Chapter 13: The Test
After a long night, the two ushered in a new day, the dawn without the sun.
The light of the bamboo forest also slowly faded, no longer glowing, and the teapot in the distance seemed to be tired, no longer talking, and became like an ordinary teapot.
The two of them didn't sleep all night, because to be honest, although they didn't admit it far away, they were still afraid, for fear that if they closed their eyes again, all this would no longer exist, and when they opened their eyes again, if they appeared somewhere else, they would really collapse.
Silence, only those tireless bamboo leaves.
Gradually, the sky was already bright, although it was still gray, there was still no movement in the small bamboo house, and after waiting for a while, they still didn't see Chen Jian walk out, so the two looked at each other.
Li Lanying said: "Lao Zhang... Do you think the old lamp will become a skeleton again? ”
Zhang Shifei shook his feathers, and then said, "I don't know... Why don't we go in and have a look? ”
Li Lanying nodded, and then tiptoed into the dusty wooden house with Zhang Shifei, to be honest, Zhang Shifei was really afraid that the old lamp would become a skeleton again, not to mention whether it was scary or not, the main thing was whether he could wake up or not was two different things.
Fortunately, when I saw the bamboo bed in the room, the old lamp Chen Tuan was still gritting his teeth and farting and falling asleep, and the hearts of the two were relaxed, and the next thing was a long wait.
It turned out that no matter when, they said no, but the body is always honest, and after the two walked out of the wooden house, they sat down at the stone table again, and gradually, drowsiness floated to their heads, and they fell asleep unconsciously.
This sleep was not very fragrant, and Zhang Shifei had a nightmare.
In the dream, he returned to his home, everything as if it hadn't happened, as if he had a girlfriend, but in the dream Zhang Shifei couldn't see his appearance clearly, but a dream is a dream after all, and there is no need for a reason, the two are very happy together, I don't know when, the environment of the dream has slowly changed.
Everything around has become so hideous, the heavens and the earth have turned red, scarlet and scarlet, just like the lips that have just drunk blood, the surrounding scene seems to be on fire, so big and big, it seems to swallow everything, and a group of people have appeared out of nowhere, they also have no faces, they wave something like a fork to chase after them, Zhang Shifei in the dream had to pull his girlfriend to run desperately, but I don't know when, his girlfriend was captured by those people, so Zhang Shifei shouted and chased, When his hand desperately grabbed his girlfriend's hand, her girlfriend suddenly seemed to have a face, but she still couldn't see it clearly, but she could see her smile, which was so beautiful.
Then, his girlfriend actually shouted, but the shout was out of tune, as if it was a castrated howl, and the voice was rough and obscene.
"Ah!!!!!!!h
Zhang Shifei woke up, only to hear Li Lanying next to him yelling: "Old Zhang, why are you so dishonest when you sleep, you see that your dead chicken paws pinched me!" ”
Sure enough, Zhang Shifei found that his feet (claws) were tightly buckled on Li Lanying's buttocks, and he was shouting just now, Zhang Shifei smiled awkwardly, and then withdrew his claws, looking at the sky, it seemed to be afternoon.
He fluttered his wings and got up, these series of movements slowly became proficient, and he said to Li Lanying: "Okay, I didn't mean to, so the old lamp hasn't woken up yet?" ”
Li Lanying said angrily: "I was dreaming of practicing hugging with a little girl, and I was woken up by you, what do you say is your surname, you say that old man..."
"Who's the old lamp?" Chen Shu's voice suddenly came from the house, and the two hurriedly looked, and sure enough, the old guy walked out of the door with sleepy eyes.
When Li Fatzi saw the old guy coming out, he hurriedly changed his words and said, "Didn't the old man come out?" ”
I saw that Chen Jian always seemed to be unable to wake up, and he still rubbed his eyes and said: "The ghost screamed in the morning, disturbing the old man's dream, thinking that the old man is... Forget it, are you ready? ”
This old lamp must be a spring dream, Zhang Shifei and Li Lanying thought viciously, is it still morning? It's almost night, but there's no way, who will let you be in someone's land? So they nodded together and said, "Ready, if you want to test us, you can just say it!" ”
I saw Chen Jian yawn again and then said: "Young man, don't agree so easily, you must know that the test is not simple?" ”
Fat Li said in high spirits: "Hurry up, there is nothing we can't do with us!" ”
Seeing that Zhang Shifei didn't speak, Chen Shu took it as a tacit, and then took out two purses from his sleeve and handed them to the two of them, and when the two of them were a little confused, he spoke: "Each of these two purses contains an exam question, but I don't allow you to open it now, understand?" ”
The two nodded, and then Chen Jian yawned and said: "It's good to understand, then, listen carefully to what I said now, you now walk into the bamboo forest, one to the east, the other to the west, it shouldn't be long before you will each see a red bamboo, and then open the purse at that time, and then each go to look for what I asked you to find, the deadline, just before the dark moon comes out, I won't accept him as an apprentice if he doesn't finish, understand?" ”
When Zhang Shifei heard Chen Tuan say this, he asked, "Can I ask something?" ”
Chen Shu nodded, and Zhang Shifei said, "If... If you can't be your apprentice, what will be the consequence, stay here forever? ”
Chen Jian laughed after listening to Zhang Shifei's words, and then said: "Young man, don't underestimate this land of Yingzhou, since ancient times, only people who are about to become immortals can set foot in the Pure Land, and it is not that they have stumbled into it by mistake, do you know what happened to them?" ”
At this point, a terrifying light suddenly appeared in his sleepy-eyed dead fish eyes, and he said lightly: "If any of you does not finish, there is only one end." ”
After finishing speaking, Chen Tuan sneered and raised his palm to make a gesture of wiping his neck on his neck, his action made Zhang Shifei and Li Lanying shudder, they both swallowed and spat unconsciously, and at the same time their hearts began to tense.
Die? If you don't finish it, will you die?
Thinking of this, Zhang Shifei's heartbeat slowly accelerated, just like when he made a choice last night.
"However, I also want to say here, if you give up now, then I can consider opening up the net, or even sending you out, but you will live with this body for the rest of your life, but this seems to be a good choice to save your life, I said ugly things ahead, I will do what I say."
After that, I saw the old guy suddenly raise his arm and point at the stone table, only to see that the stone table turned into a shatter with a bang.
All this is so shocking in the eyes of the two.
But both of them knew in their hearts that if they couldn't change back into human form, even if they went back, they might as well die.
However, after understanding it, she was still scared in her heart, Li Lanying smiled at Zhang Shifei and said, "Old Zhang, you shouldn't be shrugging, right?" ”
", you're just shrugging!" Zhang Shifei said.
Li Lanying said: "Then let's take it." ”
Zhang Shifei said: "Just take it, am I afraid of you?" ”
The two encouraged each other to cheer each other up in the form of fighting with each other, and Chen Jian saw that the two agreed, so he smiled and said: "Very good, you two agreed, right, then you two should set off now, don't open your purse before you get there, and don't think that I can't see it, if you don't follow the rules I set, then leave the game." ”
"Okay... Okay, that's long-winded. ”
The two complained, and then each walked into the bamboo forest, and after looking at each other again, Zhang Shifei and Li Lanying walked back to back in two opposite directions.
It's just that they didn't notice at all that when they walked into the bamboo forest, the old lamp behind them actually showed a smile that didn't know what to do.
Chen Tuan saw that the two had walked into the deep bamboo forest, and then he breathed a sigh of relief, only to see him wave his hand at the broken stone table, and the broken stone table immediately returned to its original appearance, only to see Chen Tuan sitting on the ground with his elbow on it and dragging his cheeks, looking at the sky, and then muttering to himself: "As a result, who will it be?" ”
In the bamboo forest, Zhang Shifei jumped to the west with small steps, and he didn't know why, he had an ominous premonition in his heart, this premonition became stronger and stronger, this feeling was there just now, but it was not so strong, it may be because there was a fat man by his side, and now he was left with himself, and this disgusting feeling came to his heart without a trace of covering.
The already slender little feet are now a little fluttering, and the most disgusting thing is that the leaves of this broken bamboo forest keep ringing, making his heart more and more afraid, what kind of test will it be? So how is the old lamp going to test me? Wouldn't it be hard? Will it not be able to get by? Will it die?
Zhang Shifei saw that the purse he was holding was trembling, and he knew that it was not the purse that was trembling, but himself.
Because he walked in a straight line, he was very soon, about an hour later, Zhang Shifei saw a red bamboo, and when he arrived, this is it!
Zhang Shifei ran to the bottom of the bamboo, although he didn't have a long way to go, but when he stopped, he had already begun to gasp for breath, because he knew that this was not so much an exam as a gambling thing.
The bet is your life, so be sure to win!!
Thinking of this, Zhang Shifei took a deep breath, and then stretched his long mouth into the opening of the purse on the ground, he pecked a note, and after opening the note, he couldn't wait to look up.
At this glance, he was stunned, and then, he felt as if he had been struck by lightning, and fear like a swampy abyss, and his mouth was wide open, and he could not say a word.
The small note landed on the ground, with only one line of black letters on it.
It clearly reads, 'I only take one apprentice.' ’
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