The Collection of The End

--chaos--

"what is that?"

Since chaos had not yet begun at this time, the concept of "time" did not exist. "Luo Shen" or "Houtu" carried three golden crows on his head and walked along the strange forest for an unknown length of time, dismissing many various things that appeared along the way. After the strange creatures went to the "animal realm" or the "hungry ghost realm", they finally saw a strange sight.

It was a huge pillar rising from the ground, reaching straight into the sky, and the whole was blue-grey.

There is no trace of "death" on it as a whole, and it is able to penetrate the turbulence beyond the "vision" of the Golden Crows and project its image over there.

After Taiyi saw it, he immediately fluttered his wings and flew over to observe closely.

"This..." Luo Shen thought for a moment: "I think a stone creation of this height should be called a 'mountain'?"

After several attempts along the way, she has developed the habit of "asking herself when things are unclear", as if she should already know what those things are and how they are.

Preliminary speculation is that this should be a kind of "magical power", but shouldn't there be actions and descriptions for using magical powers? Maybe it could be named "Pinch and count."

However, the same is true for the three fingerless Golden Crows, but what they get after thinking is different, and sometimes they get very strange answers.

for example--

"Inappropriate," Xi He responded: "This thing that goes straight up and down with no undulations on the surface. Although it is a stone, it cannot be called a 'mountain'. It should be called..."

"Optimus Prime." Di Jun answered.

——Just like this.

"My stupid brother -" Taiyi flew back and said arrogantly: "Its name is 'Buzhou Mountain'."

"...This is impossible." Xi He was probably dissatisfied that his guess was wrong, so he immediately flew towards the "Buzhou Mountain", and other people or birds had to follow.

"Buzhou Mountain", a wooden sign at the bottom of the giant pillar clearly says three big characters, and there are small words below these three words: "It is forbidden to touch the pillar with your head. Violators will bear the consequences."

"Uh..." Xihe's expression was at a loss for words, so he changed the subject and said, "If you touch your head against the pillar, you will have to report to the Six Paths of Reincarnation, right?"

"Although I have considered some punishment or reward before the six paths of reincarnation, but..." Luo Shen was puzzled: "Does the owner of this place have the ability to predict the future?"

"Come and take a look!" When Luo Shen and Xi He were confused, Taiyi's voice came from behind the "mountain". After realizing that it was useless to think about it, they had no choice but to take Di Jun, who didn't care about Buzhou Mountain at all, around this " Giant Stone Pillar".

call--

The moment you bypass "Buzhou Mountain", your "horizon" lights up.

To be precise, the originally ubiquitous "turbulence of death" in the sky completely disappeared within a large area, and in this vast vacated space, there were many trees that were exactly like the "ginseng fruit tree" and were not affected by it. "Dead" and "contaminated" objects.

Although the "sky" beyond the horizon and the ground beneath our feet are still composed of fine "death", it is still much better than before.

And those scenery, using the words that popped up in Luo Shen's mind, were "pond", "pasture", "farmland", and "palace".

"Haha! They're all me - poof!"

Taiyi laughed and was about to fly towards those buildings when Di Jun suddenly grabbed one of its legs with force, and was caught off guard and "slapped" it to the ground, chewing a mouthful of "soil".

"You!" "Brother! Don't make mistakes here!" Di Jun, who listened to what everyone said along the way and occasionally made some comments, but didn't take it seriously even if he was ignored, suddenly became extremely serious and grabbed with two paws. The claws holding Taiyi did not relax.

"That's right." Xihe also agreed: "There are great opportunities here, but there are also great dangers. If you act rashly, you will be reduced to ashes."

"Tch... do you think I don't feel it? I just want to take advantage of the crowd.

"Taiyi spat out the dirt in his mouth, fluffed his feathers, and fell back on Luo Shen's shoulder without energy.

Uh... is there any? Luo Shen looked around, but she didn't feel anything dangerous.

To put it bluntly, I feel very comfortable as if I'm at home. However, this "feeling of comfort" is limited. It's like although my parents are not here and some principles can be put aside, my eldest brother and sister are there to maintain the basic order. Just like Yaomei who will be taught a lesson.

These are all messy thoughts...

"In this case, you follow me and let me explore these places one by one. If there is anything you want, I will get it," Luo Shen said: "Just look at the size of these houses, the appearance of the owner should be similar to mine. It’s because of the similarity.”

"Then, we owe you once." The three Golden Crows said after discussion.

The price of risk? But I'm not doing this just to please people.

Luo Shen shook his head in his heart and led the birds towards the nearest house.

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The most recent and largest one is the "ranch" with a wooden house attached.

The pasture houses some animals that have not ingested "death" and appear to be quite "normal", including chickens, pigs, cows, horses, sheep and other species they have seen before.

There was a short wooden railing separating the enclosure from the outside, but none of the small animals crossed the railing and went out.

Although they are different from the animals outside, there is no reason for the guests to hunt the animals raised by the owner. Therefore, even if one of the strange animals that looks like a horse and a sheep spits at them "chirp, pah, pah", the four "people" "It's just a matter of casting a spell to block it and leaving quickly.

There was no door left on the railing of the pasture, and the only entrance was the wooden house built on the edge of the pasture. When Luo Shen entered to investigate, he unexpectedly found that there was one person inside.

"I didn't know that senior was at home, but I barged in rashly. Please forgive me." Luo Shen said immediately.

"No need to be formal, I am not the owner of this place." The man turned around and responded.

But I saw this man with black hair shawl, a jade belt tied around his forehead, sword-shaped eyebrows and hawk-like eyes, calm and intimidating, three strands of long beard under his chin, wearing a black Taoist robe, holding... a lotus leaf in his hand?

"I? That's a good title!" Before Luo Shen could think of how to proceed, he heard Taiyi say: "Then I will call myself 'Gu' or 'I am the King'!"

"Oh?" The black-robed Taoist looked at Taiyi with interest: "To use this self-title, you need to have subjects or subordinates, but where are they?"

"..." Tai was stunned for a moment, then waved his wings towards the animals in the pasture outside: "Isn't that right?"

"Okay!" The black-robed Taoist praised, but said no more. He turned back and continued to observe what he had been looking at before.

Luo Shen took a peek and saw that it seemed to be a map marking the surrounding environment, but the wooden house was empty and empty. After talking for a few more words, he said goodbye and walked out.

During the brief exchange, for different reasons, neither party meant to use their first names.

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Next, there’s “farmland.”

Crops such as carrots, potatoes, beetroots, wheat, and pumpkins are mixed together, some are already solid, and some are just sprouting, and they are all yellow and green.

In the middle of the farmland is a "farmhouse" that is about the same size as a ranch house. But strangely, there are no farm tools inside. The three walls are covered with "bookshelfs" reaching to the ceiling. Among them is a man with white beard and hair, wearing ordinary commoners. , a very ordinary-looking old man was holding a book and reading. The only special thing about him was that the other hand that was not holding a book was holding a lotus root.

"Fellow Taoist? Are you the owner of this place?" Luo Shen probably guessed that he probably disliked dealing with people just like the guy at the ranch, and it was clear at a glance that there was nothing special about this "farmhouse" or "bookstore", so he was ready to say hello politely. Then leave, anyway, he won't reply "that's right", right?

"Fellow Taoist? Okay, okay, okay!" The old man said "Okay" three times and continued to read: "The Tao can be taught, but it is not the Tao, and the name can be named, but it is very famous."

"..." One person and two birds have no idea how to deal with it, so it seems inappropriate to just turn around and walk away.

With a rush, Di Jun flew down from Luo Shen's shoulder, found a pumpkin in the field, pecked it open and ate it, then said "Thank you for your hospitality" to the old man in the house, and flew back to Luo Shen. On the shoulder: "Go quickly, or you will be left to farm."

Luo Shen didn't know why, but he didn't want to take care of this obviously large piece of farmland, so he turned around and ran away.

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The pond, or it can be said to be a slightly smaller lake, has many lotus flowers blooming in it, and there are many lotus leaves floating in it. You can also see the occasional lotus root exposed from the bottom of the water, but they are not like the two objects we saw before. " Aura.”

Luo Shen vaguely judged that the remaining lotus leaves in the pond had no "use".

At this time, there were two Taoists by the pond, one in yellow and one in blue. The one in yellow had a square appearance and a strong physique, but looked sad. They were sitting by the pond staring straight at the lotus flowers. The blue man has a handsome face and a slim figure, but his brows are slightly furrowed and he is constantly calculating something.

"...It seems that they also like the lotus, but they haven't snatched it." Luo Shen judged based on what he saw so far.

Although the "people" in this special place are currently exercising restraint, it is difficult to determine what they will do after leaving. Luo Shen does not intend to approach them. After all, they do not look like their masters.

"Fellow Taoist, please stay!"

The indistinguishable voice of the blue-robed Taoist sounded.

It’s strange that he would stay! Luo Shen quickened his pace and rushed into the "palace" not far away.

"Hey!" "Oh..." "Tsk."

Before Luo Shen had time to observe the interior of the palace, the three Golden Crows each let out an exclamation of exclamation.

When she looked up, her dissatisfaction with running to several places but finding nothing to pick up was instantly relieved. The dazzling "treasures" in the palace directly flashed her eyes.

The first thing that caught her attention was the goose-yellow flags, black and white pictures, pitch black bell, blue light giant axe, and gold long sword displayed side by side.

Then there are the creations that exist in the palace, such as iron cauldrons, stone furnaces, books that are constantly turning by themselves, and boxes with a faint light.

What finally made her unable to take her eyes away was the pair of huge doors deep in the palace.

One is completely golden and the other is completely black, looking like a pile of ordinary colored stones, but the milky white and purple-black light that is constantly surging in the middle of them proves that they are extraordinary.

As for the middle-aged Taoist holding a big red lotus standing in front of the two doors, with white beard and hair, a strong aura, and a fairy-like spirit...he is definitely not the master anyway.

As if his thoughts were interrupted by the sound of Luo Shen rushing in, the old Taoist turned his head and glanced at Luo Shen and the three golden crows, before stepping into the giant golden door first.