Chapter 45: The Barren Ladder
Before, I was afraid of alarming the local residents, so I walked all the way, and at this moment I found that there was no one in the village, and then I flew into the sky and looked down, Xiaochen found that the whole village was not surprising from the appearance to the arrangement of the houses, but the people of this village have been determined that they disappeared mysteriously not long ago. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
After changing directions for a while, Xiaochen still didn't have any special findings, so he had to look at the star pupils again.
As far as the eye could see, the village could no longer be seen, because Xiaochen looked down from the height, all he saw was a thick black fog, and there was no law to follow, so Xiaochen had no choice but to accept the star pupil, and the sword descended.
"Still I can't see anything. Xiaochen shook his head, saying that he couldn't explain what was happening in front of him.
"Could it be that they left the village?" Ling Ziling asked.
"I don't know, maybe there are any activities in this village today, and the whole village of men, women and children needs to participate. "So far, Xiaochen has no better explanation, if he said that he saw the black fog, it is no different from not saying it, after all, as a person who can see the black fog, he has not found anything, let alone two people who can't see it.
"Then let's get out of here now. Wuchen opened his mouth and said, after listening to Xiaochen's words, it seems that he really can't find any other explanation, and it's not impossible for monsters to make monsters make the whole village disappear without leaving a trace, and they can't look down on the people of this village.
"No, there are undoubtedly people here, how can we leave like this. Xiaochen vetoed.
"Then what do you want?" Wuchen frowned.
"At the very least, find out where these people have gone, and what the black fog in the sky is. Xiaochen didn't have a smile on his face at the moment, obviously, he was serious when he said this.
"What black mist?" Ling Ziling said as he looked at Xiaochen suspiciously.
"You can't see it, I opened the star pupil just now, and I can see it, it's my left eye, you also saw it just now. "Since he wants to solve the problem, Xiaochen will naturally tell all the clues that may be used.
"The black fog that can't be seen...... That's probably a monster. "It's weird, I'm afraid this kind of thing is only done by the people, or some monsters who do the way.
"Then what to do next, you saw the black fog at the beginning, and now you still don't know where the villagers have gone, I'm afraid it's useless to see it. Ling Ziling's guess was not bad at all, Xiaochen really didn't see anything from the black mist.
"There's only one way, I'll go in and see in this fog. Xiaochen said resolutely.
"No, I can't. Ling Ziling vetoed, "You don't even know what it is, why do you little qi cultivators probe it." After speaking, Ling Ziling didn't wait for Xiaochen to refute, and rushed to the sky with a retreat.
"Damn, that's all about me. Xiaochen raised his star pupils and watched Ling Ziling rush towards the black mist, and he himself hurriedly flew up.
With my world, how can it be your turn to take risks.
Flying to catch up with Ling Ziling, this move was indeed reckless, and it was also a decision made by Xiaochen without even thinking about it.
"Two madmen. Wuchen smiled bitterly and wanted to follow, but Xiaochen's voice came from the sky, "You stay here, in case we have something, there is someone to ask for help." ā
Wuchen was right to think about it, so he stopped his movements and looked at the sky, he didn't have a star pupil, he couldn't see the black fog, he only saw a clearly transparent sky, but Ling Ziling flew and suddenly disappeared, and then Xiaochen also disappeared, after seeing that Xiaochen and Ling Ziling had disappeared, Wuchen quickly left the village and returned to the woods to sit down cross-legged.
Ling Ziling heard Xiaochen say that when the sky above the village was shrouded in mist, she released the True Yuan shield as soon as she took off, just now she suddenly felt that the True Yuan of the protective body had rubbed against something, and in just a moment, that feeling disappeared, but at this time it was completely dark in front of her eyes, it was just twilight at the moment, it couldn't be so dark, the only explanation was that she had already entered the fog.
But Xiaochen was different from Ling Ziling, he had already activated the Star Pupil before he took off, and he could clearly see everything in front of him, including how he entered this black mist.
Strictly speaking, the two of them did not enter the so-called fog, Xiaochen just saw clearly that this fog was just a medium, equivalent to a door, and they entered the world inside the door.
The darkness disappeared, Ling Ziling stood between a large road, deep ruts could be seen on the road, both sides of the road were very clean, all signs indicated that this was a road with frequent pedestrians.
After Ling Ziling looked around, he walked forward, the straight road didn't know where it led, let alone where it began, Ling Ziling kept walking forward.
After Xiaochen entered the black fog with Ling Ziling, he quickly rushed in, but after Xiaochen came in, what he saw was a piece of corruption, dead branches and leaves, the sky was filled with a rotten atmosphere, the black oppressive clouds, as if heavy rain might pour at any time, under his feet was a white stone paved path, in front of him was the stone steps, all the way up, and then far away, Xiaochen couldn't see any farther, but he didn't see Ling Ziling, and his heart was filled with strong uneasiness.
"The Gate of the Hades, the Barren Ladder, the Stinky Boy, how did you get to this place? Han's voice carried a trace of extremely rare shock, and the figure appeared behind Xiaochen.
"What kind of place is this?"
"Between life and death, when you go and stay, you live and die in one step, and when you reach the end of this ladder, you become the underworld, that is, you die. The words are not shocking, Han just appeared, and after some words, Xiaochen's face turned pale, he was not only afraid of dying, but also afraid that Ling Ziling, who he hadn't seen yet, would have walked up the stone steps.
"Boy, get out of here, it's not like you won't go to the underworld if you don't leave, you look back. Seeing that Xiaochen didn't ask for a way to leave, Han knew that Xiaochen didn't want to leave, so he could only remind him.
Xiaochen looked back, a wall was slowly pressing towards him, and the wall was inlaid with countless stumps and broken arms, whether it was heads, or hands and feet, they were all struggling on the wall.
"If you are caught by these things, you will become one of them, and your consciousness will dissipate, and you will become like them, and the end will be worse than death. Seeing the puzzlement in Xiaochen's eyes, Han explained.
"Uncle Xuanling!" Xiaochen didn't speak, turned around and ran up the stone steps shouting.
"Alas, it's still a child. After a sigh, Han followed Xiaochen away.
Ling Ziling was still moving forward on that road, unaware that every step she took, everything behind her turned into fragments and dissipated.
She couldn't see the end of this road, and she couldn't think of what the end was, Ling Ziling was not confused by anything at this moment, she knew what she was doing, she even knew what kind of place this was, but not only why, she didn't stop.
"Found it. Xiaochen rushed all the way towards the stone steps, and at this moment he finally came to a high platform where the stone steps led, and he saw Ling Ziling, who had already walked far, far away.
He even saw that it wouldn't take long for Ling Ziling to step into a gate, the door was bleeding, bleeding constantly, but Ling Ziling was like he didn't see it, getting closer and closer, Xiaochen was startled, and shouted as he ran, "Uncle Xuanling, stop." ā
Hearing Xiaochen's shout, Ling Ziling stopped for the only time, turned her head to look at Xiaochen, the corners of her mouth raised, and smiled sweetly.
This smile was enough to captivate the city and cover his world, Xiaochen was still running forward, but the whole world shattered, and an extremely strong white light lit up, and Xiaochen couldn't see anything even if he desperately opened his eyes.
Beside Xiaochen, Han's figure floated, his face showed a bright face, and at this moment he looked at the figure in the distance with a smile, in this broken world, Xiaochen disappeared, Ling Ziling also disappeared, only the two figures that could not be seen clearly in the white light stood opposite each other.
"If you tell him, I'll kill him at once. The figure opposite Han spoke, and the voice was a pleasant female voice.
"Sooner or later, he will know, he may even get out of this realm, what will happen when the time comes?" Han did not say yes or no, but looked at the figure with a smile.
"No one can get out of this realm, and for so many years, a genius who is tens of thousands of times more talented than he doesn't know is still trapped here. The figure's voice was calm, unmoved by the cold words.
"You don't understand Qingming. After Han finished speaking, he didn't wait for the figure to respond, and disappeared directly in place.
"Uncle Xuanling!" Xiaochen opened his eyes suddenly, and there was a loud roar.
"What's the nerve, didn't you say that you want to go into the black fog to investigate, why are you stupid all of a sudden?" Ling Ziling looked at Xiaochen helplessly and said.
"Huh?" Xiaochen frowned, could it be that everything before was an illusion? It seems that Ling Ziling Wuchen is as usual, if it is an illusion, why am I the only one who falls into it? Xiaochen's heart is occupied by doubts.
"If you don't go, I'll go. Ling Ziling looked at Xiaochen and snorted lightly, and then was in a daze, pouting.
"No, I can't. Xiaochen vetoed, "I don't know what this is, let's not act rashly." Xiaochen was afraid that everything in the illusion just now would become a reality.
"It's also what you said to go, and it's you who says you can't go now, what's going on with you today?" Ling Ziling said dissatisfiedly.
"Forget it, anyway, let's go out first, and wait until we observe at night. Wuchen also found that Xiaochen was a little abnormal, but he didn't say much, and came out to play a round.
Xiaochen was still thinking about what happened before, he didn't know what happened to himself in the illusion and Ling Ziling in the end.
Xiaochen thought that he would find an opportunity to call Han out in the future, and he would know it as soon as he asked, so he walked out of the village with the other two, sat down in the open space in front of the forest, and when he lit the bonfire, Wuchen wanted to use a spell, and he almost didn't fight with Xiaochen, what Xiaochen said was that the bonfire was to be lit by himself, otherwise it would be boring.
Wuchen was helpless with Xiaochen's rhetoric, but he knew that he might not be an opponent if he was entangled, so he had to let Xiaochen light a bonfire by himself.
The three young men sat around a bonfire, talking not only about cultivation, but also about their own burning ideals, at this moment their ambitions are higher than the sky, they are arrogant that one day they will attain the Tao and ascend to immortals, a hundred years later, a thousand years later, if they mention tonight, what can they use to give an explanation to their dreams.
It is the lifelong wish of every person to become an immortal, however, the people who have been trapped in that step for thousands of years and have not advanced an inch, the entire Qingying Cultivation True Realm is still countless.
In the dense jungle, a beast roar was heard from time to time, but the thoughts of the three of Xiaochen were not in the jungle, but in the strange small village not far away.
It was late at night, there was no movement in the village, and nothing strange was happening.
But since you have decided to meddle in this matter, there is no reason to give up halfway, maybe it is almost impossible for ordinary people to stare at something all night without blinking, but for them, such a trivial matter is really simple.
It wasn't until dawn that Xiaochen noticed that the fog that hung over the village suddenly disappeared, and then some points of light fell on the village like rain.
"There's a situation, let's go. Xiaochen didn't know if Ling Ziling and Wuchen could see it, but since he had seen it, he immediately opened his mouth to remind him, and as he spoke, he had already rushed towards the village.