Chapter 10 Exploring the Ancient Cave
Under the gaze of everyone, Shan Zhuokun held the compass in his left hand and walked towards the river with his right hand.
"Miss Zhifeng, it seems that Shangxian is about to do it." Yu Chi Baolin stared at Shan Zhuokun with wide eyes excitedly, and said to Li Zhifeng beside him.
"Yes, I didn't expect this disciple to really have two hits." At this moment, Li Zhifeng also looked directly at Shan Zhuokun's back with both eyes, "In the past few days, he has really brought us too many surprises." ”
Yu Chi Baolin glanced sideways at Li Zhifeng and said with a smile: "I think that although my father and Yuanchang urged Shangxian to find food as soon as they met, it was indeed a bit excessive, but at least one sentence they said was right." ”
"Oh?" Li Zhifeng looked at Yu Chi Baolin suspiciously.
Yu Chi Baolin said firmly: "Shangxian is indeed the blessing of the Tang Dynasty sent to me by the heavens, for some reason, I always feel that he will become a legend like Mr. Yuan in the future." ”
Li Zhifeng nodded slightly, although she had always been in the north, she had also heard of Yuan Tiangang's name before. Whether it is water, when Yuan Tiangang is mentioned, he can't help but praise him. Now that Wei Chi's father and son and King Han have all decided that Shan Zhuokun will become a legend like Yuan Tiangang in the future, she is naturally full of strong curiosity about his future fate.
Just when everyone was looking forward to Shan Zhuokun's method, he suddenly stopped, shook his head and said:
"No, this is not a place to catch fish, and we will have to continue thirty miles east to get there."
Shan Zhuokun turned around as he spoke, and walked forward on his own.
Yu Chi Baolin was a little confused by Shan Zhuokun's sudden behavior, and said loudly: "Shangxian, isn't this the river?" Why can't you catch fish? ”
Shan Zhuokun heard Yu Chi Baolin ask himself like this, so he stopped, turned around and condensed and said: "General Wei Chi doesn't know, this river is cursed, if you catch fish here, it will definitely anger the river god, and we will have to explain our lives here." ”
"River God?" Yu Chi Baolin and Li Zhifeng quickly glanced at each other, and a confused look appeared on their faces.
They had all heard of the river god before, and knew that there was a guardian god with profound Taoism in every river. If it is a supple and gentle auspicious god, if it is a fierce god, let alone fishing, even if it is swimming in the river or simply squatting by the river to drink, it may be swept away by the river, and there will be no bones.
"The immortal is saying that the river god in this river is a fierce god, so we don't want to catch fish here." Yu Chi Baolin said cautiously, "That being the case, let's wait and return the same way, and don't want to appear next to the poor pool." ”
Shan Zhuokun saw that Yu Chi Baolin was really a little scared, so he came to him with a smile and comforted: "General Wei Chi, you are a soldier who gallops on the battlefield, how can you be frightened by the slightest trivial matter and shrink your tail?" Don't worry, with my brother here, everything is worry-free! ”
After Shan Zhuokun finished speaking, he walked forward again. After taking a few steps, he retracted his steps and turned to look back, only to see that Yu Chi Baolin and the others were still tangled in place, still looking indecided.
When Shan Zhuokun saw this scene, he couldn't help but feel extremely funny. When I used to watch those costume dramas, I always felt that those heroic heroes of Iron Horse Jingo were a group of people who were not afraid of death. Who knows, when they see it today, they are so afraid in the face of unknown situations. If they were told that in their own time, they would have been the bones of the tomb, would they be even more afraid? Forget it, good people do it to the end, or don't tell them the truth.
"I said, what are you doing all the time?" Shan Zhuokun deliberately urged impatiently, "Follow my brother, there are fish to eat!" ”
Everyone was still afraid in their hearts, but when they heard Shan Zhuokun mention the word fish, they couldn't help but get excited again. Forget it, for the sake of that rare food, let's take a trip at first. Thinking of this, they unanimously responded, led the horses and continued to walk forward behind Shan Zhuokun.
After walking for more than 30 miles, seeing that there were many green mountains blocking the road, and only an extremely rugged and difficult path was left between the two mountains, Shan Zhuokun asked everyone to lead the horses to the nearby woods to wait, and he had to go into the cave alone to find out.
The soldiers saw that Shan Zhuokun had made up his mind, so he didn't say anything more. Only Yu Chi Baolin and Li Zhifeng still insisted on their own opinions and wanted to accompany Shan Zhuokun to go together.
"Immortal, we have been fighting together since that Night Fighting Tree Spirit, and the soldiers can rest for a while, but I and Miss Zhifeng must go with you." Yu Chi Baolin said boldly, "If there is danger, the three of us can also work together to eradicate it." ”
Li Zhifeng heard what Wei Chi Baolin said, so he also raised the sword in his hand and said categorically: "Dengzi, through the previous fights, you should also know that this girl's methods are extremely powerful. General Wei Chi is right, just with your fists and legs, if you really encounter some danger, I am afraid it will be difficult to escape, why don't I go with you, so I can take care of it. ”
Shan Zhuokun couldn't help but feel a strong warmth in his heart when he heard Yu Chi Baolin and Li Zhifeng say this. He originally thought that after he came to Datang involuntarily, his fate would be extremely miserable. But I didn't expect to have such two friends who can make friends with their lives by mistake, which has to be said to be a wonderful harvest.
"Okay, that's the case, then you two will go with Ben Shangxian, and the others will go to the nearby woods to rest first, waiting for our news at any time." Shan Zhuokun said loudly.
After bidding farewell to the soldiers, the three of them groped forward for more than ten miles. Suddenly, the road in front of him was blocked by a mountain peak. At the same time, a cave came into view.
"Tianyu Cave?"
As they walked briskly to the entrance of the cave, they raised their heads together to carefully distinguish the simple and vigorous handwriting on the stone wall. After a while, Li Zhifeng read word by word. After reading these three words, she looked sideways at Shan Zhuokun. But seeing that he was frowning at the moment, he didn't know what he was thinking.
"Dengzi, what's wrong with you?" Li Zhifeng asked curiously, "What do you think?" ”
When Yu Chi Baolin heard Li Zhifeng's words, he also cast an inquiring gaze at Shan Zhuokun.
"I remember Master once mentioned this place to me." Shan Zhuokun recalled, "He said that this cave is a double-storey tomb, and later someone once got a famous sword that had been lost in the rivers and lakes for a long time because he killed a python here. ”
"Oh? Is there such a miraculous thing? Yu Chi Baolin said in surprise.
"Hmm." Shan Zhuokun nodded heavily, "But the truth and falsehood are not known, so let's go in and find out." ”
Li Zhifeng and Yu Chi Baolin heard Shan Zhuokun's proposal, and they couldn't help but have thousands of entanglements in their hearts again.
"Shangxian, although I have never been through the ancient tomb before, I have heard that there are many mechanisms in it. If we accidentally step on a dangerous place, the three of us will definitely be crushed. Yu Chi Baolin hesitated, "If that's the case......"
Li Zhifeng heard Wei Chi Baolin say this, and he didn't feel even more hesitant in his heart.
Shan Zhuokun looked left and right, and saw that both of them looked extremely solemn, so he pretended to be relaxed and reached out and patted Yu Chi Baolin's shoulder, and said half-jokingly: "Hey, I said, you two are big heroes, why are you so cowardly and afraid?" Don't worry, with me here, those demons and monsters won't hurt you both, just follow me. ”
Wei Chi Baolin and Li Zhifeng saw that Shan Zhuokun had made up his mind, and they didn't want to say anything more, so they had to relax their minds as much as possible and accompany him on this trip.
"Okay, since the immortal has made up his mind, then Miss Zhifeng and I can only sacrifice our lives to accompany the gentleman." Yu Chi Baolin said angrily, "Who made us the Iron Triangle? ”
As a native of the Tang Dynasty thousands of years ago, he originally didn't know the word 'iron triangle'. It's only because Shan Zhuokun has been using the 'iron triangle' to describe the relationship between the three of them along the way, so he uses it like this.
"That's right." Shan Zhuokun smiled happily, and then he patted his chest with his hand and said proudly, "Don't worry, everything has me." ”
In this way, under the leadership of Shan Zhuokun, the three of them walked into Tianyu Cave one after another.
Although the entrance of Tianyu Cave looks extremely wide, in fact, the cave body is extremely narrow and dark. Since it was formed by the accumulation of volcanic lava 10,000 years ago, there are thousands of stalactites hanging on the surrounding stone walls. Near the entrance of the cave, the sunlight can still enter obliquely, so it is relatively easy to walk. After walking out of the distance of about two miles, as it became darker and darker inside, Shan Zhuokun, who was walking in the front, could only light the lighter to illuminate the road, while carefully observing the surrounding environment, while constantly prompting Li Zhifeng and Yu Chi Baolin behind him to pay attention to the top of their heads and feet, so as to prevent those sudden dangers from coming suddenly.
After walking another mile or so, the road under the feet of the three of them suddenly became extremely slippery and muddy, and the sound of dripping water through the stones was faintly heard in their ears.
"Shangxian, could it be that the source of the underground river is ahead?" Yu Chi Baolin asked in surprise.
"Well, it's possible." Shan Zhuokun frowned and said, "This hole is really too strange, obviously my master said that this is a tomb, why is there no mechanism on the way, nor did I see any monsters come out to stop it, but it is so quiet that it is frightening, all this is too illogical." ”
"Didn't you say someone had come in before? Could it be that they broke all the mechanisms here? Li Zhifeng also felt a little strange when she heard Shan Zhuokun say this.
"Hmm." Shan Zhuokun thought for a while, and Ning Se said, "Since we are here, no matter what awaits us in front of us, we must go to the end." However, you must follow me, and nothing will go wrong. ”
Yu Chi Baolin and Li Zhifeng nodded, and with the weapons they clenched in their hands, they followed Shan Zhuokun and continued to walk in the direction of the sound of water.