"So, has Lady Cai been found?" Mu Qingyan asked calmly.
"Found it." Snow Girl said, "She was very lucky. She found this place a few days before the Snow Lindramon died. Master recognized her as someone from Luoying Valley, no..."
She shook her head, "Actually, it was the Snow Scale Dragon Beast that smelled the blood on your aunt's body, so Master guessed your aunt's identity."
Mu Qingyan heard the unfinished meaning in Xue Nu's words, and his heart moved, "Xue Nu mentioned Luo Ying Valley several times, could it be related to Luo Ying Valley?"
"Of course there is a connection." Xue Nu pointed at the jasper statue on the stone table, "My master's grand master came from Luoying Valley - one hundred and sixty years ago, she led the last pair of snow scale dragon beasts in the world to come here alone Here, live in seclusion."
Cai Zhao was extremely surprised. He then looked at the soft whip around the waist of the jade goddess statue and touched the silver chain on his wrist. "Yes, that's right. In fact, my chain was transformed from the whip technique."
Mu Qingyan sighed, "It turns out to be Senior Cai."
Unexpectedly, Xue Nu immediately denied it, "The ancestor's surname is not Cai, but his given name is Gu Qingkong."
Mu Qingyan was startled and looked at Cai Zhao.
Cai Zhao laughed sarcastically, "My family's surname was Niu at first, then Gu, Luo in the middle, and Cai in the end." Don't ask why, just ask that the surname is the eldest son-in-law.
According to the records of the past owners of Luoying Valley, Gu Qingkong has excellent qualifications and has shown extraordinary talent at a young age. Unfortunately, she does not have Cai Pingshu's passion at all, and instead has a withdrawn and solemn temperament.
He didn't like playing with his brothers and sisters when he was little, and he didn't like competing with his peers when he was older. Even his relationship with his parents was very superficial. She didn't like to socialize with others, never paid attention to the disputes in the world, and in the end she couldn't even bear to get along with anyone. When she has nothing to do, she is either galloping alone or wandering aimlessly in a boat.
However, it was this person who was least likely to cause trouble, who revealed the name of the Witch of Luoying Valley.
"Master said that at that time, the spiritual energy between heaven and earth was exhausted, so the cultivators set their sights on spiritual beasts. The ancestors couldn't stand it, so they fell out with the entire world." Snow Girl said.
She said it lightly, but Mu Qingyan remembered that he had found the name Gu Qingkong in the book collection of Jiuzhou Baojuan Pavilion. One hundred and sixty years ago, this woman had turned the world upside down——
Gu Qingkong didn't understand. Just a few decades ago, those spiritual beasts fought to the death to kill demons. It was fine that people didn't care about the kindness of the spiritual beasts. Why could they kill so cruelly and wantonly, and justifiably take the liver, gallbladder, scales and horns for their bodies? Used by oneself.
Then she hated people even more.
Strictly speaking, Gu Qingkong's "reverse behavior" cannot be regarded as betraying the right path by deceiving his master and destroying his ancestors, because she almost simultaneously made enemies of all the martial arts practitioners in the world. Although many people from well-known and upright families were beaten to pieces by her, people in the demon sect were beaten to pieces by her. She was not polite either.
However, despite her extraordinary talents, she was unable to fight against the greed of human nature in the world. In the end, she could only live in seclusion in the snowy mountains with some of the surviving spiritual beasts, and disappeared from sight ever since.
Cai Zhao sighed: "Alas, human greed is endless, but it's a pity for these spiritual beasts. It turns out that our ancestors were here for..."
"No." The snow girl interrupted her, "The ancestor never thought about saving all sentient beings, she just disgusted those righteous hypocrites. The ancestor left a message, these strange beasts can live as long as they can, and they will be piled up for them when they die of old age. A grave, no need to force it.”
"The ancestors also said that if people are so greedy, one day they will kill each other to the point of being beyond control. When people kill them all, the world will belong to those rare and exotic beasts again."
Mu Qingyan laughed out loud, "That's a good thing to say. Senior Gu has extraordinary insights."
Qianxue Shen said softly: "My master also said the same thing - everything in the world will appear when it should appear, and there is no need to force it to stay when it should die. Master came to the snow mountain several times, just to find the bones of those strange beasts, and cried bitterly. A place where the bones are buried.”
Cai Zhao felt sad, "Now, is the last Snow Scale Dragon Beast dead?"
"Dead. Twenty years ago, the couple died of exhaustion one after the other." The snow girl pointed to the bottom of the window.
Mu and Cai looked down from the window. The endless cliff was covered with thick ice. There were several huge and thick white bones exposed in the ice and snow. There must be the skeletons of various spiritual beasts buried under the ice.
Snow Girl continued, "When your aunt Cai Pingshu came, the last Snow Scale Dragon Beast was still breathing, so she took away the last part of the saliva. Master and your aunt got along very well, and they chatted for many days until A man came looking for your aunt... Well, I didn't see that man, but he called your aunt 'Xiao Shu'."
Cai Zhao: "Well, the person who calls me aunt is either Master or Uncle Zhou."
Mu Qingyan asked abruptly: "Is Miss Snow's master a woman?"
The snow girl was surprised: "Of course she is a woman, and all of our sect are women."
Mu Qingyan said oh.
Qian Xueshen suddenly raised his head, "You and your master have crystal telescopes, so when something happened to my family sixteen years ago, you knew about it?!"
Cai Zhao's heart tightened.
For the first time, the snow girl showed an expression of indifference and surprise, and sighed, "It's such a coincidence that when something happened to your family sixteen years ago, my master and I went down the mountain to do something."
"Aren't you hiding from the world and living in seclusion? You have to go down the mountain for anything important!" Qian Xueshen became excited.
"It is indeed a very important matter. Master said that if I don't do that, my inner demons will not be eliminated, and I will not be able to live in seclusion with peace of mind." Snow Girl said, "So Master took me down the mountain and asked me to kill one with my own hands. people."
"Who are you going to kill?" Mu Qingyan was alert.
"My biological father."
Cai Zhao was stunned, Qian Xue was stunned.
Snow Girl said: "My father is a drunkard and a gambler. When he is drunk, he beats my mother. When he is done gambling, he sells his sons and daughters. He has already sold three of my brothers and sisters before. As long as you give him a lot of money, he will do anything. He was willing to sell. He lost money too quickly, so he forced my mother to hold the door open. No matter what he did, he could bully my mother with just a few coins. My mother couldn't stand it anymore and hanged herself, so my father took the idea out of me. On my body..."
Cai Zhao was shocked and angry, "It's worse than a beast!"
"Beasts are actually quite honest. They stop when they are full, and they also know how to protect their babies." The snow girl said calmly, "I met the master who was going down the mountain to buy food for salt tea, and I begged her to save me."
"Sixteen years ago, my master took me down the mountain to take revenge. I pulled out my father's back spine and hung it on a tree, making him scream for three days and three nights, until he died of pain. Those who bullied my mother and me in the village back then, I chopped off the hands and feet of every one of them. When Master and I returned to the mountain, we found that Tao Orion's house on the mountainside had been burned down."
There was silence in the stone room.
Qian Xueshen slowly sat back on the stone bed. He originally thought that he was miserable enough, but he didn't expect that the snow girl's life experience was even better than his own. Although the entire Tao family was slaughtered, they were happy, harmonious, and lively when he was alive. Every time he thought of his family, his heart felt warm.
A person like Yuki-onna has a true heart that is as dead as water and has no attachment to the world at all.
Suddenly, everyone felt a shock, the stone house trembled, and the ground shook.
The snow girl stood calmly: "Don't worry, this is not an earth dragon turning over."
"What is that?" Cai Zhao supported the stone table.
"It's the giant blue-eyed python." Snow Girl said, "It is afraid of heat by nature. It must have been very angry after being washed by the hot spring water for a long time. It is throwing a tantrum underground."
Mu Qingyan pressed on the stone wall and frowned: "Why do I feel that this tremor is getting closer and closer."
The snow girl said: "You think you are right. The giant python likes the cold. The colder the place, the more comfortable it is. The coldest place in this snow mountain is at the top of the mountain. It didn't dare to come up before because it was restrained by its natural enemy, the Snow Scale Dragon Beast. . But the Snow Scale Dragon Beast is now dead. In the past twenty years, it has climbed higher and higher."
Cai Zhao smiled bitterly: "I thought I was getting rid of that smelly snake, but I didn't expect that he is now the boss of the mountain."
"In that case, let's go down the mountain quickly." Mu Qingyan said calmly.
Cai Zhaodao: "Yes, Qian Xueshen, and Miss Xue, let's go together."
The snow girl shook her head: "You go, I will definitely not go down the mountain."
"If you don't leave, you will be eaten by a giant python sooner or later!" Cai Zhao held her arm.
The snow girl was slightly surprised: "People can eat snakes, why can't snakes eat people? It's good to die here. Master taught me a saying, you are not a fish, you know how happy the fish is - Miss Cai, it's better not to meddle in other people's business." "
Cai Zhao was helpless.
Mu Qingyan pulled her up and planned to leave.
"Oh, that's right." The snow girl suddenly turned around, and after a moment she took out an egg the size of a pumpkin from the back room. There were several deep and shallow spots on the milky white egg shell, "You guys can take this down the mountain."
"What is this?" Cai Zhao asked.
"The egg of the Snowscale Dragon Beast," said the Snow Girl, "has been lying on the ground for many years, but it just refuses to hatch. Master and I have tried every method, including soaking it in hot spring water, roasting it on the fire, and burying it in the snow. I still hugged him to sleep...I don’t know if it’s a dead egg, but there was no movement at all.”
"The Snowscale Dragon Beast clan is destined to be with us after all. Instead of letting the giant python eat it, why don't you, Miss Cai, take it back to Luoying Valley and use it as a decoration." Snow Girl said to herself and put the egg in Cai Zhao's hand.
Cai Zhao dumbly picked up the big egg.
The snow girl held up the Yang Yang Knife again and folded it flatly on top of the big egg. "Okay, let's go. Be careful when going down the mountain and don't drop anything."
Cai Zhao looked confused.
Chapter 63
Everyone in the stone room looked at each other in shock. Outside the stone room it was snowing and the tremors caused by the giant python were approaching.
Only Mu Qingyan was still thinking about business. He asked Qian Xueshen, "Do you still have any remaining Snow Scale Dragon Beast saliva in your hand?"
Qianxue felt deeply guilty: "No more. There isn't much saliva left that my father and uncle collected when they were young. I put it all in that apricot-yellow jade bottle."
Mu Qingyan asked Cai Zhao again: "Did you really hide the remaining saliva near the igloo?"
Cai Zhao smiled bitterly: "Yes, it's in the ice wall behind the snow house."
Mu Qingyan: "Then don't think about it. Even if the ice wall was not shattered by the movement of the giant python, it will be collapsed by the hot spring water now."
"Don't keep poking at other people's hearts." Cai Zhao was heartbroken.
The snow girl urged: "You should leave quickly, we can't stay here anymore."
After an earth-shattering commotion, only to avenge the Tao family, Qianxue felt deeply apologetic and gritted her teeth and said, "If it doesn't work out, I'll go with you. No matter if they shave me off or chop me up, I will definitely testify against that counterfeit goods!"
"Li Zheng, what are you trying to prove? Apart from being coveted by others for your body-changing technique, what else can you end up with!" Cai Zhao was annoyed.
Mu Qingyan looked stern and continued to ask: "Miss Xue, you just said that twenty years ago, the Snow Scale Dragon Beast recognized the heroine Cai Pingshu as a descendant of Luoying Valley - how did it recognize it?"
The snow girl thought for a while and said: "Nvxia Cai was injured at that time, and the snow scale dragon beast found her by following the blood drops she dropped. Master saw that although it was exhausted, it was still very attached to a girl he had never met. , and then concluded that Cai Nuxia is a blood descendant of the ancestor."
"It's true." Mu Qingyan took a long breath, glanced at Cai Zhao, and took out a silver blade as thin as a cicada's wing from his sleeve, "I'm going to cut your finger and drip blood on it. On this eggshell.”
Cai Zhao said in a daze, "Is this... feasible?"
"My father once said that ancient spirit beasts often have a connection with their masters, and they rely on the spirit beasts to recognize their own blood. The two snow-scaled dragon beasts were rescued by the ancestors of Luoying Valley, and they have been living together for many years. I think they have been recognized as blood descendants for a long time. "
Cai Zhao was very happy: "Okay, it's just a cut on my finger. Let's try it." She placed the Yanyang knife and the big egg on the stone table, took the small silver knife neatly, and made a scratch on her left index finger.
Everyone watched intently and saw a drop of bright red blood falling on the milky white eggshell, instantly turning into two or three short red threads, like red threads embedded in the eggshell. After a while, the eggshell made a slight click.
Xue Nu had been following Da Dan for twenty years. When she heard this noise for the first time, she couldn't help but let out a sigh.
Cai Zhao's heart moved, and he squeezed out a few more drops of blood. He saw that the red line on the eggshell became longer and longer, gradually bypassing the entire eggshell, and the soft and heavy clicking sounds continued, and finally, along the thickest and thickest line, The long red line and a crack opened in the middle of the eggshell, and the living creature inside began to move with a groan.
Along with the sticky egg liquid, a fleshy little beast crawled out of the egg shell.
First there are two soft horns, about the size of a mung bean, then a pair of swollen eyelids and a round head. There are two translucent fleshy wings under the ribs. The whole body is only the size of two or three palms, with only the back. There is a row of shiny snow-white scales on its body, showing that it is different from ordinary milk dogs.
It propped up its short limbs on the stone table, moved tremblingly, smelled the smell and found Cai Zhao, stretched out its small pink tongue and licked.
Cai Zhao had witnessed the birth of his younger brother Cai Han, held and played with him. Now he skillfully inserted his hands under the little beast's two forelimbs and lifted it up like a baby. The little beast tried its best to open its amber eyes. After spitting out two saliva bubbles, he grinned at Cai Zhao with a cute smile. He also dropped a long string of saliva, which wet the stone table.
——The saliva of the Snow Scale Dragon Beast that everyone worked so hard for is now available as much as they want.
"Is this really the Snow Scale Dragon Beast?" Qian Xueshen was the first to doubt, "I heard from my father and uncle that the Snow Scale Dragon Beast they saw when they were children was extremely powerful and majestic." The one in front of him is said to be an ancient cub. His meatballs are even more adorable than the little local dog he had when he was a kid.
The snow girl had no expression on her face, "This egg was handed over to me by my master. There is absolutely nothing false about it."
Cai Zhao carefully put down the cub, "Maybe when it grows up, it will become mighty and majestic."
——Everyone turned their attention to the stone table. The chubby and tender cub spit out two more bubbles, like a lump of jelly.
