Chapter 56: The Murdered Wife's Testimony (12)
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In the valley filled with black fog, Zhu Qingchen grasped his sword with both hands, trying to pull it out of Canglong's eyelids.
It's really worthy of being a dragon, with a layer of hard armor growing on its eyelids.
Zhu Qingchen used a lot of strength to finally pull the sword out. He retreated repeatedly and finally fell on Canglong's coiled body.
Zhu Qingchen looked around: "System..."
The blue dragon flicked its tail and moved its huge head closer to him again.
Zhu Qingchen jumped up and continued to swing his sword: "Ah! System, can I die for the first time? Can I still see Li Yue after I die this time? Help!"
"Hold on a little longer! I'm urgently contacting the Book Center!"
"I can't hold on any longer! Help... cough cough..."
The system was shocked: "Why did you stop? You will be eaten!"
"Cough cough... I choked on my saliva..." Zhu Qingchen covered his chest and coughed twice, "I feel the air is so thin, I can't breathe... Take it easy for a while, 'ah'..."
The blue dragon in front of him finally closed its big mouth and stopped breathing at him.
Zhu Qingchen patted his chest and finally calmed down. He looked up and saw that the Canglong head was closer to him. Zhu Qingchen could almost feel its breath blowing his clothes and hair.
As Canglong breathed, the dragon's whiskers rose and fell slightly, sweeping across Zhu Qingchen's ankles.
"It, it, it...it looks like a snake..."
Zhu Qingchen was so frightened that his breathing stopped, his whole body went limp, and he was about to faint.
This time I really fainted.
The blue light ball pressed against his back, trying to support him and prevent him from falling: "Host, you can't fall! There are enemies behind you, too. Stand up, we must stand to face death!"
Zhu Qingchen looked back and saw that what he was leaning on was actually the body of the blue dragon. The neatly arranged stones on the wall were actually its scales.
Even if you faint, you can't really fall down.
Zhu Qingchen leaned on his sword, standing firmly, and was coiled up and surrounded by the blue dragon.
"System, I can't do it anymore. If I die here, please go back and tell Li Yue for me..."
"You love him very much?"
"No. When he was seven years old, he was guarding the ancestral hall. He was beaten because he ate a piece of tribute snack. In fact, I ate that snack. I took a bite and fell asleep under the altar. When I woke up, he had been beaten. I didn't tell him to save him from being beaten in vain."
Canglong opened one eye wide:?
The system choked: "Why don't you just tell him yourself? I'm afraid he'll beat me."
Zhu Qingchen pinched the small ball of light and said, "I'm almost dying, and you won't even help me with this little favor."
"Okay, go on then."
"Also, when he was ten years old, he was snorkeling in the river. I was bathing my puppy upstream when he suddenly emerged from the water and said the water smelled of soapberries and there was dog hair floating in it. I quickly ran away with the puppy. I didn't mean to do that. I didn't know he was downstream."
Canglong opened his eyes wide:? ?
"Also, tell him, um... I called his name to another man in the first world. I am 'Zha Zha Chen'. Tell him to stop thinking about me and rule the world well."
This time, Canglong paused and did not breathe towards Zhu Qingchen again. Instead, he lowered his head and lay down in front of him.
The huge dragon head was resting at Zhu Qingchen's feet. It exhaled for the last time, blowing Zhu Qingchen's clothes, and then closed its eyes.
Zhu Qingchen's feet were pinned down by its dragon head, unable to move: "System, what's wrong with it?"
"Maybe..." The system bravely flew forward and observed carefully, "I don't know either."
Suddenly, a strange man's voice came from above Zhu Qingchen's head.
"The dragon hibernates at this time every day."
Zhu Qingchen raised his head and looked in the direction of the voice.
He saw a sunken cave on the stone wall of the valley, and a man standing at the entrance of the cave, looking down at him.
Zhu Qingchen didn't expect that there were other people here, so he quickly covered his mouth.
He was so scared just now that he couldn't communicate calmly with the system in his brain, so...
He just howled out those words.
This person... couldn't have heard everything, right?
The man was tall and handsome, with loose hair and barefoot, wearing only a black garment that barely covered his body.
Zhu Qingchen took a half step back, met his gaze, and asked, "May I ask who you are, Excellency?"
The man said, "I am a casual cultivator. When I was traveling here, I accidentally fell into a valley and lost all my magical powers. I can't get out."
Zhu Qingchen was a little skeptical and asked again, "What is your name?"
The man paused: "Chang Yuan."
Zhu Qingchen nodded and was about to salute him: "I am..."
Chang Yuan interrupted him and said, "I know that you are the Jade Pure Immortal Zhu Qingchen."
Zhu Qingchen raised his head in confusion and was about to ask "why" when Chang Yuan pointed at the dragon coiled on the ground and said, "The Immortal Venerable shouted while swinging his sword at it, telling it to die quickly."
Zhu Qingchen choked for a moment, silently raised his hands and covered his face with his sleeves.
So embarrassing!
Chang Yuan remained calm, as if he didn't mean it.
He looked at Zhu Qingchen expectantly: "I don't know how long I have been here, so I can only hope that the Immortal Venerable will take me out."
"Okay." Zhu Qingchen nodded and prepared to find a way out.
Before leaving, he took out a small bell from his arms, stood on tiptoe, and handed it to Chang Yuan: "If you are in danger, ring the bell and I will come to save you."
"Thank you, Immortal Venerable."
Chang Yuan wrapped the bell around his wrist and held it in his palm.
Zhu Qingchen also took out an identical bell and hung it around his waist.
Zhu Qingchen warned him: "Wait here, don't run around."
Chang Yuan nodded: "Please be careful, Immortal Venerable."
Zhu Qingchen was ready to go, but before he set off, there was one thing he had to deal with -
The blue dragon was lying on the ground, with its huge dragon head still pressing on his feet.
Zhu Qingchen was surrounded by evil spirits and couldn't mobilize his spiritual power, so he had to grit his teeth and try to push its head away.
The system stopped at his shoulder and said, "You're done. You don't have any magic. You're just a nobody. What can you do? You're a great Immortal, but you can't even pull your own feet out."
Zhu Qingchen gritted his teeth: "You still dare to laugh at me? Help me quickly!"
"Okay." The system flew forward, and the small blue light ball and Zhu Qingchen worked together.
Chang Yuan folded his hands, leaning leisurely against the edge of the cave, watching Zhu Qingchen trying hard to pull his feet away.
This was his punishment for sneaking a snack and taking the puppy upstream to take a bath.
Zhu Qingchen turned around and met Chang Yuan's gaze.
Chang Yuan blinked his eyes and returned to his normal expression: "Do you want to help, Immortal Lord?"
"No need." Zhu Qingchen tried to keep smiling, "I can do it myself!"
The system advised: "Why don't you let him come and help?"
"No! They have been here for a long time, and I just got here. I still have strength!" Zhu Qingchen was too concerned about his reputation. "Besides, I was embarrassed enough just now. I can't be embarrassed again now!"
"But the two of us really can't push it."
"Then cut off my feet!"
Zhu Qingchen drew out his sword with a "swish" and gestured at his pinned foot.
You can cut off your feet, they can grow back in the next world anyway, but you can’t lose face!
Chang Yuan was startled, his eyes widened instantly, and he stood up straight.
Wait a minute, what is Zhu Qingqing going to do?
He stood behind Zhu Qingchen, and where he couldn't see him, he quickly tilted his head to the side.
Suddenly, Canglong's head also tilted to the side, and Zhu Qingchen lost control of his strength for a moment, hugged his legs, leaned back, and leaned on the dragon.
"I'm lucky. I don't have to chop off my legs!" Zhu Qingchen sheathed his sword, turned around, and said to Chang Yuan confidently, "I'll go find the exit."
"Okay." Chang Yuan nodded, looking expectantly, "Please, Immortal Venerable."
"It's a small matter!"
The place was shrouded in black fog. Zhu Qingchen held the stone wall with one hand and held his sword with the other, using the sword to explore the way and walking forward slowly.
Chang Yuan held the bell given to him by Zhu Qingchen and sat obediently in the cave, waiting for him to come back.
The red villain system landed beside him: "You are starting to look like a villain now, playing the protagonist's master around."
Chang Yuan's expression froze, and he turned to look at it: "I am a casual cultivator, a poor casual cultivator trapped in the valley who needs to be saved by Immortal Zhu Qingqing. What villain? Where is the villain?"
The system pointed at Canglong who was lying on the ground, then looked at Changyuan: "You..."
Chang Yuan said seriously: "That's not me! I'm a good dragon... a good person!"
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I don’t know how long it took, but Zhu Qingchen’s weak voice came from the black fog.
"I'm back."
Chang Yuan was sitting in the cave with his hands folded. When he heard his voice, he stood up quickly: "Xian Zun, you are back?"
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen walked out of the black fog, leaning on his sword, looking tired, "I didn't find the exit and almost got lost."
Chang Yuan walked to the edge of the cave and held out his hand to him: "Then Immortal Venerable, please come up and rest for a while."
"Okay." Zhu Qingchen stepped on Canglong, held Changyuan's hand, pushed hard, and climbed up.
Chang Yuan who was suddenly kicked:?
The entrance to the cave is not big, so the blue dragon cannot get in, so it can serve as their shelter.
Zhu Qingchen used his hands and feet to crawl in, and smiled at Chang Yuan shyly: "Squeeze in, I'll sit outside to protect you."
"Yes." Chang Yuan nodded seriously, "Xianzun protect me."
The villain system next to him turned green - his face turned green.
You are so good at pretending.
Zhu Qingchen leaned against the stone wall, calmed himself, and then took out all the magic weapons he carried with him and counted them.
A sword - it can actually pierce Canglong's eyelids, but it's unknown how much damage it can cause.
A number of talismans - Before leaving, Lu Nanxing was worried about his master, so he gave them to his master. There were also sound transmission talismans, but Lu Nanxing was too small to come here, so Zhu Qingchen didn't plan to call him over.
Several magical instruments - used by Lu Nanxing and Cheng Yi to protect the Dharma when they were forming the elixir. They may not be useful against Canglong.
Apart from these, the rest were the food and drinks that Zhu Qingchen collected along the way.
Zhu Qingchen sniffed and handed Chang Yuan a chicken drumstick: "Eat something, have you been here for a long time?"
Chang Yuan took the chicken leg and said, "Not too long ago. I just came here a few days ago."
"Yeah." Zhu Qingchen propped up his head. "Others try to avoid this place, why do you come here to travel?"
Chang Yuan was about to open his mouth to eat the chicken leg, but when he heard him ask this, he silently put down his hand: "I am just a casual cultivator, so I can go wherever I want."
Zhu Qingchen looked at him with a suspicious look: "Really?"
"Yes." Chang Yuan remained calm, "Why did the Immortal Venerable come here?"
Zhu Qingchen said calmly: "Let me check to see if the seal of the Demon Abyss is stable."
"Hmm..." Chang Yuan glanced at him, "It seems that the seal is not very stable, and the Immortal Venerable himself fell down."
“…”
Zhu Qingchen turned his head, looked at the blue dragon in the valley, and asked casually: "Is this the demon god?"
"No!" Chang Yuan suddenly denied loudly.
"Hmm?" Zhu Qingchen looked at him.
"It's not the devil." Chang Yuan said seriously, "The black fog that permeates the valley is the devil. It parasitizes on Canglong and coexists with Canglong. Everyone thinks Canglong is the devil. In fact, it is just an innocent little dragon that is parasitized. It has already realized its mistake."
Zhu Qingchen was puzzled: "Really?"
Chang Yuan looked at him seriously: "Yes."
Chang Yuan sat next to Zhu Qingchen and ate the chicken leg that Zhu Qingchen gave him.
He had been here alone for a few days, unable to go out, and hadn't eaten for a long time.
Zhu Qingchen propped up his head and asked again: "When does it usually wake up?"
Chang Yuan said: "The time is not fixed, maybe it will wake up in a while."
As soon as Chang Yuan finished speaking, Canglong swung its tail, and the thick tail hit the stone wall, bringing down a pile of fallen rocks.
Zhu Qingchen was startled and hid inside.
Chang Yuan smiled and quietly moved closer to him. With only a thin layer of clothing between them, he could even feel Zhu Qingchen's warm body temperature.
Not long after, Canglong returned to silence.
Zhu Qingchen came back to his senses and moved outside. Chang Yuan was puzzled: "Immortal Lord?"
Zhu Qingchen said seriously: "I think we should sit separately."
Chang Yuan was shocked: "Why? Immortal Venerable, aren't you going to protect me?"
"I sit apart from you just to protect you. If it swipes at us with its tail, we won't both be killed. At least one of us can survive."
It seems to make sense.
Zhu Qingchen held his things, moved to the opposite side of Chang Yuan, and sat face to face with him.
Chang Yuan said aggrievedly: "But I want to die with the Immortal Lord."
Zhu Qingchen looked confused: "I don't want to die with you! What if my apprentice comes to collect my body and we are beaten into a mess and can't be told apart? I will be taken away with you."
The system stopped at Zhu Qingchen's shoulder and whispered to him, "This person looks very pitiful."
Zhu Qingchen broke off another chicken leg and handed it to Chang Yuan: "Eat it, don't look at me."
"Oh." Chang Yuan gnawed on the chicken leg silently. He was weak and helpless, but he could eat.
Zhu Qingchen asked the system: "Is he mentioned in the original book?"
The system searched for it and said, "No, it should be an insignificant supporting role."
"Does the original book mention this dragon? And this black fog, who is the real demon?"
"Yes, the original book said that after Xu Fangting killed the blue dragon, a few wisps of black air floated out of its seven orifices and finally returned to the upper realm."
"The upper realm? Could it be..." Zhu Qingchen looked at the Canglong lying on the ground, thoughtfully.
"what's on your mind?"
"Hmm..." Zhu Qingchen paused, "I was thinking that this dragon looks like a giant mosquito coil when it is coiled up."
system:?
"Are you stupid?"
Zhu Qingchen turned around and saw Chang Yuan had already eaten up the two chicken legs, looking at him with sparkling eyes.
It was dark in the valley. Zhu Qingchen estimated the time, pasted two talismans at the entrance of the cave, and said to Chang Yuan, "Take a rest. We will look for the exit together tomorrow."
"good."
Zhu Qingchen held his small bag, kept his right hand on the hilt of his sword, closed his eyes, and prepared to rest for a while.
The fight with the dragon just now had wasted too much of his energy. His mind was in a mess now and he needed to rest and sort things out.
After a while, Chang Yuan called him, and seeing that he didn't respond, he moved forward and sat with him.
Zhu Qingchen was not asleep yet. He noticed him approaching and said with his eyes closed, "Do you want to die with me?"
Chang Yuan nodded: "I want to. Please protect me, Immortal Lord. Otherwise, I'm afraid I won't be able to sleep."
Zhu Qingchen held the hilt of the sword, pulled the sword out of the scabbard three fingers wide, and responded: "Okay, but don't get too close."
Chang Yuan was puzzled: "Why?"
Zhu Qingchen sniffed and whispered, "I have a friend who is very stingy and jealous."
Chang Yuan smiled and deliberately asked back: "Can someone who gets jealous also be called a 'friend'?"!
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