An hour later, the node space.

The old master looked at him with satisfaction with his staff: "The harvest of this hour is greater than the month when I stayed next to the node! Thank you, Cheng Yun!"

"I should thank you too. Cheng Yun felt more and more tired, "Without you, I don't know how long it would take me to discover these functions of this thing, and I wouldn't even realize that it could be like this." ”

"There's a lot more to discover, and maybe some of them I can't think of. The old master said, "Come here today, I can see that you are very tired, don't worry, I will let you sleep until tomorrow morning without dreams." When there's no one tonight, I'll set up the circle, and you'll have a lot of rest in the future. I remember that I have other items with similar functions, and I will give them to you tomorrow when I look for them, so that you can sleep peacefully even if you are not at the inn in the future. ”

"Thank you. Cheng Yun was very moved.

"Count it as my living expenses with you. The old man said, "The cooking at noon this day is very delicious. ”

"Eh, I'm sorry!" Cheng Yun only then remembered that the old man hadn't eaten tonight, "I've been so restless lately, it's inevitable that something will go wrong, I'll order you a takeout." ”

"Actually, I won't starve to death if I don't eat. The old man shook his head in embarrassment, "I'm definitely not asking you for food......

Cheng Yun ordered a takeout for the old man, only to find that the Anju Hotel could not be searched on the map, so he downloaded several commonly used map software and reported for a backup. Then he went down and told Cheng Yan to pay attention to safety at night, and asked her not to drive too late, so she went upstairs and went back to the room under Cheng Yan's constant dislike.

The old master cast a spell on him, and he fell into a deep sleep.

The magnificent and peculiar karst landforms, the colorful plateau scenery, the endless sea waves, the sand dunes on the desert stretching into the sky, the wind blowing through the bamboo sea seems to carry a clear fragrance, and the salt lake is like a mirror on the earth reflecting the sky and white clouds...... Scene after scene of scenery once again entered Cheng Yun's dream, and the beauty that could be painted was silently displayed in front of Cheng Yun like that, making him confused and dazed.

It is often said that when you think about it day and dream at night, Cheng Yun is indeed a person who loves natural scenery, but he has no time to think about these things these days, and he has never even seen those scenery.

He was also haunted by his dreams—

Obviously, he maintains the ability to think clearly, but he can't feel his own existence, can't control his own movements, can't even do a very simple look down to examine his own movements, and can't have any impact on those pictures in his dreams. It's like someone tied him up, put virtual glasses on him that couldn't turn the angle, and forced those images in front of his eyes, but he couldn't even close his eyes.

He was very resistant, even a little frightened.

The next morning, he woke up, feeling groggy and groggy as if he hadn't slept all night, and his spirit was even more tired.

"The old man is really pitiful!"

He still had a little memory of last night's dream, but only a few bits were left, and they had become very vague. He vaguely remembered how real last night's dream was, that beautiful scenery could only be created by the magic of heaven and earth, and it was beyond the scope of his imagination. But it was hard for him to recall the clear outlines now, and as he sat on the bed for a while, it seemed to become more and more blurry—

Most of the dreams are like this, and when you wake up, you start to forget.

So Cheng Yun hurriedly turned over and got up from the bed, wearing big pants and running out without clothes.

As a qualified 'research subject', of course, he has to report his situation to the big guy in a timely manner! And in his heart, that big guy is probably the person in the world who is most likely to solve these strange troubles for him at present!

Ten minutes later, the old man finished listening to his description.

"It's very rare. The old master squinted his eyes and looked at him, "I've already performed Wechsler Sleeping on you, medical level, you can't dream naturally! ”

"Is it troublesome?" Cheng Yun asked nervously, in this way, wouldn't it be useless to take sleeping pills!

"Trouble! I can tell that your brain didn't rest for more than two hours last night, if your dreams are really as real as you say, and not the illusion that dreams attach to you. It's likely that your brain never rested at all while dreaming, and your brain cells are activated in the same state as when you were awake. The old master said, "Ordinary people's bodies are neither as fragile nor as strong as you think, if you can't rest, you won't last long!"

"What should I do then?" Cheng Yun was stunned.

"You start by describing everything about how you feel in your dreams, what happens in your dreams, and I need to figure out why you're dreaming. The old master said calmly and smiled slightly, "Don't be too nervous, as long as you can find out the reason, I don't think you can find anything that can stump me all over your body." ”

"Okay. ”

Cheng Yun had to shout in his heart that the big guy was mighty.

"I remember I was very conscious, but I couldn't move and I couldn't change anything...... I can't remember those pictures clearly, but I still remember some of them, and I think it must be related to that space-time node, which made me see the scenery of another world......" Cheng Yun said a lot in detail little by little, and then looked at the old man with a blank eye.

The old master retorted one by one: "First of all, there is no guarantee that you are awake in your dreams after you wake up, in other words, everything you feel in your dreams may be illusions given to you by dreams! ”

"Next ......"

"There are loopholes in this last point. If you simply think that the picture in the dream is extremely real and beautiful, and you can't recall the clear picture in the dream, it is likely that you just think that it is very real and beautiful in the dream, but the dream gives you a false perception, and this is not the case. The old master said, "It is very easy for a person to deceive his own perception. ”

"That's not right!" Cheng Yun frowned, "I clearly remember some of these images, they could never be the scenery created by my own dreams!

The old man smiled disappreciatively. In fact, it is very difficult for ordinary people to understand themselves, because they cannot concretize their own concepts, and everything comes from perception.

And ordinary people's perceptual ability, consciousness intensity, and ability to distinguish between truth and falsehood are too fragile.

But he doesn't refute.

Cheng Yun groaned, and then said, "I remember at least two scenes. One is an endless forest of high mountains. Because it is so steep and magnificent, I am extremely shocked when I look at it, like spikes standing on the earth, hideous and majestic! But in fact, every mountain is thousands of feet high, and each has its own characteristics, from the ecological environment to the surrounding human environment, every detail is extremely clear! I think if these are the scenery I imagined, my brain may have burned out. ”

The old master's face changed color, his expression suddenly became solemn, and he said, "There is one more, continue." ”

"And then there's a salt lake, a realm of the sky. Cheng Yun said, silent, "Because...... Before my parents died, they said that we would travel to the West Sea together as a family this summer, and I would love to see Chaka Salt Lake, but in the end, I ...... But it didn't work out. So I was very impressed with that lake. I remember that the lake looked like a duck from above, and there was a majestic castle at the throat of the duck, and a few houses on the tail, and the rest of the place was a mine for salt......

The old man pursed his lips and was silent, thought quickly, and after a long time, he directly came to a conclusion: "You did see the scenery of another world, which is obviously caused by the time and space nodes. But I didn't think that there was a reason for me. ”

"Your reason?" Cheng Yun was stunned.

"The Forbidden Land of Wanshan was once the settlement of the Gao people in Yingda Prefecture, and the ancient people called them demons, and they fought against mortals all year round. And I was born on the shore of Yanhu Lake, and it is so beautiful that we call it the realm of the gods. After the old master finished speaking calmly, he looked up at Cheng Yun, "You saw the scenery of my world, and if I guessed correctly, you saw those scenery from my perspective." ”

"You have such a big castle in your house?" Cheng Yun was extremely surprised, he still remembered the picture of the old master mending his clothes in the twilight light!

“…… I really don't know what to say about you, this is not what you should be focusing on now, right?" the old master was a little helpless, "That castle is the military garrison of the Northland Wolf Family of the Jianuo Kingdom on the shore of Yanhu Lake at that time, and my family is one of the several families on the tail. I came from a family of salt workers. ”

"Oh. Cheng Yun nodded, "You said those landscapes are your perspective?"

"Yes!"

"How did you come to a conclusion?" Cheng Yun felt that this was too ridiculous, even more ridiculous than the time and space nodes forcing him to show him slides.

"First, that castle completely disappeared with the fall of the Jiano Kingdom a thousand years ago, second, Yanhu Lake was changed into a tourist attraction after the expansion of the Iron Horse Kingdom, and it has long been out of salt; third, many towns were established around Yanhu Lake later, and Yanhu Lake had been designated as a spaceport before I left. So you can't see a castle, a few houses, a salt mine, you see a picture at least a thousand years ago. ”

Cheng Yun was dumbfounded.

Then the old master smiled indifferently: "A thousand years ago, the Jianuo Kingdom designated Yanhu Lake as a military forbidden area, and anyone flying over it would be regarded as a provocation and be attacked by the wolf of the Northland. ”

Cheng Yun said dumbfoundedly: "You...... You've lived for more than a thousand years!"

“……”

"What about you...... How did you get there?"

The old master smiled and shook his head, not answering, but said: "This problem is more tricky to deal with than I imagined, the complexity of the space-time node is not something I can understand, and I still don't know what the reason is. But we can start with yourself and improve your mental strength and resistance to deal with this situation. ”

Then he pulled out an ID card: "This is what I said I wanted to give you last night." Although it is quite old, I have not used it much, the function is quite well preserved, it is an object used by mages to assist meditation, it can quickly calm a person's mind, get rid of distracting thoughts, and can also make ordinary people sleep better. It's just that this one doesn't seem to be able to cope with your situation anymore. ”

Cheng Yun took it in a daze, the card was very thin, thinner than the ID card and bank card, probably similar to a playing card, but it was very hard, and the whole body was brass.

"The circle I set up at the hotel last night is obviously useless to you. The old master shook his head, "Next, I will teach you a meditation method, it can improve your mental power, make your brain stronger, more resilient, in the process of meditation, you can quickly recover a better mental state, and can also increase the ability to resist foreign invading forces." And this card can help you get into a meditative state. ”

"No problem!" Cheng Yun nodded solemnly, then looked directly at the old master and said, "Thank you so much!"

He felt that this meditation method was definitely not that simple!

Maybe there is a secret to becoming a god hidden in it! Maybe it's the inheritance of a certain emperor in the wilderness!

So, he began the process of learning meditation.

This is also the first time he has come into contact with a magical civilization, and he has been cast by the old mage before.

The meditation method was unexpectedly simple, but Cheng Yun felt that it was in line with the truth of the simplicity of the Dao, so he did not underestimate it because of this, but studied it very seriously. So much so that his learning speed even exceeded the old master's expectations.

Just as he was about to succeed in his first attempt at the first step of the meditation method, he suddenly heard a knock on the door from the opposite side.

"Knock Knock Knock ......"

Then came Cheng Yan's cold voice: "Cheng Yun, get up! Don't tell me you're still in bed!"

"Uh. Cheng Yun was embarrassed, "Is it so bad to have an ordinary single sound barrier......?"

He looked at the old man, and the old man looked at him.

Can't get out?

At this time, I heard Cheng Yan's voice again: "Cheng Yun! Open the door! You still pretend not to hear it, are you! It's ten o'clock, if you don't open the door again, I'm going to come in by myself!!"

In fact, it is quite quiet, basically not disturbing people, but the hotel is too quiet in the morning.

"......" Cheng Yun was very helpless.

When he opened the door and went out from the old master's room, he happened to see Cheng Yan holding a master card and preparing to swipe open the door of his room directly. She also carried a bag of xiaolongbao and a tube of soy milk in her hand.

The two looked at each other.

One was wearing athletic shorts and a white shirt, sweat sticking to his forehead, his cheeks slightly reddened, apparently just returning from a morning run.

The other was wearing big pants, shirtless, flip-flops, unkempt hair, dark circles under his eyes darker than yesterday, and his complexion looked depressed and tired compared to yesterday before he rested, obviously...... I just sucked the essence of the female ghost of Lanruo Temple.

The two looked at each other without saying a word.

After a long time, Cheng Yun broke the silence and said, "Just ...... You just came back from a run?"

Cheng Yan looked at him blankly, didn't answer at all, and when she came back to her senses, her first action was to stand on tiptoe and turn her head straight over the process cloud to look into the room-

An old man with gray hair.

The expression on her face gradually changed from sluggishness to consternation, and she looked at Cheng Yun fixedly, and only after a long time did she stuff the buns and soy milk into his hands, and then shook her head and said incredulously: "Cheng Yun, Cheng Yun...... You're so good! I'm ...... I'm underestimating you!"

Without waiting for Cheng Yun to explain, she turned her head and left, with a disgusted expression on her face, as if her body and mind were defiled!

After taking two steps, she turned her head again: "By the way, the steamed bun soy milk is seven yuan and five, plus the ...... I ate A total of thirty-eight dollars five, WeChat transfer!"

With that, she quickened her pace.

Cheng Yun opened her mouth, but she didn't say anything, and her figure disappeared at the entrance of the building.