Chapter 277 Swimming Fish
It's raining at night.
The dilapidated temple was dilapidated and cold, and the altar tables and ritual tables had all been chopped up to make firewood. Lin Bai held a fire stick in his hand and stirred it up gently.
Li Wusheng sat cross-legged opposite, holding a broken wooden stick and stabbing the fire out of boredom.
After a long time, Li Wusheng saw that Lin Bai had not spoken, but was holding a fire stick and drawing tigers one after another on the ground. He couldn't help frowning and asked: "You were talking about river water and swimming fish just now. Why draw a tiger again?”
She tapped the wooden stick gently on the ground, nodded slightly, and said with a clear look: "Tiger Roaring Mountain Forest, do you mean to stir up this place again and muddy the water, so that you can fish in troubled waters?"
Lin Bai was just painting for fun, but he just thought of Sister Pei when he was in the world.
However, seeing the complacency in Li Wusheng's eyes that he had seen through everything, it was difficult to say anything. He could only say: "Senior sister really has an insight into people's hearts."
"I have not lived these three lives in vain. I am used to common things and chores, and all kinds of things in the world, so naturally I am more experienced in human nature." Li Wusheng said with a smile.
"Senior sister is gifted by nature." Lin Bai complimented casually, but his thoughts were still racing in his mind.
It is said here that it is a tempering of the state of mind, but the essence is still to seek a way to pass the trial. And what is the key to passing?
Everything is business as usual here, it is indeed the ordinary world. Surrounded by the sea, it goes deep into the sea for hundreds of miles and then comes back again.
There are princes, generals, and even historians, and the history can be traced back thousands of years.
Down to the peddlers and pawns, cultivating the fields, and hawking in the busy market, there is no shortage of them.
Lin Bai went from top to bottom, experienced all three identities, and visited everywhere. He found that the people here were all alive, with their own family pedigrees, joys, sorrows, greed, and kindness.
And every detail makes sense. He screams in pain when he is beaten, he steals money when he picks it up, he knows how to run home when it rains, and he knows to close the window when he steals from someone.
There are even rats and ants in the grass and trees, and they don't look fake at all.
Lin Bai was able to enter and leave the stone plate freely, and he was very sure that he was not trapped in a dream.
Therefore, this place is called the Secret Realm of Trials. In fact, it is also a small world. It is just that someone has set certain rules, so it keeps looping.
And the beginning of the cycle started when Lin and Li stepped into this place. The Shangyuan Kingdom was experiencing a period of turmoil, with a long drought and no rain, and rebel armies rising everywhere; and the foreign tribes in the north were actually having a hard time, with heavy snowfalls lasting for more than a month, and countless livestock freezing to death.
What's strange is that Lin Baifa and Li Wusheng's realm has not changed, and their Taoism still exists. They are like gods here. The only thing they can't do is to ask for rain and snow.
No matter whether it is a cloud-gathering formation or a talisman such as the Rain Master Talisman, it cannot summon any raindrops.
But it’s not that the rain and snow will stop coming, it’s just that they come in a strange way. In the first life, when he conquered the world, it rained after he became powerful; in the second life, when he was a powerful official, it rained after he became powerful; in the third life, when the family declined, the rain fell.
This rain comes in a strange way. It takes two to three years at shortest, and five or six years at longs. But no matter what, the rain will definitely come, but you can’t control it.
"Sister, I think the key to passing the trial is related to rain." Lin Bai pointed to the night rain outside the temple and said: "When water gathers to form a river, it is like thousands of avenues."
Li Wusheng frowned and thought for a while, then shook his head.
"Senior sister, do you have anything to say?" Lin Bai asked curiously.
"I didn't understand. You continued." Li Wusheng was a little embarrassed.
"I was speaking in general terms. Senior sister didn't understand. It's my fault."
Lin Bai had dealt with many women, and he knew that when dealing with the disciples of high-ranking families, he had to go with the flow. He continued: "Senior sister, the disciples of high-ranking families, after they have realized the Dao Yuan Ying, their destiny is consistent with their own magical powers, so they should specialize in There is one avenue. And the avenues that everyone takes are different. Some people follow the same line of mind, and some people follow the same line of five elements. How can they all be found in the universe?"
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He drew a river with a fire stick and said: "It's just like the endless raindrops that gather to form a river. It's like thousands of avenues. It's as big as space, encompassing time and all within the universe."
"So?" Li Wusheng tilted his head and looked at Junior Brother Zhuanlun, and asked, "What does it have to do with us passing the trial?"
"Senior sister." Lin Bai said with a smile: "We came here for a trial, but who doesn't come here for a chance to obtain the Nascent Soul?"
He pointed to the outside of the ruined temple and continued: "I thought, the world is like a torrent, the vastness of heaven and earth here, and the passage of time, are all included in my gourd!"
Lin Bai patted the gourd and said confidently: "I am the gourd king!"
"Your gourd can naturally contain the sky and the earth. The key is how to do it?" Li Wusheng asked.
"I plan to walk more and see more. Of course, princes, generals and ministers left their ink in time, but thousands of creatures also swam in the long river of time."
Lin Bai was very confident, "If you want to pass through this secret realm of trials, you need to hide heaven and earth in your heart."
"Are you out of ideas?" Li Wusheng looked clear again, "You know, this is located in Jiuzhe Mountain, Jiuding Sect. The number of nine is combined, and nine is the ultimate number. Therefore, we need to go through Nine generations.”
"Senior sister, what you said makes sense." Lin Bai praised him directly without even thinking about it, without saying he agreed.
The two of them stared at each other for a long time, neither of them convinced.
Wait until dawn, the heaven and earth mutate, and return to the original starting point.
"You and I are divided into two groups!"
Li Wusheng flew away in the air, leaving Lin Bai stunned on the spot.
Without a temper, Lin Bai followed the movements of the refugees, no longer playing the strings, but looking at all the changes as a bystander.
Within a year, Lin Bai heard a strange thing from others: the daughter of the former royal family appeared in the world, named Dragon Girl. When she raised her arms, those who responded gathered and vowed to overthrow the Shangyuan Kingdom.
"She got the food I chewed into her mouth again?" Lin Bai muttered.
Keep everything you see, hear, and experience in your heart, and come to the stone plate from time to time to engrave it again.
Five years later, Lin Bai came to a city gate with a broken flag and the words "Iron mouth cut straight" written on it.
Many people gathered around the newly posted notice. It says that the Dragon Girl falsely claimed to be the princess of the previous dynasty, and the Dragon Girl soldiers led by the Dragon Girl were defeated, and the Dragon Girl fled in defeat. Anyone who has clues about the dragon girl will be rewarded with a reward of ten thousand taels, and whoever captures her alive will be granted the title of Marquis of Ten Thousand Households.
Shangyuan Kingdom survived, but Longnu was defeated.
"You have to help me!" Li Wusheng came to the door and kicked over Lin Bai's "iron-cut" green flag.
"..." Lin Bai had no choice.
The two fought hard for ten years, and the empress finally came to the throne, restored the Chen Kingdom, was named Shenlong, and worshiped Lin Xianhu as the national preceptor.
"Start war against Dongyi!"
"War on the Southern Barbarians!"
"War on Xirong!"
"War on Beidi!"
After several years of building Wangxiantai, the foreign tribes from the north came south to plunder it, and Li Wusheng simply wanted to cook it together.
Lin Bai tried hard to persuade him to no avail, so he was deprived of his position as national advisor and demoted to a commoner.
In shame and anger, Lin Bai went south, entangled with his old subordinates, and made an appeal to the Dragon Girl. The whole world gathered in response to overthrow the empress in one fell swoop.
Fifty years later, the two are back to the starting point.
Lin Bai planned to tell her about the swimming fish theory again, but Li Wusheng didn't listen at all.
"Come again! This time I am in the opposition and I don't need your help! You go to the court! I will destroy you!" Li Wusheng was extremely ambitious.
Lin Bai was too lazy to play with her anymore, so he disappeared and Li Wusheng would never find her again.
Five years later, Lin Bai heard the news of Long Nu's defeat again. Lin Bai hid in the dark and laughed non-stop.
Thirty years later, after several ups and downs, the empress finally came to court, and Lin Bai also measured the world here.
"Walking across the earth, leaving no trace."
It was that ruined temple again. Lin Bai lit up a bonfire, closed his eyes and came to the stone plate.
The mist is thick, a hint of green still remains, and the white color of the moon makes it even more vast.
There are thousands of stars faintly among them.
After sitting quietly for a long time, a wisp of mist floated over, forming the shape of a gourd.
I have tried my best to describe it for a long time, but I can only get its shape but not its meaning.
Shake away the cluttered thoughts, and there is a chessboard in front of you.
Before entering Qianhe Sand Land, I had discussed chess with Jiang Xingchi. Both of them had the consciousness of being chess pieces and the ambition to be chess players.
The chessboard is vertical and horizontal, and the black and white chess pieces fall down, and it seems that a person is connected by one thing.
The small chessboard seemed to encompass the heaven and the earth. Parting through the clouds and mist, I finally glimpsed a glimmer of clarity. I saw cold candles flickering inside the solemn palace.
"Saint, please decide the country's foundation as soon as possible!" Several old men with white beards knelt down in front of an old woman.
The empress came to court and worked hard to govern, but she had no descendants, and all the old officials were dying of anxiety.
"Think about it, my son is already an adult." The empress said astonishingly, "He was separated from me during the war, and he still remembers that I gave him a black and white gourd. It was said that in the future, with this gourd, mother and son can be reunited. Recognize! ”
All the ministers were dumbfounded, but considering how many ups and downs the empress had, and finally took more than thirty years of hard work to ascend to the throne, it would make sense to say that she had given birth to a child in the meantime.
"She wants to be the king of subjugation again?"
Lin Bai was speechless. He pointed at the chessboard and it started to shake.
Lin Bai brushed off the chessboard and thought quietly.
When I was forming elixirs before, I had penetrated the clouds and caught a glimpse of what others were doing. Now in the place of trial, using heaven and earth as a chessboard, I can once again glimpse the behavior of others.
"After all, we are relying on the uniqueness of this place, and we cannot do whatever we want."
Lin Bai sighed and left the stone plate.
When the night rain subsided, Lin Bai left for the imperial capital.
If he showed a little bit of magical power, he would be reported to the empress and summoned.
Lin Bai entered the palace, holding a gourd in his left hand and a fly whisk in his right hand. He stepped into the square with his feet and walked up to the main hall with the spirit of immortality.
When all the old ministers saw the color of the gourd, they were horrified, "Last night the saint told about the emperor's son, which caused an earthquake. Today the emperor came in person. He also practiced Taoism..."
"My son, come forward quickly." Li Wusheng's crown was swaying, very happy.
"I already have a way to ascend!" Lin Bai said.
"..." Li Wusheng was stunned for a moment, lifted the jade lace in front of the crown, and leaned forward, "Really?"
"I don't tell lies." Lin Bai was very confident.
"Hurry up! I'm so anxious!" Li said silently.
"Who is your son?" Lin Bai asked.
"..." Li Wusheng was stunned for a moment, gritted his teeth and said, "I am!"
"My son, come forward." Lin Bai smiled.
Li Wusheng tore off his crown, stepped forward, and regained his youthful appearance. For a moment, everyone in the palace was horrified.
"This place forms a world of its own, and it circulates back and forth." Lin Bai pointed to the outside of the hall and said, "We have long expected that the opportunity to pass through this place is to bring wind and rain."
"That's right!" Li silently agreed.
"There are thousands of ways to attract wind and rain." Lin Bai held the gourd in his hand and said confidently: "I have traveled all over the world and have hidden all the mountains, ants, everything, and even the heaven and earth here in the gourd."
"Where's the rain?" Li Wusheng asked.
"When I use my magical power to attract rain, I just need to pluck the strings and the rain will come." Lin Bai said.
"Really? I don't believe it." Li said silently.
Lin Bai didn't say much, closed his eyes and came to the stone plate.
As soon as I thought about it, I saw the chessboard with mountains and rivers on it.
With a single click, dark clouds gather.
The rain falls and gathers to form a river. In line with his own way of cultivating time and space, Lin Bai stepped into the river.
When he opened his eyes again, he saw that it was as if the scorching sun had been stolen outside the palace, and it was already dark.
The wind turned violent and the rain fell like a waterfall.
"At this time, I am like a fish swimming in the starry sky and jumping in the long river! You can hear the sound of the river, so it is time to leave at this time!" Lin Bai grabbed Li Wusheng's wrist.
Before Li Wusheng could react, he felt a little confused in his mind, as if he had returned to the feeling he had when he first entered the door.
I was stunned for a moment and saw a big river running across it. I don't know where it starts or where it flows. I just feel that the sky is vast and thick, with thousands of stars reflecting on it, as if everything is included in it.
The river is rushing and the stars are flowing, but there is no sound, but it is like the sound of the great road.
"I heard that Wuxiang Taoist master cultivates two great avenues... Is this the path of Wuxiang Taoist master? Borrowing the hand of Gourd King?"
Li Wusheng was stunned, feeling as if he was falling into the endless river, or falling into the endless starry sky.
Soon, his consciousness trembled slightly, and Li Wusheng finally set foot on the ground.
"Lin Zhuanlun and his daughter are also coming out!" Just as he was about to take a defensive stance, Li Wusheng heard someone speaking.
After regaining consciousness for a moment, he saw a large hall deep inside.
Lin Zhuanlun stood next to him, and there were five men and women in front of him, including Ying Wangtian and Mu Zhen, all of whom were smiling at him.
Looking to the side, there are nine huge stone pillars, I don't know how high they are, hidden in the layers of clouds. And I don’t know how high the main hall is.
What's even more amazing is that all nine stone pillars are broken, and where the breaks are there is a chessboard with hills and valleys on it. There are stone pillars connected on top, which is extremely strange.
"Junior sister actually recognized a father, congratulations!" Ying Wangtian said with a smile.
"..." Li Wusheng blushed and clenched his fists. Seeing that Lin Zhuanlun had been pulled away by Mu Zhen, both of them had smiles on their faces. They also glanced at him from time to time and pointed, clearly transmitting messages. laugh at.
Li Wusheng remained silent and came to a stone pillar to look at the chessboard.
If you look closely, you can see the clues. It looks like a whole world.
Looking at the stone pillar chessboards one by one, there is the mortal world, endless mountains and forests, vast sandy land, and the realm of monsters and beasts.
With his spiritual consciousness wrapped around the chessboard, he could actually hear all kinds of things in that strange world.
"Brother Cheng..." Li Wusheng finally found Mo Yingcheng, only to see Mo Yingcheng wandering in a small world with two monks discussing how to pass the trial.
"Senior brother, how can I help my brother?" When Li Wusheng saw his lover, he had already forgotten his new father.
"We can only watch and listen, and we can't have any influence at all." Ying Wangtian smiled and said in a low voice: "As your father said, there are thousands of ways to pass the trial, and there is no one way to stick to it."< br>
When Li Wusheng saw that Ying Wangtian was not helping, he went to find Lin Zhuanlun.
"Senior Sister Mu." Li nodded silently to Mu Zhen.
"Junior sister has hurt me." Mu Zhen said with a look of helplessness: "We made a bet just now. I bet that you will be king in twenty years. If you win, senior brother bets that you will be king in twenty years. You made me lose. Got ten high-grade spiritual stones!”
"..." Li Wusheng didn't expect these people to be so boring.
"But fortunately there is a wheel." Mu Zhen looked at Lin Bai with a smile and said, "I bet he can find a way to pass the trial and win a hundred high-grade spiritual stones!"
"Then senior sister should give me half." Lin Bai said with a smile.
"Of course it should be." Mu Zhen took out the spirit stone and handed it to Lin Bai. He smiled and said, "Consider it a congratulations on the joy of Nong Wa."
Li Wusheng saw that Mu Zhen said this, clearly not giving her face, she glared at Mu Zhen, then glared at Lin Bai angrily, and walked away.
"What are we waiting for?" Lin Bai noticed the warmth of the stone tablet and felt a sense of good fortune in his heart.
"Wait until there are nine people." Mu Zhen said with a smile.
Lin Bai understood that it should be consistent with the Nine Pillars and the Nine Cauldrons.
"Who passed the trial first? That senior brother Ying Wangtian?" Lin Bai sent a message.
"It's him." Mu Zhen looked at a middle-aged male cultivator.
"What's the heel?" Lin Bai was quite surprised.
"This person's name is Yin Yan. Because he is born with a keen eye, he specializes in appraisals. But he unexpectedly stood out at this time. He is really extraordinary." Mu Zhen transmitted the message.
(End of chapter)