Chapter 8: Red Faces and White Bones
For three days and nights, Ling Li exhaled a breath of turbidity, opened his eyes, and said softly, "This illusion is a good place to sharpen your mind, but if you are not careful, you will never recover, and you can't be as underestimated as before. Now that the insights have basically come true, it's time to take the next step. ”
After speaking, he stood up, and was just about to take that step, Ling Li's body stumbled a few times, his eyes were black, his legs were weak, Venus fell, and he almost fell to the ground, and finally stabilized his body, Ling Li smiled bitterly, "I forgot that I am a mortal now, I have not slept for three days and nights, I have not eaten food, and I have ended up in such a mess." ”
took out a few spirit fruits, stuffed them into his mouth indiscriminately, sat quietly for a while, and when his physical strength was almost recovered, Ling Li slowly got up, put away his contempt for the illusion, and took a step solemnly and resolutely!
As soon as the flowers in front of him, the scene immediately changed, and when he saw his surroundings clearly, he had already appeared on a painting boat, drizzling and hazy, dressed in brocade, with jade ornaments hanging from his waist, and his long hair tied up with elegant belts, he had already turned into a graceful and graceful young man. Looking down at the moat, looking at the reflection in the water, he was stunned, and murmured strangely, "I have never decorated myself like this." ”
The sky is getting late, and there are a lot of exquisite and luxurious painting boats on the moat, the lights and candles are lit, the shadows on the water surface are sufficient, and the warblers are singing everywhere.
"It's cold outside, why don't you go in and drink a glass of warm wine, and be careful of the cold outside. A warm and coquettish voice sounded behind Ling Li.
Looking back, a pretty woman appeared in her eyes, her eyes were charming, her figure was graceful, and she was full of infinite temptation.
"It's hot inside, come out and blow a cool breeze, wake up, and I'll go in." Ling Li's face was calm, and he said slowly. After that, he turned around and entered the painting boat, since he entered this illusion, he might as well blend into it, and it has the same purpose as the red dust refining the heart.
The painting boat is not as unbearable as Ling Li imagined, after Ling Li cultivated, he rarely left the sect, almost all of them were meditation, even if he went out, he only went to collect elixir alchemy, for the red dust is graceful, the love of children is long, Ling Li can be said to know nothing. There is an incense burner burning in the painting boat, mixed with the incense of the daughter, and there is a faint aroma wafting from it, which makes people lazy and intoxicated after smelling it, and cannot extricate themselves.
There are not many people inside, three or two people who are entertained, the silk and bamboo are empty, and the female music is wisps.
"Childe, the slave family toasts you, looking at Childe's appearance, it must be the first time to come to this city. The delicate woman covered her mouth and smiled.
Ling Li picked up the cup, and when she responded, the woman seemed to be intentional or unintentional, her fingers swept over the back of Ling Li's hand, and her eyes were full of meaning. Ling Li's face turned red, he lowered his head and coughed under the restraint and embarrassment, and hurriedly drank all the wine in the cup.
"Gurgle... When the woman saw Ling Li's cramped appearance, she couldn't help but smile again and again. The people around him saw this scene, all of them were the eyes that we understood, and Ling Li felt even more embarrassed when he saw it, so far, except for his senior sister Tian Wanran, he has never been in contact with a woman at all, Tian Wanran's simple temperament is very different from this mortal woman, and he doesn't know how to deal with this woman at all.
"This, I have something to do, so I'll leave first. Ling Li's face turned crimson, speechless, and he quickly wanted to leave this terrible place.
"Why is Childe in such a hurry, you see, it's dark outside, and it's very cold, so it's better to rest in this painting boat for the night." The woman gently tugged at the sleeve of Ling Li's shirt and said reluctantly. In fact, this painting boat is not a place in the world, most of them are literati and scholars, but Ling Li as a cultivator, although the cultivation is gone, but its perception is quite deep, naturally exudes a dusty temperament, plus now a little trimming, dignified and handsome, naturally attracted the heart of the woman in this painting boat, so that the woman was able to leave people in a scene before the appearance.
This experience was naturally seen by other people in the painting boat, and they were all very curious, in this city, there are quite a lot of strange women, on weekdays, most of the men want to stay overnight, the woman tactfully refuses, when the woman takes the initiative to keep people. On the boat, Ling Li instantly became the focus of everyone's attention, and the men didn't notice anything, but the women around them showed admiration one after another, which made the other men secretly hate.
"This. Ling Li showed hesitation, in fact, he really liked the atmosphere in this painting boat in his heart, and he had never been exposed to this aspect since he was a child, so he naturally sank unconsciously. As the saying goes, everything is difficult at the beginning, after this Ling Li lived for the first time, he couldn't leave here, gentle township, hero mound, although Ling Li did not have a skin-to-skin kiss with the woman inside, but every day drinking wine and listening to the piano is also comfortable, happy to think about it.
Time flies, the years are geometric, this painting boat seems to be lost in the long river of years, no old age, no death, no disease and no disaster, and I don't notice it, and I spend every day like this. "Childe, this piano slave has taught you, and I will listen to you play it in the future. The woman said with a smile.
"As it should be. Ling Li smiled faintly.
The next day, Ling Li got up early, washed up, tidied up his clothes, lifted the curtains, and the morning sun was shining, revealing a ray of lazy sunlight.
After a while, Ling Li was silent, sat cross-legged, and slowly plucked his hands to tune the guqin.
"Why did Childe get up so early today?" said the woman with sleepy eyes, wearing a long loose skirt, lazy and charming.
"Girl, I am fortunate to have the girl's love, drink and have fun every day, and teach me the way of piano art, there is no retribution in the next, today, how about sending the girl a song?" said sharply and gently.
After speaking, he stroked the strings, the sound of the piano was elegant, but it was not as lazy and powerless as the woman playing on weekdays. Everything here is very attractive, but there is a lack of vitality, a lack of vitality, more than laziness, a lack of vitality, a loss of balance, this is the flaw. ”
"Childe, what are you talking about, the slave family doesn't understand, can you change the tune. The charming woman looked a little flustered.
Ling Li shook his head and sighed, "Red face, red face, love in the world, I don't understand, I only know now, no matter how beautiful a woman is, it's just a pair of skins, a pink skeleton, in addition to the appearance of the country and the city, its inside, is no different from the ugly person." The foreign minister, passing by the clouds, red face and white bones, sinking here, is not worth it, not worth it. ”
"Childe, are you really so ruthless?" the woman's eyes were full of tears, and her tone was complaining and pitiful.
"Ruthless?" Ling Li smiled and did not answer, but looked up at the sky, his back straight, not as lazy and weak as before, and muttered, "It's time to wake up." Then with a wave of his hands, the whole sky sounded a cracking sound, and the whole world was shattered, leaving only a round cave door with white light flashing, Ling Li's eyes lit up, and he laughed out!
His vision was distorted for a while, and when he was clear again, Ling Li had already returned to the black miasma forest, and the surrounding space was not as dark as before, but showed the original appearance of the black miasma forest, and the rest of the path under his feet was also ordinary, no longer emitting golden light.
Ling Li smiled, this last illusion, it is not difficult to say, and it is not easy to say. Ling Li has cultivated since he was a child, he has not been deeply involved in the world, and he does not understand Hongchen at all, it can be said that this illusion is a strange experience that Ling Li has never been exposed to, and it is precisely because Ling Li has never been in contact with this Hongchen daughter's gentle heart valley that it is easier to fall into it and unable to extricate himself, but on the contrary, it is precisely because he does not know what love is and what love is. , when he stumbled upon the lack of vitality and vigor in that place, Chaoyang was easy to get out of, able to control himself, and not be tempted by the pink beauty.
After passing the three levels, the illusion disappeared, and I felt comfortable, I still felt comfortable in the real world, and it was much more pleasing to the eye when I looked at the gray sky of the black miasma forest. "The mysterious man said that after passing this third level, he gave me a creation, and I don't know what it is. Ling Li pondered. I didn't think much about it, and when I looked forward, I saw that the towering trees in front of me had gradually become scarce, and a mountain cliff was faintly revealed. The bones on the trail are gone.
"Are you going to get out of this black miasma forest?" Ling Li frowned, this is too simple, if so, I am afraid that in the past thousand years, someone will definitely be able to get out.
"It's no use to speculate here, just look ahead. He smiled, and walked towards the end of the path.
In less than two hours, there was nothing to do all the way, there were no demon beasts, no elixir and spirit grass, Ling Li was very happy, and easily walked out of the forest that covered the sky. After leaving the dense forest, a cliff appeared in the sharp line of sight, and the same was true on the opposite side, as if a mountain peak had been split by a sword, and there was a bottomless abyss in the middle, faintly scattering a pale golden light.
Sharp and cautiously walked forward slowly, until he reached the edge of the cliff and looked down. Ling Li's eyes glared, "Kick and Kick" took a few steps back, his face showed a shocked color, only to see that the abyss was extremely black, and there was a faintly visible figure in the depths of the abyss, and the pale golden chains stretched down, and the runes on them flickered, exuding monstrous power. Ling Li was rushed by the momentum of this rune chain, far away from a zhang away, and he could barely bear it.
"Sure enough, I have the talent to cultivate the way of heart cultivation, the three levels have passed, boy, come down and see me quickly!" An indifferent voice came from the abyss. The sound was not loud at first, like a whisper, but gradually high, and finally when it rushed out of the abyss, it had turned into thunder, and the cliffs and rocks on both sides were rolling, constantly being shattered and falling, covering his ears in pain, and after a few breaths, the thunder gradually subsided, and Ling Li breathed a sigh of relief.
"I don't know what old monster is locked down here, so powerful. Ling Li said in his heart. If the person who is locked in this chain is not a good stubble, he may have made up the theory of sending me to create in order to lure himself down. With a flash of his eyes, Ling Li silently retreated, wanting to leave.
"Hmph. A cold snort came to mind in Ling Li's ear, "Did I let you go, come down!" A gray wind suddenly rose, and Ling Li's body fell uncontrollably towards the abyss, Ling Li was shocked, but he was just a mortal, and he couldn't break free at all, only to see him like a paper man, playing in circles in the wind.
"Call you a stinky boy disobedient, let you not come down, let you suffer first. Dizzy, Lingli seemed to hear a muttering faintly.
When did Ling Li encounter such a thing, he was used as a paper kite in the sky to wander around. After dozens of breaths, the wind finally dissipated slowly, and as soon as his feet stepped on the ground, his stomach turned over and over, his head was groggy, his legs were weak, and he was bent down and retched.
After resting for a while, Ling Li came to his senses a little, felt something, and looked forward, a pitch-black figure sat cross-legged with his back to him, and the height of the knees was more than a zhang high, this person was naked, his skin was rough, and his long purple hair was as high as his waist, and what surprised Ling Li even more was that at the back of this person's spine, every joint had a golden chain with runes flickering deeply embedded in his body!