White Bone Monkey King

Not long after the group passed through the Golden City safely, they heard the sound of gurgling water.

There is indeed living water flowing through the underground of this treasured dragon's cave!

This was Jin An's first reaction.

He led everyone to hurry towards the flowing water. When they found the underground river, everyone was stunned. The water of the river was filled with many gold objects, and the golden light shone in the sparkling waves.

As we continued walking along the river, the number of gold objects in the river not only did not decrease, but instead piled higher and higher.

"Sprinkling gold in the river seems like some kind of sacrificial ceremony." Young Master Yiyun, who has traveled all over the world and is well-informed, said thoughtfully while looking at the glittering gold vessels at the bottom of the river.

Jin An nodded in agreement. He had heard of similar sacrificial methods before.

This is a bit like a wishing fountain, where coins or valuable gold and gemstones are thrown into the river to pray for blessings and wishes, praying to the gods to bless the family's health and safety, and to ward off evil and evil.

They continued to walk along the river formed by the melted snow in the snow-capped mountains, not knowing where the river would eventually flow. Suddenly, Jin'an heard the sound of a large army coming from the front. The sound of people was buzzing and it was very lively.

When he saw the large army, he saw a huge underground lake appearing in front of him. The terrain was gentle and the water was as calm as a mirror.

The lake is so wide that the torches of so many people cannot shine on the other side.

At this time, on the water bank, a large number of troops were looking at the scene in the river in amazement. When Jin An and the others followed the crowd's gaze and looked into the river bank, they also had expressions of astonishment on their faces.

The underground lake is filled with a thick layer of gold objects, gold scepters, gold headbands, gold bricks, gold beans, gold coins... there are so many that it is dazzling. This is a larger wishing pool, a place of worship, but with the previous Experience shows that the gold objects all over the lake are not what really impresses people. What really impresses people is the giant golden dragon in the middle of the golden lake.

It was an astonishingly large golden dragon.

The body rises and falls like a mountain.

Lying and standing in the water without moving.

The golden body reflected the golden light throughout the cave.

The golden dragon head is facing the direction they came from. The dragon is a god, not angry but powerful. The dragon walks on the crimson air. Although this is a dead thing that sleeps underground and does not move, it has the ability to rise from the hidden dragon to the sky and turn into a flying dragon at any time. A roar shakes the mountains and rivers with a sense of momentum.

And in the mouth of the golden dragon, there is a dragon ball.

There is a shadow lingering faintly in the dragon ball. It seems to be a spiritual being that has given birth to a dragon fetus?

At this time, the cave was filled with the fragrant essence of heaven and earth. After a closer look, I realized that it was very similar to the breath of the dragon spirit I had just seen half a month ago. It was the breath of dragon essence, dragon energy, and dragon blood, but it was much stronger. Not even ten times more.

And this pure aura comes from the dragon ball that seems to have given birth to a dragon fetus!

"The mountains are not high, but immortals are famous. The water is not deep, but dragons are spiritual!" At this time, someone looked at the golden dragon in the lake and the dragon beads in the dragon's mouth, and exclaimed with emotion.

Others looked at the golden dragon in the lake and were also amazed: "It is indeed the ancestor of all dragons and the origin of dragon veins in Kunlun Mountain. We just met the dragon fetus not long after entering the mountain! If we get that Will the Dragon Ball really give birth to a real dragon?"

As soon as these words came out, they immediately touched the hearts of countless people, and their hearts were aroused with burning desire. When they looked at the golden dragon in the lake, they were obviously different.

If they were looking at a dead object carved from gold before and admired the uncanny craftsmanship of their ancient ancestors, then when they look at the golden dragon now, they are no longer looking at a simple dead object, but one that can give birth to something. A living creature in the womb of a dragon.

Listening to the discussions of people around me, the Tibetan people, the Westerners, the Tianzhu people, and the Southern Barbarians from the primitive jungles came from the four major tribes on the plateau... Although I don't understand what "the mountains are not high, they are famous if they have immortals. The water is not deep, there are immortals." "The dragon is the spirit", but they all unanimously saw that the dragon ball in the cage's mouth was of extraordinary significance, and they were bound to get this dragon ball.

Several forces began to send people to the lake to test.

Among them, the Tibetan people, with their large numbers, rushed to the front, breaking the thousand-year peace here and sending water splashing everywhere.

At this time, the majority of the troops' attention was focused on the dragon ball that seemed to have a dragon fetus swimming around, and they did not notice the Jin'an people who followed.

Jin An naturally noticed the abnormality of the dragon ball. He also came to the lake to take a close look at the golden dragon lying like a mountain peak in the huge lake. At this moment, he discovered a detail and rushed into the lake. Among the several forces, there is actually no one from the Tianshi Mansion.

People in Tianshi Mansion are very interested in interests.

He is definitely not the one who suffers the consequences.

At this time, the Tianshi Mansion, faced with the rare dragon fetus in front of them, was not in a hurry to go to the lake to snatch it. Instead, a group of people gathered around a young man with a jade-like face and a jade belt around his waist and a man. The old man with a big frame, white beard and hair, expressionless face but a strong and strong body that can absorb all kinds of rivers. Beside them, these people are discussing something with serious faces.

Looking at the people of the Tianshi Mansion who were acting cautiously, Jin An looked thoughtfully at the golden dragon in the giant lake and looked at it carefully.

This time, because he was mentally prepared, after looking back and forth carefully, he really saw some clues.

"Do you think this dragon looks a little strange..."

"Although based on the appearance alone, I thought it was a real dragon at first, but I always felt that the proportions of the body were a bit awkward. I couldn't tell where the awkwardness was, but I just felt that it looked different..."

Even Young Master Yiyun nodded and agreed with Jin An's point of view.

But for a while, I can’t find the specific difference.

In the end, it was the old Taoist priest's eyesight that revealed the dragon's doorway: "Little brother, Mr. Yiyun, do you want to say that the dragon in front of us has no legs and claws?"

Um?

Being awakened by the old Taoist priest, Jin An and Master Yiyun were startled at the same time. The next moment, they immediately turned their heads to take a closer look.

Although the reflection from the water surface interfered with the field of vision, the part below the water surface of the golden dragon was not clearly visible, but after carefully identifying it for a while, the two people could still see that the golden dragon really had no claws!

No wonder he always felt that there was something awkward about this dragon. It turned out that it was missing four legs!

In myths and legends, dragons have three, four or five claws. For example, in the imperial court, there are sayings that the five-clawed emperor, the four-clawed princes, and the three-clawed doctor are distinguished.

But the golden dragon in front of me only had the shape of a real dragon, but it didn't have the legs and claws of a real dragon.

"Is this a dragon that has not yet transformed into a dragon?" Jin An guessed almost subconsciously.

The old Taoist shook his head and said no, no, and then explained: "A dragon without horns is called a dragon. This giant golden dragon has two horns on its head. It is a dragon, not a dragon."

"Even dragons can give birth to nine sons, each of whom is different. In fact, there are many kinds of dragons, and they are not just true dragons and walking dragons."

"For example, dragons with legs and claws include Zulong, Xinglong, Qinglong, Yinglong, Hulong, Qiulong, Chilong, Yunlong, Wanglong, Yelong, False dragon, etc."

"And dragons without legs and claws are not just dragons, there are also dragons that transform into dragons, fish that transform into dragons, etc."

Jin An knew that the old Taoist priest was familiar with all kinds of metaphysics. He interrupted the old Taoist priest who continued to show off his knowledge and said directly: "Old Taoist, what do you want to say specifically? Don't be pretentious. Have you seen the origin of the dragon in front of you? "

At this time, even Young Master Yiyun and Qi Bo looked curiously, wanting to know what the old Taoist priest had seen.

"Have you ever heard of an ancient divine beast, 猰(yà)萐(yǔ)?" The old Taoist priest only said it was a divine beast, not a divine dragon.

Young Master Yiyun thought about it and said: "猰貐, a kind of god in ancient times, is a god with the head of a human and the body of a snake, just like the three ancient emperors Nuwa. The legendary 猰貐 is honest and kind-hearted. Later, due to the instigation of the god 'Wei', 猰貐He was killed by another god "Er Negative". When the Yellow Emperor learned about this, he was very angry. He executed "Wei" and severely punished "Er Negative". He also asked his men to carry the corpse of Yu Qi to Kunlun Mountain and asked several wizards to use the Queen Mother of the West to kill him. The elixir grown from the immortal tree resurrected the dragon. Unexpectedly, after Yaoyao came back to life, she became confused and fell into the weak water at the foot of the Kunlun Mountains, turning into a man-eating beast with the head of a dragon and the body of a snake."

"However, there has always been a lot of controversy over the records of the shape of the 茰貐 in ancient mythology. There are several records of the 猰貐 in the "Shan Hai Jing" alone. One theory is that it looks like a dragon (chū). Dragon head, cannibal; one theory is that it looks like a cow, naked body, human face, horse feet, and its voice is like a baby, and cannibal; one theory is that it has a snake body and human face...whether it is a dragon head, a snake body, or a human head The body of a snake, or the body of an ox, beast, and raccoon dog cannot be refuted at all. It is a man-eating beast that only moves in the weak waters of the Kunlun Mountains."

After introducing the origin of the 猰貐, Young Master Yiyun was almost convinced by the old Taoist priest's guess. The golden dragon in the giant lake in front of him was the legendary 猰貐.

Because the dogfish only lives in the Kunlun Mountains, it is enough to explain all this.

After listening to Yuqi's introduction, Jin An frowned slightly: "Kunlun Mountain, weak water, if the golden dragon in the lake is really a man-eating beast, as you said, then wouldn't this giant lake be weak water?"

It seems that the avalanche in Kunlun Mountain this time was indeed a huge thing breaking out of the earth. Even the ancient god Yu Qi was broken out.

The reason why Yuqi came back to life was because he ate the elixir planted on the immortal tree planted by Queen Mother of the West in Kunlun Mountain... Is it the Holy Land of Yaochi in Kunlun Mountain and the Palace of Queen Mother of the West?

There was a flash of light in Jin An's eyes.

Regarding weak water, what people think of most is that only one scoop of weak water can be taken out of 3,000 people, and the other is the Liusha River where Sha Monk is located in "Journey to the West"——

Eight hundred quicksand realms, three thousand weak water depths.

Regardless of the love affairs between men and women, the description of this weak water in ancient mythology has always been that "it cannot defeat mustard". It is one of the most dangerous lunar evil waters in the world and cannot be defeated by human beings.

There is water in the north of Kunlun, but its power cannot beat mustard, so it is called weak water.

All the clues about Yuqi, Ruoshui, and Kunlun Mountain became clear at once. Jin An, Master Yiyun, and Qi Bo couldn't help but look at the old Taoist priest. They were all surprised by the old Taoist priest's extensive involvement in this ancient mythology. At a glance, you can tell that the golden dragon in the lake is a giant dragon with the head of a dragon and the body of a snake.

At this time, Jin An turned his head to the hundreds of people who were rushing towards the giant dragon in the lake. Everyone wanted to grab the dragon ball: "The fish feeds on people, and the weak water cannot be defeated by humans. When these two things come together, it will be a disaster." It’s a dangerous place, and it seems that the lives of those who entered the lake will be in danger.”

At this time, he finally understood why those people from the Tianshi Mansion were not in a hurry to go to the lake to grab the dragon balls. Even the old Taoist priests could recognize it as a dragon, let alone the Tianshi Mansion of Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.

Among the Feng Shui masters in the Tianshi Mansion who deal with mountains, rivers, water veins, and celestial acupoints all day long, there will always be a few people who can recognize Yuqi.

The group of people in Tianshi Mansion are using people from other forces as cannon fodder, asking others to help them test how deep the water is here and what dangers are hidden.

This is very consistent with the city of Tianshi Mansion.

It is estimated that the people in Tianshi Mansion did this because they wanted to test whether this lake was the weak Taiyin water in mythology that even gods can knock down and drown.

The lake is not deep, it is so shallow that the serial boat cannot carry it, or maybe it was originally very deep but is now filled with gold objects. At this time, the crowd in the lake is stepping on the gold objects under the water and has already approached the golden dragon. , everyone wants to be the first to snatch the dragon fetus and dragon ball held in the mouth of the cage.

At this time, people from several forces began to compete fiercely in the lake. When the first person drew a cold knife from behind and attacked the person who was trying to climb up the golden dragon, the blood stained the lake water and gold objects under his feet red, and soon there was a third person. The second, third, and fourth people fell in a pool of blood, and the strong smell of blood lingered on the water.

As if stimulated by the blood, those people under the dragon head on the mountain gradually became red-eyed and no longer hesitated to take action. After a while, it turned into a white-hot fight, with gurgling blood spurting from the wounds of each corpse. When he came out, there was a large area of ​​water under the red golden dragon. The clear lake water was soon dyed black and red by the thick blood.

Seeing that the lake water was quickly turning red, the top leaders of the plateau tribes, the Western Region forces, the Tianzhu people, and the Southern Barbarians did not stop the cannibalism in the water. On the contrary, they were proudly watching their own tribesmen killing enemies ferociously in the water. , fighting for the dragon fetus and dragon ball, intending to establish their respective dignity.

There are not many people who can tell that the golden dragon in the lake is actually a dragon. Except for Jin'an and the others, Tianshi Mansion, a few people with shocked and doubtful expressions, and perhaps Tantric monks.

Because no Tantric monk went down into the lake.

Among these tantric monks, there were several eminent monks from large monasteries. They seemed to have seen some clues, but they were not sure. Several eminent monks from large monasteries stood on the shore and argued fiercely, seeming to be debating whether they should also We went into the water and continued to search deeply for the whereabouts of several sages.

The tantric monks who were arguing fiercely did not notice that a quiet change was taking place in the lake at this time...