"Shopkeeper Xiao Lin, I'm just curious. Where is the place called Wangchuan you mentioned? You were trapped there for more than four hundred years. How did you get out in the end? Just tell me. I promise not to tell anyone."
There is a white trail filled with snow. On the left is a hilly slope covered with white snow and with occasional green plants. On the right is a frozen lake. Lin Xiaolu, who is drinking wine, is eating corn with him. Ling Wei rode her horse side by side, chatting while walking on the white path.
It happened to be noon, and the dazzling sunlight shone on the icy and snowy scene, making the figures of the two people riding horses look a little whiter.
Lin Xiaolu wiped the wine from the corner of his mouth, burped, and smiled at the girl next to him:
"I actually don't know where the Forgotten River is exactly, and the reason why I was able to come out is because I succeeded in enlightenment inside."
"What did you understand?" Ling Wei asked curiously.
"Of course it is my own way that I have understood." Lin Xiaolu laughed:
"I use my past, present, and future as a reference to realize Taoism. Because I was trapped in it for too long, I eventually forgot the past, and because time in it will not pass, and I will not grow old or die in it, so there is no The future, that is to say, I only have the present in it, only the present.
I became a living dead with no past or future. "
Ling Wei, who was eating corn next to her, looked confused when she heard this. She didn't quite understand that state of mind, so she had to continue asking:
"Then how did you come out after you achieved enlightenment?"
Hearing this question, Lin Xiaolu smiled mysteriously and said:
"Wangchuan shrank and then came out."
"Shrink, shrink?" The little girl's expression was full of cuteness.
On the maroon horse, Lin Xiaolu stopped explaining and just continued to drink with a smile. While drinking, he looked at the snow road ahead.
In fact... he is still not sure whether the so-called Wangchuan has left him.
Over four hundred years and hundreds of thousands of days and nights in a life of silence, this extreme loneliness without hope can make anyone despair, and this is also the most cruel punishment he has ever seen.
Fortunately...he made it through.
Winter is almost over.
Riding horses, Lin Xiaolu and Ling Wei went north along the official road. When passing through a capital, the two of them dismounted at the city gate and crossed the city gate like ordinary people.
As soon as she entered the mortal city, Ling Wei was immediately attracted by the lively market. She took the horse and led Lin Xiaolu to a stall selling fish balls, and said nonchalantly that she would treat Lin Xiaolu to eat.
"My mother gave me a lot of money this time, and it's all in the ring. My mother said that shopkeeper Xiaolin is a big boss and asked me to flatter you more, so I absolutely can't let you spend money, although you also No money."
Lin Xiaolu smiled and listened to the girl's nonsense, while he held the horse in one hand and the wine bottle in the other, watching the people coming and going around him.
"Shopkeeper Xiao Lin, eat fish balls."
"I'm not hungry, you can eat it yourself."
"Oh." Ling Wei, who was dressed in a red coat and had a thick red hood covering her head, looked rather festive, holding a porcelain bowl and blowing on the fish balls skewered inside.
Lin Xiaolu watched her eat quietly from the side. It wasn't until the girl finished eating that the two of them continued on their way.
There were many people in the market at noon. They did not ride horses, but walked hand in hand. After all, riding horses in crowded places can easily injure pedestrians. Along the way, Ling Wei jumped up and down, as if she was letting herself go completely, going from stall to stall. The stall owner ate it, making Lin Xiaolu roll his eyes.
Am I doting on this girl a little too much? How about...a beating?
"Shopkeeper Xiao Lin, there's a magician in front of you, who's doing a lot of magic. Let's go and see him, okay?"
Lin Xiaolu:......
Looking at the girl who was going to travel around for a whole day, he thought for a moment, and then suddenly breathed out!
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When Ling Wei was carried directly to the sky by Lin Xiaolu, along with two horses, and flew directly to the city on the edge of Tianji Continent, she was completely stunned.
What the hell is this?
I still have a lot of snacks to eat, why are I directly thousands of miles away!
Even two horses were brought here!
Looking at the city gate with the plaque "Tianhai City" hanging in front of her, Ling Wei was messed up in the wind.
She had seen Lin Xiaolu's map. This Tianhai City was a city in the northernmost country of Tianji Continent. Beyond here was the mainland compartment where the monks were stationed.
At this moment, outside Tianhai City, Lin Xiaolu was using his internal strength to calm down the two horses that were frightened and fainted by flying at high altitude, and said with a smile:
"We won't be in a hurry today. You can do whatever you want. Anyway, we can go to the next continent tomorrow."
Ling Wei:......＼(`Δ')／
"Shopkeeper Xiaolin, I don't think it makes sense for you to bring two horses." She said angrily:
"It's not even dark yet. We've arrived so far away. There are many places we haven't visited yet."
Lin Xiaolu woke up the horses, patted their heads, and smiled at the girl:
"Horse riding is just my hobby. Besides, who told you to waste your time like that?"
Ling Wei:......
Seeing this girl looking unhappy, Lin Xiaolu smiled and rubbed her head:
"Don't be depressed. Don't you want to take Ah Yi as your teacher? Just be obedient along the way. When we get to Emei, I will go talk to Ah Yi."
Ling Wei was stunned for a moment, then raised her head in surprise: "Are you serious? You can't lie to me."
"If I don't lie to you, I won't lie to you."
Lin Xiaolu burst out laughing, but before she finished laughing, Ling Wei raised her little finger and said to Lin Xiaolu seriously:
"Then let's pull the hook. Shopkeeper Xiaolin wants the Chicken Leg Sword God to accept me as his disciple and teach me how to use the sword."
Seeing the girl holding out her little finger towards him, Lin Xiaolu, who was originally relaxed and easy-going, suddenly froze.
In the past, there seemed to be a girl who hooked up with me, and I made a very important agreement with her.
"Shopkeeper Xiao Lin... what's wrong with you?" Seeing Lin Xiaolu's stunned expression, Ling Wei was startled at first, and then broke her guard on the spot.
"Shop Xiaolin, you don't dare to pull the strings, do you? You don't even want to deceive a pretty, cute, talented, and righteous girl like me? You are a big boss!"
In the wilderness outside the city, Lin Xiaolu looked at the girl in a daze. While his memory was disordered, a sentence came to his mind that had no beginning or end, as if it came out of thin air.
Then...then I will wait for you for a year. When you come back, you will marry me. You are not allowed to betray me or pull the hook.
The strange sound sounded, and Lin Xiaolu's eyes suddenly trembled slightly! And with this tremor, the surrounding world became dark. The Qi of clouds, rocks, soil, vegetation, and all objects within a hundred miles were affected by his fluctuating Qi, so much so that they collapsed.
"Boom!"
There was a thunder, and suddenly it started to rain, and the cold rain fell on Lin Xiaolu.
"It's raining. Shopkeeper Xiaolin, let's go into the city and find an inn."
Ling Wei raised her hand to cover her head, and prepared to wrap herself and Lin Xiaolu with a spiritual power release shield, but as soon as she raised her hand to release the spiritual power, Lin Xiaolu held it.
Under the heavy downpour, soaked to the skin with dull eyes, Lin Xiaolu raised his head and looked at the deep sky, as if he had seen Wangchuan again.
Four hundred years of wasted time, how much have I forgotten and how much have I missed.
God, why do you make such a joke with a warrior like me...
