Chapter 34: The Forbidden Garden
Leading Lin Han to a side room in the hall of the deacon's hall, Helian Wuji stopped.
"After entering, you have to be cautious in your words and deeds, this Deacon Xue is not of high status, but he can just overpower you, he is in charge of all the miscellaneous students, if the miscellaneous servants want to be promoted to a formal student, they have to be recommended by him, and then evaluated. But this person looks like his nephew, he is notoriously cold-hearted, hard-hearted, hard-hearted, and likes to be greedy for small and cheap, and in the past, he recruited miscellaneous servants surnamed Xue. ”
"Well, I got it. Lin Han nodded, still a little nervous in his heart.
As if seeing Lin Han's confusion and worry, Helian Wuji stretched out his hand and handed over something, and then said: "You take this, if you don't give it to him later, I'm worried that he will deliberately make things difficult for you, and at that time, you will give him this high-grade spring stone." Don't underestimate this high-grade spring stone, one high-grade spring stone is equal to 10 medium-grade spring stones, which is equal to 100 lower-grade spring stones, and one low-grade spring stone is enough for a person in the spring initiation stage to accelerate his cultivation for ten days. ”
Lin Han was stunned, and glanced at the piece of jade handed over by Helian Wuji, for the first time since he came to this world, he felt warm in his heart.
"Xie Luxie, I will definitely pay you back in the future. Nodding gratefully to Helian Wuji, Lin Han pushed open the door and walked in.
The house is full of incense, wooden walls, bronze bookcases and tall screens, giving the impression that the owner of the room is a person who knows how to enjoy.
Looking at the lean old man sitting leisurely opposite the bookcase, eating pastries, and looking at bamboo slips, Lin Han felt a sense of oppression.
It is an oppression that comes from status and strength.
"You are Lin Han, the third elder has already sent me a message, and I am generally clear about your affairs, but I didn't expect the return of Ancient Zhongzhou, and there are natives like you alive in it. The thin old man Deacon Xue looked at the essence, put down the pastry in his hand, wiped his thin and shriveled lips, grinned and showed a pair of yellowed and cold teeth, squinted and smiled: "Our Twilight Academy is the top academy in Endless Kyushu, and there are countless students who have walked out of here, and they are all amazing. It's also highly respected when you go outside. In the future, you must pay more attention to your cultivation and bearing, and you can't play child's time in your words and deeds, and you must not fall into the prestige of the Twilight Academy. The most important point is that it is not allowed to fight privately in the academy and destroy the finances of the academy, and if I find out, I will be severely punished. ”
"Don't dare...... Students should follow the deacon's teachings and ask the deacon to forgive him if he or she does something wrong or wrong in the future. Lin Han replied respectfully, and at the same time handed over the high-grade spring stone respectfully: "A little greeting gift, not a respect, I hope the deacon will accept it." ”
"Hmm...... Okay, there are many kinds of miscellaneous servants, including miscellaneous books, medicines, food servants, net servants, etc., where do you want to go?" Old man Xue squinted a pair of cloudy eyes, unable to see the focus of his gaze clearly, touched his chin with thin fingers, and silently put the high-grade spring stone handed over by Lin Han into his sleeve.
"It's up to the deacons to decide. Lin Han couldn't guess the other party's thoughts, so he could only say compliments vigorously. There is no way, people are under the eaves and have to bow their heads.
Seeing this, Xue Pan smiled heartily: "That's it! It is said that you don't have a spring room, you can't cultivate, and although the scholar has the opportunity to listen to the class, it is useless to you." And medicine and food service, you don't know about medicinal herbs and ingredients, and they are not suitable for you. Cleaning is cleaning the college hygiene, tired and dirty, I'm afraid you won't be able to endure this hardship. I'll arrange for you to guard the garden in the back mountain!"
"Guarding the garden, because it should be very easy!" Lin Han thought to himself, slightly relieved, but he didn't see Xue Pan's slightly narrowed cold eyes, mocking gaze.
"Xie Lu Xie Deacon takes care of me, I will definitely do a good job. ”
"Don't be in a hurry to thank me first, the job of guarding the garden also takes care of the important task of adding water to the Lingtian pool, and there is another point, the depths of the garden is the forbidden place of the Twilight Academy, without the consent of the dean, no one can enter without permission, and those who disobey the order will die." ”
"Students understand. Lin Han nodded gratefully.
After the registration was completed, Lin Han walked out of the door with the pamphlet and badge handed out, but he didn't notice Xue Pan's sneering and disdainful gaze.
"Boy, you want to blame, only blame you for offending the son of the Nine Elders, reincarnate in the next life to find a good home!"
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"How's it going?" asked Helian Wuji as he walked out of the deacon hall building.
"It's okay!" Lin Han replied with a smile, and then told Xue Pan's words and arrangements to Helian Wuji.
"What are you talking about, going to the Houshan Forbidden Garden to be a garden servant? This Xue Pan is so shameless! How can he do this, he obviously wants to force you to death. ”
Hearing Lin Han say that he was going to Houshan on an errand, Helian Wuji exclaimed angrily.
"What's the matter, is there a problem?" Lin Hanxin mentioned, and then he had a premonition that he had been deceived.
Helian Wuji frowned and said: "The problem is big, the forbidden land of the back mountain, also known as the forbidden garden, existed before the academy was established, and it is the hermitage of the founder of the academy, the lotus heart fairy, according to legend, she is a fairy who fell into the mortal dust millions of years ago, and is one of the few immortals who survived the ancient war, no one knows her strength, and many people even suspect that she is a saint. ”
Helian Wuji looked at Lin Han, who was fascinated, with pity and pity, and continued: "The Forbidden Garden is one of the several residences of the Lotus Heart Fairy in Fanchen, and any place where she has lived has been listed as a forbidden place in Kyushu. ”
Lin Han asked curiously, "Is that Lotus Heart Fairy still living in it now?"
"How could it be, that was a million years ago. It is rumored that the Lotus Heart Fairy has lived in the mortal dust for more than a hundred years, as if she was looking for and waiting for someone, but in the end she couldn't find it, and she left the broken void. Although the Forbidden Garden is just a simple abode, and the Lotus Heart Fairy has long since escaped into the void millions of years ago, it is still mysterious, and on the day of the full moon, there is a mysterious flute sound like a heavenly sound. Helian Wuji looked solemn and said word by word: "No one is allowed to enter the Forbidden Garden, unless the dean of the academy and the previous old deans agree. A few handymen before you, just because of curiosity, couldn't resist the temptation of the flute, and secretly entered the forbidden garden, but they all died. ”
"Dead ...... Dead?" Lin Han was speechless, and secretly wrote down Helian Wuji's warning in his heart, and resolutely refused to enter the forbidden place in the backyard.
But for some reason, when it came to the flute, Lin Han couldn't help but think of the mysterious flute sound from the mysterious Gu Ding, as well as the blood-colored lyrics and songs.
"Don't worry, I won't go in, you told me, I still go in, wouldn't it be self-defeating. ”
"Alas, I'm afraid this can't help you, that mysterious flute can bewitch sentient beings, and it is generally difficult to resist the temptation of the flute with the mind of a master in the bitter sea period, and the closer to the Forbidden Garden, the greater the temptation. In the past hundred years, the backyard has been guarded by an old handyman master of the bitter sea pregnancy period, but a month and a half ago, the flute suddenly became particularly pleasant to the ear, like a heavenly sound, the voice is sad like a resentful woman, as if there is a stunning woman dancing in it, her clothes fluttering, and she whispers tactfully, the old man has been guarding for a hundred years and finally failed to resist the temptation to enter the forbidden garden, and the result can be imagined. Later, the academy sent an old deacon of the seventh order of the Bitter Sea Pregnant Spirit to guard, and on the full moon day half a month ago, the old deacon still couldn't resist the temptation to die. Since then, the House of Elders has decided not to send people there for the time being, in order not to add to the loss. ”
"This, how can this be, I didn't offend him. Why did he force me to death?" Lin Han was terrified, his whole heart rose to his throat, and he suddenly understood how grim his situation was.
"Although Xue Pan is greedy for money and ruthless, he shouldn't dare to act so recklessly, think about it, did you offend someone who shouldn't be offended before?"
"Is it him who offended someone?" Lin Han muttered.
"Who?"
"Xu Zhexiu, the son of the Nine Elders!"
"How could you offend him, the surname Xu has a very small heart, and he will repay him. Alas, I'm in trouble now, and I can't help you. Helian Wuji sighed: "But he doesn't dare to deal with you blatantly, after all, you are the person recommended by the three elders, you have to be more careful." As for the full moon, it is not unavoidable, and it is best to leave the academy and go to the tavern inn for a night's rest on that day, and do not stay near the Forbidden Garden. ”
"Hmm...... I understand!" Lin Han nodded, secretly clenching his fists, a little angry and a little helpless in his heart.
He could see that Helian Wuji genuinely cared about him and worried about him, although the two had not known each other before.
Under the leadership of Helian Wuji, he kept going east.
The two walked for a long time, passing through the buildings, palaces, halls, and halls of martial arts, and only then did they come to a spacious boulevard.
Just walking on the ancient road, Lin Han could smell bursts of fragrant medicinal fragrance and rich and attractive floral fragrance.
At night, the silver glow shines, the mist is thick, and the fairy atmosphere is pervasive, just like a fairyland on earth.
On both sides of the ancient road, there are artificially opened up medicine fields, the ginseng inside is as thick as a child's arm, the nine-leaf Ganoderma lucidum hangs high, and there are many unknown herbs that are crystal shining, the inner part is a little smooth, the medicinal fragrance is overflowing, and it is refreshing.
The moonlight in the sky was sprinkled with stars, and it was faintly gathered towards the spiritual field, and the starlight fell on the elixir, disappeared in an instant, and was absorbed by the elixir, and the entire spiritual field shone brightly.
And in the middle of this whole piece of Lingtian, there is a huge vat, the vat is bronze, more than one zhang high, like a house, outside the Lingtian only allows one person to pass through the sheep intestine path from the periphery of the Lingtian to the vat.
Helian Wuji pointed to the big vat and said with a smile: "This is the irrigation tank, there is a ditch connected to the bottom, and it will automatically irrigate every inch of spiritual field here, and your daily task is to fill the irrigation tank with water." ”
Hearing this, Lin Han looked around and frowned slightly, because he didn't notice the existence of lakes and rivers around him.
"Then where should I go to fetch water?" Looking at the huge irrigation tank like a house, Lin Han felt powerless.
Helian Wuji seemed to see Lin Han's distress, and said with a smile: "Not far, walk along the path of the back mountain, go around the middle of the mountain, there is a stream behind you, you can fetch water there." ”
Lin Han looked at the road pointed by Helian Wuji, his face suddenly collapsed, and he had to walk at least two thousand meters from the path to the other side of the mountain, and the road was bumpy, and when he reached the water tank, most of the water was spilled.
In this case, it is almost impossible to fill the huge filling tank with water.
Helian Wuji gently patted Lin Han's shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't worry, it's not as much as you think, the water consumed by Lingtian every day is no more than one-tenth of the filling tank, you just need to make up for one-tenth of the water." ”
"I see, why didn't you say it earlier, it scared me to death. Lin Han stroked his chest lightly and said with a relaxed breath.
Helian Wuji said: "This is not your main job, your main job is to guard the Forbidden Garden and not allow anyone to enter. In fact, no one dares to enter without permission, your work is still quite easy, but you should be cautious and careful on the day of the full moon, and don't stay in the back mountain.
After a while, Helian Wuji took Lin Han outside a small hut.
On the edge of the thatched hut is a quiet path full of flowers, and the depth of the path is surrounded by a high wisteria fence, inside the fence is a vast and boundless bamboo forest, what is behind the dense bamboo forest, Lin Han can not see clearly.
"Since the establishment of the college, these seas of flowers have existed, blooming in all seasons and never withering. You can try to pick one off and come back tomorrow, it's still there, blowing in the wind and fragrant. Helian Wuji muttered. "Even if you burn them with a fire, the sea of flowers will still be there the next day, ten miles of incense, guarding this area. ”
"How is this possible?" Lin Han was shocked when he heard this, there was such a magical thing in the world.
Helian Wuji patted Lin Han on the shoulder with extreme seriousness: "The previous miscellaneous servants have extremely high cultivation, but after all, they did not withstand the temptation of the sound of the heavenly flute and broke into the Forbidden Garden, these people are all dead without exception, I hope you will take it as a warning, you have not practiced, and you can't get rid of the grains and grains for the time being, so I will notify the gang and send someone to bring you food twice in the morning and evening." ”
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Helian Wuji sent Lin Han into the small hut and left, leaving Lin Han full of doubts.
The small thatched hut is built on the left side of the sea of flowers, and the fragrant wind is gusting, the fragrance is overflowing, and it is extremely cool.
At the same time, it was backed by a large mountain, and on its right was a vast dense forest, which could be said to be the most remote area of the Twilight Academy.
Such a unique environment, if it were on Earth, I am afraid that those rich people would rush to build villas.
Although he was a little sleepy, Lin Han was still familiar with the environment first, the thatched hut had been lived in before, so the things in it were quite complete, household lamps, tableware and farm tools, everything was available.
Of course, the most conspicuous should be the two round buckets, according to the capacity of the barrels, I have to run at least twenty times a day to be able to restore the filling tank to the previous day's capacity.
"This job is not easy!" Lin Han sighed and began to familiarize himself with the layout in the room.
In the dead of night, backed by the deep mountains, surrounded by no people, the atmosphere was a little weird and dead, but Lin Han was used to it, this world was already a strange world world.
Sitting on the bed, he opened the pamphlet and flipped through it.
Xiaoqing woke up, broke free from Lin Han's arms, and swam around curiously in this strange environment, sometimes hiding under the cabinet, sometimes climbing up the roof beam.
Lin Han didn't care about it, let it play happily in the room, and read it carefully with the booklet in his hand.
The booklet is a bit like a student handbook issued when you were in college, with a historical background to the school and a color map of the college that you don't know how to use to describe it, and the various locations and roles of the college are marked.
Strangely, this map drew the entire Twilight Academy, but Lin Han couldn't find out where the inner courtyard of the academy was. It's like Twilight Academy only has an outer courtyard, and never an inner courtyard.
Only in the center of the academy, there is a "Huanlang Palace", but it is not an inner courtyard.
Continuing to look down, Lin Han suddenly realized that the inner courtyard of the Twilight Academy was not on the land of Kyushu, but in a different dimension, to be precise, outside the Kyushu region, on an island in the Sea of Chaos, and the scale and luxury of the inner courtyard were not even worse than the outer courtyard.
As for the Huanlang Palace, there is a large teleportation array inside, which can teleport people directly to the inner courtyard, but there are super strong people in it, guarding the teleportation array, and the cost of teleportation is 10 contribution points, and only the elite students of the inner courtyard are eligible to teleport.
Chapter 3 of the booklet deals with the school's rules.
There are countless school rules in the Twilight Academy, and when you look at them page by page, there are more than a thousand, and their system and detail are no less than the laws of a country. If you violate the school rules, you will be deducted contribution points, expelled from the college, and if you are guilty of a heinous crime and seriously damage the reputation of the college, you may even be killed by the college.
The fourth and last chapter of the booklet introduces the cultivation system of this worldly realm, similar to the required homework of the academy.