Chapter 5: The Gatekeeper of Life and Death
"Woohoo"
"What's the sound!?"
Xu Sheng heard an extremely faint sound. In the dark and strange "stone forest", he couldn't help but stand on end, and his heart was broken.
He suppressed his breath and hurriedly looked around. However, as far as the eye can see, there is nothing abnormal.
"What was the sound just now? Did I hear me wrong? After a moment of shock, Xu Sheng muttered with suspicion.
"Woohoo!"
"Fuck, who? Who the hell is it? Xu Sheng's heart was in his throat. The fear of the unknown is sometimes greater than death, and some people can treat death as if it were their home and put life and death out of the way. But in the face of unpredictable and unimaginable dangers, there is still an irrepressible sense of fear.
This is probably the commonality of life.
What really matters, however, is how to overcome fear. You know, when it comes to the unknown, fear doesn't work.
"Whew-whew-"
Xu Sheng gasped for breath, his extreme horror making his snort extremely heavy.
"Woohoo!"
It's still the same voice, too small, too faint; If it weren't for the several times, Xu Sheng really doubted that he had heard it wrong. Such a loudness, if placed in the earthly world, probably not many people can recognize it.
It is in this "dark forest", in this completely silent place, that it can barely be absorbed into the ears and be noticed.
Now, Xu Sheng has been imprisoned in the dark for so long that his sensitivity to sound is far beyond that of ordinary people.
"Am I scared?"
Xu Sheng asked himself, slapped his thigh suddenly, gritted his teeth and said, "I'm afraid of a fart!" Didn't I already think about it before I died? Death and fearlessness, why fear this sound? Maybe I'm already dead, but I'll die again. โ
Xu Sheng thought of this, and immediately recovered most of his courage.
"Come out, who are you? Master, I'm not afraid! Xu Sheng drank. He didn't know whether the subtle sound was made by a living creature, and he didn't know if the "creature that made the sound" could understand human speech.
However, no one answered, and heaven and earth fell silent.
"Damn it"
Xu Sheng cursed secretly, probed around, and after a long time, he went on the road again, following in the same direction, and was cautious.
"Woohoo!"
When the voice came again, Xu Sheng stopped, listened attentively, and still found nothing.
He set off again, and had barely walked three or five paces before the sound began again.
"Woohoo!"
The same sound, but seems a little clearer,
"That's the direction, the sound is coming from here." Xu Sheng was a little surprised, stopped his body, and after stabilizing his mind, he walked in the direction he had identified.
It's not that he's bold, he really can't see any hope in such a dark and lonely place; The voice, although a little weird, may not be a turning point.
Take 10,000 steps back and say, even if it's not a turnaround, but a danger? It's a big deal to die, and death is not unacceptable for Xu Sheng.
It is better to die happily than to live in the "darkness and loneliness" for eternity.
Besides, he was a dying man, and he had been relying on the old blind man to forcibly continue his life, and death was not such a distant thing for him; In addition, he was seriously injured, lonely, handicap, and entangled by many strange things, and death was probably a relief.
"I'm not dead yet, am I? Or rather, not dead yet. Xu Sheng pinched his face, and he could still clearly feel his presence.
"Although my body fell in the thunderstorm, my consciousness was carried here by an unknown force. Before, I had forgotten myself for a while, but just as I was about to completely forget everything, that is, to truly die, some strange sounds woke me up and made me regain my memory; I should be alive now. Xu Sheng muttered in a low voice, having a guess.
In his eyes, death should be a double annihilation of the body and the spirit. Now that his consciousness is still there, his spirit is still there, how can he be called dead? At the very least, consciousness is still "alive". If this can also be called death, then he has been in the "dark forest" no less than a hundred times, could it be that he has died a hundred times?
"Woohoo!"
The sound grew louder and louder, and gradually became the sound of "whirring"; At the same time, he felt a hint of coldness.
This is...... Wind!
That's right, it's the wind. It's the wind, it's windy in this place!
"I see." Xu Sheng suddenly realized: "The Dark Forest is not every place with wind and thunder, it is divided. I was in a windless place, and this is the place I visited many times earlier. โ
He already knew it, and at the same time he was even more determined that this was the idea that had been constructed. It's clear that some "person" or other "thing" is secretly interfering with all this.
"It's too little windy here." Xu Sheng worked hard to stabilize his ups and downs, lifted the spirit of twelve, and advanced like a body with determination.
However, after not taking a few steps, he stopped, and stood still, his eyes split.
In front of him, there was a stone tablet with three big characters of "bloody" on it.
"Raw... Door... Or....?"
Xu Sheng hesitated and stared at it. The text is so old that he can only guess based on the form; Fortunately, there is a relationship between the written word since ancient times, and it is not completely fantastical and incomprehensible.
When it comes to life... The door, through it, is it the birthland?
Xu Sheng barely suppressed his excitement, gritted his teeth, and strode forward.
"Yo! Someone can really come along! โ
"What sound?!"
Xu Sheng almost jumped up, and he was really scared. He looked around and saw what appeared to be a square platform in front of him.
Is that......?!
"Boom"
The square platform was lit up, and a raging fire was lit up all around.
It was so bright that it made the surroundings seem like day. Xu Sheng's eyes suddenly brightened, and he finally adjusted his gaze and looked at the platform, where there was a person sitting upright!
Like a ghost!
Dressed in white, with an overly slender body, with a bloodless, dough-like face, and blood-stained red lips.
It's not so much a human being as it is a ghost!
"Who are you?" Xu Sheng asked in a trembling voice, his legs and stomach were spinning.
"This is the door of life and death, and I am here, so I am naturally the gatekeeper." This "person", no, the ghost in white said with a smile, his eyes were terrible, and his tone was cold.
"Gatekeeper! In other words, you guard this gate and don't let anyone else... Elapse... Is that right? โ
"Yes, is it true that you can reverse life and death and live from death by taking some paths casually?" The white-clothed ghost chuckled, "But how the hell did you get here?" How on earth did your weak willpower sustain you to go so far? โ
As he spoke, the white-clothed ghost stretched out his right hand, which could spread and stretch out on his arm; If you look closely at the palm of your hand, there are no flesh and blood lines on it, and it is a miserable white skeleton!
"Roll"
Xu Sheng scolded angrily, but the skeletal hand was already close to his chest.
"No wonder," said the white-clothed ghost, "it turns out to be blessed with the power of power. But even power is of little use in front of me. โ
The white-clothed ghost frowned, and pressed slightly. Xu Sheng only felt that something was being pulled out of his body, and the pain was extremely painful.
"Poofโโ!
The old blind man in the temple vomited blood, the movements of his hands accelerated, and the voice in his mouth also increased.
"Yikes! It's not an ordinary power, and it's already touched the Holy Realm. The white-clothed ghost looked surprised, then raised his eyebrows, and said sharply: "So what? Under the saints, they are all ants. โ
"Ahh
Xu Sheng screamed, and he clearly felt two forces fighting in his body, one was cold and the other was pure.
"Still not ambushed? Dare to resist? The white-clothed ghost screamed: "The chess pieces that have been eliminated, what qualifications do they have?" You are not a man of the world, so why don't you want to return? โ
"What are you talking about?"
In the severe pain, Xu Sheng was still a little sober, and when he heard the words of the ghost in white, he was shocked and couldn't help asking.
"Loser, you don't deserve to know the truth." The white-clothed ghost closed his eyes and stretched out his other hand.
With both hands together, the power was even greater than before, and the pain that Xu Sheng endured was even further. He could feel that the pure power had fallen into place, and it was gradually about to be completely suppressed.
"Don't!"
Xu Sheng was horrified, he understood that when the pure power was completely gone, that is, when he was really dying, death in the true sense, the double annihilation of body and consciousness.
"Don't!"
Xu Sheng shouted in his heart, now after all this, his thoughts have changed, and he no longer thinks about any relief.
Just died, he was unwilling.
What does it matter if it's a Destiny or not? In short, it's all under the control of others.
Death, terrible; But what is even more terrifying is that he is inexplicably and unclear as a chess piece, inexplicably dying for the purpose of fulfilling others.
It's really unwilling.
"It's okay for me to die, but not now. I want to know the truth, and I'm going to make the players pay. Xu Sheng roared, his eyes like torches, and he was furious.
"It's up to you?!" The white-clothed ghost was stunned for a moment, then looked up to the sky and laughed, and said coldly: "A chess piece like you, there may not be a few people in the same era, but the accumulation of various eras, I don't know how many, no one has ever been able to transcend this game, never." You've been eliminated, use your consciousness to give back to this world. โ
"I don't!"
"You don't have a choice." The white-clothed ghost smiled.
"Alas"
The old blind man sighed lightly, put down the erhu, and looked solemn. He first glanced at the corpse of the stiff Xu Sheng, then looked at the "fat monk" who had shriveled and blackened, and took out a golden bead from his arms tremblingly!
"Can the relics of the Buddha reverse life and death?" The old blind man muttered to himself, and then ran his cultivation, pulled Xu Sheng up out of thin air, and punched a relic into his chest with his backhand. It was visible to the naked eye that Xu Sheng's body was covered with golden light in an instant.