Chapter 36: Faithfulness
The dark river was more than a hundred paces wide, and it crossed in front of everyone, completely blocking their path.
When everyone came to the edge of the dark river, Fang Hate had too few clothes with him.
The cold air made everyone's bodies tremble involuntarily, and their teeth fought up and down.
Sima Jiu stood on the edge of the dark river and said tremblingly: "I didn't expect that there is such a cold dark river in this Shuiyue Cave Mansion. ”
"It seems that only by crossing this dark river can we continue to go deep into the Water Moon Cave Mansion."
Feng Li quickly glanced at the cave walls on both sides and made a judgment.
The walls of the cave on both sides were smooth and impossible to climb, and besides, they did not carry a means of swimming, and in order to reach the opposite side, they had to cross the dark river on the ice.
Afterwards, Li Jiancheng gently pressed on the ice with his hand.
"The ice doesn't look thick, and I don't know if it can withstand our weight."
"It's not easy, it's a big deal, I'll be a guinea pig again."
As he spoke, Sima Jiu walked to the edge of the dark river and wanted to step on the ice.
Sima Jiu clearly knew the fate of the experimental mice.
Success is fine, failure is ...... I dare not think about the consequences.
However, when he thought of these people around him, they were either close relatives, or life-saving benefactors, or life-saving benefactors.
Sima Jiu felt that this little guinea pig belonged to him.
At this moment, someone in the Kyushu shogunate immediately sent a message to stop it.
"Yuquan old man Yelu Chucai: Group leader, don't be in a hurry, hurry up and put your feet away."
"Group Leader Sima Jiu: Why?"
"Old man Yelu Chucai of Yuquan: The thickness of the ice is unknown, and I don't know if the ice can withstand your weight."
"Swordsman Jing Ke: Group leader, don't be careless."
"General Wang Meng: The enemy's situation is unknown, don't act rashly, you need to test it first."
"Group leader Sima Jiu: Thank you for reminding me."
So, Sima Jiuyi changed his previous sloppy buoyancy and carefully put one foot on the ice, tentatively and slowly applying pressure, for fear that the ice would break.
Gradually, although the pressure exerted by Sima Jiu increased, there was no trace of the ice breaking.
Generally speaking, stepping on the edge of the ice can easily cause the ice to break.
So, while increasing his strength, Sima Jiu tentatively slid his foot into the middle of the dark river.
Seeing this, Li Jiancheng hurriedly approached Sima Jiu's side and supported him.
In case the ice breaks, in an emergency, Li Jiancheng can also hold him to prevent him from falling into the glacier.
Then, Sima Jiu cautiously put his other foot on the ice.
The moment he landed, there was a clattering sound under the ice.
When Sima Jiu stabilized his body, the sound quickly disappeared.
Seemingly, the ice shows no signs of breaking.
"Looks like the ice should be able to hold my weight."
So, Sima Jiu motioned to Li Jiancheng to let him go.
Li Jiancheng hesitated for a moment before letting go of Sima Jiu worriedly.
Sima Jiu walked towards the glacier step by step, and everyone watched his every movement with bated breath.
Every time Sima Jiu took a step and landed, the clicking sound under the ice would make everyone tremble, especially Sima Ruohua.
She looked nervous, rubbing the corners of her clothes with her hands.
While Sima Jiu walked slowly, the air in the cave seemed to be condensed, the wind stopped, and the human voices also stopped, very quiet, so quiet that even the clicking sound from the ice seemed extremely abrupt and unsettling.
Time passed minute by minute, and after a long time, when Sima Jiu's feet fell on the opposite shore, everyone's tense heartstrings were relieved.
However, they did not take it easy for long, and as the other person stepped on the ice, the people on the shore looked tense again.
Sima Ruohua and Nalan Lingyun's bodies were lighter than Sima Jiu's, and they crossed the dark river without any suspense.
However, Li Jiancheng, whose physical fitness is more than a few streets away from Sima Jiu, is a little difficult.
However, fortunately, Li Jiancheng did not belong to the kind of tiger-backed bear-waist body type, and in the end, he barely crossed the dark river after throwing away everything he could on his body.
However, Feng Li, who was traveling with him, could only sigh at Wangbing.
Feng Li is strong and strong, and in terms of weight alone, Sima Jiu and Li Jiancheng are not much heavier than him.
As a result, he became an outcast of the Shuiyue Cave Mansion, and was unfortunately persuaded by Li Jiancheng to return.
Sima Jiu joked: "Brother Feng, you are too 'fleshy', you should wait for our good news outside the Water Moon Cave Mansion!" ”
"Blame me!" Feng Li looked innocent.
Not long after, when he said goodbye to Sima Jiu and the others, he reluctantly returned along the same road and walked towards the outside of the Shuiyue Cave Mansion.
After everyone crossed the dark river and walked towards the cave mansion for a few minutes, Sima Jiu sighed: "This Water Moon Cave Mansion is really strange, it was as cold as ice and snow just now, why is it not cold now?" You can even feel a hint of warmth. ”
"Of course, this is our doctor's treasure."
Nalan Lingyun had a foreign face.
"Well, it's indeed a treasure land, or the kind that ordinary people are not allowed to enter, no, ordinary people like Brother Feng are blocked out."
Li Jiancheng joked: "Hahahaha! You kid, if Brother Feng hears it, it is estimated that the next time he practices sword with you, he will definitely not show mercy to his subordinates. ”
"If you don't say it, how will Brother Feng know."
"To say it or not to say it, that's a question."
"What the hell do you mean? Or don't say? ”
"I can't guarantee that!"
“......”
"Brother, my two elder brothers, you two have this bickering leisure, why don't you see what it is?"
As he spoke, Nalan Lingyun stretched out his hand and pointed ahead.
Sima Jiuxunyin looked over and saw two stone statues in front of him standing in the middle of the road, standing with their backs to each other.
The stone statues divide the road in two, leading in different directions.
The stone statues are finely carved and of comparable height, but their shapes are different.
The stone statue on the left looks like a soldier with a sword, while the one on the right resembles a personable swordsman.
Although the two are different, however, without exception, they both hold swords in one hand and point to the depths of the cave with the other, as if they are leading the way.
Sima Jiu and Li Jiancheng both looked at the stone statue thoughtfully, stunned.
Sima Ruohua and Nalan Lingyun were curious, they walked together under the stone statue on the right, and after some inquiry, they reminded loudly: "There seems to be a line of words here. ”
After a while, Sima Jiu and Li Jiancheng walked briskly towards the stone statue on the right as if they had just woken up from a dream.
Sima Jiu followed Nalan Lingyun's instructions, and after gently brushing off the dust on the surface of the inscription slate, he read: "Faithful and righteous, chivalrous and helpful!" ”
After reading the eight simple words, Sima Jiu and Nalan Lingyun fell into deep thought almost at the same time.
Subsequently, when Li Jiancheng noticed those words, he also became solemn.
Sima Ruohua glanced at Sima Jiu and the others disapprerovingly, and muttered and thought secretly: "What's wrong with one by one, they suddenly became stupid." Forget it, let's go see another stone statue. ”
So, Sima Ruohua asked Li Jiancheng: "Brother Jiancheng, how about we go and see that stone statue?" ”
After a while, Sima Ruohua saw that Li Jiancheng had no reaction, so he reminded again: "Brother Jiancheng? ”
After a few breaths, Li Jiancheng suddenly said: "Ah! Oh! Okay, let's go. ”
It didn't take long for Li Jiancheng to see another line of words in the same position of another stone statue.