"You think too much." Mo Chen shook his head: "To put it bluntly, it doesn't matter if these scrolls, or even a pen or a bottle, what's inside are the memories of the ancestors. For example, just like I once I have been to the Burial Sword Valley, and I have read two manuscripts on smelting and quarry materials there. If I know the method of Tianjiancheng Shuge, I can save my memory in something , for example," he looked around, picked up a pen washer on the table, "for example, inside this. Then when you get this pen washer and turn it on, it is equivalent to reliving this memory of mine. But it's not all about pen washes, you know..."
Xiaodong froze for a moment.
It seemed that something had passed through his mind quickly, it was a very important matter. But when I think about it seriously, I can't remember it.
"What's wrong?" Mo Chen asked.
"No, it's fine. Brother, where can we find the book on how to enter and leave Tianjian City?"
"This kind of thing must be very old, but I don't think it will be too difficult to find. Because the people in the Book Pavilion should not pay much attention to this, but they are just secretive to outsiders."
"Then let's split up and find..."
"Together." Mo Chen was worried that Xiaodong would leave his sight.
Aside from other things, Xiaodong is too honest a kid, it's hard for him to tell a lie when he sees someone, he can't even fool himself, and he still wants to deceive others
But finding a book is not easy.
If what they are looking for is a real book, then the title of the book should give some clues. But they don't know what the book they are looking for is called, and they don't know what kind of container it is in.
And if the people in the Book Pavilion value such a thing, store it very closely, and even protect it with a formation, it will be even more difficult to deal with.
Xiaodong was wondering how to find it, but Mo Chen had already made up his mind.
They don't know, but someone must know. It shouldn't be difficult to find a way to get the words out.
The disciple named Chu just now is a good candidate.
For a while Xiaodong was in a daze.
He always felt as if he had forgotten something very important, but when asked to seriously think about what he had forgotten, he was at a loss.
What is it
While Xiaodong was paying attention to the things around him that looked quite old, there was nothing that looked particularly different, while recalling what they saw, heard, and what they said just now, Xiaodong remembered clearly , A sentence passed in my heart again.
"Revisiting that memory..."
Xiaodong was stunned.
The elder brother said just now that the collection of books in Shuge can also be said to be the memory of the predecessors revisited by future generations.
Xiaodong suddenly remembered what happened in the autumn of that year, that is, he had not long been apprenticed to his teacher, when the elder brother had just returned to the mountain from outside, at that time he was sick and drowsy, and he only remembered that he was not alone every time he opened his eyes. Elder Brother, Senior Brother Jiang, there is always someone there, sometimes it is Senior Sister Linglong, but she is rarely there, and she has no patience to accompany the sick bed.
Well, I remembered Chen Jingzhi again.
He didn't accompany him either.
Once the memory spreads out, I can't hold it back.
What Xiaodong remembered was that he had his first exceptionally clear dream when he was recovering from illness.
At that time, he was in a daze all day, half asleep and half awake. But there was one thing he remembered correctly.
He saw Senior Brother Jiang and the others practicing martial arts, and saw him leave the grease for wiping his hands beside the well after washing. It had already happened at that time.
He... He also relived a memory, right
But whose memory is he revisiting
Also, the second clear dream was that the senior brother followed his master and Senior Liu to the Lunjian Peak, and that night he saw the situation of the senior brother and the others on the Lunjian Peak.
That too was an afterthought.
That... What he saw was also a memory.
Whose memory did he see
Why can he see these
Seeing the city this day, Chen Jingzhi, his lost pendant, and the strange arrival of him and his elder brother to this place...
Thousands of threads are like a mess, Xiaodong can't figure out a clue.
Mo Chen asked softly: "What's wrong?"
Xiaodong looked up at him as if frightened.
Those eyes were full of confusion, helpless and heartbreaking.
"Eldest brother..."
Mo Chen held his hand: "I'm here."
The warmth of his palm calmed Xiaodong's mind: "Brother, do you still remember..."
Just halfway through the conversation, Mo Chen motioned him to keep silent, Xiaodong didn't need him to cover his mouth this time, his lips were tightly closed like clam shells.
They stayed in this apparently unoccupied house for a long time, seeing that the city was free from ground dust, and the city looked extraordinarily clean, the cobbled roads were as clean as a mirror.
If no one came in this room for a long time, it would not be easy to accumulate a layer of dust.
The light from the outside sky reflected into the room through the cracks in the window, casting mottled shadows on the ground.
Apart from the disciple surnamed Chu, there were two other people who came back.
"Oh, I really shouldn't have passed through the torture hall, you know? The immortal roots of those two people have been destroyed, and their bones have been nailed through. Alas, even if they can survive this torture and save their lives, I'm afraid it will be too late. I haven't had a good life for a few years."
Another voice said: "According to me, it's better not to get through it. If you die now, you can get a place to bury it. If you don't die, you will live like this in the future. I heard that the bone is nailed through and it is impossible to die again." After growing up, every day I live, every breath I take will hurt my heart and lungs... Speaking of which, this punishment is too much, right?"
The voice sounded like that of the young disciple surnamed Chu.
"Elder Wu is trying to scare chickens and monkeys. It's obviously for the elixir, but in fact... I'm afraid it's aimed at Qian Shan Tang."
"That… "
They walked through the room and walked away.
After they left, Xiaodong asked softly, "Are they talking about Huangqi and Bupleurum?"
Mo Chen nodded.
"How can this be..."
Although there is no friendship, just a few words, Xiaodong and the others are not disciples of Tianjian City at all. However, this incident was obviously not the fault of Huang and Chai, but they were charged with a heavy sentence and it sounded like they were going to die—even if they were alive, life would probably be worse than death.
They are all from the same sect, but they can cruelly harm the same sect like this.
No matter how nice it is, no matter how righteous it is, Xiaodong can't accept it.
What's more, it is not certain whether it is really for righteousness or not.
Listening to what the three people said just now, that Elder Wu was using the name of righteousness, in fact, to repel dissidents and attack Qianshantang.
Mo Chen was not surprised by this.
This kind of thing happens everywhere, the bigger the sect is, the more it is like this, the filth is hidden under the glamorous appearance.
Even the Danyang Immortal Gate was the same.
Mo Chen knows more about Master's past than his juniors.
Before being eroded by the evil way, Danyang Xianmen had only superficial beauty. The huge sect that has been passed down for more than a thousand years is becoming more and more bloated, the people are overstaffed, the relationship between people inside is intricate, cronyism, jealousy of the virtuous and capable... If the master hadn't been completely discouraged by some things back then, he wouldn't have been in the middle of killing demons. After the war, he established his own sect, no matter how tired or difficult he would be able to support the original sect.
But if this matter is injustice, they can't control it.
Their identities cannot be seen at all.
Besides, why should they meddle in other people's sect's internal affairs
Once again, Mo Chen felt a warning sign, and turned his head to look back.
His perceptual sensitivity was several times better than before, so he was able to take Xiaodong away from the danger far away, and spent two days in Tianjian City, a completely strange place, safe and sound.
Maybe others would think he was very relaxed after hearing about it, but only Mo Chen knew that he kept his ears and eyes open all the time.
Because he was worried that others would find out that the exercises on them were not Tianjiancheng exercises at all, Mo Chen didn't use real energy at all to observe and listen to them, but purely relied on his body's instincts.
People don't have such keen eyes and ears, and they can't smell some subtle smells floating in the air.
But Mo Chen can catch it, and thus judge the general situation of the other party from small details such as sound and smell.
But he didn't realize that the person behind them was already standing at the door!
Who is the other party
Mo Chen instinctively hid Xiaodong behind his back.
The woman standing at the door was wearing a white dress embroidered with silver thread patterns, holding a light green umbrella, her eyes were calm, and she didn't say a word.
The aura on her body was particularly ethereal and unreal, standing there like a shadow, her clothes fluttering gently with the wind, her whole body seemed to be blown away by the wind.
But it wasn't this that surprised Mo Chen.
but...
She seemed to have a vaguely familiar feeling between her brows and eyes.
"Don't worry, I don't mean anything malicious." She said softly, her gaze passed over Mo Chen and landed on Xiaodong.
Covered by Mo Chen, Xiaodong still recognized her at a glance.
This is the woman he saw in his dream.
At that time, it was following her that Xiaodong arrived at the Shouyuan Pavilion. But then there was a sudden change, he and his elder brother were dragged by a force abruptly, across a distance of almost ten thousand miles, from Beifu City to Tianjian City.
Xiaodong has been puzzled by this incident.
But now he felt that this matter had nothing to do with the woman in front of him.
The opponent should be an enemy rather than a friend.
... But it is strange to say.
Although I told myself in my heart that she appeared so suddenly and so strangely, it was not unintentional.
Could it be that the whereabouts of the two of them have been in her expectation from the beginning to the end
"You come with me."
She turned and walked out, as if she was sure that the two people behind her would follow.
Mo Chen glanced at Xiaodong.
Follow or not
If she had any plans against them, if she yelled just now, this small courtyard would be completely surrounded in a blink of an eye, and they would have no way of escaping.
Mo Chen and Xiaodong followed behind her, walking along a path covered with moss.
I don't know whether she intended it or not, the road she chose was also untouched.
Many thoughts came and went in Xiaodong's mind.
But for some reason, he couldn't feel bad for the woman in front of him. (to be continued)