Chapter 15: Decline
The white mist was surging, the golden light was gone, and the melodious sound of Taoist music still echoed in my ears. Although Ye Du had already seen the layout of the Pingjindu-Qianzhang Yuan River, he had no bottom in his heart about what would happen after stepping out of the boat! Under his feet, there was a solid ground, and the feeling of stepping on it was stable and comfortable.
On the gloomy canopy, the autumn wind cut the layers of dark clouds into pieces. On the other side of the mountain, the blazing sun in the colorful red glow is sprinkling thousands of rays of light, dispelling the last trace of white mist between heaven and earth! Ye Du stopped his slow steps, raised his eyes and looked around, and a look of surprise flashed in his determined gaze: I don't know when, Qianzhangyuan and Pingjindu disappeared, the worn, moldy boat also disappeared, and even the endless blood-colored river disappeared abruptly. What catches your eye is the ancient cypress with slanted branches and leaves, the ginkgo trees with golden fan leaves scattered in the forest, and the chirping canary finches in the dense forest-the treetops jumping up and down, chirping happily, the leaves falling, the birds chirping, the mountains are secluded...... The yellow and green dots in the dense forest, the morning sun sprinkles jagged light and shadow from the dense branches and leaves, reflecting on the green grass, and the dew drops hanging on the grass blades shine like pearls!
If you taste the green grass, you will be amazed, they are also like flowers, they are fragrant!, however, Ye Dui will not notice, because he is looking intently and with a puzzled face at his feet—a neatly carved white jade. The shape of the jade is an extremely regular square, long and wide, both about one zhang, and its edges are densely carved with simple and freehand ruyi cloud patterns! Looking at the crystal white jade that is scattered into colorful colors under the sun, Ye Dui on the jade is a little ashamed of himself, and he jumps down from the jade in a hurry! Standing on the grass, the expression on Ye Dui's face is not anxious, because whenever he encounters something mysterious, he has to observe it carefully!
Ye Duan took a deep breath, lifted his steps, and circled around the white jade very slowly, then returned to the original point, stood still, and stared at this crystal clear jade, Ye Duan began to ponder again: just now, from the crooked nicks on the edge of the jade, he found the words "Ruyi Golden Light Phantom Array"! Carefully observe the weeds lying on the edge of the jade, and you can also find the blue-gray incense embers in the grass, someone has burned incense here, Ye Duan is very sure! Looking at the ancient words and intricate patterns covered with jade, Ye Duan felt that his temples were faintly swollen! Although he had read a lot of books in normal times, it was the first time he had come into contact with the things on this jade. After looking back and forth for a long time, Ye Duan realized that he only recognized the Taiji pattern in the center of the jade, one black and one white, but he was not sure, because the pattern seemed to be two black and white fish with their heads and tails intersecting, constantly swimming on the jade, looking from a distance like an incomplete Taiji diagram!
And around that Taiji diagram, there is a picture scroll of sound and color: on the painting, the white jade is the bottom, and on the blood-red sea, there is a flat boat floating, and the light boat is floating, and the dark clouds are thick. A strange golden light was shining from the dim canopy, enveloping the dilapidated boat. A golden figure sat on the blood-colored sea, rising and falling, rising and falling. Looking at the scroll, it seems that you can still hear the constantly howling wind, and you can also smell the disgusting fishy smell! And above this painting, sixteen seal characters are scribbled -- "The stars and the moon are sinking, the sea of blood is boundless, the road ahead is strange, and the back is the shore." These sixteen words, end to end, pen to the end, the word state is sprinkled uninhibited, there is a faint smell of dust, at the beginning of these sixteen seal characters, there is also the vermilion "edict" two words. Ye Duan observed for a long time, and he felt that these characters were probably composed of a talisman, which was carved at the last moment, because the slots of the handwriting were brand new! The outermost layer of jade was neatly arranged with sixty-four strange ancient characters composed of long and short horizontal lines, each of which was composed of six strokes, these may not be words, Ye Duan thought so, he had no answer in his heart. For him, this situation is rare, because, Ye Dui feels that he has seen a lot of historical sites in Loulan......
Why was there no one at the Pingjin Ferry? Why was he transferred to the mountains and wilderness one moment ago on the Qianzhangyuan River? Why was it noon when he crossed the river, but early in the morning after he went ashore? Ye Du was walking on a winding stone staircase, and he walked very slowly, because he had too many questions, too many puzzles, and too many doubts in his heart! The stone steps were very long, and under the cover of the trees, they were twists and turns, and there was no end in sight! The sun has risen a lot, the weather is a little stuffy, on the cold ancient road, gradually, there are sparse figures, and then, there are more and more figures, shoulder to shoulder, in the noise, this clear and cold ancient road is gradually lively and lively! But it is very strange that Ye Duan found that most of the people on this stone step are young men and women of the same age as him, and the older ones are only about twenty years old. Among them, there are the princes and grandsons with jade belts and light furs, the delicate beauties of the southern country, and the down-and-out young Junyi! Ye Du looked at the young monks who were constantly coming and going on the ancient road, and suddenly, he felt an inexplicable sense of loneliness, because although there were many monks in the past, there was no one with a sword!
He practiced swords at the age of five, killed people at the age of ten, and became the number one killer among the 3,000 guests of the Hou Mansion in Tsing Yi at the age of fifteen! A sword became famous, and Ye Duan used it for ten years! Ten years is not a very long time, everyone has many ten years, but there is only one ten years when he was a child! The time when Ye Duan became famous was not long, but he felt that it was enough! The price of becoming famous at a young age was no amusement, no laughter, and no friends! Ten years of sharpening a sword, a sword, it took ten years to sharpen, this path, not everyone would choose! This road is not something that everyone can adhere to after choosing! This road, those who choose to go down, are destined to be accompanied by loneliness for the rest of their lives! Looking at the monks who were full of energy and contentment on the stone path, Ye Duan sighed in his heart: The way of the sword has declined!!