Chapter 60: A Visitor from Another World
The ink paintings, which were about a foot wide, hung in the spacious flower hall, and they had to pass through it to get in and out, so they had to stay in the huge portrait.
In the painting, the pavilions and water pavilions, the cornices pierce the corners, the shops are lined up, and people come and go, this scene is like a miniature version of the ancient city of Ranjing. Everything in the painting is vivid, with pedestrians walking down the street, flocks of sheep, camels, and smoke from the rooftops of farmhouses, and vendors waving to passers-by. Suddenly, his gaze was locked by the tallest pagoda in the painting, and a head was dangling from the window on the highest floor.
"It's Qu Sang, how can he be in the painting?"
The man lying on his back opened his troubled eyes with difficulty, "Well, he must have been imprisoned by the water demon, it seems that the target of this water demon is the two of us, so as not to get in the way of Qu Sang, so that he is imprisoned in that tower." ”
"That's right."
The old hoarse voice came from outside the hollow long door, the footsteps were solemn and slow, getting closer and closer, and Zuihou stopped beside the flower table.
"The Divine Dragon Clan, the Lingfeng Clan, with the aura of the two of you, I will rush out of here just around the corner."
Xi Mo was reclining on the soft couch, and Ming Jiaqi brought a thick velvet blanket behind Xi Mo, and she raised her finger to the huge picture scroll with some difficulty.
"See? This is the ancient city of Ranjing, three thousand years, I can't escape here, and they don't want to leave. ”
Hearing this, Qingli chuckled lightly, and said angrily: "You are finally a fairy in the heavenly realm, such a means is really despicable, those are just ordinary people, do you really expect immortality and endless life?" Three thousand years, you should know that they are tired of it. ”
"Boredom." Ximo stroked his old face like chicken skin, laughed twice, and said, "How could I not know? It's a pity that they are unlucky, I am not free, and they don't want to die in peace. ”
She can understand the feeling when she is sealed, when she was trapped in Kongli Island by the spell of Yukun Fu, she really wanted to be able to end it, lonely and cold, she was really afraid that she would go crazy after too long, and the evil qi would be more serious if it was not purified. It was the most painful time she had ever lived. Fortunately, she doesn't have the perverted ambition of Ximo, and she has to make thousands of mortals suffer when she is trapped alone, immortal, neither human nor demon.
"I don't know anything."
Hearing Xi Mo say this, Qingli probably guessed her next, "Hong Shan Blood Lotus? Qingli half-closed his eyes, and the corner of his eye swept to Ximo's old face, "Have you already eaten it?" She asked with a smile.
The gloating tone made Xi Mo who was half lying on the soft couch angry, Qi Ruo carefully helped her to sit up, raised her eyes and saw Qu Sang who was trapped in the pagoda in the painting drooping his head, Xi Mo snorted in his nostrils, and with a flick of his fingers, the twelfth-story cloud jewelry tower burst into flames, and the raging flames began to rise from the first floor, the flames drilled out of the window hole, and rolled into it again in the wind, Qu Sang was trapped on the top of the tower, seeing that the golden flames were about to burn his chin.
Ximo smiled and muttered, "This handsome scholar, it would be a pity if he burned a handsome little face...... But what's even more pitiful is that little girl, innocently implicated......"
"Let me tell you, if you eat the Hong Shan Blood Lotus, not only will it not increase your cultivation, it will only reside in your body and suck your power essence, and eventually become a ......"
"What has become! Say it! Xi Mo roared, spreading his vine-like claws to pounce on Mu Ran.
Qingli caught a glimpse of Qu Sang, who was almost engulfed by the flames, panicked and shouted, her heart beat faster, and the fire in her chest finally couldn't be suppressed anymore, she took a deep breath hard, and shouted at the old demon woman whose facial features were almost distorted: "Turn into a broken flower!" ”
"Broken flowers? Remnant flowers? Wouldn't that wither in the blink of an eye? Isn't that nothing? No more ......"
Her withered lips trembled slightly, Xi Mo's mouth kept repeating the same words, seeing her flustered and helpless expression, Qing Li breathed a long sigh of relief, and turned his head to see that the Cloud Jewelry Tower had been completely wrapped in flames, "Mu Ran, is there any way to save him?" ”
Mu Ran stared at the scroll, hoping to find a breakthrough in it, if he could enter the scroll, everything would be easy, not to mention saving Qu Sang and Yingying, even if it was to save the entire ancient city of Ranjing, but how to get in now?
Suddenly, the two found that someone was carrying a bucket to extinguish the fire under the Cloud Jewel Tower, and there was no one next to help, only to see the man dressed as a scholar in a gray robe panting like a cow, running around with a big bucket, but the water he splashed had no effect on the raging flames, seeing that the flames were almost rolling him in, he hurriedly fled a few steps back, and resolutely carried the bucket to pour it up.
"Look at this idiot, I have lowered a five-fold demon fire, and mere mortals still want to extinguish the fire and save people...... Now, I can only rely on the two of you for the time being. Ximo whispered to Qi Ruo for a while, and after a while, Qi Ruo came in with a bowl, "Holy Monarch, drink it quickly." ”
There was no strength to connect the bowl, Qi Ruo held the jade bowl filled with red liquid and carefully handed it to Xi Mo's mouth.
"This little girl's blood is really fragrant, and there is a strong fragrance of ink, she really deserves to be the daughter of a scholar."
"Mr. Gongsun, don't waste your efforts in vain, even if you are tired to death, this fire will not be extinguished, and I don't know who you are trapped in the tower, if it is dear and beloved, I advise Mr. Gongsun to mourn it......"
The thin vendor in front of the jewelry stall glanced at the burning cloud jewelry tower, then turned back to smile at the sweaty young man who refused to give up.
Gongsun Qi was so tired that he finally couldn't support it, he almost collapsed on the edge of the bucket, he didn't even know how he came here, how could there be any dear and loved ones in this strange place, who knew who was trapped in the tower? However, he is not an indifferent and ruthless person, and he must be loyal and filial to his children and students, and at such a critical juncture, even ordinary people, he will not let go.
"Mr. Gongsun, when you're tired, sit down and have a cup of tea, right?"
"Mr. Gongsun, you better flash away, beware of the flint that rolls down and hurts you."
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The vendors on both sides greeted him "kindly", but he ignored it, how could the people in this ghost place have no human touch at all.
He once complained that the Yong'an Dynasty where he grew up was too cold and cruel, but he didn't expect that he would come to this other world inexplicably, only to find that the people here were simply 108,000 miles worse than the people of the Yong'an Dynasty. Born with a lazy bone, he wants to sit when he stands, he lies down when he sits, and when he encounters danger, he will only stand by and watch the excitement on the sidelines, and his attitude of hanging high is simply infuriating, and he really wants to see if these people's hearts are made of stone.
The owner of the herbal tea stall stepped forward to help him sit down under the wall, and handed over a bowl of black soup, "Mr. Gongsun, take a sip of tea, this fire will not be extinguished if it does not burn for three days, I heard that there is a monster trapped in the tower, isn't Mr. Gongsun afraid?" The thick black man stared at Gongsun Qi.
"Where did Mr. Gongsun come from? Look at Mr. Young and young, only in his twenties, right? Did you get a wife? Seeing Gongsun Qi glancing at him, and lowering his head to stare at the bowl of black "tea", he said with a smile: "Young man, it's this arrogance and stubbornness, marrying a wife, you don't have so much energy...... and began to talk about his glorious deeds.
"I'm thirty-five years old, I've already married a wife, and my children are in pairs..."Gongsun Qi didn't say anything angry, there are still a lot of problems with people here, when the tea stall owner asked him about his condition, the pedestrians who were hurrying all stopped, as if they were sharing a shocking secret, pricked up their ears and eavesdropped intently, the enthusiasm of the eight women was more than ten times more serious than that of the people of the Yongan Dynasty.
"This man looks to be in his twenties at most, and he talks and behaves elegantly, and he speaks in a friendly manner, is he already thirty-five? And I have already married a wife, and I have children, what a pity, seeing a good son-in-law from the sky, what a pity, I thought he could be my son-in-law? Alas, I have already married a wife, so how can I go back and explain to my daughter......"
Gongsun Qi overheard the boss muttering with those "three aunts and six wives", and suddenly felt very funny, he put down the "tea" that he had not tasted, got up and thanked the boss, picked up the bucket and ran towards the well.
He saw with his own eyes that the top of the tower was calling a living person, with a beautiful face, where it looked like a monster, he had heard a lot of anecdotes, didn't the books say that the monsters were all blue-faced and fanged, and they were extremely fierce? But that person gave him a very amiable feeling, even if it was a monster, it was a cute and good monster, right? In this way, I comforted myself, and my doubts and fears were gradually left behind.
"Biedong first, listen to me."
Hey? Who was talking, he put down the bucket and looked around, no one paid attention to him anymore, everyone was busy with their own work, so, where did this hoarse and weak voice come from?
"Don't move, I'm right behind you."
Behind? He was startled, and quickly turned his head, and there was nothing behind him, isn't it? No, no, don't scare yourself by thinking about it.
"If you want to save the people in the tower, just do as I say, make the Vajra mudra, and recite the Wuwei Golden Flame Mantra."
Following the guidance of "that person" behind him, he didn't dare to be perfunctory step by step, fortunately he had inadvertently turned over a copy of "Spells from Another World", which had a detailed introduction to various spells, and Lan Lan also laughed and scolded him for reading some useless miscellaneous books, and now it is really useful.
In an instant, he felt as if he had been thrown into an ice cellar, and when he looked down and saw a faint chill around his fingers, he shivered, and suddenly something touched his shoulder, and when he turned around, suddenly a golden shadow rushed into his eyes.
The tea boss, who was cross-legged under the wall and lazily drove away mosquitoes, saw that Gongsun Qi seemed to have fallen into an evil spirit, his hands and feet were stiff, and his movements were very uncoordinated.
Where is he going? It won't be ......