RNP Chapter 5 The Divine Crocodile
Chapter 5 The Divine Crocodile
"Senior Brother Yuan."
The girl in blue flew through the air and landed slowly beside Yuan Qingsu. Her small embroidered shoes, with the toes pointing towards the ground, did not actually land. They stopped half a foot away from this desolate land, lifted up by the crystal-clear and sacred light.
Like a fairy peeking out from the sunlight, she is beautiful in a fresh and captivating way.
Especially her beautiful eyes, clear as a winter night sky, are full of spirit and make people forget the mundane world.
Yuan Qingsu could see herself reflected in those eyes.
The boy in the morning light was full of vigor and showed no signs of old age.
He seems even more handsome than yesterday...
"Junior Sister." He nodded with a smile in greeting. For Yuan Qingsu, this Immortal Eye had come at just the right time.
Weiwei remained calm, maintaining her usual tranquility, and bowed again. Privately, she thought this senior brother's smile was incredibly handsome.
Her clear and captivating eyes involuntarily fell on that face, and she discovered that the two souls within the other person's body were gone, seemingly having merged into one. The soul light grew even more intense, like the sun, illuminating every part of his body with a crystalline glow.
The boy's body, wrapped in clothes, shone brightly...
Yuan Qingsu didn't notice the girl's unusual behavior. In his memory, the girl had always been aloof. So he gestured for her to look at Li Xiaoman, who was walking out of the forbidden area: "Junior Sister Weiwei, did you see that group of people? I think that old woman is very special. Can you tell what it is?"
The invisible curse power within the desolate forbidden land revived, stripping away the years. Just like the original trajectory, except for Ye Fan, Pang Bo, and Liu Yiyi, who had eaten the red holy fruit, everyone else became an old man, just like before.
With her white hair and wrinkled skin, Li Xiaoman blended into the crowd, walking shakily through the weeds, no longer showing any trace of her former beauty.
"This old woman is indeed a bit strange..."
Weiwei suppressed her desire to look again and followed Yuan Qingsu's gesture. Her fairy eyes fell on Li Xiaoman. At first glance, she was just an ordinary person, but because of what he said, she looked at her a few more times.
The more I looked at it, the more something seemed off.
The Celestial Eye, bearing the word "Celestial," is said to be able to see through the void and glimpse the path to immortality. Even though it is not yet fully developed, its power is still extraordinary.
"The dozens of marks on the Wheel of Life are undeniable, but her 'Sea of Suffering' has been activated. Logically, at her age, that shouldn't be possible... Wait, she came from the forbidden zone, I understand."
"No, it's not just that. There's a seed inside her soul, something foreign. What is it? It looks like a crocodile. Is this parasitism? Is it possession? How terrifying... Wait, how did Senior Brother Yuan know I could see all this? Does he know I'm watching him?"
Weiwei fell silent.
The Celestial Eyes were her secret, something she had never told anyone before, but now it seems someone has discovered them.
But that shouldn't be the case; she should have been hiding it very well...
After a brief wait, watching the approaching urban youths, Yuan Qingsu turned to the increasingly quiet Weiwei and asked, "So, what did you see?"
"The Sea of Bitterness has been activated; they must be a group of lucky individuals who accidentally entered the forbidden zone and then came out. Oh, and their clothing is quite unique," the girl said softly. "What does Senior Brother Yuan think?"
"That's all you can see?"
"Um."
"Oh......"
Yuan Qingsu and Weiwei exchanged a glance. His gaze swept over Weiwei's snow-white chin, her warm, cherry-red lips, and her delicate nose, lingering for a moment on her bright eyes. As if he had grasped the girl's thoughts in that instant, the corners of his mouth turned up slightly, and he chuckled softly:
"Your eyes are very special. It's a good thing to be so vigilant, especially in the Yao Guang Holy Land. You must be extra careful and not let others know. You've done a good job in this regard, so it seems I don't need to remind you."
"But the situation is urgent right now, and I have absolutely no ill intentions towards you, Junior Sister. I need a definite answer... Did you see a [Divine Crocodile] within her soul?"
"!!"
Weiwei couldn't help but glance at him, her expression seemingly asking how he knew, but she couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. It was so good that Senior Brother Yuan hadn't noticed her peeking at him at all.
As expected… Yuan Qingsu nodded knowingly, getting the answer from the girl's expression, and then asked, "Is the Primordial Spirit Crocodile still very small? Very weak?"
"Um."
"Did you see a black evil spirit mingling in the crowd?" Yuan Qingsu asked again. In the original trajectory, the divine thoughts of the Great Accomplished Holy Body after its death also came to the Big Dipper from the ancient star Yinghuo with the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin. Even though the Buddha had cut off ninety percent of its Dao root, it was still terrifying and must be guarded against.
"No." Weiwei glanced at the crowd again and said calmly, her voice cold.
"it is good."
Yuan Qingsu felt slightly relieved and no longer hesitated. He stepped on divine light and transformed into a long rainbow, soaring into the sky and arriving in front of the group of people. He stood in mid-air, surrounded by divine light, which made him look radiant from head to toe, like an immortal who had stepped out of mythology.
In the crowd, Ye Fan and Pang Bo noticed Yuan Qingsu immediately. After seeing his face clearly, they were both surprised. They didn't expect to meet again so soon and almost shouted out loud.
Yuan Qingsu looked down at everyone's reactions, her gaze lingering on Li Xiaoman for a moment before exchanging a glance with Ye Fan and Pang Bo.
He smiled slightly, his lips moved slightly to gather his voice into a single point, and whispered a word of advice in their ears.
Ye Fan and Pang Bo exchanged a glance and fell silent simultaneously.
The three of them moved very discreetly, and even Vivi, who arrived later, didn't notice anything.
At this moment, some people in the crowd could no longer contain themselves and cried out for help: "Are you a celestial being? We are a group of people in distress, can you save us?"
The speaker was a woman who was originally in her prime, but now her skin was withered and she looked old and frail. She spoke in a hoarse voice.
Weiwei stood beside Yuan Qingsu, looking down at the woman as well. She didn't know what Yuan Qingsu wanted, but the strange behavior surrounding Li Xiaoman made her wary. She carefully inquired, "Who are you? Where are you from?"
Out of instinctive wariness, the group of urban youths did not tell the truth, nor did they mention the Nine Dragons Pulling the Coffin. Instead, they vaguely said that they came from the West and had inexplicably arrived here.
Yuan Qingsu did not expose them, nor did she allow Weiwei to interrogate Li Xiaoman separately. Instead, she pretended to know nothing, descended from mid-air, and walked among the crowd. She showed interest in the bowls, prayer beads, bronze lamps, and vajras they held, and asked them one by one if they wanted to see them.
In this process, he absorbed the rich essence of Taoism.