Chapter 09: Penglai
"Rootless lotus?"
An exclamation came from Qin Chuan's mouth.
He had never seen such a beautiful colorful lotus, and even such a lotus flower that grew out of thin air without soil and water, no one in the world had ever really seen it. However, just because no one has seen it doesn't mean it doesn't exist.
Qin Chuan only learned from the ancient books and classics of Fuximen that this wonderful thing created by heaven and earth is said to be the flesh shell left behind by the rainbow of the empty underworld, and turned into this colorful lotus. And its name is called rootless lotus. Does this have anything to do with the rootless water you seek?
Under the sun, a rootless lotus is beautiful.
I saw that on the flowers and leaves, a drop of flower dew was shining with dazzling light.
It's like a dream.
"Water without roots!"
Qin Chuan was immediately overjoyed. It turns out that the so-called rootless water is the flower dew of this rootless lotus? The rumors that Master Wuchenzi heard were not false! And he was not disappointed on this trip!
A rare smile once again surfaced on the corner of Qin Chuan's mouth.
However, as soon as he took a step, he seemed to remember that at the top of this heavenly pillar, one foot fell into the air, and suddenly, Qin Chuan's entire body fell down again, and the true yuan in his body couldn't even function for half a minute.
That's it, straight down!
“......”
All of Qin Chuan's consciousness also fell into a coma at this moment.
......
I don't know how long it took.
Qin Chuan gradually regained consciousness, but he didn't know where he was.
I saw that it was a room, and I was lying on a couch, and there was a pot of hot tea in the room, and there was a hazy heat. And in the body, all the true elements have long been restored to normal, and their minds are extremely clear. Suddenly, Qin Chuan noticed that the aura of heaven and earth in this place was unprecedentedly rich.
Don't say that the natural spiritual veins like Fuximen are like this, that is, the spiritual energy that he relies on the Jiuyao glazed cup and tries his best to take the initiative to gather has never been so abundant. Even, far from it.
"Where is this?"
Qin Chuan was suspicious in his heart.
I only remember that I fell from the top of the Heavenly Pillar, and I thought that I would be crushed to pieces, but I never thought that there was no injury on my body, and I fell into such a magical place.
...... Isn't it, the world after death?
"Squeak!"
Pushing open the door, an incomparably fresh breath greeted you.
But I saw a great scenery. The spirit mountain is beautiful, the flowing water is murmuring, the white cranes fly together in the vast sky, the spirit ape is playing in the pine and cypress, compared with the two, it is far more fairy than the Luoyan Peak that has to be contaminated with the worldly atmosphere. The faint clouds permeate the mountains, without a trace of turbidity.
As in the legend, the real immortal holy realm.
Once you get out, there is a bamboo forest path leading to the mountainside. And from a distance, on the mountainside, there is a big hall, which is not luxurious, nor magnificent, but people can't help but be awe-inspired.
Qin Chuan was puzzled, so he walked towards the mountain.
After walking for a long time, they came to the outside of the main hall.
I saw a child in the hall burning incense and worshipping, fifteen or sixteen years old, but through his clothes, he couldn't tell what sect he believed in. Moreover, Qin Chuan spied and also noticed that this little boy did not have any cultivation aura on his body, and he was just an ordinary mortal. The boy was kneeling with great reverence.
Thinking about it, Qin Chuan looked up.
But when I saw the little boy kneeling down, it was not the Taoist ancestor Sanqing, nor the Buddha Muni, nor the sage ancestor or the founder of any family in the world. Even, above the shrine, there was nothing.
...... Nothing!
“!”
Qin Chuan was slightly startled, and couldn't help but lose his mind for a long time.
"Huh, you're awake?"
Suddenly, I heard the words of the little boy and came back to my senses, only to see that the little boy had come out of the hall.
"Hmm. ”
Qin Chuan answered, and after a long pause, his gaze moved away from the shrine, and turned his attention to Xiao Tong, and once again the Yuan Shen Mind spied for a long time. In the end, it didn't work, so he asked:
"But Master Ling saved me?"
"Nope!"
However, the little boy denied it, "Master is not on the mountain all the year round, it was I who found you when I was feeding the fish in the clear lotus pond, and I brought you back." It's also strange, how could you be born a person, how could you fall from the sky and fall in the clear lotus pond. He almost startled my fish, and he was very reckless. ”
“......”
Qin Chuan was dumbfounded.
I originally thought that it was the master on this mountain who saved me, but now listening to this little child's words, I still feel a little funny. Could it be that he fell from the top of the pillar of heaven and fell here?
Perhaps, this is an unknown peak somewhere in the Kunlun Mountains......
"It's rude under it. ”
Thinking about it, Qin Chuan saluted, and saw that the little boy was quite angry, but there was some inexplicable meaning in his heart. But he never thought about when the yin in his heart since Mu Zihan's death had mysteriously dispersed. In front of this little child, it seems that he has restored his original self. That, Qin Chuan, who was indifferent and quiet back then.
...... Perhaps, it's because of the wonderful atmosphere on the mountain.
"Little brother, can you tell me, where is Kunlun?"
"This is Penglai. ”
"Penglai?"
Hearing this, Qin Chuan was suspicious again. I don't seem to have heard the name in my memory. However, if you want to come to Kunlun Mountain, you may not know all of them, so you don't care about it.
“...... Little brother just said clear lotus pond?"
Suddenly, Qin Chuan seemed to remember something, and hurriedly asked again.
"Qinglian Pond, what's wrong?"
"But there are no roots...... Is it the colorful Lotus?"
Saying that, Qin Chuan's heart tightened, and he finally remembered the business he had come to do. He fell from the top of the pillar of heaven with rootless lotus, and inexplicably fell into the pond called "Clear Lotus Pond". Perhaps, there is something related to this. Heaven and earth are created, and it is impossible to say, but in the pool, there will be rootless lotus.
Hearing Qin Chuan's question, the child didn't care at all:
"My pool is full of colorful lotuses, what's so strange?"
“......”
"But what do you ask about?"
"I need the lotus flower dew below, I wonder if the little brother can give me some?"
Qin Chuan hurriedly replied, and he couldn't be surprised by the wonder of creation. However, I still never thought in my heart that I came from Fuxi Mountain to kill the general, how did I get here, and it became a pleading?
"If you want to take it, it's not a very valuable thing. ”
Xiao Tong replied, his tone was extremely relaxed, and he didn't even intend to ask his mysterious master's intentions, so he promised Qin Chuan like this. However, then I heard him say again:
"But at this time, the homework that Master has given me has not yet been completed, so I can't take you there. You can go by yourself, it's on the top of the mountain, if you don't know the way, just find a senior brother on the mountain and ask. ”
"It doesn't matter. ”
Qin Chuan thanked him again and couldn't wait to leave.
......
Winding mountain roads, shuttling between bamboo forests.
Qin Chuan was originally walking fast, eager to go to the clear lotus pond on the top of the mountain, but as he walked on this mountain, he unconsciously slowed down, and couldn't help but look at such a worldless immortal holy realm, and couldn't help but look a little surprised and a little intoxicated in the refreshing and wonderful atmosphere around him.
I never knew there was such a place in the world.
Looking around, I saw the floating clouds all over the field, when the roll was like the tide of the ocean, and there were no other peaks, thinking of the famous Wanghai Cliff of Fuxi Mountain, compared to this time, it can be said that it is a small thing.
This also shows that this Penglai Mountain is definitely a peak in Kunlun.
...... However, in addition to the Kunlun Heavenly Pillar and the Fuyang and Yiwang Peaks, where is there anything higher?
"Didn't you come from your own space?"
Qin Chuan thought about it, and suddenly shook his head again.
Just like the rumored Taoist Heaven and Buddhism Sumeru, they all only exist in legends. It is rumored that the ancient sages exerted their great magical powers, imitating Pangu to open up the world, and it was ethereal.
...... I don't believe that there are such people in today's world!
Perhaps, it's just that I'm shallow in my knowledge. Not every part of this world is known to the world, such as the wild Dharani Palace, if it weren't for the rise of the Dark Gate, I'm afraid, no one would know about it.
"Whew!"
Qin Chuan breathed a sigh of relief.
I saw that at the end of the bamboo forest path, there were several forks in the road, and I didn't know where it led. He was going to the clear lotus pond on the top of the mountain, but the boy couldn't lead the way for himself because he had other things, so he had to come alone. It seems that I have to follow the guidance of the child and find someone around to ask.
Thinking about it, Qin Chuan stopped and watched, but sure enough, he saw the two of them.
"May I ask where to go from the Qinglian Pond?"
“......”
shouted loudly, but no one answered Qin Chuan, and he didn't seem to hear his voice.
Qin Chuan had doubts in his heart, and then walked over there. But I saw that between the pavilions in the bamboo forest, there were two people playing against each other, two old men with gray hair, one in a black robe and the other in a white robe.
"Excuse me......"
Walking to the pavilion, Qin Chuan opened his mouth and asked, but before he finished speaking, he couldn't help but stop.
The two old men, one black and one white, never glanced at Qin Chuan from beginning to end, and they didn't even notice Qin Chuan's appearance at all, but they each focused on the chessboard. On the chessboard, the black and white chess pieces, just like the colors they represent, seem to be in a competition.
Qin Chuan looked at the two of them quietly.
After looking at it so closely, I realized that the game between the two was chaotic, completely outside the rules they knew, and they didn't even have anything to do with the outcome at all, only aimlessly dropping one chess piece after another.
However, it all fell on the chessboard.
It seems that the only rule is this chessboard with clear warp and weft.
As everyone knows, outside the chessboard, there are only these two chess players. Of course, Qin Chuan, as a chess watcher, was also outside the chessboard, but all his attention was focused on the chessboard.
...... However, it is still in the chess game.
"So be it today, and come back tomorrow. ”
After a long time, I finally heard the old man in black say something, as if he was planning to suspend today's chess game.
"That's what I want, very well. ”
The man in white replied, and just like this, he had no interest in continuing to play. It seems that the two of them have been playing against each other like this without rules until they have gray beards and grow old.
Immediately, Qin Chuan couldn't help but ask:
"Two old gentlemen, will there be an end to such a game?"