Chapter 1: Ringing the Bell of the Epoch
Bailin Mountains, Xining Valley
Ziyang was lying on the big bluestone, holding a piece of grass in his mouth, quietly looking at the blue sky, a little dazed.
Because a few days ago, she left.
Perhaps, this farewell will be forever.
After all, she belonged to the rich city, and he was but a sixteen-year-old cattle herder in a barren village, with a ravine in between, which might never be overcome.
Recalling the past, Ziyang couldn't help but sigh lightly, a little lost.
Then, he threw away the grass from his mouth, raised his somewhat white palm, and held it in front of him, looking through his fingers at the huge scorching sun in the sky.
"Yaoyu. He spoke like a dream.
This is her name, meaning the surname of the emperor, she is so outstanding, but they are too far apart, she comes from the rich city of Jinghong.
Jinghong City is one of the most prosperous cities, and for him, it is really out of reach.
A breeze blew, and a trace of coolness filled the scorching air, and under the scorching sun, the somewhat restless Ziyang not only gradually calmed down.
At this time, he slowly woke up from his memories, maybe he didn't immerse himself too much, although he was indeed a little lost, but their departure was already doomed.
Immediately after, he breathed a long sigh of relief, and a little helplessly, so he sat up on the big bluestone, and he wandered away from the four fields, so he looked up at the mountains.
The scenery between this vein is really magnificent, the forest is verdant, the gully stretches, the mountains and rivers are connected, like the ancient city wall standing on the edge of the sky, tightly wrapped around the Bailin Mountains.
However, Ziyang felt a little bored, feeling bored, so he retracted his gaze, sorted out his thoughts, turned around and stood up, and jumped off the big bluestone.
He glanced at the clear blue sky, and suddenly felt much more relaxed, and then he looked at the cattle again, and felt a little bored, and began to pace aimlessly among the weeds
In fact, at this time, he was supposed to go back to the village, but the village was on the other side of the Xining Valley, and the mountains and mountains were blocked, although it was not far from the village, it was extremely difficult to go back and forth during the period.
So he planned to stay for some time and let the family feed more grass.
The sun was shining, and as I paced, the furnace-like mountains were silent, and they were foggy, which was rare under the scorching clear sky.
The mist was thin and rose from the open valleys and dense forests, and a stream of moisture filled the air, swirling from mountain to mountain, like a thin wisp of smoke rising high into the sky.
Ziyang stopped, a little surprised, now that the sky is clear and the weather is extremely hot, such weather can also fog, which really makes him a little curious.
Slowly, the fog became heavier, and it quickly spread to the four fields, hazy and hazy, enveloping a large area of mountain ranges.
In a short moment, there seemed to be chaos in the distance, as if the sky was open, the clouds and mist were rising, and even the dazzling glow was obscured.
Looking at it from afar, his brow furrowed, and he looked quite surprised by this change.
Because, this fog is really too thick, the fog is rolling, where it still looks like a fog, I think it is a canopy in the void.
Is this going on? His chest heaved, and the mist made him feel very wrong.
At this moment, the clouds and mist swirled, and there was a click, and a bright light suddenly flashed in it, and it appeared in an instant, very dazzling and abrupt.
His eyes widened and he looked in that direction in surprise, and there was thunder in the mist, which was unbelievable.
However, with the disappearance of this thunderbolt, the next moment, the light became more and more, constantly flickering and exploding inside, each of which was very thick, like a dragon dancing, booming, as if it was about to split the heavens and the earth.
In an instant, Ziyang's eyelids jumped, and the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong, and a trace of uneasiness began to arise in his heart, he subconsciously took a few steps back, this fog was really not normal.
Then, he turned his head to look at the scalper, the scalper was not alarmed, still gnawing grass there, but at this moment, his heart trembled inexplicably, and he felt that the surroundings had become strange.
The situation made him unsettled, incomprehensible, and he had a lot of thoughts, and if it was a natural phenomenon, he might really be a little unconvinced.
Because, no matter how this fog looks, it doesn't look like it is caused by nature, and now that the sky is clear, he has never heard of such a scene anywhere.
Or is it the rumor that has something to do with this vein?
Ziyang lives in this vein, and has already heard some strange things.
Some adventurous climbers have seen some visions in it, such as blue, inexplicable scriptures resounding in the mountains, or strange flowers blooming in the valleys.
This is a strange phenomenon that cannot be explained.
Ziyang pondered, but his footsteps began to move, he quickly walked towards the ox, took the leash and walked back, now he just wanted to leave this strange and uncertain place quickly.
The village was on the other side of the Xining Valley, separated by two mountains and rivers, and the phenomenon was so loud that he didn't know if anyone in the village had seen it.
Walking quickly, he walked along the trail towards the foot of the mountain, and along the way, his chest thumped, and it was terrifying to look at the tumbling mist, and it was so strange and scary that it was like a thunderstorm.
What the hell was going on, his head was a little dazed, he had been to this mountain range often, and he had never seen such a scene.
Immediately he glanced at the clear blue sky, and now the sun had been obscured, and large areas of mountains were shrouded, and some of them could not even be seen from the tops, and turned into a vast white.
He was terrified, for at the same time he was shocked to find that the mist was spreading, slowly covering this direction.
Needless to say, this is perhaps the most terrifying of all, if it were shrouded in such a scene, would it be scorched into ashes?
For a moment, he didn't dare to think about it, he was frightened, and he tried to pull the scalper, and he wanted to retreat and run away, but he suddenly found that he couldn't do it at all at this moment.
He was so anxious that the mist was about to come, and the earth-shattering sight was in front of him.
Suddenly, at this moment, there was a "knock", a thick bell, knocked out of nowhere, vibrating from heaven and earth, ancient and vicissitudes.
The bell was also abrupt, with invisible sound waves, swinging towards the four fields and penetrating directly into his mind.
Not only that, but as the bell rang, the main veins also changed, and the surrounding forests, mountains, and rivers seemed to grow and become more verdant.
What's even more surprising is that on the mountain, there are strange flowers in the canyon that are appearing at a speed visible to the naked eye, and then growing rapidly.
This is really too weird, Ziyang stopped and stared from afar.
It was a very strange flower, with no branches and no leaves, but it produced petals of three colors, each petal was like a thin crystal, and in this late summer season, the empty veins could not help but look a little weird.
Originally, he wanted to look more closely, but the fog that was about to envelop him made him have no time to think. Terrified, he regained his mind, and dragged the bull rope almost madly in the direction of the village.
The sound waves are pervasive, the aftermath is not dispersed, rippling between the heaven and the earth, making people feel a little dull, and the rising fog is quickly covered, accompanied by thunder, bombarding in this void, and the big veins are also visions, strange flowers are blooming,
"Is there really such a so-called ancient legend on this mountain range?"
Ziyang came up with such an idea coldly, and he was taken aback.
If you think about it normally, maybe it's nothing, but now this phenomenon can't be explained at all, but it's really like what is written in mythology, driving thunder and electricity, strange and abnormal.
Maybe there really is an immortal, he soothes his heart, otherwise how can such a vision be a natural condition, this is not in line.
However, in the midst of this contemplation, a bell struck again, and it shook the heavens, more vigorous than the first, piercing through the mountains and stones.
And as the bell rang, the changes between the mountains were even greater, the three-colored flowers grew rapidly, and in the blink of an eye, they were as thick as palms, and the rhizomes were straight, and they grew to almost one meter, and the surrounding forests, mountains, and rocks began to become green and crystalline, exuding vitality.
It's just that the bell is rippling, but Ziyang feels more and more uneasy.
At the same moment, the scalper, who was originally stable, began to go crazy inexplicably, restless back and forth there, as if he had been stimulated by some kind of reins, and wanted to break free from the reins.
Faced with this situation, he panicked and didn't know how to appease, so he forcibly suppressed his panicked heart and dragged the bull rope, trying to make it stable.
However, he is too small after all, where can he stabilize an adult bull, and under the pull, he was dragged out by the brute force of the scalper for nearly a meter in an instant.
After breaking free from the reins, the frightened ox quickly scurried away as if relieved, and disappeared into the dense forest in just a moment.
Ziyang only felt pain all over his body, he got up from the ground with difficulty, looked at the direction of the ox's departure, panicked, he stood straight in place, a little overwhelmed.
Today, it was really like seeing a ghost, looking at the clouds like the end of the world, his brain was short-circuited in an instant, and it was blank.
The ringing bells, rippling in the distance, the large flowers blooming in the distance, and the growth of trees in the four wildernesses, all these crazy impacts his soul.
At this moment, he still felt that the scene that had happened was like a dream, so unreal, and although he had heard some strange things, it still subverted the common sense he could know.
(There are gods in the world, why not see this, or transcend the supreme crevice of the stars, or be buried in the earth and give birth to themselves.) - "Self-Burial, Detachment")