Shark Candle

It is said that "there are sharks in the East China Sea, who can live for thousands of years, weeping and tearing into pearls, which are invaluable; the ointment burns the lamp, which is immortal for thousands of years; the shark silk weaves is as light as a feather; its scales can cure all diseases and prolong life. After death, it turns into cloud and rain, rises in the sky, and falls in the sea."

In ancient times, Huangdi Xuanyuan was the co-lord of the Chinese nation and the head of the five emperors.The Xuanyuan family made great military achievements throughout their lives. They captured and killed Chi You in the Battle of Zhuolu, and unified the tribes in the Central Plains. It is said that he reigned for a long time and traveled everywhere during his reign.While swimming on the coast of the East China Sea, I saw a strange creature with a fish tail and a human body, living in the water like a fish, weeping and tearing into beads, it was very strange.The Yellow Emperor was delighted to see the hunter, so he caught it and called it a shark.

The Xuanyuan family enjoyed it for a few days, but found it tasteless, so they took the hearts of nine sharks, kept one soul, refined a wick with secret methods, took their bodies and the body of Zhu Jiuyin, and made a candle, nine inches high (about 30 cm) ), the name Shark Soul Candle.

The body of the candle is in the shape of a snake, standing in a circle, the mouth of the snake is opened, and the wick comes out of it, which is very miraculous.The whole body of the snake is golden yellow, and the scales are arranged finely and exquisitely.The candlestick and the sheath were made of meteorite iron from the sky, and the hollowed out filaments outlined the complicated patterns, and the candle body was clasped. The candlestick was in the shape of a lotus flower, two inches (nearly 7 cm) high, with the snake tail inserted in the lotus heart, and the whole candle was integrated like a candle. natural.Candle Soul is a handsome male merman, eight feet tall, with a human body and fish tail, black eyes and blue hair, who appears in the world after being ignited.

The Xuanyuan clan loved this candle very much, and they carried it with them all the time. Afterwards, they traveled far and wide, traveling all over the land of China.Later, he was endowed with some magical abilities by the Xuanyuan family. After paying a certain price, he can know the past of mortals and peek into the secrets of heaven.Legend has it that if the igniter pours his own blood into the mouth of the snake, and when the blood flows to the tail of the snake, the candle wick will be lit, and the soul of the candle will appear.

After the death of the Yellow Emperor, Shark Soul Candle wandered into the world for some reason and disappeared.

Until the Zhou Dynasty, this candle was inadvertently obtained by King Mu of Zhou during his travels. King Mu knew its usage, lit it, and asked Candle Soul about the strange people in the world. It looks like a human being, with a leopard tail and tiger teeth, good at howling, fluffy hair and wearing a hoop, it is the strongest of the heavens and the five disabled", accompanied by three blue birds. "Mu Wangqi then used the Zaofu, who was good at making, as his coachman, and the eight steed horses (Chiji, Roboli, Baiyi, Yulun, Shanzi, Quhuang, Hualiu, and Luer) presented by the princes as his driver, Going to the West. Conquering all the way, they arrived at the Kunlun Hill. The Queen Mother of the West came out to stop him, invited him to see the Palace of the Yellow Emperor, welcomed him to the Yaochi, and hosted a banquet for him. The two wrote poems together, and got "four white deer, four white wolves" And return. In the "Mu Tianzi Biography", "Shan Hai Jing" and other books left a paragraph of legendary stories.

After the death of King Mu of Zhou, Shark Soul Candle was also brought into the tomb by him to be buried with him.Unexpectedly, later generations knew the magic of this candle, so they brought it out, and lost its trace in a certain robbery, and I don't know where it went.

The old fox of the third uncle heard the legend of the Shark Soul Candle, and got the whereabouts of the Shark Soul Candle from nowhere, and told the little brother the news.The little brother went down to look for it, and the third uncle also decided to get some good stuff. He called Wu Xie and asked him to go and see, and the story unfolded...