Chapter 16: The Chrysalis
Among the many true immortals who have a long life, Xiao Qianqiuyuan is a well-known freak, the ordinary immortal family children with some cultivation and qualifications in the true immortal family, they are easily unwilling to deal with mundane affairs, they may still have the title of immortal official in name, but they go to order once in ten days and a half months, showing that the official must be done by the immortal family, and all the specific affairs are handled by the deputy, and the immortal officials in the place far away from the state city are regarded as the exile of the losers of the family competition- Everyone knows that mortals are not the opponents of monks at all, so why should they focus on being an official instead of cultivating? Xiao Qianqiu did not, not only did he send out many tasks to clean up places, but he also often turned into mortals and wandered around the city of Qingzhou, becoming a "scandal" that the Xiao family in Qingzhou did not want to be an outsider.
But even so, he didn't know much about the area of the Shuanghe-Jade Belt, and he remembered every piece of information that the Immortals had received, every move they had taken, the traps they had encountered, and the spells they had gathered...... But that's all he knew! He didn't know how the mortal sides left over from the war, the Yi and the soldiers, struggled to survive on this barren land after the war.
Therefore, when the moon was in the middle of the sky, Hua Lin suddenly jumped up from the bed, which was unexpected.
"There are no assassins nearby," Xiao Qianqiu said, "there are bats, spiders, rats in this house, and there is a snake in the corner, I believe this is not a problem for you." ”
The sanitary condition of Tusi's bedroom did not stimulate Hua Lin's nerves at all in Jiming Village, and he didn't get up for this: "There is one thing that I must figure out now." ”
He walked out all the way to the platform outside the Gala Cave, and from there he had a great view of not only the entire cottage, but also the mountains, forests and fields outside the cottage, but this time his eyes did not look down, but looked up.
Unlike other places where there were old forests to hide, he could always see the desolate black sky that covered the entire mountain, which was wider than the boundless barren mountain, and on that sky was dotted with countless cold stars, just as he had seen on the top of the mountain near the village of Jiming.
When he pointed out the sky he was eyeing to Xiao Qianqiu, even the true immortals who had witnessed the fall of Qingzhou were moved: "How can this be!"
Surrounded by the three constellations of shuttles, looms, and brooms, the constellation of Divos, which has many colorful stars like women's dresses, is an empty star field at the top—the three big stars that make up the head have disappeared, and the sky seems to have broken a big hole—of course, they all know that it is just an illusion, the stars in the sky are not evenly distributed, and there are many places that have always been so empty, and the disappearance of these stars does not mean that the sky of this world is really broken- Maybe it's broken.
"The sky in Qingzhou is not like this, so I want to know which sky is real. Hua Lin asked.
In fact, not only Qingzhou, since he entered Shuanghe County, he has never seen this terrifying scene in the night sky, all the stars are perfectly in the position of Butiange, if what he sees now is true, then why is the sky of Qingzhou City so consistent with the narration of Butiange? If Qingzhou City is real, then why should the sky here show this scene in front of those people who don't know anything about the starry sky?
The true immortals who once controlled these three states were the most suitable targets for inquiry.
But it wasn't until the sun shone on the next day that Xiao Qianqiu gave him an answer, and it could be seen that he had struggled with leaking this: "The sky of Qingzhou City is part of the suppression array. ”
"I thought that with the destruction of the thermostatic circle, the false sky would also reveal its true face, but it didn't. What Hua Lin wanted to know was not only the difference between the two skies, but also the reason for the difference, and Xiao Qianqiu also explained this: "I just modified the temperature in this area, and the magic circle itself is still running, otherwise, it is impossible for you to give birth to the Strange Cloud Peak." ”
"If those Death Worshippers had a way to thaw quickly, they wouldn't be able to leave alive—they wouldn't be able to leave Qiyun Peak intact, right?"
"That's right. Xiao Qianqiu replied: "They don't know what they want to seize at all. ”
"Their power makes them completely indifferent to that. "For these monks of the Death Worship, not being able to fulfill the orders of the corpse god is more terrible than breaking bones, and the Tusi of the Yi people is a slave to their customs, but compared to the Death Worship, he is a completely free man, and the monks of the Death Worship Sect cannot really die, and therefore cannot escape from the control of their gods.
"You must have already had your opinion on the disappearance of the stars, and you must have come to Yishan not only to verify the star map. ”
"Yes," Hua Lin admitted, "though this is the last thing I want, but I'm afraid my brother's absurd theory has been confirmed in this world—if I can get the news back, he will gain a lot from it—but fortunately I can't communicate with him." ”
He soon found what he wanted to show from nearby, a gray-green butterfly chrysalis that resembled a leaf, and the caterpillar slept in it until it turned into a butterfly, as every Yiren child who was familiar with the mountains and forests, and even children outside the mountains, knew this. He gently cut off the branches, making sure the chrysalis wasn't alarmed.
Then, he carefully touched the chrysalis, so soft, so soft that the chrysalis thought it was just a lost ant crawling over it.
The chrysalis writhed violently, trying to throw the "ants" off the branches.
"The world is a chrysalis, it looks lifeless, it sleeps, but it struggles—when it thinks it can survive by struggling. ”