The other side of time

Chapter 17 The Tomb of the Goddess

This is the second time that Chuqi has come to the goddess' tomb.

A hundred years ago, or a hundred years later, there is no difference here. No one has set foot here for thousands of years, and the stone steps are covered with thick moss marks.It's dark and dank here, but not eerie.Those sculptures and murals all show the vitality that once existed here.It seems that as long as you turn around, the moss marks will recede, the sky will become bright, and there will be graceful women in the depths of the palace, singing songs from ancient times.

The Sanshi Mirror, which can recall memories, can no longer affect Chu Qi in the slightest.Xie Yi had nothing but emotion about the past events of Liuyue City that involuntarily appeared in his mind.On the contrary, Ah Ruan, since entering the tomb of the goddess, has been in a bad mood.When a group of people came to the Wushan Goddess sculpture, she looked at the mural and stood still.

"This...is me painted? This is indeed my tomb...Have I ever died?"

Xie Yi shook his head and comforted him, "Ah Ruan, that's not the case, don't think about it."

Yu Qi's figure also appeared in the air: "Little girl, you—"

He looked at A Ruan, then shook his head and disappeared: "Oh, forget it."

A Ruan asked suspiciously, "Who is that?"

"It's Han Guang's sword spirit, Senior Yu Qi." Xie Yi said, "I probably want to comfort you, but I don't know how to say it."

"I'm fine, but I'm a little flustered and scared." A Ruan put his hands on his heart and took a few deep breaths to relieve the inexplicable flustered feeling a little.

Xie Yi said worriedly: "Ah Ruan, if you are afraid, you don't have to go forward. Chu Qi and I will go in to get Zhaoming Jianxin, and you can just wait here."

"No!" A Ruan shook his head desperately: "I have to help brother Xie Yi no matter what, so I won't hide in a safe place alone. I'm fine, really....But there is no way here. , how do we go?"

"That stone statue." Chu Qi pointed to the luminous object lingering in the hands of the goddess statue, "It's a trap, I'll go up and open it. The floor will collapse later, Xie Yi, protect Ah Ruan and be careful not to fall."

"know."

Chu Qi flew over to activate the mechanism, and the floor in the hall collapsed to reveal a big hole. As he had been warned in advance, Xie Yi summoned Yan Jia to grab the wall and fall slowly, and the three arrived at the lower level of the Goddess Tomb without any surprises. .The road here is more complicated, but with the leadership of Chu Qi, the three of them are familiar with the road, and headed straight to the final resting place of the goddess of Wushan.

The closer she got to the tomb of the goddess, the stronger the feeling of panic and fear in Ah Ruan's heart. When she came to the door of the tomb, her eyes were completely attracted by the stone engraved with words.

"Hmph, boys, back off!" When the three of them came close to the stone, Yu Qi's figure appeared in the air again: "There are faint traces of spells left on this stone, if I guessed correctly—"

With a wave of his hand, a piece of glowing writing appeared on the stone. Xie Yi discerned it for a long time, but he couldn't understand any of them. Seeing Chu Qi's expression was the same, he asked, "Ah Ruan, these words... Do you know?"

A Ruan shook his head and said, "My memory is vague, I can only recognize a little bit."

Yu Qi snorted disdainfully: "This is an ancient saying in the heavenly world created by Shennong in ancient times. Naturally, you will not recognize it. Wait for me to take a look."

A Ruan asked suspiciously, "Do you really understand?"

"Nonsense! Han Guang was cast by a celestial craftsman in ancient times. Do you think I can understand the characters at that time?" Yu Qi turned his head to look at the words that emerged. After a while, his expression gradually changed. He got serious: "This is... so... so it is."

Xie Yi asked: "Senior Yu Qi, what did you see?"

"Hmph, boys, listen to yourself."

Yu Qi cast a curse, and a deep voice came from the stone: "...the living will end sometimes, and the dead will never be recovered... In this vast world, everything has an end, birth, old age, sickness and death, joys and sorrows, even if Immortals, how could there be any exception..."

Ah Ruan covered her mouth and took a step back: "This voice... this voice... is... Shennong God!"

"Shen Nong God?" Although Shen Nong has a close relationship with Liuyue City, no one has seen his shadow or heard his voice for thousands of years. It is unexpected that he will leave a trace here.Xie Yi comforted: "Ah Ruan, don't worry, let's listen to God Shen Nong to finish."

Everyone stopped talking, and listened to Shi Zhong's voice, speaking slowly.It turns out that Shennong once used the bone to ward off evil spirits to create a fairy body, and asked Fuxi to put the sword heart of Zhaoming into his body.From then on, the immortal became aware of the seven emotions, and was given the name "Wushan Goddess".However, the sword heart could not replace the soul after all, and it dispersed by itself over time, and the goddess also died of exhaustion.Shennong thought that she loved the Wushan landscape during her lifetime, so she built a tomb here based on her memories during her lifetime using the mirror of the third generation.

"... I am saddened by the life and death of my husband in the world. I will not be replaced by a hundred bodies, and I will never be redeemed... You have no soul, no soul, and it is difficult to reach the spring town. I don't know where you are. If you have a soul, would you like to tell me?... Shangxiang, I female."

Chu Qi hadn’t heard about the past of Wushan Goddess when she entered the Goddess’s tomb last time, only a few words from Le Wuyi and others, and what she saw in the tomb, guessed that Ah Ruan was Zhaoming Sword Fragments of the heart are transformed into dew grass and born.Until now, it is considered that he fully understands the relationship between Jian Xin, Wushan Goddess, and A Ruan.

Everything has an end date, even Wushan Goddesses and even gods like Shen Nong, there is no exception...?

While he was feeling emotional, he suddenly heard Yu Qi yell: "Ruan girl, stop!"

"Don't go there." Chu Qi pulled Ah Ruan back, "The third mirror that can recall memories is inside that stone, if you touch it, I'm afraid you will get lost in the memories of past lives, and you will never remember who you are again .”

Xie Yi remembered that Chu Qi had been to this place before, so he couldn't help asking: "Chu Qi, is it because you touched this stone that you remembered the past?"

"I didn't touch it directly, but when I came here, I was affected by the spiritual power of the mirror of the third world, and I gradually remembered everything." He said to A Ruan: "Those memories of the ancient times may be a burden to you. We'd better go directly to the tomb to get the sword heart."

A Ruan shook his head: "Actually, I have already vaguely remembered many things, but... not very clearly. I have already come here, if I pass by what I want to know, I will regret it. I will not be afraid, no matter what I think of, I will never forget that I am Ah Ruan."

She stretched out her hand towards the stone without hesitation, and the memory fragments immediately came like a revolving lantern.

After a while, Ah Ruan opened his eyes, his eyes were extremely confused: "I am the goddess of Wushan... no, I am not, those memories... are not mine..."

"Ah Ruan!" Xie Yi called her.

"...This is the name Brother Xie Yi gave me..." A Ruan shook her head, her eyes regained clarity: "The Goddess of Wushan is indeed dead, no wonder Brother Xie Yi said before that I may not be the Goddess of Wushan... Yes, I am A Ruan. About my life experience, and Zhaoming Jianxin... I have already remembered everything."

"I don't know, let you know whether these are good or bad. If you feel sad because of this, I don't want to see it." Xie Yi sighed.

"Brother Xie Yi, I'm not sad. I'm very happy to help you." She turned and walked towards the stone door leading to the tomb, and said softly: "If it weren't for those memories, I would not even think about how to open this door." Can’t get up. Um…you’ll see what’s inside later, so don’t be scared.”

Although he was mentally prepared, after entering the stone gate, Xie Yi still felt a little shocked when he saw that there were women with the same face as Ah Ruan sleeping quietly on the vines all over the wall.Soon even the Yan Chu Stone that sealed the tomb was easily opened by Ah Ruan, and he couldn't help turning his head to look at Chu Qi next to him.

He said that he entered the tomb of the Goddess only after receiving clues from Zhaoming Jianxin, and then, one step away from Jianxin, he was suddenly sent to Jingshui Lake by the power in the tomb of the Goddess.

But only Ah Ruan can open these two doors. If Chu Qi came alone, he would not be able to get in, and he would not be able to understand the ancient characters carved on the stone outside the door.So how did he know that Ah Ruan was transformed from the dew grass grown from the fragments of Zhao Ming's sword heart?

It was as if he had already seen these scenes with his own eyes...

As if aware of Xie Yi's doubts, Chu Qi moved closer, held his hand under his sleeve, and said, "I know you're wondering, I never knew about those things about Zhao Ming Jian Xin and A Ruan. He learned about it. But I also said that one day I will tell you everything, so you can rest assured."

The familiar cool temperature came from the palm of his hand, Xie Yi shook his head, pushed those miscellaneous thoughts out of his head, and smiled at Chu Qi: "Yes, I know."

Even if Chu Qi concealed something from him, he would not doubt Chu Qi's purpose, he believed in him, no matter when and where.

The three of them walked down the stone bridge, and when they were about to reach the Goddess of Wushan, a gust of black wind suddenly blew up beside the Goddess' couch, and Ah Ruan, who was walking in front, screamed and was swept into the wind.The accident happened suddenly, and Chu Qi immediately put on a posture of preparing for the battle: "Be careful!"

"Hehehehehe...don't come here without any problems, Pojun!" The person who came was Feng Ya, who restrained Ah Ruan with a forbidden spell, and looked at Xie Yi and Chu Qi with disgust: "Tsk...this face is already It’s disgusting enough, but there’s another one that’s exactly the same, it’s just twice as disgusting!”

"Let go of Ah Ruan!" Xie Yi shouted, "No matter what your purpose is for coming here, let her go!"

"I'm not. Do you think I'm still the same as before?" Feng Ya raised his hand and summoned a few puppets: "I'm not what I used to be. I came here today to kill you!"

"Let go of Ah Ruan, I won't say it a second time." Chu Qi said, raising the Yanjia knife in his hand, but he was secretly puzzled.

When did Feng Ya's spiritual power become so strong?He was able to kidnap Ah Ruan so close to him. Before that, he hadn't noticed anyone approaching.

This is very wrong.