Chapter Twenty-Four: Entering the 'Demon Dream Immortal Ancient Town'
The tour guide organized them to get into the car, and the painting saw that the car was a minibus. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. biquge。 info
After the car passed the residential buildings next to the hotel, the painting spirit saw a huge wall in ancient style appear in front of him. When the car drove to a huge gate in the middle of the wall, the guide stopped.
The tour guide asked everyone to wait in the car, and then he got out of the car. At this moment, a man came out of a hut next to the gate in the middle of the wall, this person was wearing a uniform, and it seemed that he was a security guard here.
The tour guide greeted him and showed him his ticket, and after checking it with the security guard, he went back to the house and pressed the door switch to open it.
"Hey, it looks like the wall and gate were built behind it?" said the painting spirit. Other tourists said, "Huh. Yes, these are all built later, in order to facilitate management and collect tickets, but the buildings inside the gate are all ancient buildings built at that time. ”
Everyone else in the car nodded in agreement.
At this time, the tour guide came back, he got into the car, and then stood in front and said with a smile to everyone: "Okay, please pay attention." We're about to enter the ancient town. I hope you all enjoy your visit, but I would like to emphasize that this ancient town is really big. You must not walk around. Especially the forbidden places I mentioned, don't go there. On the outside of the forbidden land, there is a sign with the word 'forbidden land'. Everyone must pay attention to look at this sign carefully, and be sure to stay away from it after seeing it. It's too big here, and it's very difficult to rescue and find people. This is also for your safety. ”
"Okay, don't worry, we're all very obedient and good boys. One tourist quipped. Other tourists, including Hua Ling, laughed when they heard this tourist's words, and even the tour guide smiled helplessly.
"That's right. How many times have we all been here. It's not always very well-behaved, and I've never lost it. Another tourist said.
"yes, don't worry, we're not going to go it alone. Other tourists in the car also said.
"That's good. I'm worried about you, too. Especially after a while, we will have free time, so you must not go too far. When the tour guide saw that everyone nodded, he turned around and sat in the driver's seat with confidence and drove the car into the ancient town.
In the following time, the tour guide began to explain to everyone while driving. He said:
"This ancient town was built as a retreat by some celebrities, literati and artists more than 500 years ago. Later, a merchant made an expansion, and it is said that the ancient town was very prosperous for a while. However, for some reason, after these old mansions were built, there were rumors that there were some goblins and ghosts here, and then everyone here moved away. In the end, until more than 100 years ago, only one family was left living here, and everyone else moved away. Those forbidden places are also temples, Taoist temples, ancient pagodas, and churches that have been built one after another over the past few hundred years. I heard that at that time, in order to catch ghosts and goblins, there were always very mysterious memorial ceremonies held in these forbidden places, and I also heard that many goblins and ghosts were sealed in the forbidden land. I don't know if it's true or not, anyway, tourists don't go to those forbidden places. However, those seals were clearly useless. Otherwise, how could all the people in this ancient town move away? Hehe. ”
"Is this still haunted?" asked the painting spirit, his eyes wide.
"Gee, I've been a tour guide here for so many years, and I've never seen any ghosts, goblins. The tour guide said.
"Oh, are there any ghosts and goblins?" asked the painting spirit.
"Well, no. You don't have to be afraid, it's broad daylight, and you're going with us. As long as you don't go alone, don't go to those forbidden places. I heard that many goblins and ghosts are sealed in those forbidden places. ”
"I heard that there is a man in the neighborhood who can catch ghosts, but he doesn't come to the ancient town. The painting spirit remembered, and when she came, Jasmine told her that there was a man who could catch ghosts.
"Oh, I'm talking about Master Enlightenment. He had an agreement with the Xian'en master in the ancient town, and he wouldn't come here. ”
"Well, it seems to be called Master Wumeng. My friend told me that. Master Xian'en, is he also a ghost hunter, does he live in the ancient town?" asked the painting spirit curiously.
"Well, this ancient town is uninhabited. It's all for tourists, but in the forbidden land, there is indeed a master who lives here. He is the abbot of Sen'en Temple. He and several of his disciples practiced inside. They basically don't leave the ancient town. I heard that every day, Master Xian'en would lead his disciples to recite the Demon Suppression Mantra to suppress the goblins and ghosts sealed in the forbidden land. He has an agreement with Master Wumeng that Master Wumeng will not come to catch ghosts and goblins. Not sure why. I don't know. ”
"Can I go to that temple?" asked the tour guide, who actually wanted the abbot to help look at the painting.
"No, you can't. As I said, the temple is in a forbidden area, tourists cannot enter, there will be danger. The tour guide said solemnly.
"yes, painting spirit, you can't go there. It's very dangerous, someone has been to the forbidden land before and almost died, but the abbot rescued him, but the abbot was also seriously injured by it. No one knows exactly what happened. None of them would say. The rescued man was also so frightened that he just shook his head and didn't say anything about the ancient town. Alas~ This is a terrible thing, so we never go to the forbidden place, but only study the ancient building and some of the archaeological and artistic values in it. One of the tourists said.
"yes, let's not go where it's dangerous. Other tourists also said.
"I'm still a little scared, aren't you afraid?" asked the painting spirit, a little scared.
"I'm afraid, but as long as you don't go to the forbidden land, it's fine. We are all archaeologists, ancient architecture, and literary and artistic workers. The ancient buildings here are of archaeological and architectural value, and there is also a lot of artistic and literary inspiration in them. Aren't you a painter, well, an art worker too. There's a lot of inspiration for us, isn't it? That's why we come every year. You see, every time we came, it was the tour guide who took us to see the same sights. But because of the forbidden land, it's really not safe here, and we don't dare to move around much. I have to come every year to feel the feeling of traveling back in time. Said one of the other tourists.
"Oh, I see. The painting spirit nodded.
The tour guide said:
"Our main attraction today is the 'Old Mansion of Demon Dream Immortality' in the 'Demon Dream Fairy Yuan Ancient Town', which has the longest history. ”
As he was talking, the car drove to a huge archway, which was engraved with the words: "Demon Dream Xianyuan Town".
It seems like it's a really long history. Modern people have erected reinforced steel brackets on the front and back of the stone archway to prevent it from collapsing and deforming.
Hua Ling and everyone got out of the car, and the tour guide parked the car in the parking lot on the side. Then the tour guide came over and explained to everyone:
"This is the landmark building of this ancient town, the 'Demon Dream Fairy Yuan Archway'.
The painting spirit looked at it carefully, and took out his camera to take pictures. She also asked the tour guide to take a few pictures of her. The painting spirit saw that the others were not interested, they just stood by and chatted.
"When they first came, they took more pictures than you. I've been here so many times that they're not interested in it anymore. You don't have to look at them, you shoot yours. The tour guide saw that he was embarrassed to take pictures when he saw that other people were not taking pictures, so he explained.
Others also heard and said:
"yes. You shoot yours, we've already filmed it, and we've all filmed it when we first came. Leave us alone, you shoot yours. ”
"Oh. The painting spirit laughed when he heard this.
Then, the tour guide began to lead everyone inside. The roads here are all mossy bluestone roads. Walk on this kind of road and look at the ancient buildings in the distance. Let everyone feel like they have crossed in an instant. It seems that I have traveled to a long time ago, and it really feels like a long time ago. The painting spirit can feel that even though they have been here a few times, there is still a feeling of crossing over. Maybe that's why they always come to this place.
"Ahh Just as the painting spirit was thinking about this, suddenly beside her, a tourist sighed.
Everyone else laughed, but they all nodded in agreement.
Look at the stone slabs on this road, and the ancient buildings not far away. Judging from the experience of visiting ancient buildings in the past, this place is indeed hundreds of years old.
As they felt the feeling of crossing through, they had come to the buildings.
The buildings here are all of the same, with blue-black roof tiles, white-walled houses, and arched stone bridges, and a river with green duckweed flowing below, all of which do have a very old charm.
However, this is also a very ordinary ancient building. Nothing special either.
The painting spirit felt that everything in front of her and the fantastic ancient town in the painting she carried, it was really not a special connection at all, what is the difference between this and other ancient towns, but it is just a tourist attraction with ancient buildings that has been newly discovered by these tourists.
It seems that this is indeed not the ancient town of that strange dream. Alas, is it really in vain? The depressed painter muttered to himself.
She thought about it, and it seemed that she could only take it as a distraction. At this time, she thought that it would be good if she came here with him, and she would be very happy.
Thinking of this, the painting spirit became sad again, and she was about to cry. But how can you cry? As a result, the painting spirit hides that sad emotion. She looked up at the sky and took a long breath. This inhale made her suddenly realize that the air in this ancient town is really fresh, and there is significantly less pollution here than other places. Probably because there are no people living here, and there is less pollution here.
If she hadn't broken up with the only one, she would really call the one and only excitedly now, telling him that this ancient town has less pollution, and the long stone slabs on the ground make her feel like she has traveled back to ancient times. Unfortunately, she couldn't make that call.
At this time, the tour guide saw that the expression of the painting spirit was not quite right. When he saw that she was in a daze and was still crying, he came over and asked her if she was okay? The tour guide said that she looked very bad and asked her if she was sick, or if she was not used to it when she first arrived here yesterday and had not slept well.
Hearing the tour guide's question, the painting spirit came back to his senses. She hurriedly said that she was not sick. Maybe I just arrived here last night, and I haven't slept well yet.
The tour guide nodded and said:
"I'll have a lot to walk in a while. It might be a bit tiring today. If you go back today, you have to rest early, and there will be a lot of scenery to see tomorrow. The characteristic of this ancient town is that it is very large, we look at the scenery, especially these buildings, you can't take a car if you look closely, you are walking into the ancient town and then walking everywhere to see. So walking will be a lot. ”
After hearing this, the painting spirit nodded.
It's really big here, and after walking for half a day, I visited the "Dream Demon Fairy Mansion" with the longest history in the legend of the ancient town.
Along the way, everyone else was very happy, they all looked at this and that. I heard them talking about architecture, archaeology, and art. They kept talking about it, and their emotions were very high.
The painter was not in the mood to listen to their discussion, but just took pictures and observed them alone. She wanted to see if there was anything special about it. In particular, I wanted to see if there was anything that could be related to the painting.