Monument of Life and Death

  The air here is flowing, and Xiaolan seems to be able to smell the cold water-like smell from the air. She moved her nose, smelled, and thought.

   There was silence all around.

   Yi Nian was quiet for a long time, but Xiaolan knew that she should not urge him at this time.

  The silence now has the power to **** Xiaolan's eardrums.

   As soon as he spoke, his voice became like running water, passing Xiaolan's ear quickly.

   "Your dream hides your most important things."

   This is the secret of Yi Nian.

   "Hiss—"

  Xiao Lan took a deep breath.

  She felt goosebumps all over her body stand on end.

   "Why is your secret about me?" Xiao Lan immediately became vigilant, "It's not fair."

   Yi Nian smiled.

   "Do you want to know something about me?" Yi Nian smiled, "But Yi Nian has no secrets."

"how can that be possible…"

"I am the legend of Yi Nian. All my stories have been passed down from generation to generation by Yi Nian's descendants, even the entire Nine Schools. I have no secrets. If I exchange my own things for your secrets, it will be a kind of deception to you. .”

   "But how do you know about me?" Xiaolan was cold all over, "Then... I have no secrets for you?"

"Because I'm in your dream now, so I know about your dream," Yi Nian said, "But, I only know that it's your most important thing, I can't see clearly what that thing is. "

   "I can't see clearly..." Xiaolan murmured.

   "Yes, I can't see clearly," Yi Nian continued, "The reason why I can't see clearly is because you can't even see the appearance of that thing clearly."

  My most important thing is in my dream, but I still can't see it clearly.

what exactly is it?

   "I tell you this secret because I want to give you a piece of advice," Yi Nian said, "Don't forget, the most important thing you've been looking for is actually in the place closest to you."

  Xiao Lan suddenly raised her head, as if sensing danger, she looked around.

  I am now, in a dream.

   Is the so-called most important thing around you?

   Is it... watching itself?

   "Okay, I've told you what you want to hear," Yi Nian said, "Next, it's your turn."

  ***

  Everyone raised their spirits.

   "What did you see?" Qin Yin pressed his hand on his throat, his voice sounded a little suffocated, "Is Xiaolan in danger?"

"Wired!" Jasmine, who had her eyes closed, shook her head slightly, as if she was following Jasmine Tanshi's gaze, "There are many transparent thin threads connected to Xiaolan's body... It seems that those thin threads are dragging Xiaolan. away from us..."

   "What kind of thin line is it?" Li Muyuan asked.

   "It's transparent, almost transparent, very thin, as thin as a hair, and you can't see it unless you look carefully." Jasmine said.

   "Where are the sources of those thin lines?" asked the Taoist priest.

   "The source..." Jasmine dragged out her voice, "It seems to be...the ground."

   "The ground?" The Taoist thought for a while, "What about the sky?"

   "As for the sky... Ah, I see, there are also in the sky!"

   "What is this?" Qin Yin asked eagerly, "Daoist, do you know?"

  The Taoist priest pondered for a long time, then shook his head, "I don't know, but I have a very bad idea."

  Qin Yin's face almost turned pale with fright.

   "What assumption?"

   "I suspect that the power behind this is eavesdropping." The Taoist priest looked serious.

   "Eavesdropping?" Yi Yao crossed his arms, "Eavesdropping on us? Or..."

   "Maybe he is eavesdropping on Xiaolan," Dao Chang said, "He is eavesdropping on Xiaolan's dream."

  Eavesdropping on dreams.

   "No, we have to do something," Luo Jiutian said, "If Xiaolan's dream is really spied on, then... the consequences should be very serious."

   "Jasmine, can you find a way to wake up Xiaolan?" The Taoist priest looked at Jasmine and asked.

  Jasmine's forehead was covered with cold sweat, but her body was trembling slightly, and she didn't know whether it was cold or hot.

   "I...I'll try...I..."

  Jasmine's tone was hesitant and trembling, but her expression became more determined.

"I will."

  ***

   "I..." Xiaolan took a deep breath, and quickly became discouraged, "I don't know where to start."

   "Let's talk about whatever comes to mind," Yi Nian said patiently, "Don't worry."

   "I..." Xiaolan tilted her head slightly, narrowed her eyes and said, "Then I, let's start from my dream."

"good."

"I don't remember anything in my previous life." Now that Yi Nian had already said that, Xiaolan decided to start from the beginning, "I just remember waking up in a room, and that room seemed to be the place where I lived before. , but I don't remember at all, my memories only live in other people's stories..."

   "After that... I started dreaming," Xiaolan swallowed, "I think... I think I dreamed about the boundary marker."

  However, the moment the word "Boundary Monument" fell to the ground, the world under Xiaolan's feet trembled violently, causing her to shut her mouth immediately.

"what happened?"

  Xiao Lan and Yi Nian shouted this sentence almost in unison.

   It seems that I don't even know what happened to the earthquake just now.

  Xiao Lan closed her mouth and stared around.

  The surrounding darkness is slowly fading, as if a strange rain has fallen from the sky, diluting the colors here.

   "One read...uncle!" Xiao Lan called out, "Can you still hear me?"

   "I can hear you." Yi Nian spoke, but the voice drifted away.

   "Do you know what's going on?"

  The earthquake became more severe, and Xiao Lan had nowhere to support her, so she fell down not long after.

"Xiaolan, in fact, I have finished asking my questions." Yi Nian's voice became farther away, and at the same time, he also speeded up his speech, "Xiaolan, I believe you can understand what I want from today's conversation. Tell you what."

   "Don't go, uncle! I don't understand!" Xiao Lan shouted helplessly, "Please speak more clearly!"

"Xiaolan, forgive me for not being able," Yi Nian finally said, "Look around, Xiaolan, it turns out that there are not only the two of us in your dream, I was careless...Xiaolan, I believe in you, I believe you can do it..."

  Xiao Lan couldn't hear the last few words of the first reading.

  But soon, she understood Yi Nian's choice.

   Here, it is true that they are not the only two.

  Xiaolan sat on the ground, staring at everything around her.

  Black becomes gray, gray becomes off-white...

  After the white world also peeled off in pieces—

   Around Xiaolan, there are countless black eyes, those pupils are turning and searching...

  All focus on Xiaolan.