Jade Dragon Pendant

Wei Yuan slowly collected his thoughts.

He raised his hand to take back Zhang Daoling's magic sword, held it in his hand, looked at the mess, sighed, and picked up three bronze objects. Among them, the Shang King's bronze jar and the alchemy cauldron had returned to normal, but the bronze dagger was shining, and after a while, it slowly dissipated.

Wei Yuan turned the dagger blade and handed it to Su Yuer, who was still in a daze. The latter took the dagger in silence and said thank you. Even though her mind was shaken, she still helped to clean up the mess here, and then left in a daze. Wei Yuan watched her go back, retracted his sight, touched the talisman on the back of his hand, and still felt a burst of pain.

Obviously, this talisman decree was under considerable pressure, almost reaching its limit, and backfired on itself.

The picture I just saw was extremely real, not illusory.

The reason why I couldn't continue to maintain it was that I couldn't connect with the people in the picture.

One possibility is that Wei Yuan's own practice is not enough, and the other possibility is that he still lacks two bronze artifacts.

Unfortunately, although he saw the formation of five bronze artifacts in the picture contained in the alchemy cauldron, he could not see the appearance of the last two bronze artifacts. I don't know if there are special means or techniques in the picture. Only when you see those bronze artifacts in your cognition can you see their true appearance in the picture.

But what does that picture represent?

Wei Yuan sorted out his thoughts.

Did Emperor Xin hide the real Chaoge City in the end?

There were even people from the Shang Dynasty left, multiplying their descendants and continuing to this era.

To some extent, it might be a human tribe in the Age of Gods, a branch of modern Shenzhou.

It is a microcosm of what would happen if Shenzhou did not follow the earthly gods and did not worship the God of Heaven. Although it is impossible for Shenzhou to grow and prosper because of its narrow location, limited resources, lack of communication with the outside world, and too few people, it still has a complete culture, a complete system structure, and even a complete inheritance of the Age of Gods.

It is hard to say whether this is a benefit or a disadvantage for modern Shenzhou.

As a Shenzhou person, it is right to rescue the same people on this land, and it may even get more extraordinary information and solve the mystery of the Age of Gods. But correspondingly, if the residents of Chaoge City still retain the bloody and barbaric sacrifices, will they have a certain degree of impact on the modern order?

Although Wei Yuan believes that modern weapons and power are enough to make these residents of the Age of Gods become good at singing and dancing, and be kind and generous, contact with each other will inevitably be accompanied by a certain degree of conflict and contradiction, which requires a certain stage of easing.

Of course, this matter is just speculation, and two more bronze artifacts are needed.

And this is a more optimistic view. It is also possible that in Chaoge City, there are remnants of the Shang Dynasty who have hatred for generations and are eager to return to Shenzhou for revenge. They are the creatures that hate the human world. Wei Yuan rubbed his eyebrows and after pondering, he decided to tell the Tianshi Mansion and Nvjiao, who are more advanced than him and know better how to deal with such large-scale contact time.

Well, but how to tell Zhang Daoyou...

Hello, Lao Zhang, I have gained something again this time.

It is a group of remnants of the Divine Age, probably tens of thousands of them, and they may all be practitioners. Please accept them.

Wei Yuan thought seriously and felt that if he said it directly, Zhang Ruosu's avatar might be grayed out directly. This situation would be numb for anyone. In addition, the matter has not been settled yet, so there is no hurry to say it. After thinking about it, he decided to discuss the matter with Nvjiao first. After all, the latter was alive at the end of the Five Emperors and had experienced many things.

Besides, Su Yuer was protected in Qingqiu State, and it was impossible to say that Nujiao knew nothing about this matter.

Wait until the time is right, and then hand it over to Tianshi Mansion.

In the meantime, you can try to slowly mention this matter to Zhang Ruosu, and talk about the possibility that there may be ancient people who need to be settled.

......

On the second day, Wei Yuan sorted out the talismans he had used up and took a short rest in the museum.

Then on the phone, he mentioned Wu Xuan to Nujiao, and that he might go to Qingqiu. Nujiao agreed and asked Wei Yuan to wear the jade dragon.

On the third day, Wei Yuan took the high-speed rail to a city near Qingqiu State, and came to the bridge where he had seen the soul for an appointment. With the token of Qingqiu State as a support, he entered this country recorded in ancient times. The gatekeeper fox clan still saluted politely, and then the fox girl led the way to meet Nujiao, whose hair was still white.

Wei Yuan put the flower cake he bought on the table.

Nu Jiao pretended to be surprised and said with a smile: "Oh, come if you want to, why bring gifts?"

Wei Yuan pulled the corner of his mouth, thinking that he might be played to death if he came here empty-handed.

Nu Jiao poured two cups of tea and asked Wei Yuan to sit down. While sipping tea, she listened to Wei Yuan's story about what happened to Su Yu'er before, as well as the reactions of Yin Shang and Chaoge City, combined with her own guesses. Nu Jiao asked casually: "Why do you think this happened?"

Wei Yuan replied: "I'm afraid it was the method that Emperor Xin thought of when he saw that he could not match the army of King Wu."

"Preserve the heritage of Chaoge City and Yin Shang, and wait for a resurgence in the future."

"It is not yet certain what attitude the ancient Chaoge City holds towards modern people. We can't just leave it alone. I want to find a way to collect the bronze artifacts of the ancient Yin Shang to see if I can get the remaining two pieces together, observe further, and then make plans."

Nu Jiao nodded slowly and said: "It's okay."

Wei Yuan drank a sip of tea and inexplicably felt like taking an exam defense.

After a brief exchange of greetings, Nujiao put down the teacup and said, "Let the descendant of Wuxiang come out. I'll see who he is."

Wei Yuan nodded, took out a medicine bottle, and tore open the talisman on it.

Then he turned the bottle mouth downward.

Black air filled the air, and the soul rushed out impatiently, transformed into the human form of Wuxuan, and gasped for breath.

He was trapped in a medicine bottle that was more than half the size of the original bronze tripod, and was almost suffocated to death. He was about to ask the guy named Yuan to give him a quick death. He was about to use any other means. He was the royal blood of Wuxiang Kingdom, so he might not be afraid of you. He looked up and saw the white-haired but still quiet Nujiao. Seeing her looking at him with a smile, he said with a smile:

"I was wondering who it was, it turned out to be Wuxiang's favorite thirteenth grandson."

"I didn't expect that you would survive?"

Wu Xuan's thoughts stagnated, his face was pale: "Nujiao?"

He looked at the witch who had become old, and looked at the young civil servant with a long sword on his back. Suddenly, he felt his heart beat faster. He couldn't believe it. This, this... Then he saw Nujiao slightly raised her eyes, looked back, and said softly with a smile:

"Why did you come here now?"

"Come and sit here."

? ? !

Wu Xuan's pupils suddenly contracted.

Yu's wife and Yu's ministers are all here.

So, who is coming, King Yu? !

Wu Xuan's face turned pale, his soul body instantly shattered into strands, and then re-condensed, and he lay directly on the ground, knocking his head against the ground, not daring to move, not even daring to speak. If compared to an adult, he was frightened to unconsciousness, and then woke up from his sleep.

The weight of accumulated prestige, after a thousand years of absence, still came to this.

Wei Yuan looked at Wu Xuan, who was kneeling on the ground and trembling slightly. He first sighed at the heavy prestige of King Yu, and then had a strange sense of déjà vu. Nu Jiao shook her head, her smile faded, and she stretched out her hand to point, as if looking through Wu Xuan's remaining thoughts and past deeds. Her face gradually became gloomy, and finally she said slowly:

"You lured mortals, refined Wu Xian's medicine, and used the common people as bait."

"This has violated the agreement with you that year, and the crime is unforgivable."

"For what you have done, death is not enough. If it were Yu, he would at most kill you, but he is not here. Since you are eager for immortality, you will turn into a stubborn stone and suffer from the wind and sun for thousands of years. When it weathers and ends this punishment, it will be regarded as your remaining wish. You will live forever."

Wu Xuan's face changed, and before he spoke, he gradually turned into a stubborn stone.

Lifelike, kneeling on the ground.

The true spirit was still there, but it could not move or react to the outside world. It remained in this state for a thousand years. As a punishment, the eyes of Wu Xuan's stone sculpture showed extreme anger and unwillingness, as well as fear and regret. However, Wei Yuan knew that he only regretted being caught and being punished by Nv Jiao, not the things he had done before.

Immediately, the fox tribe of Qingqiu dragged Wu Xuan, who had turned into a stone, out and placed him next to the statue of King Yu.

Wei Yuan did not interfere.

Wu Nu Jiao made arrangements, and finally retracted her gaze, was silent for a while, and said:

"The Wuxian Kingdom had already embarked on the evil path back then and attacked the people."

"But we remembered that they had made many great contributions to Shenzhou in the past, so we didn't kill them all. We only killed the main culprit and cut off the communication between Wushan and the human world, so that they could no longer attack ordinary people. After that, Qingqiu Kingdom stayed away from the human world and no longer entered the world. I didn't expect that they would be so crazy."

Witch Nu Jiao shook her head and said, "Forget it, let's not talk about them."

Wei Yuan hummed and took the initiative to change the subject. He asked with a little curiosity: "Witch, you asked me to bring the Jade Dragon Pendant. What do you want to do?"

Nu Jiao turned her eyes to Wei Yuan and said, "Didn't you mention that there might be Is there your true spirit?"

"I am a witch after all. It is not difficult to try and see if I can stimulate a trace of true spirit hidden in it."

The reason why Wei Yuan mentioned the jade dragon pendant to Nujiao was because he suspected that the remnant of his true spirit had been abducted by Buddhism. He wanted to ask Nujiao if she had a way to solve it. She was surprised at the moment, and then took out the jade dragon pendant, put it gently on the table, and said, "How to do it?"

Nujiao said seriously, "We need to use the ancient Tushan tribe rituals to try to communicate."

Wei Yuan pondered and nodded, and then followed Nujiao's instructions. He first went to a hot spring of the fox tribe to bathe and change clothes, and then changed into ancient dignified clothes and sat on a stone. There were fox girls singing, holding a very solemn and dignified ceremony, and foxes dancing around.

Sometimes petals fell.

Sometimes a stroke was drawn on the face with a pen.

Sometimes a sacrificial dance had to be performed.

Wei Yuan's whole body was stiff, like a puppet, cooperating with this cumbersome ceremony.

It took more than an hour, even the martial arts monks felt a sense of fatigue, but still didn't feel anything special. Finally the ceremony ended, Wei Yuan sat in his seat, his face full of fatigue, and he still didn't feel anything when he felt the jade dragon pendant.

Nu Jiao said: "Oh, by the way, give me the jade dragon pendant."

She took the ancient Warring States dragon pendant, brushed it, and then threw it to Wei Yuan:

"Here, it's done."

Wei Yuan: "..."

Wei Yuan held the jade pendant, looked down at the spirituality on the jade dragon pendant, and then stiffly raised his head and looked at the witch Jiao.

After a moment of silence, he said:

"Just the last step?"

Nu Jiao answered as a matter of course: "Yes."

Wei Yuan's mouth twitched: "... Then I just spent more than an hour."

The white-haired fox girl was surprised, then smiled cunningly:

"Because it's fun."

Wei Yuan: "......"

Take a deep breath.

King Yu, don't worry.

When I have enough Taoism, I will definitely call your soul back.

This life is unbearable.

He lowered his head and stared at the jade dragon pendant, his eyes slowly closed, and his breath was long.

......

The 'young man' opened his eyes and still saw the jade dragon pendant in front of him.

Then he quickly retracted his gaze, just stood to one side, lowered his eyes and looked forward, feeling slightly annoyed in his heart.

This place is a solemn place, how could he be so rude.

In front of him was a table with wine vessels on it. On the main seat, a heroic man in black clothes and a crown was sitting upright. The jade dragon pendant was on his waist. A handsome young eunuch with a fair face but no beard bowed his head and said softly:

"Your Majesty, the Taoist Xu Shi wants to see you."

"Announce."