Chapter 1: The Mysterious Cave
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In Gangneung City, at the foot of Yuling Mountain in Zisong Town, a young man reclined under an ancient tree, playing with a black stone in his hand, this stone can be the size of a fist, the surface is rough, although it is boxy, the edges and corners are not clear, it looks as black as ink, but it is not jade, which is a gift from his father when he was six years old.
Look closely at this young man, he is only fourteen or five years old, his facial features are delicate and handsome, and his slightly childish face has a resolute look, especially the pair of clear black eyes that are as deep as a deep pool, flashing with maturity that does not match his age, the only deficiency is that his cheeks are a little thin, his body is a little thin, and he is wearing a coarse linen dress full of patches, which shows that the young man's life is not rich.
Mo Wuyan looked up at the flickering starry sky in front of him, which made him appear in a short trance, stunned, and it took a long time before he let out a long breath and muttered, "Is it dark?" ”
Today, the reason why he ventured deep into the foothills of Yuling Mountain was to find a beast called the ambergris snake, which was named after the ambergris in its mouth, and fed on the morning dew of the spirit grass, and its whole body was full of treasures, among which its ambergris was the most precious, and it was said that it could cure all kinds of diseases when used in medicine.
It's just that the ambergris snake is a rare spirit animal, and it is difficult to see its traces in ordinary mountains and rivers, only in the depths of the foothills of Yuling Mountain, some people in Zisong Town have seen its traces from afar, and occasionally haunt around the foothills of Yuling Mountain.
Of course, he was looking for the ambergris snake for his father who was lying in bed, because in the past two years, his father's health has deteriorated, and he is less than fifty years old, but he is like an old man in the last years of life, and he has used all kinds of medicines, but there has been no improvement in the slightest, which makes him anxious.
However, the depths of the foothills of Yuling Mountain are connected to the Qilin Mountain, because the phantom of the Qilin divine beast often appears on the top of the mountain, the mountain is undulating, stretching for tens of thousands of miles, the mountain is majestic and precipitous, and it is difficult for ordinary people to set foot in.
There are many legends about the cannibalism of Qilin Mountain in the world, no one has dared to enter Qilin Mountain for thousands of years, all of them are buried in the mountain, becoming a pile of dry bones, so Qilin Mountain is listed as a taboo place by people, and everyone avoids it.
Although the people of Zisong Town haunt the foothills of Yuling Mountain all year round, they have never crossed it, because they know that once they cross the line, they may die without a place to be buried!
Mo Wuyan had naturally heard the legend about Qilin Mountain, so he didn't dare to wade into danger easily, so he could only squat at the foot of Yuling Mountain and the edge of Qilin Mountain.
After nibbling on a few mouthfuls of dry food, leaning on the trunk of a tree and feeling that his physical strength had returned to its peak state, he took the black stone into his arms, jumped up, picked up the sword on the ground and walked towards the depths of the foothills of Yuling Mountain.
The slender and slender figure walked quickly through the woods, his movements unusually fast, and he walked silently, like a civet cat, without the slightest hesitation because the front was considered a forbidden place.
Not long after, Mo Wuyan stopped in front of a bush, in front of him was the location where the people of Zisong Town had seen the ambergris, and not far ahead of him intersected with Qilin Mountain, he could no longer go forward, and he was likely to encounter danger.
He disguised himself so skillfully that if he didn't come to him, he wouldn't have seen a large living person hiding in the bushes.
Mo Wuyan lay motionless under the dense bushes, through the gaps between the branches and leaves, closely watching the movements around him, in this case, the probability of the ambergris snake appearing is undoubtedly extremely low, and he is simply waiting for the rabbit.
However, Mo Wuyan's luck seemed to be good today, because it didn't take long for him to smell a unique sweet earthy fragrance not far away, and then he saw a white shadow flash in the night.
White?
Thinking of the appearance of the ambergris snake, Mo Wuyan was overjoyed, and speculated that nine times out of ten it was what he was looking for!
Suddenly, the light in his eyes burst out, and he almost didn't think about it, so he swooped out and chased down the white shadow, and at this time he had forgotten that the legendary forbidden place was in front of him!
Call!
After getting closer to the white shadow, Mo Wuyan swung the long sword in his hand with his right hand, and the blade flickered with a cold ghostly light.
Boom!
The long sword slashed to the ground, dusty, and suddenly a white shadow flashed, not affecting the speed in the slightest because of the unevenness on the ground.
"I didn't even hit it!" Mo Wuyan's brows furrowed, he didn't expect the ambergris snake to be so sensitive, he was unwilling, and when he was hesitating what to do, a faint fragrance came, he immediately picked up the long sword in his hand, his fingers slid lightly over the sword, and there was a trace of red on his fingertips, it was the blood of the ambergris!
At this time, a flash of joy flashed in his eyes, the ambergris snake was injured, then it will definitely leave blood stains in the place where it passes, although the blood stains are very light, but the ambergris snake's blood will exude a unique fragrance, as long as you follow the fragrance all the way down, you will definitely be able to catch it!
Sniffing the breath in the air, he searched the surroundings carefully, and sure enough, he found a trace of red blood in a bush.
Looking up and looking ahead, Mo Wuyan's pupils shrank suddenly, it was the direction that led straight to the depths of Qilin Mountain!
But now there is no other choice, he didn't even think about it, so he chased directly after the aroma of the ambergris snake's blood, after all, this ambergris snake is related to his father's illness, and he is bound to get it.
Quickly passing through the dense ancient jungle, Mo Wuyan was small but had a certain amount of hunting experience, and quickly walked through the dense forest, but he saw six ways and listened to all directions, and any movement around him could not escape his eyes and ears.
Along the way, he often heard the wolf howling and the lion roared, relying on his somewhat unusual perception, every time he was able to find some people who felt terrible in advance, and bypassed it dangerously, and if he was not careful, he was in danger of being buried in the belly of a strange beast.
Since he was six years old, Mo Wuyan accidentally discovered that he could perceive things within a certain range around him, although the range of perception was small, but it was enough to prepare himself before danger came, and this was also the reason why he dared to resolutely enter Qilin Mountain.
Mo Wuyan chased for an unknown amount of time, but finally when he was about to be exhausted, he suddenly found that the fragrance left by the ambergris snake's blood was gone!
Just when he didn't know what to do, the black stone in Mo Wuyan's arms became hot, and seemed to be pulling him somewhere.
Feeling the traction of the black stones, a small valley with lush vegetation and ancient trees appeared in front of Mo Wuyan's eyes, its location was very secret, if there were no black stones, I am afraid it would be difficult for him to find this small valley. ”
The small valley was surrounded on all sides by cliffs, and apart from the entrance where he entered, it was difficult for even birds to fly out.
Mo Wuyan swept around, a ray of light flashed in his eyes, although this valley is not big, it exudes a strangeness, the vegetation is so lush, almost covering the small valley, but there are no insects and birds, this is very abnormal.
"Why did this stone bring me here?"
He touched the black stone in his arms, muttered something in his heart, and then retreated back to the valley again, and after laying a few hidden and simple traps at the valley mouth, he returned to the valley.
At this time, Mo Wuyan put away the long sword, put it back on his back, and observed it in this small valley with lush vegetation and ancient trees.
Suddenly, a faint fragrance wafted in, but he couldn't tell which direction the fragrance was coming from, Mo Wuyan's heart became excited again, brushed the weeds around, and didn't get the answer he wanted, the ambergris snake was very light, and it didn't leave the slightest other mark around.
But he knew that the ambergris must be hiding in this small valley, because with the smell found all the way, it can be shown that the ambergris snake escaped with a strong purpose, and it is not like a panic to escape here by mistake, this is most likely the ambergris snake's lair.
For the sake of his father, Mo Wuyan decided to explore this small valley carefully, the small valley is so big, he doesn't believe that a small ambergris snake can hide anywhere!
However, nearly an hour had passed, and the entire small valley had almost been turned over by Mo Wuyan, but nothing was found.
Mo Wuyan's slightly immature face was a little gloomy, he was almost tired and vomited blood, he didn't find anything, where could the ambergris snake hide?
Could it be that I misjudged that the ambergris was not in this small valley? He couldn't help but waver a little in his judgment.
Just when he was secretly annoyed, he suddenly noticed that there seemed to be something different under the stone wall full of vines next to him, and quickly squatted down, pushed the vines away, and found that there was a cave with a diameter of less than a foot, and the entrance of this cave seemed to be a gap left by the accumulation of some large stones, just suitable for ambergris to shuttle.
Mo Wuyan's heart moved, and he tore all the vines on the stone wall, this stone wall revealed its true face, it seemed that there had been a collapse here, it was not a whole like the surrounding stone walls, the messy stones had long been covered with moss, and this cave was formed by the gaps between the stones.
Mo Wuyan, who was originally a little happy, frowned slightly at this time, and things became tricky, and from the smell wafting in the air, it can be known that the ambergris snake is in this hole, but this place already belongs to the scope of Qilin Mountain, I am afraid that if one is not handled properly, God knows what will be attracted.
After pondering for a moment, Mo Wuyan decided to remove these stones, the area of the collapse seemed to be small, and he should be able to dig out the ambergris snake hiding in it quickly.
Bang~
When Mo Wuyan panted and moved away from the first stone, an amazing scene appeared, the rubble suddenly collapsed, and a huge black and bottomless cave appeared!
Mo Wuyan was dumbfounded, he thought it was just a pile of collapsed stones, but he didn't expect that there was such a big cave hidden behind this pile of rubble, dark and cold, bottomless, like a devil's big mouth of blood, but terrifying, he looked at this mysterious cave vigilantly, decided to go in to find out, took out his long sword, clenched it in his slender hand, and slowly walked towards the cave.
Since when the cave was full of rubble, there was a stone crack of about a foot to communicate with the outside world, maintaining the air circulation in the cave, so there was no decay in the cave, although the air was thinner, but it was enough to support normal breathing.
Mo Wuyan cautiously walked towards the cave, although the cave was dim, but after his eyes got used to it, he could barely see the road under his feet.
As he went deeper, he found that it was only the part of the cave that had collapsed, probably caused by the erosion and corrosion of the perennial rain, and after walking in for a while, he found that there was no more rubble, and it had become much smoother.
The cave is very dry, with a thick layer of dust accumulated on the ground, many cracks in the surrounding stone walls, and occasional stone skin falling off in some places, apparently the cave is very old.
Although the ancient cave has been dilapidated, Mo Wuyan can still vaguely see some traces of knives and axes on the stone wall, which shows that this cave has been repaired and is not a pure natural cave.
After discovering these details, Mo Wuyan's heart suddenly became hot, since this cave has been repaired, it means that it is very likely that someone has lived here, so will there be any treasures hidden?
In an instant, Mo Wuyan felt that the speed of his heartbeat suddenly increased, the Qilin Mountain that could live in this forbidden place was definitely not an ordinary person, maybe there would really be some treasures!
Thinking of this, he unconsciously quickened his pace.
Click!
Mo Wuyan was startled by the sudden noise, as if he had stepped on something under his feet.
He crouched down and looked down in the dim light, and there was a pile of white bones, what he had trampled on seemed to be a rotten arm bone.
His scalp suddenly tingled, and the cold air on his back swished upward, and suddenly found a white skeleton in such a place, and it was impossible not to be afraid.
The white bones all over the ground are eerie and terrifying, Mo Wuyan's palms are already full of cold sweat, and his heart has already sprouted a retreat, this is a fierce place, otherwise how could so many people bury their bones here!
Holding the long sword in his hand tightly, cold sweat flowed on his back, the dry bones all over the ground made people feel frightened, after a fierce ideological struggle, he finally forced himself to choose to stay, even if he wanted to leave here now, it was too late, it was better to rush forward now, even if he died, he had to die to understand.
After walking for a while, Mo Wuyan saw a relatively wide stone room appear, and there were weapons of different styles scattered on the ground, all of which seemed to be carved from white jade, crystal clear, and not ordinary at first glance.
He leaned over to pick up a weapon, but before he could touch it, a faint feeling of coolness reached his fingers, and then the weapon he was about to pick up had a crack, and in an instant it became powder and scattered on the ground.
Mo Wuyan was a little surprised, how long would it take for a weapon made of jade to decay?
He tried the rest of the strange weapons left on the ground, and all of them were reduced to powder, not even fragments.
When he wanted to test it again, Mo Wuyan suddenly exuded a strange aura everywhere in the stone room, which was terrifying.
He barely suppressed the uneasiness in his heart, and walked around the stone room, sitting on the stone bench that was still intact in the stone room, regardless of the thick dust that had fallen on the stone bench.
However, Mo Wuyan didn't notice that a figure appeared behind him, silently.