You are ruthless, really helpless

Chapter 41

In a blink of an eye, the white boat docked.

Returning to the other shore, as soon as it landed, a mist blew in front of my eyes.

Jiang Li's eyelashes trembled, and when he regained his sight again, he had already returned to the original bath.

wow-

He stood up, water dripped from the tip of his hair, and the wind blew, bringing a little bit of coolness.

Reaching out to pick up the broken hair next to his ear, he realized that something was wrong.

Originally, he was bathing here, but he was dragged to the bottom of the water halfway, and entered the timeline of the past.

But now when I come back, it is naturally still the same as when I was taking a bath.

Jiang Li raised his head and met a pair of deep eyes. He waved his hand, and the clothes that fell on the bank flew up out of thin air and landed on his shoulders.

He raised his hand and wrapped it casually, barely blocking the spring light, and when he landed on the shore, he stepped on the white jade brick with his bare feet.

The toes are round and white, and the stone bricks are carved with lotus flowers, reminiscent of lotus growing step by step.

Jiang Li lowered his head, moved his toes uneasily, felt the eyes around him cast hot and deep, as if they wanted to see through everything about him.

"You..." He couldn't bear it anymore, "Have you seen enough?"

If someone else looked at it like this, Jiang Li might deliberately open his neckline and ask him if he had seen enough.

But after experiencing the unknown kiss on the little white boat, when facing Shen Jiyun, he felt inexplicably guilty and uncomfortable.

Not to mention the dew point coming out of the open neckline, now I can't wait to wrap it tighter.

Jiang Li bit the corner of his lips and changed the subject: "What was that thing at the bottom of the water just now?"

Shen Jiyun: "It's a dragon."

Jiang Li couldn't believe it: "It's actually a dragon?"

In this world, the dragon has become a legend, only appearing in story books and in the mouths of storytellers.

The existence of dragons in the Tianya Haijiao Building is naturally surprising.

Jiang Li turned his head to look at the bathing pool.

The bathtub is square and square, and the water in it is rippling. No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like it can hold the body of a dragon.

Shen Jiyun's voice was steady: "It's not a real dragon, but a phantom of the past."

Jiang Li whispered to himself: "In the past..."

Shen Jiyun revealed the truth: "Because Tianya Haijiaolou exists in the gap of time."

So even if the Tianya Haijiao Building appears once in a hundred years, the people in the building still look unsuitable, and they live and die in it. I don't know what year it is.

This is not difficult to accept. After all, there have always been such legends: a woodcutter strayed into the fairy mountain, watched the old man play chess, and when the chess game ended and went down the mountain, a hundred years had passed in the world.

The Tianya Haijiao Building is roughly the same as this story.

It is precisely because of the existence of time gaps that they unexpectedly return to the past.

Jiang Li came back to his senses and looked out the window.

A gust of wind blew away the white mist surrounding the courtyard, and gradually appeared the familiar corridor walkway, Qionghuayushu.

Everything that happened seemed like a dream.

It seems that the formation outside has disappeared, and it is already possible to go out.

Jiang Li couldn't wait to go out, and said: "I'll go out and have a look." The figure disappeared by the side of the bath.

He pushed open the two doors, and the moment he walked out, the aura surged, and the wet hair became refreshed and dry in an instant.

He raised his hand again, and the outer robe fell down lightly, so that no one could see the embarrassment just now.

Jiang Li fastened the belt, and when he moved his fingers, he touched something hard.Looking down, a jade pendant fell out.

The jade color is bright and smooth, and the hand is delicate.

It was the piece left to him by the young Shen Jiyun.

Raising his hand, the jade pendant was hanging in the air, shaking slightly, reflecting the colorful luster.

The light fell on Jiang Li's cheeks, making his brows and eyes softer.

In the long flow of time, countless tributaries have been separated from the mainstream, forming countless rivers of destiny.

And in one of the rivers, there was a young man named Shen Jiyun, who once merged with him briefly.

Jiang Li smiled slightly.

Perhaps, this is a good memory.

He put away the jade pendant with his hands, and was about to walk out of the courtyard when he caught a glimpse of a straight figure standing aside from the corner of his eye.

He snorted angrily, ignored it, and walked out of the courtyard.

……

The fog cleared.

The Tianya Haijiao Tower once again showed its luxurious side.

The path paved with cobblestones meanders through the fragrant flowers, and Jiang Li comes to the familiar garden again.

Those people who met before appeared in those again.

They drank and sang, chanted poems and made love, so happy.

Li Changshu - is Shen Jiyun's younger brother, he has a high status in this group of people, surrounded by stars like a moon, with a ruddy smile on his face, full of unconcealable pride.

Jiang Li listened quietly for a while.

Li Changshu is composing poems, but his cultural attainments are really limited, and the poems he utters are all dry, and it is thankful to be able to match them neatly.

But those people around were like deaf people, they couldn't hear at all, and they were still exaggerating about the crappy poems, as if Li Changshu was a rare poet in the world.

Jiang Li couldn't help it, he burst out laughing with a "puchi".

This smile froze everything in front of him.

The people around Li Changshu froze in place, with dull expressions, like actors on the stage who have forgotten their words and got stuck.

After a while, their movements gradually became smoother.

"why are you laughing?"

"Brother Li's poems are so wonderful, you ordinary person, do you understand?"

"You also write a poem for us to see..."

Jiang Li put his hands on his shoulders: "I don't know how to write poetry." He smiled contemptuously, "Especially the kind of sour poems that don't know what to say."

"You!" Those people blushed with anger and tried hard to refute.

What "you are mediocre", what "you know nothing"... But Li Changshu himself didn't care at all, instead he smiled generously and said: "My poems are really ordinary, I'm just entertaining myself here."

Jiang Li rolled his eyes slightly: "Is that so?" Then why don't you feel embarrassed when these idiots boast about you?

Li Changshu heard the meaning behind his words, and smiled a little reluctantly: "I and all brothers and sisters are close friends, and we are on the same page..."

Before he finished speaking, the smile on his face disappeared completely, and he became stiff.

Jiang Li turned his head and saw that Shen Jiyun came here at some time.

Shen Jiyun's eyes were dark and indifferent, like a sharp sword, making all disguises useless in front of him.

Li Changshu said, "Senior Brother Shen..."

Shen Jiyun: "Just now, what are you doing?"

Li Changshu faltered: "I am writing poetry."

Shen Jiyun said lightly: "Before."

A trace of bewilderment flashed across Li Changshu's face: "Earlier...wasn't I always here?"

It seems that he has no impression of the thick fog that appeared before.

Jiang Li and Shen Jiyun looked at each other, and tacitly did not mention anything about Bai Wu.He changed the subject: "Have you been here for a hundred years?"

Li Changshu seemed to have forgotten the unhappiness just now, and laughed: "Of course, you don't know how happy it is here, there are countless treasures and elixir, and so many close friends... It is true that the gods will not change when they come. !"

Jiang Li narrowed his eyes slightly, and Zhuangruo inadvertently mentioned: "Even if you are happy, if you stay for 100 years, you will get tired of it, right?"

Li Changshu's face was blank for a moment, as if he didn't know how to answer this question.

Jiang Li paused, then deliberately said: "Besides, you have written poems here for 100 years, how come you are still at this level?"

Li Changshu: "..."

Li Changshu: "I, you..."

Jiang Li looked up and down, and finally found a sense of disobedience in Li Changshu's body.

A hundred years is a long time, enough for a mortal to experience life and death.For monks, a hundred years is too short, so short that it is only a blink of an eye.

But no matter how short it is, it is a hundred years, [-] days and nights, it is impossible not to leave even a trace.

unless……

Li Changshu never stayed here for a hundred years.

His time was stolen.

Jiang Li thought for a moment, but said nothing more.

After a brief silence, there was a long and long bell sound in the distance, the sound was far enough to reach every corner of Tianya Haijiaolou.

Li Changshu's complexion changed slightly, and then he quickly covered it up, and said with a gentle smile, "The feast is about to begin."

Jiang Li: "What feast?"

Li Changshu said: "Naturally, it is a banquet hosted by the host, to welcome all the guests who came from afar."

Jiang Li had a doubt: "The guests are all on different floors, so could it be that the landlord held a banquet on each floor?"

Li Changshu didn't know how to explain it, so he said vaguely: "When you arrive, you will naturally know."

Jiang Li: "Then invite Li Daoyou to go with us."

Li Changshu waved his hand: "I am no longer a guest in the building, so how can I participate in this feast?"

Jiang Li's eyes rolled.

Could it be that there is still a difference between a guest and a guest?

He didn't force it, he just said: "Then it doesn't matter if Fellow Daoist Li takes us there?"

Li Changshu seemed to want to refuse, but after seeing Shen Jiyun's figure, he suddenly changed his mind and nodded, "I'll take you there."

Li Changshu led the way, walking in a hurry, as if he couldn't wait.

Passing through a door with hanging flowers, the sound of silk and bamboo wind music faintly floats in front of you, the fairy air is floating, like a dream, like entering a fairyland by mistake.

Li Changshu looked behind the door, and couldn't help but salivate.Obviously, he wanted to go in, but he was not qualified to participate in this feast.

Jiang Li's eyebrows twitched: "The owner of the Tianya Haijiao Building entertains guests from all over the world. He is obviously a hospitable host. Even if Li Daoyou enters the meeting, it should be fine, right?"

Li Changshu was very moved, but finally he gritted his teeth and refused: "No, I'll wait for you outside."

Jiang Li: "Really not going in?"

Li Changshu: "No, no."

Jiang Li pretended to walk into it.

Li Changshu stood where he was, watching eagerly.

Just one step away, Jiang Li paused, turned around and asked, "It's the first time we've participated in this feast. I don't know what the host has any taboos. Since Daoyou Li has participated, why don't you let us know, so as not to make a joke at the banquet?" .”

Li Changshu rubbed his hands: "The landlord is generous and generous, there is nothing to be taboo about."

Jiang Li: "What was the feast like last time, do you still remember Li Daoyou?"

Li Changshu tried his best to recall what happened a hundred years ago. With the memory of a monk, he should remember it clearly.

But no matter how he recalled it, that memory was hazy and indistinct.

Seeing him recalling, Jiang Li raised doubts: "Why are you not qualified to participate? Could it be that someone who has participated in a feast before can't participate in the second time?"

Li Changshu: "It should be like this..."

Jiang Li bit the corner of his lips, and made a puzzled gesture: "But, Fellow Daoist Shen is also coming to Tianya Haijiaolou for the second time."

Li Changshu froze in place.

These words are like a sharp blade, piercing through the hazy mist, revealing all the scenes without omission.

……

A hundred years ago.

Li Changshu is still the most outstanding disciple of the Taiwangzong, a young man wielding a sword, dressed in fresh clothes and angry with a horse, how high-spirited he is.

He went to the South China Sea together with the disciples of the sect, and wanted to go to the Tianya Haijiao Tower to find out.

The sea breeze blew slowly, and the boat shook.

On the side deck of the ship, a person dressed in white is hunting, and the sound of clear springs is like pine and bamboo.

The man turned his head and said in a clear voice, "We'll be there soon."

It was none other than Shen Jiyun.

The ship came to the middle of the sea.

The sun and the moon alternate, dotted with stars.

The sea surface churned, forming a huge vortex, and from the vortex, a colossal creature emerged from it.

The tortoise showed its true face, carrying a nine-story tower on its back.

The brilliance of the stars and the moon are intertwined, like a layer of transparent gauze, draped on the Tianya Haijiao building.

This building is magnificent and mysterious, causing countless people to enter it one after another.

The people who came out kept silent about their experiences in the building, but without exception, they all became famous figures in the world.

Against their background, those who did not come out of the building were like dim stars, not worth mentioning at all.

After going through a lot of twists and turns, a group of Taiwangzong's disciples got into it by luck.

They were invited by the owner of Tianya Haijiao Building to participate in a feast.

The banquet was grand and extravagant.

The centuries-old mermaid candle is burning, the pearls worth a thousand gold are used as decorations, and the beautiful and charming maid is whispering beside her...

No matter who it is, they must indulge in this gentle and luxurious land.

Li Changshu felt that his heart was firm, but in such an atmosphere, he was still smoky and drunk.He half fell on the table, glanced at it, and in the noise of the room, only two people remained alone.

Needless to say, one is Shen Jiyun.

He came from the same school as Master Shen Jiyun, and he has long experienced this person's cold temper, not to mention others, even their brothers and sisters can't get a good face.

And another...

He turned out to be a very good-looking boy.

He may have just reached the crown, his eyebrows and eyes are delicate and delicate, his cheeks are fair, and the corners of his lips are bitten, he is even more charming than the maids around him.

Li Changshu vaguely heard his name, like...Jiang Li?

He drank too much wine, and his consciousness was unavoidably groggy. Looking at the extravagance in front of him, a thought came to his mind.

Tianya Haijiao Tower is really a happy place, if you can stay longer, it will be fine.

As soon as this thought was born, a voice rang in my ear: "Then don't go."

Li Changshu struggled a bit: "But... Zongmen..." His mind was not firm, and he refused intermittently.

The voice next to the ear chuckled: "Go back to Zongmen, can you still get these things in front of you?"

Li Changshu's eyes blurred.

In front of him was a mountain of spiritual stones and magic weapons, which he could never have obtained in Taiwangzong.

His talent is good, but only good.

If there is no Shen Jiyun, maybe he can still stand out and become the object of admiration in the eyes of the elders of the master.

But Shen Jiyun happened to run out, and with a crushing attitude, he directly compared ordinary geniuses like them to nothing.

In this way, he became dispensable in the sect, and some resources could not be assigned to him.

Instead of going back to the sect to be angry, it's better...to stay here.

This idea took root and grew into a towering tree in an instant.

Li Changshu said foolishly, "I want to stay here."

The voice next to my ear became softer and softer: "Okay. But, you need to pay a small price to stay."

Li Changshu: "What price?"

"It's not important to you, as long as you're happy, isn't it all right?"

"In Tianya Haijiaolou, you can have whatever you want."

"There will be no sadness or despair here, let alone worry about cultivation...you will always be happy, forever and ever."

Li Changshu: "...OK."

So he fell into a century-long dream.

In Tianya Haijiaolou, he can get everything.

Whether it's the unparalleled swordsmanship, or the beauty of the country... as long as there is a thought, someone will send it to him.

At the beginning he was still vigilant, but later on, he was completely corrupted, and he couldn't think of resistance at all.

But this happiness is not without cost.

At first, Tianya Haijiaolou only took away his talent.

——It doesn't matter, there is no danger in Tianyahaijiaolou, his talent is useless, and he doesn't even need to practice.

Therefore, Tianya Haijiao Tower took away his cultivation base again.

——Cultivation is even more unimportant.

Then there is memory, sex, consciousness... When everything is taken away, there is only an empty shell left.

Repeating the past day after day, I get numb and hypocritical—happiness.

……

Now, even the joy has collapsed.

Li Changshu held his head, his facial features twisted due to pain: "Why...why do you remind me..."

"You don't understand how happy Tianya Haijiaolou is..."

"The two of you are gone, why come back!"

He roared, his eyes were red, and his figure gradually became unreal.

Jiang Li stared, and saw that Li Changshu had completely lost his human form. A tentacle was attached to his back, and the tentacle kept extending into the mist.

Li Changshu was almost insane: "Since you are back, don't leave, stay here...become the nourishment of the host..."

Following his words, ripples rippled around.

All the camouflage was finally torn off, revealing the true colors.

Those pavilions and pavilions, Qionghua Yushu, are all formed by overlapping tentacles.Now the tentacles are squirming and everything is falling apart.

Jiang Li wasn't too surprised, "Tsk", "It's ugly."

Shen Jiyun said nothing, just stood behind him, guarding against the tentacles around him.

Li Changshu stared at Shen Jiyun: "I am very jealous of you, you can easily get everything I want, but fortunately I am not jealous anymore, because...you will come to accompany me soon."

The tentacles swarmed up, trying to drown the two of them.

Jiang Li soared into the sky, the moonlight lingered on his fingertips, and cut off the tentacles.

On the other side, the sword energy was sharp, forming a barrier.

pat-

The broken tentacles fell to the ground like raindrops.

But after the tentacles were disconnected, they didn't lose their vitality. On the contrary, more tentacles split, and they couldn't find a place to stay for a while.

If it continues like this, sooner or later it will be overwhelmed by the tentacles.

Jiang Li: "This is not the way..." He looked towards the direction where the tentacles were coming, and made a quick decision, "Go upstairs!"

The main building is on the tenth floor, but the Tianya Haijiao building has only nine floors in total, which means that the way to the tenth floor is not so simple.

If you guessed right, just follow the tentacles and you will be able to find the way upstairs.

Jiang Li passed by lightly, following the tentacles all the way.

The time and space in the Tianya Haijiao Building are reversed. If you rely on manpower to find it, you may be trapped in this maze for the rest of your life.

But it's different now. Under the guidance of the tentacles, it didn't take much effort to find the way to the tenth floor.

It was a staircase shrouded in mist.

Stairs are winding, I do not know where to lead.

Jiang Li stopped for a moment in front of the stairs, and Shen Jiyun arrived behind him.The corners of his lips curled up: "It's quite dangerous up there, so do you want to go up and have a look together?"

Almost the next moment, he got Shen Jiyun's answer.

Shen Jiyun said, "Okay."

From the looks of it, no matter whether it's the mountains of swords and seas of fire, or the eighteen floors of hell, he will accompany them through such a journey.

Jiang Li didn't speak, but only stretched out his hand towards the person behind him.

With their hands folded together, they stepped into the endless fog together.