Chapter 1 Encounters in the Snow
On a cold winter day, the snow flutters in the air, quiet and leisurely.
In the distance, the mountains rise and fall, and a majestic mountain range stretches across the land, stretching long and majestic.
The mountains are dense, and the smoke clouds are shrouded all year round, revealing a mystery in the majesty.
At the foot of the mountain range, there are ancient trees, and an old man wearing plain clothes, wearing a hat on his head, and carrying a basket of yams in his hand, is returning from the direction of the town in the snow.
The old man was emaciated, his face was clear, and three thousand strands of hair were draped around his waist and floated in the wind, only black hair mixed with some white hair.
In this season of heavy snowfall, and the New Year is approaching, people are gathering with their loved ones in their homes, and few people will go out of the city for activities, let alone in the mountains and forests!
And the old man is not in the city with his family, but walks alone in the mountains and forests, which is very strange.
The mountains are silent, the snow is falling, and at this moment, his back is so lonely and depressed!
At this time, he was struggling to walk in the ancient mountain and forest road, but every few steps, the footprints left behind were immediately covered by the heavy snow, and there was no trace!
"Wow...... Wow"
Suddenly, a seemingly nonexistent cry of a baby came from all around, which was very abrupt.
When the old man heard this, he suddenly stopped, he frowned, and felt strange: "This windy and snowy day, and at the foot of the mountains, the jungle is established, and no one cares about it at all, how can there be a baby's cry?"
He then looked around, and was about to listen attentively, but the crying disappeared as if it had never appeared.
The old man smiled softly and said, "It turned out that I heard it wrong, maybe I have walked for a long time, and it is a bitter winter, and my body can't bear it, maybe it's some strange beast and bird call." ”
Taking advantage of this time, the old man took the hat, patted the snow on it, and shook it off the ground.
He then took a step to speed up his journey back to the city, or it would be dangerous to walk in the mountains and forests when it was dark.
"Wow...... Wow...... Wow"
Just a few steps later, a more stirring cry of a baby came from here again, long and long, resounding in the ears.
The old man frowned, stopped again, and listened carefully, this time the baby's cry was extremely loud, in this silent mountain forest, the cry was particularly eye-catching.
"That's right, it's a baby's cry!" exclaimed the old man, sure that the cry he had heard before was not a hallucination!
He was puzzled, in this season of heavy snowfall, the road is difficult to walk, the sky is difficult to distinguish, even the wild beasts in the mountains and forests do not want to come out to hunt for food, how can there be a baby?
"Was it fallen by parents passing through this place, or was it taken by wild beasts?" guessed the old man.
"No matter what the reason, at this moment, when the weather is freezing and the earth is freezing, the baby appears here, this must not freeze him alive, he must be found quickly!"
The old man wandered around the neighborhood, looking for the source of the cry.
After a careful search, the baby was not found. However, as he walked towards a mountain wall, the crying became more and more deafening.
The old man paused, and at the bottom of the look, there were only a few frozen trees and few weeds around the stone wall, and it was obvious that there was no baby at all.
At this time, the cry is still there, as if it is surrounded by the ears, it is very exciting!
"Strange, it's obviously here, why can't you find it?" the old man frowned, very puzzled.
Following the cry, he continued to search the neighborhood carefully several times, looking at the trees and turning over the grass, but there was still no baby in sight.
"Where the hell is it?" The old man was extremely puzzled, and even a little anxious, afraid that after a long time, the baby would really freeze to death.
According to the source of the cry, he was sure that the baby was near the stone wall, but the problem was that he couldn't find it, why?
The old man stopped, looked directly at the stone wall, and pondered what was going on.
"...... from near the stone wall"
"Could it be related to this stone wall?" In vain, the old man's eyes were surprised, as if he had seen through something!
"This is impossible, the stone wall is connected to a mountain, how can it accommodate people?" the old man whispered, and shook his head in denial.
So, he fixed his eyes on the stone wall and walked forward.
As it approached, the crying became even louder!
"Is it really coming from the stone wall?" the old man looked extremely solemn, trying to find out.
He raised his arms and pressed them against the stone wall, his ears pressed against the stone wall in a sideways listening pose.
But just when he pressed his hands on the stone wall, a strange scene happened!
The palm of the hand disappeared alive in front of the eyes, swallowed by the stone wall, and merged into it, leaving only a piece of the arm exposed, as if connected to the stone wall!
"Huh?" the old man sighed lightly, and the sudden scene in front of him surprised him!
He didn't allow him to think for a moment, because of his previous posture, his body planted forward with the inertia of his arm, and merged into this stone wall together!
Outside the stone wall, under the mountain range, there is still snow, but the old man has disappeared between heaven and earth!
Inside the stone wall, there was silence, and the old man stood with his hands clasped, shocked by the incredible scene just now, and had not yet come back to his senses.
It's obviously a real mountain wall, why does it penetrate weirdly?
This mountain road, I have walked not a thousand times in my life, but also 800 times, and when I am tired, I will walk on the mountain wall, but this has never happened!
And every year after the winter solstice, the spring flowers bloom, this mountain road is often walked around, to go up the mountain to collect medicine, how has this cave never been discovered?
"Giggles"
"Giggles"
At this moment, several abrupt baby laughter came from behind, waking up the old man who was still in shock.
The old man was a little dazed, turned around a little stiffly, looked up, and was instantly shocked!
I saw that the cave was extremely spacious, and there could be a radius of three zhang, and the cave was pitch black, but there was a ball of light flickering in the void, brilliant and shining.
The light was in a variety of colors, weaving together, and it was visible in front of you.
Each light is intertwined with each other one by one, curling and curling, like a dragon and a fairy phoenix, intersecting and pandering, playing the world.
The light is misty, and the internal scenes are numerous, as if there are 3,000 worlds manifested in them, interpreting the various states of all beings.
"It's... What is it?"
His pupils constricted, staring at the scene.
Just listen, the music of the sacrificial bell sounded in the light cluster, ancient and melodious, as if it came from the distant sky.
In an instant, it became the chanting of all the people to worship the king, which was grand and solemn, and magnificent.
Then it turned into the shouting and killing of thousands of troops, and the angry shouts were higher than the sky!
"This, this, this...... Is this a miracle?" The light cluster became more and more wonderful, and the interpretation was a stunning scene, and the old man stared at it with an incredible face, and his mouth trembled and spat out these words!
The light cluster emitted a halo, which seemed to be a real and unreal scene, which made the old man's clenched palms even harder!
When he faced this wonderful group of light, it was as if he were facing a godless king, and he had the desire to bow and worship!
"Giggles"
A sudden laugh came from the light cluster, which once again woke up the old man who was standing in place, interrupting his thought of bowing and worshipping.
At this moment, the old man remembered in a daze that he had accidentally come to this cave in search of the baby.
When I first entered the cave, a series of strange things happened, and I was shocked by the scene in front of me, so that I forgot what I was doing.
The old man has lived in the nearby town for generations and has never traveled far from home.
On weekdays, I have heard people in the town say that the outside world is extremely magical.
Some people can soar in the air, some people can call the wind and rain, and some people can live for hundreds or even thousands of years.
Although I have seen the magic with my own eyes, it is difficult to accept and digest it for a while.
The old man endured the surprise of the light in his heart, his eyes lit up, and he looked through the light, only to see that in the light group was a swaddling baby wrapped in it.
In the swaddling clothes, the baby showed its little head, put its little hands in its mouth and sucked it, blinking its big spiritual eyes, extremely cute, staring at the old man carefully.
"Babble, babble"
The baby called happily, stretched out its delicate arms in swaddling clothes, and waved at the old man, as if he had seen a loved one.
"Is this the crying child?" the old man's eyes were full of interest, and he was also looking at the baby carefully, and the thread was fluttering in his mind.
"I understood that it must have been the boy who woke up in the cave and found no one around, and then he started crying. Later, when I saw someone coming in, I burst into tears and smiled and beckoned to me. The old man suddenly understood the reason for the matter, and a smile inevitably appeared on the corner of his mouth, intended to respond to the baby's call.
"But why did his parents put him here, and in a strange light, and what was this light, and what did it have to do with the child?" the old man was amazed at the presence of the light and the baby, and he was puzzled and had a thousand thoughts.
At this moment, the nine-colored light suddenly burst into the void, illuminating the entire cave.
Then, a little starlight scattered out of the light cluster, and quickly drilled into the baby's body, as if to merge with him.
"Hmm. The baby snorted slightly with his eyes closed and enjoyed, and his delicate little face was full of intoxication.
The nine-colored light cluster emitted a misty halo, and the speed of the interweaving of beams of light became faster and faster, and the little starlight drilled into the baby's body even more violently.
The old man stood here, his eyes widened, staring at this scene carefully, I am afraid that it will be difficult to forget in this life.
This situation is like a huge cocoon, enveloping the creatures inside, protecting, and warming!
"Boom"
A quarter of an hour later, the speed of the beams slowed down, and the starlight stopped burrowing into the baby's body. Then, the ball of light exploded with a bang, and the beam of light shot out in all directions, as if it had fulfilled its mission, and disappeared between heaven and earth.
A baby fused with starlight, his body radiates a dazzling light that reflects the void.
After there was no light ball, he immediately fell slowly in the air, as if there was an invisible palm supporting him, as if the son of God had come into the world.
There are many bizarre scenes, and the old man doesn't think it's strange.
He stepped forward quickly, wrapped his hands around him, and took the baby in the air into his arms.
The old man was curious, and when he looked closely, the baby looked extremely cute, with a tender face, a small pink mouth, and big eyes like black jewels, and his spirituality was moving.
The baby muttered and barked at the old man, grabbing the old man's beard with a pair of childish hands from time to time.
The old man stretched out a finger to tease the baby, and the baby "giggled" and writhed in his arms, very affectionate.
"It's so flattering. The old man couldn't help but feel a sense of affection, and a smile of kindness appeared on his face.
While teasing, the old man unexpectedly saw a letter revealed outside the baby's swaddling clothes.
He thought about it for a while, stretched out his hand and picked up the letter, the old man wanted to know who the baby's parents were, what had happened, and he ruthlessly put him here without regard for the safety of his child!
When it tentacles, it is found that inside the letter, there is a hard object, which is wrapped.
The old man was puzzled, and spread out the letter, but the hard object was a piece of white jade exposed in front of him.
The jade flows luster, is very warm and smooth, hold it tightly in the hand, there is a warm current from his palm, flowing all over the body, in this cold weather, this warm current makes the old man's body shake, feel very comfortable!
"This jade is not simple!" the old man muttered as he stared at the jade.
The old man carefully looked at the jade in his palm, and saw the figure of a middle-aged man carved outside the jade, very blurry, unable to see the face, when looking at him directly, he only felt a grand breath rushing to his face, very strange.
Looking at the jade, there are carvings on the reverse side of it, which are also very blurry, like some veins, like spider webs layered on top of each other, very complicated, the old man doesn't know what the meaning is, so he didn't look at it much.
"It should be a family heirloom, that middle-aged man may be the father of this child!" the old man came to such a conclusion based on everything that happened today.
"It seems that the truth of everything that happened today is in that letter!"
The old man stuffed the jade pendant in his hand back into the baby's swaddling clothes, and then shook the letter and looked at it carefully.
......
......
After reading the letter, the old man was surprised!
"Alas, this happened!"
"I have never married an old man in my life, there is no one under my knees, I thought that I would be lonely all my life, but I didn't expect to meet a son here, and I will raise him well. The old man looked very serious, and then nodded secretly, as if he had made a decision.
"Child, I'll take you home. The old man took the baby in his arms and stepped out of the cave.
A cold wind blew, and I suddenly remembered that it was the cold season outside, and the baby's swaddling clothes were so thin, so I couldn't freeze and suffer from the wind chill!
The old man immediately turned around and went back to the cave, wanting to thicken the baby's coat to keep out the cold, but as soon as he touched the mountain wall, he found that he couldn't get in, and the tentacles were real mountain rock walls.
If it weren't for the fact that he was still holding a baby in his arms, the previous scene would now seem like a dream!
He didn't have too many doubts, and when he saw that he couldn't get into the cave, he decisively took off his coat and wrapped it around the baby, wrapped it in several layers inside and out. Afraid that the snowflakes would fall on the baby's face, he took off the hat and held it with his hand on the top of the baby's head.
In this way, one old and one young rushed to Moon Worship City in the snow!