Chapter 20: Fox Sacrifice to the Moon
The bamboo sparrow was extremely puzzled.
Gong Mengbi didn't have time to explain to him, but instead urged, "Quick, light the incense burner."
The bamboo sparrow quickly picked up a bamboo tube, then grabbed two more, and occupied the wind outlet according to the direction indicated by Gong Mengbi. It buried the bamboo tubes and lit the Tibetan incense inside.
Gong Mengbi arranged the remaining bamboo tubes according to the terrain and lit the Tibetan incense inside them.
Along with the fragrance, there was only a faint cloud of smoke. The invisible fragrance mixed with the invisible air followed the wind vents and terrain, from high to low, and surged towards Jingtan.
Gong Mengbi sat cross-legged under a tall bamboo tube, with clouds, mist, stars and moon falling on him, appearing bright and dark.
His breath seemed to be pulled away from reality, completely blending into the invisible fragrance.
The fragrance that is invisible to the naked eye, when viewed with the spiritual eye, looks like flowing silver yarn, thick milk, or thick white clouds in the sky.
In the fragrance, there are shadows, as if there are hundreds of ghosts walking on the road and thousands of foxes running.
The golden toad tried his best to freeze the red-feathered snake in the pool of water.
The ice ball embedded in the ice surface looked like crystal, reflecting the red-feathered serpent's feathers and scales, making them sparkle.
Jin Chan sneered, "The water of Mirror Pond condenses moonlight, making it incredibly cold. Although you are one rank higher than me, I have the advantage of terrain, so I still win."
At this time, a strange fragrance came, carrying the scent of a fox.
Jin Chan's expression changed slightly, and he said angrily, "Damn it! That fox must have taken advantage of me."
But before he could get angry, a crisp sound of shattering reached his ears.
Inside the ice ball, the red-feathered snake stared at the golden toad, seemingly mocking it, but also greedily.
Fine and dense cracks covered the ice ball, and the cracking sound was continuous, like a music.
There was a loud bang.
The ice ball shattered completely, scattering thousands of silver flakes. Before these ice flakes could even reach the ground, they melted into water droplets, and it seemed as if a drizzle was falling on the frozen Mirror Pond.
The red-feathered snake's eyes, like red glass, stared at the golden toad, carrying a sense of oppression from both its natural enemy and superior.
The golden toad's entire body began to tremble uncontrollably. This was a fear brought about by nature, a fear that was difficult to express in words.
He began to regret it.
I regret not listening to the fox's warning and my carelessness and arrogance.
If we had kept the warning in mind and made full preparations, we would not have faced the life-and-death crisis at this moment.
The golden toad tried to move its body, but it was no longer as strong as before.
The second blow weakens, the third blow exhausts. Fighting for life and death, if the first strike fails, then it will only grow weaker.
The golden toad opened its amber eyes wide, and although its body was shaking, its eyes did not relax at all.
The red-feathered snake swam slowly, and suddenly, like silent thunder, it bit the golden toad.
The golden toad suddenly leaped back and narrowly avoided the fishy wind.
But the snake's reaction speed was much faster than his. Before he landed on the ground, the red-feathered snake had already rushed over, coiled around the golden toad, and strangled it tightly.
The snake's body tightened, far more powerful than a vine strangling a tree, and it entangled the golden toad between its hard scales and strong muscles.
The golden toad didn't even dare to open its mouth, relying solely on the breath it inhaled to hold on, but the red-feathered snake had already turned its head, opened its huge mouth, revealing its huge fangs, and was about to bite the golden toad's head.
That is right now.
It seemed like the wind was blowing, and it seemed like the moon was shining down.
There was air beneath the Red Feathered Snake's body, and the golden toad it had strangled shattered like ice flowers and disappeared into streams of light.
The snake froze for a moment, then turned around and looked around, but couldn't see the golden toad. He seemed unable to comprehend the scene before him. If he were still conscious, he might have been able to judge it and find the flaw left by Gong Mengbi, but now the fire poison had taken over his heart and he had long lost his mind.
The toad that was about to be caught flew away, and the red-feathered snake was furious and started to make a big fuss in the Mirror Pond.
The frozen surface of the lake was smashed open by the snake's tail, and water and ice splashed everywhere.
The water in the pond was extremely cold. The big snake buried its body in the water, creating waves in the water, trying to find the location of the golden toad and use the water to barely relieve the heat.
And what about the golden toad?
He was being captured by Quexian at this moment and sent to Gong Mengbi's hiding place.
The slender bamboo tube is divided into several sections, with red-hot incense charcoal at the bottom, and the mixed incense balls at the top.
Gong Mengbi sat cross-legged beside the bamboo tube, with his big furry tail stretched out to the side, softer than the clouds in the sky.
The golden toad landed beside Gong Mengbi, and the Sparrow Fairy shrank in size, shouting, "I'm so tired, so tired!"
"Why are you so heavy!"
Jin Chan glanced at him angrily: "It's obvious that you are too weak."
The Sparrow Fairy was furious: "If I hadn't saved you, you would have already died in Shekou, and you still think I'm weak!"
Jin Chan was speechless. He looked at Gong Mengbi and said, "Fox, why are you here again?"
The Sparrow Fairy said, "Don't ask. He can't hear. He's using magic to fight the Red Feathered Snake."
The golden toad looked at the red-feathered snake that was stirring up the waves in the mirror pool, feeling apprehensive and filled with resentment: "Damn snake, I will take revenge sooner or later."
The Sparrow Fairy landed on Gong Mengbi's shoulder and said, "We can talk about revenge later. Let's deal with the difficulties ahead first."
The red-feathered snake was completely unaware that it had fallen into an illusion. A red light emanated from its body, and the water in the Mirror Pond gradually became hot.
The hot water in the pond could not relieve his restlessness, so he became uneasy again. Relying on his natural instinct, he felt that there seemed to be something gathering yin around him, but he could not find it, so he angrily spread flames around.
All the surrounding grass and trees were set on fire, and in an instant, the wildfire was about to spread.
Gong Mengbi knew that he could not wait any longer, otherwise Wuhuan Peak would be burned down by the wildfire and countless lives would be lost.
One fox after another appeared in the fragrance.
There seemed to be hundreds, there seemed to be thousands.
The fox danced, waving its hands, running and jumping around the red-feathered snake.
The soft and fluffy tail swayed in the air, and it was hard to tell whether it was the fragrance dancing or the fox in the fragrance dancing.
The red-feathered snake saw the fox.
He was about to breathe fire at the fox, but suddenly he was silent.
The fox is singing.
It seemed to be the singing of birds, the roar of animals, the cry of human babies, the eerie whispers of ghosts, or the sound of the wind coming from the horizon.
The red-feathered serpent is like a bonfire, and surrounding the bonfire are foxes singing and dancing.
"Auspicious day, auspicious time,
Use poetry and dance to entertain the Emperor.
Open the sky and ride on the clouds,
Leaving behind the brilliant light and flowing cinnamon juice.
..."
The bright moon rises in the east, as big as the wheel in the sky.
It seems that the new moon has gone and the rising sun has come. The moonlight shines, and its grace is everywhere.
Not only was the Red Feathered Snake affected by the illusion, but even the Golden Toad and the Sparrow Fairy, who were far away from the fragrance, saw the bright moon in the sky right before their eyes.
The red-feathered snake slowly closed its eyes, folded its wings, its anger subsided, and it fell into a deep sleep.
A black aura emerged from the red-feathered snake, vaguely resembling a human figure.
The black energy seemed to see through the illusion and stared straight at Gong Mengbi and Jin Chan in the distance.
But before he could say anything, he disappeared in the moonlight.
Gong Mengbi seemed unaware that the moon, the object of worship for the fox song and fox dance, was also causing the moon worship method to operate on its own. The moonlight seemed to have a spiritual response and formed a talisman in his body, which was: Taiyin Huanshen Talisman.
His illusion skills improved again.
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