Chapter 68: The Dragon Mark Surges and Hurts the King
"Madam? God?" Yang Dabing and Xi Ye took the idle talk to heart and could not help but become nervous.
Yang Dabao stepped forward and bowed, "Is the person you two ladies talking about called Bai Tian?"
The two maids looked at Yang Dabing in bewilderment, then shook their heads and said, "We didn't hear the whole story, but we only heard that it was a girl in red, as beautiful as a fairy, and our Nine Sect Master wanted to marry her, and is now planning the wedding."
Xi Ye hurriedly asked: "Does the girl agree?"
The two maids saw that the man in front of them had a beautiful appearance, with sharp eyebrows and cold handsomeness, dark and deep eyes with charming colors, and a white dress that made him look noble and elegant. They couldn't help but blush and said with a smile: "Sir, your words make me curious. Does this girl's consent have anything to do with you?"
Xi Ye was slightly startled, and said softly: "I just heard the two girls talking about it, and I was curious. Sorry for disturbing you."
The two maids smiled and said, "Since you are so humble and polite, it's okay to tell you. I heard that the girl in red doesn't seem to understand what others say. She said she doesn't remember much. I guess she doesn't remember who she is. I'm afraid she thinks that the Lord of the Ninth Gate is her husband. But the Lord of the Ninth Gate is also a beauty in the world. Everyone says that a man who is more beautiful than a woman can make this girl in red willing."
What a willing person! Xiye just felt a pain in his heart.
"Ye'er, it seems that, as you said, Tian'er still can't remember many things. The Nine Sect Master is probably here with bad intentions. We should find her quickly." Yang Dabao looked around and said to Xiye. Xiye also thought so. After the two of them prepared everything, they got on their horses.
Although Xi Ye is the king of the fairy world and does not need these tedious worldly experiences, Yang Dabing is a mortal and cannot come and go without a trace like him. Now, if he wants to find Bai Tian's mind and body, he needs to move forward with Yang Dabing to succeed.
Less than two hours into the journey, Xiye felt as if a raging fire was burning in his chest, and his breath kept passing through his mouth and nose. Suddenly, a chill rolled his breath into soft white mist. He hurriedly pulled the reins to stop, fell off the horse, and called out weakly, "Grandpa, I, I feel a little unwell."
Yang Dabing was startled, and quickly got off his horse. He walked over quickly to support Xi Ye, and said anxiously: "Are you too tired, Ye'er?"
Xiye just shook his head in pain, then tore off his clothes. His naked chest was now covered with vine-like marks, sometimes black and sometimes like flames, climbing up, extending to his neck, cheeks, and even to the corners of his eyes before stopping. At this moment, Xiye only felt that there was a pain in his heart that was so severe that it almost tore his soul apart, torturing him over and over again.
The light of the waning moon in the sky shone through the dead branches in the forest onto Xi Ye's body. He clenched his teeth tightly, his expression painful. Yang Dadan felt inexplicably flustered. This was another heart-wrenching feeling besides his granddaughter. Even though he was in a different world, Yang Dadan was a man with many experiences. He quickly calmed himself down and took out the black bamboo hexagram and compass, trying to see something from them.
Yang Dabing threw the two bamboo hexagrams into the air, and saw that the two hexagrams formed a yin and a yang situation, with the tips of the hexagrams pointing to the east and west. From time to time, a faint spiritual light would light up on the compass nourished by spiritual energy. Yang Dabing was shocked, thinking that the compass had malfunctioned after traveling through time and space. Upon closer inspection, the various structures were still very complete, including the Tianchi, the Ten Paths of the Heart of Heaven, the inner disk, and the outer disk. After carefully observing the disk and studying the hexagrams, Fang said, "Ye'er, your body is in urgent need of spiritual energy maintenance. Now we need to go east and west to find the source of spiritual energy."
Xi Ye frowned and looked towards the east and west. This direction leads directly to the Nine Gates. Could it be that Tian'er really went to the Nine Gates again? Only when he gets close to her, the dragon mark will stop? But the power in his chest is getting stronger and stronger, and it lasts for a long time, without stopping for a moment. If he goes with Yang Dadan, it will definitely delay the journey, and if he goes alone, he is not sure if his body can hold on to the mausoleum. He couldn't help but said in embarrassment: "Grandpa, you don't know that the dragon mark on my body is a curse cast by my father to punish me. If, if the dragon mark is not healed for a long time, I will merge with it sooner or later, and I am afraid that by then..."
"Merge into one? Could it be that you will become like it?" Yang Dabing looked at the dragon mark on Xiye's chest in astonishment. It was so ugly and ferocious that he could not associate it with the handsome appearance of the young man in front of him.
Xi Ye shook his head: "I'm not sure about the specific situation. At least I can still suppress it now, but it's getting stronger and stronger. I'm afraid it will devour me sooner or later." Xi Ye did not tell Yang Dadan that Long Heng had awakened because of his worry about Bai Tian, for fear that Yang Dadan would get a serious illness because of excessive worry when he first came to this world.
"Is there any way to help you get rid of it?" Yang Dabing was terrified and asked hastily.
Xiye shook his head after hearing this: "No way, maybe he will obey Tian'er."
"Tingtian'er? My granddaughter is so weak, but how can she have this ability?" Yang Dabing was very surprised at the power of the Dragon Mark.
Xi Ye said slowly: "When I was very young, I heard people say that Long Hen was actually my ancestor. He was the son of an immortal king hundreds of millions of years ago, almost the same age as the sky and the earth, and everyone called him Qiu Long. At that time, he was transformed into this appearance just because he violated the rules of heaven, and he has been suffering from the pain of seven emotions and six desires for tens of thousands of reincarnations. I also violated the rules of heaven, so my father enlightened my body with his appearance, wanting to punish me a little, but for some reason, my ancestor seemed to have no intention of leaving since he met me. It seems that he wants to replace me and stand in the two worlds of immortals again. Until that day when he met Tian'er in the crystal coffin, the violent Qiu Long suddenly calmed down, as if he was enjoying Tian'er's touch. So I wonder, will he just listen to Tian'er and calm down?"
Yang Dabao nodded, and then said meaningfully: "So, this thing that looks like a human but not a human, like a beast but not a beast has spirituality like the Taotie beast. Then I suddenly remembered that there was a sentence recorded in the tattered book that my master Yang Keshui passed on to me: "The Taotie beast, if you feed it with spiritual power, you can use it for yourself." I thought to myself, if this Qiu Long can be tamed and used as my grandson-in-law, wouldn't it be able to turn hostility into friendship, turn bad things into good things, and help him recover his spiritual power?"
Seeing that it was already dark, Yang Dabing was worried that Xiye's physical discomfort would worsen, so he said, "Ye'er, let's stay in this nearby inn. You should take care of yourself. I am more worried about Tian'er's affairs than you are." After he finished speaking, without waiting for Xiye to reply, he helped him mount his horse and galloped away in the east-west direction.
(End of this chapter)
