jdhmnovel Chapter 379 Excerpt
Chapter 379 Excerpt
Jiang Liqian looked at the other side of the lake through the scattered golden light, and actually saw a group of people.
Second senior brother, Song Nian'er, Xuan Ling, Chen Huasheng, Shen Qingqing, Gu An'an, and Xu You'an who wanted to run towards her but was held back tightly.
The two groups of people stood on either side of an extremely magnificent stage in the middle of the lake.
"Senior Sister, hurry up!" A sharp and somewhat broken voice came straight into her ears from the other side of the river.
But before Xu Youan's last words faded, the deserted stage suddenly lit up with gorgeous vermilion palace lanterns along the eaves. The lanterns' tassels hung down, and the round, glossy pearls on each gently clashed in the dimming light, making tiny, jade-like sounds.
The stage is surrounded by water, and is hung with misty, warm smoke-colored gauze curtains. The gauze curtains float in the wind, gently passing over the rippling green water. The crisp and melodious sound of copper bells rings in the silent courtyard, with different heights and orderly speeds.
Going inside, the entire stage was covered with a red carpet, square and clean. Sheng, Xiao, and Guqin were lying quietly beside it, as if waiting for the actors to go on stage to sing.
It was impossible to leave at this time. The exits on both sides were closed by heavy wooden doors, and a faint blood-colored barrier appeared above the entire mansion.
For a moment, the wind blew and the shadows swayed, and everyone was terrified.
Two small wooden boats wobbled to the shore, and the meaning was obvious: they were asked to board the boats and head to the stage.
And they seem to be the pieces that will be performed grandly tonight.
"Can't you get on?"
Silent hesitation spread in everyone's heart.
If they go up, they don’t know what will be waiting for them, but if they don’t go up, will they stay here until they die?
Jiang Junze was the most advanced cultivator here and their senior. Everyone looked at him, waiting for his decision. Jiang Junze hesitated for only a moment before being the first to board the wooden boat.
But after he went up, he didn't want Jiang Liqian to follow him up.
He could try his best to protect others, but Jiang Liqian was his sister whom he had finally found, and he didn't want her to be in danger at all.
But his sister obviously did not listen to him, nor did she want to care about what he was thinking, and immediately jumped onto the boat.
When the others saw them getting on, they also got on the boat.
The decision made by the people on the other side was similar to theirs. When their wooden boat had no one to pole it, it rowed towards the stage by itself, and the wooden boat on the other side also started moving.
The closer the wooden boat got to the stage, the brighter the lanterns on the stage became. It looked like a good show was about to begin, but Jiang Liqian felt uncomfortable all over, especially in her heart, which felt like something was pressing on her. She unconsciously activated the Qiankun Heart Method to resist this uncomfortable feeling.
But looking at other people, it seemed that no one felt the same as her.
Although this unknown lake was very big, it was still inside a mansion. It was not far from the shore to the center of the lake. The two groups soon landed on the east and west sides of the stage.
When Xu Youan saw Jiang Liqian, he couldn't wait to run towards her, but as soon as his feet stepped on the cinnabar-colored carpet on the stage, he suddenly couldn't move.
Not only him, but everyone except Song Nian'er who was in the ghost cultivation state was unable to move like him, and their bodies seemed as if they were not their own.
Then, the various gems inlaid on the top of the stage pavilion sparkled and lit up, and a beauty lamp lit by two strange and regular stones slowly descended from the top in the center, landing where everyone could touch it with their hands.
Two stones entwined and swirled within the beauty lamp, one within the other. One radiated a dark light that seemed to engulf all living things, while the other shone a golden light that illuminated the glorious future of all life.
Life and death, destruction and rebirth, the rotation of yin and yang, endless calamities.
Two voices sounded at the same time.
There was a cold mechanical sound in Shen Qingqing's mind.
[Host, find the target Nine Sacred Stones.]
One voice was Song Nian'er's excited voice.
"Brother Fu, it's that stone, that's the Samsara Stone. I can feel it, it seems to be sucking me in!"
However, no one can get either the Nine Sacred Stones or the Samsara Stone, even though they are right in front of them.
Shen Qingqing finally found the Nine Sacred Stones. Her points were almost exhausted, and there was no way she would give up this opportunity. She shouted to the system in her mind: "Let me move quickly, the Nine Sacred Stones are right there, hurry up!"
The system scanned Shen Qingqing's entire body and came up with the result.
[The host is controlled by the laws of this place. If you need to gain temporary mobility, you must spend one thousand points to redeem. Do you confirm the redemption?]
With Shen Qingqing's current ability, it was impossible for her to break through any rules. Although she didn't want to spend her few remaining points, when she thought about getting 10,000 points after obtaining the Nine Holy Stones, she felt that this was a good deal and agreed immediately.
She thought she would be able to move around soon, but the system brought her bad news.
[It will take some time to offset the laws of this space. Please be patient.]
“…” Damn it, why didn’t you say so earlier!
Shen Qingqing was so angry that she wanted to curse, but she couldn't even make a sound or control the subtle expressions on her face.
Damn, what the hell is this place!
Song Nian'er could come and go freely. This was the City of the Dead, and she could temporarily escape the protection of the formation and move around. But when she touched the Beauty Lamp, she instinctively passed through it.
In other words, she couldn't touch the Samsara Stone at all, let alone take it out of the Beauty Lamp.
This is how to do?
She turned around and looked at Fu Wennian and the others, hoping they could come up with a solution.
However, this was the first time Jiang Junze and the others had encountered such a situation, and they didn't know what to do for a moment.
At this moment of silence, the beauty lamp suddenly began to rotate slowly, and the black and gold lights sprinkled on every corner of the stage. The drums, harps, flutes and pipes on the stage began to play at this time, and one by one, they performed the most bizarre and fascinating play.
As the music sounded, Jiang Liqian's body was pulled by some unknown force and began to move. Moving with her was Xu Youan on the other side.
The last opera said that a poor scholar met a rich girl in the marriage temple.
This time he continued to sing, and the angry father-in-law beat up the golden mandarin ducks.
The two men moved along with the lyrics of the opera, while Fu Wennian and others who stood quietly on both sides played the roles of servants, maids, thugs, and the furious prime minister's father-in-law who discovered that his daughter had secretly engaged to a poor scholar.
One stick after another hit Xu Youan's back fiercely. The sound of flesh being torn apart was infinitely amplified in the noisy yet silent stage. Soon, his back was covered with blood.