Paintings of Terror

"No need to take a knife," Fang Fei said. "We dive for all year round physical fitness and strength training. My strength is no less than yours." Pointing at Luo Er and Wei Dong, "I will try to fight against that'chicken'. The power can't resist it, so even holding a knife will probably have no effect."

Weidong Luo Ling: "...Okay."

"Then, let's agree on a set of simple marks." Mu Yiran looked at Fang Fei.

"Xuege didn't have enough time to leave more information. It can be considered that we had not considered it well in advance." Mu Yiran took the bamboo slips and pen. "Let's agree on some quick and easy writing marks to indicate All meanings, please write them down, if you can, please leave as much information as you see-sorry to say that to you."

"It doesn't matter." Fang Fei calmly and calmly, like a warrior who is about to perform a mission with no return.

"If you see the real'chicken', please draw'√' on the bamboo slips." Mu Yiran didn't waste too much time, and quickly got into the topic, painting on the bamboo slips and said, "If it's just a Plant something that starts with the word'chicken', and you can't write its full name, please draw'○';

"If you think it can be eliminated by human power, please draw ‘one’ above √ or ○, if you are not sure, draw ‘one’ below;

"If you are convinced that the person who lit the rhino horn cannot survive, draw a right slash on √ or ○. If you think that only the person who lit the rhino horn can find the signature, but the person who lit the rhino horn will die, draw a left slash. It is useless to look for signatures, neither √ nor ○, and'×';

"If you see the signature, please write it down as much as possible, but if it is too late to write it, draw ‘△’. If the signature is in the sea, draw a wave line above the △. If you are on a boat, draw a straight line above the △. If..."

In this way, Mu Yiran prescribed corresponding marks for almost all possible situations, and asked Fang Fei to memorize it skillfully. Even after she learned it well, she asked Weidong to help her to deepen her memory by randomly asking questions. .

For the rest of the time, it seemed that I had to wait for night to come. Ke Xun went to get some food, and after everyone had eaten it, the whole morning was used to make up for sleep.

In the afternoon, everyone briefly narrated the illusions they experienced last night, and it turned out that all the illusions experienced by everyone were deceived through anger.

"It is worth noting that the rope tied to Luo Ling last night really disappeared in the illusion. It was not until dawn that the illusion was removed and the rope reappeared on him." Shao Ling said, "but Weidong The pen in my husband's hand has not disappeared. If the mobile phone has not disappeared, it can be explained as something from outside the painting. Then, why doesn't the pen, which is the same as the original thing in the painting like the rope disappear?"

"Probably because the rope restricts the movement of the radish, it is a hindrance to the illusion's behavior to confuse him into falling into the sea, so the illusion took it away," Ke Xun said, "like the wall of the room is also there. The illusion is changed, but everything that will prevent us from falling into the sea will be cleared by the illusion."

"That radish is amazing," Wei Dong patted Luo Ling on the shoulder. "He used a rope as a warning object. The rope was lost by the phantom. He lost the warning object and could actually hold it on. "

"Maybe because of the illusion last night, it didn't make me feel so angry that I can't control myself," Luo Ling scratched his head, "I don't have a temper. Since I was little, I rarely got angry. Seeing me as a fool, I have never quarreled with anyone before, even if someone is provoked, I will either ignore it or apologize directly, whether it is my fault or not, anyway, I can’t get angry. I have no interest in being true to others..."

Luo Ge was talking, and suddenly he noticed that Mu Yiran, Shao Ling, and Zhu Haowen were staring at him. He was so scared that he stopped his mouth and blinked at the three of them.

"Then please think about it now, what can make you angry and out of control?" Shao Ling said to him.

Luo Yu thought for a long time, and finally shook his head in embarrassment: "I can't think of it. I even imagined that I might be forced by a man, and I don't feel very angry..."

Everyone: "..."

"Then what if someone abuses your parents in the most vicious language?" Wei Dong pointed.

"Look, if I don’t let the other party scold, the other party will obviously not listen to me. If I scold the other party, this kind of thing is meaningless. If I want to hit the other party to stop him from scolding, he should I will continue to scold unless I kill the other person, but I can’t kill, isn’t it?” Luo Ling said lightly, “and people who insult other people’s parents, the fundamental purpose is to provoke others, why should I let this People like this? It’s fine if I turn a deaf ear to this kind of thing. If the other party wants me to be angry, I won't be angry. The other party wants me to be unhappy, why should I let him get what he wants?"

"...Mom, this kid has a really good mentality," Wei Dong said to Ke Xun while speechless, "I start to like him."

"But what if the other party puts the insulting content into action?" Shao Ling further asked. This was very tactful, but everyone understood what he meant.

No one can stand this happening.

Luo Wei thought about it for a while and replied: "If this is the case, I might only hate myself. No matter what the reason is, it is my son who has no ability to protect his parents. However, This emotion should not be anger, but self-blame."

After everyone was quiet for a while, Shao Ling looked at Mu Yiran: "Luo Ge is a person who hardly produces anger, so he survived the illusion of the fascination more easily than we did last night without warnings. ."

"In other words," Qin Ci said, "Among the seven emotions of human beings, which emotion we are most sensitive to, we are likely to die in the illusion created by which emotion, otherwise, we have a chance. Survive."

"So the one who can live to the end is someone who does not have seven emotions and six desires?" Zhu Haowen said with a slight irony, "that is probably only the four empty monks can do it."

"No, it doesn't necessarily mean that the seven emotions and six desires are completely eliminated," Shao Ling said. "It may only be necessary to achieve a level like Luo Er. He is not not angered, but he is more shallow in this emotion. Then If a person is very indifferent in these seven basic emotions, this seems to have some detachment and indifferent meaning, like the illusion is being screened in this way, only the mentality is better in the end. , A more otherworldly person."

"Screening?" Ke Xun's eyes lit up suddenly, and he met Mu Yiran's gaze, "Yes, it's screening! Isn't this picture of Xu Fu taking a virgin and going out to sea to find a fairy? Not all mortals can see what they want to see. If they want to ask immortals, they have to be different from ordinary people, and they have to go through many tests, right? Are immortals abandoning the seven emotions and six desires of mortals before they can become immortal? To ask for immortals, one has to go through layers of trials, and the illusion encountered by this ship at sea should be the trial given by the immortals."

"This inference, I think it is very possible," Mu Yiran said at the end of his words, "this ship, I think it is not the one Xu Fu himself is riding.

"That time, according to records, Xu Fu took two or three thousand boys and girls, plus eight hundred crossbow soldiers, and no hundreds of technicians. If it is conservative, there will be five thousand people. Several or even hundreds of ships form a huge fleet to go to sea.

"Limited to the navigating technology at the time and the force majeure that may occur at sea, not all ships can eventually reach the same goal.

"There is no conclusion as to where Xu Fu's ship finally reached. Some said he reached the island country, some said he reached the Korean peninsula, and some said he reached the Americas. The most mainstream view is that he reached the island country.

"However, in view of the fact that ancient arrows and other cultural relics inscribed in seal script were also unearthed near San Francisco, America, we may think that this fleet of ships was once displaced on the endless and dangerous sea, and finally went in different directions. .

"So there may be such a ship in this one who found the right way by accident, entered the way to the fairyland, and accepted the trial from the'immortal'."

Speaking of this, Mu Yi suddenly fell into thinking, and Shao Ling took his words and said at the end: "So this trial is based on the seven emotions of people, but those who are irritable and easy to hate, easy to be happy and easy to sorrow, are easy to fall into love and Desire, such people do not have a relationship with immortals, and they are too heavy to become immortals. They are screened and eliminated in the trial of the seven nights, and the remaining talents are ultimately qualified to become immortals.

"Just like what Taoists said,'Sex is the master of seven points, and the life is the master of three points." The cultivation of xinxing is very important for cultivating Taoism and immortality. If there is no certain cultivation as the foundation, it will be difficult to undertake major cultivation events, or even overthrow. Danger to life.

"So embodied in this painting based on the story of searching for immortals on the east crossing, the seven emotions that people have are the so-called'sex.'

"So, if we don't want to die in the trials of the next few nights, we must try our best to calm ourselves and not let any emotions influence our actions and thoughts."

"Unexpectedly, we ran into the painting to cultivate immortals," Wei Dong was a little bit dumbfounded, and looked at Luo Wei beside him. "So, I think the carrot is most likely to last until the end. Character."

Luo Wei: "...Brother, are you complimenting me? Why can't I be happy at all."

"No, Luo Wei is timid, and has committed the ‘fear’ in the seven emotions," Shao Ling looked at Luo Wei, "I want to ask Mr. Luo, what is the most fear in your heart?"

Luo Yu thought for a while, and shivered: "I am most afraid of Sadako and Kayako. If the illusion makes a ghost like this come over at me, even if I know it is a illusion, I will definitely be scared to flee. Open...I think I might not be able to survive the game of fear..."

There was a vibrato in his voice, and his eyes were wet.

"So I think what we need to do most now is to find a way to overcome our most vulnerable emotions," Shao Ling looked at everyone grimly. "Although psychological problems take a long time to slowly adjust, there is one This method may play a certain role in a short time, and I think we can try it."

"What method?" Luo Wei asked hurriedly.

As everyone watched, Shao Ling replied word by word: "Crash therapy."