Chapter 5: Strange Dreams
Ying Xingtian obviously knows something inside.
Seeing that he called "Jiang Zhiyou" instead of "Teacher Jiang" like himself, and even took the initiative to ask about the latter's disappearance, he knew that this school grass classmate also had many secrets hidden.
It's just that with Ji Yiming's character, it is impossible to ask for help after being rejected in person.
After coming out of the coffee on both sides of the strait, he quickly opened the mobile phone APP and booked a high-speed rail ticket from Hanzhong to Shanghai: there is no railway station in Cixi City, and there is no direct line in Hanzhong to Shaoxing, a neighboring city in Cixi, or Yuyao next door, so he can only choose to transfer from Shanghai, the hub of the Yangtze River Delta.
It's a pity that the time is too tight, and the tickets have been sold out, otherwise you can go to Ningbo Lishe Airport first and then transfer to the bus to Cixi.
Speaking of which, Ji Yiming has never taken a plane in his life, and even the high-speed rail is the first time.
After the death of his parents when he was young, he spent the first half of his life in financial constraints, and even chose Hanzhong University at his doorstep for the convenience of part-time work - otherwise, with his college entrance examination scores, he could have chosen a better school - so strictly speaking, this should be the first time in his life to go far away.
From Hanzhong, Shaanxi Province, which is located in the plain, to the alluvial plain of the Yangtze River Delta, which is rumored to be the land of fish and rice since ancient times.
If it weren't for the fact that the road ahead was full of unknowns and dangers, if Jiang Zhiyou was still around, she would be able to ...... with her
Maybe it's a memorable and happy trip full of laughter.
Ji Yiming did not go to the library to find information about the Han Eight Swords Jade Cicada, but walked all the way back to the dormitory from the campus with the flow of people.
At this time, the roommates should all team up in the Internet café to open the dark, and the dormitory is empty.
He simply packed a few changes of clothes, and when he was ready to go, he lay on the bed and turned on the lamp, casually flipping through the two books he had borrowed from the library.
"Cixi County Chronicles" "Yue Kiln Celadon Appreciation"
In a quiet environment and with a faint yellow light, the Taiyi Longevity Recipe slowly moves through the eight veins of the 12 Orthodox Sutras and the Strange Sutras as the pages of the book turn.
Although it is only an imaginary flow of "internal breath", the change in mood brought about by it makes Ji Yiming's mind feel peaceful, because the whole thing is complicated and treacherous, and the spirit that has been tense since the afternoon has also relaxed.
Before he knew it, his eyes were slightly closed, his breathing slowed, and he just leaned back on the pillow and fell asleep.
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The desolate path behind the second teaching area is actually less than 100 meters away from the dormitory building, because there is a multi-purpose gymnasium between the two, so you can't see the situation on the other side of the path from the dormitory window.
But even without this gymnasium, standing on the dormitory building and looking over, you can only see a vague black shadow.
This is because there is only this almost abandoned trail on the entire campus of Henus, and there is no lighting facilities.
At this moment, on this gravel-covered path, three black shadows stood quietly.
Two of them were the man who had just intercepted Ji Yiming, and he was knocked unconscious by a stone, and the man had a big blue and purple bag bulging on his forehead, and he was being reprimanded with shame on his face.
"Two martial artists who have entered the hall can't deal with an ordinary college student?" The third person stood in front of the two men and scolded, obviously at least one level higher than them: "I was actually beaten unconscious...... To call you idiots is to insult the word 'stupid'!"
He continued to scold for five or six minutes before he stopped: "That Jiang Zhiyou came to the university to be a teacher for no reason, and fell in love with this kid for no reason, there must be a reason that we haven't traced yet." Originally, I wanted to cut through the mess quickly and control him first when everyone was not paying attention, but I was completely messed up by the two of you. ”
The uninjured man hesitated for a moment and explained in a low voice: "There was still a chance to catch him, but a student with a very strong aura came out from behind, so he had no choice but to retreat." ”
"That person is Ji Yiming's class next door, idiot!" The leading black shadow continued to scold angrily: "After so many days of lurking, I can't even recognize a person, what use do I want you?"
The two men lowered their heads and didn't dare to reply, but the former suddenly calmed down and said to himself: "But I didn't expect that a mere Hanzhong University would still have such a master." What is this guy's identity, and why have I never heard of this kind of hierarchy among the younger generation?"
He lowered his head and pondered for a moment, then waved his hand impatiently: "Get out, I'll take care of the rest." ”
As if they had been pardoned, the two of them quickly bowed their heads and bowed before jumping off the wall and leaving.
The remaining dark shadows ignored them, but turned to look in the direction of the dormitory building for a moment, their eyes occasionally flashing in the dark...... It seems that he can penetrate the gymnasium in the middle and directly see where Ji Yiming is.
He found a more secluded and secluded corner, and sat cross-legged on the ground.
He whispered in his mouth: The sky is clear and the earth is peaceful, and the heaven and the earth are fine. Nine Heavens Xuannu, give me Qingning, Yang Essence Yang Soul, * Yin Soul, quickly go to my mantra, quickly to my body, if it is a little late, such as reverse Taiqing. Penglai Fairy, a true person, is in a hurry to curse and help me quickly. Anxious as the Nine Heavens Xuannu Law Order.
This was done seven times in a row, and then he made a sword fight with one hand to the east, and then exhaled in the direction of the dormitory building.
At some point, there was a small azure stone in his hand, which quietly shattered into countless fine pieces at the tip of his finger
Then he closed his eyes completely.
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"Yiming, can you hear me?"
Ji Yiming, who had not been asleep for a short time, suddenly heard a soft cry in his ear: "It's me, Zhiyou." ”
Half-asleep and half-awake, he only felt that it was dark around him, and there seemed to be no light above his head, and Jiang Zhiyou's familiar voice: "I'm sorry, I didn't mean to pull you into the water." ”
"Zhiyou, where are you, I've been looking for you for a long time. Ji Yiming subconsciously looked in the direction where the voice came from, but he could only see a deep and boundless darkness.
"Don't look for me, I'm safe now. Jiang Zhiyou's voice became more and more erratic and distorted, and she couldn't even tell where it came from: "You must firmly remember the clues I left, can you recall them?"
"I ...... Yes. ”
"Repeat. ”
"Eastern Han Dynasty...... Eastern han dynasty. In the darkness of the whole piece, Ji Yiming only felt as if his consciousness was completely controlled by the voice of "Jiang Zhiyou", and he wanted to repeat everything he knew to the other party.
Then a sense of disobedience suddenly quietly floated in his heart.
Wrong.
The voice...... It's not Jiang Zhiyou!!
"Yiming, repeat it. ”
"Yiming, repeat it. ”
"Yiming, repeat it. ”
The sound grew louder and louder, echoing through the void. It's just that in Ji Yiming's ears, it became more and more unfamiliar, and the sense of disobedience in his heart became stronger and stronger, and he finally realized that he was asleep.
This strange voice in the dream, as if with a power that can control people's thinking, constantly forced Jean to tell the secret hidden in his heart: Jiang Zhiyou, what clues did you leave behind!?
If there was a second person in the bedroom at this time, you could see the sleeping Ji Yiming's face showing a look of struggle, his muscles were swollen and his muscles were protruding. The whole body and limbs of the person seemed to be fighting against something with the greatest strength......
Although the eyes were closed, the two eyeballs under the eyelids were constantly moving rapidly, as if they were struggling to wake up.
However, the voice became more and more controllable, and the light from the darkness above the head grew stronger.
Even if he realized that he was in a dream, that this dream was so strange and wrong, this force could still firmly suppress him, and even the turning of his mind became more and more difficult.
It was as if all the nightmares from childhood to adulthood were gathered together, condensing into the biggest and most terrifying nightmare.
No way...... Can't say.
No......
Just when he exhausted all willpower and almost gave up his resistance to tell the secret under the control of his voice. Another ray of light suddenly appeared in the entire dark void, and a cool and gentle aura quietly rose.
The color is pure white and the light is soft.
I also don't know where the light source came from, but it illuminates the originally empty void a little.
Then Ji Yiming saw himself in the void.
Naked, with his body hanging in the air, his hands hanging down on both sides, his eyes slightly closed, the whole person is just "suspended" in the rootless void darkness, illuminated by two different rays of light at the same time.
Subtle.
It's such a wonderful feeling. Ji Yiming, who saw "himself" from a third party's perspective for the first time, only felt that the cool and gentle breath gradually turned from light to thick, and the soft pure white light that belonged to it became stronger and stronger, gradually suppressing another white light and the voice full of control.
And as the two grow and fall into between, the thoughts that were almost frozen gradually become active.
Then he recognized the breath.
It's a little different, but for Ji Yiming, it's as familiar as a part of his body.
"Taiyi Longevity".
This set of exercises passed down from the ancestors of the Ji family, according to his father's words, is so long that it runs through almost the entire history of mankind, and every time it circulates in its own meridians, it is the same as the pure white soft light in the void at this moment.
His heart fluttered.
Although he was in this strange dream space, the mental method of "Taiyi Longevity Formula" slowly flowed with his own consciousness.
Then, I only saw the naked "self" in the void with my eyes closed, and the skin on my body gradually lit up with the color of vine branches, and at the same time, I constantly "sucked" the two different rays of light around me as if it were in my body.
Hand Taiyin Lung Meridian, Hand Yin Pericardial Meridian, Hand Shaoyin Heart Meridian.
Hand Yang Ming Large Intestine Meridian, Hand Shaoyang Sanjiao Meridian, Hand Sun Small Intestine Meridian.
Foot Yang Ming Stomach Meridian, Foot Shao Yang Bladder Meridian, Foot Sun Bladder Meridian.
Foot Taiyin and Spleen Meridians, Foot Syncopation Yin and Liver Meridians, and Foot Shao Yin and Kidney Meridians.
The light flows through the body at a slow but firm speed, and the trajectory is the most important of the twelve canonical lines in the Taiyi Longevity Formula.
"How...... What's going on?"
"Yiming, do you hear me?"
"I'm Jiang Zhiyou, ...... Stop!"
The voice in the void sounded again, but at this moment, there was no longer a trace of resemblance to his girlfriend Jiang Zhiyou, and it became a strange old male voice.
As the two rays of light were absorbed more and more, the voice became softer and softer, and in the end, only a little undead murmur remained, completely disappearing into the entire void.
The light faded, and the void became dark again. Ji Yiming only felt a sense of weakness in his consciousness, obviously in a dream, but drowsiness struck, and soon fell into a deeper sleep.
The roommates still haven't come back, so no one saw Ji Yiming, who was leaning on the pillow and falling asleep with a copy of "Appreciation of the Yue Kiln of the Eastern Han Dynasty", and the piece of mutton fat jade cicada at the mouth of his heart was emitting a faint light.
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On the desolate path behind Teaching Zone 2, there is a more hidden corner overgrown with weeds and gravel.
The black shadow man sitting cross-legged on the ground exuded bursts of hot and disordered aura, and the whole person was sweating profusely as if he had been fished out of water. His eyes were closed, his hands and feet trembled slightly, and he seemed to pass out at any moment.
And in the boys' dormitory, which was a hundred meters away in a straight line, Ji Yiming completely absorbed two rays of light and fell into a deeper sleep...... The black shadow man was as if he had been hit by a hundred-ton giant hammer, and the whole person instantly changed from sitting cross-legged to flying upside down, spewing out a mouthful of blood mist in midair.
"How could it be ??!!"
After half an hour, the black shadow managed to get up and regain some mobility, but his whole face was still as white as paper, and his breath was weak, and he looked like he had just recovered from a serious illness.
He coughed lightly a few times and spit out a small blood clot, and whispered to himself with horror in his eyes: "That kid is obviously an ordinary person with no strength, why does he have such a strong backlash force? The power in him just now...... Why does it have the legendary effect of 'breaking all evils'?"
"Because his surname is Ji. A cold voice suddenly sounded behind the black shadow man, and a white and slender palm gently fell on the heavenly spirit cover above his head: "From ancient times to the present, you have only thought of pursuing power, power, and all kinds of vanity, you dark existences...... I don't know anything about the truth of this world. ”
The black shadow was horrified, and when he subconsciously wanted to turn his head to look, an irresistible force came from the palm of his hand.
Then his eyes saw his back.
"Gurgle, cluck......"
In the end, the last words turned into an unconscious snort, and the black shadow man whose entire head was twisted at one hundred and eighty degrees fell to the ground, and the owner of the white palm revealed his true face.
Navy blue trousers, white shirt with Windsor collar, cropped Sunderringham trench coat.
Ying Xingtian, who had just shot to kill, did not have any sense in his eyes, and he didn't even glance at the twisted corpse on the ground. Just stood there quietly, also looking at the boys' dormitory a hundred meters away.
"Jiang Zhiyou, is this your choice?"
Several men in suits quietly appeared, packed the body in a black body bag, and quickly swept away the traces of blood on the ground, and then left quietly again.
In just a few minutes, the trail behind the second teaching area was desolate and quiet again.
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When he got up the next morning, Ji Yiming, who had slept all night in a non-standard position, not only did not have a sore shoulder and neck, but felt that the whole person had a new feeling both mentally and physically.
And when he habitually went to the balcony of the dormitory, he practiced the "Taiyi Longevity Formula" method in the face of the rising sun. Exhaled deeply, and pressed his hands on the shoulder blades, elbow bends, wrist veins, and the middle of the chest, dovetail, and middle belly, and was pleasantly surprised to find that the entire process of running the twelve meridians and eight strange veins was several times smoother than before!
Even the imaginary "inner breath" is as if it is real, and it is extremely agile in the running route, making the meridians and acupuncture points that pass through it hot and swollen quite comfortably.
Ji Yiming finally recalled the overly real dream last night, and it seemed that he had absorbed those two strange rays of light at the end of the dream, and the situation of "Taiyi Longevity Formula" was the same as at this moment......
Isn't that a dream?
He shook his head and threw this ridiculous idea out of his mind, and quietly left the dormitory with his simple luggage: the roommates estimated that the Internet café was open until morning, and they were sleeping soundly at this time.
There was no goodbye – apart from asking the counselor for leave on WeChat, Ji Yiming did not disclose the travel plans to anyone.
Late summer and autumn, the morning is cold and the night is cool in September.
He just carried a schoolbag and luggage, accompanied by the fallen leaves and reddish hanging persimmons on the campus, and quietly left.