After Ye Xun nailed the beetle with a knife, he turned around and ran towards me, regardless of whether the beetle was dead or alive: "Just be patient, I'll help you set the bones!"
I knew it was going to be bad as soon as I saw Ye Xun's expression. When I looked at my hand, Ye Xun immediately covered my eyes: "Don't look!"
I shook my head and said: "Whether you are dead or alive, you have to let me take a look, right? I have to see it sooner or later anyway!"
Ye Xun took away his palm hesitantly, and my heart felt completely cold.
Not only had a piece of flesh been cut off from both of my arms, but the flesh near the wound was already like pork that had been left out for several days. It was not only rotten and white, but also exuded a stench. From the bones exposed from the wound It was also black as if it had been stained by ink, and it was only a matter of time before the bones became necrotic.
Now even if Ye Xun cuts out the rotten flesh near my wound, he may not be able to save my arms. The only way to save my life is to cut off my hands.
I forced a smile and said: "Brother, let's do it! Let's explore the world! Who hasn't had such a day yet? Maybe in the future I will meet a master of agency and install a pair of prosthetic hands for me, and I will be able to roam the world again. Let's do it!"
Ye Xun, with red eyes, took out the dagger from his body and pointed it at my arm, but he couldn't do it.
I smiled calmly and said, "Aren't you usually pretty good at chopping people's heads off? If you don't do it, my arm will be rotten to pieces."
"Fuck you, uncle!" Ye Xun scolded me with a cry, then closed his eyes and raised the dagger.
"Wait a minute!" Li Sese rushed over before Ye Xun dropped the knife, and handed a round bead in front of my eyes: "This bead may save you, or it may harm you. Do you want to bet? Once you make a bet, if you win, your hand will be saved; if you lose, your life will be lost.”
Ye Xun turned to look at Li Sesu: "What is this?"
Li Sesu said anxiously: "It's too late to explain! Do you want to eat or not?"
Ye Xun suddenly said angrily: "If you don't explain clearly..."
"I'll eat it!" I interrupted Ye Xun forcefully: "Put the beads in my mouth first, trust me!"
Ye Xun didn't believe Li Sese but believed me. He grabbed the beads from Li Sese's hand and stuffed them into my mouth.
Li Sesu then said: "Wait! Eat the beads, and they will take effect after a while."
I looked at Li Sesu with a half-smile: "What kind of inner elixir is this?"
When Li Sese came over with the beads, I saw that her hands were full of dark yellow juice, and a hole was dug out of the beetle's belly. I guess that bead was something that Li Sese dug out of the beetle's belly, but I've never heard that insects can produce inner elixirs.
Li Sese sat down and said, "If I'm not mistaken, this should be Jiaolong's inner elixir."
Li Sese pointed to the python skeleton in the distance and said: "Snake bones don't leave any fragrance, but dragon bones have fragrance. Legend has it that the bones of spiritual animals are like this. Our Li family also has a dragon bone with a better fragrance than this." A snake is even richer."
Li Sese said: "When I came down just now, I thought it was a dragon bone, but I wasn't completely sure, so I didn't say it directly."
I pondered: "According to legend, after the death of a spiritual beast, its body will not decay. Especially the body of a dragon will not rot for thousands of years, but this dragon obviously turned into withered bones?"
"Then how did the dragon die?" Li Sese pointed to the beetle nailed to the wall and said: "The dragon is not without natural enemies. Many things can eat dragons, and dragon lice are one of them."
Dragons seem to be extremely powerful, but they are not invincible in mythology. At least I have seen the legend about celestial beings eating dragons in the "All Things Sutra", but I have never heard of dragon lice.
Li Sese seemed to see my doubts: "Our Li family has been dealing with demonic snakes, and the information collected on dealing with snakes far exceeds that of the Detective. This is why the Wuming Sect allowed the Li family to join the sect. The reason for the door.”
When Li Sese said this, she couldn't help but smile bitterly: "The Li family wanted to join the sect and seek asylum, but none of them ever thought that besides being able to catch snakes, what else could the Li family do? What about the restricted areas for snakes? How much? Besides... forget it, let’s not talk about this, let’s talk about business!”
Li Sesu wanted to bring the topic back, but I could guess what she meant by what she didn't say.
Catching snakes, in a sense, is not a difficult secret skill. At least, Miaojiang Gu Masters and descendants of Yaowang Valley all know the secret methods of catching and raising snakes. Even if the Li family has something unique, if they stay in the hands of the Detective for a long time, the secret method will inevitably be revealed by the Detective, and the last bit of use value will be completely lost. That is the real disaster for the Li family.
Li Sesu didn't know what I was thinking and continued: "That kind of dragon louse can secrete a highly poisonous substance similar to anesthetics. Once the dragon louse succeeds in sneak attack, even if it digs a hole in the prey, the opponent will not Feel the pain. At this time, the dragon louse will penetrate into the dragon's body, float on its heart, and suck the opponent's essence and blood until it slowly consumes the dragon to death."
"If the dragon has already cultivated the inner elixir, the dragon louse will tear apart the opponent's internal organs, swallow the inner elixir, and slowly digest it before the dragon dies. However, the dragon louse digests the inner elixir very slowly, and sometimes it even takes It takes hundreds of years to digest an inner elixir.”
"After the death of a dragon, its body remains intact because there is still essence and blood in its body, or it is supported by inner elixirs. A dragon eaten by dragon lice will naturally decompose after its inner elixir and essence and blood are gone. Moreover, dragon lice The poison on the claws can also cause the muscles to rot quickly. Haven't you seen it too?"
Li Sesu's words may sound a bit bizarre, but more than 90% of them are true. At least, everything she said is consistent with what we saw.
Ye Xun heard this and asked, "How do you know these things?"
"Of course it's recorded in the secret records of the Li family." Li Sese said: "The Li family once caught dragon lice and used their venom to make a batch of drunken dragon powder. Li Snake can easily kill pythons because of his hands. There is Zuilong Powder in it.”
Li Sese said: "One of the functions of the dragon inner elixir is to regenerate human flesh and blood. Even severed limbs can still grow back. Of course, this is just a legend. After all, I have not really verified it. Also …”
While Li Sese hesitated, I took over her words: "You are saying that you don't know if the inner elixir swallowed by the dragon louse will absorb the toxins in the dragon louse and turn it into poison, right?"
"No!" Li Sese shook his head and said, "I'm not sure. Is it the Snake Pill or the Dragon's Inner Pill that you ate?"
I frowned slightly and said, "What do you mean?"
Li Sese said: "You also saw that the dragon was not born into a dragon, but a giant python transformed into a dragon. If we see a living dragon, I can still judge whether it has successfully transformed into a dragon. Only Based on the pile of bones in front of me, I can't tell whether the giant python has completed its transformation into a dragon, or how much it has changed."
In mythology, dragons are also divided into two types, one is born as a dragon and the other is a dragon. In other words, its parents themselves are pure-blood true dragons or dragons. The other one is the scale tribe transforming into a dragon.
Many people think that the dragon is the leader of all beasts and the phoenix is the supreme bird. In fact, the head of all beasts in myth is Qilin, not a real dragon. The true dragon is the supreme among scales. In other words, any creature with scales on its body has the possibility of cultivating dragon transformation. However, it is carps and snakes that most often turn into dragons in mythology.
Of course, whether it is a transformation from a fish to a dragon or a transformation from a dragon to a snake, it requires an extremely long process. Especially snakes, because there is no saying about fish leaping over the dragon's gate, they have to go through the process of transforming into dragons before they can evolve into true dragons.
Li Sese's analysis, combined with my previous judgment, is enough to draw a conclusion, that is, there was something hidden in this ancient well that could help the giant python transform into a dragon, which attracted the giant python underground. The giant python that thought it had defeated its companions was unlucky enough to encounter a dragon louse. Instead of turning into a sea creature, it turned into a pile of withered bones.
Ye Xun said anxiously: "Isn't that skeleton already scented? Why can't it be considered a success in transforming into a dragon?"
Ye Xun would never ask such a question normally. It was only because of my serious injuries that he lost his ability to judge.
Li Sese said: "The transformation of a python into a dragon starts from the bones. Snake bones and dragon bones are completely different concepts. If the bones are not transformed first, the strength of the snake bones cannot support the dragon body, especially the dragon claws. The dragon's movement and There are two completely different ways of snake movement. Dragons have claws, and snakes have no claws. Even if it grows dragon claws without breaking into bones first, it will still be a pair of useless claws. The fragrance on the bones doesn't mean anything. You didn't see that there are no claws on the snake bones. What?"
Ye Xun suddenly turned back to look at the python's skeleton, and his expression became a little ugly.
Li Sese said again: "One more thing, I don't know if you have noticed? That is where the giant pythons and dragon lice came from. These pythons are clearly not sea snakes. How did they end up at the beach?"
Ye Xun was speechless for a moment when Li Sesu asked him.
The body of a sea snake is flatter than its counterpart on land, making it more suitable for swimming in the sea or withstanding the pressure of sea water. Although I don't know what species these giant pythons are, their body shapes obviously do not meet the standards of sea snakes.
Li Sese said again without waiting for us to speak: "And that dragon louse is not a species that should live on the seaside. When did it enter the Narcissus Monastery, and how did it find this dragon louse hidden in the well? Can you explain clearly the giant python that turned into a dragon?"
"This..." Ye Xun couldn't help but frowned again.
The Narcissus Temple is obviously a secret place built by someone to allow pythons to turn into dragons. Could the person who built the Narcissus Temple leave behind the natural enemy of the dragon? That dragon louse was clearly something that appeared later.
Ye Xun and I couldn't help but fell silent at the same time.