Onmyoji's Secret

Chapter 17 Dragon Vein
The young Taoist priest opened the white coffin at once, and there was a sound that pierced the eardrums. It was a bit like the sound of a balloon leaking, but it was sharper and harsher, and the chest of the listener swelled.

I widened my eyes, and saw that the Taoist priest standing by the white coffin seemed to be pushed by something, and he backed up again and again the moment the coffin opened. He clutched his chest, and seemed to feel very uncomfortable.At that moment, I saw that the air above the white coffin seemed to twist, as if something had escaped from it.

I had a vague guess in my heart, and hurried forward a few steps, wanting to see if the things in the white coffin were what I thought.As for the young Taoist priest and the white snake next to me, they couldn't see me anyway, so I simply ignored them.

Climbing up the steps more than two meters high, I stood in front of the opened white coffin and saw the things inside. Although I was prepared in my heart, I couldn't help but exclaimed at this moment.

A woman was lying quietly in the coffin at the moment. She had a graceful figure and fair skin, but she was completely naked, without even a hair.She wore a strange bronze mask on her face, with a wide mouth and big ears, and her eyeballs were extremely bulging, forming cylindrical protrusions, which looked very weird.

I covered my mouth and looked at the woman in the coffin in disbelief. Even though she was wearing a bronze mask to cover her face, I could recognize her as the white coffin dug out under the Snake Temple. The woman in here, for no reason, is because the phoenix imprint on her left shoulder, the golden phoenix imprint, is exactly the same as mine.

Didn't this woman turn into ashes?I saw with my own eyes that Li Daoba reached out to touch the woman's chest, and when he was about to touch it, the woman turned into dust and scattered in the wind.I still remember that I saw her open her eyes and look at me in a trance, with an indelible sadness in her eyes.

There is also the bronze mask on her face, that is definitely the one my grandfather took out of the white coffin, the mottled pattern on the mask and the phoenix ornament in the small hole in the middle of the forehead are all carved out of the same mold , definitely the same item.

It's just that the mask wasn't taken by my dad to Chengdu?Why did it appear in this coffin again, and it just happened to be worn on the face of this naked woman? All of these, countless questions are about to explode my head.

boom!
While I was still standing beside the white coffin and thinking wildly, the young Taoist rushed up, and he stretched out his hand to close the opened white coffin boards, his originally calm face was full of excitement and joy at this moment. Excited.

Hiss!

The white snake on the side raised its head and yelled at the Taoist priest, as if asking him what was going on.

"Hahaha! So that's the case, no wonder no wonder!"

The Taoist priest was very excited at the moment, he kept pacing, walking back and forth, as if trying to calm his excitement.Only when he was almost calm, he said slowly: "There are many mountains in Xichuan, and this Yazhou Prefecture is the most prominent. Nearly more than [-]% of the area is all mountains, including Erlang Mountain, Wawu Mountain, Qiongze Mountain, Meng Mountain and so on. Dozens of mountains are even faintly guarding a certain place. Although my lineage is not proficient in the way of ventilation and water, I can also see that this is the momentum of a group of dragons. Mountains are the flesh of dragons, and water is dragons. In addition, the blue-clothed water in the mountains, surrounded by mountains and rivers, is a naturally formed treasure land for raising dragons. However, it is not enough to have mountains without dragon veins. Although there are many mountains in the entire boundary of Yazhou Prefecture But even one of the weakest dragon veins can't be found, even if there is a good terrain, it can only be done in vain."

The Taoist seemed a little regretful when he said this, but then he said excitedly: "Since there is no dragon veins congenitally and this great terrain has been abandoned, then a dragon vein can be artificially created, but although the theory of man-made dragon veins is true, it has never been I have never heard of anyone who can succeed. The woman in this coffin, if my eyes are right, she is a living dragon vein, a man-made dragon vein!"

"This is unbelievable, and I don't know who can do such an unimaginable thing. No wonder this ancient Qiang in Qingyi can live in the country for thousands of years. The woman in this coffin is nourished by the mountains of Xichuan, and the luck on her body is even greater. Incomparably majestic and long. But the strange thing is that the luck of this woman has not weakened until now. It stands to reason that the dragon's veins are still there, so the fate of Tsing Yi Kingdom should not be so short? Or is there another secret hidden in it? "

At the end of the Taoist’s speech, he was puzzled by what he said. He touched the edge of the white coffin, then lowered his head and said to the white snake on the ground: “If I’m not mistaken, this white coffin should be the scales of your ancestors. Jiasuo, right? The ancient Qiang believed in many gods, and each tribe had different totems, and they were better at raising various mountain spirits and wild monsters. If my guess is correct, your lineage is also the descendant of the Qingyi Qiang Guardian Beast."

Hearing the Taoist's words, the white snake seemed to be frightened, a flash of panic flashed in its dark golden eyes, it stood upright, and looked at the Taoist warily.

"Hmph, don't look at me like this. I want to move you, and it's useless for you to resist." The Taoist glanced at the nervous white snake, and smiled softly, not caring about the beast at all in his words.

The Taoist rubbed the white coffin back and forth with his palm, and the smile on his face became wider and wider, and finally he laughed loudly: "Hahaha! I didn't expect Chen Shengzhi to have such a fate. God bless my Chen family!"

The young Taoist priest laughed loudly in front of the white coffin, his voice was extremely carefree.But I, who had been standing aside and watching silently, felt like I had seen a ghost at this moment. My heart was pounding and my body was trembling. I covered my mouth and looked at the Taoist priest who was laughing happily. speechless.

What the Taoist said earlier was a bit complicated, and I couldn't understand it, but I could understand his last sentence clearly!
He is Chen Shengzhi!It's the ancestor of our Chen family!

How is this possible? More than 300 years have passed, and I don't know how many generations of his descendants, how could he appear in front of me?
Is he a ghost?
A suspicion surged in my heart, thinking that I passed through his body just now, and I was exactly the same as those green-robed men at the foot of the mountain, but is it like this for ghosts?And what they just did is completely indistinguishable from normal people!

I squatted on the ground, covered my head, and my heart was in a mess.

Grandpa said that the Chen family's plan for more than 300 years is to let me enter here to get something that can change my life, and all the questions in my heart can be answered here.But when I entered the ancient city with all my hard work and climbed the stone steps to the ancient castle, I saw my ancestors who should have died more than 300 years ago and the woman who turned into ashes and dissipated under the hands of Li Dao Scar, What is it all about?I just felt that the doubts in my heart were not only not resolved, but increased, which made me extremely uncomfortable.

Perhaps, this is some kind of power that made me go back more than 300 years ago and see what happened at the beginning, but why can I see them and they can't see me?

And the white snake, if I'm not wrong, it should be the white snake that is now fighting my grandfather and Wuwei Zhenren, but in the story my grandfather told me, aren't Chen Shengzhi and the white snake sworn enemies?
300 years ago, the snake demon led the mountain spirits and wild monsters to slaughter Tsingyi Village. For this reason, Chen Shengzhi gave up his fame, searched for immortals, visited Taoism, and practiced Taoism.This is the story my grandfather told me since I was a child, but what happened before my eyes, Chen Shengzhi didn't face the White Snake life and death, but seemed to be making a deal?
I rubbed my head and stood up from the ground, only to realize that Chen Shengzhi and the white snake had left the altar and were walking towards the depths of the castle.

I hurriedly followed, anyway, I'd better see what they have to do first.

Soon, I ran over. Although I knew that this person and a snake could not see me, I still instinctively stood beside Chen Shengzhi. After all, he is my ancestor, and I have a natural sense of trust in him.

In front of Chen Shengzhi was a closed small door, which was dark in color and seemed to be made of some kind of wood, and looked very hard.

"what?"

Chen Shengzhi was a little surprised. He pushed the wooden door, but found that it was not moving at all.You must know that although he is not a strong man, but because of his cultivation, his body strength is not small. Usually, three or five big men may not be stronger than him in strength, but now the wooden door is under his hands. don't move.

"Is the door unlocked?"

Chen Shengzhi lowered his head and asked the white snake lying on the ground. The white snake stood up and shook his head.

"Humph!"

Chen Shengzhi sneered, and pulled out a magical sword from the scabbard on his back with his backhand. The magic sword was unsheathed, and the sound of the sword echoed in the hall of the castle, and even the light shining through the hole on the roof seemed to be much dimmer. .

"Sword to conceal the sun!" I screamed in my heart. Although I was prepared, I was still a little surprised when I saw Chen Shengzhi holding the sword to conceal the sun. It's so weird that I don't know if it's a hallucination or reality.

boom!
Chen Shengzhi raised his hands to hide the sun and slashed down on the dark wooden door. There was a loud noise, and the wooden door remained motionless. There was not even a trace of scratches on the dark surface. The Hiding Sun Sword was shaken back again and again.

Shock appeared in Chen Shengzhi's eyes. This sun-shielding sword was made of gold and copper from Kunwu Mountain. Even the scale armor of a dragon can be broken. Now it is difficult to break through a wooden door. I don't know what the door is for. What material is it made of.

"This door is really weird. Maybe it hides the reason why Qingyi Qiang destroyed the country."

Chen Shengzhi whispered to himself, with a strange smile on his face, he looked down at the white snake, then turned around and walked towards the exit of the castle.

When I saw Chen Shengzhi leave suddenly, I panicked and hurriedly followed him.But for some reason, this Chen Shengzhi was extremely fast, with a step of several meters away, he looked light and light, just like those masters who know how to do light work on TV.I have to run hard to barely keep up with his pace.

Soon, I arrived at the gate of the ancient castle. When I saw Chen Shengzhi suddenly stop and look back, I was startled and stopped accordingly.

Then I saw Chen Shengzhi smile in my direction, a bright smile.

Is he smiling at me?Or can he see me?A sudden panic rose in my heart, and when I came back to my senses, I saw Chen Shengzhi's back had disappeared at the gate of the castle.

I hurriedly chased after it, walked out of the door, and the sun from the sky fell on me, feeling warm.

I opened my eyes and saw that in front of me was a huge leather drum, and my hand was still on it, as if it had never been put down.

(End of this chapter)