Chapter 014: It's Not Her
It is said that the flame beads are returned to the city after the death of those who are not guilty of sin, but for some reason can not return to nature for some reason, the demon spirits or spirits condensed in the buds of the flowers on the other side, and then purified by the disciples of the Moon Palace, the evil qi dissipates and is used for decoration and trials, but there are still some better quality flame beads still have the ability to absorb the spirit body and discern the inner spirit of all things, as long as it is used properly, it can be regarded as a medium-class magic weapon.
They flew to a cliff face overgrown with red manju sawa and a few black mandalas, and with each step they stepped on those bewitching flowers, faint pollen melted into the scorching air and entered their consciousness, but they did not notice it.
Entering the cave, a lotus-shaped altar not far away is enshrined in a bead soaked in flames, and as the legend says, if you look closely, the shadow of the bead is flickering, which is the spirit bead that was born in the city of return.
It was obviously close at hand, but after they took the first step, the surroundings instantly fell into darkness, and the wind whistling in their ears turned into a terrifying ghost whisper in this cave.
In the dark, she was pulled into someone's arms, who didn't speak, just hugged her and gently patted her on the back to dispel the fear in her heart.
After a while, Rino adjusted to the darkness, the wind and calmed down, and slowly she could vaguely see the shape of the rocks around her, but she couldn't see the face of the man holding her.
"Meaning, is that you?" Rino pushed away the man who couldn't see his face clearly and asked him tentatively, but he still didn't speak, but Rino could clearly feel the faint anger emanating from the man, as if telling her that he didn't mean it.
The man ignored Rino's question, and walked in front alone, Rino could only follow him quietly, the road seemed to be particularly long, they walked for a long time, Rino followed slowly from the beginning, and then even if he trotted, he couldn't keep up with the man's pace, seeing him go farther and farther, and then disappear from view, Rino was inexplicably a little lost.
At the moment when she lowered her head and then looked up, the picture in front of her changed, and the surroundings gradually lit up, but the color of the light was faintly green, which looked panicked, and those lights illuminated a road, and Rino saw clearly that under her feet was a manzhu sawa, and she was also wearing a beautiful and strange red and black dress, and on the placket, cuffs and skirt she could see clearly, there was a blooming bright red manzhu sawa and a black mandala delicately embroidered.
Rino raised her eyes again to look at the path that exuded a faint green, and suddenly felt a trepidation in her heart, her back was slightly cold, and her palms oozed cold sweat, she took a deep breath to try to relieve her timidity, and then boldly looked behind her, as she guessed, the word 'return' was engraved on the stone tablet on the side of the road.
'I'...... This is...... Die...... Dead? Rino trembled slightly and whispered to herself.
She knew that the flowers embroidered on her clothes represented death in this world, and they were flowers that only bloomed near the return city of the Xuantu clan, coupled with the deserted road and the stone tablet, then the road under her feet at this moment did not belong to the mortal world, but the 'Xuantu' leading to the return city.
Rino didn't know what the so-called Xuantu in charge of life and death was, but based on the rendering of legends alone, Xuantu was an eerie hell in her consciousness, a place she couldn't set foot in.
And at this moment, she is in such a hell, just thinking about her, she doesn't dare to take another step, she doesn't dare to move for a moment when she stands in place, and even her breathing is trying her best to control, for fear that a little sound will attract something terrifying, and she is naturally cowardly and can't parry.
It didn't take long for the quiet surroundings to become lively, laughter and laughter, and the bridge not far away was hung with red colored satin, and even the green lights gradually turned red.
In a trance, a figure appeared on the bridge, and Rino was so frightened that she squatted down directly, hiding in the flowers and not daring to look up, but she could still hear the sound of approaching footsteps and then the sound of stepping on the flowers and plants.
Hearing the footsteps stop, Rino also felt an unprecedented sense of oppression, she knew that the figure was already standing in front of her, and then let out a cold voice to the bone, "You...... I want to escape! ”
Rino raised her head timidly, although the voice was a little blurry, as if it had been deliberately changed, but she still heard what the man said, but she didn't understand what it meant, she looked up and stood up, there was no one in front of her, she slowly looked around, there was still no one.
'I'm ...... It's true...... What the hell? Rino thought about squatting down again, she hugged herself in fear, curled up and buried her head, and finally cried.
At this time, a soft voice appeared next to Rino's ear, "Go back, the wedding can't be without the bride......"
Although the tone this time was not as intimidating as just now, Rino still didn't dare to look up, let alone care about what the man said, she didn't want to get up, and then she felt someone crouching down beside her, and she carefully turned her face sideways to see that it was indeed a pair of slender hands, and the person was waiting for her response.
On the other side, stepping into this cave, he used the water spirit to absorb the faint light source, gathered into a pearl, and lit up the surrounding darkness, but he couldn't find Rino's shadow, he frowned, and felt a little familiar aura, it was a dark aura unique to somewhere in the Valley of the Wind, he was a little worried about Rino, although she was very smart, but if she met 'them' at this time, it would probably not be good, she didn't even have the ability to protect herself.
The more he thought about it, the more uneasy he felt, he kept calling Rino's name, but there was no response, only his own voice echoed here, although he knew that he was now in an illusion, but Rino she shouldn't know, she might be in the same illusion with himself or in another illusion, this time is a trial after all, and what does such an illusion represent.
Thinking too much, even I can't tell the difference between the dark aura I just noticed because of my own state of mind or because of the original design of this illusion.
However, no matter what the reason is, the purpose of this trial is probably not as simple as it seems, what is this illusion to test?
Thinking of the possible purpose of this trial, the corners of his mouth curled, but his eyes were lost, "Sure enough, as my father suspected, you betrayed?" ’
Yi whispered, 'What are you trying to find out?' Or...... What do you want? ’
After pausing for a moment, he sorted out his emotions and raised his vigilance, what he had to do now was to find Rino, and those various speculations could not be easily revealed in this unclear illusion.
As he walked through the winding and dimly lit cave, he saw Rino's figure, and he followed it, whether it was real or unreal, and he wanted to know what kind of illusion it was.
At the entrance of a turning hole, the picture begins to change, where the sunset is about to sink into the sea, and a fiery red glow is burning, and a pretty girl on the beach is waving goodbye to the beautiful scenery at this time.
Yi walked over and stood behind the woman and called, "Dyeing!" ”
The sound of the waves seemed to drown out Yi's voice, but the woman on the beach felt the breath of Yi behind her, and turned to look at him, "Yi, what did you say, I didn't hear clearly!" ”
The woman smiled brightly, and the meaning was in a trance, the picture changed again, the surrounding crystal bushes emitted a faint light to guide him forward, the colorful corals, dazzling pearls also rendered a romantic colorful glow, meaning to be in it, although he has not been to this place but has also heard of it, here is the Beihai 'Simuling', also called 'Lover's Ridge', is the place where the men and women of the Beihai tribe are loved.
In the gazebo surrounded by coral in the distance, Yi saw Rino again, but he couldn't see her expression clearly.
The woman in Yi's eyes walked up to him and asked him in a whisper that didn't seem to believe it, "Yi, you really ...... Do you want to marry me? ”
The woman's words were heard clearly, but she didn't know what they meant, so she just looked at her and didn't answer.
But the woman looked like she heard his answer, and said with determination, "Meaning, I promise you!" ”
This sentence of promise rippled in his heart, and in the blink of an eye, a red curtain floated by, and he stood in front of a door, dressed in a red wedding dress, although he didn't know what was going on, he could see that this was his mansion, and in front of him was his bedroom.
Thinking of the woman in the room, the corners of Yi's lips rose slightly, and his warm eyes revealed a little unfathomable mystery, he pushed the door and walked in, lifted the woman's red hijab, led her to drink the wine, and helped her to the side of the bed but planned to turn around and leave.
In his eyes, he didn't have any love for Rino in the first place, and getting close to her was just a whim, and such an illusion was simply superfluous.
But at the moment when he turned around, the woman hugged him, her eyes flashing with tenderness, "Meaning, stay...... Stay with me, don't go...... All right! ”
Imprisoned in this cave for many years, how could the woman let go of this opportunity to be free, as long as the people involved in the trial were trapped in this illusion, she could escape instead.
The woman's delicate temptation was seductive, he looked at her, facing a face exactly the same as Rino's, and his deep eyes gradually overflowed with a little evil light, and leaned over to toss and turn between the woman's lips, but only for a moment, such a low-level charm really made him not interested.
The woman wrapped her arms around his neck, but he folded his hands behind his back, no longer touching her, and when he saw that the woman seemed to be leaning into his arms, he took a small step back and whispered in her ear, "Dye, I know...... You, not her! ”
Although the contact was not long, he knew that the little man would not be so active towards him, he was a simple woman.
In the next second, the cold air around Yi was overflowing, and the woman couldn't help but shiver, but she still surrounded him, smiling like a flower without the slightest fear, "But, you still kissed me!" It was because of this kiss that she felt that she had successfully seduced the man in front of her.
"Just a shadow, less self-righteous!" Yi controlled his volume, and this warning was only heard by the woman who took the initiative to approach his arms, and pushed her out fiercely as he spoke.
The woman who sat on the ground unsuspectingly, recalling that since her identity would be seen through, it was absolutely impossible, the reason why 'Shadow' was 'Shadow' was because it was never known to outsiders, but now this man from the Water Tribe saw through her identity.
Well, he is certainly not simple, he ...... From the Ink Pavilion!