The three days passed very quickly, but they were also peaceful and peaceful. Spending time with Ruxue and listening to Elder Zhihu’s wise talk, I felt that this was really a place where I could abandon the mortal world as soon as I entered. After all, this is not a real dragon tomb. I can’t guess what the real dragon tomb contains.
My only regret is that I stayed here for three days and I never saw a single practitioner who is said to practice here.
Or maybe their realm has reached such a high level that they can truly enter concentration and forget about time.
The regret of Brother Chengyi is that he cannot stay here longer so that he can collect more good medicines from all over the mountains and plains. Of course, he abides by the rules here. He only dares to take a little bit and never dares to stop it. The 'vitality' of these medicines is also a kind of compassion for nature by the medicine collectors, and this compassion is strictly followed here.
I didn't see the ginseng essence, but Brother Chengxin saw it and got a root that was not too small, which Brother Chengxin regarded as a treasure. I vaguely understood that if it weren't for the leadership of these masked people, we might not be able to contact each other at all. After a little bit of ginseng essence, the time Old Ghost Wu saw him was probably just a coincidence.
Elder Zhihu told me that this ginseng essence can be regarded as a kind of spiritual creature in this world. It was originally not allowed to be touched, but this time it was an exception!
When I heard this, I glanced at Brother Chengxin fiercely. In my mind, if Shen Jing reached the realm of beings, he would be just a fat baby whistling in vain, right? He got a root, didn't it tear off the fat baby's limbs
Brother Chengxin seemed to have read my mind, rolled his eyes at me, and said, "You will be shocked if I tell you. Ginseng essence is not what you imagined. This root will not do anything to it."
Since Brother Chengxin said this, I won't ask any more questions. In fact, I'm really not too interested in those medicinal materials.
Another thing that is worth celebrating is that Old Ghost Wu is finally getting better. After all, there is a top-notch Yin-gathering place here, so there are many 'weird' plants growing there. These things may not be used as medicine by humans, and may even be harmful to humans. , but it is of great benefit to Old Ghost Wu. In addition, there is a top-quality place for gathering yin, and Old Ghost Wu's recovery is just around the corner.
And Old Ghost Wu also decided to stay here. As an old ghost who has completely lost the possibility of 'reincarnation', this is really a good place for him. He said to us easily: "Let us... Miss Xue can't stay here alone, I have to accompany you. You two brats have long disliked you, so hurry up and leave."
In fact, I was very curious about what reincarnation was all about. Wu Laogui was very confused and said that it was something instinctive in the soul. He felt that it should be done like this, but if he missed it, he would miss it. He couldn’t explain the details clearly.
"Is there an underworld?" Actually, I don't know everything, there are still places that I'm curious about.
Old Ghost Wu scratched his neck and said to me, "How do I know?"
Then, I wanted to smoke it!
And when it decided to stay, it said it when it sent us to the dragon's tomb. The words were very rude, but I couldn't help but feel sad when I heard them. Sometimes I sighed for my own life, but I was obviously holding on to every moment in my heart. A person who is important to me, treats them well, and gets along with them peacefully, but in fact, I keep losing them over the years. If losing is also a kind of practice, then, okay!
I was sad, but Brother Chengxin was rude and yelled at Old Ghost Wu: "You don't like me, don't you? That's fine, you decide to stay, and I don't have to worship you anymore. I'll give you a slap now." , I have long disliked you."
Wu Laogui suddenly shrank his neck and shouted: "Actually, I can't bear to let you go, don't slap me."
Brother Chengxin smiled. It was impossible to really hit it. How could we argue with it, so we deliberately messed with it and then turned around and left.
After walking only a few steps, Wu Laogui's voice suddenly came loudly from behind: "I really can't bear to leave you, but I'm a lonely ghost and it's better to retire here."
Brother Chengxin and I stopped almost at the same time, then turned around and saw Xiaoxi and Xiaomao running out. A pair of clear eyes showed reluctance for us. We had to say goodbye after all, so we waved to them. Just wave your hand and everything will go without saying anything.
"It's really strange that you can get out after entering the Dragon Tomb." Brother Chengxin had nothing to say, but his eyes were a little red.
I held Ruxue's hand tightly and didn't answer. In fact, I didn't know what to say. Dragon Tomb was the end of our trip to the old forest. In the middle, I was about to lose, and I also gained. , but these years have really passed.
I originally thought that there must be a sacred ceremony or something for these masked people before they could open the dragon tomb, but I didn’t expect that they would just let the three of us go and tell us The mechanism to open the door is on the side covered by vines, so it's easy to find.
"I thought those masked people were very vicious. After all, in the mural they sacrificed people's hearts to young foxes. I didn't expect it to be the case?" I didn't take what Brother Chengxin said, but just randomly picked a topic to talk about.
Ruxue said: "Maybe it's like what Li Xiong said. Since people think there's nothing wrong with eating animals, they won't think there's anything wrong with animals eating people and offering their hearts. It's just that humans are the spirit of all things and belong to heaven. Favor, if all creatures kill too many people, they will be contaminated with great evil causes. They may also have doubts in their hearts that they are not willing to accept it. After all, they have stayed here for so many years. According to Elder Zhihu, they are paying off their sins, but they are also sighing. , human beings do not cherish this grace at all and are keen on killing each other."
We are all silent, because this issue is not something that just a few of us can discuss and come up with. It will take time for human nature to improve.
And before he knew it, Dragon Tomb had arrived.
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It is still such a desolate place. We came to this stone door again. The difference is that this time we can go in. After entering, Brother Chengxin and I left, and Ruxue stayed!
In front of the door, Ruxue was summoning bugs, while Brother Chengxin and I found the mechanism. It was really under the vines, a very conspicuous and simple rotating mechanism, and then we waited quietly for Ruxue. Snow.
Under Ruxue's call, the insects quickly gathered together, like a large, overwhelming dark cloud.
I twisted the mechanism silently and it was not difficult. I was shocked that this mechanism was still flexible after so many years!
'Rumble', as the mechanism twisted, the stone door made a dull sound, and then slowly opened, and the smell of smoke and dust assaulted the nostrils. At a glance, it was dark inside, and nothing could be seen clearly!
"Are you going in?" Brother Chengxin suddenly looked at me hesitantly and asked inexplicably.
"Go in." I held Ruxue's hand tightly and replied calmly. Since we have come to this step, there is no possibility of turning back. I know what Brother Chengxin is worried about, but even though I feel distressed, No regrets is my only attitude now.
I remember Lao Zhang’s words, if you can’t keep her, just bless her, so that girls no longer have any burden in their hearts.
So, after I answered, I simply led Ruxue into the dark-looking entrance.
Contrary to what I imagined, there would be a huge dark hall after entering. Looking from the outside, I saw that the entrance was a small hall of less than ten square meters. There was no decoration, only a row of simple traditional Chinese characters. Words: "Welcome the capable people in the world."
What does it mean? The three of us were stunned, because in our stubborn thinking, after death, everyone hopes to sleep forever, and the resting place will not be disturbed, right? Why do you still mean to welcome me? And a welcome to the tomb? Isn't this too nonsense
But apart from this row of words, there are no clues in the entire small hall. There is only an entrance just below the words, which is also dark.
The three of us didn't speak. It was me who led Ruxue and entered the dark entrance first. Brother Chengxin followed closely behind and also poured into the Dragon Tomb through the cloud of insects!
Amid the hum of the insect cloud, we entered the entrance, only to find that it was a downward staircase. It was just a simple staircase. There were no words or carvings on the stone walls on both sides.
It was a bit unclear in the darkness, so we could only walk down carefully and silently, but the stone staircase seemed very long. In the absolute darkness, we had no concept of time, but we instinctively felt that we were heading towards After walking down for a long time, probably more than twenty minutes, the stone staircase seemed to have no end.
Brother Chengxin suddenly said: "Chengyi, I don't know if it's my imagination. Walking up this stone staircase, I have had that feeling several times. It's like we just came here and walked through the door. "
"You didn't feel wrong. Me too!" I answered as calmly as possible. We have come to this point. Besides accepting and calming down, what else can we do
The stone staircase gave me the feeling of going vertically downward. Although I tried to be as calm as possible, I couldn't help but glance upward. Since it was vertically downward, I could still see the entrance. After all, we opened the Dragon Tomb and the sun shone in. There should be light at the entrance of that small hall.
However, I found that there was no entrance, but it was just dark!
I think there might have been another strange 'transfer' to the place where we are, right