Chapter 093 Chapter 93

Jingshan Park is very small and the mountain is not high. When A Yan and Zhu Jue brought Chu Shen to Wanchun Pavilion, Chu Shen looked around.

"Ah? That's it? This is too easy."

He opened his mouth and said, "I thought the place where you can see the panoramic view of the Forbidden City was very high, and I was prepared to climb the mountain for a long time."

Chu Shen found it a little unbelievable. They didn't walk very fast, but it felt like they had reached the top in just a few minutes. Especially when there were no other tourists around. Although the surrounding street lights were on, it felt a bit cold and lonely.

"This is the most scenic spot in Beijing. It is the commanding height of the central axis of the capital." Ah Yan explained.

"Wow!" Chu Shen was still very excited. In the past, he had only seen the capital's central axis pattern in textbooks, but now he could see it for real, and no one else was competing with them for it!

The best way to travel is to take your time to enjoy the scenery without the crowds.

"I feel like today is warmer than the previous few days." Chu Shen muttered.

Even though the sun was setting, they were still on the mountain and didn't feel that cold.

"It is warm. It is not too cold during the New Year holidays every year." Zhu Jue said.

"Chu Shen, what you see in the east, south, west and north are different. To the north is the Forbidden City, to the south you can see the Drum Tower, and to the east is the CBD."

Ah Yan pointed and introduced Chu Shen, the new visitor.

At this time, the sky was already filled with sunset glow. The setting sun was setting in the west, and the golden glow was dyeing the sky, layer by layer.

Chu Shen saw the setting sun shining on the white tower amidst the interweaving of light and shadow. They turned around and saw completely different views of Ningcheng in four directions.

In this Wanchun Pavilion, the most magnificent building in Beijing, one can see the interweaving of the present and the past just by turning around.

On one side is the CBD with tall buildings, and on the other side is the majestic and solemn century-old imperial city, giving people a sense of time and space interweaving.

"The feeling of Ningcheng and Bincheng is so different." Chu Shen sighed.

The three of them took turns taking photos before sunset; the red glow of the sky and earth was the best background.

They squeezed together and took a close-up selfie, but A Yan said he still had to edit it before posting it on WeChat Moments.

At 5:30 in the evening, the sun was almost setting, but the lights on the mountain were already on. At the foot of the mountain, the lights just reflected the golden glazed tiles of the Forbidden City, the magnificent Shenwu Gate, and the colorful lights on the central axis.

"It suddenly lit up, and I thought there were people living in the Forbidden City." Chu Shen joked.

"It's so uncomfortable living in the Forbidden City now." A Yan shook his head.

The scenery with and without lights on has its own unique charm. The three of them took a lot of photos with the night as the background.

"Let's go. This is the last time we climb the mountain, the last time we view the scenery, and the last time we watch the sunset!" Ah Yan said while counting on his fingers.

"Let's go home and make dumplings!"

Every year, after she and Jue Jue watched the last sunset at Jingshan Park, they would feel as if the dust had settled in their hearts and that everything had truly come to an end.

Chu Shen also followed the two of them with brisk steps and went home to celebrate the New Year.

The three of them walked down. At this time, most of the lights in Jingshan were on. Ah Yan couldn't help but mutter a few more words.

"Is it really because there are no people this year? Is it because it's too cold? I feel fine. But this is a bargain for us."

At this moment, Chu Shen saw the lights in the bushes, and he almost slipped and fell on the two people in front of him.

Ayan and Juejue reached out their hands at the same time and grabbed him one by one.

"Is there any ice? Is everything okay?"

Chu Shen was pulled by his lover to stand steadily, but he was still frightened.

He slipped on the Great Wall the other day and fell on his butt. It's not good to fall on New Year's Day.

"It's okay, it's okay. I'm lucky to have you two." Chu Shen breathed a sigh of relief. He was not very interested in slipping or anything like that. It was winter now. Even if he was wearing a lot of clothes, he might get bumps and fractures if he fell accidentally.

Chu Shen stood firmly. This time he concentrated on going down the stairs and no longer looked to the side. He really couldn't help but complain about the lighting here.

"The color of the street lights above and the lights in the pavilion are quite normal. Who made the lights among the flowers and plants? It's too gloomy! It would scare people to death in the middle of the night!"

A Yan and Zhu Jue looked in the direction Chu Shen pointed, and both nodded in agreement.

In the pine forest, bright red and dark green lights shone on the trees. In some places, the lights were blue, looking like ghost lights. It gave me the illusion of being in a 50-cent special-effects horror movie.

Ah Yan also complained to him: "I don't know how many people have complained about this lighting, but there are still few tourists who come to see the night view at night. The park has never changed it. Juejue and I have been watching it for several years. We were easily scared at first, but now we habitually ignore it."

"It really is. It feels like a cheap haunted house." Chu Shen thought for a moment and added an adjective.

The night was dark. Walking down the stairs, there were faint red and green lights on both sides. There were only the footsteps and voices of three people. Chu Shen could not help but shiver.

Why did he suddenly feel a chill on his back?

"I'll go ahead with the flashlight." Chu Shen said. He took out his cell phone, turned on the flashlight, and walked ahead of the young couple.

The flashlight shone, and there was light under his feet. Chu Shen suddenly felt that he was fine again. "Are you going out to celebrate the New Year tomorrow?" Chu Shen took the initiative to find a topic, making Jingshan Park not so quiet at the moment.

Otherwise, having no one to talk to makes me feel a little uneasy and a little creepy.

"My parents will go, and we may only go to a few families. We basically stay at home on New Year's Day so it's convenient to move around. But our children and others have all come back, so it's not convenient for us to go there. We will just stay for a few minutes and then go home." A Yan said.

Because they have had Dabao and Xiaobao by their side since they were young, the elders who love the talented twins follow the principle of rushing if they can get one sheep, or letting two sheep go. From music, chess, calligraphy and painting to astronomy, geography, martial arts and musical instruments, Ayan and Juejue are basically there for all the courses that the big and small treasures are being taught.

Of course, this is not just a problem for the two of them. There are other children of the same age in the family compound, and there are seven or eight children who are several years older than their older counterparts. However, most of them cannot bear the comparison with the older children during class, especially the older children, whose self-esteem will be seriously hurt.

Ah Yan still remembers what he studied at first? Mathematical Olympiad in primary school? There were more than a dozen children in the small classroom converted from Uncle Sun's house in the family compound. There were also some relatives and friends who heard that Teacher Ning taught for free. Then the number of students decreased by one every day. In the end, only Ah Yan and Jue Jue accompanied the two treasures to the end.

After all, those who taught them at the beginning were basically elderly people who retired more than ten years ago. They are even older now. Some of them were transferred to other places for business trips, or were taken away by their children after retirement. Some went to places with better climates to spend their remaining years, and some also passed away. Otherwise, Ayanhe feels that he will have to travel to more places during the Chinese New Year.

"You can sleep a little longer tomorrow and just stay in my room. You can play games or watch TV shows as you like. We can come back and watch a movie together." Zhu Jue said.

Chu Shen scratched his head. It was New Year's Day, and he should have celebrated it at someone else's house. It was too bad that he should continue sleeping while the host went out to pay New Year's greetings.

He changed his hand to hold the phone, pointed it forward and let out a startled shout.

"Fuck!"

“Ghost!!!”

The cell phone had already slipped out of his hand and he was about to roll down the stairs.

At this moment, Chu Shen's legs were still weak because of the "ghost encounter" and the phone was about to fall, but he saw a female ghost with a pale face, a blood-stained rope hanging around her neck, disheveled hair, and wearing a blood-stained wedding dress flying past him quickly.

She even seemed to pick up his cell phone.

The ghost girl's limbs were completely covered, and Chu Shen didn't even see her hands appear. The falling mobile phone was picked up in front of him.

Chu Shen was completely shocked.

What the hell? This female ghost is still picking up his phone?

Is this so humane?

Wait, this is Jingshan, what era is this female ghost from?

Not sure if it was his illusion, but Chu Shen always felt that his exclamation of "Fuck" just now also scared the female ghost in front of him.

The thought in Chu Shen's mind lasted only a moment, and the female ghost had already floated behind him. He stiffened his body and turned his head suddenly, and saw that A Yan and Zhu Jue were also looking at the female ghost going away, with almost distorted expressions on their faces.

The female ghost was clearly wearing a blood-colored wedding dress, but the moment she was seen, the colorful and strange lights all around made her look even more terrifying.

It was exactly like the ghost bride in a Chinese horror movie! Chu Shen felt numb.

"Brother Jue, give me a hand." Chu Shen's legs were still a little weak at the moment. He felt that if he moved his legs a little, he might kneel down directly.

The young couple reached out their hands a second time and stabilized Chu Shen again.

Ah Yan and Zhu Jue were originally looking down at the stairs illuminated by Chu Shen's flashlight. The two of them were walking down hand in hand. When they heard his earth-shaking cry, the young couple looked up instantly.

then--

Ah Yan saw an extremely familiar golden halo.

【Girls Dress Up Game】

OMG!

How did Yuanye suddenly appear here?

Wait, did Chu Shen just say "ghost"?

Ah Yan instantly thought of the scene on the school path several months ago.

Why is Yuanye dressed up as a female ghost again? He's wearing the same outfit he wore a few months ago!

Why is every meeting so hasty, and why is this form of wilderness running wildly?

Ah Yan had many questions in his heart, but now he understood why Yuan Ye had been uncertain about his job when he came to Ningcheng these days.

It seems like he is planning to do something big on Jingshan Mountain on New Year’s Eve!

Ayan and Juejue held hands. She just wrote the word "factory" on Juejue's palm. Juejue squeezed her hand and realized that the female ghost who suddenly appeared was Yuanye!

The three of them supported each other on the steps to stand steadily, and Chu Shen was still a little dazed.

"I am not seeing things, that is a hanged ghost, a female ghost. It is too exciting on New Year's Day."

"I only knew that a gatekeeper emperor was hanged here, but I didn't know that a female ghost was also hanged here!"

...

Yuanye's heart was also broken.

"My @#￥% idiot system, I knew this mission would be a big pitfall!"

Yuanye originally thought that he could just quietly play the role of a hanged ghost for a few minutes in Jingshan Park and successfully complete the task.

But what he never expected was that he would run into his roommate here again.

No, to be more precise, he first encountered a group of special people who were suspected to be involved in metaphysics, and then while being chased by some peach wood sword and yellow talisman paper, he met the Taoist couple with Chu Shen.

The capital city is a conflict with him! Yuan Ye wanted to cry. Why is his life so miserable?

In the novels I read before, the male protagonists would reach the peak of their lives after obtaining the system, but he is now at the lowest point in his life, where he will die socially!

Originally, he was just quietly dressing up as a hanged ghost, hanging on a crooked tree. Yuanye was still worried whether the system would create the last emperor to fight him.

He quietly timed for five minutes, and once he changed into the hanged ghost costume and passed the authentication successfully, he would have completed the mission.

Yuanye watched the system countdown end. Because no other hanged ghosts showed up to fight PK, he was a little happy in his heart, thinking that this mission was nothing special.

Unexpectedly, the system actually gave him a big shit!

His mission time had just ended, and the "Hanged Ghost" disguise was successful and the Hanged Ghost BUFF automatically appeared.

Yuanye had not had time to take it off because he was trying to get the rope around his neck down from under the crooked tree. He was a special person who had just landed, holding a peach wood sword and various strange items, and dressed strangely. He had also just arrived.

At that moment, they were only ten meters away from Yuanye.

"Why is there suddenly a hanged man in Jingshan? Who is here to deal with him? Is it an assessment mission?" Yuanye heard someone ask.

"System, you are trying to kill me!!! You must explain everything to me today!" Yuanye wailed angrily in his mind.

There are actually people of metaphysics doing team building in this damn place today!!!

He didn't have time to think more, he suddenly jumped up and ran away, and those people were chasing him.

The crooked tree where he originally hanged himself was quite close to the foot of the mountain. Yuanye had surveyed Jingshan Park and found the area was not large, with the road down the mountain blocked. Once he rushed down the mountain, he would have to reach Shenwu Gate, where he might scare passers-by and be captured by surveillance cameras. It would be even more difficult to hide nearby for BUFF. Considering that there was almost no one around when he came to Jingshan today, Yuanye's first reaction was to rush up the mountain.

But this hanged ghost BUFF had a rope around his neck, and the whole person seemed to be tied up, and he couldn't float up fast. Yuanye quickly turned out the red-clothed fierce ghost BUFF that he had hidden at the bottom of the box, and this one ran fast!

Yuan Ye rushed forward, hoping that his lover, who was also a metaphysician, had recognized him and could help him block the way.

At this time, A Yan and Zhu Jue were taking Chu Shen, who was still uneasy, down the mountain.

On the way down the mountain, they met Ding Ling and a group of people who looked familiar.

Chu Shen was really dumbfounded. What day is today?

"You guys are not taking a break today on New Year's Eve, but are still coming here to do research."

He was still unsure whether he should tell the ghost story. What if he was mistaken? Was the person just wearing loose clothes and running faster? Was he playing cosplay here?

Ding Ling was also stunned when she saw the three people, especially when she saw the young couple, her eyes suddenly became clear, as if she understood everything, but she still took the initiative to ask:

"Why are you here...?"

"They brought me to see the last sunset of the year and the night view of Jingshan. Now we are going back after taking pictures." Chu Shen said.

"Lingdang, will you come over later? Let's go to my house to eat dumplings?" A Yan also spoke at this moment.

Ghost King...Thinking about Yuanye who was running wildly just now, and this group of obviously extraordinary people, Ah Yan mourned for Yuanye in his heart.

Ye Ge, Ye Ge, what luck you have! You can catch up with this!

Ding Ling was stunned for a moment, then shook her head: "No, I have to be with everyone. Happy New Year's Eve." She smiled.

"Happy New Year's Eve." The three of them said goodbye to Ding Ling, Dahe, and the team, quickened their pace down the mountain, and took a taxi directly home.

In the taxi, Chu Shen was not in a position to discuss the matter because the driver was still there. He just sighed to A Yan and Zhu Jue, "Isn't it a bit unreasonable for teacher Ding Ling and her team to go to Jingshan during the Chinese New Year?"

"It's probably because the time is difficult to coordinate." A Yan said.

When they were going down the mountain, they saw a large sign at the entrance saying the park was closed and were stunned.

"That's right. Jingshan Park seems to be open all year round. There are only a few people during the Chinese New Year. But there are only a few ancient buildings, so there is no need to rush to visit at this time." Chu Shen still felt that Ding Ling's teaching team was a bit of a scam. They treated students as consumables. Couldn't they arrange another time for them?

They took a taxi home, wished the driver an early Happy New Year, and without discussing what happened on the mountain, hurried home.

At this time, the entire small Jingshan Park had been searched thoroughly by the Taoists of Shengxuan Society, but they still could not find any trace of the hanged ghost.

"It just disappeared? How come even the hexagrams are gone? It can't be that there is some spiritual space hidden in Jingshan."

"When I first saw it, it was clearly a hanged ghost, but as I chased after it, it turned into a female ghost in red."

"Is this a temporary test for us? We didn't catch anyone, and even the hexagram showed nothing. I'm afraid we won't get any points, and we'll even have them deducted, right?"

In the team behind Ding Ling, the young Xuanmen geniuses in groups of three or four were discussing in low voices.

They came here today with a special purpose, but they didn't expect to encounter a ghost before waiting for the time to come!

"Tsk tsk, the group in the capital really knows how to have fun. It looks like no one can answer this additional question."

Beside Ding Ling, the team leader looked at some obviously frustrated examinees and spoke.

"Lingdang, I saw that your first reaction was to follow, but then you stopped chasing. Then you realized that this was an assessment arranged by the local authorities, right?" asked the team leader.

Ding Ling did not admit or deny it, but only looked at the team leader beside him: "Are you sure this was arranged by the locals? Not by the one who entered the sect?"

Hearing her words, the head of Bincheng Special Case Team was also stunned.

As the superior who came to monitor and put pressure on them, they knew about Shengxuan’s normal daily arrangements on the morning of that day, but the sudden appearance of the female ghost on Jingshan Mountain today was obviously beyond their expectations.

Thinking about Jingshan and the purpose of today, this could only be a temporary additional question arranged by the organizer. Unexpectedly, no one completed it very well.

"Master of the Tao... Lingdang, you are right. If he is not a master of the Tao, how can he transform into a ghost so easily? Even the slightest trace cannot be caught.

"Is it grafting? Or is it shape-shifting?" the team leader murmured at this moment.

Ding Ling shook her head. "I don't know."

She really didn't know. She followed the team in chasing the hanged ghost at first because she didn't recognize him at that time. Later, the hanged ghost suddenly changed into a female ghost in red wearing a blood-stained wedding dress, and Ding Ling stopped chasing.

Because she remembered the female ghost that appeared in Binda before, who was also wearing a bloody wedding dress, and according to Senior Sister Shen Hui's description at the time, it should be the same one.

At that time, she just thought that the ghost had been destroyed by Ah Yan and disappeared. So when she saw and identified the ghost in red, Ding Ling thought of the master mentioned by the team leader.

Originally, she was guessing who this master of Taoism was.

And when the hanged ghost turned into a fierce ghost in red, Ding Ling already knew it.

It’s Ayan, no doubt about it.

This is A'yan, a master of Taoism. She came to Jingshan quietly to launch a surprise attack on the examinees of this Shengxuanhui.

Later, Ding Ling met A Yan and his two companions on the way up the mountain with the team to chase the female ghost, and she understood everything.

Although Chu Shen said that the young couple took him to see the night view, this was only the superficial reason. The deeper reason was naturally because they were going to Shengxuanhui!

Ding Ling admires A Yan very much. The law of cause and effect is mysterious, but A Yan is able to use past events to arrange future events. It seems that he is taking Chu Shen on a tour, from the Great Wall to Jingshan, but in fact he is secretly observing the Shengxuan Society.

When Ah Yan said they were leaving to go home, none of the members found the ghost, and Ding Ling knew everything clearly.

Because A Yan had finished the assessment of these young people, she naturally took the female ghost in red back.

The "Happy New Year's Eve" before saying goodbye also allows them to enjoy the night.

As the night grew darker, Ding Ling arrived at Wanchun Pavilion. She looked at the panoramic view of Ningcheng. Her cell phone rang and she saw the photos sent by A Yan.

[Ayan]: [Photo.jpg] This camera position is good, you can try it.

The photo sent by A Yan was a photo of the young couple and Chu Shen, with the lights on in the Forbidden City as the background.

Ding Ling looked at her and smiled, and she replied "OK".

In her current situation, she can be photographed by cameras and mobile phones if she wishes, but she still rarely does so.

The signal on Jingshan was still very good. It was not yet time. Ding Ling saw some people taking out tablets. A few people gathered together to watch the Spring Festival Gala on their phones. While watching, everyone complained that it was boring.

The mountain wind grew colder, and Ding Ling's eyes were fixed on the night sky. What she saw was naturally something that ordinary people could not see.

At the end of the year and the beginning of the next, the old and the new interweave, the old comes out and the new comes in.

But even among the Taoists, there are only a few who can successfully capture the new and old energies and take this opportunity to enter the mysterious realm.

There were two bells in Ding Ling's handbag. This time, she brought two bells in order to use them to help the geniuses of this Shengxuan Society to clear away the distracting thoughts in their minds and help them enter the state of enlightenment.

As time approached midnight, the examinees who were watching the Spring Festival Gala on the top of the mountain turned off their mobile phones. Some sat cross-legged on the ground, while others brought their own cushions. Some opened their eyes or closed them. It was extremely quiet.

Ding Ling held a tranquility bell in her hand. She stood facing the Forbidden City, looking at the energy of heaven and earth swirling in the night sky. The cell phone placed on the pillar showed a countdown approaching midnight.

She muttered to herself, and the bell in her hand shook gently.

The bronze bells rang——

Mind is as calm as still water.

Ding Ling had no distracting thoughts. She watched the energy of the new year fiercely overwhelm the old year, and the energy of heaven and earth exchanged violently.

And on the central axis of the Forbidden City in front of her, she saw the worldly joy from all directions, seemingly converging in this direction.

This is......

As the new year began, she stared in a daze as the human spirit of this mortal world merged with the spirit of the heaven and earth above into one.

And at this moment, this special energy is coming downwards.

They landed exactly where she was!

The qi meridians blended together, and she instantly attracted the qi of humanity and the qi of heaven and earth and absorbed them into her body, and distributed them to the disciples behind her.

The exchange of energy between heaven and earth occurs only once a year, and it is extremely rare for the energy of humanity to merge with it.

Ding Ling lowered her head slightly and looked at her seat.

The place where that special energy landed with incredible precision was exactly the "camera position" in the photo that Ayan sent to him.

Ah Yan, is there anything else you can't arrange?