Axia and Xiaohu hid under the rocks, the rain hitting the rocks made a loud sound. Almost drowned out what Xiaohu said to her.
The rain continued for an hour. When the rain stopped and the sky cleared, the green dragon in the sky had disappeared. Xiaohu was walking on the beach with Axia on his back. The breeze was blowing, the sun was warm, and the sky was too blue, as if it was dyed in a dye vat.
The little tiger suddenly stopped while walking. It focused its eyes and looked into the distance, and then flew over with Axia. Even because he was afraid of running too slowly, he finally turned into a giant eagle and flew up.
Axia didn't know what the little tiger had discovered, so she grabbed its shoulder tightly and looked forward.
Soon Axia discovered something. There was a colorful feather floating on the sea. The feather was about ten feet long and glowed dazzlingly under the sunlight.
"Feng Ling?" The little tiger looked happy at first, but after a moment he showed a look of fear. It flapped its wings suddenly a few times, turned over and flew back in the direction it came from.
Axia didn't know why this feather made Xiaohu so scared. She turned back and looked at the feather, waiting for Xiaohu to tell her, but she soon knew it without Xiaohu having to tell her.
The sea surface not far away from the feather gradually turned dark, as if some huge monster slowly came out from under the sea. After a while, the sea water began to churn, and the monster hadn't come out yet. , sea fog was slowly rising around her. Axia took a closer look and realized that it was not sea fog at all, but the hot breath exhaled by the monster.
Immediately afterwards, a figure that Axia couldn't see clearly emerged from the sea slowly. As soon as the monster surfaced, it raised its head and roared towards the sky.
"Don't look back..." Xiaohu's voice was trembling, he was extremely scared.
Before Xiaohu could say anything else, the roar came, and Axia suddenly felt that she couldn't hear anything. The two of them were flipping up and down in the air like small boats in huge waves. Xiaohu endured the discomfort and tried his best to adjust his body shape, hugged Axia tightly with his wings, and the two fell heavily to the ground.
With her peripheral vision, Axia saw a bull-headed monster standing there on the sea. It was like a hill, covered with scales, and the two horns on its head were sea blue. It had a dying animal in its mouth. Phoenix, holding in both hands the green dragon that was tumbling in the clouds and rain just now.
Before Axia fainted, she had only one thought in her mind: What kind of monster is this?
When she woke up again, it was already three days later. She opened her eyes and saw the old Taoist priest standing by. When he saw Axia wake up, he finally breathed out.
"Disciple, how do you feel?"
"Master, where am I now?"
"Of course we're going back to the mountain."
"Where's the little tiger, how is he?"
"It was injured and is recovering now. The same goes for you. Didn't I warn you to tell your master when you go out?"
"Xiaohu, is he okay?"
"It is very strong and will be fine after a few days of rest."
After hearing that Xiaohu was fine, Axia relaxed. She glanced at the old Taoist secretly, and then asked: "Master, what is that thing in the sea? Are there really monsters in the sea?"
The old Taoist priest was silent for a moment and then said: "That thing is called Zhenhai Jian!"
"Zhenhai Jian? Why haven't I heard of such a thing?"
"It's unique here and you don't know it's normal."
Axia said "Oh" and then said: "It's so big!"
Seeing her reaction, the old Taoist priest asked curiously: "Aren't you afraid?"
"It's useless to be afraid, but master, it's really big. Look at the green dragon he's holding in his hand. It should be more powerful than the dragon. Master, can you beat it?"
The old Taoist priest looked at her with a smile, and then said: "Axia, after seeing Zhenhai Huan, do you still want to practice? You have to know that even if you practice it for a lifetime, you will never be able to practice its magical power."
"Can't you practice it in your whole life?"
"When manpower is limited."
Xiaohu recovered within a few days, but Axia never saw him practicing again. It just stares at the east in a daze every day, not knowing what it is thinking.
One day Axia came to Xiaohu and said, "Xiaohu, why don't you practice practice anymore?"
"It just doesn't get out of my head."
"It? Who?"
"That monster in the East China Sea."
"You mean Zhenhai Jian?"
"right."
"Then what are you going to do?"
what to do? Even an auspicious beast like Qinglong can't do anything to Zhenhaihuan. What should I do? The little tiger jumped to the top of the mountain alone and roared unwillingly and desperately to the east: "Roar..."
The next day, Xiaohu came to Axia to say goodbye: "I can no longer meditate, I want to go to the East China Sea again."
"Are you going to find Zhenhai Jian?"
"Yes, I have thought about it. I don't even have the courage to face him. This is what makes me most uncomfortable. I have to face it, even if I die in front of it."
"Little Tiger..."
"I've decided! It's nice to meet you."
Xiaohu has been gone for a year. During this period, there have been news that other elves have brought Xiaohu back, but they are all news about Xiaohu's hard search for Zhenhai Jian.
When the flowers bloomed in spring the next year, the winter bamboo did not wake up from hibernation. It was really too old. Too old to survive this winter.
Axia placed it on the highest point of the mountain. The spring breeze blew its naked body, and it swayed gently with the wind, as if it came to life again.
A few days later, an elf chirped over and called her, "Little Tiger is back!"
After hearing this, Axia was overjoyed and ran to the foot of the mountain in a hurry. She ran too fast and fell down. Just like Xiaohu seeing himself for the first time.
When she ran to the foot of the mountain, she only saw her master staring at her feet silently, and Xiaohu lying on the ground with scars all over his body, his face haggard, but with a smile.
Axia had a bad idea, so she took two steps and came closer.
"Master, is the little tiger injured?" She really wanted to hear the master say that the little tiger was strong, but the old Taoist priest shook his head.
"Little Tiger is dead."
"Why did it die?"
"It was shocked to death by Zhenhaihuan's roar."
"Has it seen Zhenhai Jian?"
"Yes, it saw it and didn't take a step back. There is such courage in this world, and Xiaohu is the first!"
Axia looked at Xiaohu's body, lowered her head and said nothing.
For a long time, the old Taoist priest was preparing to find a place to bury the little tiger. At this time, Axia asked something that would affect her forever.
"Master, is there no way for me to be stronger than Zhenhai Jian?"
"Zhenhaihuan is a ferocious beast born and raised by nature, and there is nothing I can do about it as a teacher."
"Or... control the beast!"
The old Taoist priest didn't say anything. He really didn't expect Axia to think of controlling the beast. I only heard Axia continue to say
"Cows and horses are also stronger than humans, but people have learned to enslave them early. I even heard that there is enslavement of elephants in Baiyue. As long as the right method is found, any beast can be controlled. Right, Master !”
At this time, there was a thunder in the sky, which reflected on the old Taoist priest's unnatural face. For the first time, he felt that bringing Axia to this place was a wrong decision.
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Wei Cunhua stopped here. Du Jie was listening intently, but seeing Wei Cunhua stop, he asked: "Are you thirsty?"
Wei Cunhua shook her head, she showed a look of recollection, and then said slowly: "Axia changed completely from that day on. She began to try various methods. Starting with frogs and birds, all living creatures have their own By nature, she has never been able to get the law, but she never gave up. This process lasted for a long time, and she even forgot why she started it in the first place, but in the end she found a way."
"What way?"
Wei Cunhua looked at Du Jie at this time and asked him: "Have you ever seen Zhenhai Jian?"
"Of course I have never seen it, not to mention Zhenhai Jian, I have never seen such legendary things as Qinglong and Caifeng."
"Then have you ever heard of Zhenhai Jian?"
"I...I haven't heard of it either."
"Then do you think there really is an 'water world' in this world?"
"This...I don't even know, but I believe there should be."
"Oh?" Wei Cunhua looked at Du Jie with some surprise. There was something different about this young man.
"Then have you ever thought about the relationship between the old Taoist priest and that world?"
Du Jie didn't quite understand why Wei Cunhua asked. Wei Cunhua hesitated for a long time and finally said: "I can explain it to you, but you have to promise me that you must let this boy give you the correct method of cultivation in the future." they."
Du Jie couldn't make the decision for Shantong, so he turned around and asked Shantong what he meant. Unexpectedly, Shantong became interested in the story, nodded and said, "I promise you."
Wei Cunhua said happily: "Okay, then I will continue."
Axia finally found a way to control the beast. It was said to be a way to control the beast, but it was actually a way to assist the elves in their cultivation. Through Axia's method, those originally dull elves also had a high chance of practicing. The deeper the elves cultivate, the deeper they are restrained by Axia.
But this technique is not without its flaws. The biggest and most fatal flaw is that it will transfer part of the animal nature that the elf cannot extricate into Axia's body, causing her to gradually lose her human form.
I don’t know if it was the animal nature that influenced Axia. She was no longer satisfied with the elves who had not yet practiced. Gradually, she began to reach out to those elves who had been practicing for some time. This made her gradually become crazy, and finally one day, she began to lead the elves around a young unicorn.
It was an extremely cruel battle. Almost all the elves brought by Axia were killed or injured, but they finally subdued the young unicorn.
Qilin was blessed by Axia's cultivation method and became unstoppable. Except for ferocious beasts like Zhenhaihuan, no elves can stop Axia.
Those elves who had not been caught by Axia ran to find the old Taoist priest and begged him to save them. However, the old Taoist priest did not intervene at all except watching a few fights from a distance.
Countless years have passed, and Axia has become a graceful person. All the places she can see, whether they are elves or auspicious beasts, have been conquered by her.
