Volume 1: Yellow Springs December Chapter 37: Drinking alcohol and getting drunk
By the time they returned to the well where the bones were hidden, it was twilight.
This time, Mu Wan insisted on going down, but the mountains and seas were still not allowed. He said that he wanted to find someone to take care of Ah Luan, and Mu Wan always felt as if he was explaining what was going on. But if no one could take care of her before, she didn't know if Shanhai would take these risks.
Rin Shanhai and Shi Wuqi returned to the well. At the time of the demon, the coolness of the well is particularly obvious. After walking a few steps with torches, they soon came to the place where the wreckage had been. The body of the mad bone is hidden somewhere, but the demonic qi is not restrained, and the human bones on the ground are trembling slightly.
At this time, a hand grabbed Shanhai's ankle.
Shanhai hurriedly dodged, drew out the peachwood sword that Ah Luan had brought, and prepared to break it along the wrist bone. But at this moment, a terrible energy rushed straight towards it, and after a roar of dust, half of its body turned into dust in an instant.
And all the bones as far as the eye could see behind it.
The gray smoke gradually filled the air, and the force of this force made the rocks above their heads rattle, and fine pieces of sand and gravel continued to fall. Shanhai covered his mouth and nose and returned to his head, and found that Shi Wuqi just raised a palm.
From his breath before, Shan Hai had already sensed that he must have amazing internal strength, but it was the first time he had seen it with his own eyes.
The tremor continued for a long time before stopping. Shanhai looked around and said to Shi Wuqi with some concern:
"I'd still suggest a little more convergence. The distance to the ground is not too deep, and if it really collapses, not only us, but also how many miles of land above it cannot be maintained, it will be destroyed...... The girls are still on it, too. ā
Shi Wuqi frowned slightly, a little impatient, but he didn't refute him either. Shanhai went on to say:
"You are really capable of wielding corpses, who is better than the demonic power of this little crazy bone?"
"Ah, I'll try it," Shi Wuqi said, but suddenly turned around, "Over there...... Here it comes. ā
Maybe it was because the momentum just now was too strong and it alarmed the entire well. From all directions, large groups of white bones gathered one after another, and the number and scale were so large that they did not know even the faint light of the fire. The sound of bones rubbing against each other creaked and made people's hearts tingle and itch to listen to.
"Shi Gongzi, this ......"
Shanhai glanced at him.
The Lord of the Hundred Bones took a deep breath and closed his eyes. When they opened it again, the pair of dark eyes suddenly filled with a striking golden light, as if they were flowing. The light was not dazzling, but it was extremely bright. At this point, all the skeletons froze in place, shaking violently as if they were fighting against some invisible force.
Shanhai couldn't help but take a step back.
This is indeed an amazing power, but the unexpected is yet to come. Many bones that were buried in the ground were also summoned by this power and broke through the ground one after another. Outstretched arms, arched spines, and raised skulls all rushed out like bubbles in the mire.
A huge crack appeared on the ground, and the mountains and seas almost lost their footing. Then he heard a murmuring sound beneath the ground.
Oops.
"Shi Gongzi is slow! Here'sā"
The originally solid ground was like glass that had been hit, shattered. A huge number of skeletons and the two of them fell straight down.
The sound was indeed flowing water. The water was not violent, but it was slightly fast, and with the large number of rocks and other obstacles, it was very difficult to struggle in the water. Shanhai stretched out his hand to grab the raised stone wall, but it was smooth and was quickly swept in. He tried his best to get out of the debris and jump out of the water, but he had no place to stay, so he kept jumping on the moving boulders and clods of earth.
Needless to say, the torches were long since extinguished. They couldn't see anything in the dark hole. Shanhai didn't know what the situation was on Shi Wuqi's side, and the loud noise made him unable to hear the other party's movements. He can only rely on his feelings, just as he listens to the flow of every drop of water when training in the mountain springs, and relies on intuition to guide his footing. If you're not careful, you'll be swept up in the torrent again.
I asked for my own life.
This is definitely one of the few torturous moments in Shanhai's life so far. He kept going back and forth between the rubble, his eyes adjusting to the darkness, and he could see some outlines. After about a cup of tea, the water finally calmed down, and the vision in front of me gradually brightened.
Finally, the tired mountains and seas can have a place to rest. He stepped onto much flatter ground and made a splash. In the blink of an eye, Shi Wuqi also clicked on the ground and patted his sleeve. Looking at him through the light, except for a few water stains on the trouser legs and hem of his clothes, the rest of the place was still clean.
"Your Excellency's martial arts still need to be tempered." He glanced at the mountains and seas.
āā¦ā¦ See the laugh. ā
I don't know if there is an exit, but the light here is obviously much stronger. The two of them walked forward, ripples spreading out from the water on the ground. On one side was the underground river, where a small lake had formed, but the inlet was temporarily blocked by the collapsed rocks and bones.
This is actually an underground cave.
If it is impossible to say that there is no irrigation, the suitability of the mountains and seas just falling does choke a few mouthfuls. If it is a cave, he will know in his heart, no wonder there is still a slight bitterness of alkaline water in his mouth. I never thought that there were many strange plants growing in the caves that saw the light of day in this regard. Some mountains and seas have seen and heard, and many more have not been seen. In places where there is no strong wind, they are gently applied to the stone walls or crevices, and there are curled leaves, smart flowers, and many strange and cute fungi.
They all emit a cold light, lighting up the spaciousness.
"Seven!"
Shi Wuqi suddenly rushed forward, and his footsteps splashed with a sound of water. Shan Hai followed closely and found that Miss Qi was lying weakly on the edge of a boulder with her head tilted, intercepted by the current. She didn't have a problem, maybe she was washed all the way with the collapse. Shanhai saw that her face was pale, and it was obvious that it was not only the appearance of those beautiful flowers and plants. Her limbs were stiff and apparently dead for a long time.
She still had that shallow smile on her face, as if she had died laughing like this in her life.
Shi Wuqi will bring the severed hand for her to pick up. He simply aligned the two dissections, and then stretched out two fingers with his other hand, gently brushing them from the bottom up. The jagged joints were erased like ink marks.
Miss Qi opened her eyes and stood up without giving up support, as if she had never been "bad".
Rin Shanhai suddenly heard the sound of dragging, and he turned his head suddenly, drew his peachwood sword, and found that the remaining bones were struggling to crawl over there. When his sword cut off half of the bones, Shi Wuqi realized that he was careless.
But soon, the bones stopped moving. A white-clad corpse slowly came to them.
It is suspended in the air and has no feet. This must be the youkai named Crazy Bone.
However, it doesn't seem to be unleashing any aggression. Its hollow eyes stared blankly at the waist of the mountains and seas. He suddenly reacted and took off the embroidered shoes hanging from his waist. He untied it and carefully handed it to Shi Wuqi.
When Shi Wuqi stepped forward, Shanhai suddenly remembered that the dry bones that were holding his ankle at that time were also attracted by these shoes?
Crazy Bone reached out and took the shoes.
Then, it reached into the hem of its garment and pulled a stick from between its ribs. Shi Wuqi looked at it with some inexplicability.
"It's the judge's pen!" Shanhai shouted.
āā¦ā¦ Just, that's it? Shi Wuqi was obviously a little surprised, "There is not even a single hair, you call it a pen?" ā
"It's a long story......"
Shi Wuqi tentatively reached out and covered his hand over the bones of the pale hand that dragged the pen.
He didn't speak, and one person and one demon just kept the same movement. Shanhai didn't know what they were doing, but they didn't bother. After a while, Shi Wuqi finally raised his hand, took the pen, and did not speak. The Wild Bones rounded them and floated forward, pausing somewhere on the water.
In an instant, it turned into dust.
Shanhai glanced at Shi Wuren. I never thought that this matter would be solved inexplicably. Not only found Miss Qi, but also got the pen back, fortunately, no one was injured, which is a good thing. It seems that the resentment of this crazy bone has also been eliminated.
"How are we going to get out? Going back the way you came, or ......"
"No," the Lord of the Hundred Bones pointed to the place where the bones disappeared, "This terrain is sloping to the east, and the water is turbulent, so I estimate the time and direction...... This may already be the realm of Xuanzhen Town. The place where it disappears, above, should be the exit. ā
With that, his hands flipped nimbly, and an internal force gathered between his fingers. It only took him a moment before he reached out and pushed the force out, hitting it accurately on the stone wall far above.
In the dark ceiling, the sound of broken wooden planks could be heard. It seems to have been artificially sealed. Immediately afterward, a faint cyan moonlight cast down, casting a circle of light on the sparkling water. Although it is very high, it can be judged that the wellhead is much wider. The Lord of the Hundred Bones picked up the Seven Girl on his back and went up first. And on top of the well, there was also a layer of wooden planks, which could not trap him.
This is another well.
Climbing out of here, Shanhai found that this was indeed in the courtyard of the shrine in Xuanzhen Town. It's still very new, after all, it was renovated decades ago. It's just that it's no longer manned. The light wasn't too bright, the time wasn't enough, and he wasn't in the mood to appreciate the realm he hadn't been to. He tidied up the hem of his clothes a little, and then left here with the Lord of the Hundred Bones.
Before stepping out of the vermilion torii, Shi Wuqi turned back one last time.
"What?"
"Nothing, let's go."
Shanhai looked at him and suddenly smiled.
"It is indeed admirable to be the master of a hundred bones."
"You didn't react badly."
On the second day, Mu Wan and Ah Luan found them in the previous inn in Xuanzheng Town. Seeing that the three of them were safe and sound, they were naturally relieved. The two girls also discussed, and after hearing the collapse of the ground, they judged the direction of the water like them, and then naturally thought of the shrine. They did go there first, but when they found that the sealed well had been damaged by someone, they hurried to the inn.
As for why it is there, it may only be explained by tacit understanding.