Xiaohua shook her head and said: "No, what I told you is all true. It's just about another layer of my identity. I didn't expect that anyone would know about it."
I said, "Are you talking about the palace guard?"
Xiaohua hummed.
Then explained: "Miss Leng just asked me to find you and the fat man next to you."
"And tell me I can't trust anyone but you two."
"That's why I thought of a way to bring you here. In fact, even if you are all poisoned by the mountain scorpion, I can still find a way to save you as soon as possible."
"Originally, I thought those mountain scorpions were enough, but I didn't expect that man actually had white fairy worms, ice silkworms and other strange things!"
"Senior Hua, what is the white fairy insect? Why are you so fluctuating?"
"Or is that something you did on purpose?"
Xiaohua was silent for a moment and said: "Actually, it's not intentional, I just don't want to drag it out any longer."
"Although I have prepared a back-up plan, with these two rare items, there is no way to kill them with other items."
As she spoke, Xiaohua changed the subject and said, "Did you know that the group of people in camouflage uniforms who arrested me are in the same group as Mr. Drum?"
I screamed, a little unbelievable.
Xiaohua explained: "Do you know where Alang went after he carried me out?"
"Where?" I asked.
Xiaohua said: "That's a cave similar to this one, just behind a crack."
"It's not far from the tomb cave..."
"I deliberately pretended to be weak at the time, but actually I just wanted to know what they wanted."
"There was an old man waiting for them there, and Mr. Gu reported something to the old man."
"These things are what worries me the most..."
"So if it's not a last resort, I don't want to break up with Mr. Gu immediately."
Seeing that Xiaohua was getting more and more outrageous, I said, "Do you know what that old man looks like?"
"Approximately how old is he?"
"Do you also speak English?"
Xiaohua shook her head and said: "I only saw that the old man had a goatee. As for the voice, there is no way to determine a person's true age."
"The man was stooped, wearing a black robe, and his body was wrapped in the black robe."
"Alang calls that person the leader..."
Leader?
I whispered to myself twice and couldn't figure out what was going on.
But Xiaohua continued: "Actually, if Mr. Gu hadn't woken up suddenly that night, I would have left early with you and the fat man next to you."
"I just didn't expect..."
Xiaohua sighed, shook her head and said, "Even if we rush over now, I'm afraid we won't have time to meet up with Miss Leng within the stipulated time."
I hummed and said, "Senior Hua, can you explain it clearly at once?"
"What is the agreement between you and Miss Leng?"
Xiao Huadao: "What Miss Leng told me at that time was that starting from that day, according to the normal process, I need to bring you to her within two months."
"Then she will help us get rid of the side effects of the elixir on us, so that we can leave this man-eating mountain and live a normal life."
"Don't forget that we have taken elixirs, but they are actually half-finished products. Although we can keep our appearance forever, our life span is actually not as good as that of normal people, because every time the side effects occur, it is a kind of death."
"Only by getting through it can I continue to be stable for a period of time, and I will be tortured to death over and over again."
"You don't have to ask me what the side effects are. Everyone's body is different, and the side effects are also different."
"Our clan leader is relatively lucky. Although his side effects are severe, as long as he survives it once, he will not commit it again within ten years. But it is easy to be unable to persist."
"Calculating the time now, there are only a few days away from the two-month distance. Even if we don't encounter anything along the way, it will be difficult to get to the place within the stipulated time."
…
At this time, Xiaohua no longer acted like a little woman in front of me.
It is a state consistent with one's own age.
I didn't interrupt while she was talking.
Instead, he listened quietly.
As for Xiaohua, she didn't mean to hide anything from me.
He whispered: "As for the palace guard, he does not refer to the Immortal Dao Palace, but the Shennong Mausoleum behind the Immortal Dao Palace, also known as the Shennong Hall."
"When we first built the Palace of Immortality, we actually went there for that ancient temple."
"As for people with my status, there are less than ten people left now."
"Miss Leng and I are actually the same. We are remnants of the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom, but we have been assimilated during the pre-Qin period."
"These things are related to Qin Shihuang's desire to become an immortal..."
It turned out that at that time, Xu Fu and Taoist Qingyi divided their forces and went to Penglai and Southern Xinjiang to find the way to immortality.
Taoist Qingyi belonged to Twelvedong, and Twelvedong was inextricably linked to the Gu Nanzhao Kingdom.
As a small border country, Ancient Nanzhao was unable to compete with Qin despite its weak national strength.
But as a country descended from Nuwa, they have the ability to control their own appearance, which in the eyes of outsiders is a way to live forever.
After all, according to relevant legends and classics, the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom was originally the descendant of Nuwa, and they all had Nuwa's blood flowing more or less in their bodies.
Nuwa is an ancient god, and their descendants have longevity genes in their blood.
As for the collapse of the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom, it was actually related to the Twelve Cave.
The two may have originally been a cooperative relationship, or they may have had a quarrelsome relationship.
But for unknown reasons, due to the intervention of external forces, the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom was destroyed overnight.
At this point, we have to doubt Taoist Qingyi’s intentions.
Xiaohua doesn't know much about these.
The subsequent construction of the Immortal Palace was done after Xu Fu disappeared.
There were even more participants, and almost all of the various schools were included.
Among them are Twelve Cave.
But in fact, everyone's goals are all focused on Shennong Temple, just because there is a natural barrier where Shennong Temple is located. For thousands of years, even if there is such a place, no one can get through.
Taoist Qingyi was a genius, and he knew that the elixir he had taken was a semi-finished product. When he was building the Taoist Palace of Immortality, he did not know what method he used to enter the Shennong Palace.
And some things were taken out, but that was all.
I asked Xiaohua, what is there in the Shennong Temple that makes so many people fascinated by it?
Xiaohua explained: "Because there are really secrets about immortality in Shennong Temple."
"Of course, the longevity here does not mean living as long as heaven, but longevity that far exceeds the life span of ordinary people many times."
"After all, nothing in the world, no creature, can last forever, not even the mountains under our feet."
"It's just that this mountain has a lifespan that we can't imagine..."
Li Dabao didn't know when he woke up.
I happened to hear Xiaohua’s words.
Then he smiled and said: "Then what you said is the same as what you didn't say. Even children know this truth."
"Yes, these are the truths that everyone knows, but they can attract so many tigers and wolves."
"And I am one of the people who protect this Shennong Palace. All those who protect this Shennong Palace are called palace guards."
"Because there are not only secrets about immortality in Shennong Palace, but also Shennong's body. It is even said that Shennong has always been alive, but he just can't leave his palace."
…
Li Dabao laughed and said, "This is ridiculous!"
Faced with Li Dabao's teasing, Xiaohua also laughed and said: "I also think it's a bit fantasy, but we have been guarding the palace for thousands of years. From the original tens of thousands, there are now less than ten people left."
"I know that many things cannot be defended, but even if we cannot defend them, we will prepare for the worst."
When Xiaohua said this, a light shone in her eyes.
From that look, I understood the meaning in her eyes.
I even thought of some questions that I had never thought of before...!
