the enlightener says

Chapter 185 Apocalypse

Qin Kezheng felt a little unbelievable, why did the master get insane?

Who was that person who stretched out his hand to lift him up in the tide of refugees?

Who is the master who gets along with me day and night, who is calm and wise with a bit of childishness?

Hearing such an abrupt sentence from Zhuge Wanling, he said stupidly: "I know? Ah? What do I know?"

Zhuge Wanling stared at him deeply: "Did you... have a few dreams?"

"Dream?" Qin Ke scratched his head, "I often dream, sometimes I dream of eating roast chicken, sometimes I dream of eating buns..."

Zhuge Wanling smiled and said: "Of course not. Also, you'd better be more restrained, otherwise you will really look like Zhao Qian. Let alone going into battle, I'm afraid it will be inconvenient to use a sword."

"Zhao Qian?" Qin Ke remembered that this seemed to be Xiaoqian's nickname. As for "Xiaoqian" - it was just that the students joked that he weighed a thousand catties, so they deliberately gave him such an nickname.

"It's just some dreams that you think are weird but very real. There may be seas, stars, and human faces in them..."

"Ah!" Qin Ke thought for a while, then slapped his thigh and said, "There have been so many times." He frowned, trying to recall the scenes in his dream, but he couldn't recall all of them, he could only use fragmentary memories Putting it together, "It seems that there are stars, and the surrounding area is empty, and the sound of horseshoes of the army fighting against each other is heard, and sometimes there is nothing..."

Zhuge Wanling's eyes brightened slightly, but soon, the gleam in his eyes narrowed again: "Is there still someone talking?"

"Yes." Qin Ke nodded, and he still remembered a little bit of this, "It seems that someone is shouting at me, I don't know if it's a man or a woman, anyway, the voice sounds like a man for a while, and a woman for a while, the voice said: Come."

"That's it." Zhuge Wanling half closed his eyes, let out a long breath, as if something had been confirmed, and lay down on the back of the chair all at once.

"What is it?" Qin Ke looked at Zhuge Wanling's suddenly relaxed body and asked more and more puzzled.

Zhuge Wanling didn't answer directly, but asked him instead: "What if I tell you that the things in your dream are not illusions, but a real voice calling you?"

Qin Ke frowned, Zhuge Wanling's question undoubtedly stunned him, calling?How can he believe that this kind of invisible and intangible thing is not like the meat buns in the bun shop, and you can also taste the soft white noodles and fragrant soup?

"Of course, you may not be able to accept it for a while." Zhuge Wanling said: "But I think you should still remember the 'enlightenment' His Excellency Shenlong told you. Have you ever thought about where His Excellency Shenlong came from? "

Qin Ke recalled the scene in the tomb of King Ye, the unbelievably huge body, as if it had gone through thousands of years of vicissitudes, but still had wise eyes despite being tired.

Dragon.

It carries a kind of majesty like the birth of heaven and earth. Even though it has been imprisoned for many years, it is still fearful and submissive.

Where does such an existence come from?

And when he died, where did the light that seemed to rise into the sky go?

Heaven?

But is there really a heaven in this world?

"It's okay, you don't understand now, you will understand in the future. Compared with me, an old man, you are still young, and time will make you grow."

"When you are able to receive revelation, you will see mountains, rivers, oceans, and skies."

"They will guide you, Chilas... Fujika... Numb Lass..."

Before he died, the old Shenlong said this to him, and he did see mountains, rivers, oceans, and sky in some dreams afterwards...

At this moment, he suddenly wished that he could understand Shenlong's language, maybe in this way he would be able to grasp the current situation.

"I believe what you said." Qin Ke's eyes were firm, "But what is the revelation...?"

Zhuge Wanling knew how much impact Qin Ke's mind was suffering at the moment. It was not easy to overthrow all the established concepts in a person's mind and reshape a completely different concept from the original one.

If it was him back then, why not?

"Enlightenment...is something in your dreams. Wolong calls him Divine Enlightenment." Zhuge Wanling replied softly: "He said it was a call from the gods, but I can't judge what it actually is. But I checked In the case file, there are indeed some people, and what happened to them is very similar to Wolong. They all think that they have received an indescribable revelation, as if there is an existence that wants to speak to them through dreams."

"So... people like me and my master are not unique, so where are these people who have been enlightened by God?" Qin Ke asked.

"They're all dead." Zhuge Wanling looked at Qin Ke's slightly terrified eyes, smiled and said, "But don't get me wrong, they didn't die on the gods, these people have existed for thousands of years People, no matter how long they live, they have already turned into dust."

Qin Ke held his chest, let out a long breath, and said: "I was scared to death... I thought I was summoned by the gods for no reason, but it didn't benefit me at all, and I had to die instead. Is this still called a god? This is Yan Luo King?"

Zhuge Wanling smiled: "Perhaps it is."

Qin Ke was shocked, and stared at Zhuge Wanling with wide eyes: "What do you mean, there is no real King Yama, right?"

"I don't know." Zhuge Wanling replied, "Maybe, maybe not."

"That's why I said that you people don't speak crisply at all, and you have to make a big detour." Qin Ke turned his head to one side and muttered.

"So, what kind of god do you think?" Zhuge Wanling asked.

Qin Ke thought for a while, and said: "I can't say, like Bodhisattva? Taoist Sanqing? King Yama? Hmm... It seems that there is a guy who likes to run around with bare feet and no shoes, and he is not afraid of stepping on dog shit on the road. .”

Zhuge Wanling laughed in a rare way.

"Let's go back to the matter of Wolong. I'll talk about the illusory topic about gods and spirits later." He picked up the teapot on the table and poured some into his usual plain white porcelain cup, feeling Qin Ke's gaze, he said softly: "You should not be used to drinking this tea."

Qin Ke nodded, although the so-called "tea" in Zhuge Wanling's mouth was very light under the candlelight, but he could still smell the smell that was different from tea leaves.

He didn't feel thirsty, but just watched Zhuge Wanling finish his drink quietly, and heard him cough lightly, and suddenly asked, "What's wrong with you?"

Zhuge Wanling's hands froze for a moment, but soon returned to normal. Even Qin Ke, who was sitting opposite him, couldn't notice such a speed of change. He smiled on his pale and haggard face, and said, "Why? Suddenly asking this?"

"It's nothing, I'm just curious. Master also has a hidden disease. He often cooks some medicinal materials, but it's not as serious as yours." Qin Ke replied.

Zhuge Wanling looked at the clean and white cup in his hand, slowly put it on the table, and said: "It's nothing, it's just some old problems, to a certain extent, Wolong and I are really troubled brothers. "

He skipped the question and said instead: "Wolong left home for five years and was 22 years old when he came back. But in the eyes of his father, that clever son never came back. Fortunately, Wolong is only occasionally 'crazy', But knowledge has not declined over these years, but has improved even more. My father was overjoyed to be so fortunate in this misfortune. Although I am afraid that I will not be able to be an official because of this crazy problem, I can still help my family again. Continuing the incense, maybe Wolong will return to normal when he is rushed by a happy event and the ghost on his body leaves?"

Chapter 186 Jade Box

"Actually, I can also understand my father's thoughts. He is really a dead horse as a living horse doctor. He has hired a lot of real masters in the nearby Taoist temples and temples. Not to mention the waste of money, he has not seen any improvement in Wolong. .It’s a bad idea to be happy, but it’s better than doing nothing.”

"Just at this time, there was a daughter of Liu Yuan's family in Longzhong. On the day of her wedding, her husband was drunk and rushed to the mountain to be buried and kissed by a wolf. She was considered a newlywed widow...Although others persuaded him that this woman's life is hard, Kefu. My father said Do you look at them one by one coldly, saying that Wolong is already like this, Kefu? He just hopes that the woman will not be scared to death by the ghost in Wolong's body."

"For this marriage, Wolong didn't express his approval or objection. He just said that everything was arranged by his father, and obediently went to Liu Yuan's house to visit once. In addition to saying things in his mouth from time to time, Wolong would not listen to others. Apart from what he understands, he is no different from ordinary people, and some people even commented that he is tall, heroic, and has a heroic air in every move."

"Liu Yuanwai had a very happy chat with him, especially admired his all-encompassing knowledge, and even said that he has the talent of Wang Zuozhi, so naturally he has no objection to this marriage."

"The marriage was arranged on an auspicious day after March. The two families communicated frequently, showing their closeness. However, Wolong usually reads the classics in the study, and no one knew what he was looking for. Later, when there were not enough books at home, he went to Stay in the bookstore, only sleep for two hours at night, wake up and eat some porridge and cakes to solve the problem."

"Liu Yuanwai saw that his son-in-law is so eager to learn, so he simply broke the rules and opened up his library to Wolong, allowing him to concentrate on studying there. It's strange to say, since I don't know when, Wolong has gone crazy more and more The less, two months later, almost no different from normal people. Only then did my father feel relieved, and he was happy that Wolong stayed at his in-law's house."

"Everything seems to be getting better, and my father even got drunk again, but this time, it's not resentment, but joy. But just when everyone thought things would get smoother..."

Zhuge Wanling's fingers lightly tapped on the table, as if talking about this made him feel a little bad, "Wolong is missing again."

"Missing again?" Qin Ke looked at Zhuge Wanling, and said strangely: "I don't even know where I went when I disappeared last time, why are you missing now?"

Zhuge Wanling looked at the gradually drying ink, his pale face was reflected on it, and he replied softly: "Perhaps, only he himself knows."

Of course, there are some people who also know it, such as Liu De... although he only knows a small part of it.

"Everyone didn't expect it, even my father thought that Wolong had suffered so much outside these years that it was impossible for him to run out inexplicably. Of course, he would not have thought of arranging someone to guard him. Obviously, there is only half a month left. Time is about to get married, he just disappeared so suddenly, the moment my father heard the news, he fainted."

"Wait until he wakes up. I opened Wolong's letter for him, and he said in the letter that thanks to the collection of books in Liu Yuanwai's house, he now has an idea in his mind, but just needs confirmation. He can't wait another half a month To get married, I can only apologize to my father and brother, and when he finds what he is looking for, he will come back."

"Father was so angry that he couldn't speak. Once Wolong ran away, the marriage with Liu Yuanwai's family fell through, but Liu Yuanwai didn't complain about our family. The old man said... vaguely felt that there was something in Wolong's heart. This is a big thing. Even if such a person becomes a relative, it is impossible to be firmly tied to the family. In this case, it is better to let this wild horse run. Maybe he can really do something earth-shattering in the future. Woolen cloth?"

Zhuge Wanling smiled wryly and said: "Perhaps at that time, Liu Yuanwai was the only one who could understand Wolong. Although the two of them didn't really form a husband-in-law, and the age difference was dozens of years, they always talked very happily, which can be regarded as a good relationship. It’s rare to forget the year.”

"But this time I disappeared, and I never saw him again." Zhuge Wanling sighed and said, "According to the time, it has been 16 years. During these 16 years, I got tired of the chaotic officialdom and retired to the rivers and lakes. By coincidence, a gang was established, and it quickly developed and became the most popular faction in the territory of Wu at that time. Wu."

"So... Master didn't rush back to take a look until his father passed away?" Qin Ke's eyes were a bit sad, this is really not a good ending.

At the end of the story, the old man looked at the empty top of the bed, maybe his eyes were dimmed, maybe his thoughts were confused, but he still hoped to see his beloved child again before he died, but until his eyes focused on the endless darkness, until the breath of death filled the air With his thin and bent body, he still couldn't wait.

Such a heartless person...is he really his master?

"Perhaps he has regretted it too..." Zhuge Wanling looked at the candlelight in a daze, as if some watery light had obscured his cold eyes, "It's just that he at that time... had some demonic symptoms. Bamboo stick straw sandals Qing Sheng Ma... Even though he is chic, it is also a painful thing to miss those times, and father and brother will never see each other again."

Speaking of which, he subconsciously grasped the armrest of the chair, because his knuckles were slightly white because of too much force.

After a long time, he let go of the armrest, his expression returned to normal, he coughed calmly, and raised his hand to finish the rest of the herbal tea in the cup. At that moment, he seemed to have a heroic spirit like drinking strong wine. He continued: "I only found out after I received the letter from the shopkeeper of Jiayuju that he has been searching for the whereabouts of the artifact for the past 16 years."

"Sacred Artifact? What is that?" Qin Ke felt that he had never been so confused since he was born. First, there was the mysterious "Divine Enlightenment", and now there is an artifact. What will appear next?God himself?Or a golden-haired monkey that is said to be able to meet gods and kill gods, and Buddhas to kill Buddhas?

Zhuge Wanling didn't speak, but stood up from the chair, and walked slowly to the cabinet where various letters were also placed.

With his plain hands stretched out under his wide sleeves, he lightly pressed an inconspicuous decoration on the cabinet.

There was a soft "嗤", and a corner of the cabinet suddenly opened, revealing a box carved from emerald and jade.

The box is not spliced, but is completely made of a whole piece of jade, which looks like a whole, glowing faintly in the night.

Zhuge Wanling carefully took out the box, and walked in front of Qin Ke with him.

I don't know what is in it, but it must be very precious, otherwise such an expensive and rare jadeite, who would use it just to make a box?Such a large piece of jade is not a rotten stone in a pickle jar.

Qin Ke felt a familiar aura inside, as if he saw it for the first time yesterday.

Between breaths, Qin Ke felt that it was gradually waking up, like a real living creature...

There was also a heart beating there, following the rhythm of his breathing, so powerful, so strong, and...so greedy.

Qin Ke guessed what was inside, but he still forced himself to restrain his mind and asked, "What is it?"

Zhuge Wanling slowly opened the jade box, under the firelight, the dark red on the two scales inside was churning like blood.

It came alive just like that, like a ghost returning from the underworld to the underworld. The long-term hunger has already made it on the verge of madness. Countless black mist surged from above, and a strong smell of blood almost covered the entire hall. .

Zhu Ran was standing in front of the door holding the handle of the knife. Although he had anticipated this situation in advance, he could not help pulling the long knife halfway out of its sheath when he sensed the crazy killing intent. He stared at the door that blocked his sight, as if he was about to rush in the next moment.

Qin Ke was the closest to the scales, and the overwhelming resentment and murderous intent seemed to be blowing on his face like a gust of wind. He had so many goose bumps on his body, and his entire spine was tense under such pressure and he couldn't move. move.

But in darkness, there is always light.

And in the jade box, just when the mist on the scales had condensed into substance, a ray of light burst out from it, and almost instantly shattered the black mist into pieces.

The mist that was about to touch Qin Ke's body lost its support, scattered away, and disappeared into the shadows without a trace.

It was a sacred and solemn ray, arrogant like a king, although he carried a lofty majesty, but also a warm kindness.

Qin Ke heaved a sigh of relief, feeling that the disgusting smell of blood had been swept away by the ray of light, and the cold sweat on his back kept breaking out, wet his back.

Chapter 187 Artifact

"You should have seen both of these two dragon scales." Zhuge Wanling stared into the jade box and said, "They are of the same origin, but they are completely opposite. The reason why the dragon's reverse scales faded is because Your Excellency Shenlong has grown another piece of bloodthirsty Nilin, so Shenlong Nilin will instinctively fear Bloodthirsty Nilin, but the two suppress each other. In front of Shenlong Nilin, Bloodthirsty Nilin will also have some blood. Convergence. "Tianyuan" records that the ancient sage kings unified the world, burned soldiers and armours to cast agricultural tools, and scattered property to support the people. Confucianism first proposed: give virtue, and the world obeys. It is said that the ancient sage kings. At that time Floods are frequent in the world, and monsters stir up wind and waves in the rivers and seas. The holy king led people to build water conservancy projects, diverted the water from the big river into the fields, tamed wild wolves as pet dogs, killed monsters and calmed the hearts of the people. His virtues attracted phoenixes. The inverse scale of the divine dragon was given to the holy king, and a long-lasting millennium dynasty began..."

"That's not right." Qin Ke was a little dubious, and interrupted Zhuge Wanling's narration, "Why are you talking about the ancient sage king again? What does the artifact have to do with the ancient sage king?"

"This..." Zhuge Wanling closed the jade box, the neutral and peaceful light gradually receded, and finally returned to nothingness, he said with a smile: "After the ancient sage king got the dragon Nilin, in order to control the flood, he actually used the Nilin Lin's power poured it into an artifact called 'Pojun'. He used Pojun to interrupt a towering mountain at that time. The mountain fell down and became a natural dam, leading the flood back to the the sea of ​​vaults."

Qin Ke had never heard of this legend, and looked at the jade box in which Nilin was stored in surprise: "Can, can it break the mountain? What is so powerful?"

"I don't know. The things in the book may not be without exaggeration. The fact that Qingluan presented Nilin as a gift to the Holy King... seems too mysterious. But the truth is, I am afraid only God knows. According to the records, even if Nilin Powerful, but neither Nilin nor Pojun can do such a thing, only the combination of the two can produce shocking power, but since then, Nilin has shattered into powder, and Pojun has also broken into two pieces." Zhuge Wanling said: "However, the sage king passed on the message to future generations, that these two things will one day be seen again at a suitable time..."

"The years when Wolong stayed in Daoxiang Village and raised you were actually counting the timing of the opening of King Ye's tomb."

"The mausoleum... will it open on its own?" Qin Ke now seems to be deeply attracted by what Zhuge Wanling said, instead of focusing only on his master.

"The tomb of King Ye has gone through a hundred years of wind and frost. Even though the large formations in the tomb have been continuously absorbing the power of the Shenlong for more than a hundred years, how could an existence as powerful as the Shenlong be suppressed if it was not for the purpose of suppressing the bloodthirsty Nilin?" Bound by a mere large array?"

"Wolong is calculating. When Shenlong will be at its weakest, it is at this time that the formation in King Ye's tomb will also turn weak. If we enter the tomb of King Ye, if it doesn't happen to be at the time of Wolong's calculation On the other hand, even Chang Gong couldn't resist the strong wind inside the stone formation... and if the time is too late, Shenlong may have broken through the formation and returned to the world in a different form."

Thinking of the old and tired Shenlong who looked like a kind elder, he couldn't bear it: "Since he can return to the world, why should we take advantage of him? There is a piece of Shenlong in Ye Wang's coffin. Is there such a thing?" A piece of bloodthirsty reverse scale, isn't it important?"

Zhuge Wanling seemed a little tired. He closed his eyes and rested his mind, and replied softly: "If Your Excellency Shenlong can get rid of the inner demons, it is good to leave the formation. But if he loses to the bloodthirsty Nilin, he can break through the stone formation with another method." Standing out, do you think anyone in this world can stop him? I'm afraid it will be another catastrophe..."

"There is a destiny in the dark. Maybe the ancient sage king just said it casually, or maybe he had foreseen that there would be a day when Shenlong Nilin exhausted his strength and disintegrated. Now we have got two by chance. It's just that... Wolong calculated the time, but he seemed to be unable to wait for something to leave first. But since this is his long-cherished wish for many years, I should do it for him, so there is the Mo family Only one line will see you."

Qin Ke felt more and more that the master was covered with an invisible black veil. Is this so-called "lunatic" really the easy-going and humorous master?Perhaps the only thing in common is that both he and the master have many strange and incomprehensible ideas.

Qin Ke stopped talking.

Zhuge Wanling felt that he hadn't spoken freely like he did tonight for a long time. Seeing Qin Ke's thoughtful look, he said in a gentle tone: "However, the purpose of us looking for Your Excellency Shenlong is really not noble, so we don't want to talk about it." It is necessary to flaunt ourselves. Bloodthirsty and invincible, we won the victory without force, but His Excellency Shenlong did not kill us because of this, but repaid his hatred with virtue, and gave us his last miracle in this world as a gift, His virtues are enough to be called holy."

Qin Ke nodded, but he didn't know why he nodded. Thinking of the light that Shenlong put on his chest before, he subconsciously touched the place where the beating heart was restless.

"Wolong said... If you find all the artifacts, you can find the world in his dreams. He has disappeared from the world for so many years, I have to wonder if he has found that world, or, if he failed to find that world, still I'm still walking somewhere in the world." Zhuge Wanling said solemnly: "In addition to Nilin, there is also half of the 'Pojun' enshrined in the Jingwu Taimiao. , perhaps only by personally verifying can we be clear.”

Qin Ke was silent for a long time, maybe it was because of too many things that surprised him that night, so now that Zhuge Wanling had finished speaking, he didn't have too many emotional fluctuations.

He just stared blankly at the jade box on the table, and thought of the master who is nowhere to be seen now, maybe he should try it?Try to trace every step of Master's journey through thousands of rivers and mountains?

Thinking of this, he raised his head, stared deeply at Zhuge Wanling, and said, "If I want to find these artifacts, where should I start?"

In the dead of night, there are autumn cicadas chirping softly on the books outside the palace, but this is no longer the time when the cicadas chirp in summer, only a few autumn cicadas chirp with each other, but it seems very lonely.

Zhuge Wanling sat quietly on the chair, the hall was empty, Zhu Ran had already sent Qin Ke to the outside of the palace gate, and the old eunuch also "just" pushed the door in at this time, holding warm tea, He said softly: "Prime Minister, it's cold at night, drink some warm tea to warm your body."

"Let's put it down." Zhuge Wanling's eyes were unfocused, as if he was looking into the distance, "This is supposed to be tea for that child, but he is full of worries, and he can't even drink this tea."