Chapter 9 Sudden stillness

After the stick was made, it was only used as an object to ward off evil spirits and was hidden in the Zha Family Ancestral Hall.Later, the Zha family suffered a fire from heaven, and the family business was completely destroyed. The grandson of his single lineage was forced to become a monk, so he brought this stick into the Taku Temple of Qinjia Mountain.Many years later, the Qinjia Mountain area was shaken and landslide, and the Taku Temple was destroyed, and the stick disappeared.It was not until the Five Dynasties, when the Taku Temple was rebuilt, that people dug out this stick in the Tianwang Cave.However, some feng shui masters said that this stick has too much spirituality, bad luck is uncertain, and the dragon shape is difficult to obey.Ordinary people can't hold it down, and it's not suitable for Buddhists to be quiet.It can only be used for killing on the battlefield, obliterating its ferocity, and cultivating its true spirit.So the temple sent people to throw it into Zhuma Gorge, and let the fate find a master for it.As for how Zhao Kuangyin obtained this coiling dragon stick, none of the official history, unofficial history, or folklore has ever mentioned it, so there is no need to deliberately fabricate it.

When Zhao Kuangyin poked the stick into the water, the stick made a long and crisp Long Shulin sound.This reminded Zhao Kuangyin of two things: one is that since he came to the island, the dragon-coiled stick has never issued a dragon-song warning, which shows that he has not yet reached the most dangerous time; Explain that although I seem to be in a desperate situation now, I can actually take advantage of the situation to fight back. Zhao Kuangyin didn't know where he could take advantage of, but he didn't worry about it, because what was destined to come would eventually come. At this time, the battle between the tiger-toothed poisonous thorn Ang and the black crow was not as fierce as it had started, the black crow only jumped down in twos and threes, and the poisonous stinger only jumped up when the black crow jumped down.But as long as there is a black crow jumping down, either the poisonous thorns will be picked up and shredded, or the black crow will be stabbed into the water, and the phenomenon that neither side can get it will basically disappear.In fact, this has reached the stage similar to desperate hand-to-hand combat. If you fail, you will be benevolent. Compared with the noisy and intense scenes, it is more cruel and cold-blooded.

"Their purpose of this battle is actually the same as our adventurous coming to the island. They are all for food and survival." Zhao Kuangyin sighed, "Their prey are all fish and shrimp in shallow water. Tiger teeth venomous stings If Ang enters the reedy waters, a large number of fish and shrimps in the shallow water will be eaten by them, then the survival and reproduction of the black crow will be threatened. But the strange thing is that there are a lot of black crows here, and the nests are also made Sturdy and well-built, with no sign of the usual thorns vying for territory. Unless..."

"Unless someone temporarily put these strange fish into the reed." Zhang Jin'ao can always guess Zhao Kuangyin's meaning with perfect accuracy, which is one of the reasons why Zhao Kuangyin keeps him by his side. "Yes! If the tiger's teeth and venomous thorns were placed artificially, then the water channel and reed leaves may also be artificially set up." Having said this, Zhao Kuangyin immediately squatted down and dug in the sand under his feet with his hands. few times. "There are reeds connecting roots under the sand, which means that there were reeds in this waterway, which were cut off artificially. This is a formation made by using the actual environment, and it is a combination of the mysterious situation and the natural environment. So Our thoughts just now were all wrong. The main cause of this situation is not one or several unknown reed fields, but the water channel under our feet. Because only this water channel can transport all the lumpy reeds we need to use connected in series.”

"Ah, those fish are coming! They are speeding up!" At this moment, the Tiger Guard wailed loudly again. Sure enough, the tiger-toothed poisonous thorns were very close, and their wide-open mouths with two rows of sharp teeth could already be seen, as well as their crowded and surging bodies.All this is not only scary, but disgusting. There was something else, even more disgusting, at the moment, and that was bird droppings.Seeing the tiger-tooth venomous thorns speeding up, the black woman immediately became crazy too.Although the attacks were still in twos and threes, almost all the birds were coiled in the air.As a result, highly poisonous bird droppings rain down densely.

But this time the bird droppings did not cause any harm. The Tiger Guard who fell just now had already reminded the others, and everyone had torn off their robes to cover their faces.The bird droppings all fell on the clothes and bamboo hats, emitting bursts of strange smell, which made people smell the breath of death. The gathered poisonous thorns were getting closer, more than a dozen people were already crowded together, and there was no room for avoidance.The height of the black crow hovering is even lower, almost hitting the people below, so everyone can only lower their bodies as much as possible, but they dare not squat into the water, otherwise the attack in the water will directly target the vital points.

Zhao Kuangyin was wondering at this moment whether the prediction given by the Panlong stick was accurate or not.But no matter whether there is external help or God's help, he will not easily bend down to show weakness and give up the last chance.It is okay to die, but never with a flinch.So Zhao Kuangyin resolutely raised the Panlong stick, ready to join the battle group of birds and fish. At this critical juncture, at the moment when the Panlong stick was fully lifted, the Panlong stick made a sharp sound again, like a sharp blade scraping across the scales of the stick, like a violin plectrum. A high-pitched string was plucked, and the string trembled.

At this time, all the tiger-toothed poisonous thorns stopped swimming almost at the same time, and the dancing waves on the water calmed down immediately.And the black crows hovering in the sky all flew down into the reeds, leaving only a large piece of undulating reeds, like green waves. Silence, the surroundings became a deathly silence.But the silence didn't last long, and then there was a "rumbling" sound from a distance.Following the sound, the knee-deep water on the channel receded rapidly, and the venomous thorns of those tiger teeth could not keep up with the sudden retreat of the water.And those black crows made noise again, but this time the cry was no longer a fight, but a sound of fear before the disaster.

"Go! Go with the flow of the water!" Zhao Kuangyin didn't know what was coming, but it would not be a wrong choice to use the current opportunity to run out of the reeds that could not get out.Because the stagnant water will eventually retreat to rivers or large areas of water, as long as you can keep up with the receding water flow, you will definitely be able to find hidden living paths or entrenched points in one river, three lakes and eighteen mountains. "Shuangfeng vanguard clears the way, cuts through the reeds, and closely follows the receding water." Zhao Kuangyin ordered.

There were three or four Tiger Guards who were using double knives and immediately rushed to the front, chopping reeds and flying knives. "The rear guard used the fast machine short crossbow to seal the air to prevent water birds from attacking." Zhao Kuangyin immediately thought that cutting open the reeds would destroy the nests of some black crows, and that they might be attacked by birds. Not only four or five tiger guards picked up the short crossbows on their backs, but even Zhang Jin'ao took out a large number of colorful locust stones from his leather bag, preparing to deal with the attack of the birds.Although there are only a dozen people left around Zhao Kuangyin, they are still a group capable of offense and defense, each performing its duties.From this, it can be seen that Zhao Kuangyin has a different way of governing the army.

But this time, Zhao Kuangyin's estimate was wrong. The black crows did not attack them, but flew away immediately after the reeds supporting the nest were cut off.This may be because other disasters they face are much more serious than the destruction of the nest, and they have no time to take care of the escapees who destroy their nests. It is actually a bit far-fetched to use the formation of "Curving Water Turning the Sky" here.Originally, this formation was to set up indestructible objects at many key points, and to set up camps or queues on the battlefield.In this way, either the blocking is successfully achieved, or the situation can be changed or regrouped to keep the formation unchanged.However, the settings here are transformed from natural reeds. Usually, if someone wants to go directly through the reeds, they can use the black raven to block them.And once the black crow's block is lost, the cut reeds will become a solid part of the entire formation.And the entire formation only needs to be connected with the original path after a few deficiencies appear, then the curved water will become straight water, and the earth-shaking momentum formed by many circular plots of various shapes will have no effect at all, because Those trapped in the formation will no longer follow the formation. Sure enough, chasing the receding water did not encounter difficulties again, but the question is where does the road ahead lead?Compared with the previous situation, Wulu is no longer scary, Wulu can step on a road by himself.What is really frightening is that there is clearly a way to go under your feet, but you don't know that this is a road leading to death. "Okay, okay! The reeds in front are short, and there is a face (long row, like a wall) of wormwood. There must be a waterway in that direction, and it is a large waterway for boats." Zhang Jindai looked confidently after looking into the distance Said calmly, always calm, he seemed a little excited. But at this moment, Zhao Kuangyin stopped in his tracks and stood there in a daze.His feet stood firmly and were slightly sunk in the sand.But his hands were trembling, because of tension and fear, and also because of being driven by some invisible force. The invisible force did not directly drive Zhao Kuangyin's hands, but first drove the Panlong stick in his hand, and his hands trembled because of the stick.At this moment, the Panlong stick was not only shaking slightly, but also made a dull "hum" sound.This is the dragon's roar from Panlong, which heralds the coming of danger.The spirituality of the Coiling Dragon Cudgel cannot go wrong, there is indeed a huge danger approaching at this moment, and the power and viciousness it carries is something that Zhao Kuangyin has never encountered before. The rumbling sound in the distance gradually weakened, and finally evolved into a continuous, long sound without ups and downs.The sound is not crisp, not harsh, but very clear.It's like tearing apart a piece of old coarse cloth violently, and it's like splitting the skin, bones and tendons of the human body with a sharp knife. "Build more buildings!" Zhao Kuangyin shouted.Following this order, the tiger guards under him immediately gathered and stacked up, erecting a three-storey human body tower. Zhang Jindai, who was just about to step up the watch tower, was held down by Zhao Kuangyin, and then he himself lightly rode the crane to the top of the watch tower.