Chapter 106: No Time Seven: Dream Under the Willow Tree
When Lu Ran opened his eyes again, it was already halfway through, and the life and death zone for the next hour in [Futu] had been refreshed.
Master Chu Yi had experience in marching and fighting, so Lu Ran no longer had to be a captain for the time being, so he allowed the two of them to carry him. He acted as the master for a while, talked to Ke Zhizi for a while, and thought about his thoughts for a while.
After taking a pill given by Chu Yi, the injuries on my body were healing at a speed visible to the naked eye. I don't know whether it was the effect of the pill this time or the "green pill" just now that was too powerful.
After killing Zhao Yunzhi, Lu Ran almost completed the final killing target immediately.
For the next entire period, as long as others don't disturb him, he can take a good rest.
Mr. Chu really knows how to choose a place. Finally, a group of about ten people came to the upper reaches of a small stream. There was a trembling small wooden bridge in the middle stream. The lower reaches led to a small waterfall. The stream wound all the way down the mountain.
Beside the stream, there are several large willow trees, wild flowers in bloom, birds chirping and cicadas chattering. It is a good place to enjoy the cool and rest.
The most important thing is that there are no natural disasters within this dozens of miles.
If it weren't for the [Floating Picture] message on the heads of the people in front of him, Lu Ran would have thought that he had traveled to some strange world again.
Chu Yi left two capable men behind and took the others, saying they were going to find "wine".
Soon, the two capable men were leaning under another willow tree in front, sleeping like two stones.
Lu Ran sat up suddenly when he saw Ke Zhizi washing his face by the stream.
Ke Zhizi closed her eyes, a few locks of her hair were wet, and her face was stained with water. When the sun shone through the shade of the tree, her whole person seemed to be glowing.
Lu Ran was fascinated by it.
The injuries on his body healed immediately.
After Kochiko washed her face, she took off her boots and washed her feet.
Lu Ran felt that he needed another "green pill".
Looking from beginning to end and then from end to beginning like this, Lu Ran didn't want to blink. Only then did Ke Zhizi realize that Lu Ran had sat up on the stretcher and asked with concern: "Brother Ran, are you feeling better?" ?”
But brother, I'm still crazy.
After cleaning up, Ke Zhizi came over and found a clean place to sit next to him, and asked him again: "Brother Ran, are your wounds healed?"
Lu Ran replied absently: "Oh, it's okay."
"The fight you had with that man just now was very fierce."
Ke Zhizi actually took the initiative to say something to Lu Ran again.
Lu Ran felt that the Kezhizi now was a little different from the Kezhizi he had known before, but if he was asked to elaborate, he couldn't tell at all.
Growing up in an environment where women were lacking, he was instinctively attracted to women, but also instinctively afraid of them.
Or maybe it's just your own inferiority complex that's at work.
Suddenly, a gust of wind blew by, and a willow leaf fell on Lu Ran's head.
Seeing this, Kezhizi smiled and said, "Although I'm not very sleepy now, I really want to have a dream under this willow tree."
dream?
Lu Ran then remembered that before this, Ke Zhizi was about to tell him about the dream he had after taking the "Green Pill" on the "Cockscomb Peak", and then was interrupted by Zhao Yunzhi's "Gun Flower".
As soon as I cut it off, I came here.
Lu Ran reminded Ke Zhizi: "Don't you want to tell me about your dream? Now is the time to have some free time."
Unexpectedly, when Ke Zhizi heard what Lu Ran said, his face turned red and hesitantly said: "This dream is quite weird. Brother Ran, are you sure you want to listen?"
Lu Ran was just asking casually, but now he became more interested: "Yes! Yes!"
Ke Zhizi frowned and lowered his head.
Lu Ran added: "Did I tell you? I learned 'dream buying' from an old immortal in a place called '3022'. Ah, it means interpreting dreams and answering a dream."
Ke Zhizi raised his cheeks and said, "Is it true? Brother Ran, you are not allowed to lie to me or laugh at me."
Lu Ran made a stupid remark.
"I swear to God, I, Lu Ran, will never lie to you in this life."
Kochiko didn't say much, she spread her brows, looked at the shadow of the tree, and began to tell her dream.
Actions speak volumes about your intentions.
"I dreamed of a big, big room, a white room, and there was a big, big mirror in the room. I saw myself in the mirror, ah, I mean, I had never seen myself so clearly before. "
"I saw my hair, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, and chin. I also saw my ears, freckles, down, fine lines, and meridians. I saw my frown, and my ugly smile."
"I also looked at my body and estimated how tall I was and how much I weighed. Well... I looked at it for a long time because I found that I really like looking in the mirror."
"Then at the other end of the room, a similarly white but huge door opened, and two people with masks and glowing eyes came in. Their voices were sweet and gentle, and they began to help me change my clothes. I was changed into A long white dress that was too beautiful to describe. Except for a little bit of exposure, everything else was impeccable. I looked outside through the huge window. It was an open-air garden. There were all kinds of strangely dressed people in the garden. , they were dining, laughing, singing, dancing and celebrating.”
"But what I see most is that skirt. That skirt is as white as snow, as soft as the finest fur, and as light as the thinnest paper. And then, I don't know what kind of craftsman is still on it. There were so many beautiful patterns carved on it that I couldn't help but dance in the room. It was actually just twirling my skirt. I looked at myself in the mirror and thought to myself, how could there be such beautiful clothes in this world? They are all so... radiant and moving.”
"I started thinking, where am I now? So I looked out the window on the other side, and I saw what I wanted to see most. Brother Ran, guess what I saw?"
Ke Zhizi stopped and asked Lu Ran with a happy face.
"Return...return to the world?" Lu Ran, also known as Bujie Fengqing.
"Brother Ran...are you listening to me seriously..." Ke Zhizi pretended to be angry. This was an expression that Lu Ran had never seen on her face before.
Ke Zhizi continued: "I saw the 'City that Never Sleeps'! I saw the 'City that Never Sleeps' that you told me about, brother Zhu Ran. It's really beautiful. Only then did I realize that the place in my dream was a night , the lights on the other side of the garden were just too bright, so I didn't notice, but on the other side of the 'city that never sleeps', the lights were like stars, the streams of light were like lines, and they were connected with the real stars in the sky. I felt like my eyes were blinded. I can’t see clearly, it’s like all the light has gone into my eyes.”
"The road of steel, the eternal lamp, and the city that never sleeps, I saw them all in this dream."
"I saw a huge woman, like the magical mountain and sea that Xu Fang showed that day, but she seemed to be just promoting some kind of makeup."
"I also saw countless birds with shining wings in the sky. They were flying so fast, and their tails were shining like shooting stars."
"It seems like talismans are flickering everywhere and fairy music is flying everywhere. I can't help but wonder if I am already dead and already in 'bliss'."
"Then, in the garden on the other side, someone set off fireworks. One by one, they lit up the sky and made a loud bang. It seemed that my heart also jumped a bit. The fireworks lit up my eyes. I I couldn't help but turn around and look at myself in the mirror again. I couldn't think of words to describe this scene. At this moment, the person in the mirror, I just felt that even 'bliss' was nothing more than this, but I My heart started beating hard, and I had a hunch that something big was going to happen."
"I counted, and the fireworks went off for fifty-two times, and then another fifty-two. When the third fifty-two went off, a gentle woman wearing a mask and with shining eyes walked in again. She After saying a word, I was almost so surprised that I almost woke up from my dream."
"She said, Miss Kochiko, your groom will arrive in ten minutes. At that time, he will hold your hand and lead you through the corridor that represents eternity, to the happy garden, and finally see you. Dear relatives and friends, you will complete your wedding there..."
At this time, Lu Ran couldn't listen anymore and quickly shouted to stop: "Wait a minute..."
But Ke Zhizi had obviously reached an emotional point and didn't hear Lu Ran speak at all. He continued: "Complete our wedding? I was stunned for a few breaths, and then the first thing I thought about was not why it was a 'wedding' or who it was with. 'Wedding', how could it be a 'wedding'? I only thought about one thing at that time, ten minutes, how long is it?"
"Ten minutes is as long as six hundred breaths, but it may also be the longest time in my life. I counted silently, not in anticipation, but in fear. I was afraid that this time would pass and I would see something A face I don’t want to see. I’m afraid that this time will pass and I won’t be able to see this face. I’m afraid that this time will pass and I will wake up..."
"Then I thought about what 'marriage' means? Marriage means getting married, and being with a man for a lifetime, right? Master once said that for girls, getting married is the most important thing in life. But she also told me that a sword servant cannot get married, and a sword servant must serve his sword master all his life until he devotes his life."
"But I thought again, I was in a dream. In a dream, it doesn't count. It doesn't count as breaking the vow. Getting married is about putting on such a beautiful dress, being in such a beautiful place, and watching such beautiful fireworks. , is such a beautiful thing, it is truly a dream..."
"At this time, another 'gentle woman' also came back. After she put a white gauze on my head, I began to imagine what that person would look like after a while. What would he look like? Yes. Are you as silly as the son of the grocery store owner at the foot of Yangjian Mountain, or as talkative as Mr. Huihuan, or as passionate as Brother Ran? If you were like Yang Ya, with four pointed teeth, That’s not good…”
Hearing this, Lu Ran blushed slightly and had questions all over his head, but he was too embarrassed to interrupt again.
"I was so looking forward to that moment. Ten minutes and six hundred breaths seemed so short at this time. Soon, I heard footsteps at the other end of the corridor. The footsteps were like patter. Walking on my heart, he seemed to be walking faster and faster, and my heart seemed to be beating faster and faster. I could no longer think about anything. I stared at the white door, staring at the most important thing. people show up.”
"However, when the door opened, I was shocked. I saw a man wearing very good clothes and a beautiful figure. He also wore flowers on his chest, but this man had no face. This was a man without a face. The person with the face..."
"I stood up in fright. The bouquet in my hand fell to the ground without knowing it. I didn't know what to say or what to do. I just stayed there, watching him walk towards me step by step... "
"I was so scared. I told myself this was just a dream, don't be afraid. But if this was just a dream, I suddenly felt a little unwilling to accept it, so I covered my eyes and heard the sound of tears falling on the ground."
"The man is getting closer and closer, as if some kind of fear is getting closer and closer to me. In fact, I know that what I am afraid of is the ending. I am afraid that the ending of the dream is getting closer and closer to me. My fear is not because of this. Men have no face, not because the person who 'married' me has no face, but because I don't want to wake up from this dream."
"Sure enough, the man was approaching step by step. I smelled the pleasant fragrance of flowers on his body, and I heard his slight sigh. I knew that he was already approaching me, and he kept approaching me..."
"He lifted up my white gauze and put his empty face against mine. My heart beat out of my chest so fast. Then he said in my ear in a very small voice..."
"Kozhizi, run quickly."
"The first sound was as gentle as if it was afraid of scaring a cat, but the second sound was like a roaring, hoarse roar."
"Kozhizi! Run!"
"I stood up in a panic, and tears couldn't stop flowing out for some reason. At this moment, everything around me suddenly changed and was gone. The faceless man, the white room, the garden under the window, the fireworks outside the window, the steel The road, the everlasting lamp, the city that never sleeps...all are gone, my whole dream is gone, just gone."
"Behind me, there was only darkness, very dark. I took a deep breath and started running in the darkness. I wanted to run back to my original dream. I ran for a long time, I don't know how many times I ran." ten minutes'……"
"Then, I woke up."
"Brother Ran, this is the dream I want to tell you."
Ke Zhizi finished telling her dream in one breath, and her face was already filled with tears.
"Fortunately, the dream is the opposite, Kezhizi, isn't that what you said?"
Lu Ran's smile was bright and warm at the moment.
"Didn't you say that you, the 'Jade Clan', never dream, but now I want to congratulate you, Ke Zhizi, you took the 'Green Pill' and learned to dream. Dreaming is also a very important ability!"
Ke Zhizi didn't say a word, just walked towards Lu Ran, frowned, and threw herself into his arms.
Lu Ran suddenly saw the fluttering willow leaves in the sky, like a light snow falling in his eyes.
Some people died, but not completely...
