Chapter 20: Mission Failure, Unforgettable Experience
After the test of the Five Holy Beasts was over, Jiang He stayed in the Five Elements Mountain for another two years, consolidating the Five Elements of Heaven and Earth on the one hand, and exercising his body on the other. In the past two years, in addition to the use of the five elements attributes, the biggest breakthrough is the "whisper of life" that Fu Xi passed on to Jiang He back then, this thaumaturgy that can speak with all creatures in the world, after two years of cultivation and meditation by Jiang He, he has successfully reached a new realm of "mind synchronization".
The inspiration for the breakthrough comes from the use of "damage bearing" on Jianmu, which can achieve resonance by simply relying on or touching two beings together, so "Mind Synchronization" was born, which is the soul communication above the whispers of life, and the two people who touch each other will be able to understand each other and confide in each other, because the soul does not lie, which means that "Mind Sync" will show its true self and cannot be disguised and deceive.
Master: "Good apprentice, you have been on the mountain to learn art for five years, and now you are a wonderful leader of the immortal machine extraordinary, blue out of the blue and better than the blue, for the teacher to sigh for yourself; you are kind and simple, care for nature, for the teacher is also happy and proud of you, the only thing that the teacher can't let go, is that you have been away from the world for too long, and you still don't fully understand the good and evil of the human heart." As a special reminder for the teacher, you are only allowed to use Mind Sync on those who are kind. ”
Jiang He: "The apprentice understands that the master is to beware of those who have bad intentions, peep into my heart, and thus use me. ”
Master: "Well, not only that, but the thaumaturgy of the other party, which can also affect each other at the same time, although you are already a qualified immortal, but your Tao is given by the five elements of heaven and earth, and your concentration still needs time to be tempered." Now is the perfect time for you to hone your mind, and remember not to act rashly. ”
Jiang He: "The apprentice will take care of it, please be relieved by the master." ”
Master: "Yes, okay. In addition, good disciple, do you really not bring some Taoist weapons?" (After Jiang He passed the test of the white tiger, he returned the master's "Stone Heart Pillar")
Jiang He: "Well, master, thank you for your concern, it's just that I think what the Holy Beast White Tiger said makes sense, if you rely on the master's powerful Dao weapon, it may make me feel dependent later, and in the end, the knowledge I have learned will outweigh the losses if I waste my efforts." ”
Master: "Okay, good apprentice, the master is watching you from the Five Elements Mountain, and you are welcome to come back at any time, this is your home." ”
Jiang He's eyes are slightly wet, he has been here for five years, and he knows every grass and tree, every flower and the world here. Now I want to leave here, leave the master, it's really a little reluctant.
Jiang He knelt on the ground and kowtowed nine times: "Master, thank you for your teachings, the disciples will never forget." ”
"Well, let's go. You are always welcome home. The master turned his back to Jiang He and didn't look back, but his eyes were wet and red, and he didn't want Jiang He to see this scene.
It's been five years, and the past has been together, like father and son, and now the disciple wants to stay away from him, and it is impossible to say that he is not sad. The disciple has a heavy burden on his shoulders, and if he is reluctant to give up now, it will not be beneficial to him or the people in the world.
The river set off to descend the mountain, the scenery along the way is infinite, the scenery is pleasant, the trees and flowers are swaying with the wind, as if cheering and greeting with the river. When I came to the foot of the mountain, I saw the stone tablet of the past again, the same is a vermilion big character: Five Elements Mountain, the memories of the past slowly came to my heart, Jiang He was full of emotion, lowered his head and kissed the stone tablet gently, which was regarded as saying goodbye to the Five Elements Mountain.
Along the way, Jiang He had been thinking about it for a long time, and planned to find the Fuxi Immortal first and inform him of the joy of the synchronization of his heart, but the Fuxi Immortal often traveled with Shennong to save the dead and help the wounded. I'm afraid it's not easy to find them, and I don't know if the vision found in the south has been solved, so let's find the two emperors of Yan and Huang first, they are military and political commanders in the world, as long as they find any army of Yan and Huang, they can know the location of the two emperors of Yan and Huang.
At this time, Jiang He saw a girl about eighteen years old who was sitting under a big tree on the side of the road and weeping, with her hands folded around her knees and her head buried in her head, sobbing in a low voice, revealing only a black and shiny ponytail.
Jiang He: "Sad little sister, please don't cry, where is your home, I can send you back." ”
The girl raised her head slightly, and saw a handsome young man, but the crying voice couldn't stop for a while, and she was still shrugging her shoulders from time to time: "I, I don't have a home, and I don't know where to go, woo." ”
Jiang He knelt down on one knee opposite her, put his hands on his knees, and asked softly, "What happened, can you tell me?"
The girl cried with sadness, while intermittently recounting her experience: "My name is He Hua, I live in Hejia Village, thirty miles away from here, I heard that the two emperors of Yan and Huang joined forces to defeat the tyrant of the north (Chiyou), and soon the world will be unified, and there will be no need to fight at that time, the people can live and work in peace and contentment, and the whole village is happy, so the village chief decided to kill pigs and chickens to celebrate." On that day, everyone gathered together with laughter and laughter, listened to Uncle He's story, and watched Sister-in-law He dance. Everything was so beautiful. But the good times did not last long, and after that a series of strange things happened, first the next day many of the livestock fed by the villagers suddenly fell ill and died, and then the uncles and uncles suddenly became terrible, they were red-eyed, short-tempered, and blamed each other, and fought big fights, such a scene had never been seen before. ”
He Hua's body trembled slightly, Jiang He knew that she was palpitating, so he stretched out his hand and gently held her hand that was cold from panic. Feeling a warmth, He Hua's trembling heart slowly calmed down, and then said: "Then there is Dr. He, who has a nosebleed until he finally dies of exhaustion; In the end, he almost strangled me, but fortunately, the village chief came in time to rescue me, and the village chief told me to hurry to Dacheng for help. ”
He Hua touched her tears: "I have been in Hejia Village since I was a child, and I have never been to Dacheng, I only heard A-Niang say in my early years, I only heard A-Niang say that if you go west along the road, you will see a big and good city, which seems to be called Jianyang City." When the village chief asked me to escape, I hurriedly left Hejia Village with some rice crackers from the pot. kept walking, kept fleeing, and when they arrived in Jianyang City, they were stopped. ”
Jiang He: "Why did you stop you from coming down?"
He Hua: "I don't know, those officers and soldiers seem to say that they need to be introduced to enter the city, and that thing is only available to the village chief, but when I came out, I didn't hear the village chief mention it, he only told me to run quickly and come to the city for help." ”
He Hua felt quite aggrieved, and ran to the big city but no one took care of her, and the rations were all eaten, and now she is at a loss.
Jiang He: "Little sister, how far is it from Jianyang City?"
He Hua: "It's about ten miles away." ”
Jiang He: "Let's go, let's go to Hejia Village to have a look." ”
He Hua: "But big brother, I, I have no rations, and the way back is a bit long." There is also ......" (He Hua swallowed the words she wanted to say, the village was already in chaos, and she came out to find rescuers, so it was up to her and her eldest brother, how to do it.) )
Jiang He made a little calculation in his heart, didn't say much, picked up He Hua, and rushed towards He Jia Village that He Hua was referring to, the speed was so fast, if he saw it, he would be willing to bow down.
It didn't take long to arrive at the entrance of Hejia Village, and seeing that the river was as fast as lightning, He Hua's worried heart gradually let go.
Jiang He put down He Hua on his back and said softly: "Follow me, the village is very angry." ”
He Hua only tugged at the clothes on Jiang He's back as he said.
At this moment, Jiang He saw that Hejia Village was dilapidated, and he could feel the blood and demonic aura inside, but he didn't want to scare the little girl, so he didn't say it, and the village was already more auspicious.
As soon as she stepped into Hejia Village, He Hua vomited on her side face, and there was blood and corpses all over the place, which frightened the little girl, and her hand grabbed Jiang He tighter.
"Flowers, is it you? You're back, my mother is worried about death. "A pale-faced woman suddenly came out of the middle of the house.
"A-Niang, it's A-Niang. He Hua cried with joy, and the joy of seeing her relatives made her forget the surrounding environment for a while.
Jiang He stretched out his hand to stop her: "Little sister, calm down, there are corpses all around, why is it only your aunt who will be fine." ”
Jiang He's words made He Hua wake up like a dream, and immediately hid behind Jiang He, looking at her aunt secretly from a distance.
"Hua'er, don't listen to this kid's nonsense, I'm really your mother, I've been hiding at home, closing the doors and windows, so that I can avoid the disaster of killing. After that, the woman left tears of sorrow: "Flower, my good boy, don't you recognize me as a mother? We depend on each other, last Chinese New Year's Eve, my mother also bought you your favorite red head rope and zatang, do you remember?"
He Hua poked her head out and looked at her mother, her pale face showed how many terrifying nights she had experienced. She still clearly remembers that when Daddy died on the battlefield and the bad news came back to the village, her aunt hugged her and cried bitterly, muttering, flowers, flowers, I will be alone with you in the future.
He Hua's nose was sour, and her tears couldn't stop staying, she still remembered that on Chinese New Year's Eve last year, Ah Niang bought a red head rope for her for the first time, as well as her favorite Zatang, for these Ah Niang tirelessly helped people wash clothes, helped Dr. He grind herbs, and helped the village chief clean the house.
He Hua was about to rush towards her A-Niang again but was stopped by Jiang He again, but Jiang He couldn't think of what to say for a while, but he could vaguely feel that the woman opposite was no longer alone.
He Hua: "Big brother, let go of me, she is really my aunt, she won't be wrong." ”
Jiang He: "Why did you want to strangle your daughter to death when you were crazy?"
Woman: "I don't remember, I don't remember it, I just know that when I opened my eyes, everyone around me died, and my flowers were nowhere to be found, and I was so scared that I didn't dare to go to her, so I had to lock the doors and windows and weep silently." Flowers, flowers, did my mother really do such a thing? My mother doesn't remember it, my mother is sorry for you, woo woo, my mother is sorry for you. Then the woman began to weep again.
He Hua was also in tears when she heard it, and she wanted to go to A-Niang, but Jiang He still didn't let go of her hand, He Hua was in a hurry and went to bite Jiang He's arm.
Jiang He slowly let go of his hand, thinking inwardly: "This woman must not be human, but it can absorb the memories of the deceased and use them." Now my little sister has been deceived into believing me, and I can only defeat it in one fell swoop when it shows its true colors. Fortunately, the test of the Holy Beast Qilin made my speed comparable to that of lightning. The mystery of Xuanyuan's swordsmanship needs time to prepare, if it stretches out its claws when the little sister approaches, I'm afraid it's too late, or directly when it shows its true face, use lightning strikes or flames to destroy it in one fell swoop, well, be careful not to hurt the little sister. ”
He Hua pounced on the woman like a child, and the woman did not reveal her original form as Jiang He imagined, but stroked He Hua's head like a mother.
Woman: "Thank you so much for saving my flowers, let's go inside and talk." ”
The woman and He Hua walked into a thatched hut hand in hand, and the river followed closely. After entering the house, the woman closed the door with her backhand and said to Jiang He: "I'm sorry, it's not very peaceful outside recently, even during the day, I will close the door, so that I can feel at ease." ”
Jiang He nodded, didn't say much, just watched quietly. Then the mother and daughter chatted about their daily routines and the recent situation.
After chatting for about half an hour, He Hua's stomach gurgled loudly, and the woman hurriedly said: "My flowers, good boy, you see that my mother is excited and confused, so I will get you something to eat." ”
Then I went to the kitchen alone to prepare food.
He Hua: "Big brother, I'm really sorry just now, I, I ......"
Jiang He: "It's okay, I can understand human nature. ”
He Hua: "Hehe, big brother, what's your name?"
River: "River." ”
Jiang He replied succinctly, but at the moment he was still imagining the woman's affairs, could it be that there was also a kind existence among the ghosts? Just like the nine-leaf ginseng and bamboo monster he met at the beginning. But I always feel that there is disharmony there, that there is something wrong.
"Kids, eat. The woman shouted.
He Hua smiled and pulled the river to feel her mother's craftsmanship together.
The three of them were eating and chatting, Jiang He knew that something was wrong there, but he didn't say anything, so he laughed happily, tasted, and praised the woman's cooking skills.
After a while, He Hua fell to the ground and shouted in pain: "A-Niang, Brother Jianghe, I'm so uncomfortable, I'm so painful." ”
But Jiang He also pretended to fall to the ground, in great pain.
"Hahaha, hahaha" An old woman who looked crazy laughed very wildly: "Poisoned, poisoned, I'm not your mother, your mother died the night you left, not only your mother, but also your people, all of them were killed by me, haha." No, I should say that I poisoned it all. ”
The woman's face began to distort, revealing her true face, eight eyes appeared on her hideous face, the sharp teeth in her mouth slowly grew, and her hunched body stretched out her hands and legs, which turned out to be a spider monster.
He Hua's pupils widened, she was very frightened, and wanted to flee far away, but her body was in pain and she couldn't move.
Seeing that the spider monster was about to approach He Hua, Jiang He suddenly jumped up: "Cut gold and jade, crack the earth and break stones", the sword fell in his hand, and the limbs and hands of the spider monster were cut off. Then he quickly picked up He Hua and retreated.
"What? Why are you okay, and where did you get your sword? Haha! If you want to escape, within half an hour, you will be melted by the poisonous water and become my nourishment. ”
Jiang He smiled indifferently, half an hour, it didn't take that long at all. When he arrived outside the house, Jiang He put his right hand on He Hua's forehead and silently recited: "Hurt bearing." He Hua slowly stopped struggling because of pain.
Spider monster: "Damn, are you Shennong, you can cure all kinds of poisons." ”
The river was like lightning, and it had already appeared behind the spider monster in an instant: "I am not a Shennong Immortal, but I am also half of his disciple, and of course I am also invincible." The words fell, and the sword was withdrawn from the scabbard, and at the moment when the sword returned to the scabbard, the spider monster split into one hundred and eight sections, and the swordsmanship was fierce, which was exactly the number of heaven and earth. Dark green poisonous blood bloomed like a flower on the ground.
He Hua: "Brother Jianghe is so powerful, how did you do it." ”
Jiang He: "Well, unconsciously, I don't know how to describe it. ”