Chapter 16: The Void Boy
Xu Ke walked through the wall behind the shopkeeper and returned to the Void Building.
"How's it going, big brother, I didn't lie to you, did I?" the Void Boy asked with a smile as he stepped forward.
Xu Ke scratched his forehead, and while thinking back on the experience just now, he sighed: "It's very interesting! I didn't expect that with the help of these circles, I could go back to the past and see my second brother." cough! I didn't know until today that my second brother didn't say goodbye that day, and there was a reason for it!"
The Void Boy said, "This is not a circle, big brother, how many times have I said it, this is called the Void Gate! You see, my door is also quite meaningful, right? If it weren't for it, you wouldn't know what happened in the past." You just wore it like this, didn't you, and you untied a knot?"
Xu Ke couldn't help but nod and said, "That's right! In this way, this Void Gate is also a magical gate! Dare to ask the Void Boy, can I enter this gate again?"
"Of course you can!" the Void Boy replied, "I'm in this Void Building, and I'm suffocated, and it's best for you to accompany me! There's nothing else on my floor, it's just this Void Gate, whatever you want!"
"Okay, then I'll go back to the past!" Xu Ke responded. He took five steps back, and as he made a gesture, he thought to himself, when should he go back?
Why don't you go back to the day when I was poisoned and about to be poisoned, and see how Sister Hu helped me get rid of the poison? On that day, I followed her instructions and kept my eyes closed, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that Sister Hu was exhausted to the point of collapse, what happened in the middle? Why don't I go back and see ......?
How Hu Yiyi detoxified him that day was always a question in Xu Ke's heart. His curiosity was aroused, and he wanted to go back to that point in time to see what was going on. However, he suddenly felt that something was wrong, because he remembered that day he had taken off his clothes and jumped into a large tank of water, which was filled with hot water...... The situation of the day, in case of inconvenience, forget it, it's better not to see it!
Why don't you go and see Yan'er? and see how she is doing after she left me that day and returns to the Heavenly Treasure Pavilion? She said she would come to me, but I stayed at the Gaosheng Inn, and got drunk every day, but I never saw her come to see me, not even a messenger. Did she think of me in those days...... Forget it, she must have been delayed for something, Yan'er's heart for me, do I still need to be suspicious?
Xu Ke walked through the Void Gate in this kind of uncertain thinking. As soon as he walked through, he was taken aback by what he saw.
He saw that he was at the bottom of a water at the moment, surrounded by boundless water, but the water was clear and transparent, as if there was nothing. Fish and shrimp frolic in the water, turtles and turtles swim, there are all kinds of strange rocks at the bottom of the water, and those long aquatic plants ripple with the water...... It's an underwater paradise.
Xu Ke was under the water at this time, but his clothes were not wet, thinking that he was nothing more than a shadow of the void. He followed the current, walked forward under the water, and after walking more than ten steps, he saw several exquisite houses exposed in front of him. He walked into it at random, only to see that the interior was fully furnished, no different from a room on land.
"I'm just making a bet with Yuan Lao Liu today!Long'er, don't worry!It's okay!" Xu Ke suddenly heard the sound of an urn from inside.
"Second brother!" Xu Ke couldn't help but be curious when he heard this. I didn't expect to hear the voice of his second brother Zhu Wuneng here. He immediately quickened his pace and walked inside. I saw that the inside was a more spacious room, and the whole room was more exquisitely furnished, with a large rosewood table of eight immortals placed in the middle, and the table was full of dazzling delicacies, displaying various delicacies. There were two people sitting at the table, a man and a woman, the man had big ears and was full of fat, it was his second brother Zhu Wuneng.
"What kind of gambling are you playing? You told the sixth child that he couldn't lift you into the water, but you hooked the sixth child on the back with a three-toothed nail rake! So that no matter how much he turned over, he couldn't lift you, are you obviously cheating?" said a young woman next to Zhu Wuneng.
Xu Ke carefully looked at the woman who was called "Long'er" by Zhu Wuneng. I saw that she was slender, her face was beautiful, her skin was like condensation, her waist was restrained, her eyebrows were like green feathers, her eyes were like spring apricots, she was dressed in a colorful and oblique body, her head was full of pearls and high hairpins, and she was charming and charming, but she was a girl with an extremely gorgeous complexion. It's just that on both sides of her forehead, there are two flesh horns, and those two flesh horns are pink in color, and the flesh is bulging very cute, and it is difficult to see it if you don't look closely.
Xu Ke thought to himself, it turned out that the "third princess" in my second brother's heart was such a beautiful and unparalleled girl. No wonder after he met the third princess, he has not been heard from since. I never thought that my second brother was dull-minded and fat, and there was such a confidant!
After thinking of this festival, he suddenly had an epiphany in his heart about his second brother not saying goodbye that day and never coming to look for him later. At this time, he heard Zhu Wuneng defend:
"Long'er, you can't say that! When I made a bet with Yuan Lao Liu before, I didn't say that I couldn't use my nail rake to catch him! Besides, my three-toothed nail rake grabbed the old shell on his back, and I didn't scratch him!"
Long Er gently slapped Zhu Wuneng's thick shoulder, and said coquettishly: "Brother Zhu, you are not called a cheater! You are just bullying my family's sixth son to be honest! The result is good, in order to lift you off your back, he made a big wave in Taihu Lake, although he did not help you, but overturned several passenger boats! I heard that many people have fallen into the water, but don't make human lives!"
Zhu Wuneng disagreed: "What is the life of those mortals! Even if a few die, it doesn't matter!"
In this Taihu Lake, when will no one die?"
Xu Ke couldn't help frowning when he heard this, he said in his heart, second brother, once upon a time, you actually became like this to treat human life like a mustard! But when he looked back on the past, he felt that there was some truth in what Zhu Wuyi complained about. His second brother followed him to Chang'an City, and he really suffered a lot from those "mortals", first by the swords of the gang of Tsing Yi Wei Nan An Pingsi, and then by being teased in the inn, and he was pickled......
If Xu Ke thought that this second brother was still regarded as a "pig demon" by those mortals in the world, and thought of a way to deal with him, eradicate him, and destroy him, and also established a "Demon Hunting Alliance", the leader of the alliance was actually Xu Ke himself. I'm afraid that Xu Ke's heart will be even more mixed.
At this time, Long Er sighed, his face was full of sorrow, and said: "Brother Zhu, there are laws in the heavenly court, but you can't let us come here! Back then, I was just playing with you in Taihu Lake, but I was sued by the land of Suzhou, and you were punished by the heavenly court. Now that the sixth child is making trouble, if someone dies, if it alarms the heavenly court again, it will be difficult to clean up!"
Zhu Wuneng grabbed Long'er's shoulder, gently stroked her back, and comforted her softly: "Long'er, don't be afraid! I later pressed Yuan Laoliu's head, and we went into the water together." Although those people were flooded, they were all supported by wood, and it only took a boat to rescue them, so it should be fine...... Long Er rest assured, Brother Zhu guarantees, it will be fine!"
Xu Ke couldn't help but be annoyed when he heard this, if you said that it was okay, it would be okay? If it weren't for the Suzhou prefect who arrived in time with the official ship, if it wasn't for me to force the official ship to rush to rescue all those sailors, second brother, this disaster can be caused by you, and when the time comes, those dozens of lives will also have to be recorded in your account!
At this time, Xu Ke suddenly heard a voice above his head: "Second brother...... Second brother, where are you?"
The shouts were very familiar, and Xu Ke didn't realize it when he listened carefully, wasn't that his own voice?
It turned out that the moment when Xu Ke passed through the Void Gate was the night of the eighth day of the first lunar month. He remembered that he was lying in bed that night, tossing and turning, and staying late at night, when he suddenly had a whimsical idea to come to this Taihu Lake to meet his second brother......
Then, presumably this is the bottom of Taihu Lake, Xu Ke looked around, but saw that the house had all the furnishings, no different from the land, and there was no water flowing in the house, I really don't know how to do it.
"Second brother, second brother, where are you?"
"Second brother...... I know you're in the lake!"
"Second brother...... I miss my brother very much, can I come out and see him?"
Overhead, Xu Ke could hear his own voice still coming from him, one by one, endlessly.
At this moment, Zhu Wuneng and the third princess snuggled up to each other under the water, affectionately, and turned a deaf ear to Xu Ke's voice.
"Could it be that my second brother can't hear my voice?" Xu Ke couldn't help but wonder in his heart. He couldn't help but walk to Zhu Wuneng's side, shout at him, and keep patting him on the back, trying to remind him to pay attention to the shouts of "himself" on the shore of Taihu Lake at this time. But no matter what Xu Ke did, Zhu Wuneng was unaware.
Strange, I remember that night, after he shouted a few times on the shore, his second brother split the water and met him, why at this time, the second brother didn't hear it and didn't move at all?
When Xu Ke was puzzled, he saw that nine circles had flashed on the wall where Zhu Wuneng's back was leaning. Xu Ke knew that this was the Void Boy's call from afar, so he didn't dare to delay, so he jumped and crossed the Void Gate at the bottom of the lake.
Xu Ke returned to the Void Building and saw that the Void Boy was looking at him with a smile. He was just about to open his mouth to ask, but he heard the Void Boy ask, "Do you want to ask, why can't your second brother hear the sound you make on the shore of the lake?"
Seeing Xu Ke nodding, the void boy said again: "You are by the lake, he is at the bottom of the lake, and he has no ears for the wind, so naturally he can't hear it." ”
Xu Ke was about to ask, but at that time, my second brother obviously heard my shout and went up the water......!
Xu Ke took a green talisman given to him by the Void Boy, and rushed into the Void Gate again, and before long, he came to the bottom of Taihu Lake. He saw that the second brother Zhu Wuneng was still only concerned with the third princess at this time, and he didn't hear his own shouts on the shore of the lake. He stepped forward, took the green talisman, and knocked Zhu Wuneng's forehead hard......
"Who? who knocked me?" Zhu Wuneng covered his forehead and looked in Xu Ke's direction. But all he could see was the furnishings in this room. At this time, Xu Ke was still a phantom.
"Brother Zhu, what's wrong?" asked Long'er.
"It's okay, it looks like someone knocked me just now!" Zhu Wuneng touched his head and replied.
"Second brother, I miss my brother very much, can you come out and see it?" Xu Ke's shout on the lake came down again.
"Why, that's weird! Dragon, I heard my eldest brother calling me on the lake. Zhu Wuneng said. Obviously, after Xu Ke's beating, Zhu Wuneng's head at this time finally "opened up" and he could hear Xu Ke's voice.
"No, I didn't hear anything!" said Long'er curiously.
"Second brother, foolish brother is waiting here......" Xu Ke on the shore of the lake shouted again.
"It's really my eldest brother, no, I have to go up!" Zhu Wuneng stood up and said.
At this time, Xu Ke in the "Void" suddenly said in his heart, it turned out that my second brother was like this that night, and he heard the shouts on my shore. No wonder I was on the shore, at the bottom of the lake, with a thousand waves in between, and he could hear me calling on the shore.
"You're back!" Seeing that Zhu Wuneng got up, he immediately wanted to jump onto the lake to see Xu Ke, but the third princess Long'er hurriedly stopped Zhu Wuneng. She walked to the inside of the house, rummaged for a while, found a piece of jade, handed it to Zhu Wuneng's hand, and ordered: "Brother Zhu, if you see the eldest brother, give him this 'East China Sea Spirit Stone'." ”
Zhu Wuneng said strangely: "Donghai Spirit Stone, this is your father's treasure, why should you give it to my eldest brother?"
Long Er smiled slightly and said, "This spirit stone has the help of your eldest brother's body, so you can give it to him!"
Zhu Wuneng touched the back of his head, puzzled, but still took the jade. I only heard Long'er say again: "After you let the eldest brother arrive in Chang'an City, you will hand over this East China Sea Spirit Stone to Li Chunfeng, the master of Xuandu!"
Zhu Wuneng asked: "Li Chunfeng, that bull-nosed old man! What are we doing with this baby?"
Long Er sighed: "Ahem! Brother Zhu, don't worry about these things! Now that there is a great drought in this Qianguo, my father will rain sooner or later, and when the time comes, the land of rain will still have to bother Li Daochang to inform his father, and this East China Sea Spirit Stone is the purpose of his practice to communicate the matter......
"Oh! I see! However, now that your father has lost the rain magic weapon, even if Li Lao Dao's method is transmitted, what is the use?" Zhu Wuneng sighed after hearing this.
"Brother Zhu, Long'er suddenly thought of it!" When the third princess heard about the rain magic weapon, her heart moved, and she suddenly said: "You said that you originally had a magic weapon on you, or you could restrain the 'Baqi' monster, but then that magic weapon was taken away by your eldest brother......
"That's right, that's right!" Zhu Wuneng patted his head, and suddenly said with joy on his face: "Big brother is on it, after I see him, I will ask him for the magic weapon first." Hmph! With this magic weapon, next time I will definitely beat that 'Yaqi' monster to the ground!"
"Long'er, you wait a while, I'll go back when I go!" As soon as Zhu Wuneng finished speaking, the person had already left the elegant house, like a cloud of smoke, and went straight to the water......
Xu Ke, who was left in the void, couldn't help but sigh: "It turned out that the situation was like this at the time! I was on the surface of the lake, but I really didn't know that there was a 'me' at the bottom of the lake!"
It's just that Xu Ke only listened to what Zhu Wuneng and the third princess said about "asking Li Chunfeng to communicate the method" and "rainfall magic weapon". At this moment, he saw another ripple on the wall beside him, and in the ripple, nine circles were rippling on top of each other.
Xu Ke was about to leap into the air and return to the Void Building, but he suddenly heard the third princess beside him say to Kong: "Big brother, is it you?"
Xu Ke was amazed in his heart, and he said in his heart, Could it be that this shadow of the void of mine was actually seen by the third princess? At this time, he saw that the direction that the third princess's eyes were looking at was actually opposite him.
It turns out that she didn't see me, so how could she talk to me? Could it be that there is another one here who is her eldest brother?
Xu Ke heard the third princess shouting again: "Big brother, although I can't see you, I can feel that you are around." You are the eldest brother of Tianpeng, and you are also the eldest brother of Long'er! Long'er only has one sentence to tell his eldest brother, if there is a great drought today, my father is anxious, but the magic weapon that his old man relies on to rain has been robbed by evil monsters! I am afraid that Brother Zhu is weak and weak, and he is not the enemy of the evil monster, and I hope that my eldest brother can help him!"
After that, the three princesses bowed a few times in the air, and their expressions were very sincere. Xu Ke in the void also hurriedly saluted her and said, "Brother and sister, the foolish brother knows, if there is anything that the foolish brother can help, the foolish brother will do his best!"
However, Xu Ke's actions and words, the third princess still can't see or hear them. Xu Ke saw that the hour was almost up, so he jumped into the rippling void door.
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After returning to the Void Building, before the Void Boy could speak, Xu Ke preemptively asked:
"Dare to ask the Void Boy, every time I travel through the past, I can see and hear the people of the past, but the people of the past can't see me and can't listen to me, so it's really boring! Is there a way to appear in the past?"
"Of course!" said the Void Boy with a smile.
"What kind of method is that?" Xu Ke asked happily.
"Just put my green hat on top of your head, don't break it or fall off, and that's it!" said the Void Boy indifferently. With that, he took off the huge green hat on his head and handed it to Xu Ke.
"It's as simple as that, then why didn't you say it before?" Xu Ke looked at the green hat in his hand, and saw that it was soft to the touch, pointed at the top and round at the bottom, like a huge lotus leaf.
"Front...... You didn't ask?" the Void Boy winked at Xu Ke and smiled mischievously.
"Uh...... Okay!" Xu Ke reluctantly put the huge green hat on top of his head. He faced the Void Gate and took seven steps back, intending to sprint again.
"Wait!" the Void Boy hurriedly stopped.