Chapter 136: Words are Formations
Hidden in the mountains, tombs within tombs.
The gentleman was walking in front, and the mute old man was half a body behind him.
It is not dark inside the tomb because there are several luminous pearls emitting faint light inlaid on the walls.
In addition, the small lantern full of fireflies in the hand of the mute old man added a touch of brightness.
The passage is not long and is a bit narrow. It took a while to reach the wide part. It feels a bit like the passage in Peach Blossom Spring: "It is very narrow at first, but it can pass through. After walking a few dozen steps, it suddenly becomes open."
The wide area looks a bit like a circular altar, but in fact it is not. There is just a large formation here.
This altar-like circular base is connected to a total of forty-nine chains, and each chain leads to the surrounding stone walls and is connected to the stone walls.
The stone wall was smooth and flat, as if it had been polished, and was covered with densely packed black characters.
The black characters flickered faintly in the dark night, and changed their positions from time to time!
——These characters move!
The energy contained in the characters is transmitted to the circular platform through forty-nine chains.
The gentleman and the mute old man walked slowly forward, went up the stairs, and then came to the center of the platform.
There was a person sitting quietly in the center, he had his eyes closed, and there was not even a trace of breath on his body.
He wasn't breathing, his heart wasn't beating, and even his blood wasn't flowing.
Even using spiritual sense to investigate, no signs of life could be detected.
In a sense, this doesn't look like a living person at all, but more like a corpse that has not decayed for so many years.
The man looked to be in his early thirties, wearing a black robe, with slightly raised eyebrows, which added a touch of heroic spirit.
This person is Yan Li.
The master stood there, looking at his first disciple.
Yan Li was picked up by the master. When he was picked up, he was as thin and small as a forest cicada, with skin and bones. After being raised for a few years, he digested the strange disease caused by the sword embryo in his body, and became handsome and tall.
The teacher was the strictest with Yan Li, both because he was the eldest disciple and because he was too handsome.
But now, looking at his appearance, the gentleman suddenly found him much more pleasing to the eye.
After all, everything needs comparison. After all, there is someone who is even more eye-catching on the back mountain!
And it's not just his face that's an eyesore, but his whole body exudes a mysterious feeling.
It seems that his good looks are integrated into nature and are the will of heaven and earth.
Lu Xun’s charm is at least 10, and he can be said to have pioneered the art of being handsome.
The gentleman took out a folded red paper from his bosom and put it into Yan Li's pocket, muttering to himself, "I've put the red envelope for you. Everyone has one, and yours won't be missing during the closed-door retreat."
The mute old man was standing nearby, smiling gently .
The gentleman and the mute old man stayed in the tomb for more than ten minutes before leaving. From beginning to end, Yan Li, who was in seclusion, was like a corpse and did not make any response.
After walking out of the tomb within the tomb, the gentleman looked up at the night sky.
It started snowing lightly.
Even in the dark night, the man in red robe in the snow was very eye-catching.
He took the small lantern from the mute old man and said, "Xiao Gui, go back to the foot of the mountain and rest."
The mute old man nodded.
A gentleman in red clothes was walking in the snow holding a small lantern.
He murmured to himself, "No matter how lively New Year's Eve is, I am still one year older."
"But it's better to have some fun. It's better to have some fun."
Then, he seemed to remember something and said:
"After this Chinese New Year, it will be even more lively."
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In the small study in the back mountain, Lu Xun opened the window and looked out, and saw a light snow falling from the sky.
“It’s snowing.” Lu Xun reached out to catch the snowflakes, but the snowflakes were too small and melted as soon as they touched his hand.
If it doesn't snow any harder, there won't be any snow on the ground when I get up tomorrow morning.
Lu Xun is from the south, so snow is still very new to him.
Poor southerners, some of them have never seen snow in their entire lives. Lu Xun has a friend in a certain province who gets as excited as a dog when he sees snow, opening his mouth to catch it, not afraid of people flicking ashes or spitting down from the roof.
The hour of Chou was approaching and the snow outside was getting heavier.
"It's snowing so hard? Will the little girl have difficulty moving when she gets up tomorrow morning? The snow might even bury her up to her knees!" Lu Xun made a joke about Mao Nanbei in his heart.
Not long after, the hour of Chou arrived.
Lu Xun closed the window, sat back on the bed, and opened the copybook given to him by the teacher.
Black light flowed on the word stickers, and that ugly word... was actually glowing!
Lu Xun looked at the copybook and found that the three words "To be unlocked" displayed on the basic information had disappeared.
As he watched, he couldn't help rubbing his eyes.
"What's going on? I've already entered the initial stage, why am I still dizzy?" Lu Xun was surprised.
There was clearly only one character in the copybook in front of him, but he seemed dazzled and saw double.
It would be fine if there was just some double vision, but it's getting more and more.
One ugly character becomes two ugly characters, two ugly characters become four ugly characters, four ugly characters become eight ugly characters...
Soon, densely packed ugly words appeared in front of his eyes!
To be honest, if the word was handsome instead of ugly, he would find the scene spectacular.
But because the characters were ugly and uncomfortable to read, he felt as if the entire sky was scolding him, giving him a feeling of being envied by God.
It was at this moment that Lu Xun realized that he was not in the house at all, but had come to a place that looked like a dream.
But he still didn't understand what this meant.
Is this a series that drives people with trypophobia to death?
He raised his head and looked again. The word "ugly" in the sky were of different sizes. The small one was the size of a fingernail, and the big one was as big as a millstone. Then, he didn't know if he was dazzled again, he felt that part of the word "ugly" was moving.
It's that kind of shaky movement!
The next moment, some real words fell from the sky!
Lu Xun stood under the sky made up of ugly characters and began to try to dodge.
He knew what it was now.
This is a formation!
A great formation written down by a gentleman with a pen!
And at this moment, I am in this formation!
There seems to be no pattern to anything, and everything is ever-changing.
You don’t know which ugly word in the sky will fall, they are even constantly changing their positions!
Lu Xun wasn't paying attention and was hit by the word "ugly", and he actually felt obvious pain!
He also found that the words were falling faster and faster, and the number falling at one time was increasing.
Then he realized he had made a common sense mistake.
He felt that the words in the sky were so small, that was because they were a certain distance away from him. Although they were not very far, they seemed much smaller because of the distance.
Those relatively large and ugly characters are more than the size of millstones!
Some are as big as cars, some are as big as buses, and some are fucking trains!
"Sir, do you want to smash me to death?" Lu Xun felt bitter.
But why does this feeling seem so familiar?
He didn't even feel much resistance.
Oh, now I remember it. I’m back to the days when I was whipped every night by Second Senior Sister!
The only difference is that he was surrounded by sword intent before, but now he is facing a large formation written in ink!
At times like this, his not-so-normal brain circuits could still play tricks on him. Perhaps out of a mentality of finding joy in suffering, he even gave this formation a name.
“It’s all ugly, and you want to smash me to death, so you might as well just call me [Ugly to Death]!” Lu Xun said in his heart.
I have to say that Lu Xun is in a good mood and is still very optimistic.
With this mentality, he was like a strong cockroach in the formation, constantly being hit, constantly dodging, and then constantly being hit again.
Finally, the ugly word that was almost as big as a football field fell down, giving him a feeling like the legendary Tathagata Palm.
It's so ugly that it's shocking.
With a loud bang, the entire illusion shattered, and Lu Xun suddenly returned to reality.
He stared blankly at the copybook in his hand. At this moment, there was nothing unusual about it, as if everything that had just happened was just a dream.
In front of Lu Xun, there was a task prompt quietly placed, which was quite similar to the task of being entangled in the sword intent of the second senior sister that he had taken on.
The name of the mission is [Ink Array].
The task required him to experience the ink array for 15 days, which was not as long as the 30 days when he was entangled by the sword intent.
However, after careful recollection, Lu Xun could not recall the specific details when he was entangled by the sword. It was all a mysterious feeling.
This [Ink Array] was vivid in his mind, he remembered every detail clearly, he even remembered clearly how many times each part of his body was hit.
Especially the face!
Why the hell is he hitting me in the face?
"The mission reward is unexpectedly generous, it's actually [Formation Qualification +2]." Lu Xun couldn't help but sigh in his heart.
The teacher is worthy of being a teacher. I guess every word he writes down is a gift to his disciples of an insight, which is equivalent to giving his disciples a chance of good fortune!
Lin Chan was able to break through several realms in succession, probably because he had a high level of comprehension and was born with a sword talent, so he benefited a lot from it.
As for Lu Xun, he was just a cheater, so he automatically turned it into a task and converted the insights bestowed by the master into task rewards.
“This is the benefit of a perfect start. The special attribute points that others try their best to get are like wild vegetables on the roadside to you.” Lu Xun felt very satisfied.
Why not be completely satisfied?
It’s because they don’t let people have a good rest!
Starting from today, for fifteen consecutive days, at the Chou hour, which is 1 a.m. every day, he will enter the [Ink Array] and be hit by a wave of ugly characters all over the sky!
And this smashing will last for an hour, until it is full, not a minute less!
“It seems that I have found the reason why Mo Guanji, the liver emperor, died suddenly…” Lu Xun said in his heart.
It’s just… I have so much free time during the day, why do I always have to work so hard at night?
Could it be... that it was to avoid disturbing my cooking?!
“Not really.” Lu Xun comforted himself in his heart.
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