The Ascension of Ghosts

Xie Rong stands in the valley, with overlapping reflections on each of the three sides, countless and endless, which can make people dazzled suddenly.

He approached a stone mirror on the left, touched the cold and smooth mirror with his palm for a moment, punched a certain place, and countless cracks opened from the place where the force was applied, and then changed another place and struck again. , Going back and forth six times like this, the successive crisp sounds are like firecrackers, and the cracks are like countless tiny spirit snakes, spreading and swimming in all directions, quickly expanding on the entire stone wall.

Xie Rong retreated, big and small broken stones fell like raindrops, and piled up into a hill in the blink of an eye.

Lu Sheng stared in a daze, until Xie Rong grabbed his arm and hugged him in his arms and retreated to the entrance to avoid the falling rocks from the top of his head. Then he said in a daze, "This... how did you do it?"

Xie Rong said: "Naturally there is a trick."

The smoke and dust cleared, and the stone mirror was broken, revealing the thick bluestone gate behind it. The three gates on the left, middle and right were lined up neatly, simple and vigorous, and no difference could be discerned from the outside.

Lu Sheng climbed over the gravel hill neatly and carefully inspected the three doors, only to find that on each door, only the left door frame had different palm-sized stone carvings. From left to right, bears, pigs, Deer, the engraving is simple and clumsy, gray and blue.Every door is unlocked, and it opens as soon as you push it. There is no bottom to the bottom of the door, and the air-conditioning is gloomy through the cracks in the door.

Xie Rong accompanied him to check carefully, and asked with a smile: "Do you want to break the remaining two sides?"

Lu Sheng murmured, "Of course it's going to be broken...I'll do it."

Xie Rong said: "Do you know the trick?"

Holding the hanging pot in his hand, Lu Sheng said seriously, "I'm going to ask Mr. Xie for advice."

Xie Rong seemed to be smiling but not smiling, the light and shadow in her eyes were picturesque, she only said: "Why should I teach you?"

Lu Sheng frowned, and said coldly, "Do you teach or not?"

Xie Rong had no choice but to say: "This gigantic rock seems to be in one piece, but in fact there are several openings to support the whole. As long as the openings are destroyed, the whole will collapse."

He held Lu Sheng's hand close to the surface of the stone mirror, and taught him how to find the key. One spoke attentively, and the other listened attentively. Before he knew it, another half day passed, and Lu Sheng finally got something. He touched the stone wall. where a particularly dense structure is located.

Xie Rong said again: "Your strength is not as strong as mine, but fortunately you have a hanging pot in your hand, so let's use it to smash this place."

Lu Sheng frowned again, but he had no way to refute. He could only draw his sword honestly and exert force with his wrist. Half of the sword sank into the rock wall, and then twisted it with his wrist, and suddenly stone chips fell to the ground.

Then find the second place to destroy it, and then follow the third place, the fourth place... destroying more than ten places in a row, the rock wall just gradually cracked and collapsed, no matter how powerful it is, it is far behind Xie. Rong shot.

The stone mirror was shattered, and three doors were exposed behind them, which were still exactly the same at first glance, except that there were three different stone carvings on the door frame from left to right: Yujue, Bronze Tripod, and Stone Drum.

Seeing that it was getting late, Xie Rong said: "The last mirror, let me do it?"

Lu Sheng said, "No need!"

He closed his eyes and recalled all the previous attempts. This time, the cave search and destruction were done in one go, flowing without stagnation, and then the huge rock was densely covered with cracks, collapsed and collapsed, with an astonishing momentum.

Xie Rong slapped the dust on his face, and praised: "Baoyang really has talent, he learns quickly."

Lu Sheng flicked the hanging pot, quickly retracted the scabbard, and hummed with a straight face: "You are familiar with it."

Xie Rong saw that he was pretending to be calm, but his eyes were shining brightly, and there was a lot of joy, so he didn't say anything. He only waited for the dust to fade, and then looked at the last three doors. The stone carvings on it were: chessboard, Long swords, paintings of beauties, there are faint figures on the scrolls, all of them have slender figures and hair like clouds.

The two tried one by one. After each door was pushed open, it closed automatically when they let go. It was impossible to jam the door with a stone, but they didn't know where the huge force came from when it closed, and it crushed all the stones.I tried all nine doors, but only the one with the bear on it opened and never closed again.

Lu Sheng crossed his arms and thought, "This mechanism is too simple. Could it be that the other eight doors are just for decoration?"

Xie Rong said: "If you really go in through this door, you will definitely get lost in the mountainside, and you will not be able to get out until you die."

Lu Sheng was surprised: "Ah Rong can't come out?"

Xie Rong said: "I am me, it's another matter."

Lu Sheng glanced at him, and stopped arguing with him, just tried to push open the door on the right side of the Stone Bear Gate, which was carved with stone pigs.

Unexpectedly, only halfway through the push, the stone bear gate suddenly closed automatically.

The Stone Pig Gate was the same as before, closing immediately as soon as the hand was released.

Not reconciled, he pushed open the Stone Bear Gate again, and tried again and again, until he pushed open the door engraved with Jade Jue, the Stone Xiong Gate did not close, but even the Jade Jue Gate also opened, and he did not close when he let go of his hand. superior.

Lu Sheng felt something in his heart, and pondered: "I understand, is it necessary to open all nine doors in a certain order, so that this mechanism can be considered cracked?"

Although Xie Rong stood by and watched, she now nodded and said: "It seems that it is right now. But I'm afraid you won't be able to open the door smoothly, embrace the sun, and be more vigilant."

Lu Sheng glanced at him, and said angrily: "You dragged me here, and watched the fire from the other side!"

Xie Rong sighed: "But seeing that you are having fun, I don't want to disturb you."

Lu Sheng was really having a good time, so he had no way to refute, so he gave him a vicious look, turned around and pushed open the stone door engraved with beauties.

Suddenly, a bloody wind gushed out from the door. Lu Sheng subconsciously dodged, drew his sword, and flicked his backhand. The hanging pot cut something solid, but after breaking through the defense, it was like a hot knife cutting board oil, and easily slashed through. .

Then there were two thuds, but the white snake that had been cut in two fell to the ground, about the thickness of a wrist, the cut was smooth, and as it struggled endlessly, blood gushed out.

The stone gate was already closed.

Lu Sheng was suddenly attacked, and broke out in a cold sweat, but Xie Rong was already lying in front of him, holding the Black Snake Sword in his hand, piercing the white snake's head with a sword, with a solemn expression: "Next time you open the wrong door, I'm afraid it will be a surprise!" It's not as simple as a snake."

Lu Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "You have to try to know."

He pushed open the stone door of the beauty painting again.

There was a strong wind blowing through the door, and it really wasn't as simple as just one snake... This time, there were rustling sounds one after another, and ten snakes came out, some black or white, some blue or flowers, all thicker than an adult's arm, looking up. Wagging tail, snake teeth like daggers.

Lu Sheng had been prepared for this time, so he had quick eyes and quick hands, and he chopped several times in a row.

Immediately, a fireball crashed down, scorching the remaining snakes black.

Bi Fang shrunk into a small ball, hovered over Xie Rong's palm, and sighed softly: "This time, my vitality was seriously injured, I have pity on my remnant soul, I will not be able to survive..."

Xie Rong said with a smile: "Tonight, you will eat grilled snake meat. You don't have to go hunting anymore."

Bi Fang was silent, and finally only said in a low voice: "Thank you for your understanding, my lord."

After the flamingo returned to the jade pendant, Lu Sheng said, "Ah Rong really doesn't need to take action...it's just poisonous snakes, I can deal with them myself."

Xie Rong said: "If you care about it, you will be chaotic. It is interesting to see you running around, but we can't really let you be in danger."

Hearing what he said bluntly, Lu Sheng's ears felt slightly hot, so he didn't speak at all. He just put away his sword, opened the first two doors again, and then saw the two doors open in front of him, and the seven doors closed tightly. Pushing the door is not the solution, you are like a headless chicken, you have to find a countermeasure.”

Xie Rong said: "There is a bear first, and then a jue. Have you ever thought of anything?"

Lu Sheng pointed out one by one, and said: "After hunting the bear, it's time to drink, and the stone bear will pick up the wine. So far, it's all right." A confused look appeared on his face, and he said: "If you are full of wine and food, it is natural to invite Accompanied by beauties...why is the picture of beauties wrong?"

His speculation was reasonable, self-justified, very reasonable, Xie Rong was speechless for a while.

It wasn't until Lu Sheng refused to give up and was about to push open the stone door engraved with a picture of a beauty for the third time that he stopped him: "This road doesn't work, so let's change to another one. Why bother to be obsessed with it?"

Only then did Lu Sheng withdraw his hand unwillingly.Xie Rong walked to the stone gate carved with a long sword, and then said: "Be careful." Then with a palm, he easily pushed the gate open.

The wind was blowing, but otherwise it was peaceful. The door was opened and never closed again. This time I guessed it right.

Lu Sheng gritted his teeth and said, "You're lucky."

Xie Rong could only smile and said, "It's a fluke, a fluke."

So far, one of the gates behind the three stone mirrors has been opened, and the other two have been closed, but there has been no change, only the remaining six gates must be opened.

Lu Sheng thought about it carefully, and suddenly punched his right palm with his left palm, and said with a cheerful smile, "I understand!"

Xie Rong smiled, "You understand now? Baoyang is so clever."

Lu Sheng glanced at him again, "Stop being perfunctory, let me try again."

He walked down the central cliff, and when he reached the door, he pushed open the door carved with stone drums.

The door was open, and there was no sound, and he guessed right again.

Lu Sheng couldn't help being happy, and turned to say: "Ah Rong, why don't you make a bet that you and I each push the door once, and the one who hits the most will be rewarded, and the one who hits the least will be punished."

Xie Rong showed a look of hesitation, and Lu Sheng became more and more complacent, and said with a smile, "Ah Rong, do you dare?"

Xie Rong said: "But I don't know how to reward and how to punish?"

Lu Sheng said: "The loser is at his mercy!"

Xie Rong still hesitated, with a suspicious expression on his face. Lu Sheng guessed that he was afraid of losing, so he refused to give in no matter what. He couldn't help being a little anxious, and he laid the bait again: "If I lose, You can use that box of treasures on your body."

Sure enough, Xie Rong lived up to his expectations, showing a heart-moving expression, but he never agreed, but smiled and said: "When did Baoyang be so easy to talk? I'm afraid there is something hidden."

Lu Sheng thought to himself that this person is really cunning and suspicious, he is more difficult to deal with than a fox, and he cannot be easily lured into the bait, but he still said on his face: "If you lose... I will naturally use it on you!"

Xie Rong smiled and said: "As expected... Forget it, it's up to you, but I also have a condition."

After Lu Sheng figured out the mechanism, he was confident, so he said with a smile, "Say it."

Xie Rong said: "It takes too long for one person to open the door once, so it is better to change the rules. If the guess is correct, the same person will open the next door, until the wrong one is opened and then change."

Lu Sheng thought about it intently. According to his calculation, the chance of winning is at least [-]%. He couldn't help but eager to try for a while, so he replied: "It's up to you! But I will drive first."

Xie Rong smiled and said: "I made a condition, so naturally Baoyang should do it first. Please."

Lu Sheng sneered three times in his heart. After all, Xie Rong will fall into his hands one day, which is really heart-warming.

Shi Shiran straightened his clothes and put on his belt, and said with a smile: "Ah Rong, it's in vain for you to be smart all your life, but you never realized that the stone carvings on this door allude to hunting in Shanglin Garden. Bear hunting, offering wine, and then the gentlemen dance Swords, rituals and drums, what do you think is going to happen next?"

As he walked towards the rocky cliff on the far left, he asked slowly, Xie Rong followed behind him, without showing any trace of fireworks, and asked patiently: "I have never seen hunting in Shanglinyuan before. See, what's next?"

When Lu Sheng took a step, his feet were a little sluggish. He almost forgot that Xie Rong had been treated coldly for more than [-] years, and he was not even allowed to enter Taicheng. Naturally, he was never invited to hunt in Shanglin Garden.So it's not surprising that I don't know the rules.

Then he felt a little ashamed that he hadn't won by force.

It's just that the matter has come to this point, it's hard to get off the tiger, Lu Sheng can only secretly plan in his heart, if he wins, he will bully him less.On the one hand, his tone was much less domineering, and he just said gently: "The next step is to hunt deer."

He raised his hand and slowly pushed open the stone door carved with stags.

When the door opened, there was an elbow and armpit, and a strong gust of wind rushed violently.Lu Sheng was too determined, so he was a little stunned for a while, but Xie Rong had expected it long ago, and stabbed in time with the black dagger, hitting the shadow's vital point.

Only then did Lu Sheng regain his senses, and hurriedly jumped to the side, only to see a brown-black giant ape as tall as two people with a wounded left eye, bleeding profusely. Scanned over.

He hastily drew his sword to fight, but murmured, "I... guessed wrong?"

That giant ape was extremely powerful, and Lu Sheng and Xie Rong worked together to subdue it and kill it under the sword without much effort.

However, Lu Sheng was still staring blankly at the blood slowly dripping from the hanging pot, and repeated in a daze: "I... actually guessed wrong?"

Xie Rong had no choice but to sigh: "Although I have never seen a hunt with my own eyes, I also know that the royal family hunts three ways. They hunted lions, bears, and deer. Where did the lions come from on this stone gate?"

Lu Sheng touched the tip of his nose, and said in a low voice, "When there are no lions...you can use wild boars instead."

Xie Rong just sighed: "Forget it, it's my turn."

Lu Sheng was hit hard, and at the moment his expression was gloomy, and he couldn't cheer up.

Xie Rong first opened the first four doors one by one, and then pushed open the door engraved with stone pigs.

The front door is not closed, and the demon has not come out, which is the correct answer.

After that, Xie Rong didn't stop, and then pushed open the stone gate engraved with the painting of beauties, which was still the correct answer.

Only then did Lu Sheng come back to his senses, his eyes widened, and he stood still, staring dumbfounded at Xie Rong's every move.

Xie Rong pushed open the remaining three doors one by one: deer, tripod, and chessboard.

The nine doors were completely opened, the sinister wind howled, the mountains shook in the valley, the lightning fell one after another, and the thunder was loud, as if two blue and white palms descended from the sky, tearing apart the mountains, revealing the scarlet soil covered by the blue rock layer.

The cliffs and the ground collapsed one after another, the stone gates shattered, and the mountain walls collapsed. When the vibration stopped, the dark clouds dispersed, and a full moon was bright and clean, quietly reflecting the unrecognizable depression.

After a while, several rocks were pushed away, and Lu Sheng and Xie Rong crawled out in a mess.

In front of the two of them stood a high white stone platform, with countless layers of stone steps, stacked up to mid-air, the top of the platform was golden, but restrained, soft and bright, never overflowing unscrupulously.In the center of the golden light, there is a shadow of a four-legged square tripod floating in it.It is like a god coming to the world, majestic and majestic, but just floating quietly, it attracts the admiration and worship of creatures from all directions.

Lu Sheng looked up for a moment, restrained the urge to kneel on the ground, and asked in a trembling voice, "This, this is..."

Xie Rong said in a deep voice, "Shenzhou Ding."

The author has something to say: Lu Sheng: You know that you are sure to win, why do you act like you are afraid of being fooled if you lose!

Xie Rong: Otherwise, are you willing to bet with me?

Lu Sheng: Bad guys! !break up! !

Xie Rong: I didn't want to cheat you, but you said you won and let me use that box of treasures...

Lu Sheng (kelp tears squatting in the corner)