Chapter 155: The Grotto
The trails are wide, the passages are long, and the unnamed flowers are planted everywhere.
Ding Ruoyu couldn't help but stop and take a closer look, but when he saw the flowers and leaves swaying in the wind and snow, and the half-hidden grass stems were also transparent with white light, he was secretly surprised in his heart.
"This is an ice crystal flower, condensed by a water system technique." Seeing that she had stopped, he turned sideways and explained with a slight smile.
In this way, it does look like an ice sculpture.
She re-examined the corridor and found that both the roof and the pillars that were used to support it every other section looked like ice and snow. She vaguely recalled the scene in her previous life, how similar the white prison that the pontoon had strayed into hundreds of years ago was similar to the building in front of her.
Without asking too much, Ding Ruoyu followed the monk and continued to move forward, not showing anything on his face, but actually sensing that the space where they existed was filled with a powerful and pure mind, as if someone had created a completely different world with magic alone.
Further on, the promenade went around a small hill, the terrain rose, and they also came halfway up the mountain.
The fog was thick, and in the heavy snow that closed the mountain, there were two or three hot springs that were not big or small.
Before she could sigh, she turned around again, and the sky that was only one step away from her disappeared.
Ding Ruoyu clenched the sword on his waist, looked around, and wandered away from the empty corridor, using the mountain and stone as a cover, and gradually approached the hot spring.
The mist was hazy, and it was difficult to see what was behind it. When she came to the water's edge, she was afraid that there was some magic circle in the hot spring, and wanted to bring out some spring water with her scabbard to check. As soon as he put a small piece of scabbard into the water, he got entangled in something.
"Water monsters?" Ding Ruoyu guessed, stepping on a stone on the shore, struggling to pull the sword back, but she didn't expect that the boulder had been eroded by water all the year round, and it had already loosened, and she stepped into the water with a bang, and she herself rolled down, covered with aquatic plants.
For a while, she was wrapped and fell straight down, I don't know what she smashed, she received some resistance, and she didn't fall apart when she landed.
Ding Ruoyu finally broke away from one of his arms, and hurriedly pulled the aquatic weeds, and heard the half-dead voice of Lihong not far away, and said coldly: "Why are you?" ”
She ripped off the aquatic plants on her upper body, and when she heard the sound at first glance, she jumped up with excitement, but she forgot that her legs were still tied, and she fell directly into the mud and wiped off a small piece of skin on her chin.
Next to the two boulders piled up together on the left, only half of Hong's face was exposed behind her, and when she cleaned up, she spoke again: "Hand over the cloak you outside." ”
Ding Ruoyu took off his cloak in confusion and walked towards him with a corner.
A white bare hand reached out from behind the boulder, snatched the broad cloak, and quickly wrapped it around himself.
"Where's your clothes?" Ding Ruoyu was stunned for a long time before asking.
Only then did she realize that she had just fallen straight down from the hot spring, and she hadn't even touched a drop of water on her body. This underground cavity is also dry and warm like another space.
"It's rotten." Li Hong limped out, looked at the roof of the cave that she had knocked down, and laboriously stretched out her hand to squat on the ground and draw a magic circle, restoring everything to its original state.
The icy snow light shone down from the roof of the cave, as if it came from another dimension. Ding Ruoyu stood behind him and watched, suddenly saw the bloody footprints on the ground, and hurriedly shouted, "You are injured!" ”
Li Hong stepped away from the area where the circle was drawn, leaned against the boulder, and looked at her without answering.
The gaze slowly descended from his face, and where the cloak was not obscured, the small half of the leg was full of carrion and crawling with maggots.
Ding Ruoyu was disgusted for a while, and forcibly moved to his side, pulled out his sword, and cut off those insects little by little.
"Don't rip it, when you go back, you can reshape this leg with recycled materials." Lihong stopped her and asked her to sit down next to the boulder.
He himself hid his injured leg under the cloak, leaned on her shoulder and said weakly: "Have you seen Master Zen Yuan?" ”
Ding Ruoyu sat straight with his hands on his knees, not daring to move, and hurriedly replied when he heard the inquiry: "He looks exactly the same as Yangkong." ”
"His illusion is difficult to find opponents in the entire Three Realms, you are not confused, and you are also powerful." He exclaimed, his hair close to her neck, itching so hard that she couldn't help but reach out to scratch it.
With this scratch, he lost a few hairs of the other party.
"That...... Your hair is so soft, like a cat! Ding Ruoyu's eyes rolled wildly, and he said nonsense.
Li Hong stood up and looked at her vigilantly, his face was black and gray, and he was dirty like a big cat.
"Poof......" she couldn't help but laugh.
Before seeing him, Ding Ruoyu had countless questions in his heart, but now he was leaning on his side alive, but he didn't want to ask a word.
As long as he's still around.
"Hug it, don't touch it." A grumbling pulls her back from her imagination to reality. Only then did she realize that she was holding on tightly to the cloak, and one hand was still in the cloak.
It was embarrassing, albeit unconsciously.
Ding Ruoyu was thinking about how to withdraw his hand quietly, when he came across a hard object.
Her face changed suddenly, and instead of listening to him, she continued to look down.
"It's ...... The scales, as well as the hot, moist and viscous liquid from the palms of ......'s hands, continued to ooze from his back.
Blood.
Ding Ruoyu pulled the hidden cloak on his body to his waist with his backhand.
The bloody wound was covered with pitch-black scale armor, and half of his back was covered with flesh, and she could see that her heart was like a knife, but she was helpless.
This massive wound could no longer be repaired with her meager golden mental power. Ding Ruoyu tore off a small piece of the sleeve of his shirt, gently wiped the blood on the edge of the wound, wiped it, and found that he was shaking too hard, so he had to stop and pinch his arm hard.
Lihong hurriedly held her hand to prevent her from continuing to hurt herself. It has only been a few months since his body has returned to human form, the internal structure has not yet grown, and there are not many muscles on the outside, and he looks a little thinner than an ordinary teenager, and his ribs are distinct, which is also pitiful.
"It's all repairable, don't put on this kind of mourning expression." He hid himself again in his cloak and shrunk at the corner between the two boulders, unconcerned about the terrible injuries.
Ding Ruoyu looked at the extra bruise on his wrist, smiled, stretched out his arm and hugged him in his arms heroically with the cloak, and his voice was as soft as a breeze: "I only say it once, I like you." ”
"Oh." Leaving Hong Yingdao, he was struggling hard, but suddenly he was motionless.
The cave was so quiet that you could clearly hear the bubbling sound of the hot springs on the top.
He only said one word and it was finished, and it was a modal word?
Ding Ruoyu was a little angry, and was about to push the person in his arms away, but when he thought of his injuries, he finally gave up.
After a while, she thought about it and couldn't help but speak first: "Even if you don't like me, you don't have to be so cold, right?" ”
"I don't like you?" Li Hong took the initiative to break free this time, leaning on the boulder road, "Who told you?" ”
"I can see it myself," Ding Ruoyu felt a little aggrieved, lowered his head and didn't know what he was thinking, paused and continued, "Master and Senior Brother Zong are happy with each other, but it's not like this......"
Li Hong chuckled, thinking about the indulgence of the two of them after the proposed marriage date, and said with a little disdain in his smile: "Those two who affect others are still reasonable?" ”
Ding Ruoyu couldn't help but wonder if he had been a bachelor for more than a thousand years.
The underground cavern didn't know the time or the length of time, but she began to feel hungry. When I looked around, it was full of rocks and dead grass, and I couldn't even find water.
Seeing that she went around the cave without speaking, Lihong stood up with the help of the stone, staggered to a corner, and told her to stay where she was.
A magic circle flickered in the shadows, engulfing his figure in an instant.
After a while, he reappeared, carrying a fish and a wine gourd, and roasted them with a magic fire and handed them to her.
Ding Ruoyu took it gratefully, squatted on the ground and devoured it without any scruples.
It turned out that in addition to the pontoon, the two of them had a tacit understanding to the point that there was no need to speak.
When the sky gradually dimmed at the top, Li Hong drew a few magic circles again to re-strengthen the enchantment in the cave. The roof of the cave and the stone walls were engraved with golden runes, and the light turned from light to darkness before finally disappearing.
Feeling the flow of mana, she spread out her palms and tightened them into fists, finally asking the first question that had been piled up in the days.
"Is my spiritual power sealed?" She believed him and wanted to find out what she really was.
Ukifune said that with the appearance of memories of her past life, her abilities will become stronger and stronger. But months have passed, and she has not made any breakthroughs.
Setting up the last circle, Lihong walked crookedly towards her, telling her that now was not the best time for her to recover.
"Besides, the seal ......" His hand suddenly stopped on Ding Ruoyu's back neck, looking at her slightly green eyes under the light, and did not say any more.
Ding Ruoyu smiled in disbelief, helped him sit down, and naturally changed the subject, asking him how long he would stay in this empty grotto.
Three days ago, on the night, Li Hong was defeated by Master Chan Yuan, and he captured him here, destroying most of his body, and preparing to sacrifice it for later.
Before being taken away, he left a signal in an inconspicuous place outside the stronghold, clinging to a trace of luck, and did not expect to be discovered by Ding Ruoyu and Sui Han, who came looking for ghosts. He knew that Master Chan Yuan was not easy to deal with, and he was even more reluctant to involve them as well.
After entering the grotto, there were illusion arrays everywhere, and it took two days to crack all of them, and it took a whole day and night to re-lay the traps, waiting for the rabbit to wait for the other party to arrive, and Ding Ruoyu came.
I don't know if this girl is surprisingly lucky, the magic circle that she hit all the way after falling into the water is not lethal, so she was intact when she landed.
Knowing these reasons, Ding Ruoyu also explained in detail what happened in the future, and when Master Chan Yuan suddenly disappeared, her expression changed.