Chapter 463: The Mysterious Old Man
"It's raining?" Jiang Changan said curiously, although the time and night changes in the Divine Mansion are the same as those in the outside world, there has never been rain or snow, why is this?
In the blink of an eye, a little green appeared in the puddle, and aquatic plants emerged, and the rainwater penetrated into the soil to a certain extent, and slowly accumulated a pool in this puddle valley.
It wasn't until two hours later, when he woke up from his meditation, Jiang Changan looked again, but saw that the purple clouds in the sky had disappeared, and the rumbling in his ears had disappeared one after another, Jiang Changan couldn't help but be a little stunned when he looked at everything in front of him-
I don't know when there is a round lake in front of me, the sky is like a mirror of water blue, the fish leaps and turns in the sun, the sparkling waves stir the starting point of the golden light, it is not like the ancient well in the dangerous place without waves without any movement of the dead lake, the lake is full of life, the lake is full of red, yellow, blue and purple flowers.
There are colorful butterflies flying with wings, birds and beasts and insects chirping, there are more sika deer perched on the lake, a group of white cranes pass by the lake, the beauty of all things can be heard in the ears, like a fairyland, for a moment Jiang Chang'an seems to have stepped into the early spring in advance, all things recover, exude endless spring.
But when you are enjoying the beautiful scenery, you can hear the melodious sound of "banging" in your ears......
I saw that the flowers and plants on the shore became more lush, and the temperature suddenly warmed up, and the fish in the water seemed to be unable to stand the scorching temperature, and jumped out of the water one after another, opening their mouths to catch a few cool breaths, but it was only a blink of an eye and fell into the water.
"How so? It's just a breath of time, and it's like it's summerβ"
Before Jiang Chang'an's words were finished, he saw that the lush grass under his feet slowly lowered the tip of the grass, and a little withered yellow spread all over his body, like a fire, the withered yellow swept across the main lake, the flowers withered and turned into red mud, and the butterflies also lay in ambush in the ground.
The heat and dryness in the air are gone, replaced by a cool breeze, blowing in the face, cool as a soothing.
"Autumn solstice!"
Jiang Changan looked at everything that happened in front of him in amazement, as if it was a dream, as if it was unrealistic in front of him, but a painting that was arbitrarily written and changed, and in the blink of an eye, it was a different image.
The fish in the lake have lost the vitality of spring, the impetuousness of summer, and the tranquility of autumn, leaving only the comfort of dying old age, waiting for the arrival of early winter.
I could clearly feel the cool autumn breeze on my face, and it was becoming cold and biting......
Squeak β
A thin layer of ice particles was born on the surface of the lake, goose feathers and white snow fell from the sky, and in the blink of an eye, the lake was covered with snow, a scene covered in silver, and the change of seasons was frozen in winter, the wind and snow were urgent, and a thick layer of snow was also piled up on the ice surface of the lake.
This time, there were no fish, no flowers, no butterflies.
"Spring, summer, autumn and winter, everything does not change, and the wind of the thousand autumns remains the same, what do you want to say?
Jiang Changan muttered to himself, only to see a little stone platform in the center of the lake, the stone platform is like a hill cut off from it, and it looks like a flat raised platform.
The white snow was covered with a layer of white clothes, and at first glance, it was difficult to see if you didn't look carefully, Jiang Chang'an Bodhi's eyes were blue, and he was shocked-
There is an old man on the stone platform!
The old man was looking at him, with a slight smile on his face, kind eyebrows, and a peaceful posture.
What is the situation? How can there be anyone in the Divine Palace? What is the origin of this person, and what role does he play?
Jiang Chang'an was apprehensive in his heart, thousands of demon beasts appeared in the unmanned Shenfu Mirror, a dragon or other strange creatures appeared, although he would also be shocked, but they were all reasonable, and it was not difficult to understand.
But now there is a living person in the Divine Mansion, which makes Jiang Changan, who has always thought that he is the only one in the Divine Mansion, suddenly difficult to accept, his throat squirms, trying to calm the uneasiness in his heart.
Is it good or bad for the other party to appear in the god's house? Is it good or bad? Is it good or bad? What is the other party's intention?
Jiang Changan was hesitating whether to go or not, and a stone arch bridge actually rose on the ice, and the rainbow was lying on the waves. The arch bridge leads directly to the stone platform, and suddenly a little golden light emerges in my heart, and a sentence appears in front of me:
"Life is also destruction, and extinction is life, matter and dust, the measure of life and death. There must be life and death, and the early end is not fate, yesterday and evening are the same people, and today is in the ghost record. β
"This is the fourth secret realm??" Jiang Changan was shocked, then what kind of role is this old man? After experiencing the tragic blow of the emperor's spirit and the treasure of the stone dragon, Jiang Changan was a little soldier and nervous, for fear that this old man would suddenly be killed!
It's no wonder that the gargoyle dragon had forced him to be unable to enter the god's mansion for months, and even left a shadow, always worrying that this old man would be unable to slow himself down with a wave of his hand like a stone dragon, or that there was something in the water?
"Damn, when did Lao Tzu's courage become so small? This entire Divine Mansion is mine, I am the master here, no one can change it after a drop of blood contract, and when the contract was connected, the spiritual sense also said that even if the Divine Emperor touched the Divine Mansion, he would suffer from burning himself!" Jiang Changan cheered up and walked towards the bridge.
Stepping on the stone steps step by step, Jiang Chang'an's vigilance did not loosen up in the slightest, lest there be another strange thing in the water.
"It is said that there are many strange beasts in the Nine Desolations of Shenzhou, in my opinion, no matter how many there are, there are not as many ......as in the mirror of my Shenfu," Jiang Changan said with suffering, and every step he took could be described as thrilling.
The stone platform in front of him was getting closer and clearer, and Jiang Changan gradually saw the old man's appearance clearly-the old man was wearing a whitish light cyan plain silk shirt, with a cyan belt erected on his head, and a square stone case was placed in front of him, and the old man was sitting in front of the stone case with his back bowed, slightly emaciated, and with a childish face.
There is a wooden stick in his hand, his face is always smiling, his clothes are fluttering, like an immortal above the nine heavens, and like an ordinary old man who is close to kindness, his eyebrows reveal a flowing and free and easy, he can see that he was also a handsome young man when he was young, his eyes seemed to be cloudy, and he seemed to know everything in the world.
The ice and snow covered his back with a white brocade quilt, piled up into a snowman, but he was not moved at all, but there was some implication that the heaven and earth were renovated and I did not move, as if he did not sit in meditation, but Zen was born because of him.
In the interval of observation, Jiang Chang'an had already come to the stone case, on which were placed two jars of black and white seeds, with nineteen chess games, waiting for a person playing chess.
"The fourth secret realm is just a simple game of chess?" Jiang Changan didn't believe that it was impossible for the treasure of the secret realm to be without a guardian, and there was no abnormality in the lake all the way at the moment, so only the old man in front of him remained!
Jiang Chang'an silently recited the Great Demon Sutra in his mouth, ready to fight at any time, but the old man in front of him seemed to be unmoved, not even thinking of hurting him, and always showed a kind smile.
Jiang Changan didn't move, and neither did the old man.
In this way, the time of the stalemate for half a pillar of incense, the snow became thicker and thicker, Jiang Changan finally couldn't stand it and shot first, and shot at the old man-
Jiang Changan stretched out a hand, but instead of waving the Great Demon Sutra in his hand, he gently patted the snow on the old man's body.
The old man seemed to be very surprised by his approach, and asked with a smile: "Little friend, ...... you do this?"
"Respect the old and love the young, start with me. Jiang Changan said casually, jumped on the spot twice and shook off the snowflakes on his body, rubbed the stone bench clean, and sat cross-legged on it.
"Hehe......" The old man looked at him with a smile and nodded incessantly.
"Senior, if you want to make a move, you will make me ......panic with laughter," Jiang Chang'an said, "Let me tell you, I know very well that there is no secret realm rule, and if you want to get the treasure, you must go through a series of other tribulations." β
The old man smiled: "Little friend doesn't have anything to ask about the old man?"
"Yes. After talking in a few words, Jiang Chang'an lowered his guard in his heart, and asked boldly, "Are you from this divine mansion?"