As mentioned before, the characteristics of the subjects of the Immortal Kingdom are that they have dark skin after soaking in black water, but now the survivors of the Immortal Kingdom have become like this, and there is no research on what process they went through in the process.
The big snake has no life.
It means that snakes are not limited by their life span when they reach a certain size. Snakes can shed their skin, and each transformation is like a new life.
If we were to make a bold guess, could it be that the black water in the Immortal Kingdom was exhausted and they obtained eternal life in this way?
Half man, half snake.
well!
I carefully recalled various historical records and prayed that the memory fragments in my brain circuits would be quickly overlapped for me to recall.
Thinking about it so hard, the key point seems to come back to the Xia Dynasty that mysteriously disappeared.
This dynasty before King Zhou, a dynasty that would not even appear on the list of gods, was really mysterious. Even if anything weird happened, it was considered normal.
There is such a familiar story. According to legend, there was Peng Zu in ancient times who lived to be 800 years old.
Peng Zu is the longevity star passed down from generation to generation.
But some people say that Peng Zu was a native of Peng State, which existed for more than 800 years. The information passed around went astray. In fact, Peng Zu did not live to be 800 years old. The 800 years old refers to the time when Peng Guo existed.
But no matter how you say it, there is an indisputable fact that Peng State was a vassal state of the Xia Dynasty.
Separately speaking, the two seem to be nothing at first glance, but once they are connected, it becomes a big deal.
So did Qin Shihuang discover the ruins of the Xia Dynasty? Is the category here related to the Xia Dynasty?
The fat man suddenly understood and said: "Old Cao, according to my IQ which is slightly over 180, do you think this is the case? That Peng State holds the secret of immortality, and he is a vassal state of the Xia Dynasty. It stands to reason It is said that the secret of immortality should only be held by the royal family. But the Peng State has existed longer than the Xia Dynasty. We have to consider a problem, that is, after the demise of the Xia Dynasty, this small Peng State relied on What a strategy that lasted for hundreds of years." When the fat man started to show off his wits, he looked at me with a wicked smile and continued: "Besides, I do know that there is one thing, that is, smelling it can also extend your life... "
"Okay, stop talking nonsense!"
I quickly asked the fat man to stop. This and that, the first half can be heard as human words, but the second half is nonsense and nonsense. Cut out half of this pile of words and throw them into the pit.
Everyone was very interested in what the fat man had not finished and asked questions one after another. Unfortunately, I had no choice but to briefly talk about an embarrassing incident.
There is something called fake at first sight in the antique shop.
This kind of fake is divided into many types. For example, some things may seem exquisitely made, but in the eyes of an expert, you can detect abnormalities after just a few seconds of looking at them.
Others are quite exaggerated.
For example, if a customer brings something, he comes up and says: This is the foot-binding cloth of Empress Dowager Cixi. Please give me a price.
If you look at the rag covers in the guests’ hands, we don’t know whether Lafayette had his feet bound or not. But when Lafayette was down and out, he did go to Shanxi to seek refuge. He was dressed like a village woman. At this time, we really can’t tell. Is this object real?
Of course, even if the above thing is true, it is not worth anything. Except for the fanatics who are obsessed with Lafayette, I am afraid that everyone will stay away from this thing.
What the fat man said was actually the embarrassing incident of my eye-punching.
In those two years, business was booming. It was said that the spring breeze was so good that horses had hoofs and they could see all the flowers in Chang'an in one day. It was easy to do business at that time, and no matter how weird things were, you wouldn't get into your hands, so I wanted to be open 24 hours a day and accept all the weird and cold items as ordered. I also wanted to open my eyes to all the treasures in the world in one day.
An old man came that day. There is an old saying in our industry that if you visit late at night, there will be treasures.
It was nearly eleven o'clock that night. The old man knocked on the door of my shop and looked around for a long time, refusing to come in.
I think this posture must be supported by something good, otherwise how could it be so cautious.
I quickly invited him into the house and locked the door tightly. Then the old man took off his hat and took out a stone the size of an egg.
You have to have sharp eyes to do this job. Although his movements were coherent and not sloppy, I could clearly see the fact that the old man still had scars on his head.
He carefully placed the weird stone on the table. I was about to pick it up when he suddenly knelt on the ground with a plop and kowtowed three times to the stone.
This strange move really confused me, the monk Zhang Er, so I had no choice but to give up raising my hand to pick up the stone.
After kowtowing, the old man saw my doubts and told me that he was not here for this stone, but for another treasure.
After saying that, he put the strange stone back into his hat, and then carefully took out a piece of red cloth from his arms. The red cloth wrapped the four corners. His hands shook violently every time he opened a corner, as if what he opened was not... An ordinary piece of red cloth, but a grenade that could explode at any time.
I saw that he was shaking badly, and the thing wrapped in the red cloth must be unusual, so I quickly helped him sit down and asked him to spread the red cloth on the table.
There are rules in the industry, that is, don't touch objects with your hands. Even if you push objects into my arms, you will never explore your hands, let alone touch the objects.
There are too many unpleasant things caused by this kind of thing. You come and hand it over to me to pick it up. The baby falls on the ground in the middle. Who is responsible if it breaks? Bullshit should not happen, so avoid it from the root.
We have mahogany tables, pear blossom chairs, hip chairs, and treasure tables. You can take your time and make business smooth.
So it was a big taboo for me to help the old man sit down. According to the rules, he should sit down by himself and slowly reveal the treasure on the table and put it away.
Fortunately, nothing went wrong in this step. The old man finally lifted the cloth this time, and his hands were shaking surprisingly when he left them.
When I took a quick look, I immediately became energetic. When I took a closer look, my heart beat faster.
A human-shaped silhouette with dense roots underneath, dry plants glowing yellow and white under the light, lies quietly on the red cloth.
It turned out to be a ginseng essence!
To be called the King of Ginseng Essence, one must have more than nine ounces of ginseng. Legend has it that this thing is extremely rare and can rejuvenate and save lives! Not to mention breaking off a small piece and putting it in your mouth, just a whiff can prolong your life.
As soon as I said this, Lin Qi laughed loudly: "Okay, there is no need to talk about the rest. You must have been deceived by the carefully made platycodon! The roots were just glued on later."
Professor Yin also shook his head, and said with a knowing smile: "Brother Cao is very rare to be young and promising, but this platycodon technique is indeed difficult to distinguish, and there are many old men who have fallen victim to it. To be honest, for Jiuliang Shen, this This is a real thing. I, Mr. Yin, have only admired it up close. I am not even qualified to hold it in my hands and play with it. Don’t look at the ones in the exhibition hall. Those are fakes. The real thing does have magical effects, although I haven’t smelled it. It’s an exaggeration to say it will prolong life, but cutting a piece into your mouth can indeed extend your life!”
Speaking of extending our lives, our tracking suddenly stopped because the half-human, half-snake guy in front of us suddenly stopped.
The monster in front of him went directly to the island to find a pile of eggs. He showed great care for the eggs in front of him, and it didn't look like he was hunting for prey.
When we looked again, we were even more numb. It was so densely packed that we couldn’t even count the number of eggs.
People in the Immortal Kingdom actually develop into egg-laying animals? People lay eggs?
The fat man exclaimed: "How can a person lay eggs? It's not Nezha!"
Although I was surprised, I quickly figured out that since they evolved into a kind of human-snake, and human genes inherited the snake's ability to shed their skin and grow infinitely, their way of reproduction would inevitably change accordingly.
Avril was puzzled by what she saw: "They lay eggs and reproduce on the island, but their numbers are controlled by marrow suckers. This is not in line with the natural laws of biological development. According to the correct direction of evolution, they should go to the ocean to reproduce." , or have evolved a skin constitution that is resistant to marrow-sucking grass. Unless... someone has set this pattern thousands of years ago, or the marrow-sucking grass only appeared in recent years."
I heard Avril's words clearly, but I couldn't take my eyes away from the pile of eggs, because several of them were shaking violently, and I could tell that the little guy inside was about to come out.
I was actually very interested in these eggs that were about to emerge. Maybe I was waiting for what they would look like when they came out.
Is it a little guy with a human face and a snake body?
Seeing that there was a hole in the shell, a small slimy pink flesh ball squeezed out, but the true appearance of the ball was not yet clearly seen.
Suddenly, the monster with a body and a snake's tail suddenly turned back to look at us. Several people were shocked. After all, this face was really terrifying.
The flat nose is wide, and the nostrils look like they were stabbed randomly with a knife. The eyeballs are very large, protruding nearly half of the eyeballs. The pupils inside are yellow and vertical. They are not human eyes at all, but a snake. Eye.
Its whole head looked strange. If I looked closely, I found that it was missing ears and the sides of its head were bare.
It suddenly lowered its head and swallowed a few broken eggs into its mouth, stuck them in its throat, and then fled forward suddenly.
We subconsciously wanted to catch up, but Long Wu ran faster, and a black shadow flashed past the monster with a human body and a snake tail.
Avril shouted: "It's trying to distract us!"
But Long Wu didn't listen. It seemed that in less than half a minute, Long Wu would take off the monster's head.
Suddenly my face felt cold, and when I touched it with my hand, I realized it was raining. The rain came suddenly, which reminded me of the bottomless ravines on the seabed. Below the gullies were countless thick fireworks, and the water never stopped. The water flows down to cool them, and then evaporates to the sky and returns as rain. The cycle starts again and again. Then there is another question, where is the channel for its evaporation?
These are all strange and mysterious messages interpreted from the pictures taken at the bottom of the sea. I am becoming more and more obsessed with this information.
I have a hunch that I might find a secret entrance through this isolated island, leading straight to the bottom of the ocean!
