"Someone was here..."
The little bookworm huddled in the crack of the book and looked at him. The pink-gray light around it shrank into a ball. When it heard his question, the pink-gray light suddenly dimmed a lot: just by hearing this question, it knew that this man was not here to take it to the upper world.
Suddenly I felt a little listless, and even the strange fear and dread I had felt had subsided a lot.
Xie Buchen noticed this scene, but he didn't have any particularly deep feelings about it.
After the First Battle, he was on the verge of exhaustion and ventured into this maze of beasts. On the one hand, he relied on the key given by Master Hengxu, and on the other hand, he also wanted to buy himself some breathing time.
Jianchou has been in the maze for a long time. Who knows where she is now
Now, Little Bookworm said that someone just passed by. This person couldn't be Song Lin. He and Song Lin came in at the same time. Song Lin was not that fast.
Therefore, anyone who passed by here not long ago must have seen the sorrow.
See worry...
Two words, the tip of the tongue turned, and then swallowed down the throat, sliding into the heart and lungs, like an ice cube floating in a dark river, gradually sinking and melting in the dark river.
There was a flash of trance in Xie Buchen's eyes for a moment, and then the eyes returned to the calmness like the sky.
And indifferent.
He looked at the little book beetle again. He had seen many spiritual beasts in the hidden world, and this little book beetle must be one of them.
However, it was not this tiny bookworm that attracted his attention.
The ancient books piled high on the three sides of the narrow cave were what interested him: they were covered with dust, and even the corners were hairy. Countless fragments hung in the cracks like food residues, making the place a mess.
Although the little bookworm was still dejected, he couldn't help but feel puzzled because he hadn't seen any other movement from the man in front of him for a long time. He suppressed the strange feeling of fear in his heart and looked up.
As soon as it took a look, it discovered that the other party's eyes were on these books.
With a jolt in his heart, the little bookworm quickly waved his legs together, as if trying to block the books: "Don't look at them, I won't lend you these books!"
She has a baby voice and is very clever.
only…
Too small.
How many books can a black dot the size of a grain of rice protect if it stands in the gap between books
With just a glance, Xie Buchen realized that these books had not been taken care of for many years and were in great tatters.
There was a light at the entrance of the cave, like transparent glass.
This layer of light is the last protection that the hidden world gives to these spiritual beasts, so the little book beetle is relatively safe staying inside.
When Jianchou was here before, he was unable to break through the protection of this layer of glazed light.
Therefore, the little bookworm is still confident about his own safety.
When Xie Buchen saw it, it wasn't afraid at all. It snorted, "What are you looking at? I said all this - what are you doing?!"
Before he could finish his words, the little bookworm suddenly started to scream as if someone had grabbed his neck. His childish voice suddenly became louder, as if his throat had broken!
In the blink of an eye when it opened its mouth, the man in green robe standing in front of its "cave" actually stretched out his hand towards its "cave"!
It was a very slender and elegant hand holding a pen.
Hands of a reader.
The little bookworm had also lived on an isolated island in the past, and he knew that most of the hands that were praised by teachers in private schools and had beautiful handwriting looked like this.
Nails are shiny and round.
The finger bones are as straight as bamboo.
Not necessarily very white, but definitely very clean.
In the past, the little bookworm would be infatuated with just this hand, but now he only feels as if his soul is about to be destroyed!
Before the sound of its scream could even reach its destination, a terrifying scene occurred:
The Glazed Light of the cave, which had successfully blocked many people in the past, should have kept Xie Buchen out when his hand approached.
But this time, the glass light that had always worked failed.
I saw a mysterious symbol lighting up in Xie Buchen's palm. He pressed on the glazed light, and a circle of pale golden light spread out. The barrier formed by the glazed light disappeared in an instant under the golden light, like snow in hot water!
No more!
The glazed light barrier between the little bookworm and Xie Buchen was gone!
At that moment, the little bookworm, terrified to death, could only cling to the corner of the pile of books farthest from the hole and tremble.
However, Xie Buchen's hand did not fall on it.
He glanced at it indifferently, then lowered his brows. A hint of deep-hidden fatigue flashed across his eyes, and was then buried in his eyes covered with cold frost and snow.
He reached out and picked up the book that had just been infested with bookworms.
The courtyard was overgrown with weeds, but there was no sound of insects.
There are caves on the four stone walls, but they are silent and lifeless.
The entire maze was filled with an eerie atmosphere of death, without a single hint of life.
Xie Buchen stepped on the weeds growing out of the cracks in the stone slabs. His body swayed twice and he seemed to be running out of strength and was about to fall down.
But the next moment he stood firm again.
The book had been taken out and exposed to the sunlight outside.
Old and dilapidated, just as he had just seen outside, full of potholes and marks of being gnawed.
The moment he took it out, countless fragments fell to the ground, like a layer of snow.
At first glance, there are almost no complete words or sentences on the entire page, and each word appears fragmented.
Subconsciously, Xie Buchen frowned slightly.
He slowly pressed his fingers on the uneven gnaw marks, feeling the rough touch under his fingertips. The old scent of ink was not affected by the damage to the pages at all, and slowly diffused in this lifeless courtyard, becoming more and more obvious.
The light from the sky cast a slanting shadow under his feet, which made the little bookworm a little frightened.
It stood trembling against the innermost wall, so frightened that it didn't know where to put its many thin legs. The pink light around its body was trembling all the time, as if it would be extinguished in the next moment.
Xie Buchen stood at the entrance of the cave, near the light source, and he had no idea what the other person's expression was.
The little bookworm only knew that its beloved book had fallen into someone else's hands!
How did he get in
How did he get the book
What does he want to do
…
A series of questions suddenly flooded into the little bookworm's mind, but its brain was not very good to begin with, and it shouted out loudly for no apparent reason: "That is my book, why don't you put it down immediately?!"
This should have been a powerful sentence.
Xie Buchen listened, and slowly raised his eyes from the book page, resting on it, without emotion, without anger or joy, and only asked: "Do you read books too?"
The little bookworm naturally didn't think there was anything wrong with what he had just said. He was filled with anger: "Of course I read!"
read
Xie Buchen flipped a page casually, and his long eyebrows, like a distant mountain painting in ink, tightened a little more. When the page was upright, he saw the sunlight filtering through the sieve-like paper, leaving countless spots of light on the other side.
Somehow, the little bookworm suddenly felt guilty and his breath became shorter.
"I, I... I still love books, but... I just can't control myself..."
Ah, why does it have to explain it to these people again!
Isn't it normal for a bookworm to eat books? !
What the little bookworm said actually made no sense, but Xie Buchen understood it.
Bookworms love reading and they also love eating books.
He flipped through the book casually and saw some words and sentences that revealed the secrets of heaven, but every time he reached the key part, it was eaten by bookworms.
The fingertips, feeling a little bit cold due to excessive blood loss, slowly slid across the pages of the book.
This book must have come from an isolated island on earth. It is a rare edition of an ancient book that has been lost. When he was still in Marquis Xie's mansion, he had read some of it, but it was not complete at that time.
Seeing this ancient book again now, he actually had a strange feeling.
The cultivators in the Nineteen Continents have always come from two sources.
One group came from the land of the Nineteen Continents, which includes land and ocean, and includes demon cultivators and ordinary cultivators; the other group came from an isolated island on the human world, and basically they were all people who went there to seek immortals and ask for the Way.
There may be many differences between the two places, but the only thing in common may be the exploration of "Tao".
It might be a little strange to see things from the Nineteen Continents on an isolated island on earth, but it is not so strange to see things from an isolated island on earth on the Nineteen Continents.
Something seemed to be gradually becoming clear in Xie Buchen's mind.
He blinked slightly, thinking, and pressed his finger down and tapped the page.
This line of words was severely gnawed, and it was almost impossible to see the original traces. But at the moment when Xie Buchen's fingers slowly slid down and gradually left, on the old paper, bits and pieces of ink actually spread and condensed automatically, and the original rough edges of the gnawed marks actually grew towards the middle of the bumpy holes.
In just a moment, the originally incomplete lines of words actually appeared on the paper!
The little bookworm was completely dumbfounded when he saw this scene.
Xie Buchen turned the page calmly, but a smile slowly appeared on his lips.
There was still calmness in his eyes, but there was a strange truth in that little smile.
Page after page...
One could almost think that he was in the study room beside the big camphor tree in the mansion of Marquis Xie in the afternoon, sitting on the shady windowsill, spreading out a book with the scent of ink, smelling the fragrance of tea that filled the room, waiting for someone, handing him the brewed tea, and giving him that faint smile.
…
The fingers gradually moved down.
The last page, the last line of words he knew appeared.
But it is a few lines of poetry -
"I was born in the wilds as a fisherman and woodcutter. I have lived a carefree life..." As his lips moved, the sound of his recitation was barely audible. "I can sing wildly in the grass, but would I rather be an official in the dust?"
Would you rather be an official in the dust
At that moment, as if touched by some burning electric arc, the slender finger of Xie Buchen pressing on the page of the book trembled.
Seven words without a beginning or an end just lay on the yellowed pages of the book.
He was silent for a long time.
"What’s wrong with you?"
What broke the silence was the little bookworm's timid shout.
Xie Buchen frowned and finally came back to his senses.
In just that blink of an eye, many things seemed to pass through his mind, including the fragrance of books, red sleeves, a mountain of corpses, a sea of fire, a long river, a setting sun, and distant mountains...
And sword shadow.
The raised eyebrows gradually drooped.
His heart suddenly returned to its calm state, and he slowly closed the book in his hand. On it were four powerful words written: "Records of the World".
An isolated island on earth, what have you heard
It was just a fleeting thought.
Xie Buchen wiped off the paper scraps on the cover and handed it into the cave where the glass light was no longer blocking it. Under the horrified gaze of the little bookworm, he slowly put it back in its original place.
"If you love it, don't eat it."
The sound was shallow and without any ups and downs, like a calm lake.
The little bookworm was stunned and couldn't react.
He took a tattered book and gave himself a better one
It was not very familiar with these nitpicking words, but it could understand the literal meaning of Xie Buchen's words.
But, I understand the literal meaning...
"But I just love to eat books. An older sister once told me that if I want to eat, I can eat, and then read after I'm full, which is just right."
Eat when you want to, and then read after you’re full, isn’t that perfect
That’s an interesting statement.
Xie Buchen curled his lips inexplicably: "What did she say?"
“Yeah.” The little bookworm said subconsciously, and the next moment he was so frightened that his hair stood on end. His little head was completely blank. He immediately raised one leg and pointed at Xie Buchen and tremblingly shouted, “You you you you you know!”
Is there anything you know or don’t know
Xie Buchen looked at the cave, then looked at the surrounding caves, then turned and left.
"Since you love it too much, you might as well read books to enlighten your mind and see your nature. Follow the principles of heaven and eliminate human desires."
The green robe was stained with blood, which was gradually drying.
The corner of his robe brushed against the weeds, pressing down the broken grass stems.
Xie Buchen's footsteps were smooth and silent.
The little bookworm still maintained the posture of raising one of its thin legs and pointing at him.
Seeing Xie Buchen turn around and leave without asking anything, he became a little puzzled. He retracted his leg and scratched his head.
"Who should I listen to?"
So stupid.
My brain is totally not enough.
One said that if you like to eat, eat it, and then read after you are full. He also said that books are all over the world, and that the books in the world are not only in books. The other said that if you love it, don’t eat it, read it carefully, preserve the laws of nature, and eliminate human desires. Does this mean that he should eliminate the desire to eat books
It stretched out its left leg: Eat books
It stretched out its right leg: Don’t want to eat the book
Which way
"Oh my god, I better kick with all eight legs!"
My head is so heavy!
The little bookworm fell directly on its back on the book.
"Heh..."
A light laugh suddenly came.
The little bookworm's body stiffened and it shivered. With a somersault, it turned over and looked up to see the third "uninvited guest" who had appeared at the entrance of the cave.
He took one look, was stunned for a moment, and then burst into laughter: "Hahahaha—"
The man was carrying a fish basket, but it was hard to see what was in it.
He was wearing a light green robe that was so old that it was covered with moss, and had his hair loose. He stood in the front and did not get angry even though he saw the little bookworm laughing.
"Is it funny?"
“Hahaha, I thought it was some kind of creature. I didn’t expect it to be a mayfly that transformed into a human to scare me. Really… Hahaha, this is the first time I’ve seen something smaller than me… Hahaha…”
For Master Buyu, the little bookworm is the smallest one.
It has grown so big and practiced Taoism for so many years, but it has never seen a mayfly...
"ha-"
Well.
Something seems wrong.
The laughter suddenly stopped.
The beetle's whiskers suddenly stopped trembling, and at that moment, cold sweat suddenly rushed up, making it feel like all eight of its legs were about to kick at the same time...
"Mayfly, mayfly..."
Whether it is on the isolated island in the human world or in the hidden world of the silent master, it has never heard that the mayfly that is born in the morning and dies in the evening can also practice!
The universe is so vast, how can one uncover the secrets of nature in just a moment
All mayflies cannot escape the judgment of heaven...
Can…
But if the one in front of me is not a mayfly, then what is it
The little bookworm almost suspected that he was hallucinating, but the smile that appeared on the mayfly's face seemed so real.
Fu Chaosheng didn't mind the other party's ridicule and looked at it with a kind look.
It even feels like looking at a younger generation or an ignorant child.
He stretched out his hand, and with a casual pinch, he caught the stiff little book beetle between his fingers.
"What's so great about eating books? If you can absorb all the great principles of the world, then you are considered capable."
With a sigh, Fu Chaosheng looked back at the "sky" outside the high wall.
A dim gray light flashed in both eyes—
The sky of the hidden world is the sky in a small world. Unlike the truly vast big world, the sky here has boundaries.
Through this boundary, he can see everything he wants to see.
The left and right eyes represent the universe.
He smiled inexplicably, as if he saw something.
The little bookworm between his fingers had already started to play dead out of habit because it was too frightened, so Fu Chaosheng just casually threw it into the fish basket.
The next moment, a deafening scream was heard: "Ahhhhhhh!!!"
Oh, yes.
The fish basket contained his "old friend".
The little thing that had laughed at him earlier was probably frightened.
Fu Chaosheng put down the fish basket, pretended not to hear the terrible screams, and walked away slowly.
The moment he turned around, his figure disappeared.
At this moment, Jianchou, who had already arrived in front of a new cave, suddenly felt something and looked in a certain direction behind him.
But behind me, there are only high walls.
That feeling came from behind the high walls.
The little mink cried out twice, its tail stiffly resting in the crook of Jianchou's neck, but it didn't pay any attention to what was behind it. It just stared into the cave with its eyes wide open.
That feeling comes and goes quickly.
Jianchou frowned, but finally suppressed the strange feeling in his heart. He looked down and found that the still bell began to flash.
Is someone approaching her
She narrowed her eyes slightly and tightened her grip on the knife and axe.
According to the little bookworm, after abandoning Song Lin, she walked east and came to this cave.
Unlike the previous smaller caves, this cave is three meters high, as if the entire wall was hollowed out, and the carvings on the outside are also larger than before.
A majestic falcon stands on a person's arm, gazing into the distance, as if it is about to soar into the distance.
That kind of awe-inspiring spirit and the grandeur that wants to conquer everything are fully expressed in this simple carving.
Jianchou originally thought that he would have the same experience as before and see the falcon, but he did not expect that, apart from this carving, there were only traces of broken pieces around the entire cave entrance, as if the original carving had been shattered by some force.
Although the little bookworm was a little slippery and seemed like an unreliable child, she could see that he had a kind heart.
As soon as she thought of this, she gently reached out her hand and pressed towards the dark entrance of the cave.
“Buzz!”
The blazing red light swept around like waves in an instant!
A glazed light suddenly appeared, and a barrier rose up, like a window, separating the inside and the outside.
At that moment, everything behind the barrier seemed to become clear.
Jianchou couldn't help but tremble in his heart -
Two points of scarlet light gradually appeared behind the scarlet barrier of glass light.
It was as if, behind this barrier, a ferocious beast was awakened and slowly opened its sharp and majestic eyes!