A Record of a Mortal’s Journey to Immortality – Immortal World Arc

Chapter 9: circle

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On the afternoon of the third day.

The servant girl Xiaowu came to the west wing and told Liu Le'er and the two that Immortal Baishi was ready to treat Liu Shi.

Under Xiao Wu's guidance, Liu Le'er led Liu Shi through corridors, through four courtyards, and through a circular arch, before finally arriving at the backyard of Yufu.

Liu Le'er was already amazed by the twists and turns of the courtyard corridor, but when she saw the small lake covered with green lotus leaves in the backyard, she finally had a real understanding of the vastness of Yufu.

It is said to be a small lake, but it is only compared to the big rivers that Liu Leer has seen before. In fact, this lake is at least three or four hundred feet in size. Compared with the ponds in ordinary rich family houses, it is naturally cloudy and muddy. difference.

"Miss Le'er, that's where Immortal Baishi practiced alchemy." Xiao Wu raised her hand, pointing to a small island in the middle of the lake.

Liu Le'er followed the direction of Xiao Wu's finger, and saw a nine-curved stone bridge built of white marble, passing through the fields of lotus leaves, and connecting to the small island.

The island is small in size, but it is covered with dense forests and shrouded in clouds and mists, making it difficult to see clearly.

As soon as he came to the island, his "Brother Stone" would hopefully be cured, his little face couldn't hide his excitement, and his mind also fluctuated.

"It's not a place for real people to practice. We servants can't go there. Miss Le'er, you can go there on your own." Seeing Liu Le'er lost her mind, Xiao Wu smiled and said.

"Thank you, Sister Xiaowu." Liu Le'er came back to her senses and quickly thanked her.

Liu Le'er sweetly called "Sister", which greatly benefited Xiao Wu, she waved her hands happily, turned around and walked away in small steps.

The girl looked at the misty island in the center of the lake, holding on to the railing of the stone bridge with one hand, and was not in a hurry to get on the bridge. For some reason, a thought suddenly popped up in her mind:

"If Brother Shi's illness recovers, will he leave Le'er?"

Thinking of this, she couldn't help but worry about gain and loss, but when she looked at the unusually familiar face of the tall young man again, she suddenly felt relieved.

"Brother Stone, let's go."

The girl stepped onto the stone bridge first, and led Liu Shi towards the island.

Walking between the green leaves and stone bridges, Liu Le'er couldn't help but feel a little nervous as he got closer, but Liu Shi had a calm face, and was attracted by the koi protruding from under the lotus leaves from time to time, looking left and right.

When they came to the small island, Liu Le'er felt that the smog on the island was not as thick as when viewed from a distance, and there were not many birds chirping around, making it very elegant and quiet.

At the end of the stone bridge, there is a path paved with bluestone slabs, winding all the way to the depths of the island.

The two of Liu Le'er walked along the path without any forks, and came straight to a simple Taoist temple with white walls and black tiles.

Immortal Baishi was standing in front of the Taoist temple waiting, seeing the two just said "Come in" expressionlessly, he turned and walked towards the back hall of the Taoist temple.

The two followed the old Taoist through the three major halls and came to the backyard of the Taoist temple, where there was a huge rockery.

Immortal Baishi walked up to a certain mountain wall, raised his hand and pressed on it, and a thick stone door slowly opened, revealing a hole as tall as a person.

After the two followed the old Tao into the cave, the heavy stone door behind them was slowly closed.

The cave was dug by hand, and the space inside was not very large, only slightly larger than the west wing room where they lived. There were a few lamps on each of the four walls, and I don't know what kind of lamp oil was burned, and there was no smoke.

An octagonal pattern is engraved in the center of the ground, which looks like a gossip, but is obviously different.

The engravings in the pattern are extremely deep, and there are not only some strange patterns of birds and animals, but also some strange lines mixed in. She vaguely feels that she has seen it before, and it seems to be some kind of ancient seal characters.

And on each corner of the octagon, there is also a small dark red triangular flag, and some strange patterns are also drawn with gold lines on the flag.

"Why are you still standing there, let him sit in the center of the circle." Master Baishi glanced at Liu Le'er who was looking at the circle, and said coldly.

"yes"

Liu Le'er quickly looked away, and led the tall young man to sit in the ring pattern in the center of the circle in a daze.

"Brother Shitou, you will be fine, Le'er will be here with you." Liu Leer stared into Liu Shi's eyes and said earnestly, then reluctantly left the magic circle and stood beside the stone wall, facing He looked at the old man nervously.

"Now you stay where you are, don't disturb the old man's spellcasting, let alone take half a step, understand?" Master Baishi solemnly ordered.

Liu Leer quickly nodded heavily.

Only then did Master Baishi come forward, first raised his palm with one hand, made a salute, and then walked around the magic circle, silently reciting an obscure incantation.

With the sound of his chanting, on the eight small triangular flags around the magic circle, gold threads lit up with golden light at the same time, spreading from all around, covering Liu Shi's body.

Liu Shi was looking around at first, but at the moment when the golden light covered his body, his body was shaken suddenly, like an electric shock, and he sat up straight.

Seeing this, Liu Le'er's heart skipped a beat, both worried and expectant.

I saw the golden light flowing around Liu Shi's body, vaguely beginning to condense into strange golden patterns, and at the same time, there seemed to be a little bit of golden light gathering in his eyes, which even looked weird.

Hearing the voice of chanting in Zhen Baishi's mouth suddenly stopped, the gesture of pinching the formula suddenly changed, and he clasped his fingers and shouted:

"town"

The golden light that was still lingering around Liu Shi's side suddenly condensed, like a layer of golden paper, wrapping him up.

Liu Shi's face could still be seen through the golden light, and his brows were wrinkled, looking a little painful.

The sound of "Zizi" is loud!

The eight small flags around the formation continued to emit red light, and streaks of black-gray mist flowed out of them, converging towards the center of the formation.

Seeing this, Liu Le'er's face changed slightly. For some reason, the moment the black-gray mist appeared, she instinctively felt extremely uncomfortable.

Suddenly, Liu Shi let out a muffled snort, and his facial muscles twitched.

"ah"

Liu Le'er couldn't help but exclaimed, but immediately covered Xing's mouth with her pale hands.

"Shut up! If you interfere with the old man's spellcasting, can you afford the consequences?" Master Baishi snapped, still clasping his fingers tightly.

Liu Le'er's heart trembled, and she didn't dare to say any more, but the panic in her eyes didn't fade away at all.

I saw that the mist was like a living thing, intertwined into tentacles, twisting and climbing up, and engulfing the willow stone.

Then the old man made a single-handed formula, and the gloomy incantation sounded.

The black-gray fog became more and more thicker.

The tall young man in the mist first showed a puzzled expression, then his eyelids drooped, he closed his eyes slowly, and fell asleep standing up straight.

Seeing this, the old Taoist's face showed a gleam of joy, the magic art in his hand suddenly changed, and he opened his mouth again, and a ball of blood essence was sprayed out, turning into spots of blood, and directly submerged in the black-gray mist.

Immediately, thick blood rose from the mist, and bloody runes sprang up frantically.

"wrong"

Seeing this, Liu Le'er's face changed continuously, and her intuition strongly told her that something was wrong, but because of the previous warning, the girl hesitated.

But at this moment, with the old man's low shout.

The temperature of the black-gray mist dropped sharply, and it turned into a huge black ice cube in the dots of crystal light, freezing the tall young man in it.

"Stop it, what are you doing?" Liu Le'er finally affirmed the "maliciousness" of this real Yu Shi, and immediately yelled with her face flushed, and stepped towards the magic circle regardless of other steps, with a flash of light in her hand , a palm-sized rattle appeared in his hand, about to smash the ice to save people.