Chapter 336 Mermaid Teardrops, Chang’an Drought

The white snake opened its eyes. After a night of practice, its scales seemed to be whiter, with a jade-like luster, and its size was also larger, from three feet to about four feet.

Perhaps because it absorbed the purple energy of morning glow, the demonic energy on its body became lighter, and there was even a faint ray of fresh air.

It can be seen that it gained a lot this night.

"Little snake, Pindao is leaving. I hope that when we meet again, you can uphold your original intention and don't become a cannibal and evil monster."

After saying these words, Li Daoxuan threw the paper horse out with a wave of his fly whisk and prepared to leave.

He has the heart to conquer the White Snake, but he is not asking for it.

The main thing is to see whether the white snake itself has a desire to take refuge.

Seeing that Li Daoxuan was about to leave, White Snake's eyes showed a trace of firmness, as if he had made up his mind.

It spit out a small round bead from its mouth, only the size of a longan, but it emitted a soft light and seemed to have a strange power.

Li Daoxuan looked at it for a moment and finally came up with a guess as to the origin of the bead.

Teardrops are more precious than shark gauze. If ordinary people wear this item all year round, they can prolong their lives and keep their appearance forever.

The sharks have two treasures. One is shark silk, also known as dragon yarn. It is a silk cloth woven by the shark clan. It is as thin as cicada wings and can be soaked in water without getting wet.

Chang'an City was the imperial capital of two dynasties. It was called Daxing City in the Sui Dynasty. Emperor Wen of the Sui Dynasty used hundreds of thousands of people to build it in the pattern of "the heaven, the earth, the earth, and the emperor is respected." After Li Yuan made Chang'an the capital, he started to renovate it again.

Today, this majestic city is about forty miles wide from east to west and eighty miles long from north to south. It is not only the first majestic city in ancient China, but also the well-deserved first city in the world!

Li Daoxuan stood at the foot of the city, quietly opened his eyes, and looked at Chang'an City.

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"That's right, let alone collecting water for irrigation, my children haven't drank a drop of water for two days!"

Entering the city, the first thing he felt was—heat!

He reached out and picked up the small bead, and immediately felt a strange power seeping into his skin, seemingly trying to affect his body, but in the face of the majestic magic power, it quickly retreated.

And the closer you are to Tai Chi Palace, the greater this influence will be.

Li Daoxuan collected the white horse and entered Chang'an City.

Ordinary teardrops, only the size of a grain of rice, are already priceless, but this teardrop is as big as a longan, and its value is truly inestimable.

Under the influence of the mighty dragon energy, the sight of Li Daoxuan's heavenly eye was greatly reduced, and the magic power in his body was also restricted. There was a slight stagnation in the operation. He could only exert 70% to 80% of his 100% strength at most.

Well, let’s give this move a name, let’s call it...the White Dragon in the Sleeve!

After subduing the white snake, Li Daoxuan mounted the white horse and rushed towards Chang'an.

The streets in the city are like a chessboard, with merchants and shops in an endless stream. Looking from a distance, it makes people feel dazzled. It is true as Bai Juyi said in his poem, hundreds of thousands of houses are like a chess game, and the twelve streets are like vegetable fields.

Although there are still some doubts about the Xuzhou incident, such as why Zhang Laowu said that he saw tens of thousands of water ghosts, these may not be solved in a short time.

The city wall is tall and mighty, like a majestic mountain ridge. There are many soldiers in heavy armor stationed on it, with solemn and murderous looks.

Seeing the legendary imperial capital Chang'an for the first time, even Li Daoxuan, who had seen many grand scenes, couldn't help but be shocked by the majestic and prosperous city in front of him.

This bead should be the legendary teardrop.

When Li Daoxuan rode his horse to the front of Chang'an City, it was almost noon.

With a good horse that can travel thousands of miles, it only took Li Daoxuan three days to arrive in Chang'an. During this period, he also lost a lot of time due to cultivation.

Li Daoxuan noticed that many people's lips were chapped, and the pedestrians on the street were all sweating, as if they had been thirsty for a long time.

This white snake is not simple. It has extraordinary blood and is a highly venomous snake. When fighting with others in the future, if you wave your sleeves and let the white snake fly out and bite people, you will be sure to catch the opponent off guard.

"Haha, I don't know how many times I have been worshiped in the Dragon King Temple, but it is of no use at all. It is useless to even pray to the Dragon King, let alone a Taoist priest!"

Li Daoxuan has many important things to do before going to Chang'an, so he must not be delayed for a long time.

White Snake nodded, then automatically crawled to Li Daoxuan's feet and climbed up his legs. Seeing that Li Daoxuan didn't stop him, he was immediately overjoyed and crawled all the way up to Li Daoxuan's sleeves and wrapped around his wrist.

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The so-called teardrops refer to the tears of the sharks. It is recorded in Zhang Hua's "Natural History" of the Jin Dynasty: "There are sharks in the South China Sea. They live in the water like fish. They do not waste time weaving, and their eyes can weep tears."

The sun is scorching like fire, and there are bursts of heat waves.

Li Daoxuan laughed loudly and said: "Okay, then I will accept you."

The entire city is like a huge furnace, baking everything in the city, making Chang'an City, which should be bustling with traffic, become a little deserted.

The second is this teardrop, which is said to be a pearl turned into a shark's tears. Some people say that these are not the tears of the shark, but are produced from the tail of the shark. Only by killing the shark and cutting open the tail can you get this.

teardrop.

The beads glowed with a faint blue light, and when you put your ears up to them, you could faintly hear the waves of the sea.

At this moment, he finally understood why cultivators did not like to come to Chang'an City. To the people, this place was a prosperous and prosperous place, but to the cultivators, it was like a dragon's pond and a tiger's den.

"Both the Dianshui River and the Yanshui River have dried up, and the Weishui River in the north is almost drying up. If this continues, I will be ready to move out of Chang'an City!"

"It's your blessing to get this teardrop. Are you really willing to give it to me?"

Flying in blue shirt and white horse, we will descend to Chang'an in three days.

Li Daoxuan had a strange look in his eyes.

"Shh, be careful! You don't want to live anymore?"

Li Daoxuan looked at White Snake and said.

Uncle Dabao once said that Taoists in the past often ground teardrops into powder and used them as medicine to refine elixirs that prolong life. However, later on, there were fewer and fewer sharks, and now, there are almost no traces of them.

But it doesn't mean much to Li Daoxuan.

"I heard that the reason why Chang'an City suffered from severe drought was because His Majesty was at Xuanwumen back then——"

He is a cultivator, and with the help of the "Book of Demons and Demons", even without tears, he can still look young and pursue the path to immortality.

I saw the golden imperial dragon energy in the city rising into the sky, with Taiji Palace as the center, spreading out in all directions, like stars over the moon.

"Didn't His Majesty say that he was planning to convene some kind of Longmen Immortal Meeting to pray for rain?"

Along the way, Li Daoxuan heard a lot of discussions. Because of the severe drought, the people's hearts in Chang'an City were indeed a little unstable.

But we can't blame them. The ancients believed in gods and paid attention to cause and effect. The city of Chang'an has never experienced drought in more than ten years, but it happened as soon as the emperor ascended the throne. This is easy to imagine.

Many people believe that it was because Li Shimin killed his brother and imprisoned his father that the sky refused to rain.

Li Daoxuan did not go to the palace to meet the emperor immediately, but first came to Xuandu Temple in Chang'an City. He wanted to meet his very mysterious senior sister Taizhen first.
Chapter completed!