Many, many years ago, probably between the fourth and fifth Yuanhui eras, the Dragon Clan had a very prosperous period.
It's not that their race was very powerful at that time. In addition to being mysterious and unpredictable, in the First Yuanhui era where almost no one knows the truth today, in all the recorded history of the practice world, the dragon race has never been truly powerful.
But towards the end of the Fourth Yuan Hui era and into the Fifth Yuan Hui, the Dragon Clan was really prosperous.
Because during this period, several dragon kings of the Dragon Clan were granted the title of righteous gods of moving clouds and rain by the Heavenly Court. With the support of the Heavenly Court, the Dragon Clan became the rulers of the Water Tribe in the world. Being able to shout and drink around is like a slave-like status and destiny.
During that period of time, the dragon clan seemed to be under the care of heaven. As long as they were scale insects in the world, they seemed to have a chance to transform into dragons.
At that time, every once in a while on the earth, creatures such as snakes, insects, fish and turtles would get the chance, and then walk into the sea and transform into dragons.
For the dragon clan, this is naturally a good thing. The more dragons enter the sea, the more prosperous the dragon clan will naturally be.
But for other ordinary creatures living on land, especially the mortals at that time, this was not a good thing, but a disaster.
Because when those creatures who want to transform into dragons enter the sea, they often create waves and floods, and then use the floods to enter the rivers and seas. Wherever they pass, they will turn into a marshy country.
Every dragon that enters the sea will destroy bridges, farmland, villages, and towns along the way, and capsize many passing ships on the river.
For every dragon that enters the sea, countless innocent ordinary creatures die in the process of its transformation into a dragon.
So after this kind of thing happened too many times, some people finally couldn't stand it anymore, especially some human immortals, who ignored the face of the dragon clan and directly attacked these daring and unscrupulous dragons.
The method used by these immortals is to hang an immortal sword under the bridge of the river.
Because there is a bridge, it must be a place where humans gather.
Hanging the fairy sword under the bridge is to warn these dragons that when passing through these places, you'd better control the water. If you dare to cause a flood, the fairy sword will directly kill the dragons.
Since then, the number of dragons entering the sea has greatly decreased.
But the reason is not because those walking dragons dared to ignore the warnings of the human immortals and insisted on causing floods when crossing the bridge, and were then killed by the immortal swords.
In fact, almost all the walking dragons dare not ignore the immortal's warning. After all, they have not yet entered the sea and become real dragons.
Even if they become real dragons, they are still helpless against the human immortals who were already the mainstay of the heaven at that time.
Otherwise, how could the human immortals take action against them, but the dragon kings did not dare to complain?
Therefore, when most of the walking dragons at that time passed by such a bridge with a fairy sword hanging on it, they would obediently put away the water and pass by silently.
But the problem is that the dragon walks from the river into the sea, which is about an indomitable momentum. It is the nature of the dragon to make trouble.
It used to be so fun to follow the stormy road without any scruples and chase the big water into the sea. But now along the way, I have to encounter many bridges with fairy swords hanging on them. I have to stay low and small all the way, suppressing my nature. What kind of walking is this? Jiang Hualong?
This is the same reason as a practitioner's Taoist heart is damaged and eventually becomes possessed.
Therefore, those dragons that passed under the Dragon-Slaying Bridge and survived, basically ended up failing to transform into dragons.
But now, most of the dragon-slaying bridges in the world no longer exist, even the heaven has been destroyed, and the dragon clan has almost completely disappeared, not to mention the few dragon-slaying bridges.
However, according to what his senior brother told him, there are actually two Dragon-Slaying Bridges in the world.
One is in the river and the other is in the river.
After all, most of the floating dragons entered the sea through rivers and rivers.
And these two dragon-slaying bridges, the immortal swords hanging under the bridges were also the two most lethal and most lethal ones at the time.
Sword, I don’t know how many dragons have died under these two fairy swords.
Now, Shu Guan is standing on this Dragon-Slaying Bridge.
However, he was not standing on the bridge, but on the side of the bridge, with his body in line with the river under the bridge.
Shu Guan stood up straight, lowered his head, looking at the strange-shaped feldspar under the bridge that looked like a stick and a sword, and had accumulated a lot of dust.
Except for its strange shape, this feldspar is no different from an ordinary stone.
Shu Guan did not feel any spiritual power or sword energy fluctuations on this strange-shaped feldspar.
For countless years, this place has been just a famous scene on the river. When many ships pass by here, they will slow down to let the people on board enjoy this rare spectacle.
There are even some brave people who will climb up the mountain and try to walk across the bridge that is only a few feet wide under the strong wind of the Menglie River.
Of course, there are not many people who can successfully walk from one end to the other. Although there is no grass growing on the stone bridge, and there is no wet moss, it is suspended hundreds of meters high, with the fast-flowing river below. It is difficult to walk through such a place. , for ordinary people, it is indeed an extraordinary test of courage.
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Guan also told the four-legged snake not to make waves during the day, lest others discover its whereabouts. The most important thing is that if that happens, all the ships passing through this long canyon will be overturned.
But for the Four-legged Snake, it was because of the explanation from Shuguan, which was something the Four-legged Snake was willing to do.
But if you suppress your true nature under the Dragon-Slaying Bridge, your head will be forced down. No dragon clan would really be willing to do so.
One is willing, the other is unwilling.
Even that subtle difference in Tao's heart is the key to whether he can transform into a dragon.
But if the four-legged snake is allowed to make waves and rush across the Dragon-Slaying Bridge, let him completely indulge his nature and achieve the foundation of dragon transformation, let alone whether Shu Guan has the ability to help it block the Dragon-Slaying Sword, even if he can block it Shu Guan himself did not want the farmland and villages on both sides of the river to be washed away by the flood caused by the four-legged snake.
This is the dilemma of this level.
At first, Shu Guan asked his senior brother, "This won't work, that won't work either, so what should I do?"
The big brother’s answer is:
It's up to you.
After all, it was Shu Guan who accompanied the four-legged snake across the river, not him.
Shu Guan sighed again, then jumped high from the Zhanlong Bridge, jumped directly into the river, and stood on the river.
The four-legged snake had a huge head sticking out of the river, looking at him eagerly.
Perhaps it was the strange-shaped feldspar under the Dragon-Slaying Bridge that killed too many dragons many, many years ago. Shu Guan didn't notice anything unusual about the strange-shaped feldspar just now, but the four-legged snake was the first to see the strange-shaped feldspar. Shi, a stern feeling arose in his heart, and he no longer dared to move forward.
It just doesn't understand what it is.
Shu Guan explained the mystery of the bridge and the dilemma it faced now to the four-legged snake in detail, and then asked:
"How are you going to choose?"
There was a look of confusion in the four-legged snake's golden eyes.
"……I have no idea……"
But it quickly said something like:
"If we don't let the water flow... we won't let the water flow."
Shu Guan stared into the four-legged snake's eyes, nodded, and asked again:
"Are you feeling comfortable then?"
The four-legged snake was silent for a moment, then said quietly:
"...Not very comfortable..."
At this moment, Shu Guan suddenly remembered what his master Li Zhixia said when he broke up with him at the Taiping Dingshi Bell Tower.
"Weishi knows that the things he did were wrong, but now he has no regrets at all, because he has never been so happy."
The master was once a cheerful and laughing young man, but eventually he became more serious, silent and unsmiling than anyone else.
What made him change was responsibility.
It's just that the master's life has not been smooth at all.
Then Shu Guan laughed. He smiled and touched the four-legged snake's head and said:
"Then don't make yourself uncomfortable."
"When crossing the bridge, you can make waves as big as you want."
The four-legged snake looked at him in surprise and astonishment.
"You can just cross the bridge casually and leave the rest to me!"
Shu Guan's laughter became even louder, and he smiled very cheerfully.
Of course, Shu Guan would not let the four-legged snake turn both sides of the river into a marsh. When he jumped off the Zhanlong Bridge just now, he had actually thought of a way.
The Pass of Zhanlong Bridge was originally the most difficult pass for the Four-legged Snake on his way across the river, but by chance, he learned the art of Huan, so he had a trick.
At this time, there was a whistle from a ship in the distance, and they saw a steamer turning a curve from the other end of the canyon, appearing in their sight, and slowly driving towards this side.
The sun has fully risen at this time, and boats that dare not enter this winding and fast-flowing canyon waterway at night are preparing to pass through the waterway quickly.
"It's too late now. Let's take a rest during the day and wait until dark to cross the bridge at Xingshui!"
Shuguan patted the four-legged snake on the head again.
The four-legged snake quickly sank into the river water, and with a thought, Shu Guan's feet created a big wave, instantly sending him to the river bank, and then he threw himself into the mountains and forests on the bank.
…
The long day finally passed.
In fact, this day is no different from the past, but waiting always makes people feel that time passes slower.
When it gets completely dark, no more ships can be seen in the canyon waterway.
Shu Guan and Han Biao walked out of the mountain forest.
After a day of adjusting his breath, Shu Guan looked in high spirits, and what he was going to do later would consume a lot of spiritual energy, which would be much more tiring than a four-legged snake just crossing the bridge with the current.
And the head of the four-legged snake also emerged from the river.
Its pair of dragon eyes were as bright as two bright golden light bulbs on the river.
It can be seen that the four-legged snake is extremely nervous and excited at the moment.
"Uncle Han, later you go to Qiaoshan to watch it. The moment it crosses the bridge, the most important thing is to avoid being interrupted by people and losing its momentum. Although there should be no one here, let alone practitioners, but it must be in case."
Shu Guan said to Han Biao.
Han Biao nodded when he heard this.
Then Shu Guan turned to look at the four-legged snake, with a reassuring smile on his face and said:
"Don't be nervous. You can do whatever you want later. I'll wait for you outside the canyon."
After finishing speaking, Shu Guan stepped onto the river and drifted gracefully with the current to the outside of the canyon waterway. When he passed under the Zhanlong Bridge, he subconsciously glanced up.
I saw that strange-shaped feldspar, hanging quietly under the bridge, without any abnormalities.
Then Shuguan followed the water out of the canyon, turned a big bend, and disappeared.
The four-legged snake watched Shu Guan's figure disappear, and then looked up at the strange-shaped feldspar under Zhanlong Bridge, with some natural fear in his eyes.
But this fear was soon suppressed by a stronger perseverance.
Then the four-legged snake suddenly stood up from the river with its slender body, its black scales sparkling in the moonlight. The four-legged snake raised its head, looked up at the bright moon over the canyon, and let out a long groan from its mouth. .
The chant was clear and high-pitched, already very much like a dragon's roar.
At the moment when the dragon roar sounded, the strange-shaped feldspar under the Zhanlong Bridge suddenly shook slightly, and a thin layer of stone powder fell down.
The sound of the dragon's roar resounded through the surrounding mountains. At this moment, there were countless animals and birds in the mountains and forests. Their bodies began to tremble uncontrollably at the same time. They felt the long roar that made them instinctively feel fearful and overriding them. The pressure above the level of life.
The four-legged snake suddenly flicked its dragon tail, and huge waves surged one after another on the river surface. At the same time, the water level in the river began to rise sharply, seeming to be submerged in the surrounding mountain peaks.
The four-legged snake's huge body was carried up and down in the huge waves. At this moment, the four-legged snake seemed to be completely integrated with the entire river, and then it carried the power of the river towards Zhanlong Bridge. Rush away.
Since Shuguan lets it do whatever it wants, the four-legged snake is not going to pass under the bridge, which will make it feel a little aggrieved.
It wants to control the water of the river and rush directly over the bridge of Zhanlong Bridge!
Since you want to be casual, it's better to indulge to the end.
…
The roar of the dragon still echoes in the mountains.
It frightened countless beasts and birds in the mountain, and also caused a strange old man who was sprinting in the mountain to suddenly stop.
He listened attentively for a while, and then his face showed a look of surprise and joy. Then he pointed to the top of a nearby mountain peak, and the white paper horse under his feet immediately galloped towards the top of the mountain.
Soon, he reached the top of the peak, and then the strange old man looked towards the river, so he saw
The vision that made him shake his mind came to that scene.
Under the bright moon, in the canyon, the waves on the river surged like tall buildings, and above the waves, there was a river nearly twenty meters long, covered with black round scales, with a ruler on its square head. The long golden horn, the foreign object with eagle claws and fish tail, are riding the waves.
An incomprehensible groan came from the strange old man's throat.
Dragon!
Finally found the dragon!
Following the traces left by this dragon, he had been tracking it for several days, and now he finally saw it with his own eyes.
My original judgment was correct. Sure enough, there was a dragon walking across the river!
The weird old man's body trembled with ecstasy and excitement.
At this moment, a warning sign suddenly occurred in his heart, and he heard a slight strange sound coming from behind him, but before he could turn around in time, a cold and sharp sword had already pierced his throat.
