Cultivation from the top

Chapter 16 The Mysterious Woman

At the end of the stone road is a door, a stone door made of weathered stones.Although there was not much wind at the end of the road, the weak wind still blew some small gravels off the stone gate and hit Cheng Tianye's face.

When Cheng Tianye pushed open the stone door that looked like it was about to break down, he hesitated.He didn't know whether this door was his passage back to the real world or the door lock to a weirder world.The outstretched hand retracted slightly, and then pushed open the stone door.

The imaginary situation of "the stone door will break if you touch it with your hands" does not appear. It feels like a door frame. The gravel is just an decoration on the door. Because it has not been maintained for a long time, the decoration will fall Down, it has no effect on the function of the door.

The space inside the door is pitch black, and you can't see your fingers.

When Cheng Tianye closed the door, the room was lit up with incandescent lights.

In the center of the room, the electric light, which was incompatible with the long-outdated furnishings in the house, radiated the same light as daytime.

Cheng Tianye walked towards the light.

The surrounding furnishings give people a sense of vicissitudes, and people can understand that time has almost stagnated in this place, and it has been out of touch with the real world for at least several centuries.But from every part of the room, even the legs and feet of the stool are polished with sesame oil, it can be seen that the owner of the room is not the kind of slob who has high requirements for his living place.

It is like the bar counter that I saw in the early days. Two high wooden chairs are placed in front of the slightly higher bar counter. Looking in from the bar counter, various expensive wines that have stopped production are placed in the grid. It's just that there are neither bartenders nor waiters here.

The position of the electric light is above the high chair, which is obviously an invitation to Cheng Tianye, and as Cheng Tianye gets closer to the bar, the range of light provided by the electric light becomes smaller and smaller, just like a lighting lamp Same, tapering off to two high chairs.When Cheng Tianye sat on one of the chairs, the light split into two beams of strong light, shining on the two chairs respectively.

Looking at things under the spotlight will have a hazy feeling, which will make Cheng Tianye slightly unable to see the surrounding things clearly.

But that's not too important a question.

From the darkness came the sound of high-heeled shoes stepping on the ground. Cheng Tianye followed the sound and could see a tall woman walking slowly, wearing clothes of unknown material, generous and decent, not at all like that She has the vulgar temperament of a smoky woman, and she doesn't have the presumptuous feeling of fooling around in a nightclub.Cheng Tianye was in a daze with a young face paired with an elegant temperament exuding from his whole body.

The unknown woman walked up to Cheng Tianye, sat on a high chair, and spoke to Cheng Tianye very casually.

"It took a lot of time to come here? What do you want to drink?"

The tone was as if he had known Cheng Tianye for a long time, and then met Cheng Tianye at this place by chance, without any sense of unfamiliarity.

And Cheng Tianye also seemed to feel a sense of intimacy from this unknown woman, just like a companion who was born and died, after many things, seeing an old friend in a small bar that is about to be demolished in a small place. There is no need for polite words or even a greeting. You only need to fill up the wine glass, raise the inferior wine in the glass that is as cheap as plain water, swallow it from your mouth, slide it down your throat, and fall into your stomach. The next glass of wine, reminiscing about the glory and memory of the past.

"mineral water."

Cheng Tianye maintained the habit of refusing alcoholic drinks. Even if he had to drink it on some occasions, he would use some alcohol-like carbonated soda to fool him.Before the age of eighteen, Cheng Tianye would not take the initiative to drink a glass of wine.

"Still quit drinking?"

The woman smiled and talked to Cheng Tianye, she didn't persuade Cheng Tianye to drink or use any reason to force Cheng Tianye to drink a glass of wine.

Two glasses flew from behind the counter to the front of the counter, and then a bottle of mineral water with the label removed and a bottle of wine in a glass container flew out from the grid behind the counter and landed gently next to the two glasses.

The woman pulled out the wooden cork stuffed in the glass container with one hand, poured half a glass of wine into the glass in front of her, and then a fresh cherry fell into the glass.

Cheng Tianye poured the mineral water into the glass, but he didn't have the slightest doubt about the bottle of mineral water and the glass, as if his relationship with this woman was so good that he didn't need to doubt whether there was something wrong with the drink.

The two poured their respective drinks into glasses, then lifted them up and simply clinked glasses.The crisp sound of the expensive glass is particularly pleasant in this room.

Some thirsty throats were moistened with mineral water, slightly relieving Cheng Tianye's sore throat.

Putting down the glass, Cheng Tianye felt that he should get to the point, so he asked the woman in front of him.

"who are you?"

There are no polite words, and there is no need to beat around the bush, just go straight to the point and go straight to the point.

Cheng Tianye does not think that chatting with such a familiar person requires too many metaphors or hints. The correct way to communicate with this kind of person is to directly ask questions, get questions, and then ask new questions or leave.And I have spent too much time in this world. If the time relationship with the real world is one to one, it will be dawn now. If Xiaozhen wakes up, I don't know what kind of impact it will have on this world.So Cheng Tianye wanted to get an answer as soon as possible and a way to get out of here.

"Is this the problem from the beginning? You really are impatient."

The woman's words were not to blame, but rather to say that if Cheng Tianye didn't ask, it would make the woman feel uncomfortable.

"Then I'll ask the second question. How do I get out of this place?"

It seemed that the woman didn't intend to answer the first question, so Cheng Tianye asked the most important question in terms of the current situation.

"From here, take seven steps outward."

The woman pointed to the door.

Cheng Tianye picked up the glass and drank the remaining water in one gulp.

"grateful."

Cheng Tianye walked towards the door.

Women still savor the slightly bitter taste of alcohol slowly.Perhaps due to the erosion of time, this expensive bottle of wine has no pungent alcohol taste, but more like a fruit juice taste.

Bland and tasteless.

However, when Cheng Tianye walked six steps, he stopped suddenly.

"My third question, who are you?"

He didn't look back, because Cheng Tianye didn't know how to count his steps when he turned around, so he didn't take this risk just to be on the safe side.

"not the right time yet."

"is it?"

After receiving the answer, Cheng Tianye took a step forward and disappeared into the room.

"not the right time yet."

Looking at the place where Cheng Tianye disappeared, the woman put down the glass in her hand and repeated it softly.

(End of this chapter)