Chapter 17: Mirage
Tan Jian pulled up a small piece of the thing, which was soft like wax oil. He mentioned the origin of the mirage to me, and as soon as I heard it, I immediately understood why Zhou Xuanye and the others said that we were cheated by Yang Ming.
Legend has it that there is a kind of sea beast in the sea, called Mirage, which can swallow clouds and spit out fog, and transform into a mirage, where the mirage is active for a long time, it is easy to grow a kind of seagrass. It is said that this seaweed grows with the excrement of mirages, so it is called mirage.
This kind of grass is snow-white, like coral, and like wax, after treatment, it can be stored for a long time, ignite it, it can conjure a mirage, people fall into a mirage dream, until they are trapped alive, or the mirage burns out, before they can come out of the mirage.
It is said that mirages are only found in the deep waters of the south, and mirages are under the jurisdiction of the Dragon King of the South China Sea.
At that time, there were big opera troupes, and each big opera troupe had some unique skills to press the bottom of the box, among which 'Wall Immortal' was a relatively high-end trick, which was specially performed for the rich.
Wall immortals, most of them are a screen, on which the goods are painted with Louguan Palace, or painted with the fairy mountain Ziyun, the person who does tricks, invite a noble person to come up, let him stare at the screen, and ask him: If you can enter the painting of the screen, where do you want to go.
The man pointed out a view, and the trickster took a fan and threw it at the opposite door. The fan had a mezzanine in its bones, made into something like a fire fold, and when the lid on the front was opened, a mist would hit the person, and the man would enter the mirage made of the mirage and roam the palace to his heart's content.
The world calls this kind of trick a wall fairy.
In "Strange Tales from Liaozhai", there was also a record about the fairy in the painting, and later some people deduced that there was actually no fairy in the mural, and it was probably that the scholar inadvertently inhaled the mirage, so he had the experience of entering the wall fairy and the fairy in the painting.
And now this white substance left on the grass, under the close smell, there is a very peculiar light fragrance, that is.
At this moment, Yang Ming didn't even have a tent with him, and where we were in the snowy mountains, we were clearly camped next to Guo Zhacuo. Obviously, after camping, the kid ignited the mirage, and many of the things we have experienced since then may be fake.
Even the female ghost who is more than three meters long, eighty percent is fake!
I'll just say, how could there be a female ghost in this place for no reason. Thinking of this, I immediately remembered Fu An, if the experience after that was a mirage, then Fu An's disappearance, isn't it also a dream?
I immediately felt out of the divine position and shouted, "Big brother! Are you still there! "No one answered me, but that strange telepathy made me very sure that Fu An was still in the divine seat. Zhou Xuanye checked it at this time, frowned and said, "It seems to be injured again." After a pause, he then looked like he had come to an enlightenment, and said, "I see, it was this little ghost who saved us." ”
Tan Jian nodded slightly, looked at the time, and said, "We were in the tent, and we slept for a whole day and night, and it was ten o'clock at night." The mirage burns very slowly, it won't be finished if it doesn't burn for ten days or eight days, we can wake up so early, and we don't sleep alive, it should be that little ghost who thought of something to make the mirage burn in advance. ”
No wonder we always felt colder and colder when we slept in the 'Snow Mountain', and we slept for a day and a night, so it's no wonder that it's not cold! The altitude of this place is high, the temperature is low, and activity is a necessary means of heating. If you lie here for a day and a night, you will definitely freeze out.
But at this time, my body didn't feel anything unusual, and since eating that bead, my adaptability has suddenly become stronger, except, of course, this damn high reaction. Everyone else is fine, but I have something, purely against me.
At this time, Fu An couldn't say a word weakly, I secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and at the same time hurriedly went to the equipment bag to touch the incense, planning to pay tribute to it, no matter what, it is better than missing. We were in a hurry to get up and didn't pay attention to anything else, but then I went into the tent to get ready, and suddenly realized that something was wrong: there was less equipment.
In fact, the lack is not too much, only some mountaineering equipment and a set of diving equipment were lost, which should have been taken by Yang Ming. After Zhou Xuanye came in, he found that the map on his body was also lost!
Tan Jian took out the food from the equipment bag, although we were full of food and drink in the mirage, but the real body was a day and a night without a grain of rice, this time to slow down, in fact, I felt a little weak, so I took it and ate it.
After inhaling a stick of incense, a very faint voice came from the divine seat, it was obvious that Fu An wanted to talk to us, but it was too weak now, no matter what we said, we couldn't hear it clearly. In the end, Zhou Xuanye spoke, telling it to stop tossing and cultivate well, and instructed me: "It has been damaged several times, and it can't be injured anymore, no matter what the situation, it can't be allowed to leave the god position again, you know?" ”
I nodded quickly, and decided that I couldn't just let Fu An out and hang out anymore, just such a big brother, although he is a little psychologically distorted now, and he wants to torture me from time to time, but if the ashes disappear, I'm afraid I won't find a second ghost who is so good to me.
At the moment, we were eating and discussing countermeasures.
In fact, it doesn't matter too much if the map is lost, Zhou Xuanye's IQ is the same as that of a plug-in, this kind of simple hand-drawn map that is not complicated in itself has long been remembered in his mind. Although some equipment was lost, it was not too important, and I insisted on it along the way, and I didn't worry about it.
But what puzzles us now is, what is the origin of that Yang Ming?
Zhou Xuanye chewed beef jerky and said, "In these years, those who still know these tricks and mirages are afraid that they are also from a family with some origins." ”
Tan Jian said: "I'm afraid it's more than that. This mirage can charm us, but it can't charm the little ghost, his actions, the little ghost must know, and he will definitely stop it......" He has never liked to talk too much, and he talks halfway, but I also understand what he means.
Now that Fu An is injured, is it to make the mirage burn faster to become like this, or is it made like this by Yang Ming?
It's a pity that Fu An can't say a complete sentence now, and this question can only be suppressed temporarily.
Zhou Xuanye said again: "There is a second point, what is he trying to put us down?" Murder? The little thing he took was not worth as much as a gram of this mirage, and since the method of picking mirages was lost, this thing has no price. ”
I also think it's strange, why did you take the map if you didn't take anything else?
Don't...... His destination is the same as ours?
"Could it be that he also wants to go to Xiaofusang?"
Tan Jian said: "There is no name written on the map, and after we met, we didn't mention these things, how did he know that it was Xiao Fusang's map?" "This question is really to the point, that hand-drawn map of the Zeng team, it is estimated that only the three of us who know can understand it, what use can he take it?
Willing to take out a mirage to put us down, it is already a lot of money, let alone what kind of money?
As for the killing...... All three of us were fascinated by the mirage, as if he was really going to kill us, and could have killed us in our sleep.
So, what exactly is his true intention?
Just as we were discussing this, Fu An suddenly made a whining sound, very eagerly as if he wanted to mix up with our topic, wanted to say something, but he was too weak, his voice was high and low, intermittent, where to hear clearly.
I knew that it must know something, but seeing it in such a hurry at this moment, I couldn't bear it, so I said, "Big brother, don't worry, it's not too late to tell us when you're ready." ”
Fu An was a little quieter at this time.
After some analysis, we have a rough inference about this Yang Ming: first, his background must be extraordinary, and it is definitely not what he himself said; Secondly, he is not suspected of harming people's lives, Zhou Xuanye estimates that he should just want to give us a warning. Whether the mirage began to burn in one or half of it, none of us knows, but the latter should be more likely. If you want us to die, just do it, why waste the mirage.
Third, if Fu An was not injured to extinguish the mirage, it was very likely that he was injured by Yang Ming, and Yang Ming showed mercy to his subordinates. In Zhou Xuanye's words, being able to injure Fu An like this shows that his strength is not bad, and with a little more force, it is no problem to destroy Fu An.
But Yang Ming didn't do this, obviously his subordinates showed mercy again.
With such an analysis, the resentment in my heart is a little less. People seem to be like this, once a person has done a lot of good things, even if he has only done one bad thing, he will immediately be disgusted; And if a wicked person does a bad thing right, even if he does a good deed, it will make a big difference in people's impression of him.
This is probably a kind of human inferiority.
From this point of view, sometimes you should not be too comprehensive, otherwise you will only force yourself to walk on thin ice.
After the discussion, Tan Jian took out a coin, threw a hexagram, and said, "If you know the name and the time, you will be able to find it." "This kind of divination method is relatively simple, and the calculation is not so fine, but the emergency is not bad.
Soon there were results, twenty-seven hexagrams, and the lost property was found in the northeast.
Isn't it the northeast......
I chuckled in my heart and said, "Boss, it looks like he's gone into the mountain too." ”
Tan Jian didn't spit out two words: "Nonsense." ”
Zhou Xuanye said: "Pack up your things and go to the mountain tomorrow morning." "This scene is quite similar to what we did in a mirage.
Tan Jian also got up, his face was very ugly, if he met the surname Yang when he entered the mountain, it seemed that Tan Jian was going to give him a good look. Since Yang Ming will rely on mirages to yin us, it is obvious that he will not dare to clash with us head-on, and even if he encounters it in the future, as long as we are careful, he will not be able to play any tricks.
Immediately, the three of us put away our tents, flashlights, and began to walk in the darkness towards the snowy region far away.
Although we can't see it at the moment, we all know that it's there.