The guests who left the empty island visited Jinshan Temple, although they also paid a fee according to the regulations, 100,000 yuan per person each time, but the favor was not calculated only by the cost. Because 100,000 per person at a time has become the "industry standard" for the opening of secret realms outside the world in the alliance, Jingsha Island and Xiangshui Peak are all collected in this way.

If only one of them charges such a fee, it may still feel quite expensive, but after it becomes the standard, there is nothing unusual. Zong Feixia led a team to visit Jinshan Courtyard for the first time, and Ding Qi gave away almost a hundred white jade hooves, which is equivalent to a whole year's output in the Nine Liberation Sky Island.

Zong Feixia refined all those white jade hooves into the Jade Hoof Pill, and in addition to the disciples who took it on the spot, he also left seventy pieces and did not take them away. He also reserved a quota of 70 people to visit, and entrusted the Jinshan Academy to distribute the 70 Jade Hoof Pills to the visiting disciples of Jiufang Empty Island.

In other words, whether it is a visitor who has already been here or is about to come to Jiufang to leave the Sky Island, they have all received the favor of Ding Qi and owe him a favor. What's more, the number of places to visit Jinshan Temple is very tight, the number is limited, and the number of times is limited, it is only open once every two weeks, and there are only ten people each time.

Jiufang left the empty island and occupied it seven times at once, and other families also had opinions. However, Ding Qi gave Zong Feixia face, and tried to give priority to the Nine Liberation Sky Island, which means that in the current opening twice a month, one will definitely be arranged for the Nine Liberation Sky Island, and the remaining one will be arranged for other families until the end of these seven visits.

Ding Qi has given enough face and benefits to Jiufang Empty Island, and the visitors on the other side of Jiufang Empty Island are also grateful, in fact, every time they come, they owe Ding Qi a favor. The heat is almost over, there is no need to wait until these seventy times are arranged before speaking, Ding Qi can make a request now.

Ding Qi's purpose is to witness another different world, to find out how those people's psychological habits are formed, and how they are affected by the secret realm of heaven and earth?

After discussing the matter of visiting Jiufang Empty Island, Zhuang Mengzhou asked again with some abruptness: "Do you remember, around this time last year, we discussed a question outside - does the world have consciousness or will? If so, what kind of form does it take?"

Ding Qi said with a smile: "I remember very well that at that time, Senior Brother Zhu came to the conclusion from the perspective of a party and government cadre and a staunch materialist that the world is conscious, and the proof is ourselves. Because we are all part of the world, and we have consciousness, it proves that the world has consciousness. Senior Brother Tan commented that this conclusion is logically unproblematic...... Why did Mr. Zhuang mention this again?"

Zhuang Mengzhou's words were very jumpy, and he always liked to deviate in the chat, and asked: "What do you think of crossing?"

Zhu Shanxian frowned slightly and said, "Crossing?

Zhuang Mengzhou: "Any kind of crossing! For example, Secretary Zhu, whether it is traveling to another world, or traveling to the past and the future, in essence, what does it mean?"

Zhu Shanxian: "I've watched some crossings and time-traveling dramas, and I've heard a lot, but the essence of time-traveling doesn't seem to have been discussed. I kind of understand what you mean, according to the discussion just now, in fact, the essence of crossing is to add a new consciousness to a certain world......"

No matter how it is defined and in what form it takes place, it is nothing more than someone going to another world. For example, travel to another world, make contributions to become a certain emperor, or travel to ancient times, lead the trend and change the direction of history, etc. If the world is conscious, there is actually a new consciousness that was not there before.

For example, if someone has crossed over to a certain dynasty or an unknown world, the traveler and the world they have traveled through are each other's masters and objects, and at the same time they themselves are part of this world. How the consciousness of the traveler and the consciousness of the world collide and merge, and what kind of changes can be brought about, is the story after the crossing.

Compared with the whole world, the consciousness of the traveler may be very small, even far less than a drop of water in the sea, and the changes brought to the world are minimal. However, such an experience can greatly change the traverser himself, and may also bring drastic changes to parts of this world.

For example, the arrival of modern time-travelers in the Qin Dynasty may change the direction of the entire history, and even have a profound impact on the planet where humans live. But for the Star Universe, it may only be a short moment in an extremely small speck of dust.

Zhuang Mengzhou nodded and said: "The essence of crossing is to integrate a new consciousness into an existing world, and self-consciousness not only becomes a part of the world consciousness, but also maintains independent sobriety. This is how I feel after witnessing so many outside worlds and cultivating the secret method outside the square to the furnace peak realm. ”

Ding Qi concluded: "In this way, there is no need to go to the outside world, or even to other worlds. Everyone in this world, including us, is a traverser!"

Zhuang Mengzhou and Zhu Shanxian glanced at each other, and nodded at the same time: "Yes, yes, we are all traversers!"

Everyone in this world does not exist in the first place, and birth means coming, accompanied by the gradual awakening of consciousness. When we appear, we have a relationship with the world in which we are subject and object, and at the same time become a part of this world, which is equivalent to injecting a new consciousness into this world, and it is also equivalent to changing the consciousness of the world.

In this sense, everyone once did not exist, everyone appeared to change the world, and everyone is a time traveler. Ding Qi joked: "Mr. Zhuang, why do I look at you more and more like you have traveled through time?"

Zhu Shanxian followed and coaxed: "I look like it!"

Zhuang Mengzhou said with a smile: "You say yes, anyway, Teacher Ding has said that everyone is a traverser...... But Mr. Ding, you have noticed that the psychological habits of the people who leave the Sky Island are different from normal people, in fact, all the residents of the outside world may have this characteristic, so in the outside world, such people are not like others.

Your observation is so keen, so have you noticed the real other? Let me make an assumption first, if someone has never seen the outside world at all, and does not really have a secret realm of heaven and earth, but has mixed into the outside world, can Teacher Ding see the signs?"

Ding Qi was slightly stunned, blinked his eyes and thought for a while: "If this is the case, I think You Huaijie is the most suspicious. ”

Zhu Shanxian: "Why?"

Ding Qi: "The last time we had a meeting, You Huaijie threw out a proposal in public, asking Jinshan Academy to expand the scale of opening, or increase the number of openings. ”

Zhu Shanxian nodded and said, "When you remind me like this, I don't think something is right." ”

Zhuang Mengzhou asked with a smile: "Secretary Zhu, why do you have to say that there is a problem in the You Huai Realm? Their proposal is also the hope of many people in the Fangwai Alliance?"

Zhu Shanxian explained: "I don't necessarily think that there is a problem in the You Huai world, if you don't mention this stubble today, I won't think about it at all." But according to your thinking just now, if there is a bastard in the Fangwai Alliance, then the most suspicious one is the You Huai Realm.

Something like that, although others want it to be done, will not be publicly proposed for discussion at the meeting, but will only be privately requested. Because we all have an outer world, we know what that means. According to Mr. Ding's words, this is the subconscious psychological habit, and his own secret affairs will not allow others to make decisions.

If the people in the Youhuai Realm do not possess the secret realm of heaven and earth, then they do not have this habit in their subconscious, so they will throw out such an issue and submit it to the meeting for discussion. Because for them, there is no question of whether or not they can open up the outside world, and how to open up...... Of course, this is just a hypothesis, based on the assumption you just asked, Mr. Zhuang. ”

Ding Qi said with a solemn face: "Mr. Zhuang, have you found any problems in the You Huai Realm?"

At the inaugural meeting of the Fangwai Alliance, when drawing up the list of members who were exempt from review, Ye Zongqing and Tian Zhongluo both wrote down the names of the You Huai Realm, which showed that they had long known about the existence of the You Huai Realm and could contact the people of the Upper Huai Realm. After a few words and a discussion today, how did You Huaijie become a bastard in the Fangwai Alliance?

This is really just a guess they have made based on some hypothesis, and there is no evidence for it, and it may not be true. It's no wonder that Song Kuizhao, the director of the You Huai Realm, made a proposal at the regular meeting of the Fangwai Alliance last time.

Zhuang Mengzhou shook his head with a wry smile and said, "I can't tell you, including those words just now, they were all said by yourself, and I won't have any answer that will definitely be negative." ”

Zhu Shanxin asked, "Why?"

Zhuang Mengzhou replied unhurriedly: "Because when I meet Shi Liangde, I will tell him that I have not told anyone in the Fangwai Alliance a secret, and I will not tell it in the future." I have to say what I say, and I have to keep my promises. ”

This is interesting, Zhuang Mengzhou hasn't seen Shi Liangde yet, but he plans to tell the other party a secret after seeing Shi Liangde, and this secret has not and will not be told to other people in the Fangwai Alliance. Is it a prophet of uncertainty that he is acting now for the sake of his future sentence?

Think about it carefully, if anyone does have this situation, it is indeed not what Zhuang Mengzhou said. He really didn't reveal a word, he just asked a question, and he didn't even mention the name of the outside world.

On Saturday morning, Ding Qi and Xian Hao appeared in a township in Leshan City, Sichuan Province. The name of this place is Sishuiping, the name of the administrative division is Sishui Town, originally called Sishui Township, under the jurisdiction of nine administrative villages, the registered population of more than 13,000. However, most of the locals have gone out to work or moved to other places, and the permanent population is only about 2,000, which is also a common phenomenon in many mountainous villages.

The so-called Ping refers to the flat land or gentle slope in the mountainous area, and Sishuiping is named because there are four rivers around it. When you come here, you will see a different atmosphere from other mountain towns.

First of all, the infrastructure here is very good, and the essence of the scenery is not in the town, but in the various natural villages around the town. Each village is a farmhouse, very large-scale, and built a variety of supporting entertainment facilities, the conditions are better than the three-star hotels outside, and many are even comparable to the five-star standard.

In recent years, the state has increased investment in infrastructure, not only has a county-level road leading to the town, but also the village-to-village project has already been completed, and the road can reach every natural village. The country road is also of high specification, with space for two buses to travel in a staggered manner, and there are pedestrian walkways on both sides.

The architecture here is also very distinctive, quaint and chic, like going back to the ancient town of Sichuan many years ago. Many of these buildings are new, but they are not the clumsy antique buildings found in many scenic areas, as has always been the case with the locals.

The biggest feature of this place is not the appearance of rural construction, but the people. According to common sense, in towns and villages with a registered population of more than 13,000 and a permanent population of only more than 2,000, the people left behind are basically the elderly and children, and most of the young and strong laborers have gone out to work. Even in many places, even children are rare, and they have been taken by their parents to work or sent to the county seat to study.

But the area around Sishuiping is different, most of the locals are young and middle-aged, and the elderly are rare. This is a bit strange, could it be that the mountain villages here are all old, weak, sick and disabled who go out to work? Of course, Ding Qi and Xian Hao understand that those people are actually hiding in the secret realm of heaven and earth.

The master of the sect once introduced to Ding Qi the situation of Jiufang Empty Island, and most of his clansmen were unwilling to leave the secret realm of heaven and earth, and lived in Jiufang Empty Island all year round. But there can't be no one in the countryside of Sishui Town, so the locals are all sent out on duty, and many of them even only come out on weekends when they have something to do, and the rest of the time they hide back to Jiufang Empty Island.

Ding Qi came on weekends, and he saw a lot of people, if he changed to another time, the entire Sishui Town, including the villages under its jurisdiction, was probably only a few hundred people, all of whom stayed on purpose to be "on duty".

Dantinzi came on Saturday and met a lot of people, almost 10,000, of whom more than 2,000 were local residents, and the rest were all foreign tourists. In early July, the Sichuan Basin, especially the Chengdu Plain, is already very hot, but the surrounding mountains are much cooler, so when it comes to holidays, many people run out to relax.

When it comes to tourism, people may not feel the same, and the most representative are two types of people. There is a group of people who rush from one attraction to another, as if they have suffered a loss if they have visited one less place, and they are exhausted every time they come back from a trip. There is also a group of people who are purely for leisure, looking for a place to relax during the holidays, and do not run around.

The rhythm of life in Sichuan is soothing, there are many leisure tourists like this, when the weather is hot, you can find a comfortable and cool place to stay for a while, rub a mahjong and drink a glass of wine, it does not have to be a famous mountain and river, you don't have to crowd in the flow of people to visit, it has almost become a habitual way of life.

The location of Sishuiping is in the Emei Mountains, but it is not in the popular scenic spots, it is located in the back mountains of the Emei Mountains, and there is still some distance from the lively scenic spots. Tourists from other places basically go to Mount Emei, and almost all of the people who come here for leisure and vacation are Sichuan locals. There are a lot of people who come on holidays, because the facilities here are good, there is enough reception capacity, and the scenery and climate are good.

These situations were not only observed by Ding Qi, but also introduced by the two local leaders. The mayor of Sishui Town, named Wen Jie, and the secretary named Long Jun, personally received Ding Qi and Xian Hao, and accompanied them to visit the nearby countryside.

Secretary Long Jun is Long Qingqing's father, and he also expressed his gratitude to Ding Qi in private, and said that he would also visit Jinshan Courtyard in two months, and he is currently waiting in line. As for Mayor Wenjie, Ding Qi recognized him as soon as he met, because he had already been to Jinshan Courtyard. Therefore, everyone is an old friend, and there is not much restraint when they meet and talk.

Sure enough, as Ding Qi expected, he asked Long Qingqing a few days ago to tell him what he meant, and he wanted to visit Jiufang Empty Island on the weekend, and the next day he received a call from Zong Feixia himself, saying that Jiufang Empty Island welcomed him. But Zong Feixia also said apologetically that this is not the meaning of opening the island to the outside world, but just a private invitation, and this time only the owner and wife of the Ding Courtyard are invited.

Of course, Ding Qi understood that Jiufang would not be willing to open the secret realm of heaven and earth when he left the empty island, and he was only invited to have a personal relationship. He and Xian Hao took the night train into Sichuan, and then took the car specially sent by Jiufang from the empty island to reach Sishui Town. The owner of the sect island did not show up for something, and was personally received by the two town leaders, and the nine releases from the empty island also seemed to be enough to give face.

They had lunch in the town and then visited one of the most distinctive villages in the area, called Da Huang Jiao Village. Before arriving at the entrance of the village, I heard the sound of a rainstorm in the sparse noise, and as far as the eye could see, there were more than 300 people sitting there playing mahjong under a piece of ancient trees outside the village, and there were more than 300 people sitting there playing mahjong, the scene was very spectacular, and the service staff shuttled back and forth to provide all kinds of snacks and tea.

Xian Hao sighed: "Life here is really leisurely. ”

Ding Qi also sighed: "Coming here, I feel that time has slowed down. ”

Mayor Wenjie smiled a little embarrassedly: "I'm used to the slow pace, and after a long time, people have become lazy." ”

There is a five-star resort hotel in Dahuangjiao Village, and they walked to the pool outside the hotel as they spoke. The shape of this pool is very irregular, the road turns around the pool, Mayor Wenjie walks forward as he introduces it, his vision is not obstructed, but he seems to be blind, and he steps on the surface of the water with his feet.

No one thought that Mayor Wen would come to this show, but he stepped on the air and fell into the water. Fortunately, the water was not deep, and Ding Qi had already pulled him up in a hurry, but Mayor Wen was already soaked all over his body, and it also attracted the curious eyes of many tourists around.

Wen Zhenchang said with embarrassment: "I'm sorry, I'll go back and change my clothes." ”

Mayor Wen, who was covered in water, went to change his clothes, and Secretary Long happened to answer the phone, said sorry and walked away temporarily. Xian Hao was a little puzzled: "I saw it very clearly just now, that Mayor Wen obviously saw the pool, why did he raise his foot and step on the water?"

Ding Qi whispered, "He's talking to us, distracted." ”

Xian Hao: "Normal people don't make this kind of mistake when they are distracted, he just walks in front of the pool." ”

Dingzi: "Because subconsciously, he really thinks he can walk on the water. ”

Xian Hao: "Could it be that in the Nine Liberation Sky Island, people can still take a micro step?"

Ding Qi: "I think it's not only that, I'm afraid I can fly!"