Chapter 3: The Cave
It's night.
The sky above Baihan Mountain was pitch black, as if it was covered by a dense black curtain, and no light leaked.
Accompanied by a gloomy cold wind blowing all the time, there are bursts of strange sounds on the mountain from time to time, reflecting the white snowflakes floating in the sky, which is particularly terrifying.
"Rustle~"
A small sound came from somewhere in the snow, but mixed with the howling cold wind, it didn't sound so noticeable.
At one point, I saw the flat snow being lifted, and countless dusty snow was scattered into the air, and then fell one after another.
The moonlight reflected on the snow, and through this hazy moonlight, a familiar figure was also revealed in an instant.
Dong Tu Nan wrapped himself tightly in an animal skin sweater, obviously the cold wind on the mountain at night was more unbearable, and the icy and biting meaning was a little more than during the day.
"Where the hell?" muttered Dong Tu Nan.
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Before, Xia Shuyue personally cooked a big pot of broth, in addition to the villager Lao Wu, he called a few friends with a good relationship, and then a large family sat around to drink wine and eat meat.
When chatting during the meal, the focus was naturally on Dong Tunan.
Several villagers told how they rescued Dongtunan from Baihan Mountain back then, and how bad the situation was at that time, and now, the former boy has become a good hunter, which can't help but make them feel a lot of emotion.
Dongtu responded while eating, and at the same time learned that the process of being rescued was very dangerous, even if they found out a moment later, their lives might be buried on Baihan Mountain.
They were eating and drinking with laughter, but when Dong Tu Nan listened to it, his heart couldn't calm down for a long time.
He couldn't understand why he was reincarnated in this body, and why he was rescued by everyone by such a coincidence, especially in such a harsh environment.
Therefore, in the middle of the night, he sneaked out alone, wanting to take advantage of the night to rush to Baihan Mountain, the place where he was rescued by the villagers back then.
He didn't tell Uncle Xia about this, first, the latter drank a lot of wine and was sleepy at this time. Another reason, the villagers are saying that the night is very dangerous, because of the climate change, the severity of the Baihan Mountain in the middle of the night is unpredictable, and he doesn't want Uncle Xia to worry about himself.
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Pulling his thoughts back to the scene in front of him, Dong Tu Nan took a few steps forward against the wind, and the cold feeling slowly came from the soles of his feet, and he couldn't help but freeze a little numb below his calves.
"It seems that we have to hurry, otherwise this cold wind will have to freeze me to death!" Dong Tunan stared at his eyes, and his eyes were firm.
The wind is getting stronger and stronger, and the snow seems to be increasing in volume, using the snow field as a cradle of wind and snow, blowing vigorously and desperately going underground.
Dong Tu Nan struck his palms vigorously, and then patted his limbs and head again to keep his body in a state of excitement and avoid fainting and convulsions due to the blood blockage caused by the cold.
In the fluttering snow, the back of such a stubborn young man is always moving forward, and the confusing wind and snow can't stop his steps, like a heroic fighter fighting against the darkness.
"Hum~"
There was a slight tremor under his feet, and before Dongtunan could react, the snow suddenly collapsed, revealing a big hole, and suddenly, the snow fell straight down with Dongtunan.
"I'll rub!"
Dong Tu Nan covered his head and couldn't help but scold.
It is not easy for anyone to fly like this and misfortune befall them. It's just that it's in such a place where the wind is strong and the snow is cold, which really makes people grit their teeth and have nowhere to vent.
"Here... What is it? How can it be so strange?"
Dong Tu Nan looked around with his eyes wrinkled, and found that he was in front of a secluded cave at this moment.
There was less snow here, but there wasn't much moonlight coming in, and he looked up to see a cavity above, which was supposed to be under the snowfield.
The hole on the top of the head is about ten feet away from the bottom, but fortunately, the snow at the bottom is very soft, otherwise, the fall just now will definitely cost your own life.
There are thick snow walls on three sides, and it is really unrealistic to escape from above, and only the cave in front of you is the only way to survive.
The faint light came down from the hole, and Dong Tunan poked a little into the cave, but it was only dark and he couldn't find anything.
"I can't care so much, the wind and snow above are so big, and after a long time, I won't be able to stay long at all, so I have to find a way to escape quickly." Dong Tu Nan frowned, his eyes fixed on the secluded cave, as if he had already made his own plans.
His footsteps began to move slowly, and his body, wrapped in animal skin, was no longer still, he bowed down like a tight bowstring, and his nerves became solemn and walked towards the cave of Yousen.
As soon as I stepped into the cave, I was greeted by a warm and cool breath.
"Tick~"
It seems that the sound of water droplets is clearly heard from the inside of the cave, but the interval between the echoes is very short, and the sound quality is crisp and rhymed, which is unique.
With such a brief dripping echo, the cave must not be as profound as imagined.
"Could it be that ... There's no exit here?"
Dong Tu Nan's eyes were slightly condensed, and he couldn't help but have some doubts in his heart.
As the curiosity in his heart intensified, he suddenly felt a burning sensation in his chest, and even his heartbeat increased unnaturally.
"It's the movement of the imprint... It seems that there must be something in this cave that attracts it. ”
Dong Tu Nan glanced down at the location of the imprint, and sensed that something was wrong with the movement on his body, so he could no longer hold back the impulse in his mind and accelerated his pace.
The distance is getting closer and closer, and the ticking sound is gradually appearing in the ears, but the more it is at this time, the more difficult it is for Dong Tunan's heart to calm down, and his nerves are beginning to tense, and the two eyes that glow slightly black light are looking around, lest there be any danger that will suddenly come.
"Tick~"
The same sound of water droplets rang in his ears again, and the unique and rhythmic sound attracted Dong Tu Nan to walk over step by step, and the closer he got, the more he felt the burning sensation in his chest growing.
"It seems to have something to do with these springs. ”
Dong Tu Nan looked around and found that the cave had reached the end of the cave, and there was no longer any exit. In one corner of the cave, a clear spring occupies it, and a bluestone stands on the side, and the sound of water droplets colliding on it is emitted.
"It doesn't seem to be an ordinary stone, and the sound is too weird. With that, he had already walked over to the stone.
It's a moss-covered stone, so it looks like a bluestone from a distance, which shows how long it has been here.
The originally hard stone, after being covered with moss, is actually a little soft to the touch, like snow outside, but without that cold feeling.
However, on the surface of the stone covered with moss, there was still a subtlety that caught the attention of Dong Tunan.
Some of the moss was visibly protruding and pitted, as if something was hidden underneath the moss.
Out of curiosity, Dong Tu Nan hurriedly picked up the moss with his hands, and the slippery moss gradually revealed its original appearance, which were several rows of strange symbols horizontally and vertically.
"It's ......"
Like a thunderbolt from the sky, Dong Tu Nan stood in front of the rows of strange symbols in a daze, silent for a long time, still unable to say a word.
Divine symbols!
Shocked, Dong Tu Nan only had these few words left in his mind. The bluestone in front of me is actually engraved with the words of the gods, which is simply unbelievable.
In his previous life, due to his identity as a child of fate, he had seen an ancient divine text once, but just a glance, he was already trembling, which can be described as extremely rare and terrifying.
However, the divine symbol also appeared in the cave in front of him, which was completely unexpected.
The Yuanwu Continent is only one of the many realms in the Great Thousand Worlds, and the gods are above the Great Thousand Worlds, how can there be traces of divine symbols here?
However, the divine symbol in front of him is obviously just a prototype, and it cannot be regarded as a divine text in the real sense, the reason why I say this is because it lacks divine power on it, otherwise, with the current cultivation of Dong Tunan, a glance will inevitably kill on the spot.
"Raw... It... Spring. ”
With a faint memory of his previous life, Dong Tu Nan finally translated this divine symbol.
"Fountain of Life, what does this mean?" said in a low voice.
Just as he was hesitating, the spring water on the side began to bubble like boiling water, and it kept bulging one bubble after another, and then burst open, as if the water temperature had risen suddenly.
"Again... How... Pain!" came the same pain in his chest as during the day, and in an instant it had spread all over his body.
The strong pain made him lose the strength to support him in an instant, and his feet suddenly stepped on the air, and the whole person made a noise and fell into the spring.
When the spring water was about to soak through his body, Dong Tu Nan wailed in his heart, fearing that he would be boiled by the hot and bubbling spring water, and even die here.
But in the next second, he was shocked again by the magic of the spring!
The bubbling spring water is not as hot as expected, but it is cool, but it seems that the density is a little different from the usual water, and the spring water I am in has a unique viscosity, like syrup, which makes it very difficult to break free.
"The springs seem to be decreasing, which... It's as if it's the imprint on his chest absorbing them!" Dong Tu Nan's eyes lit up, and he discovered the strangeness in it.
Sensing the connection between the two, Dong Tu Nan no longer hesitated, and took off the animal skin clothes on his upper body, so that the mysterious mark on his chest was closer to this fountain of life.
The water around the spring diminished at a visible rate for about a stick of incense before it gradually dried up, revealing a layer of black earth.
"Both... Are they all absorbed?" said Dong Tu Nan in a slurred manner.
Obviously, he was a little surprised that all the huge spring water was absorbed by the imprint, and the key was that his body did not feel a trace of it, as if the location of the imprint had nothing to do with him.
Totunan didn't know what it meant, but judging by the name of the spring, it must have done no harm to him, so he put on his clothes suspiciously, and walked around to see if there was any way to escape.
But in the cave, whether it is the wall or the ground, they have been explored by themselves, and they still have not found the slightest.
"Oh my God, are you kidding me? Am I going to die here?" Dong Tu Nan showed a wry smile, and suddenly regretted that he had sneaked here alone in the middle of the night.