Ning Wanqiu said that the Sanqu Mountain, located in the west of Changshan County, Quzhou Prefecture, Zhejiang Province, is seventeen or eighteen miles away, the strange rocks here are craggy, the shape is peculiar, so the name is "Stone Forest", if it is a tourist, out of the county seat quickly and whipped, it can be reached without a stick of incense.

Although the scenery is beautiful, but affected by the war and plague, there have been few tourists here purely for sightseeing for many years, and on this sunny day, the stone forest has welcomed a man and a woman two Western curiosity hunters.

The man is slightly fat, his beard is scumbag, he looks middle-aged, and the woman is about 30 years old, with expressive eyebrows and exotic style.

These two are the Englishmen Jerome Daniel and Jenny Morris, who rushed to Zhejiang with Pu Weihai to remove the red yaksha.

The two of them carried a rucksack to shuttle between the strange rocks, full of interest, and couldn't stop sighing at the magic of nature, tired of walking, the two leaned on a towering boulder pillar to trim for a while, took out the kettle from the backpack to drink, and chatted.

There were no Chinese around, and the two naturally communicated in English.

Jerome couldn't help but look around again and sighed, "Oh my God, unbelievable, unbelievable!" This ancient and mysterious China, regardless of culture or scenery, is really ...... It's unbelievable. You can't find anything like this in the UK. However, now I want to say that these stones, they really exist on this planet, how can you believe that there is such a strange scenery on the earth if you don't come to China to see it yourself? It's like another world, it's unbelievable! It's a pity that the Chinese don't understand business too much, such a beautiful beauty, no one develops, let it hide on the earth, it's a pity! Fortunately, in this life, I am really lucky to have the opportunity to come to China! ”

"Yes, it's my first time in China, and the scenery is really shocking!" Although Jenny was not as overly excited as Jerome, she was also in high spirits and asked curiously, "Jerome, you said that you came to China twenty years ago, I think, at that time, you were only in your twenties, how did you do it?" ”

Jerome was glad that Jenny cared about his past, and recounted in a vivid voice: "Ah, this is a long, long and sad story. I don't know why, but I was much smarter than others since I was a child, I learned things quickly, and my imagination was very rich, and at the age of 18, I was admitted to the University of Cambridge to study physics, and when I arrived there, I was still doing well in my studies. But when people said I had a bright future, I started to feel a little bored, and I realized that those were not what I wanted, you know, I was born in the town of Tlartford, which is Shakespeare's hometown, maybe influenced by him, I was interested in the world of swords and sorcery since I was a child, and my lifelong dream was to become a magician and save the world. Once, I had a serious illness, and then I found that there was a strange change in my body, and I actually knew magic, and I thought that God was helping me realize my childhood dream, so I dropped out of school and concentrated on studying this power......"

Jenny smiled: "You are really interesting, the University of Kangqiao is an academic temple in the minds of so many people, it is a lifelong dream to be a student, you say you will quit, don't your parents blame you?" ”

Jerome said, "My parents are very open-minded and supportive of my approach, but the problem is that I have learned this magic, but I don't have an evil witch or an elf to practice it, so how can I save the world?" Luckily, my father once went to China to do opium business, and said that he knew a man surnamed Pu, who was a descendant of the great Chinese magician Pu Songling, and that Pu Songling was not only powerful in magic, but also a great Chinese writer like Shakespeare, and asked me if I would be interested in getting to know him. As soon as I heard it, how could I refuse such a miraculous thing? When I was a child, I thought that the farthest place in the world was the Americas, but later I realized that the farthest places in the world were countries like China and Japan in the Far East. When I finally arrived in China in 1843, when Pu Weihai was still very young and I was only twenty-one years old, I was so interested in him that he let me stay at his home in Yunnan to learn each other's languages and tell me stories about the elves written by his ancestors. Since then, I have been fascinated by the country and have always felt like I will never be able to read it. A year later, Pu Weihai's son was born, and two years later, this evil female elf from Zhejiang suddenly came to his family, and all the tragedies began at that time......"

Jenny said: "I see, I said why your personal relationship is so good." Later, that is, he had to leave his son, in order to get rid of the Red Yaksha, gave up the family business, and through your father's introduction, he created the Willow Springs Group in England to produce these powerful weapons exclusively against the elves. ”

"Exactly!" Jerome asked, "What about you, Jenny?" Why did you want to join Willow Springs Group? ”

Jenny smiled: "It's about the same as you, when I was twenty-eight years old, there was a big tsunami in my hometown of Edinburgh, when I happened to be on vacation by the sea, I almost lost my life, and after I came back to life, I found out that I could use magic, so I quit my job in the company and joined the Willow Springs Group through a friend's introduction, not only because they paid me well, but also because God chose me to become a magician, of course I want to contribute to saving the world." ”

Jerome exclaimed: "So in our company, who is here to make money and who has dreams, you can see through this trip to China." Although you have only been in the company for two years, I have observed you in the company, and I feel that you are different from those people, and you are so focused on every experiment that you failed that experiment and blew up one of your arms. I just can't imagine that you are willing to commit yourself to such a poor, war-torn country. ”

Jenny looked at her left arm and said disapprerovingly, "What's wrong with China?" What about poverty and war? The more this is the case, the more we can see the truth of this world and think about why we live, don't we? Besides, would they have been so miserable if it hadn't been for our British invasion of them? So, this time Mr. Pu implored me to come to China to participate in the battle to eliminate the Red Yaksha, and I thought about it, anyway, I was single and had nothing to worry about, so I agreed without hesitation. ”

Jerome smiled bitterly: "Well, I have to be a little more difficult, after all, when a man has a wife and daughter, he can't be so chic, especially my wife, I heard that I am coming to China again, and I can't wait to divorce me immediately, haha." Sometimes I think about it, maybe, divorce is the right choice, the world is so big, how many places still need to be seen, how many people and things need to be experienced? In the journey of our lives, we will meet and walk with some people along the way, perhaps, as the Chinese say, it is a kind of fate. Unless you meet a true soulmate, why marry for the sake of getting married? Having a baby for the sake of having a baby? ”

Jenny smiled: "Look at your line, it's really a bit of Shakespeare." ”

"I just like it. Everything in this world does not change according to your thoughts, but if you look at them from different angles, they will also show you different attitudes. For the traveler, for example, they see landscapes, to geologists they see sandstone formations, and to magicians, they may one day become elves of all shapes. Therefore, in the work of Willow Springs Group, although I used my identity as an engineer to help Mr. Pu develop various equipment, however, what I have dreamed countless times in my heart is that one day, on a vast battlefield, we can use these weapons and our magic to fight a vigorous war against the evil elven king, if so, even if I die on the battlefield, how happy it is! Jerome was so excited that he couldn't help but use his purifying powers, leaping high, stepping from side to side between the nearby stone pillars, and finally landing on a strange and low stone pillar nearby, looking up at the sky, and proudly reciting a line from Shakespeare's classic play "Hamlet": "To live or to perish, this is a question, really, really, a question!" Hahahaha......"

As he spoke, there was a loud rumbling sound from the stone pillar under Jerome's feet, and then, as if it were alive, it moved on its own!

Below, Jenny stood up straight and shouted at Jerome, "Jerome, there's something wrong with this stone, come down!" ”

Jerome then jumped to the ground again, not in the slightest surprise, but couldn't stop excited: "Haha, Jenny, I'll just say, they might be elves!" ”

Jenny sneered, "Looks like we're being targeted by the Red Yaksha again. Congratulations, Mr. Daniel, you're about to fulfill your heroic dreams. ”

Jerome smiled bitterly: "It's just that I hate this kind of elf with unknown ability the most, if there is a group of monsters, or evil dragons, fight head-on......"

Before the words fell, the rumbling sound became louder, and the two looked around, only to see that the stone pillar that Jerome was standing on just now had stopped moving, and more pillars around him had moved one after another.

Jerome crossed his hands on his hips, didn't even bother to use the power of purification, and made a helpless look: "What is this for?" What can I do if I just move around and don't attack us? ”

Jenny shouted, "Don't be careless, and see how they move and look for patterns." ”

The youkai hadn't appeared, and the attack hadn't yet begun, and the two could only watch as the stones moved until they all stopped. I saw a total of twelve stone pillars, enclosing in a circle, enclosing the two of them.

Jerome said, "How do you seem to have seen this shape somewhere......"

Jenny laughed and scolded, "Do you really not know or do you like to pretend?" Haven't you seen the photos? Stonehenge! ”

Jerome suddenly realized: "Oh, yes, yes, Stonehenge on Salisbury Plains, but there is a horizontal stone on top of Stonehenge." ”

Jenny said: "This is China, not England, the elves born here can't have seen Stonehenge, I think, this should be the zodiac corresponding to them, right?" ”

Jerome pretended to be arguing: "Then why can't it be the zodiac sign?" ”

As soon as the words fell, suddenly, another boulder flew in the sky, and it landed above with a bang, covering the two of them.

Jenny shrugged and said, "It's okay now, it's still Stonehenge." ”

The two of them finally didn't have to waste their tongues about what kind of shape this was, and now that the enemy's attack formation had appeared, the two of them immediately released blue light, ready to fight.

Jerome reminded, "Hey, save a bit, I'll have to go back to recharge when I'm done." ”

Jenny smiled: "Do you think that the elves who can move these stone pillars will be mediocre in mana?" Think clearly, and if you want to run, tell me. ”

Jerome said, "Let's play first." ”

As soon as he finished speaking, he saw some ants, praying mantis and other insects slowly crawling down on the boulders around him, getting bigger and bigger, and running towards the two of them.

Jenny said, "Do you understand?" The ability of this spirit is to create Stonehenge to trap the enemy, and then make the creatures in Stonehenge become huge and attack. ”

Jerome was delighted: "Haha, it turns out that there will still be a group of monsters, in other words, I can kill like a hero!" ”

As the gigantic insects got closer and closer, Jerome didn't dare to slack off and shouted out his purifying powers.

“wonderland!”