"Grandma, what is the origin of the ancient trees in our yard, why can they appear all year round on the same tree?"

I asked casually as I helped my grandmother to the kitchen.

"Hehe, in fact, the origin of this ancient tree was told to you by your grandfather as a story when you were three years old. I've only talked about it once, but you have a very good memory. I remember it all, and when I come every year after that, you still tell it to the neighbor's children! It's as if I've lost my memory. I'm afraid you were too young at that time, and you haven't come to your grandmother's house for many years, so you forgot, right?"

Grandma replied with a smile.

"Really? I really don't remember. To tell you the truth, grandma, after my sister and I escaped from the cliff, when we entered a ruined temple, because the snow was too heavy, the ruined temple partially collapsed. A wooden beam smashed into the back of my head, causing me to have some amnesia. I fainted. When I woke up, it was the next morning. And all the memories from before have been forgotten. My sister told me all this. I don't remember anything about the assassin chase, or the carriage falling off a cliff. ”

I'll be honest.

"What! Did Mu Liang hurt the back of his head? Let Grandma take a look! Don't leave the sequelae behind? Why didn't you just say it!"

Grandma stopped nervously and looked at the back of my head and said.

I had to stop, show the back of my head to my grandmother, and said in an indifferent tone: "It's okay, grandma, it shouldn't be serious, not a drop of blood has flowed, otherwise my sister would not have died in a hurry at that time." However, even if it was serious at that time, we were in a ruined temple in the wilderness, and we were penniless, so it was unrealistic to ask for a doctor. Fortunately, there is no danger. The only regret is that there are no memories from childhood to adulthood. Maybe I'll think about it after a while. ”

"Well, it looks a little swollen, and there is no sign of bleeding. However, the absence of skin trauma does not mean that you are fine, but you are afraid of internal injuries! Since you have lost your memory, it must still be more serious. Why don't you take you to Dr. He in the village to have a look? This kind of disease can be big or small, and it should not be taken lightly. In case the best treatment time is delayed, there are three long and two short, how do you let grandma face your father?"

Grandma gently touched the back of my head and suggested with some concern.

"Grandma, this is an internal injury, and it's in the brain, I can't see anything wrong with the pulse of the Chinese medicine alone, right? Besides, I guess it's okay to see a small problem with the doctor in this village, but if it's a big problem, I have to go to the big city to find an experienced old Chinese medicine doctor, right? A disease in my brain like mine, even the imperial doctor in the palace can't see it clearly. This requires a device that specializes in seeing through the head...... Oh, you don't understand that. Grandma, it's better to forget it, I don't think it makes much sense. If I look back, I really think it's serious, and it's not too late to go to the big city to see a doctor. Let's go, grandma, let's continue cooking. My sister is hungry, so hurry up and do it now, and when she comes out of the shower, she will be able to eat. ”

I said disapprovingly, and then pulled my grandmother and continued to walk towards the kitchen.

For me, who grew up in a modern society, I have been carrying minor problems since I was a child, or buying some medicine to eat, and only going to the hospital to see a Western doctor if I have a major problem.

I have hardly seen much Chinese medicine.

In addition, the back of my head is a little swollen, and the skin is not scratched a little, so it is really meaningless to go to see a Chinese doctor.

I think that this kind of disease, which must be diagnosed by scanning the head with professional equipment, is definitely not something that can be seen by taking the pulse, so I also politely refused my grandmother's kindness.

"Oh well. In fact, what you said is also true, Dr. He's medical skills in our village are really not good. Everyone is looking for him for a little problem. If it's really a big problem, I'd better rush to the nearest big city to see the doctor. To tell the truth, there are fewer and fewer people looking for Dr. He for minor problems, and everyone thinks that it is better to sit cross-legged and meditate for an hour under our ancient tree! When you were a child, you often saw villagers meditating cross-legged under our ancient tree to cure diseases, and you even asked your grandfather what these people were doing under the tree. If you hadn't lost your memory, you would have known that ancient trees could cure minor ailments!"

Grandma nodded and replied approvingly.

As he spoke, he walked with me into the kitchen.

And pick out some of the dishes from the basket of dishes next to the stove that you plan to make later.

"Wouldn't it? Meditating under an ancient tree for an hour can still cure a disease? This tree is also amazing, isn't it? Grandma, if I guess correctly, before my mother was born, you dreamed that my mother would have a catastrophe, and you also dreamed of it when you meditated under the ancient tree, right?"

I asked in particular surprise.

"Yes, it was my grandmother who dreamed of it when she sat cross-legged under the ancient tree. This ancient tree is thousands of years old, and it is almost complete! Sometimes grandma always thinks that it is no longer a tree, but a woman! ”

Grandma replied as she chose the dishes.

When I heard my grandmother mention that the ancient tree was like a woman, I also remembered again that when I first saw the ancient tree, I heard a woman calling.

I thought it would be a good time to learn more about the origin of the ancient tree from my grandmother.

So, while helping my grandmother choose the vegetables, I continued to ask with great curiosity: "Grandma, maybe this ancient tree has really become a sperm! Because when I passed by the ancient tree before, I heard the voice of a woman calling." Unfortunately, when I approached the ancient tree again to hear clearly, I couldn't hear it again. Grandma, can you tell me about the origin of the ancient tree? I guess in a short period of time, it will be difficult for me to recall the story about the ancient tree that my grandfather told me. ”

"Okay, then grandma will tell you again. As for the origin of this ancient tree, it is actually like this......"

Grandma slowly and vividly began to speak.

This lecture lasted almost half an hour, and by the time grandma finished speaking, the meal was all ready.

While I was helping my grandmother bring the food into the house and set it up, my sister also came out of the shower.

I had no intention of eating because I was constantly recalling the magical legend about the ancient tree that my grandmother had told me before, and I was sweating from the heat in the kitchen.

I asked my grandmother and sister to eat first, and I went to take a bath.

When I was bathing in the hot wooden barrel, I also closed my eyes and reviewed the origin of the ancient tree told by my grandmother again.

The more I look back, the more incredible I feel!

I always felt that the origin of this ancient tree should have an unimaginable connection with my coming to this Ninefold Heaven Great World this time.

And the woman who called out before in the ancient tree is probably the one who sent me to this world.

Once I find the woman, I will be able to determine whether this Nine Heavens World is real or an illusory dream world.

According to my grandmother's account, thousands of years ago, when Haining Village was still a desert, it belonged to the exile of this world.

Within a radius of 100 miles of this desert, only a small lake is located in the very center.

In the silt beneath the lake there is a stone monument that is half exposed.

The stele is engraved with two words "Haining".

No one knows what this stele is for, let alone the meaning of the word "Haining".

Since there is only one small lake in this desert for hundreds of miles, once you get away from the lake, people will soon die of thirst due to the high temperature and lack of water.

If you live next to the lake all year round, you can survive by drinking the water from the lake, eating the wild plants and fruits around the lake, and the fish in the lake.

So the royal family at that time used this desert as a place of exile.

Anyone who made a great mistake was sent by the official to the middle of the desert by a horse-drawn cart next to the lake as punishment.

The reason why those who have made great mistakes are not directly executed, but are sent here to exile at great lengths, is that the purpose is to make the prisoner's life worse than death, and to let the prisoner get the most unbearable punishment.

Because the prisoners who were transported into the central lake of the desert by horse-drawn carts could not get out of the desert alive by walking.

It's like being trapped next to the lake forever until you die.

It's no different from being on death row.

Therefore, there is no need to deliberately guard the officers and soldiers, and the prisoners cannot escape.

And it's hot all year round, and mosquitoes are rampant.

The prisoners who lived here, although they did not die of thirst and starvation, were scorching and torturous.

At night, I will be bitten by swarms of mosquitoes, and I can't sleep at night, and my whole body is extremely itchy, which is simply a feeling that life is worse than death.

Some prisoners with poor willpower will also choose to commit suicide by throwing themselves into the lake to end this torment.

But what they regret is that jumping into the lake is also a feeling that life is worse than death.

Because there is a parasite as big as an earthworm in the lake, it will burrow into people's noses and then enter the lungs to parasitize, so that people can breathe normally in the water.

Once a living person jumps into the lake, the parasite will quickly enter the lungs in the body, and then the person will not drown immediately, but will still survive in the water.

But because of this parasite in the lungs, it will make people feel itchy and painful in the chest, and this feeling of life is worse than death will last for three days and three nights.

It is not until the worm eats up the lungs little by little that it will die.

So after knowing that there are such parasites in the lake, no one dares to commit suicide by jumping into the lake easily.

Despite this, there are still many dry bones that can be seen in the mud under this lake, which is frightening.

It is also equivalent to the water that other living people have to drink every day, and the decomposing corpses that have been soaked in it, which undoubtedly makes the prisoners living here even more unbearable.

I often die of thirst and don't want to drink a sip of the water here, or after drinking, I vomit wildly.

Since it became a place of exile, it has become a place where everyone talks about it for hundreds of years, and no one has ever escaped alive.

It wasn't until one day, when a young woman was sent in a carriage by the officials that an extremely strange change occurred.

It is said that this woman is a favorite concubine in the palace and is deeply favored by the emperor.

But one day, the emperor was inexplicably poisoned to death in the palace of the favorite concubine, which also shocked the entire imperial city.

So, she was sent to this place of exile, where she was left to fend for herself.

Because the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty felt that it was too cheap for her to execute her, she could only be sent to this place of exile where life was worse than death to make everyone feel angry.

After all, she killed a generation of Ming Jun that everyone recognizes.

But what the world did not expect was that when the woman came to the lake in the middle of the desert, she jumped into it on the spot and swam to the center of the lake in one go.

Just when everyone thought that she would die after suffering for three days and three nights.

Unexpectedly, after a golden light erupted from this woman's body, it disappeared, and then an extremely strange tree slowly grew from the bottom of the lake......