After being reborn, he became cinnabar in the heart of Quanxianmen

Several people walked on wooden boards floating on the water.The plates are connected by chains, and the surface is coated with a special paint, which has been soaked in water all year round, but there is no serious deformation and corrosion.

The huts are built on floating slabs.In order to avoid the wet water surface, the first floor is elevated, and daily life needs to climb up to the second floor along the rope ladder.

The elevated first floor forms a natural promenade for shelter from wind and rain, above which are the huts of civilian residents.I have seen the extremely gorgeous palaces in the land of gold, and the houses here show a kind of clumsy simplicity and cuteness.

These houses floating on the water are like small boats connected together, neither high nor short, each with its own characteristics.

Different from the rigid and straight decoration style on the stone pillars of the island in the middle of the lake, the houses here are full of vitality and cuteness.Some have painted fish-shaped decorations on the doors and windows, and some have specially polished shiny scales and shells on the outer walls.Others are trying to grow aquatic plants on the roof.

Floating on the water, the intricate wooden boards look like a maze, which is very suitable for young children to shuttle around at first glance.Thick-armed men with beards are pulling nets full of whitebait out of the water.While hanging the salted fish marinated with coarse white salt on the porch, the strong woman let the wind dry the salted fish, while cursing the children who hadn't been beaten for three days.

The gray and white souls frolicked among the corridors, like silver fish swimming.

In the fortress city, there are soldiers who are armed to the teeth and ready to go out at any time. In the golden town, there are nobles who toast and wear gold as clothes.But in this country floating on the water, which is the most unlike anything that can be built in the world, they see the most normal and simple living atmosphere.

The three of them walked towards the tall wooden buildings in the center of the floating country along the floating boards laid on the water.These small buildings with extraordinary status can be seen at a glance, not the palace palace or the sacrificial ancestral hall as they guessed——

This is actually a school!

In the spacious space, soft cushions are neatly arranged.The students were male and female, old and young. The translucent gray-white souls sat on the mat obediently, staring at the podium.On the podium in front of the seats, there are strangely shaped earthen jars filled with paints of different colors.

Their collars are more or less embroidered with lozenges.More older people sit in the front row, and fewer people secretly sleep, eat snacks and play slingshots in the back row.

Lu Ran manipulated Ruomu to shuttle through it with great interest, guessing that the number of diamonds on the collar might be a symbol of a certain learning level.

An old man was standing behind the lucky student he had just picked at random, watching him slowly mix two paints in a copper pot cooking at high temperature.The collar embroidered with diamond-shaped patterns fluttered with the old man's thin chest, and it was obvious from the expression that he was holding back a bellyful of swear words.

Lu Ran watched the stage tremblingly undergoing the assessment, under the dead gaze of the teacher behind him, the poor boy trembling a little in his calves, he trembled unconsciously, inexplicably recalling that when he went to other sects to take classes, he was randomly checked by various sizes Exam-dominated fear.

Song Jun's face was calm, she looked like a good student, and she had no psychological shadow on this kind of teacher.Duanmujian also looked normal, the people in her family who preached to her were all relatives of Duanmu's family.It cannot be said that there is no deterrence, it can only be said that there is no fear at all.

She even dared to go directly to the podium without anyone else around, dipped a little on the vessel and observed carefully, and concluded that it was a prepared potion to protect the surface of the driftwood from corrosion.

The school and the school are not far from each other.They made a detour to another wooden building next to it.In each high-rise school floating on the water, the knowledge imparted is also different.

The tallest one of them specializes in the construction method of water surface buildings.Every structural part is delicately painted on the ground with non-fading paint.There are dense text notes next to the picture, but unfortunately these words are so professional that Yi Yao can hardly recognize any words.

Duanmujian gesticulated against the drawing, and suddenly poked his eyes, asking Lu Ran to look at a structural drawing depicting the foundation of the column.She muttered and wrote on the ground with spells: "Pillar foundation, foundation, quicksand, flowing water."

Through Ruomu's vision, Lu Ran frowned at these words.The most amazing thing about this transition floating on the water is its technology to make the stilted house float stably on the water.

But in fact, it is not the first time they have seen such exquisite technology.In the land of golden splendor, there is no solid ground.The ancient Sumuya people were able to make the heavy Golden Palace and the seven-story giant tower stand steadily on the sandy sea without shaking at all.

Although the land of gold and the country of floating are completely different in appearance, in some places, it seems like a predestined coincidence, vaguely revealing a sense of deja vu.

It is estimated that get out of class has just ended, and there is no one in the school for the time being.Inside the empty school, there was a stale and antiquated atmosphere.The inexplicable loneliness passes through the border of the dream and is transmitted to the reality thousands of years later.

Through the window of the school, one can vaguely see the black land beside the huge lake, on which crops like rice are cultivated.

Several people looked at Duanmujian. Duanmujian waved his hands, carefully avoiding the drawings carved on the ground, and wrote:

"Don't ask me why I don't use land, but I have to spend so much effort to build a kingdom on water. I don't understand, but I was shocked."

The lantern-like fireflies guided everyone to the shore.Duanmujian is still thinking about the delicate structure he just saw in the school.With Yi Yao leading the way, she didn't care about what was ahead.

Yi Yao finally couldn't take it anymore.He's here to tell the truth, not to be a male mother and take care of a child.He pointed to the person washing clothes beside the rippling and misty lake:

"Do you think these people will disturb some aquatic life when these people wash clothes in the river?"

"Hmm." It took Duanmujian a long time to realize that he was talking to himself. He raised his head blankly, looked at the salted fish hanging on the eaves on both sides of the corridor, and replied uncertainly: "There should be fish."

"Do you think you look like the one who hangs around and fishes when everyone else is doing laundry?"

Duanmujian: "..."

She put away her thoughts, pretended to look around and began to observe.

Lu Ran commanded Ruomu to fly high into the sky, and the firefly followed the magic weapon nimbly.The divine power of the soul lamp was shielded by the mist, so that the whole picture of this floating country was clearly displayed in front of Lu Ran.

Sure enough, with the island in the center of the lake as the origin, the bright light flowing between the chains formed an exquisite and complicated magic circle.As before, it is this magic circle that supports the existence of the entire dream world.

Lu Ran was completely sure whose handwriting it was.

With just a little soul power in Ruo's eyes, he was able to recognize himself.And attracted fireflies to surround and guard him.

The master-student relationship is earth-shattering.

In the world of cultivating immortals for nearly a hundred years, the most outstanding array cultivator, no one of her generation can compare with her in terms of array attainments.

Unconstrained ideas, and unparalleled talent.

Even Bai Ling, one of the Four Heroes at the beginning of the Yuan Dynasty, who is the master of formations, is named after her as a token of respect.

The former head of Taiyi, the master of Lu Ran and Lu Bai, one of the five masters of Taixi——

Taiyi formation spirit, Lu Zhiling.

In Lu Ran's memory, Zhen Ling did often travel far away, for several months.But then something happened to my legs and feet, and I couldn't go too far.She had no choice but to ask her disciples to travel far instead of her.

Lu Ran was once Jin's elder brother, and now Fu Xiao's father, it is precisely because of this that he runs errands for her almost all year round.The elder brother's Taoist companion, A Li, the goddess of the southern Xinjiang witch tribe who refuses to be the fourth senior sister of Taiyi, often secretly complains to Lu Ran that the elder brother is often not at home.

Lu Ran could imagine it.Nearly a hundred years ago, Lu Zhiling, a genius array repairman who had not yet become famous in the first battle in the early years of Taixi, traveled abroad with his companions and passed through Sumuya. By chance, he learned about the past here and expressed his feelings.

So after careful carving and design, a formation was set up in the dream to lead people to meet the ancestors on this land tonight.Later, because of this ghost-like profound mana, he was honored as "the second envoy of ghosts and spirits".

Not "Ling", but "Ling".As for the "ghost", Lu Ran vaguely remembered that Master seemed to have had a ghost cultivator friend.When he was young, he sneaked into the master's bedroom, and often saw the master meditating on a portrait.It was probably inspired by his ghost cultivator friend that Lu Zhiling was able to create the technique that connects the magic circle with the soul.

Now the master has completed his practice, and has ascended into the sky.Ruomu communicates with the magic lamp in Lu Ran's soul, and the firefly left behind by Lu Zhiling to guide the dream may have recognized from the clues that this is the soul power of her former little disciple, so he is very close to Ruomu.

The "reunion after a long absence" in Lu Bai's hexagram probably also contains this meaning.

Master Zhenling's guidance must of course be followed.They followed the fireflies, and sure enough, there was no danger along the way.

But you can't blindly follow Master's teachings.For example, when fireflies stay away from Yi Yao one after another, they have to be skeptical and critical, do the opposite, approach him, observe him, touch him, understand him and influence him.

Ruomu flew down from a high altitude and landed on Yi Yao's shoulder again. He was surprised to find that Duanmujian had started to work, and was also carefully investigating the surrounding area.Ruomu rested tightly on Yi Yao's shoulder, waved his wings lazily, indicating that there was no danger ahead, and he could continue to move forward with confidence.

Lu Ran stuck to Yi Yao's shoulder as if he completely forgot that the Ruomu he designed had wings and could fly.The soft and stretched wings brush against Yi Yao's slender and graceful neck from time to time.

Lu Ran was a little annoyed.Why do you make Ruomu so light and fluffy, that you have no sense of existence when it falls on your body.

Yi Yao seemed to have forgotten that he could walk, his steps were awkward and stiff, and he tried his best to ignore the delicate and soft touch from the side of his neck, like a kiss that would break away at the touch of a touch.

Yi Yao resented a little.Isn't Lu Ran very talented in refining weapons? How did he make them so heavy?Lying on your shoulders is simply impossible to ignore.

Lu Ran thought about it, and felt that this could not go on.Yi Yao kept ignoring him, he was about to suffocate.

Yi Yao paused and decided that the status quo could not be maintained.Lu Ran kept teasing him, if there was still a heart in his empty chest, it must be beating wildly right now.

It must be because I'm not attractive enough.

Ruomu flew forward lightly.The dim light of fireflies is like a luminous brocade, entangled with Ruomu, dancing lightly in the misty mist.

It must be because I'm so boring.

A ray of magic breath flowed out from Yi Yao's fingertips, and the water mist condensed into frost flowers, turning into a white bird and flying gracefully in the air, leaving behind a string of fine and clear ice crystals.

Lu Ran looked at the crystal-clear ice crystals through his eyes, and felt his heart beating.

A resentful gaze came from behind, and Duanmu Jian's eyes clearly expressed the resentment and dissatisfaction of "only the state officials are allowed to talk about love, and the common people are not allowed to be lazy and fish".

Lu Ran calmed down her heartbeat.The crisis has not been resolved, and we must correct our work attitude.

Ruomu flew to the black land ahead.On the fertile black soil, crops grow luxuriantly.Around the farmland, a circle of sharp fences was arranged. It looked like iron farm tools used to reclaim the land were leaning against the fences.Every tens of feet, there is a small watchtower.

Lu Ran frowned.There must be a reason why crops are grown on land but people are forced to retreat to the water.There must be something in the black soil that makes people prefer to float and wander on the water.

Yi Yao regained his breath.They are still in a dream, and they have to do something serious.

The invisible demon field is unfolding, and no disturbance can be avoided.Under the bottomless water surface, several strings of strange bubbles popped up.

Yi Yao narrowed his eyes, showing an impatient and disgusted look.

Sure enough, those dirty things came after them again.

The light originating from the island in the center of the lake began to weaken, and the silver-white streamer on the iron chain connecting the driftwood on the water slowly passed to the shore, gradually unable to keep up with the speed of the darkness.

The light belonging to the floating kingdom began to fade.

Lu Ran carefully maneuvered Ruomu to fly across the field.Suddenly, a huge python emerged from the black soil, twisted its body, and attacked the farmland.The boa constrictor's slender body is thicker than the waist of an adult man, but its eyes are only the size of a child's fist, shrunk into lumps, squeezed to the top of its head by its huge mouth full of sharp teeth.

Lu Ran sucked in a breath of cold air, and suddenly raised his eyes.

The python-like monster couldn't take a single blow, and quickly opened the soft soil to hide in the ground.Although it was just a hasty glance, Lu Ran, who had just witnessed the fall of the Golden City, would never mistake the wriggling, ring-shaped body.

It's not python at all.

This is a giant desert worm shrunk down dozens of times.

The raised soil extends all the way to the farmland.The giant worm has not yet become the behemoth it will become after a thousand years, but it is enough to cause huge damage to the human territory.

It tried to get through the fence full of spikes and devour the black soil in the farmland. Several wounds were drawn on its wriggling body, and grayish-yellow pus flowed out from the wounds.

The struggle of the giant worm seemed to have touched some mechanism.Under the control of the mechanism, several sharp arrows were shot out, piercing the worm's soft skin and nailing it to the ground.

Song Jun and Lu Ran were attracted by this automatic archery weapon at the same time.Such an ingenious structure, I am afraid that only craftsmen who can even build a floating kingdom centered on a small island on the water can do it.

The crisis is not over yet.The ground bulges in the distance, and there are more and bigger giant creeps rushing towards the black soil.The people watching in the watchtower lit up the warning smoke.

The Sumuya people who received the message would drive from the lake to the land along the boards on the water with various utensils.Those agricultural tools used for harvesting are turned upside down, and they are a sharp iron fork.

The physiques of those gray-white translucent people are not as brave as the soldiers in the fortress city, but they are definitely not comparable to the delicate flowers in the Golden Town.The elite weapons in their hands are their most reliable reliance.Those iron spears processed by countless crafts aimed at the giant worms that eroded the land with their sharp cold light.

The giant worm that was pierced by the sharp arrow before was still alive.The exuberant vitality makes it still struggling.Several agile men and women dragged the giant worm by its tail and dragged it along the field ridge into the water.

The moment the giant worm dipped into the water, its body suddenly twisted and twitched in pain. Its body was like residual ice in summer, quickly decomposing and rotting under the washing of the lake water.Schools of fish rose from the deep lake bottom to share the wreckage of the giant worm.

Lu Ran suddenly realized——

Desert giants fear water.

So the Sumuyans were driven to the lake by worms from the black earth.These powerful monsters have taken over the land of Black Earth.They can only be forced to live on the water.

The pressure of life and death has stimulated a major breakthrough in technology and established an incredible floating country.Perhaps it was the conquest of the water that gave the Sumuyans unprecedented confidence.At this time, they even had the courage to fight and kill the strange insects.

The pure white light is like ripples slowly fading away, and it takes a long time to wait for the next light.Three or two strings of cloudy bubbles murmured on the surface of the water.The bright light flowed through, and there seemed to be a deep and huge shadow flashing past at the bottom of the lake.

The battle between the people on the shore and the giant worm is not over, and the disgusting pus has soaked the fields.Duanmujian was worried that the fish in the pond would be harmed, so he proposed not to go ashore for the time being.

Yi Yao looked grim.

Ruomu couldn't dive into the bottom of the water, so they didn't find it in time. For them, the lake water at this time was probably more dangerous than the land.

In the dark lake water, the bubbles are getting denser and denser.The entire lake boiled as if it were being placed on an evil fire.The lake water became more and more turbid, and the smell of dirty and rotten water permeated the surroundings along with the fishy smell of the water.Soon, the entire surface of the lake was filled with bubbling bubbles, like a muddy and sinister swamp.

Nightmarish migratory locusts floated to the surface of the water one by one riding on the air bubbles.The vast surface of the lake was quickly occupied by countless bugs, like sticky and dirty algae tangled together.

The inorganic black worms couldn't see any light in their eyes.It seems that they are not looking anywhere, and they seem to be at the bottom of the dark water, staring at the people on the water all the time.

The magic locust spread its wings and flew away from the water, vibrating its wet wings and buzzing.The water mist became thicker and thicker, covering the black magic insects that covered the water.The floating board on the lake bumped up and down with the vibration of the insect's wings.

Duanmujian was stunned by the way the locust sneaked in, which was impossible to guard against.Without even thinking about it, she pulled Song Jun and ran towards the shore, as if she was sure that Yi Yao would give them a back seat.

Yi Yao glanced at Duanmujian who didn't even put on any airs in a very speechless manner. The huge black bone wings on his back spread out like a phantom, extending towards the shore.All the magic insects who wanted to approach the corridor were blocked from the magic energy turning into black wings.

Song Jun looked back at Yi Yao in surprise, said nothing, and followed Duanmu Jian to speed up to the shore.

The bottom of the Black Lake seemed to be a huge insect swarm. A steady stream of migratory locusts emerged from the water, gathered into a ball, and attacked Yi Yao.Yi Yao showed a look of disgust, and a devilish energy gently wrapped around Ruomu in the air and hid it in his sleeve.Another demonic energy turned into a sharp ice blade and slashed towards the insect group.Wherever the ice blade went, all the flying insects were condensed by the frost and fell into the water.

The driftwood on the water was eaten by the hungry migratory locusts, and soon there were only scattered debris floating on the water.A black swarm of insects blocked Yi Yao's way, and before he could make a move, a ball of fire exploded, clearing the way.

Yi Yuan stayed out of the water and flew ashore on the iron chain.

Song Jun on the shore pursed her lips with a complicated expression.Duanmujian muttered to Song Jun reluctantly:

"I told you that we don't need to take action, he can solve it by himself. We have to save some mana."

Song Jun didn't seem to care about her at all.

Yi Yao went ashore smoothly.Duanmujian conjured characters on the ground and asked Lu Ran:

"How many migratory locusts are there this time? Which direction is less?"

No one responded to her.Yi Yao took Ruomu out of his sleeve.The spiritual weapon drooped its wings, apparently losing its spiritual power connection.

Song Jun and Duanmujian checked the other Ruomu they were carrying, but there was no response.

The hearts of the three sank.

No wonder they didn't get any warning from Ruomu when the locusts attacked this time.Lu Ran had already terminated the monitoring task before no one noticed, and disappeared.

Lu Ran will not disappear for no reason.It must have been something else happened at the temple that left Lu Ran without the energy to maintain the vision link shared with Ruomu.

As a divine bird that conveys messages, Zhou Qingluan's jade pendant can cross the boundary between dreams and reality.Song Jun used a sound transmission jade pendant and anxiously waited for Lu Ran's reply.

Yi Yao's plain and clear eyes were full of coldness, and the demonic energy flowing from his feet turned into a black bird, like a ghostly sharp arrow, breaking through the blockade of the insects and disappearing into the air.

In the Floating Kingdom, the iron locks connecting each houseboat no longer emit silver light, only the towering stone pillars on the small island in the lake that is the center of the magic circle still retain a layer of dim gray light.

Darkness enveloped the world once again, and countless magic locusts hid in the dark corners and stared at the humans on the shore.

All three knew that they would once again witness the tragedy repeat itself.

It's just that none of them at this time thought that this water kingdom, which condensed the wisdom of human craftsmen, would disappear in the torrent of time in such a tragic way.

The author has something to say:

In fact, all written words should be in written language, and in addition to superficial ancient times, it should be more rigorous in classical Chinese.

But my language is too bad, I really can’t write classical Chinese, and it must be awkward to write it out, so let’s use vernacular to trouble everyone to read it (cover your face)

The setting of the sandworm's fear of water comes from "Dune"