This is a barrier set up by Taoists. Nine represents an extreme number, nine steps, just like the three tribulations and nine difficulties of human beings.
If you want to live a complete life, you must go through three tribulations and nine difficulties. Only after passing through them can you be considered to have overcome your obstacles.
This is called the Nine Steps. Once you enter it, you cannot exit. Just like life, you cannot end it once you have started it. You must complete your mission before you can restart it.
"Yes, Nine Steps! Think about it yourself. In short, the greater the temptation, the greater the sacrifice."
As he spoke, the man picked up his basket, turned around and went down the mountain!
In an instant, Fatty Wu and I were the only ones left here. Fatty Wu looked at me and asked, "Mr. Li, how are you? Do you want to go in?"
I looked at the barrier, nodded firmly and said, "Go, you've come, why not go!"
"Okay! I listen to you."
As we were talking, we came outside the barrier again. I pulled Fatty Wu by the corner of his clothes and said firmly, "Let's go!"
Fatty Wu hummed and walked forward with steps!
Just as he entered again, he suddenly exclaimed, "Oh, man, I saw someone!"
"Where?" I asked quickly, and Fatty Wu pointed forward and said, "Inside, there is a child running inside."
"Let's go!" I grabbed Fatty Wu's clothes and motioned for him to take me in.
Outside the barrier, I really couldn't see what was going on inside, so I had to pull Fatty Wu's clothes and let him lead the way.
Soon, my feet stepped into the barrier again. This time, I didn't feel much pressure. Although there was still some pressure, it was not much, and it was within a completely acceptable range.
Tap tap tap!
Fatty Wu took me forward. After taking three steps forward, I felt the pressure again.
"Yeah!" I quickly hugged my head and suddenly felt dizzy and uncomfortable.
Although I had smeared the boy's blood on the acupuncture points, I still clearly felt the pressure at this moment. force.
"Mr. Li, are you okay?" Fatty Wu quickly turned around and asked me.
"I'm fine, let's go, keep walking! Walk faster."
"Okay, okay!" Fatty Wu nodded repeatedly and continued to lead me forward. He took three more steps. With each step, I could hardly lift my feet. This feeling of being pressed by something was too uncomfortable and unbearable.
Already.
The qi in my body has begun to become disordered, wandering everywhere in my body!
"Continue! There are still three steps. As long as you take these three steps, you will be able to enter the barrier." I gritted my teeth and squeezed out these words with difficulty.
Fatty Wu said with a serious face, "Okay, hold on a little longer, if you can't, I'll carry you in!"
"It's useless, you can't carry it! You can't carry it, go on, keep going!"
Fatty Wu took another step forward. After taking this step, I felt that the weight on my body had increased again! Suddenly I felt that my internal organs were about to be crushed.
"Mr. Li, you are bleeding, your nose and ears are bleeding."
"I'll carry you, let me carry you." As he spoke, Fatty Wu turned around to carry me, but as soon as he squatted down, he found that he couldn't move my body.
This is the pressure of the barrier, a real pressure!
"how so?"
"Let's go! Keep going!" I couldn't answer him anymore, so I struggled to speak out again. My consciousness was very unclear. There was a buzzing in my head. I had a feeling that I was going to die.
Already...
Fatty Wu said nervously, "Okay, then you must hold on."
As he spoke, he continued to move forward, but after I took a step, I fell to my knees on the ground! It was like a heavy hammer hitting me from high in the sky.
At this moment, I couldn't hear anything except the buzzing sound, and I felt like my ears had become deaf.
But I remember that this was the eighth step. Only the last step would allow me to enter his barrier. Am I destined to die in this barrier? If not, then why can't I hear anything?
I never took that last step! Because I was already blinded and completely unconscious.
I didn't know if I was dead. I only knew that when I woke up again, I was surrounded by laughter and laughter.
When I opened my eyes, I saw everything in front of me that overturned my understanding.
The first thing that appeared in front of my eyes was a green patch of green, which meant that it was still in the jungle. After I sat up with difficulty, I suddenly discovered that there were two strange animals sitting next to me that were glowing red.
This animal looks very strange, with a dragon's head, antlers, lion's eyes, a tiger's back, a bear's waist, and scales all over its body! Its tail is like an ox's tail, its hooves are like horseshoes, and it has a round head with a pair of horns. I have seen this animal in books.
Yes, this is Qilin.
That's right, it's a unicorn! It's the legendary unicorn.
I knew that Kirin was tall and mighty, but I didn't expect it to be so tall, much bigger than an elephant. It was glowing red and had several long beards at the corners of its mouth. When a gust of wind blew, the beards blew with the wind.
It started to move.
When I opened my eyes, the two unicorns looked down at me. After just one glance, they looked up and looked ahead.
This is a gatekeeper gesture, they must be the auspicious beasts guarding this place!
In addition to the unicorns, I also saw two white tigers. The white tigers were spinning around in the open space with lights shining on their heads. They were white tigers who had been practicing for more than a hundred years. With a little spiritual energy, they could become members of the Celestial Palace.
mythical beast.
I tried hard to breathe in the surrounding air, and found that after the surrounding air entered my body, I could clearly feel the direction of the air flow. First, it rushed in It reached the lungs, and then slowly spread from the lungs to various organs. After being nourished by the air, all the organs began to become abnormally excited. Even the Qi in my body began to be mobilized, and it continued
are running around inside the body.
"Where is this?" I looked around blankly. There were trees, trees that could turn into semi-human shapes! There were beasts, beasts that could speak human language, and a beast that could walk upright, with three tails, five tails, and nine tails.
A fox with a tail, and a big snake with a comb on its head! The world in front of me is completely like a science fiction world, which is simply unbelievable to me.
I admit that my thinking has exceeded the 4% of human cognition, and I also know that these things in front of me do exist in this world. But when everything appeared in front of me, I was still shocked.
Have I entered the enchantment? Or have I died and come to another world?
I was about to recognize it when an old man who looked like a child suddenly came! He was the ginseng doll I saw outside the barrier last time. He walked up to me and said to me, "Do you remember who you are?"
?"
His voice was very childish, sounding like that of a child! It was completely inconsistent with his appearance.
I looked at him, nodded and said, "Yes, I am Li Yao! Where is this?"
"This is where you want to come. Didn't you come to the door last time? This time, you came in."
"Coming in? Aren't I still one step away?"
"I begged my ancestors to let you in. You just drank my blood, otherwise you would have died."
"Your blood?" I licked my lips. It tasted a bit astringent, but it was very sweet after entering my mouth.
"I am your humans' favorite ginseng doll."
I frowned and asked, "Then, where is the ancestor you are talking about?"
As soon as I finished speaking, I heard a clear voice from a hall in front of me, "I'm here!"