Chapter 43 Chapter Fourteen Luminous Well

The abnormal response of Xinhong's compass confuses us, and our mobile phone automatically turns on for no reason, which makes us even more puzzled about everything in the woods.Xinhong looked at his mobile phone blankly and said, "Could it be that there is something in the forest that can generate electromagnetic interference, or else the compass and the mobile phone would not have such a strong reaction at the same time." "In addition to the forest, there are only those two dilapidated Xishui villages here. Where does the electromagnetic interference come from?" I was amused by Xinhong's statement.

"I know it's far-fetched, but I can't think of anything else that would make them react so strangely." "What a broken compass, I can tell the direction without it. In my opinion, let's go to another Xishui village to talk about it." I couldn't wait to say it, because I was so thirsty that I wanted to jump into the well right away In the middle of the night, drink up to your heart's content. It was still early, and we were not in a hurry as we shuttled through the woods.Gradually, I also had a sense of familiarity with the surrounding woods. Another Xishui Village must be nearby.The glare of the sun was filtered by layers of dense forests, and it was not so hot when it touched us.There are a series of places on the grass that reflect the filtered sunlight. Although it is very weak, there is a faint reflection in a series of places, which we cannot help but notice.We squatted down and looked at the reflective places, only to find that the reflective places were weeds that had been crushed to the ground. Because the surface of the grass blades was pressed smooth, it was very easy to reflect light.

"These are the footprints left by someone walking by. The grass is overwhelmed by him and sticks to the ground. It should be left by an adult." Xinhong said as he plucked the grass that had been pushed down on the ground. "So, there are people here besides us. Who wants to come to this kind of ghost place?" I said as I stood up. "Let's follow this series of footprints and see where we are going." Xinhong walked straight forward after speaking. I thought, there are few people here, and there is no way for anyone to get out. This person came to this place with no better intentions.Of course, I still think my intentions are benign.I found that this series of footprints only turned a few corners, and did not walk around like headless flies like us.I don't think this is the first time this person has come to this forest, otherwise his footprints seem to have a very clear purpose.

"It seems that this person is very familiar with this place, I don't know where he is going?" I said looking at the set of footprints. "The place this person is going to is probably the Xishui Village you mentioned. It turns out that we are not the only ones who want to go to Xishui Village." "How do you know that the place he is going to is Xishui Village where we are going now?" I stopped and asked Xinhong. "Go ahead and see for yourself." Xinhong raised his hand and pointed to the front and said to me. I raised my head and looked in the direction Xinhong was pointing at. I was shocked by the scene ahead.The place where these footprints lead is actually the Xishui Village we were going to.The unremarkable Xishui Village is tightly surrounded by thick tree spirit Yunyang in the deepest part of the forest, because this Xishui Village is made of wood and has a long history. There is such an abandoned village.

I found that the closer to Xishui Village, the denser the Dryad Yunyang grew.I secretly thought to myself, the tree spirit Yunyang seems to be concentrated in this village and spread out in all directions.This shows that Xishui Village has the most suitable conditions for the growth of Dryad Yunyang, but until now I still can't see anything unusual in the village that allows the dryads to grow so densely.But to be honest, I don't remember what conditions are needed for dryads to grow. "There is really the Xishui Village you mentioned. It seems that you don't know nonsense all day long." Xinhong said to me jokingly.

"I still have a lot of great things that you don't know, but you don't understand after talking about it." I replied complacently, but I got carried away with my complacency, and I was almost thrown into the sky by the tree spirit's old roots accidentally. "Look at you, I just praised you a few words and then I'm so happy, I don't even know which leg to step first." Xinhong rolled his eyes at me. "Tell me, why does the bronze statue of Erlang God only have two eyes?" I thought of the temple in the village, and asked, "It's not really because they were ignorant, so they got the appearance of Erlang God wrong, so they turned the bronze statue Did you make it like that?"

"I don't know either. I don't know if this bronze statue has anything to do with our affairs. Let's talk about it in another Xishui village." During the conversation, we have come to the entrance of Xishui Village.The blue-black stone tablet still stands at the entrance of the village, and the yellow mark on it reminds me of what Teacher Ye said to me, and I feel very confused.I am now a little worried about Teacher Ye, will she die for no apparent reason like Uncle Zou, and then a ghost from thousands of years ago will attach to him again, running around in the world, bouncing around? .Thinking of this, I couldn't help trembling, but then I felt that this idea was too outrageous.

"The design here seems to imitate that Xishui Village, doesn't it?" Xinhong said as he walked on the road with seven turns. "The one over there imitated the design here, okay? Please figure it out before you talk about it." I thought Xinhong's words were angry and funny. Xinhong didn't bother to pay attention to me, he just broke in from a courtyard, took a look and walked out.Just walking back and forth like this, he said to me: "Every yard here has a well, regardless of whether it is rich or poor, it has been dug in yards big and small. If you don't look at all the yards here It’s really hard to see what’s weird about it.”

"So I didn't believe what I said." I looked at Xinhong angrily, and wanted to say something, but couldn't say a word.Because this is what Xinhong has always done. If he hadn't seen or experienced it with his own eyes, it would be hard for him to believe what others said. When we approached a well, we all lowered our heads and looked at the deep well quietly, but we couldn't see what was hidden in the water.I remembered that when I came here yesterday, I heard the sprite pretending to be a baby crying in the well, trying to lure me over, so I walked away from the well in fear.At that time, I heard the voice of sprites in more than one place, which meant that there was more than one sprite.

"You heard the cries of sprites in the well, didn't you? I remember you told me." Xinhong looked at me who retreated puzzledly and asked. "No, I heard it not only in the well, but also in many places in this village." After I finished speaking, I quickly pulled Xinhong who was still standing by the well, and said, "So, please Don't stand by the well, what if you are pulled down by the sprites?" "It's not as exaggerated as you said. Since sprites are the spirits of mountains and rivers, and they are rare animals that only appear in the mountains, what are they doing in the wells? Have their living habits changed?" Xinhong may feel that he His guess was naive, and he laughed after he finished speaking.

Stretching my neck again, I bent down and looked at the bottom of the well, feeling that the water in the well seemed to be full of infinite secrets, and recorded many forgotten stories.I asked with some concern: "Xinhong, aren't we going to go down to the well?" "Of course not going down to the bottom of the well." Xinhong put down his backpack and said relaxedly with a smile. After hearing Xinhong's answer, I felt a lot more at ease, and said, "I thought I was going to go down to the bottom just now, and I was worried about what to do." "I didn't say I couldn't go on, I mean we didn't go down to the bottom of the well, but into the well water." After finishing speaking, Xinhong packed the luggage in his bag. After hearing Xinhong's answer, I thought depressingly, if I go down, I just go down to swim, at most there are a few sprites like piranhas down there.However, I have never heard of legends or stories about sprites living in the water, so I am still in a state of anxiety.Xinhong took out the climbing rope from his bag, which surprised me how well equipped he was.He fixed the other end of the climbing rope to the mouth of the well, and threw the climbing rope into the well.I wanted to show how brave I was, so I jumped into the well first.However, Xinhong unexpectedly pulled me back from the well. "What's the matter, I want to go down first so that I can show myself?" I asked inexplicably. "Don't go down now, let's wait until it gets dark. Let's rest in the courtyard for now." After Xinhong finished speaking, he suddenly smiled complicatedly. "Are you not sick? Did the old lady give you too much salt just now? Did you go down at night? Is your brain broken?" "Lie down and rest on the side first, and you will know why at night." Xinhong still said with a smile. "Are you sure you're right? It's pitch black at night, so it's no wonder you survived the well!" I really couldn't figure out what Xinhong wanted to do. "Did you really pick up a scale by the well?" Xinhong didn't answer my question but changed the topic to another side. "Why are you lying to me? I saw a person jumping into the well. When I ran over, there was only one scale beside the well." "That's right. Let's eat something first, and then take a rest. You will know in the evening." After Xinhong finished speaking, he took out the food we had prepared. "Then is the power of your flashlight enough? Don't just use it for a while before it goes dark like last time!" "Don't worry, this is a hand-cranked flashlight. Just shake it when it's out of power, and you'll be able to see it again immediately!" We solved the stomach problem, and I also fetched some water from the village stream to drink, which was quite sweet.After eating, I fell asleep peacefully in the shade of the yard.In my sleep, I dreamed of my parents again. They were running back and forth in front of me again, and finally turned around and sent them into the darkness. There was still a black and beautiful bird flying in front of me.The feeling of thirst woke me dreamily from my dream.At this time, the sky was completely dark, and Xinhong had already woken up.I looked towards the well in the yard, and I was almost so surprised by the sight there that I didn't take my next breath. The dark village was not as dark as I expected, because there was a ray of light from the well directly into the black sky from the well.I ran to the center of the yard in disbelief, only to find that there were many lights shooting into the sky in the whole Xishui Village, and they all came from the well.I ran to the well curiously, only to find that the well was full of light and I could see it very clearly.I turned my head in surprise and asked, "Xinhong, how did you do it?" "Last night, didn't we go to see the real clay sculpture? At that time, I found some light on your clothes and palms, but not on mine. I thought at the time, maybe you got something here A substance that can emit light, so..." I looked at the well in amazement and had to admire the ancient people's technology.There are two types of luminous materials: self-illuminating and light-storing. The basic components of self-illuminating luminous materials are radioactive materials, which do not need to absorb energy from the outside and can continue to emit light, not only at night, but also during the day.Precisely because it contains radioactive substances, its use is subject to greater restrictions, but there was no such technology in ancient times, and it is harmful, so no one should use it in this kind of place.However, if it is a light-storing luminous material, then it is not bright enough.Because it has no radioactive substances, but they rely on the absorption of external light energy to emit light, and they must store enough light energy to ensure continuous light emission. Obviously, neither of these two substances that can emit light can be the light maker of the well. The ancient magical technology really makes me dumbfounded.I also expressed my admiration for Xinhong, then grabbed the climbing rope and slid down into the well.When I slid down halfway to the well, I found a mural still vivid on the wall of the well.The painting shows two men and women with human heads and snake bodies. The man is holding the sun wheel, and the woman is holding the moon wheel.Could it be that the moon wheel held by the hand is very similar to what we saw outside? I remember that the ancestor of human beings had a snake body. Could it be that the people in the painting are Fuxi and Nuwa?But why was this painting engraved in the luminous well?