Chapter 1. Also 31. Caving

For about a quarter of an hour, Shen Gui, who had taken a breath, struggled to get up from the ground, giving birth to a feeling of being a human being in two lives. He was already prepared to be beaten up by this person who chased him like a sheep, but after he gave up struggling, Feishi never reappeared. Shen Gui raised his hand to pat open the dirt and blades of grass hanging on his body, and listened quietly with bated breath.

"Why is there no sound but the wind blowing the leaves?" Shen Gui muttered to himself as he unconsciously took steps towards the high part of the mountain. At this moment, Shen Gui was already weak and weak, but there was no longer that person to drive him away with flying stones, and after the rhythm of the road could be slowed down, it would be no longer difficult for Shen Gui, who was used to walking through the forest.

"Who this man is, the old man must know. When I'm done, I'll have to ask him when I get back. Shen Gui was ruthless while running in his heart, and his teeth squeaked.

Before he could run a few steps, Shen Gui heard the sound of water flowing above him, and there was a faint smell in the air. Without thinking about it, his body had already reflexively jumped to the shadow behind the tree. After first observing the blind spot behind him and making sure that it was safe, Shen Gui looked in the direction where the sound of flowing water came.

I don't know if I don't look at it, where Shen Gui is now, he can already vaguely observe the top of the mountain. He casually threw a few pieces of gravel to explore the way, and saw nothing unusual, so he bent down and walked towards the top of the mountain on his knees and half crawling.

"Another temple, I didn't expect the people in this Shuangshan Village to be quite superstitious." Shen Gui stood in front of the small temple gate on the top of the mountain, looking around, there was a shallow mountain stream in front of the temple, which was where the sound of the water flow came from before. At the end of this mountain stream is a cave that cannot be seen from the outside, and it looks dark and mysterious.

Shen Gui first entered the ruined temple to investigate carefully, tore some strips of cloth that could be used as fuel and tied them around his waist, and then returned to the mountains and forests to look for dry firewood. It didn't take long for a simple torch to be made in his hands. Shen Gui came to the entrance of the cave with a torch, took out a bag of stones that he had picked up when he was looking for firewood just now, and put it in his hand, while he clinged to the rock wall on the side of the cave to hide his figure, bent his right arm, and threw stones into the cave.

It wasn't until a bag of stones was thrown away that Shen Gui didn't notice anything unusual, so he took out the fire fold he carried with him and blew it up, lit the torch, and then walked into the cave. Because there was a stream flowing through the cave, Shen Gui slowed down his steps, and the sound of the water in his ears and the 'crackling' sound of firewood burning echoed throughout the cave.

"It's a dark and damp place, and the old man still puts the books here, and he is not afraid of soaking them all." Shen Gui muttered in his heart, but he didn't dare to relax at all. This cave is actually not deep, and if it is a flat avenue, it will not take ordinary people half an hour to walk. The deeper Shen Gui walked, the more dark and damp he felt, and the stench wafting in the air in front of him became more and more intense, like a pungent smell like rotten eggs.

Shen Gui watched carefully, and on the right side in front of the cave, there was some light sprinkled on the ground, and he couldn't help but make up his mind, and accelerated his pace to chase the light. When I came to the end, I thought about it again and suddenly found that walking in the hole in the darkness felt that the road was twisting and turning, but the whole cave trend now seemed to be an inverted 'L' shape. And the corner of L is where he is.

Just walked the dark road for a while, turned the corner and looked at it, his eyes were pierced by a piece of sunshine, and after rubbing his eyesight, Shen Gui's whole person was stunned by the scenery in front of him.

The source of this mountain stream is a pool of natural hot springs! Shen Gui could never have imagined that in this cave on the top of Botu Mountain, there was such a scene: the top of the cave was full of stalactites of different shapes and sizes, like the fangs of ancient monsters, from top to bottom; Beneath the stalactites is a crescent-shaped hot spring pool, which exudes a pungent smell of sulfur and is like a dream under the shroud of steam; The direction of the steam drifting away is the end of the cave, and as far as the eye can see, there is an endless sea of blue waves. This is actually a hot spring in the middle of the mountain, which crosses the belly of Botu Mountain.

Shen Gui, who was covered in stinky sweat, walked to the crescent hot spring pool in a few steps, and after a little probing the temperature with his hand, he couldn't wait to jump into the pool.

Small temple in Shuangshan Village

"Fourteen, that kid is back in the mountains?" The old beggar sat at the table. There are a few thin books scattered on the table, and there are pens and inkstones at hand. The old beggar who was asking was bowing his head, flipping through the book with his right hand and holding a pen in his left hand, looking extremely focused and serious.

"After delivering the book, I left. I also wondered if I should let him stay and come back after dinner. But this kid has been stunned since he was a child, and no one except you says they don't listen to him. Lao Bao was sorting out the food box in his hand, looked up and saw the old beggar writing in front of the table, and asked: "Senior brother hasn't practiced martial arts yet, you just let Fourteen stop him, isn't it a bit too much?" After all, it's still young......"

Hearing this, the old beggar put down the pen in his hand, rubbed his slightly sour eyes, turned his head and said to Lao Bao: "Now that his muscles and bones are half completed, he can start laying the foundation." Fourteen, this kid still knows the severity. The spy from Nankang that year was more than 30 darts flying by him, didn't he die? ”

Lao Bao was anxious when he heard this: "If he knew the severity, he could still fly thirty-two darts at a person?" Besides, the man just didn't breathe at the time, didn't he just hold up for an extra day when he came back! ”

The old beggar waved his hand: "Hey, he bled to death, what does it have to do with Fourteen?" You don't have to worry, although Shen Gui's child looks lazy and lazy, he is extremely tenacious in his bones. But what worries me is that if he searches all over the top of the mountain and doesn't find any martial arts tips, the bull's temper will come up again, and he will definitely drag it on Botu Mountain until dark. At this time, if you go down the mountain, it is easy to be directly killed by those children as villains. That's it, old bag, you will go into the mountain with me and let them know in advance. ”

Lao Bao nodded in agreement, and walked out of the small temple with the food box.

At this time, Shen Gui washed all the clothes on his body in the hot spring. A mid-mountain hot spring that was originally created to conquer the world looks like a chicly decorated public bath at this time, and the stalactites around it are all hung with Shen Gui's clothes.

"It's really unlucky, and I don't know who chased me all the way. However, it is a blessing in disguise to be able to sweat first and then soak in a hot spring. If you can eat a little more, it will be even more beautiful. Shen Gui half lay in the hot spring, looking at the boundless woods in the distance swaying in the wind, like the waves of the sea. Under the beautiful scenery of the hot spring, Shen Gui's eyelids drooped naturally, and it didn't take long for him to fall asleep.

When I woke up again, I was lying naked on the incense table in the broken temple at the entrance of the cave. I don't know what kind of god is being offered in this temple, and they are looking at themselves majestically. Shen Gui turned over and looked at the door, only to see a thin figure, sitting on the threshold with his back to him, and he couldn't stop taking something out of his pocket to eat.

"Hey, who are you? Where's my clothes? Shen Gui looked left and right, but he didn't see where his clothes were, so he could only open his mouth and ask this unknown person. ,

The man didn't seem to hear his own words, and ate motionlessly.

"Hey, bro? How did I get here? Can you give me back the clothes first? ”

At this time, Shen Gui was a little angry, and wanted to step forward to pat this person who ignored him, but at the moment he was still naked, so he had to grab a handful of straw casually, cover his lower body first, and then walk in the direction of the person.

The man was originally sitting facing the door, but when he noticed that there was an extra black shadow on the ground in front of him, he immediately bounced up, jumped high in the air and flipped a few heels to the ground, and at this time the man was already a foot away from the temple gate.

"Don't be nervous, I don't think much of you. I just know where my clothes are. And why am I here, and who are you? Have you seen any books or pamphlets? Why didn't you reply when I told you just now? Why don't you speak? Are you mute? ”