"You think too much," Wang Yue said, "I'm so tired, I want to sleep for a while." ”

She closed her eyes and really fell asleep, and after a short time she let out a soft snoring sound. I looked at her, as delicate as a kitten, as if she had touched the softest in my heart. I tried to touch her hair, but I reached out and stopped. Looking at Wang Yue and thinking about her miserable childhood, my heart felt like I had knocked over a five-flavor bottle.

I leaned against the Bodhi tree and looked up at the dusk sky, and my heart was infinitely peaceful and elegant. At some point, I took a nap in a groggy state. In fact, I have slept enough, but this state is really comfortable, indescribably relaxed, except for closing my eyes and pretending to sleep, I can't find any other way to release.

I don't know how long it took, I slowly opened my eyes and looked at Wang Yue beside me, and this look suddenly made me feel excited. I rolled over and sat up, a cold sweat coming out of my head.

Wang Yue is gone!

I quickly got up and stood under the linden tree and looked around. The courtyard is so big, with a slap, and there is no shadow of Wang Yue in front and back, left and right, she is really missing.

I told myself to be calm, but my heart couldn't stop beating. I looked at the wooden door when I came, will Wang Yue go back? I walked quickly to the door, and with a strong push, the old wooden door "creaked" open, revealing inside.

There was a wall in the door, and there was no way to come, and this wall was tall and blue-gray, and it was blocking the door, and the way back was blocked.

My brain is buzzing, how can this be?

I mustered up the courage to step into the threshold, to the wall, and pushed with my hand without moving. I can't tell if this wall reappeared after Wang Yue went in, or if this wall was already there, and Wang Yue didn't enter here at all.

When I returned to the courtyard, everything was so calm, there was no wind or waves, and the leaves of the linden tree were motionless. The whole scene is like a colorful oil painting.

I shouted Wang Yue's name loudly, but no one responded at all, she was indeed gone.

I took a few deep breaths, closed my eyes and tried to ease the tension, I had already made a judgment, Wang Yue must have found a way to get out of here, she left first.

But why didn't she ask me to come along? What are the compelling reasons here?

I went to the tree and prepared to go around and see what I found. I was about to turn right, and suddenly remembered that Wang Yue said that I can't go around the tree counterclockwise, and as soon as this idea came out, I seemed to think of something.

I stood there frowning and thinking, my hand touching my chin, and the more I pondered it, the clearer it became. There was a chill in my back, and I thought of a possibility, would Wang Yue walk the tree counterclockwise and then go out from here?

I looked at the right side of the tree and my heart was pounding, should I try it?

I was just about to lift my foot and retract it again, because I couldn't tell if this idea was correct or not, and if it was wrong, it was likely to lead to other unforeseen results, and then it would be troublesome.

I thought about it, and walked clockwise around the left side of the tree, and when I was about to return to the original point, I suddenly found that the trunk of the tree had some textures, as if it had been made by a human intention.

This texture must not have been there at first, and I walked forward quickly, and I was stunned at this look.

The texture pattern turned out to be a crooked word carved out of the tree trunk with a sharp object, which read: Lin Cong, I'm very sorry, I'll go first.

I immediately reacted that it was Wang Yue who stayed. I certainly couldn't have noticed the location of this passage when I first woke up, and I had to go around a circle to see it.

I touched these words with my hand, feeling a little annoyed, what the hell is Wang Yue doing.

There is also a message below: Lin Cong, when I come here, I actually already know what the next level is. This Bodhi tree has a deep connection with me, the next level is about my difficulty, it is very difficult, I can't drag you into the water, I'll go first. Lin Cong, you are very smart, but it is not suitable to break through in the bardo realm now, this is a very dangerous thing. If you turn right along the Bodhi tree, you will go out of the bardo realm, and remember my words when you go out. Come in again after you finish your studies and save your mother. Good bye.

It can be seen that when Wang Yue carved this character, each word was exerted, although it was crooked, but each stroke seemed to penetrate the back of the paper.

For some reason, my eyes were a little moist and I felt the urge to cry.

I took a long breath and my nose moved. I memorized every word she wrote, and then walked firmly around the right side of the linden tree......

As if in a long dream, I slowly woke up, opened my eyes, and went back to my bedroom.

On the opposite side was Wang Yue's body, the girl had her eyes closed, her expression was smiling, and she obviously didn't come back in the realm.

I stood up slowly, Li Damin came in from outside, he was not surprised but said lightly: "You are back." ”

I made a gesture and motioned to go out.

We came to the living room outside. I looked at my watch, and it was only four hours later, and I saw that it was almost dawn. I rubbed my temples and realized that time in the bardo realm is not equal to real time.

Li Damin boiled two cups of coffee, handed me one, and the two of us sat facing each other.

I drank a strong cup of coffee and told me about the situation in the bardo realm.

Li Damin listened very carefully during the whole process, heard the key points, and recorded them with paper and pen, writing and drawing. By the time I finished, it was already bright outside, and the sun was shining through the window.

Li Damin picked up the paper and looked at it, and said, "So Wang Yue has already gone to her fourth level." ”

I nodded.

"Can we still get in touch with her?" Li Damin asked.

I thought for a moment and said, "There should be a way, and if she wants to contact me, there should be a way." I shook my wrist, and the bracelet was clasped on it: "Wang Yue told me that this bracelet can go straight to the realm of bardo, and has psychic powers, maybe through this in the future, she can contact me." ”

Li Damin said: "After listening to you just now, I have summarized a few laws of the bardo realm, you listen." ”

I motioned to him.

"The first one, after everyone reaches the bardo realm, it seems that there are seven levels." Li Damin said: "After these seven levels, it seems that I have a chance to fulfill my wishes." ”

I nodded: "That's what it means." ”

"The seven levels are also in line with the folk saying that the yin body is in the first seven miles and seven days." Li Damin said that he had woken up: "Maybe the retention time of the bardo body is not the seven days we think, but the seven levels." ”

I thought for a moment and said, "Makes sense." The time of each level is limited to 24 hours of bardo time, and the bardo time does not coincide with the real time, and there seems to be another time system, so it cannot be conclusively said to be seven days. ”

Li Damin wrote a few strokes on the paper, and then said: "The problem of time is too complicated, and I can't understand it for a while, so I can only draw such a conclusion for the time being." The second rule is that these seven levels are progressively more difficult. ”

I nodded, and it was.

Li Damin sighed: "I can't imagine what kind of test the seventh level of the last level will be, and whether anyone can pass such a test." ”

"I'm afraid that's the final judgment." I say.

Li Damin thought thoughtfully: "Judging from your first level and Wang Yue's first three levels, the levels of each level are not untargeted, but have something to do with your experience and state of mind. In other words, people still have to do good deeds, and if they carry too much and too heavy karma, then the test of entering the bardo realm will also be extremely difficult. ”

I agree with that.

"Another thing, if two or more people enter the bardo realm together," he said, "then the level and the mechanisms inside will also change, and one more person will have one more variable." ”

"I doubt that," I said, "from my experience with Wang Yue, if we enter the scene of a level, then this level will only be tested by one of them, and it has little to do with the other." But if you pass this level, you can't tell what the next level will be. ”

Li Damin thought about it and shook his head slightly, indicating that he didn't agree very much.

He didn't dwell on this law anymore, and said: "By the way, Wang Yue said that she has a second volume of Yin Wen, did she tell you where it is?" I think it may contain more secrets and information that can help us more. ”

I slapped my thigh, yes, how did I forget this.

"But Wang Yue said that she couldn't crack it," I said, "even if we get this kind of heavenly book, it's useless." ”

Li Damin thought for a while and said: "But where it is writing, there are always some rules. Just because she can't solve it doesn't mean we can't solve it either. Lao Lin, I don't think this matter can really be rushed. I am very sympathetic to your mother's affairs, but we must not mess around. I think it's better to follow what Wang Yue said, find that Yin classic first, let's take a look first. Once it is deciphered, knowing oneself and knowing one's opponent can win all battles. We don't know much about that world right now. ”

"Well, I agree." I say.

Li Damin didn't sleep all night, but he was very energetic, he pulled me to search around Wang Yue's room, but I didn't find any Yin classics. The books in the study were all pulled out for us, and we read every single one, but we really didn't find anything, not even anything suspicious.

After all the searches, it was already past noon, and we were sleepy and hungry. Ordered two takeaways. After eating, each rests.

After sleeping until dark, he and I went to Wang Yue's bedroom, where Wang Yue's body was still sitting motionless, and I couldn't see any signs of her returning to the yang, and I didn't receive any special information.

"She wouldn't have made it through this, would she?" Li Damin said worriedly.