I don't know if it's an illusion, but the water that's not clear enough seems to smell like rotten and burnt.
Continuing to sink into the water, I found that part of the island was suspended in the air, and its shape was also a bit strange.
Out of curiosity, they swam over and took a closer look, only to realize that the huge protruding piece turned out to be the body of a whale.
For some reason, its tail was embedded in the island, unable to fall down, and no other creatures could eat it. Over time, the fish's body became integrated with the island and became part of the island.
"There seems to be no barrier underwater." They swam around the island for a while underwater and discovered the difference.
"Find a place to go ashore."
The barrier on the island seemed to be a large transparent bowl, covering the island and firmly holding it on the sea level. Tong Yan and the others passed through the upper barrier from the bottom of the water and entered the island so easily.
When looking from the outside, the area around the island is gloomy, and the thick black fog seems to prevent even light from penetrating.
After coming in and seeing the scene on the island clearly, Tong Yan realized that it was no wonder it was pitch black outside.
Because inside, everything on the island was scorched, and ashes were floating all over the sky, just like the goose feathers and heavy snow in winter. If you just take a breath while standing on the island, your mouth will be filled with dust.
The scorched earth and trees were burned down to low carbon piles, giant stones were torn apart by unknown forces, and the ground was riddled with cracks.
The scene in front of him was very much like the scene of the end of the world. Even though Tong Yan had not seen the end of the world, there were no other colors except black and white and gray in front of him, and there was no trace of life. It was not a place of the end of the world.
"I now believe the records in the Library Pavilion. If I don't check the information here, it is very likely that they are Taoist friends who were in retreat thousands of years ago by Senior Feng. These scorched earth..." Meng Gu'an squatted down and grabbed a handful of scorched earth.
"There must have been a great war here. The place where the monks ascended successfully must have been full of life and plants growing vigorously, but the scene on the island is the opposite."
Tong Yan: "There are no traces of thunder and lightning here. Maybe one of the seniors did not wait for the breakthrough and started fighting with the monster. Then we just saw the whale carcass, could it be that it was dead?"
Ji Xing: "The barrier outside the island may not have been set up by this person."
Tong Yan: "Then why don't we collect the bones of Senior Feng and return them to the people of the Immortal Sect so that he can be buried in peace?"
Hearing this, Meng Guan smiled and said, "Perhaps his bones would have been burned up in the fire."
"It's also possible." Tong Yan thought for a moment and nodded in agreement.
"Let's go and have a look at Shengjing." Ji Xing then said.
I stepped on a thick layer of ash, and the moving wind caused the dust to fly up. Even if you can use dust purification techniques to remove the ash, you can't help but there is too much soot here.
When we walked to a downhill place, because the terrain was a bit steep, one foot stepped on something. Tong Yan slipped and lost his balance, and slid down the slope uncontrollably.
He quickly ran downstairs, almost hitting a big rock before he came to a stop.
"Tong Donor, are you okay?" Ji Xing, who was the first to come down, noticed that she was in trouble. He had almost stopped and did not come over. He just stood there and asked.
"It's okay." Tong Yan replied, bending down to pick up the things at his feet.
It is a round bronze mirror, with lifelike flower branches carved around the periphery of the mirror, and some very profound rune patterns on the back.
When Tong Yan turned the mirror over, the blood drops on his palms were absorbed by the mirror.
After absorbing the blood beads, a faint red light suddenly lit up when they met, and something seemed to be reflected in it.
At that time, she was attracted by the words on the back of the mirror. She lowered her head and looked down, only to see the four ancient Chinese characters "Looking Back Small Mirror" engraved vertically on the back.
Then he noticed a red light on the front, and Tong Yan was startled. He almost threw the mirror out, but did not find that he had been hurt. He looked at the mirror again until he saw the picture inside clearly, and was completely stunned.
land.
The broken space, the people who fall into it, the people who fight, what are these things?
Over there, Cheng Siyi saw something like Tong Yan standing there blankly. He couldn't help but wonder what happened to her, so he walked over.
"Junior Sister Tong, did you discover something or is there something wrong?"
With this sound, the picture in the mirror disappeared in the blink of an eye. As if afraid of someone seeing it, Tong Yan held the mirror in his arms and covered the front.
In fact, the scene in the mirror had long since disappeared, but she felt guilty and didn't want others to see the strangeness in the mirror.
She smiled reluctantly at Cheng Siyi, "It's okay, I picked up something."
Seeing that Cheng Siyi's eyes were filled with doubts and doubts, Tong Yan took out the mirror and glanced at it from the corner of his eye to make sure it was an ordinary mirror before he handed it forward with confidence.
"I just stepped on this mirror and then slipped off."
Cheng Siyi glanced at the mirror, and there was nothing strange about it except that the carved decorations around it were a bit fancy.
"Well, you should be careful. If you find anything wrong, speak up in time."
"Yes."
The two of them walked back, and Meng Guan had already descended the steep slope. They also heard what Tong Yan said and couldn't help but ask, "What did you pick up? Can you lend it to me?"
"Of course." Tong Yan readily handed the thing over. On the one hand, he wanted to see if they recognized it, and on the other hand, he wanted to know whether the mirror would trigger the scene if it was in someone else's hands.
"Thank you, fellow Taoist, I will return it to you soon after we have seen it." Meng Gu'an took the mirror and looked at it for a while, touching his chin from time to time, lost in thought.
Ji Xing also looked at the Chinese New Year and stared at the four words on the back for a long time. Then he caught a glimpse of two cracks on the mirror, one new and one old.
Then he thought about Tong Yan who had just picked up something and was stunned for a while. Ji Xing couldn't help but look at Tong Yan. There seemed to be a depth in his eyes that others couldn't understand.
He asked softly: "You just used this mirror."
"What's wrong?" Tong Yan was a little uneasy when he asked.
Ji Xing shook his head and said, "Nothing. The poor monk just guessed that this mirror can only be used a fixed number of times, and there is a new scratch on it. Maybe you just used it inadvertently."
"Little master, what kind of magic weapon do you know this is? What does it do?"
Tong Yan thought he knew what kind of mirror it was by asking, but Meng Gu'an shook his head and returned the thing, "I can't remember what kind of magic weapon this is, but it seems to be a good thing. You can take it."
The good thing is, it’s harmless to people.”
Not getting what he wanted from Meng Gu'an, Tong Yan looked at Ji Xing again, then took a deep look at her and shook his head, "I don't know, I don't know."
Tong Yan tightened her hand holding the mirror for a moment, pursed her lower lip and lowered her head slightly, looking away.