The middle-aged Confucian led the master and servant to the outside of the house, and when they left the school and came to the many broken stones on the bank of the pond, the middle-aged Confucian stopped and looked ahead.

"The scene in Mirage in the Clouds is not good, I prefer the scene with a pavilion and a lake in comparison." He pointed to the distance, "The covered bridge and pavilion built by Niangniang are in that direction, and the lake is much larger, just like the scene you just saw. “

An Ran seemed to understand a little.

"The place we're standing in is actually where I saw it earlier, right? It's just a different time, right? “

"Not bad!" The middle-aged Confucian nodded, "At the beginning, I was like you, when I was out of the water and secretly watched a pair of handsome men and women in the pavilion, they fished me ashore, and it was Ouyang Zhishan who fished me ashore, and the woman next to him actually smiled and clapped her hands - hum!" Do you humans find it fun to catch our fish? ”

"Ahh I know," Fan Yuntian suddenly realized, "so we entered your territory, and you also turned us into fish for others to catch, so that we can also taste the taste of being at the mercy of others." Damn it! Lao Tzu still lingers in the pain when he thinks about it now. Fan Yuntian glared at the middle-aged Confucian viciously, he didn't care if you were a gentleman or something.

"Don't be rude! Fan Yuntian. An Ran scolded his servant.

"It doesn't matter! Anyway! The middle-aged Confucian smiled and said, "This was originally the first thing that was wrong, Yuntian Xiaoyou was right, I did let humans taste the taste of being caught by a hook, and the two who fell into you were not children, but two fish in this pond." “

"Hmmm! I knew this, I saw them just now, one green and one red, and the same color as the clothes worn by the Meng Tong who fished us, and I suspected that it was actually two fish that caught us, so I threw stones to scare them away, because there was a cat on the shore that was dropping them, and it was really uncomfortable to be hooked and at the mercy of others. ”

"The adult's natural intelligence makes me admire, and your behavior of repaying grievances with virtue is also worthy of the title of 'Sacred Heart of Benevolence', in fact, they actually want to save me, at that time I was actually caught in the basket by the tanuki, but as a small fish, what can they do? I can only watch me being locked in a fish basket and struggling, but fortunately, you just stepped into the cloud fantasy and gave me the opportunity to make a game - I hope your understanding will be. Because if I don't do this game, you may not be able to get out of this place, and I will be eaten. “

An Ran and Fan Yuntian waited quietly together, and he continued.

"The swordsmanship I learned was due to that time when I was caught," the middle-aged Confucian continued, "At first, I wondered why Ouyang Zhishan stood in the pavilion every day, looking at the water and looking at the water for a day. What is so beautiful about water, it turns out that I was looking at him and he was looking at us, and only later did I hear from them that this is called 'watching fish in the water mirror', which is a way for practitioners to improve their minds. Then one day I was fished up by him, kept in the porcelain jar of the pavilion, and the woman who was always by his side, that Guo Rufeng said: 'You look at the fish every day, are you answering my son Fei Yu's joy of fishing?' He didn't reply, just nodded. “

From then on, when he came to the pavilion, he would either practice his sword or sit at the stone table and watch me swim around in the small porcelain jar. Can I be happy if I lose my freedom? No! But blessing and misfortune depend on each other because of this, I heard and watched every day, and finally wrote down his set of 'shadow shock' Of course, the tanuki I killed was very happy, only secretly watched Ouyang Zhishan fishing once She learned the art of fishing, and then turned into a little girl to run into the pavilion every day, learning Guo Rufeng's makeup and dressing skills, her mouth is very sweet, beautiful sister, beautiful sister screamed, but her eyes were aimed at the porcelain jar, I knew that she was actually looking for a chance to eat me, Unfortunately, after I was hooked, I lost the power to transform into a humanoid form, and I had to be afraid. ”

"Fortunately, one day Ouyang Zhishan finally figured out one thing, how can you be happy when you lose your freedom? The same is true for the fish kept in the tank; The same is true of the caged birds; The same goes for people who are locked in their rooms; The handsome young man bowed his head to me, said sorry, and threw me into the lake, and he and the other four went up the mountain. ”

"Actually, I don't blame him for a long time, as long as he releases me, fish are not as easy to hold grudges as humans. I sometimes wander in the water and learn the swordsmanship; Sometimes think about the fairy sister; From time to time, I take the little fish around me to transform into a human form and go to the school run by my mother to teach, and I want to tell the little fish what my mother gave me. Anyway, the tanuki and other beasts on the shore can't do anything about me, she may not be able to beat me in human form, although I am a fish in the water, but she can't get me, until today I was caught in the fish basket, I didn't know that this tanuki had already learned to fish...... Ay! ”

"If she hadn't learned the art of fishing and was bent on eating you, she might still be alive by now!" An Ran sighed.

"If you hadn't opened the fish basket with virtue in retribution, or been seduced by this tanuki, I'm sure it must be us lying on the ground, as the saying goes: 'Heavenly Reason Cycle Retribution is not happy' Of course, you adventurers can resurrect life many times."

"I'm open, I'm opening it well! Besides, where is he seduced by a tanuki? It is clear that he provoked it. Fan Yuntian rolled his eyes and said, "This color blank, eating the bowl and looking at the pot, hum!" Virtue! ”

"Yes, yes! It was Yuntian Xiaoyou who opened the fish basket and let me out, so I was able to borrow the body of an adult to kill those beasts, and you have a lot to contribute to this. The middle-aged Confucian smiled and touched Fan Yuntian's head and said comfortingly.

An Ran simply didn't bother to leave him, or simply said that he didn't bother to pay attention to him in front of the middle-aged Confucian scholar.

"There is one thing that I am very strange," An Ran frowned and said, "How did Mr. guide us step by step into the circle and rescue you, you must know how I just entered the illusion of your past, not the illusion of the present, and we happened to be caught by those two fish, and you happened to be rescued from the bucket and thrown into the lake, and then we arrived here, and how can you be sure that I will definitely ask this surnamed Fan to open the fish basket and rescue you?" “

The middle-aged Confucian didn't rush to answer An Ran's question, he just pulled up his sleeves and raised one hand above his head to open his palm, and he shouted "Close!" Then the fingers slowly come together.

Suddenly, the surrounding scene began to change, the pond was getting smaller, the school was getting smaller, the trees and mountains were getting smaller, and even the whole world was getting smaller, and the boundary of this world seemed to be rapidly approaching them, and finally stepping over their bodies, turning into transparent blisters and falling into middle age - oh! Not in the palm of an elderly Confucian scholar. “

What's even more strange is that An Ran found himself and Fan Yuntian soaking wet, standing in a waist-high pool of water at the moment, and in front of him was an old man with snow-white hair and wrinkled face. A fish basket lay on the stone next to him, and farther afield, on the shore, the carcasses of three animals bent the weeds, their blood staining the ground red.

"Actually! I saw you when you came out of the woods over there, you were cold and hungry and you were walking into this pool in the fog, but I could only watch you go deeper and deeper in the pool without being able to do anything, but fortunately when the water overflowed above their heads, you just entered the barrier of the illusion in the clouds, and you happened to enter the back of the blister, thus giving me the opportunity to save you and myself. I asked the students around me who have been reluctant to leave for a long time to bring you here, these two fish! They have already possessed spiritual sense, and they bite the fishing rod floating on the surface of the water and swim in circles around you, until the hook on the fishing line finally hooks your body, and the fishing line is entangled, and then they start dragging towards me, so that you have reached my side—Qingping and Lurong should not come out quickly to thank the benefactor? Lao Tzu shouted into the water.

There were ripples in the center of the waterhole, and two big fish, one green and one green, swam quickly towards the shore where An Ran was, and when they arrived at the shore, they transformed into young men and women, honest and beautiful.

"Crucian carp Qingping"

"Grass carp green paste"

"Gongzi Xie saved my grandfather's grace!"

"Scream, sir!" The elderly Confucian reminded.

"Sir, don't be so polite," An Ran waved his hand and said, "If you want to thank you, we will thank you first, because it seems that you saved us first!" That's right, Fan Yuntian. “

At this time, Fan Yuntian had already jumped ashore, "It's so fucking cold!" The NPC kid didn't answer the question.

"Save each other, save each other!" There is no need for the elderly Confucian and An Ran to look at each other and smile.

Several people came to the shore and sat on the ground.

"Actually, thanks to the raccoon cat's greed," continued the old Confucius, "if she hadn't tried to catch us every day, how could she have left a rod on the water?" If there is no rod and line, how can I bring you to the shore near me, with the power of green peace and green tolerance? Even so, if this tanuki walks away regardless of your basket, how can it be her turn to live or die? “

"Yes!" An Ran sighed, "The human heart is not enough to swallow the elephant, I can't imagine that it is not only us, but also animals, so all the pictures I feel in the illusion are illusions?" “

"Some of them are true, such as you throwing stones to scare Qingping and Lurong away; For example, you whispered to Yuntian Xiaoyou and asked him to open the bamboo basket and let me out; For example, your dealings with this tanuki; For example, you have followed me for a while, and watched me play with bamboo strips, which is true. What is false is the environment you are in, such as what has been caught; locked in a bucket; I rescued and thrown back into the lake, these are all illusions, and they are just some tricks I used in the cloud illusion. The purpose is actually very simple, I am ready to bet on whether adults really have a 'benevolent sacred heart' When you have experienced the uncomfortable taste of being caught, will you not see us real fish suffering, and try to save us. I'm glad I got it right! “

"Thanks to the resourcefulness of Mr., if it weren't for your careful arrangement, I'm afraid Fan Yuntian and I wouldn't have experienced the pain of fishing, maybe we are more concerned about how this tanuki incarnated as a village girl fishes."

"Thanks to her greed," said the old Confucian scholar, "she caught me and saw Qingping and Lurong swimming not far away, and she wanted to catch them together." Then she saw that you who fell into the waterhole were dragged by the fish, and she began to think about the fish and people - don't think too much, the adult is a god, and she doesn't dare to kill you if she lends a hundred dares to the tanuki, in fact, she really wants to ...... with you. Intimate? Oh! Yes, it is close, and your words did disturb her mind, if she came to catch you, you would have to throw away the fishing rod, and she might scare away the fish in the pool, so she asked you to go over and help her, the purpose was to control the adults on the spot. Tanuki is not stupid, she can completely see the identity of an adult, and she also knows your current cultivation, and your identity is also one of the reasons why she wants to get close to you. She coldly told you to get out of the way, in fact, she was seducing you, this sentence was learned by the tanuki from Guo Rufeng's mouth, when Ouyang Xiaoge heard Guo Rufeng's words, instead of getting out, he ran to Miss Guo's side, it's a pity! She shouldn't be on you. ”

"That's the difference between them and us," An Ran thought to herself, "If it's a girl's coquettish 'get out!' That's really an irresistible temptation, but in the face of a stranger, you get out of the way coldly, I'm afraid it really scares people away. This raccoon cat doesn't understand human feelings, and he can't become an anti-dog! Thinking of this, An Ran couldn't help laughing.

"See! Look at him proudly. Fan Yuntian, who was sitting cold and tired on the side, did not forget to say a word.

"I don't think the adult is such a person, otherwise he would have really fallen for the scheme, and he wouldn't have let you come and release me. It was all an amazing coincidence, and it just so happened that three wild dogs who were not right with her would come out to grab food, and they just happened to curse again. Ay! Fate! It's unfathomable. ”

After saying that, the old Confucian slowly stood up, he squinted his eyes and looked at the misty water and muttered: "We have to go, Qingping and Lu Rong's cultivation is not high, and they can't leave the water for too long without the protection of the illusion in the clouds." That's right, the adult's sword was cut by me, this is in the next fault, there is a bamboo forest on this Luoxia Peak, which was carried by the mother herself, the lord is a god so that he can try his luck, if there is a fate, it is not impossible to use bamboo as a sword. “

"The gentleman has given enough things to the kid," An Ran said gratefully, "Where is there any fault?" “

The old Confucian laughed and said goodbye to An Ran and Fan Yuntian one by one.

"By the way, I forgot to introduce myself, my surname is fish, and all the people in our waterhole are surnamed fish, and it is not unselfish to give things to adults, in fact, I am not much better than the cats and dogs on this ground. I also hope to be close to adults, one day when adults understand the way of heaven, we will be able to see each other again, at that time you and I will drink and talk happily, I call you an adult, you call me an old fish head! “

"It's good that I call you sir!" An Ran walked aisle.

"Don't dare! Can't! A contemptible person is not qualified to be a gentleman of adulthood. “

He waved his hand and walked into the water with Qingping and Lurong beside him, and then turned into three big fish and swam to the depths of the pool.

The weather was still cold, and the clothes of both the master and servant were wet. Fan Yuntian's upper and lower teeth crackled, and An Ran really couldn't bear to watch his servants being tortured like this.

"How about I summon you back to the servant space, and you won't feel cold?"

"You...... You...... Idiot! Fan Yuntian said vaguely with a shiver, "Lao Tzu's clothes are wet, this is a big ...... ...... in the Big Winter Next time I come out...... Just as cold ......"

"Okay!" An Ran said, "Let's go to the school to find a pile of dry wood to make a fire, these wild dogs...... He had an idea, can you get some dog meat and let's fight the tooth sacrifice? ”

The handsome man looked up into the distance, and then realized where was the dilapidated school in front of him? There was only a pile of ruins; some of the wood, bricks, and rubble; There were a few dilapidated windows and desks and benches with missing arms and legs.

"Not bad, it's acceptable." An Ran muttered to herself, bent down and grabbed the hind legs of a wild dog and walked there.

They made a roaring bonfire, wood was good wood, fire was a big fire, and the grease of dog meat on the wooden shelves was crackling. This warm feeling instantly dispelled the coldness on Fan Yuntian's body, and the NPC kid stretched his arms forward, and his hands were in a good mood from time to time.

"Brother An Ran, can you eat it? It smells so good. Fan Yuntian no longer stumbled when he spoke, but he swallowed vigorously.

"I can't smell it, don't tell me," An Ran still took out the jerky from the package and chewed it boringly. "Hey~! How do I feel that you kid is the kind of person who has milk and is a mother? Just now you were told to peel the wild dog and remove the internal organs, how did you scold Lao Tzu? ”

"Scolding you? Lao Tzu scolded you for looking up to you! Besides, do you have milk? Come, my mother let me take a bite. Fan Yuntian was simply shameless and played a scoundrel.

An Ran could only rub his temples and said bitterly: "The meat is probably ready, little ancestor, you eat slowly and be careful of scalding." ”

So the NPC kid didn't say more, took out his bone dagger and quickly cut off the dog meat and put it in his mouth.

"It tastes good, but it's a little lighter - give me a drink!" He said with meat in his mouth.

An Ran had no choice but to open his personal package and hand him a jar of rice wine, who the hell is the master and who is the servant?

At some point, their clothes were dried and the sun finally dispelled the clouds in the mountains, and the weather became bright and warm. The master and servant, as mentioned in the book, the two daughters in the rivers and lakes sat on the ground, lit a fire in the green mountains and green waters, grilled and enjoyed life.

Stopping and resting from the busy struggle is to relax yourself and make your mood comfortable, but if you don't have ambition, you will only feel heavy and miserable when you rest all day long. What is the purpose of man's life? It's not about how much money and power we get, it's not about how others think of us, it's about asking ourselves in the dead of night: 'Are you worthy of yourself?' What have you done for the world? Are you really happy on this path of life? When you can have a good laugh, it's actually enough. We are like this, and so should An Ran in the story.

The sun is tilted to the west, and it is not too early, and it will not be long before it will fall from the west of Luoxia Peak into the sea of clouds.

An Ran's stomach was growling, this was the first time in the game that he had forgotten that he should have lunch, the sun in the clouds would always be fixed somewhere in the sky, and here it was impossible to tell the time because of the thick clouds. The handsome young man didn't think much about it, quickly took off the helmet and made the game character stunned in place, and then he quickly ate two packs of instant noodles, and then he quickly felt that the instant noodles didn't seem to be as delicious as the previous two days.

When he returned to the game, Fan Yuntian was still gnawing on a piece of ribs. The NPC kid has a grease all over his face, and his cheeks are red from the campfire and look cute.

"I'm back!" After learning his master's secret, he was no longer surprised, "You are here like this, what if a monster appears?" Lao Tzu alone is invincible with two fists and four hands. ”

"Okay!" An Ran nodded seriously, "In the future, every time Lao Tzu leaves, I will choose to go offline, lock you up first, and then release you when I'm done." “

Fan Yuntian seemed to hear a little bit of a sound, and the NPC kid's eyes turned around in his sockets and threw away the bones in his hands.

"Forget it!" "I'm willing to stay where I am until you come back unless I have to," he said. ”

"Just your skin!" Ran An angrily scraped Fan Yuntian's greasy nose with his hand, "Cut the rest of the dog meat into strips and put it in my bag, we don't have much food and I don't know how long we will stay in this mountain." ”

"Afraid of what? It's a big deal, just go hunting and get some game to eat. The NPC kid said nonchalantly.

Then his master looked at him like an idiot.

"You think you're good at fighting, don't you?" who gave you the courage? I'm afraid we can't afford to provoke any kind of animal in this mountain, the raccoon cat and wild dog lying on the ground naturally needless to say, Mr. Fish in the water, the bear in the woods, and even the tiger at the foot of the mountain. We also hunt for game, and if people don't eat us as game, it will be considered our ancestors to accumulate virtue. An Ran said a little self-deprecatingly.

"your grandma!" Fan Yuntian angrily used a dagger to cut the leftover wild dog roast into small pieces, "Isn't there a weaker animal in this entire Qingyun Mountain?" For example, pheasants, hares, and so on. ”

"Yes!" An Ran stopped what he was doing and raised his eyebrows to look at his servant. "Like Mr. Yu just now, there are only a few spirits like them, and it is impossible to be all over the mountains, otherwise, once these guys have contradictions and disputes, then they can't tear down the entire mountain? The system is still reasonable, and your great god is still merciful. But even if there are those little rabbits, little pheasants or whatnot, you kid had better not act rashly, because you don't know if they are powerful or not, and even if they are not powerful, maybe their elders are very powerful, if we kill them...... Do you think their elders will let us go? It's like we're cutting the flesh of this wild dog, and all of a sudden a wild dog comes out, and it won't tear us into several large pieces. ”

Fan Yuntian's body trembled obviously, "Brother An Ran, we have to hurry up and work, and we have to rush a lot of roads next." The NPC kid danced the knife in his hand quickly, and in a short time all that was left on the wooden bar was a bare skeleton.

They packed up their things and hurriedly left the place, the monster corpses on the ground had been wiped away by the system, but some things would not be refreshed by the system, such as the weaker and weaker bonfire dancing in the night, and the treated wild dog skeleton next to the campfire, which was telling the mountain wind that someone had been here.