Records of Mysterious Things in the Southern Dynasties

Chapter 121 Bai Ze, but the Riddler
Thousand miles on the ship.

Xiao Heizi has just finished waxing the deck. Now that more and more people are on board, maintenance must be kept up.

He was admiring his glittering masterpiece with satisfaction. Suddenly, a white light flashed, and with a bang, a huge stone pillar five meters high and three heads appeared on the boat, almost overturning it...

"Dirty words. Fuck you..." Heizi was about to curse, but when he saw that the culprit was the ship owner, he had to hold it back. But we don't know if he cursed badly in his heart.

Fortunately, this boat was a magic weapon, and it managed to hold on and not sink...

"Sorry, little blackie." Ren Yuan scratched his head and said, "This is the Sansheng Stone I told you about."

"Protest, the owner never said it was this big!" Xiao Heizi was still a little angry, and his voice changed. "Reminder, although the boat belongs to the owner, you still have to take good care of it."

"It's indeed a little big, just bear with it for a while." Ren Yuan apologized quickly.

He has completed his mission tonight, and he cannot help with the fight between the gods in the outside world. If he goes out rashly, he will only cause trouble for the Taoist priest.

So according to the plan, if everything went well, he would wait on the boat until he woke up naturally. If there was any accident, Chen Baxian would come into his dream to inform him, and then they would wake up together.

"Alert, something is following us." At this moment, Xiao Heizi's eyes suddenly flashed with yellow light, and he said solemnly to the Three-Life Stone: "Warning, once you are on the Qianli ship, you must abide by the rules! Why don't you show yourself quickly?!"

Wherever the yellow light shone, a huge bat-like monster with three human heads appeared on the San Sheng Stone.

"Fight, monsters are attacking, request to attack!" Xiao Heizi had a spear in his hand, and he was wearing armor and a helmet, ready for battle.

"Be alert first." Ren Yuan called out to Xiao Heizi.

"Little Skeleton, we are not monsters." Then the three heads spoke one after another:

"Skeletons calling others monsters, isn't that a bit forgetful?"

"Remember, little skeleton, we are the guardians of the Three Lives Stone, the Three Lives Beasts that can see through past lives, present lives, and future lives, and know everything about the heavens, the earth, the six realms, and the eight wastelands!"

"Warning. This ship has limited carrying capacity. After loading the stones, it can no longer accommodate so many people." Xiao Heizi's tone was calm, but it sounded like sarcasm.

"Alright, alright, we are guests. Why are you so aggressive?" Ren Yuan told Xiao Heizi to leave, and then said to Sansheng Beast, "I'm sorry, I didn't expect to bring you three in."

"Don't talk about those nonsense for now."

"Yes, let's get to the point." The three heads of the Three Holy Beasts spoke one after another:

"The answer to your riddle is 'person', right?"

"Congratulations, you got it right." Ren Yuan nodded and asked, "You don't even ask what the situation is now. Where is this place?"

"No need to ask."

"Why are you asking? We, the Three Lives Beast, can see our past lives, present lives, and future lives. What is there that we don't know?" The Three Lives Beast said:

"Just take a look and you'll know what this place is."

As it spoke, its three heads stretched out their necks and looked around.

"Oh, this is the dreamland. A place where illusion and reality intertwine, a world where the past, present and future coexist." Sansheng Beast is really amazing, he recognized this place immediately. "That's still a level lower than us."

"Hello, three of you. I have something to discuss with you." Ren Yuan suddenly said.

"What are you doing?" The Sansheng Beast looked at him with its six eyes.

"Do you know what I want to ask?" Ren Yuan asked back.

"Of course I know." The Three Lives Beast replied, "You want to refine the Three Lives Stone."

"You three are really capable." Ren Yuan praised: "What do you three think?" "Of course we have no objection. We have cultivated independent divine bodies. You refined the Three Lives Stone to help us get rid of the shackles." The Three Lives Beast said happily: "Otherwise, why do you think we followed you in?"

"Yes, we are not helpless. We are just following the flow. Do you understand?"

"That makes sense." Ren Yuan nodded. If the Three Lives Beast could really see past and present lives, it would be normal for it to foresee what happened today.

"But we have a condition." The young man nodded.

"Can we stay on the boat?" the middle-aged man continued.

"Don't worry, we won't stay here in vain. We can be your Bai Ze." The old man said.

"Okay." Ren Yuan nodded, without asking why, and then said, "But I want to test you first."

"Ask whatever you want. There is nothing in the Three Realms and Six Paths, from ancient times to the present, that we don't know. We can tell you everything except what we cannot tell you..."

"What can you tell me about dreams?" Ren Yuan asked in a deep voice.

"Well." The three heads of the Three Lives Beasts came together and whispered for a while. Finally, the young man spoke: "I can only tell you that Dreamland is not just a dream. It is much more connected to reality than you think. You will have to find answers to many of your questions in the future. Also, if you are not strong enough, don't go ashore, otherwise you may never come back..."

"I know. He was killed by Nightmare and thrown into Yunmeng Lake." Ren Yuan nodded and asked, "Can you be more specific?"

"Let's change the question." The old man said, "If we talk about specifics, we will inevitably have to mention that person, and we boarded the ship to avoid him."

"Okay, I hope you're not being a riddler on purpose." Ren Yuan had to settle for the next best thing: "I have another question. Recently, I found that when I want to sleep, someone will send me a pillow. All the people on the boat are the ones I will soon have contact with. This shouldn't be a coincidence, right?"

"Of course it's not a coincidence." Sansheng Beast shook his head and said, "But we can't give you a clear answer. We can only say that there are two possibilities. One is that someone deliberately arranged it. The other is that this ship itself is 'fate'."

"It takes a hundred years to be able to cross the river together, hahaha."

"Both are possible, or maybe both..."

"Can we please stop guessing riddles all the time?" Ren Yuan was helpless.

"Don't be angry, kid. It will not do you any good to reveal the secret." Then the old man said slowly, "Maybe everything is the best arrangement. Just follow your feelings."

"Including hiding it from me?" Ren Yuan asked back.

"Maybe." The three sacred beasts nodded, still refusing to give him a definite answer.

"It's still the damned Riddler..." Ren Yuan said speechlessly: "And Bai Ze..."

"Oh, the captain is unhappy." The three heads gathered together again and muttered for a long time. Finally, the middle-aged head said to Ren Yuan:

"At most, I'll give you another hint - Gou Chen."

"Isn't this obvious enough?" the young man nodded.

"Indeed." Ren Yuan nodded. These two words were like a death sentence to him.

"This is your next fate, face it bravely." said the old man.

"Is it a blessing or a curse?" Ren Yuan asked.

"If it is a blessing, it will not be a disaster. If it is a disaster, it cannot be avoided..." The Three Sacred Beasts answered with a charlatan.

"Get out!" Ren Yuan's curse echoed across the water.

(End of this chapter)