Volume 1: Spring in Wulong Town Chapter 2: Not weird, but a little weird
There were not even any snakes, insects or ants in the empty village, only the "click, click" sound of burning paper money.
Horrible? Tang Zheng didn't think it was that scary.
In his ten-year gaming career, he has gone through the Hanging Soul Ladder dungeon, the Fengdu Underground Palace dungeon, and the Corpse Qi Netherworld dungeon over a hundred and eighty times. Maps that are too light in taste cannot satisfy him.
Since there is no one here, there is no need to be polite.
Taking advantage of the dim night, Tang Zheng found a room and walked in.
As soon as I entered, there were several fire starters on the table.
After Tang Zheng blew out the candle on the table, he saw two large boxes placed against the wall. On the box on the left, there was a big word "衣" written on it.
Knowing the words of this world is good news, which means he doesn't have to be illiterate.
Tang Zheng took out a clean white outfit and put it on. He rummaged through the clothes and found a dark purple robe that matched his purple and gold belt.
"Did I get the right one?" Tang Zheng moved his nose and smelled a strange fragrance from the clothes, like the scent of flowers and fruits.
After confirming again and again that the direction of the front was for men, Tang Zheng reached out and put it on. After putting on the clothes, he returned to the table and put the remaining tinderboxes into his pocket.
Then, he raised his head and suddenly saw an eye floating on the door, staring at him coldly.
The eye was dim and cloudy.
It was as if it had seen all the tragedy in the world, with that kind of ominous feeling that captivated people.
However, as a veteran comedian, Tang Zheng was all smiles at this moment, raised his hand and said hello: "Hi ~"
The eye immediately disappeared on the door!
The smile in Tang Zheng's eyes quickly disappeared. He clenched the branch in his left hand, followed quickly, and opened the door. Almost at the moment when he pulled the door, his body had already flashed to the wall.
Then……
"Ahhhhhh, the door... Master, I haven't even knocked yet, this door... it actually opened by itself!" A weak scream came from outside the door.
Ding ding dong.
Immediately afterwards, there was a clanging sound outside the door, as if pots and pans were all knocked over to the ground.
…
Outside there was a master and a servant.
A scholar in a thin green gown, with a little servant boy who was only fourteen or fifteen years old.
When Tang Zheng walked out from behind the door with a helpless look on his face, the two men's faces were extremely pale.
This scene reminded Tang Zheng of a time when he was busy catching ghosts in the Hanging Soul Ladder dungeon when a few players with the opposite mission appeared. Before he could take any action, those players were scared to death by the map and one of them even mistook him for the boss.
"You, you are... a human or a ghost, don't come over here..." The little servant boy grabbed the corner of their young master's clothes and asked Tang Zheng in a sharp voice.
"Don't be nervous, don't be nervous." Tang Zheng spread his hands to prove his innocence, "I'm not a bad person."
"If it's not a bad person, then... is it a bad ghost?" the little servant boy asked in a trembling voice.
"Xiao...Xiao Ji, a gentleman does not speak of strange things." The young man dressed as a scholar stopped the servant, his face pale and he forced a smile, and bowed to Tang Zhengyi, "I'm sorry, my servant... it's too, too rude. My name is Tian Meng, I'm a teacher hired by Tangjiabao in Wulong Town. I got lost on the way to my post and mistakenly entered this deserted village. Excuse me, can I stay here for one night?"
Tang Zheng saw that Tian Meng's face was as pale as the little book boy's, his lips were trembling, and his legs were shaking. He tilted his head, but did not expose him. He stepped aside and said, "Come in."
The room was indeed much warmer.
Tian Meng thanked Tang Zheng again, took out three pieces of bread from his bag, and asked carefully, "It's getting late, brother, you probably haven't eaten yet, right?"
"I've eaten." Tang Zheng smiled, shook his head and said thank you.
Tang Zheng still had half a bowl of instant noodles in his stomach, so he wasn't particularly hungry.
Besides, although Tian Meng had let down his guard against him, he had not let down his guard against Tian Meng, so it was better not to take food without permission.
While Tian Meng was eating, Tang Zheng was watching him carefully.
Letting two strangers in would be dangerous, and the reason why Tang Zheng was willing to take the risk was because he needed to find someone to talk to and learn about this unknown world.
However, Tian Meng must have been a well-educated young man from a wealthy family. He ate very quietly without saying a word.
After they finished eating, before Tang Zheng opened his mouth, he spoke first: "Brother, do you know why every household in this deserted village is burning paper at the door, but there is no one in sight?"
"I don't know. I got lost and accidentally entered this Fengmen Village." Tang Zheng said.
It was just a normal reply...
However, unexpectedly, as soon as the words "Fengmen Village" came out, the little servant boy suddenly let out a scream that was ten times !
And Tian Meng's face suddenly turned pale again...
Then, Tang Zheng's eyes widened.
He saw a "whoosh" sound behind Tian Meng, and the shadow of a sword as tall as two people suddenly jumped up!
The entire room was illuminated as bright as day by the shadow of the big knife.
Tang Zheng kicked the table over, dodged quickly, put the table in front of him, clenched the branch in his hand, and shouted, "What is that?"
"Uh..." Tian Meng looked at the originally dim room that suddenly became bright. He was stunned for a moment and immediately apologized, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry..."
"What's going on?"
"I, I just behave like this when I'm nervous... I'm really sorry." Tian Meng apologized repeatedly.
"What are you so nervous about?" Tang Zheng rubbed his ears which were irritated by the servant's scream. The ears of professional players are very precious!
"Feng...Fengmen Village..." The little servant's voice was already filled with tears, "Fengmen Village is a ghost village that everyone in the thirteen towns of Western Xinjiang knows about. How could you not know about it?"
“…”
"I heard that something is being suppressed in Fengmen Village. Anyone who enters Fengmen Village...will never be able to get out alive..."
"Since it's impossible to get out, then who spread the rumor? A ghost?" Tang Zheng asked back.
Tian Meng and his little servant were stunned again.
Yes, no one got out alive. Who spread those ghosts that were said to be so vivid and lifelike?
Tian Meng smiled dryly, and the shadow of the big knife behind him gradually faded away: "I'm sorry, as a descendant of the Tian family who possesses the powerful star sign - the Frostless Sword, I'm so timid and useless. I'm sorry to make you laugh!"
Tang Zheng popped his head out, stretched out a hand, and poked the air: "Astrology? Frostless Blade?"
"Uh, you don't know the Frostless Blade?"
"Should I know the Frostless Blade?"
The two of them stared at each other.
"Brother, are you from far away?"
"Yeah. It's not ordinary far..."
"I'm sorry, I was rude." Tian Meng stood up and apologized, "Our Tian family is the descendant of a criminal. Anyone in the thirteen towns of Western Xinjiang who sees the Frostless Blade will know that this is the descendant of the criminal who betrayed the head of the family and opened the Tulun Pass."
Tian Meng stated his identity openly and honestly.
Tang Zheng didn't have much idea about what a family head or a criminal minister was, so of course he didn't react.
When Tian Meng saw that Tang Zheng had no reaction to his identity, he gradually started to talk more.
As the conversation went on, Tang Zheng also got a rough understanding of this world from Tian Meng.
In Xingyao Continent, after the fall of the Purple Gold Empire, there has been no country system in the Nine Provinces of the Central Plains. The major families have divided the territory and ruled over it. There are seven top families, ten upper-grade families, and sixty to seventy middle- and lower-grade families. In addition, there are thousands of sects located in famous mountains and rivers - this is an era when strong people emerge in large numbers!
No matter whether one is a child of aristocratic family or a beggar at the bottom of society, everyone will have his or her own unique horoscope when he or she is born.
There may be tens of millions of different kinds of people and tens of millions of different kinds of constellations, but no matter how different the constellations are, there will be the same nine nodes!
That is, the Nine Star Fate Palace.
Once your strength reaches a bottleneck, you must draw on the power of the main star to light up one of your life palaces.
The fourteen main stars are Qi Sha, Po Jun, Lian Zhen, Tan Lang, Zi Wei, Tian Fu, Wu Qu, Tai Yang, Tai Yin, Ju Men, Tian Xiang, Tian Ji, Tian Liang and Tian Tong. Each main star has different characteristics, and the degree of danger of attracting stars is naturally different.
Legend has it that "when all nine stars are fully lit, one becomes the star master, and when one surpasses nine stars, one becomes a god"!
"How many stars do you have?" Tang Zheng asked with a smile.
"My Frostless Blade is a powerful star. I was born with one star lit up, and the Heavenly Secret Star is in my fate palace..."
"Then you are not very strong?" Tang Zheng applauded.
Tian Meng blushed and shook his head.
"But, you just said that a person's qualifications are divided into aristocratic family-level astrology, clan-level astrology, powerful-level astrology, celebrity-level astrology and latent dragon-level astrology from high to low. The powerful-level astrology should be considered quite strong, right?"
"My aptitude is good, but... all the warriors above three stars in the Tian family were executed, and the star veins of all their descendants were blocked by the 'Three Evils Star Suppression Curse', and they can never advance!"
"So, you were born as a one star, and you are still a one star now?" Tang Zheng asked.
"As long as I still have the blood of the Tian family flowing in my veins, I will always be a one-star!" A trace of grief and indignation appeared on Tian Meng's face. "If not for this, I would also ride my horse to the western border, fight on the battlefield, and realize my ambitions..."
On such a serious topic...
Tang Zheng’s funny nature of not being serious for more than three seconds gave him a very jumpy thought - isn’t Tian Meng the template for the loser in the novel?
Every useless template is born with the aura of a protagonist!
Tang Zheng spat out the half branch in his mouth and patted Tian Meng on the shoulder: "Don't be discouraged! Tian is a good surname!"
"Huh?" Tian Meng was slapped and tilted to the side.
"Look, field." Tang Zheng casually drew a field character on the ground, "block the left and right sun, block the right and left sun, block the top and bottom sun, block the bottom and top sun, remove the vertical standing sun, remove the horizontal lying sun, you will definitely have many romantic affairs and concubines in the future. Even if you can't realize your ambitions, give birth to more than a dozen children, and there will always be one among your descendants who can unlock the star veins and take revenge!"
Tian Meng and the little servant boy beside him both had stunned expressions on their faces.
After a long while, Tian Meng asked weakly, "Brother...you, you always comfort people in such a special way?"
"Do I have a more special way?" Tang Zheng smiled with his eyes narrowed.
"ah?"
"How about I tell you a story about a loser who was rejected by his marriage, became a big boss, married a beautiful and wealthy woman, and reached the pinnacle of his life?"
"good……"
So Tang Zheng told him a super simplified version of "Fights Break Sphere".
After listening to this, Tian Meng fell silent, and the room fell into silence.
The candlelight flickered on his face, and seemed to reflect a strange look in his eyes.
After a long while, Tian Meng stood up and seemed to have thought of something. He bowed to Tang Zheng and said, "I was really rude just now. I only introduced myself but didn't ask your name!"
"Me?" The smile on Tang Zheng's face froze, and he was suddenly stunned by the question.
who is he?
Who else could he be?
Isn’t he just a professional player who sells gold coins and equipment?
He is neither a top player in the King's group who stands on the stage and is worshipped by fans, nor a top player in the ladder arena.
"If a person lives in obscurity, then even if his name is said a hundred times, people will forget it as soon as they turn their heads!" Tang Zheng smiled and waved his hand, revealing the problem.
Tian Meng stared at Tang Zheng.
After a long while, he bowed again: "Brother, you are indeed a free and easy person! Even if you don't say it today, I believe that one day in the future, I will hear your name being sung from other places..."
"Oh, what a coincidence, I think so too!" Tang Zheng smiled without blushing, and suddenly asked: "By the way, what kind of money does the Thirteen Towns of Western Xinjiang use?"
"Huh?" The topic changed so suddenly and jumped so fast that Tian Meng couldn't keep up.
