One Qi Chaoyang

Chapter 294: Borrowing the Light of a Candle

She often heard her master say that when you are out and about, you should only say three-tenths of what you want to say to people and not abandon your whole heart.

You should not have the intention to harm others, but you must be on guard against others.

When talking to someone you don't know, be careful with what you say and do.

But how could this senior, who dug a cave at the edge of the polar night and was suspected to have just done a lot of evil things, be so honest and reveal his purpose?
Is this what it’s like to travel around the world and tour the mountains?
"What a shame." The old man took a puff of cigarette and slowly exhaled, saying, "Some of the friends of this village are also trapped, but no one dares to go in to look for them. Are you two going in?"

"Yes." Zhao Fuyun nodded again and said.

Chen Wenmei no longer thought about it. Of course, she wanted Zhao Fuyun not to reveal his secrets and not let anyone know that there were only two of them.

When you go out, you have to make people feel that you are not someone who is easy to mess with and that you have someone to back you up. This is what a senior brother from a noble family who came to help Mount Li told her.

It’s not that Zhao Fuyun hasn’t thought about hiding something, but he has also thought about not hiding anything, because the other party can see it at a glance. There is nothing to hide, and he feels that he doesn’t need to do so.

The [Disaster Knowledge] in the talisman in his body gave him a sense of danger, but it was not a stinging feeling. Even if it alarmed the big monster, he believed that his two escape methods were enough for him to escape.

Another point is that since he attained Zifu, as his cultivation level has deepened, his mind has become more and more open. I don't know if it is due to the Red Flame Fire Method, or if it is just his nature. He used to have a low level of cultivation and had a hard time living in the Zhao family, so his thoughts and actions are inevitably twisted. He does things that he is unwilling to do by nature. If he does this for a long time, the whole person will become depressed and distorted.

Zhao Fuyun felt that after practicing in Tiandu Mountain, until he established his foundation and then reached the Purple Palace, his internal organs were all illuminated and clear.

The whole person slowly sheds the dusty clothes and returns to nature, thus achieving a clear and bright mind.

"Do you two know why this valley is called Yunmeng Valley?" the old man asked again.

Zhao Fuyun really didn't know the reason for this name other than the fact that the valley was shrouded in mist, so he said, "I don't know, please tell me, old sir."

Although the old man could not see Zhao Fuyun's true cultivation level, he could feel from Zhao Fuyun's aura that the man in front of him was open-minded and looked like a ball of light when he stood there.

"The reason why Yunmeng Valley is dangerous is that there is a kind of insect here that makes a sound that makes people fall into a dream. The insect will then transform into a butterfly, and the butterfly's body will also make people fall into a dream. So here, you have to be vigilant about what you hear and see, because it may make people fall into a nightmare."

Chen Wenmei whispered beside him: "I know all this too."

The old man looked at Chen Wenmei and suddenly laughed, "Judging from the girl's clothes, she should have been one of the first people to enter the valley? Did you not go in, or did you come out later?"

"I came out later." Chen Wenmei felt that his laughter was a joke on her, so she said with some annoyance.

"Oh, the valley is full of poisons, but you are still able to come out and ask people to save them. Not bad, not bad. I wonder which sect the little girl is from." asked the old man.

Zhao Fuyun did not stop her from answering, but she narrowed her eyes and said, "I won't tell you."

The old man smiled but did not ask any more questions. Instead, he looked at Zhao Fuyun and said, "We are going to organize a team to go in and rescue people. Do you need anyone to come with us?"

After hearing this, Chen Wenmei was immediately moved. She felt that if there were more people together, they would be able to get through the danger.

He held back the words and looked at Zhao Fuyun, who said, "Thank you, old man. We just met by chance and have never met before. The two of us can be together."

"Oh, fellow Taoist, you are quite confident. I wish you all the best." said the old man.

He did not ask about Zhao Fuyun's background. Of course, if he asked, Zhao Fuyun would not hide it, but he did not want to ask rashly since they had never met before.

After saying that, Zhao Fuyun took Chen Wenmei inside. When they walked into the valley, someone came to the old man and said, "Old Yan, who are these two people who dare to go in at this time?"

"Haha, if I'm not mistaken, that girl should be from the Lishan Sect. As for the origin of that boy, I can't say for sure. However, the girls from the Lishan Sect should have been targeted by someone. This sudden rain and fog must have been cast by someone."

"The only person in this area who has this ability is Gu Zhangyuan."

"That's right. Gu Zhangyuan is only one step away from reaching the Golden Elixir stage. He has been practicing in Yunmeng Valley for many years. Almost no one he has targeted has ever left the valley. Although I have met Gu Zhangyuan several times, he has a strange personality and is never merciful. Even if I go in, I may not be able to bring the people trapped inside out."

"Should we go in then? Or should we wait and see?"

"Let's wait and see. That young man gives me a mysterious feeling. Lishan is not known for fighting, but it is a big sect after all. The people invited by such a big sect must not be too bad."

Zhao Fuyun walked in front and Chen Wenmei walked behind.

The two of them soon disappeared into the mist at the valley entrance. Not long after they entered the mist, Zhao Fuyun stopped and said, "This mist is poisonous. We can use our magic power to protect ourselves and prevent the poisonous mist from approaching, but there is something in this valley that will cause us to fall into a nightmare if we hear or see it, so we have to be careful."

Chen Wenmei thought that even if none of her group members were trapped, there would always be people who would be dragged into nightmares along the way. She felt worried. Since there were so many people, everyone should take turns to supervise so that nothing would happen.

At this time, Zhao Fuyun reached out and picked a leaf from the branch next to him. The leaf was green and still covered with rain dew.

Zhao Fuyun waved at Chen Wenmei. Chen Wenmei didn't know the reason and walked a few steps closer. Zhao Fuyun said, "The insects and butterflies in this valley have the ability to confuse people's minds. But over the years, no one has dared to enter and exit here. There must be a spell to resist. Your senior sister dared to go in, so she must have made full preparations. But they were trapped. Someone must have used this valley to set up an array. Come closer and listen."

Chen Wenmei moved closer and saw Zhao Fuyun reaching out and dripping a drop of water on the tip of a leaf, and then seemed to be drawing something around Chen Wenmei's ear.

Her earlobe turned from jade white to deep red at a speed visible to the naked eye.

She heard Zhao Fuyun say: "You have to remember, except for my words, no matter what you hear, it will be false. You just need to lead the way."

She clearly felt that Zhao Fuyun's fingers were dipped in water droplets and seemed to have written something around her ears. Finally, he pressed her two ears with both hands, leaving a small gap in the other ear. She saw Zhao Fuyun suddenly approaching, and she could feel his breath.

"No sound is allowed in this valley."

When she heard this, Zhao Fuyun immediately put his hands on her ears, and she could no longer hear anything.

Even until Zhao Fuyun's hands left her, she still couldn't hear anything, and her ears were filled with silence.

There was a trace of panic in her eyes, but Zhao Fuyun came in front of her, stretched out his hands in front of her, supported the back of her head with one hand, and stroked her eyelids with the other hand. She felt the warmth of Zhao Fuyun's hand and closed her eyes. Soon she felt as if Zhao Fuyun was writing something on her eyelids.

At the same time, she felt a burning sensation on her face, as if a lamp was held in front of her. A voice rang out in her heart: "I will borrow a ray of fire from heaven and earth to shine on your pupils, to help you see through the darkness. From now on, there will be no more darkness in your eyes."

As Zhao Fuyun's voice fell, the two spots of warmth and red light on her eyelids began to spread. The red eyelids reflected on her pupils actually began to melt. The eyelids that originally blocked her vision disappeared quickly. Then she saw a hole formed by fire. From behind the fire, she saw the scene of the valley again.

But under this kind of vision, all the shadows and unclear places were in sight, and then she heard Zhao Fuyun's voice in her heart: "Don't talk, just listen to me. Follow the route you remember and keep going forward. If you hear any voice other than mine, ignore it."

Chen Wenmei didn't know what the magic Zhao Fuyun cast was called, she just felt that Zhao Fuyun's magic was mysterious and magical.

She didn't dare to speak, for fear that she would destroy Zhao Fuyun's magic.

Zhao Fuyun's magic is nothing more than a variation of a spell, and he learned the application techniques from the magic book he brought out from Tiandu Mountain.

Of course, this kind of technique requires him to have a very high level of understanding of the corresponding spells and meanings.

The foundation is still "The Secret Words of the Heavenly Commands", just like a tree trunk that can grow into many branches and can be grafted with flowers of various colors.

Zhao Fuyun blocked the sounds that her ears could hear to calm her mind, and allowed her eyes to see through the turbid darkness through the light of her eyelids. This was a variant application of "light" and the divine insight technique.

The voice that appeared in her mind was just a kind of Dharma thought. This method was to occupy her mind first and prevent her from being occupied or influenced by other things.

This kind of Dharma thought conveying to the heart is also another application of the magic of transmitting inspiration and sound.

This can only be achieved by taking advantage of the other party's trust in you.

If someone looked at Chen Wenmei at this time, they would find that she was walking alone in the dense forest with her eyes closed. There was no one else beside her, not even Zhao Fuyun.

The fog in the mountains was thick, and she didn't know when she was covered by a faint flame. Wherever she passed, the fog dispersed, and apart from the initial discomfort, she quickly got used to it.

My steps also became lighter, no different from normal walking.

She walked forward, following the path she remembered walking. She remembered that when she and her senior sister and the others were walking along this section, they had already started to hear strange noises.

But at that time, everyone had already activated their magic weapons, and there was a senior sister in the team who kept shaking the Heart-Clearing Bell to clear the voices accumulated in everyone's hearts.

But now she heard no sound.

She suddenly thought of something and couldn't help but turn her head to look in one direction. She remembered that there was a dark locust tree there, with vines wrapped around it, and human heads hanging on the vines.

She remembered that those heads started shouting everyone's names, and she even remembered that those heads shouted her own name.

At this moment, she looked over and saw clearly that the human heads were indeed hanging there, but they looked like dead things, dry and there was nothing strange about them.

Her eyes seemed to be able to see through all delusions and see the essence.

And she didn't hear any whirring or strange sounds in her ears.

Her ears were silent, and her heart was silent.

What she didn't know was that as she looked at them, the human heads hanging on the vines were being targeted by their natural enemies and didn't dare to move at all.

In the forest, all the chirping sounds of insects had already begun, but she just didn't hear them.

She walked through gullies and climbed over roads created by others.

Going deeper into the valley, in the mist, she didn't know when, there were pairs of eyes staring at her.

Not only those strange insects grow here, but there are also some monsters, which fight wits and courage with the monks who come to this mountain.

They have long been passively trained to be cunning and vicious.

But when they see a person walking in the mountains with his eyes closed, they will be more cautious.

A black leopard hiding in a tree pounced silently towards Chen Wenmei below, but just as it pounced, the mist in the void seemed to come alive at this moment, and quickly condensed into invisible ropes that bound it up while it was still in the air. The demonic power in its body seemed to disappear the moment it was tied up, and its entire body instantly became powerless.

Chen Wenmei heard no sound and continued walking forward.

She heard no sound, but her eyes seemed to see things through the firelight, and she saw a small wooden house. She knew that she had come to the place where the team had rested for the first time.

She remembered that this place had been attacked once before, and she couldn't help but feel nervous.

This hut was not built by them, but by people who often come to the mountain to collect herbs. Because the chirping of insects in the mountain can make people fall into a dream, everyone will inevitably feel tired. This hut is equivalent to a node, telling everyone that they can take a break and relax here.

She remembered that the hut was closed and no one opened it. They just set up a sound-silencing magic circle on the open space outside the hut to rest, and then everyone was collectively pulled into a dream.

She came to the hut and wondered if she should take a rest here. After all, the hut was the place where everyone who came into the mountain had to rest, although she didn't feel tired at all.

At this time, she couldn't help but want to look at Zhao Fuyun, because she remembered that Zhao Fuyun told her not to talk and just keep walking forward. However, when she turned around, she didn't see Zhao Fuyun at all. She immediately panicked and turned around twice but still didn't see him.

Just as she was about to shout, Zhao Fuyun's voice rang in her mind: "I'm beside you, don't be afraid, keep going forward."

At this moment, a sinister eye looked at Chen Wenmei from the crack of the door of the hut. As it stared at Chen Wenmei, the eye reflected the light of fire.

In just a moment, the flames passed through its eyes and burned into its body, but the surroundings were quiet, without any sound, only the flickering fire in the cabin.

A dried corpse was rolling there, with fire burning on its body.

(End of this chapter)