Chapter Twenty-Five: The Troubles
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It was so good that there were two people missing in the tent, and Wu Fu didn't notice it at all.
The built alertness was frozen by the cold of the night, curled up into a self-protective sleep, when the sweet dream incense burned out, the morning light that slipped into the tent brought a slight warmth, and when the confused sight touched the heavy blanket on the body, the person finally woke up with a strong spirit.
Slightly stunned, Wu Fu got up in a panic for a while to see, when the short incense was gone, the shed was empty.
He said why Shi Yanwen has always been concerned about people, but yesterday he allowed Jingri to snub him, and the short incense he carried with him......
Wu Fu kicked the incense burner over, and the gray dust blown by the cold wind stained the hem of his clothes, and he couldn't help but sigh on his forehead, "I was waiting to use it like this." β
Not long after Jingri Guming and Shi Yanwen left, several vague footprints could still be seen in the oasis, and it was difficult to have the slightest trace outside the oasis, the wind howled angrily overnight, and even the sand-shaped landform had changed, not to mention the footprints.
Looking at the dark and dreary desert, slowly sitting on the ground, Wu Fu was a little depressed, "It's all at the last moment, God, are you really unwilling to give me a way to live......"
I couldn't see the moonlight when I started, the wind howled angrily when I left, and it was even more unreal to walk in the desert.
Shi Yanwen touched the big on his body, thinking that Jingri Guming really arranged people here, and I don't know when these things were brought, but I never heard him mention them, and I don't know if they are too important or too unimportant.
"What's wrong?"
ββ¦β¦ It's okay. Shi Yanwen shook his head, the road ahead was long and vast, he frowned slightly, and pulled the sleeves of the people around him, "Where are we going?" β
Jing Ri Guming patted his hand, he could understand this apprehension, it was always unsettling to move aimlessly, so he took him by the hand and explained gently, "Don't worry, I'll take you somewhere in just a few days." β
How many days? Shi Yanwen groaned slightly, "But what about the people in the temple, and Liuli, she ......"
"Don't worry," Jingri Guming smiled faintly, "It's just a temporary residence, if you can't keep it, you won't keep it, the people under the mountain will never embarrass the elderly and children under the banner of eliminating evil, even if there is an accident, someone will help them out." β
"Is there a man begging for clothes under the mountain?"
Gathering the big man, Jing Ri said alone, "That letter brought pressure, but also brought rescuers, I am not as good as the beginning, the people who can be used in my hands have been cut off, and most of the people who remain are the killers who were cultivated and used at the beginning, if you want to end everything early, you always need some external support." β
"That ......"
"Leave it to others to worry about, and now we have more important things to do."
More important things, what more important things to bother about? Shi Yanwen was reluctantly dragged away, this trip came suddenly and without warning, there was no information worth exploring, and the only person who could answer him was perfunctory.
is so concerned, and his face will naturally not look good, but Jingri Guming seems to be unaware, and walks towards the center of the ghost desert, becoming more and more silent. Although there was not a drop of sweat in the palm of his hand, it was a little cold, but for some reason, he felt that the cold touch was strangely burning, and he became more and more uneasy.
The area near the center of the ghost desert suddenly changed, it was almost noon, and the darkness between heaven and earth seemed to be maintained in the morning, there was no sunlight in sight, thick black clouds covered everything, the pressure doubled, and there were bursts of thunder in the air, a transparent empty wall seemed to separate the two worlds, outside the wall may be a clear sky that he could not see, and the inside of the wall seemed to be dangerous.
Shi Yanwen looked at the increasingly irritable wind in front of him, and the sand under his feet was too loose, and the anxiety in his heart gradually overshadowed his doubts.
"Sir, the center of the ghost desert is in front of you."
The wind and sand grew stronger, and Jingri Guming had to cover his mouth and nose with his arms, and replied in a muffled voice, "Yes." β
Shi Yanwen frowned, deliberately slowed down, and asked loudly with Jingri Guming, "Is there a way for Mr. to come out of it?" β
Jingri Guming pinched his wrist and pulled Shi Yanwen forward, "The quicksand is widely spread here, so it's not good to stop...... The ghost desert is not as terrible as it is rumored, so it comes out naturally and cautiously. β
That is to say, it may not come out.
"Mr. Jingri!" Shi Yanwen's footsteps stopped suddenly, "If it is not necessary, we should not enter again." β
Shi Junzi wanted to be mature and steady, such a rhetoric was undoubtedly reprimanded, Jingri Guming paused, and finally turned his head, the black big air was blown by the strong wind, and the two of them were like the only living creatures in this treacherous world.
The wind around him was like an ape roaring like a tiger, and the people who were shocked were terrified, Jing Ri didn't speak, and Shi Yanwen couldn't see the eyes covered by the hood clearly, only that the sight was more unsettling than the wind that was going to blow people away, and the heavy stone in his heart was inexplicably heavier.
"Sir?" Related, Shi Yanwen almost forgot the noble identity of the person in front of him, his attitude was a little too much, "I'm sorry, it's Yanwen who has transgressed, but in front-
"Necessary," Jingri Guming interrupted him, pulled the person closer to him, and squeezed his wrist comfortingly, the strength was not great, but there was a strange stability, which made his hanging heart let go a lot, "I won't joke with my life, not to mention that there is Yanwen by my side." β
"......" Shi Yanwen was stunned, and was about to speak, when a loud bang exploded deafeningly in the air, and a faint smell of gunpowder was blown by the wind, making both of them stunned.
Where the clouds and winds met, the sky was brighter than the day.
"Thunder and lightning collided, this place is very unsafe," Jingri Guming looked up, took two steps back and turned around, and grabbed the person without slackening, "Let's go." β
Shi Yanwen had never experienced a sandstorm, but he thought it should be similar to his current situation.
The eyes can only reveal a thin slit, the dust is on the face, every inch of muscle and every joint is as stiff as if it has been stiff for decades, it is difficult to move an inch in the raging weather of the black miasma, like climbing, if it were not for Jingri Guming beside him with a jack pendant to caress him, I am afraid he would not even be able to stand normally.
No wonder it's called a ghost desert, can walk normally in such weather, in addition to ghosts, are there any people?
"Ahem, cough ......" was accidentally attacked by the wind for a while, Shi Yanwen couldn't help but stop, the cough was out of control, it was better for Jingri Guming to stop and give him smooth air.
"What's wrong?" Jing Ri Guming looked sideways at him, leaned closer and asked, "Can you still walk?" β
Shi Yanwen leaned on his shoulder and shook his head, "It's okay...... But the wind seems to be getting stronger and stronger the further you go. β
"This is probably the place where the wind is the strongest, and then you go in another world, you will like it," after speaking, he smiled again, and wrapped his hand around the situation, half-hugging and half-supporting him to move forward against the wind, "Do you want me to carry you?" β
"......" Shi Yanwen looked at him calmly, looked at him for a long time, and suddenly smiled, "Mr. is obviously too busy to take care of himself." β
"Really?" The corners of Jing Ri Guming's mouth lifted slightly, as if he was more restrained than before, "Yanwen can try." β
This expression is too familiar, Shi Yanwen raised her hood slightly, smiled lightly, very pure, and looked Yiyi, "It's still not good to trouble Mr." β
"Where the trouble is, it's an honor below."
"But the gentleman doesn't worry about anyone, so forget it."
"Huh."
"Sir, be careful with sand in your mouth."
"Wait a minute, there will be no sand."
"Wait a minute?"
"Right now."
"Huh?" Shi Yanwen squinted and looked ahead, the thicker and thicker sand wind blocked the line of sight, and he could only dedicate a few meters away, but the sand there was like a combination of countless small hidden weapons, and there was no gap, and it looked very infiltrating, "It doesn't look easy to enter." β
Jingri Guming said softly, "Close your eyes, I'll take you in." β
Shi Yanwen looked at him and thought for a moment, obviously with his current strength, he couldn't easily break through the wind wall to enter, and forcibly breaking through might add unnecessary danger, so he nodded and closed his eyes, and his head lightly rested on Jing Ri Guming's shoulder.
Jing Ri Guming hugged his waist tightly, took a deep breath, and the fierce and strong sand wind around him suddenly paused, as if he had been expelled, and the fine sand grains retreated against the wind. His eyes were fixed on the front, looking for the gap in that moment. At first glance, the winds collided, each distorted, Jingri Gu Ming closed his eyes slightly, and his body disappeared in the blink of an eye, holding Shi Yanwen and crashing into the wind wall......
With a few gasps, Jingri Guming put him down, with a slight tremor in his voice, "It's okay." β
Shi Yanwen opened his eyes and looked at him first, except for a trace of fine marks on his cheeks, his breath was slightly unstable, and the fine hairs on the big hair were a little messy, but they were also neat.
"Is it okay, sir?"
Jingri Guming glanced at him and said with a smile, "It's not very good." β
ββ¦β¦ Oh. β
That's okay, Shi Yanwen breathed a sigh of relief, and then began to look at the surrounding environment, but it was okay not to look at it, but when I saw it, I felt distracted.
Open your eyes, no wind, no sand.
The two of them are in another different realm, a few meters behind the wind wall stopped together, pulled out a strange cordon, vacated a vast plain, there is a lake and water, outside is the willow and the flowers, the blue sky is like washing, the clouds and water reflect each other, the wild grass and flowers are attached to the forest, and the farther low waterfall is hidden in the meantime, and there are no birds and beasts.
It's a scene of seclusion.
If it weren't for the wind wall surrounded by thousands of miles, he would almost think that he had returned to the Central Plains.
Unreal is like a dream.
Shi Yanwen was amazed for a while, took off her hood and moved forward two steps in a daze, but she didn't know what she stepped on, her feet were soft, and her body unconsciously went to the side, almost falling. Fortunately, Jing Ri Guming's eyes were quick, and his eyes never took his eyes off him, so he was able to hold the general and hurriedly untie the two of them and throw them on the ground - the temperature here is suitable, and these are not needed for the time being.
"Thank you, sir," Shi Yanwen smiled apologetically, "I relaxed for a while, but I didn't pay attention to my feet." β
Jingri Guming sat down with him, shook his head and said, "Walking in the wind and sand for three hours in a row, I still feel weak in the bottom, let alone Yanwen?" β
Shi Yanwen bowed his head slightly, and looked at the place where he landed, a semicircular spar was lying there quietly, shining brightly in the sun, as if he had seen it somewhere......
"How did the gentleman find out about this?"
"Ancient books are loaded."
"Ancient books? Isn't this place special?"
Jing Ri looked into the distance, and there was a sound of water hitting behind the jungle, with a slight murmur, "This is the source of the medicinal spring." β
Shi Yanwen paused when she heard this, "Why are we here?" β
"It's all over here," Jing Ri said Guzhi, "to fulfill my selfish intentions." β
Shi Yanwen moved her lips and tilted her head and muttered, "...... If it is selfish, why did the gentleman bring me? β
Jingri Guming felt a little helpless, "If Yanwen pretends to be stupid again, she should be heartbroken in the future." β
Shi Yanwen's face was slightly red, and she coughed lightly, "...... Mr. found the place, found the opportunity, what is the medicine primer? β
Jingri Guming closed his eyes slightly, and asked instead of answering, "Is Yanwen afraid of pain?" β
This question was strange, Shi Yanwen couldn't help but look back at him, but there was only a light smile on that handsome face, and he couldn't see the slightest flaw, as if this sentence was really just a meaningless chatter, and there was no other meaning.
"Yanwen has suffered countless injuries in her life, but it is normal for people to be afraid of pain, but they are more pain-tolerant than ordinary people."
ββ¦β¦ That's how it should be," Jing Ri Guming looked at him and stretched out his hand, "Are your legs still weak now?" β
"Huh?" Shi Yanwen stood up with his hand, a little surprised in his eyes, the two of them had just sat down, "It's okay...... If time is pressing, Mr. doesn't have to worry too much, Yanwen won't be so fragile. β
Jing Ri Guming's eyes changed, which was quite meaningful, and he pulled people away without waiting for Shi Yanwen to ask again, and only took a big one.
"Then Lao Yanwen will bear with me."
There was still some fine sand near the wind wall, and the more grass and trees went in, the more grass and trees grew, but the two did not stop at all, but Shi Yanwen paused when passing by the small lake in the middle, but only paused, and then the two of them got into the sparse woods and went straight to the waterfall.
The waterfall is not big, it is only three or four high, strictly speaking, it is not even a waterfall, but the water is turbulent, from high to low almost vertical, when it falls, it just hits the boulder raised in the water, and above it is the water flow that gathers in all directions, rushing out of the forest, and outside the forest is the plain, and the end of the plain is the wind wall that surrounds it.
The scenery is very beautiful, but if you look closely, it is beautiful and lifeless, except for the sound of water, there is no wind and insects, the waterhole under the waterfall is crystal clear, the sides are flat grass, those mixed trees are a little far away, people stand on the edge of the pool and the field of vision is extraordinarily wide, and even vaguely can see the white big white that they fall in the distance at a glance.
The water in the pool is constantly rippling, with a slight mist, and you can smell the strong smell of medicine before you even enter it, but the taste is too strong to make it difficult to even breathe.
Jingri Guming pulled Shi Yanwen to the edge of the pool, but he didn't speak for a long time, his expression was cautious, hesitant and struggling, and he even took someone's hand and unconsciously used a little force, if it wasn't for Shi Yanwen struggling slightly, Jingri Guming seemed to start closing his eyes and meditating.
"The gentleman doesn't seem to have a good face." Shi Yanwen said.
Jing Ri sighed alone, he just had a bad face.
After a long time, Jingri Guming cautiously took out a medicine bottle from his arms, the herring bottle was not more than Yingying's hand, it was very small, and it only contained a milky white pill, but it made Shi Yanwen's eyelids jump, and for some reason he retreated a little.
ββ¦β¦ Why don't you find the little fat man first? β
"Find, of course you have to find," Jingri Guming poured the pill into the palm of his hand and said, "This is the purpose after that." β
Shi Yanwen felt a little uneasy in his heart, maybe this should be a happy thing, but he was inexplicably a little worried, and even had a strange sense of rejection, and it took a while for a smile to appear on his face, and he forcibly teased, "Mr. Wen Huang will never take Mr. Wenhuang's substitute Gu." β
"How come," Jing Ri Guming looked at him with burning eyes, "Substitute Gu for death, its effect is only to make people return to their current state, back to your current appearance, what's the point?" β
Shi Yanwen took a step back and said with a smile, "Let's find the little fat man first." β
"I've found it, you turn around and take a look."
Kindness? Shi Yanwen was stunned, turned around, the grass was lush, calm as still, and he felt strange, but there was a sound of rustling in the grass, and a slender tail stretched out from the grass......
Creak!
"Ah, it's really in-" The words stopped, and Shi Yanwen's face changed.
"It's been waiting for you for a long time." Jing Ri said alone.
ββ¦β¦ Mr. Jingri, this kind of thing shouldn't need to be pointed. β
"It will hurt a little when it is broken and then stands, Yanwen endures it."
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"Uncle, ...... here"
"It's here." The Hidden Mirror Man frowned and looked around, "Wasn't the person caught by King Miao?" β
"Uncle," Qiao Rulai paused, touched the broken temple gate and thought about it, "The people taken away by King Miao are all killers and ordinary people who fish in troubled waters, and even some border civilians, but there is no trace of the old man and the child you mentioned in this temple." β
"Jingri Guming will be stupid enough to wait for someone to arrest him?" The mirror collector glanced at the courtyard again, and the only intact thing was probably the Borobudur, the master bedroom of the study was messy, the books and ink treasures were scattered all over the ground, the bricks were also warped, the window frames were mostly broken, and even the pavilion was demolished in the snow, and the robbers were more reserved than this.
"I didn't see anyone else on the way, did they go to the desert?"
"Tsk, then go and see, why think so much."
"Yes, but daddy kisses him......"
As he was talking, there was a person running from the mountainside, dressed as an ordinary person, holding a woodcutter in his hand, leaning his body as if to cover it, sneaking against a weed, as if he could hide the whole person, and slowly retreated with his back to them, muttering something.
As funny as ever.
"Hey, little ancestor! You guys want Yao Lao's life, when are you still running around?! I won't let the master peel off the three layers of skin when I turn around, come out quickly, girls, eh......"
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Qiao Rulai dialed the Buddha beads twice and took two steps forward, "This old manβ"
"Hey! Where is Shi Yanwenren! β
"Uncle ......"
"Answer!"
Uncle, if you ask like this, it will scare people.
Although the other party did not react.
Qiao Ru came to see him for a while, the man was still lying on his body, his whole body was stiff, and the grass on his head was swaying left and right alone in the cold wind, maintaining such a posture was not easy for an old man, Qiao Rulai glanced at the person who hid the mirror, and his face suddenly became a little weird.
With a light cough, the two of them walked in front of him left and right, looked at each other, and fell silent for a moment.
I've probably never seen such a ridiculous appearance, rolling my eyes, my mouth open, and my feet still drooping......
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Qi took three steps back, and the person who hid the mirror couldn't bear to look at it directly, and Qiao Rulai was a little embarrassed, "That...... Uncle! β
"Huh?!" Suddenly woke up, Yao Lao suddenly sat on the ground, sat down directly in the pickled filth, and the old man's unique crying suddenly erupted in an earth-shattering manner, as if he had been greatly wronged, "Don't kill me, don't kill me!" I don't know anything, the people are scattered, the medicine people are gone, and the Reshaping Pill has also been brought into the ghost desert history by the King of Beijing and Shi Yanwen, except for these, I really don't know anything! β
"What did you say?!" Pretty like a surprise.
The old man was frightened again, shrunk on the ground in embarrassment, hugged his head and closed his eyes, and shouted: "I said I can-"
"Not this!" Qiao Rulai pulled the old man up hard, and asked with a slight heaviness, "...... Dare to ask my father-in-law, where did Shi Yanwen go? β
Yao Lao was stunned for a moment, and looked up tremblingly, a white-haired young man pulled his arm and looked at him steadily, and behind him, there stood an "acquaintance" who made him tremble not long ago.
"Yes...... You. Yao Lao breathed a sigh of relief, still half-hunched.
The mirror collector patted Qiao Rulai on the shoulder and asked him to let go, but fortunately, Qiao Rulai was only excited for a while, and in the blink of an eye, he calmed down and took a breath and retreated, letting the mirror man stand in front of Yao Lao and ask, "How long has Shi Yanwen been in the ghost desert?" β
Yao Lao smiled and took a few steps back, "Uh, it's been almost two days......
"What are they doing in the Ghost Desert?"
"It seems that I am going to treat Shi Junzi or something," Yao Lao glanced at them, and when he saw that they were a little confused, he added, "Actually, the master is still two points sure, although the process is ...... It's a bit painful, and after success, it's possible that all martial arts will be lost, but it's good to keep it, right, hehe......"
Qiao Rulai was silent for a moment, suppressed the anxiety in her heart, and suddenly said, "Does the old man know where they are in the ghost desert?" β
Yao Lao was stunned, "This, I know that I know, but it's far away, I'm afraid it's ...... to walk over."
Qiao Rulai bowed slightly, "I'm tired of the old man." β
"But ......"
The person who hid the mirror didn't have such a good temper, and he glared at him when he looked at him, and shouted coldly: "Don't leave yet!" β
Yao Lao's body was shocked, and he almost fell to the ground again, and stammered timidly, "Okay! Immediately! Right away! Please let me lead the way for you! It's an honor for little old man, little old manβ"
"Shut up!"
"......" Okay.