Chapter 21: The Mystery Emerges
The moon rises and night falls again.
In this paradise hidden in the mountains, there is silence.
Under the dim candlelight, Ming Xue sat quietly on the edge of the bed alone, this seemingly ordinary old man's home was not cold at all, and the facilities inside the house were clean and comfortable. She remembered the evening scene again, she stood on the hillside, and at a glance it was almost a house carved out of mold, except for a not ornate house in the far north of the village, built on the water's edge, and in the distance, a winding water promenade led into the main house. It's almost the only room with a different shape. She wondered in her heart if the people who lived there were different identities.
However, since arriving here, everything seems to be strange, the sky is full of peach blossoms that bloom out of time, a village of unknown origin, and ...... The old man said that he couldn't go out at night. Ming Xue sighed, gently picked up the Feng Ming flute, and said to herself: "Shark Yue, memory, fate...... All this ...... Where do I go from here? She was answered by a void, and the night was dark and quiet. The last candle flame was extinguished with a wisp of the evening breeze, and she could not sleep.
Qingyi and Li Shen live in another side room opposite. It's quiet in the room.,I don't know what the two of them are doing.,If it's normal.,The two of them must not care about anyone.,Occasionally a few words are all sarcasm.。
Not really, at this time, in the dark room, neither of them slept, Li Shen lay peacefully on the bed, not knowing what he was thinking, while Qing Yi was holding his delicate Qing Ying Sword, carefully hiding in the window, a small slit in the wooden window, he watched quietly, his eyes did not blink. Don't let me see it? Master wants to see what you can't see people this big night.
A crescent moon gradually rises into the air, and the floating black clouds are dotted with wisps, in such a poetic scene, will there be a meeting of "willow tops on the moon, people about after dusk"? Qing Yi thought to himself that he used to like to listen to the jokes about the love and hatred of the human race. In addition to cultivating, their clan is still cultivating, even looking for Shark Yuezhu is also for cultivating, and he doesn't know where the meaning of cultivation is, he just wants to have a few good friends who know him, drink together when he is happy, and drink together when he is sad, what a simple idea.
This night doesn't seem to be different, the moon is the moon, the clouds are the clouds, although it is very strange that the world inside the mountain can see the moon, but for Qingyi, a monster who is good at changing, it doesn't feel anything. This night is completely different, seeing that old man is so careful with something, it's really boring, Qingyi sneered in his heart, and was about to go back to sleep. However, just as he was about to turn around, something crossed the corner of his eye, quickly attracting his attention. What's going on? His pupils widened, and he stared out in disbelief.
What about the moonlight just now? What about black clouds? What about the peach blossom forest outside the village? The night scene that was still in my eyes just now is nothing, and the world that was still cold and moonlit suddenly dimmed. However, this did not affect their night vision of the snake clan, and he saw that the structure of a dark mountain, the structure of the burial chamber behind the stone gate that they had been expecting, was clearly reflected in his eyes at this moment. The artificially carved underground palace is quietly there, with simple patterns and majestic dragon-shaped statues......
Ten miles of peach blossoms are still deeply imprinted in my mind, is it an illusion that the trip in the flowers for nearly a day? The delusion of one of him can be explained, is it possible that all three of them are delusional? The more Qingyi thought about it, the more he wondered.
Suddenly, something cold hit his back shoulder, and Qing Yi, who was looking at it, turned around, and the Qing Ying Sword swung over. The figure of the other party dodged back very quickly.
Li Yan's red eyes were cold, and he gestured to Qingyi with his hand to be quiet. It turned out that it was Li Ember who "attacked" Qingyi in the rear, and he didn't know when he noticed that something was wrong.
After finding out that it was a misunderstanding, Li Shen ignored him, leaned over to look outside, and at some point, a white figure appeared in the dark tomb, the figure was slightly thin, it should be a woman, carrying a palace lamp, and walked step by step to the depths of the black corridor.
Who is this woman? Probably normal people think it's a female ghost when they see this, or it's the impermanence of asking for their lives.
The white figure was unhurried, slowly disappearing into the black corridor like a ghost. At the moment when the white shadow was about to disappear, Qing Yi raised his sword and wanted to chase him out, but Li Shen suddenly held him down.
"What are you doing?" He asked, puzzled.
"Shhhh Qing Yi was about to resist, when suddenly a sound of breaking the sky crossed his ears, and when they raised their heads again, a man in black appeared at the entrance of the Yongdao where the white shadow disappeared, the black windbreaker wrapped the not tall body, and there seemed to be some hunchbacks, and the black shadow seemed to be a little difficult and slowly moved towards the Yongdao. However, the moment he suddenly appeared, wasn't he still as silent as a ghost, and extremely fast.
What the? Is this black and white impermanence? Qingyi scolded secretly.
Now you can follow along and take a look! I'm going to see what's inside. Qingyi thought in her heart, but it backfired, the woman in white who had gone in before came out slowly with the palace lamp, this time she was no longer in the back, a masked woman walked out of the black corridor step by step, and the specific age of the woman could not be seen, but the crescent moon willow eyebrows exposed outside faintly revealed the woman's good appearance.
The woman got closer and closer, and seeing that she was about to walk to the window where they were hiding, Qingyi closed her breath and her heart lifted. Who is this woman? And no one could answer.
At the moment when the woman stepped out of the corridor, the scene of dark clouds and bright moon returned to here. Everything was back to normal, and the woman in white didn't know when she disappeared at which intersection.
The sky in the east has turned white, and dawn is coming. At the end of the night, Qingyi and Li Shen seemed to have discovered something, and they seemed to be even more puzzled, what was behind the Yongdao? The day and night here, the disappearance and appearance of the peach blossom sea, everything seems to be shrouded in a fog.
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The moment the morning light shines on the earth, the sleeping world wakes up, the sound of chickens crowing one after another in the village, and the lively conversation of early risers in the morning breeze, sets off a peaceful and peaceful village of peach paradise even more beautifully. If you ignore what you saw last night, ignore that this is a mysterious village that appears in the mausoleum, such a world should be what people yearn for!
"Sister Xue is early!" Qingyi, who had heavy dark circles under her eyes, saw Mingxue who got up early and said hello.
"Well, didn't you sleep well last night?" Seeing Li Yan, who also had dark circles under her eyes, Ming Xue asked curiously.
It's not just that they didn't sleep well, they just didn't sleep all night. In order to see two weird people, I haven't seen the face in the end. Qing Yi thought in his heart, but he didn't tell Ming Xue about this, probably because he was afraid of causing Ming Xue's uneasiness.
After the three of them had breakfast, they were about to say goodbye to the old man, the purpose of their trip was to find Shark Yue, and it was not suitable to delay time here.
"What do we do next?" Out of the courtyard, Qingyi asked suspiciously. Did his parents stay here too, or died in the dark trap of this seemingly wonderful world?
Li Yan looked calm, as if she could face anything bravely, Ming Xue remembered the scene of this red-eyed man facing the thunder of the Nine Heavens, and she had to admit that she was also shocked.
Li Shen didn't say anything but went to the north firmly, seeing that Mingxue followed without any doubt, Qingyi had no choice but to follow reluctantly.
The three of them finally stopped in front of a courtyard, and Ming Xue was secretly shocked, wasn't this the only different courtyard she saw yesterday? Ember also noticed this?
The breeze blows, blowing the wind chimes at the corners of the eaves, making bursts of crisp sounds.
"There's a guest coming......" a slightly desolate voice came to mind from inside the house, as if to say to himself, "Come in!" A slightly higher voice reached the outside of the house, into the ears of the three of them.
The three of them walked through the water corridor and entered the house without hurry. The furnishings in the room are very simple, a pear blossom wood table, and a lot of strange things are placed on the table, which looks like it is used for divination. Could it be that she is the witch who knows a lot of things as the old man said?
Only then did Ming Xue notice the woman sitting in the room without moving. The woman didn't look very old, in her thirties, wearing a white dress, and the simple sandalwood hairpin pulled up a green silk, at this time the woman's expression was indifferent, and there seemed to be a little grief hidden in the indifference.
Is this woman really a ghost? This kind of image is very inconsistent with the imagination of the spirit witch in Ming Xue's mind, which is clearly like a complaining woman who guards the boudoir alone.
But what does the divination utensils on the table represent?
"Who's coming? …… Who's coming? …… Who's coming? ......" Suddenly, a parrot cried, and then I saw that there was a green parrot in the house.
"Your Excellency is a ghost?" Mingxue asked lightly.
The woman was still sitting upright, her eyes closed, and she didn't know if she was asleep, but the next second they immediately denied this idea, "So what?" Isn't it? If you do, then you are? If you don't recognize it, then you don't. The indifferent tone said detached words.
"That's it!" Mingxue is not like her going around in circles.
"What is not yet, and is it still not?" Qingyi muttered in a low voice. Youruo was not angry, but smiled lightly: "I don't know what the three of you are looking for me for?" ”
Finally getting to the point, Qingyi immediately asked, "Do you know the origin of this village?" How are we going to get out? ”
However, Youruo didn't respond for a long time, still with her eyes closed, closing her eyes to recuperate.
Qingyi was anxious, "You mean, what does it mean to be silent?" Seeing that Qing Yi was about to roll up her sleeves and go up to fight, the woman suddenly opened her eyes, those eyes were as quiet as an ancient well, looking quietly, seeing that Qing Yi suddenly didn't dare to speak.
However, after a while, the woman moved her eyes to Li Yan. Only then did he find that since entering the room, Li Ember had not said a word, but stared at the woman's eyebrows tightly, as if he had déjà vu.
"I am not obligated to answer your questions, and not to say that I do not know these things, and that I know and will not tell you easily? There is a price to be paid for trying to get something out of my mouth. Lingwu said lightly, as a matter of course.
"At what cost?" Mingxue asked.
"You guys are here for Shark Yue!" Yu Ruowen explained their purpose in a wordless way.
Mingxue was on guard, looking at the mysterious woman in front of her with curiosity in her eyes.
"Hehe, you don't have to worry, I'm not interested in that thing, who came here is not for Shark Yuezhu!" The woman scoffed.
"I want that thing for no use, what I want, you may not be able to do!" She said suddenly, slightly sadly. "I just want you to get me out of here."
"Leave? Life here is so peaceful, why think about leaving? Mingxue was puzzled.
"Hehe" Yuruo laughed at himself, "Anning? How would it feel to live your whole life as if it were the same day? Every day is the same life, without the slightest change. What is the point of such a day, even if there is no worry about food and clothing, and everything is not worried. Do you see, the yards here are exactly the same, the peach blossoms here never wither, never bear fruit, but you tell me what is the difference between such a monotonous day and death? ”
"......" faced with Youruo's heart-wrenching accusation, Ming Xue was suddenly speechless. Indeed, this village is full of weirdness.
"If we can leave, we must take you with us!" Qingyi said helplessly, it turned out that the price she said was as simple as taking her away, what did he think was the request! What a fuss. "Now you can say it!"
"You said, 'Those who came here asked Shark Yue', what happened to those who came?" Coldly, Li Shen suddenly asked. yes, what is their final destination? Will it be hard to get out of here?
"Haha, do you think it's going to be easy to get out of here? Do you see the peach blossoms outside? It's so beautiful, it's a work irrigated by the blood of countless people! Before you, many people came to ask me where Shark Yue was, and also promised to take me away when the matter was completed, but just after that, their corpses appeared in the peach blossom forest like that, and became flower fertilizer! You say, will you be the next batch of fertilizer? Youruo's eyes looked at the three people present strangely, as if he were looking at a dead person.
The sea of flowers that I thought was as beautiful as heaven yesterday seems to be covered with a layer of blood at this moment. What danger lies ahead, so many people have become a part of this sea of flowers.
"I'm afraid, it's too late to regret it, and when I get here, don't think about going out again." This sentence poured down like ice water, chilling the hearts of those present.
"Less nonsense. You just have to tell us what you know! Li Yan's eyes shot like a knife, and his tone was as cold as ice, and his demon-like temperament made Youruo shut up.