Chapter 31: Sou Shen Ji
Ice cream needles take overnight to prepare. At this time, it was getting late, and Xu Ziwen couldn't go back this night. Xu Ziwen thought that his system needed erudition, so he asked Zhao Zhensong to borrow a book to read.
Zhao Zhensong had promised him that if he encountered difficulties, he could come to ask for advice at any time, and thought that this young man was the son of Xu Dongyang, who was originally a scholar, and he might take on the responsibility of guarding the ruthless door in the future, and reading more books should be encouraged, so he promised him to choose some popular books to read in addition to the secret books of the Quanzhen Longmen Sect.
It was late at night. Only Xu Ziwen stayed in Zhao Zhensong's outer study to study. His method of reading is different, because the system only uses his eyes as a browser, as long as the words that his eyes scan, the system will record them, which can be described as "a hundred lines at a glance" at the speed of Xu Ziwen's reading.
In less than an hour, the thick stacks of books on the table were all recorded by the system. There was only one book that made Xu Ziwen realize at first glance, and he had to slow down and read it word by word.
The cover of this book has the words "Sou Shen Ji" written on it, indicating that this book was recorded by a person named Gan Xubao. The date of origin is not specified. The first story Xu Ziwen saw was about "Qimen Shuzang".
It is written in the book: "Qimen Shuzang" was created by Zhuge Wuhou and compiled by Jiang Wei ....... What is recorded in his book is that there is a mystery ...... the universe of the void. The strange runes analyzed in the book are celestial scripts, and the heavenly machines can be recognized according to the translations in the book. Those who understand the mystery may be able to communicate with future beings......
When Xu Ziwen read this paragraph, he suddenly remembered the strange symbols and carvings carved on the stone walls of the underground cave, "...... Could it be that these symbols have already been deciphered in the Qimen Shuzang, that is, if you find this book, you will know the meaning of the stone wall carvings......"
Xu Ziwen continued to ponder, "Those who understand the mystery may be able to communicate with future beings?...... Am I not a creature from the future? But I am from the real world of the future, and Academician Lin Ru said that this is an illusory world, if it is not a dimensional world, can it be through the underworld?...... I don't understand. ”
Xu Ziwen didn't think much about it, in fact, one day later, he finally understood that another important meaning of these symbols was that he understood that when he was sent by the military to the martial arts world to find the corpse incense konjac, that world was engaged in a fierce scientific debate for the task he had accepted.
Will the mission continue, or will he give up? Will he be able to return to the real world in the future? And even what is the meaning of Academician Lin Ru's reminder that he should "live well"?......
Turning the page, Xu Ziwen saw the next story: Gu shot fairy, the daughter of the snow, her skin is like ice and snow, and she is like a virgin. Don't eat grains, suck wind and drink dew. Ride the clouds, resist the six dragons, and swim ...... the four seas.
On the same day, Gu shot the fairy was injured by love, the dragon traveled all over the world, and laid four fairy dojos in the nether realm, one in the north of Youzhou, one in the land of Bashu, one in the land of Yunnan, and one in the sandbar of the Western Regions.
The gods and spirits of the four dojos are connected, and among them, there is a holy water hidden deep underground, and it can be brought back to life ....... It is said in the book that after the girl shot the fairy in the Western Regions, she suddenly encountered a sandstorm covering the sky, swept the fairy into it, and disappeared from then on.
Xu Ziwen's pupils widened more and more, and he said in his heart: "Isn't the fairy spirit dojo opened by the fairy in the land of Bashu the Hundred Flowers Valley?...... In this way, there will also be two Lingxiu immortal lands in the north of Youzhou and the land of Miaojiang in Yunnan...... , especially over there in the Western Regions...... The girl was swept away by a sandstorm?...... What happened at that time?...... And in the book, it is said that there is holy water under the Immortal Spirit Dojo? Could it be the river that I fell into the underground cave of the Hundred Flowers Valley?......
No, it stands to reason that holy water is very precious, and it is rare to be precious, and if that waterfall river is holy water, it will be a little funny......" He suddenly thought of the fairy statue on the stone wall that he saw in the blue deep water world underground, and the statue's lips fluttering, "Could this statue have anything to do with holy water?......
Xu Ziwen continued to flip through the book, and the stories in this book were covered with a veil of mystery. Until he turned to an article: The flower of konjac is the thing of the evil god of Maya in the Western Regions. Legend has it that the queen of the ancient Maya kingdom was framed for the rebellion of her courtiers, and the rebels ruined her face, cut off her limbs, and abandoned her in the wilderness. Then the remains of the queen disappeared, and over time there was a tomb of its own in the wilderness, and the rebels were surprised and led their troops to check it, but the sandstorm was everywhere, and these people were trapped in the tomb, only to see that the tomb had a delicate konjac flower, and the petals had eye-like patterns.
When everyone heard the strange fragrance of the konjac flower, they suddenly felt delirious, so they raised their knives to kill each other, and no one survived, and the minister who launched the rebellion saw the queen of Maya who came out of the konjac flower and smiled evilly at himself before he died......
"Finally a clue. Xu Ziwen said in his heart, "According to the records in this book, the corpse incense konjac I am looking for may be this flower."
It's just that this "Sou Shen Ji" looks very old, and this book is more like a mythological book, and whether this konjac flower survives is another matter. Since the book is with the Taoist chief, let's ask the Taoist chief first after dawn. ”
Xu Ziwen did not feel tired at all this night, he continued to browse other stories in the book, and saw another one: Han beggars are born in the shadows, often beggars in the city......
This text is awkward, under the prompting of the system, Xu Ziwen understood the meaning of it, roughly speaking, there was a beggar called "Yin Sheng" in the Han Dynasty, often begging in the market for a living, by chance, he got a martial arts book, wanted to exchange this book for some food to eat, he took the book to the people who practiced martial arts to estimate, everyone saw that the name of the book was more ordinary, so they all spurned him.
Yin Sheng did not give up, he was selling in the market every day, many people were tired of beating him, and some even sprinkled him with dung water, Yin Sheng never got discouraged, day after day, year after year, until one day, he met God and man to help......
Xu Ziwen felt funny when he saw this story, and when he wanted to look down, he found that the second half of the story was torn, and the content below was unknown.
After dawn, Zhao Zhensong walked out of the door and saw Xu Ziwen holding his chin on the desk sleepy, and said with a smile: "Xu Gongzi has studied hard all night, and his spirit is commendable!" Xu Ziwen was awakened by his words, wiped the corners of his mouth, and said: "The Taoist is smiling! ”
Zhao Zhensong said: "But it doesn't hurt to talk about it. ”
Xu Ziwen showed him "Sou Shen Ji" and expressed the doubts in his heart. Zhao Zhensong suddenly realized after hearing this, and said: "Yes, I almost forgot, Poor Dao remembers that after dealing with Jinyi Wei that day, you asked me about the 'Corpse Fragrance Konjac', but because there was something disturbing, we didn't go deep into this topic," he looked at the book as he spoke, and said, "Although this book is in my Quanzhen Dragon Sect study, Poor Dao has indeed never read it carefully......"
What Zhao Zhensong said was true, although he was in charge of teaching real people, his main focus was still on the study of the secret books and classics of the Quanzhen Dragon Sect, and he did not pay attention to the strange and miscellaneous notes of these outer sects. After Zhao Zhensong saved Xu Lin and the others in the hands of Jinyiwei that day, Xu Ziwen mentioned the matter of corpse incense konjac, Zhao Zhensong saw that he was polite, and the words that he thought of later did not speak, and the matter was put down.
Looking back, although Zhao Zhensong had never heard of the corpse incense konjac, he knew that there was a gang in the Western Regions called the "Hidden Demon Cave", and their owner called himself the "Queen of Corpse Incense".
Now the legend of "Konjac Flower" is recorded in this "Sou Shen Ji". It's even more strange to think about it, one is a gang in the Western Regions that has appeared in reality, and the word "corpse incense" is accounted for in the name, and the other is a flower plant covered with a veil of mystery in the mythological miscellaneous, and the word "konjac" is accounted for in the name, although it can make people combine into "corpse incense konjac" to imagine, after all, it is only speculation, but although it is speculation, you can taste it carefully, the corpse fragrance queen and konjac flowers must be closely related to the corpse fragrance konjac, probably not wrong.
Zhao Zhensong told Xu Ziwen what he knew about the hidden demon cave. Xu Ziwen felt even more confused, but in the confusion, he felt that he was suddenly opened, and felt that it was necessary to continue to explore. In particular, he heard that the gang of the Hidden Demon Cave would definitely cause trouble in the East in fifty years, so he inferred that it was not a matter of the past two years? Thinking about it, he felt an invisible pressure coming over him, and a chill ran down his spine.
As for the strange runes in the "Qimen Shuzang" recorded in "Sou Shen Ji", Zhao Zhensong has not read it. He thought for a while and said: "It is said that Jiang Wei compiled a total of nine volumes of "Qimen Shuzang", divided into two parts: "Tianxuan" and "Rehmannia", and only four volumes were left after being burned by the imperial court. ”
Xu Ziwen thought about it, and said in his heart, "There are many good things, the answer will definitely not be easily placed in front of me, these clues are very valuable, and we must continue to explore, so we should tread the snow to find plums." ”
Bing Xuan's grandson Tieshou also stayed up all night, and now he has prepared several "Ice Ling Divine Needles". So he hurried over, said goodbye to the elder brother, and took Xu Ziwen to the Valley of Hundred Flowers.