Chapter 15: The Mysterious Cave
As soon as their eyes opened and closed, they had reached their destination, but what made people feel strange was that when they opened their eyes this time, there were no familiar bookshelves, no wooden doors in the study, and nothing Leng Zimo knew, because all they saw in their eyes was darkness.
"Where is this?" Xiwen asked Leng Zimo suspiciously.
"I ...... I don't know, is it because you teleported by mistake?" Leng Zimo was also confused.
"No...... It can't be, I've been using it for so many years without making a mistake. β
In fact, Xiwen didn't dare to guarantee it, after all, the energy in his body was a little unstable recently, so he was a little hesitant to speak. He was about to pull out the glow stone, when an oil lamp above their heads suddenly burst into flames, which really startled them. An oil lamp lit up, and the oil lamps around the wall also lit automatically, and the surroundings suddenly became clear.
It is a spacious cave, about the size of two basketball courts, with a stone pillar running through the top and bottom, and all kinds of stone carvings and furniture scattered around it, which looks messy. The things on the stone wall are even more shocking, the stone wall of the entire cave is covered with traces of fighting, there are sword marks as deep as ten centimeters, there are claw marks that seem to be scratched by large animals, and there are palm prints directly embedded in the stone wall, it is obvious that there were people living here, and there were fights, but this is a sealed cave? How did they get in? Is there anyone like Xiwen who can teleport?
The answer was obviously not, because when the two of them turned around in place, they found that only a stone wall behind them had the least traces of fighting, and after a closer look, it turned out that this was the entrance, but now it was densely packed with stones of different sizes.
"This is the door, let's get out of here. Xiwen looked around and said.
Leng Zi Mo pulled Lahivin's clothes and said:
"Xiwen, wait! I think I've been here, let's go in and have a look. β
"You...... Have you been here?" said Xiwen, frowning.
"No, to be exact, I haven't been here, but I feel inexplicably familiar with this place. Leng Zimo explained.
The sound of long footsteps echoed through the cavern, and the two of them cautiously walked towards the pillar in the middle, the whole cave was eerily quiet, except for the occasional sound of water droplets from afar, only the sound of their breathing remained. The closer they got to the pillar, the more rapid their breathing became, and Leng Zimo broke out in a cold sweat, their nerves tense to the extreme.
"Be careful!"
Xiwen suddenly pulled Leng Zimo back behind him, and then quickly threw out his thin sword.
Dingββ
The sword was plunged deep into the stone pillar in front of them, and the two of them also looked at the stone pillar in front of them steadily, but after a long while, nothing appeared. They looked at each other and nodded slightly, intending to continue their inquiry. Xiwen made a move forward with his right hand, and the thin sword inserted in the stone pillar shook a few times, and then pulled out and flew back into his hand. As soon as the two of them wanted to step out, a pile of white things suddenly fell behind the stone pillar, and a white ball rolled straight to Leng Zimo's feet...... It turned out to be a human skull!
Where the hell was this, what had happened, who was this skull? They thought there must be an answer behind the pillar. Swallowing their saliva, the two of them continued to walk, but before they could take a few steps, a string of purple runes appeared on the stone wall behind them, and then turned into a purple tunnel that sucked them in.
When they woke up again, the two of them were already lying in the study.
"Hmm......" Leng Zimo simply lay on the ground and looked at Xiwen who had just stood up and said, "Xiwen, what are you doing? Why are you using magic for no reason?"
Xiwen is also very strange, now he is like a monk of Zhanger - confused, he said:
"I didn't do magic, I've always been in front of you, you can see it clearly. β
What the hell is going on? Both of them were very depressed, and their little heads were filled with this big doubt at the same time, and there were many of them.
"Can you still teleport back?" Leng Zimo asked.
"As long as you can sense that place, that's fine. Xiwen replied in the affirmative.
Leng Zimo hesitated a little, he lowered his head and thought for a while, and said:
"Let's go again, I should be able to sense that there seems to be something there that draws me in, though I don't know what it is. β
"Okay, stand in front of the door. β
Xiwen recited the spell lightly, the ring on his hand and the door of the study emitted bursts of purple light, Leng Zimo took a deep breath, slowly pushed open the door and walked in. However, the stone wall full of traces of the fight did not appear in front of them again, and there were only the corridors of the Leng family's mansion that he was no longer familiar with.
Leng Zimo looked back at the study for a while, and then looked forward for a while, almost thinking that he was out of balance and hallucinating.
Xiwen pondered for a moment and said:
"We may have been denied access, the door was opened, but it was like some spell was in the way, and we weren't allowed to enter. β
He looked at the wooden door of the study, and was a little amazed at the magic of the spells in this world.
"Alas~ That's no way. Leng Zimo, who has always thought very fast, was still depressed one second, but the next second he seemed to think of something, and said in a flash of inspiration, "That's right! Let's solve your problem first! This is our family's study, and a quarter of the Leng family's classics are here, why don't we look here first and see if we can find the answer you want?"
"Well, at least there is a direction, and you can also take this opportunity to learn about your magic. Xiwen said.
"No, no, no, these are not called magic tricks in our family, magic in our case refers to some tricks that use tricks to blind the eyes, and we call it Taoism. Leng Zimo explained proudly.
The two of them spent an afternoon in the study, and half of the books in the study were turned over, but they didn't find any clues. Although I didn't find any clues, I read many books with relish, such as this "Leng's Atlas", which records the more powerful demons and monsters that the Leng family has subdued or slashed in the past dynasties, as well as those books that record various sects, and even newspapers and magazines that fictional supernatural stories Xiwen does not let go.
"Look at it so fast, can you understand?" Leng Zimo suddenly asked.
"Yes, since I got to know the culture of your world, I find it more and more interesting. Obviously, the environment in which we live is similar to ours, but the culture that has been nurtured is completely different. Xiwen didn't take his eyes off the book.
"By the way, how do you understand the language here?" Leng Zimo's curiosity exploded.
Xiwen took out the communicator in his pocket, put it in his hand and raised it, and said:
"Half on this, half on self-study. β
"Self-study?!Haven't you only been here for a few months?" Leng Zimo's jaw fell to the ground in shock like a book in his hand.
"Yes, the power was sealed, and the communicator struck halfway through it, and it took me more than half a month to fully master it. Xiwen said with a smile.
"Oh my God, you're a prodigy, right?" ...... the book you just read" Leng Zimo was shocked again.
"Hmm...... As you can imagine, all remembered. Still smiling.
Before Leng Zimo, who admired the five-body throw, lay down, a sound of hurried and vigorous footsteps suddenly came from the stairs "knock knock", and it was expressed in their direction little by little, and then the door of the study was opened with a "bang", and a 4 or 5-looking child rushed into Xiwen's arms, knocking Xiwen to the ground.
Xiwen touched his head and got up, and found that a pair of clear big eyes were looking at him with joy, it turned out to be the little ancestor, this child must have just heard Leng Zimo's shout. Xiwen rubbed the little ancestor's hair, and the little ancestor stood up contentedly.
This kid's hostility to Xiwen from the beginning to the current change of Xiwen like a big brother is also a little unprepared, and Leng Zimo, who was standing next to him and witnessed this warm scene like the air, was directly jealous:
"Okay, okay, Brother Xiwen is here, so you don't need to worry about Brother Mo. β
Hearing Leng Zimo's words, the little ancestor raised his head from Xiwen's arms and glanced at him, but then the little ancestor pouted at him, stuck out his tongue and made a "slightly" grimace, and buried his head in Xiwen's arms again.
"You ......" Leng Zimo was speechless for a while.
At this time, Leng Zimo's mother appeared, she picked up the little ancestor at once, and then said to her son:
"You deserve it, who told you to trick the little ancestor into wearing a skirt last night!"
"Mom, why are you here?" Leng Zimo deliberately diverted the topic.
"I've heard you two fiddling upstairs, what are you looking for?" Leng Zimo's mother said as she put the little ancestor on the ground.
In fact, they should have asked Leng Zimo's mother for help at the beginning, and at the same time, the two who thought of this exchanged glances tacitly again. Afraid that Xiwen didn't know how to speak, Leng Zimo preemptively asked:
"Mom, do you know about the defensive barrier above us?"
"You know, don't you know this very well, isn't it set up to protect our mansion from being invaded by demons? Leng Zimo's mother replied seriously.
"Mom, I'm not talking about our family, it's the one above. Leng Zimo asked.
At this time, Leng Zimo's mother's face became a little grim, and she said:
"Further, how do you know all this?"
How do you know? Leng Zimo, who had an idea, suddenly said:
"I overheard your conversation with your grandfather a while ago, so I heard a little bit. β
"Okay, you stinky boy, you actually eavesdropped!" Leng Zimo's mother feigned anger, but then she sighed and said, "This thing is not a secret thing, it's just that we insiders usually talk about it, and it's not a big deal to let the two of you know." β
Xiwen and Leng Zimo's eyes lit up, and they finally found the right one! They hurriedly moved closer to Leng Zimo's mother. And the first thing Leng Zimo's mother said next was:
"Do you believe that there are aliens in this world?"