Perhaps because they had experienced too many vicious things, Mu Ziyun and Fang Tianmu made a conscious effort to only eat three-thirds full at night, and took turns to keep vigil, fearing that something fishy might happen to Wu Zhen's family again at night. Fortunately, they misunderstood this family.
The next morning, everyone woke up one after another. Mu Ziyun and Fang Tianmu sat at the long table early, chatting happily with Wu Zhen and his wife. Zhan Fanzi asked them how they slept last night. When they saw each other, they had dark circles under their eyes. I understand something in my heart, but naturally I also understand more. Ling Ding and Kite were the last to get up. After lying in bed for a while, Du Xiaoyue went to pull them up. After washing, everyone gathered at the long table to enjoy the breakfast provided by Wu Zhen and his wife.
Mu Ziyun secretly discussed with everyone and brought out some things to repay the couple's kindness, but was firmly rejected by Wu Zhen. Wu Zhen looked like he had not slept all night and was in a bad state, but he was still able to laugh and talk with everyone at the table. Come here, he will be generous and tell everyone everything he has learned from his secret exploration of Shuiying City in the past few years.
He talked non-stop for two hours, and everyone listened with interest, because most of what he talked about were myths and legends, and Wu Zhen's profound storytelling skills made it even more exciting. After another half an hour, he stopped, but before he finished speaking, Wu Zhen took the tea handed over by Zhan Fanzi, licked his lips and said, "I talked a lot, but not much was useful. I'm really ashamed. "
Wu Zhen told a total of more than twenty stories. He deleted five or six useless ones himself. After discussing with everyone, he reduced another seven or eight, leaving seven stories, two of which were related to the secret of Shuiying City. There is a direct relationship, but the five seem to be related.
Let’s talk about the two directly related ones first. The first one is briefly a story about the revenge of a fallen noble in the beast clan. It dates back more than 10,000 years. It is said that the beast clan over-expanded its power in a few years and broke the original alliance. The Orc aristocrats were in balance. The remaining nobles worked together to plunder all the territory of this clan and almost wiped out the whole clan. Later, a young Orc boy managed to escape and joined other Orc forces incognito. After countless hardships, he became stronger step by step. , finally took advantage of the army to return for revenge, but unlike the clichéd story of revenge, this orc survivor’s road to revenge ultimately ended in failure. He underestimated the strength of his opponent, and was forced to a dead end by several major orcs. , the protagonist finally refused to be captured, so he drew the fire of God's wrath and burned himself in his hometown. It’s just that at the end of the legend, there is a special addition, saying that three months later, the orc quietly appeared in Shuiying City. After the news was released, several major orc tribes sent troops to look for him, but in the end, no trace of Lian Cheng was seen. , and the orc has completely disappeared since then. This legend directly mentioned the name of Shuiying City, but there was no other useful information at all. Since it was one of the few stories that directly mentioned Shuiying City, Wu Zhen was particularly concerned about it. He suspected the secret of Shuiying City. Perhaps the city itself is alive or conscious, and can hide its body or jump through space.
The second story tells an interesting story about a thunderstorm. The protagonist of the story is actually a human being. Legend has it that when this person was unlucky after he was born, it was not a man-made disaster, but a natural disaster, and it was a thunder disaster. When this guy was ten years old, he had been struck by lightning more than a hundred times. Even if he was hiding in the house on a sunny day, thunder could hit him on the head, but it still couldn't kill him. The human race regarded him as an alien. When the disaster star came to the world, everyone avoided it, but this man had a very cheerful personality. If he couldn't find a job, he would go to the mountains to pick fruits to eat, or travel around the countryside. He could do anything and support himself. , his long years of wandering have allowed him to see too much of the world. With his ability to speak well, he specially opened a storyteller table to talk about what he saw and heard along the way. There are countless myths and legends in his mouth. If someone accuses him of making it up, , he asked the man to wait a little longer, and he had to be struck once in a day. People saw the thunder falling suddenly and struck the living man, but it could not kill him. They were shocked and spread the news from mouth to mouth, and actually killed him again. As a fairy figure.
But after this man turned eighteen, life changed. In the past, when the thunder was most frequent, it was only once a day. But after his eighteenth birthday, when the thunder was most frequent, it struck more than fifty times a day. On average, , almost thirty times. Not to mention that others couldn't stand the stimulation, he himself couldn't even live a normal life. He walked a hundred steps and was hacked twelve times. He fled into the mountains, and even the mountains were shocked by thunder. It was split in half, but it still couldn't kill him. This guy ran away, looking for all kinds of solid things, and even asked for help from myths and legends. Think about what can protect against lightning in those stories. There is no doubt about the result. It failed. After this guy turned 20, he had to be chopped at least seventy times a day. After eating a piece of fruit, he was split three or four times, and the fruit turned into dregs. No matter how cheerful this guy was, he was desperate and sought death again and again. , but when he is about to die, he will always be struck by lightning, and he will always be rescued by some combination of circumstances. He will commit major crimes while alive, but will never die. This guy can be said to be one of the most miserable among all myths.
Fortunately, this man was tired and sat under a black stone one day to enjoy the coolness. Of course, he did not expect it to be cool for long. Sure enough, a thunderstorm fell from the sky. Although he was mentally prepared, he did not feel the burning heat. Feeling that there was no debris from the stone falling on his head, he looked up and saw that the black stone actually blocked the thunder. After that, more than thirty thunders fell, but none of them split the stone. He cried with joy and hugged him. He kissed the stone wildly and put it on his head from then on, never leaving it for a moment. Later, he arrived at a certain place and relied on his eloquence to tell anecdotes and save a lot of money, while he was also wandering. When he reached a certain level in his practice, he went to a secluded place and built a small city. The people in the city were his most loyal listeners. They listened to him telling myths all day long, and gradually they began to spread by themselves. The whole city's People have become storytellers, attracting alien creatures...
The story ends here. Although the name of Shuiying City is not mentioned, Wu Zhen believes that this is the true origin of Shuiying City, and the secret of Shuiying City is most likely the unlucky human being who was struck by lightning. That man was struck by lightning countless times and survived. He was absolutely extraordinary. Even if his body died, his soul could still exist in the world. This story is probably tens of thousands of years old, which means that Shuiying City has a history of at least tens of thousands of years. Yes, if human beings or human souls still exist, they will naturally know all the secrets of the world. It is precisely because he still exists that the creatures have changed batch after batch, but the legends of Shuiying City for tens of thousands of years can be preserved. Come down.
The other five stories are far away from Shuiying City, but Wu Zhen judged that they all have the shadow of Shuiying City to some extent.
For example, one of them tells the story of a wandering swordsman. The swordsman was framed by someone and had no choice but to wander around. Later, he met a young girl who was slaughtered but survived. The swordsman took the young girl to wander around, from being indifferent to each other to loving each other. It can be said that the same father and daughter have experienced all the sufferings in the world and gained the happiness in the world. But the story ended in tragedy. The girl was humiliated and killed by a bandit, but the swordsman missed the murderer again. The murderer who framed him was not found, and the family member he loved most now also suffered a misfortune. The swordsman collapsed for a time, with no way to take revenge, and the world was boundless. He didn't know who to look for. The swordsman was about to deteriorate and came up with the idea of massacring the neighboring villages to satisfy his hatred. However, he still had a trace of kindness in his heart. Before he started, a figure came up in front of him. He threw himself in front of that person and killed him. Holding his own sword, he begged the bard in plain robes to kill him with the sword, otherwise, he would become a demon. And the bard took his sword, but did not kill him, but took him into a peach blossom fairyland, where everything was pure, water above and earth below, everyone had no worries and just talked about things. Think of wonderful things to spend the rest of your life with.
The Peach Blossom Wonderland in this story may refer to Shuiying City, where water and land are upside down. Wu Zhen also specifically told another story about a swordsman that has nothing to do with Shuiying City. This story is probably about the swordsman coming to Shuiying City. Shui Yingcheng shared what she saw and heard.
There is another interesting fairy tale that Wu Zhen's two children often tell. It tells the story of a hungry wolf attacking a rabbit, but those speechless beasts (the lowest level of beasts, domestic animals and wild beasts are included in this category) are all endowed with emotions. , personified. The two rabbits were snatching food and were unaware of the approaching wolf. They were almost bitten by the wolf. The two rabbits fled desperately. When they had no way out, they saw a wanderer in plain robes. The wanderer pointed them out. A road, and then a hungry wolf came and asked the wanderer the direction of the rabbit. The wanderer pointed in the opposite direction, but the hungry wolf didn't believe the wanderer and ran in the right direction. The wanderer let out a long sigh and was frightened. He slapped his chest directly, thinking he was going to be eaten. And the two rabbits ran to a strange place, where the water floated in the air to form a castle. The rabbits ran into the water castle. In the desperate situation, they shared the same hatred and defeated the hungry wolf with their wisdom. Zhan Fanzi often used this fairy tale to tell It reminds the two children to unite with each other, and at the same time warns them not to be as stupid as wolves, thinking they are smart, but clinging to small eyes, and losing better prey.
But Wu Zhen thought that the city the rabbits ran into might be Shuiying City. What made him even more suspicious was the man in plain robes who also appeared in the previous story.
Among the remaining three stories, they can more or less be related to Shuiying City. In one of the stories, although it has no connection with the plot of the story, it deliberately depicts the execution of a living being. He talked about a wandering poet who was standing among the onlookers, and said that this poet wrote a long poem for this purpose, but there was no continuation of it. Wu Zhen judged that this plain robe had a great connection with Shuiying City. He was probably the character who once guided living beings into Shuiying City. Moreover, the time of each legend was different. This plain robe might have always existed, immortal, and always After replacing batches of creatures in Shuiying City, they will once again pass on those ancient myths to the world.
Therefore, finding Supaozi is probably Guan Jian who found the secret of Shuiying City.
