Chapter XVIII
Red...... Flame...... A huge fist bombarded his face...... The policewoman who fell from the sky escaped with him......
He felt something crawling on the tip of his nose, small, tingling, and itchy. He opened his eyes, and dimly saw a yellow-green creature with teeth and claws. He raised his hand to chase away the locust, sat up and looked around. Green grasslands, blue skies and eagles, Swan Lake not far away and yurts further away. He knew he was in the so-called subconscious again.
"Did you know that there was a profession called knighthood in ancient Europe? From an early age, they began training in horseback riding, archery, and even chanting poetry. They went to the battlefield in armor and armor, just for a certain oath to the monarch. They slit the throats of their enemies with their swords and, without mercy, rode into the village on horseback and crushed the bones of the hapless villagers. They are like a fire, that is, the more it burns, the faster it will be extinguished, and they only want a glorious death, and then let people find their stories in the ashes. They live to be heroes of the tavern's well-known saga after death. The child's voice came from overhead, and Fan Li looked up at him, he lowered his head and smiled at himself, the wine in the goblet was still so bright.
"I did encounter the ...... of the flames"
"That's not fire, it's anger." The child explained.
"Anger? What do you mean by anger, by the way, what did you say your name was last time? ”
"Fredeem, or I, you should call it Fredem, it sounds smooth." The child was still smiling.
"And what about anger?"
"It's impetuousness, it's anger, it's impatience to do everything, it's being blinded by the fast life you experience." Fredeem's words surprised Fan Li, he always felt that this child's thinking was unpredictable, one moment he was still talking about the knights of ancient times, and he was still talking about the Tao, and the next second he had already moved out of the 'fast life'.
"So what you see is not the flame itself, but the anger in people's hearts, if the people of an era are too angry, there will be wars, too impetuous, there will be all kinds of strange things, and then it will be like the "Classic of Mountains and Seas", there are demons and monsters living on every mountain."
"But I could feel the scorching heat, and I could even see him burn others to charred corpses." Fan Li thought of the terrifying appearance of the second fierce son and the unlucky ones who were affected.
"People are like a puddle of oil, if you put a layer of water on the outside, you can have no worries about hurting others, but it takes too much practice to get the oil deep into the water. And sprinkle a spark on the oil, it's much simpler, and the oil will ignite immediately, and that's anger, and anger is something that leaves a permanent mark on others. ”
"You're saying that the man was able to burn others because of the anger in their hearts?"
"It's kind of interesting." Fredem turned his head to look into the distance. "Anger is a manifestation of weakness, and it is the ultimate source of war."
"He seems to be awake, Fan! Fan Li! "Vredham was suddenly gone, and in its place was pitch black. Fan Li opened his eyes and saw Xiao Xiao smiling with happiness. He turned his head to look around, and Xiao Yun, Kai Xuan, and Chu Jianghe opened the door and entered.
"Where's Jialan?" Fan Li sat up and touched his neck, his skin was still smooth and delicate, and there were no burn marks, could it be that the sticky substance that the policewoman applied on his neck last night was medicine? Then this medicine is amazing.
"She went to investigate." Kai pointed to the TV set on the side, and Fan Li was surprised, when did they have a TV set. After a glance around, I realized that something was wrong, this was actually a hospital?
"Let's go! Come on! Fan Li was about to pull out the needle in his hand as he spoke, and Xiao Yun was firmly pressed on the bed with a big hand. Oh, what are you doing, if you are caught by Boss Jin, it will be miserable! ”
"That's going to kill you, too." Xiao Yun said. "How can Boss Jin be so powerful, even if he knows that you entered the hospital today, it will take two days to check one by one, and this is a small outpatient clinic, and there are not so many eyeliner."
Hearing the words "small clinic", Fan Li took a long breath and turned his head to look at the TV, which was broadcasting a piece of news, which was about the corpses in the alley last night.
"This charred corpse incident has been hyped up so much that I can't keep my mouth shut, and the citizens have already made trouble downstairs in the government, which has caused a lot of panic this time." Chu Jianghe said while drinking orange juice.
"Don't worry, the government will find a solution to the problem." Fan Li pretended to be relaxed, and then the door opened, and Jia Lan walked in with a pancake, and saw that Fan Li woke up, staring at him with a pair of eyes, which made him panic, as if he could see through at a glance that he did this thing yesterday.
"By the way, when did I get back last night?" Fan asked Li.
"It's four o'clock this morning." Jialan replied. "Someone sent you back, and you were so drunk that you didn't even know us." Jialan walked up to Fan Li, expertly pressed the cotton ball on the needle, and pulled out the needle. "Let's go, it's almost time, I asked the doctor, you can be discharged."
Although Jialan had already explained that Fan Li's was fine, Xiao Yun and Kai Crossbow enthusiastically carried him out of the door left and right, and the two sturdy arms squeezed his armpits.
"Xiao Yun, you and Xiao Xiao go to buy some supplements for Fan Li, Kai crossbow, Jiang He, you go to book a health restaurant, I sold a little jewelry today, please improve your food."
"Really?" As soon as he heard about eating, Chu Jianghe pulled the Kai crossbow and ran vigorously, Xiao Yun was heavy-hearted, he glanced at Jialan, and after seeing her nodded, he pulled Xiao Xiao away, and his partner for many years could understand with a single eye contact, Jialan just wanted to say a few words alone with Fan Li.
"You're not really developed, are you?" After Fan Li and Jialan jumped into the off-road vehicle, Fan Li asked.
"I was about to go out to look for you last night, and I happened to meet those people who sent you back, I can see it very clearly, they are all women, wearing blue uniforms, and each of them has a pistol, and one of them is also carrying a machine gun, I said Didn't you go to find Ye Yuning, how did you get involved with this group of people?" Jialan looked angry and looked at Fan Li with an interrogating look.
"You know I'm going to find Ye Yuning?" Fan Li looked surprised, but immediately relaxed again, fortunately, it was only Jialan who knew about it, not Xiao Xiao or Chu Jianghe, otherwise it would definitely be rumored.
"I've been playing with you since I was a child, and I don't know your little fancy intestines." Jialan pursed her lips, picked up a french fry, leaned back on the chair and closed her eyes.
"I think you're following me." Fan Li knew very well that it would not be a problem to follow him with Jialan's skills. At the beginning, grandpa recruited Jialan to help his soul thief career, which was to find a credible bodyguard for himself in disguise. But then again, if Jialan is following her, then why didn't she take action when she was beaten up by the second fierce son? Fan Li turned her head to look at Jialan, her face was relaxed, as if she didn't take the matter of going to Ye Yuning seriously at all.
"I don't have that idleness. You weren't in the state as soon as you came back yesterday, and when you passed out in a coma, you even shouted Ye Yuning's name, I said that you are really amazing, you just met, and you actually made an appointment together, and they are still a star......"
Fan Li was in no mood to listen to Jialan's words anymore, so he started the car and drove in the direction of the warehouse. Along the way, he pondered the blue flame on the back of his hand, and he connected all the strange things that had happened lately, and finally set his sights on the dagger. The problem returned to the dagger, it was really the tranquility that Ye Yuning had just said goodbye to, and all the troubles came to his face.
Back in the warehouse, when Fan Li flipped through the information of the previous spirit thieves, at this time, a dictionary-like book slammed in front of his eyes, which frightened Fan Li to scream, he called out not because he was scared, but found that this was his grandfather's book. As soon as Fan Li looked up, he saw Jialan leaning against the door.
"Grandpa gave it to me when he left, he didn't want you to join the Soul Thief Dispute anymore, but he didn't want you to be hurt, he said, you have also grown up, and you also understand how our ancestors used blood and life to protect secrets, so he secretly handed me this book and asked me to pass it on to you......"
Fan Li made a cup of tea, locked the door, and leaned against the bedside to open the book. When they were children, Fan Li and Jialan often hid in the corner to peek at their grandfather's information, and they called the book "The Great Book of Thieves of Spirits", and later their grandfather told them that the book was called "Skin".
Skin is the epidermis of animals, including people, and in ancient times, the Fan family liked to use the skin to represent the human body, they felt that it was not only the bones that supported people's activities, but also the soul, so the skin naturally became the carrier of the soul. The skin refers to the human body, the skin is the soul, and the skin is the tattoo totem, so the book is named "skin", in fact, most of it is to tell the story of the skin and the skin.
Fan couldn't wait to look up the information about "fire" and "anger". This book is hand-painted by predecessors, generally made by the ancestors of the Fan family, and the pictures in it are specially drawn by craftsmen. Fan Li suddenly saw a familiar picture, which was a ruby pendant, made into a necklace. He immediately rolled into the closet to the side and took out the "key" that he had taken out of the secret capital. After comparison, the two are exactly the same. Under this picture is a line of small letters, all ancient Chinese, which translates to: dragon scales made of fire can open the door of fire to hell. And then here are some related introductions, about how rare this thing is, refining a dragon scale I don't know how many dragon scales to burn, it all depends on luck.
Seeing this, Fan Li only felt great joy in his heart. He thought that this thing was just a simple ruby, a "key", and only wanted to keep it as a souvenir, but now he understands that it is more valuable than the huge ruby, it should be said that it is a priceless treasure, if it is sold, let alone this life, the next life will not have to worry.
Thinking of this, a cold sweat broke out on Fan Li's body, how could he think so? He wondered, because his grandfather had told him that as a spirit thief, if he couldn't turn a blind eye to his belongings, even the sound of listening to the spirit that he had cultivated over the years would disappear in a very short period of time.
Could it be that this thing has the ability to deceive people's minds, so that he naturally has such thoughts?
With such doubts, Fan Li turned a page and continued to look down, only to find that the introduction of this thing was only written on this page, and finally wrote the sentence "No real object has been found so far" and it was over. He was very disappointed, so he continued to flip down aimlessly, and after sweeping some unknown patterns, a Fang Tian painting halberd hooked his eyes. He saw a line of small characters written underneath, saying that this Fang Tian painting halberd is not Lu Bu's best weapon, according to the "Three Kingdoms" record, this Lu Feng's weapon to kill the enemy and assassinate Dong is a spear, and there is no Fang Tian painting halberd. And "Dang Kou Zhi" and "Three Kingdoms Chronicles" said that Fang Tian's halberd weighed forty catties and was one zhang and two feet long.
Fan Li has no interest in history and novels that have evolved from history, he just thinks of the ancient weapons in the hidden capital, and if this thing is auctioned on the black market, it must be a sky-high price. Damn, why did I start thinking that again?
There is another introduction below, which says that it is recorded on a mural in a tomb in the Han Dynasty. This Fang Tian painting halberd is a symbol of strength, some people boast that they have seen a hero holding the Fang Tian painting halberd, saying that this person rode from the north to the south, leading a group of warriors in green armor and green armor, and this person himself wore blood armor and a mask of the evil god, which was extremely hideous. He held Fang Tian's painting halberd in his hand, and led this team of men and horses to leave no piece of armor that killed the enemy's 30,000 people. The ancestors of the Fan family once found such a mural in the tomb, on which a Fang Tian painting halberd was painted across the coffin, surrounded by a group of skeletons on fire, dancing around the coffin hand in hand. It is said that this king was once a military general, worshipping power, and before his death, he went to the master to ask for advice, but the master did not say anything, painted this picture, and told him that after his death, he copied this mural into the main burial chamber, so that he could gain divine power in the afterlife.
Fan Li continued to scroll down, most of the clues below were to introduce the appearance of Fang Tian's halberd in various dynasties, and when he turned to the last introduction, there was a blurry old black and white photo directly pasted on it, but it was such a black and white old photo, which made Fan Li immediately feel that he couldn't even feel his breath.
The old photo depicts four young people, behind them is a Fang Tian painting halberd, and behind Fang Tian's painting halberd, there are two small items, although the age of this photo is very old, and the details of the small items are not clear at all, but Fan Li guessed what these are from their outlines at a glance, it is the stone dagger that the nine-tailed spell spirit and grandfather have seen, but who are these four young people?