After Shangguan walked into the stone gate, a strange memory broke into his mind as soon as the scene appeared in front of him.

The memories overlapped, but they were quite vague, and Shangguan Yao recalled them for a long time, and did not extract any relevant information from his memory.

Just remember one quirky name, which is called "Takuhiro Zhao".

Shangguan looked at the quaint and chic pavilions and tiled houses, blue brick paths, and all kinds of passers-by wearing ancient services in front of him, and for a while he suspected that he had been reborn again.

Shangguan Yao felt his body for a while, and found that his divine power had disappeared.

Although he was a little surprised, Shangguan Xiaoyao immediately calmed down, although he had no divine power, and he had lost the physical strength strengthened by the Nine Dragons Transformation Divine Skill, but Shangguan Xiaoyao still seemed to have a trace of strength in his body.

The effect of this power on him made him understand in an instant.

He realized that it might just be a vision.

"Of these six stone gates, each of them may correspond to a kind of illusion. Shangguan said in his heart: "This should be the third test of the master of the secret realm to me, he wants me to get my own chance in these six illusions." ”

"It's a pity that there is no hint this time. Shangguan Xiaoyao smiled slightly, and walked on the quaint blue brick path.

Shangguan Xiaoyao walked on the street and looked around, because he had temporarily lost his strong strength, and now he looked more like an ordinary person, after walking for a while, there were fewer and fewer pedestrians, Shangguan Xiaoyao did not find anything, and even found a trace of strangeness.

Every passerby walking in this town was expressionless, even a little numb, and his godless eyes just looked stiffly ahead, and he was neither surprised nor excited when he saw Shangguan Xiaoyao, and he didn't feel sad or happy, as if he hadn't paid attention to Shangguan Xiaoyao. Every passerby, coming and going, passed by Shangguan Xiaoyao in silence, quietly doing what they were doing. The vendors never opened their mouths, they could not be heard shouting and selling, and they could not see the children running and laughing, everything was strangely calm, as if they were in another world, but it brought a strange feeling of being out of place.

It was such a wonderful feeling that made Shangguan Xiaoyao even more sure that this was an illusion.

"Who are you?" An old voice sounded behind Shangguan Xiaoyao, and it was like a thunderclap in the flat ground.

Shangguan Xiaoyao turned to look, and an old woman was sweeping the dead leaves on the ground not far behind Shangguan Xiaoyao.

The blue brick path is still the same blue brick path, but the surrounding pavilions and tiled houses have turned into a green forest, and Shangguan Xiaoyao didn't notice the scene of Rao's transformation.

"My name is Shangguan Xiaoyao. Shangguan answered the old woman's question.

The old woman stopped sweeping the floor, slowly raised her head to look at Shangguan Xiaoyao, her cloudy eyes were filled with a lot of complicated emotions, the old woman didn't say anything, just lowered her head and continued to silently sweep the dead leaves on the ground, after a while, as if talking to herself, she muttered to herself: "Why are you back again......"

The old woman pushed the fallen leaves to the pile under the tree beside her, and muttered to herself, "You are not him......"

A few words in succession, although Shangguan Yao was confused, he still didn't say a word, just quietly listened to the old woman talking to herself.

"Maybe...... You're here. Come with me somewhere. After saying that, the old woman leaned her broom against the tree and walked away, and Shangguan Xiaoyao, although puzzled, still followed the old woman all the way.

After bypassing a lake, Shangguan Xiaoyao and the old woman walked along the shore of the lake for a long time, passed through several pavilions, and came to the building in front of them that looked like an ancient official office, Shangguan Xiaoyao looked at the two broken stone lions in front of the door and the three stone tablets in the hall with an open door in the middle, and asked, "Ancestral hall?"

"No, this was originally the General's Mansion - the owner of this place is no longer there - but this is still the General's Mansion - it's just dilapidated. When the old woman said this, she turned her head to look at Shangguan Xiaoyao and shook her head with a smile: "You are not him." But like him, you also know "Nervous Injection", right?"

""Nervous Injection"?" Although Shangguan Xiaoyao still couldn't understand the meaning of "Nervous Injection", but when the old woman asked this, Shangguan Xiaoyao still tentatively said slowly: "Freedom from suffering and happiness, the door of mystery, six roots are pure, the world is corrected, nine thoughts are sacred, and one thought becomes a god." I don't know if you're trying to ask this?"

The old woman smiled and said, "You are indeed the same kind of person as him, but he didn't dare to come, so he let you come." ”

"I don't really understand. Shangguan said freely.

"Come in with me. The old woman said and went in.

Shangguan Xiaoyao also followed the old woman and walked in, looked at the three stone tablets in front of him, and asked, "This is?"

The old woman smiled and said nothing, turned and went to the inner room, leaving only one sentence: "You can take a look at it." ”

Shangguan Xiaoyao touched his nose, his eyes swept on the three stone tablets in front of him, the stone tablet in the middle was engraved with the words "Tuo Guangzhao", the stone tablet on the right was engraved with "Chu Hongsleeve", and the stone tablet on the left was blank.

At that moment, Shangguan Xiaoyao had not yet figured out what the message of these three stone tablets was, nor did he understand the relationship between the two names, the old woman walked out of the inner room with a bowl of tea, sat on the side with Shangguan Xiaoyao, handed the tea to Shangguan Xiaoyao, and said, "What do you want to ask?"

Shangguan Yao pondered for a while and shook his head: "I don't have anything to ask. ”

"Then drink it. The old woman glanced at the tea in front of Shangguan Xiaoyao, and then at Shangguan Xiaoyao, and said with a smile.

After pondering for a while again, Shangguan Xiaoyao picked up the tea bowl and drank it all.

Suddenly, a hot current surged up, and Shangguan Xiaoyao felt dizzy, as if he had truly entered the illusion at this moment.

......

Swamp capital, Minami Castle.

The summer in Nannuma City is particularly hot, from the middle of the Pu month to the end of the month, there is not a drop of rain in Nannuma City, although there will be gusts of wind from time to time, but it is hot air, and no one can stand it. As a result, the city of Minaminuma is almost a melting pot throughout the summer, and all the shops are ajar and not very business-friendly.

However, there are still places in Minaminuma Castle that are not afraid of the heat. That is a vein in the west of the city from the Bird River to introduce the river water to form a pool of lake water, the lake water is called "Zhihu Lake", it can be regarded as the symbol of the South Marsh City, the lake water is cool, the water is stable like a mirror, a large piece of lotus flowers are planted in the lake, every summer comes, the lotus flowers are in full bloom, stretching around the city.

This year was the twentieth year after the end of the Swamp War.

Twenty years ago, there was a great war between the Numa and Sup, which lasted for five years, and the two countries fought fiercely over territory.

The two countries, which had been fighting for many years, gradually felt tired, and the current situation of complaining and the people's lack of livelihood led to internal and external troubles, and it was not until the birth of a son by the monarch of Xieguo that the two sides finally gave up the war and shook hands and made peace.

Some people think that the strength of the Swamp Country is stronger than the strength of the Xie, but the monarch is too cowardly, and he has no hope of victory in this war, and because of the war, the rotten regime in the country and the uprisings that broke out in various places have given him a headache, so with the help of the old monarch of the Xie, he gave birth to a prince such an excellent opportunity, so that the two countries can live in peace, and when the prince grows up, he will become the new monarch of Xie, and then discuss the division of territory.

There are also people who think that the peace between the two countries is only an expedient measure on the surface, and that Xieguo has a prince at this time, in order to preserve his strength and ensure that the prince is not harmed, Xieguo wants to breathe a sigh of relief by temporarily giving up the war, and when he is relieved, he will naturally continue to start a war, and there has been a civil war and riot in the swamp country, and Xieguo has an opportunity to take advantage of it at any time.

Now, however, twenty years later, the people of both countries seem to have forgotten about the war.

Before you know it, it's getting dark.

The thick night hit, the sky seemed to tear a black cloth, the darkness could not see the edge, the zero point of starlight, flickering in the sky, I don't know where to fly a firework, crackling, leaving a brilliant light and shadow in the air.

Every summer, Nannuma City will hold a lantern festival around Zhihu Lake to enjoy the scenery and amusement.

"Miss, miss, we got lost with the master. A handsome maid clasped her hands and pinched her sleeves, followed closely behind a beautiful woman, and whispered nervously but eagerly, "Stop wandering around, miss." It's time for us to go back to the old man. ”

"What are you anxious about!" the woman snorted, looked around indifferently, and suddenly grabbed the maid's wrist, and smiled happily as she walked towards the crowd in front of her: "It's quite lively there!

"Hey...... Miss. The maid was a little helpless, and followed the woman over.

Not far from Zhihu Lake, a group of people gathered there to watch something with interest, laughing from time to time, followed by applause, which is indeed a little tempting. The woman and her maid squeezed left and right in the crowd, and when they got closer, it turned out to be a big black man who looked about forty years old holding three hemp ropes in his hands, and three monkeys were tied to the other end of the hemp rope.

The onlookers were amused by the monkey and applauded again. The woman and her maid were also attracted by the three monkeys, as if they had forgotten about their return.

The dark man was happy in his heart, knowing that the onlookers were beginning to be interested, so he pulled the rope again, and shouted in his mouth, and saw the three monkeys squeak and stretch out their paws, and threw the bricks above their heads to another monkey on their heads, and threw three bricks around, turning around the heads of the three monkeys, one of the monkeys also stood upside down, put the bricks on the top of the head, and squeezed a grimace, and the onlookers laughed again, and the woman and her maid also covered their mouths and chuckled, and clapped their hands again and again.