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Chapter 17 Carving and Painting

The Dragon with Candle Holding is a title, which can also be called Zhulong, Zhuyin, Zhuniaoyin, etc.

"Shan Hai Jing" records: Outside the Northwest Sea, there is Zhangwei Mountain in the north of Chishui. There is a god. The man has a snake's face and a red body, and his eyes are straight and he is erect. His tranquility is dark, his vision is bright, he does not eat or sleep, and the wind and rain are visiting. It is the nine shades of the candle and the dragon.

This should be an earlier record of Zhulong. Of course, the description of "human-faced and snake body" is a common description of ancient gods. In ancient mythology, there are probably as many as two digits.

From a historical perspective, this is because of totem worship.

In addition to the Classic of Mountains and Seas, ancient books such as "Chu Ci" and "Huainanzi", there are also descriptions of Zhulong.

At the same time, it is recorded in "Chu Ci Zhangju" that there is a country with a dark and sunless northwest, and a dragon holding a candle and shining it.

This point is also mentioned in "The Story of Wei and Shenwu": The sky is not in the northwest, and there is no yin and yang news, so there is a dragon holding the fire essence to shine in the sky gate.

In other words, the reason why the candle dragon is called "Zhulong" is because it has "fire essence" or "fire candle" in its mouth.

And in mythology, he should be indeed a dragon, and he was not the god of Zhongshan at the beginning. The reason why he came to Zhongshan was mostly because "the sky tilted northwest and the earth sank southeast", and the creatures in the northwest were miserable, so Zhulong came to Zhongshan to become a god of mountain.

Of course, the classics that record myths have their own arguments and different statements. It is precisely because of this that Su Ye has never thought about Zhulong.

But now the records of "Overseas Classic" are in line with the "Shan Hai Classic" and "Chu Ci" that he once accidentally learned. This made Su Ye start to wonder, is there really an ancient god like Zhulong?

He thought about it and looked up some bamboo slips.

In the bamboo slips in the library, there are actually not many classics of gods and monsters. Although there are indeed records of ancient Zhongshan and a dragon god respected as "Emperor", most of them have not mentioned the true name of the "Dragon God".

So much so, Su Ye was not sure whether the dragon god and Zhulong were the same.

After all, he didn't even know what kind of world he was reincarnated in. Perhaps it was not as simple as returning to the Shang and Zhou dynasties.

But one thing is certain.

That is, Zhongshan did have a "dragon god", and most of them are related to "Tianqingchi"!

It's enough to know this.

Su Ye was at least convinced that the "Tianqingchi" contained the legacy of the dragon god, and it was also an opportunity for him!

He put away the "Overseas Classic" but he did not rush back.

Although he could leave Tianqingchi for a short time, Su Ye himself did not like flying away from the pool.

After all, he is essentially a fish. Even if he can control the "vital energy", he will always miss water instinctively over time.

It is rare to come to the storage room once, so Su Ye simply decided to check it out carefully. When I come back next time, I don’t know when it will be, or there is no need to come back again.

After all, although there are many classics in the library, there are not many. Most of the contents have been taught by the old man.

So Su Ye continued to fiddle with his vitality and checked the bamboo slips.

This time, he naturally did not focus on the classics of gods and monsters. Of course, the knowledge he learned about "Rennong" and "Skilled Craftsman" was also ignored.

Su Ye’s eyes were mainly focused on the content that recorded the national geography. Although the old man mentioned these contents during his lectures, they were not explained in detail. Su Ye’s purpose was to figure out what era it is now!

He frowned through bamboo slips such as "Haiguo", "Shuijing", "Yu Gong" and other bamboo slips, and combined with some records about trade exchanges. He immediately frowned in his heart.

From the records, Su and Ye combined geography and policy to understand that today's dynasty is indeed very similar to the "Zhou Dynasty" he remembers, and it is indeed called the "Big Zhou Dynasty".

The King of Zhou called himself the "Zhou Emperor", implemented the patriarchal system and the well-field system, respected rituals and music, and divided the princes into possession.

Even some of the foreign tribes around were similar, called "Yi, Man, Rong, Di". The biggest threat to the Zhou Dynasty was the nomadic nomad "Quan Rong" in the northwest, also known as "Yuan Rong".

However, it seems to be plausible.

For example, there are many princes who were granted to the title that they did not have in their impression, and those princes are also different from historical records.

Moreover, the dynasties before the Zhou Dynasty were not "Shang and Shang", but "Bai Shang".

Before that, it was the "Shang and Shang dynasties".

Perhaps it is precisely because of this that in many details, it is different from the Zhou Dynasty in my memory. For example, the speed of "slavery" to "feudalism" has become much faster, so that although the Zhou Dynasty now has slaves, it is no longer widely present.

"...Forget it, there is no rush to do this."

Su Ye checked it casually and put it aside, not continuing to care.

What is more important to him now is naturally "cultivation". As for the changes in dynasties and all kinds of mortal worlds, I have time to experience them in the future.

After being convinced of the existence of the "Dragon God" and understanding the general era, Su Ye controlled his energy and left the room.

Soon, he turned back to "Tianqingchi", but when he was approaching the edge of the pool, he found that boy Qiaoer and girl Jianger were watching the pool with a tangled look on his face.

"Where has the Dragon God gone? It should have surfaced at this time!" Jiang Er said.

"It must be because I think you are annoyed!" Qiaoer looked at Jiang Er and said, "You used to treat him like this, but you were always lazy and didn't feed him. Today I came here to serve as a tribute. Even I felt so annoyed!"

Jiang Er said: "What did you say? You are the same? And you have also got so many disgusting bugs coming, and others will hide when they see them!"

The two started to make a noise by the pool.

As the argument turned into a fight. Obviously, at this time, the "Dragon God" had been forgotten by them.

Finally, Qiaoer threw the insect on Jiang'er. Jiang'er screamed "ah" and wanted to fight back, but Qiaoer ran away with a grimace.

"Wow!!"

The girl cried in shock: "Damn it, I want to tell my master!!"

Looking at the girl crying by the pool, Su Ye suddenly felt a headache.

I imagine that at this time, the old man should have a headache.

The girl cried, that was a very troublesome thing. Moreover, judging from this situation, it seemed that there was a little reason why she was not in the pool.

“…”

OK.

Su Ye thought about it and brought about luck. In an instant, a cluster of "heaven and earth vitality" appeared around him.

The girl was still crying. Suddenly, she found that the "carved painting" in her hand slipped, and then she turned around and jumped in front of her eyes, as if she had life, and she jumped twice in front of her eyes.

“Huh?”

Jiang Er was stunned for a moment, looking at the painting in front of her for a moment.

It was a carp-shaped stone carving. Jiang Er liked carvings very much and was fascinated by the old man's "Carved Soul". However, she was still young this year, and the stone paintings she carved were naturally not very exquisite and could not be called a perfect stone carving.

Among them, half of them were still under the stone, with only the fish head exposed. Now they were looking at the girl, rolling their eyes.

But even so, it was very magical. After a while, Jiang Er discovered that the insects that Qiaoer had just thrown on the ground under her feet seemed to be "living", bowing to the girl, as if she was apologizing.

"Dragon God!"
Chapter completed!
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