Awakening Day Collection

Chapter 23 Tai Sui (4)
The tip of the knife passed through Lin Jinglu's palm, and Feng Si was [-]% sure of the feel. In fact, he could clearly feel the tip of the knife piercing into the wood of the solid wood speaker under his palm.There is no doubt that no magic can do this, this knife did pierce Lin Jinglu's palm, there is no doubt about it.

But there was still no bleeding, and Lin Jinglu didn't cry out for pain, but just looked at him quietly, as if saying in his eyes, "Now you finally believe it?"

Feng Si slowly pulled out the knife, and saw a small, smooth round hole appear in Lin Jinglu's hand, and then healed completely within half a second.The skin on the back of the hand was still as white as cream, without leaving the slightest trace.

He threw down the knife, sat down on the sofa, did not speak for a long time, and suddenly recalled the past when he was a child.At that time, his mother hadn't died, and his father's image in his mind was useless, but the love between father and son still existed.Sometimes his mother would tease him: "When you grow up, you must study hard, go to college, find a serious job, and don't become a Taoist priest like your father."

"What's wrong with being a Taoist priest? Anyway, if you can marry a wife, you don't have to be a monk..." Feng Qizhou said disheartened.

"I don't want to be a Taoist priest!" Feng Si said childishly, "I don't want to be a monk either! The teacher said that monks and Taoists are all liars!"

At that time, he was still very young and didn't know much about philosophy, but a certain kind of self-confidence hidden in his nature, or arrogance made him never believe in any supernatural powers.But now, something beyond natural common sense appeared, and it appeared vividly before his eyes, making him unable to doubt or overthrow it.

"How is it? Is there anything you want to say?" Lin Jinglu asked.

"There are so many things I want to say, I don't know where to start," Feng Si said slowly, "But I have a motto in life: I would rather deceive the world than myself, those who deceive themselves are fools All of this, even if I don’t want to believe it, I have to force myself to believe it, or I’ll be a fool.”

Lin Jinglu applauded: "Very good, you are just as I imagined, smart, stubborn but not stubborn."

"Obviously you all belong to such a special group, and you have also divided into different factions," Feng Si considered the words carefully, "whether you call it superpowers, abilities, magic, or monsters, in short It's just a noun, it doesn't matter. So, am I the same person as you? You all want to get close to me, is it because I have a power that is more powerful than you... this kind of ability?
"And how many forms of expression do these abilities, magic, and superpowers have? The inability of the body to be harmed should only be one of them. What about the others? What about me? Up to now, I have not found that my body There is nothing special about it. My strength is no greater than others, my speed and reaction are no faster than others, and I still hurt when I am beaten. I don’t need to use a knife, and my fist can beat me to death.”

"It seems that I'm going to overturn what I just said," Lin Jinglu sighed, "Your reaction is faster than I imagined. It's a pity that I still can't tell you the answers to these questions you asked. "

"Then why are you demonstrating all this to me? For fun?" Fons asked.

"It's just because we think that you need to prepare yourself a little bit first," Lin Jinglu said. "It's best if you can keep in the dark and don't know anything, but unfortunately, in different' Factions'—to use your words—and especially under the protection of your wonderful father, you have discovered anomalies in the world. And according to your character, you will continue to investigate, constantly Actively seeking out one new danger after another, and there is no way we can protect you every second."

"So you demonstrated all this to...let me retreat?" Feng Si guessed along her train of thought, "You want to tell me that the power I want to challenge is beyond the reach of this ordinary world It is controlled, so it is best to forget all this and live my ordinary life with peace of mind. If you need me, I can be caught by you to work; if you don’t, I will just be a fool for the rest of my life.”

"That's why I like talking to smart people the most." Lin Jinglu took two steps forward, her face almost touching Feng Si's cheek, and an elegant fragrance rushed into his nostrils, "It's best to talk to smart people." Save effort, sometimes they can speak your mind directly for you. Will you agree?"

"If I agree, with your strength, maybe you can give me a lot of benefits?" Feng Si and her looked at each other.

"Of course," Lin Jinglu smiled sweetly, "For example, the real estate certificate of this house can be changed to your name immediately. If you like any car, no matter which one, no matter whether it is in mainland China or not. Available for sale..."

"What if I fall in love with you?" Feng Si interrupted her, "What if I fall in love with you?"

Lin Jinglu's face changed slightly. Ever since Feng Si met her, she had always had that gentle and charming smile on her face, but at this moment, there was a trace of disgust in her eyes.When this trace of disgust was revealed, her whole person seemed to have completely changed her temperament, showing a coldness like an iceberg.But soon, she restrained this blade-like aura, and there was no emotion in her eyes, like a black deep pool.

Feng Si laughed: "Look, what I said violated your bottom line, right? Then you should understand that if you have a bottom line, I will too. My bottom line is that I am a person, not a head Pigs don’t live the life of pigs who wait for feed with their mouths open and fall asleep after eating.”

"See you next class, teacher." He waved his hand and walked towards the door.Lin Jinglu had returned to normal, but she didn't stop him.When he reached the door, Feng Si stopped again, "By the way, can I ask about your old ancestor?"

"What do you want to ask?" Lin Jinglu asked coldly.

"How was she rescued by a Chinese Taoist priest? It's not easy to rescue a witch under the heavy guard of the religious court," Feng Si said leisurely, "so I'll take the liberty of guessing, she actually After being burned at the stake, it's just that fire can't kill her, just like a knife can't kill you, can it?"

"Maybe." Lin Jinglu looked indifferent.

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"That is to say, that Mr. Lin surnamed... will not be physically harmed?" Wen Xiaolan touched her chin subconsciously, as if she was really afraid that her jaw would be dislocated due to surprise as Feng Si said, " Are you sure you're not kidding me?"

"If I want to play tricks on you, I won't make fun of my father's death." Feng Si said.

Wen Xiaolan nodded: "That's true. But, these things sound too fantastical, I feel like I'm reading comics."

"It would be great if it was a comic book..." Feng Si lay on the lawn, looking at the gloomy night sky without stars and moons, "The protagonists in comics all have the halo of the protagonist, and they have to stay until the end if they die. I really don't know what I am One day she died in a daze. By the way, Lin Jinglu is not completely invulnerable. According to my observation, she should only be invulnerable to metal injuries."

"Metal?"

"Before I left, I noticed that although the back of her hand was intact, there was a slight wound on the palm of her hand. I thought about it, maybe it was because the knife pierced the solid wood panel of the speaker, and the raised wooden thorn It hurt her. That is to say, metal knives can't hurt her, but wood can, and other materials are probably fine.

"Then, I also asked her about her old ancestor, which was similar to what I guessed. Her old witch's ancestor was probably burned by the Inquisition and survived. She can't be killed by metal Injury, her ancestors will not be burned to death, what can you think of?"

Wen Xiaolan thought for a while, then said hesitantly, "Metal and flame, are they... the five elements? Gold, wood, water, fire, and earth?"

"That's right!" Feng Si nodded, "Of course, it may not necessarily be Taoism, but it may also be the four elements of climate, soil, water, and fire in the West. In other words, most of the strange things I encountered are related to our existing mythology system. There are also many mythological books on my dad's bookcase, which is an important hint, and the key is to find out the rules."

"The existing mythology system...it's hard to find," Wen Xiaolan said. "It's not an exaggeration to describe the information in this area as vast."

Wen Xiaolan was right.Even if he guessed that the incident might be related to mythology, he couldn’t find where to start for a while. The mythology circulating in China alone is enough to make people scratch their heads: Taoist mythology, Buddhist mythology, folk mythology, national mythology... and Feng Si didn't have extra time to ponder, the semester was coming to an end, and the exams were gradually starting.

Lin Jinglu gave Feng Si a score of 90 in the foreign teacher's oral test. I don't know if it was some kind of encouragement or something else, but she never talked to Feng Si alone again.Perhaps it was as she said, Feng Si was a smart person, and it was enough to say something once.

The night before the exam for a minor subject, Yang Shaofen suddenly had an emergency attack.She has suffered from asthma and chronic obstructive pneumonia for a long time, as well as ventricular hypertrophy caused by bronchitis. That night, she suddenly had an asthma attack and was out of breath.Ning Zhangwen hurriedly called Feng Si, and Feng Si called an ambulance immediately, but Yang Shaofen was too weak and suffered from ventricular failure at the same time, so he could not be rescued and died in the early hours of the morning.

This kind of formality class is an open-book exam, and the difficulty is very low. After copying the book hastily, Feng Si rushed to the hospital to help Ning Zhangwen take care of his mother's funeral. He has just gone through this set of procedures and is already familiar with it. .A few days later, Yang Shaofen's body was cremated, and the ashes were temporarily stored in the funeral home.

"Both of us don't have parents anymore." Ning Zhangwen said to Feng Si with red eyes.

After that, Ning Zhangwen was more crazily immersed in his work, almost sleeping only four hours a day.He is not limited to the Internet, and often takes the bus to the National Library to search for ancient books.Wen Xiaolan was a little worried, but Feng Si waved his hand: "He is the kind of person who is not good at venting his emotions. If he doesn't find something to fill up his free time for thinking, he might go crazy. Let him be busy for a while." , It will get better after a while. Besides, going to the library is not bad, at least it’s going out to breathe fresh air and change the environment.”

"The current air quality is probably better if you don't go out..." Wen Xiaolan muttered, but she also admitted that Feng Si had a point.

Other than that, it was calm during this time, no other enemies appeared, and the monkey did not reappear.As for Lin Jinglu, she never showed up at the school after the semester ended. Although it is said that she has won wide acclaim from the students in the only three classes this semester, she will still teach the oral English of the foreign teacher next semester.

Therefore, Feng Si finished the semester smoothly, passed all the subjects that had already been graded, and the rest should be fine according to his self-judgment.The last test was college English, which was a piece of cake for him, and he finished the test within an hour.Walking out of the classroom and turning on his phone, he saw a text message sent to him by Ning Zhangwen: "I found it, come to Guotu quickly."

He didn't even bother to go back to the dormitory to put down his schoolbag, so he hurriedly jumped on the bus and rushed to the National Library.The traffic around Baishi Bridge was as bad as ever, so he simply got off the bus one stop earlier and trotted all the way to the gate of Guotu.But at this time, he called Ning Zhangwen's mobile phone, but no one answered.He guessed that maybe Ning Zhangwen had turned his cell phone to vibrate, intending to dial it later, when a police siren sounded behind him.

Looking back, it turned out that it was indeed a 110 patrol police car, and a certain ominous premonition suddenly rose in his heart.At this time, a large number of people began to pour out of the national map, which was completely different from the scene of people coming and going one after another in the past.Feng Si hurriedly stopped a middle-aged man wearing glasses: "Uncle, what happened?"

"Something went wrong. A reader in the reading room was stabbed. There was blood all over the place. I don't know if he was dead or not." The middle-aged man said.

"Do you know what that young man looks like?" Feng Si asked hastily.

"I don't know what he looks like, he's wearing a black and yellow windbreaker..."

Feng Si's heart sank.Ning Zhangwen did have a black and yellow trench coat, which Wen Xiaolan picked out for him.Both Feng Si and Wen Xiaolan praised him for looking youthful and handsome in this dress, and he was also very happy. He often wore this dress at home, which made them laugh and cry.

Thinking of this, he strode towards the hall, but the staff at the door stopped him, and he shouted: "The man who was stabbed is my friend! Please let me in!"

"That won't work either." The staff member shook his head in a gesture of refusal to accommodate.Feng Si's anger started from his heart, and he was about to punch him, but he immediately realized that this would only make things worse, so he suppressed his anger and pestered the staff to fight.The two were entangled when suddenly a voice sounded.

"Let him in!" A casually dressed man in his 40s not far from the gate of the museum said while showing his police ID.It seems that this should be a policeman who came here to borrow books. I didn't expect that there would be an unexpected incident.

It was indeed Ning Zhangwen who was stabbed. He had a deep wound on his waist and was already unconscious. The library staff laid him flat on the ground and dared not move him. I called 120 a long time ago, but there was still a huge traffic jam near Guotu at the moment, and the ambulance couldn't come in for a while, but the 110 patrol car was close and arrived immediately.It was still the plainclothes policeman who let Feng Si in before making a decisive decision: "I can't wait, take him to the hospital in a police car immediately!"

"You come too." The policeman pointed at Feng Si.

Feng Si nodded, suddenly thought of something, rushed to the table where Ning Zhangwen was sitting before, and saw clearly the cover of the book on it.The name of this book is "Kongzhai Transcripts", and the author's name is "Kongzhai Anonymous".

He firmly memorized the title of the book and the author's name, and then left the library behind the policemen.

Fortunately, the police made a quick decision. Ning Zhangwen was not life-threatening, but he was still unconscious and had to stay in the ICU ward of the hospital for monitoring and observation.Sitting on the bench outside the ICU ward, Feng Si's face was ashen, and Wen Xiaolan couldn't help being very worried.

"It's not your fault, don't think too much." Wen Xiaolan said cautiously.

"It's not my fault, whose fault could it be?" Feng Si said softly, "I can't blame me for my father's death, because he was an insider and participant, but Brother Ning...he didn't do anything wrong. And Brother Ning has been stabbed, what about you?"

"I'll be fine," Wen Xiaolan patted the back of his hand, "I've practiced Taekwondo!"

(End of this chapter)