“Indeed,” Wu Xian nodded. “There is a great god in Zhongshan named Zhulong. He has a human face and a snake's body. He is entirely red, with vertically oriented eyes. When he closes his eyes, the world turns to night; when he opens them, the world turns to day. He neither eats nor sleeps, nor breathes, and he can summon wind and rain. He can also illuminate the most remote and desolate places…”
Zuan was secretly alarmed. The Candle Dragon often appeared in ancient mythology, but he never expected to have the chance to encounter it in this secret realm.
Yan Xuehen and the other two women had never heard of Zhulong before. Upon hearing this description, they were immediately shocked. Opening their eyes meant daytime, and closing their eyes meant nighttime. Wasn't this the rhythm of the creator god?
According to Wu Xian's description, they suddenly remembered the Yayu and Erfu they had seen on Shao Xian Mountain before, who seemed to have human faces and snake bodies.
In addition, Yu Yanluo can be considered to have a human face and a snake body in a certain sense. I wonder if there is any blood relationship between them.
Yu Yanlu shook her head frantically, clearly aware of their thoughts, and desperately denied that it had nothing to do with her.
At this point, Wu Xian continued, "Zhulong's status is extremely high. He has three sons: one named Yayu, one named Erfu, and the other named Gu."
"Huh?" Even Zu'an exclaimed in surprise, never expecting that Yayu was actually Zhulong's son!
And Erfu and he are actually brothers!
Now that I think about it carefully, both Erfu and Yayu have human heads and dragon bodies, which are indeed very similar to the form of Zhulong.
"Huh, do you guys know them?" Wu Xian asked in surprise, noticing their reaction.
"We've encountered this before..." Zu'an and the others recounted their previous encounter with the Yayu at Shaoxian Mountain and Ruoshui.
After hearing the whole story, the ten witches were shocked: "We never expected that your Yayu was hiding there, and that you even managed to free him completely. We underestimated you before."
It was obvious that the people were becoming increasingly friendly towards them.
Zu An wondered if the Yayu was also their friend, and hurriedly asked what was going on.
Wu Xian and the others explained: "Although Er Fu and Ya Yu are brothers, their personalities are completely different. Ya Yu is the eldest son, and his reputation and prestige are better. Everyone recognizes him as the successor of Zhulong. However, Er Fu is very dissatisfied. He feels that his cultivation and intelligence are much better than his brother's. Why is the other party recognized as the successor?"
Yan Xuehen and the others nodded secretly. In addition to the power of bloodline, the inheritance of the demon race also involves the previous generation passing on the essence of their power to the next generation before they die. Therefore, once a successor is chosen, no matter how hard the other offspring try, they cannot compare to the successor. Thus, the competition for the position of successor is more intense and bloody than that for humans.
"Erfu had a subordinate named Wei who sowed discord between the brothers. Erfu could no longer bear it, so he and Wei killed Yayu. Afterwards, the Heavenly Emperor heard about this. Firstly, Zhulong held a high position, and secondly, Yayu had a very good reputation. The Heavenly Emperor took pity on him and ordered us to find the elixir of immortality to revive him."
Zuan and his group were shocked. They had previously thought that the elixir of immortality came from the Queen Mother of the West in Yaochi, but they never expected it to come from the Ten Witches of Mount Ling.
He knew the elixir of immortality was of great importance, and that the other party would most likely not tell him if he asked directly, so he asked something else first: "By the way, who exactly is this Heavenly Emperor you're talking about?"
Ever since entering this unknown land, I have been hearing many things about the Heavenly Emperor.
Wu Xian found his question somewhat strange, but still answered, "The Heavenly Emperor's name is Zhuanxu. The older people who lived a long time in the past all know this, so it's normal that the younger generation doesn't."
Zu An thought to himself that he had finally encountered someone other than the Riddler. It was Emperor Xuan, Zhuanxu? He had previously heard Shun mention the struggle between the Xuan Emperor and the White Emperor lineages, but he never expected that Zhuanxu had already become the Heavenly Emperor.
"What about Di Jun?" he asked hastily, a thought suddenly occurring to him.
Previously, those golden crows called Xihe their mother, and Dijun's status was obviously very high. I had heard the story of "Houyi Shooting Down the Suns," and the Heavenly Emperor in that story seemed to be Dijun.
Wu Xian replied, "Di Jun is also the Heavenly Emperor."
The Zuan group: "???"
The other nine witches, seeing their bewildered expressions, found it somewhat amusing: "Who told you there can only be one Heavenly Emperor?"
Wu Xian then explained, "There are five great emperors in the heavens, known as the Five Heavenly Emperors, of which Zhuanxu and Dijun are two.
The group from Zuan were in turmoil. So that's how it is. No wonder the various rumors they heard before didn't quite add up. It turns out there are five Heavenly Emperors.
"Who are the other three?" Yan Xuehen asked curiously.
Wu Xian shook his head: "Heavenly secrets cannot be revealed. It is of no benefit to ordinary humans to know too much; on the contrary, it will bring about their own demise."
Zuan: "..."
One second they're praising you, the next they're spouting riddles.
Wu Xian continued, "At that time, the Heavenly Emperor wanted to use the elixir of immortality to save Ya Yu. Naturally, we dared not disobey. We found Bao Jiang, who was in charge of the elixir, and used it to save Ya Yu. However, we did not expect that after he was saved, he became confused and delirious. Later, he fell into the Weak Water and his personality changed drastically. Instead, he became the monster Ya Yu."
“Baojiang?” Zuan was quite unfamiliar with this name.
Wu Xian replied, "Bao Jiang is our friend. His cave is in the Spirit Mountain, and he is in charge of the elixir of immortality."
Zu An's heart skipped a beat. It seemed the elixir of immortality was in Mount Ling?
The group continued, "Because Yayu did good deeds and had a good reputation during his lifetime, and also because of his father, no one made things difficult for him anymore, and they let him fend for himself." Zu'an secretly thought that it was probably because his father, Zhulong, was too powerful.
"When Wei's instigation of Erfu was exposed, the Heavenly Emperor punished Erfu and ordered Wei to be executed to avenge Yayu..." The other wizards chimed in, roughly reconstructing what happened back then.
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