Black Myth: Tang Dynasty

Chapter 336 Shark teardrops, Chang'an severe drought

The white snake opened its eyes, after a night of training, its scales seemed to be whiter, with a jade-like luster, and its size was also bigger, from three feet to four feet.

Perhaps it was because of absorbing the purple energy of the morning glow, the monster energy on it became weaker, and there was even a ray of fresh air.

It can be seen that it has gained a lot this night.

"Little Snake, Pindao is leaving. I hope that when we meet again, you can keep your original intentions and don't become a monster that cannibalize people and do evil."

After saying this, Li Daoxuan threw the paper horse with a wave of his fly whisk, and was about to leave.

He has the heart to subdue the white snake, but he is not asking for it.

It mainly depends on whether the white snake itself has the heart to seek refuge.

Seeing that Li Daoxuan was about to leave, there was a hint of firmness in White Snake's eyes, as if he had made up his mind.

It spits out a small round bead from its mouth, only the size of a longan, but it exudes a soft light, and it seems to have a strange power.

There was a strange color in Li Daoxuan's eyes.

He stretched out his hand to pick up the small bead, and immediately felt a strange power penetrate into his skin, as if it wanted to affect his body, but he retreated quickly in the face of the majestic magic power.

The bead glowed faintly with blue light, and when I put my ear close to it, I could faintly hear the sound of the waves of the sea.

Li Daoxuan looked at it for a while, and finally had a guess about the origin of the bead.

This bead should be the legendary teardrop.

The so-called teardrops are the tears of sharks. It is recorded in Zhang Hua's "Natural History" in the Jin Dynasty: "There are sharks in the South China Sea, and the water lives like fish. They don't waste weaving, and their eyes can weep."

The sharks have two treasures, one is the shark silk, also known as the dragon yarn, which is a silk cloth woven by the sharks, it is as thin as a cicada's wing, and it can enter the water without getting wet.

The second is the teardrops, which are said to be pearls made from the tears of the merman. Some people also say that this is not the tears of the merman, but from the tail of the merman. Only by killing the merman and cutting open the tail can one get this teardrop.

Teardrops are more precious than crocodile silk. If ordinary people wear this thing all the year round, they can prolong their life and keep their appearance youthful.

Uncle Dabao once said that Taoists in the past often ground teardrops into powder and used them as medicine to refine life-prolonging elixir.

Ordinary teardrops, only the size of a grain of rice, are already priceless, but this teardrop is as big as a longan, and its value is really incalculable.

It's just that it doesn't mean much to Li Daoxuan.

He is a cultivator, and with the help of the "Book of Demon Slayer", even without tears, he can still look young and pursue the road of longevity.

"It is also your blessing to get this teardrop. Are you really willing to give it to me?"

Li Daoxuan looked at the white snake and said.

The white snake nodded, and then automatically crawled to Li Daoxuan's feet, and climbed up along his legs. Seeing that Li Daoxuan didn't stop him, he was overjoyed immediately, and crawled all the way to Li Daoxuan's sleeve, wrapping around his wrist.

Li Daoxuan laughed loudly and said: "Okay, then the poor Taoist will accept you."

This white snake is not simple, it has extraordinary blood, it is a very poisonous snake, in the future when fighting with people, with a wave of sleeves, let the white snake fly out and bite people, it is guaranteed to catch the opponent by surprise.

Well, let's give this trick a name, let's call it... White Dragon in the Sleeve!

After subduing the white snake, Li Daoxuan rode on the white horse and headed towards Chang'an.

Although there are still doubts about the Xuzhou incident, such as why Zhang Lao Wu said that he saw thousands of water ghosts, but these problems may not be solved in a short time.

Li Daoxuan has many important things to do when he is going to Chang'an, so he must not delay for a long time.

……

Flying a white horse in a green shirt, I will go to Chang'an in three days.

With a horse that travels thousands of miles a day, it took Li Daoxuan only three days to reach Chang'an, and during this period he was delayed a lot because of his cultivation.

The sun is scorching hot, and the heat waves are bursting.

When Li Daoxuan drove his horse to the front of Chang'an City, it was already close to noon.

It was the first time to see the legendary imperial capital Chang'an. Even Li Daoxuan, who had seen many great scenes, couldn't help but be shocked by this majestic and prosperous city in front of him.

The city wall is tall and majestic, like a giant mountain in Xiongguan, and there are many soldiers in heavy armor stationed on it. The soldiers look solemn and murderous.

The streets in the city are densely populated like a chessboard, and there are endless streams of merchants and shops. Looking from a distance, one will feel dazzled. It is really like what Bai Juyi said in a poem, hundreds of thousands of houses are like a chess game, and Twelfth Street is like a vegetable garden.

Chang'an City was the imperial capital of the two dynasties. It was named Daxing City in the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty used tens of 10 people to build it according to the pattern of "following the sky and the earth, and respecting the emperor". After Li Yuan made Chang'an his capital, he started renovation again.

Today, this majestic city is about [-] miles wide from east to west and [-] miles long from north to south. It is not only the number one city in ancient China, but also the number one city in the world!
Li Daoxuan stood under the city, quietly opened his eyes, and looked at Chang'an City.

I saw the golden imperial dragon aura in the city soaring into the sky, spreading out around the Tai Chi Palace, like stars arching the moon.

Under the influence of the mighty dragon energy, the vision of Li Daoxuan's sky eyes was greatly reduced, and the mana in his body was also restricted, and there was a faint stagnation in the operation, [-]% of his strength, at most he could only exert [-]% to [-]%.

And the closer it is to the Tai Chi Palace, the greater this effect will be.

At this moment, he finally understood why cultivators didn't like to come to Chang'an City anymore. For the common people, this place was a prosperous and prosperous place, but for practitioners, it was like a dragon's pool and a tiger's den.

Li Daoxuan took the white horse and entered Chang'an City.

When he entered the city, his first feeling was - heat!

The whole city was like a huge furnace, baking everything in the city, making Chang'an City, which was supposed to be full of traffic, a bit deserted.

Li Daoxuan noticed that many people's lips were chapped, and the pedestrians on the street were all sweaty, as if they had been thirsty for a long time.

"Boshui and Jushui have already dried up, and the Weishui River in the north is about to dry up. If this continues, I'm ready to move out of Chang'an City!"

"That's right, don't talk about fetching water for irrigation, my children haven't drunk a drop of water for two days!"

"Didn't Your Majesty say that you are going to hold some Longmen fairy meeting to pray for rain?"

"Hehe, I don't know how many times I have been worshiped by the Dragon King Temple. It's useless at all, even begging the Dragon King is useless, let alone a Taoist priest!"

"I heard that the reason for the severe drought in Chang'an City is because His Majesty was at the Xuanwu Gate—"

"Shh, be careful! You don't want to live anymore?"

……

Along the way, Li Daoxuan heard a lot of discussions. Because of the severe drought, the hearts of the people in Chang'an City were indeed a little unstable.

But we can't blame them. The ancients believed in gods and paid attention to cause and effect. The city of Chang'an had never experienced drought in the past ten years. However, it happened as soon as the emperor ascended the throne. This is easy to imagine.

Many people believe that it was because Li Shimin killed his brother and imprisoned his father that the sky refused to rain.

Li Daoxuan did not immediately go to the palace to meet the emperor, but first came to Xuandu Temple in Chang'an City. He wanted to meet his very mysterious Senior Sister Taizhen first.

(End of this chapter)