Chapter 65: The Abyss
The torrent carried me, tumbling and falling in the abyss of thought, and I only felt that the pressure of the water around me on my body was getting smaller and smaller, and it was obvious that it was constantly flowing in the abyss of thought. But the darkness has not diminished at all. In this impenetrable endless darkness, I almost felt suffocated, a feeling of coldness and powerlessness soaked through my body, and in my vague thoughts, I vaguely thought about the situation at this moment, and then began to worry that I would be trapped in this endless abyss of thoughts forever.
I don't know how long it took, when all my thoughts went from fear to embarrassment, then from embarrassment to anxiety, and finally everything turned into silence, and I was about to be immersed in this endless darkness along with my life, I suddenly felt that my eyes began to be confused, and the darkness became cloudy.
Light! It is light! There is a faint light that washes the darkness into the talk, and I can't imagine that under the abyss of thought, there is also light!
But before I had time to be happy, I felt a heavy blow to my back, shaking my internal organs to pieces, a surge in my body spurted out, and suddenly felt that my mouth was full of fishy smell, and I couldn't help but open my mouth to spit out, this time, it also made my eyes suddenly brighten, although the light was not very strong, but I could see that I was lying on the ground, and the side of my mouth was the blood that had just been spit out.
It turned out that at some point, the river that was holding me had long since dried up, and I had only been falling in the dark before. Fortunately, the ground behind me was extremely soft, and even though I was shocked by the heavy blow of the fall, it was fortunate that I was not broken.
"Ruyuan......" I slowly calmed down and called softly.
Yet, there was no echo but a silence as boundless as the darkness. That's when I settled down to observe my environment.
It turned out that this faint light was emitted by the plants growing on the ground around me, flickering, and my hand touched those plants, and the light trembled slightly, and these grass-like plants were layered on the ground, very soft. Looking into the distance, this light cannot fight against the darkness at all, and the farther away it gets, the light gradually swallows up by the darkness, but it does not seem to disappear, on the contrary, it is more like using the darkness to conceal and disguise. Most of these plants are grass-like, and few are shrub-height, let alone tree-like.
Such a scene reminds me of the lush forest, where the plants also shimmer, although not comparable to the brilliance of the sun and the moon, but enough to make people see the path below. It's just that most of the light emitted by the plants in the lush forest is blue-purple, while the plants here emit a tender yellow light. The lush forest is enclosed by many towering trees that shade the sky and the sun all year round, and only those plants guide the way. Thinking of this, I couldn't help but raise my head, and in a trance, I seemed to want to see those layers of sealed leaves and branches, but the reality was endless darkness, as deep and ethereal as the sky.
Looking closely, this darkness is strange and strange, at first I thought it was endless demonic energy, but now it seems that it is pure darkness, and it seems to be the purest air I have ever seen. It is precisely because of its coldness and its density that all the impurities can enter without gaps, and this is really the deepest thought, which has reached the point of being thick and depressing, and all precipitated here.
It's just that I didn't expect that in the deepest part of this thought, there would be such vitality. Just looking at the light and breath emitted by these plants, you can feel a refreshing beauty, which only makes people feel as if the goddess of Wushan once had a deep love for Dayu, which is so delicate and makes people feel happy.
As my thoughts flowed, my body gradually recovered, and the discomfort caused by the impact eased. I slowly stood up and circled around the place, but I couldn't see the edge except for the dark air around me, and I felt that there might be something hidden behind the darkness.
But suddenly, in the vast haze, I found a special light. Unconsciously, I walked slowly towards the light, saying that it was curiosity, but rather that there was a strange power that sprouted from the bottom of my heart and pulled me closer to it.
It feels familiar.
My mind was blurred for a while, then hollowed out, and then something looming......
The memories were torn into pieces and reproduced in fragments, each scene was short, but clear, and there were situations that were unfamiliar to me, and the faces of the characters in those scenes seemed strange to me, but they felt familiar, as if these people had known me for a long, long time......
I moved forward step by step, the closer I got to that bit of light, the richer the fragments of my memories became, and later, there were even multiple fragments of memories that overlapped and intertwined, so that I could no longer see the road under my feet, as if I was walking in that memory.
It wasn't until the light was already at my feet that I woke up suddenly, and looked down in a daze, where a bronze mirror lay quietly in the middle of the glowing grass with its back facing up, pressing out a shallow trace.
The mirror body is carved with two Qingluan patterns, one is flying with wings, although it is a dead thing, it makes people see a awe-inspiring arrogance, and the other is bent down, but there is no trace of sickness, but shows a graceful and noble temperament. These two Qingluan are engraved on the bronze mirror, and there are not too many color embellishments, but it is strange to say, the more you look at it, the more lifelike it feels, and there is a trace of aura coming out, as if you want to break free from the shackles and fly out of the bronze mirror. There are a pair of ears on either side of the mirror, and if you look closely, there are two lifelike red snakes. Their bodies naturally bend out of the shape of their ears and cling to the sides of the ancient mirror, but the snake's head is slightly measured, and their small eyes are bright, just like staring at the person holding the mirror, and can penetrate the soul through the eyes that look at it.
I slowly bent down and stretched out my hand to the strange ancient mirror.
Just as my fingertips had almost touched the ancient mirror, a voice suddenly sounded from behind me, waking me up from my unconscious state.
"Don't touch this mirror!"
The voice was not far behind me, but I didn't notice that someone was approaching me.
I raised my guard and turned around, and saw a woman in green clothes standing less than five feet away from me! The woman's costume was really old, and her appearance was indescribably strange, if I had to describe it, it would only make me think of such words as angular and angular, but for a woman, the word was too blunt. And her face seems so ordinary, so ordinary that when you turn your eyes, you forget it.
It's just that she was able to appear behind me silently, and she was so close to me, if she had bad intentions just now, I was afraid that I would not be able to resist it.
Who the hell is she? Is there a person living at the bottom of this Abyss of Thought? Or, will she be the same as Jairus, another guardian of the Goddess Curtain? Or is there a person at the bottom of the Abyss of Thought? Does she have anything to do with the Goddess? Does she have anything to do with demonic energy?......
"Who trespassed here?"
Again, she made me shudder because I had fallen into a state of unconsciousness for the second time. Previously it was a memory, but this time it was a question.
I struggled to hold my mind so that I could barely think about her problems properly.
"I ...... Where is this?"
"The bottom of the abyss. ”
I was a little uncomfortable with this answer, but I didn't think she was wrong.
"Who are you?"
"The mirror spirit of the Kunlun Mirror. ”
Her very indifferent response surprised me. I jerked my head to look at the bronze mirror on the ground, and then at her, and countless conjectures filled my mind again.
"That's the ancient artifact - the Kunlun Ancient Mirror. "She seemed to be able to see my innermost inquiry.
"Shouldn't the Kunlun Ancient Mirror be in the Yaochi Realm of Kunlun Mountain?
"You don't have to know, get out of here. She ignored my questions and looked at me impartially.
She stood motionless in front of me, like a wall, blocking my view. I don't know why, as long as I stare at her for a long time, my consciousness will involuntarily drift up, and my mind will seem to be emptied. On the verge of emptiness, the mind is extremely prone to collapse. I didn't know what to ask her, but I knew I couldn't get any information from her. So, I began to get anxious, and I felt that the person in front of me was like a statue, stereotyped, blunt, and annoying.
I seem to have an urge to gather all the strength I can to break her up, otherwise I feel like my consciousness is being eroded and sucked a little bit.
However, when I was about to gather spiritual power, I found that I couldn't do anything at all, and I even forgot what Ruyuan had told me before: I couldn't cast any spells in the Abyss of Thought. But why is this Kunlun Mirror Spirit able to appear and disappear at will?
"I can't use the slightest spiritual power here, can you send me away?" I forcibly regained my mind and said to the mirror spirit.
"You can't use your spiritual power, all because I set up an enchantment here, and I, as the one who set the boundary, can naturally send you away. ”
Enchantment? It's enchantment again. Ever since he came to the Lingzhi Forbidden Domain, he has been in the midst of many enchantments. What kind of secret are these powerful enchantments set up by the ancient gods, the ancient beasts, or the ancient mirror spirits to cover up? What kind of god is the Wushan goddess? Even after her incense and jade are gone, she has to make such a big move?
"Don't speculate, it won't benefit you. "The mirror spirit saw through my mind again.
I smiled coldly. I wanted to be indifferent, but I was brought into this thrilling scene after another for no reason, how could I want to go with the flow? Everything seemed to have nothing to do with me, but why should I be involved? Since I was in the middle of it, how could I not speculate?
"I'll leave, but before I can do that, I need to find the friends who fell with me, and I want to know the truth. As I said word for word, I knew she must have seen through my thoughts again, and that saved me a lot of trouble. She must know that the truth I want to know is the truth of the demonic aura in the Lingzhi Forbidden Domain.
Who knew that the mirror spirit sighed slightly, and turned away suddenly.
"Hey...... It's just that the world is already doomed, how can I stop it? It's that I can't see through it. She actually smiled bitterly, and when she turned around again, there was a little more sadness in her expression.
"In the dark, you still came here, and all the creatures in the world are in trouble, but I really can't bear to see you fall deeper and deeper step by step...... For the fate of others, how can the person who created the fate consider your feelings?"
I was so confused by what she said, did these words really speak to me? Did she know early in the morning that I was coming? Who was the one she was talking about who made the fate? Is it my destiny that made it?
I looked at her in confusion, my whole mind crumpled.
"Don't be surprised. Kunlun Ancient Mirror has the divine power to reflect the past and present lives, as a mirror spirit, fortunately to snoop, your past, or future, I know it in my heart. Many years ago, a woman who looked like you also came here, even if she was a descendant of the gods, but she could not escape the constraints of fate. ”
"Do you mean Takumi Aoki? She's been here too, why?" I couldn't hide my surprise as I went around a big circle, and it turned out to be related to this familiar name.
First Jianxi, then this mirror spirit, they have all seen Aoki Zhuo, could it be that the secrets hidden in this entire Lingzhi forbidden domain are all related to Aoki Zhuo? What about Cang Li? Could he have something to do with all this?
"This woman is here to get the Kunlun mirror. ”
What did Aoki Tsura want to get the Kunlun Mirror for? How many secrets did this descendant of the gods who frequently appeared in the mouths of others but seemed to be inextricably linked to me still have secrets? Does the fact that I now have her blood flowing in my body also means that I will be unable to shirk the many unfinished love-hate entanglements that she has to inherit? What kind of person is she? and what role does she play in the Six Realms? Now, my mind is occupied by this name, and I can't figure it out at all, as if the past that has gone through thousands of years has already precipitated in my heart, but it is deeply buried, and I can't dig it out.
"She was born very well, and she determined her extraordinary fate. The mission she has on her back is not something you can understand, nor can you undertake. But she finally exhausted everything and didn't get her wish, and now she wants you to bear such a big responsibility for her, hey...... Everything is fate......
"Even so, it is beyond the control of my formless and heartless mirror spirit. Take the mirror and leave, and go and complete your destiny. But before you can do that, you'll need to go to the tribe of the Relic of the Goddess, which is not far from here. Don't ask, when you get there, you will naturally know the reason and you will be able to find your friends. ”
The ghostly voice of the mirror spirit lingered in her ears, her tone was mixed with a lot of sadness and helplessness, the previous statement was more like talking to herself, but I clearly heard her asking me to take the ancient mirror and leave, and asked me to go to the tribe of the goddess relics. There were a lot of doubts in my mind, but in the current situation, I didn't seem to have any other choice.
In the middle of my thoughts, the mirror spirit's figure had gradually blurred, and my vision was filled with darkness, except for the faint grass on the ground, which still swayed slightly.
I took my nerve and picked up the strange bronze mirror lying on the ground, and looked at it carefully, and strangely enough, I didn't have the feeling that my memory had been pulled out again.
I looked up into the distance, and at the end of the faint glimmer of light, there was chaos, where was the tribe that the mirror spirit was talking about?