"Brother Gu Xian, I have dealt with all the ghosts in this neighborhood!"
Ma Qin forcibly dismissed the messy thoughts in his mind and walked towards Gu Xu's location with his head held high.
He felt that now he was finally no longer a bastard who could only hug Gu Xu’s thigh and lie down to win - even if he was not as brilliant as Gu Xu, he should still be able to rely on his solid sword skills to win. The big shot from the capital left a good impression.
"Well done, Brother Ma!" Gu Xu turned his head, smiled and gave a thumbs up to Ma Qin, "Let's go to the next block now!"
Ma Qin's expression suddenly froze.
He also hopes to take this opportunity to take a breath!
But Ma Qin is a face-saving person after all. He felt that as a second-level monk, it was very embarrassing to cry tired in front of Gu Xu.
So he nodded, trying to stay energetic, and prepared to continue walking along the road by the river with Gu Xu.
After taking a few steps, they heard the melodious and endless ringing of bells from the temple in the distance.
A awning boat drifted slowly across the river, and the boatman sang a loud fishing song while holding a pole.
A group of children were wearing pants and shirtless, laughing and jumping into the water to play one after another.
An old woman quarreled with a vegetable vendor because of a sudden increase in vegetable prices.
"Brother Gu Xian, do you think the scene around you looks familiar?" Ma Qin hesitated for a few seconds and then said to Gu Xu.
"It's more than 'familiar'?" Gu Xu said calmly, "It's exactly the same as the scene that happened before."
As soon as he finished speaking, a restaurant on the roadside The waiter of the restaurant suddenly ran up to the two of them, stared at Gu Xu, and said with great enthusiasm: "Sir, have you had your meal? The fine wine and braised pork in our store are... The most famous one in the whole street, all the customers who come here praise it for its delicious food..."
Ma Qin stared at the waiter with an expression as if he had seen a ghost.
Gu Xu ignored the waiter and said to Ma Qin in a teasing tone: "Look, Brother Ma, the waiter here invited us again to that restaurant that specializes in selling offerings for the dead."
"This...didn't the waiter in this shop die just now?" Ma Qin stammered.
Because he clearly remembered that all the ghost clerks in the hotel just now had been completely killed by Gu Xu's "Tai Shang Arctic Demon-Suppressing Demon-Killing Talisman".
Is it possible that the ghosts in Taoyuan Town are different from other places? Can you be resurrected even if you are burned to ashes?
This sounds too outrageous!
"He is indeed dead," Gu Xu said calmly, "but this Taoyuan Town is not a real place. Here, everything is beyond common sense, such as the cycle of time. Back and forth, such as the infinite reset and refresh of ghosts, are all possible.of. ”
“Not a real place? What do you mean? "Ma Qin obviously didn't understand what he said.
But Gu Xu did not immediately explain, but asked: "Brother Ma, do you still remember the sentence written on the jade pendant that Mr. Chu gave you? What's the formula? "
Ma Qin thought for a while and replied: "'All appearances are false' - if I remember correctly, this should be the sentence. "
"Actually, I have long thought that it is impossible for a big shot in the capital to carve a nonsense sentence on this jade talisman for no reason," Gu Xu paused for a moment and then said, "Brother Ma, in my opinion, This sentence should not only be a mantra to enter the illusion of the pot, but also a very important reminder to help us pass the assessment. ”
“Prompt? ”
In the dark, a ray of inspiration flashed in Ma Qin’s head.
But just as he tried to grasp this gleam of inspiration, he felt that the thoughts in his mind It was a mess, and it was impossible to sort it out.
Seemingly sensing Ma Qin’s confusion, Gu Xu explained with a faint smile:
“Since I entered Taoyuan Town, I have been confused. Observe every detail in your surroundings.
“Then I noticed that during the half hour we stayed in Taoyuan Town, neither the position of the sun in the sky nor the projection of these trees on the ground had changed at all. .
"But in the real world, the morning sun will climb higher and higher as time goes by, and the shadows of trees will become shorter and shorter - obviously, the passage of time in Taoyuan Town is Abnormal. ”
“You actually pay attention to these details! "Ma Qin was shocked.
After he entered Taoyuan Town, his mind was full of "killing ghosts, killing ghosts, killing ghosts". How could he care about trivial things like how long the shadow of a tree is.< /p>
"My colleagues all praise me as the man who pays the most attention to details in the Yishui Exorcism Department," Gu Xu smiled faintly, not modest at all, "As long as I see things once, I basically can't do anything about them." Forgot... maybe this is also a kind of worry! ”
Seeing Gu Xu’s calm expression, Ma Qin suddenly had the urge to punch his handsome face.
He tried hard to restrain himself He repeatedly warned himself in his heart, "I, Ma Qin, am a magnanimous person and will not care about such small things." Then he continued to ask: "But, Brother Gu Xian, I don't care about this world. Whether it's true or not, I don't care what secrets are hidden in this Taoyuan Town - I just want to complete the task as soon as possible and leave here.
"But if the ghosts here will continue to come back to life, wouldn't it be impossible for us to complete the task of 'killing all the ghosts in the illusion' in this life?"
"No. ," Gu Xu shook his head slightly, "I believe that the big shots in the Exorcism Department will not deliberately play tricks on us. Perhaps the ghosts Master Chu asked us to deal with are not these residents, but Taoyuan Town itself."
"How do you say this?" Ma Qin narrowed his eyes.
Gu Xu explained:
"Just now, I did a divination using the "Six Yao Method" and got the hexagram of 'Heaven and Earth' - which means that Taoyuan Town is A world isolated from the outside world in time and space.
“In addition, after entering Taoyuan Town, I always felt that this place was so beautiful that it was unreal. Now I know why - even with my powers of observation and memory, I can't remember everyone's face clearly. The impression they left in my mind is a blur.
"Brother Ma, I want to ask you a question: When you dream, can you clearly see the face of the person in the dream?"
Ma Qin thought for a moment and clicked He nodded: "It's true that I can't see clearly."
"So, Brother Ma, we are actually in a dream now!" Gu Xu smiled, and then said, "Where is the paradise in the world? It’s just an illusory dream.”
As soon as he finished speaking, an earth-shattering roar sounded in Taoyuan Town.