After that period of powerful nonsense, I don’t know whether Zhang Xiaofan’s body was strong or Baguio’s comfort had an effect. The high fever that had been persisting gradually subsided. Zhang Xiaofan also slowly regained his consciousness and became sober. However, his illness
Still not light, most of the time I still lie down and rest.
On this day, Baguio wandered around the cave without anything to do. Finally, he came to the four sentences left by Mrs. Jin Ling, looked at them carefully, and couldn't help but sigh. Zhang Xiaofan sat next to him and couldn't help but ask:
"What are you sighing for?"
Baguio snorted and said: "I sigh for my wife. She is so talented and beautiful, but she has been let down by you stinky men. She will suffer a lifetime of pain. It is not worth it!"
Zhang Xiaofan was speechless.
Baguio read these sentences carefully again, and suddenly said "Huh", but found a strange thing. The last word of the last sentence of these four sentences was "bitter", and the bottom word "口"
The word was actually deeply sunken, which was very different from other words. She rolled her eyes and almost immediately realized it. She stretched out her hand to pick up the Albizia bell at her waist and compared it. Sure enough, the size was just right. She couldn't help but cheer.
Zhang Xiaofan asked in surprise from behind: "What's wrong?"
Baguio turned back to him and smiled: "There is help!"
Zhang Xiaofan was startled and immediately became energetic and said happily: "Seriously?"
Baguio inserted the bell, and seeing no reaction, he tried to turn it left and right. After a while, a "click" sound suddenly sounded in the cave, and the stone wall shook. Baguio was shocked, and quickly backed away with the golden bell, only to hear
With a "boom", the originally smooth stone wall collapsed, revealing the inner layer, which was also engraved with words like a bible in the inner chamber.
Zhang Xiaofan was overjoyed at first, but then he looked around the stone wall, and his face gradually turned ugly. It seemed that this mechanism was only set up by Mrs. Jin Ling to cover up the words on the stone wall. There was no way out. Now he was extremely frustrated.
Baguio was looking at the words on the stone wall attentively. The things left by Mrs. Jin Ling were so important and hidden, so they must not be ordinary things. After a long time, the look on her face was uncertain, but the look of sigh was especially
He said in a low voice: "So this is the 'Infatuation Curse'."
Zhang Xiaofan was impatient next to him and came over to take a look, but he saw that the first few sentences were:
Nine Netherworld spirits, gods and demons in the heavens,
Use my blood and body as a sacrifice.
Three lives and seven lives, forever falling into Yama,
Just for love, no regrets even if I die.
…
He knew at a glance that this was a vicious spell from an evil path, but looking at Baguio's expression, which was mostly joyful, he couldn't help but snorted and said, "Does it point out the way out?"
Baguio was stunned and said: "No."
Zhang Xiaofan said calmly: "Then what's the use of learning it?"
Baguio remained silent for a while and then said: "Don't you know the origin of this infatuation curse? This curse has been passed down from ancient times in our holy religion, but it is said that no one has ever been willing to use it?"
After hearing this, Zhang Xiaofan became curious and asked: "What?"
Baguio sighed and said: "This mantra legend was understood by a wise female ancestor from the "Book of Heaven", but only women can practice it. I heard that it uses the essence and blood of a woman to turn it into a powerful weapon.
The curse is extremely powerful..."
Before she could finish speaking, Zhang Xiaofan interrupted her, with a look of contempt in his eyes, and said: "Then let's call it the 'Strong Blood Curse'. How about the infatuation curse, evil heretic, and arty charm!"
Baguio's expression changed, but then she was startled again, and whispered: "You are right, even Mrs. Jinling, she is useless in the end."
Zhang Xiaofan ignored her.
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The two stayed here for a few more days. Zhang Xiaofan went to read the "Book of Heaven" in his spare time, while Baguio was often fascinated by the words on the stone wall that she called "The Infatuation Curse".
In the first volume of "Book of Heaven", there is actually no actual cultivation method. The entire text is difficult and can be regarded as a general outline. However, Zhang Xiaofan has learned the true methods of Buddhism and Taoism and can still understand this text, but only just
I just understand. Zhang Xiaofan is still puzzled by the state of the union of Buddha and Tao mentioned in "Book of Heaven". Does it mean that the two true methods of "Tai Chi Xuan Qing Dao" and "Great Brahma Prajna" are to be combined?
Can they be integrated and performed at the same time?
Although he knew that there was little hope of survival, there was always some temptation in his heart. Zhang Xiaofan quickly tried to practice in the direction mentioned in the "Book of Heaven", but it was not easy to use these two true methods at the same time. In a short time, he was already
His energy and blood surged, so he had to stop. For several days, there was no progress at all.
But what followed was an even bigger problem facing the two of them - no food.
Although people who practice Taoism can go to heaven and sea, they are still mortals after all. According to legend, no one has ever seen seniors with advanced Taoism practice the art of fasting without drinking or eating. After entering this cave, Zhang Xiaofan’s
The dry food was lost. Although luckily there was still water to drink in the cave, only Baguio could bring enough dry food. How could there be enough food? Even though the two of them saved time and again, they finished it quickly.
I don't know how long they stayed in the cave like this, but it was probably only two days. Zhang Xiaofan and Baguio stared at the empty food bags in a daze.
"Alas!" Baguio sat on the platform, next to the pile of dead bones, but she didn't feel any discomfort at all. It seems that the devil's sect woman is indeed different from ordinary people. But now, she has a sad face
.
Zhang Xiaofan's condition improved quickly, and his fever was almost gone. Except for his body being a little weak, there was nothing serious. At this time, he heard Baguio sigh and turned to look at the demon sect woman.
What he saw was the woman in aqua clothes sitting on the edge of the platform, with her feet in the air, swaying from time to time, and the acacia bell around her waist jingled.
However, if he were not in this environment and knew her identity, Zhang Xiaofan would almost think that she was still an innocent girl.
Just looking like this, Baguio is much more haggard than when we first met. At her daughter's house, she still goes to the small water curtain to wash her hair every day, so she still looks beautiful and not dirty.
It feels like she has lost weight obviously these days. Thinking of this, Zhang Xiaofan's heart moved. Since he was a child, he has listened to the teachings of his master and brothers. Everyone in the devil's path is selfish and hateful. But now
In this deserted cave, why would this demon sect woman share half of the only food for herself?
Zhang Xiaofan was so lost in his thoughts that he didn't notice Baguio looking over. Seeing that Zhang Xiaofan started looking at him blankly at some point, his face suddenly turned red and he said angrily: "What are you looking at?"
Zhang Xiaofan was startled, turned his head quickly, and said: "No, it's nothing."
Baguio was behind him, but she didn't yell at him as loudly as he imagined. After a long time, she sighed and said: "We are trapped in the cave of death, and we are not far from death. You are not far away either."
You don’t have to be so restrained.”
Zhang Xiaofan was stunned for a moment, then slowly turned around and looked at Baguio. He saw a faint helpless smile on her thin but still beautiful face. He couldn't help blurting out: "Actually, when I was seriously ill,
, you don’t have to give me most of the dry food, that way you can live a few more days, maybe..."
"Maybe?" Baguio suddenly interrupted him.
Zhang Xiaofan was startled for a moment, shook his head, and whispered: "Maybe you can be saved."
Baguio shook his head slightly, with a smile on his face, and said: "I don't want to die, but I don't want to wait slowly in front of a skeleton and another corpse that is gradually decaying in the silence of this cave. In that case,
I'm afraid I'll go crazy before anyone comes to save me."
Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but shudder when he heard the way she described it. This was indeed not the way people lived.
Baguio glanced at him and said calmly: "Why, are you scared too?"
Zhang Xiaofan immediately straightened his back and said loudly: "No way!"
A smile appeared at the corner of Baguio's mouth, and her eyes gradually showed a hint of tenderness when she looked at him, and she said softly: "Promise me one thing, okay?"
Zhang Xiaofan frowned and said, "What?"
Baguio smiled faintly and said: "We have eaten all the dry food now, and there is nothing left to eat except some water. I am afraid that we will starve to death within seven days."
Zhang Xiaofan remained silent.
Baguio's face was calm, but what she said next made Zhang Xiaofan frightened as if he had seen a ghost: "In a few days, if you think I'm not going to survive, just kill me first."
Zhang Xiaofan opened his mouth wide, pointed at her and was speechless for a moment, but he didn't expect that Baguio still said calmly and unbelievably, shocking words: "After I die, my body will still be there. If you only want to survive, you will be able to survive."
My flesh can probably live for a while longer."
Zhang Xiaofan almost fell to the ground.
After a long time, he recovered from the huge shock, and immediately said to himself: "This person from the Demon Cult is indeed a monster, he can even do such things!" But looking at Baguio,
His expression was actually calm, and his heart felt even colder. He couldn't help but take a step back, pointing at her with a finger that almost trembled, and said, "You, what did you say?"
Baguio looked at her, the tenderness in his eyes seemed to be stronger, but in Zhang Xiaofan's eyes, it seemed to be more poisonous than all the poisons in the world put together.
"Don't you want to go back to Dazhu Peak of Qingyun Mountain to see your senior sister Ling'er? You and several of your fellow disciples are in the Ten Thousand Bats Ancient Cave. They will definitely come to you. The longer you live, the more likely they will be
Won't the hope of finding you become greater?" Baguio lowered his head slightly, but his tone of voice was still so calm.
But Zhang Xiaofan didn't care about her tone at this time. He didn't even notice how she knew about Senior Sister Ling'er. He just pointed at her and said angrily: "You, you actually told me to eat, eat, eat...
You evil heretics are simply unreasonable! Shameless, disgusting, I, I... you, you..."
The more he spoke, the angrier he became, but his tongue was not very bright. He kept saying "I, me, me" and "you, you, you" for a long time, but nothing came out. However, his reaction seemed to have been expected by Baguio.
During this time, she was neither angry nor sarcastic. She just stared at him blankly for a while. When Zhang Xiaofan's heavy breathing gradually subsided, she slowly said: "Whether you want to eat me or not, that's up to you.
But you must kill me first!"
"Here we go again." Zhang Xiaofan said angrily: "Don't think that I will join in the evil ways with you. Just give me some solid food and I will use this body to pay you back. If you want to drag me into the water, stop it!"
Baguio slowly shook his head and said, "No, I'm afraid."
Zhang Xiaofan said habitually: "Nonsense, I will never be fooled by you... Hey, what did you say?"
As if at this critical moment of life and death, Baguio's mood changed unprecedentedly. She seemed to have fallen into some kind of memory, and a fear that Zhang Xiaofan had never seen in her appeared on her face. Then, she sighed heavily.
He shook his head as if to get rid of some thought.
"Do you know what it's like to be alone waiting to die?" she whispered.
Zhang Xiaofan was startled for a moment, and he vaguely realized that she seemed to have something hidden. He became curious and asked: "What?"
The muscles in the corners of Baguio's eyes seemed to twitch. When she was facing death, she could not control her feelings towards the young man who was the only one who accompanied her in the face of death. Even her voice was hazy.
And Kong Kong: "When I was six years old, my mother took me back to the 'Six Fox Cave in Huqi Mountain' to see my grandma. Unexpectedly, at that time, your righteous way attacked. Among them, the evil monk Pufang of 'Tianyin Temple' used the magic weapon 'Buddha'
The golden bowl collapsed the entire Liuhu Cave, burying my mother, my grandmother, and I alive in the ground."
Zhang Xiaofan's body suddenly trembled. A bad premonition, even a kind of aversion to coldness, came from his heart, and it went from the top of his head to the soles of his feet.
Baguio seemed to have been completely immersed in painful memories at this moment. Her eyes were staring straight ahead, just like her tone of voice, which was plain and hollow, with the deepest pain: "At that time, I was so scared that I cried.
, I was so scared. There was a small cave there, and we were able to survive because of a few big rocks, but my grandma was seriously injured and passed away soon. My mother took me and cried bitterly in the darkness.
, and buried grandma.”
"We were buried deep underground. Except for a few drops of water between the rocks, we were surrounded by hard and cold rocks. I was very scared, but my mother kept telling me: Xiaoyao is not afraid, dad will definitely come to save us.
.”
Zhang Xiaofan held his breath and listened carefully, with a hint of indescribable weirdness and faint fear, as if he felt that something was about to happen.
"But it was always dark here, and dad never came. In that dark hole, I was very scared, hungry, and kept crying. I still remember my mother sighing next to me,
He held me tightly in his arms and kept telling me: Xiaoyao is not afraid, Xiaoyao is not afraid, mother will not let anything happen to you, and your father will definitely come to save us!"
Baguio's face gradually turned pale, but he still continued: "But dad still didn't come, but I was so hungry that I kept crying to my mother for something to eat. My mother kept looking for it in the cave again and again.
, but I never found anything. Later, I was so hungry that I didn’t even have the strength to cry, so I just lay in my mother’s arms and moaned. Suddenly one day, my mother found a piece of meat!..."
Zhang Xiaofan saw Baguio trembling almost at the same time as she spoke.
"I was so hungry that I didn't care about anything. I ate it, and then I seemed to sleep comfortably. It seemed that my mother also laughed in the dark at that time. Just like this, my mother gave me food every once in a while.
I found a piece of meat and survived like this, but my mother's voice became weaker and weaker. Finally one day, I called her, but she didn't answer. From then on, I waited for death alone in the dark.
"
Baguio slowly turned her head and looked at Zhang Xiaofan. Zhang Xiaofan couldn't help but feel chilled by her eyes, "Do you know what it feels like to be alone waiting to die? Do you know that your mother's body is slowly dying next to you?
The smell of rot? Do you know what it’s like to never see clearly around you and live in constant fear?”
Every time she asked, Zhang Xiaofan's body trembled.
Baguio was silent, but Zhang Xiaofan didn't even dare to take a breath. Finally, she seemed to wake up from a dream, but she seemed to be about to wake up. She continued talking in a daze: "Finally one day, suddenly, there was a shooting above the head.
A ray of light fell, and I screamed in fright and hid in the deepest corner. Then, the light became brighter and brighter, and the hole above became bigger and bigger. I heard my father calling my and my mother's names, and then I saw
Dad jumped down and stood in front of me."
"He didn't look at me first, but saw my mother first. When the light was bright just now, I only looked up and forgot to see my mother. When I remembered, my mother's body was blocked by my father and I couldn't see it.
But I clearly saw my father’s body shake, and his whole body seemed to turn into stone. Then, Uncle Qinglong, Uncle Baihu and Uncle Xuanwu who jumped down after him all froze in place, motionless.”
"I was suddenly very scared, even more scared than I was waiting to die in the dark. I shouted softly: Dad. Dad slowly turned around, and the three uncles lined up in a row and stood behind him, blocking my mother.
I still couldn’t see my mother’s body. I asked in a low voice: Dad, where is my mother?”
Zhang Xiaofan could see clearly that every time Baguio said a word, his body would tremble, as if the girl asking the question was right in front of them.
"Dad didn't say anything, but his expression was so scary. Although I was young, I knew, I knew, that at that time he really wanted to kill me, his own daughter! But, he didn't do it after all. He saved
He picked me up, held me in his arms, and left this dark cave. Just before leaving, I secretly looked down from my father's shoulder. My mother's body had been buried by three uncles, and only one hand was exposed.
Come out, but I don’t know why, that hand, that hand, that hand..."
Baguio's voice suddenly fell silent. Zhang Xiaofan was startled and looked towards her, only to see that Baguio's face was pale, her eyes were closed tightly, her whole body fell straight down, and she fainted. Zhang Xiaofan
Almost subconsciously, he rushed forward and supported her, but his tentacles felt cold, almost not like a living person.
He had just recovered from the illness and his body was weak. It took a lot of effort to lay Baguio down on the platform. Looking at her pale face, Zhang Xiaofan suddenly realized that his whole body was completely drenched in cold sweat.
That night (actually I don't know if it was night, but Zhang Xiaofan intuitively thought it was night), Baguio was unconscious, but in her dream she kept shouting "mother", "father" and other words, and the positions of the two people suddenly changed.
Turned upside down, it was Zhang Xiaofan who took care of her.
But this seemed to be an extremely painful past event in Baguio's heart. In the coma, Zhang Xiaofan screamed several times and was covered in cold sweat. Zhang Xiaofan was at a loss. Until finally, Baguio inadvertently waved her arms randomly, grabbed his shoulders, and leaned against him.
After being in his arms, it seemed that I had found some support, and then gradually calmed down and fell asleep quietly. But those hands were holding Zhang Xiaofan's clothes tightly, and their nails even dug into his flesh, which was so painful.
Zhang Xiaofan bared his teeth, but for some reason, looking at Baguio's pale face, he couldn't bear to leave and forced himself to endure it, letting her nestle in his arms and sleep peacefully.