Mysterious World, I Have Special Understanding

After the light from the sword body went out, the whole room was plunged into darkness.

After a while, footsteps sounded in the silent space.

The footsteps were very light, like the whispers of ghosts and gods, slowly approaching.

Hearing the footsteps, even Ji Que felt nervous.

Because now their role is that of thieves, thieves who want to steal secrets, and they don't want to reveal themselves right away until they have enough information.

The four of them are all very professional, squatting beside the water tank, breathing from light to none, as if it doesn't take much time at all, this breath-holding skill, I am afraid that even a thousand-year-old tortoise can't match it.

At this time, Ji Que has roughly adapted to the darkness inside.

At the same time, the state of the Qianji Sword in his hand, if the situation changes, he doesn't mind pre-emptive strikes.

Soon, candles were lit outside.

The candlelight reflected a slender shadow on the white window paper, like a ghost.

Just by looking at the shadow, Elder Xue was sure that it was Chen Hanshi.

The footsteps stopped, and it was conceivable that Chen Hanshi was standing in front of the only window, not knowing what he was doing.

The atmosphere in the venue was extremely depressing, because there was only one window between the two sides, and they didn't know if they were exposed.

At this time, the distant cry for help appeared again in the wind.

The things in these water tanks seemed to sense the existence of Chen Hanshi, and became more active, and the sound like a big fish swimming was very obvious.

If the cries for help conveyed anything, they might have been exposed.

The window had not been opened, and then there was a small sound, as if someone was scraping fish scales with a kitchen knife.

In Ji Que's line of sight, the figure reflected in the window was distorted a lot, giving people a weird and sick feeling.

He couldn't help but think of the scene in that cave, that slaughterhouse.

However, this weird phenomenon only lasted for about ten breaths before disappearing, and the shadow on the window returned to normal.

This is the end?

With a squeak, the window was pushed open at this moment, and everyone's expressions were frozen, and the group fight was ready to go.

It didn't take long, the shadow disappeared from the window, the candle was extinguished, and the footsteps gradually faded away.

gone?

It took a while for the sound of footsteps to completely disappear before Ji Que stood up.

This time, Elder Xue chose to use her little green lantern.

Ji Que's ruler sword, the target is too big.

The small green lamp exuded a cool radiance, illuminating the surrounding situation a little bit.

Ji Que looked at the water tank in front of him, and lifted the lid again.

This time, that strange face floated on the water, and it kept making weird murmurs.

As soon as the sound came out, Ji Que had the illusion that the whole room had turned into a pool, and he had become one of the strange fish.

But as the true energy in his body flowed, this strange feeling disappeared all of a sudden.

At this time, Ji Que noticed that there was something on the inner wall of the wooden cover.

It was a roll of bamboo slips embedded in the wooden cover. He lifted it out with a small sword and found that there were characters engraved on it.

This bamboo slip looks very old, covered with mold-like spots, but I don't know what kind of bamboo it is made of, but it is well preserved in this humid environment.

The characters on the bamboo slips have been blurred, but the meaning on them can still be read.

It records part of Chen Hanshi's life, a genius disciple of Yunxue Sect, who is valued by the suzerain Gu Xin, and will inherit his mantle.

Could it be that the human skin covered with fish scales in this tank belonged to Chen Hanshi?

To be honest, this is a bit like the previous carp skin, only more human-like.

Could it be that after a piece of skin was shed, it still didn't die, and survived in this weird way?

At the end of this rough life, there is this sentence - "From now on, you will start your life as him, but you have to know that you are lonely, the person at the beginning, and the person in the tank at the end is the The real one."

At this moment, all four of Ji Que had goosebumps.

Ji Que remembered the tablets in the corridor outside, almost every one of them had the name of "Gu Xin" written on it.

Could it be that Gu Xin, the former suzerain of Yunxue Sect, is in every jar?

Ji Que couldn't help but take a picture with his sword light. This time, he could see clearly that there was indeed a piece of skin under this face.

A piece of human-shaped skin, but covered with dull fish scales.

This face opened its mouth and "called for help" again, Ji Que put the wooden cover back on it without hesitation.

Immediately afterwards, in order to confirm his guess, he opened several water tanks beside him, and found that there were similar bamboo slips on the lids, recording Gu Xin's life in various time periods.

And those human skins that look like fish but not fish came up one after another, Elder Xue's scalp was numb, and he always felt that they were really a bit like the ancestor Gu Xin of the previous generation.

She has never seen Gu Xin, but she has seen the portrait of his ancestor.

After Elder Xue expressed his feeling, Ji Que hurried back to the three outermost water tanks and read the bamboo slips on it.

The biography recorded in these bamboo slips is all related to Chen Hanshi.

Among the three tanks, "human skin" appeared in two of them. I don't know if it's because of psychological reasons or what. Elder Xue and Old Man Luo always feel that they are very similar to Chen Hanshi.

Because they have met Chen Hanshi, Elder Xue has even dealt with him for a long time, and they know that the feeling of emaciation is the same.

Seen from here, the water tanks are lined up together, looking like neatly arranged tombs.

No, it can even be said that they are tombs, which just correspond to the tablets outside.

Ji Que looked at part of Chen Hanshi's life on the bamboo slips of the water tank, and probably guessed something.

There is no such thing as Chen Hanshi in this world, what lives outside is just Chen Hanshi's body.

The one who is really alive is Gu Xin.

Chen Hanshi's master, Gu Xin, the previous ancestor of Yunxue Sect.

According to Elder Xue, Patriarch Gu Xin lived to be almost five hundred years old. It can be said that in the history of Yun Xuezong, except for the first patriarch Zhao Lianyue, he lived the longest and was the most amazing and brilliant existence.

It's hard to imagine that Gu Xin, the previous patriarch of Yunxue Sect who was revered hundreds of years ago, will live in such a weird way until now.

If Chen Hanshi was replaced by him, then adding Chen Hanshi's three hundred years of life, it would be eight hundred years.

He lived for eight hundred years by shedding his skin and replacing Chen Hanshi?

At this time, the dark water surface of the outermost water tank moved, and a face suddenly appeared.

The fish scales on this face are obviously much less, and it can be seen that he is a thin man.

Seeing this face, Elder Xue couldn't help but said, "Chen Hanshi."

This face belongs to Chen Hanshi!

Especially the scar on the chin, which is almost exactly the same.

This face has a big mouth, and spit out two words - "Help me.".

The sound is so creamy that it makes one's scalp tingle.

Ji Que closed the lid without any hesitation

Finally, he set his sights on the last water tank.

There is where the last sentence of all the bamboo slips points.

That "original self".

This is Chen Hanshi's secret, to be precise, Gu Xin's secret.

In the dark environment, the sound coming from the last tank is the most obvious, which makes people feel creepy.

If this is the biggest secret of Yun Xuezong, Ji Que only thinks that this secret is really dark and terrifying.

He thought for a while, glanced at Elder Xue and the others, grabbed the lid of the last water tank, and lifted it up.