In the Snake King Valley, Bai Jun was coiled lazily among the willow branches. The poisonous sun in late summer was so terrifying that he didn't even dare to practice. Practicing under such a bright and clear world will only cause evil energy to reverse and damage the muscles and bones.
In comparison, night is still suitable for demons to practice, and Bai Jun also prefers to breathe in the full moon above the nine heavens and absorb the energy of Taiyin and Shaoyin.
Looking up, you can vaguely see the sky above the valley. Under the scorching sun, a hazy and unreal white python is entrenched in this valley, dominating the sky and frightening all the beasts.
Maybe that's the legendary luck? Or is it the divine power of incense?
Since becoming a demon, his perception of the humans who offer incense and pray to him has become clearer.
Last winter, Bai Jun left his own venom outside Zhuangjia Village. The smell of strong snake energy and blood frightened some ghosts and monsters, allowing the small village to spend a winter with peace of mind.
As a result, people in several nearby villages and towns spread word of mouth and invited the Baojiaxian to worship the Liu family in the shrine.
Unknowingly, Bai Jun became the most popular wild god within dozens of miles.
He listened to these boring human prayers when he had nothing to do, which was also a kind of fun to kill time.
As for answering those human prayers one by one, Bai Jun has no such plan at the moment. Human beings are a race that will never be satisfied with their desires. They naturally choose the method that is beneficial to themselves.
The incense lingering around him really made Bai Yan's cultivation progress much faster, and under the control of his consciousness, the strands of incense condensed on the snake-headed heavenly spirit and turned into a full moon.
And through this full moon, Bai Jun did have some magical means. He can use the full moon to enter dream believers, or he can build some special relationships between the full moon, the White Snake statue, and believers, and then he can achieve the manifestation of the White Snake Fairy in human hearts.
For example, he once helped a poor old widowed woman in a village find a gold bracelet that had been lost for many years.
He also saved the life of a farmer's only son who fell into the river.
He also punished an idle man in the village who was disrespectful to him. Then he accidentally missed the path and fell into a manure pit and almost choked to death. He became the laughing stock of the whole village.
Life in the world is long and short, peaceful and quiet. Sometimes neighbors are noisy, shrews curse, and men meet widows in the wild. In such a village, chickens and dogs hear each other, yellow hair hangs down, and contentment is the greatest happiness. .
Without any companions to communicate with, these humans have become Bai Jun's familiar daily routine.
Living far away in the mountains and wilderness, quietly watching the fireworks in the world, immortals and secular people are accompanying each other, one on the left, one on the right, blooming all the way, so that this long and lonely road will not be cold.
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In Jinjing, in the Qiangu Pavilion in the East City, an auction was coming to an end. The audience was filled with the princes and nobles of Jinjing and powerful families from all over the country.
On the stage, a woman in purple who still retains her charm said with a smile: "Dear distinguished guests, I believe that everyone can't wait to see the three auction items at the end of this pavilion. In previous years, I would definitely not be verbose, but this year I am not. I’m going to be verbose for a moment. Before that, everyone, let’s take a look at something. This thing is quite miraculous and has escaped the mundane realm.”
"Oh? Mrs. Xu should be careful with what she says. You must know that there are big people here who have all the rare treasures in the world, and nothing may be able to catch our eyes." A middle-aged obese man hugged a young girl in his arms. He fumbled around his waist and looked at the woman on the stage with a smile.
Mrs. Xu covered her mouth and chuckled, "Since Ping Bohou said so, let everyone take a look."
After saying that, she retreated and walked backstage. The lights and candles in the auction room were extinguished one after another.
Everyone was making a noise, asking what was going on? There are even many princes who have been concentrating on guarding their surroundings, fearing that some enemy or political enemy might attack them unexpectedly.
"Bang~"
There was a soft sound, and a row of girls dressed in plain gauze appeared on the stage and filed out holding white jade palace lanterns, lighting up the venue.
While everyone was wondering, wisps of hazy clouds and smoke floated down from the high platform, and paired with white jade palace lanterns and plain gauze girls, it looked like a moon palace.
At this moment, everyone saw a white snake that was as white as mutton-fat jade, flying down from the sky, with a full moon shining high in the sky. The white snake was like a dragon entrenched on the top of a mountain, as if it had swallowed the moon from the nine heavens and absorbed the light of the bright moon.
Everyone couldn't help but gasp, and Madam Xu's voice came out when they were panicking.
"Don't be surprised. This is a painting called White Snake Fairy under the Moon. It was painted by Wu Xuanzi, a painter who once made a picture of a white crane flying into the sky, at the foot of Wanshe Mountain on the border of Qinan Prefecture. It is said to have reached the level of the legendary Danqing School of Painting. When the mind enters the realm of painting, the painting is no longer a painting, it looks like a real scene!"
After hearing these words, everyone calmed down and took a closer look, and found that it was indeed the white snake with silk threads binding the edge of the drawing paper.
Many people were experts in painting. They were obviously moved when they heard that the painting was so enchanting that they asked, "How much does Mrs. Xu's painting cost?"
"Haha~" Mrs. Xu said with a smile: "In order to create this painting, Mr. Wu Xuanzi grew old overnight and aged for more than ten years. Moreover, this is the first masterpiece of painting that has been preserved in the Jin Dynasty. Everyone. Those who know the business will naturally know what this means. I will say no more, the base price is fifty thousand taels of silver, and each increase must not be less than a hundred taels."
As soon as this price came out, those attendees who were ignorant and had little financial resources were amazed. A painting could be auctioned for a reserve price of fifty thousand taels. It was so valuable that some aristocratic families could not afford this price even if they lost all their money.
But in a place like Jinjing, the most indispensable thing is rich people!
The Jin Kingdom was founded a hundred years ago. In the thirty years since the Holy Emperor ascended the throne, it has become increasingly prosperous. The country is rich and the people are strong, and these princes and nobles are naturally even more wealthy than the country.
Therefore, soon someone offered to compete for money, and finally the painting was bought at a sky-high price of one hundred thousand taels. The buyer was the legitimate son of a first-class public figure in the dynasty, and no one was blind and had other ideas.
Wanshe Mountain in the Qinan Mountains is also famous around the world with this extremely precious painting.
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However, Bai Jun in the valley didn't know all this.
He still quietly cultivates with peace of mind, absorbing the essence of the moon every night, and breathing in the spiritual energy of heaven and earth every day. When he has nothing to do, he appears in the village to bless the simple villagers who believe in Baojiaxian.
The full moon on the forehead, with the blessing of the incense accumulated day and night, gradually evolved into a Shinto seal. It can gather incense, assist in spiritual practice, and manifest spirits into dreams, which has many uses.
While practicing in the mountains, it is difficult to distinguish the years. Unknowingly, Bai Jun has been practicing for twenty years and has learned the first magic technique, which is called Demonic Wind.
All you need to do is gather your demonic power and blow it hard in your mouth and stomach. In an instant, strong winds will rise, black clouds will cover the moon, and the wind will hurt people and destroy their souls.
This kind of destructive magic is not a good monster at first glance, but it is indeed the first magic that Bai Jun has learned.
He understood the reason after going down the mountain to visit and dream of the villagers. Because the first-class snake fairies and snake fairies were far more powerful than the fox fairies and mouse fairies, most of them were fairy families who took the lead in subduing demons and protecting families. Bai Jun accepted the title of Liu Jiaxian and enjoyed the incense of all people. It is in response to the title of Liu Jiaxian.
Bai Jun estimated that although he had only been practicing for twenty years, with the blessing of incense and the assistance of Tunyuehua, his demonic power was comparable to that of fifty years of practice, and his combat power was even better than that of the mouse fairy and fox fairy who had been practicing for a hundred years. flow.
Over the past twenty years, Wan Snake Mountain has really lived up to its name. It has been a place where snakes breed for more than two hundred miles, and the number of snakes among them is no less than tens of thousands.
However, the only one who became a demon among them was the Green Snake King, who was personally selected by Bai Jun. After enlightening his spirit, he drew the spiritual energy of heaven and earth into his body and turned into a demon. Now he is practicing in the valley with Bai Jun.
The rest of the snakes just do nothing, reproduce and reproduce from birth to death, but they can be considered to be able to enjoy a peaceful life.
Although the Green Snake has transformed into a demon, its speed in attracting the spiritual energy of heaven and earth is far less than that of Bai Jun. Moreover, the Green Snake is sleepy and lazy all day long. Without Bai Jun's supervision, it would not be able to practice with peace of mind for even an hour a day.
For this reason, Qing Snake was beaten many times by Bai Jun. Finally, he repented and was able to practice for an hour a day. Don't underestimate this hour. Not all monsters practice hard. Most monsters are like green snakes. They will absorb some of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth or moonlight when they remember to practice. On weekdays, they are either playful or playful. Snooze.
After all, these are the bestiality that monsters carry with them throughout their lives.
Although Green Snake has the cold-bloodedness and laziness of snakes, it has the only advantage, which is that it is close to Bai Jun. Even when Bai Jun died, he never had any second thoughts.
You know, one mountain cannot tolerate two tigers, and one valley cannot tolerate two kings. This is not just a saying, but a survival rule for countless beasts.
But the green snake could always tolerate him and was extremely loyal to him. Even if Bai Jun urged him to practice hard enough to hurt it, the green snake would never resist at all.
The only thing that left Bai Jun helpless was that the green snake had the same habits as all snakes and liked coiled snakes.
In the summer evening, when there is a sudden summer rain and strong winds, there will be two green and white snakes entangled and playing in the water in this valley. The two green and white snakes, which are nearly ten meters long, are like little dragons. They stir up the fish in the water pool and scare the shrimps and crabs. It looks weird and charming.
Fortunately, the green snake is a male snake, so Bai Jun can't help but go into heat, mate, and reproduce.
Nowadays, ordinary female snakes can no longer afford to reproduce and mate with Bai Jun, and there is already a species barrier between snake demons and snakes.
Bai Jun also regards the increasingly close Green Snake as his younger brother. Being lonely and cold in this mountain will not make him alone without anyone to accompany him.
Although Xiao Qing has opened up his spiritual intelligence for the demon, his intelligence is obviously very low. He is probably only as smart as a seven or eight-year-old human child. He can barely understand words, know how to abide by the rules, and has the perseverance to persevere.
Bai Yan didn't teach it anything. Spiritual wisdom cannot be taught. Wisdom can also increase over time as it practices.
Throughout the year, he goes to sleep in spring and winter, comes out in summer and autumn, and practices day and night, year after year.
However, the peaceful days will not last long after all.
When spring comes this year, the two green and white snakes wake up from their caves, ending their hibernation for the year.
Xiao Qing still clings to Bai Jun reluctantly, and her lazy snake nature still makes her not want to get out of the hole.
Bai Yan relied on his deep demonic power to crawl out of the snake cave, spit out the snake letter and sense the outside atmosphere. Unexpectedly, his snake letter sensed many uninvited guests.
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On the west side of the Snake King Valley, a group of sergeants were wearing armor and silk, holding spears, swords or long bows on their backs. They were all powerful, marching in a controlled manner, and the law was strict. This was obviously an elite division.
In front of the army, there was a military commander and a long-bearded Confucian scholar walking side by side. Thousands of people opened roads on both sides, cutting grass and trees to clear a road that could barely be regarded as a mountain road.
The military general was very respectful to the Confucian scholar. He opened the map in his hand and looked at it, saying, "Military advisor, ten miles ahead is the boundary of Wan Snake Mountain. It is surrounded by mountains, and only the Snake King Valley is passable. The road is considered flat. But according to the captured The villagers of Dajin said that there is a snake demon in the Snake King Valley, and there are countless snakes in the mountains, how do we choose?"
Hearing this, the Confucian scholar raised his head and looked over the mountains. After a moment of silence, he said: "The snake demon is just a small demon that has grown up in recent years, which is not enough evidence. The snakes have not yet come out of their caves, so our soldiers are very quick." , these thousand elite troops must fight to the front of Qinan Fucheng in order to attract troops for our three elite troops in Dayue.
The whole army sped up and arrived at the Snake King Valley before dark to set up camp. By the way, they killed the snake demon and cooked it in snake stew to warm the soldiers. "
At the top of the mountain, Bai Jun crouched and raised his head. His terrifying vision and heat sense and smell expanded, and he detected no less than a thousand people.
Nowadays, Bai Jun is not blind. He has received a lot of news from the villagers in his dream. For example, this stretch of Qinnan Mountains is not only a country of Dajin. There is a country named Dayue on the west side of Wanshe Mountain. It was the Yue Kingdom that had lost several states to the Jin Dynasty.
These more than a thousand people entered the mountain quietly, fearing that they had no good intentions. Judging from their itinerary, it seemed that they were heading straight to the Snake King Valley. There was nothing we could do about it. Surrounded by hundreds of miles of mountains, only the Snake King Valley was suitable for marching. As for the narrow sky, it could be opened with a blast of gunpowder.
As for the snakes in the valley, I'm afraid they can be used as game meat.
The full moon pattern on Bai Jun's forehead rotated, emitting a mysterious light.
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In Zhuangjia Village, there was a lazy man named Da Zhuang. He was doing nothing on weekdays. He was sleeping at home and did not go to spring plowing before the winter was over. He was sleeping beautifully when he suddenly saw a big fish in his dream. The white snake, like a little dragon, has scales all over its body as white as fresh snow. Its tall and majestic snake head examines itself with indifferent vertical pupils.
His big body trembled and he almost peeed. He knelt down with a plop and worshiped in fear: "Snake Great Immortal, have mercy on me! Big Snake, have mercy on me! The younger ones didn't do anything harmful. At most, they just hooked up with widows and cheated on dogs." , I really haven’t done anything treacherous or evil.”
White Snake said indifferently: "Today there is an errand that can wash away your past sins. Are you willing to go?"
Da Zhuang said hurriedly: "The little one is willing! The little one is willing!"
White Snake spoke again: "To the west outside Wan She Mountain, the Yue army is pressing on the border. Please report it to the God of the Land quickly and ask him to report it to the City God."
After hearing this, Da Zhuang woke up in a daze. He opened his eyes in confusion and recalled the scene in his dream, which was so vivid that it seemed like it was real.
He shivered and quickly got out of bed, put on his worn shoes and ran all the way to the Earth Temple. He knelt down in front of the small temple, which was only about ten feet high, lit three incense sticks, and shouted: "Lord of the Earth! Lord of the Earth! It's not good." The Liuxian family told me in a dream that someone from the Yue Kingdom was calling, coming from Shanxi, and asked you to report it to the City God immediately!"
The land, who was leisurely in the temple, was so frightened when he heard these words that he almost rolled down from his chair. Yue country, that is a Confucian country that destroys gods and creates ways. Once they really attack here, they will definitely destroy it. The land temple,. scsvc's life is at stake.
The Earth God hurriedly waved his little hand, cut off the string of incense and sent it to the City God's Mansion. He is slightly different from the small landowners in several other villages. Because he was a descendant of the City God during his lifetime, he has the unique privilege of being able to face the City God directly.
Even if there is someone behind you, it will work even if you are on the incense and god path.
