Chapter 013: Letter from the Underworld
The sun is high in the sky, and the earth is shining.
The deep mountains and dense forests cover the sky and the earth, making people wonder where they are, and the sunlight leaks from the branches and leaves of the trees like golden rain, living like a fairy land in mythology.
Feng Yi and Fu Xi sat on the majestic back of the Baiguang Tiger together, with an astonishing high speed, flexibly from tree to tree, through the forest, along the vast Daba Mountains, successively over countless mountains and basins, and rushed all the way forward in a race against time.
Since the five hundred years of the White Light Tiger devouring the two-headed green python's Inner Pill, it has entered a new world of spirit beast cultivation.
Although it is carrying two people, it is still effortless, every jump, soaring action is natural, there is no half-silk axe chisel marks, no need to concentrate on thinking, the true qi in the body will operate naturally, and the body can make a seamless cooperation, so that every idea of crossing forward can be carried out as you like.
That feeling is not only unprecedented, but also magical.
The shadows of the trees are cheering and sending them off, and the mountain wind cheers and sings for them.
After traveling for most of the day, the two did not say a word. What made Feng Yi laugh was Fu Xi, who was sitting behind him, grabbing the corner of his robe with one hand, with a posture of fear of touching his body.
Despite this, in the process of bumpy mountain roads, the two bodies still touched each other intentionally or unintentionally, and such a close "intimate" contact made Feng Yi can't help but feel ape.
Fu Xi frowned lightly, as if he couldn't stand such intimate contact, but he didn't show any reaction to Feng Yi's intention of taking advantage of Feng Yi intentionally or unintentionally, but he didn't show a reaction of wanting to avoid it.
Although the relationship between the two is becoming more and more harmonious and closer, they are still out of affection and stop at courtesy.
Halfway, when Bai Guanghu stopped, he was very considerate to choose a relatively dry and open place on higher ground for Feng Yi and Fu Xi to rest.
Fu Xi suddenly gave Feng Yi a fresh and elegant smile, and said softly: "Feng Yi, let Fu Xi send you a special and glorious mission." ”
Feng Yi was stunned: "What?"
Fu Xi smiled: "Be a guest in the mountains and forests." ”
After hearing this, Feng Yi's joy surged in his heart, and he said: "I am willing to serve, and it is an honor." ”
Between the mountains and forests, there are many kinds of animals and plants, and the resources are abundant. Taking advantage of the rest along the way, Feng Yi collected fresh fruits from the mountains and forests, such as very rare honeycomb ginger, green lotus fruit, red saliva mushroom, etc., while introducing to Fu Xi all kinds of particularly strange flowers and trees he had encountered, such as the red, yellow and white "drunken hibiscus" flower tree on all sides of the seven stars, the leaves are polygonal, and the flowers are as big as a palm, the most bizarre thing is that this flower is pure white at night, and turns pink in the day, if there are two different flowers; The red flowers are like beautiful lips, and eating them will make the big buffalo fall asleep immediately, and can secrete sesame oil in the pinholes of the leaf petals, making people want to get drunk...... All of them opened Fuxi's eyes and amazed.
The mountain wind is howling, the leaves are swaying, from time to time there will be all kinds of animals playing and scurrying, as well as the sound of snakes catching rats, wolves killing rabbits and other ferocious fights, coupled with the cry of apes, it can be said that the grass and trees are soldiers.
All this seems so unreal, as if everything in the fairy tale world has been moved to reality.
Fu Xi has lived in Luoyang, the capital of the gods, for many years, and although he often goes out on missions, it is the first time to feel the fantastic magic and wild fun of nature, and the excitement and excitement are indescribable.
A strong scent of flowers and plants came to my nose.
Feng Yi and Fu Xi glanced at each other, and slowly walked through the trees with a tacit understanding, one after the other, and the ghosts searched for the source of the fragrance.
"Follow me, be careful not to get lost. Feng Yi suddenly turned around and said with a smile: "Why don't you hold my hand?"
"No, I don't. Fu Xi Wan'er chuckled and stood two steps behind Feng Yi.
"I knew you wouldn't say yes. Feng Yi shrugged his shoulders awkwardly.
Facing Fu Xi's elegant and fairy-like expression, he was surprised to find that he couldn't have evil thoughts in his heart at all, and he was at ease, like floating clouds in the daytime and beautiful landscapes.
The two walked through the forest and grass and continued to walk more than 100 steps.
Suddenly, a small space appeared in the middle of the forest, covered with knee-high purple-red grass.
Among the grass bloomed a strange white flower the size of a pot, with three petals, rising at a speed visible to the naked eye. At this time, all the plants in the forest are windless and automatic, like living spirits, inspiring and rejoicing.
Surprisingly, apart from the straight and firm stems, the strange white flowers do not have a single flower leaf on their bodies.
The fragrance is stronger, and it spreads with the wind.
Feng Yi and Fu Xi seemed to be drunk and infatuated.
The strange white flowers stretched to a height of seven feet with the crystal clear snow-white flower stems, and the flower stems swayed lightly, and the white flowers slowly bent towards Feng Yi and Fu Xi, as if they saw acquaintances and greeted them.
Feng Yi and Fu Xi opened their mouths wide, looked at the white flower in shock, and met the deep flower heart of the elf.
The two of them were shocked, as if they had come into contact with a natural life force, which was difficult to express in words.
Just under the stunned surprise and confusion of Feng Yi and Fu Xi, the white flower unexpectedly emitted a series of rhythmic "crackling" strange sounds from the center of the petals, and after three breaths, it unbelievably gave birth to a bright red round fruit, dazzling.
Fu Xi looked at the strange flowers in front of him, and he had a sense of déjà vu, and said with surprise on his face: "There are flowers but no leaves, and life is wrong." The flower has three petals, and the stem is seven feet high. The fragrance is like a sweet spring, and the fruit is like blood red. Could this be the medium of legend?"
Feng Yi was expressionless, but surprisingly did not answer.
Fu Xi was stunned, and looked sideways at Feng Yi, only to see that the other party's eyes were distracted, and his body was stiff, as if his soul was out of his body and his spirit was out of his body.
The moment Fu Xi was surprised, he immediately felt that his consciousness was out of his body, and he was hypnotized into a relatively strange and familiar illusory space.
The underworld.
According to legend, the medium on the other side is the flower that blooms on the other side of the Santu River in the underworld and on the other side of the Lethe River.
The only flower in the underworld.
The flowers are red and white, and the language of the flowers is very different, but the magic is extraordinary.
The red flower is in full bloom, representing the call of hell and the precursor of death, and it is called the receiver of the undead, so those who see it will surely die. When the soul crosses the Lethe, it will leave everything in life on the other side, and then lead to the Netherworld Prison under the guidance of the medium on the other side.
On the contrary, the white flower is in full bloom, but it represents the letter and the awakening of memory from the underworld, which is called the bridge between the past and the present life, so the divine consciousness of the seeer will inevitably enter the netherworld of the most empty and quiet, pass through the void, and see the life fragments of the appearance and words of the previous life.
With a "bang", the red fruit burst open again, slowly overflowing with a crystalline red sap, and fell drop by drop to the ground overgrown with purple-red grass.
In the blink of an eye, the juice ran out, and the red fruit was gone.
The strange white flowers shrink rapidly, are shaped like fists, and gradually become shorter.
Then the snow-white flower stem slowly withered, shrank into the soil, and suddenly disappeared.
The trees are silent and the leaves are still.
Everything returns to calm and "reality".
Fu Xi and Feng Yi were shocked at the same time, returned to the human world, opened their eyes suddenly, and the magical power of the underworld quickly disappeared.
"What was your past life?"
The two asked in unison curiously, and after a moment's pause, they suddenly felt that there was no need to care too much about their past lives.
All beings in the Three Realms have good or bad karma and karmic retribution, and it is inevitable that the six realms of life and death will be reincarnated, just as the Buddha said: "All things are empty in the mirror, and all phases are not phased", why should we linger in the past life in this life, and living in the present is the key.
When their hearts were turning, the two looked at each other and smiled, and at the same time stopped talking, just quietly looked at the purple and red grass on the ground, which was gradually shrinking and turning yellow, and a large area of bright grass lost its life and color in an instant.
Fu Xi's expression was shocked, and he said: "These purple and red grasses are secretly poisonous, and they should be the loyal guards of the medium on the other side, and now that the task has been completed, they will immediately wither." ”
Feng Yi nodded.
Fu Xi glanced at the medium on the other side again, and couldn't help but recall that she saw the picture of her previous life just now, which was actually the "Xuanyuan Sword" sword spirit who guarded and supervised the gate of hell in the underworld, and now she was reincarnated as a human to track down the remnant soul of Chiyou who had a fateful fate with her.
It turned out that when Dayu borrowed the divine power of the Pangu giant axe to suppress the three major demon spirits and the six demon spirits in the underworld, although the natal spirit of Chiyou possessed the flesh of others was wiped out, but his demon spirit qi escaped the doom of being resealed and hidden in the vitality of heaven and earth.
At this point, she understood two things: first, after the Chiyou Demon Knife fell into Li Xian's hands, its power was greatly reduced, not that Li Xian could not practice at home, but because the sword spirit of the Demon Knife had been destroyed by herself in her previous life during the decisive battle of Zhuolu. The second is that Chi You, who can keep pace with the Yellow Emperor's cultivation realm and strength, and also has supreme magic skills, although his essence and flesh body and natal spirit have been destroyed by the Xuanyuan Sword and Pangu Axe, he still has a wisp of immortal demonic spirit qi that still escapes in the world.
It's really an unkillable demon god Chiyou!
Fu Xi suddenly remembered something, Huo Ran turned his pretty face and looked at Feng Yi for a moment.
Feng Yi looked at Fu Xi's different expression in surprise, and said confusedly: "What's wrong with you?"
Fu Xi stared at Feng Yi for a long time, and after a gloomy moment, he sighed lightly and said, "It's nothing." Fu Xi just felt that the medium on the other side was so magical, it was really rare. You and I are lucky to have the opportunity to meet each other today and learn about our past lives. ”
Feng Yi didn't think deeply about Fu Xi's disguised words, and led the latter to walk back, saying with emotion along the way: "Every grass and every flower in nature has its own unique spiritual life, and the scope of perception of the fate of heaven and earth has no beginning and no end, far broader and more far-reaching than human spiritual awareness, which can extend to the endless depths of the universe, and can also penetrate the three realms of time and space, so it can convey some indescribable but very magical messages to human beings. ”
Lao Tzu's "Tao Te Ching" contains: "There are things that are formed, born from nature, lonely, independent and unchanging, running without ......" is talking about this kind of strange creatures.
Fu Xi nodded, followed Feng Yi and turned to leave, returning to the same place.
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The breeze laughs, and Cangshan is no longer lonely.
The ballad of the rivers and mountains, the clouds and smoke rise and fall after the eyes.
The two of them crouched on the back of the tiger, soaring all the way, and continued to speed towards the mountain peak in front of them.
Nothing to say all the way.
By dusk, the two of them had crossed another mountain peak and reached a stream in the valley.
The water is trickling and the wide area forms small pools one after another, where dozens of different birds and beasts gather, drinking and bathing peacefully.
To each take what he needs, to each his own place, is a rare peace and tranquility. Suddenly, as soon as these birds and beasts saw the White Light Tiger roaring from the mountains and forests, they suddenly rushed out, and immediately fled in a panic.
Bai Guanghu was obviously satisfied with the effect of such a clearance, swaggering down beside the stream, stretching out his long red tongue, and rolling the stream into his mouth with a big mouthful.
Feng Yi and Fu Xi shook their heads in surprise at Bai Guanghu's domineering and toughness, got up and walked to the small pool next to Bai Guanghu, squatting next to the stream to drink water and clean, and immediately felt that every pore was infinitely beautiful.
- Water is a lovely thing.
At that moment, the two began to set up camp in the area, preparing to spend the night here.
Feng Yi naturally took on the task of catching fish in the stream, but Fu Xi had already taken the first step to collect some fresh fruits nearby, and Bai Guanghu naturally took on the responsibility of guarding it.
Along the way, it was precisely because of the escort of the White Light Tiger that those demon beasts and fierce birds in the mountains and forests avoided them.
The fire is lit, and the smoke rises at dusk.
During dinner, Feng Yi suddenly found that Fu Xi was a little absent-minded, and his face was slightly pale. I have been with her for many days, but I have never seen her such a cautious expression, and I feel bad.
After observing for a long time, Feng Yi took the opportunity to ask softly, "Are you uncomfortable?"
Fu Xi shook his head and said, "I'm fine." ”
Feng Yi said solemnly: "No! you must have something on your mind, you might as well say it and take a look." ”
Fu Xi's expression was solemn, and he sighed lightly: "Fu Xi has a very strange feeling in his heart, that is, as soon as he steps into this mountain forest, he seems to be under a certain kind of surveillance every moment, which makes me confused. ”
Feng Yi gasped and said, "Could it be that the legendary elven race is hiding in the mountains and forests to watch over us? However, our uninvited arrival broke the original tranquility here, which is indeed a bit presumptuous and abrupt. ”
Under the siege and interception of strong enemies, life needs such a light-hearted topic and a smile to spice up.
"Don't be naughty. Fu Xi smiled angrily and said, "Consciously tell me that that kind of surveillance is indeed from the elf race, but I can't be sure whether it is an animal or a plant yet." ”
Feng Yi showed a solemn look, and said suspiciously: "It's really strange, I have lived in the deep mountains and old forests since I was a child, why didn't I sense the feeling of surveillance as you said." I don't think it's a plant spirit, but something from the sky. ”
Fu Xi knew that Feng Yi had little experience in fighting the enemy when he was just starting out, and after pondering for a long time, he didn't want Feng Yi to bother thinking about this unsolvable puzzle, so he changed the topic and said: "We have spent three days and four nights in the mountains and forests, and at the current speed of travel, we should be able to reach Langzhong tomorrow afternoon as long as we cross the last mountain range." ”
The destination is getting closer.
The thought of coming to an end to this isolation made the two of them surprisingly cheerful.
Feng Yi looked up at the dark night sky, changed to a very comfortable lying position, let out a long breath, and said lazily: "In this case, the little brother has a reluctant request." ”
Fu Xi said: "What?"
Feng Yi said: "Can you apply for a lazy sleep tomorrow morning, don't get up too early, it's best to sleep until you wake up naturally." ”
Fu Xi was noncommittal, "poof", and laughed.
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