Chapter 2 The Mysterious Pool
Early the next morning, Qin Xuan got up early, stood in the courtyard, and looked at the rolling mountains in the distance.
In this kind of feeling, Qin Xuan practiced the simple fists and feet he had learned, expressing the heroism and pride in his heart, as well as his vision for the future.
After breakfast, Qin Xuan said goodbye to his parents, led the green cow and walked into the distance, passing by the second uncle's house, and it happened that the second uncle was just about to go out.
"Morning, second uncle, is Sister Ming out?"
"Morning, Xuanzi, you haven't left yet, hehe, you let the cattle go, it would be nice if your sister was so sensible. ”
"Hehe, Sister Ming is much more sensible than me, she still takes care of me at school, then second uncle, I'll go first. ”
"Okay, go ahead, be careful!" Looking at Qin Xuan who was far away, Qin Jiagui sighed a lot, this child has been sensible since he was a child, treats people politely, and has good school grades, he will definitely go to a prestigious university in the future, and the third child is blessed!
In the second uncle's sigh, Qin Xuan led the cow, greeted his relatives passing by from time to time, and slowly came to his destination.
This is a valley, a stream shimmers brilliantly, winding through, and the mountain walls on both sides of the valley are now covered with dense red and yellow thorn fruits, gorgeous and beautiful.
The hillsides on both sides are also covered with tender green grass, mixed with some unknown colorful wildflowers, full of vitality, which makes people immediately want to lie on it and feel the gentleness and coolness of it, which is intoxicating.
Qin Xuan wrapped the rope around the calf, then let go of the cow, and let it eat the tender green grass on the slopes on both sides, and then Qin Xuan came to the riverbed, turning over the stones in the shallow water on the bank, and from time to time put the crabs he found into the bamboo basket he carried.
After a while, half a basket was loaded, it was really a lot, Qin Xuan sighed, he couldn't help but think of when he was a child, he kept rummaging in the riverbed with his friends, and it was not as much as it is now, and his face was full of smiles for a while.
Time passed gradually, and when it was almost overturned, Qin Xuan put the bamboo basket in the water, and came to the grassy hillside alone, and lay down, at this moment the early sun had risen, and the warmth shone on Qin Xuan's body, which was extremely comfortable.
Qin Xuan was lying quietly with his hands on his pillow, in the distance, the green cows were happily eating grass, butterflies were flying, and birds were chirping, a peaceful and tranquil scene.
Qin Xuan closed his eyes with an innocent smile on his face.
He remembered the joyful scene of riding a green ox around with his friends when he was a child, and even fighting water fights in the river, turning over rocks and touching fish and shrimp.
For a while, Qin Xuan fell asleep.
And the green cow is also happily eating the grass, the grass here is very lush, the green cow is eating very happily, it is a home-raised cow, Qin Xuan is very relieved.
But as half an hour passed, the green cow was screaming, it turned out that on its body, at the moment there were many more flying insects in the mountains and forests, it was a gadfly, its sharp beak pierced into the thick skin of the green cow, sucking blood.
The green cow jumped in pain.
It approached a small tree, and its body was rubbing against the small tree, trying to crush the gadfly to death, but there were too many gadfly, and with a click, the small tree broke directly, and the green ox jumped again, and its tail kept whapping on its body, running all the way, and finally came to the side of the mountain wall.
At this moment, half of the body of the green cow was attached to the mountain wall, and under a slight impact, it directly crushed most of the gadfly, the pain was reduced, the green cow became more and more cheerful, and some small gravel fell on the cliff wall of the direct shock.
At this time, Qin Xuan also woke up, scratched his head, and couldn't help but smile when he saw that the green cow was still there.
Bang!!
And at this moment, a rumbling sound sounded, Qin Xuan was startled, even the green cow was also startled, and suddenly ran away from the side of the mountain wall, screaming as he ran.
"It turned out that a stone fell!"
Qin Xuan patted his chest and exhaled a long breath, this is the valley, due to the long-term rain, some mountain rocks have loosened and fallen off, it is a normal scene, Qin Xuan didn't pay attention to it.
Walking to the river, holding the water, sucking his face, looking at the big crabs in the bamboo basket, Qin Xuan thought about burning the crabs to eat after he went back, and his face couldn't help but be full of smiles.
"Hey, what's that?"
Qin Xuan raised his head, and was about to see if the green cow was still there, when he suddenly found that on the mountain wall full of thorn fruits hanging in the distance, a hidden hole was revealed at this moment, if he didn't look from here, he really couldn't find it.
"Could it be because the stone just rolled down?"
Qin Xuan thought about it for a while, became a little excited, and wanted to go up and have a look, after all, he also read a lot of villain books with his friends when he was a child, and he also had innocent dreams when he was a child.
Looking at the green cow in the distance, quietly enjoying the tender green grass on the hillside, Qin Xuan observed the surroundings, and then walked towards the mountain wall where the cave entrance was located, the road was full of thorns, and unknown insects crawled over from time to time, which was terrifying!
As Qin Xuan got closer and closer to the entrance of the cave, his heart was also pounding, the weeds around him were more than half a person tall, and the sound of insects was non-stop, making this place filled with a deep atmosphere.
Suddenly, a green snake with the thickness of a thumb rushed through the grass, startling Qin Xuan, thinking that there might be snakes around, so he hurriedly broke a tree stick from a nearby place, and Qin Xuan felt more relieved at this time.
Coming to the bottom of the mountain wall, Qin Xuan looked up and saw that the entrance of the cave was about twenty meters high from the ground, but there were many green vines growing on the cliff wall, which saved Qin Xuan a lot of effort.
This cliff, Qin Xuan climbed it with his friends when he was a child, and now that he has grown up, he is even less afraid, Qin Xuan dragged a green vine hard, but it did not break, so he grabbed it and climbed upward.
After a while, Qin Xuan climbed more than ten meters high, but at this moment, his back was also soaked with sweat, slowing down his strength, Qin Xuan continued to climb up, and it didn't take long for Qin Xuan to come to the entrance of the cave, but at this moment, his back was also completely wet.
Qin Xuan exhaled a long breath, dragged the green vine, and began to look around, the cave entrance was surrounded by thorns and grass, there was a small platform, obliquely downward, maybe the boulder slipped down because of this, looking down, the green cow in the distance was also faintly visible, and he was a lot more relieved in his heart.
At this time, Qin Xuan looked into the cave, which was dark and seemed to be a little dark. But since he had already arrived here, Qin Xuan didn't plan to give up, he let go of the green vine and stood on the small platform.
The entrance of the cave was more than half a person high, Qin Xuan bent down and walked slowly inside, after more than twenty steps, he could already walk straight, and the cave wall slowly revealed a faint luster, barely illuminating the road in the cave, the more he went inside, the more spacious the cave became, and the brighter the light from the cave wall.
After walking for less than a few minutes, it suddenly dawned on me to a large cave, which, according to the distance, was probably the belly of the mountain.
This cave is not too big, about more than 500 square meters, about four or five meters high, the mountain wall is uneven, you can know that it is a natural formation at a glance, the most striking thing in the cave is a pool of sparkling clear water, you can see the bottom, it is extremely clear, two meters deep, three meters in diameter.
The bottom of the water is shallow to deep, forming a slope, and occasionally a drop of water drops from a conical boulder on the top of the pool, which is inseparable from the top wall of the cave, and drops in the center of the pool, and a low crisp sound sounds, breaking the calm of the pool, causing a circle of ripples, spreading in all directions.
Qin Xuan observed the surroundings and vaguely guessed that the water in this pool was very likely to be the cone-shaped boulder on the top of the cave, and it took many years for the dripping water to enter the pool before it was formed, so it was conceivable how long the history of this cave was.
However, apart from the pond, all that remains is the large and small stones scattered around the pool.
Looking at this pool of clear water, Qin Xuan's eyes flickered slightly, although he had seen a lot of villain books, after going to high school, he also saw some martial arts novels in the library, knowing that in the cave, it often represented adventure.
But he didn't touch the clear water just like that, he was the hope of his family, the hope of getting rid of poverty, he was not only responsible for his own life, but also for his family, because he had grown up.
But if he let go of this pool of clear water, he didn't want to, because if it was really according to the novel, it was an adventure, and he didn't want to let it go, because ...... It is very likely that his life will change in the other direction from then on.
After a moment of silence, Qin Xuan turned around and walked out of this cave, he followed the green vine and climbed directly to the top of the mountain, there are many birds and beasts in this mountain, Qin Xuan grew up in this mountain, he will naturally hunt the means, when an hour has passed, in his hand, there is an extra rabbit, a green snake, a small bird, and a small caterpillar.
Then Qin Xuan followed the green vine and came to the cave again.
This is the method he thought of, although there is an unpredictable danger, if the pool of water is really strange, causing the little beast to mutate and attack himself, but ...... But it was also the only way Qin Xuan could think of.
In any case, he wanted to give it a try.
Perhaps, this is just ordinary pool water, because I think too much and scare myself.
Putting the three little beasts on the ground, Qin Xuan took out a small bamboo tube that he had prepared just now, scooped up some water from the pool, and put it in the distance, and then Qin Xuan put the little caterpillar in the bamboo tube and immediately ran out.
Snort!!
Qin Xuan looked from afar, and immediately saw that there was a cold air coming out of it, instantly freezing the surroundings, and the sound of clicking sounded, Qin Xuan was startled.
The three little beasts in the distance were even more trembling and terrified.
Hisss ......
The little snake hissed, struggling as hard as it could.
After a long while, Qin Xuan walked over and found that it had been frozen into ice, but the water in the bamboo tube was still sparkling, and the little caterpillar had disappeared at this moment.
Qin Xuan's eyes moved slightly, and he also breathed a long sigh of relief, fortunately, he was cautious before, and he didn't touch the pool of water, otherwise he would ......
Qin Xuan was silent for a moment, then took another bamboo tube and filled it with some of the pool water, this time Qin Xuan was more careful, afraid that the pool water would stick to his skin, after putting the bamboo tube, Qin Xuan went outside and pulled a long vine, tied the little snake, hung it above the bamboo tube, ran to the entrance of the cave, and slowly put the little snake down.
Immediately, there was a mist, and the sound of clicking and clicking kept sounding, Qin Xuan knew that it was the sound of the surrounding rocks being frozen, but due to the fog, Qin Xuan couldn't see it clearly.
After a long time, Qin Xuan suppressed his breath and slowly moved over, at this moment, the fog there had disappeared, and there was still clear water in the bamboo tube, sparkling, but the little snake was gone, but Qin Xuan saw some blood stains on the side of the bamboo tube next to him.
"This ......"
Qin Xuan was unwilling, he wanted to experiment again, if it was still like this, then he would leave here immediately, after all, he didn't live for himself, he still had his own responsibilities.
This time he was more careful, he carefully took the pool of water with the bamboo tube, and gradually walked to the shore, but in this bamboo tube, there was a small hole that Qin Xuan didn't notice at all, even if Qin Xuan left the bamboo tube far away from his body, but when a drop of water fell from the bottom of the bamboo tube, it happened to fall on Qin Xuan...... feet.