Upside-down cloud tower

Wuhan, the capital city of Hubei Province. In this modern metropolis, there is a secluded quaint courtyard.

At this time, Zhou Liren and Xiang Qian were sitting quietly on the sofa in the living room of the small courtyard, and opposite sat an old man in his sixties.

The old man closed his eyes and sat in the sofa for a long time, then slowly opened his eyes, looked at Zhou Liren and said, "Xiao Zhou, what you said can really be true?"

Zhou Liren nodded slowly and said, "I am willing to say it again, as long as you can guarantee to let the forward pass, the disciples of your Fu family, I can guarantee that the three of them will enter 711 without examination." It's just that whether they can complete their studies and graduate smoothly depends on their own efforts. ”

Old man Fu nodded and said, "Of course." I don't ask for anything else, as long as I can enter, hehe, I have hope for Fu Jiaxing. But ......"

Old man Fu looked at the direction, turned his head again and said to Zhou Liren: "I want to say ugly things in front, I am only responsible for sending him over, as for what will happen after the past, I can't guarantee it." ”

Zhou Liren was not allowed to answer, Old Man Fu grinned and said, "Hey, hey, I won't deceive you." Ever since it reached me, no one has ever tried to use it. Moreover, I heard my ancestor once say that when he came to that side, he faced all kinds of things, which were not something that ordinary people could bear. ”

Turning his head, Old Man Fu looked in the direction and said, "Young man, are you still willing to go over?"

......

In the backyard of the Fu family, there is a secret room.

Zhou Liren, Xiang Qian and Old Man Fu sat cross-legged on the ground in the shape of the finished glyph. At this time, he put on the nightgown-style costume again.

The cloth used in this dressing gown is very different. This kind of cloth, which is made of a special plant fiber, looks plain, and for the monk, a piece of cloth can be torn from a piece of clothing, but it can be directly refined into a talisman. Such a robe, if put on the market, is worth an astronomical amount.

For this mission, Zhou Liren specially asked someone to use this high-grade talisman cloth to make such a robe, in order to temporarily save the emergency if there is an emergency over there.

After meditating for a round, the three of them opened their eyes with a long breath of turbidity. Old man Fu took the remote control button in his hand and pressed it gently, and a gentle sound of gear sliding suddenly sounded. The Buddhist shrine behind the offering table opposite the three of them gradually turned back, revealing an ancient painting three or four feet long and more than two feet wide.

In the upper right corner of this painting, an antique stone tower hangs upside down in the air, and a large cloud of mist surrounds it, hiding most of the tower, and only the three layers near the base are exposed to the clouds. It is unknown how many floors the tower is divided into.

At the bottom left of the vast clouds and mist is a grassy field, and at the end of the field, there seems to be a lake and mountains, but the clouds are too thick to be seen clearly.

Old man Fu explained: "This painting was handed down from my ancestors, called 'Upside-Down Hanging Cloud Tower', and when it was passed on to the old man and me, I don't know how many generations it has been passed on. According to the ancestors, through this tower, the monks will be able to travel back and forth between us and the interface. ”

Xiang Qian was overjoyed and said, "So, I don't have to bother to bring this half of chalk." As he spoke, he spat out a soft noodle capsule from his mouth, and the capsule was wrapped in a chalk tip that was no bigger than a knuckle of an ordinary person's little finger.

......

Don't underestimate this small half of the chalk head, with it, the monk who goes to that interface can return along the way.

When he was at the base, Zhou Liren repeatedly explained that due to the limitations of technical means, it was not possible to pick up the monks sent back with a beam of white light like in Area 711C. So, in that interface, if you want to go back, the only way is this little half of the chalk head.

It is said that in that interface, there is a kind of black stone, which is pitch black throughout. This kind of black stone is either embedded in the cliff, or stored in the cave, and some, even casually lying among the rocks, in short, as long as you find any of the black stones that are slightly larger than the human body, compare your height and size, draw a door frame on that black stone, and then, with a gentle push of the monk, you can return to the present world through the door of time and space that opens instantly.

This small half of the chalk head was actually brought from that interface by a human monk hundreds of years ago who took the risk of holding it in his mouth, and it was naturally a complete one at that time. However, over the centuries, although this chalk has changed hands several times and been used with care, now, only such a small section remains.

......

For this kind of chalk storage, Old Man Fu naturally heard of it, and without waiting for Zhou Liren to answer, Old Man Fu said coldly: "If I were you, I wouldn't think like this." ”

"Really?" Xiang Qian hesitated, holding the capsule in his hand.

"Perhaps, Comrade Xiao Zhou hasn't made it clear to you thoroughly, right? Or, old man, I'm afraid that even Comrade Xiao Zhou only knows a little bit about this pagoda. ”

Zhou Liren nodded with a wry smile and said: "Mr. Fu, I actually only know that your inverted hanging pagoda can go back and forth between the two worlds, and I also know that it is not easy for anyone to really want to get out of your pagoda." Of course, I don't know the details. ”

Old man Fu nodded and said: "That's it, this is the heirloom treasure of our Fu family, don't say your surname, even our Fu family, it is also passed on to men and not women." It's just that since this young man surnamed Fang is going to leave my hand today, hehe, I can't say it, and I have to reveal one or two things about it. In the future, someone will poke the backbone of my Fu family, saying that I will miss someone's life if I am light. ”

As he spoke, Old Man Fu looked at the direction of the front, and the hairs on his body stood on end when he saw the direction, but he didn't dare to talk nonsense.

Zhou Liren nodded and said: "That's right, being frank and unrestrained is the true nature of being a man." Mr. Fu, tell me that if you really don't want to take on this task after listening to it, then I will think of other ways. Faintly, he also made up his mind in his heart, if he gave up because of this, he couldn't say, only he was on top, hey, until now, time waits for no one, no matter how much consideration is given, it is not as good as action.

Old man Fu said: "It is naturally possible to use my inverted Hanging Cloud Tower to travel back and forth between the two realms, but this process is very difficult and dangerous. If you're not careful, you might die because of it. ”

As he spoke, Old Man Fu looked in the direction again.

Death? Isn't it just a tower a few stories high, but in normal times, within ten minutes, the buddy can go up and down it a few times?

The worst is that buddy turns around and runs, and it's always okay to go back the way he came, right?

Thinking of this, Xiang Qian nodded and said, "Lao Fu, whatever you say, this trip, buddy, I am decided." ”