Although I feel more and more that I am not very clear-headed, the doubts in my heart have not diminished. I have had thousands of ideas about the so-called new city in my mind. Although it cannot really be a city, it does not mean that it is just like this. It became a rock shrouded in mist.
Although this reef is not small, just like the long reef that stretches out like a road, shrouded in mist, and seems to have no end in sight, it is not big either. For example, the place where we settled is only a hundred meters in radius. Come to square meters.
Is this really the new city? I was about to fall asleep in a daze, but the emotions in my heart were extremely complicated.
The old man looked at us with a half-smile but not a smile. He parked the boat and tied it up unhurriedly. Then he walked over to us and said, "When we arrive, we arrive. This is where we are, no matter what you think." , the ship has just sailed here, and it won’t go any further.”
The old man's attitude was definitely not good, and he didn't even have an explanation. But from the bottom of my heart, I just wanted to trust him. I couldn't think about where my confusion and sleepiness came from. I just subconsciously asked: " Then uncle, what should we do next?”
Can't we just stand on this rock forever? Looking at this reef, it is quite strange and flat. Near the middle, there is a simple stove with a pot on it. There are some unknown weeds piled next to it, and some look like potatoes. Sweet potatoes are not the same. Something like.
Not far from the pot, there is a futon. Next to the futon, there is an extremely smooth rock. There is a similarly tattered but neat sheet spread on it. On top of the sheet is a thin quilt in similar condition, and A pillow made of several rags folded together.
Finally, on the other side, there is a stone with a pit in the middle. There is some clear water in the middle of the stone. The water is not purple-red.
Such simple things constitute the most basic conditions for a person's survival. No matter how much there is, there will be no more. Just like those who practice hard in the mountains, real monks, that kind of condition allows you to live, but everything All sexual desires have been stifled, and basic desires, such as food, clothing, housing and transportation, have been reduced to the lowest possible level.
But people who are practicing asceticism or those who are pure cultivators would never imagine that such a person would live such a life of asceticism next to a small hell, which is shocking.
The old man allowed us to look at everything here, as if he was just a bystander. He was silent for a few seconds, and then he suddenly said to my question: "Leave all the magic weapons and keep walking towards the reef." Just walk until there is no road, and you will get to where you want."
Leave the magic weapon behind? What kind of requirement is this? If we leave behind the magic weapon, aren’t we bound to die
Faced with my doubts, the old man lowered his head and scooped out a ladle of water, put it in the pot, and started to make a fire with two stones in his arms. Suddenly he asked me: "If you have any useful fire-making tools, please give me some." "
I suppressed my sleepiness and handed him the lighters we all carried. He was not polite. After taking them, he took out some dry firewood from the pile of weeds and sweet potatoes and said: " It doesn’t matter if you don’t leave any magic weapon behind. It doesn’t matter if you bring it with you. You can’t bring it in anyway! Real magic weapons have spirits, and you can’t use magic weapons without the spiritual energy in them. Of course, they must be transformed into spirits. There are also few magic weapons. You are 'rich', but you still have a few of them! You can still bring something in after all! By the way, the little girl is more troublesome. Keep all your bugs and powder, and bring them too. Not going in, but luckily, the natal Gu has already been planted in the body. The real natal Gu is the powerful Gu spirit, just like the cat spirit or the dog spirit. To the extreme, even the gods are afraid of you. You have the Gu spirit, so It’s not like I’m defenseless, I’ve talked too much, so please leave quickly.”
The old man indeed said a lot of things and was busy igniting the fire. He didn't even raise his eyebrows when he said this, but what he said made us even more confused.
But I don’t know why, but I somehow trusted this old man, so I immediately took off the yellow cloth bag on my body, which was as valuable as my wealth and life, and placed it next to the old man.
I didn't ask why, and he definitely wouldn't tell me. When I put down the yellow cloth bag, the old man suddenly grabbed my wrist and asked me somewhat mysteriously: "Do you have any items in the bag for sacrifice?"
"How come I don't sacrifice the magic weapons that I often use? It's just some gadgets. It's impossible..." Before I finished speaking, the old man seemed to be impatient to listen and waved to me: "Go ahead. , let’s go.”
I set an example, and everyone followed suit. In the end, only Brother Chengqing and Jue Yuan were hesitant and refused to step forward, not knowing what they were thinking.
The old man didn't urge or speak, he just looked up at the two of them and continued his "fire-making business". He was quite skillful, and after a while, the firewood really started to burn.
As for me, I couldn't help but ask Brother Chengqing and Jueyuan: "You...?"
"I must carry this lamp with me, Chengyi, there is nothing we can do about it." Brother Chengqing said very directly.
Jue Yuan also said: "Forget about other things, I must wear this rosary. I have to wait for the 108 beads to light up."
Facing what Brother Chengqing and Jueyuan said, I didn't know what to say. Didn't the old man say that he couldn't be taken in? But what to do in this situation
The old man finally put down what he was doing and walked over. He couldn't help but look at the rosary in Jue Yuan's hand. There was a hint of amazement in his eyes and said: "Put down the rosary. Even if you put it down, it will still be there." .”
After saying that, the old man looked at Jue Yuan, as if he had some kind of 'magic'. Jue Yuan was stunned for a moment, and he simply put down the rosary beads in his hand on the spot.
The old man walked up to Brother Chengqing again, took Brother Chengxin's yellow cloth bag without any explanation, took out a lamp, and looked at it carefully, but the surprise in his eyes was much stronger than when he saw Jue Yuan. The rosary is even more so.
He didn't have much comment on the lamp, but said: "It is already considered a creature of creation. The real spirit of the weapon has been passed down to you a long time ago. If you want to light this fire, it is not an ordinary fire! In the ordinary world, using a lamp to cast spells will not work in the ordinary world." In the ordinary world, we cast spells in a special way. Why are you so persistent?"
When Brother Chengqing heard this, he seemed to be deep in thought. After a while, he put down the yellow cloth bag on his back and actually said thank you to the old man.
The old man just went to guard his pot of water again and stopped paying attention to us.
It would be boring to stay any longer. He should have guided me a long time ago. I took the lead and bowed to the old man, and then walked towards the reef. Everyone followed me and did the same thing, together. Walk towards the reef.
The long reef is really like a road. It is very neat and fast, just like the bluestone road in a small town in Jiangnan, but it is only two meters wide. Walking on it is like walking on a narrow bridge.
On both sides are purple-red lakes. Here, the lake is no longer motionless, but fluctuates slightly with the breeze. The lake water rushes up to the rocks under your feet from time to time, and then churns down... ..
The entire reef is shrouded in a misty scene, with smoke-like mist floating and occasionally revealing the purple-red sky.
I didn't look back, but I walked weakly. Every step I took, I felt the urge to sleep. I said loudly: "Master, I want to sleep. I feel so sleepy here. Is it harmful?"
"Master, aren't you called uncle?" The old man made a rare joke, and then said: "It's okay, don't look back on the way to hell." Then he fell silent.
Along the whole road, the saying "Don't look back on the road to hell" was floating around, which made people tremble with fear. Is this really the rhythm of going to hell
But the old man said it wouldn't be a problem, so it wouldn't be a problem. I just let myself walk like this sleepily...
As I walked, I found that the reef shrouded in mist seemed to have come to an end. Next to the end, there was a small stone tablet with no words on it. I managed to support myself and walked to the stone tablet. , and then stepped over without hesitation...
At that moment, it felt like I had gone through the vicissitudes of life. I felt like I was lost in thought. There was a vague pain in my body, but it disappeared quickly!
Then something magical happened. I suddenly got rid of the predicament that could not be dissipated just now, and my mental state returned to a peak. There was almost no way in front of me. After all, after the stone monument, there was only a reef less than two or three meters long. , but now there is a wide black road spreading into the depths of the mist.
Deep in the mist, there is a vague outline of a building. What is here
And just when I was in a daze, everyone came to my side and saw what was in front of me at the same time!
Is this the real new city