Chapter 38: The Abyss
Legend has it that this world was originally dark, but after 48,000 years, there was a giant god Pangu, who opened the heavens and the earth, and turned mountains and rivers, and after another 48,000 years, Nuwa created man.
Legend has it that the first light between heaven and earth was born in the darkest place.
Zhang Xiaofan only felt that his whole body was so cold, cold to the bone marrow, such a cold, as if not only the body, but even the heart was cold, and he was about to die.
But he didn't feel afraid, he didn't have the slightest fear, he just felt tired like he had never felt before, and he didn't even have the strength to open his eyes. Strangely, when he was extremely sleepy and weak, his consciousness gradually became clearer.
It seemed that something surrounded him, very gentle, very careful, but cold as ice, slowly sucking the heat in his body, and at the same time with a strange feeling of comfort, people couldn't help but want to sleep comfortably like this.
If not, in his right hand there was a familiar and cold breath that rose up like a guard master, and if not, he suddenly felt that in his left hand there was a cold and soft hand.
He struggled to open his eyes in sleepiness, minute by minute!
It was a ray of light in eternal darkness!
In the endless and boundless darkness, only in front of Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, a little light quietly lit up, it was a faint, white light light, it floated in the dark, entangled Zhang Xiaofan, like the most gentle woman, holding her beloved lover, and he was so entangled.
It was like a puff of light smoke, with a bit of nothingness, in mid-air, beside Zhang Xiaofan, it gradually turned into a beautiful and desolate face, towards the young man's lips, kissing!
Between the lips, there is a faint fragrance, a trace of confusion, and some, but only cold!
The cold in my heart!
The burning stick Huo Ran rose, and the light of Xuanqing sè blocked Zhang Xiaofan's body, and the beautiful face transformed by the light white light seemed to be a little afraid of this, and had to retreat. Zhang Xiaofan's body was shocked, he turned over and got up, and then he came to his senses and exclaimed: "yīn spirit!"
According to ancient legends, life is old and dead, only the soul is immortal, and at the end of a lifetime, there will be a soul out of the body, and it will be reincarnated in the next life, life after life, and reincarnation. However, in the world, there are resentful spirits, with greed, hatred, and ignorance, fear, evil, and fear, attachment to the world, looking back on the past, and not wanting to die, which is for the "yīn spirit".
Of course, yīn spirits are things that are daunting, and they naturally like to live in the wet land of yīn, and it is not surprising that there are such ghosts in the dark cháo dampness in this abyss. But Zhang Xiaofan has never seen such things in his life, when he was a child, he heard the adults say that there are ghosts in this world in Caomiao Village, and later heard that the senior brothers said that this is called yīn spirit on the big bamboo peak, and he was a little afraid in his heart.
His call was only heard far away in the darkness, and in the darkness around him, his voice seemed light, and after a long time, there was a faint echo coming back. It was also with his call, as if something had been alarmed, and in the darkness around him, it was silently lit up again.
Zhang Xiaofan only felt his heart skip a beat, and then it was as if the heart in his chest had stopped, he held his breath and watched a faint white light that was almost exactly the same as the yīn spirit just now, light up in the darkness ahead.
Then, the left side lit up, the right side lit up, the front side lit up, the back lit up, and even when he looked up, even the top of his head lit up, flashing that faint white light.
There were countless yīn spirits, as if awakened from a long slumber, feeling the warmth of the human body that appeared for the first time in hundreds of years, and gathered here.
The bursts of smoky white light, drifting uncertainly, conjured up countless faces, male or female, old or young, beautiful or ugly, but at this moment, there was only one feeling in Zhang Xiaofan's eyes: cold.
The thought of these countless yīn spirits rushing up to surround him made his scalp tingle. Fortunately, after the initial horror, he immediately noticed that these yīn spirits seemed to be quite afraid of the burning stick in front of him, and did not dare to approach the glow of the burning stick. But before Zhang Xiaofan could breathe a sigh of relief, those yīn spirits floating in the air seemed to have discovered something and flew towards Zhang Xiaofan's left side one after another.
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, and then lost his scena, the soft hand he was holding in his left hand had gradually cooled down at the moment. He hurriedly pulled hard, a sound of water sounded, Lu Xueqi was pulled to his side, with the surrounding ghostly light, Zhang Xiaofan only saw Lu Xueqi's face was pale, her eyes were closed, but her breathing was normal, and after a rough look, she didn't seem to have any external injuries, so she put her mind at ease, looked around, and carefully observed the surrounding environment.
He and Lu Xueqi, who was unconscious, were somehow at the edge of a bay of water at the moment, and they couldn't see the size of the water surface clearly in the dark, and they didn't know whether it was a small pool, or a big lake, or the legendary huge underground deep sea. Zhang Xiaofan didn't know why he suddenly had this idea, but he was in the water, but he felt that the surface of the water was not still, and the waves of the cháo tide bulged like gentle hands caressing his body.
However, the water is really cold to the bone!
Zhang Xiaofan stood up with difficulty, and stayed any longer, even if he was not harmed by these yīn spirits, he was afraid that the two of them would freeze to death in this water first. As soon as he stood up straight, he only felt dizzy, and his body couldn't help but shake a little.
When he was on the platform, he was hit in the back by the old man, the wild dog Taoist, and Liu Hao at the same time, and the injury was really not light. At the same time, the glow of the burning stick Xuanqing sè also dimmed as if it were inductive. Almost at the same moment, the ghosts of the countless yīn spirits around them lit up at the same time, and the faces of the transformed chéngrén revealed infinite longing.
Zhang Xiaofan was taken aback, and hurriedly settled down, and the light of the burning stick was lit up again, shocking those yīn spirits. Zhang Xiaofan struggled to pull Lu Xueqi to the shore, this short distance made him feel so long.
Finally, they reached the hard ground, and Zhang Xiaofan sat on the ground all of a sudden, panting for breath.
Around, countless yīn spirits fluttered and wandered outside the circle of light of the burning stick Xuanqing sè.
Zhang Xiaofan looked at the floating ghosts in a daze, remembered the last memories in his mind before he fell unconscious, remembered that Lu Xueqi flew over and held his hand, remembered the boundless and endless dark abyss under them when they fell, and he even vaguely remembered that before he lost consciousness, there was a familiar Buddha name that sounded on that platform.
It should be Senior Brother Faxiang, the four of them have arrived.
Zhang Xiaofan said this in his heart, with the help of the four of them, plus Qi Hao and Zeng Shushu's own cultivation method, it should be fine. If Senior Brother Qi is fine, presumably Senior Sister Ling'er won't be sad, right?
However, Zhang Xiaofan asked himself almost at the same time, if I die, will Senior Sister Ling'er be sad? Maybe she will also be a little sentimental, after all, over the years, I have been with her all these years, and I know that this senior sister, who is beautiful and strong on the outside, actually has a gentle and weak side in her heart.
If she heard that Zhang Xiaofan, who had been playing since she was a child, had unfortunately died, she would definitely shed some tears, right? She would definitely be sad, right? She would definitely set up a grave for him on Dazhu Peak when she couldn't find the body, right?
I wonder how many times she will come to the grave in the future?
If that's the case, will he be like the yīn spirit around here, thinking of her, refusing to die, only lingering in the grave, quietly looking forward to the figure in his memory?
The boy sighed lowly and unknowingly in the silent darkness!
"Yikes".
She let out a soft call, slowly woke up, and opened her eyes.
For thousands of years, there has been an ancient question: If you wake up from a long sleep, who will be the first person you want to see?
No one knew that Lu Xueqi had ever heard this seemingly boring question, and at this moment, what was reflected in her eyes was Zhang Xiaofan's concerned eyes in the faint white light.
That's in the dark, the only warmth!
Zhang Xiaofan was happy to be in sè and said happily: "#醒来了, Senior Sister Lu!"
Lu Xueqi didn't answer immediately, she seemed to be stunned for a moment, but soon, she returned to normal, and her face also returned from a little confused at the beginning to a somewhat indifferent frost. But as she looked around, she couldn't help but be moved again.
"yīn spirit!" Lu Xueqi called out, just like Zhang Xiaofan just now.
Zhang Xiaofan nodded and comforted her: "Yes, but don't be afraid, they seem to be a little afraid of my burning and burning sticks, and they should be fine for the time being." ”
Lu Xueqi also found at this moment that the countless floating yīn spirits around him did not pounce, but only wandered around the periphery, and seemed to be very afraid of Zhang Xiaofan's short stick of black sè, and couldn't help but say after settling down: "What is your magic weapon called, why is it so powerful?"
Zhang Xiaofan's face turned red and said, "Call, call, I'll call it...... Burning sticks, and I don't know how it could be so powerful. ”
Lu Xueqi said: "Burning sticks?"
Zhang Xiaofan looked at the woman in front of him in the faint white light, her skin was like snow, although she was a little pale but even more beautiful, she couldn't help but bow her head and said, "Yes, I am in charge of cooking on the big bamboo peak, and I use it to make a burning stick." ”
Lu Xueqi was speechless for a while, looked at the ugly black sè short stick in mid-air in a daze, and said in a low voice for a while: "Burning stick! I have to be preached by my teacher, I have practiced hard, and I have the Tianya Divine Sword, but I was defeated under a burning stick?"
Zhang Xiaofan's heart jumped suddenly, and he only felt that Lu Xueqi's face turned a little whiter in this moment, and he could hardly see the slightest blood, so he couldn't help but say: "Senior sister, at that time, it was # won, and besides, I heard that if it weren't for the great loss of vitality when # competed with me, he might not have lost to Senior Brother Qi Hao in the final......"
The more he spoke, the quieter he became, and then gradually fell silent, just because Lu Xueqi silently raised his head and looked at him coldly, so that he couldn't speak anymore. A faint white light shone on the two of them.
Lu Xueqi lowered her head again, took a deep breath, and said, "How did we get away with it?"
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, and he was quite confused, and said, "I don't know." Then he remembered something, pointed to the water's edge with his hand, and said, "But when I first woke up, we were both lying at the water's edge, could it be that we were lucky enough to fall into the water to not die, and we were washed ashore by the cháo water?"
Lu Xueqi looked in the direction he was pointing, lined with the faint white light emitted by the yīn spirit, and sure enough, he saw water in the distance, and there was a faint "rustle" sound of cháo water washing over the shore. On the other hand, although most of his clothes were dry, they were still a little wet, and it was very cold on his body. It is conceivable that if it weren't for this Zhang Xiaofan who pulled himself ashore, he was afraid that he would freeze to death before he woke up.
"Thank you. Lu Xueqi suddenly whispered.
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, then quickly shook his hand and smiled: "It's okay, it's okay ......"
Suddenly, both of them were stunned.
In the middle of the two people, between the hands of the two people, until this moment, they still hold each other tightly.
It seems to be connected by flesh and blood, as if it has been like this for many years, and there is no feeling at all, it seems that it should be like this, as if both of them have forgotten!
Lu Xueqi slowly withdrew her hand, Zhang Xiaofan smiled awkwardly, her hand swinging left and right beside him, but she didn't know where to put it.
After a while, Lu Xueqi spoke: "Before you fell, you were hit hard by the Demon Sect Demon, how do you feel now?"
Zhang Xiaofan was amnesty, and when he heard that the frost woman didn't seem to blame him, he hurriedly said, "It's okay, it's okay." ”
Lu Xueqi said: "Can you still resist the sword?"
Zhang Xiaofan was lucky, and he felt that the pain in his body was like a pinprick, and he shook his head with a wry smile.
Lu Xueqi glanced at him and said, "I can't do it either, let's get up and check the surroundings to see if there is a way out, otherwise we will keep doing this and wait, surrounded by these yīn spirits, and sooner or later we will be sucked by them." ”
Zhang Xiaofan gasped and nodded, "Yes." ”
Lu Xueqi stood up and checked all over his body, there were no major external injuries, but the inner meridians and blood were a little messy, and his whole body was weak. And the Tianya Divine Sword, which she cared about the most, was returning intact to the scabbard behind her back at the moment.
She turned her head to look at Zhang Xiaofan again, but saw that he was standing up with some difficulty, his body was not very flexible, and he was obviously still troubled by his injuries, and at the same time, she also knew how much effort he had taken to pull himself out of the water just now.
"How many levels of your Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao cultivation has reached?" Lu Xueqi suddenly said to Zhang Xiaofan.
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment and didn't speak, but Lu Xueqi thought that he deliberately didn't answer, turned his head, and said lightly: "It's okay if you don't say it, but I heard the master say that your cultivation has only reached the fourth layer, and when rì is that weird magic weapon is powerful, I didn't believe it at that time." Now I saw it with my own eyes, if it weren't for your high cultivation and strong meridian foundation, you would have been unable to fall under those demon sect demons. ”
Zhang Xiaofan scratched his head, and didn't know what to say for a while, because he himself was a little confused about his cultivation at the moment, so he passed it vaguely. In fact, where did Lu Xueqi know that if it was only about the cultivation of Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao, Zhang Xiaofan really only had the cultivation of the fourth level realm at the moment, that is, the realm that could just use the magic weapon, but in Zhang Xiaofan's body, there was another kind of supreme true law of Buddhism, "Great Brahma Prajna", which was the key to the facts.
Zhang Xiaofan has practiced Dafa Prajna in the past five years, although his practice is still shallow, but the stability of the foundation of the meridians in the body is far better than the young disciples of the same sect and the same cultivation in his night practice of Buddhism and Taoism. Because of this, he was hit hard by the demon sect demon in his life, Tai Chi Xuanqing Dao body blocked one layer, and Dafa Praruo blocked another layer at the same time, so he was lucky not to die.
At that moment, the two stood up, Zhang Xiaofan recalled the burning stick back to his hand, and the light of Xuanqing sè sprinkled out, surrounding the figures of the two of them. Lu Xueqi groaned slightly, pointed in the opposite direction of the water's edge, and the two walked towards the endless darkness and depths.
After a long time, the two of them were still walking in the open space, and under this abyss, there was no sign of life except for the big surprise.
Some of them just fluttered and wandered around them, coveting the yīn spirit of flesh and blood, floating silently up and down.
Zhang Xiaofan and Lu Xueqi both felt heavier and heavier as they walked, and at the same time felt that the surrounding qi was like cháo, and Zhang Xiaofan only felt that his qi and blood were surging at the moment, and there were bursts of dizziness. In fact, although he has a solid foundation, his cultivation is not high after all, and at the same time, he was hit by the old man, the wild dog Dao and Liu Hao, and the damage to the meridians in his body was still great.
After a while, Lu Xueqi also noticed that Zhang Xiaofan was not quite right, and said, "What's wrong with you?"
Zhang Xiaofan smiled and said, "I'm fine, let's go." ”
Lu Xueqi glanced at him and said, "Do you want to take a break ......?"
Before she could say the word "breath" for resting, she saw Zhang Xiaofan's body suddenly shake, his body was weak, and he actually fell down. And the burning stick in his hand also quickly dimmed as he fell.
Lu Xueqi was taken aback, and hurriedly supported him, his tentacles were cold, and he was surprised to find that Zhang Xiaofan had fainted. At that moment, she, who had always been known for her calmness among her fellow teachers and sisters, was also a little flustered.
Immediately, she thought of another, even more terrible question.
The burning stick has lost its effect, so what is it used to resist the countless yīn spirits around it?
Almost at the same time that Lu Xueqi thought of this question, the countless yīn spirits around him who emitted a faint white light seemed to be stunned for a moment, and then, in front of them, two living flesh and blood bodies stood there without a trace of defense.
In the darkness, there seemed to be countless voices laughing and roaring proudly at the same time, and countless yīn spirits froze in mid-air for a moment, and then, like greedy beasts, they rushed towards the two helpless people standing in the darkness.
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