"Bang~~~"

At night, the Troubled Stone Valley was still sweltering, and Ji Fan stood on the stone pile on the mountain wall, picking up stones one by one and throwing them into the distance.

Compared to Ji Fan's juvenile body, the stone pile was too big, so he could only pick up the stones that could be moved to clean it up first, and a few boulders had to clear the gaps and then push them down.

Even though Ji Fan had a lot of physical strength, it was still quite difficult to clean up the stone pile, and he was so tired that he was panting and sweating.

This feeling of sweating, Ji Fan has not experienced it for a long time, and the most terrible thing is that although there is a leather water bag placed by the hunchbacked old man in the storage bag, there is no water in it, and there is no food and pills, which makes him unable to replenish his efforts in the slightest.

For the feeling of dry mouth, Ji Fan could only try his best to endure it.

"Click!"

Inserting the iron axe into the crack of the stone, Ji Fan used his true qi to shout with both arms, and unleashed another stone on the stone pile.

The little black snake had already disappeared, and Ji Fan thought that it had not really left.

From the gesture of the little black snake before, Ji Fan felt that it was just afraid of the stone pile.

Ji Fan's left arm was seriously injured, his broken hands were not good, and he was still bleeding in the process of cleaning up the stone pile.

The night was getting thicker, and it continued to dry until midnight, and seeing the scale of the stone pile getting smaller, Ji Fan, who was strong and patient, surged a little hope, although he didn't know what was under the stone pile.

Time passed slowly, and just when the starry sky was full of stars, Ji Fan cleaned up the stone pile, and felt that nothing existed, almost in a stone cave under the mountain wall, he knocked down a boulder and revealed.

"This can't be a snake's den, is it?"

Ji Fan looked at the black stone cave and was secretly wary.

The stone cave is not big, and in Ji Fan's estimation, it will take some effort for his body to climb into it.

What's more, I still don't know what the situation is inside the cave, even if there is no poison or anything, if you climb inside, you are likely to get stuck inside.

"The little black snake signaled, is this the stone cave?"

Ji Fan picked up a very small stone and bent his fingers at the stone cave to bullet the small stone into it.

After the whooshing sound, Ji Fan vigorously catapulted into the stone cave, and soon touched the cave wall inside, and there was a crackling sound.

Ji Fan listened attentively on the edge of the stone cave, not only to test whether there were poisons and dangers inside, but also to explore the depth of the stone cave and the breadth of it.

"Isn't this stone cave down, but up?" found that the small stones that had been shot into the stone cave quickly retreated to the entrance of the cave after several bomb crashes, Ji Fan picked up the stone and poked his arm into the stone cave to try again.

After a few times, Ji Fan found that the direction of the stone cave should not be too steep on the slope, and the inside of the stone cave was not much wider than the cave entrance, and it was very deep.

Ji Fan, who didn't find the little black snake in the valley and decided to try to climb into the stone cave, didn't care about breathing, because he was afraid that after climbing into the stone cave, the little black snake would come up and bite him.

The internal space of the stone cave is also not large, and if there is danger in the back, it will not be able to turn around.

Putting the iron axe into the storage bag, Ji Fan quickly climbed into the stone cave.

The sound of clattering sounded, and Ji Fan struggled to crawl in front of him with both hands, and his body was more dependent on squirming, often rubbing against the wall of the cave.

Ji Fan estimated the distance of the stone cave he climbed, and he had to take a break after climbing for a while, listening to the movement, and his heart was extremely nervous.

Ji Fan was surprised that the stone cave was deep enough, but he felt that this stone cave, if adults didn't use means, they couldn't get in at all, as for snakes and small beasts, there was a great possibility.

After a stick of incense, Ji Fan, who was crawling and squirming in the stone cave passage, finally found a dim light.

"It's top!"

Ji Fan reached out and grabbed something that looked like a dead branch, gritted his teeth and tried his best to pull it to make a clicking sound.

Holding his breath and making a lot of effort, Ji Fan opened the dead branch at the other end of the cave and crawled out desperately.

"This is ......"

Ji Fan got up in the belly of a mountain that was not too wide, and observed the environment vigilantly by the dimming of the stars.

It was only then that Ji Fan found that he had just pulled off the wood that looked like a dead branch, and it was a dense withered vine spread on the ground.

The withered vines grew from the ground and the walls of the mountain, and Ji Fan didn't know where the roots were, and the withered vines had no life, and they seemed to be covered with gray silt.

The light in the belly of the mountain is the gray powdery sand.

"How can there be powder sand in the belly of the mountain?"

Ji Fan observed the stone walls above and around them, which were almost covered with withered vines, but the withered vines showed no signs of dispersing.

"Huh?"

Finding that there were dry animal hairs in the powder sand, Ji Fan flicked them with his hands, and even the unknown animal hairs were wiped out.

Ji Fan subconsciously swallowed his saliva, and faintly had a fearful guess, that is, these powder sand were likely to be bone powder sand.

The withered vines covering the belly of the mountain obviously lost their nutrients and vitality, and even the little beasts that could enter the belly of the mountain turned into bone meal, and what deprived the vines and small beasts of their vitality, when he thought of this, Ji Fan's eyes fell on a small pool.

"Could it be that the little snake is very afraid of the appearance of the stone pile, and it has something to do with it?" Ji Fan was not very sure.

After being in the belly of the mountain for a long time, Ji Fan didn't dare to approach the small pool, just to observe if there was anything unusual in the belly of the mountain.

However, Ji Fan made a movement in the belly of the mountain before, but it did not cause changes.

Ji Fan, who was already in the belly of the mountain, couldn't resist his curiosity, and finally tried to approach the pool.

When Ji Fan came to the edge of the pool, he saw a small gourd-shaped thing lying quietly at the bottom of the dry pool, which was an arm's length deep.

The dry pond seems to have been abandoned for a long time, and in addition to the gourd-shaped thing, there are also a lot of ashes underneath.

"Click!"

Ji Fan broke a dead vine by the pool and threw it into the pool, just hitting the small gourd.

Finding that the withered vine did not smash the small gourd, it fell on the ashes and was quiet again, so Ji Fan walked around the pool.

There was a circle of stones around the small pool, which was already loose, and when Ji Fan touched it lightly with his foot, the stones fell off the slag.

"How long has this been going to be?"

Ji Fan couldn't be sure what caused the situation in front of him.

The gourd-like thing was lying on the ashes, it didn't look very big, and it could be held in the palm of his hand, Ji Fan hesitated, but he went down to the dry pool himself.

It was very comfortable to step on the soft ash layer at the bottom of the pool with his feet, and he did not sink, facing the gourd in front of him, Ji Fan wiped his hands with the torn robe on his body, with a solemn meaning.

grabbed the small gourd, and Ji Fan found that the gourd was very heavy and textured.

"Whew!"

Although Ji Fan did not relax, after his injured hand touched the small gourd, a trace of blood on his fingers seeped into the surface of the small gourd.

I am not sure if it is an illusion, Ji Fan threw his hand, but the little gourd seemed to be stuck to his hand.

In the midst of the crisis, Ji Fan's body reacted instinctively, resulting in a feeling of devouring, which quickly offset the stickiness of the little gourd, causing it to fall into the urn.

Ji Fan's heart beat faster, he looked at his broken hand, and looked at the small gourd again.

"It shouldn't be an illusion, the blood-stained fingerprint just now seems to have been absorbed by this thing. Ji Fan recalled little by little, and felt that his blood had seeped into the small gourd.

After a while, a fingerprint gradually appeared on the belly of the little gourd, which clearly confirmed Ji Fan's previous perception.

The fingerprints that appeared on the gourd's bulging belly, even if there was no blood, Ji Fan thought it was his.

The most bizarre thing is that on the periphery of the fingerprints, there are also some very small ancient texts.

Until the imprint was completely finalized, Ji Fan thought about the feeling of getting rid of the little gourd before, and had already reached out to touch it again.

"No more bloodsucking?"

Regarding the fact that there was no change in the little gourd in his hands, Ji Fan took a deep breath and calmed his emotions.

In Ji Fan's opinion, the small gourd in his hand is a little weird, most of them have flower-like convex textures, like lifelike flowers, and on the other side, there is a dragon tendon giant ape that seems to be trapped by iron chains, slightly convex, unyieldingly trying to struggle out of the flowers.

Ji Fan gently rubbed the gourd with his hand, his mind wandered, and he felt that the slightly convex texture of the gourd and the bulging belly were very textured.

The gourd can be mastered with one hand, but it is quite heavy, looking at the material, it should be an unknown metal, and the black copper color has no luster, giving people a simple and round feeling.

"Is this a baby?"

If it weren't for Ji Fan's blood fingerprints seeping into the little gourd, and then appearing and turning into imprints, this quaint little gourd would really not be easy to attract attention.

didn't think there was any magic in the small gourd that could be held with one palm, Ji Fan not only stopped being entangled, but tried to put it in the storage bag.

"Whew~~~"

Seeing the little gourd disappear at the mouth of the storage bag, Ji Fan was really relieved.

People die for money, birds die for food, opportunities on the path of cultivation, Ji Fan believes that few people will be indifferent, although he is afraid, but at the moment, there is still a life.

The reason why Ji Fan took the little gourd was mainly because there was no obvious threat from outsiders and demon beasts, and the belly of the mountain seemed to have been abandoned for a long time, if he didn't dare to fight at this time, he wouldn't have to fight against the current in the future.

From climbing the cave to now, a long time has passed, Ji Fan looked at the ashes in the belly of the mountain, and did not do everything to the end, at the entrance of the cave in the belly of the mountain, head down, began to climb out.

Originally, Ji Fan wanted to clean up the dead vines, pluck the ashes with an axe, see if there would be anything buried in the ashes, and turn over the belly of the mountain, but when he thought that the little black snake brought him here, he couldn't help but give up.

When Ji Fan came out of the hole in the Troubled Stone Valley, the little black snake waiting on the periphery of the stone pile seemed to be very scared and hurriedly swam away.

"I've got something inside, and I don't know if there's anything else of value, but I think you should be able to go in and have a look. Ji Fan shouted to the little snake that was swimming away in a hurry.

When Ji Fan left the position at the entrance of the stone pile cave, he didn't think that the little black snake would be afraid of him, it was probably because of the small gourd he brought out, or the residual breath of the gourd.

Ji Fan was not surprised that the little black snake was waiting, and in comparison, it was much easier for the little black snake to enter the belly of the mountain than him.

Under Ji Fan's gaze, the little black snake became even more timid, and swam in the stone pile for half an hour before it flicked upwards and shot into the cave.