Chapter 39 Chapter Fourteen Luminous Well

The abnormal response of the compass confuses us, and now the phone turns on automatically for no reason, which makes us even more puzzled by everything in this 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 woods, there are only those two dilapidated Xishui villages here. Where does the electromagnetic interference come from?" I was amused by Xinhong's statement, but I felt that the only explanation was reasonable.

"I also know that this statement is far-fetched, but apart from this explanation, I can't think of anything that would make them react so strangely." After speaking, Xinhong put the phone in his pocket. "Although the compass is useless, it's not difficult to tell the direction clearly. In my opinion, let's go to another Xishui village." I couldn't wait to say, because I was so thirsty that I wanted to jump into the well right away. , drink up to your heart's content. It was still early in the day, and we were scurrying about like flies in the woods. Gradually, I finally got a sense of familiarity with the surrounding woods. Another Xishui village must be nearby.The dazzling sunlight was filtered by layers of dense forests, and when it touched the skin, it was no longer so hot, but there were a series of places on the grass that reflected the sunlight.Although very faint, there are faint reflections in a series of places, which we cannot help but notice.Squatting down, we looked at the reflective place, only to find that the reflective place was full of 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 would come to such a ghostly 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 must have no better intentions when he came to this place. Of course, I think my intentions are benign.I found that this series of footprints only turned a few corners, and did not walk around like headless chickens like us.I think this is definitely not the first time this person has come to this forest, otherwise his footprints would not be so purposeful.

"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 pointed. I was shocked by the scene in front of me. The place where these footprints led was 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 that the tree spirit Yunyang seemed to be concentrated in this village and spread out to the surroundings. This shows that Xishui Village has the most suitable conditions for the growth of the tree spirit Yunyang, but until now I still can't see it. What is so strange in the village that allows the dryads to grow so densely.But to be honest, I don't remember what conditions are needed for the growth of dryads. "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 in the end I got carried away, and accidentally tripped over the old roots of the dryad. "Look at you, I just praised you a few words and then I'm so flustered, I don't even know which leg to step on first." Xinhong said with a smile. "Tell me, why does the bronze statue of Erlang God only have two eyes?" I staggered to my feet, thinking of the small temple in the village, and asked again: "It's not really because they are ignorant, so they mistaken Erlang God That's why you made the bronze statue look 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 had come to the entrance of Xishui Village, and the blue-black stone tablet still stood at the entrance of the village. The yellow mark on it reminded me of what Teacher Ye said to me, and I felt very confused.Now I am a little worried about Mr. Ye, whether he will die for no apparent reason like Uncle Zou.Thinking of this, I couldn't help trembling, but then I felt that this idea was too outrageous.

"The design here is somewhat imitated from that Xishui Village, isn't it?" Xinhong said as he walked on the winding road. "The one over there imitated the design here, please figure it out before you talk about it." I replied. 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, Xinhong 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 didn't know whether to laugh or cry, I wanted to say something, but I couldn't say a word.Because this is Xinhong's usual practice, it is difficult for him to believe what others say if he has not seen or experienced it with his own eyes. We approached a well, 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 sprites pretending to be crying babies 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 said that." Xinhong looked at me who was retreating 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 over who was still standing by the well, and said, "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, then what do they do in the well? Have their living habits changed?" Xinhong might feel that he His guess was naive, and he laughed after he finished speaking.

Stretching my neck, I leaned over to look at the bottom of the well, and felt that the water in the well seemed to be full of infinite secrets, recording 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. "What's the difference?" After listening to Xinhong's answer, I thought depressedly, if I go down, I just go down to swim, at most there will be a few sprites like piranhas below. However, I have never heard of the legend of sprites living in the water, so I am still in a state of turmoil.Xinhong took out the climbing rope from his bag. I was surprised how well equipped he was. He fixed the other end of the climbing rope to the mouth of the well, and then 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. "Aren't you sick? Did the old lady give you too much salt just now, so you didn't go down at night?" I couldn't believe my ears. "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." Xinhong took out the food after speaking. "Then does your flashlight have enough power? Don't just use it for a while before it goes dark like Chen Jing did last time!" "Don't worry, this is a hand-cranked flashlight. Just shake it when it's out of power, and you can see it again immediately!" We solved the stomach problem, and fetched some water from the village stream to drink, which was quite sweet.After eating, I lay in the shade of the yard with peace of mind, and soon fell asleep.In my sleep, I dreamed of my parents again. They ran back and forth in front of me again, and finally turned around and ran into the darkness. There was still a very beautiful big bird flying in front of me.The feeling of thirst made me wake up from the dream. At this time, the sky was completely dark, and Xinhong was sitting aside thinking.I looked towards the well in the yard, and almost couldn't lift it out of shock. In the dark village, I couldn't see my fingers as I expected. There was a ray of light from the well directly into the black sky at 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, and found 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 the place where the real clay sculptures were placed? At that time, I found that there was some light on your clothes and palms, but there was no light on mine. I thought at the time, maybe you got it here. What can emit light, so..." I looked at the well in surprise, and I had to admire the technology of ancient people. The luminous materials are composed of self-luminous and light-storing materials. The basic components of self-luminous luminous materials are radioactive materials, which do not need to absorb energy from the outside. Sustained light, not only at night, but also during the day.Precisely because it contains radioactive substances, its use is subject to greater restrictions. There was no such technology in ancient times, and it is harmful. No one should use it in this kind of place.However, if it is a light-storing luminous material, then its brightness is definitely not enough, because there is no radioactive substance, so they need to absorb external light energy to emit light, and they must store enough light energy to ensure continuous light emission. Obviously, neither of these two luminous substances can be the light maker of the well, and the ancient magical technology really makes me dumbfounded.I expressed my admiration for Xinhong, and then grabbed the climbing rope and slid down into the well. When I slid halfway to the well, I found a mural that was still very bright on the wall of the well. In the painting, there are two men and women with snake heads and human bodies. The man is holding the sun wheel, and the woman is holding the moon wheel.The moon wheel held by the hand is very similar to what we saw outside. I remember that the ancestor of human beings was the body of a snake. Could it be that the people in the painting are Fuxi and Nuwa?But why should this painting be engraved in the luminous well?