Chapter 52: The Otherworld
"It's strange, I've been here a few times before, but at that time, the Meng Mansion was still the same as usual, why ...... now?"
Shen Yan already held a cyan short sword in her hand, and she was wary of everything around her, but she had doubts on the other hand.
Ah Da also held a long knife with a narrow blade in his hand, and he was silent all the way without answering. However, Jinxiu still walked in front of him as if he was strolling leisurely, and said: "This is no longer in the Mengfu mansion, but another space." You can only get here if you enter at a certain time, otherwise it's just an ordinary courtyard. ”
"What specific time?" Shen Yan remembered that Jinxiu had been looking at the sky just now, so she also looked up at the sky. The misty sky was also blurry, but the curving blood moon was very clear. "Is it related to the moon?"
"Not bad. Jinxiu nodded, and as he spoke, a sharp voice sounded, followed by a black shadow flying towards him at a very fast speed.
"Young City Lord be careful-" Ah Da said with a cold face, but he stopped in front of Jinxiu, and the knife in his hand suddenly swung out, cutting the attacking black shadow into two pieces.
It's a small black snake with wings, about the length of a palm, but it feels dangerous.
With a casual wave of his sleeves, he saw several golden rays of light nailing the head of the snake that was still flying towards him to the ground.
The head of the snake struggled, and after a dozen or so breaths, it was completely dead.
"Looks like I've come to the right place. Jinxiu said this, and did not continue to study the snake, but flew away in the direction where the snake flew from.
Shen Yan and Ah Da also followed, but in the end they were still slower than Jinxiu's. By the time they arrived, Jinxiu had stopped for a long time in front of the entrance to an enchantment with runes drawn.
"What is this?" Shen Yan looked at those runes and was a little dizzy, so he simply stopped looking at them and asked such a sentence instead.
Jinxiu frowned, as if she had encountered something tricky, and said, "This is the entrance to another space. ”
Shen Yan was taken aback: "Is there any other space?"
Jinxiu nodded, frowned and said: "The law of space and time can only be used by gods who can create the world, and the original fairy world was successfully established with the help of the goddess Mingyue. Although the place where we are now can also be called a different space, it is the formation that confuses our perception and teleports us from the Mengfu Mansion to here, which is actually not a real space. And behind this enchantment, there is a real independent creation of another space. ”
Hearing him say this, Shen Yan suddenly thought of Cangming. In the demon clan station, there is a different space that can only be created by gods, and the chance of Cangming is the greatest. However, she didn't know whether she should say it or not.
As if seeing her doubts, Jinxiu glanced sideways slightly: "Does Miss Shen know something?"
"I don't know if I'm right. Shen Yan hesitated to speak, and finally told the origin of Cangming and his own guess.
After hearing this, Jinxiu and Ah Da both had surprises on their faces. But I don't know if it's an illusion, Shen Yan feels that the two of them don't seem to have much feeling about such a subversive thing.
"Whether it's a mistake or not, we have to go in and have a look. I suspect that those who have disappeared are in it. ”
As she spoke, she pulled out a small golden scroll from her sleeve.
"Broken Dream Book?" Shen Yan was a little surprised, she had seen a description of the Broken Dream Book in the library building in Guguan Mountain, it was rumored that this was a kind of divine object that could allow people to pass through any enchantment at will, but no one had really seen it.
Jinxiu took the scroll and stuck it to the barrier where the runes were drawn, and then saw the runes quickly retreat, and the scroll suddenly grew in size to form an entrance that could be passed through by adults.
Seeing this, Jinxiu said, "Ah Da, you will stay here in case of accidents." Miss Shen, you and I will go in and have a look. ”
"Good. Shen Yan nodded, and stepped into the passage formed by the Broken Dream Book after Jinxiu.
All I could see was a flash of colorful light, but in a moment, the surrounding scenery changed again.
Different from the desolation of the outermost Mengfu mansion, nor the mysterious danger of the demon domain outside the enchantment, this is an ordinary mountain forest, neither as beautiful as a fairyland, nor as demonic as the demon domain that makes people uncomfortable when they see it.
"Those who disappeared, will they really be here?" Shen Yan looked around, this place was ordinary, but she still didn't dare to relax at all. In addition, there was no trace of human activity. In other words, not only are there no traces of human activity, but there are also no traces of other birds and animals.
Apart from the lush vegetation, there is nothing else alive here.
Jinxiu said: "I'm just guessing, and I don't know if those who disappeared are really here. Miss Shen, you and I are separated, let's investigate around first, how about meeting here in an hour?"
Shen Yan nodded: "Okay." ”
When Jinxiu heard this, he did not leave immediately, but said, "If there is any danger or discovery, just send a message to me." ”
As for how to deliver the message, it is needless to say. Because he had already taken out a small and delicate golden short arrow and handed it to Shen Yan, the arrow was not a common style, but like a flower that had just come out of the water, and then he said: "This is a unique golden lotus arrow in my city, it only needs to be shot into the air, ordinary people can't see it, and the exercises practiced by the people of my Yunfu Heavenly City are related to it, and they can naturally see it." Miss Shen is alone, and she should be careful. ”
"The same goes for the young city lord. Shen Yan took the golden lotus arrow, then turned around and flew out in the opposite direction.
In the same place, Jinxiu's figure flickered, and there was no trace in an instant.
After separating from Jinxiu, Shen Yan went all the way to the north, and there was no ban on restricting cultivators here, so he was naturally able to go directly to the sword. All you saw along the way was lush green, but after about a quarter of an hour of travel, a village of considerable size appeared in a valley on the ground.
Shen Yan hurriedly fell to the ground, put away his sword and walked along the bamboo bridge outside the village.
Strangely, despite the existence of this village, there is still not half a figure to be seen.
"What the hell is going on......." Shen Yan said lightly, and picked up the golden lotus arrow given by Jinxiu in his hand, but in the end it was useless and put it back.
She conjured up the sick cyan short sword in her hand, and walked vigilantly towards the center of the village. Just past the first house, the air is like a stone suddenly thrown into the calm water, when the ripples are opened, and then the environment changes again.
In the originally empty place, a large number of villagers suddenly appeared, either chatting with other people, or carrying farm tools, and the sound of chickens and dogs barking seemed to suddenly sound, forming a happy color.
And some of these villagers are people from the ninth floor who have been seen before.
Jinxiu didn't guess wrong, those who disappeared are here.
Shen Yan didn't feel happy when he saw such a scene, but he noticed something wrong in a moment. These people seem to really think of themselves as villagers of this village, and there is nothing wrong with them at all.
Su Qing once said that in addition to the people on the ninth floor who were stationed outside Wuyang City, there were also soldiers sent by Murong and people from Liuying Tower. Those unfamiliar faces should be the latter. These people also discovered Shen Yan's existence, and those who looked at it from a distance seemed to be discussing something, and someone near them had already asked, "The girl is from out of town?"
"Yes. Shen Yan nodded a little hesitantly, knowing that this time was not suitable to inform Jinxiu, so he paused and said tentatively: "I'm here to find a relative, I wonder if this eldest brother knows where Meng Fuyao lives?"
The person who asked the question was a tall man with five big and three thick, his complexion was slightly dark, but he was a very free and easy character, and he laughed when he heard the words: "It turned out that he was looking for Meng Niangzi? ”
Shen Yan originally just asked with some hope, but he didn't expect Meng Fuyao to really be here. So he hurriedly said, "Thank you, big brother, then I'll go first." ”
"Hey, it's just a trivial matter. The man waved his hand, and walked away humming a song while carrying his hoe.
Shen Yan didn't plan to stay here for onlookers, so he quickly ran to the front.
As the tall man said, there was indeed a three-way road at the end of the road, and the further you went after turning left, there were fewer houses. In the end, there was only one small building standing there, surrounded by many unnamed but beautiful flowers and plants, which looked very elegant.
When Shen Yan arrived, there was only Meng Fuyao sitting alone in the courtyard, lying on a chair and seeming to be asleep.
She originally planned to go forward like this, but when a wind sounded beside her, a beautiful man in red suddenly appeared in front of her, and asked coldly, "Who are you?"
Shen Yan was stunned for a moment, and then said, "Young Master Hong, don't you remember me?"
Red Peony sneered: "I should remember you?"
"Then do you remember the ...... of Liuyinglou?"
Shen Yan had just spoken, and Meng Fuyao had already woken up in the courtyard, and asked from afar, "Husband, are there any guests coming?"
Red Peony originally planned to say no, but seeing his thoughts, Shen Yan raised his voice and said, "Sister Fuyao, my mother asked me to come here to see you." ”
This sentence made Red Peony and Meng Fuyao both stunned.
Shen Yan finally succeeded in entering this small courtyard.
Everyone here has forgotten the past for some unknown reason, and they don't even know that they have forgotten it. Shen Yan wasn't sure if what she wanted would succeed, but after she shouted out such a sentence, Red Peony and Meng Fuyao both invited her into the house suspiciously, and they knew that what they thought had a great chance of success.
"When you were born, because your cousin had no children at home, he took you over, but both of us sisters have such a jade pendant. Shen Yan flickered at Meng Fuyao without blushing at all, and in order not to make them suspicious because of the different surnames of the two, he also made up such an experience. With that, he took out a piece of azure crescent jade pendant. This is not something that sisters have in common, but a token given by Su Qing that can mobilize the power of the ninth floor. The power of Liuyinglou is mainly concentrated in the east, when Red Peony took Meng Fuyao to Tianshangjing to deliver the letter in person, Su Qing gave the token to Meng Fuyao just in case, which happened to come in handy at this time.
And after hearing what Shen Yan said, Meng Fuyao, who was still a little skeptical, really believed the lie she made up casually. In fact, when he saw Shen Yan again, Meng Fuyao felt that he had a very familiar feeling, and at this time, he took out the same token as himself, and naturally he was convinced of it.
Red Peony was still a little skeptical: "Since you say that you are Fuyao's sister, why does she live alone in this mountain village." If it weren't for me, I would have fed wild animals in the mountains. ”
Shen Yan didn't know what was going on here, but with Red Peony's words, he lowered his head and pretended to wipe away his tears: "I've been traveling outside, and I only came back recently." I heard the family talk about Fuyao's sister who had an accident and her whereabouts are unknown. It took a long time to find this place. ”
Meng Fuyao saw that she was sad, so he quickly glared at the red peony, and then comforted: "Sister, don't be sad, I'm not fine?"
Shen Yan asked again: "Fuyao, can you tell me what happened to you later? Why, why don't you even recognize me?"
Meng Fuyao paused, and then said, "I don't know exactly what happened. When I woke up in a strange forest, my mind was blank and I didn't remember anything, and then I met my husband. She said this, looking at the red peony with a little astringency.
The glamorous and bewitching young man never believed Shen Yan's words, but at this time he was silent in order not to refute his wife's intentions, but looking at Shen Yan's gaze, there was no softening in his eyes.