Origin

"What kind of strange person?" Wu Zhongyuan asked casually.

"I don't know." Wu Qing brought Wu Zhongyuan's dragon robe to the bedside. "The rumored guards are outside the door."

"Change into regular robes." Wu Zhongyuan waved his hand. The Yellow Emperor had two types of formal clothing. One was the dragon robe worn when going to court. There is also a kind of casual clothes for daily wear, which is more casual than court clothes, but it also has golden dragon embroidery. When he was in court, Wu Zhongyuan usually wore the second type, even when he went to court. The dragon robe was too grand, the shawl was too big, and the color was too He didn't like it very much because it was very beautiful and he had to wear a flowing crown, which was very inconvenient.

Wu Zhongyuan was dressed neatly and put on a cloak and went out. The rumored guards hurriedly saluted and informed him that there were dozens of people wearing strange clothes outside the city asking to see him.

The news was reported by the warriors guarding the city. The imperial guards were just messengers. Wu Zhongyuan did not ask any questions. He left the harem with the imperial guards, passed through the middle hall, went to the front hall, and then left the palace gate. At this time, the palace It was remodeled from the Bear Clan's royal palace. It has almost no expansion, but the area is still very large. It takes more than ten minutes to walk from the harem to the palace gate.

The guards who could enter and leave the harem were all women. After leaving the palace, they were replaced by male guards. According to etiquette, the Yellow Emperor should have nine guards accompanying him when he went out. However, Wu Zhongyuan thought it was troublesome, so he only brought two people with him. The talented warriors on duty will go to the south gate together.

It stands to reason that foreigners should be received by the Ministry of Rites, but although these people came under the banner of congratulations, their origins were unknown, and there were so many of them that the warriors guarding the city did not dare to let them into the city, so they passed the notice.

It was noon and the city gate was open. Wu Zhongyuan did not climb onto the city tower, but moved directly outside the door to face the crowd.

There were thirty or forty people outside the city gate, but these people were not in one group, but in small groups, scattered in different areas outside the city, wearing various costumes, some wearing thick coats. Some were wearing thin silk singles, obviously from different regions.

Due to the close distance, Wu Zhongyuan could sense the situation of these people. There were more inhuman than human, and most of them had spiritual energy cultivation above purple energy. Five of them had Taixu cultivation, and some of them looked familiar to Wu Zhongyuan. , seems to have been seen from Minshan not long ago.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan appear, the leaders hurriedly came forward to greet him. There were seven people in total who came to greet him, five Taixu and two Taixuan, all of whom were elderly.

These people didn't seem to be familiar with each other, and they rushed forward to greet each other. Wu Zhongyuan responded to each one one by one with confusion. After stating their names, these people would present gift lists to congratulate him on the Hunyuan Cauldron.

Everyone didn't seem to want to delay. They just stated their names, presented the gift list, left gifts, and hurriedly left. Seven groups of people left in less than five minutes, leaving seven gifts behind. These gifts They are all packed in boxes and boxes of different sizes and materials.

Among the seven gifts, some were just a small box, while others were several large boxes.

The seven gift lists are made of different materials. Some of them are more formal, while the remaining ones are either cut from wooden boards or made from strips of cloth torn from clothes. They were obviously written in a hurry.

However, although the gift lists are different, they have one thing in common, that is, the names are written in large and conspicuous words.

Seeing people coming and going in a hurry, Wu Zhongyuan was confused. Why was it like his butt was on fire? Could it be that there were concealed weapons hidden in these boxes?

Having doubts in his heart, he secretly summoned his spiritual energy to be on guard, and opened a few boxes, which contained some strange gifts. A wooden box about a foot square contained a box full of animal inner elixirs, and another A large five-foot-square box contained a water tank. In the water tank were several strange-shaped aquatic animals, a bit like salamanders, but they were all golden and had dragon whiskers on their cheeks.

Just when Wu Zhongyuan was secretly wondering, a huge bird flew from the southeast. Wu Zhongyuan felt something and looked into the distance. He saw that it was a huge alien vulture. There were two people sitting on the back of the vulture. They were the same people who had died not long ago. The old couple in shabby clothes that Minshan saw.

The elderly couple was still far away. During the time when the vulture flew closer, Wu Zhongyuan looked at all the gifts. The gifts presented by everyone were various, some were spiritual objects, some were animal inner elixirs, and there were also exquisite jades and various kinds of gifts. The source and function of the treasures planted in heaven and earth were explained on the gift sheet, but he didn't have time to look carefully at the moment.

Not long after, the vulture flew close, and the elderly couple got off the vulture. The white-faced old woman was still carrying the big bag, and the crutch in the yellow-faced old man's hand was replaced by something wrapped in rags. The long handle has a wide and flat end, and its outline looks very much like a modern shovel. To be precise, it looks more like a wide wooden shovel used for drying grain.

Before the vulture landed, the two of them had already seen Wu Zhongyuan standing outside the city gate. When the vulture landed, the two of them got off the vulture with unnatural smiles on their faces.

As early as in Minshan, Wu Zhongyuan had already known that this elderly couple were aliens. Not every elderly person has kind eyebrows and kind eyes. These two people have ugly eyebrows and rat eyes, especially the white-faced old woman with small ears, broken eyebrows, and three white eyes. With thin lips, high cheekbones, and a nose bridge, he looks like a mean and domineering master.

But as the saying goes, a vicious punch will not hit a smiling person, and Wu Zhongyuan couldn't keep a straight face when the two of them smiled at him. The two of them smiled unnaturally, and he also didn't smile naturally.

Not long after, the two men approached, raised their hands to salute Wu Zhongyuan, and addressed him as Golden Dragon and Yellow Emperor.

Before Wu Zhongyuan could return the gift, the white-faced old woman glared at the old man fiercely. Seeing this, the latter hurriedly handed the thing wrapped in rags to Wu Zhongyuan.

Before the yellow-faced old man could speak, the white-faced old woman gave him another dissatisfied look, snatched the thing from the old man's hand, shook her hands and used strength to shatter the rag wrapped around it.

After the rag was gone, the thing revealed its true appearance. It was not a wooden shovel, but a purple-red Qimen weapon. The handle was four feet long, and the end was wide and in the shape of a lion's nose. There were one long, two short, and three thorns on the end. It has long sharp thorns, hidden sharpness, and restrained aura.

Although he has never seen this weapon, Wu Zhongyuan knows what it is because he has seen similar things many times before. The so-called similarity refers to the feeling rather than the appearance. This object is probably a psychic weapon. One of the lion dragon rake.

When it comes to rakes, many people will instinctively think of Zhu Bajie's nine-tooth nail rake. In fact, the rake in the weapon is completely different from the rake used to remove dung. Its full name is boring palladium, which is somewhat similar to Fang Tian's painted halberd. A long weapon, usually used in large-scale battles.

The white-faced old woman presented the lion-dragon rake with both hands, "Tell the Golden Dragon and Yellow Emperor that we got this lion-dragon rake by chance earlier. Although we know that this thing was used by the Eighteenth Vice-President of the Emperor, we just don't know who should return it to it. This time it will be returned to its original state." Lord, I would like to congratulate Jinlong Huangdi for receiving the artifact of creation."

"You two are interested." Wu Zhongyuan reached out and took it, concentrating on sensing that the magical power of the psychic weapon is not only indestructible, but also can replenish spiritual energy for the master. Whether it can replenish spiritual energy is also one of the ways to distinguish between true and false. Facts have proved that this The object is indeed a lion-dragon rake, and its ability to replenish spiritual energy also shows that the Xuanwen gold slips contained within it are still there.

Seeing Wu Zhongyuan say something in an understatement and then nothing more, the yellow-faced old man turned to look at the old woman. The old woman seemed to be unable to speak unless she glanced at the old man. First she glanced at him dissatisfied, and then grabbed something from her bag. He took out a small bag and handed it to Wu Zhongyuan again, "My husband and I have lived in seclusion in the Western Lizard Valley for many years. Over the past few hundred years, we have obtained these fire lizard inner elixirs. We can carry them with us to avoid all kinds of poisons and offer them to the Golden Dragon and Yellow Emperor."

"No reward for no merit, how can this be done?" Wu Zhongyuan waved his hands repeatedly.

The white-faced old woman tried her best to put on a friendly and kind smile, "The Golden Dragon and Yellow Emperor rule the human race and have great power. It is an honor for us and my wife that you can accept our gifts and tributes."

The white-faced old woman's smile made Wu Zhongyuan's scalp numb, and Wu Zhongyuan had goosebumps all over his body. Just as he was about to decline politely, the white-faced old woman had already stuffed the package into his hand, "This is our heartfelt wish, please don't refuse." .”

"What are you doing?" Wu Zhongyuan shook his head helplessly, "Do you need my help with something?"

The yellow-faced old man sneered and said, "Golden Dragon and Yellow Emperor, we don't have anything else to do. We are just about to expire and would like to borrow your alchemy cauldron to refine..."

Before the yellow-faced old man could finish speaking, the old woman gave him a fierce push, then hurriedly said goodbye to Wu Zhongyuan, pulling the yellow-faced old man along at a fast pace. No matter how Wu Zhongyuan tried to persuade him to stay, the old woman ignored him and rode on the vulture. Take off to the west.

Wu Zhongyuan was still wondering why these people gave him gifts, but now he finally understood that these people were all here for Hunyuan Ding. Even the eight groups of people, including the old couple, knew about Hunyuan Ding. Because of his strangeness, he thought that he could not steal or rob, so he had to come to give gifts as a sign of goodwill. The reason why he did not explain his purpose and came and went in a hurry was because he was worried that he would return the gifts.

As long as he accepts the gift, he will be embarrassed to refuse if they ask again in the future, at least he will not refuse so simply.

If he just borrowed the alchemy cauldron, Wu Zhongyuan would not be stingy, but he did not know the details of these people, nor did he know whether they were good or bad. The Hunyuan cauldron can not only refine the ninth-level elixirs of Tiange, but also The smelting of other elixirs is so magical, how can it be easily borrowed from others, let alone taken away, even if it is owned by the bear, he will not agree to use it under his supervision.

There is a modern saying that a dog will not bite the gift giver, but sometimes receiving gifts is not a pleasant thing, especially when you know that the other person wants something from you.

If you think about it carefully, it is more likely that these people want to borrow the alchemy cauldron or refine the qi-boosting elixir, because unlike the ninth level of the Dige, the ninth level of the Tiange can extend the life span. The reason why these people are very attracted to it. Because they rarely show up in daily life, the aliens are not very interested in power. What they are interested in is immortality. In order to live forever, they will do anything.

If you want to smelt high-level elixirs, you must first have enough raw materials. The reason why these gift-givers did not make requests at this time is probably because they lack enough raw materials. In order to obtain animal inner elixirs and various kinds of elixirs that can be used to temper elixirs, Spiritual beings, they will do anything.

His previous worries are about to come true. When the Hunyuan Ding comes to light again, it will inevitably cause endless killings...