“No, no…” Xie Jingwen stepped back in fear, but before he could take a few steps back, he was pushed back by the sorcerer behind him.
Although I have only dealt with Xuan Jing Division twice, I have discovered that Xuan Jing Division has a very obvious style. That is, for the mission, anyone can sacrifice, even as a companion who lives and dies together, no one stands up to plead for the victim. In their eyes, this kind of sacrifice is completely natural.
With no way to escape, Xie Jingwen knelt down with a plop, crying and begging: "Master's Wife, don't we still have the Demon-Slaying Formation? Don't we still have the Thunder Talisman? Aren't we powerless to fight? Go ahead, Master's Wife..."
Sun Xiaomei said coldly: "Don't forget Xuan Jing Si Tielu!"
Xie Jingwen knocked his forehead so hard that it was bleeding: "Rules are dead, but people are alive! Master's wife, I am the master's only disciple! You can't..."
Sun Xiaomei said impatiently: "Someone, throw him down for me."
"Master's Wife..." Before Xie Jingwen could finish his words, Sun Xiaomei sealed his acupuncture points with her own hands: "Throw it away!"
The four sorcerers walked forward together, grabbed Xie Jingwen's limbs, lifted him in the air, shook him vigorously a few times, and threw him into the water.
As soon as Xie Jingwen fell into the water, Dongbao held him in his arms and pulled him out of the water. Xie Jingwen said incoherently: "Baby, don't kill me, I had no choice... Let me go... As long as you let me go..."
Dong Bao looked at Xie Jingwen lying in his arms and said, "What a handsome face. Even if he is scared to death, he is still so handsome. You must have deceived many girls with this face, right?"
“No, no… I didn’t, I just…” Xie Jingwen no longer had the courage to face danger. He couldn’t utter a single word of the sweet talk that he used to speak.
Dong Bao whispered, "When I first saw you speak, I thought your voice was very nice, and everything you said sounded nice. I never said a word to a man before, so why did I want to hear you speak that day?"
If a woman is not attracted to a man, she will not find his voice particularly attractive, unless his voice is unique. Xie Jingwen should have practiced a martial art similar to Tianmo Miyin, but his martial art is not as domineering as Tianmoyin.
Dong Bao slowly raised his left hand and pressed it on Li Jingwen's forehead: "Looking at your face, I suddenly don't want to kill you anymore."
"Yes, yes, yes..." Xie Jingwen said in surprise, "You can turn into a ghost pet, so that we can be together every day! We can talk every day..."
Dong Bao seemed not to hear what Jie Jingwen was saying. He gently stroked Jie Jingwen's forehead with his five fingers and slowly raised his fingertips: "I can let you live, but I won't leave this face. I can let you speak, but I won't let your voice be so beautiful..."
Dongbao's raised finger suddenly sank down fiercely, starting from Xie Jingwen's forehead and moving inch by inch towards his chin. I clearly saw the bright red flesh strands curling up from Dongbao's fingertips...
Dongbao kept grabbing Li Jingwen's chin, and then stabbed his bloody finger into his mouth. Li Jingwen, who had already screamed so hard, let out another scream and fainted in Dongbao's arms.
Dongbao lifted up Xie Jingwen with both hands and threw him to the shore: "Catch it!"
Sun Xiaomei clearly saw Xie Jingwen being thrown back, but she had no intention of saving him and just let him fall into the water. Dong Bao said coldly: "I don't want him to die, do you understand what I mean?"
Sun Xiaomei then said, "Pull him out of the water and treat his injuries."
As several sorcerers fished out Xie Jingwen from the pool of blood, Sun Xiaomei looked at Dong Bao again: "Now, can you tell me the secret of the magic Gu?"
Dong Bao said: "If I say there is no such thing as a magic Gu, will you believe it?"
Sun Xiaomei said sternly: "Don't forget your oath!"
Dong Bao said calmly: "Let's put it this way, in fact, this secret realm is the divine Gu."
"What did you say?" Sun Xiaomei exclaimed, "You're lying!"
"Would I lie if I swear in the name of ghosts and gods?" Dong Bao asked, "Don't you Han people have legends about gods turning into mountains?"
Everyone couldn't help but gasp.
The story of ancient mythical beasts turning into mountains and rivers after their death has indeed been circulating for a long time. The most magical legend is that there is a space similar to internal organs inside the mountains transformed by the mythical beasts. The space we fell into is very similar to the stomach of the mythical beast. Could it be that the place where Xiao Baitang and I crawled over is the esophagus of the mythical beast
Gu Piaoran smiled faintly and said, "You mean to say that this pool of water is the stomach of the divine beast? Even if this mountain is the body of the divine beast, after the divine beast dies, all its organs will disappear. If you say that we can use the earth's energy to arrange a feng shui formation here, I can believe it; if you say that this is the body of the divine beast, I will never believe it."
Gu Piaoran stared at Dong Bao and said in a deep voice: "Unless the divine beast you mentioned is still alive, otherwise, his stomach will never function on its own. The reason why the pool of water under your feet can corrode living people is because there is a lot of sulfur under the water, right? This should be an underground hot spring, am I right?"
Gu Piaoran's explanation is relatively more reasonable. In Feng Shui, even if a Feng Shui master finds the spiritual vein transformed from a mythical beast, he can only rely on the earth's energy of the spiritual vein, rather than extracting the so-called dragon blood or dragon crystal.
Just as Gu Piaoran said, the divine beast is dead. Apart from the spiritual energy that remained from those years, what else is left of it
Dong Bao smiled and said, "That's what the legend says. I'm just stating the facts I know. Whether you believe it or not is up to you."
Sun Xiaomei said in a deep voice: "Keep talking!"
Dong Bao said: "According to the explanation of the person who sealed me in the cave, what I have to do is to lead the people who enter the secret realm to the location of the heart of the divine Gu and let them enter the heart chamber, where his inheritance is. Only those who inherit it can leave the secret realm smoothly, otherwise, they will stay here and wait for the destined person with me."
Sun Xiaomei's expression changed slightly: "What inheritance are you talking about? Has anyone entered it before?"
"I don't know. Because no one has ever entered the heart chamber!" Dong Bao laughed, "No one who came in before was willing to listen to me. Without my guidance, no one can enter the secret realm. Do you think anyone will be able to inherit it?"
"Where is the secret place?"
"If you enter the secret realm, you will definitely receive the inheritance?"
Sun Xiaomei and Gu Piaoran spoke almost at the same time, but did not ask the same question.
Dong Bao said: "I can tell you that even if you enter the secret realm, you may not be able to obtain the inheritance. According to that person, those who enter the secret realm will die without a burial place if they cannot withstand the test."
Sun Xiaomei whispered to herself, "It is indeed so."
Gu Piaoran asked in a deep voice: "Then let me ask you, you keep saying that this mountain was transformed from a mythical beast, what kind of mythical beast is it?"
Dong Bao said solemnly: "Xuan Ming!"
"Bullshit!" Sun Xiaomei cursed without any hesitation.
There are countless legends about Xuanming.
There is a legend that Xuanming is one of the twelve ancestor witches and the water god of the north.
There is also a legend that Xuanming is the god of winter among the four gods, the Xuanming of the North.
There is also a legend that Xuanming is a ferocious beast with bone spurs all over its body. Later generations derived the image of Xuanwu based on Xuanming. The original appearance of Xuanming should be a turtle with a snake tail.
However, no matter what the legend is, Xuanming is inseparable from the category of the God of the North, the God of Winter, and the God of Water. Miaojiang is located in the south. As the God of the North, would Xuanming travel thousands of miles to the south to die? No wonder Sun Xiaomei was furious on the spot!
Dong Bao said calmly: "I have already said it, this is the legend, whether you believe it or not is up to you."
Sun Xiaomei asked in a deep voice: "Mr. Gu, what do you think?"
"I can't read it!" Gu Piaoran seemed to be very frugal with words and didn't want to say another word.
Sun Xiaomei turned to look at me and said, "Wu Zhao, can't you see it too?"
I really hate Sun Xiaomei's tone, but I have to answer her question, and I have to make her believe in Xuanming's existence.
In my heart, I don't believe Xuanming will appear in Miaojiang. However, if we just stand here and don't move, I will never find a chance to escape. Only when they all move, even into a fatal crisis, will I have a chance to escape.
I said calmly, "I think Dongbao is telling the truth."
"First, Dong Bao swore in the name of ghosts and gods, and you have verified it, so what she said should not be a lie, unless she was also deceived and took the lie as the truth."
"That makes sense." Sun Xiaomei nodded and said, "Go on!"
I said again, "Secondly, Dong Tian and Dong Bao are both named with the word 'Dong', which means that winter is part of their heritage. This is exactly in line with Xuan Ming. You know, Dong Tian and his people have been guarding the Divine Village for generations. The word 'Dong' represents their mission, and it may even be a clue left behind by the person who established the secret realm in the first place."
Sun Xiaomei nodded again and said, "Go on!"
I said in a deep voice: "The third point is the most important one. According to the legend of Shenzhai, the person who obtains the Shen Gu can 'use the Shen Gu to defeat all Gu'. In the past, we always regarded the Shen Gu as an extremely vicious insect, and believed that it was a vicious creature that could devour other Gu insects. If we think about it from another angle, can Xuanming also restrain all Gu?"
"No matter how strong the poison is, it is still an insect after all. What insects fear most is the severe winter. When the weather turns cold, insects will hibernate, or even freeze to death. There is also a saying in the lyrics of ancient sacrificial verses, 'Xuanming Lingyin, hibernating insects cover Zang'. Who dares to say that Xuanming is not the nemesis of Gu insects?"
"Based on these conditions, it is not impossible that the Xuanming inheritance is hidden in the secret realm!"
After listening to this, Sun Xiaomei nodded slightly and said, "Dongbao, where is Xuanming's secret burial place?"
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