"Who are you, old man?" I asked him respectfully.

The old man stood up slowly, I gasped, this person is estimated to be less than 1.5 meters, standing up is no different from sitting down. He was bloated and walked like a rickety water tank.

I hesitated, not daring to help him easily. Such people are more sensitive, Wang Wentai's example still remembers that he was polio, and when Boss Qian went to pick him up, he was scolded so bloody.

The old man was dressed in a wide linen robe, with a long placket dragging behind him, revealing only a huge head full of white hair. He staggered, walked out of the room, and jumped on the ground.

"Who asked you to come?" The old man asked.

I told him that it was arranged by Mrs. Hu San.

The old man nodded: "It turned out to be a daughter-in-law." ”

I was surprised, he is the third master of Hu? Why do you call Mrs. Hu San's daughter-in-law?

"Who are you?" I asked again.

The old man slowly tugged at the back of Mai, and as he lifted it, a long tail appeared behind him. I was taken aback, this is the fox's tail, what is his identity, is it a human, or is it a fox? The fox actually turned into a human form?

As far as I know, being able to transform from an animal spirit into a human form is countless times more difficult than a simple animal cultivating immortals, and it is not a concept at all. From an animal to a human, in today's scientific theory, it is called a genetic mutation, which is a breakthrough in form. When an animal becomes an immortal, at most, it is admitted to a prestigious university through study, and when it is mutated into an adult, it grows wings and becomes another creature.

Among these animal fairies I know, there are almost no who can successfully break through the human form, and Hu Santai, who has the highest Taoism and seniority, also has a fox Yuanzun, and she is only a yin god traveling.

I didn't say anything for a long time.

"Surprised?" The old man looked at me.

I'll tell him the truth, tell him that I'm a horse fairy from the Northeast, and I've seen a lot of animal spirits, but I've almost never seen a humanoid one, and you're always the first one.

The old man waved his hand: "It's nothing. My Taoism is much worse than the elves you mentioned, I am building a different path, there are many examples of animals like me turning into human beings in the world, and "Journey to the West" is full of such spirits. Come with me. ”

He staggered forward, and I followed cautiously, surrounded by ancient trees, sunlight, and psychedelic mist, but the air was refreshing.

The strange old man staggered ahead, and I followed.

After walking for a long time, I could faintly hear the sound of waves in the distance, and the air became humid and smelled salty. We came to the end of the road, where a hundred flowers bloomed, the grass was green, and even the blades of grass were soaked in dewdrops, as if we had come to a paradise.

The old man stopped and raised his finger to show me.

Not far in front of us was a high cliff lying half-reclining, not vertically up and down, but at an angle of about forty-five degrees to the ground. What really struck me was not the unique geographical formation, but the fact that there was a gate on this high cliff.

This is a huge door, with strange patterns carved on it, the surface is dark black, and it is impossible to see what is engraved, a bit like a sea creature, which is also mixed with ancient words, none of these words can be understood, but you can feel the dark aura emanating from it, which seems to exist before human civilization.

I was in a trance for a while, my whole body was dizzy, I don't know why, like a boat falling into the stormy tide of time, with nothing to rely on and no direction.

"What's, what is this?" I asked, trembling.

The old man sleeved his clothes and said slowly: "Eighty years ago, it was the time when the world committed a great war, and there was chaos in the sky and on the earth. Originally, there was a village here, all of which were local aborigines, who were being hit by demonic fire, and the jade was burned, resulting in men, women and children all being spared. At that time, all the masters at home and abroad gathered here, and there were divination of the Mai gods, saying that the demonic spirit of this door went straight to the sky, and there was a great calamity lurking. My son-in-law, oh, is what you said about the third master Hu, who was the highest in seniority and Taoism among those people at that time, and he took the two of them with him, entered this gate together, and since then he has been in retreat and has never come out again. ”

It dawned on me that everyone in the rivers and lakes knew that Mrs. Hu was in retreat, but no one knew why he was in retreat and where he was closed. There are many rumors, but those who really know are secretive.

I didn't expect this incident to stretch out more than half a century ago.

"Who else was in retreat with Third Master Hu at that time?" I asked.

The old man said, "There are three people who have entered this door, one is my son-in-law; the other is a rising star of the Hu family, named Hu Tianci; The last person, named Li Chunman, was the sect master of a cultivation sect at that time, and his Taoism was extremely high, and he was close friends with my son-in-law. After the three of them entered this door, they never came out again, until now. ”

I felt sorry in my heart, and I looked at the huge gate in front of me, and my throat trembled. Mrs. Hu thinks that I am inextricably linked to the retreat, and now that I am here and know the events of that day, what should I do next?

This old man is also from the Hu family, and he should be the retainer of the third grandfather of Hu, and he has been guarding his son-in-law here for so many years, and this affection and liver and gallbladder are not said.

The old man looked at me: "My daughter-in-law asked you to come, do you have any explanation?" ”

The daughter-in-law he said was Hu Santai's grandmother, not his daughter-in-law, which is very common in the Northeast. It can also be seen that this person's status in the Hu family is high.

I hurriedly said, "I don't have anything to explain, just let me take a look." ”

The old man shook his head: "The daughter-in-law is the virtuous helper of the son, and she is the most shrewd, she will not do useless things." Tell me why your daughter-in-law let you get here. ”

"It's a long story," I said. ”

The old man smiled: "I have been here for nearly a hundred years, and I like to listen to stories the most, you can tell me." ”

I told two stories, one of which was that I risked my life to enter a poaching syndicate, accidentally got a fox print, and saw Mr. Hu die many years ago. The second was when I met with Mrs. Hu San, and she told me that I looked very much like Hu Tianci back then.

The old man listened with relish, squinting, and the old man looked very cute.

When I finished speaking, he looked at me, "It's been too long, and I've forgotten Hu Tianci's appearance a little, but in this way, you really have a little resemblance to him." As for the death of my son-in-law that you saw in the Dragon Bone Illusion, I don't believe this. ”

I hurriedly said, "Old man, I'm not lying. ”

The old man waved his hand: "I didn't say you lied, I believe in my son-in-law's Taoism too much, even if he falls, even if the heavens and men are decayed, it will not be his turn." He still has at least a thousand years of merit to accumulate, and that's where he goes. However, when you see that illusion, whether it is an illusion or a fact, this cannot be explained in detail now, there must be a mystery in it, and it will not appear for no reason. I probably know the purpose of my daughter-in-law asking you to come. ”

He suddenly stretched out a finger, and out of thin air, the huge door in the distance "creaked" and opened the gap. From a distance, just such a narrow one, in fact, can enter a person.

The old man said, "You can go in." ”

"Huh?" I kept swallowing, I didn't want to go inside. Back then, Mrs. Hu was in full swing, and he didn't come out after he went in, so can I have a good one when I go in?

The old man said: "There are many mysteries in this gate, they enter the last one, and the levels in front of them are similar to the place of trial. Don't think that going in is sending you to death, there are many people who want to enter this trial and can't find the way, this is your fate. Don't worry, as long as you don't go deeper, you'll be fine. ”

I looked at this crack in the door and felt itchy, I finally came here across the mountains and rivers, so close to the ultimate secret of the horse fairy, if I didn't go in to see, I really couldn't say it, curiosity could torture me to death.

I looked at the old man, who made a gesture to signal that he could go in.

I walked slowly to the door, stepped over the dewdropping grass, stepped over the bewitching flowers, and came to the slope. I climbed up the strange stone carvings, and when I reached the gap, I realized the strangeness of the situation.

First of all, it is impossible to determine whether the door is opened from the inside out, or if the outside door panel is recessed inward. The door presents a special visual effect, as if it opens outwards and sinks in, as if there is an invisible prism here, making everything extremely contrary to the rules of perspective and the laws of physics.

I stood through the crack in the door and peeked in, and there was a deep darkness inside, as if the darkness was a tangible living substance, gushing out of the prison in the depths like smoke.

I looked back at the old man in the distance, who was very small, standing in the grass, quietly looking back at me.

Holding on to the edge of the door with both hands, I slowly walked into the darkness below, the light outside was cut off for a moment, and I couldn't see anything. I felt something hard under my feet, like steps, and I groped my way down slowly.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang from behind.

I looked back and saw that the two doors were closed, and the last glimmer of light was blocked out.

I walked slowly down, and it seemed that there were steps that would never end. It is said that the space here is extremely magnificent, and a small island simply cannot bear it, but it happened. I have a strong feeling that this place is not part of the earth and that there is a dimension that is very different from our world.