How to break into a Chinese book
Chapter 32
The five people suddenly became the representative characters in the famous Chinese mythology "Journey to the West".
Jiang Yan was miserable enough, Su Chengwang was still gloating and provoking: "Xiao Yi, do you want a horse to be your boyfriend?"
Shen Yi was furious: "Is that how you talk to Master?"
"System, how do you pronounce the curse?"
Ding--
The system added a few more notes.
Shen Yi thought that there was really a magic spell, only then did he realize that the text message that suddenly appeared around him was a bit special——
The black-skinned tough brother Leihu, that is, the mark on the head of the third junior brother is:
[Third junior brother's ability optimization: proficient in water. 】
[Task: Protect Master. 】
The middle-aged uncle Wang Tianzhen, who was annoyed by being turned into a pig's head just now, also became excited at this time:
[Second senior brother's ability optimization: Double strength after eating. 】
[Task: Protect Master. 】
Su Chengwang and Jiang Yan's task is the same as theirs, to protect the master.
However, the abilities of the two are optimized, one is able to summon monkeys in the mountains, and the other is able to change three forms.
What the system said was ambiguous, and Shen Yi hadn't figured out what Jiang Yan's so-called three forms were. When he looked up, he saw his own information label:
[Master's ability optimization: Physical fitness is weakened. 】
[Task: Protect yourself. 】
Shen Yi:? ? ?
It is said to be optimized, can weakened physical fitness be called optimization!
Even though the four apprentices swore that the master's life was my life, Shen Yi still felt a little sad.
Especially after the so-called [Physical Weakening] optimization item came out, Shen Yi felt even more sad when he felt that his legs were weak.
Jiang Yan, who turned into a horse, could still speak. He was keenly aware of Shen Yi's abnormality: "How are you? If you don't have the strength, do you want me to carry you?"
Shen Yi actually wanted to climb up.
But the first level "Difficult Road to Shu" really didn't give him this chance.
The mountain in front of me is just like what Li Bai wrote in his poem, "The sky is not full even when the peak is gone, and the withered pine hangs upside down against the cliff." The mountain road is steep and jagged, and there is no place to step down.
"The Difficult Road to Shu" corresponds to Li Bai's old poem inscribed in the ancient Yuefu?" said the second senior brother Wang Tianzhen, "I helped my son with his homework and recited this poem with him."
As he spoke, Wang Tianzhen began to mutter: "Hey, the danger is so high! The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky! Silkworms and yufu, how at a loss to found a country! You are [-] years old, and you are not as inhabited as Qin Sai .Xidang Taibai has a bird path, which can cross the Emei Peak..."
"Wait." Jiang Yan interrupted him, "What's the next sentence?"
Even Shen Yi remembers this sentence: "The earth collapsed and the mountains destroyed the strong men to death, and then the heavenly ladder and stone stacks were connected."
In ancient times, due to the Qinling Mountains lying between Qin and Shu, it was difficult to communicate with each other on dangerous mountain roads.
Li Bai praised the magnificence of the Shu Road with "The Road to Shu is Difficult", a very romantic miscellaneous ancient poem, and expressed again and again that the Road of Shu is difficult to open up, travel is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.
If the side of the mountain is the land of Shu, the other side is the land of Qin. From the geographical point of view, the land of Qin is their goal-Eastern Land Great Tang.
So if they want to complete the dungeon mission, they must climb over the almost impossible mountain in front of them.
If the task is related to "The Difficult Road to Shu", there is actually no way out.
Shen Yi quickly thought of some clues through this poem: "[The earth collapsed and the mountain destroyed the strong men to death, and then the heavenly ladder and stone stacks were connected] means: the landslide and the ground cracked caused the five strong men of the Shu Kingdom to be crushed to death. Only then can the earth have interconnected stone stacks and sky ladders."
"That is to say, this mountain is not completely without roads, there should be a relatively steep ladder plank road."
The third junior brother Lei Hu was from a military background. He was agile and motivated, so he immediately volunteered: "I'll go to the nearby area to explore the way first, and you wait for my news at the same place."
"Don't be so troublesome." Su Chengwang whistled, and there was a sudden rustling sound from the surrounding mountains and forests.
Some animals are coming in droves.
Within half a minute, monkey heads poked out from the trees around them, and the clever little monkey looked in Su Chengwang's direction obediently, as if worshiping the monkey king.
An army of monkeys quickly assembled.
Su Chengwang shrugged: "This optimized ability is not really tasteless."
He has grown hair all over his body, and his every move is very similar to that of a monkey. He jumped up the stone steps in front of him and issued an order to the monkey grandchildren: "Go and explore the road, and see where there is a ladder and plank road that can climb over this mountain!"
The monkeys chattered non-stop, jumping up to Su Chengwang to make gestures as if asking for credit.
The skills given by the system seem to have evolved the ability to communicate with the monkeys. Su Chengwang listened carefully to the reports of the monkeys for a while, then stroked the heads of the monkeys affectionately, turned around and said to the people: "Follow the monkeys, they will lead the way."
The monkeys actually bypassed the jagged rocks and found a path hidden in the jungle.
It was a stone step road that was steep to nearly ninety degrees, twisting and turning in the gaps in the weeds. The stone steps were only half a meter wide, and the end could not be seen at a glance.
High - soaring straight into the sky - piercing into the sky, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a ladder.
The most important thing is that there is no shelter next to this steep ladder, and if you don't pay attention, you will fall from the cliff as high as ten feet high.
Shen Yi looked at Jiang Yan, who turned into a white horse, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "How do you go this way?"
The long eyelashes of the white horse blinked, but it was very calm: "I have no problem, do you want me to carry you?"
Anyway, I should be more flexible with my feet.
The monkey brother Su Chengwang opened the way at the front, and it was not easy for him to climb rocks when he became a monkey.
The second senior brother behind him also walked lightly due to the optimization of his ability. Wang Tianzhen's sadness of turning into a pig was swept away, and he said cheerfully: "I used to have high blood fat and struggled to climb the stairs. Zhu Bajie is a god after all. He climbed mountains so fat It's like flying!"
Not to mention the third junior brother.
Lei Hu, who was born in the military, was already physically stronger than the average person, and coupled with his optimized abilities, such a steep mountain wall was almost as flat as he was walking on.
Even the white dragon horse that Jiang Yan turned into was very flexible.
Shen Yi has never seen a horse climbing a mountain, let alone this horse... he can't keep up with the fast climber.
He just felt that his legs were as heavy and dull as if they were filled with lead.
The four apprentices in front were cheerful and happy like a spring outing on the dangerous and steep mountain. The master whose physical strength was weakened by half was left behind in shock and fear. After climbing two steps, he was panting like Lin Daiyu.
It was Baima Jiangyan who was more concerned about the life and death of this master. He turned to look at him after climbing two steps, and then simply suggested: "Why don't you walk in front of me."
Taking advantage of a small open space on the mountainside, Shen Yi quickly changed positions with Jiang Yan and continued to climb panting.
In fact, it climbed to a height of 30 meters.
The second senior brother also turned his head to care about Shen Yi: "Little master Shen, why don't we go to the big rock in front of us to rest for a while?"
Shen Yi didn't want to hold everyone back, but when he looked up, the nearest place to rest was at least 50 meters high. With his physical strength, even if he refused, he would be paralyzed and unable to move anywhere.
In order to take care of the frail Master, the group of people just walked and stopped like this. The sun was almost setting, and they only climbed two-thirds of the height.
At this time, the foot of the mountain is already covered with hazy clouds and mist, and if you make a slight mistake, you will be smashed to pieces.
The stone steps in front of me became narrower and narrower.
At first it was half a meter wide, but now it is only [-] to [-] centimeters, and it cannot even accommodate both feet to stand at the same time.
The double exhaustion has already made Shen Yi's hands and feet weak. Jiang Yan has always wanted to carry Shen Yi on his back, but he has no reins or saddles on his body, and his two hooves on the side of the mountain wall are almost at [-] degrees. On the mountain, climbing on such a horse is even more dangerous.
Lei Hu, the third junior brother who was walking in front of Shen Yi, tied a rope with his belt and handed it to Shen Yi: "You hold my belt, it will be easier."
Shen Yi thanked him, and just as he was about to reach out to pick it up, he accidentally stepped on a piece of gravel.
The gravel slid and swayed, Shen Yi didn't have the strength to stabilize his figure at all, and fell straight into the clouds as if he lost his strength.
"Shen Yi!" Jiang Yan shouted anxiously.
The shouting quickly attracted the attention of other teammates. Su Chengwang, who was walking in the front, blew his whistle to ask the monkey to help, but in the blink of an eye, they saw Jiang Yan soaring into the air and leaping down the mountain. He and Shen Yi disappeared into the clouds and mist.
Lei Hu was shocked and anxious: "Why did he jump down too!"
"What to do!" The second senior brother also anxiously said, "Can the monkey save them?!"
Su Chengwang looked down the mountain with a heavy expression, frowning.
However, in just three or four seconds, a giant white dragon pierced through the sky, with the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on its white scales, walking through the clouds like a mythical movie.
"Wow!" Second senior brother exclaimed in surprise, "This is...Little White Dragon?!"
Bailong carried Shen Yi on his back, swimming above the clouds: "I'll take Shen Yi to the mountain to wait for you first."
Shen Yi was still in shock.
Just when he thought he was about to fall into a patty, he saw Jiang Yan's transformed white horse leap forward. The white horse sank into the clouds, and a handsome little white dragon poked its head out!
The white dragon was extremely fast, flying towards him nimbly, and when the dragon's tail curled up, it threw the man on its back.
It wasn't until Jiang Yan carried him over the steep mountain wall and over the layers of clouds to the basin in the mountain that Shen Yi realized: "So your optimization ability can maintain three forms...that is, white horse, white dragon and..."
Before Shen Yi finished speaking, Xiao Bailong had brought him to a smooth landing.
The white dragon transformed into a handsome dragon prince wearing a jade crown and white clothes: "White horse, white dragon and human form."
"I just figured it out, otherwise I would have just flown over with you on my back."
Jiang Yan dressed up like a fairy in the appearance of Mr. Bailong, his short hair turned into long hair with a high crown, his long eyebrows entered his temples, his lips were red and his teeth were white, he was so handsome that he was not like ordinary people.
Shen Yi touched his bald head enviously: "Why am I bald..."
There was a sudden noise in the distance, interrupting Shen Yi's envy, jealousy and hatred.
Only then did the two discover that there was actually a village on the flat ground below the mountain.
Dozens of people gathered at the entrance of the village at this moment, looking in the direction of the two of them, they were still muttering: "It's a fairy! There's also a dragon!"
It is estimated that when Jiang Yan turned into a dragon just now, he was tossing and turning in the sea of clouds, and was seen by the villagers at the foot of the mountain.
Meeting a dragon is a good omen, not to mention that these people saw the dragon turned into a handsome man and landed on the ground.
This is not a fairy, what else can it be!
The villagers knelt on the ground and worshiped the two piously: "The gods! The gods are here! If you are far away, welcome!"
Shen Yi whispered: "How about we go and have a look first?"
Jiang Yan also nodded: "They should be able to go down the mountain soon."
The headed uncle has gray hair, he should be the village head, and bows to Jiang Yan again and again: "Hello Immortal!"
Then looking at Shen Yi's bald head, he seemed a little hesitant: "Buddha...how is the ancestor?"
Shen Yi also pretended: "Donors don't need to be overly polite. The poor monk is a monk from the Western Heaven who went to the Eastern Tang Dynasty to seek scriptures. This..."
He pointed to the handsome Dragon Prince beside him and said, "This is my mount."
Jiang Yan:? ? ?
The villagers immediately looked at each other with admiration.
At first, I thought that this little monk was dressed in plain clothes, and although he looked handsome, he didn't have the sense of affluence in Buddhism at all. He was probably a little monk with a follower.
Who knew that his mount was actually a dragon!
Sure enough, people can't be seen!
The village head immediately welcomed the two of them into the village, and said as they walked, "The elder wants to go to Datang? This road is not easy!"
He pointed to the mountain at the other end of the village: "We have to climb over that mountain to reach Qin."
This village happened to be sandwiched in a basin, and you had to go over mountains and mountains to get anywhere, so they were the only group of people here for generations, and few outsiders entered.
However, the old village chief still said mysteriously: "The road to enter Shu is difficult, and it is even more difficult to get out."
"So far, no one has been able to find the way to Tang Dynasty through the mountains, except..." the old man said, "except Shixian Taibai."
"Li Bai?!" Shen Yi and Jiang Yan said in unison.
The old village head nodded: "Poetry Immortal Taibai came from the east, and only with his guidance can he find the way to Tang Dynasty, otherwise no matter who goes, he will only be blocked in the fog of Shu."
The two were dubious about his words, Jiang Yan immediately turned into a dragon and took Shen Yi to fly to the other side of the mountain.
But as the old village chief said, when flying to a certain height, nothing can be seen, only a thick fog is left in front of his eyes.
Jiang Yan accelerated forward, and when he finally broke through the clouds and saw the scene below the mountain, he was stunned.
At the foot of the mountain is still the familiar village.
The old village head stood at the root of the mountain and waited for them with a smile on his face.
"The two gods, without the guidance of the poet Taibai, they would not be able to find the way to the Great Tang."
So this is the task prescribed by the system.
If they want to leave this land of Shu, they must find Li Bai.
Shen Yi asked bluntly: "Where is Taibai, the poet fairy?"
The village chief sighed and shook his head: "The two gods don't know something. There is a gate of ghosts in the west of the village. The gate of ghosts will be opened on the seventh day of every month. It is common for ghosts to wreak havoc and arrest a few people."
"Shi Xian Taibai was taken away by the ghost king on the seventh day of last month. It is said that the ghost king wanted Shi Xian to compose poems at the banquet to cheer up..."
The ghost gate only opens once a month.
Either wait for the ghost king to release Li Bai, or they can only go to the ghost world to find him.
But no matter what, we can only wait until the two worlds of humans and ghosts communicate with each other.
Jiang Yan asked: "When will the ghost gate be opened again?"
"Today is the seventh day of the lunar new year." The village chief lowered his voice, his voice carried a piercing chill, "At most half an hour, wait for the sun to go down..."
"The gate of hell is about to open."
The sun has completely sunk into the mountains, leaving only a faint orange afterglow.
It was getting dark, and there was even a cold wind blowing.
The group of devoutly worshiping villagers just now also fled one after another, and the doors of every house were closed, as if they were used to facing the fear once a month.
At this time, Su Chengwang and the other three had also turned over from the other side of the mountain.
Jiang Yan and Shen Yi explained to them about Li Bai's situation in detail, and they decided to go to the gate of hell to guard after they made up their minds.
If Li Bai is not released by the ghost king, he will bite the bullet and enter the ghost world once.
The ghost gate is located on the hillside on the west side of the village.
There is a smooth rock wall there, and there are three red lacquered characters in seal script directly above the rock wall: Ghost Gate Pass.
But here is not like a door, just an ordinary stone wall.
Su Chengwang said: "When the time for the gate of hell is opened, I think you will be able to see the gate here."
Lei Hu also nodded: "It must be very dangerous then, we must protect Master well."
Compared with the other four, Shen Yi's combat effectiveness is basically zero.
It is the Tang monk in "Journey to the West" who has no power to restrain a chicken and must be protected anytime and anywhere.
Several people made a preliminary plan:
"Bai Longma and the third junior brother protect the master." Su Chengwang arranged, "Second junior brother and I go to the gate of hell to find out."
Jiang Yan nodded: "Find Li Bai as soon as possible, and leave before the ghost gate closes, otherwise you will have to wait inside for a month."
Jiang Yan and Lei Hu accompanied Shen Yi to hide behind the tree like guardians, at least two or 300 meters away from the ghost gate.
Su Chengwang and Wang Tianzhen hid in the grass near the ghost gate.
The red glow in the sky gradually faded, and the last bit of whiteness on the skyline was also swallowed up by the darkness.
Black finally completely enveloped the entire land.
Thick clouds covered the moon, and there were gloomy colors everywhere.
thump-thump-
Like the trembling sound of gongs and drums, with a gust of wind blowing, a faint blue light suddenly flashed on the huge stone wall of the gate of hell, and then a huge black hole appeared in the center of the stone wall that was still intact just now.
Over there is the ghost world.
Su Chengwang and Wang Tianzhen looked at each other. They were about to leave the grass and head towards the ghost gate when they heard the sound of orderly footsteps coming from the black hole.
The two squatted down quickly.
A group of dark soldiers with bony faces and blue-black armor filed out from the ghost gate.
They were divided into two teams, one team guarded the gate of the ghost, and the other team went straight to the direction of Shen Yi and the three of them.
Lei Hu said seriously: "They are coming for us."
Jiang Yan pulled Shen Yi's wrist: "Go!"
The movement of the three of them getting up quickly attracted the Yin soldiers' attention.
That group of Yin soldiers came to the three of them at an extremely fast speed, and dozens of pairs of empty eyes stared straight at Shen Yi.
It's not for them, but for Shen Yi alone.
Jiang Yan reminded Lei Hu in a low voice: "It's okay, if we can't beat it, at worst we will enter the ghost world together."
"Shen Yi must not be left alone."
However, the Yin soldiers on the opposite side didn't want to fight at all.
The strength of the player group and the NPC group was very different. Just as Jiang Yan and Lei Hu were ready to fight each other, the Yin soldiers suddenly turned into a black tornado, swept up Shen Yi and ran away.
Jiang Yan turned into a dragon and chased after him, but the tornado swished and disappeared into the gate of ghosts. Before the fastest white dragon among them caught up, the gate of ghosts was swiped and closed.
The black hole disappeared, leaving only bare walls.
All four were stunned.
In just a few seconds, the person disappeared.
Jiang Yan said with a sullen face: "Their purpose is very clear, they are here to arrest Shen Yi."
Wang Tianzhen ran to the stone wall of the ghost gate and slapped his hands a few times. The black hole disappeared without a trace, as if it never existed.
"Grass, this is really "Journey to the West"!" The second senior brother Wang Tianzhen could only turn his head with a wry smile, and read out the classic line——
"Eldest brother, master was captured by monsters!"
The gate of hell was only opened once.
After capturing Shen Yi, he had no intention of opening again.
Four bereaved dogs who lost their master came to the village chief's house with a sullen face, and asked how to reopen the ghost gate.
The village chief wondered: "We can only wait for the seventh day of the next month..."
Jiang Yan threw a sharp eye, interrupting his perfunctory nonsense.
"Old man, since you are an older NPC, I won't do anything." Jiang Yan said coldly, "Keep your eyes open and take a closer look. Are ghosts more terrifying, or the few of us? horrible?"
The old man looked at them tremblingly.
Except for the handsome Bailong Immortal headed by him, the three...
One has a vicious beard, one has a pig's head and a human body, and there is a monkey that is ready to hit people at any time.
"Actually, there is no other way..." The old man looked up at the few people, and said cautiously, "I heard that the son of the ghost king came to travel around the world a while ago, so he should be hiding in this mountain."
"As long as he can be found, the ghost king may open the ghost door again and let his son go back..."
In the vast land of Shu, where can the ghost king's son hide?
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Second Senior Brother Wang Tianzhen smiled and said, "You guys are still too young."
As he spoke, he stood with his hands on his hips, stood in the middle of the village, and cursed: "Where is the tortoise son of the ghost king?! If you don't come out, hurry up and beg for mercy. Can't you see your grandpas coming? You hide like a tortoise all day long. That shameless old man also kidnapped my master, I think you two want to ascend to heaven—"
The wind is blowing.
They don't need to look for it at all, who can not be angry after hearing these curse words?
Not to mention the son of a ghost king who is under one person and above ten thousand people.
Lei Hu looked at Wang Tianzhen adoringly: "Second Senior Brother, what did you do before?"
The second senior brother chuckled: "I am the director of the street office, and I solve all the quarrels and disputes between uncles and aunts."
The two couldn't exchange a few words, and the wind that could uproot a big tree almost rolled them up.
Suddenly, the village was full of gloom, and the villager's house, which was still lit just now, suddenly became pitch black, and all voices disappeared.
boom--
The courtyard door of the village chief's house was slammed open by a powerful force, and the thin wooden door squeaked and shook pitifully.
The village head's house was in darkness, and the village head who was standing at the gate of the courtyard just now was missing.
The four gathered together: "Go in and have a look?"
Lei Hu led the way, followed by Wang Tianzhen, and Jiang Yan was about to follow when Su Chengwang behind him suddenly gave him a hand.
He stopped and didn't look back.
It seemed that he had guessed what Su Chengwang wanted to say.
The person behind chuckled, and said in a low voice: "Shen Yi, like Xiao Jiu, is a person with magical powers, and people can't help but want to get close."
"So you fell too?"
Jiang Yan was silent for two seconds: "It's not as exaggerated as you said, I just want to help him."
"But he doesn't need your help at all." Su Chengwang's voice seemed to be suppressed, "I know I have no position to persuade you, but..."
"But what if he's just a bait?"
Jiang Yan turned his head, his eyes were terrifyingly calm.
He looked into Su Chengwang's eyes: "Cheng Jiu's bait made you out of the water, so you are afraid of that fisherman."
"But I'm different." He said coldly, "I'll find the fisherman, twist his head off, and get the bait off the hook."
……
The lights in the village head's house were turned off, and there was a gloomy musty smell.
Lei Hu pushed open the door of the inner house, there was no one in the room, there was an Eight Immortals table in the center of the room, and there were four weird ashes urns on the table.
The courtyard door slammed shut.
Then the four of them heard a ghostly voice from their ears and children's laughter: "You guys, you were very happy to scold me just now!"
The four wandered around in the room, but did not find the shadow of the ghost king's son.
"Don't look for it." The child's voice was still in my ears, and it seemed to be fading away, "Hehehe, I won't let you find me so easily!"
"If you really want to find me, play a game with me!"
"Each of you has a jar in front of you, and your most unforgettable memory is preserved in the jar."
"Maybe it's happy, maybe it's painful, don't care!" The ghost king's son said with a dark smile, "I left a little clue in the jar, as long as you get the clue, you can find me!"
The ghost sound stopped abruptly.
Only the closed door and the four people were left looking at each other.
They seem to have no choice.
Lei Hu took the lead in opening the ashes urn in front of him.
The scene in front of him changed drastically, and he returned to the moment when he and his comrades rescued disasters in the flood.
The flood is ruthless, not much gentler than this infinite world. Even though he has experienced so much here, his most memorable moment is still in the torrential flood.
The muddy flood, more terrifying than beasts, took the lives of countless innocent people, and also took away his closest comrades-in-arms.
He will never forget that moment, immersed in deep pain and self-blame, unable to extricate himself.
But what Wang Tianzhen saw was his dead mother.
What he will most remember is the beautiful moment.
His mother prepared dinner and waited for him to go home. The family sat around the dining table talking and laughing. Like Lei Hu, the warm memories made him forget that he was in an infinite world, let alone the task of finding clues.
Su Chengwang and Jiang Yan were the last to open the jar.
As soon as Su Chengwang opened his eyes, he saw Cheng Jiu's gentle face close at hand.
"Are you awake?" Cheng Jiu kissed him lightly, then got up from the bed, "What do you want for breakfast?"
"I put vitamins on the bedside table for you. Remember to take them after washing up. Your condition just stabilized a while ago, and you stayed up late and worked overtime..."
Cheng Jiu opened the curtains of the bedroom while nagging, and the warm sunlight came in and sprinkled on his unreal face: "Get up quickly!"
Every day with Cheng Jiu is unforgettable.
His family was unfortunate since he was a child, and the shadows of his childhood have been with him all his life. Even if he becomes famous after he grows up, those shadows still cannot be dispelled.
The busy work made his temper eccentric and violent, and he often fell into nightmares due to insomnia.
Fortunately, he met Cheng Jiu.
Su Chengwang's heart was full, he jumped off the bed and hugged Cheng Jiu, quietly admiring the face that fascinated him with downcast eyes.
Fair skin, straight nose, round eyes, looks pure and innocent.
Obviously so happy, why does his heart always have a throbbing pain?
Su Chengwang stared at Cheng Jiu's face suspiciously.
And this face... It seems... It seems that I have seen a face exactly like Xiao Jiu's before...
Where is it?
The brain is still in chaotic thinking, and the body has already made a choice first.
Su Chengwang hugged Cheng Jiu, buried his head in his neck and sniffed lightly, and said softly, "I want to eat you for breakfast."
Cheng Jiu jumped away angrily, and left him alone in the bedroom: "The sandwiches are all ready! You have no choice!"
Su Chengwang walked into the bathroom with a disappointed smile, but was attracted by a strange magazine when he passed the bedside table.
The name of the magazine is "West Bank", and there are only these two characters on the entire cover, nothing else.
What does it mean?
West Bank?
Su Chengwang's headache became more severe, and something suddenly broke through the barrier of memories——
The clue is West Bank!
Before Jiang Yan entered the memory, he was still thinking about what unforgettable things in his life.
He has a smooth and smooth life, a happy family, successful studies, and a successful career. Although he has not been in love for 27 years, it is not a pity for him.
He spent every day peacefully, without great sorrow or joy.
Except after being involved in this infinite loop game.
The scene in his memory quickly interrupted his rational thoughts.
He vividly returned to the moment deep in his memory.
That was the first copy in the infinite world that he had memory, and he was about to experience a grand wedding in the copy.
It was also in this dungeon that he met Shen Yi for the first time.
Shen Yi never expected that he would be carried into the ghost world by the wind.
The most important thing is... his few useless apprentices did not catch up.
The ghost world seems to be holding a grand gathering, and the lights are brightly lit everywhere.
On the side of the road, there are people who sell human skin dolls, some who perform acrobatics and take off their arms and heads, and then restore them to their original shape within ten seconds, and there are those who sell rouge and gouache, and the pale female ghost faces are instantly painted with colorful colors.
After entering the ghost world, the Yin soldiers stopped wrapping Shen Yi up and running away, but tied him with chains, and walked towards the Ghost King's Mansion like a parade in the street.
On the road there were ghosts constantly staring at him with halazi.
Shen Yi was quite scared at first, but then he just pointed his middle finger at those ghosts arrogantly.
The fact that the Yin soldiers were able to arrest him without hesitation proved that he was the ghost king's favorite.
Even as food, he is also the food of the ghost king.
With such an honorable status, why should he be afraid of these brats?
Sure enough, the Ghost Palace is holding a banquet.
As soon as Shen Yi walked to the door, he heard an angry ghost voice coming from the courtyard, it should be the ghost king himself.
"Welcome all the guests and friends to my immortality banquet! Today is mainly to celebrate that I captured a monk. It is said that eating the monk's flesh can lead to immortality..."
Shen Yi:? ? ?
Dare to feel that this banquet is actually held for him?
Soon, there was no movement in the yard.
It wasn't until Shen Yi walked to the banquet hall that he realized why there were no ghosts talking.
The sights of all the ghosts fell on him greedily. From a long distance, they seemed to have smelled the fragrance of Shen Yi's body, no more civilized than those drooling little ghosts on the street.
The person sitting in the center of the hall should be the ghost king.
He was wearing a blue-black royal robe, a black bead curtain jade crown, blood-red eyes and long fangs, and a ghostly aura exuded from his whole body.
The King of Ghosts looked at Shen Yi, and raised his lips excitedly: "Quick! Send him to the back kitchen to wash him up, and roast him for me to eat!"
The Yin soldiers immediately carried Shen Yi to the back kitchen conscientiously.
First, it was thrown into a large water tank and washed carefully, then a torn sheet was draped casually and it was placed on the chopping board.
There were all kinds of sharp knives on the chopping board, some of which were still stained with blood.
Shen Yi was ready to be quartered by five horses, but suddenly he smelled a very choking smell of smoke.
He raised his head and took a look, only to realize that the majestic ghost king's kitchen... was even simpler than primitive people.
Maybe it's because they are used to eating people raw, or eating people has a more significant effect on mana growth than satiety, so they don't care so much about the cooking method of food.
So the best way the ghost king can think of is to eat it roasted.
There is only one large oven in the kitchen, and at the moment two little devils are stepping on a bench to add carbon to it.
It's the kind of black charcoal used to burn coal.
The smoke is heavy, the smell is choking, and the PM2.5 is extremely high.
Shen Yi couldn't help reminding them of professional habits: "Use fruit charcoal for barbecue."
The two little ghosts stared blankly with their gloomy ghost eyes: "What is fruit charcoal?"
Shen Yi looked at them helplessly, and simply jumped off the chopping board: "The fruit charcoal is smaller than this kind of carbon smoke, suitable for barbecue, and the grilled food is more delicious."
As he said that, he looked at the spice rack again. Except for the basic oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, there were no other spices.
"How are you going to bake later?" Shen Yi asked.
The two little ghosts said cruelly: "The legs are roasted separately, the arms are strung together, the ribs are taken off and roasted, and the internal organs are eaten raw."
Shen Yi suddenly felt pain in his arms and legs.
It can't really be dismembered, can it?
Although being eliminated in the dungeon does not mean death, the elimination method of being roasted and eaten is really unacceptable...
Forget it, success or failure depends on it.
Shen Yi sighed, and looked at the two little devils seriously: "Your roasting method is not good."
The little ghost waved his hand: "What delicious food do you want, as long as you eat it, you can live forever..."
"That's okay!" Shen Yi analyzed earnestly, "You two seem to have never been in the workplace."
"The boss does what he says, how can he be appreciated? If I say you two will spend the rest of your life in the back kitchen, forget it!"
The two little ghosts looked at him suspiciously: "Then tell me, how do you do it?"
"As an employee, the most important thing is to know what the boss wants and to surprise the boss." Shen Yi said flickeringly, "The King of Ghosts entertained such a large room of guests, and you casually grilled meat and served it. May be appreciated by the boss, promoted and raised?"
"My meat is so precious, if you can make this immortal meat that is both effective and delicious, do you think the King of Ghosts will reward you?"
The eyes of the two little devils suddenly lit up: "Then how do you bake it to make it delicious?"
Shen Yi clicked his tongue: "If you chop me up, I won't be able to teach you..."
"Then let's do it this way!" One of the little ghosts was more clever, "You can experiment with other meat first, and we will roast you after we learn."
As he said that, he was about to go to the cold storage to pick up two human legs and come out.
Shen Yi quickly covered his eyes: "No need!"
He exchanged some mutton and related barbecue materials from the system: "Let's try it with animal meat."
The marinated mutton hind legs were skewered on iron skewers, and they were skewered in a short while.
Shen Yi asked the two little ghosts to burn the fruit charcoal, and fanned it with the iron sticks that had been put on. The light smoke and open flame of the fruit charcoal immediately made the mutton sizzling and oily.
After the blood color of the meat faded, Shen Yi used an oil brush to oil both sides of the mutton skewers, sprinkled with salt, cumin powder, ground peanuts, white sesame and other seasonings, and finally sprinkled with a handful of chili powder.
The taste of meat mixed with cumin is very fragrant.
The mutton skewers are charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the seasoning penetrates into the seams of every piece of meat, blending with the oil flowers.
The mouth is spicy and fragrant, and the light smoky flavor makes the skewers have a special flavor. The cumin and chili powder make the lamb taste salty and chewy. Every bite is the satisfaction of cumin grains and lamb.
The ghost king and all the guests who were drinking in the hall suddenly smelled a tempting smell of meat.
The ghost king moved his index finger and urged his servants, "Is the monk's meat ready?"
"not yet……"
"Then what are you roasting now?" Ghost King licked his lips, and for the first time felt that something called a glutton was aroused.
Jiang Yan was miserable enough, Su Chengwang was still gloating and provoking: "Xiao Yi, do you want a horse to be your boyfriend?"
Shen Yi was furious: "Is that how you talk to Master?"
"System, how do you pronounce the curse?"
Ding--
The system added a few more notes.
Shen Yi thought that there was really a magic spell, only then did he realize that the text message that suddenly appeared around him was a bit special——
The black-skinned tough brother Leihu, that is, the mark on the head of the third junior brother is:
[Third junior brother's ability optimization: proficient in water. 】
[Task: Protect Master. 】
The middle-aged uncle Wang Tianzhen, who was annoyed by being turned into a pig's head just now, also became excited at this time:
[Second senior brother's ability optimization: Double strength after eating. 】
[Task: Protect Master. 】
Su Chengwang and Jiang Yan's task is the same as theirs, to protect the master.
However, the abilities of the two are optimized, one is able to summon monkeys in the mountains, and the other is able to change three forms.
What the system said was ambiguous, and Shen Yi hadn't figured out what Jiang Yan's so-called three forms were. When he looked up, he saw his own information label:
[Master's ability optimization: Physical fitness is weakened. 】
[Task: Protect yourself. 】
Shen Yi:? ? ?
It is said to be optimized, can weakened physical fitness be called optimization!
Even though the four apprentices swore that the master's life was my life, Shen Yi still felt a little sad.
Especially after the so-called [Physical Weakening] optimization item came out, Shen Yi felt even more sad when he felt that his legs were weak.
Jiang Yan, who turned into a horse, could still speak. He was keenly aware of Shen Yi's abnormality: "How are you? If you don't have the strength, do you want me to carry you?"
Shen Yi actually wanted to climb up.
But the first level "Difficult Road to Shu" really didn't give him this chance.
The mountain in front of me is just like what Li Bai wrote in his poem, "The sky is not full even when the peak is gone, and the withered pine hangs upside down against the cliff." The mountain road is steep and jagged, and there is no place to step down.
"The Difficult Road to Shu" corresponds to Li Bai's old poem inscribed in the ancient Yuefu?" said the second senior brother Wang Tianzhen, "I helped my son with his homework and recited this poem with him."
As he spoke, Wang Tianzhen began to mutter: "Hey, the danger is so high! The road to Shu is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky! Silkworms and yufu, how at a loss to found a country! You are [-] years old, and you are not as inhabited as Qin Sai .Xidang Taibai has a bird path, which can cross the Emei Peak..."
"Wait." Jiang Yan interrupted him, "What's the next sentence?"
Even Shen Yi remembers this sentence: "The earth collapsed and the mountains destroyed the strong men to death, and then the heavenly ladder and stone stacks were connected."
In ancient times, due to the Qinling Mountains lying between Qin and Shu, it was difficult to communicate with each other on dangerous mountain roads.
Li Bai praised the magnificence of the Shu Road with "The Road to Shu is Difficult", a very romantic miscellaneous ancient poem, and expressed again and again that the Road of Shu is difficult to open up, travel is difficult, and it is difficult to go to the blue sky.
If the side of the mountain is the land of Shu, the other side is the land of Qin. From the geographical point of view, the land of Qin is their goal-Eastern Land Great Tang.
So if they want to complete the dungeon mission, they must climb over the almost impossible mountain in front of them.
If the task is related to "The Difficult Road to Shu", there is actually no way out.
Shen Yi quickly thought of some clues through this poem: "[The earth collapsed and the mountain destroyed the strong men to death, and then the heavenly ladder and stone stacks were connected] means: the landslide and the ground cracked caused the five strong men of the Shu Kingdom to be crushed to death. Only then can the earth have interconnected stone stacks and sky ladders."
"That is to say, this mountain is not completely without roads, there should be a relatively steep ladder plank road."
The third junior brother Lei Hu was from a military background. He was agile and motivated, so he immediately volunteered: "I'll go to the nearby area to explore the way first, and you wait for my news at the same place."
"Don't be so troublesome." Su Chengwang whistled, and there was a sudden rustling sound from the surrounding mountains and forests.
Some animals are coming in droves.
Within half a minute, monkey heads poked out from the trees around them, and the clever little monkey looked in Su Chengwang's direction obediently, as if worshiping the monkey king.
An army of monkeys quickly assembled.
Su Chengwang shrugged: "This optimized ability is not really tasteless."
He has grown hair all over his body, and his every move is very similar to that of a monkey. He jumped up the stone steps in front of him and issued an order to the monkey grandchildren: "Go and explore the road, and see where there is a ladder and plank road that can climb over this mountain!"
The monkeys chattered non-stop, jumping up to Su Chengwang to make gestures as if asking for credit.
The skills given by the system seem to have evolved the ability to communicate with the monkeys. Su Chengwang listened carefully to the reports of the monkeys for a while, then stroked the heads of the monkeys affectionately, turned around and said to the people: "Follow the monkeys, they will lead the way."
The monkeys actually bypassed the jagged rocks and found a path hidden in the jungle.
It was a stone step road that was steep to nearly ninety degrees, twisting and turning in the gaps in the weeds. The stone steps were only half a meter wide, and the end could not be seen at a glance.
High - soaring straight into the sky - piercing into the sky, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a ladder.
The most important thing is that there is no shelter next to this steep ladder, and if you don't pay attention, you will fall from the cliff as high as ten feet high.
Shen Yi looked at Jiang Yan, who turned into a white horse, with a look of embarrassment on his face: "How do you go this way?"
The long eyelashes of the white horse blinked, but it was very calm: "I have no problem, do you want me to carry you?"
Anyway, I should be more flexible with my feet.
The monkey brother Su Chengwang opened the way at the front, and it was not easy for him to climb rocks when he became a monkey.
The second senior brother behind him also walked lightly due to the optimization of his ability. Wang Tianzhen's sadness of turning into a pig was swept away, and he said cheerfully: "I used to have high blood fat and struggled to climb the stairs. Zhu Bajie is a god after all. He climbed mountains so fat It's like flying!"
Not to mention the third junior brother.
Lei Hu, who was born in the military, was already physically stronger than the average person, and coupled with his optimized abilities, such a steep mountain wall was almost as flat as he was walking on.
Even the white dragon horse that Jiang Yan turned into was very flexible.
Shen Yi has never seen a horse climbing a mountain, let alone this horse... he can't keep up with the fast climber.
He just felt that his legs were as heavy and dull as if they were filled with lead.
The four apprentices in front were cheerful and happy like a spring outing on the dangerous and steep mountain. The master whose physical strength was weakened by half was left behind in shock and fear. After climbing two steps, he was panting like Lin Daiyu.
It was Baima Jiangyan who was more concerned about the life and death of this master. He turned to look at him after climbing two steps, and then simply suggested: "Why don't you walk in front of me."
Taking advantage of a small open space on the mountainside, Shen Yi quickly changed positions with Jiang Yan and continued to climb panting.
In fact, it climbed to a height of 30 meters.
The second senior brother also turned his head to care about Shen Yi: "Little master Shen, why don't we go to the big rock in front of us to rest for a while?"
Shen Yi didn't want to hold everyone back, but when he looked up, the nearest place to rest was at least 50 meters high. With his physical strength, even if he refused, he would be paralyzed and unable to move anywhere.
In order to take care of the frail Master, the group of people just walked and stopped like this. The sun was almost setting, and they only climbed two-thirds of the height.
At this time, the foot of the mountain is already covered with hazy clouds and mist, and if you make a slight mistake, you will be smashed to pieces.
The stone steps in front of me became narrower and narrower.
At first it was half a meter wide, but now it is only [-] to [-] centimeters, and it cannot even accommodate both feet to stand at the same time.
The double exhaustion has already made Shen Yi's hands and feet weak. Jiang Yan has always wanted to carry Shen Yi on his back, but he has no reins or saddles on his body, and his two hooves on the side of the mountain wall are almost at [-] degrees. On the mountain, climbing on such a horse is even more dangerous.
Lei Hu, the third junior brother who was walking in front of Shen Yi, tied a rope with his belt and handed it to Shen Yi: "You hold my belt, it will be easier."
Shen Yi thanked him, and just as he was about to reach out to pick it up, he accidentally stepped on a piece of gravel.
The gravel slid and swayed, Shen Yi didn't have the strength to stabilize his figure at all, and fell straight into the clouds as if he lost his strength.
"Shen Yi!" Jiang Yan shouted anxiously.
The shouting quickly attracted the attention of other teammates. Su Chengwang, who was walking in the front, blew his whistle to ask the monkey to help, but in the blink of an eye, they saw Jiang Yan soaring into the air and leaping down the mountain. He and Shen Yi disappeared into the clouds and mist.
Lei Hu was shocked and anxious: "Why did he jump down too!"
"What to do!" The second senior brother also anxiously said, "Can the monkey save them?!"
Su Chengwang looked down the mountain with a heavy expression, frowning.
However, in just three or four seconds, a giant white dragon pierced through the sky, with the afterglow of the setting sun reflected on its white scales, walking through the clouds like a mythical movie.
"Wow!" Second senior brother exclaimed in surprise, "This is...Little White Dragon?!"
Bailong carried Shen Yi on his back, swimming above the clouds: "I'll take Shen Yi to the mountain to wait for you first."
Shen Yi was still in shock.
Just when he thought he was about to fall into a patty, he saw Jiang Yan's transformed white horse leap forward. The white horse sank into the clouds, and a handsome little white dragon poked its head out!
The white dragon was extremely fast, flying towards him nimbly, and when the dragon's tail curled up, it threw the man on its back.
It wasn't until Jiang Yan carried him over the steep mountain wall and over the layers of clouds to the basin in the mountain that Shen Yi realized: "So your optimization ability can maintain three forms...that is, white horse, white dragon and..."
Before Shen Yi finished speaking, Xiao Bailong had brought him to a smooth landing.
The white dragon transformed into a handsome dragon prince wearing a jade crown and white clothes: "White horse, white dragon and human form."
"I just figured it out, otherwise I would have just flown over with you on my back."
Jiang Yan dressed up like a fairy in the appearance of Mr. Bailong, his short hair turned into long hair with a high crown, his long eyebrows entered his temples, his lips were red and his teeth were white, he was so handsome that he was not like ordinary people.
Shen Yi touched his bald head enviously: "Why am I bald..."
There was a sudden noise in the distance, interrupting Shen Yi's envy, jealousy and hatred.
Only then did the two discover that there was actually a village on the flat ground below the mountain.
Dozens of people gathered at the entrance of the village at this moment, looking in the direction of the two of them, they were still muttering: "It's a fairy! There's also a dragon!"
It is estimated that when Jiang Yan turned into a dragon just now, he was tossing and turning in the sea of clouds, and was seen by the villagers at the foot of the mountain.
Meeting a dragon is a good omen, not to mention that these people saw the dragon turned into a handsome man and landed on the ground.
This is not a fairy, what else can it be!
The villagers knelt on the ground and worshiped the two piously: "The gods! The gods are here! If you are far away, welcome!"
Shen Yi whispered: "How about we go and have a look first?"
Jiang Yan also nodded: "They should be able to go down the mountain soon."
The headed uncle has gray hair, he should be the village head, and bows to Jiang Yan again and again: "Hello Immortal!"
Then looking at Shen Yi's bald head, he seemed a little hesitant: "Buddha...how is the ancestor?"
Shen Yi also pretended: "Donors don't need to be overly polite. The poor monk is a monk from the Western Heaven who went to the Eastern Tang Dynasty to seek scriptures. This..."
He pointed to the handsome Dragon Prince beside him and said, "This is my mount."
Jiang Yan:? ? ?
The villagers immediately looked at each other with admiration.
At first, I thought that this little monk was dressed in plain clothes, and although he looked handsome, he didn't have the sense of affluence in Buddhism at all. He was probably a little monk with a follower.
Who knew that his mount was actually a dragon!
Sure enough, people can't be seen!
The village head immediately welcomed the two of them into the village, and said as they walked, "The elder wants to go to Datang? This road is not easy!"
He pointed to the mountain at the other end of the village: "We have to climb over that mountain to reach Qin."
This village happened to be sandwiched in a basin, and you had to go over mountains and mountains to get anywhere, so they were the only group of people here for generations, and few outsiders entered.
However, the old village chief still said mysteriously: "The road to enter Shu is difficult, and it is even more difficult to get out."
"So far, no one has been able to find the way to Tang Dynasty through the mountains, except..." the old man said, "except Shixian Taibai."
"Li Bai?!" Shen Yi and Jiang Yan said in unison.
The old village head nodded: "Poetry Immortal Taibai came from the east, and only with his guidance can he find the way to Tang Dynasty, otherwise no matter who goes, he will only be blocked in the fog of Shu."
The two were dubious about his words, Jiang Yan immediately turned into a dragon and took Shen Yi to fly to the other side of the mountain.
But as the old village chief said, when flying to a certain height, nothing can be seen, only a thick fog is left in front of his eyes.
Jiang Yan accelerated forward, and when he finally broke through the clouds and saw the scene below the mountain, he was stunned.
At the foot of the mountain is still the familiar village.
The old village head stood at the root of the mountain and waited for them with a smile on his face.
"The two gods, without the guidance of the poet Taibai, they would not be able to find the way to the Great Tang."
So this is the task prescribed by the system.
If they want to leave this land of Shu, they must find Li Bai.
Shen Yi asked bluntly: "Where is Taibai, the poet fairy?"
The village chief sighed and shook his head: "The two gods don't know something. There is a gate of ghosts in the west of the village. The gate of ghosts will be opened on the seventh day of every month. It is common for ghosts to wreak havoc and arrest a few people."
"Shi Xian Taibai was taken away by the ghost king on the seventh day of last month. It is said that the ghost king wanted Shi Xian to compose poems at the banquet to cheer up..."
The ghost gate only opens once a month.
Either wait for the ghost king to release Li Bai, or they can only go to the ghost world to find him.
But no matter what, we can only wait until the two worlds of humans and ghosts communicate with each other.
Jiang Yan asked: "When will the ghost gate be opened again?"
"Today is the seventh day of the lunar new year." The village chief lowered his voice, his voice carried a piercing chill, "At most half an hour, wait for the sun to go down..."
"The gate of hell is about to open."
The sun has completely sunk into the mountains, leaving only a faint orange afterglow.
It was getting dark, and there was even a cold wind blowing.
The group of devoutly worshiping villagers just now also fled one after another, and the doors of every house were closed, as if they were used to facing the fear once a month.
At this time, Su Chengwang and the other three had also turned over from the other side of the mountain.
Jiang Yan and Shen Yi explained to them about Li Bai's situation in detail, and they decided to go to the gate of hell to guard after they made up their minds.
If Li Bai is not released by the ghost king, he will bite the bullet and enter the ghost world once.
The ghost gate is located on the hillside on the west side of the village.
There is a smooth rock wall there, and there are three red lacquered characters in seal script directly above the rock wall: Ghost Gate Pass.
But here is not like a door, just an ordinary stone wall.
Su Chengwang said: "When the time for the gate of hell is opened, I think you will be able to see the gate here."
Lei Hu also nodded: "It must be very dangerous then, we must protect Master well."
Compared with the other four, Shen Yi's combat effectiveness is basically zero.
It is the Tang monk in "Journey to the West" who has no power to restrain a chicken and must be protected anytime and anywhere.
Several people made a preliminary plan:
"Bai Longma and the third junior brother protect the master." Su Chengwang arranged, "Second junior brother and I go to the gate of hell to find out."
Jiang Yan nodded: "Find Li Bai as soon as possible, and leave before the ghost gate closes, otherwise you will have to wait inside for a month."
Jiang Yan and Lei Hu accompanied Shen Yi to hide behind the tree like guardians, at least two or 300 meters away from the ghost gate.
Su Chengwang and Wang Tianzhen hid in the grass near the ghost gate.
The red glow in the sky gradually faded, and the last bit of whiteness on the skyline was also swallowed up by the darkness.
Black finally completely enveloped the entire land.
Thick clouds covered the moon, and there were gloomy colors everywhere.
thump-thump-
Like the trembling sound of gongs and drums, with a gust of wind blowing, a faint blue light suddenly flashed on the huge stone wall of the gate of hell, and then a huge black hole appeared in the center of the stone wall that was still intact just now.
Over there is the ghost world.
Su Chengwang and Wang Tianzhen looked at each other. They were about to leave the grass and head towards the ghost gate when they heard the sound of orderly footsteps coming from the black hole.
The two squatted down quickly.
A group of dark soldiers with bony faces and blue-black armor filed out from the ghost gate.
They were divided into two teams, one team guarded the gate of the ghost, and the other team went straight to the direction of Shen Yi and the three of them.
Lei Hu said seriously: "They are coming for us."
Jiang Yan pulled Shen Yi's wrist: "Go!"
The movement of the three of them getting up quickly attracted the Yin soldiers' attention.
That group of Yin soldiers came to the three of them at an extremely fast speed, and dozens of pairs of empty eyes stared straight at Shen Yi.
It's not for them, but for Shen Yi alone.
Jiang Yan reminded Lei Hu in a low voice: "It's okay, if we can't beat it, at worst we will enter the ghost world together."
"Shen Yi must not be left alone."
However, the Yin soldiers on the opposite side didn't want to fight at all.
The strength of the player group and the NPC group was very different. Just as Jiang Yan and Lei Hu were ready to fight each other, the Yin soldiers suddenly turned into a black tornado, swept up Shen Yi and ran away.
Jiang Yan turned into a dragon and chased after him, but the tornado swished and disappeared into the gate of ghosts. Before the fastest white dragon among them caught up, the gate of ghosts was swiped and closed.
The black hole disappeared, leaving only bare walls.
All four were stunned.
In just a few seconds, the person disappeared.
Jiang Yan said with a sullen face: "Their purpose is very clear, they are here to arrest Shen Yi."
Wang Tianzhen ran to the stone wall of the ghost gate and slapped his hands a few times. The black hole disappeared without a trace, as if it never existed.
"Grass, this is really "Journey to the West"!" The second senior brother Wang Tianzhen could only turn his head with a wry smile, and read out the classic line——
"Eldest brother, master was captured by monsters!"
The gate of hell was only opened once.
After capturing Shen Yi, he had no intention of opening again.
Four bereaved dogs who lost their master came to the village chief's house with a sullen face, and asked how to reopen the ghost gate.
The village chief wondered: "We can only wait for the seventh day of the next month..."
Jiang Yan threw a sharp eye, interrupting his perfunctory nonsense.
"Old man, since you are an older NPC, I won't do anything." Jiang Yan said coldly, "Keep your eyes open and take a closer look. Are ghosts more terrifying, or the few of us? horrible?"
The old man looked at them tremblingly.
Except for the handsome Bailong Immortal headed by him, the three...
One has a vicious beard, one has a pig's head and a human body, and there is a monkey that is ready to hit people at any time.
"Actually, there is no other way..." The old man looked up at the few people, and said cautiously, "I heard that the son of the ghost king came to travel around the world a while ago, so he should be hiding in this mountain."
"As long as he can be found, the ghost king may open the ghost door again and let his son go back..."
In the vast land of Shu, where can the ghost king's son hide?
It's like looking for a needle in a haystack.
Second Senior Brother Wang Tianzhen smiled and said, "You guys are still too young."
As he spoke, he stood with his hands on his hips, stood in the middle of the village, and cursed: "Where is the tortoise son of the ghost king?! If you don't come out, hurry up and beg for mercy. Can't you see your grandpas coming? You hide like a tortoise all day long. That shameless old man also kidnapped my master, I think you two want to ascend to heaven—"
The wind is blowing.
They don't need to look for it at all, who can not be angry after hearing these curse words?
Not to mention the son of a ghost king who is under one person and above ten thousand people.
Lei Hu looked at Wang Tianzhen adoringly: "Second Senior Brother, what did you do before?"
The second senior brother chuckled: "I am the director of the street office, and I solve all the quarrels and disputes between uncles and aunts."
The two couldn't exchange a few words, and the wind that could uproot a big tree almost rolled them up.
Suddenly, the village was full of gloom, and the villager's house, which was still lit just now, suddenly became pitch black, and all voices disappeared.
boom--
The courtyard door of the village chief's house was slammed open by a powerful force, and the thin wooden door squeaked and shook pitifully.
The village head's house was in darkness, and the village head who was standing at the gate of the courtyard just now was missing.
The four gathered together: "Go in and have a look?"
Lei Hu led the way, followed by Wang Tianzhen, and Jiang Yan was about to follow when Su Chengwang behind him suddenly gave him a hand.
He stopped and didn't look back.
It seemed that he had guessed what Su Chengwang wanted to say.
The person behind chuckled, and said in a low voice: "Shen Yi, like Xiao Jiu, is a person with magical powers, and people can't help but want to get close."
"So you fell too?"
Jiang Yan was silent for two seconds: "It's not as exaggerated as you said, I just want to help him."
"But he doesn't need your help at all." Su Chengwang's voice seemed to be suppressed, "I know I have no position to persuade you, but..."
"But what if he's just a bait?"
Jiang Yan turned his head, his eyes were terrifyingly calm.
He looked into Su Chengwang's eyes: "Cheng Jiu's bait made you out of the water, so you are afraid of that fisherman."
"But I'm different." He said coldly, "I'll find the fisherman, twist his head off, and get the bait off the hook."
……
The lights in the village head's house were turned off, and there was a gloomy musty smell.
Lei Hu pushed open the door of the inner house, there was no one in the room, there was an Eight Immortals table in the center of the room, and there were four weird ashes urns on the table.
The courtyard door slammed shut.
Then the four of them heard a ghostly voice from their ears and children's laughter: "You guys, you were very happy to scold me just now!"
The four wandered around in the room, but did not find the shadow of the ghost king's son.
"Don't look for it." The child's voice was still in my ears, and it seemed to be fading away, "Hehehe, I won't let you find me so easily!"
"If you really want to find me, play a game with me!"
"Each of you has a jar in front of you, and your most unforgettable memory is preserved in the jar."
"Maybe it's happy, maybe it's painful, don't care!" The ghost king's son said with a dark smile, "I left a little clue in the jar, as long as you get the clue, you can find me!"
The ghost sound stopped abruptly.
Only the closed door and the four people were left looking at each other.
They seem to have no choice.
Lei Hu took the lead in opening the ashes urn in front of him.
The scene in front of him changed drastically, and he returned to the moment when he and his comrades rescued disasters in the flood.
The flood is ruthless, not much gentler than this infinite world. Even though he has experienced so much here, his most memorable moment is still in the torrential flood.
The muddy flood, more terrifying than beasts, took the lives of countless innocent people, and also took away his closest comrades-in-arms.
He will never forget that moment, immersed in deep pain and self-blame, unable to extricate himself.
But what Wang Tianzhen saw was his dead mother.
What he will most remember is the beautiful moment.
His mother prepared dinner and waited for him to go home. The family sat around the dining table talking and laughing. Like Lei Hu, the warm memories made him forget that he was in an infinite world, let alone the task of finding clues.
Su Chengwang and Jiang Yan were the last to open the jar.
As soon as Su Chengwang opened his eyes, he saw Cheng Jiu's gentle face close at hand.
"Are you awake?" Cheng Jiu kissed him lightly, then got up from the bed, "What do you want for breakfast?"
"I put vitamins on the bedside table for you. Remember to take them after washing up. Your condition just stabilized a while ago, and you stayed up late and worked overtime..."
Cheng Jiu opened the curtains of the bedroom while nagging, and the warm sunlight came in and sprinkled on his unreal face: "Get up quickly!"
Every day with Cheng Jiu is unforgettable.
His family was unfortunate since he was a child, and the shadows of his childhood have been with him all his life. Even if he becomes famous after he grows up, those shadows still cannot be dispelled.
The busy work made his temper eccentric and violent, and he often fell into nightmares due to insomnia.
Fortunately, he met Cheng Jiu.
Su Chengwang's heart was full, he jumped off the bed and hugged Cheng Jiu, quietly admiring the face that fascinated him with downcast eyes.
Fair skin, straight nose, round eyes, looks pure and innocent.
Obviously so happy, why does his heart always have a throbbing pain?
Su Chengwang stared at Cheng Jiu's face suspiciously.
And this face... It seems... It seems that I have seen a face exactly like Xiao Jiu's before...
Where is it?
The brain is still in chaotic thinking, and the body has already made a choice first.
Su Chengwang hugged Cheng Jiu, buried his head in his neck and sniffed lightly, and said softly, "I want to eat you for breakfast."
Cheng Jiu jumped away angrily, and left him alone in the bedroom: "The sandwiches are all ready! You have no choice!"
Su Chengwang walked into the bathroom with a disappointed smile, but was attracted by a strange magazine when he passed the bedside table.
The name of the magazine is "West Bank", and there are only these two characters on the entire cover, nothing else.
What does it mean?
West Bank?
Su Chengwang's headache became more severe, and something suddenly broke through the barrier of memories——
The clue is West Bank!
Before Jiang Yan entered the memory, he was still thinking about what unforgettable things in his life.
He has a smooth and smooth life, a happy family, successful studies, and a successful career. Although he has not been in love for 27 years, it is not a pity for him.
He spent every day peacefully, without great sorrow or joy.
Except after being involved in this infinite loop game.
The scene in his memory quickly interrupted his rational thoughts.
He vividly returned to the moment deep in his memory.
That was the first copy in the infinite world that he had memory, and he was about to experience a grand wedding in the copy.
It was also in this dungeon that he met Shen Yi for the first time.
Shen Yi never expected that he would be carried into the ghost world by the wind.
The most important thing is... his few useless apprentices did not catch up.
The ghost world seems to be holding a grand gathering, and the lights are brightly lit everywhere.
On the side of the road, there are people who sell human skin dolls, some who perform acrobatics and take off their arms and heads, and then restore them to their original shape within ten seconds, and there are those who sell rouge and gouache, and the pale female ghost faces are instantly painted with colorful colors.
After entering the ghost world, the Yin soldiers stopped wrapping Shen Yi up and running away, but tied him with chains, and walked towards the Ghost King's Mansion like a parade in the street.
On the road there were ghosts constantly staring at him with halazi.
Shen Yi was quite scared at first, but then he just pointed his middle finger at those ghosts arrogantly.
The fact that the Yin soldiers were able to arrest him without hesitation proved that he was the ghost king's favorite.
Even as food, he is also the food of the ghost king.
With such an honorable status, why should he be afraid of these brats?
Sure enough, the Ghost Palace is holding a banquet.
As soon as Shen Yi walked to the door, he heard an angry ghost voice coming from the courtyard, it should be the ghost king himself.
"Welcome all the guests and friends to my immortality banquet! Today is mainly to celebrate that I captured a monk. It is said that eating the monk's flesh can lead to immortality..."
Shen Yi:? ? ?
Dare to feel that this banquet is actually held for him?
Soon, there was no movement in the yard.
It wasn't until Shen Yi walked to the banquet hall that he realized why there were no ghosts talking.
The sights of all the ghosts fell on him greedily. From a long distance, they seemed to have smelled the fragrance of Shen Yi's body, no more civilized than those drooling little ghosts on the street.
The person sitting in the center of the hall should be the ghost king.
He was wearing a blue-black royal robe, a black bead curtain jade crown, blood-red eyes and long fangs, and a ghostly aura exuded from his whole body.
The King of Ghosts looked at Shen Yi, and raised his lips excitedly: "Quick! Send him to the back kitchen to wash him up, and roast him for me to eat!"
The Yin soldiers immediately carried Shen Yi to the back kitchen conscientiously.
First, it was thrown into a large water tank and washed carefully, then a torn sheet was draped casually and it was placed on the chopping board.
There were all kinds of sharp knives on the chopping board, some of which were still stained with blood.
Shen Yi was ready to be quartered by five horses, but suddenly he smelled a very choking smell of smoke.
He raised his head and took a look, only to realize that the majestic ghost king's kitchen... was even simpler than primitive people.
Maybe it's because they are used to eating people raw, or eating people has a more significant effect on mana growth than satiety, so they don't care so much about the cooking method of food.
So the best way the ghost king can think of is to eat it roasted.
There is only one large oven in the kitchen, and at the moment two little devils are stepping on a bench to add carbon to it.
It's the kind of black charcoal used to burn coal.
The smoke is heavy, the smell is choking, and the PM2.5 is extremely high.
Shen Yi couldn't help reminding them of professional habits: "Use fruit charcoal for barbecue."
The two little ghosts stared blankly with their gloomy ghost eyes: "What is fruit charcoal?"
Shen Yi looked at them helplessly, and simply jumped off the chopping board: "The fruit charcoal is smaller than this kind of carbon smoke, suitable for barbecue, and the grilled food is more delicious."
As he said that, he looked at the spice rack again. Except for the basic oil, salt, sauce and vinegar, there were no other spices.
"How are you going to bake later?" Shen Yi asked.
The two little ghosts said cruelly: "The legs are roasted separately, the arms are strung together, the ribs are taken off and roasted, and the internal organs are eaten raw."
Shen Yi suddenly felt pain in his arms and legs.
It can't really be dismembered, can it?
Although being eliminated in the dungeon does not mean death, the elimination method of being roasted and eaten is really unacceptable...
Forget it, success or failure depends on it.
Shen Yi sighed, and looked at the two little devils seriously: "Your roasting method is not good."
The little ghost waved his hand: "What delicious food do you want, as long as you eat it, you can live forever..."
"That's okay!" Shen Yi analyzed earnestly, "You two seem to have never been in the workplace."
"The boss does what he says, how can he be appreciated? If I say you two will spend the rest of your life in the back kitchen, forget it!"
The two little ghosts looked at him suspiciously: "Then tell me, how do you do it?"
"As an employee, the most important thing is to know what the boss wants and to surprise the boss." Shen Yi said flickeringly, "The King of Ghosts entertained such a large room of guests, and you casually grilled meat and served it. May be appreciated by the boss, promoted and raised?"
"My meat is so precious, if you can make this immortal meat that is both effective and delicious, do you think the King of Ghosts will reward you?"
The eyes of the two little devils suddenly lit up: "Then how do you bake it to make it delicious?"
Shen Yi clicked his tongue: "If you chop me up, I won't be able to teach you..."
"Then let's do it this way!" One of the little ghosts was more clever, "You can experiment with other meat first, and we will roast you after we learn."
As he said that, he was about to go to the cold storage to pick up two human legs and come out.
Shen Yi quickly covered his eyes: "No need!"
He exchanged some mutton and related barbecue materials from the system: "Let's try it with animal meat."
The marinated mutton hind legs were skewered on iron skewers, and they were skewered in a short while.
Shen Yi asked the two little ghosts to burn the fruit charcoal, and fanned it with the iron sticks that had been put on. The light smoke and open flame of the fruit charcoal immediately made the mutton sizzling and oily.
After the blood color of the meat faded, Shen Yi used an oil brush to oil both sides of the mutton skewers, sprinkled with salt, cumin powder, ground peanuts, white sesame and other seasonings, and finally sprinkled with a handful of chili powder.
The taste of meat mixed with cumin is very fragrant.
The mutton skewers are charred on the outside and tender on the inside, and the seasoning penetrates into the seams of every piece of meat, blending with the oil flowers.
The mouth is spicy and fragrant, and the light smoky flavor makes the skewers have a special flavor. The cumin and chili powder make the lamb taste salty and chewy. Every bite is the satisfaction of cumin grains and lamb.
The ghost king and all the guests who were drinking in the hall suddenly smelled a tempting smell of meat.
The ghost king moved his index finger and urged his servants, "Is the monk's meat ready?"
"not yet……"
"Then what are you roasting now?" Ghost King licked his lips, and for the first time felt that something called a glutton was aroused.
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