Chapter 9: Stalagmites
Lian Yu raised the torch in his hand to take a clear picture of the situation in the cave, but unfortunately the scope of illumination was limited, and he could only vaguely see that the cave was very large, much larger than the last time they lived. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 There are many stalagmites hanging from the roof of the cave, which must have accumulated for a certain number of years, hanging upside down like long awls.
Su Yin said, "In this mountain forest, there are actually many such caves, and there are many hidden ones that are difficult to find, just like this cave, if it weren't for the chance to come over to pick up firewood, and see the point of light, I don't know where I can lead you young heroes over." ”
Qian Ruyue asked curiously, "You said that you have been looking for the exit for 20 years, and you have also searched large and small caves?" ”
Su Yin replied, "As long as I find it, I have searched it." ”
"Mr. Su is quite bold, and you are not afraid that those monsters will hide in the cave." Lianyu said, thinking that they knew some magic, and they were still discussing outside for a long time about whether to come in. And he, an ordinary person, dared to go to the cave without his life.
"I've told you less that the only thing I hope for is to go home, and if I don't do anything, even if I survive, I'm doomed to die here." This cave is too big, and Su Yin's voice spreads out, making people feel a little real and imaginary.
Changsheng raised her head, the top of the cave was black, and she couldn't see anything clearly, she suddenly wanted to retreat, and stopped and didn't leave, "This cave seems to be very deep, why don't we wait for the hexagram to come back, shall we come in again?" ”
Qian Ruyue scolded fiercely, "Did you tell me you to go out when you came in." Just let you speak, and you don't speak. ”
I didn't feel anything outside the cave just now, but after I came in, I felt depressed, she wasn't afraid of the dark, but she just felt uncomfortable.
Jiang Qu smiled sweetly, "Changsheng, are you afraid, why don't you hold my hand." Jiang Qu stretched out his hand, and Lian Yu was just about to shout for him to settle down, don't eat Changsheng tofu while it's dark.
There was a bone-chilling liquid dripping down and hitting Jiang Qu's hand, and Jiang Qu trembled, "Wow! ”
Lianyu took the torch and turned back to Jiang Qu, "What's wrong?" ”
Jiang Qu shook his hand, "The ice makes my hands numb." Jiang Qu pointed to the top, feeling that the liquid should be dripping from above, Lianyu raised the torch and shook it, and saw the water droplets ticking down the tip of the stalagmite.
Sima Luming stretched out his hand to catch a drop of water that had fallen, and indeed found that the water here was colder than the one outside. Jiang Qu said, "It's cool and comfortable to come in in the summer, but now I can't stand this kind of weather." He hurriedly breathed into his hands, rubbing his hands again to keep warm.
Lian Yu said, "I also urge you to practice martial arts every day, or these days when you go home, the good foundation of your body and bones is thrown back to me." You see Senior Brother Lu Ming, he didn't scream as hard as you when he touched him, are you seventy or eighty, you will be so weak that you can't touch it even if it's wet or cold. ”
Jiang Qu argued, "Senior brother, I've just recovered from a serious illness. "On the surface, it looks like it's okay, strong and powerful, but the vitality that should be replenished inside hasn't been replenished yet.
Lian Yu said, "Senior Brother Lu Ming is infected with the same disease as you. ”
"I'm different from him, you see his already cold personality, his speech is cold, his laughter is cold, and the whole person is cold. Of course, I'm not afraid of cold things, but I'm hot-blooded, and I naturally feel cold when I encounter them. Jiang Qu said a joke, anyway, he knew that Sima Luming didn't care, and sure enough, Sima Luming didn't even glance at him, just stared at the stalagmites above his head.
Qian Ruyue scolded, "You are cold, my cousin is cold on the outside and hot on the inside." ”
Jiang Qu teased, "I know that your cousins and sisters grew up together, and you are the one who knows him best in this world." ”
Knowing that Qian Ruyue erected all the thorns in his body in order to maintain Sima Luming like a hedgehog, Jiang Qu thought that he didn't want to hurt himself yet, and he almost had tinnitus when he heard her scold her yesterday.
Sima Luming said, "Actually, I also think we should go out first, Senior Sister is right, I don't know how deep the cave is, if we go down in all directions, we can easily get lost." He had always felt that he shouldn't just come in, and now that Changsheng had spoken, he reiterated his opinion again.
Qian Ruyue was unhappy, and it seemed to her that Sima Luming said these words because Changsheng didn't want to go anymore. "We've already come in, and now it's halfway to get out." Now it's not just because she's anxious to find an outlet, but also because she wants to fight with Changsheng for a breath, anyway, she knows that her cousin won't leave her.
Su Yin said, "Miss Gu, since you have already come in, your senior brothers and junior brothers are all highly skilled people, so you really don't need to be afraid." ”
Qian Ruyue said contemptuously, "Did you hear that?" She is not as timid as this person who has only known her for a few days, "You are afraid, you are the only one who says you want to go out, you want to go out, I will not stop you." "Anyway, they are just a torch, she sees that Gu Changsheng has no fire lighting, how can she go out by herself.
Lianyu pondered for a while and said, "Walk for a while, if you can't see the end, go out."
They continued to move forward, but they didn't encounter the situation that Sima Luming said in all directions, and this cave seemed to be a passage to the end. It's just that there are so many of them, so many eyes are looking carefully, but they have never seen the light that Su Yin said.
Jiang Qu was already a little suspicious, "Mr. Su, could it be that you are mistaken." ”
Su Yin did not answer.
There was liquid dripping on Qian Ruyue's forehead, and she complained, "Why is there so much water in this cave." She wiped it with her hand, but it felt like the liquid was slimy, not like water. What's more, Jiang Qu said that the water was cold when it dripped down, but she didn't feel cold when she touched it.
Lianyu turned around, and the firelight also moved, and she saw a fluffy thing with a short neck and wide shoulders hanging from the stone wall next to Qian Ruyue.
The thing felt the light, and suddenly vibrated its fluffy wings violently, making a shrill sound that was somewhat like the cry of a sheep. But the sheep's cry will not be so piercing that it hurts as if it was being pricked by a needle, Changsheng covered his ears uncomfortably, and Qian Ruyue couldn't stand it and pulled out his sword and cut the thing with a sword. It fell from the wall and landed at the feet of Qian Ruyue.
"What is this?" Qian Ruyue picked up the corpse of that thing with a sword, it was strangely shaped, and it looked like a mouse when you looked closely, but it had wings.
Changsheng said, "Like a bat rat." In the past, when my family was so poor that I had no food to eat, I picked up a few to roast and ate them with my father-in-law. She hadn't eaten meat for a long time, and when she went to pick the fruit, she was lucky enough to see two dead bats, so she picked them up and cleaned their fur, and cut their flesh and roasted it, and the bones were crisp, and the meat tasted a little like the meat of a sparrow. Changsheng wondered, "But I don't think I've heard a manta rat call." ”
Qian Ruyue was a little disgusting, "Can you eat this kind of thing?" "It's disgusting to look at the furry, and someone actually eats this kind of thing after it is baked as an ingredient.
Changsheng said, "When you are hungry, you have to eat everything." In the past, she had seen people roast centipedes, so she skewered the whole centipede with bamboo skewers and put it on the fire. The rich and noble people eat abalone and ginseng, eat civets, eat those delicacies of the mountains and seas to satisfy their appetites, and the poor cannot afford to eat, and they are not like the rich and noble people who are particular about eating, just to simply fill their stomachs.
In fact, they are all killed to satisfy hunger, and in her opinion, the essence is the same.
Lian Yu said, "Senior sister, it's really not easy. After suffering hardship, humble and docile, he found another advantage in his junior sister, filial piety.
Jiang Qu smiled, "Senior brother, you're drooling, hurry up and wipe it." ”
Lianyu wiped it on her lips before realizing that she had been tricked.
Qian Ruyue flipped the body of the bat rat with a sword, thinking that it was dead, but she didn't expect it to suddenly move again, flying up and wanting to bite Qian Ruyue. Sima Luming cut off the head of the bat rat, and saw that its head was in a different place, and after its body fell, its wings moved and struggled for a while before it died.
"Manta rats?" Jiang Qu pulled the torch in Lianyu's hand closer to shine a light on the corpse, he knew that many daughters in the imperial capital liked to embroider bat rats on handkerchiefs, taking the homophonic blessing of their bats, and begging for auspiciousness. Jiang Li has also embroidered a bat rat on a handkerchief, he has only seen the pattern, but he has never seen the real bat rat Zhang.
Just waited for him to see it clearly, his complexion had changed greatly, "It's not good, go quickly!" ”
Jiang Qu turned around and pulled Changsheng over, and ran away without having time to explain too much. Everyone guessed that he should have realized some danger, and they were all infected with Jiang Qu's nervousness, and ran in the direction of the cave entrance the same way.
Changsheng heard the sound of flocks of birds flapping their wings behind him, and when he looked back, by the light of the torch in the hand of Lianyu, who was running last, he saw a large black oppressive thing spreading along the roof of the cave like a black tide in their direction.
Changsheng was surprised, "Are those all bats rats?" ”
Jiang Qu said, "It's not called a bat mouse, it may look similar, but it's definitely more ferocious than a bat mouse, and it's called a fable in ancient books, which can suck blood." ”
The manta rat-looking ones were incredibly fast, and they quickly caught up, turning around in the air and heading towards them. Changsheng pulled Jiang Qu to lie down, and those stalagmites hit the stalagmites on the top in the wrong direction, breaking the stalagmites.
Jiang Qu said, "Changsheng, your skills have become more flexible. ”
Changsheng said, "Maybe it's too much to run for your life." "Master said that practice makes perfect, and if she wants to escape, it should be regarded as a science.
Lianyu shouted, "Don't get up first while you're lying on your stomach." Lianyu raised the fire and stood up and slashed twice in the air, and those people felt the source of the fire, but they were no longer as crazy as they were just now.