Green Lanterns

What is this place?

Li Jin was a little confused. He couldn't see his fingers from where he was now, and couldn't hear any sound. Although there was no wind, it was bitingly cold, and there seemed to be resistance when moving, as if he was soaking in a puddle of cold river water.

But he clearly remembered that not long ago, he stayed up late working at home. After midnight, he felt sleepy. He just dozed off, and when he opened his eyes again, he found that he was in this dark and cold place.

Of course he panicked!

There was no response to his yelling, and he couldn't reach his cell phone. He could only bravely move forward, but no matter how he walked, he couldn't escape from this place. I don't know how long it took, but when his body was about to freeze, he vaguely heard some kind of sound coming from a distance.

Li Jin felt a surge of hope in his heart and hurriedly accelerated towards that direction.

After a while, the sound gradually became clearer, like singing and dancing music. After walking for a long time, Li Jin suddenly staggered, as if he walked out of the water, and the sticky resistance around him disappeared. He found that he was walking on a wilderness path at some point.

The shadows of the trees are thick and swaying in the wind.

It was just that the night wind blew on Li Jin and almost made him faint. It was not only cold, but also like being cut by countless knives.

The pain and fear made Li Jin panic, and his consciousness was very blurred. If the sound of song and music he heard before barely brought him back to his senses, he would have fainted like this.

Looking in the direction of the sound, twilight was closing, but the glazed pavilion a hundred steps ahead was as bright as day, and the singing and laughter covered up the whimpering of the night wind.

Li Jin didn’t know how he insisted on walking over. It was only when he staggered into it that he could no longer feel the terrifying wind. Although he still felt cold, the pain that was like being cut into pieces by a thousand cuts dissipated with the wind.

His body was weak and his feet were weak, which made him stand still in front of the door for a long time.

At this moment, someone suddenly shouted from behind: "Are you coming in? If not, get out of the way!"

Li Jin, who had regained some strength, stood up quickly and saw seven or eight people from the world pouring in. The other party looked at them sideways with disdain, as if they had cursed "poor scholar."

Poor scholar?

Li Jin looked down and saw that he was wearing dirty cloth shoes and a shabby blue robe with wide sleeves hanging down past his knees.

The clothes of ancient people?

"Have I traveled through time?"

"Then who am I now? Where is this place?"

Li Jin looked around with confusion.

The hall here is spacious and resplendent. In the east chamber, there are two rows of musicians holding ruan and holding zithers, and in the west corridor, a row of actors playing the zither. Suddenly I heard the chime bells rising suddenly, and the sound was like a phoenix crowing in the sky. I also saw the horizontal blowing of the bamboo poles, and the sound was like a tiger roaring in the empty valley. Seeing the rich man with beard drunkenly lying on the brocade carpet, the noise in his ears is hidden with the businessman's calculations.

At this moment, the uneasiness in Li Jin's heart was greatly diluted by the warm and fragrant soft song.

He stepped in and sat down at an empty table. He heard two merchants talking loudly at the table in front of him. One of them said: "Zhumen Qihu...glazed lamps, flat lanterns, bright moon beads on the coral trees...I never expected that there are such towers and palaces in this wilderness, how wonderful!"

Another merchant said with a smile: "The spring light is warm in the Qilin Hall, and the sun's shadow is slanting in front of the tortoiseshell feast... You and I traveled north and south, eating and sleeping in the open air, and suffered a lot. Now that we have this warm pavilion and a fragrant boudoir, it is worth spending more money here, hahaha!"

"That makes sense. I heard that the pavilion here is It was built by a wealthy businessman who was as rich as his country, but he spent a lot of money... Come on, let's drink!"

Not only Li Jin was listening, but a few people who had just come in and were also dressed as businessmen also heard the conversation between the two merchants. Their originally nervous and suspicious expressions suddenly relaxed a lot.

"It seems there should be no big problem here!"

"That's right. There are so many people here and it's so lively. What could happen? Let's take a rest here and drink some wine to warm ourselves up!"

"It's cold outside, so it's great!"

After saying this, the merchants immediately chose a table and sat down, and asked the maid to serve the wine.

I saw a woman wearing a tulle face bring drinks to the merchants, then turned around and placed the wine pot and wine glasses on Li Jin's table.

When she bent down, she glanced at Li Jin, with a trace of doubt in her eyes, and asked in an inaudible voice: "I haven't seen you before, new here?"

"?" Li Jin was stunned, thinking, are you talking to me?

When he was about to ask more questions, several Jianghu people on the other side happened to shout out greetings for wine and food, so the maid had to turn and leave.

Strange!

What does this maid mean?

What is a newcomer? This is not like hospitality, but rather treating oneself as one of their own.

Li Jin looked confused, then stared at the wine pot and glass in front of him without moving. He had no money in his pocket, and he didn’t know where this place was, and where he dared to drink randomly.

While dazed, Li Jin felt a whiff of fresh sandalwood. He looked up and saw a green-robed Taoist sitting opposite him. He had a pale face and dust on his fingertips, but his eyes were like an ancient well, staring at him.

When did this man sit here and why was there no movement at all?

Weirdo.

This place is also weird. There is something wrong with building such a nice building in the middle of nowhere, very wrong!

"It is not suitable to stay here for a long time!" Li Jin felt something was wrong and was already afraid. He stood up and planned to leave immediately.

At this time, the Taoist suddenly spoke: "Now the world is in decline, chaos abounds, righteousness is declining and evil spirits are rising. Some things can only use some illusions, pavilions rise out of thin air, and delicacies have no roots, but It’s just to confuse the minds of mortals, eat people’s essence and blood, and devour their souls.”

“Holy shit, is this crazy?”

Li Jin turned around and left.

"Ha, you want to run?" The Taoist sneered, suddenly jumped up, raised his hand and hit a piece of yellow talisman paper on Li Jin's back with a movement as fast as lightning.

In an instant, Li Jin felt as if he could not move as if the mountain was overwhelming him, and there was a stinging sensation like an electric shock. He was terrified at the moment.

The Taoist then flicked his sleeves and threw the bronze mirror hidden in his sleeves into the air. The mirror reflected a green, cold light, splashing around like cold water.

In an instant, the place where singing, singing and feasting was turned into a ghost domain of Shura.

The original exquisite glazed pavilion pillars instantly decayed like an ancient tomb coffin. The clothes of the tall man with a curly beard were torn, revealing his green-faced fangs, and saliva dripped from his mouth, leaving scorch marks on the ground.

The dancer Luo Shang on the stage turned into a torn paper dress. With a twist of her slender waist, her skin and flesh fell off, revealing her white bones.

The delicacies and fine wines on the table were all transformed by rotten rats, loaches and blood maggots, and the stench was astounding.

I saw a beautiful woman transformed into a fierce ghost, reaching for the heart of the drunkard next to her with her blade-like hand.

"How can the world be so bright and clear that you and other evil spirits can cause trouble!" Upon seeing this, the Taoist showed an angry face, his voice was like thunder, and his sword finger pierced the void. Wherever the green light of the bronze mirror shines, a group of ghosts howl, each revealing their true form of flesh and blood.

Looking at this scene, Li Jin’s scalp went numb.

This, this place is a haunted house!

Is the Taoist here to slay demons?

The few merchants and seven or eight charlatans were screaming in fear at this moment, rolling and crawling away. Some ferocious ghosts tried to stop them, but they were swept away by the green light of the bronze mirror, and white smoke suddenly appeared. In an instant, it turned into a pool of putrid black water like snow meeting fierce flames.

"What are you doing standing there, why don't you run away quickly?" The Taoist cursed, and the merchants and merchants just woke up from a dream, and all of them hated his father and mother for being young and ran out on two legs.

In the blink of an eye, all that is left in this filthy place is a room full of evil ghosts, a Taoist with a righteous look on his face... and Li Jin who is unable to move!

"No, you can conquer demons and eliminate demons. What do you mean by placing me here?"

Li Jin looked confused.