Xiao Chen and Li Jia sat motionlessly on both sides of the coffee table, on which was a heavy big book, with a mysterious blue-black streamer flowing between the front and back covers of the big book. Xiao Chen leaned back in his chair and looked at Li Jia. And Li Jia looked like she was bowing her head and contemplative.

The dreary atmosphere is accentuated by a few oil lamps in the room, and only the swaying of light and shadow as the flames flicker makes it seem that this is not a photograph.

After a long time, Li Jia spoke: "I have made up my mind." ”

Xiao Chen said: "You have to think about it carefully. After all, there is a lot of risk involved. I opened it when I didn't have the foundation of concentration, which caused the instability of my mental power. Although you now have the foundation of contemplation, the extent to which Gale and Dead Sea Shadow Scroll match is unknown, and it may be worse than the Hanging Feather Method. Even if I were to preside over the ceremony, it would probably fail. ”

"You said that those of us who have come from this information age have their own strengths in spiritual power. And I have a bottle of conciliatory potion that Selinda brought from the treasure trove at home. Li Jiadao.

"That's just my guess. After all, there are only two samples, me and Mao Kai. Xiao Chen said.

"Maybe there are more than two, are you sure Luo Ling didn't watch it that day?" Li Jia said.

Xiao Chen scraped his chin with his fingers and said, "Whether she has seen it or not, as long as she doesn't say it, I will assume that this kind of thing has not happened." I'm sure she'll make the best choice. And the key problem is that no matter what Luo Ling does, you can't make your risk smaller. ”

"You're such a nuisance, first seducing me with your strength, and then talking a bunch of nonsense about risk. Don't you know that making that choice is the hardest thing to do?"

"It's the same thing as an informed consent form before surgery. Xiao Chen shrugged.

Li Jia waved her hand, as if she wanted to wave away the entanglement in her heart: "Reading or something is my only strength." I can only think that books will not fail me. ”

"It's a good mentality, I think we're halfway there. Xiao Chen smiled, "Then let's start." You enter, and I will come in to preside over the ceremony. ”

Xiao Chen lightly placed his hand on the big book, and the protective barrier set by Morey on it quickly faded, revealing the true face of the "Knowing the Sea Shadow Scroll". Xiao Chen made a gesture of please, and then leaned back in his chair.

Li Jia first picked up a bottle of orange-yellow potion from the table, and according to Selinda, the value of this bottle of potion could buy a house in the royal capital. Without hesitation, he poured the potion in one gulp, and a spicy and strange smell filled his mouth. After a few moments, he felt that his spirits were particularly high and his consciousness was sharpening.

Li Jia made sure that the potion was starting to work, and slowly put his hand on the book cover, stood still for a while, and then slowly turned the pages of the book, as if he was moving an extremely heavy stone.

"Why is there a Chinese name on it? Li Jia saw the title page and said strangely.

"Perhaps this is the world's most fundamental secret. Xiao Chen replied.

Li Jia didn't say anything more, but turned the page back. Suddenly there was a strong colored light in the book......

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Li Jia opened her eyes and found herself in a tunnel.

The tunnel seems to be deep underground, the walls and ground are dry dirt and gravel, the tunnel is more than two meters high, but only about one meter and a half meters wide, a bit like the ancient tombs that Li Jia has seen on TV. On the walls on either side, several torches were erected, illuminating the ground beneath his feet. This made him find himself standing at a meeting point, with three forks in the road in front of him stretching into the depths.

The roads seemed long, and there was no fire in the depths of the road, and it was pitch black, and there was no telling where the end was.

Li Jia didn't like this place, it was closed and dull, and there was a strange feeling mixed with fear, which kept playing with his nerves. Although, the feeling seems somewhat familiar......

Knowing that he was in the mental illusion built by "Knowing the Sea Shadow Scroll", he still couldn't help but pinch his hand hard, it hurt very much, just like in the real world.

"How long will it take you to find out about me, sluggish fellow?" said some familiar female voices behind him.

Li Jia was shocked, but then remembered that Xiao Chen had said that there would be a book spirit. He turned cautiously, only to be stunned by what he saw.

He saw Selinda.

Selinda stood in the pit in the dress he had given her, her hands on her waist, looking at him with a smirk. She seemed to have just bathed, her hair was still a little wet, loosely draped on her back, and there were some undried droplets of water on her body, which were dotted like crystals on her fair body under the light of the torch.

Li Jia looked at Selinda several times from top to bottom before stammering and asking, "You, you, why are you here, and, wearing this dress?"

Selinda tilted her head and leaned towards Li Jia, exuding a fresh and good fragrance. She leaned over and looked at Li Jia, revealing a disdainful smile and said, "Yo, look, they sent another dissatisfied guy, is your sweetheart what I am now?"

"You...... It's not Selinda, you, are you a book spirit, but why did you become Selinda?"

"Not bad. Shu Ling straightened up and pointed at Li Jia's head with his finger, "Any image in your mind may become what I am." Of course, the most likely appearance is the person you've been thinking about, and it's a, well, a matter of probability. ”

"You, you mean, Selinda, who is like a country girl, is what I've been thinking about all along?"

"Yes, you still like her just after taking a shower. You're dirty. I like the word "dirty", which describes you very accurately. The greatest benefit of helping you open up your own sea space is to be able to learn new things in your head. Shu Ling covered his mouth and smiled.

"Is it funny that you are dressed like this?" asked Li Jia, a little embarrassed.

"I am a disembodied soul, and for me any form of existence is natural. It doesn't make sense to me at all to look like this, or dress like that. ”

"However, it makes sense to me......" Li Jiadao.

Shuling tilted his head and said, "Could it be ...... You don't think this dress looks good?" it reached for the hem of the garment, as if it was going to rip it off.

"No, no, no. Li Jia waved her hands desperately, and at the same time felt a hot current surging on her face, "I mean, it means that you can become anyone, don't use this image." You can become...... Well, like Xiao Chen, you know him, right? Or, Luo Ling, maybe you've seen her too?"

"Hypocritical human beings, who are eager for things in their dreams, must pretend to be high-minded. The book spirit smiled wickedly, this smile was expressed by Selinda's face, and it was not an exaggeration to describe the country and the city, "But I'm going to disappoint you twice, the first question, it doesn't depend on me, and it doesn't depend on you, when you open the book, "Knowing the Sea Shadow Scroll" sets my appearance, this is ...... A part of your world, like this pit you're in, you can transform it gradually, but you can't simply turn it into another world. As for the second question, don't ask me about other users, I can't do it. This is the most important rule that the creator of this book has set for me. ”

"Who is the creator of this book?" asked Li Jia.

Shu Ling shook his head and said, "With your current strength, I can't tell you this. ”

"Is this also a rule set by the creators?"

"Nope. Shu Ling grinned, "I don't think you're qualified." One of my masters told me that the weak can't take on much. I feel like the creator's name will be a big burden on you. ”

"Okay, okay. Even a soul says I'm weak. Li Jia lowered her head a little frustrated and asked, "Then what do we do now?"

"Look at your world and teach you how to be strong in this world...... Or finished. The book spirit scanned the surroundings with his hands behind his back, and then sighed, "What a vast and tortuous underground world. ”

"Can you see where those passages lead?"

"Of course, you can understand me as an advisor to help you shape this world. I know a thing or two about your world. If you compare the world to the root system of a towering tree, you are now just an ant standing at the root of the tree. The world lit by torches in front of you is the spiritual power you can control, and those dark tunnels ......" the book spirit pointed to the dark path, "is your vast subconscious. ”

"What should I do?" asked Li Jia.

"Grab a torch and go forward, lighting up the roads. Shu Ling said.

Li Jia took a torch from the wall and stood at the entrance of a tunnel, he tried to shine a light on the hole with the torch, but he didn't expect a strong wind to blow out of nowhere, with a screaming sound, and extinguished the torch in a blink of an eye.

When Li Jia heard this scream, she only felt a pain in her brain, as if a messy thought rushed into her head. He exclaimed, "Ahhhh

"That gust of wind is the embodiment of all kinds of distractions and negative thoughts in your subconscious. Be careful, it may also transform into other deadly beings to attack your spirit and shake your mind. But the torch is the positive emotion you can control, and where the fire is lit, it will naturally dissipate. The book spirit sighed, "You may seem harmless as a human being, but from this meditation space, you can see that your mind is so complex and tortuous, and your dark side is so huge. This makes your practice especially dangerous. They will turn into traps, forks in the road and even monsters. I think you should think about whether or not to continue. ”

Li Jia was silent for a while, then turned to face Shu Ling and said, "I know that I am not a person with a good mind, and I don't have a pure heart. I have a lot of sadness in my heart, a lot of grievances, and all kinds of resentful thoughts. No wonder these dark passages feel familiar, it turns out that they are the real me. ”