According to the address Wu Yuli gave, he flew all the way to the southwest. He had heard of Canglu Mountain, which was about the border between the human world and the southern border, near Suoyang Pass. Flying over the desolate and dilapidated mountain cities, a silent gray fog shrouded the entire mountain range. The blue-white Jiangxiang River zigzags down from the western plateau and flows into the Misty Mountains without a trace. The fog was so strange that Qi Yin did not dare to go down with his sword. At this moment, a few crimson silk lamps drifted out from the fog, forming two erratic columns, stretching straight into the depths of the fog, as if to guide them.
Qi Yin lowered the body of the sword and went in with the lantern. In the fog, countless colorful moths and walking corpses in heavy armor were silently shaped like sculptures and soundless. Qi Yin, Fu Lan, and Hei Mao passed by them. Wearing iron helmets, they just raised their cloudy eyes to look, and returned to silence. Qi Yin hugged Fu Lan and the black cat without making a sound, and went into the depths of the fog. Following the gurgling Jiangxiang River, I went upstream. After flying for an unknown time, my eyes suddenly became clear. The fog dissipated, and the gravel road and the bluestone-paved mountain steps twisted and turned upward. On both sides stood many thatched cottages with mud walls and small bamboo buildings, all surrounded by bamboo fences, blue-black eaves, and peppers and garlic heads hanging from the bottom. , and a large lantern tied with kraft paper.
Many women who were washing clothes saw them suddenly appear, and stared blankly at them with a pestle. On the side of the stone road, a naked doll peeing on the buttocks saw them, shouted, and ran away without having time to put on his trousers.
At the top of the mountain steps, the huge white deer statue stands quietly.
"You... Who are you? How did you get in?" a woman with a floral headscarf summoned her courage and asked, picking up a hoe from the wall.
"..." Qi Yin thought she was dreaming, there were walking corpses outside, the town was deserted, and there was no one inhabited, how could there be a small village here? Looking around, the thatched hut and bamboo building were billowing with smoke from cooking, and fish swimming in the algae and algae in the clear creek. Many aunties who had gathered together to peel beans gathered around and looked at them curiously.
Everything is so quiet and peaceful, no crying or death can be heard, just like a paradise in a dream.
What exactly is going on? hallucination? Qi Yin frowned.
"Xiaoyin, their breath is the same as mine." Fu Lan said softly.
Qi Yin was stunned for a moment, and suddenly found that the breath of these children was indeed very similar to Fu Lan. Are they all created by Wu Yuli? What's even more bizarre is that none of the women here have a heartbeat.
"It smells like Yanmu, and it smells like the arm of the little thief Yunzhi." The black cat shrugged, "The women here are all agents."
Almost in an instant, Qi Yin suddenly understood something, and a burst of sadness surged up in his heart, grabbing his heart.
That was the white deer, silently saddened in his endless sea of heart.
They all know where this place is. The stubborn and stubborn witch has destroyed the southern border and the world, building fog and heavy armored corpse formations to separate this paradise.
"Equal the people of the world, divide the land of the world".
This is the Crescent Moon Valley, which is his three-thousand-year obsession.
"Brother with white hair!" A clear voice came from above the mountain steps, Qi Yin raised her head and saw a little girl with braids. Twelve or thirteen years old, a group of children surrounded her, including the little boy who had just run away with her bare buttocks inside. The girl asked loudly, "Brother, is your name Qi Yin?"
"It's me." Qi Yin said.
The children's eyes lit up, and they came around like little butterflies and shouted, "Lord Ah Li's guests are here!"
The girl came to pull on his shirt and told them to follow her. The children turned over his sleeves, got into his hem, and said, "Where is God! Lord Ali said God is with you, where is he!"
The black cat was forced to jump on top of Qi Yin's head, baring its teeth and grinning to frighten the children who were crawling around like fleas, "Go away, stay away from this old man!"
The children stared, "Kittens can talk!"
A child with snot bubbles tugged at Qi Yin's sleeves and asked timidly, "Brother, can I touch your kitten?"
The black cat refused to let these dolls touch them. Fortunately, the girl rescued them. She raised her eyebrows and said to the children, "Don't be rude to the guests of Lord Ah Li!"
The children were finally honest, and Qi Yin followed the girl with Fu Lan in his arms. The girl didn't talk to him for a while, and even pulled Fu Lan's little hand in his arms.
"How old is my brother? Can you read? What's your name?"
She really regarded Fu Lan as a little baby, and took out candy from her pocket and gave it to him.
Along the way, you will see the smoke from the cooking, rice fields, village women and children, wildflowers and dead trees, cooing chickens, and wandering cats and dogs. This is the real Taoyuan, with human language, dog barking, cat meowing, indescribable peace and quiet. The girl led Qi Yin to the ridge, pointed to the distance and said, "Go ahead and keep walking along the road. After about a stick of incense, you will see a large sea of flowers. When the time comes, it's almost there. Lord Ali is waiting for you there."
Qi Yin thanked her, and just as he was about to leave, the girl stopped him again and said, "Lord Ali said that you will only be allowed to go alone. Leave your brother and kitten to me, and I will take good care of them."
"He recognizes his life and has to follow me." Qi Yin politely declined.
The girl pointed to the village and said, "My name is Ajiu, and my house is the second house on the left of the village entrance. There is a willow tree in front of the door. You don't have to worry about not finding me, we will take good care of my brother and kitten."
The children clapped their chests to pack their tickets.
Qi Yin put Fu Lan down and touched Fu Lan's furry head. In fact, it's better to put his brother here, his brother is still too young, with such thin arms and legs, it's hard to walk, let alone fight with Wu Yuli. He asked in a low voice, "Brother, wait for me here. You let them play with you for a while, maybe I'll be back before noon."
Fu Lan slowly released her hand and said, "Xiao Yin, if you go first, remember to go slower."
Qi Yin was stunned for a moment, then smiled helplessly, "Okay."
He stood up, carrying the Bone Chopping Knife and Gui Mei Sword on his back, and the golden saber bag on his waist, gradually disappearing at the end of the path. Looking back at the last, Fu Lan was still standing there, with a fat black cat squatting beside him, one person and one cat, watching him go away together. That big boy has always been stupid and can't speak, but Qi Yin knew that, he told Qi Yin in silence:
If you go first, remember to go slower.
wait for me.
After walking for a stick of incense, Qi Yin saw a grayish-white mist across the mountain. This piece of fog surrounded the Crescent Moon Valley, and no one could come in and no one could go out. Under the fog, the Fulan flowers grow quietly, forming a white patch of snow and snow, and you can watch them constantly. In this land, countless heartbeats beat slowly, and the bodies of countless women and children slowly took shape below. Wu Yuli's body is probably one of them, deep in the land, in a dark corner.
There can be no mistake, it is here, Qi Yin thought silently. The breeze blew, and countless feather-like petals blew up, brushing his cheeks and white hair, making a fine sound. Listening to this quietly, my heart is very peaceful. He walked to Wu Yuli's side and accompany him to look up at the snow-like embers.
Wu Yuli stretched out his green fingers and caught a Fulan flower that was turning ashes, "I have spent hundreds of years rebuilding the Crescent Moon Valley, transforming the soil here to make them suitable for the growth of divine flowers. Recruiting people, Li Tian repaired roads, built bamboo buildings, built thatched huts, and the statue of the white deer. I went to Wangchuan Xinghai to collect souls and injected them into my carefully concocted dolls. If one fails, I will cut the second one, and the second one If it doesn't work, I cut the third one. I cut 9,300 puppets, and finally brought my people to the world. When my god returns, he will see this peaceful land, where there is no killing and no killing. Fighting, there will never be sacrifices buried alive, blood will never be sprinkled in front of the statues, and there will be no scorched earth everywhere.
"Everyone who stands in our way has died. Whether it's the gods of the heavens or the mortal spirits who are intriguing, they have become corpses and rotten bones, disappearing into the dust of the past. I am the only one who has opened up a piece of soil and achieved the eternal Crescent Valley." Wu Yuli Looking at the sea of flowers, he smiled and said, "Xiaoyin, does my god like it here?"
"Do those children and women know the secrets under the sea of flowers?" Qi Yin asked.
"Why let them know?" Wu Yuli said, "I gave them memories and identities, and taught them to harvest and weave. They work at sunrise and rest at sunset. They don't have to worry or worry."
"There are only children here, how did you do it?"
"Every fifteen years, the spirits of all children will return to the sea of flowers and enter their new bodies." Wu Yuli said slowly, "At that time, I will reset the memories of the villagers, and they will think that they are widows who avoided the war. , and start life again with children."
Qi Yin understood, and said, "How old is the first body of the Godly Flower, and how old is the starting age of each rebirth? That's why the children here are of different ages."
"Yes. Like my god, they will never grow up." Wu Yuli nodded with a smile, the butterfly perched on his almost transparent fingertips, "Xiao Yin, ask my god, has he ever changed his mind? ?"
The mountain wind was low, blowing Qi Yin's fingertips cold. The embers fell on his temples and eyebrows, and his brilliant silver hair seemed to be a little whiter again. Qi Yin took a deep breath and said, "Uncle Shi, have you heard of the Nightmare Tapir? There are Nightmare Tapirs in the West, and people are trapped in weaving dreams. When I was in Fenghui before, I met one and almost couldn't get out. In the dream, everything seems to be real, everyone is very kind to me, the beautiful girl wants to marry me, and the son-in-law is jealous of me. I also have my brother, he really became my brother. But ah... "Qi Yin "It's fake after all."
"Oh?" Wu Yuli didn't change his smile.
Qi Yin stretched his hands behind his back, and pulled out the Bone Chopping Knife and the Guiming Sword at a very slow speed. The cold brilliance of the sword flickered on his cheeks, reflecting the indifferent silver-gray eyes. As he drew his knife, he said: "But to be honest, it doesn't matter to me whether it's true or not. People live a lifetime, so tired, and happiness is the most important thing. To be honest, I can understand you, men, there are such things. Mind. As long as my daughter-in-law is happy, I will blow up the whole world into a bunch of fireworks and give it to him. My brother in the flames of the flames looked back at me and smiled, and my bones must be crisp. What's more, you and Lao Bai once had the same ambition, Qimin divides the land, saves the common people and so on... Compared to me, it's really goddamn great. Unfortunately, Lao Bai said that he was not happy, he was very sad."
Qi Yin repeated in a low voice, "Uncle Shi, he is very sad."
Wu Yuli's smile peeled off his cheeks inch by inch, and he stood in the sky full of ashes, his delicate face expressionless.
"The last question," Qi Yin asked, "Are you going to stop, Shishu?"
Wu Yuli's body was filled with a dragon-snake-like air current.
Qi Yin crooked his lips helplessly, "Sure enough, we still have to fight..."
With a sword in his left hand and a sword in the right, like a ferocious flying falcon, he threw himself into the gust of wind.