Chapter 406: Bottomless Abyss
On the next journey, the terrain began to get lower and lower, and Su Qiubai knew that they were not far from the abyss that Mosa had said.
When they finally stopped to rest, they were already at the foot of a high mountain, which was already at a low altitude, but behind them, there was a bottomless abyss.
The abyss did not stretch for miles like a rift, but looked like a huge well. Compared to this abyss, the rift valley I encountered before was like a stream, and it was not enough to see at all. Even when the midday sun is at its strongest, when you look down into the abyss, all you can see is infinite darkness.
"How are we going to go down?" Su Qiubai asked.
Mossa smiled and said, "From here, climb down." β
Su Qiubai was shocked when he heard this, when he was in the rift valley before, he didn't approve of climbing directly to the bottom of the cliff, but now this abyss can't even see the bottom, when will he climb it?
"Don't be surprised, believe me, there's no second way here, there's nothing else we can do." Mossa said very indifferently.
"Have any of your people ever gone down?" Su Qiubai asked.
Mossa looked at him hesitantly, but did not speak.
Su Qiubai suddenly had a ridiculous feeling in his heart, he thought that Mosa was already very clear about the situation here, so he dared to bring him here, but he didn't expect that he wouldn't say anything if he hadn't been here himself, and even his predecessors had only come to their current Cheng DΓΉ.
Where did this guy get the guts to take such a risk?
Seeing Su Qiubai's expression, Mosa smiled and said, "Don't look at me with that kind of look." It's not that they haven't gone down, but something happened halfway down, and because of this, they knew that they had to have someone from Huaxia to lead the way before they could really go down to the abyss. β
"Something is wrong? You'd better tell me all the details here, I don't want to go on an adventure with you madman without knowing it. Su Qiubai said coldly.
Mossa smacked her tongue and said, "What are you excited about?" I will naturally say that it is time to sue you. You can take a look at the cross-section of the abyss, which means that the cliff wall slopes inward as it goes down, so that the bottom is not visible from above. I can only tell you what they encountered halfway up the mountain, and what happened after that, I really don't know. β
Su Qiubai looked at him coldly, waiting for him to continue.
"Those ancients dug a lot of caves in the rock wall of the middle of the mountain, and those caves ......," Mosa said, raising his eyes and glancing at Su Qiubai, "There are a lot of strange creatures in it, those things are very strange and fierce, my ancestors came to a total of seventeen people, but in the end, only one person returned alive." β
Su Qiubai was shocked when he heard this, there are still creatures raised by the ancients under the cliff? After thousands of years, they are all still alive? Or do they breed here? If that was the case, he didn't dare to think about how terrifying the scene below was.
"How can you be sure that someone from Huaxia must lead the way?" Su Qiubai asked.
Hearing this, Mossa turned around and took out a round bronze object from his bag, and it was not clear what it was for, but it seemed to be carved with very intricate patterns.
"Because my ancestors brought this out of here." Mosa handed the bronze disc to Su Qiubai.
Su Qiubai took it and took a closer look, and found that the pattern on it seemed to be part of a large pattern, and there were many grooves densely distributed on it, but he didn't know what it was for.
Mosa on the side said leisurely, "If we guessed correctly, this thing should be the key, the key to open the door to the bottom of the abyss." Although my ancestors lost a lot of manpower in the cave level, half of them reached the deeper place, but they did not expect to encounter this difficulty. They could see that the dents in the key were blood troughs, but when they tried to drip their own blood into them, nothing happened. After being trapped below for a few days, in desperation, they had to return the way they came, and only when they passed through the caves did they nearly be wiped out. β
Su Qiubai put the disc under his nose and sniffed it, and sure enough, he smelled a faint smell of blood.
"But what does this have to do with the Huaxia people?" Su Qiubai asked puzzled.
Instead of speaking, Mossa slashed his finger and dripped blood onto the disc. The bright red blood quickly filled those fine blood troughs, but other than that, Su Qiubai didn't see any changes.
Mosa rinsed the disc with water, and motioned for Su Qiubai to cut his fingers. Although he didn't know what he was famous for, Su Qiubai didn't skimp on that bit of blood, so he did it.
As Su Qiubai's blood filled the blood tank, the bronze disc actually began to emit a blood-red light, which looked very bewitching and gorgeous, and it was indescribably weird.
"This is ......" Su Qiubai was a little surprised.
"Yes, this is the difference between the blood of the Chinese people and the blood of the foreigners. And we also found that even if it is an ordinary person in Huaxia Kingdom, their blood can't work, only cultivators can take effect, do you know what I mean? β
This also just explained Su Qiubai's previous doubts, but he still didn't fully understand, so he asked: "Why did you choose me instead of choosing someone who has no grievances with you, and impress him purely with interests, I think it's much safer than looking for me." β
Mossa smiled and said, "I said a long time ago, I like to deal with smart people, and it saves a lot of trouble. And most importantly, I know that you are not a greedy person, and I feel more comfortable working with you. β
Su Qiubai suddenly understood, it turned out that he was worried that he was worried about finding someone who didn't know the details, and in the end he would rob him of the treasure.
It's just that although Mosa seems to be honest, Su Qiubai will never fully trust him. Don't look at his friendly appearance now, Su Qiubai knows what kind of person he actually is, once the goal is achieved, the probability that he will not be able to tear down the bridge is about less than the winning rate of the lottery.
When he opened the door to the abyss for him, his obligations under the contract would be completed, and although Mosa was the one who made the contract, he had to wait until the Bloody Eye Glass arrived and paid Su Qiubai's due reward before he could no longer be bound by the contract.
With this heavy guarantee, Su Qiubai was not too worried about what he would do before this.
After a full day's rest, the three of them recuperated and removed the useless things from their equipment, and all three of them traveled as lightly as possible, and after confirming that they were correct, they each found a suitable place to stay and began to climb down.
Because the cliff here is inclined inward, it is not suitable for climbing, if it weren't for people like them who have some cultivation and skills, climbing down like this would be a joke with life.
After climbing down a few hundred meters, Su Qiubai regretted it a little in his heart. What kind of madness did you smoke to come to this troubled water? But now, it's too late to regret it, and he can only go on hard.
The three of them climbed down without saying a word, and before they knew it, the light above their heads began to get darker and darker, and gradually they could barely see the surrounding environment, only a light from above cast far behind them, but this light could not reach the places around them.
The three of them turned on the searchlights above their heads, looking more carefully for a foothold, Su Qiubai glanced down, estimating that they might have to hang on the rock wall to sleep halfway up, because this bottomless abyss looked like it led to the other side of the earth, maybe this distance was farther than the road they had taken when they came.
Eight or nine hours later, Su Qiubai began to smell a faint fishy smell in the air, and he suddenly had a bad premonition in his heart, because he knew that this smell was only found by beasts.
"Based on the distance, we'll probably walk down for another hour to get to where the caves are." Mosa, not far away, said.
His voice was not loud, but under this empty abyss, there was an endless echo, which sounded very strange.
Su Qiubai didn't answer, he didn't know if talking like this would alarm the things below, so it was better to be careful.
As they continued to go deeper, the fishy smell of Su Qiubai asked became heavier and heavier, but other than that, they didn't hear any beast sounds. It stands to reason that it is unlikely that these ancient beasts would be so quiet, let alone when they smell the scent of a living person?
Su Qiubai was sure that if there were really monsters here, those things would have sensed the breath of the three of them a long time ago, but he didn't know why it sounded like there was no movement at all.
When the smell was already strong enough to choke his nose, Mossa suddenly stopped and said, "Don't rush down, think about what to do with those things first, so as not to be in a hurry." β
Su Qiubai felt a little funny when he saw Mosa busy on the side, constantly hanging various magic weapons and other things on his body. He didn't have anything to prepare for himself, and he just drew his sword when he was in danger, which was also his usual style.
When Mossa was ready, the three of them continued to climb down.
Su Qiubai had been paying attention to the movements around him with his divine sense, until he heard a faint sound of heavy breathing, and he knew that a vicious battle was about to begin.
The three of them glanced down with a searchlight, and Su Qiubai suddenly saw that there were dozens of caves on the rock wall, as Mosa said. Because of the distance, they couldn't see anything in those caves, and they had to pass through the locations of these caves if they wanted to reach the deeper places.
Now that he has come, Su Qiubai simply let it go. He quickened his movements and crawled down more quickly. Both Mosa and Muhan looked for the direction of the smaller cave, but Su Qiubai did the opposite, picking the largest hole and climbing straight over.