Wet viviparity

Chapter 64 Back Scales, Past Life Fate
After seeing the boy off, Ji Ming took all his belongings and headed for the river north of the mountain, ready to join his brother Jin Ni.

After settling on the riverbank, he took out three command flags, and after thinking about it, he decided to stick them on his back. Then, he had an idea, and a carp on one of the flags immediately fell into the water.

"Let's go. As the saying goes, an old horse knows the way. You, an old carp, should also know where the Golden Lion Ape's water house is."

After saying that, Ji Ming waded into the water, stepped on the moss-covered slippery rocks at the bottom of the water, adjusted himself to the temperature of the water, then shrank his body and lay on the water carp spirit.

The spirit of the water carp shuttled back and forth in the river, coming out from time to time to let Ji Ming take a breath.

After lying there for a while, Ji Ming gradually felt something was wrong, as if the old carp did not know the way. So he might have to go to the Dangerous Bird Mountain and wait for the Golden Lion Ape.

"Fellow Daoist, Fellow Daoist Wang, please stay!"

A strange voice with a slightly tired tone sounded behind Ji Ming. The way it started speaking frightened Ji Ming so much that he quickly urged the water carp spirit to leave.

"Fellow."

Someone is still shouting behind me.

Ji Ming turned his head and took a look. What made him stay was an old turtle as big as a millstone, swimming behind him with a grunting sound.

"But Bi joined the army?"

Ji Ming asked the water carp spirit to stop and then asked.

He had heard Jin Nie Yuan talk about things in the water house, which included a military officer, two river patrol pioneers, and four captains and deputy captains, all of whom were fish, shrimps, turtles, crabs, etc. in the river.

"It's the old man!"

The old turtle swam closer and said, "Friend Wang, no, you are the pioneer of water-breaking, but you gave me a long chase."

Ji Ming was slightly embarrassed. The turtle spirit's previous greeting frightened him. He ignored it and said, "But the Golden Lion Ape ordered you to come find me?!"

"That's right." The old turtle spirit replied respectfully, "The Lord of the River has long since instructed us to patrol the river, especially the riverbank north of the mountain, and to invite you here as soon as possible."

The old turtle spat out a ball of grass, as if it was regurgitated from its stomach.

"This is a wave grass ball. If you take it, you can breathe underwater for a long time."

Ji Ming swallowed it with reluctance, and then drove the water carp spirit to dive underwater with General Bi, and came to a deep water rock wall.

It was dark under the deep water, and only vague traces of carvings and chiseling could be seen on the rock wall.

When Ji Ming dived to the bottom of the water, what he stepped on was not the riverbed mud, but a thick layer of fine sand and gravel, with a gravel path in it.

The path led to the rock wall. Ji Ming walked along the path. Only when he reached the rock wall did he see clearly a long staircase carved through the wall.

"Brother Wang Lu!"

Ji Ming looked in the direction of the sound and saw a niche carved out of a rock at the end of the long stairs.

The Golden Lion Ape squatted on the stone lotus seat in the niche, wearing a suit of black scale armor, a crane feather Taoist crown on his head, and a Fenlang Sword on his waist, looking very majestic.

This black scale armor was popular in the previous dynasty of Daxia. It consists of three parts: armor top, armor skirt, and shoulder pad. It is lined with leather and silk and woven with hemp rope. It is also called scale iron armor.

However, looking at the woven scales on the black scale armor, they were not made of fine iron, but some kind of fish scales, fish scales that made him feel extremely familiar.

As for the crane-feather Taoist crown, the most unique feature is the black crane feather inserted on the top. It is often worn by Taoists in Taiping Mountain when they are granted a Taoist name or during the ordination ceremony.

Later, it was introduced to the common people, and people began to wear this crown to show their nobleness and their desire to learn the truth.

"How is it?" The majestic appearance of the Golden Lion Ape did not last long. He hurriedly landed on the steps, turned around in front of Ji Ming, and asked, "How is it compared to him?"

The one he was referring to was naturally Mr. Chiyi.

The Chiyi man wore a red helmet with gilded Kui pattern, and the Jin Ni Yuan made a crane feather Taoist crown; the Chiyi man wore a set of armor from the Tian Zhou period, and he got a set of black scale armor from the Da Xia period.

Ji Ming didn't know what to say for a moment. What a naked competitive spirit!
"I've thought about it. Seeing the mountains, seeing all living beings, and seeing myself are really not suitable for me. I still feel that I must overshadow him." Ji Ming did not want to discuss this matter, so he changed the subject and talked about the matter of the three boys, hoping that Jin Ni Yuan would help cover up some of it in the future.

"Don't worry, it's a small matter."

The Golden Lion Ape agreed immediately, and then turned the topic to his black-scale armor.

"I started making this armor many years ago. Each piece of scale is taken from the thick back scales of fish spirits about four feet long. In order to collect these thick scales, I asked many brothers for help."

"Wait!" Ji Ming thought of something and asked, "I remember there was a pond at the foot of Hengshan Mountain with a big fish. Could it be that you..."

"Brother Wang knows him?"

"Not really acquaintance, just passed by there many years ago."

Ji Mingdao.

The Golden Lion Ape was relieved and said, "There is something mysterious about that pond. There is a Yinsha spring inside. The witch from Shibai Village has kept a Five Immortals Pocket in it.

I didn't bother to compete with them for the spring, but I threw some fish fry into the pond.

I thought that with the help of the Yinsha Spring, I could at least raise a few fish spirits to help me get some materials to make the black scale armor.

After that, I came to visit every seven or eight years, and collected two fish spirits and some dorsal scales.”

Ji Ming looked at Jin Nie Yuan with complicated eyes. He never expected that he and he had some "previous life connection".

"Is the Five Immortals Pouch still in the pond?"

The witch had already rushed to the battlefield of Guancai Cave in Liling, and her life and death were in danger. Her disciples in Sheyuan took refuge on Tubi Peak. So the Five Immortals' Bag was now ownerless.

"No!"

Just one word from Jin Nie Yuan instantly cooled Ji Ming's heart, which had just warmed up.

"After a severe drought many years ago, the spring seemed to have dried up, almost causing the witch's Five Immortals Bag to lose its spiritual power. Since then, she no longer dared to store the magic tools there.

After that, I occasionally passed by there, and the evil spring in the pond would appear and disappear."

Ji Ming knew the reason. It was probably because his precious eyes absorbed the spiritual energy in the pond.

The Golden Lion Ape glanced at Ji Ming, as if he could see through Ji Ming's thoughts, "Brother Wang wants to use the Yin Sha to nurture your pearl.

Speaking of which, this Yin Sha is a foul and evil aura, with a foul and evil spirit, which is difficult for a pure and moral cultivator to use for cultivation, but it is just right for refining a Yin treasure of the underworld. "

Ji Ming was about to talk about this, and said, "Although my bead has been refined, I have not yet asked for a dharma to consecrate it. I wonder if Brother Jin Ni knows any ghosts or gods, and if he can give me some thoughts and magic power to consecrate it for me."

The Golden Lion Ape gave a few bitter smiles, with an embarrassment on his face.

General Bi, who was standing by, knew that his master was a very face-conscious person and it would be even more difficult for him to refuse his brother's request. If he continued like this, he would have to put on a brave face.

"Ahem." General Bi lay in the sand and stretched out his turtle head, and said in a concentrated voice in the water: "Ghosts and gods belong to the Yin soil, which is under the jurisdiction of the Earth Cao.

The authority of my Lord of the River is only within the rivers and streams, and most of the people he has made acquaintances with are just local gods and monsters."

Jin Nie Yuan scratched his furry face and did not acknowledge what General Bi said, which made the atmosphere a little awkward.

Ji Ming was just trying to smooth things over and not let the Golden Lion Ape lose face, but he saw a round, gray crystal stone spit out of the Golden Lion Ape's mouth.

"This is a great monk"

Ji Ming was surprised.

(End of this chapter)