Chapter 17 Going to the Kingdom of Huangquan
This night seemed so hurried to everyone in Ouyang's ancient house, especially Dong Muya, who was worried all night about the most likely position of the magic charm she had solved. There was a moment when she looked forward to the cloudy next day, because according to the poem, it was impossible to find the direction to enter the entrance of Huangquan without the guidance of the sun.
She took a bottle of beer, smoked cigarettes one after another, and sat on the sofa in the living room of Ouyang Ancient House and couldn't shut her eyes. Until the first ray of morning light shone through the window, the halo slowly spread to illuminate the whole room, and all the furnishings reflected fantastic spots of light, reflecting each other and dazzling. At first, her eyes were squinted, and the place of countless light spots in front of her seemed to have some kind of illusion. It was a splash of water bursting all around, emitting strange light in the sun. Ouyang Xiao Leng, Xia Qiu, and Qianqi and others came out of the water one by one... Suddenly, her eyes opened wide. This scene made her brain There is a flash of light in the middle. Her previous fear suddenly halved, and she had a certain premonition in her subconscious: Yes, it should be like this! They will definitely come back safely! She thought that this might be a woman's sixth sense.
She cheered up and went out to buy breakfast for Ouyang Xiao Leng and others, and then woke them up from their sleep, as if to wake up their own children. In fact, if she had not been so stubborn and waited for that person, she would have married long ago and should have her own children. She asked for half a day off from school early in the morning. It happened that there was no class for her that morning. After explaining the meaning of the poems she had extracted from the existing materials with Ouyang Xiao Leng, she set out with them to the lake.
Although Dong Muya had asked for leave from school on behalf of Xia Qiu and Ouyang Xiao Leng, Xia Qiu still sent a text message to Liu Lingmei. Even if it was sent to her, it was still a lie, but she didn't want to disappear from her friends without saying hello. After the tests of life and death, the weight of family and friendship in her heart has increased a lot.
The sun at noon in autumn is strong and dazzling. Occasionally, a trace of wind passes through my ears, and the sound of the wind shuttles from the trees in the forest is like a distant song.
Dong Muya led the three teenagers to the lake. Just after ten o'clock, she began to choose the general direction along the shore of the lake with a daylight needle disk. The scale in the middle circle on the circular sun needle disk is the direction, and the outer circle is the corner. At the top is a transparent stone similar to a thermal crystal. When it absorbs sunlight, it will Rotate the pointer on the compass. After basically determining an area as the starting point, they sat very close to the lake.
Looking at the scenery of the Silver Moon Lake, Xia Qiu suddenly found that she had not been here for a long time. Taking a deep breath of the smell of the lake made her feel particularly at ease. Every pebble here, every bird passing by the lake, and every rippling shadow of water waves are so familiar and kind to her.
"Alas, the first time I came to my long-awaited world, I didn't see anything and was going to leave temporarily." Qianqi said to himself.
"When we come back, I will definitely show you around!" Xia Qiu comforted.
"Well, there are still opportunities. What kind of places do young people here usually go?" Qianqi has begun to plan to prepare for visiting the world.
"Cinema, park, KTV..." Xia Qiu answered without thinking.
"Cinema? KTV? What are they all about?" Qianqi became more interested.
Xia Qiu tried to explain it to him. Although he didn't seem to understand her words, he was still full of expectations. The two asked and answered, talking and laughing, which made the atmosphere much more relaxed.
Ouyang Xiao Leng looked at it silently, and he was a little envious of Qianqi in his heart. His frankness was exactly what he lacked. He also wanted to talk with Xia Qiu so happily, but now he obviously couldn't do it.
Time passed unconsciously. Dong Muya looked at the following table and was only a few minutes away from eleven o'clock. She took a deep breath and said to the three teenagers, "It's almost time!"
Several people stood up at the same time. When the minute needle reached the right time, Dong Muya led them to successfully use the daylight needle disk to find the exact direction. That's what the poem suggests: borrow three inches of sunlight to the center of the green water.
She knew it was time to say goodbye. Although she still had a lot to tell them, she couldn't say a word. She just stretched out her hand and patted each of them on the shoulder, and then prayed silently in her heart and saw them walk towards the lake.
"It's wise for me to come with you this time. You should know that we dragons are born to control water. Xia Qiu, don't be afraid. As soon as I get underwater, I will use my demonic power to create a huge bubble to put us all in there, so I will never be choked by the water. Qianqi said confidently.
For dragons, there is no difference between underwater and land. Although Ouyang Xiao Leng can not move in the water unlimitedly like him, it should not be a problem to hold the gas for more than ten minutes with demonic power, but it will take quite a long time for Xia Qiu, who has just signed the contract, to do this.
Xia Qiu nodded gratefully to Qianqi. When she reached ten steps, the water had begun to reach her head. She could only look at Dong Muya with her toes. Dong Muya finally understood what ten steps to forget the past. At this glance, it was like a final farewell to the world she once lived in, because another step was about to sink into the lake.
Ouyang Xiao Leng followed closely. Qianqi sank into the lake and launched a demonic force to form a huge bubble to circle them, and the three continued to walk to the heart of the lake.
Dong Muya, who gradually stood by the lake, could not even see the water pattern fluctuations caused by the three of them. She knew that they had successfully walked into the deeper place at the bottom of the lake. Although her heart was full of uneasiness, she knew that she could do anything but wait quietly in this world. She put the daylight needle into it. After the pocket, get ready to turn around and leave there...
When they walked 20 steps forward, the three teenagers had completely entered the bottom of the lake. The world outside the bubbles was quiet and peaceful. The small fish in the water grass were swimming around freely and leisurely. When they saw their arrival, they did not dodge, but swam around their bubbles, as if they were leading the way for them. There were elves. Accompanying around, fears and troubles disappeared.
When you reach thirty steps, the light around you begins to fade, and the sound of water in your ears echoes more and more clearly like the sound of scriptures.
Ouyang Xiao Leng whispered to Xia Qiu and Qian Qi: "If I guess correctly, this is a super curse!" The super spell is used to transcend the undead. It seems that we are getting closer and closer to the Kingdom of Huangquan.
Although she couldn't understand the meaning of the scriptures, Xia Qiu felt that the scriptures resonated with her heart and body, knocking out the memories and emotions deposited in her skin bag word by word. After listening to it, she seemed that she no longer miss everything in the world. The feeling was both super happy and a little lonely. Terrible. She couldn't help worrying that if it went on like this, her soul would be lost in a corner. In order to concentrate on resisting the interference of the outside world, she whispered a song.
"Lanzhiyiyi, spread its fragrance. If you don't take it, what's wrong with Yu Lan?
Today's turn is the same. I travel all over the world, day by day.
Snow and frost trade, the lush wheat. If you don't hurt, I won't do it.
The lushness of shepherd's wheat, there is shepherd's purse. The injury of a gentleman is the guard of a gentleman.
Although her voice was very low, Ouyang Xiao Leng still heard that it was a poem in the Book of Songs. He remembered that she was always singing when she was silently watching her in Yongchuan Forest, and he couldn't help laughing from his heart.
When they reached forty steps, a passage began to appear in front of them. The passage blocked the lake. They went straight in, and the bubbles surrounding them also broke, and their clothes became dry unconsciously. On both sides of the channel, there are many pictures flowing like movies. That may be the scene of the afterlife mentioned in the poem that Dong Muya answered them, but those so-called afterlife are still the way they are now, which makes Xia Qiu more or less confused.
"Why hasn't our appearance in the next life changed at all?" She asked Ouyang Xiao Leng.
"I have heard that if we can return to the world from the Kingdom of Huangquan, it is equivalent to a rebirth. Since we can see our future, it proves that we will definitely return to the world." Ouyang answered her coldly.
"Well, I've heard of that, too." Qianqi echoed. He saw himself in a picture, as if he had just won the victory, and his face was full of a proud smile.
At fifty steps, they came to an intersection. There was a huge archway towering on the road in front of it. The sign on it was written "Huangquan". There was still a stone on one side under the archway. When they approached and saw the stone, there was such a sentence engraved on it: "Don't turn back, there is no way back."
"It seems that we didn't go wrong." Xia Qiu pointed to the archway happily and said.
"I guess no one but us will be so happy to find this place!" Qianqi also smiled.
"You must not turn back when you pass through this archway, otherwise your soul will be lost forever!" Ouyang Xiao Leng reminded.
"It doesn't look as gloomy and terrible as imagined, but if we go forward, we will say goodbye to the world at the other end for the time being." Qianqi took a half-joking sentence.
"Are you afraid?" Ouyang asked provocatively.
"I'm not afraid! Don't faint in fear later. Qianqi shouted unconvincedly.
"Don't fight, I'll go first!"
While the two were still arguing, Xia Qiu was the first to step towards the other end of the archway, so that the two teenagers who unconsciously began to fight had to admire the bravery of this human girl.
At the moment of passing through the archway, those things that have been experienced were clearly played back in my mind at an uncountable speed. Xia Qiu's familiar voice came from behind. Her grandparents, Liu Lingmei, father... Everyone was calling her to let her go back. For a second, she felt that she was about to fall, and she couldn't help but want to turn back. At this moment, Ouyang Xiao Leng gently pushed her from behind and let her return to herself again, sweeping away all the doubts in her heart in an instant.
Qianqi heard his father's call. His father's voice was so weak that he seemed to be very ill, which made him worried. As soon as he stopped and gradually hesitated, he heard Xia Qiu's call on the opposite side.
"Thousands of riders!"
He shook his head and suddenly woke up.
When passing through the archway connecting Huangquan, only Ouyang Xiao Leng did not have any hallucinations. He thought that he might have completely lost his impression because of his parents' voice, and the person he cares about most at this moment is beside him. As long as Xia Qiu is here, he has nothing to consider, let alone timid.