bookcurios Chapter 40 The White Lantern
Chapter 40 The White Lantern
The crow's feathers converged into rings, surrounding Lin Zhen, and the stripes under the corners of Lin Zhen's eyes gradually spread to his ears.He carefully controlled his strength, however, the power in his body was surging, his eyes darkened, and the black shadows like crow feathers spread out, like a group of butterflies possessed by a demon, scurrying around with their heads covered, hitting the surrounding rock walls superior.
In an instant, there was a loud noise in the valley, and many stones rolled down from the cliff and smashed into the snowdrift.
Lin Zhen's ink-colored robe danced without wind. He stood proudly on the snow, his eyes were as deep as the night, and his outline became more and more handsome.
And the four people behind him couldn't help admiring this.
Chu Bi's eyes lit up, and she looked adored: "Master Lin is amazing!"
Qin Yun was dumbfounded, clapped his hands and said, "Senior brother is indeed my senior brother!"
Lin Zixi smiled excitedly: "Brother Lin is awesome."
Lu Xixun also applauded: "Lin Zhen, you have grown a lot."
Lin Zhen: "...Thank you."
Wait, now is not the time to talk about this, is it?
Lin Zhen looked back at the four people standing side by side, not knowing what expression to use to express his complicated emotions.
He is unwilling to let these four people get involved in his affairs, but every time he "drives people away" in a subtle way, he will always be perfunctory by Qin Yun and the others, and he will follow him to Wuming Valley the next day. .In this way, the five of them have been practicing together in Wuming Valley for nearly half a month.
Lu Xixun and Lin Zixi practiced martial arts, Qin Yun practiced swordsmanship, and Chu Bi knew some spiritual arts, but it was only superficial. He borrowed a few medical books from Yan Jing, and when everyone was practicing, he sat aside and read quietly.
Lin Zhen touched the doorway and knew that the valley had a spirituality, as if he recognized him. At first, he only noticed the change when he exerted his strength. Gradually, as soon as he reached the valley, it would snow. Not only the wind, but even the rocks and soil will change around him, as if testing him.
However, this time, it was different from the previous tests.
The falling snow is silent, and there is only the sound of wind at the bottom of the valley.
It was not long ago that Lin Zhen discovered that the entire valley was enclosed in a barrier.
The five of them couldn't get out.
He raised his head and looked at the sky. They had been here for at least five hours, and there was no darkness at all. He murmured: "If it is an enchantment, then the strength I just had should be able to destroy it to some extent." ...but how could it only hurt part of the rock..."
Lu Xixun said: "This valley is full of spiritual power, and it is not surprising that an unusual enchantment will be bred."
Lin Zhen listened intently to the sound of the wind, and the more he listened, the more he felt that something was wrong. Suddenly he said, "It's not the sound of the wind."
"what?"
Lin Zhen held her breath and listened for a while before she was sure: "It's not the wind, you all calm down and listen, someone is singing."
The rest of the people felt their hair stand on end when he said this. When they listened intently, Qin Yun didn't hear it: "I didn't hear the wind."
Lu Xixun continued: "Lin Zhen is the body of a demon god, and his sense of hearing must be higher than that of ordinary people, so he can hear clearly. I'm just a half-ghost, so I can't tell if it's singing, but I can hear the wind, but it's very small. "
Qin Yun sighed: "It's time to bring Xiao Baiqiong, his ears are so sharp!"
Lu Xixun made a gesture to silence him, and then looked at Lin Zixi.
Lin Zixi was the only one among the five who had been listening intently. Slowly, as if he was groping for something, he squatted down and then leaned over, his ears almost touching the ground.
Then he raised his head, his eyes flickering, "Brother, this voice seems to be coming from underground."
The hearing of ghosts is also very good, because they have no heartbeat and breathing, so even the interference of the sound of heartbeat and breathing is gone.
Hearing this, Lin Zhen knelt down on the ground, leaned over and listened carefully. Although the singing was still very weak, it was indeed much stronger than before.
Qin Yun swallowed a mouthful of saliva: "Is there a ghost here?"
Lu Xi looked at him with a smile: "You are surrounded by ghosts, are you still afraid of ghosts?"
Lin Zhen was not surprised that there was something underground. The spiritual power of this valley was so strong that it was a strange thing that no monsters and ghosts were bred. He had doubts before, but he didn't expect that those things would be underground.
Is this enchantment also caused by the things below?
Lin Zhen stared at the land under his feet, thinking, when suddenly, the ground began to tremble.
At first there was a slight trembling, and everyone thought it was an illusion. Who knew that the next second began to shake violently, as if the landslide was about to crack, and the five people couldn't stand still, and fell to the ground for a while.
Then, I saw a huge change in the ground, the surrounding rocks and soil suddenly bulged, the ground in the middle collapsed, and the entire area formed a ring!
Lin Zhen and the others didn't have time to react in the future, so they slid into the big hole that appeared on the ground.
"Senior Brother...Senior Brother..."
Lin Zhen opened his eyes, the eyes were dim, there was only a faint light, but it was not enough for him to see where he was.
"Brother?"
There was another call in the ear, Lin Zhen didn't react at first, but now when he heard it, he was shocked and sat up.
He looked at the half-kneeling person next to him, with an unconcealable astonishment on his face, and he said slowly: "Xiao Ling, you...how are you here?"
Xiao Ling was wearing a black cloak, and a white lantern was placed on the ground, illuminating his handsome face. He was wearing a jade belt and crown, and his peach blossom eyes were still affectionate.
He said: "Brother, this matter is a long story, you get up first, we will talk as we walk." He stretched out his hand and let Lin Zhen stand up with his strength.
Lin Zhen hesitated for a few seconds, but finally took Xiao Ling's hand. When he touched Xiao Ling's palm, he felt a strange feeling in his heart, but he couldn't tell what was wrong.
Probably because he hadn't seen Xiao Ling for too long, so he became a little uncomfortable.
Lin Zhen looked around by the light of the lantern and realized that he seemed to be in a cave. He asked, "Where are Qin Yun and the others?"
Xiao Ling shook his head: "When I came here, I only saw Senior Brother here, I didn't see Senior Brother Qin and the others."
"Am I the only one?" Lin Zhen frowned. He and the other four fell in together. How could they not be together?
Xiao Ling comforted: "It's not suitable to stay here for a long time, Senior Brother, I'll take you out first, maybe you will run into Junior Brother Qin and the others."
"...Okay." Indeed, he didn't know where this place was. Since Xiao Ling could come down and find him, he must know the way back.
Looking at the familiar figure of Xiao Ling, Lin Zhen was a little lost.
"What's the matter?" Xiao Ling walked a few steps, only to realize that Lin Zhen hadn't followed, so he looked back at Lin Zhen in a daze.
Lin Zhen said awkwardly: "No, it's nothing, let's go." Then, he followed Xiao Ling.
The two walked side by side, only then did Lin Zhen realize that the underground is like a labyrinth, intricate and intricate, if Xiao Ling hadn't been leading the way, he would definitely have lost his way.
After a long silence, Lin Zhen said, "You haven't told me why you came here."
In the darkness, only the flickering lights glowed faintly through the white paper, reflecting Xiao Ling's fair and slender fingers.
Xiao Ling's eyelids drooped slightly, and his eyelashes were hidden by his fine eyelashes: "Senior Brother, can't I come and see you?"
Seeing Xiao Ling's hurt look, Lin Zhen couldn't bear it, and stopped asking, but asked, "How do you know the road under the nameless valley?"
"When I came to look for senior brother, I searched for a long time." Xiao Ling paused, "This Nameless Valley is an ominous place, senior brother, don't come here again."
"Ominous place?"
"Yes, brother must have noticed that the spiritual power here is extremely strong. It cannot be accumulated so densely just by relying on the changes of mountains and rivers and the precipitation of time."
Lin Zhen nodded, "Then what's going on?"
Xiao Ling stared quietly at the candlelight in the lantern, and said calmly: "In the bottom of this valley, a snow demon with powerful mana is imprisoned. It is said that it has cultivated for thousands of years. It used to be Ye Yu's subordinate. She was spared that day because she was not in Shouyang. However, after Ye Yu died, she no longer wanted to serve the new master, and she no longer wanted to care about world affairs, so she simply locked herself here—it is said that she was in the Unnamed Valley, where she was Ye Yu took him as a subject."
Lin Zhen didn't expect that it was really the snow demon, so they suddenly fell down, was it the snow demon?
What did she want to do? Could it be because he was Ye Yu's son that she wanted to ask him out to nostalgia?
Maybe Xie Dou is a better candidate than him.
but……
That being the case, why did Yan Jing ask him to come here specifically to practice?
Lin Zhen was full of doubts in his heart, but compared to these, he cared more about Xiao Ling.
Although we haven't seen each other for more than two months, Lin Zhen feels that it's been a long time, as if we've been apart for several years.In the past four years when Xiao Ling was not by his side, he didn't feel anything. He just thought of it occasionally, and his mood would be a little complicated. However, now, since he "drives away" Xiao Ling, he thinks about Xiao Ling every day. What is he doing? Is he in a good mood, has he encountered any trouble... Although lovesickness is not enough to make him sick, it is enough for him to worry about food and drink.
He coughed twice to hide his unnaturalness: "By the way, how have you been recently?"
"Well, it's okay. Where's the brother?"
"Oh, me, it's not bad."
"What about Junior Brother Qin and the others?"
"It's all good."
Xiao Ling smiled: "That's good."
Lin Zhen only felt that the strange feeling in his heart was getting stronger and stronger, he suddenly stopped, stared at the lantern that Xiao Ling was carrying, and fell into deep thought.
"What's wrong, Senior Brother?" Xiao Ling asked.
He didn't turn around, but turned his face sideways, his voice soft.
Lin Zhen's eyes left the lantern, he stared at Xiao Ling's face firmly, and took a deep breath: "Xiao Ling, why don't you dare look into my eyes and talk?"
Xiao Ling said with a smile: "Brother, why should you care about these trivial matters?"
Lin Zhen was a little more certain in his heart, and he said: "Xiao Ling doesn't care about Qin Yun and the others at all, and he won't call Qin Yun Junior Brother Qin."
Xiao Ling's smile remained the same, as if it was painted, an unchangeable stroke.
"You said that you came to me gropingly, that is to say, this is the second time you have walked this road. The roads here are mixed, and this is the second time you have walked. When you faced the fork in the road, you did not hesitate at all. I never stopped on the road. I think, even a person with the best memory can’t be so familiar with the route, right?”
Xiao Ling said: "Brother, what do you want to say?"
Lin Zhen took two steps back and said firmly, "You are not Xiao Ling, who are you? Where are you taking me?"
Xiao Ling was holding the lamp, the white lantern looked very strange at this moment, the smile on Xiao Ling's face was cold and stiff.
He finally looked at Lin Zhen squarely, his deep eyes were incomprehensible.
He opened and closed his mouth and said, "Brother, it's too late."