When he said these words, the snow outside the window turned into goose feather snow again. It smacked against the glass, much like the sound of a sandstorm. This meant that it was very windy, as even the room door began to rattle slightly, as if someone was gently pushing and pulling back and forth outside.

There was indeed a force pushing and pulling—not outside the room, but in the heavens. Both of the people in the room knew that the snow that was falling at this time should be a continuation of the sudden blizzard that had been dispersed just a few days earlier. The existence that caused the disaster, the fifteenth true monarch in Pei Shouchong's mouth, may be showing its power again.

So after Li Qingyan was silent for a while, Pei Shouchong said again: "This is the true monarch who is wielding. I probably know them better than you do—a blizzard wasn't meant to be, it was inevitable. For example, when people walk, they will bring a breeze, and when they use their powerful supernatural powers, they will also produce some special natural phenomena. ”

"That means, it's doing something big right now. I'm guessing it's also looking for the secret place your father left behind. Because I suspect that the remains of those True Monarchs who were killed by him in the past may also be in the secret realm. Li Qingyan, even if you are only interested in your own affairs, you should really think about my proposal. ”

"Another ......"

"Do you have any clues now?" Li Qingyan breathed a sigh of relief and made a decision. He walked to the window and pushed it open, and the wind and blizzard poured in, "If I help you, what is the plan? How many steps are you going to take? and, what are you going to do about Yu Peiyan?"

"We won't deal with Yu Peiyan's matter. Pei Shouchong inhaled a breath of cold wind and said calmly, "Not asking about political affairs is an unspoken rule in our place. Not only will we not deal with it, but we will never interfere in the affairs between you and the government of Asia. I think you'll be happy to see that, too. ”

"But on the other hand, looking for the secret realm has something to do with Yu Peiyan's affairs. ”

"You should also be curious and puzzled - why did Yu Peiyan suddenly do something stupid. For example, when the two camps were evenly matched, he planned to carry out a coup d'état in Asia. You know, he doesn't really have our support, and he has almost no allegiance from the army. He was followed by just a small number of his former descendants. ”

"Of course, what's even more stupid is what happened the other day. In order to destroy you, he destroyed half of the North Mountain. Even I wondered what he was thinking and what was wrong with his head. There must be other reasons why such a seasoned politician would suddenly act recklessly as a teenager. ”

"And this reason may also be found in your father's secret realm. ”

What Pei Shouchong said was indeed what Li Qingyan thought. What happened a few days ago, even if Yu Peiyan no longer regards the lives of ordinary people as their lives, it is really too unbelievable.

But when he was killed, Li Qingyan's mind was affected by angry emotions. Therefore, there was no asking.

"Yu Peiyan did something stupid, what does it have to do with that secret realm?"

Pei Shouchong smiled: "Follow me." I'll take you to meet someone. ”

The person he was talking about turned out to be next door to Pei Yuanxiu's ward. When he opened the door, Li Qingyan saw the exact same layout as Pei Yuanxiu's room. A middle-aged woman sat on a chair in front of her desk, and only her back could be seen in the doorway. The wind and snow were raging outside, but she was still reading a book, taking notes as she went.

The two walked into the room and closed the door, and the woman closed the book in front of her, stood up and turned around, and said to Pei Shouchong, "When can I be released?" You can test me in any way, but I can guarantee that my mind is normal." ”

This woman looked to be nearly forty years old, and she should belong to the category of those who are doing better. When I was young, I was supposed to be a beauty, and even now I can be called an older beauty. The clothes are very elaborate and the hairstyle is exquisite. Li Qingyan glanced at her and felt a little kind, but after thinking about it again, he remembered it.

This woman's name is Yuan Xiaolu, and she is a celebrity. He is a writer, but he is also a religious leader.

At present, there are about 100 large and small religious groups registered in the Republic of Asia, and even more are unregistered. The sect to which Yuan Xiaolu belonged was called the "Dongyihe Holy Sect", which was a legal religious organization, very small, and only had some fame around Beishan.

This sect has only been established for a few years, but its history is somewhat legendary.

About three or four years ago, Yuan Xiaolu went out to travel and collect style, and happened to hear a long poem from the mouth of a Kazakh farmer on a western farm, which should have told the story of a certain hero. Yuan Xiaolu was very interested, so he stayed in the farmer's house for half a month, listening to him sing all those poems and record them.

She then compiles the poems and realizes that it is actually a long-form narrative heroic epic called "Dara Bomba," which tells the story of a hero named Dara Bomba who fights a dragon and triumphs. This kind of story and epic that is only passed down by word of mouth among the people is not uncommon, so she only uses it as a unique material obtained during the collection.

But as soon as she had put together the epic, she began to dream, according to her own words, of course.

I began to dream of some strange fragments of memories, which were very much like my other lives. At first, Yuan Xiaolu thought that this was due to "thinking about things day and dreaming at night", but gradually found that he seemed to have some kind of prophetic ability.

Occasionally, she would see some people and things in the real world in the world of her dreams, and after a few days, she would find that something similar had happened in the real world, and the people's experiences and the development trend of things were almost the same as those she dreamed of. As a result, she felt inspired to found the "Dongyihe Holy Religion" - the government of the Republic required religious communities to indicate the gods they worshiped when registering, so she chose the last living twelfth god-emperor in Taoist legend, Dongyi, to fill the number.

She then wrote and published a book about her experiences, and many of her readers became her followers.

But now, Yuan Xiaolu seems to have been restricted by Pei Shouchong's personal freedom, and she doesn't know Pei Shouchong's identity.

"Miss Yuan, don't be impatient. Pei Shouchong smiled and said, "I know that you have no mental problems, and that's just an excuse that the person who brought you here came up with casually." I just want you to tell you what you really are—the ones you hide that you don't talk about, except for the ones you have disclosed to your readers, your congregation. ”

Yuan Xiaolu was stunned: "What?"

"Something you really see. What you say to your readers, believers, that you dream of are vague images. It sounds a bit mysterious, but it's also philosophical. This makes it easy for them to associate with you and escalate you to a more sacred and mystical level. But I know that what you really see should be clear and unambiguous, and I want to ask you to talk about it. ”

Li Qingyan understood what Pei Shouchong meant.

He had read Yuan Xiaolu's book and learned about what she said. In it, she gave an example - in a dream, she saw the Emperor Dongyi descending from the sky, pointing to the west. At the same time, the whole world is splendid, but there is the sound of a howling wind. After waking up from the dream, she pondered what the scene she saw meant, and finally combined many details in the dream, she thought that it should mean that there would be a disaster in the west of Beishan on a certain day of the month, related to fire.

So three or four days later, there was a real fire in a factory somewhere west of the city, and many people were killed.

But what Pei Shouchong meant was that what Yuan Xiaolu saw wasn't actually like this? and that it should be clearer and more explicit? But in order to sanctify herself, she deliberately described them in a puzzling way?

Yuan Xiaolu's face was a little surprised and puzzled. But after hearing Pei Shouchong's words, she became calm.

"You two, are you cultivators?" she asked, "Since you asked me that, have you seen other people like me?"

Pei Shouchong smiled: "Your Dongyihe Holy Sect is actually to find people like you." But it failed over the course of several years. You want to figure out what you're seeing, I can tell you. But first, tell me about what you saw. ”

Pei Shouchong and Yuan Xiaolu's reactions looked normal. Li Qingyan silently observed his words and expressions, knowing that Yuan Xiaolu was not a cultivator, and his expression did not seem to be fake. From another point of view, Pei Shouchong doesn't need to deceive himself in such a low-level way.

But the secret left by this female writer and her father ...... What does it really matter?

The female writer hesitated for a moment, but soon saw that the two people in front of her had some kind of special background that she could not ignore. So he spoke obediently to avoid unnecessary trouble.

"Well, I can talk about it. But hopefully I'll be released from prison later — I'm still slightly more influential, and I don't think you want to make a big deal out of it. ”

"I did deliberately obscure many things, and I was not a prophet. But I do see things that others can't...... Not only in dreams, but also in reality. ”

"The first time I encountered this situation was more than a decade ago...... At that time, I lived in an alley in the northern city of Beishan. One night – a winter night – I heard a woman singing. Somehow, I followed the song. I still remember the details very clearly, and I still remember the sound of the snow under my feet. ”

"I walked for a quarter of an hour and saw a bamboo forest...... It's still verdant. It was winter, but I was in a dream, and I didn't think anything was wrong at all. I walked through the bamboo forest...... And suddenly it was dawn, and I saw a house. ”

"In the house...... There was a woman in red playing the piano, she was singing, and a white crane ......"

Pei Shouchong interrupted her: "Okay." So tell me and this person around me, are these scenes you talking about a dream, or is it reality?"

"I don't know. I was thrilled at the sight of those things, and then I came to my senses - I realized that I wasn't going anywhere, and I was still standing in front of my house. There is no bamboo, and the streets are full of grass. I should have thought it was a hallucination, but I had walked for about fifteen minutes before I saw the bamboo forest. For fifteen minutes, my mind was clear. So I noticed people and shops along the road...... Ah, and a bookstore. ”

"It was evening, and there was a man reading by the window of the bookstore. When I came to my senses, I remembered what the man was looking at—because I had seen the pages as I walked past him. ”

"It should be a history book. On that page, we were talking about a country called the People's Republic of China holding a National Day parade in 1999. ”

"That experience was the first, but not the last. After that, I often see this hallucination...... It's as if there is another world in reality, in some places that you can't see. But in that world there was no Republic of Asia, but another country called the People's Republic of China. ”

"It's been more than ten years...... If it was a fantasy, then I would have spent more than six months in that illusion combined. As for what happened after that, I said about meeting Kazakh herders...... Actually, it's also true. But that's because he seems to be in the same situation as me, because he also sees visions. ”

"What's more, he said that the country he saw in the illusion was exactly the same as what I saw!"

Pei Shouchong smiled: "Now I'll tell you, I know at least eleven people who have your situation." The other world they see in their dreams or visions is the same as you see. ”

He turned his face to look at Li Qingyan: "From this, it is certain that that world does exist." This should be the secret place that our father left behind. ”