I will bury the gods

Chapter 72
Lin Shouxi suddenly opened his eyes.

The carriage was still walking slowly on the mountain road. The mountain walls on both sides were like narrow knives, cutting the dusk into long strands, spreading them in the sky, blending with the reddish-brown trees, extending into the distance.

The picture that appeared in my mind before flashed away, and the childish "brother" sounded like an auditory hallucination.

It was not the first time Lin Shouxi had seen that scene, so he didn't think it was a simple hallucination.

who is she?
Lin Shouxi sat sideways on the horse's back, like a shepherd boy herding cattle, with his head lowered in thought, without changing his expression.

He closed his eyes again, but the sea of ​​consciousness was pitch black—where did the Jiange and the girl come from?

Lin Shouxi did some tests to connect his consciousness, but all failed. Just as he was about to give up, and when the little girl appeared next time to ask for clarification, the picture in his mind became clear again.

The dark room full of ancient swords and the girl reappeared.

Lin Shouxi saw her appearance clearly. The girl was wearing a chest-length goose-yellow skirt. She was petite, with a pair of pear-blossom embroidered shoes under the skirt. She had long hair, and the hair was a little messy. The cheeks are made more petite, and on the right side of the head are tied with two hair bows with slender red threads.

The little girl looked about seven or eight years old, but she was exquisite and cute, as delicate as a porcelain doll.

She rested her hands on the sheath of the sword in front of her, and said pleasantly: "You really need to look like this to see clearly."

"..." Lin Shouxi frowned, and only then did he realize that he was also holding a sword.

Are these two swords connected in some way, linking them?

"Are you talking to me?" Lin Shouxi probed with his heart.

The voice of the heart conveyed the past.

"It really is brother." Hearing his voice, the little girl smiled, her eyes still shining with curiosity.

"Can't you see me?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Hey... I can only see a vague shadow." The little girl tilted her head and looked at it seriously.

Lin Shouxi suddenly made a ferocious grimace, but the girl didn't respond at all.

"Is this the first time you see me?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"No." The little girl shook her head, and said honestly: "I saw you once a few days ago, and you seemed to be injured at that time, bending over and shaking..."

It was the time when he had a decisive battle with Chu Yingchan. At that time, he also had hallucinations and saw the little girl kneeling in the sword pavilion.

"Are you the sword spirit? The sword spirit of Zhan Gongjian?" Lin Shouxi asked his guess.

The spirituality of Zhangong Sword has already surpassed the scope of ordinary swords. The little girl I saw while holding the sword in meditation is very likely to be the spirit hidden in this cold pig iron.

"Sword spirit?" The little girl blinked in a daze, and realized later: "So you are not a sword spirit, I thought you were a ghost sealed in the sword."

"I am human." Lin Shouxi said concisely.

"What a coincidence, I'm human too..." the little girl said blankly.

The chat between the two fell into a stalemate.

Lin Shouxi's conjecture was further confirmed - it should be that the Zhan Palace in his hand had a connection with the sword in the pavilion, linking their consciousness.

But... why is this so?Why are there two swords that are separated by an unknown distance, and what connects them?What is the origin of Zhan Palace?
Doubts flooded into Lin Shouxi's mind, and Lin Shouxi wrote down these questions one by one, looking for answers in the future.

The little girl was much more innocent. She encountered something new and novel that she had never seen before, and after experiencing a brief period of confusion, her cheeks were full of excitement.

"You were killing people last time, right?" The little girl's voice trembled.

"Ah."

"Brother is amazing." The little girl showed an expression of admiration.

Lin Shouxi didn't want to continue on this topic, and instead asked, "Where are you now?"

"Hey." The little girl was stopped by the question, she waved her hand and said apologetically, "This is a secret, you can't tell it."

Lin Shouxi didn't ask any further questions. He looked at the sword pavilion where the girl lived. Even if he just stared at it from a distance, he could still feel the ancient meaning in each sword. They were like the most elite army under the emperor's seat, and they could be seen at a glance. Neat killing atmosphere.

This should be a large gate within the city wall.

The little girl was also looking at the shadow in front of her curiously. From her perspective, Lin Shouxi was just an illusory white shadow.

This is the small sword building at home, and it is also the place where she was confined. A few days ago, she made a mistake and was locked in. She accidentally saw the white figure.She was so frightened that she thought she had run into some kind of ghost, so she hurriedly reported the matter to her master, but the people at home checked and found nothing wrong, they just thought she was messing around again.

Only she knows that she is not lying, that this small building is really haunted... At that time, she was afraid for a long time, and she dared not poke her head out of the quilt when she was sleeping. Go to bed early and get up early, work hard to practice eating on time so as not to cause trouble, and strive not to be locked up in a confinement room.

She managed to hold on for three days.

Her persistence touched her, so she decided to reward her with a lazy sleep.Unexpectedly, it was already dusk when she woke up, and when she opened her eyes, she saw the ashen faces of the teachers. She ran to the confinement room consciously, and knelt between the iron swords to reflect.

Curiosity made her overcome her fear. She stared at the sword enshrined in the center, and couldn't help but began to meditate. During the meditation, she saw the floating white shadow lying flat, as if asleep.

She looked at it curiously for a long time, like young cattle and sheep staring at the light spot in a daze. After a while, the white shadow moved, but the picture was cut off.

She tried for a while, and finally found that when she held the sword in her hand, the meditation would be much stronger. She saw the white figure again, and communicated with him with the spirit of a newborn calf not afraid of tigers.

This ghost is cold, but still looks quite kind.

The little girl watched him, making judgments in her heart.

"Does the sword you hold have a name?" Lin Shouxi asked further.

The little girl wanted to remove the sword from the stand, but found that she couldn't lift it at all. She changed from sitting to standing to exert more force, but she still couldn't lift it up.

"Actually, I usually practice very hard, and my arm strength is not bad, but this sword is too heavy." The little girl explained aggrievedly, trying to save a little face.

Lin Shouxi smiled, expressing his understanding.

The little girl tried a lot, but finally gave up. She sat down slumped, looked around the sword, shook her head and said, "There is no name written on the scabbard."

"What about the sword?"

"I can't pull it out."

The little girl gave up at this point, and she was unwilling to let this kind big brother down. She clenched her fists and said, "When I grow up, I will ask my family for this sword. What name do I want to give it?" Just name it."

Lin Shouxi was not used to seeing such a little girl in the sword. He wanted to give some words of encouragement, but the girl suddenly withdrew her hand and sat back in a very standard sitting posture.

"Someone is coming," she whispered.

The screen stops there.

Lin Shouxi opened his eyes again, and his complexion did not show any ripples, as if nothing had happened.

Chen Ning looked at him secretly, Lin Shouxi turned his head and asked, "What's wrong?"

Chen Ning was slightly flustered, and just said: "Three Realms Village is coming soon."

When the three horses walked out of the mountain gorge, it was already dark, and the narrow sky above was suddenly vast and boundless, and the cold wind was blowing in your face. Looking along the descending mountain road, you can faintly see several large piles of high mud walls, and the quiet starry sky hangs over them. The top is bright and mysterious.

The villages here also have high walls and gates.This is the basis for them to gain a foothold in this land full of evil spirits and monsters.

When the carriage drove back, there were people moving around on the battlements of the tall earthen wall. Although it was far away, Lin Shouxi could still feel that dozens of arrows were aimed at this place.

Under the pitch-black city wall, a figure appeared out of nowhere. The figure was wearing a gray robe. He said a few words to Chen Ning's father casually, then opened the carriage and began to check the items inside.

He also explained Lin Shouxi's origin. The gray-robed man turned his head and looked at the young man sitting on the horse.

Lin Shouxi saw clearly what was under the gray robe, and his expression tightened.

Under the gray clothes, there was a face without facial features.Not only does he have no facial features, but he also has no hair, as if he is just a rough embryo of a person, and he has not had time to describe other features in the future.

But it was such a person who was staring at Lin Shouxi seriously.

After all, Lin Shouxi was new here, and he was still thinking about whether to pretend to be scared, so he pulled his gray robe to cover his face, which was nothing to hide, and moved away.

The heavy gate was pulled up, the carriage drove in, the people on the battlements disappeared, and the adjacent buildings came into view, stretching into the distance in the dark night.

They arrived at Three Realms Village.

Lin Shouxi originally thought that there were two earthen walls in the Three Realms Village to distinguish immortals, humans, and demons, but there were none inside. At a glance, this vast village that looked like a city was indeed divided, but the divisions were made by rivers. .

The carriage drove through the relatively spacious central street one after the other. Lin Shouxi could see the appearance of the houses on both sides. The houses here were more like caves than houses.

Compared with the central driveway, the honeycomb-like houses on both sides are narrow and small. They are arranged irregularly, some are exposed on the ground, and some are buried underground, and the strange smell can be smelled from a distance.

The river in front is surprisingly clear, and after crossing the river, you can see a large field. The fields are not planted with rice, but cotton-like things.

Although the human residence is still compact, it is obviously more orderly. The place where the immortal lives in the front is really dark, and no buildings can be seen clearly. Only a giant tree like a tower rises from the ground, standing in the dark night Very eye-catching.

"That is the sacred mulberry tree, a sacred tree we worship. It is said that it was transformed from the seeds of the ancient hibiscus sacred tree that floated into the world. In short, it bestowed Sanjie Village with clean land, food and stability. We survived by relying on the sacred tree .”

Chen Ning introduced him piously.

This tree is indeed unusually tall, protruding like an island in the sea, but Lin Shouxi doesn't care about it for the time being.

"What happened to the man in gray?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Oh...he." Chen Ning still looked at Lin Shouxi with curiosity, "I saw that the young master is so calm, I thought the young master knew."

Lin Shouxi is more aware that he is ignorant of this world. In the past, the window between him and this world was Xiaohe. Although Xiaohe always scolded himself for being stupid, he would patiently explain to him after scolding. Now the window disappeared. He can only find out the true appearance of the world by himself.

"I've been expressionless since I was a child." Lin Shouxi said expressionlessly.

"Eh... is this a disease?" Chen Ning was even more curious. After asking, she covered her lips and realized that she was being abrupt.

"I'm not sick." Lin Shouxi said confidently.

Chen Ning's eyes were even more curious, but experts usually have strange things. She was afraid that he would be impatient and dare not ask more questions, so she quickly explained the gray-clothed man to Lin Shouxi.

"That's a man in puppet clothes, that is... a person in puppet clothes."

"Puppet clothes?"

"Well, the puppet is something that a mother-in-law in the fairy village sewed out of special leather... Don't worry, it's not human skin. Anyway, this thing is called a puppet, and the puppet can be perfectly worn on a person's body. Covering the original face of a person, but it is only a covering effect, and does not hinder breathing, eating, and seeing." Chen Ning thought for a while, and then explained in the simplest words: "It is equivalent to another layer of your body. skin."

"The fortune of a cultivator is really wonderful." Lin Shouxi praised, and then thought of another question: "Can this puppet clothes be made to order?"

"Of course, my mother-in-law's craftsmanship is very skillful. As long as you pay enough, it doesn't matter how realistic it is." Chen Ning said.

"cost?"

"Well...it's equivalent to what the people in the city wall mentioned, money." Chen Ning said with a smile: "But my mother-in-law is a fairy, she doesn't charge money, she only needs a 'price', and some people do everything to make the old lady do something. Puppet clothes, there are also many people who get puppet clothes and stay in them forever, no longer need to show their true colors.”

Chen Ning sighed, and added another sentence: "But it's useless to say these things now, I heard that the mother-in-law has been closed recently."

"Why?" Lin Shouxi continued to ask, he didn't want to let go of any information.

Chen Ning looked around and lowered his voice, "Because...that old woman is sewing a great thing recently!"

"Something great?"

"Well... I don't know any more. I have no chance to go to Xiancun. This is just a rumor, and I don't know if it is true or not." Chen Ning said: "In short, there are many skilled craftsmen in Xiancun, and you are also a fairy. , I should have a chance to meet them in the future, but I heard that they have very strange tempers..."

The carriage stopped, and Chen Ning quickly shut up.In the surrounding alleys, a man in gray floated out like a ghost, surrounded the carriage, and began to unload the cargo.

Lin Shouxi observed them and found that they were almost exactly the same in height and shape, and it was impossible to tell who was who.

The iron carriage was opened, and the corpses were carried down coffin after coffin. The man in gray lifted up the coffin and disappeared in a blink of an eye.

"You have to go with us." The head of the leader in gray turned to Lin Shouxi and said in a dull voice.

"He is a good man. He saved us. Without him, that thing might have been taken away." Chen Ning stepped forward and spoke for Lin Shouxi.

"Because of this, you have to be more careful." The man in gray said in a low tone, "That thing is top secret, and it stands to reason that it shouldn't be leaked."

The man lowered his head, he said guiltily: "I'm also very surprised, I don't know which link went wrong, and it almost ruined the master's plan."

Transporting the corpse is also a task entrusted by the Lord, but this is only superficial. The most important thing is to transport the ancient scroll back to the village safely. Only Chen Ning and her father know about this matter. Even the two accompanying uncles are also kept in the dark. inside.

This trip was full of thrills and dangers, but fortunately they still sent the ancient scrolls back.

"Are you trying to confirm if I'm in danger?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Yes." The man in gray replied.

"I'll go with you." Lin Shouxi said calmly.

Although this place was unfamiliar, he didn't worry too much. First, he had a clear conscience, and second, his intuition didn't give him any warning signs of danger.

Hearing this, the man in gray lowered his head back into his robe, and his figure drifted soundlessly towards the bridge between the human village and the fairy village.

Lin Shouxi followed slowly.

There was a bird song in the night sky, the bird song was sharp, Lin Shouxi followed the sound, and soon saw its trace, it was a bird like a mountain eagle, patrolling the sky, different from the mountain eagle, its The body is made of wood, like a mechanism, but it is given life by some means.

The fairy village is surprisingly dark, and there is almost no light in it, and walking is all based on instinct.

There was a sound of opening the door, and he was taken into a room, but this room was bright. In the room was a long table carved from animal bones. Behind the table sat an old man with a humped back. The old man's eyes were narrowed, I don't know whether to wake up or sleep.

The man in gray sent him in and left.

"New here again?"

Hearing the movement, the old man raised his head and looked at Lin Shouxi. After a moment of silence, he praised sincerely: "You are so handsome."

Lin Shouxi sat down in front of the bone case naturally.

"Don't be afraid, there will be people coming to Sanjie Village from time to time. The Lord is kind, and generally speaking, anyone who is not hostile will be taken in, and a place will be arranged for him to support himself." The old man said.

"What if there is hostility?" Lin Shouxi asked.

"Then it will become the nourishment of the god mulberry tree." The old man raised his head, "What? Are you planning to run away, kid?"

"just asking."

"That's not a good question." The old man smiled cheerfully.

"How can I prove that I am not hostile?"

"It's simple. The old man will test you with the magic weapon handed down from his family, and you will know once you test it."

The old man groped on the bone table for a while, removed the ribs and skulls one after another, and searched for them.

You can tell if it's true or not by testing it... Lin Shouxi was also curious, what kind of magic weapon could this be?

Then, the old man took out a stone the size of a fingernail.

"Hold this thing, let me ask you a few questions." The old man handed over the small stone.

Lin Shouxi took it with open palm, frowned and said, "This is... the Stone of Mantra?"

"Huh? You actually know him. You have a good vision."

"Hmm... I've heard of this treasure."

"Haha, this is the first time I've seen you today." The old man smiled and said proudly: "This is a magic weapon handed down from my ancestors. Don't look at me as a little boy. It's hard to buy with a thousand dollars. You can hold it safely. The old man's eyes are not good. If it’s on the ground, you must find it for me, otherwise don’t even try to get out of this door.”

Lin Shouxi really wanted to tell him that he had a big one... Until now, he finally realized what a precious legacy Master Yun had left for him.

Lin Shouxi grasped this pitifully small mantra stone tightly.

The old man took out a piece of paper and a slender wooden tube, put the wooden tube against Lin Shouxi's hand, cleared his throat, and prepared to ask questions.

"You are..." Lin Shouxi looked at the wooden tube, puzzled.

"I'm old and dim-sighted, I'm afraid I can't hear clearly." The old man explained.

"An old man's opinion." Lin Shouxi gave a thumbs up.

The old man began to ask questions in accordance with the usual practice. The questions were very simple. They asked him his name, age, where he came from, whether he had malicious intentions, and plotted against the village.

Lin Shouxi answered everything truthfully.

He was absent-minded when he answered, and he couldn't help thinking of the rainy night when he first woke up. At that time, Master Yun was sitting in the wooden hall like a demon, and the little He with snowy hair and green skirt spoke out the prophecy in a manly voice.

Obviously not long passed, but the memories appear as far away as a world away.

The audit went smoothly. The old man picked up the brush, dipped it in the ink, and wrote down Lin Shouxi's name, and warned: "This is just the first test, and you will be assessed many times later. If you fail , will still be expelled from Three Realms Village.”

The old man rarely raised his seriousness and said, "Of course, it's very simple to avoid being expelled. You only need to do two things!"

"Which two points?" Lin Shouxi asked politely.

The old man raised two fingers and continued: "One is to love the Three Realms Village, and the other is to love and respect our Lord Master."

Lin Shouxi left this room inexplicably, and the man in gray at the door escorted him out of the fairy village.

Chen Ning was waiting for him at the other end of the bridge.

"If you have nothing to go tonight, you can come to my house first." Chen Ning said: "It happens that my father also wants to repay the young master for saving his life."

"Do you still have room in your house?"

"Isn't Uncle Chen dead..."

"Oh, that makes sense."

Lin Shouxi followed her to a house. Although this house was also a one-story house, it was considered a grand in Three Realms Village.

Lin Shouxi has never had any desire for food, lodging, and transportation, and he just wants to find a resting place where he can calmly think.

He lived in the empty room. The room was very plain, with nothing but a bed and a table, but it was also surprisingly clean.

Lin Shouxi closed the door, refused all services and small talk, and sat alone on the bed.Just when he was about to close his eyes and practice, he suddenly found a book on the bedside.

It stands to reason that the dead uncle should be a rough guy, and he would not have the leisure to study.

Lin Shouxi picked up the book, and looked at the title: Zhu Shenlu.

He frowned, wondering if this was the novel that poisoned that lizard spirit?

Open the book, the author's name is written on the title page: Lord Yuxian.The following is a lot of useless whining nonsense similar to this book, also known as I want to kill the gods, the mausoleum of the gods, and the sinking of the gods and demons.Lin Shouxi jumped over them one by one.

He casually flipped through two pages of the text, and found that the story of this book was written outrageously. It roughly talked about a young man reincarnated and reborn, worshiping immortals, cultivating Taoism, defeating Tianjiao, destroying enemies, exploring caves, and obtaining treasures... so The cycle of things.

"How can there be such a lucky person in the world? If there is, then his fate must be manipulated by another existence, and he is just a pawn without knowing it." Lin Shouxi shook his head lightly. It's okay for such a book to deceive ordinary people. It's not attractive to him.

What's wrong with having a good time?Why take it to read such a comical plot full of mistakes and omissions?

In the early morning, when the sun shone into the room, Lin Shouxi finally turned to the last page.

He didn't know how he finished it.

Maybe he was really bored, or maybe the sadness of parting was accumulated in his heart, and he always needed something to help resolve it... In short, after he finished reading, he finally felt a little happy.

The only pity is that this book has not yet been finished, and it has come to an abrupt end in a hateful place, and I don't know when there will be a sequel.

Although the plot of this book is rough, the strokes are delicate, and I don't know whether this 'Master Fish Fairy' is a man or a woman.

"This book is not without merit." Lin Shouxi commented.

When he was about to close the book, his eyes froze suddenly.

The manuscript ends with a short seven-line poem, which seems to be an acrostic...

He read each word of the beginning together:
"Under the white camphor tree... help me."

　Good evening, Jianjian is back~
　　Thanks to the rudder master who rewarded Dashui 1998!Thank you Dashui for your strong support~Thank you~~~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)