Sword Xia of the Shu Mountains Chapter 42: Erlangshen cracks the Zhenlong chess game

On the order of the Jade Emperor, Erlangshen and Roaring Dog descended from the sky to the human world and found the Mountain of Changyang. When the two of them hovered above Changyang Mountain, they found that the entire Changyang Mountain had been turned into ruins. It's a huge pit;

After seeing this situation, Erlangshen was shocked. While amazed at Xingtian's amazing destructive power, he also seemed to understand his true intention to let Chang Yangshan completely disappear from this world

"Xing Tian's divine power is really amazing, I guess the guys in Xianjie are going to suffer; I think the reason why he does this must be that he doesn't want people to know that his head is hidden in this Changyang Mountain"

"That's right, Master; although he destroyed Changyang Mountain like this, it doesn't mean we can't find his head"

"Let's go down and have a look now"

After finishing speaking, Erlangshen and Howling Dog rode the white clouds and descended to a distance of about five meters from the giant pit; then, Erlangshen opened the sky-seeing magic eye on his forehead with magic power and glanced around, and found the giant pit There was a mysterious power hidden underneath; suddenly, he felt that this mysterious power turned into a tornado that was breaking through the ground from the bottom of the huge pit and attacked in the direction where he and the Howling Dog were suspended, before he had time to prepare. The next two people have been swept into the ground by the tornado and disappeared. After a while, Erlangshen and Howling Dog gradually woke up from the coma. After waking up, they found that they were in a world they had never seen before. In a world as beautiful as a picture scroll, there is a piece of green grass. In this green grass, there are countless beautiful flowers of different colors. A group of butterflies are flying freely in the sky. When he slowly lifted up, a white butterfly slowly flew down to his hand. When Erlang Shen tried to grab the white butterfly with his hand, he found that the butterfly was in harmony with what he saw around him. All the sights he saw disappeared, replaced by a real scene in reality. He found himself and the roaring dog in a huge cave. Although there was no sunlight in the cave, the light in the cave was still there. But it was still as clear as day; just when Erlang Shen wanted to know where this was, a voice came from the cave to Erlang Shen's ears through echo

"You are here to find the head of the **** of war Xingtian"

At this time, Erlang Shen looked at the direction the voice came from and asked

"Who are you? Why did you bring us here and where is this place?"

At this time, a figure wearing an ancient costume came towards him from the direction where Erlangshen stood. When he started to approach Erlangshen and Roaring Dog, Erlangshen could see his appearance clearly at this time; this The man has long crimson hair, a crimson beard, two long crimson eyebrows hanging down either side of his cheeks, and his face is covered with old wrinkles and looks like a An old man of about seventy or eighty years old, his eyes are a little special. The two beads in the eyes of ordinary people are generally black, but his eyes are golden. The man stood in front of Erlangshen and carefully looked at Erlangshen's whole body with his two golden eyes and said

"You are from the heaven, right? You have an extra eye on your forehead. From your figure and appearance, you can tell that you must not be an ordinary human being. Only gods with powerful mana can withstand me. The tornado that just blew"

"That's right, I am Erlang God, one of the gods in the heavens. I came to Changyang Mountain to find Xingtian's head on the order of the Jade Emperor"

"Then why don't you ask me who I am?"

After listening to the great immortal, Erlang Shen raised his arms and asked respectfully

"Excuse me, where is Daxian sacred and why is he in this Changyang Mountain?"

"Have you heard the legend of the ancient fire **** Zhu Rong and the water **** Gong Gong"

"Of course I've heard that Xiaoshen heard this legend from Jiang Taigong when he was helping King Wu of Zhou to defeat Zhou; when the fire **** Zhu Rong and the water **** Gonggong had a shocking battle, Gonggong accidentally knocked down Mount Buzhou, As a result, the floods flooded, and the people were struggling to live. Later, Gonggong was demoted to Changyang Mountain by Xuanyuan Huangdi to guard Xingtian's head."

When Erlangshen said this, he couldn't help but be startled, and suddenly realized the truth

"Could it be that you are Gonggong?"

After listening to Erlangshen's words, Daxian smiled and nodded and admitted

"Yes, I am the Gong Gong who was demoted by Xuanyuan Huangdi to Changyang Mountain to guard Xingtian's head because he knocked down Buzhou Mountain"

After listening to Gonggong's words, Erlang Shen said excitedly

"Great, I finally found the Water God Gonggong"

After listening to Erlangshen's words, Gonggong said

"You came here to find me to use Xingtian's head to deal with Xingtian, right?"

After listening to Gonggong's words, Erlang Shen looked at Gonggong in surprise and asked

"How did you know?"

Gonggong did not answer Erlangshen's question, but asked directly

"The only people in the world who know about Xingtian's weakness are Empress Nuwa and me. How do you know that Xingtian's body cannot be integrated with his head? Could it be that you peeked at Empress Nuwa's? A book from heaven?"

When Gonggong asked this question, there was a slight seriousness in his eyes and expression. Erlangshen, who was not afraid of the sky and earth, was instantly stunned by his aura. After a while of surprise, Erlangshen adjusted. After a moment of his own emotions, he replied

"To tell the truth, it was the goddess Nuwa who showed her spirit and gave her celestial book to the Jade Emperor, and then the Jade Emperor gave it to me"

"Where's the book that day? Did you bring it?"

"The Jade Emperor has given me the Book of Heaven"

After speaking, Erlang Shen honestly took the Book of Heaven out of his arms; Gonggong took a look at the Book of Heaven and nodded slightly, and the expression on his face instantly became gentle

"Well, it really is the book of the goddess Nuwa. I thought you peeped at the secrets held by the goddess Nuwa. You must know that peeping at the secrets of the heavens is a serious crime and will be punished by capital punishment"

After speaking, Gonggong returned the book to Erlang Shen, and then continued

"If you can read the scripture, it shows that you are indeed not an ordinary immortal. Even I can't understand this scripture. It is God's will that you can understand this scripture. Empress Nuwa is really selfless, in order to eliminate Xingtian To save the people of the world at the cost of revealing the secrets of the world, and sacrificing thousands of years of Taoism, is truly a person who sacrifices himself for others.”

"Are you saying that Empress Nuwa sacrificed her thousands of years of Taoism for this book?"

"Well, that's right. Because the secret of heaven cannot be leaked casually, the mother of the earth, Mother Nuwa, holds the fate and laws of all creatures in the world. Once the secret of heaven is leaked, it is equivalent to destroying the world. All the fates and laws of all things require not only sacrificing her thousands of years of Taoism, but also her primordial spirit will be depleted a lot."

After listening to Gonggong's words, Erlang Shen said with emotion

"Mother Nuwa is really worthy of being the mother of the earth"

After he finished speaking, he was even more anxious to get Xingtian's head, so he hurriedly said to Gonggong

"It's not too late, please give me Xingtian's head quickly"

At this time, Gong Gong touched the beard on his chin for a while and said

"When Xingtian left Changyang Mountain, he turned the entire Changyang Mountain into ruins. In fact, he wanted to destroy his head and me in this Changyang Mountain, so that the world would never know about him. This secret, I had long expected him to do this, so I used the magic to escape into the ground; if you want to get his head, it is not so easy to get."

"Why?"

"Because there is a primordial spirit in Xingtian's head that can completely restrain the primordial spirit in his body. This primordial spirit is so powerful that people can't approach it, and it has been sealed by Xuanyuan Huangdi. If you want to get Xingtian's head, you must We need to lift Xuanyuan Huangdi's seal"

"Then how can I lift the seal of Xuanyuan Huangdi?"

"If you want to lift the seal, you must crack the Zhenlong chess game"

"Jinlong chess game?"

"Yes, this Zhenlong chess game was set up by Huangdi Xuanyuan. When Huangdi punished me to guard Xingtian's head here, he thought that Xingtian might be resurrected one day in the future, and finally brought harm to the world, so he arranged me here. Set up this chess game to wait for this destined person who can control Xingtian's head"

"You mean, as long as I play a game of chess with you and solve this so-called Zhenlong chess game, I can get Xingtian's head, right?"

"That's right, Mr. Erlang, please come with me"

After Gonggong finished speaking, he took Erlangshen and the roaring dog to the entrance of a secret room in the cave. There was a stone door at the entrance of the secret room. The door was tightly closed, and there was no light in the gap. There is no handle on it, so I don't know which way to open it.

At this time, Gong Gong silently recited the incantation, and a sea-blue water vapor spewed out from his fingertips and rushed through the gap of the stone gate. After a while, the stone gate was opened, and the torches in the secret room It also burned automatically the moment the stone door was opened, and the indoor environment was clearly illuminated. At this time, Erlangshen and Xiaotianquan quickly noticed that there was a square jade chess table in the middle of the secret room. There were seats on the north and south sides of the chess table. On the chess table, there was a chess game composed of black and white pieces , after seeing the chess game; Erlang Shen thought to himself: This must be the Zhenlong chess game that Gonggong said

"Jiro, please"

After Gonggong finished speaking, a leg-carrying somersault flipped over to the north of the chess table, and then sat down on the north side, and Erlang Shen had to sit on the south of the chess table, the roaring dog. Then stood on the right hand side of Erlang God sitting and watched; Gong Gong saw Erlang God sitting down and said

"This is the Zhenlong chess game. Zhenjun Erlang is a guest when he first arrives. Please make your move first. If you can beat my Zhenlong chess game, you will be able to see Xingtian's head"

"Okay, since Daxian speaks, then I, Erlang God, will be more respectful than obedient"

After speaking, Erlang Shen used the teleportation method to remove a white chess piece from the chess basket on his left and moved it toward the empty spot surrounded by the white chess pieces; unexpectedly, he played a dead chess game, After seeing this peculiar trick, Gonggong asked in doubt

"Erlang Zhenjun, why did you throw the chess pieces into the circle? Isn't this a dead chess game?"

Shen Erlang smiled and said to Gonggong

"My Erlangshen doesn't know how to play Go, so I don't have any desire to win at all, I'm just addicted to it"

After listening to Erlangshen's words, Gonggong shook his head with a serious expression and returned to the road

"Now it's my turn"

After speaking, Gonggong also used the method of extracting objects from the air to fill a sunspot in the space surrounded by the sunspots, and surrounded the white ones to death, and those surrounded by the whites disappeared; After seeing this situation, Erlang Shen couldn't help frowning, looked at Gong Gong with a puzzled face and asked

"What's the matter, why are all my white sons gone"

Gonggong explained to Erlangshen with a smile

"This is the secret of the Zhenlong chess game. All the surrounded pieces will disappear. When all the pieces on one side disappear, the game will be finished."

After finishing speaking, he stretched out his hand and made an inviting gesture to say to Erlang God

"Erlang Zhenjun, it's your turn"

After listening to Gonggong's words, Erlang Shen hesitated, thinking that he had come to Changyang Mountain to look for Xingtian's head under the order of the Jade Emperor, but he had to stop at this small game of chess, and he couldn't help but feel a little lost. , but in order to complete the Jade Emperor's mission, he must win; so, he began to become serious and let the white seed in his hand fall in the gap where the sunspot had not had time to encircle it, so that his white seed would not disappear again. ; In this way, the two have been playing four or five rounds without a winner, and none of the white children placed by Erlang Shen disappeared, while the black children of Gonggong became more and more; at this time, Gonggong was very proud. The ground taunted Erlang God

"Erlang Zhenjun, if you continue like this, you will definitely lose. It seems that you can't solve the mystery. It is better to quit as soon as possible, so as not to let this game hurt your brain"

Erlangshen didn't care about Gonggong's ridicule at all, just focused on how to win the game; suddenly, a picture he had never seen before appeared in his mind, he saw two teams The men and horses dressed in black and white were fighting each other on a plain. The screeching and shouting of the horses came one after another in this fight. After a period of fighting, the men and horses in black uniforms gradually gained the upper hand, and the helpers who came to reinforce them. More and more, and fewer and fewer men and horses in white uniforms. In the end, because of the disparity in power, the men and horses in white uniforms were quickly killed by the men and horses in black uniforms; At this time, a strange thing happened, just when all the men and horses in white battle uniforms were killed, the battle uniforms on the men and horses in black battle uniforms suddenly turned white;

Shen Erlang suddenly woke up at this time, he finally found a way to solve the chess game; so, without saying a word, he once again threw his white stones into the team surrounded by black stones, and the surrounded white stones He disappeared immediately; after seeing this, the roaring dog hurriedly said to him

"Master, you will lose like this"

But Erlang Shen calmly and calmly said to the roaring dog

"Lose if you lose. Anyway, I can't win this game. If I can't win, it's better to lose happily"

The Gonggong sitting in the north continued to mock Erlang God

"Erlang Zhenjun, do you really want to give up?"

"It's my business to let go or not. I don't think I can win this game. If I can't win, then I'll lose. After all, I'll be fine."

"Okay, if that's the case, I'll let you lose the game completely"

After finishing speaking, Gonggong dropped black stones and made Erlangshen's other pile of white stones disappear from the chessboard; just like this, the two continued to play a few rounds until all the white stones that Erlangshen placed on the chessboard disappeared, Gonggong's sunspot turned white at this moment; at this time, Gonggong said with joy and surprise

"I didn't expect that the real monarch would see it out. Congratulations to the real monarch for breaking the Zhenlong chess game. It seems that you are indeed a destined person who can crack the chess game. The important task of eliminating Xingtian and saving the common people will be left to you to complete." /

"You mean, I won?"

"That's right, that's right. Back then, Emperor Xuanyuan asked me to set up this rare chess game to take advantage of the competitive spirit of ordinary people, making people trapped in this chess game forever and unable to win; the more eager they are to win Those who refuse to admit defeat will be unable to decipher the mysteries of this chess game; and Zhenjun Erlang has no desire to win, and does not care about success or failure. "

After listening to this, Erlang Shen wanted to tell Gonggong the dream he had meditated in his mind before, but he couldn't open his mouth. Since this is God's will, then let it be and accept God's will.

At this moment, Heizi, who had just transformed into Baizi, suddenly turned into a purple light, and cut a hole more than two meters high on the north wall of the secret room; The interior was also bright, and Erlang Shen suddenly felt a powerful force coming from the secret room, and he couldn't help thinking: Xing Tian's head should be there; as expected by Erlang Shen, Xing Tian The head was indeed placed there

"Erlang Zhenjun, please, Xingtian's head is there, you can go in and get it now"

After Gonggong finished speaking, he took the Erlang God and the roaring dog into the cave together along the entrance of the cave; I saw a man with wide eyes and unkempt hair, full of beards, almost like a boulder in the cave. The size of the head is suspended in mid-air

"So this is Xingtian's head"

"Yes, that's right"

"How should I get it?"

"Just use this"

After Gonggong finished speaking, he handed Erlangshen a red cloth bag. Erlangshen took a serious and careful look at the cloth bag and found that this cloth bag was no different from an ordinary cloth bag, except that there was a golden light inside the bag

"What is this?"

"This is the Qiankun bag. It can **** all the fetishes that hide huge energy into the bag. This cloth bag is used to wrap Xingtian's head. You only need to shout the word "receive" to this bag to destroy Xingtian. put the head in the bag"

Therefore, Erlangshen shouted the word "receive" to the Qiankun bag according to Gonggong's instructions, and Xingtian's head flew into the bag immediately; after receiving Xingtian's head, Erlangshen and Roaring Heavenly Dog followed. The water **** Gonggong walked out of the secret room together and stood in the center of a large boulder formation outside the secret room, ready to fly back to the outside world from here, Gonggong said to Erlang God before departure

"Erlang Zhenjun, after you go out, with this head, you will definitely be able to destroy Xingtian, and the important task of saving the common people will fall on you"

And Erlang Shen also arched his arms and said to Gonggong

"Lord Water God, thanks to your help this time, I can get Xingtian's head. After I destroy Xingtian, I will tell the Jade Emperor to let you walk out of this mountain of constant sheep"

Ke Gonggong decisively rejected Erlangshen's good intentions

"Erlang Zhenjun's good intentions, I understand, when I was sentenced here to guard Xingtian's head, I was ordered by the goddess Nuwa, and it has nothing to do with the Jade Emperor. Besides, I have been in Changyang Mountain for so long. Time is running out, I'm already tired of the disputes and fights in the outside world, so let me stay in this Changyang Mountain"

"If that's the case, then I'll take my leave. Water God take care, Erlang God will also go"

Therefore, Erlang God and Howling Dog jumped from the stone formation to the illusion above their heads; in the illusion, Erlang God and Howling Dog once again saw the blue sky, white clouds and grass that they had seen before. , flowers, butterflies and a series of illusions; after the illusion passed, the two returned to the ruins after Changyang Mountain was flattened.