When Miss Mi saw the dark thing, she immediately became excited and hurriedly ran forward.
At this time, Wang Xiaoliu'er held a small knife in his hand and was digging something out of the monster's belly. It looked a bit laborious, but it did take a long time.
Miss Mi hurriedly stepped forward, squatted down, and looked at Wang Xiaoliu'er with big eyes, "How is it?"
Wang Xiaoliuer smiled ambiguously and pulled his hand out. As expected, he was holding a round, stone-like object in his hand.
That thing was purple-red, with a lot of veins wrapped around it. It looked a bit like a heart or something, but it was obviously not.
Wang Xiaoliuer rinsed it in the water twice and shook it with a proud look on his face, "How is it? Is it big?"
"This, is this the inner elixir of this thing?"
"Um!"
Wang Xiaoliu'er nodded sharply, then took out a thermal quilt, stuffed the thing in, tightened it a few times, and then stood up.
At this time, Miss Mi was looking around, but Wang Xiaoliuer was squatting on the ground and washing his hands. While washing, he asked her, "Hey, what are you looking for?"
"Where's the sword?"
Miss Mi looked very anxious.
Wang Xiaoliuer smiled when he heard this, fished it out of the water, threw it, and threw an extremely heavy ancient sword directly over.
Miss Mi caught it and felt that the sword was extremely heavy. She took half a step back and the sword almost fell to the ground.
Looking at the ancient sword at this time, it was already stained with rust. Judging from the copper-green rust stains, this sword was most likely made of something similar to bronze. Fortunately, although this sword was quite rusty,
But underneath the rust, the sword's blade is still relatively well preserved.
Miss Mi held up the sword and looked at it for a long time. She found that the sword was not only made of a material similar to bronze, but also the shape and size of the sword had the characteristics of ancient bronze swords from the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period. She was holding it in her hand.
After playing with it for a long time, I couldn't help but feel my heart pounding and I looked very excited.
Wang Xiaoliuer squatted aside and raised his eyebrows, "Is it this one?"
"I don't know, but it seems to be about the same."
Miss Mi said, trying to close her eyes, as if feeling the power of the sword. Unfortunately, she tried several times but did not get any response.
"Why, you communicated with him several times, but it didn't work, right?"
Wang Xiaoliuer raised his eyebrows and showed an expression of gloating. Seeing this, Miss Mi couldn't help but roll her eyes at him, "This sword has been soaked in water for so long. It's normal not to see it!"
"Then what are you going to do next?"
"Find a good master to repair it and see what it looks like underneath the rust."
"Well, okay."
Wang Xiaoliuer pouted, then pointed to his own mouth, "Hey, it's like this, shouldn't we celebrate with a kiss?"
"Go away~"
Miss Mi rolled her eyes at him, quickly found a piece of white cloth, squatted on the ground, carefully wrapped the ancient sword and put it in the tent. Then, with her hands behind her back, she ran over to look at the monster in the water.
At this time, although the monster looked very huge in the water, it was actually a flat thing.
It is at least five or six meters long. From a distance, it looks a bit like a big catfish, but it has four legs. It is already dead at this time. It is turned on its side and its legs are straightened. At this time, it looks like a flower.
, white background, with large patches all over it.
In fact, it also has markings on its body, with a dark green body color and black patterns.
Its head is extremely big, like a catfish head, with two big beards on both sides. If it lay down on the ground normally, it would not look very tall.
It is really ugly, so ugly that there is no sense of suspense at all. How can I put it, it is just pure ugliness.
Miss Mi stared at it for a long time with her mouth slightly open, then suddenly showed an expression of surprise. She turned her head and looked at Wang Xiaoliuer, "Hey! What a fool!"
Wang Xiaoliuer looked at her sideways, disgusted, "Who are you calling a fool?"
"Hey, I'm telling you something serious!"
Miss Mi saw Wang Xiaoliu'er using a wooden stick to pry the thing's big mouth, so she couldn't help but move forward and looked at Wang Xiaoliu'er curiously, "Is this thing a giant salamander?"
Giant salamanders are actually giant salamanders. They usually live near rocky riverbeds with dense water flow. You can occasionally see them in Jiangcheng, so Miss Mi thought they looked familiar.
Wang Xiaoliu'er shook his head, then looked at Miss Mi, "You're half right."
"Um?"
Miss Mi tilted her little head, looking very curious. Wang Xiaoliuer pointed with his finger, "This thing looks similar to a giant salamander, but its habits and size are different from the giant salamander. Things like the giant salamander
, not very big, into
The body size of a year is about thirty kilograms to fifty kilograms. Occasionally, there are unexpected ones, and their body size is not more than a hundred kilograms. But this one, you see how big it is, at least it is starting to weigh a ton.
?Besides, look at that big beard."
Wang Xiaoliu'er stretched out his hand and grabbed the big beard beside the guy's mouth. The beard was very long, at least one meter long, like a big pig's tail.
Wang Xiaoliuer rolled up his beard twice and motioned for Miss Mi to look over, "When have you ever seen a giant salamander with a beard? Besides, think about it, even if your ancestor is not good, he is still from the Sword Control Sect.
The founder of the mountain, would it be a shame if he was killed by a giant salamander?"
"Then, what is this?"
Miss Mi believed Wang Xiaoliuer's words, but she still frowned slightly, showing a puzzled expression.
Wang Xiaoliuer curled his lips, "Want to know?"
"think!"
"It's useless to think about it, I won't tell you."
"Hey!"
Miss Mi was so angry that she wanted to kick him, "You're half-talking, how annoying!"
"Are you bothering me? I won't even mention it if you bother me!"
"Wang Xiaoliu'er..."
Miss Mi took Wang Xiaoliu'er's arm and began to act coquettishly. Seeing this, Wang Xiaoliu'er quickly looked at her hand and said, "Hey, hey, don't be annoying!"
"Tell me, what exactly is it?"
"I told you not to tell others."
"Um."
Miss Mi nodded her head.
Wang Xiaoliuer thought for a while and felt a little bit shortchanged. Then he curled his lips and raised his eyebrows, "You can't show off when asking someone a question!"
"Hurry up!"
Miss Mi was so angry that she kicked Wang Xiaoliu'er. The force was not very strong, more like a joke. Wang Xiaoliu'er wiped his hands and stood up, glanced at her and then said, "Have you ever heard of a dragon?
"
"Nonsense, who hasn't heard of dragons?"
Miss Mi rolled her eyes at Wang Xiaoliu'er, and then seemed to understand something. She suddenly took a breath of air. He turned his head and looked at Wang Xiaoliu'er, looking extremely surprised, "You mean? This is a line."
dragon?"
"This is obviously not a dragon."
Wang Xiaoliuer kicked the big monster, and then said bitterly, "However, this thing had a chance to turn into a dragon, but unfortunately, it failed."
"What's the meaning?"
"Look at the wounds on its body."
Wang Xiaoliuer pointed with his hand, and Miss Mi looked over. She couldn't tell without looking carefully. It turned out that there were many huge wounds looming under the thick mucus of the monster. It looked like it had been burned by something.
Miss Mi glanced at it and suddenly took a breath of air, "Is this one struck by lightning?"
"Judging from the shape of the wound, it should be! So I guess it failed to escape the tribulation."
Wang Xiaoliuer recalled the records in the "Qingyang Sutra" and looked more serious, "If I guess correctly, this thing should be the legendary Jiao Salamander."
"Clay?"
"The dragon's dragon, the giant salamander's salamander."
Wang Xiaoliuer wrote something in the air, but Miss Mi still looked confused.
Obviously, she had never heard of this word.
Wang Xiaoliu'er was quite patient. He stood aside with his hands in his pockets, looked down at the guy and continued, "This should be a thousand-year-old dragon salamander. It's a pity that he failed to escape the tribulation and his Taoism was greatly reduced. Otherwise, this thing would
Really not
We can conquer it. I have read records in ancient books that there are many kinds of dragons, but they can be divided into some categories due to their different characteristics. Common ones include fish transforming into dragons and snakes.
Transform into dragons, dragons into dragons, etc.
According to different theories, the dragon salamander in the water is said to be a very rare evil spirit. The object itself is similar in level to the dragon, and its appearance is also somewhat similar. The ancients believed that this thing may be the product of a dragon and a giant salamander.
miscellaneous
The product was handed over, so it was called a giant salamander. According to past literature, the giant salamander has a long lifespan and is good at taking a nap. After eating and drinking enough, it can lurk under the water and can stay still for three years. Its ability to withstand hunger is extraordinary.
."
Miss Mi looked at Wang Xiaoliu'er and saw that he was speaking eloquently. She couldn't help but frown slightly, "So, you have recognized this thing a long time ago?"
"From the moment I was almost bitten to death by it, I guessed that it was almost the same. Otherwise, how could I know so much about this thing's feeding habits that I could kill it with a pumpkin?"
"Pumpkin? Is it a watermelon?"
"The method of killing giant salamanders is called golden melon."
Wang Xiaoliuer smiled faintly, and couldn't help showing a bit of pride on his face, "In the past, when people used this method to kill giant salamanders, they used pumpkins instead of watermelons. Pumpkins have yellow skin. Judging from the color, they are golden. Let me do it.
I didn't expect that there would be such a thing in the water when I was eating it, so I had to try it with watermelon. Fortunately, as I expected, this thing still couldn't resist the temptation of watermelon and ate it."
Miss Mi nodded and hugged her shoulders, "This thing has rough skin and thick flesh. It looks like a difficult owner at first glance. It probably didn't even think about it until it died. Because it was greedy for watermelon, it caused the watermelon in its mouth to burst.
, the quicklime inside came out and reacted with the gastric juice, causing a huge amount of heat to directly burn through its intestines and stomach."
"That's right."
Wang Xiaoliu'er nodded, "Generally speaking, a beast like this lurking under the water is armed on the surface of its body. It is difficult to break through its defense from the outside. Even if you succeed, you will still hurt the enemy.
The result of a thousand losses is eight hundred. What's more, this thing is good at diving, and the water is so deep. If you hurt it, it will dive into the water and hide, and there is nothing we can do."
"It's a pity that it has been around for thousands of years."
"It's not a pity."
Wang Xiaoliu'er shook his head, "I have accepted its inner elixir, and it deserves to die."
"I mean, it has lived for thousands of years, which is not easy. It is a pity that it died just when it was said to be dead."
"This thing grew up eating people."
Wang Xiaoliu'er turned to look at Miss Mi. Miss Mi was stunned when she heard this, blinked her eyes, and looked at Wang Xiaoliu'er, "You, how do you know?"
"I've heard this legend before."
Wang Xiaoliuer pursed his lips, "Now, there are no people in this mountain, but a long time ago, there were some small villages in this mountain. The people in the villages made a living by selling mountain goods and hunting.
It can be considered self-sufficient, especially in the war-torn times. In this kind of place, life is like a paradise. But in this mountain, it is not so peaceful. There has been a custom here since a long time ago. "
Wang Xiaoliuer's face turned gloomy, "There are legends about several powerful figures in this mountain, the most representative of which are the mountain god and the river god. It's hard to say what the mountain god is. Some people say he is a savage, and some say he is a savage.
It is said to be a black evil, and some people say it is a big horse monkey or something. As for what it is, I don't know, but now it seems that the legendary water god should be this kind of thing."
Wang Xiaoliuer pursed his lips and said, "Before I came, I took a look at the area on the plane. I could clearly see that the top and bottom of the pool were connected to the waterway, and it was possible to get out. It was too legendary. I wanted to go into the mountain in my early years.
If you need to walk by water, you must worship the river god. At that time, there was a rule in the villages that always had to walk by water for various reasons. They worshiped the mountain god in the spring and the river god in the autumn, once a year, without interruption. "
Wang Xiaoliu'er turned to look at Miss Mi, "Do you know why we offer sacrifices to the mountain god in the spring and to the river god in the autumn?"
"have no idea."
Miss Mi shook her head.
Wang Xiaoliuer sighed, "We don't know exactly what the Mountain God is, but the sacrifices offered to the Mountain God are all unmarried girls who are sixteen or seventeen years old."
Miss Mi was puzzled, "Big girl? Why a big girl?"
"In order to satisfy the physiological needs of the mountain god."
Wang Xiaoliuer curled his lips and said, "It is said that the mountain god is a good woman. At the beginning of spring, everything revives, which is the season for the beasts in the forest to multiply. The legendary mountain god also has this need, so every time, he has to sacrifice his pretty little girl.
girl."
Miss Mi looked disgusted, "Eh-"
"Serious."
Wang Xiaoliu'er pointed to the thousand-year-old dragon salamander again, "As for the sacrifice to the river god after autumn, what is needed is a pair of boys and girls, aged twelve or thirteen, half-grown, to participate in the grand ceremony.
In the river, for the river god to enjoy."
"Then why is it half-grown?"
"Who knows, maybe it's the river god who likes this."
Wang Xiaoliuer sneered, "In the past, when walking by water in autumn, the mountain people in this mountain would often have various problems, and they would be attacked by underwater monsters at every turn. I had heard some legends and expected that at that time
The situation is quite consistent with the situation of this dragon salamander. The dragon salamander will fall into hibernation in winter and seldom moves, so in
Before winter, you must eat a lot and store fat. Therefore, it is strange that this thing would attack humans in autumn. The mountain people at that time fed this monster. To put it bluntly, they just wanted to feed it. When it was full, it went back
, then you won’t go to those people for trouble. I guess those people also discovered this pattern and had such a ritual."
"Hey, when you say it like that, it seems to make sense!"
Miss Mi blinked her big eyes and stood aside thoughtfully, "No wonder..."
"Um?"
Wang Xiaoliuer was startled and looked at her with raised eyebrows, "What's the wonder?"