Chapter 183: The Boundary Gate
Chang'an City, the golden palace complex at the end of Suzaku Street is gone, the devastated ruins have been cleaned up, the old royal power has been dispersed with the wind, and the new hope is sleeping under the heavy snow, waiting for the day of rebirth.
In the small courtyard of the West Market, the elf who lived in the candle flame finally saw the owner here, and the candles in the cave room were still there, as if time had not passed here.
Hua Qing'er sent the couple home, and Huo'er and Candle unlocked the memory seal of the old couple. No one will mention the ordeal they have endured during these three years, and nothing has changed in this small home.
Qixia Mansion, the vermilion gate on the new peach replaced the old charm, Hua Qing'er cleared the snow in front of the door, habitually looked at the old site of Daming Palace, sure enough, he still did not come back today.
In a few days, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve, speaking of which, the two have not spent the New Year together in the past few years since they met, Uncle Liu, come back with Qingya.
The girl's leisurely thoughts drifted under the winter sky, as if she wanted to cross the boundaries of the world and float to the young man who was looking for a way home in another world.
The sun rises and the moon sets, the wind is clear, the rain and the snow are clear, I don't know how much time has passed, the wilderness under my feet finally arrives at the shore, the long whale sets off huge waves, the dragon evokes the tide, the rain and fog in the sky come one after another, and it is low and overwhelmed in front of the green cliff.
Here, it seems, is the end of the world.
Liu Bailu waved his sleeves, as if wiping away the frost flowers on the window lattice, the clouds like slush in front of him were wiped away, through the shallow clouds, under the blue sky, a blurred light curtain hung in the air very inappropriately.
It's like a painting has been forcibly patched, and it looks very discordant. This is a node leading to the world from the borderless land, and it is also the boundary gate of this place.
Since the passages connecting the various worlds have been closed one after another, the possibility of communication between the six realms has almost been cut off, but there are no absolutes, there will always be some places, I don't know when, the window to the other world will be opened.
No one knows how the gate is formed, and no one can grasp the law of the appearance of the gate, maybe one moment you are still chanting poetry, and the next moment you are already in front of you is the divine realm full of sunshine, or the dark world that does not see the light of day.
When the concubine jumped into the North Stygian Sea, she happened to encounter the formation of a boundary gate on the icy seabed, and thus came to this uninhabited borderless realm, and was also imprisoned here for 4,000 years.
Of course, the probability of the appearance of the boundary gate is extremely rare, and looking at the entire cultivation world, the number of records left is only a palm.
"Do you see that mushy cloud, through it, we can return to the world"
A clean cloud rolled a few times and then floated down, just at the foot of the willow white deer, inviting the three people here to board the ark homecoming.
"Master, the legendary Boundary Gate is ethereal, and no one has ever been able to calculate where they appeared, how did you find here?"
Compared with the hope of returning to the world, Qingya is currently more amazed by Liu Bailu's omnipotence again.
"It's not me who found it, it's you, the Emperor's Seal carries the fortune of a country, in that Jade Void Palace before, although I haven't figured out what happened, but what you get from it is not just the power to break through the Heavenly Trick to the second level.
I guess that the ethereal national fortune may have penetrated into your body, so our luck is so good, and we found two doors at once. ”
With that, Liu Bailu stretched out her right hand, her palm swaying from side to side like a swimming fish, and with her gesture, the sea water in front of Qingya also separated, like two hanging waterfalls, washing the exposed seabed below.
This sea area has not been touched for tens of thousands of years, the dense coral bushes grow as tall as towering trees, and the thick coral ash is stacked with traces of old age, and in the coral bushes, a mussel bead the size of three people hugging lies there, like a bird's nest built between the branches of a big tree.
There is no algae attached to the shell of the mussel beads, nor there are any traces of barnacles perching, the colorful brilliance on the jade-like crystal clear shells is circulating, at this time the two shells of the mussel beads are slightly open, and they are emitting a dark purple shimmer, but they can't see the reality inside at all, it seems to be the path to somewhere.
This mussel bead was very old even before it died 4,000 years ago, and now that it has woken up again, its age may be traced back to the beginning of human civilization.
"Master, that dark purple light below is the gate to the underworld?"
The shoreless realm is located at the junction of the human world and the underworld, and naturally there is a boundary gate to the two worlds, one is the world, and the other is the netherworld.
"The secrets you carry are all from the mysterious underworld, and now the door to enter the underworld is in front of you, do you want to step through this door and go to the underworld?"
Liu Bailu turned around and walked in front of Qingya with her hands behind her back, with a slight smile in the corners of her eyes, Qingya knew that she must be in a good mood now, so she couldn't help but tease herself again.
"If you miss this opportunity, even if you search for a lifetime, you may never find the opportunity to enter the underworld again, don't you want to find the secret hidden in your body? Perhaps, in the underworld, you will get more powerful power, and it is very likely that your cultivation will be able to surpass that of the teacher at once.
Don't worry, being a teacher is not old-fashioned, as long as you don't do anything that violates morality, even if it's the power of the underworld, I won't mind, how about it, whether to go or not? To go or not to go? ”
Qingya didn't answer directly, although he really wanted to go to the underworld to find the answer from a thousand years ago, but his current self was too small to reach those powers, and if he had the opportunity in the future, he would definitely come back.
Moreover, there are still people in the world who are waiting for their return.
"In a few days, it will be Chinese New Year's Eve in the world, Master, this year's Chinese New Year's Eve, the apprentice doesn't want to stay outside, I still want to light up the fireworks above the sea of clouds with Master."
Qingya looked at the gate to the underworld below, and once again moved his gaze to the clouds above.
"Well, that's right, you should eat and drink during the New Year, instead of fighting and killing those unknown creatures, since you miss someone so much, I'd better take you back quickly as a teacher."
Stepping on the clouds in front of him, just one step away from returning to the world, Qingya was inevitably a little excited, and after several twists and turns, he finally ended the various incidents of this trip to Chang'an.
Behind Qingya, the concubine did not keep up with her footsteps at this time, she stood there, took half a step with her left foot but took it back, humanity is close to homesickness, and then return to the world after four thousand years, the goddess at this time seemed a little helpless.
Qingya looked at his master, Liu Bailu was looking at him, he knew that this goddess who was imprisoned here did not regret it, but that the world was too strange to her now, and she didn't know what would happen after returning to the world?
Are the gossips that once spread widely in the world still there? Even if no one in the world knows who I am today? But at the thought of hearing those harsh words again, the Celestial Maiden couldn't help but want to avoid it.
"Do you know what the Chinese New Year's Eve is on earth?"
Qingya put her hands on her face and slowly lifted her lowered face, the proud goddess should not lower her eyebrows to anything.
"The concubine doesn't know."
In her time, the customs of the end of the year had not yet been formed, and the legend of the year beast had not yet been born, so she naturally did not know about it.
On this day, no matter how far away from home the wanderer will return home, and people who have worked all year will put down the burden on their shoulders and go to see friends and relatives they have not seen for a long time because they have been busy.
I will take you into the most lively place in the world, where there are the most beautiful fireworks, the most moving songs and dances, the bright lanterns are as gorgeous as the stars in the sky, and the best food from all over the world can be seen, whatever you want to eat, I will buy you everything. ”
Qingya described to him the prosperity and beauty of the world, but he was still not deeply involved in the world, and he couldn't read through the warmth and coldness of the world, and it sounded like a child with a temper.
"Besides, don't pay attention to those gossips, you know that Shizun used to be called the Witch of the Two Heavens, and everyone fled away when they saw her...... Oops. ”
Before Qingya's words could speak, he received two more heavy blows on his head from the care of his master.
"These old immortals dare to expose my shortcomings in front of their apprentices, I haven't seen them for many years, it seems that I have to visit one family after another this year."
Looking at Liu Bailu's vicious appearance, Qingya could only silently pray for those seniors in his heart: the master is angry, the juniors are no longer able to protect themselves, and the seniors should ask for more blessings.
"Sneeze, sneeze, sneeze."
At this time, far away in the Qixia Mansion in the world, Qiu Chiyu was listlessly squinting and lying on the bench napping, suddenly feeling an itchy nose, and before she could get up, three sneezes had already been sneezed, fortunately, such an unsightly scene was not seen.
"It's really strange, when I reach a state like me, will I still catch a cold?"
Let's say that Qiuchi Yu, who is puzzled, still doesn't know what will happen next, and the concubine in front of Qingya looks at Qingya.
"The concubine said that she would follow the son, so naturally she would not break her word, but the concubine still has to thank the son for his words of consolation, no matter what others think, with the understanding of the son, the concubine will be content."
The smile of the goddess in Tsing Yi is like a warm sun, which makes Qingya's heart feel a warmth, let's go, let me take you home, whether it is the world or the god realm, I will take you to find your way home.
A few strokes in the history books, a few words in mythology, behind the thousands of years of loneliness of the woman in front of me, although history has not been rewritten, I can take her to find a new future, whether she is a god or a man.