Beyond the Divine States

In the extremely dark environment, the light came out little by little.

It was a flickering candle.

The light orange halo on the edge of the candle spread out, like a light fog, enveloping this ordinary room. The room is an ordinary wooden structure. The dark brown wood veneer is a bit old, but the cobweb on it is swept clean. On the table, the bamboo table cover is covered with leftovers. A seven or eight year old girl is lying on the table, shaking her legs, looking at the boy sitting on the threshold chewing fruit, There's a grudge in my eyes.

At a glance, it was her brother.

Her mother was playing bamboo mat at the door, talking to her brother, who listened absently.

His father was chopping firewood. He looked strong and healthy.

Although this family is not so rich, it should have had a good life in the Taiping era.

But Ning has not had time to clarify the relationship between Chu Ning and Xiaoling's family for a long time.

The little girl didn't lie to him, saying that the most critical time was the most critical time.

A nameless wind, like an arrow, passed by his side. The candle went out in response to the sound. Suddenly, the sound of horse's hooves came from the door like overturning the floor. The drums were beating in his ears. Then the screams of women and children came out.

Ning Xiaoling was also stunned. She called out her father's name, but she opened her mouth, but she couldn't make any sound.

The wind, like an invisible hand, overturned her to the ground.

"Mountain demon... Mountain demon... Mountain demon has broken in!"

There was a loud cry outside. The doors of the houses closed quickly and banged together. On the street, a group of wild animals, which looked like wolves and were half covered in black flames, rushed out and pounded against the doors.

It's not a day or two for the evil spirits to make trouble in the world. It's still the case in the city. If there are several waves of mountain demons raging in those towns close to the wild mountains, there will be no one left.

In the eyes of these mountain demons, the city is like a fence, where they keep their prey in captivity and hunt from time to time.

Most of them are formed by wild ghosts in the mountains. Those wild ghosts attached to the living animals deprive them of their intelligence, but at the same time stimulate their blood, making their bodies soar several times, which is extremely ferocious.

Ning Xiaoling heard the cry. In the dark, she heard a series of hasty knocking on the door, and then the scream of her suspected mother. She called out her parents' names several times, but did not respond. Then, she heard her brother's cry.

Ning Xiaoling ran to him and asked, "where's your mother?"

The younger brother cried: "mother is still outside..."

Ning Xiaoling's heart was shocked, and it was dark just now. Her younger brother ran directly back to the house and closed the door with intuition.

She thought of the scream just now. She was cold all over. She raised her hand and slapped him in the face. The little boy was hit on the ground all at once. He said with a cry: "I'm saving your life, too. What are you pretending to be? Why don't you open the door just now?"

Ning Xiaoling felt cold all over and dark around. She couldn't see the little boy's face clearly. She just felt that her consciousness had become a mess. All kinds of emotions were mixed together at the moment when the darkness came. Now they broke out completely.

The little boy covered his mouth and ran to the hearth.

It is said that the stove is protected by the kitchen god, and the ghosts and evil things dare not come near it.

Ning Xiaoling flurried out her hand and touched the wooden door. The moment she touched the bolt, she thought of her mother's scream. She felt that her blood was surging, so she pulled out the bolt and rushed out.

"Are you crazy?" cried the little boy behind him? Close the door quickly, I don't want to die with you loser! "

In fact, when Ning Xiaoling opened the door, she also regretted it.

She vaguely saw a pool of flesh and blood on the ground. She didn't dare to identify it. She just felt dizzy.

There is no moon in the sky, and the mages who catch demons don't know where they are. The smell of blood is pungent. Bursts of demonic wind cut their faces like knives. The fear of death overwhelmed the family. Her legs softened and her body fell down. She felt that her hands touched something sticky and warm.

She didn't dare to think what it was, half opened her mouth, and couldn't even scream instinctively.

A shadow ran behind her, didn't seem to notice that there was a little girl here, directly trampled on her.

Fortunately, it was not an adult mountain demon, otherwise Ning Xiaoling's back would be broken at this moment, but even this mountain demon still stirred her heart, her throat was sweet, and she was bleeding.

Relying on her instinct, Ning Xiaoling struggles to get up and wants to run back to the house. However, she just stepped on her feet, and her body is as heavy as lead. She can't tell the direction clearly, so she runs towards the street.

After a few steps, she also realized that she had made a mistake. It was too late to think back.

She kept running, and suddenly heard something. It was the music of silk and bamboo. She doubted that she had heard it wrong. How could there be other people's music when the mountain demon attacked the city?

She kept on running along with the sound. There was a high gate in her sight, and the sound came in. She wanted to walk up the steps, but she stumbled and banged against the door.

Dizzy, the door suddenly opened, light fell on her body, she felt a soft look at himself, with a bit of surprise.

"Why are you?" The girl's voice: "come in with me."

Ning Xiaoling was held by a white hand and walked into the door. When the door was closed, all the darkness seemed to be isolated behind her. In front of her, the lamp house was like a fire. In the zigzag courtyard, the maid walked with a lantern. The sound of silk and bamboo was like the flowing stream under the bridge, and the lotus colored lanterns passed by. The reflection in the water was countless soft and prosperous color blocks.

The brightly lit attic is particularly bright in the beautiful lights, as if to take away all the colors of the world. The figures in the attic come and go, and the dancing figure of the singer is graceful and beautiful in the half open window.

Ning Xiaoling widened her eyes and suspected that she had fallen into a dream. She couldn't help but shed tears.

"What's the matter?" The little girl holding her asked her.

Ning Xiaoling was stunned for a long time before she moved her steps and said: "it's not... Mountain demons... They... Kill people. How can you still..."

Her voice is a little stuttering, and it's hard to organize her words into proper sentences.

The gorgeous girl smiles: "this is Jinxiu Garden. There are people who practice Taoism in the garden. Those mountain demons are small demons who don't dare to pass by."

"Not a small monster..." Ning long murmured to repeat a, her hand covered with blood secretly wiped his clothes, face is frightening white.

She thought of the screams of her parents and the pieces of meat all over the floor. She thought, how could this be just a little monster?

She raised her head and did not dare to look at the dancing lamp house in front of her. It was like the evil wind all over the city, and the corpses were everywhere. It did not affect here at all. It was the disaster of ordinary people, never theirs.

She wanted to retreat in fear, only felt that the building was full of demons.

"What's the matter?" The little girl asked her.

This young lady of your family, Ning Xiaoling, knew her. She had met her several times on the way to carry water. This young lady was very kind-hearted and asked her servants to buy steamed buns for her.

Ning Xiaoling asked: "why do you open the door for me?"

The lady of your family said: "the mountain demon dare not come near here. I just went downstairs. I just heard the sound of knocking the door, so I came to have a look. Now it's really dangerous outside. You can stay here all night."

Ning Xiaoling was stunned and said, "what about the others?"

The lady of the noble family sighed and said, "the mountain demons can't be killed. They are hidden in the mountains. Ordinary friars have gone to the end of their lives."

Ning Xiaoling asked: "so... What about those legendary immortals?"

Your miss slightly satirized: "immortal just ignore human life and death."

It's like they don't care about ordinary people.

Ning Xiaoling felt that there was something wrong, and she felt that it was just like this, just like she didn't care about the life and death of birds and animals, or the life and death of mayflies and ants.

"How's your family?" Asked the young lady of your family.

Ningxiaoling heart a sour, tears and Susu fell down.

The lady of your family sighed softly: "then go to find a room where there is no one, and stay for one night first."

While talking, the lady of your family released her hand and walked towards the brightly lit song building.

She stood in the same place, standing at the junction of light and darkness, like a child who lost her toy, helpless and at a loss.

She wanted to turn and run away, but she didn't dare to enter the dark night. Finally, she went to a dark corner, squatted down slowly, held her knees, and buried her head in it. It was still early spring, and the night was cold. She kept shaking, and her body was gradually stiff.

There's a song in my ear over and over again.

"Yanzhixuan,

Jinxiu Garden,

The pear trees are snowing and the peach blossoms are blooming.

Look at the lantern banquet in the small building tonight,

It's a wonderful time.

……

……

When he was young, the jade toad hung in the sky,

Go to baiyun temple again... "

Over and over again, the song is as clear as a dream.

As she listened, she carried her back down. Her body seemed to rise with the wind and ascended the Baiyun fairy temple on the jade toad that day.

It was not until the crowing of the chicken that she was awakened.

"How do you sleep here?" She saw the angry face of the lady again, "just, I'll send someone to take you back."

Ning Xiaoling suddenly shook her head: "I... I know the way myself."

At dawn, she suddenly woke up and ran towards the door.

On many streets outside, the killing was fierce. The soldiers in the city fought with the mountain demon all night. On the road, there were soldiers' bodies and mountain demon's bodies, which were in a mess.

Now the war seems to have ended, and many people in armor began to clean up one street after another“ Who are you? Why are you still outside? Where have you been all night? " Suddenly she heard the voice of the soldiers behind her. Ning Xiaoling answered, and then ran home quickly. When she was running, she vaguely heard a soldier's complaint: "those monks, just a few, killing them is not like killing chickens? But they just don't want to do it. Ah, so many people have to die in vain every time. It's true that the cultivation of Taoism goes to the dog... "The man of cultivation..." Ning Xiaoling is a little dizzy. She suddenly thinks of the couplet outside the Jinxiu Garden. She can't read. She just hears the second half of the sentence. Live with the heaven. With tiantongshou... She ran back home, foot just crossed the threshold, the wind blowing on her face“ Brother She looked at the shivering figure in the corner and gave an uncertain cry. The figure turned his head, but it was a face full of hair and pointed mouth. It's a catch in the night. Ning Xiaoling burst out with a scream. She wanted to retreat, but she felt as if something had bound her. She couldn't make any effort at all. The mountain demon's dark green eyes were staring at him, and then he gave a sharp cry and rushed over（ Thank you for your long-term reward! I'm sending you today's copy.)