Chapter 66: Entering the Mountain Gate
What do I see at this point? I wasn't sure what I was seeing, for I didn't know how such a clear mountain gate came out, and I couldn't see clearly what was behind the gate shrouded in fog.
So, I can only think of a mirage, but I also think of what Master said to me, a mirage may not be a real mirage.
I was shocked and couldn't communicate with anyone, and I also understood why Gu Xindao would tell me that this was the only miracle he had ever seen in his life!
"Inherit one, inherit one." Gu Xindao's voice kept echoing in my consciousness, and I came to my senses.
After all, it was a soul state, and there was no way to touch each other, so he had to keep calling me, and I came back to my senses and said: "I'm sorry, Brother Xindao, the successive fighting methods have made my soul power a little weak, and I don't know if this makes the reaction slower." β
"Hehe, it's okay, I'm afraid this is not the key, the key reason is because you also feel shocked. It's the first time I've done that. Gu Xindao could see that I was actually hiding my embarrassment.
I smiled embarrassedly, but Gu Xindao said to me: "The mountain gate has appeared, let's go in quickly, the mountain gate maintained by this formation is not stable, if we don't hurry up and get in, our trip will be in vain." β
At this time, I noticed that those floating figures had entered the mountain gate in a certain order, and I was no longer verbose at the moment, and entered the mountain gate with great curiosity and Gu Xindao.
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I don't know how to describe the feeling of entering the so-called mountain gate, I just feel that when I am close to the mountain gate, I feel that the mountain gate is very majestic, very huge, there is a plaque hanging on the mountain gate, and I don't know who wrote four small seals on it that are very rare for ordinary people.
Since I was a child, I have learned a lot of ancient characters from my master, and this small seal script is honest, and it is not an illegible word for me, so I recognized it at a glance, and the meaning of those four words is the place of accommodation.
This makes me inexplicable, the history of the small seal is already very ancient, this mountain gate looks very ancient style, according to the words written on the plaque should be the simple name of the mountain gate, such as this mountain gate will always let me associate with the Chinese myths and legends - Nantianmen.
But what does it mean to write a place to stay?
But I can't think about it too much, under the urging of Gu Xindao, I can only step into the mountain gate with him, I said that I can't describe the feeling of stepping over the mountain gate, to put it simply, it feels like falling into a pool of water, the whole vision, the whole consciousness has become blurred.
Especially in this process, there is no concept of time at all, and you seem to fall into a kind of lucid slumber, or coma, as if it were a moment, and it seems to be eternal.
I thought that there was no end to this feeling at all, but I thought that being awake was like an instantaneous thing, and when I was completely awake, I couldn't even react to what was going on, and a huge breath of life came towards me.
My eyes widened, I didn't know where I was, what era I was inβI saw blue bricks and red tiles, a peaceful ancient town, and a clean bluestone street at my feet.
Is this Gangnam in ancient times? I noticed that the sky here was blue, like a drizzle that would fall at any moment.
But in fact, this is definitely not Jiangnan, nor is it any historical dynasty that I am familiar with, although I can't say how proficient I am in history, but I can at least have a sense of the very characteristic clothing of the historical dynasties that have existed in China.
I can't imagine that in such a street, there are people dressed in Tang Dynasty costumes, there are people in Ming Dynasty costumes, and even people in Republic of China costumes, they are so harmoniously blended together, wandering around this street at will, with a peaceful demeanor, and even ignoring me as an outsider.
Although my soul power is already in a weakened state at this time, my spiritual sense is an ethereal feeling, it is always there, and I am just very sensitive to the feeling that these people walking on the street are all very good in soul power!
This suddenly reminded me of what Gu Xindao said to me, the 'people' here are the souls of my Taoist people! So, it's not surprising that they have such excellent soul power.
Standing on this quaint street, I don't know what I'm going to do, I don't even know where I'm going, there are no shops or anything here, the streets are lined with buildings that resemble houses, and the 'people' who walk on the street don't pay any attention to me.
"Chengyi, this is the ghost market, the real ghost market! The rest is just a simple human-ghost transaction, it is not a ghost market, and the core people who are not in the real circle will not think that the real ghost market may not be in this world at all, only some ancient documents have vague records, but they are interpreted as mirages, which is quite helpless. Gu Xindao didn't know when he appeared next to me, it seems that he entered some time later than me.
Master discussed this with me many years ago, and I don't want to discuss this topic here, because people always think that seeing is believing, but they never consider the limitations of their own eyes, and what is within the scope of their own cognition, even if they see it, can be regarded as an illusion, it is regarded as an illusion.
It cannot be regarded as an illusion and forced to be explained by science, even if the scientific explanation lacks sufficient evidence, most of the arguments are just speculation!
What can be confirmed by real science can be applied or reproduced by scientific means, and who can reproduce the mirage recorded in ancient documents under certain conditions that they call sufficient? You know, those mirages don't appear in the desert or the sea, and sometimes even in densely populated places.
And the one who can 'see' should be someone with excellent spiritual sense, that's my guess.
Even if I guess that some mirages are not ghost markets at all, or that I dare not imagine or whatever, I admit that my knowledge is also limited.
Since I didn't want to discuss this topic with Gu Xindao, I asked the question I wanted to ask the most: "Brother Xindao, why do the 'people' here ignore us at all?" So what are we supposed to do here? β
Gu Xindao shook his head and said: "I don't know the specific reason, I only know that in this ghost market, you need to collide, if someone can talk to you here, then your fate is there, and you can start your trade, or choose whether to trade." β
"Choose whether to trade or not?" I'm a little puzzled, according to Gu Xindao's statement, then the transaction of this ghost market is rare, why do you have to choose whether to trade or not?
Facing my question, Gu Xindao smiled slightly, and said: "Yes, in this ghost city, if such a fate arrives, you may not need to pay any benefits, but if fate does not arrive, you have some opportunities, and when you meet others to talk to you, the benefits given to you like that may cost you a huge price." β
"Hmm" I somewhat understood the meaning of Gu Xindao's words.
"But this ghost market is not really trading like this, it's actually big here, there's a huge market here, it's a place for orthodox trading, but you don't think you can buy anything here." Gu Xindao enthusiastically introduced it to me.
I can't imagine the meaning behind this sentence, what the price must be so high that people can't buy anything here.
For a while, I was a little stunned, but Gu Xindao said to me: "Let's go, this place is actually very big, you look around, are you unable to see our people?" β
Gu Xindao and I also walked down this bluestone street like this, as he said, apart from me and him, there was indeed no one who participated in the ghost market with us.
"It was precisely because I promised Uncle Shi to take care of you that I stepped into the mountain gate at about the same time as you, so we happened to come to the same place. But almost all the people who participate in this ghost market have their own secrets, and under normal circumstances, they will never choose to enter the ghost market with others. Gu Xindao explained to me.
"It's big here? How big is it? "What catches my eye is the beautiful scenery of the ancient Jiangnan town, between the red walls and green tiles, from time to time you will see peach blossoms, apricot blossoms three or two branches, turn an alley, you will see the clear water shrouded in a thin mist, slowly flowing in the moss-covered river.
It's all breathtakingly beautiful, but there's always a sense of unreality and unreality, but it's real.
I want to know, how big is this place, how big is a Jiangnan city?