Ruan Zhanxue was able to know, only because he had eaten a variety of monsters, consuming the mountain spirits of Qiyun Ridge and Jiuyi Mountain, and glimpsed the veins. He originally wanted to directly explore from Tan Chunying's body, but unfortunately it was unsuccessful. But at least he also used Tan Chunying's blood to divine the details.
"You really... are too arrogant," Mu Fei didn't understand and shook her head, "Today you are heavily surrounded, and you still want to eat that old predecessor?" According to their deduction of the timeline, Tan Chunying used her soul to form the formation and seal that person in the mountain.
Ruan Zhanxue actually snorted and laughed, "If you really think I'm arrogant, wouldn't you have told that Peacock to deal with me long ago?"
Kong Xuan's face was solemn. He knew that this thing was astonishingly fast and didn't know what monster it had eaten to obtain it. He himself was not truly incarnated in the world, so he simply suppressed the five-colored divine light and temporarily did not use it.
At this time, hearing Ruan Zhanxue's provocation, he directly drew a sword from his sleeve and slashed with the sword!
Tan Xiao also made a hand seal, "Qi governs the extreme yin, circulating the six directions..."
Only then did Ruan Zhanxue move his steps for the first time, stepping to the right rear, then tilting his body, safely dodging. He took out an object from his pocket and tossed it.
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and only realized afterwards that it was a detonator.
At this time, it was too late to react. With a loud bang, a certain place in Qiyun Ridge and the stone carvings of Jiuyi Mountain were both blown up, with rocks flying everywhere!
Mu Fei was in a mess, not expecting that Ruan Zhanxue could hand-craft explosives, and these were definitely not ordinary explosives, just like his sniper rifle that could break magic. Ruan Zhanxue put on such a show just to secretly do this, and no one knew when he had set up the explosives.
Tan Xiao exclaimed in shock, "Are you crazy? You want to eat the dragon so badly?!"
As soon as Tan Xiao's words fell, a dragon's cry had already come from the depths of the valley--
That's right, according to the ancient books they had searched through in recent days, they had arrived at an unbelievable yet only possible answer: what Tan Chunying had sealed was a dragon clan member. Not a flood dragon, but a true dragon!
In ancient times, Emperor Shun had banished the evil dragon to Mount Jiuyi, similarly not completely exterminating it, but sealing it under the rocks. It was reasonable to infer that after many years, the seal gradually showed signs of weakening, causing days of heavy rain, which Tan Chunying learned about and then took the risk of using her soul to reseal it.
It was rumored that there were no more true dragons in the world, all having followed to ascend to the upper realm. Now it was known that there were still dragons in the world, and they were ancient evil dragons.
A evil dragon was seen soaring out of the valley in the night, raising its head and singing, full of joy at regaining its freedom.
The masters present were all moved.
Who had not heard of the legends of the dragon clan? There were repeated claims of people witnessing dragons in various parts of China, and there were many legends related to dragons, but most of them were flood dragons. Today, witnessing the true form of an ancient dragon with their own eyes was truly shocking.
Seeing this, Ruan Zhanxue smiled slightly, with a hint of madness in his calmness. No longer entangled, his figure suddenly disappeared into the darkness -- his escape technique was exquisite, originally meant to attract attention to the calamity he had arranged in Mount Jiuyi, and now there was no need for it.
As Ruan Zhanxue escaped the barrier, Mu Fei's face turned pale as she pinched the microphone, "Plan B!"
Kong Xuan was not so fascinated by the dragon clan. Seeing this, he summoned the five-colored divine light and transformed into the body of a peacock, flapping his wings and flying towards the mountains, wanting to eliminate the evil dragon.
From afar, Tan Xiao saw that Kong Xuan was about to eliminate the evil dragon when suddenly a white-furred puppy stepped on the clouds and rushed out, knocking the evil dragon away, barely avoiding the five-colored divine light.
The evil dragon flipped over and even spoke human words, shouting at Kong Xuan with hatred, "Tan Chunying!!"
"??" Kong Xuan was stunned for a moment, and upon closer look, he saw that the dragon's eyes were blind, relying solely on scent to smell.
He was covered in Tan Xiao's scent, and Tan Xiao was a descendant of Tan Chunying. The evil dragon, in its rage, actually mistook Kong Xuan for Tan Chunying.
Kong Xuan was also wearing a microphone, and Tan Xiao, who heard from afar, was also stunned for a long time, not knowing whether to laugh or cry.
At the same time, the white-furred puppy that had just helped the evil dragon suddenly turned around and bit the evil dragon, tearing off a piece of dragon scale while the evil dragon's mind was focused on its enemy!
The evil dragon had been suppressed for many years and was already depressed. At this point, it became even more furious, "Tan Chunying, I will kill you!" It was so angry that it ignored the puppy and still flew towards Kong Xuan, clearly holding a deep grudge.
Kong Xuan wanted to eliminate the evil dragon, but the white-furred puppy kept interfering. When the evil dragon opened its mouth to bite Kong Xuan, a pearl flew over and struck the evil dragon's front teeth, preventing it from succeeding.
This was naturally Tan Xiao underground. While others followed Plan B, sealing off the scene, he stood in place, watching for opportunities to shoot.
Kong Xuan was annoyed by the puppy's interference, thinking that something was off about this dog. It didn't breathe fire at all, unlike a Huodou, so why did it seem more like... In his anger, he chased after the puppy to kill it, but the evil dragon still continued to closely pursue the peacock.
It was a mess in the air.
By the riverside stage, Ah Jin struggled to maintain a large illusion, preventing people within the range of the talisman from seeing what was happening in mid-air.
However, the dragon's cries were unavoidable, and the audience on-site thought it was part of the dance drama's accompaniment, nodding their heads at the sound effects.
Beside him, Aperture also received instructions and quickly made hand seals, chanting a soul-recalling spell towards Tan Chunying. With the evil dragon out, Tan Chunying's soul could also return, wouldn't this be a great help to their side?
......
Tan Chunying was about to finish the first act when the chanting sound in her ears made her feel dizzy.
At the same time, Kong Xuan flapped his wings and pounced on the puppy, followed closely by the evil dragon, while the Huodou bit the evil dragon. The three of them fought and approached the stage, passing through the illusory talisman from above and flying directly over.
Today, most of the villagers were present, and a few who looked from afar, unable to distinguish the direction, thought it was some grand show on-site, "Look, is that a light show or drones?"
Ah Jin's illusion simulated a normal outdoor scene, so the three of them were like directly barging into a studio. As a result, what the audience saw was a evil dragon, a dog, and a creature resembling a phoenix suddenly appearing in the air, chasing each other. They were colorful, huge, and lifelike, even circling a few times in the air.
On stage, the group of shamans were still dancing, making hand seals towards the air. The great shaman played by Tan Chunying even held a prop bow, as if interacting with the illusion. Talismans shuttled between them, and there was even a gust of wind sweeping by, which could be called a 5D experience, making people exclaim "awesome" and wonder how technology had developed to such an extent. Even the locals wanted to come and watch the performance often in the future.
This scene was broadcast live and spread to various parts of the nine provinces, eliciting amazement.
Among them, there were naturally a few discussions:
"What mythological story is this?"
"There shouldn't be a specific one, but dragons, phoenixes, Tiangou, those are all symbols representing the Chu shamans facing natural disasters, nature, and deities."
"Oh oh!"
In fact, let alone them, even the actors on stage did not know when the special effects had changed, even more stunning than during rehearsal. Fortunately, they were all experienced actors and could remain steady.
Only Ah Jin was on the verge of tears! Even though he had seen many chaotic scenes at the Bureau 404, he now had the urge to faint.
But he couldn't faint, and even had to add some rendering effects for them to make this scene look more realistic, praying in his heart, "Peacock God, can you please get these two away!"
That "extremely lifelike rendered illusion" of a evil dragon moved its nose, sniffing another trace of scent on the scene. Hmm? How come there was another Tan Chunying? It turned its head and probed towards Tan Chunying!
Tan Chunying was wearing a nuo mask, with long sleeves fluttering, almost touching the evil dragon's nose--
The elusive pearl struck again, hitting the evil dragon's horn. At the same time, the stage beneath Tan Chunying also flashed with a faint light. To prevent accidents on-site, the Bureau 404 had made layers of arrangements. This X-shaped stage was made in the shape of the iron shackles in the Yunmeng Marsh to suppress objects. How dare the evil dragon approach Tan Chunying or any of the audience members?
The evil dragon let out a long cry and turned around.
Almost at the same moment, the 'Tiangou' was also forced back by the divine light of the 'phoenix', turning around and biting with blood-red eyes.
It was too fast. Mu Zhenzhu had not yet returned to refill, so Tan Xiao felt his body and casually found something to shoot out.
This thing flew swiftly, and the slender dog single-mindedly gnawed at it, having no time to dodge. It collided into the Tiangou's mouth at a speed almost invisible to the naked eye, wedging between the Tiangou's teeth, clearly visible.
The audience also erupted in scattered laughter.
"Tiangou eating mooncakes?"
"Good show, good show."
This was precisely a mooncake distributed by Nanchu No.1 Middle School, personally handed to Tan Xiao by Ji Huiming at noon today.
The Tiangou was stunned for a moment, awkwardly swallowing the mooncake, a five-kernel one, and then felt slightly embarrassed and angry. Before it could find Tan Xiao's whereabouts, with a grab from the Peacock, the three divine beasts were already entangled in a chase out of the stage area, disappearing abruptly at the edge from the audience's perspective.
On stage, Tan Chunying suddenly encountered a stage accident and had been pretending to cooperate and save the scene. However, with the continuous sound of the Awakening Spell in her ears, she only felt increasingly uncomfortable, and her brow suddenly turned cold.
Ah Jin had just finished worrying about the special effects when he saw Tan Chunying's face looking unusual. This sudden awakening indeed made it hard to say if rest was needed.
He asked the on-site director in a low voice, "Attention, Teacher Tan is unwell, pay attention at any time to see if we need to switch to the backup tape."
I can do it, I can do it... Tan Chunying was seen, at the moment before she fainted, using all her life's willpower to form a hand seal and sit cross-legged, propping up her mask with her hand, leaning against the big drum. As the music fell, she struggled to strike a rather beautiful ending pose before losing consciousness.
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