Chapter 196 Crossing the River
Under the starry sky and dark forest, there are dots of fireflies and butterflies fluttering around.
Lin Bai endured his headache and held on to Meng Yuan, asking her about Qu Ruyi's whereabouts.
"I haven't seen her either." Meng Yuan shook his head like a rattle.
"What about Xiu Xiu?" Lin Bai asked again.
"I haven't seen it either." Meng Yuan could only shake his head, "Speaking of which, I still miss that girl! But she has the jade order of Shen Yu Fairy, so she must be safe and sound. At least-" Meng Yuan turned around and pointed at the galaxy The mountain with the vision hanging down said: "At least nothing will happen to her until she sees the vision."
"Senior Sister Meng, how did you know that Xiuxiu has not arrived here yet?" Lin Bai asked curiously.
"I just know it!" Meng Yuan crossed his arms, very confident.
"Good senior sister, please give me some advice." Lin Bai is the best at keeping a low profile.
"Hehe. You talk softly. I'm afraid that's how you coaxed Ruyi?" Meng Yuan was very happy and said proudly: "When I entered the secret realm, I landed here. The place where the vision fell is right in front of me. I stay here every day, and I have seen everyone who comes and goes.”
The difference between people is really big! Lin Bai lost his temper and asked Meng Yuan what other acquaintances he had met.
Meng Yuan was a disciple of a high-ranking family, and was the first disciple of Poyunzi, and Poyunzi was also the first disciple of Yun Wujiu, so he had a wide circle of friends.
When Balabala talks about the people who climbed the mountain, it’s like naming the dishes. There are not only people from Yunxia Sect, but also people from Qiaoshan and Jiuyinshan.
Among them, Lin Bai only knew Yao Qianchi and Yang Shu. There were also a few people from Qiaoshan, but he had only heard of them by name but never met them in person.
"Those people climbed the mountain and no one came down?" Lin Bai asked.
"There is another scenery on the top of the mountain. You will know it when you go there." Meng Yuan smiled.
"Senior sister, why didn't you go in person, instead you waited here for so long?" Lin Bai was curious.
"I'm timid." Meng Yuandao said, waving back, and a man and a woman came over, both young people.
"We are all timid." Meng Yuan pulled the couple and said, "This is my brother Meng Bo, and this is Song Jingxian. Speaking of which, Jingxian and you also have a relationship. When Ruyi was imprisoned, Uncle Qu didn't Uncle Qu loves Jingxian, so Jingxian can often visit Ruyi. Most of your letters are conveyed by her."
Lin Bai looked at Song Jingxian and saw that this woman, who was in her early twenties, had a sweet appearance and dark eyes, looking at him curiously.
Just hearing this surname, in a trance, I felt like I was returning to Golden Turtle Island in a dream, and I saw the white-haired one-armed man who was enlightened and crazy before he died.
"Stop looking!" Seeing Lin Bai staring at Song Jingxian, Meng Yuan immediately stood between the two of them, frowning.
She was doubting Lin Bai's character.
"Ahem..." Lin Bai was very thick-skinned and gave himself a step, saying: "I just heard Ruyi talk about a senior brother Song some time ago, and I was a little distracted for a moment. I wonder if junior sister Song is related to this person?"
"My brother Song Qing was once the first disciple of Master Qu's uncle. He died a few years ago." Song Jingxian said.
really! Lin Bai smiled and said: "Looking back, the journey was full of smoke and dust. Junior sister Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, gentle and virtuous, and she will definitely have a smooth road in the future."
"Senior brother, you are so complimentary." Song Jingxian saluted again, thinking that this person has such a sweet mouth, no wonder he can make Ruyi scream.
Seeing this, Lin Bai quickly invited Li Xinghe and others from a distance.
Everyone reported their names and exchanged a few polite words, and Ye Ruoqing chatted with Meng Yuan.
Qu Ruyi met Bai Mei earlier because Bai Mei met Meng Yuan. Now that Ye Ruoqing knew Meng Yuan's name, he became much closer to her.
The two groups of people gathered information from each other, and Lin Bai and the Cheng family brothers and sisters told everything they knew.
After talking for a long time, they discussed separately again.
"I'll just wait until dawn and go to the top of the mountain to have a look!" Cheng Shuang was the most heroic.
"That's how it should be!" Cheng Daojin responded immediately.
The brother and sister looked at Li Xinghe.
"Now that I'm here, I really should take a walk." Li Xinghe smiled.
"I listen to Senior Brother Xinghe!" Ye Ruoqing tightened Li Xinghe's sleeves.
"With the help of Senior Brother Li, we will be even more powerful!" Cheng Shuang stopped calling him Junior Brother, and he was even more happy. Then he looked at Lin Bai and asked: "Junior Brother Yun, Brother Zhuanlun, are you going? ”
She called the mess.
Lin Bai didn't answer and looked at the mountain peak in the distance.
In the middle of the night, the stars were shining brightly, fireflies were flying around, and butterflies were dancing around. I could only see the mountain peak over a hundred feet tall, with trees on it, but I couldn't see clearly what was going on.
"I still have to wait for someone, so you can go ahead." Lin Bai refused with a smile.
In fact, even if he wanted to go, Lin Bai was reluctant to team up with Cheng Shuang. This woman is so unreliable and loves to cause trouble.
Of course, if you follow him, you can also take advantage of Li Xinghe. Although Lin Bai respected his magical powers, he was not to the point where he could not live without him.
One's own method can also gain a foothold here.
"The opportunity is in front of you. It's unwise for you to continue to love your children!" Cheng Shuang sneered. She already knew Qu Ruyi's story.
She has the nerve to call others unwise.
Before Lin Bai could get angry, Ye Ruoqing started muttering in a low voice.
"Let the wise man go first." Lin Bai smiled.
"..." Cheng Shuang was choked. She didn't have the shame to call herself a wise person.
Soon the moon disappeared and the sun rose.
Everyone knew that they were going to be in danger today, so they hurriedly meditated to recover.
By the evening, everyone was in a harmonious state.
Meng Yuan came to the resting place of Lin Bai and others again, asked the courtesy, and said: "I'm here to lead the way for all my colleagues."
After being polite, Meng Yuan took Lin Bai and others up the mountain, but Meng Bo and Song Jingxian were not seen.
"They have other important matters." Meng Yuan smiled and did not explain.
Lin Bai didn't feel anything in his heart, and he didn't ask too much. Li Xinghe was also calm, but the Cheng family brothers and sisters separated slightly, and they became a rivalry.
There's nothing wrong with being cautious. Meng Yuan is old at socializing, so he pretended not to notice.
Walking through the woods and rocks, we climbed to the peak step by step.
When we reached the top of the mountain, we saw a bluestone between the trees.
The bluestone is more than ten feet high, oval in shape, and smooth on all sides. There are lines on it, interspersed with many moon-white spots, which look like stars.
"Every time the vision of the galaxy falls from the sky, it falls on this bluestone. Then it slowly leaks down and is scattered throughout the mountain."
"Although this mountain is small, it can be infiltrated by this auspicious symbol. The trees are thick and indestructible. The monsters benefit from this, and their abilities are not inferior to those in the Golden Core realm, and they have magical powers like stars."
"When I first entered the secret realm, I descended to the foot of the mountain. I once climbed up the mountain to take a look, but was driven away by a green snake. The green snake's figure was erratic, and its bloody mouth had endless suction, as if it could accommodate all things. Later, several more colleagues came, and then Drive away the green snake ”
"There is also a pheasant who is in the late stage of foundation building and is best at hiding."
"We tried our best, but we could only drive them away, but we couldn't hunt them down. You guys came late and didn't see the green snake's magical power. I don't know whether it's luck or misfortune."
Meng Yuan looked at the bluestone and sighed with emotion, as if he had lingering fears.
"Senior Sister Meng, do we have to wait until night for the opportunity?" Cheng Shuang looked up at the sky.
"Exactly." Meng Yuan replied with a smile.
"What's the chance?" Cheng Daojin asked.
"How do I know?" Meng Yuan smiled, looked at the bluestone, and said, "Wait until nightfall, step onto the galaxy, and you will know everything."
As soon as these words were said, the Cheng family brothers and sisters let out a sigh of relief, but immediately became full of fighting spirit.
Ye Ruoqing seemed worried and looked at Li Xinghe.
Li Xinghe looked at the sky with his hands behind his hands, his eyes dark and quiet, like an abyss.
Lin Bai stepped forward to examine the bluestone carefully, and then reached out to touch it.
"This bluestone not only looks like a river goose egg, but its body and spirit are also the same. And its roundness and smoothness are ten times and a hundred times better than ordinary pebbles." Lin Bai sighed. "The river of stars washes away every night, don't you know that the river of stars is also a river?" Meng Yuan said with a smile.
"Indeed." Lin Bai glanced at Li Xinghe, then smiled and continued to look at the bluestone.
There are patterns on the pebbles, but I don’t know what they mean. The moon is speckled white, like stars.
"Brother Li, you are good at stargazing. Do the spots on the bluestone correspond to the stars in the sky?" Lin Bai asked.
"It indeed corresponds to the direction of the stars." Li Xinghe was quite sure.
"Why can't I get along?" Lin Bai asked curiously.
"It's not yet night, so there are some flaws that are not fully visible." Meng Yuan explained, "You don't often watch stars, so you seldom remember the directions, and the stars change all the time. If you don't study this way carefully, it will be difficult to distinguish clearly. .”
"Senior Sister Meng knows a lot." Li Xinghe smiled.
"Then I'll go back and look for a book to read." Lin Bai looked at Li Xinghe and said, "Brother Li, tell me, which classics should I start with?"
"This is what I wrote in my spare time. It records the birth and death of stars, their wonderful movements, and their comings and goings. If you want to gain insights from stargazing, you can read it briefly." Li Xinghe took out a thick book book.
Lin Bai stepped forward to take it, and saw that the book cover was made of some kind of animal skin, with two words on it: crossing the river.
"Stars are water, connected to form a river. Thank you Brother Li." Lin Bai opened the book on crossing the river, and he felt like stargazing, and then came the direction and movement of the stars, so he asked curiously: "Brother Li, study this Book, is it possible to understand the secret technique of star escape?"
"It's hard to be one person among ten thousand people." Li Xinghe smiled.
"Brother Li, teach me." Lin Bai asked again.
"Brother Zhuanlun," Li Xinghe looked at Lin Bai and said with a smile: "If you want to obtain the escape method, you need to be in tune with the weather, luck, and so on. You are proficient in various arts, have a clear mind, and value love and righteousness. There are many benevolent deeds. This time you are looking for someone. If there is a fate, we should sit down and talk."
Lin Bai bowed again.
"You two, stop flattering each other!" Cheng Shuang came up, grabbed the Duanhe Book, and said, "I want it too!"
"Little sister! Are you embarrassed?" Cheng Daojin reprimanded, snatched the book and returned it to Lin Bai. He saluted Li Xinghe and said, "Brother Li, when the time comes to discuss Taoism, can you count me in?" One?”
Li Xinghe responded with a smile.
Everyone talked for a while, and then asked Meng Yuan to sit down and listen to her talk about what happened here.
Soon the night came and the moon appeared and the stars appeared.
High on the mountain, the sound of wind is hunting. The fireflies are gone, but the butterflies are still flying here.
"Back off."
Meng Yuan retreated ten steps away from the bluestone. Everyone followed suit and were on alert.
I saw more and more butterflies gathering, flying gracefully around the forest.
After a quarter of an hour, butterflies of various colors were seen falling on the bluestone, forming a cover.
Then a faint light emitted from the butterfly. The moonlight dimmed, and soon the light of stars slowly fell, and then the light of countless stars seemed to gather in the sky, and then poured gently like river water.
The water of the Milky Way falls on the bluestone covered with butterflies. The butterflies slowly disperse when the water gently touches them. There are stars shining on the top of the mountain, and butterflies are flying with the stars.
Finally, the light of the galaxy slowly flowed from the bluestone to the surroundings, and soon spread to everyone's feet.
"So beautiful." Ye Ruoqing murmured.
"If we build a trap formation around this mountain, and then use the bluestone as the center of the formation, and then build another formation, it will be an iron rope across the river, making it impossible to advance or retreat!" Lin Bai was very happy, but then he felt disappointed again, and said, "I just don't know if I can trap this place. The starlight is included in the formation, and the formation is formed by the starlight.”
"Borrowing stars to form an array?" Cheng Shuang shook his head and smiled, and said: "Brother Zhuanlun, is there really such an array?"
Become the Wheel-turning Brother again!
Over there, Meng Yuan also looked at Lin Bai with a smile.
"Of course there is." Lin Bai studied the formation method carefully and smiled faintly, "It's just that it's difficult to form an array. Usually, if you want to form an array, you need to observe the geography and the power of spiritual energy. But if you want to use stars to form an array, you need to Observe astronomy and follow the weather.”
"Brother Zhuan Lun's words are consistent with the principles of the formation, and the formation is wonderful." Li Xinghe praised.
"You seem to be as good as Gu Yao. The Gu family really doesn't treat you like an outsider. You've made yourself fat!" Cheng Shuang muttered.
Obviously, she knew about the Gu family's troubles.
"Stop talking." Seeing that everyone was actually chatting, Meng Yuan said quickly: "Come forward and touch the bluestone."
No one dared to move.
"Don't be afraid." Meng Yuan smiled slightly, stretched out her hand, and a colorful butterfly fell on her hand, and was blown away by her gently. "The vision of the galaxy is ahead of us. If you want to find a great opportunity, it's time to step onto the river and ask for directions."
"I'll do it!" Cheng Shuang stepped forward with her fists clenched and a short-handled silver sword in hand.
Stepping on the remaining water of the galaxy, butterflies are flying beside you.
Come to the bluestone and reach out to touch it.
I saw that the bluestone was wrapped in the water of the galaxy. When Cheng Shuang pressed it gently, the water immediately flowed up along the finger.
Then stars appeared on Cheng Shuang's body, and the figure disappeared.
"There is a secret realm hidden in the small world. This..." Cheng Daojin frowned, seemingly unable to understand.
But even so, he still bowed to everyone and then stepped forward.
When Cheng arrived, Jin also disappeared into the bluestone, but Ye Ruoqing did not step forward, only tightly holding Li Xinghe's sleeve.
"Brother Xinghe, do we really want to go?" Ye Ruoqing looked up at Li Xinghe, with a little fear in her eyes.
"If you don't want to, we can stay here." Li Xinghe said with a smile.
"I..." Ye Ruoqing was in a daze for a long time and said, "I feel uneasy inside. But if you don't get in because of me, I feel like I've delayed you." She grabbed Li Xinghe's hand and said, "I'm always with you. Together.”
Li Xinghe smiled and nodded, saying: "Then let's go together."
Ye Ruoqing nodded and took Li Xinghe's hand forward.
Arriving in front of the bluestone, Li Xinghe looked back at Lin Bai and said with a smile: "The opportunity may be very important for your future practice. People who enter the secret realm this time are all chosen at the moment. If it is too late, they are afraid of being caught by others. ”
"Mountains do not change, water does not change, there is no need to force it. What I am looking forward to now is just a matter of concern. Brother Li, please go ahead, I will be there later." Lin Bai threw out the wine gourd.
Li Xinghe took the wine gourd and pressed his hand on the bluestone.
"Brother Li, be careful of the people from Jiuyin Mountain." Lin Bai reminded.
Li Xinghe nodded with a slight smile and said no more.
When Li Xinghe and Ye Ruoqing disappeared, Meng Yuan sighed quietly.
"Why are senior sisters sighing?" Lin Bai asked with a smile.
"I don't know either." Meng Yuan shook his head slightly, stretched out his hand, and a butterfly fell down, saying: "They call you Brother Zhuanlun, what is your name?"
"It's just a name." Lin Bai smiled calmly, "If senior sister doesn't mind, you can call me Lin Zhuanlun from now on."
"This name is a mess." Meng Yuan laughed, "The names in this world are either taken from one's destiny, or imitated its shape, or imitated its attributes, or derived from its meaning. Either taken from one's temperament, or given by elders. You This name is a bit weird.”
In fact, the name of the wheel is also consistent with the natal stone plate, but outsiders only know that Lin Bai's natal destiny is the vast mist.
Lin Bai was too lazy to argue, and just smiled and said: "Senior Sister said before that she was stranded outside because she was timid. In my opinion, Senior Sister is not a timid person, I am afraid there is another reason."
"I can't lie to you." Meng Yuan admitted frankly and said with a smile: "We are the ones who are here to snipe at Jiuyin Mountain."
"I'd like to hear the details." Lin Bai became interested. Anyway, waiting here is just waiting, so he might as well do something.
Speaking of which, Gu Qingshui was being tricked by Jiuyin Mountain. Lin Bai was following Gu Qingshui, so he should do a little bit to earn some face for Aunt Gu.
"There is nothing detailed." Meng Yuan smiled happily, "As long as it can damage Jiuyin Mountain, I will be happy to do it." She stretched out four fingers and said: "I have killed four people."
She was very proud.
"I wonder if I would be lucky enough to follow you?" Lin Bai smiled.
"I was about to borrow the power of your formation." Meng Yuan chuckled, looking sinister.
(End of chapter)