Chapter 81: Card Spirit
Beautiful nature is always refreshing.
Lin Xiangnan stayed where he was, sitting quietly on the stone steps and smoking.
Knowing that the cigarette had burned to the butt of the cigarette, Lin Xiangnan threw it aside and stepped on it.
"That's a mark. Lin Xiangnan thought in his heart.
There was nothing on the stone steps, not even anything to mark on, and he dropped a cigarette butt now, and if he saw it again, he would prove that he was going in circles.
He opened the cigarette case, and there were only three cigarettes left inside.
I touched my other pockets, and there was nothing more to mark up.
Lin Xiangnan patted the dust on his buttocks, and continued to move forward without thinking.
About half an hour later, Lin Xiangnan's footsteps suddenly slowed down, his whole body softened, and his face was full of desperate expressions.
On the stone steps not far ahead, there was a cigarette butt, which was the one he had left as a mark.
This staircase, which has no end in sight, is the test question that is used to test in an infinite loop.
"Tiger, tiger!" Lin Xiangnan was helpless, so he could only try to communicate with the tsundere cat in his mind.
There was no response.
The big cat just glanced at Lin Xiangnan with contempt, and then turned his head away from him.
When he was at a loss, Lin Xiangnan suddenly thought of the huge stone tablet at the foot of the mountain.
"One hundred and eight graduation troubles...... 108 Graduation ...... One hundred and eight......" Lin Xiangnan muttered to himself.
"Could it be that there are 108 steps in total?"
This mountain, which looks comfortable and beautiful, is actually even more difficult to deal with than Bai Murong some time ago.
If the test of this level is a secret card master, it's a big deal to roll up your sleeves and fight with him, and the big deal is that the fish die and the net is broken, but this stone staircase can't be destroyed at all, or there is no point in destruction, you can't go to the end, you can only loop indefinitely, which is the reason for despair.
This feeling of being trapped somewhere and unable to escape reminded Lin Xiangnan of Bai Murong's teahouse again, and he didn't expect that kind of prison-like powerlessness to appear again so soon, thinking of this, Lin Xiangnan's body trembled unconsciously, as if Bai Murong was hiding in the clouds and mist around him, looking at all this with a sneer.
Theoretically, no matter how cleverly designed the steps are, they shouldn't be able to trap a big living person, not to mention that this stone step is built on a mountain, how can it have the same effect as the Penrose Steps?
", I'm like a hamster in a cage. Lin Xiangnan suddenly thought.
"Why don't I keep going down?" Lin Xiangnan racked his brains and only thought of this one way.
Except for the steps, there is a thick fog everywhere, and if you rush into it, the end is probably not much better than going around in circles.
"Who are you?"
Not far from Lin Xiangnan, a barefoot child with a sky-high mustache, wearing a red belly pocket, jumped over, and saw Lin Xiangnan trapped in place, with a look of vigilance and hostility.
"Little friend, my brother is not a bad person. Lin Xiangnan showed a smile that he thought was very bright and sunny.
"Mr. Liang said that you can't drink weird Shu millet and talk casually!" After speaking, the child suddenly covered his mouth with his oily palm.
"Do you know Mr. Liang too?" Lin Xiangnan said excitedly, "I am his...... Sort of him as his student!"
"Really?" the child looked at Lin Xiangnan with some suspicion.
"Of course, lie to you that I'm a puppy. ”
"Alright then!" the child came over unsuspectingly.
"Big brother, I'm lost, do you know how to get out of here?" Lin Xiangnan asked with a smile.
"Hmm. The child nodded, "You just walk around and go out." ”
"Damn!" Lin Xiangnan felt that a crow flew overhead, and it was really a child, and the answer he said was so to the point.
If you could just walk out, you could be stuck here for hours?
"That's not right!" Lin Xiangnan suddenly woke up, "How can there be children in this trial?"
"Many years ago, there were occasionally people who said the same as you, saying that they were Mr. Liang's students, and they would appear here. The child said innocently.
"It should be the other people who participated in the three examinations!" Lin Xiangnan said, "How are they going?"
"They?" the child's eyes widened, watery, "and out!
"How did you get out?"
"Just walk around and go out!"
......
Lin Xiangnan felt that he couldn't communicate normally with this child.
"Can you take me away?" Lin Xiangnan could only ask.
"Absolutely. ”
Unexpectedly, the child agreed, and then turned to move forward.
"What kind of place is this?" Lin Xiangnan asked, looking up.
"Hmm...... One hundred and eight graduation troubles mountain!" the child rode on Lin Xiangnan's shoulder at this time, and replied without thinking.
"How can there be such a weird name. Lin Xiangnan asked.
"All the basic everything on this mountain is one hundred and eight. The child lay on Lin Xiangnan's head, "For example, the steps here are one hundred and eight, the birch trees on the side are also one hundred and eight, and there are one hundred and eight Buddha statues in the temple on the top of the mountain." ”
"It's really a heaven for obsessive-compulsive disorder. Lin Xiangnan whispered.
"Big brother, what is OCD?" the child asked.
"It's a bunch of Virgos. Lin Xiangnan replied casually, "But, you live here?"
Hmm!" The child kept chattering his fingers, and all the words flowed onto Lin Xiangnan's head, "It's been hundreds of years." ”
......
Lin Xiangnan's footsteps suddenly stopped.
"How many hundred years?" his voice trembled a little, is the child still human for hundreds of years?
"Don't you know me, I'm a card spirit!" the child asked in disbelief.
"I've only heard of secret cards, card ghosts, and card tools, and I really haven't heard of what a card spirit is. Lin Xiangnan said.
"What rank are you?" asked the spirit suddenly.
"Wind scale. ”
"Cut, rookie!" said the spirit disdainfully.
Lin Xiangnan felt very unhappy, he was actually despised and ridiculed by a little kid.
"We were born in the minds of Snow Tier or a very small number of Flower Tier Secret Card Masters. The spirit said, "I don't know if you've listened to the class or not!"
"This ......," Lin Xiangnan was a little embarrassed, "I really haven't heard much of it." ”
"I am the card spirit of a good friend of Mr. Liang, and after the death of my master, Mr. Liang took me in and asked me to stay here to give you people advice. Pai Ling said.
"Child labor!" Mr. Lin said.
"This mountain is actually a symbol of the troubles of you human beings!" said the card spirit suddenly in an old-fashioned manner.
"As soon as a person is born, there will be all kinds of troubles, and it is basically impossible to ignore them, and these troubles are like the steps under your feet now, and the more you pay attention to them, the more you want to escape immediately, and the deeper you will be trapped. Pai Ling said.
"I feel like I've been worrying a lot lately. Lin Xiangnan nodded approvingly.
"If you don't think about anything, you will naturally be able to get out of the first level of the Mountain of Troubles. The card spirit showed an expression that could be taught.
"According to what you said, all the people who entered the Troubled Mountain before would have been trapped on these steps?" Lin Xiangnan asked.
"Of course, there is only one person who can leave without my guidance. Pai Ling said.
"There are really demons!" Lin Xiangnan sighed, what kind of person can ignore his troubles?
"To be able to make such a test, Mr. Liang really worked hard. Lin Xiangnan said.
"Mr. Liang said that the steps here are just a place to test your heart, and they are not considered to be the three examinations at all. Pai Ling said.
"This ......" Lin Xiangnan smiled silently, he almost collapsed just now, if it weren't for the appearance of this card spirit, maybe he would have really rolled his heart down.
Although the clouds and mist did not dissipate, Lin Xiangnan finally left these damn steps and came to the mountainside.
At last, there were not those desperate steps, but small houses of different shapes, which at first glance looked like a small town, in a zigzag order, and if you didn't need to count, it must be one hundred and eight.
Pai Ling took Lin Xiangnan to a house, which contained one hundred and eight large water tanks.
I picked up a gourd water scoop and drank a few big sips, I was upset and dry and dry just now, and I drank a full amount of water, but the more I drank, the hungrier I became.
Seeing Lin Xiangnan drinking water frantically, Pai Ling said with some doubts: "Aren't you eating?"
"How can there be food!" Lin Xiangnan wiped his mouth.
"In the house next to it, there is the food that Mr. Liang left for you!"
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"Originally, I thought it was a real mountain, but now it looks like it must have been made by a secret card. Lin Xiangnan picked up a steamed bun, it didn't smell good, it should be edible.
"When did I say that the Hundred and Eight Graduation Troubles Mountain was made by a secret card. The card spirit suddenly spoke in surprise.