Onmyoji's Secret

Chapter 18 The Second Dream

I was taken aback, and withdrew my hand on the leather drum.

I rubbed my eyes and looked around, trying to find Chen Shengzhi.On my right, the ancient castle stands majestically, with vicissitudes and simplicity. On my left, a stone step extends downward, covered by fog in the middle, which looks gloomy and lonely.

How is this going?

Didn't I come out after Chen Sheng?How could I stand in front of the leather drum again in the blink of an eye, my hand was still on it, as if I had never moved.

If what I saw just now happened for real, where did Chen Shengzhi go?If it was just an illusion, then why what I saw was so real? I still remember what Chen Shengzhi and White Snake said so clearly, what about dragon veins, Qingyi Qiang kingdom, naked women...

Is that true or false?
I feel like I have been poured with a basin of cold water at this moment, my whole body is bitingly cold, and the hairs stand on end. The pores of my whole body are suddenly shrunk together, and a kind of fear from the depths of my soul spreads throughout my body.

I cried out with a "wow". After all, I was just a ten-year-old child. I experienced so many unimaginable, even extremely weird things in one day. That kind of fear completely shattered the defense line in my heart.

I don’t know how long it took until my tears dried up and my voice became hoarse from crying. I stood up from the ground and calmed down the fear in my heart. I walked slowly towards the gate of the castle. No matter what, since I’m here, I’d better go in Take a look.

After entering the gate of the castle, a burst of dust hit my face, which made me cough, and I quickly covered my mouth and nose.

Something is wrong!It seems that no one has been in this castle for a long time, and there is a thick layer of dust everywhere, and it is unknown how many years of inventory it has accumulated.

I looked up to the center of the castle, where an altar more than two meters high stood quietly. Looking along the stone steps, there was a coffin lying in the middle of the altar, a white coffin.

Although I had been prepared for a long time, I was still taken aback. Was what happened just now really true?The old castle, the altar, the white coffin, and perhaps the red man in that coffin.

At this moment, a kind of desire arises in my heart, I want to open the white coffin on the altar, and see if the woman lying in the coffin is the woman with the imprint of the phoenix bird on her left shoulder. The fly ash dissipated away!

While thinking in my heart, I walked towards the altar.Standing in front of this white coffin, I stretched out a hand to rest on it, rubbing it back and forth just like Chen Shengzhi did back then, the hand was smooth and cold.

The strangest thing was that the white coffin had been lying here for an unknown number of years, and there was not a trace of dust or stains on it, which was in stark contrast to the dusty environment around the altar.

I imitated Chen Shengzhi's method of opening the white coffin in my memory, and put my hand into the gap of the coffin. To my surprise, the coffin lid was not heavy, it was light and light, and seemed to have no weight at all.

With a jerk of my hand, I opened the white coffin.

I widened my eyes, trying to see if the thing in the coffin was the woman.

Just when I saw the contents of the coffin clearly, my complexion changed drastically in an instant, becoming pale and without a trace of blood. I was so scared that I sat down on the ground, shaking like chaff.And as I fell to the ground, the white coffin board lost its support and fell down again, closing the white coffin tightly.

Ouch!I grass your ancestors, scared me to death!
Because I was educated by my mother since I was a child, I usually don't swear, but now I can't help it anymore. I screamed and didn't know who I was scolding, while squatting on the ground trembling in fright.

Soon, I ran down the altar in a hurry, and ran to a place far away from the altar. Looking at the white coffin on the altar, there was still a trace of panic and fear on my face.

Damn it!
The thing in the white coffin is not only not the fairy-like woman I expected, but a monster, a humanoid monster covered in white scales!

There is no hair on its body, only densely packed tiny scales, and the milky white scales look a bit like the white boa outside the Yixiantian trail, only more fine and crystal clear.

I didn't see his appearance clearly, but after just a cursory glance, I was terrified enough.

How could there be a monster covered in white scales in the coffin? How could this be possible?I clearly remember that when Chen Shengzhi opened the white coffin, lying quietly inside was the naked woman, with a very strange bronze mask on her face, her arms folded, lying quietly inside, like a banished fairy descended from the mortal world. .

I glanced at the white coffin with lingering fear, and there was still some fear and horror in my heart.While cursing to ease my mood, I ran quickly to the gate of the castle. I wanted to run away. This place is really too weird, and I still feel safe by staying with my grandfather.

But when I walked to the door, I stopped again. I thought of my grandfather and his expectant eyes.There are more than 300 years of planning by my Chen family in it, and there are things that can change my destiny, but until now, I have experienced nothing here except for some extremely weird things.

Perhaps, it was in that door.

A thought suddenly popped up in my mind, I looked into the depths of the castle, because the distance was too far, I couldn't see clearly, but I knew that there was a wooden door there, a wooden door that couldn't be opened even with a sun-shielding sword .

I bit my lip and ran to the depths of the castle. When I passed the altar on the way, I deliberately walked away from it, for fear that the sleeping monster would suddenly come out and eat me.

Soon, I ran to the wooden door. I don't know what kind of material this door is made of, as if it could absorb all the light, it was extremely dark.

I don't know if I can open this door. After all, I saw with my own eyes that Chen Shengzhi, who was holding the Sun-Blanking Sword, couldn't open it. Can I, a ten-year-old kid, really be able to?

I put both hands on the wooden door, and suddenly there was a burning sensation from the phoenix imprint on my left shoulder. When I stretched out my hand, it felt light in my hand.

squeak!
An ear-piercing and unpleasant sound drilled into my ears, and the dark but extremely tough wooden door slowly opened with my movements.

There was another cloud of dust and a smell of mold and decay. I quickly covered my mouth and nose and hid beside it. After a while, I waited for the smell and dust inside to dissipate before I walked in.

I feel that the answers to all the questions are hidden inside this door.

Walking through a passage several meters long, there is a room about 50 square meters inside. I am afraid that no living person has entered this place for thousands of years. All objects are covered with a thick layer of dust, covering With thousands of years of history here.

This room is completely sealed, except for the passage and the wooden door, there is no communication point with the outside world. There are no candles or other lighting in the room, but the surrounding walls and roof are densely inlaid with a strange gem or It's crystal, and these magical objects actually emit a faint cold light. Although it can't be said to be bright, it can still be seen clearly.

This room seems to be a place for offering sacrifices to the gods. In the center of the room, there is a huge bronze statue of a god. The bronze statue is dressed in green, with a tall and straight figure and a dignified appearance. But when I saw the head of the bronze statue, I was surprised. Can't help being surprised.
It has a wide mouth and big ears, and the eyeballs protrude in a cylindrical shape. It looks very weird, almost similar to the bronze mask my grandfather took out from the white coffin, except that there is no small hole in the middle of the forehead of this bronze statue, and there is no mask inside. There is no phoenix ornament.

Is this the god worshiped by those ethnic minorities?

I glanced at the bronze statue in surprise, and then I was attracted by a bronze tree at the foot of the bronze statue.

This bronze tree is not big, about as tall as me. It is divided into three layers as a whole, and each layer has three branches. There is a small bronze figure kneeling on the top of each branch. Kneeling and kowtowing seems to be worshiping the supreme god.

The top of the bronze tree is a tray, the tray is not big, but there is a white stone in it.

I'm a little surprised. The roofs of the alien races under the stone steps seem to have white stones on them, and even two white stones are placed on the top of the watchtower at the entrance. Does this stone have any special meaning?

I stretched out my hand to pick up the white stone, and it was warm in my hand.But I had a strange feeling that something was wrong with the white stone in my hand. I squeezed the white stone with my hands, it was a little hard, and then I just held the stone beside the bronze tree for no reason. Knocked on.

boom!
The white stone exploded when I knocked it, turned into a pile of white powder, and fell to the ground profusely.

I looked at all this dumbfounded, how is this possible?It was so hard to the touch, but it was crushed to pieces under one blow, it was unimaginable.

At this moment, the phoenix imprint on my left shoulder started to become hot again.I was terrified, I didn't know how I just broke a stone, how could it cause the reaction of the imprint, I was very afraid to enter the feeling of burning all over my body again, life would be worse than death.

But to my surprise, this time I did not experience that painful situation. Instead, a burst of drowsiness hit me, my head became drowsy, and my eyes were stingy. After some resistance, I could no longer bear it , closed his eyes, and fell directly to the ground.

It was that kind of dazed state again, and I didn't know if I was asleep or awake at the moment.I just feel that the room I am in seems to have changed. The bronze statue in the middle is shining with dazzling luster, and the white stone at the top of the bronze tree looks sacred and solemn under the dim light.

I looked at the white stone at the top of the bronze tree, and a desire rose in my heart, which was a desire and possession from the depths of my soul.

At this moment, the wooden door outside the aisle suddenly opened, and a man and a woman walked in. They were all wearing blue robes embroidered with rich and beautiful patterns. Among them, the man was short in stature and seemed to be a little taller than me. It looked very strange.

The man walked up to the bronze tree, with a look of greed on his face, he stretched out a hand to grab the white stone, the woman beside him seemed to want to stop him at this moment, but the man just turned back and stared at her, the woman just She was so frightened that she stood aside, not daring to speak, but her face was covered with crystal clear tears.

The man picked up the white stone on the bronze tree, looked up to the sky and laughed loudly, speaking a language I couldn't understand, his face was full of pleasure and greed.The man who was waiting had had enough laughs, so he took out another white stone from his arms, put it on the top of the bronze tree, and then turned around to leave. The moment he turned around, I vaguely saw the man's blue robes. Has a tail, a gray tail.

I saw the man turn and leave, and the woman followed her silently.I became anxious immediately, and a thought rose in my heart, that white stone is mine, it belongs to me, and my Chen family's 300-year plan seems to be for me to get it!

I was anxious and angry, I ran and followed the man, I wanted to snatch Baishi back!That's my thing, it can't be taken away by that man.

I saw the man walk out of the dark wooden door, and I followed suit.

But I was stunned immediately, because what I saw was not the wide hall of the old castle, but an ancient battlefield full of screams and wailing when I walked out of the wooden door.

Beside me is a big river rushing by, the water of the river is so clear that you can see the bottom at a glance.There are countless people in Tsing Yi beside the river, shouting in a language that I don't understand, waving weapons with gleaming cold light in their hands, their faces are rebellious, with unyielding and resistance, roaring and rushing towards the enemy on the opposite side.

On the opposite side of them is a huge army, the black and red armor is like a maple forest in autumn leaves, all over the mountains and plains, boundless.

Countless warriors looked at the charging men in Tsing Yi with cold eyes.All of a sudden, drums and horns sounded loudly, and a large banner with the Chinese character "Han" fluttered in the wind.

The dense rain of arrows is like locusts crossing the border, sweeping the blue waves overwhelmingly.The cavalry in iron armor charged away like mountains and seas, and the sound of horseshoes resounded through the valley like a rumble and thunder, and it was like a raging wave hitting the mountains.

Ferocious faces, bloody swords, deep howls, and filled with smoke and dust.

I stared blankly at all this, and at some point, the battle was over.

I saw a blood-stained general on the banks of the Lema River. He looked at the river stained red with the blood of the people in Tsing Yi, and said proudly, "This Tsing Yi Shui will be renamed 'Ping Qiang' from now on!"

I don't know when, I woke up, opened my eyes, and saw the rotten bronze god opposite, the cylindrical eyes shed tears, bloody tears!

(End of this chapter)