Pick up the Dragon

"Knock knock."

The sound of knocking on the door abruptly inserted between the two of them, embarrassment turned into an invisible sharp blade and instantly cut off the ambiguity that had just accumulated, and a bird that was afraid of chaos in the world fluttered its wings and sneered ruthlessly with its crooked hair: "Hey."

Peng Yu: "..."

Li Yi: "..."

The culprit of the bad guys and good things outside the door said without fear of death: "My lord, can I come in?"

Peng Yu wiped his face hard, thinking that he probably lost interest in roasted birds and wanted to eat dragon meat more.He turned around and returned to a serious sitting posture, gritted his teeth and said, "Come in."

Jiu Yuan didn't seem to notice that it wasn't his own Dragon King who gave the orders. He stepped into the room, but somehow felt that the atmosphere was a bit stiff, so the stubborn guard asked again: "What's wrong? I heard I didn’t knock on the door until you were silent.”

Peng Yu nodded at him expressionlessly: "No, you did a good job."

Jiu Yuan was puzzled.

Li Yi was silent for a while, it seemed that the "thick-skinned technique" he practiced in the human world came in handy, and it wouldn't make him blush.He looked at Jiu Yuan helplessly: "What's the matter with you?"

"Oh, I took back the medicine that Zhou Huai asked me to take. I also borrowed the ancient book you asked for. Check if it's right." Peng Yu, with bright eyes, cut out a copy.

Young Master Peng, "Adults don't remember the faults of villains", very boldly opened up the unpleasant page just now, held up the fairy-filled book, and couldn't help admiring: "Is this something from your dragon clan? Binding It's so beautiful, it doesn't look like your style—tsk, it's so beautiful, it must be very valuable, right?"

Before the two dragons were speechless, they saw that he had quickly opened the book, and glanced at it: "What is this written about, the Four Saints of Qilin Soaring Snake? The Four Saints died 2000 years ago... Will the beast die too?"

So the expressions on the faces of the two dragons turned into shock, and Jiu Yuan looked at him in disbelief: "You...you can understand?"

Peng Yu looked up blankly: "Why don't you understand?"

"That's a fairy book," Jiu Yuan seemed to bite his tongue, pointing to the book in the other party's hand, "It contains all the characters of the heavenly world, although the characters of the human world are evolved from it, but most of them are still different. you……"

Peng Yu was stunned for a moment, then read the book again, he not only could understand it, but also read it very fluently, without the jerky feeling of ordinary reading, as if... as if this is the "orthodox" thing, the words in the world It is the same as outside.

The three of them were speechless for a moment, Peng Yu swallowed hard, closed the book, and bluntly brought up the topic: "Haha, maybe I... have a great talent."

Jiu Yuan took over the conversation in a timely manner and continued what he hadn't finished saying just now: "Wang, I brought back your Qin as well."

Li Yi's gaze was glued to Peng Yu's body for a long time, and he tore it off hastily after hearing his words, frowning: "Qin? I didn't let you take it."

"Didn't you want it last time in Chenzhou? I just took it."

The corners of Li Yi's eyes twitched, and he wanted to ask him how he played the piano in this state, but finally he was too lazy to waste his words with him, and let out a long breath: "Understood, thank you."

Jiu Yuan calmly accepted the Dragon King's thanks, and said, "One more thing, the last time I went to Jinling to rescue the seriously injured Peng Yu, he was still in the palace..."

Peng Yu hadn't realized what was going on at first, and was stealthily removing the cloth wrapped around Qin to find out, when he caught sight of Li Yi's sudden change of expression from the corner of his eye, he realized that Jiu Yuan had accidentally revealed something just now "Truth", the hairs stood on end immediately, and hurriedly rushed over to cover his mouth, but it was still too late.

Li Yi took a breath of air, and his eyes sank: "What did you say?"

Jiu Yuan didn't realize that there was anything wrong at all, took off Peng Yu's hand and continued to explain dutifully: "I said I was in the palace..."

"last sentence."

"Take it easily."

"...the last sentence."

"One more thing..."

Seeing that he still couldn't get to the point, Li Yi simply ignored him and turned to Peng Yu directly: "Come here."

Peng Yu was shaking like chaff, although he didn't know what he did wrong, but looking at the other person's face, he felt guilty for no reason.He stood still in front of the Dragon King lingeringly, really wanting to eat the flesh of Jiuyuan, the evil dragon—he had already figured out how to avoid talking to Li Wei about his injury in the palace, in his heart After planning countless times, whoever would have imagined it was leaked by him in a few words!

Li Yi looked him up and down over and over again, as if he wanted to count how many hairs and fine hairs he had, but finally he couldn't see why, so he could only ask, "Where did you hurt?"

Peng Yu quickly waved his hand: "No, no, I'm really fine, don't you see that I'm alive and kicking now?"

Seeing that he refused to tell the truth, Li Yi once again cast his eyes on the "honest man" Jiuyuan. The latter changed his past this time, understood the meaning of the Dragon King like lightning, and was about to speak when Peng Yu hurriedly threw him aside : "Don't, don't, I said! The injury was a bit serious at the time, but I'm really healed now! It was my dishonest sending of signal flares for help that made them want to kill. I don't blame others, but myself!"

Li Yi was taken aback when he heard the words, the sudden gust of wind stopped suddenly, he frowned slowly, and thought carefully about the other party's words: "You said...you sent the signal flares to ask for help, which made them want to kill ?”

Seeing that he did not lift the roof of his Jingui's house in a fit of anger, Peng Yu secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly took over the voice: "Yeah, I didn't know you went to the heaven, I thought you were looking for me."

Li Yi squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then suddenly said: "That's not right."

"What's wrong?"

Li Yi stabilized his mood again, and his tone became calm: "The gods have always been dignified, so they must have done a good job of saving face. Before the negotiation is over, no matter what the result is, they will definitely not take hostages."

Peng Yu sat up straight.

Li Yi: "And they are more inclined to hand over the Qiankun Mirror to me, and they are sure that I will not refuse. They have no need to hurt you. Even if you send a signal flare for help, they can just sit idly by, or Strengthen your defenses until the end of the negotiation - if something happens to you at this time, if it gets to my ears, won't all their efforts be in vain? As you said, everything is based on 'you are still alive' basis."

Peng Yu looked into his eyes, thought for a while, and then nodded: "That's right. And afterward, I always wondered, if they really wanted to kill me, why didn't so many guards come in, and only sent a woman over?" ? If everyone goes together, the probability of subduing me will be higher?"

Li Yi: "You mean... there is only one person?"

Peng Yu: "Yes, that woman kept bringing me water and food. She rushed in immediately after I sent out the signal flare, but the guards outside remained silent until I was rescued by Jiu Yuan, and they did not stop me."

This time Li Yi was silent for a longer period of time. After a long time, he finally exhaled slowly, his voice a little heavy: "I think I have roughly understood-I am afraid that it is not only the immortal family who want to get the mirror of heaven and earth, but also the cooperation between the human race and them. Obey unconditionally, but wait for the opportunity to reap the benefits. The guards guarding outside were indeed bought by the immortal family, but that woman is for the human race, she is the closest to you, and once she finds that the situation has changed, she can attack you as soon as possible. "

He paused and then said: "Also, do you still remember the strange illusion that night you were taken away by them? I have thought about it carefully, it was not the work of the Xian family, even if they were behind the scenes, it is not I will do such dirty things by myself. At that time, that person was injured by Qianyue and left a little blood on the scene. I smelled and found that there was a faint evil spirit in the blood, and it was probably a member of the Yaozu."

Jiu Yuan couldn't help but interjected: "The monster race? Even they got involved?"

Li Yi nodded: "And it is very likely that they are from the Fox family. After all, the Fox family is good at distorting and disguising themselves in various ways."

Peng Yu only felt that the more he listened, the more confused he became, as if a simple tree trunk suddenly pulled out countless branches and leaves, and the truth was hidden in the gaps between the leaves, becoming complicated and confusing.He tilted his head and thought for a while: "I don't understand, you mean——the demon race took me away and handed me over to the human race, and the human race obeyed the immortals. That means the demon race also cooperates with the immortals? They Isn't it a deadly enemy?"

"When the purpose is the same, an enemy can also be transformed into a friend for the sake of profit. You have been in business for so many years, do you encounter such things rarely?"

Peng Yu: "Isn't it the same? Just now you said that you made a magic bow to suppress the evil spirits, and the fairy clan suppressed it while cooperating with the monster clan. What can the monster clan do?"

Li Yi: "The monster clan is too chaotic. I didn't say that all the monsters are of one mind. I only mentioned that the 'fox clan' may cooperate with immortals."

Peng Yu said "Oh": "Okay, but... didn't you say that the Qiankun mirror is used to see through the real body of demons and ghosts? I can understand that gods want mirrors. What do ghosts want mirrors for? They take pictures of themselves, which is smug ?"

Li Yi looked at him helplessly, showing a look of "Why do you have so many problems today", and sighed softly: "If there is a murderous knife in front of you that may put you to death, do you choose to let it go?" Falling into the hands of others will become an eternal hidden danger, or should I hold it by myself, at least under my own control, for peace of mind?"

Peng Yu pursed his lips, seemingly speechless.

Li Yi added: "This is just one of them, as for the second...it's a bit of a long story."

He pouted at Peng Yu, motioning him to reopen the fairy book he had just read: "It says what happened after the death of the 'Four Gods'?"

Peng Yu swept over with a glance: "Yes, it is said that before they died, they each took off one thing from their bodies, and used their last divine power to infuse them into four 'sacred objects' to guard the world on their behalf, and they can last for another 2000 years... hey ? It only said that the 'Three Gods' died, who is the one who didn't die?"

"Xuanwu."

"Why didn't Xuanwu alone die?"

"Because of 'a thousand-year-old king and an 8-year-old tortoise'."

Peng Yu: "..."

Why is it so awkward when these words come out of Dragon King's mouth.

Li Yi himself didn't notice it at all, and continued according to his words: "Among the four gods, except Xuanwu, all of them should be rotated in 2000, because guarding the four directions consumes a lot of divine power, and the 'three gods' can only live for at most after they are conferred. 2000. However, they couldn't find a suitable successor at that time, so they had to use the "Four Sacred Objects" to temporarily fill the vacancy, hoping that in the next 2000 years, some descendants could reach their realm, continue to perform their duties, and let Xuanwu Take a breath."

Peng Yu turned a page of the book: "Yes, that's what's written in the book—but such a junior has never appeared, and never appeared until this book was written."

"Yes." Li Yi said, "The four gods have been promoted to gods. Although their status is always lower than the other gods due to limited responsibilities, their divine power is not inferior to them. It is too difficult to reach the realm of the four gods. Take our Dragon Clan as an example, if I hadn’t been withdrawn from the Dao Xing, I might be able to reach it if I practiced for thousands of years with my cultivation—but I’m a mixed blood, so I don’t have the qualifications.”

"The current situation of our dragon clan can be seen from the Molong clan. The Qinglong clan has not been able to elect a dragon king so far, because their dragon king is the next four gods. Currently, no one in their clan can reach that level."

Peng Yu frowned: "But... why did the four gods only live for 2000 years after they became gods? They are gods."

"Gods can die too, and gods who are really exhausted will die earlier than any loose fairy." Li Yi said softly, "Because the power of the gods is limited after all, when the power of the gods is exhausted, life will come to an end. Already three thousand years old, could it be that my cultivation is higher than that of the gods? It’s just because they consume more than me and cannot sustain a too long lifespan.”

Peng Yu: "According to what you said, no one can take over the four gods, and the sacred objects can only last for 2000 years, and now it's time—why no one cares about this anymore? Guarded?"

Li Yi raised the corners of his mouth slightly: "This involves the Universe Mirror. At that time, the Four Gods seemed to have considered this ending, and thought of a way when creating the holy object-it can be used when the sacred object's power is about to run out. , gather all the clansmen to re-infuse it, so that everyone will only lose a little, and will not affect the cultivation too much, and the period of the holy object can be extended for another 2000 years."

"But it can only last for 2000 years at most. Because the sacred objects are full of divine power, it is bound to cause others to spy and covet them. In order to preserve the sacred objects, the four gods can only take them apart and hide them with divine power. Even their own clansmen can't tell them apart. To reveal their camouflage, only Qiankun can see through."

Hearing this, Peng Yu finally understood half of it: "So what you said about 'looking for holy objects', and last time 'take the mirror to do what you need to do', are you referring to this?"

Li Yi nodded, and then explained the other half: "Because the process of finding all the scattered holy objects is very difficult. Even with the Qiankun Mirror, it will not be possible in three to five years. I have to go through countless places, which is dangerous. The extent can be imagined. The four gods couldn't bear it, so they left another one: Whichever family finds the holy object first, the holy object will protect that family for the past 2000 years, which is a reward for their hard-earned search."

Peng Yu suddenly realized: "So the human world and the demon world also want to get the Qiankun Mirror, because they want to seek the blessing of these 2000 years?"

Li Yi nodded again: "Immortal Realm realized this when the Four Gods first fell, so they seized the opportunity to get the first Universe Mirror. Who would have expected that this mirror would be so fragile that it would not be able to see through the disguise left by the Four Gods. They have to save some time to take more pictures of demons and ghosts. They have to wait patiently for the next universe mirror and do enough preparations."

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but began to wonder again, if the Xian family was willing to give up the Qiankun Mirror to take advantage of his more convenient status as the Dragon King and let him look for holy objects on their behalf, then they used the Yin-Yang formation set up by the Soaring Snake and the Qilin Horn , What is the ultimate goal?Where did those worms end up?

And if they are willing to give up the mirror, how can they be sure that they will do things for them, hand over the sacred object they found and return it to the Qiankun Mirror?

Could it be that those bugs... would be the key?

The Dragon King was really puzzled, he didn't take it to heart for a while what kind of storms some mere insects could cause.Peng Yuxin said that he used to think that only the fairy world was staring at him, but now he realizes that he is a piece of "Tang Monk meat". Anyone wants to take a bite, so he can't help shrugging: "So I will never have a peaceful life? Everyone wants to eat it." Want my eyes?"

Li Yi was interrupted by him, and looked up at him again: "It's not that exaggerated, they don't dare to touch you easily, after all - don't they still have us? And if you think about it, if the human race and the monster race really want to touch you , why cooperate with the Xian family? I guess they are just tempting, they are also afraid of trouble, and don't want to find the holy relic by themselves. If they miss this time, they probably won't bother you again in the future. Everyone just wants the last As a result, I want to reap the benefits, and I don't want to go through the process of 'fishing' again."

"It's really greedy." Peng Yu couldn't help but spit.

"By the way," Li Yi seemed to remember Jiu Yuan, who had been neglected for a long time, "What did you want to say just now? What happened to you in the palace?"