It was an hour ago.
It was also when Fang Zishu and the Qi Sanbiaozi joined hands to fight against the female ghost 'You Ran'.
At that time, Ji Ruxue was at Fang Zishu's house, boringly watching television.
Perhaps it was because his nerves had been beating too hard recently, but Ji Ruxue collapsed on the sofa and fell asleep not long after.
This time, Ji Ruxue really did not have the chance to 'leisurely' encounter the female ghost in his dreams.
However, she had appeared in a vast, white world.
In that world, there were no living people around him, nor were there any living beings.
It was as if Ji Ruxue was the only one left in this world.
Ji Ruxue was extremely afraid, he shouted loudly, wanting to seek comfort here.
She kept shouting as she ran, darting around the white world.
After an unknown amount of time, when Ji Ruxue felt that her entire body was sore and her feet were numb, she finally walked out of that white and boundless world. But when she walked out of that white and boundless world, she suddenly discovered that she had appeared in a red world.
In that world, the sun was blood-red.
Even the ordinary river water was no longer blue like before, but a squirming black liquid.
Between the mountain ranges on both sides, there were countless enchanting, beautiful, and bizarre flowers.
Those flowers bloomed exceptionally brilliantly.
Ji Ruxue strolled along the mountain path, sizing up everything with incomparable curiosity.
Very quickly, Ji Ruxue met the first person near the Black Water River.
He was a strange person wearing a black conical hat that made it difficult to see his face.
Ji Ruxue went forward to ask where he was, but the man in the black hat turned a deaf ear. He sat on a small boat moored at the side of the Black Water River, and continued to pull at the black paddle in his hands from time to time.
After Ji Ruxue asked many times but to no avail, just as he was about to leave, the person wearing the black hat quietly asked: "Miss, do you want to cross the river?"
After hearing that, Ji Ruxue's footsteps paused, and turned his body, once again asking for his location, but the man wearing the bamboo hat did not respond to Ji Ruxue's question, but repeated himself, "Miss, do you want to cross the river?"
"Cross!"
Ji Ruxue clenched his teeth, and nodded as he boarded the black small boat.
On one hand, she wanted to see what was on the other side of the Black Water River, and at the same time, she wanted to take this opportunity to pry open the boatman's mouth. She had to find out where she was and how she was going to get back to the world she was familiar with!
The Black Water was spotless and wriggled gently like ink.
Even though there was a heart-penetrating chill coming from time to time, the water surface didn't fluctuate in the slightest.
"Boatman, where is the other side of the Black Water River?" Ji Ruxue asked.
The boatman wearing a black bamboo hat remained silent.
"Boatman, is there anyone else here besides you?"
Seeing that the boatman did not reply, Ji Ruxue changed the topic, wanting to start from another angle.
However, the boatman seemed to be unmoved by Ji Ruxue's question, and ignored it as he continued to swing the oars on both sides of the small boat.
Creak …
Creak …
The sound of a rotten and rhythmic paddling could be heard.
That voice seemed to carry an endless amount of magic, which actually caused Ji Ruxue's restless heart to gradually calm down.
At this moment, Ji Ruxue seemed to have forgotten about her thoughts when she was boarding the ship, as well as that heart of wanting to return.
The boatman stood at the very back of the small boat while swaying the wood pulp. Ji Ruxue sat on the bow of the boat and looked at the vast Black Water river. She extended her pair of white and tender feet into the Black Water river, and like a child, they rippled. The silent Black Water river emitted wave after wave of candid laughter.
It was strange.
That Black Water that looked like ink slowly wiggling, when Ji Ruxue placed his feet into the water, he could actually see his own feet clearly within the Black Water, it was as if he was in an extremely clear blue lake.
"Boatman, you said that the water is clearly black, but why can I still see it when I stick my foot in?"
Ji Ruxue asked without turning his head back.
The boatman did not reply, and Ji Ruxue did not force him, but instead, played around with him even more happily.
The swaying boat was like an arrow piercing through the water, moving forward on the Black Water river at an extremely fast speed.
Before long, the small boat arrived at the center of the Black Water River.
Woosh …
It was strange.
Just as the small boat reached the center of the Black Water River, the originally calm Black Water River started to ripple.
Once these waves appeared, they were like an invisible fuse.
In just a short span of half a quarter of an hour, the entire Black Water River rumbled like boiling water.
Seeing this strange situation, Ji Ruxue was so frightened that he immediately shrank his legs that were rippling in the water.
"Boatman, this …" What exactly is going on? This water … Why is the water still boiling? "
Ji Ruxue had long gotten used to the boatman's indifference.
She had expected that the boatman would not respond to her question.
But what she didn't expect was that the boatman with the black hat actually spoke.
However, the boatman did not explain why this perfectly fine Black Water river suddenly started to boil. Instead, he said faintly, "Everyone knows that 'The Stone of Three Lives for Three Lives and Three Lives, the disciples of the Bridge of Helplessness', but who knows that 'The Buddha has deducted three thousand years, the devil has looked back ten thousand years'? "All living things are at odds with each other. If there is life, there is death. If there is Buddha, there is evil. In fact, immortals and buddhas can only be created with a single thought …"
Ji Ruxue was completely confused by the boatman's words. In truth, she only wanted to ask the boatman why this peaceful Black Water River suddenly gave rise to such a huge commotion, and why the entire surface of the river was bubbling like boiling water.
However, the boatman's answer didn't seem right, even the usually clever Ji Ruxue couldn't understand it at all.
However, the boatman didn't care about that. He continued, "This ferry of mine has been docked here for a thousand years. It's a pity that in these thousands of years, I haven't met anyone with a destiny to ferry …"
The boatman sighed, "Dreams are born from the heart, and hearts are born from the soul. Miss, you were originally a mortal being, but because of the subtle connection between your dreams and your soul, you were pulled here from the mortal world. Now that the Black Water River has discovered your Yang Soul, logically speaking, under such circumstances, my River Styx Ferry should not have been able to carry you across, but since you have been waiting for a thousand years for a fated person, then I will clear the path of the Black Water and help you arrive at the other side to remove the memory that has been sealed for a thousand years! "
River Styx?
Destined person?
A thousand years of memories?
Ji Ruxue was confused by the boatman's strange words.
Just when she wanted to ask the boatman what the hell was the meaning of all this nonsense, she saw the boatman suddenly place his hand on the black hat, and then Ji Ruxue saw the boatman lift up the black hat on his head.
After the boatman threw out the black bamboo hat, it actually swirled and sunk into the whirlpool filled with Black Water River …
"Tai!"
At the same time, the boatman let out a thunderous reprimand.
The two hands that were supposed to hold onto the oars, had suddenly raised them. Between the hands of the boatman, Ji Ruxue saw a hint of black light. The light flashed and then disappeared into the river of Black Water along with the black hat.
It was strange.
The black ray of light had just entered the Black Water River and the boiling water that was bubbling over the river gradually disappeared. The entire Black Water River had once again returned to its previous calm state …