The ancient Qiang tribe's great shaman not only mastered witchcraft, but also specialized in using it to save people. This long-lost magical technique, combined with the legendary medicinal herbs from the snow-capped mountains, saved the life of the man with a cross-shaped scar on his face.
He is not just a simple guest, more importantly, this gentleman is the descendant of Yinglong, and the wound on his chest that was stripped of skin reveals a scar in the shape of Yinglong. Cloud Great Priest almost used kneeling method to treat the dragon clan's heir who had been missing for thousands of years.
Those wounds exposed to the outside without skin care are very prone to infection. Under the careful care of Yun Da Zong, Heng Rou's face began to recover day by day. Now he has become a god here, along with Zhuo Xiong, he is also considered an incarnation of God, while others are treated as the highest noble guests.
At first, the man who was slapped off his horse by Wang's palm was very proud of it and kept boasting to his clansmen about his encounter with Wang.
What is meant by prostration and worship, it's roughly like this.
A week later, Kunlun's peak began its first eruption. Cha Wenbin suggested that the villagers move out to live, but was rejected by Yun Dazong. He said that guarding the sacred mountain was their duty, and now that Wang had returned, they could not give up their home even more. Cha Wenbin buried his head in those ancient books, this experience made him unforgettable.
"If I could, I'd like to forget everything here." This was what Zha Wenbin told the Cloud Grand Priest. The old man merely raised his head to glance at the mountain peak shrouded in thick smoke, then re-entered his tent.
About twenty days passed, during this long period of time, Zhuo Xiong's decadence, Chaozi's confusion, Cha Wenbin's loss, and Zhe Luo who was eager to return home, as well as the already recovered Da Shan, none of them wanted to mention that scene on the mountain top again, they would rather have never been here.
Cha Wenbin began to talk to Yundashi about his past, his mission and the reason for this trip into the mountains. He also didn't know why he was entangled with fate again and again. If possible, he really wanted to be just an ordinary village Taoist priest.
The night before leaving, Cloud Big Sacrifice and Dashan as well as Cha Wenbin talked for a long time. The big sacrifice wanted to let the king who had finally returned be able to stay and continue to lead their people, but Dashan had already gotten used to the outside world, was used to following Zuo Xiong and Cha Wenbin, and could no longer adapt to the life of his ancestors.
Although he has the blood of the Qiang people, he is really too far away from this life. The great priest Yun said that the blood drop tattoos on his body have been completely torn off, and he said that this might be the only way to awaken Yinglong, anyway, he has lost that great totem.
If things go on like this, Cha Wenbin may be lost for the rest of his life, and Zhuo Xiong will live forever in deep guilt, and everyone will lose all joy.
The Grand Priest understood their meaning, and he let out a sigh as he said: "This is a world that doesn't belong to you, including the respected king. From the moment our ancestors left the mountain valley, we have already lost our true king."
The second day was the agreed departure date, and the enthusiastic villagers prepared hot tea and dry food as well as a sumptuous feast for them. After finishing their meal, they set off on their journey.
Almost everyone in the clan had arrived, but only the cloud grand priest was missing, perhaps he was reluctant to part with them, that's what Cha Wenbin thought.
After saying goodbye, Yun Dajisi shouted: "Please stay, drink this bowl of parting wine before leaving."
It turned out that they had gone to fetch wine, and the earthenware bowls were lined up on the ground in a row. Yun Da Jisi poured a full bowl for each person, and the Qiang people's drinking style was just like their character: generous! Even if someone didn't drink much, it was hard to refuse this kind of hospitality.
"Cheers!" With a toss of their heads, the five of them downed their cups in one gulp. The burly man with a thick face didn't forget to shout "Good wine!" as soon as he finished drinking. As soon as his voice fell, he felt that the Grand Priest in front of him suddenly became two people, then four, and then everything started spinning around him. Dashi, who had always been known for his impressive alcohol tolerance, surprisingly felt himself getting drunk from just one bowl of wine - normally, he was someone who could drink directly from a wine jug!
In fact, he didn't know that he was the last one to fall down, and the other four had long been unconscious. Before he closed his eyes, he saw Cloud Great Priest leading all the people of the tribe to kneel down towards him.
After a long time, Zha Wenbin heard a humming sound in his ear, he only felt that his head was a bit painful, no, it was very painful, with a splitting feeling.
Open your eyes, there are scattered snowflakes dancing in the sky, and four people around you are sleeping very sweetly.
Cha Wenbin pushed the person next to him, Chaozi was a bit dissatisfied with his pouting mouth, and Zhuo Xiong's face still had dry tear marks.
"Get up, all of you! Lao Dao and the others have left!" Zhang Wenbin shouted loudly. This was the entrance to the Wild Ox Gorge. He only remembered that Zhe Luo had brought them here to take shelter from the wind and snow, and then he didn't remember anything else. Had they overslept? Had they gone in first?
"Wenbin ge, let me sleep a bit longer." Chaozi stretched his waist and said, he felt very tired and sleepy, maybe it was because of the rush on the road for the past few days.
Cha Wenbin kicked him with a bad temper and said: "Don't sleep anymore, they should not be far away, just ahead."
"Boom!" A loud noise started coming from afar, and everyone was immediately awakened. Through the dim sky, Zha Wenbin could see that the distant sky was a sheet of red, mixed with huge rumbles constantly coming from afar, and the ground beneath his feet was slightly shaking.
"Heavens, an earthquake?" Chao Tzu cried out in incredulity.
"No, it's a volcanic eruption! Look!" Zhuo Xiong spread out his palm, and in the center of it landed a gray "snowflake". "This is volcanic ash! There will be another volcanic eruption here!"
"What about them? Old Wang is also gone, where did he go?" Cha Wenbin was getting anxious, Old Wang was the leader of this mission, if he's gone, what should they do?
Chao Zi immediately said: "Isn't this old guy seeing the volcanic eruption and running away with his people first, leaving us here?"
"This is terrible!" Cha Wenbin felt around his body and found that his things were gone! "The Day and Night Twin Wheels are gone! Hurry up and help me find them!" Then they discovered that not only the Day and Night Twin Wheels were gone, but many of their equipment was also missing.
The tent is gone, the sleeping bag is gone, and the guns and ammunition are also gone. However, there are some dry rations that have appeared beside me, good beef jerky.
Chaozi viciously stuffed a mouthful of beef jerky and scolded: "Leaving me here to feed the volcano, how unrighteous! Once I get out, I'll definitely flay his skin!"
"Huh?" The burly man, Da Shan, found a piece of sheepskin paper in his bosom and handed it to Cha Wenbin, saying: "I have this in my bosom, Brother Wenbin, take a look at what it is."
Zha Wenbin hastily took over the sheepskin paper and looked at it. On it, a line of small characters was written with cinnabar, the handwriting was very powerful. Zha Wenbin read: "The task is over, please go back, I and Old Wang have taken away the things, the grudges are settled, don't look for us." He looked up at everyone and said slowly: "The signer is Lao Dao!"
Chaozi immediately got angry and said: "Damn, what's going on here? You brought us here, took your stuff and then sneaked away. No way, I have to go in and find them. They must have discovered something and left us here to monopolize the good things."
"Hey, what are you doing going in there? Are you looking for death? Can't you see the volcano erupting inside?"
Chaozi helplessly glanced at his watch, the pointer showing it was now 7:12.
"It's not long before dawn, they can't have gone far, why don't we go and take a look?" He still didn't give up.
Cha Wenbin thought for a moment and said, "Alright, we don't know what's going on inside either. Zhe Luo didn't say that no one has ever come out alive, did he? I'm afraid they're in danger."
"Wait, something's not right, Wenbin! This doesn't feel right!" Chaozi exclaimed, grabbing Wenbin's shoulder as if he had seen a ghost. "When we came in, it was the 3rd, but look, my watch says today is the 28th!" He showed everyone his wristwatch.
Zhuo Xiong laughed and said: "Your thing is wrong."
"Impossible!" Chao Tzu immediately jumped up, "This watch was brought back by Old Master Cold from abroad for my father, and it took my father's entire year's salary. Even after a hundred years, the error of this watch will not exceed five seconds. When I went to Tibet as a soldier that year, the old man gave it to me, and I've used it for so many years without making a single mistake!"
"Are you saying we slept for twenty-five days straight?" Cha Wenbin asked, tilting his head to look at Chaozi.
"This... " Chaozi was momentarily speechless, Ah, how could it be possible that everyone slept for twenty-five days?
However, next came a loud wail from the pockmarked face, and everyone was stunned.
Dashi felt a slight itch on his chest, so he reached in to scratch. After scratching, he found that the chest seemed uneven and had some bumps. He opened his clothes to take a look, but what he saw was shocking - a large patch of scars covered his entire chest!
"Shoulder?" Cha Wenbin took one glance and immediately recognized the shape of this wound, Zhuo Xiong subconsciously lowered his head to take a look at himself.
"Come and take a look," said Chaozi, touching the big mountain's chest. "These wounds are clearly not fully healed, this new flesh is still tender and the color is different from the surrounding skin tissue. In my experience, it would take about twenty days for injuries to heal like this."
It's not just that, they started to find their hair was obviously longer than before, and their beards could pierce plastic bags.
"Sealed Abyss?" This was the first place that Cha Wenbin thought of, where time would pass especially quickly. Could it be that this place was similar to Sealed Abyss?
"My god, who's so cruel to do this to you, and it's even drawn with some style. Compared to the one on Blind Man's body, this one is even more extravagant." Chaozi laughed and touched the chest of Heng Roulian's face, making him feel uncomfortable all over.
Cha Wenbin was completely at a loss for a moment, he didn't know what to do, but he knew that something incredible must have happened.
"Divination!" This was the only thing he could think of, a handful of copper coins were scattered in all directions. Cha Wenbin took one glance and immediately sat down on the ground, muttering: "They're all gone."
"Withdraw, hurry up and pack, this place can't stay any longer." Cha Wenbin quickly came back to his senses, although he didn't know what had happened, but it must not be a good thing. Just as he was packing things up, he found another sheepskin paper in the gossip, with a string of Chinese characters written densely on it, and the first three words were particularly eye-catching: Ruyi Book!
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