Chapter 17: To the Land of Yellow Springs
The night seemed so hurried to everyone in Ouyang's Ancient Mansion, especially Dong Muya, who had been agonizing all night about the location where the rune she had solved was most likely to exist. For a moment, she was expecting that the next day would be cloudy, because, according to the poem, it was impossible to find the way to the entrance to the Yellow Spring without the guidance of daylight.
She took a bottle of beer, smoked cigarette after cigarette, and sat on the sofa in the living room of Ouyang's ancient mansion unable to close her eyes. It wasn't until the first rays of morning light came through the window that the halo slowly spread out to illuminate the room, and all the furnishings reflected in a fantastic light spot, which was dazzling and dazzling. At first, she was squinted her eyes, and there seemed to be some kind of illusion in the countless points of light in front of her, that is, the water splashed in all directions, shining a strange light in the sun, Ouyang Xiaoleng, Xia Qiu, and Qianqi came out of the water one by one...... Suddenly, her eyes widened, and this scene made her mind shine. Her previous fear was suddenly halved, and a kind of premonition arose in her subconscious: yes, it should be like this! They'll be able to come back safely! She thought that maybe this was a woman's sixth sense.
She cheered up, went out to buy breakfast for Ouyang Xiaoleng and them, and then woke them up from their sleep, as if waking up her own child, in fact, if she hadn't been so stubborn and had been waiting for that person, she should have been married a long time ago, and she should have had her own children. She had taken a half-day off from school early in the morning, and it happened that there was no class for her that morning, and after explaining the meaning of the poem she had deciphered from the available information to Ouyang Xiaoleng, she accompanied them to the lake.
Although Dong Muya had already asked for leave from school on behalf of Xia Qiu and Ouyang Xiaoleng, Xia Qiu still sent a text message to Liu Lingmei, even if it was still a lie to her, she didn't want to disappear from her friends without saying hello. After experiencing the test of life and death again and again, the weight of family and friendship in her heart has increased a lot.
The autumn midday sun is strong and harsh, and the occasional wind passes through my ears, and the sound of the wind coming from the trees in the forest is like a distant song.
Dong Muya led the three teenagers to the lake, at this time just after ten o'clock, she began to take the sunshine needle disk along the lake shore to choose the general direction, the circular daylight needle disk on the middle circle of the scale is the direction, the outer circle is the corner, the top of the transparent stone similar to the thermal conductive crystal, when it absorbs the daylight, it will drive the pointer on the compass to rotate. After basically identifying an area as a starting point, they sat on the ground close to the lake.
Looking at the scenery of Yinyue Lake, Xia Qiu suddenly found that she hadn't been here for a long time, and taking a deep breath of the lake water made her feel extra relieved, every pebble here, every bird that skimmed the lake, and every rippling shadow of the water were so familiar and kind to her.
"Alas, the first time I came to the world I had been looking forward to, I had to leave temporarily without seeing anything." Thousand Riders said to themselves.
"When we get back, I'll show you around!" Xia Qiu comforted.
"Well, there's also an opportunity, what kind of places do young people here usually go to?" Senki has already begun to plan preparations for a visit to the world.
"Cinemas, parks, KTV......" Xia Qiu replied without thinking.
"Cinema? KTVďź What are the places? "The thousand riders are more interested.
Xia Qiu tried his best to explain to him, although he didn't seem to understand her words, but he was still full of expectations, and the two of them asked and answered, talking and laughing, which made the atmosphere much more relaxed.
Ouyang Xiaoleng on the side watched silently, and he was a little envious of Qianqi in his heart, his frankness was exactly what he lacked, and he also wanted to be able to talk with Xia Qiu so happily one day, but now he obviously can't do it.
Time passed imperceptibly, Dong Muya looked at the table below, it was only a few minutes away from eleven o'clock, she took a deep breath and said to the three teenagers: "It's almost time!" â
Several people stood up at the same time, and when the minute hand arrived on time, Dong Muya led them to successfully use the daylight needle disc to find the exact direction. That's what the poem suggests: borrowing three inches of daylight to the middle of the green water.
She knew it was time to say goodbye, and though she still had much to say to them, she could not say a word, she just reached out and patted each of them on the shoulder, and then prayed silently in her heart as she watched them walk towards the lake.
"It's wise to let me come with you this time, knowing that we dragons are born with the ability to control water. Xia Qiu, you don't have to be afraid, as soon as I get underwater, I will use my magic power to create a huge bubble to put us all in there, so I will never choke on the water. Qianqi said confidently.
For dragons, there is no difference between underwater and on land, although Ouyang Xiaoleng is not as able to move in the water without restrictions like him, but it should not be a problem to hold his qi for more than ten minutes with demonic power, but it will take quite a while for Xia Qiu, who has just signed a contract, to do this.
Xia Qiu nodded gratefully to Qianqi, and when she walked ten steps, the water had already begun to reach her head, and she could only look at Dong Muya on her tiptoes one last time. Dong Muya finally understood what it meant to forget the past in ten steps, and this glance was like a final farewell to the world she had lived in, because one more step would sink into the lake.
Ouyang Xiaoleng followed, and while the thousand horses were submerged in the lake, they launched their demonic power to form a huge bubble to ring them in, and the three of them continued to walk towards the center of the lake.
Gradually, Dong Muya, who was standing by the lake, couldn't even see the water ripple fluctuations caused by the three of them, she knew that they had successfully walked deeper into the bottom of the lake, although her heart was full of uneasiness, but she knew that she could not do anything but wait quietly in this world at this time, she put the sunshine needle disc in her pocket and prepared to turn around and leave there......
When they walked twenty paces, the three teenagers had completely entered the bottom of the lake, and the world outside the bubbles was quiet and serene, and the little fish among the aquatic plants were swimming freely and leisurely, and when they saw their arrival, they did not dodge, but swam around their bubbles, as if to guide them, and with them like elves, their fears and troubles were gone.
As he walked thirty paces, the light around him began to dim, and the sound of water in his ears reverberated more and more clearly, like the sound of scripture.
Ouyang Xiaoleng whispered to Xia Qiu and Qianqi: "If I'm not mistaken, this is a transcendent spell!" The Transcendence Spell is used to overhaul the undead, and it seems that we are getting closer and closer to the Yellow Springs Realm. â
Although she couldn't understand the meaning of the scriptures, Xia Qiu felt that the words of the scriptures resonated in her heart and body, knocking out the memories and emotions deposited in her skin word by word. She couldn't help but worry that if she continued like this, her soul might be lost in some corner, and in order to concentrate her energy against the interference of the outside world, she sang a song quietly.
"The orchid is rampant, and its fragrance is promoted. Don't pick and admire, Yu Lan is hurt.
Today's rotation is true. I go in all directions, day by year.
Snow and frost trade, the majesty of buckwheat. If the son is not hurt, I will not look at it.
The majesty of buckwheat, the presence of buckwheat. The wound of a gentleman, the guard of a gentleman. â
Although her voice was very small, Ouyang Xiaoleng still heard that it was a poem in the Book of Songs, and he remembered that she was always singing when she was silently watching her in the Yongchuan Forest before, so he couldn't help but laugh from his heart.
When they had reached forty paces, a passage began to appear in front of them, which blocked the water from the lake, and they went straight in, and with them the bubbles around them also shattered, and their clothes dried unconsciously. There are many pictures flowing on both sides of the passage like a movie, which may be the scene of the afterlife mentioned in the poem that Dong Muya answered for them, but they are still the same as they are now, which makes Xia Qiu more or less confused.
"Why hasn't our appearance changed at all in the next life?" She asked Ouyang Xiaoleng.
"I've heard that if we can return to the world from the land of Yellow Springs, it is equivalent to being reborn once, and since we can see our future, it proves that we will definitely return to the world." Ouyang Xiao replied to her coldly and calmly.
"Well, I've heard of that, too." Qianqi chimed in, and he saw himself in a picture as if he had just won the victory, and his face was full of smug smiles.
Fifty paces, they came to a crossroads, directly in front of the road towering a huge archway, the sign on the word "Yellow Spring" is written, under the archway there is also a stone standing, close to see the stone engraved with such a sentence: "Don't look back, look back and see the way back."
"It doesn't look like we're going wrong." Xia Qiu happily pointed to the archway and said.
"I guess no one but us would be so happy to find this place!" Chiki also smiled.
"You must not turn back when passing through this archway, otherwise your soul will be lost forever!" Ouyang Xiaoleng reminded.
"It doesn't look as scary as I imagined, but if we move forward, we will say goodbye to the world on the other side for a while." Chiki answered half-jokingly.
"Are you scared?" Ouyang Xiaoleng asked slightly provocatively.
"I'm not afraid! But don't faint later. Qianqi shouted unconvinced.
"Don't fight, I'll go first!"
When the two were still arguing, Xia Qiu was the first to step towards the end of the archway, so that the two teenagers who unconsciously started to fight again had to admire the bravery of this human girl.
The moment you pass by the torii, the events that have been experienced are clearly replayed in your mind at an incalculable speed. Xia Qiu felt a familiar voice coming from behind her, grandparents, Liu Lingmei, and father...... Everyone was calling for her to go back, and for a second she felt like she was about to fall, and she couldn't help but want to go back. At this moment, Ouyang Xiaoleng gently pushed her from behind, allowing her to return to herself again, and swept away all the doubts in her heart in an instant.
Qianqi heard the call of his father, and his father's voice was so weak, as if he was seriously ill, that he couldn't help but worry about his heart. Just stopped, and when he gradually hesitated, he heard Xia Qiu's call on the other side.
"Thousand Riders!"
He shook his head and snapped to his senses.
When passing through the archway connecting the Huangquan country, only Ouyang Xiaoleng did not have any hallucinations, he thought that maybe because of his parents' voices, he had long lost his impression, and the person he cared about the most at this moment was beside him, as long as Xia Qiu was here, he had nothing to take care of, let alone be afraid.