When his eyes were open, the speed was very slow, but when he closed his eyes, it was completely different. After Tong Yan paid full attention to his feet, he had no intention of paying attention to holding hands anymore.
The two of them walked slowly in the mist. It took a long time, but it didn't seem to be too long. Their faces felt the breeze blowing around them. Tong Yan stopped first and slowly opened his eyes.
The scene they were in was still in a bamboo forest, and even the heavy fog disappeared along with the dense forest.
Sensing that the person next to him had stopped, He Zhan also stopped walking and opened his eyes.
Only then could he clearly see the boundless horizontal surface. As soon as his hand was loosened, the owner had withdrawn the thin hand that he had held tightly for a long time.
He felt a little disappointed in his heart, and subconsciously tightened his fingers slightly, as if he wanted to retain the rapidly losing temperature, but he couldn't retain it no matter what.
He Zhan lowered his eyes slightly and fell to the ground, staring at his feet with a calm expression. On the water, the reflections of the two people were very close to each other.
They were now stepping on a piece of water. The water was so clear that they seemed to be able to see the bottom at a glance, but when they looked further, there was actually nothing under the water.
There were no fish, no aquatic plants, and no mud or rocks. Looking into the depths, I felt that the water was extremely deep, and there was nothing except the increasingly dark abyss.
Tong Yan observed his surroundings for a moment, then took a tentative step forward. His feet landed on the water, and circles of water waves slowly rippled around his feet.
She did not sink, but landed as if she had stepped on flat ground.
They found that the water surface could be walked on, and the two tried to walk on it. After confirming that there was no problem, they began to look for a way out.
However, apart from the endless water, they were the only ones left here. Even the sky was gray and there were no clouds.
There is no specific direction or object used as a guide. How to go next so as not to turn around in the same place has become a problem.
Looking at the calm water surface, Tong Yan pondered for a moment, and then suggested to He Zhan, who had his head lowered, "Why don't we go separately and use each other as a reference."
Hearing the sound, He Zhan raised his head slightly and looked up. His blue eyes were a bit darker than the water under his feet, but the depths of his eyes were not as clear as the bottom of the water.
He looked deeply at Tong Yan and couldn't help but wonder if his actions just now made her unhappy, so she wanted to separate here.
But he didn't dare to ask, because even if he knew that she was angry because of this, he would only be shamelessly glad that he had done this before.
He Zhan's throat moved and he responded softly, "Okay, I'll listen to you."
It's like two figures standing on the plane of a mirror, one in front and one behind facing away.
Unlike the woman who walked out without any pause, the man who was a head taller than her suddenly paused after turning around and looked back at the figure walking away behind her.
The man stared at her for a moment, as if knowing that he couldn't wait for her to turn around, he finally withdrew his gaze and left step by step.
They walked in one direction for a long time. The background remained unchanged, but Tong Yan decided to see if he had gone astray, so he stopped.
She turned around and looked behind her, with a look of surprise on her face, because at some point, there were suddenly many people on the water with their backs to her, or their sides facing her.
The clothes were different, there was no age limit, and they were both men and women. At first, Tong Yan thought they were the people who came in for the assessment before, but he soon discovered that they were not the same group at all.
Because she could find many acquaintances among this group of people with just a vague back view.
Shang Xun, Huo Qizhi, Gu Yuqi, Rong Yaoling... she clearly knew these, and they would never appear here now.
Tong Yan was confused and wanted to get closer to them to see what was going on, but no matter how she walked, she could never get closer to them. Even as time passed, they became farther away from her.
Familiar and unfamiliar, familiar and unremembered, there seems to be a transparent lens between everyone, and the light passes through these mirrors and refracts brilliant glaze in the air.
There seemed to be a disembodied voice ringing around.
"What will you do when everyone leaves you?"
"The road is ruthless and the years are long."
"When you are the only one going against the wind, will you still choose to persevere?"
A voice from nowhere repeated these sentences. Tong Yan listened quietly for a long time, his eyes falling on the retreating figures one by one.
Then he withdrew his gaze and walked in the original direction without saying a word.
There are no pedestrians on the road. I am both the host and the spectator.
…
Xiao Lou, who did not find He Zhan in Canghai Tower, remembered the doubts in his mind before, so he took advantage of his free time to come here to read about the old Qingcheng.
After searching for a long time in the sea of books, he finally found a paper book that recorded this incident.
The sun gradually rose, and the sunlight came in through the window, shining on the treetops of the plants beside the window, causing mottled light and shadow to be printed on the bookshelf and the ground.
"Bang!" The book was closed, and the sound, which was not loud nor quiet, was particularly obvious in the empty Canghai Tower.
The young man's fingers holding the book were slightly tight, his brows were furrowed, and his sharp eyes fell on the book, uncertain.
It turns out that this is how he came to the sect, no wonder he didn't want to tell.
Xiao Lou stuffed the books back on the bookshelf and walked out with a calm expression.
As soon as he stepped out of the gate of Canghai Tower, dazzling light shone on him, and his slender figure cast a shadow on the ground.
He raised his hand to block the sun, and the coldness around him seemed to melt a little due to the warm sun.
"Tch!" The corners of his bright red lips slightly raised, and his youthful high-spiritedness returned.
"If it's not the God-killing Hall, one day I will destroy them and leave them all alone."
…
Outside the Supreme Chaos Mirror, many disciples saw a ripple of water suddenly appear in the air in front of them, and then a woman wearing sect clothes walked out quickly with her head down.
Everyone stared blankly at the person who came out. After a while, when the woman looked up at them, someone said uncertainly, "Uncle Tong? You just came out."
At once?
"How long have I been in there."
There was a repeater following her tirelessly. Tong Yan couldn't bear it and walked around without thinking about anything, not even bothering to look in the direction.
Unexpectedly, the repeater suddenly silenced, and when he raised his head again, he was already standing in front of a group of disciples.
The disciple at the front held out a finger.
"An hour?" Tong Yan raised his eyebrows, but he didn't expect that he could come out so quickly.
Who knew that the disciple shook his head and denied her guess, "To be precise, it's a quarter of an hour and three breaths."
Hearing how many breaths his time was accurate, Tong Yan couldn't help but be stunned for a moment and said in surprise: "You can know how many breaths?"
The disciple smiled sheepishly, pointed to the timepiece in his hand and said, "Because the time is displayed here."
Tong Yan was silent. It turned out that she thought this person had been counting the time since she entered.
It's only a quarter of an hour and three breaths, which seems a bit outstanding when you think about it?