The first thing that appeared was the cornice at one corner. Ordinary houses do not have cornices. Cornices are more common in palace temples or Taoist temples.
"What is it?" The fat man was confused.
Nanfeng was also confused, so naturally he couldn't help the fat man solve his doubts. According to common sense, the highest point of a house is the ridge. Even if there is water, the ridge should be exposed first, but the weird house in the distance is the first to appear on one side. The cornices, and the angle of the cornices is not straight in longitude and latitude, but crooked.
The water came out of the house very slowly. It took a long time to see the cornices and roof ridges on both sides. The other cornices on both sides were still under the black water swamp.
"It's a small Taoist temple, it's not like an illusion." Nanfeng said. The size of the house can be judged by the size of the roof ridge. The house in the swamp is not very big, only two feet long and less than nine feet wide. At first glance, it looks similar to The Tutu Temple is somewhat similar, but if you look closely, you can see that it is different from the Tutu Temple. The pillars under the eaves indicate that it is a small Taoist temple.
"Zhuge, how big is that thing you are talking about?" The fat man looked at Zhuge Chanjuan.
"I don't know. Such ancient aliens are rare now." Zhuge Chanjuan replied, and then asked, "Do you suspect that this Taoist temple was built on the back of the Toad Queen?"
The fat man nodded and pointed forward, "Look carefully, that house is shaking all the time."
While the two were talking, the other two cornices of the Taoist temple also rose from the water. As the sewage dripped from the tiles and walls, the Taoist temple gradually revealed its true appearance. The roof tiles and cornices were golden, and the walls were golden. It is white, and it is unknown whether the roof tiles are gilded or pure gold, at least they are gilded. The walls are made of jade slabs. Although they have been soaked in sewage all year round, they have never been stained by sewage.
Although the sparrow is small and has all the internal organs, the Taoist temple is small but has one door and two windows. Due to the distance, it is not sure whether the two windows are real windows or just decorations. The door is a double-open stone door, which is closed at this time.
After the Taoist temple came out of the water, it was not straight. Instead, it was high in the west and low in the east, which was very skewed.
The three of them looked far away, trying to see clearly what the Taoist temple was based on, but the bottom of the Taoist temple was still soaked in sewage, and only a small amount could not be seen.
At this moment, a black mist appeared in the area to the west of the Taoist Temple. The black mist appeared without warning. It originated from sewage, rushed straight for several feet, and spread immediately when blown by the mountain wind.
The three of them are currently located on the east side of the swamp. The north wind is blowing southward, and most of the black mist has gone south. Even so, a small amount of it has spread to the area where the three of them are, and a strong putrid smell would have been unbearable if they had not swallowed it before. Antidote pills, this time I might even vomit out the dry food I ate in the evening.
"What does it smell like?" The fat man covered his nose and frowned.
"This black mist is extremely poisonous, and the miasma is derived from it." Zhuge Chanjuan answered.
Because they were too far away, they couldn't see what was emitting the poisonous gas. However, soon after the black mist appeared, the Taoist temple in the swamp began to sink slowly. This shows that the fat man's previous guess was correct. The Taoist temple was built in Xuanhuang. The back of the toad queen only appears briefly when the queen is breathing.
The Taoist temple came out of the water very slowly, but entered the water very quickly, and disappeared after a while.
After the Taoist temple disappeared, the fat man looked at Nanfeng, "Is there any drama?"
"I can't say, I have to continue to observe." Nanfeng shook his head. The three of them had just arrived. They haven't figured out the situation yet, and they haven't found any patterns yet. It's hard to say whether there is any hope of getting it, but one thing is for sure, this thing is not Easy to deal with, but very tricky.
"Well, you two can observe here, I'll go back first." The fat man pursed his lips towards the south.
"Let Master Ba carry you back," Nanfeng said.
"Farewell, I'd better go back with Lao Bai. Master Ba will keep it for you two so you can run faster if something happens." The fat man shook his head.
Nanfeng nodded, "Be careful on the road. It's easy to lose your way when driving at night. Remember to watch the Beidou."
"Okay, five hundred miles away, five hundred miles back. Is it too late to come back tomorrow evening?" The fat man calculated the time.
"Don't worry, just come back at noon the day after tomorrow." Nanfeng said. Based on the time and route, everyone in the Shangqing Sect should be rushing to Taiyin Mountain at this time. Time is not urgent.
"Okay, I'll leave first. Don't stay here, you two. Go north, where you'll have the upper hand." Fatty reminded.
Nanfeng agreed, and then said, "Tell them briefly about the situation. Don't just take away the people. Move those rare birds and animals to other places. Don't let the Shangqing Sect harm them."
The fat man said he understood, rode on Lao Bai, and headed south.
"You are so considerate as a brother." Zhuge Chanjuan smiled.
Nanfeng didn't know what Zhuge Chanjuan was referring to and tilted his head in confusion.
"Knowing that he was married, we let him stay at home for one night." Zhuge Chanjuan laughed again.
"What have you been thinking about all day long?" Nanfeng glanced at Zhuge Chanjuan. He didn't think about it at all. He just felt that he had plenty of time and didn't want the fat man to work too hard.
"I miss my little man." Zhuge Chanjuan leaned forward.
Nanfeng was still looking at her, but when he heard what she said, he also smiled. Women are most afraid of being pretentious, and excluding those hypocritical pretense, whether they are graceful and implicit, or straightforward, they are all cute.
"Husband, are you tired? I will give you a massage on your feet?" Zhuge Chanjuan teased.
"It's going to make you sick, so go away." Nanfeng jumped north.
"Don't run, wait for me." Zhuge Chanjuan chased after her.
Lest she catch up and take action, Nanfeng ran faster, "If you continue to disgust me, I will kick you to death."
"Hahahaha, you're so cute." Zhuge Chanjuan felt very unhappy.
Fatty’s suggestion is good. The north side is in the wind and the location is high. Not only does it not smell bad, but you can also observe the situation in the distance.
The matter was so important that Zhuge Chanjuan naturally would not disturb the south wind at this time. She returned to normalcy when she reached the top of the mountain. "Below the Taoist temple must be the Xuanhuang Toad Queen. In addition to the poisonous rotten water, there is also deep silt in the swamp. It cannot be If you go down, you can only wait for it to come up."
"Can the pill I just took resist the poisonous mist it sprays?" Nanfeng asked.
Zhuge Chanjuan waved her hand, "No, but I have other ways. You don't have to worry about rotten water and poisonous gas."
Nanfeng nodded, "That's a little better, but even if I don't worry about these things, I just calculated that the time it takes to breathe is very short, which is not enough for me to get in and out calmly. If this guy is frightened, it will definitely Speed up your dive, if I enter that house, I might be taken into the swamp by it."
Zhuge Chanjuan didn't answer, and Nanfeng said exactly what she was worried about.
Nanfeng frowned and looked at the swamp to the south. This matter was definitely difficult, but it was understandable. There was only the Tortoise-shell Heavenly Book elsewhere, but here there was not only the Tortoise-shell Heavenly Book, but also the Xuanhuang Tianlu, not to mention the Tortoise-shell Heavenly Book. , the Xuanhuang Tianlu alone is enough to make people flock to it. Although he has never seen Xuanhuang Tianlu, he has seen several other types of Xuanhuang Tianlu that are among the five ancient wonder medicines. His rebirth, Fatty's power is endless, Li Chaozong's birth of wings is a fact witnessed with his own eyes. Even if the Xuanhuang Tianlu cannot make people immortal, it can always live for three to five hundred years more.
Everything will be done if it is not planned, and if it is not planned, it will be ruined. The so-called planning means planning in advance. If you do not plan well, everything you do will be in vain. This matter is indeed difficult, but that is to get all the Xuanhuang Tianlu and the Turtle Shell Heavenly Book. Choose one and the difficulty will be reduced by half.
I can only choose one between Xuanhuang Tianlu and Turtle Shell Heavenly Book. Which one should I choose
Of course, choose the Book of Heaven!
Human life is limited, and can only be used to do one thing well. The important thing is to understand what you want. Only when you know what you want most can you give up those relatively unimportant things, keep your eyes on the goal, and persevere. If Being half-hearted and greedy, wanting this and that, is bound to accomplish nothing and lead a mediocre life.
Choose the Book of Heaven. The Book of Heaven is the general outline of all laws. With the Book of Heaven, immortality is not difficult. The Xuanhuang Tianlu is secondary. Just abandon it without hesitation.
After not killing the Xuanhuang Toad, the difficulty will be much easier. With Zhuge Chanjuan here, the poisonous gas and poisonous rotten water spewed by the Toad Queen can be ignored. In this way, there is only one problem that needs to be solved, how to kill the toad in a short period of time. Enter the Taoist temple, get the tortoise shell, and escape intact.
The biggest problem is not enough time to solve it.
"Xuanhuang Toad's five elements belong to earth and cannot tolerate the poison of wood. I am sure to poison it to death." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
Hearing this, Nanfeng shook his head repeatedly, "No, no..."
"The toxicity first invades the spleen and stomach, and then enters the liver and gallbladder. As long as we act immediately after his death, Xuanhuang Tianlu can still be obtained." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
"That's not what I'm worried about. Can you guarantee that it will crawl out and die on the shore after being poisoned? What if it gets into the mud?" Nanfeng shook his head.
Zhuge Chanjuan stopped talking. She had indeed ignored this point before.
"This is all a bad idea." Nanfeng sighed.
Zhuge Chanjuan was naturally not happy to hear it, but she didn't say anything because what she came up with was indeed a bad idea.
"This black and yellow toad has a toad queen, so it should also have a toad king, right?" Nanfeng asked.
Zhuge Chanjuan knew what Nanfeng was thinking, "This thing is somewhat similar to a bee. There are many male toads, and they are also small. The one I just took is a male toad."
Seeing that this road was impassable, Nanfeng thought of another possibility, "What does this thing like to eat?"
"The earth type is the least picky about food and will eat anything." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
Nanfeng didn't ask any more questions. Now it seemed that it was unlikely that we could lead it to the shore, so we could only do it from the swamp.
The two of them chatted for a period of time, speculating, or to be precise, guessing why the Taoist built a Taoist temple on the back of the Xuanhuang Toad. The most likely reason was that the Taoist knew that the Xuanhuang Toad could produce Xuanhuang Heavenly Dew, and wanted to Closely guarded. However, there is another possibility. For unknown reasons, the Taoist liked to stay underground, so he built such a Taoist temple on the back of the toad and lived underground on weekdays.
Sometimes clues come to mind inadvertently. If it is the latter case, then the Taoist temple should be airtight. The period of time for the Queen Toad to breathe is not enough for him to go in, find the tortoise shell and come out, but it should be enough to open the door and close it with his backhand. .
"How often does a frog and a toad take a breath?" Nanfeng asked.
"It's hard to say, some can stay under water all the time, and some can't hold even half a stick of incense and have to take a breath." Zhuge Chanjuan said.
Nanfeng didn't ask again. The toad queen came out to take a breath before, which meant that it couldn't stay in the water forever. Now what needed to be determined was how long it could stay underwater.
In the early morning, the Taoist temple appeared again, but this time it was not in the northwest of the swamp, but in the southerly area. After taking a breath, it dived into the swamp again.
"In two hours, if the house is impermeable, there should be enough air inside." Nanfeng said.
"What do you want to do?" Zhuge Chanjuan asked with a frown.
Just as Nanfeng was about to explain, he suddenly noticed two purple auras appearing in the north. He looked closely and saw that a bird was carrying a purple aura Taoist. Judging from its movement trajectory, it was heading towards the area where the two of them were.
"Oops, why did it come so fast..."