Chapter 187: The Laughter of the Wraith
"I didn't expect that we all felt a lot about each other's experiences, you became a world-famous singer, and I was temporarily out of the Langtian Adventure Party, and now I am finally returning to my original identity. Xue Shaoling wrote hard and answered Youna's question with a smile, "I have to write a letter to my partner to explain your situation." ”
"What's the situation?, do you think I'm crazy?" Youna was still dissatisfied with Xue Shaoling's previous offense.
"I didn't mean that, the person you are looking for has a great relationship with the four major families, and I must report to the president and ask for the next plan of action. ”
"Then you think about it slowly! I'll go first. With that, Yuna turned and left the office. During the period of her stay at the tax office, the number of people leaving the city was much reduced, and there was no need to queue up in the future, and she only needed to hand over the travel voucher to the city guards for confirmation, and she could pass smoothly.
He had barely gone far from the city when he saw Xiao Moo, who was strolling on the nearby grass, and the white horse was a little irritable, and let out a "whoosh" gasp at a guard who tried to approach him.
"Girl, be careful!
"It's not a wild horse for you to catch, I'm its owner. Ignoring the guards' obstruction, Yuna stepped forward to stroke Xiao Moo's mane, "I knew you wouldn't leave me alone." ”
Stepping on the stirrup and jumping on the horse's back, the dragon city behind him was gradually moving away under a gust of wind.
At this time, Yuna was still expecting to see the silent town as soon as possible, or as soon as the dense forest in front of her passed, the outline of the fallen dragon town came into view. However, in addition to the rocky mountain, there was a stream that flowed slowly next to the horse road, which once made her suspect that she was taking the wrong way, so she had to dismount and walk, and by the way, open the map to carefully check the surrounding terrain.
Follow the road outside the dragon city for about two kilometers until you reach the intersection of three forks: the mountain road leading to the Cangyuan Realm on the left, the straight road to Heglila in the middle, and the muddy dirt road on the right is the only way to the town of Fallen Dragon.
The dirt road was so narrow that it was only wide enough for a horse-drawn carriage to pass through, and the weeds, gravel, and vines on the road were so disgusting that it was hard to imagine the luck of the coachman Pajoz driving through the place, and she might as well let the little moo go on foot, lest she accidentally get knocked on her back by the branches that stood in the way.
The road was full of stagnant water and mud, probably because of the rain that had just fallen last night, and every step of the white horse left a hoof print on the mud, and there was a long rut on the edge of the dirt road, Yuna thought that it might be the traces of Payoz's carriage, and the four of them set off about two hours apart, Payoz and Ankua were the first, Frolleni was second, and Yuna was the latest, but Frolleni insisted on walking, and would definitely arrive later than Yuna.
Yuna would rather go alone than walk with low-quality strangers, because she couldn't tell who she could trust and who was suspicious. She believed in hiding and deceiving her friends, and she had fought against enemies who cared for and cared for her.
At the end of the rut is a broken bridge that connects to the cliffs, and when you look down, the green vines cascade down like a green waterfall, some embedded in the broken stone crevices of the bridge, some clothe the piers in green, and some are rooted in the soil next to the riverbank, merging with the mossy pebbles.
A quaintly decorated foot shop towered on the edge of the bridge, and Ma Ming, mixed with the sound of water, attracted the attention of the shopkeeper, who hurriedly put away the fork rod supporting the window, and ran downstairs with his hat in hand.
The man's shadow looked strange in the sunset, and Yuna almost thought it was a devil approaching her, but turned her head to read his doubts in the sunken eye sockets.
"Girl, this road is not going anywhere, don't go any further. ”
"How did this bridge break?"
"Last night, torrential rain caused a landslide, and the falling rocks caused the bridge to break. The shopkeeper pressed his chest to calm his mind, "It was so impressive that it almost scared me out." ”
"This can't ......" Yuna steadied her retreat, stepped forward and pulled the shopkeeper's sleeve, and asked in a solemn voice, "Have you ever seen a man driving and a woman riding across this bridge before?" ”
The shopkeeper shook his head, "No! As far as I know, you're the first person here today." ”
"How could two big living people suddenly disappear? You can see the ruts on the ground to prove that they have been here. Yuna lifted her forehead in disbelief, and when she came to the edge of the broken bridge, she shuddered when her gaze and pointing overlapped: the rut that stretched to the broken bridge disappeared without a trace.
"I guess you were just dazzled, and you don't want to think about it, if there was a car passing by last night, how could it leave a rut? ”
This wakes Yuna up, that is, Payoz and Ankuya have just disappeared and there is still a chance to find them, but the bridge is broken, so they have to find another way.
A fence about half a man high surrounded the perimeter of the foot shop, and the weeds under the fence were a little scarcer than in other places, and Yuna broke the thorns that stood in the way, and a winding path appeared in front of them, and when they looked down the cliff, they saw the path through the mimi stream and to the mountain on the opposite bank.
"I'm not going to stop you from going to Fallen Dragontown, but before I do that, I'll tell you a weird story about the bridge. The shopkeeper winked, and then walked into the store with a gloomy face.
About three years ago, there was a sensational rape and murder case in Luohongqiao, the victim was a 17-year-old girl in the flower season, because of the return to her hometown to visit her mother, took a carriage from the city of the dragon to the town of the fallen dragon, who knew that the coachman saw the mood, when he reached the middle of the bridge, the girl was violated and killed, and the body was thrown by the stream.
"As the so-called Heavenly Dao cycle, retribution is unpleasant. The shopkeeper filled Yuna with tea and continued, "The coachman who was about to escape by jumping into the stream accidentally hit a rock in the rapids with his head, ending his life of sin. ”
"It's too cheap for him to die like this!" Yuna angrily slammed half of the tea on the table.
"Since that case, there have been a series of supernatural events in Luohongqiao. The shopkeeper put his hands around his shoulders, his eyes became unusually hideous, "The crying from under the bridge in the middle of the night, the bizarre accidents of the carriages crossing the bridge, and the white figure gazing at the bridge by the stream......"
"It's scary, but it's nothing compared to what happened to my friend. ”
Seeing that Yuna was turning her head to leave, the shopkeeper handed her the flashlight in the drawer: "The mountain road is rough, be careful!"
By the faint light of the flashlight, Yuna's footsteps towards the edge of the cliff faded away.
Then again, the shopkeeper seemed to be holding back the pain.
Not long after Yuna left, the shopkeeper's right arm branched out like a withered vine, splitting into a large, bloodshot mouth, and biting his left hand.
Fortunately, the shopkeeper put the red mask in his pocket on his head in time, and the rampaging arm returned to the empty sleeve.
The figure in the direction of the foot shop did not attract Yuna's attention, and her eyes were all focused on the white horse at the head of the bridge.
"Little Moo, I'll give you back your freedom, don't be caught by humans in the future. With that, Yuna unloaded her harness and threw it into the stream, letting it float into the unknown distance.
The light source in Yuna's hand shone through the dense grass and on the strangely shaped pebbles on the shore, and because the road was slippery, she walked carefully with every step, but except for the sound of insects and frogs and gurgling water, there was nothing unusual, and the worries in her heart were not fulfilled for a long time.
When she crossed the stream, she suddenly sensed some slight change in the vicinity, a blue point of light gathered around the bridge pier, and when she looked closer, she found that it was actually a group of blue fireflies.
She had seen this kind of firefly in the Qishui Dragon Palace, and when the purple condensation vein died, the starry blue fireflies dotted the sky of the Dragon Palace, which was beautiful.
Blue is also the color of the star, which represents the return of the soul, so the more deceased the place, the more it attracts blue fireflies, and there must be another mystery in the place where these insects gather.
A line of words as thin as an ant's foot engraved on the pier confirmed her suspicion, and when the vines were broken, the second half of the line could be read in its entirety, and together it was:
Do you not know that the gods will judge mankind, and the sanctioners will judge the world?
- The Covenant
There was a creepy laugh behind her, and the smell of the stream breeze blew across her face, but when she turned around, she couldn't see a single figure, only a faint blue point of light, and she followed the fireflies along the mountain road, and the laughter quickly disappeared into the darkness, which was almost terrifying.
But strangely, why is the resentful spirit of the murdered girl not crying?
There is a ruined shrine at the top of the hill, and in the night light, the dead trees outside the temple are even more large and rotten, and although the shrine has been abandoned for a long time, the rope on the torii gate is still intact, and a stone path leading to the courtyard is displayed in front of her, and the entrance to the temple is connected to the stone path, and on the right side of the main entrance stands a wooden fence dedicated to a certain god, and on top of it are five "Kaga-e horses" with different patterns.
Worshippers draw their own images of beauty on these painted horses, and in order to fulfill their wishes, they make a mold in the shape of a mirror frame that is just the right size to fit a round mirror.
Walking into the shrine, Yuna finally understood what kind of deity this shrine enshrined: she wore a plain flower crown on her head, her skin was like congealed cream, her hair was like soft clouds, and her long clothes were staggering, and she was born with a beautiful appearance that all women in the world wanted to have. The beauty of the goddess gave her the illusion that the statue would move, and the stone tablet at the bottom of the goddess recorded a brief description of the shrine.
Foreword to Ylang Shrine
Yilan Shrine, is a Tianci Shrine, the original site is located in the center of the south square of Fallen Dragon Town, the foundation stone was laid on October 13, 662 A.D., destroyed in a fire on July 3, 670, and then moved to Jigang Mountain, and completed in 677.
The shrine enshrines the goddess of wisdom Iranis, who is in charge of science and technology, culture, art and other knowledge, according to legend, Ilanis, and her sister Idores, the goddess of love and beauty, in order to compete for who is the most beautiful goddess of the bright stars, with a Leah continental war as a bet, agreeing that whoever wins the war, the realm of wandering will belong to whom, as a result, the northerners defeated the southern coalition supported by Adoris under the war strategy of Iranis, and Ilanisy obtained one of the seven artifacts given by the supreme god as she wished.
It is said that no matter how ugly a person with a beautiful heart looks, the mirror reflects a beautiful face, while a person who is ugly at the heart reflects his ugly self in the mirror, no matter how beautiful he looks.
It is precisely because of the ability of the goddess of wisdom that Elanis, who has the ability to distinguish between good and evil, is revered by all the people, and the believers of the Heavenly Gift Sect are grateful for the various knowledge that Elanises has given them to live, so they have built a shrine here, and hope that future generations will remember it.
After reading the introduction, an eerie laugh rang out again, and there was still nothing behind her, and Yuna was so frightened that she ran out of the shrine quickly.
Her instincts told her that not being able to see didn't mean there were no foreign objects nearby, and that the "ghosts" that laughed were very close to her.
Couldn't even the barrier created by the infusion rope stop the evil spirits from passing through?