Liu Baye told me that the dragon shape on the draft picture on that page is Canglong, one of the dragon souls of Kyushu. This picture is called Canglong grabbing the coffin.
Regarding this Japanese note, Liu Baye said that when he went to the Northeast to look for dragons and caves, he accidentally met an old man begging. At that time, Liu Baye looked at him and gave him some food and a small amount of money.
In order to express his gratitude to Mr. Liu, the old man handed a yellowed notebook to Mr. Liu's hand before leaving.
Out of courtesy, Liu Baye accepted it. After the old man left, Liu Baye flipped through it casually and found that it was all in Japanese. He immediately lost interest and threw it on the roadside.
Just as Mr. Liu turned around and was about to leave, a sudden gust of wind blew up, causing the notebook to open on its own.
Perhaps because the note was too old, one page was torn off by the wind from the shoveling, and it fell on Mr. Liu's feet without any bias. That manuscript picture of Canglong grabbing the coffin.
In the Heihe area of Northeast China, especially the area near the Daxinganling Mountains, there is only one legend that has been circulating for hundreds of years.
Legend has it that a huge mountain fire broke out in the Daxinganling Mountains hundreds of years ago, and the culprit of the mountain fire was a corpse demon who became a Taoist.
According to legend, the body of the corpse was several feet long, its whole body was red, and its whole body was flowing with blood as hot as lava. Wherever it went, the vegetation was gray, and the people were in dire straits.
Later, a dragon-slaying Taoist with profound Taoist skills passed by here, intending to kill the Canglong guarding here, but he never expected to encounter a corpse demon during the killing process.
Compared with Canglong, Shiba was the incarnation of sin, so the Taoist killed him, but he was injured and fled into the primeval forest of Daxinganling.
Because it was extremely hot, coupled with the injury, the hot blood flowed freely, which caused quite a mountain fire at that time.
Although the mountain fire started because of the corpse, the Taoist man was jointly and severally responsible.
Seeing that the mountain fire was getting out of control, Cang Long, who was also injured and about to be killed by the Taoist, suddenly said that he could extinguish the mountain fire and bring down the corpse demon, and only asked the Taoist to spare his life.
The Taoist agreed, so the Canglong transformed into a body of thousands of feet, sucked river water to extinguish the mountain fire, and even used the corpse's blood to cast a golden coffin, trapping the corpse in it.
There are mines in the mountains, and the mines are gold. Among the five elements, gold generates water, and the blue dragon responds to water, so it penetrated into the veins of the earth and entrenched itself in the veins. It is said that the place where the blue dragon is located is the vein of gold.
Of course, almost no one in modern times knows about this legend. Liu Baye also found out about it from their mouths after interviewing several ancient and elderly people.
At that time, Liu Baye felt like he had found a treasure, and he directly found someone close to him to translate the contents of the note, and thus learned that what was recorded in the note was the details of how to access the golden vein.
Liu Baye had already made plans at that time. He planned to return to Tongcheng and gather his contacts to return to the Northeast to find the location of the gold vein. However, he unexpectedly learned about the corpse urn underground in Luoyang, and later obtained the possession of one of the Nine Provinces Dragon Souls. White jade Yinglong carving.
It was precisely because of this that Liu Baye no longer focused on the so-called golden vein, but on the legendary blue dragon and the golden coffin it held in its hand. He concluded that there must be something to be found in it. To the Canglong Soul.
Having said this, I understood why Liu Baye came here. It was entirely to seek the legendary Nine Provinces Dragon Soul.
It's just that the journey was too dangerous and Dabao's life was lost.
When Dabao was mentioned, Erbao's face immediately turned gloomy. How could he not be sad when his brother died, so two clear tears appeared on Erbao's gray face.
"Brother Erbao, I apologize and accept the change."
I opened my mouth to comfort.
At this time, Liu Baye also raised his hand and patted Er Bao on the shoulder and said: "Er Bao, don't worry, when you go back, your brother's bones will be collected and buried with dignity. I will not let my brother His bones are buried in a foreign land."
After hearing this, Er Bao wiped the tears on his face with his sleeves, and looked at Liu Ba Ye with grateful eyes, "Ba Ye, the lives of both our brothers were given by you. Life and death have long been ignored. I, Er Bao, I will definitely keep you safe, Mr. Ba!"
After saying that, Erbao turned around and walked forward with the firearm in his hand, inspecting the surrounding situation.
The town in front of us was extremely strange and very large. Perhaps because we were worried about the safety of Erbao, the driver, Brother Wang, also started to inspect it.
I haven’t seen Master Liu for a long time, and I have a lot of things I want to tell him.
I probably don’t need to mention the empty-handed trip to Dunhuang Desert, because Brother Wang may have already conveyed everything to Liu Baye.
I really wanted to tell Mr. Liu Ba about the white jade dragon sculpture being stolen, but I opened my mouth and still didn’t say it. In such an environment, it was really inappropriate. Once I said it, Mr. Liu would inevitably Therefore, I feel cold and disheartened.
As for my personal grievances, they seem less important in comparison.
"Dad, wuwuwu...!"
Xiao Liuzi's pitiful cries were heard in his ears. From a distance, Xiao Liuzi was lying on a corpse covered with blood, wailing in pain.
Seeing this, Liu Baye walked towards where Xiao Liuzi was, and I quickly followed him.
When he came to the front, looking at the bloody corpse, Liu Baye's expression was very gloomy, "Brother Yuanwu, it was me who hurt you, I'm sorry."
As he spoke, Liu Baye bowed deeply to Yuan Wu's body.
"Your name is Liuzi, right? Your father is gone, and you have no one to rely on in this world. If you don't mind, just follow me from now on, and I will raise you up."
Xiao Liuzi raised his head and looked at Liu Baye with tears in his eyes. He didn't speak, and then he lay on Yuan Wu's body again and cried bitterly...
The ground was scattered with gravel that fell from the house after the earthquake. I helped Xiao Liuzi simply bury Yuan Wu's body with gravel.
After resting for a while, Liu Baye stood up from a slightly larger piece of gravel and called all of us in front of him.
"I just took a look at the underworld city. It seems that all nine mechanisms of the maze have been activated, and the entrance to the veins should have appeared."
"The maze mechanism activates one minute every half hour, and the reset time should be doubled, which is one hour, so we must seize the time and find the entrance within an hour, otherwise we will have to wait until the time comes to reset the mechanism. It will take a long time to get on board again, and no one can predict what will happen when we get there.”
After hearing this, several people knew that the situation was urgent, and they did not dare to delay. They immediately spread out to find the entrance to the so-called vein mine.
Me, Xiao Liuzi, Liu Baye, Erbao and the driver Wang Ge, there were five of us, and we spread out in a five-corner direction to search.
During the scattered search, I would see guys poking their heads out from time to time. Those people were obviously the subordinates named Tan.
Liu Baye briefly mentioned to me that this man named Tan was not a member of the thieves, but a real social person.
I don’t know who leaked the news. As soon as Liu Baye arrived in Heihe, he was targeted by this man named Tan, and he also knew Liu Baye’s identity and the purpose of coming here.
Buying and selling by force, as a local snake, Tan insisted on getting a piece of the pie on the grounds that he had made a living, otherwise he would directly take Mr. Liu to the local police station.
Reluctantly, Liu Baye agreed to the feeble request of Tan.
As for the background of the man surnamed Tan in Heihe, Liu Baye was not very clear. Maybe he was born black but also dyed white.
I am holding in my hand an MP40 assault rifle produced in Germany during World War II. The gun body is very light, but its ammunition capacity is very considerable. If I want to, I would like to shoot all the dozen people named Tan with one move of my fingers. It only takes a few breaths to kill.
Therefore, those guys were afraid of the firearm in my hand. They only dared to peek from a distance and did not dare to take a step closer, for fear that I would suddenly attack them.
Another reason why I am timid is that my fierceness was obvious to all, and no fool would provoke a crazy boy like me.
