It's late at night.
The moonlight is hazy.
The courtyard was quiet.
Gu Qingshan picked up the black orchid on the windowsill and looked at it carefully.
Lines of small scarlet characters quickly appeared in the void:
"Special object: Samsara Orchid."
"Before the Six Paths were broken, it was a sacred object of the Heavenly Demon Clan and unique to the Evil Ghost Path."
"Since you are the only person chosen by the Evil Ghost Path, when you obtain this Samsara Orchid, you will be recognized by the Six Paths to the maximum extent and can communicate with the outside world on behalf of the Six Paths of Samsara."
"Note: This was a sacred object before the Six Paths were broken. When the Six Paths were broken, it was unexpectedly preserved and became a loophole in the Six Paths of Reincarnation."
"You have been given a special permission: to invite the moon."
"With this authority, you can summon outsiders to the world of six paths of reincarnation."
"You can activate the invitation to the moon once a day."
"Note: Any being you invite to visit will lose its strength like other sentient beings in the Six Paths and will only have one of its original abilities."
"The invited being will exist in the six realms of reincarnation for one day and then return."
When Gu Qingshan finished reading, two new lines of small characters immediately appeared in the void:
"Now you can use 'Invite the Moon' to temporarily wake up those sleepers who are connected to each sequence."
"Limited to one person at a time."
Gu Qingshan finished reading it quickly, and his expression became a little more confused.
wake?
invite?
But who do you wake up? Who to invite?
——If you don’t know anything, what can you do?
He stood in front of the window sill for a long time, then suddenly shook his head and said: "It can't go on like this..."
Even if you can't use the sword, even if you can't regain your strength for the time being, at least you have to regain your memory!
But what can be done to restore memory?
While Gu Qingshan was thinking, he saw one or two lines of small words suddenly appearing in the void:
"Smuggling makes this sequence temporarily lose all power and cannot help you recover your memory."
"If you do more of what you used to do, your memory will come back quickly."
Things I used to do...
Obviously I have forgotten the past, how do I know what I used to do?
Gu Qingshan pondered for a moment, then walked back, took the bow and arrows from the table, and walked into the yard.
He put an arrow on the bowstring, raised his hand and shot.
Take it!
The arrow flew out and penetrated deeply into the trees.
Gu Qingshan held the bow and arrow and thought for a while, shook his head, walked back to the room, took the pots and pans and started cooking.
——Compared with archery, cooking seems to feel more skillful and friendly.
He cooked porridge, soup, a few side dishes, and some noodles, and gradually recalled many people in his heart.
But those were all leisure scenes, and there were very few scenes other than eating.
"It turns out that the woman just now was called Li An..."
Gu Qingshan thought to himself.
My memory has recovered a little, and I can recall most of the people I know.
But I still can't remember many things.
He cooked some more dishes, but no new memory images appeared.
——Perhaps it’s time to switch to another method?
By this time the sky had become slightly brighter.
Gu Qingshan looked at the large table of food and sighed: "It's difficult to handle."
There are so few things that come to mind through cooking.
This proves one thing -
Cooking is not what I do most often.
What did you do most often in the past?
Gu Qingshan crossed his arms and thought hard.
At this moment, there was a knock on the door outside, interrupting his thoughts.
Inspector Liu is here.
He was brought into the house by Gu Qingshan and was immediately startled by the table full of food in front of him.
"Brother Gu, are you still a spoon cook?" Liu Xunshou asked.
"Yes, I like this, so I often make some - come and eat with me, otherwise it will be wasted." Gu Qingshan said, handing over a pair of chopsticks.
Liu Xunshou smelled the aroma of the food and suddenly felt a little hungry.
He sat down, ate a steamed bun first, drank half a bowl of porridge, and couldn't stop.
Both of them were martial arts practitioners, so they naturally ate more than ordinary people. They each quickly ate ten meat buns, two bowls of noodles, four bowls of porridge, a portion of soup, and various snacks.
Dinner is over.
Liu Xunshou stood up with satisfaction and praised: "Brother Gu, if you open a breakfast restaurant in the city, you can definitely support yourself."
Gu Qingshan was a little disappointed.
Cooking is a happy thing, but it's a pity that it can't bring back more memories, otherwise he would really have planned to open a restaurant.
"Let's go, the magistrate wants to see you this morning."
"Walk."
The two of them went out and walked along the street towards the county government office.
Liu Xunshou thought about what he had just eaten, and he always felt that it was a bit too exquisite.
How could a person from a remote village prepare such a banquet?
He became suspicious and couldn't help but ask: "Brother Gu, who did you learn cooking from?"
Gu Qingshan said without changing his expression: "There was an old man in the village who knew me well. I gave it to him later. When he died, he passed me a cooking book. I usually followed it when I had nothing to do. I’ll get there slowly.”
Liu Xunshou opened his mouth, but he didn't spit out a word.
People are dead.
Are you going to ask a dead person for his name?
Wouldn't that offend the little brother in front of me?
If you don't ask the name, do you know which old man died?
Some people die every few years in a village, but I don’t know the year they died or their names. How can I ask?
...Forget it, this is not a big deal, why bother?
When he thought of this, Liu Xunshou felt relieved.
Gu Qingshan's expression remained unchanged and he continued to walk forward with a smile.
suddenly--
He frowned slightly and tried his best to keep his expression calm.
In my mind, scenes flashed quickly.
These are things that happened in the past.
——It’s memory!
Memory is being restored on a large scale!
Gu Qingshan was shocked.
I didn't do anything, so why did I regain so many memories?
Just as I was thinking about it, the picture in my mind disappeared again.
--not enough!
There are still things you need to continue to do to help memory recovery.
Gu Qingshan kept calm and began to think seriously.
If you say that you did something you often did before... so you regained your memory...
So what did you just do?
Gu Qingshan paused in his heart.
Yes.
I was lying to Inspector Liu just now.
In other words, what I used to do most often is——
Liar?
Gu Qingshan was stunned.
——People like me.
it turns out--
Gu Qingshan felt some indescribable feelings in his heart, and suddenly said: "Old Liu, the county is really prosperous. Our mountain village will never have so many people."
"Haha, of course, this is the safest place within hundreds of miles." Liu Xunshou said.
"But there are also some strange things in our mountain village that are not found in the city." Gu Qingshan said.
"Oh? What is it?" Liu Xunshou asked.
"Whenever it's nighttime, there will be lonely ghosts coming out of our place."
"Lonely ghosts? I don't hear about them often... Are there any near your village?"
"It's true - you go to the mountains and forests at night, find a path, and try to walk towards a dark place. You can easily run into those ghosts, but be careful, you will usually die if you see them." Gu Qingshan said.
"What are the ghosts and ghosts like?" Liu Xunshou pondered.
Gu Qingshan said: "I have seen a ghost. It was late one winter night. I went to the mountains to get firewood, and suddenly I saw a ghost in a deserted pasture."
"...Really a ghost?"
"right."
"How do you know he is a ghost? Maybe he is a woodcutter like you?"
"It's a ghost. Everyone in our village knows this ghost. It comes out specifically to eat people. If it can't eat people, it will keep spinning in circles. When people see it, they will become hysterical. This ghost will take the opportunity to pounce on it. , eat that person.”
Liu Xunshou didn't believe it: "This is surprising. You encountered this ghost and survived?"
Gu Qingshan said: "I'm not very curious, and I heard people from the older generation talking about this ghost, so I didn't stop when I passed by the pasture."
"Did you see it then?"
"Yes, it pushed a cart around the pasture and kept mumbling. It didn't stop."
"It's pushing a cart?"
"Yes, there are black things on the car, and there is an extremely unpleasant smell that gives people a splitting headache."
"Then you ran away then?"
"Actually, when I see it, I feel hysterical. I will get curious and get close to it. I am no exception."
"...You went there too?"
Gu Qingshan sighed: "Yes, I only woke up at the last moment. At that time, its face was only a few inches away from mine, and it almost caught me. I could even hear what it was saying."
Inspector Liu shrank his neck and asked, "What is it reading?"
Gu Qingshan suddenly lowered his voice and said in an erratic tone: "I...I am sending Liangge for the first time."
"What does this mean?" Liu Xunshou asked doubtfully.
"I don't know, it's probably one of its head-cutting spells. Fortunately, I ran fast, so I was lucky enough to come to the county." Gu Qingshan said happily.
Liu Xunshou took a breath, wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said, "It's okay, okay, now that you're here, don't go back to the mountain village. We're pretty safe here."
Gu Qingshan nodded.
In just a short while, he found a familiar feeling. Countless pictures appeared in his memory one after another, allowing him to remember most of the things.
Except for things related to the Six Paths, I have almost remembered everything.
While Gu Qingshan was sorting out his memories, he was thinking about how to restore the remaining memories.
By this time, he had reached the gate of the county government office.
After verifying their identities, the two went to see the county magistrate together.
