Chapter 383: The sadness of the two paths of human and ghost (a decision to gamble one's life)
In this world, after the woman in the painting returned to the painting, the morning sunlight finally came. After Winter found that he could move, he hurried forward and stretched out his hand to help Heimer up.
Winter: "Heimer! Are you okay?"
In response to Lindong's concern, Heimer waved his hands slightly to show that he was fine.
However, even though he said everything was fine, Lin Dong could still feel Heimer's fear and worry hidden beneath the words "it's all right".
At this moment, just as Heimer calmed down a little, he suddenly caught a glimpse of the painting of a woman hanging on the wall, which seemed to have a strange name on it.
Well, it’s more of a surname than a name.
At this time, Heimer was slightly stunned after seeing the words on the portrait clearly, as if he had thought of something. . .
Chi Haimo: "Du?"
The signature on the portrait is just the word "Du", which is obviously the surname of the woman in the painting.
Seeing Heimer walk up to the portrait and think about something with a puzzled look on his face, Lindong walked up to him and asked in confusion.
Winter: "What's wrong?"
In response to Lin Dong's question, Heimer was silent for a while, then suddenly turned around and confirmed with him seriously.
Chi Haimo: "Lin Dong, when we first came to this world, did we meet a young man named Liu?"
Looking at Heimer's serious expression, Lin Dong thought for a moment and nodded and said.
Winter: "Yes, there is a young man named Liu."
After hearing this, Heimer instantly got the answer to the question that was just in his mind.
(A woman named Du and a man named Liu, this Taoist temple and plum trees, and the woman’s self-portrait… Is this, The Peony Pavilion?)
After realizing that Pisces' test was related to the Peony Pavilion, Heimer breathed a sigh of relief.
Chi Haimo: "So, this is what it means when people and ghosts take different paths..."
(Well, however, the original Peony Pavilion does not have a plot like this where the female ghost in the painting asks for life... Well, it seems that although the story in the Pisces Test is taken from the Peony Pavilion, it has made relatively large changes in the plot... Well, however, one thing that can be confirmed now is that the way to pass this test should be in the sentence "People and ghosts have different paths...")
Just as Heimer was trying hard to think about how to break Pisces' test, Winter walked aside and looked at the invisible dragon hiding under the bed.
Winter: "By the way, Bai, when did you capture the Hidden Dragon?"
Hearing Lin Dong's question, Heimer did not think seriously, but answered casually.
Chi Haimo: “Not long ago.”
As soon as he finished speaking, Heimer suddenly seemed to have thought of something and rushed out of the room on the spot.
Winter: "Eh?! Bai?!!"
At this time, after running out of the room, Heimer searched everywhere in the Taoist temple, apparently looking for someone.
(If I remember correctly, in The Peony Pavilion, Du Shiniang turned back into a human by relying on the method used by a Taoist nun named Shi. And I remember that the Taoist nun who led us to our respective rooms seemed to be named Shi.)
In the original story, Du Shiniang became seriously ill due to a beautiful dream she had before her death. The content of the dream was that Du Shiniang dreamed of Liu Mengmei, whom she had not met at that time.
After Du Shiniang passed away, her body was buried under a plum tree, which was the plum tree in the Taoist temple later.
Although her soul had long since left her body, even after her death, Du Shiniang's love for Liu Mengmei had never diminished in the slightest.
I thought that such infatuation would eventually lead to marriage with the one I love, but unfortunately, although Du Shiniang, who had turned into a ghost, and Liu Mengmei fell in love with each other after he came to the Taoist temple, the two could never be together because of their different paths as humans and ghosts. . .
Later in the story, it was the Taoist nun Shi in the Taoist temple who successfully turned Du Shiniang from a ghost back into a human.
At this point, the fate of the two people, along with that deep love, finally ran towards a future that belonged to each other.
At this moment, after finding Nun Shi, Heimer asked breathlessly.
Chi Haimo: "Well... that..."
Seeing Heimer's hurried look, Shi Dao Nun calmly poured him a glass of water and asked him gently and calmly.
Taoist nun Shi: "Donor, why are you looking for me so urgently?"
In response to Shi Dao Nun's question, Heimer paused for a moment and spoke to her softly.
Chi Haimo: "Excuse me, Taoist nun, do you have a way to turn the dead back to the living?"
After hearing what Heimer said, although Shi Dao Nun looked puzzled, she still answered gently and patiently.
Shi Daoist nun: "I don't have such a method. Although I don't know why you are looking for this method, I still want to advise you that the balance of yin and yang cannot be destroyed."
As soon as he finished speaking, looking at the gentle and serious eyes of Taoist nun Shi, Heimer knew that the solution to the problem did not seem to be with Taoist nun Shi. . .
In addition, for some reason, after hearing what Shi Dao Nun said, Heimer always felt that she was not just referring to the matter of turning Miss Du in the painting back into a human again.
It seems that he is also trying to persuade Heimer to give up the idea of going back to the past and resurrecting Walter White. . .
Chi Haimo: "Yeah, I understand."
At this time, although Heimer understood the other meanings in Shi Dao Nun's words, he did not intend to listen.
Because Shi Daogu had no solution, Heimer couldn't help but show a very disappointed expression on his face. . .
(Hmm... Does that mean we need to figure out the method ourselves? But... what exactly is it...)
Just when Hai Mo was at a loss for words, Xiao Mo suddenly appeared...
At this moment, when Heimer walked to a corner next to the corridor of the Taoist temple courtyard, Xiaomo suddenly appeared at the end of the corridor.
Because Heimer was thinking about something at the time, he was startled by Xiaomo at the end of the corridor.
Chi Haimo: "Ah!! Xiaomo?!"
Facing Heimer, Xiaomo smiled slightly and pointed at Heimer's waist, as if telling Heimer something...
Seeing this scene, although Heimer was a little confused, he still understood that Xiaomo must be trying to tell him the clue about how to crack the code. So, Heimer followed the direction of Xiaomo's finger and slowly lowered his head to look at his waist.
(Hmm, around the waist?? There are only Poké Balls tied around the waist... and they are all empty... Do you want me to use Poké Balls to capture the female ghost? Hahaha.)
Just when Heimer thought of this somewhat funny idea, he suddenly seemed to realize something, and then he suddenly looked up at Xiaomo.
In the blink of an eye, Xiao Mo faced Heimer's gaze, and seemed to understand that Heimer had realized the message he conveyed. Then, Xiao Mo nodded slightly and immediately turned and left.
Seeing this, Heimer hurriedly chased after him, but for some reason, when Heimer ran to where Xiaomo was standing, he found that Xiaomo had disappeared. . .
At this time, because it was about to get dark, Heimer did not stay there for too long. After he found Winter, he immediately explained his thoughts.
Winter: "Are you serious?!!!"
After hearing what Heimer said, Lin Dong obviously looked unbelieving. Facing Lin Dong's disbelief, Heimer spoke to him seriously.
Chi Haimo: "Well, I think that should be the case. If the ghost in the painting is regarded as a Pokémon, then the ghost in the world of human ghosts refers to her current ghost attribute, and according to this idea, the person in the world of human ghosts refers to..."
At this moment, before Heimer finished speaking, Shinji, who was standing at the door, immediately spoke.
Letter 2: "General attributes."
Looking at Xin Er who suddenly arrived, Heimer paused, nodded and said softly.
Chi Haimo: “Well, yes.”
It was obvious that Heimer didn't seem to like Xin Er very much. After Xin Er arrived, the expression on Heimer's face changed slightly.
And Lin Dong seemed to have noticed this as well. After coughing slightly, he continued what Heimer said.
Winter: "So, we need to turn the ghost girl in the painting into a human. In other words, we need to change her ghost attributes into normal attributes."
Hearing what Rin Dong said, Shinji said with a cold expression.
Shinji: "Even if the inference is correct, how can it change?"
Facing Shinji's questioning, Heimer stood up and spoke softly.
Chi Haimo: "I have a way."
Time passed quickly. After Xinggong Zhui and his men had come up with a plan, the sky had darkened again. . .
At this time, in order to allow Miss Du in the painting to reach this room accurately, everyone chose to stay in the same room tonight.
And now, Si Kang said after listening to Heimer's inference.
Si Kang: "I never thought that the solution would be like this."
Hearing what Scone said, Heimer nodded slightly and said.
Chi Haimo: "Well, yes... Well, but I can't be sure now. Anyway, I hope this method is effective."
Facing Heimer's concern, Shinji stepped forward and looked at Heimer and said.
Shinji: "So, what are you going to do?"
After hearing Shinji's question, although Heimer didn't like communicating with him, he still answered him softly, although the answer was almost the same as no answer.
Chi Haimo: "You will know later."
Faced with Heimer's reluctance to tell him, Shinji spoke to him with a cold look.
Shinji: "I hope you, a useless trainer, can be a little more useful tonight."
After hearing what Xin Er said, perhaps because he hadn't slept well in the past few days, Heimer said to Xin Er a little angrily.
Chi Haimo: "Humph, if you, such an annoying guy, could talk less, maybe the success rate would be higher."
As soon as Heimer finished speaking, Shinji turned around and glared at him coldly. Although Heimer was a little timid at first facing this look, he still tried his best to glare back.
At this moment, Si Kang, who was sitting nearby, saw the two people glaring at each other. He scratched his head helplessly and was about to say something, but at this moment, Mei Lengxiang, who was sitting in a corner of the room, suddenly spoke.
Mei Lengxiang: "Shh, here it comes."
Hearing Mei Lengxiang's words, everyone looked at the empty wall in the room at the same time.
At this time, the petals of the plum blossoms condensed into a painting on the wall of the room. Just like before, Miss Du in the painting chose one of the people in the room to confuse.
In a moment, Lin Dong, who was conscious just now, suddenly walked towards the direction of the painting as if possessed. As expected, everyone except Lin Dong was tied up by the roots of the plum tree that broke through the ground and could not move.
At this moment, when Lin Dong walked in front of the painting, the female ghost in the painting slowly crawled out of the painting as before, and the way she crawled was also very strange, just like before.
After all the female ghosts in the painting crawled out, Heimer immediately shouted.
Chi Haimo: "Now! Transform into a hidden dragon! Transform your characteristics!!!"
Hearing Heimer's instructions, the invisible dragon hiding in the corner of the room suddenly jumped out, and then a gentle purple light emanated from his hands.
After a while, the purple light hit the forehead of the female ghost in the painting, and the color-changing characteristic of the Hidden Dragon was successfully transferred to Miss Du.
Chi Haimo: "Great, now just use normal-attribute moves to attack!"
After hearing what Heimer said, Shinji sighed helplessly and said.
Shinji: "You are such a useless trainer. If your guess is true, then ordinary skills cannot hit the woman in the painting."
As soon as Shinji finished speaking, Heimer wanted to refute, but at this moment, he suddenly realized that he had overlooked a very important thing, that is, ordinary attribute moves cannot hit ghost attribute Pokémon.
(Hmm... Damn it, I've been so sleep deprived these past few days that I actually overlooked something like this... What should I do... What about Lin Dong...)
At this time, Xin Er looked at Heimer's face that was about to cry with anxiety, shook his head helplessly and said.
Shinji: "Electric monster, use Thunder Fist."
In response to Shinji's instructions, the electric monster that had been hiding in the corner of the room jumped up immediately. In the blink of an eye, electric light surrounded the electric monster's fist, and with a bang, it hit the woman in the painting who had just taken out the plum bud.
At this moment, the woman in the painting who was hit by the lightning fist let out a fierce scream on the spot, and after a while, as the scream came out, Lin Dong instantly regained consciousness and took a few steps back.
Seeing this scene, Heimer looked at Shinji with some confusion, and after seeing Heimer's confused look, Shinji spoke to him in a cold and calm tone.
Shinji: "You are such a useless guy, why don't you give me some instructions quickly?"
After hearing what Shinji said, Heimer realized that with the attack of the electric monster, the woman in the painting had turned into an electric attribute, so now, ordinary attribute moves could hit her.
Chi Haimo: "Well, transform into Hidden Dragon and use the feint attack trick."
At this moment, Heimer had just finished speaking when the tongue in the Hidden Dragon's mouth shot towards the woman in the painting like a bullet. Then, in an instant, the moment the woman in the painting was hit by the feint attack, the electric light on her body dissipated, and the pale face gradually regained its color.
Scone: “It seems like it worked!”
Not long after Miss Du in the painting turned back into a human, Master Liu suddenly appeared at the door of the room.
When Master Liu saw Miss Du who had turned back into a human, he immediately ran towards Miss Du. In the blink of an eye, as Master Liu and Miss Du hugged each other, the high wall between them, separating humans from ghosts, completely collapsed at this moment.
At this moment, the pink light spread out again, and after a while, the magic circle that had entered this world before reappeared in the center of the room.
Seeing this scene, everyone understood that this meant the test had been passed.
At this time, not long after the magic circle appeared, Miss Du suddenly let go of Mr. Liu and came to Hai Mo. Then, Miss Du took off the jade ring with a Pisces pattern on her finger and gently handed the jade ring to Hai Mo.
Facing the jade ring handed over by Miss Du, Heimer understood that this should be the key that could be obtained after passing the test of Pisces.
At this time, after taking the jade ring, Heimer gently said to Miss Du, "Thank you."
After hearing what Heimer said, Miss Du patted Heimer on the shoulder gently and said to him meaningfully, "Take care..."
Afterwards, everyone stepped onto the pink light emitted by the Pisces magic circle and left this world that Centimeter could not leave.