Chapter 54: The Dragon Vein Emerges, Shen Zhou in Chaos
The line was a bit of a problem just now, and I couldn't log in for the entire morning, Genghis Khan ah T_T;
So I delayed updating for 8 days...
Sometimes I am very innocent
In the ancient era, heaven and earth first opened. Yuanshi Tianzun and Yuansu Tianmo were born from the fusion of yin and yang energies. They went to extremes, water and fire incompatible. Finally, they exploded into the first divine demon war in history. The intensity of the battle was unimaginable to later human generations, only knowing that the two finally perished together, while the sky also suffered severe damage from this war. The yin and yang energies became chaotic and unclear, so there were no laws between heaven and earth, demons and barbarians occupied their own territories and slaughtered each other, and the land was in chaos. Later, although Nüwa worked hard to refine stones to repair the sky, the demon's power was too strong, and its momentum was almost irreversible. Among them, especially Chiyou, who had an extremely evil nature, killed the most and had the strongest power.
At that time, the Yellow Emperor Xuan Yuan followed the order of Nuwa to be born into the world. He used benevolence and righteousness to teach and transform the people of Tai Chu. He also raised a righteous army to conquer the evil demons in all directions. In the end, only Chi You, the ferocious god, was left to wreak havoc on the world. The two sides then held the heavenly divine weapons "Tiger Soul" and "Tai Xu" for a decisive battle at Zhuolu.
Hǒu pò wēi néng wú xiàn, yuè zhàn yuè xié, yuè yòng yuè xiōng. Zòng shǐ tóng shì tiān shén bīng, què zhàn jìn shàng fēng, bǎ tàixū yā dé jīhū zhǐyǒu zhāo jià zhī gōng wú huánshǒu zhī lì. Xiānyóu dé yì yáng yáng, mǎn yǐwèi shèng quàn zài wò. Shuí bùzhī hǒu pò de zhàn hǔ zhōng hún bù fèn wéi zhǔ suǒ shā, tūrán fǎn shì qí zhǔ, xiānyóu jìrán jiù cǐ sàng mìng yú zìjǐ de shén bīng zhīxià.
Chi You having exhausted his evil deeds and self-destructed, the Yellow Emperor from then on pacified the land, becoming the common lord of the world and the ancestor of the Huaxia people. After his merits were fulfilled, he could have returned to heaven to report back to Nüwa, restoring his identity as a great god of the nine heavens. However, for the sake of the Huaxia people, the Yellow Emperor did not return to heaven, willingly staying in the mortal world to find a way to eternally guard the divine land. He traversed thousands of mountains and rivers, finally finding a place with the most spiritual energy on the divine land - the dragon vein between Bashu, by the Min River, at the Lingyun Cave on Mount Lingyun.
The Yellow Emperor then ordered people to secretly start work, setting up the Dragon Path and opening up the mausoleum deep within the Lingyun Cave. Moreover, before his own mortal lifespan was exhausted, he self-entombed himself at the source of the Dragon Veins, combining his body with the Dragon Veins and burying himself inside. He also released the two Ice Fire Qilin that he had raised in life to guard the Lingyun Cave as its guardian deity, not allowing anyone to invade.
Legend has it that as long as the remains of the Yellow Emperor are buried here, the nine states of the Chinese mainland will forever belong to the descendants of the Huaxia people and will never be occupied by foreign tribes for a long time. And if the dragon vein is destroyed, then the descendants of Yan and Huang on this divine land will also...
Ten thousand calamities, no return!
Lingyun Cave is the end of Longdao, where a giant stone ball is hidden under a waterfall. It is actually the source of the Chinese dragon's pulse and the remains of Huangdi's physical body. The stone bead looks extremely large from the outside, but when you really enter it, you feel that the inner space is extremely high and wide, making people feel small and insignificant, and thus giving birth to a sense of reverence and worship.
The entire stone sphere itself was like a beautiful jade, naturally emitting a soft and strange light that illuminated everything in detail. In the light, there were thousands of dragon carvings all around, all vividly lifelike. The direction of the dragons' bodies pointed towards the center of the stone sphere, where a giant emerald green dragon head stood over three feet tall. Inside the dragon's mouth sat a skeleton. Although it had been dead for countless years, its majestic and solemn aura still made people feel suffocated. Moreover, the skeleton was not human; it was half-human and half-dragon from the waist down.
"God... Divine State... Dragon Pulse!" Yang Xiu's eyes emitted an eerie glow, as if possessed, he crawled forward on his knees. Every muscle and nerve in his body trembled with excitement. After ten years of meticulous planning, expending countless manpower and resources, even staking his own future, status, life, and relationships on a single bet. Finally, standing before this skeleton, he knew that all the costs he had paid were worth it!
This half-human, half-dragon corpse is the physical body of the legendary Yellow Emperor. Its spine connects to the spiritual energy of the nine continents and shares a common fate with the fortunes of China, together forming the divine Dragon Vein of China. As long as the Dragon Vein exists, China will be stable; if it is lost, China will fall into chaos. The importance and depth of this connection are self-evident and need no further explanation.
Although Yang Xiu was of royal blood, he was not destined for the throne. However, if he could obtain the vertebrae from the remains of the Yellow Emperor and find a master of medicine and mysticism to perform the "Blood Bone Transplantation Technique", transplanting the Yellow Emperor's dragon bone into his own body, then the fate of the divine state would be connected with Yang Xiu. Not only would his destiny change to that of an emperor, but he could also surpass the other heavenly stars due to the lingering aura of the Yellow Emperor, becoming the one and only true supreme ruler.
Of course, the dragon's pulse is taken out, and the gas operation of the divine state is invaded and destroyed. The world will surely be greatly disturbed because of this, and the Huaxia people, the descendants of Yan and Huang, may even be permanently conquered and trampled by alien tribes, never to rise again. However, no matter what, that would be at least ten or twenty years, or even hundreds of years later. What does it have to do with me after I die? Compared to the benefits that can be obtained immediately, all the disasters that will occur in a thousand autumns and hundreds of years are not worth mentioning.
The initial shock and impact passed in the blink of an eye, and the reverent heart that had been reserved for the ancestors of China was immediately shattered by greedy desires. Yang Xiu stood up and walked towards the Jade Dragon Seat with large strides, his face filled with wild joy as he reached out to grab the remains of the dragon bones. As soon as his fingers entered the three-foot range of the dragon seat, a faint golden light suddenly appeared on the surface of the skeleton. Yang Xiu was instantly struck by lightning, and it seemed as if all the muscles and blood vessels in his body were about to be torn apart. He hastily retreated, withdrew his hand to look, and found that there was no damage at all, and the golden light had also disappeared in an instant.
Recalling the ancient bamboo scrolls he had browsed through in the Tangmen Secret Pavilion, Yang Xiu suddenly realized that he had been too hasty and had forgotten the most important thing. It was only natural that the Huangdi Dragon Bone, being connected to the Divine State's dragon veins as a whole, would be filled with spiritual energy. This spiritual energy was originally extremely beneficial for those practicing martial arts or cultivating the Tao, and could even be said to be more precious than any spiritual elixirs or medicines. However, everything has its limits, and excess can lead to overflow. The convergence of the Nine States' earth veins' spiritual energy was so immense that it was not something a mortal body could withstand. If Yang Xiu were not the descendant of the current Great Sui Emperor, bearing the true dragon bloodline, then just that one blow would have been enough to blast him into smithereens, his meridians severed and dead.
The bloodline of the Son of Heaven, and the ancestors of Huaxia as well as the Dragon Veins of the Divine Land, naturally have a certain kind of extremely obscure yet extremely wonderful connection. In order to obtain the Yellow Emperor's Dragon Bone, the only method is to use a large amount of true dragon blood as a blood sacrifice. Therefore, Yang Xiu initially thought of using his newly born son as a sacrificial offering. Later on, he also attempted to use Yang Zhao as a substitute for death. But at this moment...
For the sake of Mount Jiuyi, I cannot give up now. At this point, there is no reason to abandon obtaining the Yellow Emperor's Dragon Bone for the sake of being frugal with my body. Yang Xiu gritted her teeth and stretched out her left arm, placing it on the blade of the dragon-coiling knife. With one swing of the knife, a large amount of fresh blood spurted out from the severed limb, splashing onto the remains. A golden light reappeared, but immediately shattered like a bubble. Yang Xiu dropped the dragon-coiling knife and reached forward to grab the spine of the remains, pulling it outward with force.
Without any warning, in an instant, with Lingyun Mountain as the center, the entire land of Bashu, and even the nine provinces of Huaxia, began to tremble simultaneously. The sky was gloomy and the earth was desolate, the universe was turned upside down, and the dark clouds rotated and pressed down, submerging all living beings in endless darkness. The mountain collapsed and the rocks shattered, and Lingyun Mountain, where the spiritual energy was concentrated, underwent a drastic change in its terrain in an instant. From a distance, the reclining Buddha lying across the Min River seemed to have had its heart hollowed out by a demon.
The trees on the mountains and plains withered completely in a few seconds, and were then uprooted by the earthquake and overturned. The birds and beasts, even the fish in the river, began to struggle frantically for no reason, and fell dead after a moment. The river water surged and churned, forming a huge tornado that shot into the sky, with a deafening roar that was more terrifying than the wailing of ghosts. Everything within a hundred miles was swept up by the tornado and torn to pieces. The over 2,000 soldiers brought by Yang Xiu, as well as the people in Longyou County and nearby villages, were all killed without exception because they could not escape in time. All buildings collapsed, leaving no trace of their existence. Such a scene was like the end of the world, making everything on earth return to chaos!
No regret, no guilt, and even less fear and shame. The mastermind behind all these disasters. My chest can't hold any emotions except for extreme joy. Although the Yellow Emperor's dragon bone has been disconnected from the divine veins of China, the spiritual energy it contains is still extremely abundant. Yang Xiu held the dragon bone, and he felt the divine power pouring into his body, washing his marrow and replacing his bones, and his left arm was quickly healed, the cut-off bones and muscles rapidly grew back, and in an instant, a new golden scale-covered dragon arm grew out. All the key acupoints on his body were opened up by the spiritual energy, and his meridians were connected in an instant, his internal energy skyrocketed geometrically. The intense pleasure made him excitedly throw his head back and let out a long roar, unable to express his satisfaction.
The air was shattered by a sudden, ear-piercing crash that cut off the laughter. "Xicheng Xiushu" stepped on a dazzling golden wheel and suddenly flew in from the crack in the stone ball, cursing: "You beastly dog thief, put down the dragon bone quickly!" The driver's aura condensed, and it was like Mount Tai pressing down on his head. Yang Xiu looked up and shouted: "How dare you stand above my head? I'll give you a death sentence for nine clans!" A new-born dragon arm rose up fiercely. Both sides' anger, killing intent, and battle will were all pushed to the extreme, using their full strength to launch a frantic attack. The speed was so fast that it had long surpassed the limits of what the naked eye could see. The collision was intense, and the sound of the impact spread out, destroying the entire stone ball and leaving it scarred. Just as the battle was intensifying, another wild beast's roar suddenly sounded. Yang Zhao, whose body was half red and half blue, also burst into the stone ball. His body emitted a chilling flame that condensed into the ferocious shape of a double-headed qilin. The yin-yang twin blades rose and fell simultaneously, slashing towards "Xicheng Xiushu" and Yang Xiu with thousands of knives.
In the blink of an eye, the three of Yin Yang Ling, Ning Qi Tai Xu, and Long Bi simultaneously clashed head-on. Thousands of thunderbolts exploded at the same time, bursting with intense energy that shot straight up into the sky, completely shattering the stone ball at the source of the Dragon Vein. A massive torrent of water came crashing down from above, but was repelled by an invisible giant shield just over a dozen feet off the ground. Not a single drop landed on the three people standing upright, who suddenly turned into mud sculptures like wooden puppets.
Yang Zhao's eyes flashed, and he let out a low, beast-like laugh. The ferocity of the Qilin made him completely ignore the pain, and he was the first to break free from his static state. The black yin command sliced through Long Arm's arm, entering and exiting through Yang Xiu's chest; the white yang command had already struck "West City Show Tree" Dan Tian's vital point. Just as a loud "clang" sound of metal shattering was heard, it was only half an inch away from Yang Xiu's head, and even cut open a deep gash on the face of the thief who stole the dragon bone, Congealed Air Void, which immediately collapsed into thousands of fragments. In an instant, a transparent shadow could be seen being blasted out of this body that didn't belong to him, disappearing without a trace. Jing Zhai's successor let out a mournful cry, flying far away for seven or eight zhang. The yin-yang command can absorb and transform the enemy's power, and Fang Qinghui had endured the combined full-force attack of Yang Zhao and Yang Xiu. In an instant, his meridians were shattered, his internal organs were severely damaged, and his injuries were so severe that they couldn't be added to. The true yuan inner energy he had cultivated all his life also gushed out from his shattered Dan Tian, and it was suddenly... his martial arts were completely crippled!
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I forgot to mention. This book has been uploaded for a month, and the results are barely passable: ) Just yesterday, the number of red tickets exceeded 1,000, thank you so much, friends, for your support all along, I will continue to work hard after 12 (bowing)
