The Tale of the Kraken

Chapter 164 Xuanwu Legend
"Impossible!" Just as the old man finished speaking, Yuan Mu denied it, "Xuanwu is a turtle and a snake, but Chacha and Zhou Liang are obviously two people."

"You say they are Xuanwu, but what evidence do you have?" Yu Zhongwu also asked aloud after hearing Yuan Mu's words: "I have known them for a long time, but they have always been independent. I don't believe that they are Xuanwu without evidence."

"It's not just him, I don't believe it either." After hearing what the two said, Chacha nodded in agreement.

"Evidence?" The old man blinked when he heard the words, and then continued to speak slowly, "The evidence is that this child is a red snake." She pointed to Chacha and said, "There are many snake monsters in the world, but there are not many red snakes."

"Senior, it's just because Chacha is the words of Red Snake..." Yuan Mu frowned at her words, and after thinking about the words, he said, "It's really too..."

"I know, this is just one of them." The old man nodded, expressing his understanding, "But this child is a black turtle." She pointed to Zhou Liang beside him, "If you don't believe me, you can make him a prototype." .”

"Zhou Liang?" Yuan Mu turned his head and looked at him questioningly.

"Okay." Zhou Liang responded, and turned into a prototype with a wave of his hand.

Seeing this, the old man stood up tremblingly, stroked the pattern on his back and said, "That's right, this is the Xuanwu turtle, do you see that the pattern on his back is exactly the same as the scales on this child's body? "She pointed to Chacha and said.

Hearing the words, Chacha raised her eyebrows, turned into a prototype, and looked at Yuan Mu, as if waiting for his confirmation. The latter was silent for a long time, and then said: "If it's convenient for the old man, can you explain it to us?"

"Okay." The old man sat back on the sofa again, looked at the crowd and said: "The northern land is bitterly cold, and the god of the North Sea never likes to associate with other gods, so the Xuanwu clan rarely appears in other places. So many people, yes They don't understand their habits."

"People in the world always say that Xuanwu is a turtle and a snake, but it is wrong. To be precise, Xuanwu is divided into two groups, one is called Xuangui, and the other is called Soaring Snake. Xuanwu is black, and Soaring Snake is red. When the mysterious tortoise was born, the elders of the clan would figure out its destined soaring snake, and when the soaring snake had grown to a certain level, the snake would coil around the tortoise's body."

"Therefore, on the back of every black tortoise, there is a pattern corresponding to the scales of the soaring snake. And the tortoise was enlightened earlier, so most of the time, it was the tortoise who took care of the soaring snake. But a long time ago, probably people After the Witch War, for some reason, the human race suddenly appeared in Beihai, saying that Xuan Ming had a tyrannical character and wanted to kill him. I don’t know the specifics of that battle, but after that battle, there was no sea god in Beihai, and The Daoist sect also moved south to Penglai, but the residence of the Xuanwu clan was affected by this, and later the monster clan sneaked into the demon world, and Xuanwu followed and left, so few people knew about it."

"Since few people know about it, how did you know about it?" Yu Zhongwu raised her eyebrows and asked after hearing her words.

"Because of me, I am the Teng Snake." The old man said, blinking, and the lower body turned into a snake tail. She stretched out her tail, approached Chacha, and rubbed her body to show her intimacy.

"But didn't senior just say that the Xuanwu clan has already gone to the demon world?" Yuan Mu asked in confusion when he heard this sentence.

"Our four gods and beasts were guarded by the destiny, and they did not all leave. As far as I know, people from the other three clans also stayed in Kyushu. Later, the passage to the demon world was closed, but unlike them, we stayed for another reason... In that battle, our clan once lost a newly formed Xuanwu."

"The purpose of our stay is not only to guard Beihai, but also to find the lost Xuanwu." After finishing the last sentence, the old man looked at Chacha and Zhou Liang and said, "Xuanwu turtle and snake are in the same body, so the life essence also interacts. , compared to Xuan Gui, the lifespan of the Soaring Snake is much shorter, and it is naturally not noticeable on weekdays, but after a long separation, the Soaring Snake will feel powerless, especially when it becomes an adult, and this situation will intensify. My That mysterious tortoise went away in a later conflict with the Taoist sect, and I survived to find you."

"I remember that Huang Liu once told me." Yuan Mu carefully chose his words, and he spoke after a long time, "He said, the senior once said that if you don't find that black turtle soon, something will happen?"

"Well, I mentioned it to Xiao Liu'er before." The old man nodded, "I know that my lifespan is near the end, if I don't find the Xuan Gui and Teng Snake soon, the Kyushu will be in chaos."

"Then are they going back to Beihai?" Yang Yang finally asked after listening for a long time: "After confirming that Chacha and Zhou Liang are Xuanwu, are they going back to Beihai to guard?"

"That's not necessary." The old man glanced at Yang Yang, smiled and shook his head, "As long as there is Xuanwu in Kyushu, it's all right, and there is no need to go to Beihai to guard it."

"Did you make a mistake?" Finally, Chacha, one of the parties, spoke up. She looked at the old man and said, "I'm just a red snake, how could I be a soaring snake? Besides...he and I..."

She pointed to Zhou Liang who was beside her and said, "It's pretty good if we don't quarrel together, a turtle and a snake, are you kidding me?"

"There is no such thing as red snakes in the world. All red snakes are soaring snakes. The red snakes you see are snakes that lost their black turtles in their clan. They don't want to stay in the clan. Let you know. Otherwise, at your age, have you ever seen a red snake like you?"

Her words left Chacha speechless, and she remained silent for a long time before she said, "But... Zhou Liang looks... much older than me! Even if we are Xuanwu, we might not be a couple, right?"

"Xuanwu's age is not calculated that way. Xuanwu's age is the average age of Xuanwu and Tengshe after they are combined." The old man looked at Chacha, shook his head with a smile and said: "I As I said, the Xuangui was enlightened earlier than the Soaring Snake, so when the little Soaring Snake was born, the Xuangui had already used some small spells. Therefore, the Xuangui has always been bigger than his Soaring Snake. Therefore , to take good care of Teng Snake."

After listening to the old man's words, everyone fell silent for a while, until Zhou Liang broke the silence by saying, "Even if Chacha and I are a pair of Xuanwu, we have been separated for so long, and we are used to being independent from each other. Days, now let the two of us become one again, I'm afraid it will be difficult for others."

"There's nothing you can do about it." The old man looked at him and said, "I said, because of the Xuangui, the Soaring Snakes wouldn't be able to tell even if their lifespan was nearing the end of their lives, and she..." She pointed at Chacha, " Her lifespan is already running out."

"What did you say?!" Hearing what the old man said, Zhou Liang couldn't help exclaiming, "Impossible!"

"Is it possible that you can ask her if she feels that her breath is not smooth recently, her self-healing ability has decreased, and... she is very afraid of the cold." The old man said, pointing to Chacha, "You know your own body, whether If you want to continue deceiving yourself like this, you can figure it out yourself!"

Her words made everyone present think of what happened not long ago when they first came to Bingcheng, Chacha stayed in the hotel for a day because of the cold.

"Chacha...you..." Finally, Yuan Mu spoke.

"Yes, I have this feeling." Chacha was silent for a long time, and finally nodded, "I always thought that it was because I was afraid of the cold, and my self-healing ability became lower, or it might be because of the location of the Hundred Thousand Mountains. The reason why Qi is at odds with me."

"You are a Soaring Snake, you originally ruled the north, and you will naturally be suppressed by the earth's energy when you go to the Shiwan Dashan. It's okay if you have a black turtle with you, but if you don't, you must leave before you become an adult, otherwise once you become an adult, you will be a snake At that time, the earth energy there will forcibly suppress you." The old man said, looking at her, "You must have grown up in Shiwan Dashan, right?"

"No." Chacha shook her head and replied in a dry voice.Before she was an adult, the Malays drove her out of Shiwan Dashan. I once hated and complained, why my father, who has always loved me so much, was so heartless.

She even wondered if what she did was not good, and he would only do it when it made him angry, but later, after she went back again and again and was driven away again and again, she stopped thinking about it.

The world is so big, there will always be a place for oneself.That's what she said to herself when she finally left Shiwan Dashan.

But now it seems that the descendants of the mountain gods probably sensed the suppression of the earth's energy on Chacha and had no choice but to let her leave.

"Senior, what you mean is that there is no other way to replenish Chacha's lifespan besides combining the two and returning Xuanwu to the throne, right?" Yuan Mu glanced at the few people and asked what everyone cared about the most. Question, "But as Zhou Liang said, the two have been separated for too long, even if they want to return Xuanwu, they will be powerless."

"Don't worry about this." The old man said, smiling almost invisible, "I use all kinds of magic tools and pills to extend my life! I have lived until now, just to let Xuanwu return to the throne, and when they succeed Before that, I will always accompany and guide them."

"Chacha..." Zhou Liang turned to look at the other party upon hearing this, trying to ask her what she meant.

She turned her head away, exchanged a glance with Zhou Liang, then turned to the old man and said, "Then, during this time, please take care of me, Senior."

"I will definitely do my best." The old man also nodded and responded.

Seeing that the three of them had reached an agreement, the others were also happy for them. Not to mention anything else, just the fact that Chacha's longevity issue could be resolved already made everyone overjoyed.

In the next few days, everyone stayed in Bingcheng for a few more days, and Meng Xiu also found time to go to the place where the ear mice lived, until Huang Liu sent news that there was a new case of arresting the ear mice. Progress.

(End of this chapter)