Chapter Seventy-Six: Taihu Lake Zero
Su Yinxue's current state is extremely weak, and even standing for a long time is a problem.
That icy cold aura was too deadly, although it was only for a short period of time, it froze all her meridians, and even injured the five internal organs, so after thinking about it for a while, Luo Tian still chose to carry Su Yinxue behind him and tie it tightly with a belt. After adjusting the state to the peak, Luo Tian picked up Su Yinxue on his back and walked towards the place where the red light flashed at the stone platform.
Slowly stepping into the red mang, the eyes of the two suddenly became pitch black, and after a while, it suddenly opened up, there was a hole in the sky, where the two stood, the green grass was shady, the flowers were blooming, the birds and insects were singing endlessly, looking up and looking ahead, showing that in front of them was a calm lake that could not be seen at a glance, and there was a faint murmuring sound.
Luo Tian turned around, and what he saw behind him was still a big lake without boundaries, and there were no stone walls and ancient spirit springs at all, and he instantly realized that this was no longer the place of ancient spirit springs under the 100,000 mountains.
"Brother Tian, is this the place of trial for the next level? It's so beautiful, it doesn't seem to be in danger at all. Su Yinxue leaned on Luo Tian's shoulder and said softly.
Luo Tian also frowned slightly, and was slightly surprised in his heart.
At this moment, the voice of the ancestor of the Broken Mountain Sect also sounded.
"Luo Tian, this place is the place of the second level of trial, only if you complete the trial, you will be sent out of here, or, before you pass the trial, you will die in this place. ”
"This lake is called Taihu Lake, and the way you pass the trial is also extremely simple, to reach the other side of Taihu Lake, there is no time limit, no strings attached, you can use all the means you can use, as long as you can get there. ”
The voice of the ancestor of the Broken Mountain Sect slowly fell, and the surrounding atmosphere suddenly became quiet.
There was a dead silence.
If it weren't for the gusts of fragrant wind in his ears and the occasional faint ripples on the Taihu Lake opposite, Luo Tian would have thought if time had stopped flowing.
Taking a deep breath, Luo Tian didn't dare to take it lightly, sent Su Yinxue to his shoulder, cautiously took a few steps forward, came to the shore, looked at the calm lake, and looked down at his own reflection in the lake, and was even more surprised.
The water of the lake is crystal clear, there is not the slightest turbidity, and there is no mechanism or vicious beast that lurks under it.
Could it be that the ancestor saw that his performance in the first level was too good, and he was kind?
Luo Tian gently placed Su Yinxue on the soft grass on the shore, and then squatted beside her, looking around vigilantly.
Su Yinxue also glanced around nervously, and just like that, half an hour passed, except for the breeze blowing, the insects chirping endlessly, and the fallen leaves drifting back to dust, nothing happened.
Luo Tian's brows furrowed even deeper, not knowing what this meant.
For a long time, Luo Tian sat there cross-legged in the middle of the groan, there must be a demon when things go wrong, and the trial place of the second level is so calm, there must be the ultimate danger.
Half an hour later, just when Luo Tian couldn't hold back anymore and was about to go to the lake to find out, suddenly, a burst of laughter like a silver bell came from the Taihu Lake.
"This son, do you want to cross the lake?" As the voice came, Luo Tian immediately raised his head and saw that on the Taihu Lake, an extremely ordinary lonely boat gradually sailed away, a cute girl who looked no more than eight or nine years old, wearing a robe, with wide eyes, was looking at Luo Tian, showing an innocent smile.
Luo Tian was like a great enemy, and his eyes were firmly fixed on the girl in the lily coat on the boat.
The girl didn't care, brushed the hair between her forehead, and said with a cute smile: "Childe, but you want to cross the lake?"
As she spoke, the girl docked the boat to the shore and set up its plank.
Luo Tian looked at her.
The little girl also raised her head, looked at Luo Tian with big eyes, and blinked, extremely innocent and cute.
"You, can you send us to the other side?" Luo Tian asked, standing up and looking at the other side.
"Zero's job here is to do this. The girl was still smiling innocently, with two playful braids on her shoulders, and her words were crisp and beautiful.
Luo Tian was stunned.
"Zero, that's my name, don't tell anyone else. The little girl smiled and spoke, stepped off the boat, stood on the shore and asked the question again: "Childe, do you want to cross the lake?"
Luo Tian groaned, not knowing whether to take this boat.
The little girl was not in a hurry, took off her hat, got up and walked to the cabin, took out a pot of warm wine and trotted to the location of Luo Tian and the others, holding her chin with both hands, and asked Luo Tian: "The weather is cold, do you want to drink some wine to keep warm?"
Luo Tian looked at the pot of wine, hesitated for a moment, and then nodded.
“...... Zero...... Excuse me, how long have you been ferrying here?" Luo Tian took the wine bowl handed over by the girl, took a sip gently, and suddenly a spicy meaning permeated his whole body, and then turned into a warm sense of comfort and dissipated.
"Hmm...... I don't know, I've been here since I was born. The little girl smiled brightly, and the two little tiger teeth that emerged from her lips highlighted the sense of innocence and cuteness.
"Before crossing the lake, I asked the girl to solve my doubts. Luo Tian spoke softly and drank the wine in the wine bowl in one gulp.
The little girl named "Zero" took the wine bowl handed over by Luo Tian, looked at him and smiled: "What do you want to solve?"
"Here, but the River Styx...... Ancestor, but ...... desolate" Luo Tian looked at Zero and spoke softly, but just after saying these words, the girl's face immediately changed dramatically, and her face turned pale in an instant, and the entire Taihu Lake actually set off a roaring wave at this moment, making the boats on the shore sway violently.
"Childe, don't say it!" The girl hurriedly covered Luo Tian's mouth, the wine jug in her hand turned into green smoke, and there was fear in her eyes.
Luo Tian was stunned.
"Don't ask again, I can't answer, no one in this world can answer, if Childe really wants to know, he will cross the lake with me. The little girl let go of the little hand covering Luo Tian and looked at the young man opposite, her face did not recover until a long time.
"Luo boy, promise her. Just when Luo Tian was entangled and hesitant, Uncle Bone's voice suddenly sounded.
Luo Tian was stunned: "Why?"
"The trial of the second level is probably not a battle of life and death in the ordinary sense. If the first level is cultivation, then this level should be the bureau of mind cultivation. Uncle Bone said in a heavy voice: "I'm afraid this Taihu Lake is not as simple as it seems on the surface, so the vast majority of your time here is not to defeat the enemy, but to defeat yourself." ”
"Overcome yourself who is so hesitant now. ”
"You have been sinking in isolation and pain for more than a month, and if you want to pass the trial of this level, you must throw out all the superfluous thoughts in your mind! You must know that although this trial does not seem to be dangerous in the slightest, as long as you are careless, the distracting thoughts in your heart will become a knot in your heart, and the knot in your heart will turn into a demon, and that kind of feeling can be called life is worse than death. And the only way you can cross this lake is to get on this boat, haven't you noticed that there is nothing above this lake?"
As Uncle Bone's voice came out, Luo Tian raised his head, looked through the girl, and looked at the endless Taihu Lake in front of him, and his pupils suddenly shrank.
Above this lake, not to mention living things, not even a trace of white clouds exists. At this moment, a breeze burst from the shore, rolled up a leaf and went straight to the lake, and at the moment when the leaf touched the sky above Taihu Lake, the green leaves fluttering and dancing comfortably in the air instantly rushed down with a resolute attitude, fell to the bottom of the lake and disappeared.
"I ...... Understood...... Luo Tian's eyes flashed slightly, he got up and bowed to the little girl, and asked, "May I ask the girl, can you guarantee safety here?"
"Is Childe worried about this girl?" Saying that, the little girl looked at Su Yinxue who was lying next to Luo Tian for the first time, her eyes were full of smiles, and she tilted her head and said, "Before Childe crosses to the other side, there will be no danger here." ”
"Good. Luo Tian no longer hesitated, then turned around, helped Su Yinxue's weak body up, looked at the beautiful face that was not covered by a veil and did not apply powder, and said softly: "Xue'er, wait for me to come back." ”
Although Su Yinxue still had some fear and reluctance in her heart, she still nodded strongly.
Luo Tian stretched out his hand and gently touched Su Yinxue's little head, and then his body stepped up, the light under his feet flashed, and his body directly turned into a long rainbow and landed on the boat.
The little girl giggled a few times, and with a silver bell-like smile, she jumped back to the boat, put on her coat and hat meticulously, took out two wide oars from the cabin, and shouted, "Go!"
As the girl kept rocking the oars, the boat slowly rowed into the distance, and after a while, it disappeared from Su Yinxue's sight, she looked at the lake in a daze, for a long time, stretched out a pair of white jade hands, intertwined and covered her chest, with a hint of pleading in her eyes.
Brother Tian, you must come back safely.
When the boat was rowed into the middle of the lake and sailed away with the wind, the little girl placed her oars on the deck, rubbed her hands, squatted beside a small stove, and picked up a fan to fan the wind, so that the warm water on the stove emitted bursts of heat.
And in the water, a pot of wine was being warmed.
"Girl, this water is boundless, and it is not too much to become a sea, why is it called Taihu Lake?" Luo Tian leaned on the cabin and suddenly spoke.
"The sea, can accommodate hundreds of rivers and thousands of rivers, endless and always, this water seems to be boundless, but it is a bounded place, and the things that Taihu Lake can hold, it seems to be vast, but in fact it is difficult to tolerate a grain of sand, a grass, otherwise why is this lake so clear, without a trace of impurities. The little girl picked up the warm wine and walked towards Luo Tian with a smile: "Too, it can be called the extreme, but even if it is the ultimate lake, it cannot become a sea. ”
"Childe, do you want to turn this Taihu Lake into the sea?"
The girl's eyes were shining, and she murmured like a magic sound.
This sentence fell into Luo Tian's ears, and his heart immediately shook, and the hand holding the wine glass trembled slightly, looking at the pure and immaculate calm lake in a daze, as if he had forgotten the time.