Chapter 118: Flowing Water
The light curtain hanging from the sky outside the Lan Pavilion suddenly burst out with a thousand rays of light, and in an instant, the light pierced people's eyes.
All of them lost their visual perception for a short time, but it felt as if there was an endless light enveloping them.
When they opened their eyes again, the tens of thousands of people who came to Lanting this time found that they were no longer in the place just now.
And everyone found that they were already in a place full of aura, with a stream meandering in front of them, birds and flowers everywhere, as if they were in a fairyland on earth.
Tens of thousands of people appeared along the stream, completely devoid of the previous crowded and noisy feeling.
Surrounded by streams, it circles the entire space, and in the center of the space, a stone pavilion rises, and the veil between the stone pillars hangs down, making it difficult to see the situation in the pavilion.
Everyone standing on the outside of the stream subconsciously looked at the stone pavilion, and in everyone's eyes, behind the slightly fluttering veil, there seemed to be a figure sitting upright.
"Sister, are you talking about this person?" Xie Xuan stared at the stone pavilion and asked Xie Jiang.
Since Xie Jiang had been talking about a mysterious person waiting for her, Xie Xuan had become more and more concerned about the identity of this mysterious person, and he didn't care much about the Lanting Wenhui sister and brother.
"It's not. Xie Jiang also stared at the stone pavilion, but without looking, she already felt that the person in the stone pavilion was not the person she was looking for.
"Everyone in the world says that Jiang Zuo is talented, and the little woman Su Ruolan is not talented, so I will come to meet you today. Soon, Su Ruolan's beautiful voice came from the stone pavilion.
And just when Su Ruolan's voice sounded, everyone found that a desk was slowly appearing in front of them, and the case table continued to condense and form, and finally became real, and there were paper, inkstones, and pens on the desk.
The inkstone had already been polished, and there was a paragraph of text on the top half of the paper, and the bottom half was blank, as if waiting for someone to fill in the contents.
When the things on the desk appeared, everyone subconsciously looked at the text on the paper.
Just when everyone went to see, Su Ruolan's voice sounded again: "In front of you is the question of the little woman, only those who answer can be qualified to enter the real literary meeting, and those who can't answer will be sent out of this place, and half a pillar of incense will be limited to a time." ”
Su Ruolan's words once again caused everyone to whisper, and her words revealed that it seemed that this was not the real Lanting Wenhui in front of her.
For a moment, everyone carefully examined the words on the paper in front of them.
This text is not long, it is not complicated, it belongs to the kind of questions that do not have a fixed answer, that is, how to answer it is all up to personal perception.
Almost everyone looked pensive, even people like Wang Xizhi and Xie An didn't need to answer immediately, but Xie Jiang picked up the pen expressionlessly, and didn't seem to start writing without thinking.
And Xie Jiang's writing is also very simple, only a few words, when she finishes writing and puts down the brush, there is no change, I don't know whether she passed or not?
Xie Jiang was the first to answer, without the slightest change, and people began to answer one after another, this kind of person who answered at the beginning was not much, and after they wrote it, they were like Xie Jiang, without the slightest change.
However, as time goes by, some people don't have the same calmness as they used to be.
Finally, after a man reluctantly wrote a text, the paper in front of him finally changed.
I saw that after this person put away the pen, the paper was windless and automatic, and then a bright light burst out from above, and the light instantly enveloped this person.
Many people are attracted by this light, and no one knows why, but most people cast envious eyes on such a change, and many people subconsciously believe that it is a change after the pass.
As the first light lit up, more places lit up one after another, and then in an instant, these people who were illuminated by the light disappeared in plain sight.
There are fewer and fewer people on both sides of the stream, and when the time of half a pillar of incense is about to come, there are less than 5,000 people left in the place where there were originally 20,000 or 30,000 people, and even nearly eighty percent of them are people who have not yet answered.
At this time, everyone realized that those who burst into paper and gave birth to changes were eliminated, and those who did not change were the ones who really stayed.
"The time has come. Su Ruolan's voice sounded again.
This time, with her voice, the paper in front of those who had not yet answered, which was still half blank, burst into bright light, and then nearly four thousand people disappeared almost at the same time.
"Congratulations to all the talents, then we can start the real literary meeting, there are not many people left, let's do it in the form of a meandering water. The curtain hanging from the stone pavilion slowly rolled up, and this time Su Ruolan walked out of the stone pavilion, allowing the remaining five or six hundred people to see her true face.
Su Ruolan stood outside the pavilion and swept her eyes over the remaining people, and then spoke again: "Of course, we have to change this rule, since it is the little woman who challenges you, then it will be up to you to come up with the question, whether it is a scripture or a poem, calligraphy and painting can be a question, you only need to make a question, put it on the top of the stream, and the little woman in front of the pavilion will answer, if there is a question that cannot be answered or flows through the stone pavilion, I will lose." ”
"If the fairy loses, what will we pay? If the fairy wins everyone, what price will we pay?" someone asked the question that everyone was most concerned about.
Su Ruolan turned slightly, looked at the person who asked the question, and then said, "If I lose, the one who wins against me can make any request to Yuntai Guan." If you all lose, then drink this cup of spiritual wine as a reward from afar. ”
A wine glass appeared in front of everyone out of thin air, and as soon as the wine glass appeared, it exuded a rich aroma of wine, and just a smell made people feel refreshed.
But as the wine glass appeared, everyone frowned, looking at the wine glass as if they were looking at a flood beast.
"Hehe, I'm afraid you're thinking too much, this is my Yuntai Immortal Brewed Spirit Wine, a cup can wash the mortal body and prolong life for several years. Su Ruolan understood what everyone was thinking, and immediately explained.
When they heard that it was not poisonous wine, but an immortal brew that could prolong their lives, everyone's expressions became extremely exciting.
That is to say, no matter whether you win or lose, as long as the people who stay actually win, you can get a cup of immortal brew at worst to prolong your life for several years.
It's just that this result makes people even more confused, what is the purpose of Yuntai Guan doing this?
Just for the sake of fame? It doesn't seem right, because there is no shortage of fame in the Yuntai view.
"Soon you'll know why, please. Su Ruolan seems to be able to see everything, but now is not the time to uncover the mystery, at least the real Lan Tingwen meeting has not yet been held.
"What's the best topic?Hey, sister, why don't you write it?" Xie Xuan picked up the pen and thought about what question to come up with, but he found that Xie Jiang was looking at the top of his head intently.
There is no sky overhead, only a halo of colored light, which can even make people feel dizzy after looking at it for a long time.
"He's coming......" Xie Jiang was still staring at the top of her head, this time she also looked eager to try, if Xie Jiang could fly, she must have flown to the light curtain overhead.
Xie Xuan also looked at the top of his head when he heard this, but no matter how he looked at it, it was always that dizzying halo. Even Wang Xizhi, Xie An and the others looked at the top of their heads, and they found nothing.
The people of Wang Xie and the two families did not act for a long time because of Xie Jiang, but the others had already written the topics one after another and put them into Qushui, and these people also subconsciously tried to invest in Qushui at the same time.
Because Su Ruolan said that as long as there is a flow through the stone pavilion, and she doesn't have time to answer, even if she loses.
Soon the scrolls flowed to the stone pavilion, and when they got close to the stone pavilion, Su Ruolan made a move, and the scrolls floated up one after another, and then slowly unfolded.
Su Ruolan swept it at a glance, and a brush automatically wrote in the air.
No matter what kind of questions the questioners came up with on these papers, Su Ruolan answered them at just a glance.
After Su Ruolan finished answering, those papers automatically flew back and fell back into the hands of the questioner.
"Wonderful, even I couldn't have come up with such a subtle answer myself. When the questioner saw Su Ruolan's answer, these people had to admit that Su Ruolan's talent was indeed impeccable.
"This Su Ruolan is only a teenager, are there so many of us, is it better than a little girl?" Some people are not angry in their hearts, Su Ruolan was born in Shu, and her past is not a secret. But the more this is the case, the more unwilling those who are pretentious.
However, no one can deny Su Ruolan's talent.
Soon, there were not many papers left in the water, and there were only a few dozen people who had not yet come up with the question.
Wang Xizhi and Xie An are also people who have not yet come up with the question, the two of them glanced at each other, and finally picked up the pen and wrote something.
"Sister, you're the only one left. Xie Xuan had already completed the question and answer of the paper, it was a question that even Xie Xuan had no answer, but Su Ruolan's answer made Xie Xuan feel like he was suddenly open.
At this moment, Su Ruolan was replying to the last few papers, but at this moment, her speed had slowed down significantly, and her face also showed a look of serious thinking.
"Little sister, why don't you write yet?" Su Ruolan was single-minded, and she also discovered Xie Jiang's abnormality.
Su Ruolan remembered that in the first round, this little girl was the first to pass the screening, but this time she didn't move.
This was the first time that Su Ruolan took the initiative to talk to someone alone, and everyone looked at Xie Jiang curiously, but she still looked at the top of her head and didn't pay attention to Su Ruolan at all.
"I'll answer her questions myself. Suddenly, a man's voice came from the colorful light curtain, and then a young Taoist in a white robe appeared.
This person seemed to appear on the light curtain out of thin air, and then slowly landed and stood beside Su Ruolan.
"Engong!" When Zhou Cheng appeared, Wang Xizhi and Xie An both saw his appearance, and the two almost blurted out subconsciously.
Although the two had only seen Zhou Cheng's side face back then, they were sure that the Taoist in front of them was the one who saved them more than ten years ago.
When Zhou Cheng appeared, Xie Jiang's gaze stayed on him, and she subconsciously stepped forward a few steps, almost walking into the stream.
"Who are you, who am I?" Xie Jiang said unexpectedly, his voice was not loud, but Zhou Cheng could hear it clearly.