I dreamed of a stranger's face.
This was not a common thing for her, because apart from the red dream, she rarely dreamed of specific people or situations. Most of the time, she was just a spectator, silently watching scenes that could and could not be found in reality. But this time it's different. At the moment, she was sitting opposite a woman, with a dazzling array of pastries on the table in front of her. These are all things she has eaten in the past, including osmanthus cake, crabapple cake, green dumpling, pineapple cake, cloud cake...
Yin Huan could almost smell the familiar sweetness.
But her eyes did not stay on the table, but moved upwards, fixed on the face of the woman opposite. She looks about the same age as me, right? Maybe a little older. She has a beautiful face, with a mysterious smile on her beautiful oval face. She wore a chest-length skirt with gradient colors. The fabrics were stacked in layers, and the design was complex and exquisite. From the snow-white on the shoulders to the princess color in the middle, and then skillfully transition to the purple like fish tail, it is natural. The woman sat upright in front of her and responded to her gaze.
"Where is this...?"
"Guess it?"
Her voice was very soft, like catkins floating in the sky. Yin Quan looked around and found that she was actually in a forest with willows, locust trees, apricot trees, poplar trees, and all kinds of trees. But the flowers of some trees were not supposed to bloom at this time, she quickly realized.
"Am I dreaming?"
"It's great that I don't need to explain more." The woman clasped her hands together and put them on her cheeks. "Many people are always obsessed with how they got here, and they have to react for a long time."
"Are you...well, have I seen you?"
"Everyone who appears in your dream is a face that exists in this world, even if you only see it for a moment. Those fragments that you have forgotten will become false passers-by, walking through your dream. After all, people are always You can’t imagine things you haven’t seen before, and you can never make things that are divorced from reality.”
"you……"
Yin Huan looked at her and felt that her face had changed. Now, this girl has a melon-shaped face, which is a bit pointed. Her eyes seem to be bigger than before, and her face has a rosy color that was not there just now. Has she refilled her powder? No, I just took a look at the surrounding environment and didn't have enough time. But this is a dream, who can say for sure?
"But I can tell you, we've never met."
The woman smiled. Her voice was different from before. It seemed more mature now. When she heard it, she knew that she was not the same person as before. She removed the back of her hand from her cheek and poured her a cup of tea. Her figure was still graceful and had not changed much, but when she moved her hand away, Yin Huan saw a few more freckles on that side of her face, which were not obvious. This face is indeed different from before, but still beautiful. Yin Huan didn't understand why, nor did he understand what she was talking about.
"We haven't met before?" She frowned, "But didn't you...well, didn't I think of it?"
"What are you talking about? This is our first time meeting."
what is this? Yin Huan frowned, fell into a brief thought, and suddenly looked surprised.
"Wait, wait! I can, I can-"
"Can you talk? Of course you can, anytime you want."
Yin Huan touched his mouth in surprise, and then rubbed it down his throat. In dreams, that is, in your own head, hearing your own voice certainly won't feel awkward. Who would be frightened by a sudden voice in their mind just because they were reciting a poem silently in their mind? It was so natural that she only now realized something was wrong.
"Okay, let's get back to the business. I'll have to wait until dawn if I tease you again." The woman paused for a while, pursed her lips and smiled, looking at her with a strange look, but Yin Huan couldn't explain why. "I am a person with six paths of impermanence. When I sleep, I dream of Mr. Yingyue."
"Yingyue-kun..." she repeated, "can you talk to people through dreams?"
"Rather than being able, it's better to say that I can only." The woman shrugged, "I am the only impermanent ghost in the underworld in December. I can only travel in the illusory world. My true body is a The painting was destroyed in a sunny March when the grass was growing and the orioles were flying...but my soul remained forever."
"It sounds like a very special painting...it must have been painted by a very powerful master, right?"
"Yes!" Mr. Yingyue nodded happily, "Indeed. I am a work exhibited by this master and the Six Paths Wuchang. Moreover, the canvas is stained with the moth demon's phosphorus powder, which can easily charm others."
After the woman finished speaking, she picked up the tea and took a sip. When she put down the cup, she suddenly transformed into another beauty. She has a pair of beautiful fox eyes, showing a little cunning, her lips are lighter than before, and the bridge of her nose is higher and straighter. Yin Huan couldn't say which face was the most beautiful, because they were all beautiful.
"But since there is only one painting, why do you..."
"Have an ever-changing face? That's natural. I am an ever-changing painting. No matter who sees my body, they will only think of the most beautiful woman in their heart. However, I was really just a face at the beginning. Ordinary paintings were stored together with some abnormal objects in the Death Shadow Pavilion, and absorbed special spiritual energy, resulting in the various changes they have today. Have you ever heard of a monster named Ghost Girl Thousand Faces?"
Her voice changed again. Yin Huan thought about it for a moment, then nodded. This is a story from hundreds of years ago. At that time, the Zuo Renmen was very popular in the world. Although in this assassin organization, killers always appear in pairs so that they can collect corpses for their partners, there is one very special person who has always been a loner. He is called the Laughing Wolf because he always wears a wolf face to hide his true face. Under his eyes, his face was like dry and cracked earth, with terrifying cracks like lotus flowers - this was also the origin of another name, "Sakimenro". In scripts and operas, people tried their best to describe his ugliness. Even now, when Yin Huan thinks of those descriptions, he still feels that he is a shadow of his childhood. The Laughing Wolf originally had a handsome face, but he was arrogant about his looks and felt that no one in the world was worthy of him. He also believed that the inner beauty of beauties was not as good as their faces. Therefore, no matter people or monsters, as long as they are good-looking enough, He would try to peel off the other person's face and collect it permanently after processing. In the end, he was tracked down by the Impermanence of Six Paths for his many evil deeds. The karmic fire of punishment burned his face, and the beautiful faces he collected were also burned by the angry people. From then on, he hated all the beautiful people in the world, especially women, and would only give up if their faces were completely ruined. He became even more unscrupulous after joining the Zuojinmen.
Before he was disfigured, he pretended to be in love with a beauty, but in fact he wanted to peel off her face. The evil plot was about to succeed, but he was thwarted by the ghost of impermanence when he was half-peeled. The beauty woke up and survived the fire that broke out in the brawl, but lost half of her face forever and had to wear half a mask from then on. There was a ghost horn on the mask, which was tied with the clothing material that the savior had hung up at the scene. Years later, she meets the disfigured Laughing Wolf again. But how can a weak woman defeat a martial arts killer? After the girl died, the burned faces gathered into demon spirits, injected her energy face, and turned into a demon known as "The Thousand Faces of the Ghost Girl". It ate him until only his bones were left, with no trace of flesh left. This section is always a delight. Later, with the help of Lintian Master and his friends, the ghost girl Qianmen was also saved by the sword made by Shui Wujun. This is the final ending of the story.
"But people's stories always beautify the reality." Lord Yingyue chuckled, "The Smiling Wolf didn't die so easily. What happened at that time has nothing to do with the past Lord Yingyue and the current Lord Shuangyue. It does matter... Well, but it's not important. In fact, the beauty died very pitifully. When she learned that Lord Kuchtsuki deliberately did not save her before she was disfigured, just to indirectly destroy her life for fun. , She felt like she had lost her soul."
"Kuchue-kun? Was it Zao Wuchang who saved her at that time? But how could he..."
"Not all the Six Paths of Impermanence perform their tasks with the original intention of helping people. Even the last Lord Yingyue was also a little demon king. At that time, the beauty's mask fell into the valley, and the burned person's face was full of resentment. The spirit was not transcended, but was stripped of its ghost nature. The remaining parts should have dissipated, but they were lodged in masks with the same kind of aura and were collected by the Death Shadow Pavilion. The masks and paintings were put together—— That's how 'I' was born."
Yin Huan's expression was extremely surprised.
"No... although it's very confusing, what scares me is - is this story actually real and based on a prototype? I always thought it was a fabrication that exaggerated Master Lintian's good deeds..."
"Didn't I say that? Human beings can never imagine things they have never seen before. Even stories must have prototypes to rely on."
"Then, what are you?"
"I can be anyone, but I am still myself. Don't you recognize me if I change my face? Over the long years, it took 'us' a long time to reach a consensus... Alas, since I After taking the initiative to talk so much, it’s time to talk about you. You would have dreamed of a special person tonight because you thought about it during the day. Thanks to you, I was able to track him down here. I am looking for him. "
"You mean, that man?" Yin Huan frowned melancholy, "But I don't recognize him either..."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I can answer you why you were attracted to him briefly."
"Isn't this a matter of fate?"
"There is no uncaused fate in the world." Lord Yingyue turned into another person again, "You already know that you are the reincarnation of Kalingbinga. The man you met about five years ago There is something on your body, which is a fragment of the wish-fulfilling pearl that belongs exclusively to Garuda. You are actually attracted by the wish-fulfilling pearl."
"Ruyi...zhu?"
Yin Huan didn't know what expression to make. Rather, the entire conversation made her feel like she couldn't keep up. Is everything so blurry in dreams? She doesn't understand. Yingyue Jun seemed to have given her an answer, but it brought more new questions. Seeing Ye Yinquan's puzzled expression, Yingyue Jun let out a long sigh.
"Oh - I have to explain it to you one by one, but it is very troublesome. Now, that person is no longer a human being, but a monster, and a very scary monster. Have you ever heard that there are ten people in the world? evil?"
"Yeah, I've heard of this."
Yin Hu nodded. Like Ye Linghua, she heard a lot of Buddhism-related knowledge from the older generation, but she never thought that one day she would actually use it.
"That man is now the apostle of the ten evils - lies. I am ordered by that adult to find him. I am in a dream and have to rely on you. Little girl, are you willing to help me?"
Ling Huan frowned. Now she can't handle her own affairs well, so how can she help others?
"I will guide you. You only need to see him, and you don't have to worry about anything else after that. The wish-fulfilling pearl was once destroyed by Kannau-kun, but in the hands of Huaiyu, many fragments were collected. Even the fragments have some residual Garuda. The power of it can make people’s wishes come true.”
"Wish come true?"
"Any wish."
