Chapter 17 Moonlight at the bottom of the lake
There are many peaks in the mountains of no return, and the valleys are crisscrossed. From the place where the calligrapher family lives on the top of the mountain, crossing the famous "Zhanghua Tianxia" archway, down to the halfway up the mountain, there are many large and small paths leading to different valleys or peaks, and even streams, waterfalls, lakes, layered on top of each other, constituting a different scenery in different places of the Mountain of No Return.
It's a pity that it's night, and Shuli is not in the mood to see the scenery.
Accompanied by the soft moonlight and the starry sky, he walked aimlessly, unconsciously in front of a dirt path on the mountainside.
He felt that this road was a little unfamiliar, and he didn't know if it was because he had walked less before, or if everything in the mountain of no return was strange now. He walked towards the road, which was lined with pines and cypresses, and looked different dark at night, as if he had walked into a dark cave.
Shuli is no stranger to darkness.
In the past, when I practiced the exercises at the Yingwu Academy and other academies, especially when the Weidao Academy specially organized training for the mission, there were many intensive training sessions for the use of the magic power in the dark environment, in order to carry out special secret missions.
The darkness has been continuing, and after a stick of incense, it still has not come to an end. If it was summer, this tree-covered boulevard would be extremely cool and comfortable, but now, the slightest chill swept over Shuli's skin, making him feel a chill, accompanied by the deep mountain of no return, the roar of birds and beasts in unknown places, the road in front of him was incomparably long and gloomy.
Suddenly, a bright moon appeared in front of him, blocking his way at the exit of the boulevard in front of him, he stepped up his pace, walked to the exit in front of him, and suddenly opened up.
In front of me is a bright moon, but it is reflected in the lake, which lies quietly halfway up the mountain, surrounded by dense forests.
The lake is calm, and if there is no reflection of the starry sky and the bright moon, the water of this lake is like a mountain of no return opening a big black mouth, swallowing the light.
Now, the unusually calm lake reflects the bright moon, like a giant beast with one eye, strange and hideous.
Shuli took a closer look and saw a pagoda with more than ten floors standing on the opposite side of the lake, but there was no lighting, only the faint light reflected by the bright moon in the lake, illuminating the towering and huge tower.
Shuli seems to remember that there has always been a legend in the family: from a long time ago, there was a side branch of the family that guarded the family's library for generations, and the attic gathered the rarest and most precious ancient books in the world.
In the library pavilion, there are historical classics and magic books, which is the capital of the calligrapher to occupy one side in Yunzhou. Therefore, this place is heavily guarded, books are basically not borrowed, the attic is never open to the public, and few people in the family go in and out of that place, only the people in the side branch family can enter and leave the library and learn the treasures and exercises inside.
It is difficult to say whether the side branch family is lucky or unlucky, because as soon as he was born in the side branch of the scholar's family, he shouldered the mission of guarding the attic, and from life to death, he was not allowed to take half a step out of the scholar's family, and he had no choice.
But in the same way, they were able to learn the top and most comprehensive exercises of the calligraphers inside, as a inheritance of the calligraphers, it was also a way out, and from this point of view, they were very lucky. How, perhaps, only they know.
Now Shuli follows the road, across the lake to the library, stretching from the foot to the left and right, there are two green embankments leading to the library, and there is no one to guard it.
This place was heavily guarded, and Shuli knew that it would not be so easy to go to the library pavilion, but after thinking about it, he still took a step and walked around from the right.
The lake doesn't look big, but it takes a lot of effort to walk through, and Shuli walked for a long time before he walked half the way.
The library is getting taller and taller, but it is located in a mountain col and the terrain is low, so it can be filled into a lake, and it is surrounded by tall pines and cypresses, so even if the library is so magnificent, it is impossible to see that there is a hole in the sky from the outside.
Shuli stood and watched for a while, the moon and stars were bright, reflecting the lake pagoda, there was a strange scene. He continued to walk towards the library, but when he lifted his foot, he found that he couldn't step on, and he kicked hard, as if stepping on a soft bubble, and there were circles of faint white halo ripples around his feet.
This aroused his curiosity, and he stepped harder, his foot deeper, but with a sudden flick, he did not stand still, and staggered back a few steps.
Shuli's curiosity became even heavier, he took a few steps forward, and at the same time urged the Heaven and Earth Sacred Heart Technique, his hands lingered with white brilliance, and his hands clenched into fists and smashed straight over.
However, as soon as he came into contact with that diaphragm, he knew that it was bad, the protective diaphragm was very tough, far from being able to break it by his magical powers.
At this moment, a bolt of lightning came from the sky, and instantly bombarded the place where his fist touched the diaphragm, and he suddenly felt a great force pushing from his fist, and the next moment, he was knocked away by this force, and fell several feet away, and his body smashed the grass of the green embankment by the lake to lie down and slide out for a long time.
Shuli didn't care about the soreness of his body, he was very surprised in his heart, this protective formation was more tenacious than he imagined, he is now cultivating to the high-level realm of the three realms of "standing up, meritorious, and virtuous" in the Confucian exercises, among the thousands of young disciples of the calligrapher, those who can practice to this point are only the number of one hand, although his punch only has six successful powers, but if it hits the mountain stone, it will definitely be able to grind the mountain stone into powder.
However, this magic circle was unscathed and threw him out, this seemingly random counterattack, the power contained in it, was enough to shock him.
He was still about to test this protective formation, but the figure behind him flashed, and two figures landed next to him. Shuli turned his head to look, and the two figures stood in front of him.
Shuli didn't speak, silently got up, and continued to walk towards the library pavilion.
"Childe, this is the Library Pavilion, a forbidden place for calligraphers. The nurse reminded him.
Shuli ignored him and continued walking.
The nurse had no choice but to stand in front of him again.
"Why, even you have to supervise me? Do you believe that I am a traitor to the bookmaker? Believe it or not, I will kill you. Shuli remembered the people who accused him at the door at night, and said coldly.
"Childe, you weren't like this before. The nurse's face stiffened.
"I used to be the eldest son of the clan, but now I am a traitorous sinner, and I don't know who it will be. Shuli snorted coldly, reached out and turned his head to the side of the courtyard, and walked towards the protective formation.
He didn't believe that Shuli could break the protective circle of the forbidden land, but he was afraid that there would be another accident.
Shuli didn't deliberately go against the nursery, but since returning to the family on a mission, a series of changes have happened to make him feel shocked, painful, and guilty, no matter what, Shu'an did die in his own hands, and this incident made it difficult for him to forgive himself easily.
Tonight was supposed to be the first time he wanted to calm himself down after returning to the book's house, so he came out to relax, but he was provoked by this formation, and instead he had a person to vent the depression and anger he had accumulated over the past few days, and now he was on the bar with this formation today.
Shuli came to the front of the formation, and he couldn't find a way to crack it for a while.
He turned his head to look at the calm water next to him, and suddenly jumped into the lake with a "plop".
Shuli's sudden action startled the two guards behind, and they hurriedly ran to the shore and looked at Shuli swimming towards the library in the lake in a daze.
"What should I do, do you want to go down and save my son?" asked the young nurse.
"No, Childe's exercises are profound, he should feel that there is a weakness in the protective formation in the lake, and if he wants to break through from there, it should not be in the way. However, you should quickly go back and tell the clan elders, it will inevitably make a big fuss. After the nurse finished speaking, the young nurse had already flashed his figure and quickly returned to Shuli's home.
In the lake, Shuli regretted it from jumping down, the lake water was cold at the moment, even if he used the Sacred Heart Formula to resist the cold, but the lake water was still icy to the bone, which was very abnormal.
And, from the place where he jumped all the way to the lake, it was all covered by the formation, and that layer of transparent diaphragm was everywhere, and even divided the seemingly calm lake into two different areas, but if you didn't look carefully, the lake was rippling, and you couldn't see it at all.
He tried to attack the formation again, but he was still counterattacked, and the sound of the water broke the silence of the forbidden land with a wave of waves in the calm waters. But no matter how hard he tried, he couldn't break through, but the lake water unloaded part of the formation's attack, so that he wouldn't suffer a bigger blow to his body like he did just now.
Suddenly, he plunged into the lake with a fierce son! He didn't believe it, if he couldn't break the magic circle from above, could he not break it under the lake?
He continued to sneak down, in the cold and dark waters of the lake, he was now in a dark world completely cut off from reality, with only a faint silver-white halo from his body enveloping him.
But the white light and all the sounds seemed to be swallowed up by the dark lake, and the dark and cold water surrounded him, and it was terrifyingly quiet, and the sound of a pounding heartbeat beat beat like a drumstick beat the whole dark world under the lake.
The further you dive, the more it feels like you're deep into a bottomless abyss. The pressure of the water under Shuli was getting stronger and stronger, and the power consumed to run the Sacred Heart Formula was increasing, and he was almost unable to support it.
Because of the long dive, the bottom of the lake was so dark and cold, boundless darkness, his consciousness gradually blurred, and he began to wonder if the bottom of the lake was really boundless.
Just when he couldn't support it anymore and wanted to give up and was about to dive to the surface, a round moonlight suddenly lit up in the depths of the lake.
Although the moonlight is at the bottom of the lake, it exudes the same white brilliance as if it were hanging in the sky, bright, clear, and transparent, but there seems to be a black line in the middle of the round moonlight.
Shuli observed for a while, turned his head to look around the bottom of the lake, and found that there was the same moonlight in the darkness of the same stroll ten feet away from this moonlight!
What the hell is this thing?
Just when he was stunned, two white moonlights began to move and quickly approached him!
Shuli's heart suddenly tightened, and goosebumps all came out of his body!