Chapter five hundred and eighty fourth: immortal jade pendant
"Blessing from Heavenly Official?"
Ding Xiaoyi stared at Old Man Zao's lantern, shook his head, and said that he had never heard of any blessing from a heavenly official.
"Humph! Ignorant and ignorant!"
Mr. Chen came over with freshly steamed snacks from the kitchen. After hearing their conversation, he couldn't help but look at Ding Xiaoyi with contempt.
Then he cleared his throat and said: "We Xia people celebrate the Shangyuan Festival on the 15th day of the first lunar month every year. On this day, a couplet should be hung on the door. It is auspicious and the heavenly official will bless you."
Old Chen looked at Old Man Zao proudly: "What I said is right."
As a result, the old man curled his lips: "Superstitious!"
The smile on Mr. Chen's face immediately froze, and he opened his eyes wide, waiting to offend the old man: "I'm telling you about customs, and you actually tell me about superstition? Your food is gone today!"
After saying that, Mr. Chen angrily stuffed all the hot cakes into Big Tou's mouth, turned around and walked to the kitchen.
"Hey hey hey..."
Upon seeing this, Pangpang quickly grabbed Mr. Chen and said with a smile: "This is indeed not what we are talking about. Mr. Chen will talk after listening."
After saying that, Pangpang picked up the glazed lamp in Old Man Zao's hand and explained to them: "Taoism worships the three gods of heaven, earth and water, also called the three officials, and Tianguan is one of them.
In addition, there are the middle-level officials who forgive sins and the low-level officials who relieve misfortunes. The so-called blessings from the heavenly officials are exactly what the Shangyuan Heavenly Officials will throw down on the Shangyuan Festival. There are lantern riddles on them. If you guess the right one,
People can obtain the blessings bestowed by the heavenly officials."
"Oh, so that's it. So, this is the lantern thrown down by the Heavenly Official?"
Ding Xiaoyi suddenly looked at the glass lamp in front of him with shining eyes.
But the old man and Pangpang still shook their heads: "Obviously, this is not the case!"
Hearing the answer, Ding Xiaoyi's nose became angry and he said viciously: "Are you two here to talk about cross talk??"
"Don't worry, I haven't finished speaking yet." Pangpang said with a smile: "The heavenly official gives blessings, the earth official pardons sins, and the water official relieves misfortune. These are the best wishes of the world, but everyone knows that there is also a ghost official.
Life-threatening, this lantern is a life-threatening lantern."
"Oh! I've talked about feelings a lot before, but it doesn't matter at all??"
He curled his lips and almost got angry to death from Pang Pang's words. "The ghost officer asked for a life lamp," there were five words in total. Pang Pang was stunned to say 700 words. The key is that none of the 700 words had anything to do with this lamp.
"This is called professionalism! How do you know the origin of this thing if I don't explain it clearly?"
Pangpang patted his round belly, showing his professionalism as a professional treasure hunter.
"But since it's a ghost official seeking his life, shouldn't it be dark and gloomy? Why does this look pretty good?"
Ding Xiaoyi has no doubts about Pang Pang's identification, but this lamp in front of him, is it five-color colored glaze? It reflects seven colors under the light? It is so dazzling that no matter how you look at it, you don't think that this thing can be connected with such a gloomy name as the Ghost Official Death Lamp.
together.
"ignorance!"
The bad old man had to look down at him again:
"Bad people don't have it written on their faces: Am I a bad person? The more murderous a baby is, the more high-sounding it is.
The ancient Yellow Emperor's Xuanyuan Sword? It is so powerful. Isn't it just because it looks so golden?
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"It makes sense, it makes sense!"
Ding Xiaoyi couldn't stand up to these two guys, and was still despised by them? He didn't dare to question it anymore? He just said: "How do you use this thing?"
"Hey, if you hold up a lantern, shout the other person's name three times, and then point the lantern at him, the lantern will naturally kill him? But there is not much lamp oil in the lantern. When the lamp oil runs out? Remember
You can go to Magistrate Lu and get some ink..."
Before Fatty finished speaking, he suddenly remembered that Lu Pan had left the underworld. Realizing that he had said the wrong thing, he immediately closed his mouth and looked sideways at the old man.
Sure enough? The old man's eyes darkened for a moment, but he pretended not to hear.
"so smart!"
Ding Xiaoyi was afraid of making the old man sad, so he quickly changed the subject by pretending to be surprised. At the same time, he took the lantern over and looked at it carefully.
"Just think of it as a consolation prize, but it's finally a good start."
As he spoke, he put the lantern away.
But even though he said that, everyone could see that the bad old man was no longer in a good mood.
Fortunately, it didn't last long, and the second puddle was drawn to the bottom.
I couldn't see anything at the bottom of the turbid water. I carefully put out my tentacles and groped around, but nothing came out.
"Empty pit?"
Ding Xiaoyi couldn't help but feel a little disappointed when he saw this, but he still waited patiently for the water pump to drain the water completely.
As the remaining water level in the pit gradually sank until it was completely drained, several people were immediately disappointed to find that it was actually an empty pit.
"It doesn't make sense?"
Pangpang scratched his bare forehead. It is said that the underworld is getting colder and colder now. Those guys lurking under the water don't want to die, so they can only swim upstream desperately.
Just like the blue bone fish before, it swam out from the depths and found a place to hide on the shore.
In addition, they used [桴]'s vomit as bait before, so there is actually an empty pit here, which is really surprising.
"It doesn't matter, this is just one, isn't it? Keep pumping, maybe there will be something big in the next pit!"
Ding Xiaoyi has a natural attitude and doesn't think it's strange if he occasionally takes a break or two.
When I went to sea before, I couldn't guarantee that there would be big goods in every water hole.
Da Tou quickly began to pump up the nearby puddle.
However, as time passed by and the puddle gradually bottomed out, everyone hurriedly gathered around to take a look.
It's still empty!
Now even Ding Xiaoyi felt strange. He drew two large puddles in a row, but they were both empty.
This kind of luck, even when I usually go to sea, I have never seen such bad luck.
"There's not even green heart fruit?"
Mr. Chen came over with a bamboo basket and took a look, and his face was filled with disappointment.
It didn't matter if the water hole was empty before, there were still plenty of green berries to eat, but now I have my bamboo basket ready, but I don't even have a single pineapple.
"continue!"
When the old man heard what Mr. Chen said, he felt strange in his heart. He glanced at the large and small puddles in front of him, his black and white eyes flashing with a sharp cold light.
At this time, the old man stood up suddenly and pointed his hand: "Smoke this!"
The puddle that the bad old man pointed to was not big, probably no more than the size of a double bathtub, which was obviously small among the many puddles.
It is said that the opportunity is rare, so you should grab the big ones first, especially the big puddles near the deep points. Every time you want to draw, you don't have enough time.
If we don't have enough time this time, we should drain those big puddles and see what big stuff is hidden inside.
But the old man's resolute look made everyone don't know how to refuse, so they could only let Da Tou slap him.
The puddle itself was not big, and the water inside was not very deep. In less than ten minutes, the puddle inside was drained away.
There was something in the puddle this time, but when the big head fished it out, it turned out to be broken shells and some broken bones. Although there were green nuts that iron mayflies loved to eat, there were only a few sparse ones, which were just visible.
It makes people lose the desire to pick.
But the old man jumped into the pit, picked up the broken bones and shells, and studied them carefully. A surge of ecstasy suddenly appeared on his wrinkled face.
"Quick, quick, pump this way, pump this way!!"
After he jumped up from the pit, his whole body seemed to be on stimulants, directing his big head to pump towards the puddle in the direction of his hand.
It was still a small puddle. As for the larger puddles, the old man ignored them all.
Ding Xiaoyi originally wanted to ask him what was going on.
But looking at his excited state, he simply stopped asking and just stood quietly beside Fairjord and waited.
In a blink of an eye, this puddle was drained.
Before the big head went down, the bad old man threw himself at the puddle, stuck his head in and took a look, and immediately cursed: "Trash."
After that, it doesn’t matter what’s inside, just let the big head draw the next puddle.
Seeing the old guy looking so excited, he obviously found some precious clues.
Even Ding Xiaoyi and the others began to look forward to it.
"Wait, could it be..."
At this time, Pangpang didn't know what he thought of. His fingers suddenly shook a few times, and then he looked at the old man with expectant eyes.
"Why, do you know what he is looking for??"
Ding Xiaoyi naturally saw Fatty's expression and saw that he seemed to have guessed something, so he hurriedly asked.
Pangpang kept staring at the puddle in front of the old man. After listening to his inquiry, he remained silent for a long time. It was not until he saw that there was no trace of that thing in the puddle that he relaxed and explained.
"It was said that King Mu of Zhou went on an expedition to the west and met the Queen Mother of the West. He learned that the Queen Mother of the West held the elixir of immortality, so he begged to give it to her.
In order for the Queen Mother of the West to give her the elixir of immortality, King Mu of Zhou brought musicians, dancers, and all kinds of jade and jewelry from all over the country, all in exchange for a smile from the Queen Mother of the West.
Queen Mother Xi was quite happy at first and wanted to pass on the art of immortality to King Zhou Mu, but she didn't want to wait until Queen Mother Xi asked him why he wanted to learn the art of immortality.
However, King Zhou Mu said that he wanted to bring his beloved concubine back to life. This sentence suddenly made the Queen Mother of the West furious. Not only did she beat King Zhou Mu out, but she also stuffed the jade book that taught the mystery of immortality into the belly of a dead fish.
, saying that even if he was given a dead fish, he would not give it to him.
So I threw the fish into the underworld so that no one could find a trace of it."
"So..." Ding Xiaoyi originally wanted to say that the old man was looking for fish, but he shut up mid-sentence.
He glared at Pangpang, meaning, it's up to you to say it. I won't say anything anymore. It will save you the trouble of rejecting every one of them. Just say the answer directly and save them from worrying.
Sure enough, Pangpang's words changed next: "But rumors are just rumors. What we know is that what Queen Mother Xi threw into the fish's belly was not a jade book, but a jade pendant."
"It is rumored that that jade pendant is an incredible treasure and has supernatural power. We had no hope at all."
It turns out that Old Man Nao and Pang Pang were so keen on chasing the sea in the past, hoping to catch a blind cat and a dead mouse. If they get this jade pendant, Old Man Nao's decline in nature and human beings can be reversed.
But he never expected that Ding Xiaoyi would find the Nine-turn Wuji Pill instead of finding the jade pendant.
There is no end to the road. Now that they had no illusions about this jade pendant, the various signs in front of them made Old Man Zao keenly smell something extraordinary.
He carefully studied the bones that had been chewed, and they all belonged to the masters who were domineering in the underworld, but they were eaten cleanly, and there was still a little bit of jade on the bones, which was very similar to the rumored ability of the jade pendant.
That's why he concluded that the Immortal Jade Pendant he was looking for might be in the puddles in front of him.
Presumably, it was the power of the Immortal Jade that gave the dead fish the ability to hunt these underworld overlords. However, the green bone fish itself was highly poisonous, so it hid here and escaped.
Life is so unpredictable. The more you need something, the harder it is to find it. But when you don't need it, it suddenly appears in front of you.
All I could see was a puddle being drained away.
The bad old man glanced hastily: "Continue to the next one."
However, as soon as the old man took two steps, his steps suddenly stopped, he looked sideways at the drained puddle behind him, and took back the foot he had just raised.
I saw him crouching, taking one step, two steps, and slowly retreating back. At the same time, he waved his hands, signaling Pangpang and Tutu to quietly come to help.
As for Ding Xiaoyi and Liao Qiu, they stood beside Fairjord and watched quietly.
Since this fish possesses the immortal jade, its strength must be extraordinary, so the two of them will naturally not take this risk.
Even Datou and Hongmao were summoned by him and stayed far away, so that the gods would not fight and the mortals would suffer.
The three of them carefully surrounded the entrance of the cave. Old Man Zao squinted his eyes and pointed upward quietly. Pangpang and Tutu came over to take a look.
Suddenly, deep in the puddle, under a raised stone, there was a fish tail that shimmered with light.
The tail twitches slightly from time to time. If you don't look carefully, you won't be able to see anything hiding here.
After the three people determined their location, they looked at each other.
Immediately, he saw the old man's mind moving, and the fish intestine sword in the bamboo basket behind him flew out with a "buzz!" sound, like a stream of light, directly killing the opponent on the stone where he was hiding.
"Bang!" There was a sound, and the stone exploded, followed by a strong crackling blue light that suddenly broke out of the earth.
Pangpang and Tutu, who had been waiting outside, immediately took action.
I saw Pangpang's palms open, and the space in front of him suddenly turned into a brilliant Buddhist kingdom, with golden rain falling, and golden lotuses blooming in the sky.
In Tu Tu's hand, there was already a large net. The net bag covered the sky and the sun, and covered her head.
If the three bosses of Hades and Earth can take action at the same time, you can imagine what the ending of this fish will be like. There is a sky net above and a Buddha lotus below.
A big fish, probably no more than three feet long, appeared in mid-air. It had dragon horns on its head, fins like flying wings, and a pair of huge and smart eyes, which was scanning the surroundings in panic.
But what attracts everyone the most is the jade pendant that shines with light cyan light hanging on the fish's body.