(Girls' Literature)

After returning to Grandma Sun's house. Eaten. The sun is almost setting. The afterglow of the setting sun shines on the earth. It's like Wu Ling sealing his own illusion. Chu Ling excused himself for a walk after dinner. Hide in the corner of the cowshed and watch secretly.

Although they successfully got the box containing the lotus jade. But it all seemed too simple. And that ghost on the mountain. I always felt that something was wrong.

They didn't say what they were going to the mountain for. The ghost told them directly that there was a treasure of their family on the mountain. Since it is a family treasure. Why do you want to reveal it again?

But there's nothing wrong with it. It seems that everything is wrong. It's just her instincts. Maybe. It's seamless. It's the loophole.

Chu Yi was studying the box under the old tree in the courtyard. Grandma Sun also came over. Chu Ling watched silently like this.

"Young people. What are you doing? "Seeing Chu Yi sitting alone in the courtyard in a daze. Granny Sun seemed to be interested in stepping forward.

"Ahh Mother-in-law~ I'm working on this little thing. It always seems to feel familiar. Chu Yi stroked the box. Some lost their minds.

"This. Where did you find it? "See the box. Granny Sun's expression changed suddenly. Stretch out your lean hand. Gently stroking the box. There was a look of love and pity in his eyes, but he was helpless and sad.

"It's ...... It's on that hill not far away...... Suddenly, I found ......" Chu Yi's tongue seemed to be knotted. I don't know how to explain it. It seemed that he couldn't open his mouth to tell Grandma Sun about his dead son.

"My son told you." Grandma Sun shook her hand quite indifferently. Then he saw Chu Yi's surprised face. Explained: "Huh. This thing. It used to be something that our tribe guarded together. Except for the people of our samurai family. No one can find it. ”

Chu Ling listened silently. Look. Suddenly, I realized that the clarity and decisiveness in Granny Sun's eyes were just like her vigorous steps. It's not like an old man.

Perhaps even stranger. She had no doubts that his son was dead. And how to tell them where the treasure of the 'ordinary' brother and sister is?

Grandma Sun didn't even suspect it at all. Rather, it is calm, as if everything is taken for granted.

The more Chu Ling thought about it, the more he felt that something was wrong. Lying in the cowshed. Secretly listening to the conversation between the two.

"You. It's all there. Chu Yi asked with some confusion: "Could it be that Ling'er told you." And also. Samurai. ”

Chu Ling rolled his eyes. Her mouth wasn't that fast. It seems that this grandmother is a little weird.

"So far. Mother-in-law will tell you..."Granny Sun just sat down opposite Chu Yi with a teacup. Begin to tell her story.

"A long, long time ago. It seems that there are ...... for a long time It's almost a thousand years. Here's it. It's just a small village. That is, the ancestors of our Wu clan. It's the old man who heard it say. Every generation of our Wu clan will produce a holy daughter. This saint was born to protect our holy relics. It was an ice jade lotus. From the ancestors who once took it out of a huge lotus flower. She. It once belonged to a holy woman named Lian'er. The mother-in-law pointed to the box in Chu Yi's hand that was refracting a strange blue light.

"Lian'er." Chu Yi was taken aback. Some even couldn't breathe. I can't wait to hear Grandma Sun tell me about what comes next.

"yes. It's Lian'er. She is a born guardian. No. Not a Guardian. That lotus flower belongs to her at all. At that time, the people of the village respected her very much. The patriarch said she was born to save the tribe and protect the tribe. She was born in the season when the lotus flowers are in full bloom. And the lotus flowers bloomed that year was exceptionally beautiful. The fragrance of lotus flowers fills the place. It's like the reincarnation of a lotus fairy...... She is a born guardian. It is also her innate mission. ”

"Mother-in-law. What a mission. She... Didn't you meet a man? Chu Yi probed cautiously.

"yes. The man who changed her life......" the mother-in-law glanced at him. "The man seems to have come to this village after an accident. Who knows if it was an accident or not. Maybe it was fate. Hehe~ Sometimes fate is so strange. ”

"That man was born to be a king. It is the person who takes charge of the lives of others. Lian'er was born with supernatural abilities. It can save people. Kind again. So I saved him. ”

"Saved him. Born with powers. Chu Yi's expression was a little incredulous.

"yes. She's very, very good. But there is a weakness. Lotus is water. It is an aquatic plant. Lian'er is the same as this piece of jade. It's all cold. So very afraid of fire. The man had floated down the river in the village. I heard that he was a rich and powerful man. But this kind of person. It's always easy to be plotted. When the woman who was washing clothes by the river found him. He was like a dead body. Lots and lots of blood were shed. But the vitality is unusually strong. Maybe it's really fate. Or maybe he was destined to have it. And then a blessing in disguise. Meet Lian'er ......"

"Later." Did the scene in his dream happen later?

"Huh. Later, ah. Then they fell in love. Ha ha. The mother-in-law smiled brightly. It's like telling your own love story.

"That's it." Chu Yi looked a little disappointed.

"The rest. It's a secret of the tribe. Hey. Youngster. If there is a fate. You'll see. Mother-in-law believes. Because this Ice Jade Lotus now belongs to you. Isn't it. ”

Granny Sun smiled and turned to leave. In this way, Chu Yi continued to be in a daze alone.

Chu Ling's mind also echoed with Granny Sun's words. What happened next? Why did the Wu family fall and only Granny Sun was left alone.

She saw that Chu Yi seemed to be very wooden and went back to the room. Maybe it's sleepy. Chu Ling didn't think much about it. But Yu Guang saw it. There is a conspicuous pull tab in the corner.

Chu Ling's favorite thing in his life is exploration and discovery. Thereupon. She began to study the tab. After confirming that there is no danger. She pulled the tab.

After a creaking and rattling sound of inverted teeth. The walls of the cowshed began to shake. Slowly. A wall begins to pan. Eventually, a dark passage appeared.

Chu Ling was surprised that there was a secret path here. It seems that Grandma Sun's house is still a little weird. It made her want to go in and check it out.

So she picked up a small stone. threw all his strength into the dark passage. The echo of the thump indicates that the tunnel is very long.

"Call of the Spark. Burn. Chu Ling raised his hand and cast a small spell. A small flame was ignited in the palm of her hand with the aura gathered in her hand.

But when she was just stepping into the hole with her front foot. The stone wall at the entrance of the cave was quickly closed. The speed seemed to be trying to trap her inside.

Chu Ling blinked. He looked at the stone gate in a daze. He looked at the Spark technique in his hand again. OK. Although it is a flame created by a spell. But oxygen is also needed to burn. Oxygen is plentiful here. There must be some other outlet.

Take a closer look at the hole. There doesn't seem to be any mechanism that can be opened from the inside. Since I can't get out. Then keep going inside.

Entered the cave. Chu Ling was surprised to find that this stone cave may have been formed naturally. The stone walls inside are slippery and greasy. It seems to have grown moss. There are also something resembling stalactite clumps on the roof of the cave.

With a faint spiritual fire. Chu Ling discovered. This hole is really beautiful. At the end of the cave there was a little bit of light that flashed and flickered. Like a firefly's ass.

It's all your own fault. It's okay to poke that pull ring for something. Now it looks like I'm trapped. Chu Ling blamed himself a little. But who knows. Behind the cowshed. There is such a strange world.

As Chu Ling slowly advanced. The firefly's ass seemed to be flying farther and farther away. Chu Ling couldn't help but curse secretly. Keep moving forward.

Is this road hollowing out a mountain? How big is the back of this cowshed?

There was silence in the cave. Chu Ling seemed to have been gone for a long time. The road is getting wider and wider. It's about to become fan-shaped. And I didn't even reach the end of the hole. She thought. And so on. I don't know where I'm going.

"There's no mistake, hey." Empty echoes came. Chu Ling stomped his foot angrily. She didn't want to die alone in this cave.

"Boom."

The sound of something falling into the water. Chu Ling looked at his feet. There seems to be a small hole the size of a fist under his feet. She seemed to have kicked a pebble into it.

She lowered her head and studied it. The hole is too small. The flames don't shine through. Chu Ling had to stick to the ground and listen with his ears. Sure enough, there was some sound of water dripping down below. It keeps ringing.

"Since there is water. There will be an exit. Chu Ling secretly listened to the direction of the water. Walk in the direction of the current.

I walked for a long time. A downward hole appeared out of thin air in the ground. Chu Ling found out. It turned out to be just a dark river. Flowing out of a small hole underneath. And when the water flowed under the hollow, it disappeared without a sound. It's like a bottomless pit.

As opposed to underground cavities. An irregular circular hole above the stone wall lets in sunlight. Looks like that's where the air comes from. This may be an underground culwell. I don't know what age people dug it up for water. It's been a long time. And so it became.

Not far from the other side of the cave was a little green glittering. This is the firefly butt just now.

Chu Ling took a closer look. It turned out to be a dry bone. The dry bones of humanity.

The difference is that the bones of normal people are miserable white. Poisoned or burned bones are black. But the skeleton is turquoise. Crystal sparkling. Green like a piece of jade. From a distance, it really looks like a firefly's butt glowing faintly.

This reminded Chu Ling of the record on a book of ghosts and monsters that he had read before. There is a human account of a green skeleton on it. But it's been extinct for a long time.