I cultivated into a god by inhaling incense

four shifts

Qi Jing was full of thoughts, the books were given to him by Fan Wujiu, and they are still in his hands, but he put them in the Qiankun bag, so it is impossible for him to take them out to read at this time.

Those books look like they were written a hundred years ago. If he took them out, how would he explain them to his seniors?

Qi Jing thought over and over again.

Yan Lin suddenly said, "How many years ago was that book you read?"

The senior didn't ask where he saw it, so Qi Jing breathed a sigh of relief, and he answered truthfully, "It was a hundred years ago."

"It was 100 years ago." Yan Lin confirmed.

Qi Jing nodded, it was indeed 100 years ago.

Yan Lin thought for a while, "The puppets here have a history of thousands of years, and maybe they were able to speak thousands of years ago."

Qi Jing nodded in agreement, indeed this possibility cannot be ruled out.

Yan Lin pondered for a while, and then said: "Of course, there is another situation. The reason why these puppets can speak and have their own consciousness is because they were originally human beings. Therefore, during refining, their functions have been preserved."

"However, there is another possibility that these so-called consciousnesses are not theirs. They are just the executors of the passwords, but not the executors. That is to say, the created person has great supernatural powers and is also a puppeteer. He loves every puppet he creates."

"Thus imposing its own consciousness on the puppet."

"The soldier puppets we see now, they all come from the same consciousness, and it's their creators who trapped them here."

"It's probably the same as the ghost creature that Xiaochang used before. Since we entered that village, we are actually in the ghost creature. The ghost creature is another dimension."

Yan Lin analyzed: "We didn't find out at the time because it can't be regarded as a real ghost. Xiaochang became an earth fairy because of the worship of mortals, that is, a ghost fairy, and she was originally a snake, so she is a constant fairy."

"Xiao Chang has stayed in that place for hundreds of years. Even though those mortals have left, she still wants to serve Chang Xian in her heart. Basically, every household will worship her."

"Xiao Chang used formations and weapon refining techniques on their bodies to refine these posthumous villagers into puppets. These villagers have been living in the ghosts set by Xiao Chang for hundreds of years."

"Over the years, some people may have entered Xiangshan Village by mistake."

After Xiao Chang left with them, Xiangshan Village no longer existed, without any houses or villagers. Those people and things that should have disappeared in the long river of history were preserved under specific circumstances.

Once removed from a specific environment, they can only dissipate with it.

Yan Lin's thoughts raced, and he suddenly thought of a woman they saw in the ghost.

"Remember that woman we saw at that time?"

Qi Jingting nodded, "At that time, she seemed to be showing a little pain."

"She should have broken in by accident, and was left there in the end."

The mortals who broke in by accident could not find their way out, and could only live with the puppets inside for a long time. After they also passed away, Xiao Chang refined them into puppets too.

"They have one thing in common," Yan Lin reminded.

Qi Jing immediately remembered.

"Senior, you mean they wriggled like snakes?"

"That's right." Yan Lin went on to say, "At first I thought they were all snakes, but later I realized they were puppets, and I found it strange, but we didn't ask Xiaochang how he did it."

"I reckon that even if I ask Xiao Chang, she won't really tell me." Qi Jing expressed his understanding, after all, even he himself has secrets, let alone Chang Xian, who has lived for nearly 1000 years.

"I think that when refining them, I incorporated my own blood essence, so they will have a similar reaction." Yan Lin said, "Besides, this place may also be another space."

"It's possible." Qi Jing paused after finishing speaking, "But the time here is the same as outside."

"It's not surprising." Yan Lin smiled lightly, "I guess this should be a magic weapon, and the magic weapon is equipped with a device that can sense the weather and change the time."

From the outside, it looked like an ancient clock. He thought it was a hundred years old at the time, but now it seems to be at least 1000 years old.

Yan Lin thought about it carefully, there was nothing outside, except——

Qi Jing rubbed his chin and didn't know what he thought of, and he said almost at the same time as Yan Lin, "Is there any way to—"

The two looked at each other and smiled, Qi Jing scratched his head, "Senior speak first."

"It's okay, first tell me what you thought of." Yan Lin said.

Qi Jing was a little embarrassed, and afraid that he might say something wrong, so he hesitated for a while and said it.

"Then I'll tell you, senior, don't laugh at me."

"No." Yan Lin assured.

"I think it's the needle on the outside, it looks like a magnetic needle on a compass."

"Maybe a compass is used to sense the change in time, so that the interior will change accordingly."

Yan Lin nodded.

In theory, it should be so, but if it is a cultivator with supernatural powers, then it can only be guessed.

However, he was very interested in the things guarded by the puppet soldiers, and there was also the air of chaos here, so the two began to practice in the cave.

This ancient clock—should be called the Bell Tower. From the outside, it is only more than 50 centimeters long and [-] centimeters wide, but the inside is ridiculously large.

Yan Lin and Qi Jing practiced in it for a long time, and their tiredness was immediately washed away.

Qi Jing found that he was not that hungry anymore.

As for Yan Lin, after he practiced for a few laps, he didn't feel hungry anymore.

At the same time, he found that Qi Jing could not absorb the energy of chaos for cultivation, but the fluorescence in the air could be absorbed by Qi Jing.

That fluorescence exudes a fragrance similar to Qi Jing's.

There are too many puzzles here.

They can't get out yet, so why not wander around inside, maybe they can find another way.

"It's getting dark now. Let's go out tomorrow and look for something to eat. I think it's quite big inside."

Yan Lin said: "Okay."

It's pretty big inside.

After resting all night, the two of them went outside the next day. While Yan Lin absorbed the fragrance of Qi Jing's body, he also absorbed the chaotic atmosphere filling the air.

He felt that the shackles on his body were showing signs of collapsing, as long as he took this step, he would be able to achieve innateness.

He released the air of chaos to investigate.

One path the two walk has no puppet.

The more you walk forward, the endless green comes into your eyes.

Qi Jing said happily: "Senior, there are still forests here."

Seeing the woods inside, like Qi Jing, Yan Lin found it novel.

The two went inside, walked for half an hour, and finally reached the outside of the woods.

Qi Jing suggested: "Go inside and see if there is anything to eat."

Yan Lin grabbed his hand, "Be careful."

Qi Jing turned his head and stared at Yan Lin, nodded slowly, his palms were emitting heat, it was from the palms of the seniors, Qi Jing looked down, the two of them held hands together, the corners of their mouths were crazily raised, no matter what they couldn't press down.

The forest is huge, and they don't recognize many trees, as if they are not a product of this world at all.

It caused Qi Jing to have a feeling, maybe these are left over from the ancient times.

Yan Lin stared at the trees here and felt that they were very kind and familiar. They stood in front of a big tree with red bark. Its roots were thick, its leaves were luxuriant, and its branches were larger than those around it.

Since Yan Lin stood in front of it, it swayed from side to side without wind, and the leaves rustled, as if to announce that it was in a good mood.

Qi Jing said: "This tree seems to be in a good mood."

Following his words, the branches of the big red-skinned tree in front of him shook even more violently, and the thick branches of some big trees around it also swayed from side to side.

It's like having a welcome party.

Qi Jing glanced at the senior beside him.

The corner of the senior's mouth was not pursed, but raised slightly, as if he was in a good mood.

After Yan Lin looked at these trees, his mood improved a lot for no reason, and he also felt a sense of intimacy from the inside out.

He slowly stretched out his hand, and the red-skinned branches immediately grew longer, and then he came to Yan Lin's side, and rubbed the red leaves on Yan Lin's fair fingers a few times. Caught Yan Lin's arm.

Qi Jing on the side was dumbfounded.

These trees look like seniors.

The red-skinned tree also smelled a familiar scent on Qi Jing, and sprang out a vine to come to Qi Jing, looking around like a curious child, and found that Qi Jing didn't hate it, so he used it on his face. Hongye rubbed it.

The moment Yan Lin touched the leaves, a picture popped up in his mind.

With his back turned to him, the young long-haired boy carefully dropped a seed into the soil.

And next to him was a man in white with long hair standing sideways.

I don't know how many years have passed, the boy at that time has grown up, he is standing in front of the big tree, and there is a man in white shirt beside him, and the big tree looks like the big red-skinned tree in front of him.

That familiar feeling quickly passed through his body, but he couldn't remember anything.

He came back to his senses suddenly, and found that Qi Jing was also stunned at some point, and he waited for a few minutes before his pupils came back to his senses.

Qi Jing felt a little uncomfortable in his heart, he couldn't describe the uncomfortable feeling, he was so depressed that he couldn't breathe;

"What's wrong?" Yan Lin asked.

Qi Jing shook his head, "I should have seen the past of the big tree."

"You saw it too?" Yan Lin was a little surprised.

He can see it because the tree is related to his memory, so why can Qi Jing see it?

"It should be Dashu who wants us to see it." Qi Jing didn't tell Yan Lin that just now he saw a man and a young man, although it was just the back view, but the moment he saw the young man, his heartbeat suddenly accelerated, and the man's body was full of shock. His feeling is very familiar to him.

"Let's look around first to see if we find anything else," Yan Lin said.

He felt more and more that this place had a great connection with him.

The author says:

Here's a foreshadowing