Chapter 263: The Cave
In fact, according to Song Chen's intention at the beginning, he even wanted to go back to Xuelan City as quickly as possible directly in Xuemo City, but on the one hand, he was worried that such a hurry would scare Su Miao, and on the other hand, it would take time for Master to choose a day or something, so it would be better to take part of the planned route first, so that Su Miao could slowly and truly accept the fact that they were going to get married. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Finally, Su Miao accepted the matter of choosing a day to marry so naturally, he didn't want anything to suddenly arouse her other thoughts.
The journey went smoothly, and after eight days, they had reached Chaolu City. Out of this city, you will arrive at Dalan.
Chaolu City is also a border city, like other border cities bordering Dalan, there are a lot of Snow Country and Dalan people coming and going, prosperous is prosperous, but there is no special scenery, but the sauce beef is still very delicious.
After entering Chaolu City, Song Chen and the others found a restaurant for lunch, and after listening to the introduction of the shopkeeper and trying the most famous local beef six to eat, they also bought more than a dozen catties of sauced beef wrapped and taken away.
Most of these are snacks for Xiaobai and Xiaolan, because after leaving Chaolu City, they will enter Shilan City in Dalan.
It is said that Shilan City is located on a plateau, with many mountains and few people, so they need to prepare some dry food and other food when they are in a hurry.
No, after coming out of the restaurant, Song Chen and Su Miao bought a lot of steamed buns and the like on the street, originally Su Miao also wanted to buy some fruits and the like, but was persuaded by Song Chen, he felt that since Shilan City has many mountains, then there should be a lot of forests, and you should be able to find a lot of fruits in the forests this season, right?
Su Miao suspended the idea of preparing the fruit. The two of them pulled a horse carrying a lot of things, took Xiaobai and Xiaolan out of the south gate, and soon entered a border town in Shilan City.
Originally, this hour was far from the time to throw in the stack, but if they went further, then Song Chen and Su Miao would have to spend their first night in the barren mountains and mountains when they entered Shilan City, so they still found an inn to settle in. After putting the things away, Su Miao and the others took Xiaobai and Xiaolan around the street.
The past eight days have been a great exercise for Song Chen's character, and when he arrived here, Song Chen was not so anxious, after Shilan City, that is, Jianlan City and Hanlan City, no more than six days, they could return to Shenlan City. So when he got here, Song Chen not only wasn't in a hurry, but became more leisurely. watched some juggling on the street, and when he was looking for a place to have dinner, he also inquired with Xiao Er, who ordered food: "Little Second Brother, is there anything fun in Shilan City?" ā
"It's the first time you've come to our Shilan City, right?" The shopkeeper is also a talkative person, and when he saw Song Chen taking the initiative to ask, he immediately became energetic, "The two of you really asked me the right person!" Everyone knows that we have many mountains in Shilan City, but in fact, in the eyes of our locals, the most famous cave in our Shilan City is still the cave! ā
"Holes?" Su Miao interjected curiously. She didn't know if what she was thinking was right, so she didn't ask, for fear of making a joke - could it be that the people of Shilan City like to dig holes to live?
"That's right! It's a cave! The shopkeeper patted his palms and made a "you guessed right" expression, "We have a lot of mountains and a lot of water, and that mountain is also very special, the mountain stone is very different from other mountains, it seems that the material is more sparse or what, anyway, after being washed by the rain for a long time, there are some caves in many mountains......"
"Those are different from ordinary caves. Ordinary caves are dry, but most of the caves on our side have water in them, and if not all of the ground is blistered, at least some of it will be water. And because there is water flowing down from the top of the cave, some holes have formed a lot of stalactites, and there are many stalagmites on the ground, which are all naturally formed, there is no law, but there are all kinds of strange postures! ā
"And because of the different materials of the mountain stones, some caves form colorless glass on the roof of the cave. If you enter such a cave and light a torch, the glass will reflect all kinds of light, which is simply dazzling! It's just that people who come and go in Shilan City are in a hurry, so many people don't know that there are such good places here! ā
"So amazing?" Song Chen originally just asked casually, but he didn't expect to really ask something, not to mention Su Miao at the moment, even he was very interested in the cave that Xiao Er said, "Does every mountain have this kind of cave?" ā
"Basically, it's all there, it's just big and small." The shopkeeper thought for a while, "However, these caves are not exactly the two I mentioned, some of them are too deep and have not been entered by light for a long time, so there may be a lot of vampire bats gathered in them...... There are also many swallows living in the mountains...... Like the first mountain Luoxia Peak that I saw from here, there is a large bat cave inside. ā
"If you want to see the cave, I suggest you go to Danfeng Mountain, the cave is wide and large, and the inside is beautiful, and everyone who has been there will never forget to return! It's the best place for two such Svens to see! In fact, there was no water in it, except for a small stream, it was all dry ground and stalagmites, and even if the two of them took these two mighty white lions into it, they would make it! ā
"Oh? Where is Danfeng Mountain? Song Chen looked at Su Miao, and when he saw that her eyes were also shining, he knew that she wanted to go with him.
"It's past Luoxia Peak." The shopkeeper enthusiastically instructed, "If you two start traveling early tomorrow morning, you can have lunch after passing Luoxia Peak, and then walk a short distance to Danfeng Mountain." There is a fork in the junction along the road, and if you go to the right, you will go down the mountain, and if you go left, it will be a cliff. There is a path down the cliff, and when you enter it, you will find the cave. Follow the cave until you reach the exit and you will find the foot of the mountain. ā
"Good!" Song Chen thanked the shopkeeper and rewarded him with a piece of broken silver of about one or two, and after he went out, he discussed with Su Miao, "Miaomiao, anyway, it's a stop, then let's go to that cave and have a look?" Even if it's not as beautiful as this little two said, it won't waste much time to go straight to the end, or go back to take another way down the mountain. What do you think? ā
It was the first time Su Miao had heard of such a beautiful cave, and of course she was eager to see it.
There was nothing to say that night, and early the next morning, Song Chen and the others went to the breakfast shop for breakfast, and bought some steamed buns, even if they were eaten with sauce beef at noon, because according to what the shopkeeper said that day, there was not even a tea house on the side of Luoxia Peak, except for some people who went up the mountain to collect medicine or passed by.
Out of the town, soon arrived at Luoxia Peak. Although the cave of Luoxia Peak is gloomy and terrifying, the scenery of the mountain is still good. Song Chen and the others walked slowly all the way, and when they were about to reach lunch, they saw the fork in the road in front of them. Before entering the cave, Song Chen and Su Miao glanced at each other, and invariably chose to retreat, they first found a flat place to eat lunch, and rested in place for a while before continuing to walk forward.
There is a path on that cliff, yes, but it is too steep, Xiaobai and Xiaolan have no problem climbing down, but the two horses, Daxue and Xiaoxue, do not have such ability, fortunately, Song Chen and Su Miao are used to carrying Xiaobai high and high on weekdays, and they are used to carrying those straps that are dedicated to carrying Xiaobai when they go out, so they used it on Daxue and Xiaoxue's bodies and carried them down.
It took more than a quarter of an hour, and the two of them rode together, plus the two lions Xiaobai and Xiaolan, and then they successfully descended into the cave. There is light at the beginning of the cave, so you can see the details of the cave without a torch, there are no stalactites or the like on the top of the cave for the time being, but after slowly walking forward for a short while, stalagmites appeared, Song Chen and Su Miao looked up, there was still some faint light at this time, and the top of the cave was really full of long and short stalactites hanging on the top of the cave four or five people high, probably because of the reflection of the light, it looked colorful, and it really had a feeling of brilliance.
Before the cave was discovered, the stalagmites on the ground took an unknown number of years to form such a scale, and they looked similar to the corals they had seen on Cape Island, one by one like trees, and some of them were joined together, giving people a sense of intertwined roots.
The cave is going all the way down, and from the left and right walls, it seems that the cave was really formed by rain at first, because the cave walls look very smooth. And the stalagmites on the ground, the lower they go, the less they go, because they can see the road in the dark, Song Chen and Su Miao didn't light the torches in advance at the beginning, but at this location, the light is completely gone, and the hole is black, Song Chen and Su Miao, for the time being, Xiaobai They are all no problem for the time being, but Daxue and Xiaoxue are a little restless because they can't see the road clearly.
Su Miao pulled Song Chen to stop and lit the torch. Su Miao untied the pocket that he had just used to hold the torch, took the fire fold handed over by Song Chen, blew it, and was lighting the torch, when suddenly a hand reached over and took the fire fold from Su Miao's hand - Song Chen re-covered the fire fold on Su Miao's hand, and at the same time, he pointed to the top of his head and motioned to Miao Miao to look: "Miao Miao!" ā
Su Miao subconsciously raised her head, and in the next moment, she saw for the first time the beautiful scenery that she would never forget for a long time afterward. It's too far away to tell if it's a stalactite or anything on the top of the cave, but there are a little fluorescence on it, dense, it looks like a starry sky in summer, and the light comes and goes, and it looks more vivid than the starry sky.
"Ah Chen, what is this?" Su Miao was shocked by this beautiful scenery, shook Song Chen's hand and looked at it for a long time before asking.
"It's supposed to be a stone that fluoresces." Song Chen guessed, he re-played the fire fold in his hand, lit the torch in Su Miao's hand, flew to the cave with the torch, stayed on it for a while, and when he fell, he put a few fluorescent white stones in his palm into Su Miao's hand, "Look." ā
Su Miao picked it up and looked at the light of the torch a few times, under the reflection of the torch, this stone showed a translucent state, but it looked far less beautiful than what Fang had just seen.
"You put your hands around and see." Song Chen took a few steps away from Su Miao with the handle and reminded her.
Su Miaoyan shook the circle with her other hand, covered the stone in her original hand, and then looked through the small hole formed by her hand - sure enough, that flickering effect appeared again.
"It's amazing!" Su Miao sighed, "If you get some tiles on the roof or stick them on the wall, at night, isn't it like looking at the starry sky?" And this starry sky can be seen even when it rains! ā
"Great idea!" Song Chen praised and flew upwards again, "Then I'll pick some more and bring them back to make a room like this in our yard where you can watch the stars!" ā
Su Miao asked Xiaobai and Xiaolan to stay under the two horses, she flew up to help Song Chen get the torch, and then handed him a small dagger: "Ah Chen, use this, save effort." ā
Song Chen smiled, and it took the two of them half an hour to pick a cloth bag full of glowstone before continuing to walk down satisfied.
Originally, they were very happy to pick up the glowstone, and felt that the trip was fruitful, but they didn't expect that after a change, they saw a piece of transparent glass on the top of the cave, and the glowstone that lit the torch but did not see anything special, this piece in the torch under the reflection, the feeling of brilliance than the stalactite is more genuine!
At the same time, Xiaobai and Xiaolan also had a big harvest, they accidentally picked up a big fish weighing eight or nine catties in the creek that continued from the cave in the weak light! The fish seemed to have lived in the cave for a long time, adapted to this environment without light, and the position of the originally round eyes was narrowed by a line, and after being pulled to the shore by Xiaobai, it jumped around desperately, it seemed that it wanted to jump back into the water, and it didn't move after being suppressed by Xiaobai's palm.
Su Miao walked over and looked at it, and persuaded Xiaobai: "Forget Xiaobai, this kind of fish has never been seen before, and I don't know what it tastes like." This looks like a fish king, it's not easy for people to practice, and if it's not delicious, it's a waste of its life...... If you're hungry, you'll soon be at the bottom of the mountain, and then we'll have some beef in sauce or catch a normal fish in the river outside. ā
Xiaobai is actually not hungry, but he just saw that there was light and shadow in the water, and it was just a casual instinct for fishing fish, and who knew that he dialed this defenseless guy. Since the owner said not to eat it, let it go!