeared in front of her. The news was sent back to the God Realm, which was no less shocking. The God Realm, which had already withered, could no longer afford another battle between gods and demons.

Tan Yin suddenly turned over and jumped off the back of the Bird of Paradise. Yuan Zhong was taken aback. She suddenly let the Bird of Paradise fly over the apricot blossom forest, and then stared at the empty entrance of the underground palace. She still jumped down now , Are you bewitched?He jumped off right after her, landed beside her, gently grabbed her slender shoulders, and whispered: "What's wrong?"

Tan Yin still didn't speak, and suddenly held his hand tightly. Her hand was cold and her palm was full of sweat.Yuan Zhong was startled again, slowly opened his palm, and tightly protected her hand in the palm of his hand. He took a step forward and stood in front of her slightly—although he didn't know what happened, but she At this moment, he was obviously restless, and he had to protect her.

The unformed monster obviously devoured too many ghosts, and its body was too heavy to fly. It slowly crawled out of the underground palace, as if taking a short rest.It seemed to be aware of two people peeping at it not far away, and suddenly turned its body around, slowly crawling towards Tan Yin.

Tan Yin felt her whole body froze. She was just a craftsman supporting the rear, and she had no combat power at all. She didn't know how to deal with such a shapeless monster, so she could only watch it crawl in front of her. Less than five feet away.

Suddenly, it seemed to see her appearance clearly, and a strange low cry came from the mist-like body-a slightly familiar woman's voice, but it seemed to have changed a lot, Tan Yin couldn't tell who it was for a while, I saw it turn around and run away quickly, as if it didn't dare to face her.

(End of this chapter)