Chapter 116·Dream into Lanke (Thirteen)
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[Jinchen : (Sigh) I am indeed a careful person... No wonder at such a young age, I dared to take the initiative to take on the complex and difficult task of restoring the "Han Dynasty Brocade Silk". ]
[Jinchen: (with complicated eyes) You are right... Before you, Xiaosheng had indeed brought several other cultural relic restorers to Lankexian Mountain... in the hope that they could help Xiaosheng collect enough five-color silk. . ]
[Jinchen: But the result is obvious——]
[Jinchen: (purses lips) They...they all failed without exception. . ]
As he spoke, the young man tightened the corners of his lips into a straight line, and the brows that were originally furrowed because he was madly worried about the "Manuscript of Memorials to My Nephew" suddenly became even tighter.
The mountain wind carried Liu Lan and rolled up the hem of his clothes. You watched Jinchen slowly lower his eyelashes, as if he was caught in some unpleasant memory.
[Jinchen: No one can get rid of all obsessions... Many people didn't even wait to officially meet the soul monsters who had developed obsessions, and were first deceived by the group of strange beasts in the back mountain who were the most trustworthy in telling nonsense. I can't find it anymore. ]
[Jinchen: Although the strange beasts raised by the mountain owner in the fairy mountain do not eat humans, mortal souls are often bewitched by the strange beasts, and sooner or later some problems will arise... In short , it has been almost fifty years since Xiaosheng first tried to bring the restorers into this situation, but no one has been able to solve Xiaosheng's difficulties. ]
Jin Chen said with a bitter smile.
[Jinchen: (smiling bitterly) There were two restorers... who even accidentally repaired the damage to Xiaosheng's body even more seriously, almost destroying Xiaosheng's nearly a hundred years of practice. ]
The more the young man talks, the paler and paler his face becomes. You look at his melancholy and unspeakable expression, and you want to say something to comfort him, but at the moment you don’t know how to say it.
However, the Han Jin spirit standing in front of you didn't seem to care about that at all. He only raised his eyes to look at the sunny day covered by the mist of the mountains, and then met your eyes solemnly.
[Jinchen: (serious and solemn) It can be said that ____, one step is Xiaosheng’s only hope at the moment. ]
[Jinchen: - Bringing a living soul here from the human world has always been a very consuming task. Even if Xiaosheng has been in Taoism for more than a thousand years and his Taoism is not low, he cannot withstand such pretentiousness. ]
[Jinchen: Therefore, I may be the last restorer that Xiaosheng can bring back to Lanke's secret realm in a hundred years... If you still can't help Xiaosheng repair the original body, then Xiaosheng is afraid... …]
——With better luck, I was lucky enough to be able to control the damage to the original Han brocade. After surviving this hundred years, I can still look forward to the next hundred years.
Due to bad luck, the damage speed of the main body is out of control, and he will most likely die - at least he will have to survive half of the damage.
Jinchen didn’t say the last two sentences clearly, but you quite successfully heard his hidden meaning from his gradually lower and longer tail tone.
Your eyes flashed, and your originally relaxed mood was suddenly clouded by the pressure.
However, even so, you still did not forget to continue to ask about the whereabouts of those restorers.
[You: (twisting eyebrows) So that’s it... Then, Mr. Jinchen, what about the restorers who also entered this secret realm before? ]
[You: (persistently asking) Where have they gone? Especially those few restorers who were bewitched by the alien beasts...are they all okay? ]
You asked, it was about your own safety, and your tone couldn't help but be a little more urgent. Hearing this, Jin Chen's eyes flashed with obvious embarrassment and avoidance. Seeing this, you unconsciously curled up the fingers that were hanging on your sides.
[Jinchen: (slightly guilty and vague) They...of course they have gone back to where they came from. ]
[Jinchen: (the voice becomes smaller and smaller) It’s just... that’s what it is. Several restorers were so bewitched by the alien beasts that they may have had some mental problems after they returned. ...But this is not a big problem. When they return to the official human world and are completely out of the influence of the alien beasts, they will gradually return to normal! ]
Jinchen made a promise, but for some reason you didn't dare to believe what he said.
Intuition tells you that the end result of the restorers who are bewitched by the alien beasts is definitely not as simple as temporary mental disorder.
So you frowned and carefully organized your words. After a while, you thought about it and spoke again.
[You: (be careful to test) Mr. Jinchen, are you...are you sure that those restorers were just temporarily affected and mentally disturbed? ]
[You: (hurriedly added) Of course, Mr. Jinchen, I don’t mean to disbelieve you when I ask you this. It’s just that you know that I am just a mortal body, and you have nothing to do with these matters. I really don’t understand things about cognition. ]
[You: (Being good at tempting) What’s more, you can’t extradite other souls to Keshan in the short term. For the sake of safety, I naturally want to know more about the situations I may encounter in the next period of time. There is a lot to do. some preparations. ]
[You: So, you might as well be more straightforward with me now... Is the temptation of the alien beast really that easy to deal with? Or is there something hidden in it? ]
After you finished speaking, you carefully stared at Jinchen's eyebrows, fearing that you might miss the slightest bit of emotion passing through them.
Jinchen couldn't help but change his expression several times when you spoke to him, and finally settled into a state of tangle and helplessness.
You watched him quietly tighten his lips, then lowered his head in frustration and slowly let out a long sigh.
[Jinchen: (frustrated and entangled)... You are really keen. ]
[Jinchen: (He has no choice but to do so) Okay, Xiaosheng was afraid that you would be frightened, so he didn’t originally plan to tell me about this... But now. ]
[Jinchen: In fact, temporary mental disorder caused by being bewitched by a strange beast is probably the most common outcome for an ordinary person like Shiba and will have the least impact on your normal life. ]
[Jinchen: What's more troublesome is that some strange beasts can completely mess up people's minds... And the out-of-control and crazy spirits like "The Nephew Manuscript" may even become angry when they are angered. A person is beaten to pieces and his soul is gone. ]
[You: (exclamation) Are you out of your mind? ? ! ]
Frightened by this word that had always existed only in novels, you covered your lips and exclaimed. Jinchen's expression suddenly turned to a certain extreme.
[Jinchen: Yes, your soul will be gone - then your body will also stay awake and become a "vegetative state" until all the organs in your body weaken and die. ]
[Jinchen: Therefore, you must remember that you must not easily offend that crazy lunatic... In addition, you must also prepare the Xiaosheng gift for you before departure. So precious. ]
[Jinchen: That thing can really save your life at a critical moment——]