Wandering to Wu Lian, it was hard for Ni'er to imagine that her escape journey, which was held hostage, turned into an adventure.
The woman in white robe I met by chance on the road was actually Tao Qian, the former head of Bailu Cave. This is really ridiculous and funny, because in Nier's memory, all the records about Tao Qian, in addition to indicating that Tao Qian was a man, he also said that he was very pedantic and arrogant. He taught people all day long in Bailu Cave, and recited dogmas like an old man, making everyone avoid it.
However, at this moment, the woman sitting in front of her, holding the wine jar in mid-air with one hand and smoking a thick marijuana cigarette in the other hand, was a trance-glorious woman in her eyes, which was almost a thousand miles apart from the legend. Ni'er had no idea how there would be such a big gap.
...After the coalition army was disbanded, I was unemployed. Gongjin asked me to go back to work, otherwise I would find a pit to bury myself, so I went back.Later they felt that I was too notorious before, so they asked me to stick to my beard and dress up as a man and appear as a man. After a long time, I became the head of the sect in a daze. I had a little more salary and could buy good wine and cigarettes, and live a good life. In short, it was the life of an office worker.
I know, don’t spray cigarettes on me all the time, I’m so dizzy... But you are not at all aloof, why do people say you are an old pedantic and old-fashioned?
It is because I hate Luo Suo Ah, who works there all day, and I am so annoyed that I want to skip work.I asked Wuji to help me build a dummy from the ancient magic path. It looks the same as my men's outfit, and it is also the kind that can walk, move and talk. It is placed in the corridor of the academy. In this way, everyone can see my substitute and I can skip work reasonably. However, the dummy has some flaws, and it seems that something is not very good...
Yan Ning frowned, grabbed her hair, and finally clapped her hands: I remember it, it's AI. I don't know what it means, it seems to be artificial intelligence. In short, the AI of that mechanical dummy is bad enough. No matter who you see, you will only recite the 36 major rings and the 72 small rules of Bailu Cave. If you get me wrong after reading it for a long time, your hair will smoke and fire, and finally everyone in the academy will run away when they see it.
Ni'er smiled. She could vaguely imagine how the mechanical dummy who was full of dogmatic rules and smoky hair in the Bailu Cave was rampant in the Bailu Cave, causing Confucian scholars to fight and avoid it everywhere.
However, the story that Yan Ning told, including how she met the Iron-faced shemale, how she participated in the rebels, and how she returned to the White Deer Cave, these stories that were completely past made Ni'er feel very confused. It turned out that there was such a complex relationship between this woman and the White Deer Cave.
So, what kind of mood and thoughts does Yanning feel now?
His good impression of Yanning made Ni'er unwilling to be enemies with her, so she asked the old orcs privately.
This is not easy job, because every time Ni'er is trapped in the old people's long tongue array and is bombarded with spirits, she often feels that she is not as good as death. For example, when she opens her mouth, she is dominated by the old people before she asks a few words.
Girl, what are you doing in Wulian Autonomous Region?
I...I'll visit relatives, and by the way...it's a trip!
Visiting relatives?Girl, are you our martial arts agent?Can't see Ah.
Hello!It's too rude to say this. I was born and raised in Wu Liandi. Although I went out to explore after I was a teenager, I lived at the foot of Huaguo Mountain before I was a teenager. I remember every tree and every tree there clearly. Don't talk about me like a stranger.
Ni'er said proudly, and her mood was a little bit back when she first left her hometown. She felt that human beings were cunning and cunning, far less affectionate and righteous than Wu Lian's neighbors. Now that she can return to Wu Lian and see the simple human feelings that she hasn't seen again for a long time, it feels really great.
But the old orcs around him didn't seem to think so...
Not like it doesn’t look like it or not. Even if you have been away for a long time, you don’t look like a martial arts person at all. You can’t answer anything you ask. You don’t even know what specialty is in Huaguo Mountain. How come you look like a martial arts person?
I...I just forgot...I think about it a little bit and I will remember it immediately. Then you will know that I am not lying...
The old orcs' doubts unexpectedly hit a psychological blind spot that Ni'er had never thought about before.
Since she went to the outside world, she has never thought about these problems, or perhaps it should be said that she has subconsciously avoided it.
Seeing that the Huaguo Mountains were right in front of me, I could arrive today, Nier felt a sense of being close to home, and it could even be said to be... fear.
In order to relieve this feeling, Ni'er walked around. Her injuries had healed more than half of her body these days. She is currently in a remote wilderness, so there is no need to worry about the enemy coming to attack. She is naturally quite relaxed.
But when she unconsciously approached Yan Ning's camping place, she heard the commotion there, and the sound of qi stirring up could not be heard.
(Someone is taking action? Who is it? Did Shi Chong and the others come to attack?)
Ni'er had this guess, but when she broke into the woods without hesitation and saw the scene inside clearly, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak.
There were indeed people fighting in the woods. Although it was fierce, it was a very low-level battle. Ni'er, who regretted why she broke in, even wanted to turn around and leave immediately.
He was alone, surrounded by the fierce wind in the center; the black shadows that caused the strong wind with high-speed body movements were Chires. To put it more correctly, because he was seriously injured and degenerated into a black cat of a bat.
Degenerate into a cat-shaped shape, Chires' lethality has greatly reduced, but even so, he is still the most dangerous cat animal in the world. He moves at high speed and turns into a black wind, spiraling around and entangling Rougen, waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack.
Yan Ning was wearing a white robe fluttering with the strong wind, standing in the center of the encirclement with a smile, as if she was ignoring the murderous dilemma in front of her. Ni'er didn't know that she had real skills, or she just smoked too much marijuana, and felt no more brain numbness.
(By the way, she said that she had worked as a demon hunter in White Deer Cave, specializing in hunting and killing demons who came to the human world, and had fought with Chires at that time... Alas, these two people shouldn't be put together.)
Yanning doesn't look like a generous and generous woman. Chires will take revenge if he has any grudges. Putting these two dangerous people together, there is no reason why new hatreds and old hatreds will happen?
It was too late for Ni'er to regret it. When she wanted to speak out to dissuade her, the situation outside had changed.
Chires finally launched an offensive, but even though he was very fast, advancing and retreating like the wind, every time he wanted to approach Yan Ning, he seemed to have encountered a layer of copper and iron walls. No matter how he hit him, he could not break through the invisible air wall.
Yan Ning didn't move, and there was no sign of her luck. Ni'er looked closely and finally found five colorful crystals of different colors and the size of her thumb at her feet. Judging from the decoration, it seemed to be some kind of barrier formation. No wonder Yan Ning could be so confident and had already made arrangements.
(I forgot that she told me that she is a fairy Taoist priest from Bailu Cave, and she knows oriental immortal arts like an iron-faced shemale...)
Ni'er remembered this, and her eyes also awakened Chires. She noticed the five crystals below, and roared angrily and immediately rushed towards Yaning's feet.
Ha, old friend, I noticed it so late, so I can't say that I won't give you a chance.
Amid the long laughter of sweet mèi, Yan Ning made a move like lightning, and the capture technique was even more mysterious and strange. It seemed that she wanted to capture Chires' neck, but Chires avoided her a little. Her technique changed immediately and grabbed Chires's tail with a light grasp. She then grabbed Chires' tail and smashed it mercilessly at a big rock next to her.
Bastard Demon Clan, I told you to go back to the demon world more than a hundred years ago, why are you still here now?If you don’t listen to something, do you think you are a slut?Do you deserve to be beaten by me here?
Yan Ning scolded, but she was not merciless in her hand. She grabbed the cat's tail and frequently smashed it towards the rock. She was heavy and hard. Although the rock was hard, it was not long before it was smashed to pieces, as if it was cut down by a big knife and axe.
Chirez was the first to be hit. His injuries suffered in Shangri-La were not healed and turned into a cat shape, and his strength was greatly affected. How could he bear such impact and abuse?
Not long after, little blood splashed out, leaving shocking blood on the gravel.
Ni'er had been watching from the side, but when the blood was poured on her cheek, she felt a sensation of pain, and she woke up immediately. She rushed forward with a quick step, grabbed her hand, stopping Yan Ning's tapping behavior.
Stop hitting, stop hitting, if you continue hitting, you will be really dead.
Ni'er didn't have any good feelings for Chires, but it was just that everyone had a hardship and life and death before, and finally had some affection. Now it's hard to see him being abused, so he snatched Chires with his hands, protected the scarred black cat on his chest, and then took several steps to prevent Yan Ning from chasing him.
Didn’t you, the saints of Bailu Cave, say that you should repay your grudges with kindness?You are so cruel, you don’t look like a white deer cave man!
Haha, little girl, speaking is quite interesting. What classics have you read from Bailu Cave?Confucianism?road?ink?Law?Which scripture says that you should repay your grievances with kindness?
Amid Yan Ning's chuckle, Ni'er's face turned red. She usually lacked patience and didn't like reading books. These words were just mentioned, but if you ask the source, you will know where it came from!
And you are completely wrong. The saint who said this never agreed to repay grievances with kindness. Instead, he advocated that he should use a chair to repay grievances. If you can't find a chair here, I will find a big stone, which is considered to be learning from one example and conforming to the teachings of the saint!
Seeing Yanning speaking seriously, Ni'er felt confused. Although she didn't read much, she had never heard of a ridiculous thing like using a chair to complain. Is this woman deliberately teasing her?
Nonsense, I have never heard of such things. Don’t think that you can just read two more books and just talk nonsense. How could a saint say such things?
Alas, having no knowledge means having no knowledge, it is useless even if others tell you.Take it and take a look!
Yan Ning smiled freely and raised her hand to throw something out. Nier reached out to take it, loosened her right arm. Chires, who was unwilling to be protected, took the opportunity to escape and escape. Nier had no time to care about it. She just looked at the thing in her hand and found that it was a book, and she had just turned out a page.
This is……
Ni'er looked at the first line, the Analects of Confucius·Xianwen, and the next two lines recorded a dialogue.
What is the way to repay grudges with kindness?
Confucius said: How to repay kindness?Chair repays grievances and repays kindness with virtue.
After these two conversations, there are vernacular annotations, explaining the principle of repaying virtue with virtue and eye for eye. The most advantageous and easy-to-get objects in the world are folding benches and chairs. Whether it is teahouses or wine shops, or the courtyards at home, they are easy to obtain. Therefore, if you meet a narrow road and meet an enemy, you don’t need to think about it, pick up the chair you are riding on and knock it down hard - the chair to repay your grievances.
Why, how could this make sense... Was this book published by Bailu Cave?
Unable to believe what she saw, Ni'er turned over the book. First, she saw a line of words compiled by Tao Yaning and published by Minming Study Room. Then she turned to the cover. When she saw the words on it, she screamed in shock and shock.
What, what?"The Spring and Autumn Warriors' Group of Explosives: Kong Zhongni You Don't Know"?!
The screams were both funny and full of anger. The girl's roar hovered in the deep mountains and dense forests, making the birds flee and the beasts ran away for a long time.
As Yan Ning previewed before, this trip was close to the end. Whether Ni'er wanted or not, they were only one day away from the Huaguo Mountains. The next morning, everyone continued to set off and rushed. In the evening, they finally climbed up the ridge.
According to Yanning's previous statement, as long as she walks in this direction and travels through, she can reach Shuilian Town. Ni'er's timid mood in the vicinity of the hometown did not improve at all. Instead, the closer she gets, the faster her heart beats. The entire mountaineering process seemed to have become a fierce war of resistance, and her heart beats faster and she keeps sweating down her forehead.
There will be no mistakes in your memory.
The appearance of my hometown, the aroma of lemongrass chickens at the entrance of the alley of my former residence, the sound of neighbors shouting at night, the noisy that included both orcs and human languages, I remembered them all deeply in my mind. Even the pink wild flowers swaying on the left side of the village entrance along the way out of Shuilian Town, the image was so clear, as if yesterday.
This is where I grew up. Because of this, I can refute Chires' lies with peace of mind, and continue to tell myself that I don't have to worry about the so-called background issues. I am my brother's only sister and Reince's protector princess. Everything is that simple.
It's really ugly, little girl, are you sweating profusely?Will climbing a mountain make you so tired?It seems that your heavenly power is not very good!
Shao, Shao Luosuo, my injury has not healed yet. If my injury heals, I will not place this little hill...
Why explain so much?Take a brave step forward and confirm with your own eyes what you want to see!From here, you can directly overlook Shuilian Town.
With the red sunset on his back, Yan Ning stretched out her hand generously. Her white palms were as tender and delicate as white jade, as if they were inviting, and as if they were provoking Ni'er.
What's so great about it? Are I afraid of you?
Ni'er pursed her lips lightly, stretched out her hand resolutely, held Yan Ning's palm, and took advantage of the force to step onto the top of the mountain on the high place. The scene on the other side of Huaguo Mountain immediately caught my eye.
This... is Shuilian Town.
From a high place, the scenes of Shuilian Town are all in sight. In the sunken mountain, the most feared scene did not appear. Although it was shrouded in white fog, it could still be seen that there was a house there, which was located in an orderly manner among the fog.
The most worried scene did not appear. What she saw was not an empty wasteland. Ni'er's whole heart was immediately occupied by the joy of returning to her hometown. Regardless of how many people were watching her, she cheered and ran down the mountain quickly, rushing towards the town at the foot of the mountain.
The downhill mountain road is quite steep and it is not easy to walk, but Ni'er's martial arts naturally didn't care at all. She kicked on the steep mountain wall, flew out, jumped to another protruding rock, rose and fell a few times, and easily came to the foot of the mountain and rushed into the thick fog of five miles.
As we ran, the scene of the town gradually became clear, and the noisy voices in the village also came with the wind. The familiar feeling was just like the past, and even the flowers and plants on the road at the entrance were swaying and swinging as if we were leaving, as if we welcomed the return of my long-lost old friend.
Dear everyone, there are guests here, I'm back.
Ni'er yelled and rushed into the village, feeling too ecstatic, so she ran to her former residence as soon as possible after entering the village, but ignored a strange fact.
The noisy voices she heard outside the village disappeared without a trace the moment she stepped into the entrance of the village. The whole village became dead silent, without any voice. On the way toward her former residence, she did not meet half a villager. The village covered by thick fog was like a dead city without a trace.
Immersed in the joy of my heart, Ni'er seemed to be unaware of these phenomena, and ran to the seventh room west of the village. It was a small thatched house. Although it was simple, it was neat and emitting the faint fragrance of the thatched grass being sun-drenched. It was the deepest smell in Ni'er's memory. The not very reliable broken wooden door, every rainy day, had to pick another big stone to resist it so that it would not be shaken by the wind.
Hey!
According to her most familiar habit, she kicked the door open. Ni'er entered this thatched house that had not been inhabited for several years. She had always been worried about whether the house would be disrepaired because of lack of care and was disrepaired. It was so dirty that it was covered with spider webs, and it even collapsed. But when she opened the door, she saw that the whole thatched house was clean without any mess. The simple tables and chairs were neatly placed, as if its owner had just pushed the door open and left, and years of time did not exist.
(For, why is it so clean? Logically speaking...at least the spider web...)
Ni'er soon thought of the answer, it must be a kind neighbor who helped to take care of it, so the house was so spotless.
Ni'er, who wanted to thank her neighbor, rushed out of the door in a hurry, but was shocked to find that the thick fog around her was gradually dissipating. There were no people on the empty streets, no men, women, young and old, and no creatures. The noisy shouts that he heard before entering the village were so quiet that he could not hear any sound, as if all the voices never existed.
How could this happen?Where have everyone gone?
Ni'er looked around in confusion, trying to find something, but even without eyes or ears, her Tianxin consciousness also told her the same fact that there was no sign of life within a radius of a hundred feet, and there was no sign of life at all.
Even the slowest person would find something wrong at this moment. Ni'er strolled along the street in a daze, looking at each house one by one.
It was indeed the house she remembered, with every grass and tree without any change. Even the half-open window and that location were no different from that in her memory.
Why is it so consistent?Why hasn’t the years changed?Why are the people in the village missing?
Countless doubts appeared in her mind. Ni'er was panicked at first and wanted to yell, but as the facts became clearer, the pressure turned hope into despair. She only felt that she was standing in a bottomless hole, sinking quickly, and she could no longer see any shimmer of light.
Wandering like a wandering soul for a long time, Ni'er, who finally found that she had nowhere to go, returned to her former residence, sat next to the small table, and poured herself a glass of water.
There was a gentle footstep sound outside the door. Someone pushed open the door and came in. Ni'er didn't look back. Just by feeling, she knew that the person coming was Yanning.
Sit, welcome to my house. Do you want to pour you a glass of water?
Without waiting for an answer, Ni'er took a cup and slowly poured water.
The expression on her face was neither happy nor sad, but she smiled bitterly after giving up hope, her eyes reflected the shaking waves in the cup, making her look extremely desolate and lonely.
It's so strange that I've been away from home for several years, and no one can clean it for me. The house is still so clean, and even the tea is so fresh...
The voice of the speech became lower and lower, and finally a ticking sound was slight, crystal tears dripping from the cheeks, falling into the clear water in the cup, causing small ripples.
Tell me what you should tell me!
Still holding the cup, Ni'er turned her head to face Yan Ning, her expression had already returned to calmness and stability, as if she had added a solid armor to her own defense. However, despite this, Yan Ning could still see that behind the seemingly strong line of rational defense, the girl's heart was still hesitant and helpless, roaring wildly on the edge of the collapsed cliff.
I'm so sure I'll have something to say to you?
How come there is such a coincidence in the world?The former leader of Bailu Cave ran to Wulian Mountain to lead a tour group, and happened to save my life and escort me to this remote place.My brother once said that it is a coincidence that one dad dies a day, and it is no coincidence that one dad dies an eighteen dad dies a day...
He spoke playful words, but he could not hear any smile in the girl's tired voice, but instead showed a strong request. Yanning knew that she should respond.
Well, now that you are fully prepared, then...
Yan Ning walked out of the house, and Ni'er followed her without thinking. She only saw a group of old orcs standing outside the house, surrounding a semicircle, looking at her as if worried. Chires, who turned into a cat-shaped body, was missing, but she had no time to pay attention to it at the moment.
More than a hundred years ago, when Xiao Qiao and Gongjin raised their troops, they came here to cultivate and form settlements. Until they left, some people chose to stay, including those who later left the rebels and returned to live here, turning this place into Shuilian Town, which had a short history.However, after a plague eighty years ago, there were no residents here, and everyone died of illness or left to avoid disaster, and the history of Shuilian Town was declared over.
Yan Ning looked around the houses and streets and said lightly: And what you see now is the memory of this town.
Memories of towns?
Ni'er was a little confused, but she quickly understood everything.
Yan Ning waved her hand and the scene in front of her quickly changed. The originally neat and clean grass houses gradually distorted and deformed, and then returned to their true colors. The ruins of houses that were either dilapidated or collapsed, and the empty street scene also changed into a desolate scene of trees, wild grasses, falling leaves accumulated, and corruption into mud. When anyone sees this scene, he will confirm that the village has been deserted for a long time.
As for what you see now, it is the true face of this town in the world.
It was like a nightmare that was difficult to wake up. Ni'er's reason wanted to wake up, but she could only look at the teacup that was still in her hand, which quickly twisted and decayed, and finally turned into a pool of rotten sludge.
I should be very shocked, but my heart felt very calm.
A little sad calm, perhaps the most shocking time has passed, or perhaps... I had already expected this situation in my heart.
Beautiful girl, don't be sad!
Things like hometown belong to the past. Your eyes should look forward and don’t be nostalgic for the past.
It will be uncomfortable to wake up from a dream for a while, but the value of people does not lie in dreaming, but in what they do after they wake up.
The old orcs surrounded Ni'er's loss, patted Ni'er on the shoulder, sighed or cared for her, and encouraged her like she had been along the way.
Such concerns did not make Ni'er much better, but she was indeed grateful to the old people for their feelings. However, when she wanted to say thank you, she saw that the figures of these old people were gradually fading, becoming more and more blurred, and the face with a kind smile became transparent, and the slowly waving hands disappeared into the air, finally without traces.
This...they...
In response to Ni'er's exclamation, Yan Ning's plain words were spoken.
They were the indigenous people of Shuilian Town and the last group of residents who lived here. Most of them had participated in the ghost and barbarian rebels that died eighty years ago. It was me who summoned them from the underworld, with the intention of giving you a safe journey and witnessing the end of the journey... Judging from the results, this is very successful, and you should thank them for letting them sleep.
Listening to Yan Ning's words, Ni'er felt that everything seemed so unreal. The hometown where she lived was a ruin that had long been destroyed; the companions she had traveled along the way turned out to be the dead souls who had been dead for a long time.
The past is gone, but my past has become illusory. When I look back on the way I came, the individual standing here has no traces of the past.
The memories and the undead of the town...Shuilian Town was destroyed eighty years ago, so, am I dead too?Am I standing here also a dead soul?
No, the Shuilian Town you remember is just a past memory of the town, or something that happened when the ghost and the barbarians just ended, but you do not belong to this memory. In reality, you have never been here.
Yan Ning smiled faintly and said softly: The truth is already in front of you, just to see if you are ready to open it.
The woman in white robe I met by chance on the road was actually Tao Qian, the former head of Bailu Cave. This is really ridiculous and funny, because in Nier's memory, all the records about Tao Qian, in addition to indicating that Tao Qian was a man, he also said that he was very pedantic and arrogant. He taught people all day long in Bailu Cave, and recited dogmas like an old man, making everyone avoid it.
However, at this moment, the woman sitting in front of her, holding the wine jar in mid-air with one hand and smoking a thick marijuana cigarette in the other hand, was a trance-glorious woman in her eyes, which was almost a thousand miles apart from the legend. Ni'er had no idea how there would be such a big gap.
...After the coalition army was disbanded, I was unemployed. Gongjin asked me to go back to work, otherwise I would find a pit to bury myself, so I went back.Later they felt that I was too notorious before, so they asked me to stick to my beard and dress up as a man and appear as a man. After a long time, I became the head of the sect in a daze. I had a little more salary and could buy good wine and cigarettes, and live a good life. In short, it was the life of an office worker.
I know, don’t spray cigarettes on me all the time, I’m so dizzy... But you are not at all aloof, why do people say you are an old pedantic and old-fashioned?
It is because I hate Luo Suo Ah, who works there all day, and I am so annoyed that I want to skip work.I asked Wuji to help me build a dummy from the ancient magic path. It looks the same as my men's outfit, and it is also the kind that can walk, move and talk. It is placed in the corridor of the academy. In this way, everyone can see my substitute and I can skip work reasonably. However, the dummy has some flaws, and it seems that something is not very good...
Yan Ning frowned, grabbed her hair, and finally clapped her hands: I remember it, it's AI. I don't know what it means, it seems to be artificial intelligence. In short, the AI of that mechanical dummy is bad enough. No matter who you see, you will only recite the 36 major rings and the 72 small rules of Bailu Cave. If you get me wrong after reading it for a long time, your hair will smoke and fire, and finally everyone in the academy will run away when they see it.
Ni'er smiled. She could vaguely imagine how the mechanical dummy who was full of dogmatic rules and smoky hair in the Bailu Cave was rampant in the Bailu Cave, causing Confucian scholars to fight and avoid it everywhere.
However, the story that Yan Ning told, including how she met the Iron-faced shemale, how she participated in the rebels, and how she returned to the White Deer Cave, these stories that were completely past made Ni'er feel very confused. It turned out that there was such a complex relationship between this woman and the White Deer Cave.
So, what kind of mood and thoughts does Yanning feel now?
His good impression of Yanning made Ni'er unwilling to be enemies with her, so she asked the old orcs privately.
This is not easy job, because every time Ni'er is trapped in the old people's long tongue array and is bombarded with spirits, she often feels that she is not as good as death. For example, when she opens her mouth, she is dominated by the old people before she asks a few words.
Girl, what are you doing in Wulian Autonomous Region?
I...I'll visit relatives, and by the way...it's a trip!
Visiting relatives?Girl, are you our martial arts agent?Can't see Ah.
Hello!It's too rude to say this. I was born and raised in Wu Liandi. Although I went out to explore after I was a teenager, I lived at the foot of Huaguo Mountain before I was a teenager. I remember every tree and every tree there clearly. Don't talk about me like a stranger.
Ni'er said proudly, and her mood was a little bit back when she first left her hometown. She felt that human beings were cunning and cunning, far less affectionate and righteous than Wu Lian's neighbors. Now that she can return to Wu Lian and see the simple human feelings that she hasn't seen again for a long time, it feels really great.
But the old orcs around him didn't seem to think so...
Not like it doesn’t look like it or not. Even if you have been away for a long time, you don’t look like a martial arts person at all. You can’t answer anything you ask. You don’t even know what specialty is in Huaguo Mountain. How come you look like a martial arts person?
I...I just forgot...I think about it a little bit and I will remember it immediately. Then you will know that I am not lying...
The old orcs' doubts unexpectedly hit a psychological blind spot that Ni'er had never thought about before.
Since she went to the outside world, she has never thought about these problems, or perhaps it should be said that she has subconsciously avoided it.
Seeing that the Huaguo Mountains were right in front of me, I could arrive today, Nier felt a sense of being close to home, and it could even be said to be... fear.
In order to relieve this feeling, Ni'er walked around. Her injuries had healed more than half of her body these days. She is currently in a remote wilderness, so there is no need to worry about the enemy coming to attack. She is naturally quite relaxed.
But when she unconsciously approached Yan Ning's camping place, she heard the commotion there, and the sound of qi stirring up could not be heard.
(Someone is taking action? Who is it? Did Shi Chong and the others come to attack?)
Ni'er had this guess, but when she broke into the woods without hesitation and saw the scene inside clearly, she was so surprised that she couldn't speak.
There were indeed people fighting in the woods. Although it was fierce, it was a very low-level battle. Ni'er, who regretted why she broke in, even wanted to turn around and leave immediately.
He was alone, surrounded by the fierce wind in the center; the black shadows that caused the strong wind with high-speed body movements were Chires. To put it more correctly, because he was seriously injured and degenerated into a black cat of a bat.
Degenerate into a cat-shaped shape, Chires' lethality has greatly reduced, but even so, he is still the most dangerous cat animal in the world. He moves at high speed and turns into a black wind, spiraling around and entangling Rougen, waiting for an opportunity to launch an attack.
Yan Ning was wearing a white robe fluttering with the strong wind, standing in the center of the encirclement with a smile, as if she was ignoring the murderous dilemma in front of her. Ni'er didn't know that she had real skills, or she just smoked too much marijuana, and felt no more brain numbness.
(By the way, she said that she had worked as a demon hunter in White Deer Cave, specializing in hunting and killing demons who came to the human world, and had fought with Chires at that time... Alas, these two people shouldn't be put together.)
Yanning doesn't look like a generous and generous woman. Chires will take revenge if he has any grudges. Putting these two dangerous people together, there is no reason why new hatreds and old hatreds will happen?
It was too late for Ni'er to regret it. When she wanted to speak out to dissuade her, the situation outside had changed.
Chires finally launched an offensive, but even though he was very fast, advancing and retreating like the wind, every time he wanted to approach Yan Ning, he seemed to have encountered a layer of copper and iron walls. No matter how he hit him, he could not break through the invisible air wall.
Yan Ning didn't move, and there was no sign of her luck. Ni'er looked closely and finally found five colorful crystals of different colors and the size of her thumb at her feet. Judging from the decoration, it seemed to be some kind of barrier formation. No wonder Yan Ning could be so confident and had already made arrangements.
(I forgot that she told me that she is a fairy Taoist priest from Bailu Cave, and she knows oriental immortal arts like an iron-faced shemale...)
Ni'er remembered this, and her eyes also awakened Chires. She noticed the five crystals below, and roared angrily and immediately rushed towards Yaning's feet.
Ha, old friend, I noticed it so late, so I can't say that I won't give you a chance.
Amid the long laughter of sweet mèi, Yan Ning made a move like lightning, and the capture technique was even more mysterious and strange. It seemed that she wanted to capture Chires' neck, but Chires avoided her a little. Her technique changed immediately and grabbed Chires's tail with a light grasp. She then grabbed Chires' tail and smashed it mercilessly at a big rock next to her.
Bastard Demon Clan, I told you to go back to the demon world more than a hundred years ago, why are you still here now?If you don’t listen to something, do you think you are a slut?Do you deserve to be beaten by me here?
Yan Ning scolded, but she was not merciless in her hand. She grabbed the cat's tail and frequently smashed it towards the rock. She was heavy and hard. Although the rock was hard, it was not long before it was smashed to pieces, as if it was cut down by a big knife and axe.
Chirez was the first to be hit. His injuries suffered in Shangri-La were not healed and turned into a cat shape, and his strength was greatly affected. How could he bear such impact and abuse?
Not long after, little blood splashed out, leaving shocking blood on the gravel.
Ni'er had been watching from the side, but when the blood was poured on her cheek, she felt a sensation of pain, and she woke up immediately. She rushed forward with a quick step, grabbed her hand, stopping Yan Ning's tapping behavior.
Stop hitting, stop hitting, if you continue hitting, you will be really dead.
Ni'er didn't have any good feelings for Chires, but it was just that everyone had a hardship and life and death before, and finally had some affection. Now it's hard to see him being abused, so he snatched Chires with his hands, protected the scarred black cat on his chest, and then took several steps to prevent Yan Ning from chasing him.
Didn’t you, the saints of Bailu Cave, say that you should repay your grudges with kindness?You are so cruel, you don’t look like a white deer cave man!
Haha, little girl, speaking is quite interesting. What classics have you read from Bailu Cave?Confucianism?road?ink?Law?Which scripture says that you should repay your grievances with kindness?
Amid Yan Ning's chuckle, Ni'er's face turned red. She usually lacked patience and didn't like reading books. These words were just mentioned, but if you ask the source, you will know where it came from!
And you are completely wrong. The saint who said this never agreed to repay grievances with kindness. Instead, he advocated that he should use a chair to repay grievances. If you can't find a chair here, I will find a big stone, which is considered to be learning from one example and conforming to the teachings of the saint!
Seeing Yanning speaking seriously, Ni'er felt confused. Although she didn't read much, she had never heard of a ridiculous thing like using a chair to complain. Is this woman deliberately teasing her?
Nonsense, I have never heard of such things. Don’t think that you can just read two more books and just talk nonsense. How could a saint say such things?
Alas, having no knowledge means having no knowledge, it is useless even if others tell you.Take it and take a look!
Yan Ning smiled freely and raised her hand to throw something out. Nier reached out to take it, loosened her right arm. Chires, who was unwilling to be protected, took the opportunity to escape and escape. Nier had no time to care about it. She just looked at the thing in her hand and found that it was a book, and she had just turned out a page.
This is……
Ni'er looked at the first line, the Analects of Confucius·Xianwen, and the next two lines recorded a dialogue.
What is the way to repay grudges with kindness?
Confucius said: How to repay kindness?Chair repays grievances and repays kindness with virtue.
After these two conversations, there are vernacular annotations, explaining the principle of repaying virtue with virtue and eye for eye. The most advantageous and easy-to-get objects in the world are folding benches and chairs. Whether it is teahouses or wine shops, or the courtyards at home, they are easy to obtain. Therefore, if you meet a narrow road and meet an enemy, you don’t need to think about it, pick up the chair you are riding on and knock it down hard - the chair to repay your grievances.
Why, how could this make sense... Was this book published by Bailu Cave?
Unable to believe what she saw, Ni'er turned over the book. First, she saw a line of words compiled by Tao Yaning and published by Minming Study Room. Then she turned to the cover. When she saw the words on it, she screamed in shock and shock.
What, what?"The Spring and Autumn Warriors' Group of Explosives: Kong Zhongni You Don't Know"?!
The screams were both funny and full of anger. The girl's roar hovered in the deep mountains and dense forests, making the birds flee and the beasts ran away for a long time.
As Yan Ning previewed before, this trip was close to the end. Whether Ni'er wanted or not, they were only one day away from the Huaguo Mountains. The next morning, everyone continued to set off and rushed. In the evening, they finally climbed up the ridge.
According to Yanning's previous statement, as long as she walks in this direction and travels through, she can reach Shuilian Town. Ni'er's timid mood in the vicinity of the hometown did not improve at all. Instead, the closer she gets, the faster her heart beats. The entire mountaineering process seemed to have become a fierce war of resistance, and her heart beats faster and she keeps sweating down her forehead.
There will be no mistakes in your memory.
The appearance of my hometown, the aroma of lemongrass chickens at the entrance of the alley of my former residence, the sound of neighbors shouting at night, the noisy that included both orcs and human languages, I remembered them all deeply in my mind. Even the pink wild flowers swaying on the left side of the village entrance along the way out of Shuilian Town, the image was so clear, as if yesterday.
This is where I grew up. Because of this, I can refute Chires' lies with peace of mind, and continue to tell myself that I don't have to worry about the so-called background issues. I am my brother's only sister and Reince's protector princess. Everything is that simple.
It's really ugly, little girl, are you sweating profusely?Will climbing a mountain make you so tired?It seems that your heavenly power is not very good!
Shao, Shao Luosuo, my injury has not healed yet. If my injury heals, I will not place this little hill...
Why explain so much?Take a brave step forward and confirm with your own eyes what you want to see!From here, you can directly overlook Shuilian Town.
With the red sunset on his back, Yan Ning stretched out her hand generously. Her white palms were as tender and delicate as white jade, as if they were inviting, and as if they were provoking Ni'er.
What's so great about it? Are I afraid of you?
Ni'er pursed her lips lightly, stretched out her hand resolutely, held Yan Ning's palm, and took advantage of the force to step onto the top of the mountain on the high place. The scene on the other side of Huaguo Mountain immediately caught my eye.
This... is Shuilian Town.
From a high place, the scenes of Shuilian Town are all in sight. In the sunken mountain, the most feared scene did not appear. Although it was shrouded in white fog, it could still be seen that there was a house there, which was located in an orderly manner among the fog.
The most worried scene did not appear. What she saw was not an empty wasteland. Ni'er's whole heart was immediately occupied by the joy of returning to her hometown. Regardless of how many people were watching her, she cheered and ran down the mountain quickly, rushing towards the town at the foot of the mountain.
The downhill mountain road is quite steep and it is not easy to walk, but Ni'er's martial arts naturally didn't care at all. She kicked on the steep mountain wall, flew out, jumped to another protruding rock, rose and fell a few times, and easily came to the foot of the mountain and rushed into the thick fog of five miles.
As we ran, the scene of the town gradually became clear, and the noisy voices in the village also came with the wind. The familiar feeling was just like the past, and even the flowers and plants on the road at the entrance were swaying and swinging as if we were leaving, as if we welcomed the return of my long-lost old friend.
Dear everyone, there are guests here, I'm back.
Ni'er yelled and rushed into the village, feeling too ecstatic, so she ran to her former residence as soon as possible after entering the village, but ignored a strange fact.
The noisy voices she heard outside the village disappeared without a trace the moment she stepped into the entrance of the village. The whole village became dead silent, without any voice. On the way toward her former residence, she did not meet half a villager. The village covered by thick fog was like a dead city without a trace.
Immersed in the joy of my heart, Ni'er seemed to be unaware of these phenomena, and ran to the seventh room west of the village. It was a small thatched house. Although it was simple, it was neat and emitting the faint fragrance of the thatched grass being sun-drenched. It was the deepest smell in Ni'er's memory. The not very reliable broken wooden door, every rainy day, had to pick another big stone to resist it so that it would not be shaken by the wind.
Hey!
According to her most familiar habit, she kicked the door open. Ni'er entered this thatched house that had not been inhabited for several years. She had always been worried about whether the house would be disrepaired because of lack of care and was disrepaired. It was so dirty that it was covered with spider webs, and it even collapsed. But when she opened the door, she saw that the whole thatched house was clean without any mess. The simple tables and chairs were neatly placed, as if its owner had just pushed the door open and left, and years of time did not exist.
(For, why is it so clean? Logically speaking...at least the spider web...)
Ni'er soon thought of the answer, it must be a kind neighbor who helped to take care of it, so the house was so spotless.
Ni'er, who wanted to thank her neighbor, rushed out of the door in a hurry, but was shocked to find that the thick fog around her was gradually dissipating. There were no people on the empty streets, no men, women, young and old, and no creatures. The noisy shouts that he heard before entering the village were so quiet that he could not hear any sound, as if all the voices never existed.
How could this happen?Where have everyone gone?
Ni'er looked around in confusion, trying to find something, but even without eyes or ears, her Tianxin consciousness also told her the same fact that there was no sign of life within a radius of a hundred feet, and there was no sign of life at all.
Even the slowest person would find something wrong at this moment. Ni'er strolled along the street in a daze, looking at each house one by one.
It was indeed the house she remembered, with every grass and tree without any change. Even the half-open window and that location were no different from that in her memory.
Why is it so consistent?Why hasn’t the years changed?Why are the people in the village missing?
Countless doubts appeared in her mind. Ni'er was panicked at first and wanted to yell, but as the facts became clearer, the pressure turned hope into despair. She only felt that she was standing in a bottomless hole, sinking quickly, and she could no longer see any shimmer of light.
Wandering like a wandering soul for a long time, Ni'er, who finally found that she had nowhere to go, returned to her former residence, sat next to the small table, and poured herself a glass of water.
There was a gentle footstep sound outside the door. Someone pushed open the door and came in. Ni'er didn't look back. Just by feeling, she knew that the person coming was Yanning.
Sit, welcome to my house. Do you want to pour you a glass of water?
Without waiting for an answer, Ni'er took a cup and slowly poured water.
The expression on her face was neither happy nor sad, but she smiled bitterly after giving up hope, her eyes reflected the shaking waves in the cup, making her look extremely desolate and lonely.
It's so strange that I've been away from home for several years, and no one can clean it for me. The house is still so clean, and even the tea is so fresh...
The voice of the speech became lower and lower, and finally a ticking sound was slight, crystal tears dripping from the cheeks, falling into the clear water in the cup, causing small ripples.
Tell me what you should tell me!
Still holding the cup, Ni'er turned her head to face Yan Ning, her expression had already returned to calmness and stability, as if she had added a solid armor to her own defense. However, despite this, Yan Ning could still see that behind the seemingly strong line of rational defense, the girl's heart was still hesitant and helpless, roaring wildly on the edge of the collapsed cliff.
I'm so sure I'll have something to say to you?
How come there is such a coincidence in the world?The former leader of Bailu Cave ran to Wulian Mountain to lead a tour group, and happened to save my life and escort me to this remote place.My brother once said that it is a coincidence that one dad dies a day, and it is no coincidence that one dad dies an eighteen dad dies a day...
He spoke playful words, but he could not hear any smile in the girl's tired voice, but instead showed a strong request. Yanning knew that she should respond.
Well, now that you are fully prepared, then...
Yan Ning walked out of the house, and Ni'er followed her without thinking. She only saw a group of old orcs standing outside the house, surrounding a semicircle, looking at her as if worried. Chires, who turned into a cat-shaped body, was missing, but she had no time to pay attention to it at the moment.
More than a hundred years ago, when Xiao Qiao and Gongjin raised their troops, they came here to cultivate and form settlements. Until they left, some people chose to stay, including those who later left the rebels and returned to live here, turning this place into Shuilian Town, which had a short history.However, after a plague eighty years ago, there were no residents here, and everyone died of illness or left to avoid disaster, and the history of Shuilian Town was declared over.
Yan Ning looked around the houses and streets and said lightly: And what you see now is the memory of this town.
Memories of towns?
Ni'er was a little confused, but she quickly understood everything.
Yan Ning waved her hand and the scene in front of her quickly changed. The originally neat and clean grass houses gradually distorted and deformed, and then returned to their true colors. The ruins of houses that were either dilapidated or collapsed, and the empty street scene also changed into a desolate scene of trees, wild grasses, falling leaves accumulated, and corruption into mud. When anyone sees this scene, he will confirm that the village has been deserted for a long time.
As for what you see now, it is the true face of this town in the world.
It was like a nightmare that was difficult to wake up. Ni'er's reason wanted to wake up, but she could only look at the teacup that was still in her hand, which quickly twisted and decayed, and finally turned into a pool of rotten sludge.
I should be very shocked, but my heart felt very calm.
A little sad calm, perhaps the most shocking time has passed, or perhaps... I had already expected this situation in my heart.
Beautiful girl, don't be sad!
Things like hometown belong to the past. Your eyes should look forward and don’t be nostalgic for the past.
It will be uncomfortable to wake up from a dream for a while, but the value of people does not lie in dreaming, but in what they do after they wake up.
The old orcs surrounded Ni'er's loss, patted Ni'er on the shoulder, sighed or cared for her, and encouraged her like she had been along the way.
Such concerns did not make Ni'er much better, but she was indeed grateful to the old people for their feelings. However, when she wanted to say thank you, she saw that the figures of these old people were gradually fading, becoming more and more blurred, and the face with a kind smile became transparent, and the slowly waving hands disappeared into the air, finally without traces.
This...they...
In response to Ni'er's exclamation, Yan Ning's plain words were spoken.
They were the indigenous people of Shuilian Town and the last group of residents who lived here. Most of them had participated in the ghost and barbarian rebels that died eighty years ago. It was me who summoned them from the underworld, with the intention of giving you a safe journey and witnessing the end of the journey... Judging from the results, this is very successful, and you should thank them for letting them sleep.
Listening to Yan Ning's words, Ni'er felt that everything seemed so unreal. The hometown where she lived was a ruin that had long been destroyed; the companions she had traveled along the way turned out to be the dead souls who had been dead for a long time.
The past is gone, but my past has become illusory. When I look back on the way I came, the individual standing here has no traces of the past.
The memories and the undead of the town...Shuilian Town was destroyed eighty years ago, so, am I dead too?Am I standing here also a dead soul?
No, the Shuilian Town you remember is just a past memory of the town, or something that happened when the ghost and the barbarians just ended, but you do not belong to this memory. In reality, you have never been here.
Yan Ning smiled faintly and said softly: The truth is already in front of you, just to see if you are ready to open it.
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