In ancient times, war broke out all over China, and the struggle between clans and tribes intensified.
When Yao, Shun, and Yu became the leaders of the Huaxia tribal alliance in the Central Plains, my country was on the eve of the Xia tribe establishing a country and the formation of the Huaxia tribe.
However, during this period, the Sanmiao tribe, which was active in the south of the middle reaches of the Yangtze River, was in its heyday, directly blocking the expansion of the Huaxia tribe to the south, and the century-long battle between Huaxia and Sanmiao began.
Sanmiao, also known as Youmiao, Man, and Nanman in some ancient books, is said to be the descendants of Zhuanxu, and some people say that their ancestors are Emperor Hong. It is now difficult to verify who they are descendants of.
Sanmiao is entrenched in the south, and there are always some unpredictable means of ghosts and gods, which makes the Huaxia tribe extremely headache.
Among them, an immortal army is the most powerful.
Legend has it that this undead army was originally normal people, but because they swallowed a poison called black mustard, they became extremely powerful and immortal. They looked the same as when they swallowed the black mustard, and they still looked the same after a hundred years. Even if a weak person swallowed this poison, it would take at least five or six strong soldiers to deal with him. He became a complete monster, which frightened the Huaxia tribe and called those who swallowed the black mustard Shiyi.
"It hurts so much, it hurts so much..."
When Lao Bai heard this, he immediately covered his chest and groaned, his face turned pale, and reluctantly turned his head to look at the black and purple eggs that were crushed on the ground by him: "How can this be poison? This is simply a magical medicine, the elixir from the furnace of Taishang Laojun. Don't pull me, I want to become a monster and degenerate from now on!"
Don't say it, this grandson is really not a joke, he turned around and prepared to go back, muttering to himself that although the eggs were crushed, the soup and water had not yet seeped into the ground, and licking them a few times might still be effective.
"Let him go."
My master walked on his own and said slowly: "It is said that after swallowing this poison, the body will undergo drastic changes and it is extremely painful. At the beginning, you will vomit for three days. On the first day, you will vomit food, on the second day, you will vomit blood, and on the third day, you will vomit your internal organs. Then you will have diarrhea for three days. On the first day, you will have filthy things, on the second day, you will have body fluids, and on the third day, you will have intestines. This is considered successful. However, many people cannot withstand this drastic change. In just a few days, it is like experiencing extreme punishment. Only one out of ten will survive. Moreover, from then on, you will not eat or drink, and you will completely lose your fertility. Even your organs will fall off automatically...
The most terrifying thing is that the so-called Shiyi can no longer be considered human. This thing is extremely fierce and likes to eat people the most. It is precisely because of this that the soldiers of the Huaxia tribe are particularly afraid of it."
So, Lao Bai came back and said with a laugh: "Brothers, you really have no sentiment. One wants to leave, and the other wants to leave. Isn't this human nature? Human emotions are cultivated in this way. You say that I was just joking, but the result is really disappointing. How does the saying go? The human heart is the most untestable thing..."
"Then where did this black mustard come from? From what you said, it should not be bred in the body of the mud strip itself. Except for me, they should have seen the mud strip, and they have never heard of any black mustard in it!"
I wondered: "What does this black mustard have to do with the dragon mother you mentioned?!"
My master said that black mustard is the offspring of an extremely vicious water ghost.
This water ghost is not the kind of water monkey that becomes a weak chicken once it comes to land, but an ancient evil demon, born in the water, born and raised by nature, and can also be understood as an extremely powerful creature. In the ancient totem worship period, people were terrified. Even in the coastal areas, there was a very small tribe that used this ancient evil demon as a totem, also called the Water King.
Rumor has it that the Water King would choose a creature from the water as a concubine every hundred years. The chosen concubine was the Dragon Mother, and the offspring of the Water King bred by the Dragon Mother was the so-called black mustard seed.
Even if the black mustard seed grows up, it will not really grow into the Water King, but will become a parasite that specializes in drilling into people's brains. After eating up the brain, it will occupy the human head and control this walking corpse to do evil everywhere.
The Sanmiao tribe caught a dragon lady on the banks of the Yangtze River. Legend has it that it was a man-eating fish that was chosen by the Water King as a concubine. She was already pregnant and her abdomen was cut open to take out the black mustard seeds. Because of this, the Water King was furious and caused a flood to submerge several Sanmiao tribes. In the end, the four evil tribes in the Sanmiao killed the Water King.
These things are basically like legends. No one thought that the Water King would really exist!
"That is to say, the last Heavenly Official suppressed a Water Prince here?"
Brother Yaozi's face turned green: "This Water Prince chose a mud man as his concubine, and luckily I bumped into him and beat him to death with a stone?"
"I'm afraid that's the case."
My master sighed: "The Water Prince is not incorruptible, he is a real evil demon. If the last Heavenly Official does not come out, we can never deal with him. But since the feud has been made, we can only act carefully. The Water Prince is narrow-minded. If you don't provoke him, he will rarely fight with others. If you provoke him, he will definitely cause trouble for us."
This is no longer a question of whether to cause trouble or not. If we take out his son and throw him on the ground and trample him to pieces, he will definitely fight us to the death!
"I hope it's not the Water Prince who wants Er Gou's life!"
Zhang Xinya whispered, "Otherwise, we'll definitely run into him."
"I hope it's this thing that wants Jing Zhe's life!"
My master's eyes flashed, and a smile appeared on his face: "You're busy talking about how powerful the Water Prince is, but you forget that it has been suppressed here for thousands of years and has been weakened. Maybe it's not as powerful as you think. If it was suppressed in the last layer, it might only have half a breath left now!"
After saying this, he glanced at Lao Bai and smiled, "Now that things have come to this, let's just go all out and eat this Dragon Lady. This thing is pregnant with the Water Prince's offspring, and it's a perfect tonic."
The Dragon Lady is still in Lao Bai's hand. We are so hungry that our stomachs are full of Guanyin soil. We really can't bear to throw it away. Lao Bai is also a ruthless guy. When he heard what my master said, he immediately chopped the Dragon Lady with a few "clicks". Of course, the portion he left for himself is always the largest...
In this situation, no one has time to make a fire and cook. The bloody Dragon Lady is stuffed into the mouth and chewed and swallowed.
This thing is not delicious. The smell of soil is very strong, mixed with the smell of blood. The meat is very hard and can't be chewed at all. The shape when it is stuffed into the mouth is the same shape when swallowed. We choked and tears came out of our eyes.
However... just as my master said, this thing is a perfect tonic. After eating a piece of meat that is more than ten centimeters long, I felt hot all over and my hunger disappeared completely. Lao Bai ate the most and suffered from his nose. He had a nosebleed and kept groaning while holding his butt. He said it was like ten thousand men had come here, as if he knew what it felt like to have been here by men.
Food is a very good thing, especially when people are extremely hungry. Suddenly, such a perfect tonic comes, and there is a sense of happiness of being satisfied. The journey is brisk, and even the fear of the water king is eliminated a lot.
We walked along this underground river for about dozens of miles. The environment ahead had changed significantly, just like running along the mouth of a gourd into the belly of a gourd. It suddenly became clear and the surroundings became wider. However, this underground river became narrower and divided into dozens of streams, crisscrossing each other. Most places were dry and the direction became difficult to identify.
After wandering around for nearly ten minutes, a figure jumped into our sight.
It seemed to be a hunchbacked old woman, in ragged clothes, squatting by a stream to fetch water, with a wooden barrel next to her.
"My God, it's a ghost!"
Lao Bai muttered: "I've heard of ghosts harming people, but I've never heard of ghosts fetching water. The atmosphere of life is very strong..."
The miner's lamp flickered, and the old woman by the stream also noticed us. She turned her head and looked at us steadily. Her face showed a kind of sickly paleness, her eyes were dull, and she took the initiative to speak to us, speaking in a pure Shanxi dialect: "Where did these kids come from? What are they doing here?"
We were really scared by these monsters and ghosts along the way, and we all grabbed our weapons for a while...
However, my master stopped us: "Don't worry, she... is a little weird!"
My master couldn't tell exactly what was weird about it.
Zhang Xinya's eyes bulged silently. She stared at the old woman by the stream for a moment, and suddenly said, "Uncle, it's not strange. Don't doubt yourself. You are not mistaken. This is a living person!!"