Liu Dongyan had to drink half of the water from the hat, and handed the remaining half to Yang Xianmao, who drank it, and then went to fetch a hat of water to roast next to it, and so on and so forth, until several people felt that their thirst had been quenched. 2.

But quenching the thirst quenched the thirst, and the stomach began to growl, after all, they had been in it for seven or eight hours, nearly a day and a night, and the stomach was already hungry, Liu Dongyan said: "Young master, we are going to continue to move forward and find a way to find food." ”

"Looking for food, where is there food around here? The river is so cold, there will definitely be no fish, let's go, let's go down the river." On the way, see if there is anything to eat. ”

They walked along the river, the river was zigzag and stretched, and after walking for a while, Yang Xianmao suddenly stopped, looking ahead in a daze, and the others looked at him nervously and said, "What's wrong?"

Because they could see the astonishment and confusion on Yang Xianmao's face, and they tried to open their eyes wide, and they couldn't see what was in the darkness clearly, Yang Xianmao said: "There is a cave in front, there is no road on both sides, and the water flows into the cave. ”

Everyone's hearts are cold, if they say that they go from the cave, then they have no way to follow the water forward, because the water is too cold, they can't go down to the water to swim, Yang Xianmao continued: "But fortunately, the water in this cave is not filled, there is still a certain gap above, let's go over and see if we can climb over from above." ”

Hearing Yang Xianmao say this, several people were full of hope in their hearts, and hurriedly walked along the river again.

At last they came to the cave and saw clearly the water that had been open to the ground, but when they got there, it became turbulent and poured into the narrow cave, and there was a great roar.

Walking closer, there is no way to go, a foot away from the cave can no longer pass, there is no road on both sides, Yang Xianmao carefully observed the cave, and said in a deep voice: "Can you hang upside down and climb on the top of the cave?"

Gui Ling'er shook his head first and said, "I climbed the cliff just now, and I was already too tired, I can't climb over the top of the cave like a spider, then I will fall down and drown." ”

Liu Dongyan shook his head with a pale face and said: "If I hang on it, if there is a rope or something, it will be fine, if there is no rope or something to support, I can't hang it on it, and my kung fu will not reach that step." "Everyone didn't look at Liu Qingmei, because she couldn't even climb up the cliff in front of her, let alone climb upside down.

Gui Ling'er suddenly wanted to say, "Let's go find a coffin and lift the lid of the coffin, isn't it a canoe?" ”

The others immediately applauded when they heard this, but Yang Xianmao shook his head and said, "Have you noticed, the upper part of this cave is the widest, which means that the water flow inside may be very large, and the water inside is very loud, in case there is a small waterfall or something, we will rush down the waterfall directly and drill into the water, this water is so cold, it will freeze quickly,"

"What then?"

Yang Xianmao carefully observed the cave, and then said in a deep voice: "Actually, I can't climb over the top of such a cave like a spider, but I think there is a way to do it." ”

"What's the solution?", the three women asked almost at the same time.

"Hold the sides of the cave with your hands and feet, and move forward like a crab, if the cave behind you is as narrow as the front, you can support your body, and if the cave behind you becomes wider, or narrower, I am afraid that this plan will not work. ”

The three women looked at Yang Xianmao together, they had developed a dependence on Yang Xianmao to solve this strange mystery, show them the way forward, and help them get out of this terrible place.

Yang Xianmao said: "This water is too cold, we will freeze in a moment when we go down, so it is absolutely impossible to swim over, there is only one way, but I don't know if this method is feasible, so I will go to visit first, and then come back to pick you up." ”

The three women only nodded, anyway, the torch made of the coffin board was still burning, they were not very afraid, the three of them could be each other's company, Liu Dongyan said: "Young master, you must be careful, don't take risks, if you can't come back, let's find another way, I don't believe it, I can't find a way out." ”

Yang Xianmao nodded, moved his hands and feet, and after thinking about the plan first, he was like a gecko, leaning against the stone wall and slowly climbing to the entrance of the cave, and then suddenly jumped up, supporting the other side of the cave wall with his right hand, and the whole person was supported on the cave.

He turned his head, looked at the three of them and smiled, signaling them not to worry, and then moved slowly like a crab, his hands and feet always supported the cave wall, with his strong and invincible strength, it was easy to support the whole body with his hands and feet, so he didn't feel that it was too hard, but he was worried that after entering, the whole water would flood the cave rock, or the cave wall was not enough to support his body, wider than his body, and it would not be able to support the cave wall, and there was nothing for him to grasp, so that the road could only be declared a failure。

He moved inside for a short distance, the roar getting louder and louder, and soon he saw a waterfall more than ten meters high by the light refracted from outside, and the water fell directly from the waterfall into a cave below, smashing into a large pool. This confirmed Yang Xianmao's previous judgment, it is likely that there are ups and downs of water or even waterfalls in it, but fortunately they did not rashly adopt Gui Ling'er's suggestion to use the coffin lid as a canoe, in that case, they were afraid that they would fall into the deep pool and freeze to death in an instant.

Yang Xianmao stabilized his mind, continued to climb forward to the entrance of the cave, and looked down at the waterfall, he could only see half of the waterfall falling down, and how high the waterfall was when he entered the darkness, but he couldn't see below, because of the twists and turns of the cave, the underground river that flowed down made the water fall down, and he couldn't see it in the dark.

He had to climb down and keep looking for a way out. He took a closer look and saw that from here to the edge of the cliff was uneven, but he could climb down the hill, so he kicked his feet and flew his whole body forward, grabbed the rock on the edge of the cliff, and climbed down the rock.

Soon, he was submerged in the darkness of the rocks, but although the light from above could not see below, the light reflected down, and he could barely see his surroundings in the dark.

With the faint light, he continued to climb down. In fact, the light was already very weak, and other people couldn't see the surrounding situation at all, only his eyes could barely make out after special training, he groped his way down and climbed, the roar became louder and louder, he knew that he was close to the bottom of the waterfall, he was worried that the bottom would be a pool of water, piled up all over the rocky hole, then they would be miserable, and there would be nowhere to stay.

What made him excited was that in the loud roar, when his feet went down further, they actually touched the solid ground, and he let go of his hand with joy in his heart, at this time the ground was almost unclear, and he squatted down and groped on the ground with his hands, so that he could barely make out the general terrain.

Now this place is still a few feet away from the pond water, and it seems that the amount of water is not too large after the summer, so the water does not submerge the whole body, and he continues to grope his way forward. Suddenly, his foot tripped over something, and he tried to touch it, but to his surprise it was a coffin, perhaps washed down the underground river, because the coffin had been overturned, and the lid of the coffin was thrown to the shore, and the bones covered with the shroud fell to the ground.

He touched it with his hand, the shroud on the bones was dry, which showed that this coffin must have been washed down a long time ago, and he couldn't help but be happy in his heart, because he had a flint on his body, which could light a fire, so he quickly took out the flint from his body, and admired Liu Dongyan's cleverness in his heart. He took off the clothes on the corpse, of course, he kept praying and apologizing, and then gathered the clothes next to him and was about to light the fire, when he faintly heard Liu Dongyan crying: "Young master, how are you, are you okay?" ”

Yang Xianmao immediately replied loudly: "I'm fine, I've reached the bottom of the pool, there is a waterfall to the bottom of the ground, I have a coffin, and I am lighting a fire with a shroud, after I light the fire, I will come back after seeing the situation, don't be afraid." ”

Then Yang Xianmao lit the flint and ignited the pile of shrouds, which had obviously been here for a long time, so they were very dry, and burned as soon as they came into contact with the fire.

He also plucked a leg bone from the corpse as a torch, and by the light of the light, he looked around, and after the torch, he clearly saw that this was a large waterhole, and the huge column of water rushed down and the mist was everywhere, but fortunately, the place where the waterfall fell was relatively far away from his current position, so these shrouds were dry.

He held a torch lit out of his clothes and slowly explored. He was now flowing downward, and there were rocks of all sizes in the middle of the roadside for them to move to the other side of the river, and on either side of the river there were relatively wide beaches that stretched into the depths of darkness, and he did not go any further, for he was afraid that something would happen to the three women above. This place was too weird, so he decided to find a way to bring the three women here first, and then go forward together, and now it seems that there is still a way inside.

He was about to turn left when he suddenly saw that there was a coffin on the other side of the river, and he was now in need of more shrouds to light the torches, and he was very happy at the moment, so he flew over the dark river and landed on the other side of the river, and sure enough, he saw that it was indeed a coffin, and after opening it, there was also a corpse inside.

He couldn't imagine how the men had lowered the coffin from such a high waterfall and placed it next to it, and he pulled off the shroud and prayed to be offended. Then he took the shroud, and put the lid on his shoulder, and went back to the coffin where he had appeared, and put the two lids together, and in a moment they would become his great torches, and he crumpled the shroud he had brought, and then he smashed one of the lids into two, and put one of the knots upside down, and set the garment on fire and set it under it.