Hyacinth used magic to transform a rope. There seemed to be some kind of phosphor-like substance in the hollow tubular rope. The green light it emitted was somewhat effective even in the thick fog.
He used skylark knots to connect himself to Ouyang Xiaoleng, Xia Qiu, and Qianqi one by one, and then said: "The purpose of this is to allow us to follow each other closely. Getting lost in the forbidden forest is a very scary thing. You may be sucked into the black hole leading to another world at any time. And you are not allowed to speak in the forbidden forest, otherwise strange things will be attracted. You must keep a peaceful mind, because all your emotions will be doubled there, which will make you Where people become crazy and uncontrollable!”
After entering the Forbidden Forest, they saw countless trees that looked exactly the same. They all had dark trunks and branches. The most puzzling thing was that these trees were all hanging in mid-air, with the roots of the trees above them. The tree below hangs down to the ground like its reflection, giving people a sense of surreal oppression. The light in the forest is dim, and there is a thick fog barrier. It is difficult to see each other four or five meters away. At the same time, it is impossible to predict the impending danger in advance.
Hyacinth tried his best to slow down and led several teenagers to explore the traces of colored crystal stones in the forbidden forest. When he was in the fog, he realized that they were as cold as the smoke produced by dry ice, which made him shiver.
Xia Qiu's feeling of cold was the most obvious. Unknowingly, her hands and feet were cold, and her body couldn't help but want to shrink into a ball, but she knew she had to persevere. She disliked this place very much, because even though Ouyang Xiaoleng walking in front of her and Qianqi walking behind were so close to her, they could still be seen clearly due to the overlapping fog; and From time to time, strange cries of unknown creatures, neither birds nor beasts, near or far, made her always feel that there might be some terrible monster in front of them at any time.
It is said that invisible enemies are the most terrifying, especially for demons, because their reactions are much more sensitive than humans. Now Ouyang Xiaoleng is troubled by his overly sensitive perception. As soon as he entered the Forbidden Forest, he knew that Hyacinth had concealed the introduction here, perhaps because he was afraid that they would be too nervous. The aura exuding here is quite complicated, as if many worlds have been forcibly built together. Its structure is fragile. This may be the main reason why Hyacinth doesn't let them speak, because any extra sound may cause domino damage. A domino-like reaction. If the fragile balance supporting the Forbidden Forest is destroyed, the consequences will be disastrous, and the possible chain reactions may even affect the entire underworld. He was increasingly unable to understand why Demon King Yanluo would let them come here. He should know the power of this place better than anyone else. If it was just to test them, he could have asked some other questions.
He was thinking a little selflessly, and his pace inevitably slowed down, and he was bumped into the back by Xia Qiu who was walking forward. Even through her clothes, he could feel the coldness emanating from her body, and he didn't know how long she had been enduring this. She was always afraid that others would worry about her, and that she would cause trouble to others. She would do everything by herself. This may be the tenderness of human beings, but she always made him feel distressed involuntarily. He reached out and fumbled to hold one of her hands, just like she had squeezed him that day when he was anxious about the Demon King election meeting.
As early as when he saw the twisted Yanluo Demon Palace, Qianqi was full of disgust for this world. Finding the location of the colorful crystal stone in such a place where he couldn't even see the way forward was not much easier than finding a needle in a haystack. . The longer he walked, the more small sparks seemed to appear in his heart. Although it was just a trace of irritability, it was very likely to start a prairie fire in an instant like a spark.
Hyacinth suddenly noticed that something was approaching them and tried to surround them. The attackers brought a whirlwind centered on them to disperse the thick fog around them. He looked eagerly at the teenagers tied to him behind him. After making sure that they were all still there and uninjured, he followed their gazes and looked around in mid-air.
Suspended in the air are huge translucent human faces, and those sounds that are neither animals nor beasts are made by them. These guys have probably been following them since they entered the forbidden forest.
Xia Qiu looked at them in horror, covering her mouth with her free hand to stop herself from shouting out of fear. These ghost-like faces should be the monsters from another world that Hyacinth said. They seemed to be talking to each other. They stood in a stalemate, waiting for their next move.
Ouyang Xiaoleng was hesitant to make preparations for war, and was just about to reveal the magic ice. But Hyacinth raised her hand to signal him to wait a moment. He wanted to take a gamble. If he used his demon power now, it would most likely provoke other monsters. Since they didn't attack along the way, they might just be observing them.
There was nothing in the eye sockets of those translucent faces, and the longer they looked at each other, the more they felt like they were being sucked into the empty darkness, and that darkness was trying to connect with the black hole in their hearts. In fact, everyone has an unknown side in their heart, which is another part of themselves that is carefully hidden in the heart. It has hatred, desires, and an ugly past that people don’t want people to understand... Hyacinth feels like a dusty memory. The seal on the door was slowly being opened, and the despair that had been with him like a shadow swallowed him up again.
The memory suddenly brought him back to a thousand years ago, when he was just a hyacinth in the human world that had just transformed into a demon. Because he is a flower demon and cannot stray too far from his roots, he can only look at the world from a distance, quietly and persistently being moved, disappointed, or angry by the various things in the world... He is almost crazy in his desire, What he once thought he could never achieve was freedom. Free to walk everywhere, free to take a look at the world beyond sight, free to catch up with the footsteps of spring with the one you love, just because you are a flower demon, you can never leave its roots, his this It is difficult to realize the wish.
Until someone appeared in front of him, that was Qingyun. He said: "Come with me. I can let you walk freely from the roots buried deep in the soil, but the price of exchange is that you must obey my orders." He agreed without thinking, and his desire for freedom had already blinded him. The good and evil in his heart. In the hundreds of years that followed, he traveled through the human world and the demon world. He had long forgotten how many people he had killed for him. Even if his hands were stained with blood, he could still transform into the most beautiful flowers and butterflies. He was free and could move around without any hindrance; but instead he felt more tightly bound, like a saddled war horse, harnessed alive to Qingyun's chariot, letting it be controlled and controlled. After being whipped and allowed to wreak havoc, he sank, disheartened, and his heart was gradually lost in a bottomless darkness.
He couldn't find an outlet for hope, and even began to miss the days when he couldn't walk. At that time, at least his heart was pure, full of hope and yearning, and he would be moved by the things in front of him. But now he is completely numb and has lost his sense of beauty and kindness. All that is left is to mechanically complete Qingyun's orders. Before he kills someone, he never determines whether they really deserve to be killed. Although this uncertainty is just an excuse to avoid the condemnation and torment of his conscience, he knows deep down that they do not deserve to die.
Occasionally, he heard that there was a place that was not governed by the Three Realms, where there were no restrictions on time and space. He thought that there would be his home, and only there was the place where he, who was full of sins, should go. . In order to break through Qingyun's surveillance, he was seriously injured. After many twists and turns, he finally came to the Kingdom of Underworld, became a subordinate of Demon King Yanluo, and volunteered to take on the job of guiding the undead. He thought that his heart would become as still as water from now on, and the remaining life and energy would be slowly consumed in this void world, but he never thought that he would accidentally hear Luo Ji's singing. At first, he thought it was his hallucination. How could there be such a singing in this empty world, and it was as beautiful as a heavenly song? Later, he discovered that the singing was real, and the owner of the singing was actually Lu Luoji, the daughter of the Demon King Yama who had been under house arrest.
Luo Luoji was born beautiful, with a beautiful face, indifferent to worldly affairs, and infinite sadness in her simple eyes. Since her birth, she has never had freedom, but her singing is still full of hope, describing her longing for the future, and also containing forgiveness for her father who imprisoned her.
That is a noble soul that I cannot compare with, a soul that can shine even in the darkest place. He couldn't help but feel a long-lost love for her, and she sensed his feelings and responded to him with her own singing. Although two lonely people could only look at each other from a distance across the tower, those two pairs of eyes looking at each other became the source of each other's courage. The ice in his heart gradually melted, and the shadows were driven away. He felt that even if the sins he committed could no longer be forgiven, he would still find a remedy through hard work. Before dying, he wanted to make his soul kind and clear, and become a person worthy of her. If he decided like this, he must live up to it.
Hyacinth suddenly woke up from the hallucination, thinking that he might have been possessed by some kind of power from those translucent human faces. Several teenagers around him who looked at him with concern felt relieved after he regained consciousness. Take a breath. The human face suspended in the air retreated back into the thick fog and disappeared. He smiled apologetically to the teenagers who were worried about him, to ease his emotions after the near miss.
The next section of the road was calm beyond imagination, and those monsters did not appear again. They successfully found a place filled with colorful crystal stones. Black pebble-sized stones were evenly scattered in front of them.
Hyacinth took the lead in picking up two colored crystal stones. The black stone began to change the moment it was touched by his fingers. The black color of the stone slowly dissolved and gradually became as clear and transparent as a crystal stone. When the entire stone turns transparent silver, small blue dots begin to appear in the middle of the two stones. Immediately, those small dots slowly grew larger, rotated, and bloomed like seeds... Finally, a group of blue morpho butterflies appeared in the hyacinth crystals, flying back and forth between the two stones.
Qian Qi also couldn't wait to pick up a colored crystal stone. The black color on the stone gradually turned into a transparent blue color like the sea in his hands. A small spark appeared in the center of the stone. The spark beat and slowly turned into The rising sun leaping out of the sea is a strange sight that even poets can hardly imagine.
Xia Qiu picked a round colored crystal stone in front of her and picked it up. The colored crystal stone turned from black to white, repeating the same process as the previous two people. Pieces of falling snowflakes appeared inside the stone, and in the center there was a bunch of red plum blossoms blooming in the snow, which seemed to be the epitome of summer and autumn, beautiful and elegant, with a hint of proud and cold charm.
After that, she couldn't wait to move closer to Ouyang Xiaoleng, watching what changes would happen to the stone in his hand. The colored crystal stone he picked up had the slowest reaction. Xia Qiu guessed: It must be because he is used to hiding his emotions, even if the stone wants to capture him, it must be difficult.
After waiting for a while, the colorful crystal stone finally began to react. The black color was diluted by moonlight-like gold, and the gold was mixed with patches of white snow, echoing the cold plum blossoms and snow in summer and autumn. He is both snow and king, and she is the only plum blossom that can bloom in his arms.
After the four of them admired their respective colored crystals, they exchanged glances silently, put away the colored crystals, and walked slowly outside the forbidden forest as before. Maybe it was because they felt happier after getting the colored crystal stone. The fog in front of their eyes felt less heavy than before, and their field of vision became wider. Soon they walked out of the forbidden forest without incident.