ladybug

Chapter 58

Title: The Gate of Mirror Lake

Summary: His white palms are full of bloodstains from the reins, like winter plums staining the snow

I grabbed his outstretched hand, got on the horse, and hugged his waist: "Your Majesty allows you to ask for leave?"

He put me in front of him: "Your Majesty not only granted three months' leave, but also praised me for treating my old friends well."

Tan Qingfei gave him a roll of maps: "Shen Lian, this is the Miaoyu map. And when did you change your name?"

"It's been a while. Shen Yao is my real name." Shen Yao grabbed the map and put it in his arms, shook the reins, "Li Ping, your meridians have been severely injured," and the horse was so handsome that it threw the west city gate far away in the blink of an eye. Behind him, "I've decided to take you through this Longtan and Tiger's Cave. What about you? Are you worried that you will never return from this trip?"

"Of course I can come back." I was full of confidence, "Wei Yan is still waiting for me. I want to face the third match with him."

"Let's not follow the official path, and cut straight to the southwest." Shen Yao suddenly said: "Li Ping? Li Ping!" I almost fell to the ground.He grabbed my shoulders and put me in front of him.

I fell back into his arms and murmured, "I'm a little sleepy."

The journey of three thousand miles is as fast as flying.After five days of galloping, the terrain gradually changed from flat plains to lofty mountains, and the weather was humid and hot.Every day I slept more and more, and every day I was awake less and less.In the end, he became dizzy all day long.There are one or two hours in a day when he can open his eyes, and when he wakes up, he most often hears Shen Yao saying, "Change horses!"

Shen Yao didn't know when to abandon the horse and walk instead.I opened my eyes and found that he was tied to my body, beside Longquan.I said, "I want to relieve myself." He put me down, and when I relieved my body was wet and cool, looking down, there was blood on the light gray shirt.After I untied my hand, I took his hand.His white palms were covered with bloodstains from the reins, like winter plums staining the snow.I subconsciously searched for the medicine box, but couldn't find it, and then tore off my outer shirt, but couldn't take it off.He tore off a piece of sleeve and handed it over: "The clothes I just changed are clean." I concentrated on wrapping my palms for him. "You're still like this." He suddenly said awkwardly, "Forget about the pain, don't lean on me to sleep when you're tired. How did you take care of me when you were young, so I won't take care of you like that. Are you afraid?" I teased him : "You're like carrying a corpse. You're going to panic, right?" Before he could fight back, I fell asleep again.

When I entered the jungle, I woke up and laughed at him: "You walk into the jungle in red, you are so bright as a living target." He snorted.

Standing aside, he squeezed out the poisonous blood from the wound on his left upper arm, tapped his acupuncture points, and wrapped them tightly with cloth strips.I touched the hem of the unlined garment, and sure enough, he tore it off and bandaged it in three places.His red clothes were dyed brown, blending in nicely with the jungle.

I nodded: "It's not like a target anymore. How many injuries have you suffered?" He raised his eyebrows: "So what if it looks like a target? There are only three."

I have to admit: "You are favored by the heavens, and you seem to be blessed by the gods of the nine heavens in the dark. You have saved yourself from danger every time, and you have only suffered three minor injuries so far, which can be called a miracle."

He laughed and came and untied me from the tree.I lay on top of his dirty brown clothes and let him tie me back, vaguely remembering the unofficial history I had read somewhere that a brave general would wear a red suit before going to battle, so that the blood Even if the whole body is dyed, there is no clue.

He was sitting on a towering giant tree, and I was on his back.Ahead is a swamp that can't be seen, and in the distance, the ghost fire is flickering.In the future, the dense forest is dark and dark.After he got up and down a few times, I turned my head, and I was face to face with the huge snake head who was dying.

I stabilized my mind, rested my head on his shoulder, and mumbled in his ear: "I'm sorry, I'm going to sleep again." I vaguely felt his back tense.

This time I was barely awake for a moment.In fact, he knows as well as I do that it is impossible for ordinary people to sleep for so long when they are sleepy.

My body is failing step by step.

The severe pain in my dantian made me struggle to wake up.Shen Yao withdrew his hand: "Infuse you with internal strength. It's time to cross the Mirror Lake. Stand still, Li Ping." I stood where I was, and he took a step back.I lost my support all of a sudden, I sat down and stood up again, and I wobbled a few times before I stood still.

Surrounded by dense fog, the black and green are like substance.There was a rotten smell in the air.

I squinted to adapt, the light came from beneath my feet.Clusters of faint green fires flickered in and out of the water, swimming around me like living creatures, reflecting layers of dead bones of living beings under the water.There are three narrow skull trails leading into the unknown.

The path on the left has the character "good" made of phosphorescence, the path on the right has the character "evil", and the path in the middle has no markings.

I stepped on the path with the word "Shan" cautiously, and my shoes made a slight squeak.Drowsiness hit me too, and one more second and I'd be lying back in the water with the skeleton.

Shen Yao grabbed my shoulder: "Li Ping, I tried it. The mirror lake is so weird that only one person can pass through it at a time..." My eyelids weighed a thousand catties, and I gradually couldn't resist the drowsiness. I wanted to sleep but was hurt by my dantian again Wake up.

"I have injected you with inner strength again." Shen Yao's voice seemed to come from the sky, "Li Ping, we have been out for eleven days." The air was sticky and humid, but his voice became extremely dry, "Wei Yan's Maybe the game is over." He let go of his hand on my shoulder and looked at me, "Li Ping, he is waiting for you to go back in Lizhou."

Wei Yan is waiting for me to go back!

I suddenly opened my eyes.

"Do you remember? The master said that the steam in the mirror lake has hallucinogenic effects." Shen Yao said, "No matter what you see, you can't stop."

I finally remembered the scriptures taught by Tianyi: "There is no mark, there is no record. There are three kinds of good, evil, and no record."

Shen Yao said: "Mirror Lake is an obsession. Then crossing the Mirror Lake is to get rid of obsession. You need to be satisfied with less desires. You shouldn't even have good desires. You can't walk the way of good desires, but you should walk the way of no record. Let's go, Li Ping .”

When I took the first step, the shoes also sizzled, and I was left alone in the world.The trifles of the world of mortals come rushing towards us; the past and present lives come one after another.But since Wei Yan is still waiting for me in Lizhou, nothing in this world can stop me!

Walking to the center of the lake, the Wuji trail disappears.I stopped, and the rock under my feet gradually sank.I held my breath when the water covered the insteps of my feet, drenched my shoes and socks, and barely touched my flesh.

The lake suddenly parted, as if separated by an invisible force.My foot came loose, and I fell through the trap, and fell to the ground with a thud, bleeding from the head.

This is an empty and airtight room, with snakes and insects carved on the four old walls.A green-painted iron door was embedded in each wall.In the center of the iron gate, there is a luminous pearl knocking ring, and the words "Three Deaths, One Life" are written in various languages.They look exactly the same.There was the rustling of snakes and insects outside the door

In the center of the translucent roof, Shen Yao's figure appeared at the trap door where I fell, blurred and distorted.He suddenly leaned forward, left his right foot away from the eye of the array, touched the water surface, and stretched out his hand to grab the thick fog.I was anxious, and watched him step on the ground. Fortunately, the Longquan sword was as bright as day, and the tip of the sword pierced the water first, and the sword bent and bounced his leaning body back to the eye of the formation that had just begun to sink.

The water of the lake parted, the trap door flipped, and I seemed to hear a soft "lady" in the air.

The next moment, he stood tall and tall, standing beside me.

He observed the four green doors side by side, touching and tapping on the language patterns engraved on the doors from time to time.I followed behind him and couldn't help but look at his right foot.The toes protruding from the tip of his shoe are as jade-like as snow, the toenails are pinkish in color, the half moon is obvious, and the toes are a little bit strangely black.To put it simply, I am not dazzled, he did almost step into the lake.

Shen Yao stopped, I bumped into his back and rubbed the sore bridge of the nose.

He turned to face me and asked helplessly, "What are you staring at?"

"What did you see last?" I couldn't beat my curiosity and asked boldly.

He said coldly: "The power is all over the world, and the beauty is in my arms."

I didn't expect him to be so frank, it's just a normal dream, and it's not fun.Then he took my hand and went straight to one of the doors.

I don't know if there is a glimmer of life outside the door or the influx of lake water, I am nervous: "Are you sure it's this one?"

Shen Yao slowly pressed the knocking ring, and said with a smile: "Not sure. Jinghu's obsession can be cracked rationally, but I can't see any difference in the four doors that test confidence. Didn't you say that I am blessed by heaven? With force in his palm, he slowly pushed open the heavy iron door, "Then whichever door I choose, it must be the one."