Chapter 100: A Fork in the Road
When Lao Fei and I took Xiaobai to the Shuanglong Cave in the Cuizhu Forest, an accident happened.
An accident that made me nervous and scared.
There was a sound of footsteps coming from the Shuanglong Cave, and soon, we saw a shadow slowly walking out of it.
Shuanglong Cave has always been the territory of Jingmei, and legend has it that it is the burial place of the two-headed evil dragon.
Five hundred years ago, Jingmei fought with the two-headed evil dragon, and the jade fell away, leaving only a wisp of remnant soul, and she has been guarding the Shuanglong Cave to fight against the remnant soul of the evil dragon.
In a sense, the Cave of the Double Dragon is a forbidden place.
When Jingmei didn't have an accident at the beginning, even the people of the Heavenly Master's Mansion didn't dare to go beyond the thunder pool by half a step, so you can imagine Jingmei's prestige at that time.
Now that someone suddenly came out of the cave, I naturally thought of Jingmei.
Finally...... She walked out and stood in front of the Ssangyong Cave, her eyes shining like lightning, staring at us intensely.
She has a wonderful figure, a cold face, and a beautiful face, but unfortunately she is not the person I expected.
Yan Xiaoying!
We never thought that this person who came out of the Shuanglong Cave was actually Yan Xiaoying.
When she came down the mountain before, she said that there were many things to do in the store, and she might not be able to go up the mountain in a short time, but she was standing in front of us at this moment.
I felt a little lost in my heart, but quickly collected my emotions.
"Lin Miao came to me before leaving, I knew you would come here, but why did you delay for so long? Did something happen? ”
Yan Xiaoying spoke very directly, she said that she had been here for more than two hours.
"Something happened."
I nodded, and I dug up Li Guofeng's body, and Li Chong and his wife died tragically under the stone bridge.
Yan Xiaoying frowned after hearing this, suddenly spread out her palm, handed a snow silver bracelet to us and asked, "Do you know whose silver bracelet it is?" ”
I saw that the bracelet on her hand was finely made, and it was worn by a woman. When I think about it, I don't remember who I know wears this kind of bracelet.
"You picked up this bracelet from the Double Dragon Cave?" I asked in surprise.
Yan Xiaoying nodded, and at this time, Lao Fei interjected on the side: "This bracelet was worn by Yang Feng, and I saw it on her hand when I took them up the mountain to play." ”
Yan Xiaoying was silent, and then said, "In this way, Yang Feng is very likely to have entered the Shuanglong Cave. ”
"I went in once just now, and the gloomy atmosphere in it is still stagnant, and the passage is deep and unended, and I don't know where it leads. But one thing is for sure, it's dangerous inside. Wherever the yin qi is depressed, evil things are indispensable. ”
"Let's go in, estimate the time, Li Guodong and the people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion should also come up the mountain at this time." Yan Xiaoying said as she put away the bracelet and turned around to enter the Shuanglong Cave.
I was stunned when I heard this, and walked up quickly and asked, "The people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion have also gone up the mountain?" ”
"You don't know?"
Yan Xiaoying glanced back and said, "I have been investigating Li Guodong recently, on the surface he is neutral, similar to the identity of the regional leader. In fact, his boss was someone from the Heavenly Master's Mansion. And this time, he said that he was going to bring people into Ssangyong to investigate, but in fact, he brought people from the Heavenly Master's Mansion. ”
"What?"
I couldn't believe it and asked, "You said that Li Guodong and the Heavenly Master Mansion are in the same group." ”
"I don't know, but people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and his bosses are all from the Heavenly Master's Mansion, do you think he can dissociate himself from them?"
Yan Xiaoying paused, and then said: "I have a little suspicion that this matter is a secret trick made by the people of the Heavenly Master's Mansion, and then with the help of Li Guodong's identity, in the name of investigation, he entered the Shuanglong Cave. It is clear that it is an investigation, but it is actually a heavenly sword! ”
"Isn't that right? With their strength, why do they need to do so many tricks? Just go in and who can stop them? Lao Fei said.
"Although you are the guardians of Heavenly Mountain, you don't know much about the place of Shuanglong Cave. Its significance is extraordinary, the forces that participated in the killing of evil dragons at the beginning were complicated, and now although hundreds of years have passed, it is not the Daomen who have the final say. ”
What's more, the so-called decent people must have a name for everything, otherwise it is easy to ruin their reputation. In contrast, we, as yin people, don't care so much. ”
I was silent, and to be honest, I didn't know much about the Daomen.
But I don't have a good impression of them.
Moreover, I think they didn't just come to Heavenly Mountain to retrieve the lost Heavenly Master Sword.
Of course, I'm not interested in what they are secretly plotting, but Yan Xiaoying's words make us have to be careful.
Because there are some people, if you don't provoke them, they will also take the initiative to provoke you.
The most terrifying thing in the world is not ghosts and gods, nor monsters, but unpredictable human hearts and endless desires/hopes.
I took a deep breath and stopped thinking about the Daomen, now I just want to meet Jingmei as soon as possible, even if it ...... Stand in the distance and look at her.
I never knew it would be so painful to miss someone.
Yan Xiaoying's appearance surprised me and was very happy at the same time.
Originally, this matter had nothing to do with her, just like Granny Yan said, since the day I married the mountain god Niangniang, I have been trapped in the whirlpool and cannot break free.
Xiao Ying could have stayed out, but at the moment she chose to walk with me.
Some words, some things, do not need to be said explicitly, there is a tacit understanding in each other's hearts, this is the bond between people.
The three of them walked into the Shuanglong Cave.
Although it is spring in March, the cave is cold and damp, and there is a cool air blowing in the depths, which makes people feel creepy.
Occasionally, water seeps out of the stone wall and falls to the ground with a ticking sound.
Quiet, gloomy, scary!
In addition, this is the third time I have entered the Shuanglong Cave, and the second time, I have entered the cave for thousands of meters, but there is still no end in sight.
This cave winds and circles, and the deeper it goes, the colder it becomes, as if it is a snake cave with no end.
Before leaving, I had already made sufficient preparations, not only carrying lighting tools, but also food, and I would not give up if I didn't see Jingmei this time.
took out a flashlight from the backpack and opened it, because he had come in before, so he didn't hesitate to take Xiaobai to the front, Yan Xiaoying followed closely behind, and the old fat pad was behind.
After the last time I called to confess, when I saw Yan Xiaoying again, the old fat looked a little unnatural.
He has always been unable to control his mouth, but at this time he remained silent for the first time.
The cave passage was wide, the oval stone walls were covered with a thick layer of moss because of the dampness, and the stone wall floor was wet and slippery, so we had to be careful.
Because at the beginning, the passage is inclined downwards.
A few people didn't say anything, and they walked all the way, and before they knew it, they had gone deep/into thousands of meters.
During this period, Lao Fei fell because of his bulky body, and after cursing a few times, there were no other accidents.
Soon I saw the mark of the last time I entered on a raised stone wall in front of me.
The passage is so deep that it is simply not something that can be carved out by manpower.
By this time, the temperature had dropped a lot, and frost had even formed on the stone walls.
The three of them and one dog were like falling into an ice cellar, even Yan Xiaoying, who had reached the spiritual realm, couldn't help but clench her teeth at this time.
And Lao Fei and I were already so cold that we hugged our hands and shrank our heads.
"Yin Qi is stagnant, evil Qi is neon, it is most suitable for the growth of evil things, no wonder there is a white orchid here." Yan Xiaoying said faintly.
"Strange ...... Blame ......"
The old fat clasped his hands and shook his teeth and said, "Last time...... The group of old classmates I took with Lao Yan...... Only a few tens of meters into the cave...... Li Guofeng, how did that guy pick Bai Youlan...... We are now thousands of meters deeper, not to mention Bai Youlan, not even a root grass...... Damn it...... There can't be just one white orchid in this cave, right? ”
After finishing speaking, I couldn't help but sneeze a few times in a row, and the fat all over my body was frozen and trembling like a wave.
Actually, I also think it's strange, I didn't see Bai Youlan the first two times I came in, how could I see it when Li Guofeng came in? And take it off?
"The white ghost is a legendary plant, and it can be compared with the flowers on the other side of the Huangquan Road, as well as the mandala flowers, it is naturally extremely evil."
Yan Xiaoying frowned and said in a deep voice: "According to legend, Bai Youlan can suck people's souls, although it is pure and flawless, but it is extremely strange. ”
Lao Fei entered the Shuanglong Cave, mostly for the treasures inside, and at this moment, he couldn't find the legendary Bai Youlan, and his face was extremely disappointed.
However, we haven't reached the end of the Double Dragon Cave yet, and there may be something rarer than the White Ghost inside.
The cold was difficult to resist, the old fat was strong and refreshed, took out three spirit runes from his arms, and read in his mouth: "Fire crystal flying birds, phoenix-billed dragon scales, flying talismans ahead, cut off the demon atmosphere, dare to have demons, cut off the trace, the divine power is everywhere, the ghost eats / essence, is as urgent as the law, disease!" ”
After the incantation was recited, he saw a flash of fire from each of the three spirit runes in his hand.
"This is the Dao Opening Spirit Rune, with my current ability, although I can't directly urge the Spirit Rune to drive away the Yin Qi, but with the Spirit Rune on my body, at least it can resist the invasion of Yin Qi a little!"
Lao Fei said as he divided the spirit runes between me and Yan Xiaoying.
I thought that Lao Fei was pretending to be joking, but after taking the spirit rune, I couldn't help but be stunned. Because after the spirit rune was in hand, there was really a faint warm current through the arm and into his body, and he didn't feel so cold.
I looked at Lao Fei and was surprised and surprised, and said in a daze: "I didn't expect you to really figure out something with the notes left by the evergreen old way." ”
When Lao Fei heard this, he rolled his eyes at me and said, "Aren't you talking nonsense, a genius like Lao Tzu, who wants to become an immortal in the future, what is this little trick?" It's really a hillbilly who doesn't know. ”
"Praise you twice, you're going to heaven, right?"
I saw that Lao Fei was arrogant and proud, and couldn't help but strike: "As far as your carving insect skills are less than one percent of the original Evergreen Dao people, people directly used spirit runes to turn the sky into thunder to kill demons and evil spirits, you ......"
Halfway through the words, he suddenly saw that Yan Xiaoying's face was a little gloomy, and then he remembered that he shouldn't mention the Changqing Daoist in front of her, so he hurriedly stopped and glared at Lao Fei fiercely,
"Let's go!"
Yan Xiaoying's face was expressionless, and she walked directly past me and walked in the front.
After walking a hundred meters again, a fork in the road suddenly appeared in front of me.
The two forks in the road, one left and one right, standing in front of the fork, Yan Xiaoying suddenly sighed softly, with a strange expression.
"What's wrong?"
Lao Fei and I hurriedly stepped forward to ask.
"These two passages are very strange, the one on the left has a warm wind blowing out, and the one on the right is extremely cold, which is really strange."
I stood in front of the two forks, and sure enough, I noticed a warm current gushing out of the fork on the left and a cold air surging on the right. The two forks are one warm and the other is cold, and the contrast is great.
"Which one?" I asked Yan Xiaoying.
Yan Xiaoying was silent and didn't answer, and Lao Fei trembled beside her: "This still needs to be considered, one leads to the land of sunshine, and the other leads to the treacherous hell, who will choose to take the left one." ”
However, there is a saying among the soldiers, the real is false, the virtual is the real, we should take the right hand side.
Yan Xiaoying and I glanced at each other, just about to make up our minds.
At this time, Xiaobai suddenly ran into the left fork and barked at our dog several times.