On the ground, the foggy air was much sweeter. Even the heavy atmosphere before was swept away.

This time, Shi Xin said that he would not let Cai Yan stay alone, held her hand, and walked forward together.

Along the way, the two encounter many unnamed beasts, flowers and trees, including butterflies with three wings, unicorns disguised as branches without moving, and man-eating flowers that attack people like water spirits.

In total, there were at least ten dangers, and Shi Xin avoided them one by one, and there was finally no danger. But the speed of travel can be called turtle speed.

After walking forward for a while, Shi Xin suddenly patted his head and remembered something, "It's over, I forgot to tell the direction." ”

This is a very serious matter. It is difficult to distinguish things under the thick fog, and it is very likely that you will get lost. Just like now, they don't know the road under their feet or not, whether they are moving forward or backward.

Don't spend most of the day, just go farther and farther.

If Shi Xin had a compass, he would be fine, but he didn't. The sun and moon are not visible here, and of course you can't tell the direction through the rings of trees or the burrows of ants.

After walking for most of the day, it is estimated that it is sunset and dusk outside, and the forest is gradually darkening. The two men had dry mouths and hungry bellies. After trying everything possible, there was still no progress, and it suddenly reached a stalemate.

"In this case, maybe the animal's sense of touch will be more sensitive than that of us humans, I wonder if Xiao Jinyin will have this ability?"

Shi Xin and Cai Yan looked at the little gold and silver behind them.

Xiao Jinyin understood what the two of them meant, and the snake letter swallowed in the air, and suddenly as if he had noticed, he roared, lowered his head and rushed forward.

A dead horse is a live horse doctor, and the two have no choice but to look at each other, so they can only follow it all the way.

After walking for a while, I suddenly heard the sound of water, which I had never heard in these hours.

The two of them were shocked, and they only walked about 20 feet, and sure enough, they saw a small stream in front of them, and the side of the stream was covered with moss.

"Little gold and silver, good job!"

Shi Xin did not hesitate to praise it.

Xiao Jinyin raised his head and screamed a few times, very proud, and jumped to the stream, the python head stretched down, and drank water in a big gulp.

Seeing that it looked thirsty, Shi Xin realized that it was looking for a source of water, not a direction.

Shi Xin didn't want to say anything to Cai Yan, for fear that she would panic, so he smiled and said: "It's good to have water! At least we won't starve to death and die of thirst, let's rest here first." ”

led Cai Yan to the stream, took a sip of water, and after confirming that the water source was clean, he nodded with satisfaction and drank it in one gulp.

After settling the water source, the hunger in his stomach worsened, and Shi Xin began to forage for food nearby.

He didn't dare to go too far, and only found more than a dozen frogs and a bunch of wild fruits that were not poisonous next to the stream.

Strangely, the frog's eyes are also covered with a white membrane, which is believed to be due to the long-term dim light in the forest, and like rats, even their eyesight has deteriorated. Slow to react, Shi Xin can easily catch.

Fortunately, the frog did not mutate and was large enough. Shi Xin disemboweled them, and he didn't dare to make much noise for fear of attracting monsters, so he didn't set up a torch. Hiding behind a boulder and grilling with the Son of Heaven Sword, he could flexibly control the heat, and it was done quickly.

Shi Xin and Cai Yan roasted and ate six, then ordered some wild fruits, and the rest were all arranged with small gold and silver.

After solving the problem of hunger, Xiao Jinyin lay on the ground and took a nap. A day's work

Tired, nervous, even masters like Shi Xin and Cai Yan feel physically and mentally exhausted, let alone an animal?

The two got together, chatting without a word, and Cai Yan fell asleep next to Shi Xin.

After a while, Shi Xin also became dazed, and was about to fall asleep, when he suddenly heard a small sound not far ahead, followed by a slight dripping sound of ticking water.

Shi Xin raised his vigilance, and as he listened closely, the voice eventually faded away.

After a while, the same sound sounded in a closer place, and after a while the sound disappeared in the same way.

Shi Xin thought to himself: Maybe it's not surprising that the nocturnal animals in the neighborhood have come out to forage for food and water.

A flash of inspiration suddenly flashed in my mind, and the water flowed downward, which was a simple and eternal law. Since we are looking for another "sacred mountain", or this sacred mountain is different from the one on the spiritual island, there is a high probability that there is a spring flowing from it. And the spring water gathers into a stream, and it becomes the stream in front of us.

Just follow the stream to find the source of the water. Even if you can't enter the interior of the primeval forest, or if you don't come out of the sacred mountain at all, you finally have a direction, so you won't run around like a blind fly.

Take 10,000 steps back, and if you come back along the stream, you can still go back to the distance, and maybe you can get out of this dead forest.

Shi Xin's discovery was undoubtedly a new beginning, but he didn't wake Cai Yan, and it was most important for her to rest now.

After a while, the ticking sound of the upper reaches of the stream finally disappeared, and Shi Xin fell asleep.

The next day, almost nothing changed. But the light was a little more abundant, and around noon, a little sunlight was shining in.

Shi Xin informed Cai Yan of yesterday's discovery, and the two began to grope their way up the creek.

Shi Xin thought well, the further down he went, the higher the terrain, but it was not abruptly high, but slowly rising.

After walking for a while, the original stream split in two, and the farther away it became, the larger it diverged.

Shi Xin discussed with Cai Yan which way to go.

Cai Yanxiu frowned slightly, observed carefully, and suddenly bent down and gently touched the stream, and said with a happy face: "The one on the left is slightly wider than the one on the right, and the temperature of the stream is also lower, which is closer to the conjecture of the spring left on the mountain, we should take the left one." ”

Shi Xin thought so and took the lead in walking out.

After walking for about half an hour, I saw a small hill in the haze ahead, there was not a single tree on it, and the height was average, which was very different from the appearance of the sacred mountain.

It's an ordinary mountain, but in the boundless forest of death, everything doesn't seem ordinary.

The two glanced at each other, a little curious in their eyes.

Shi Xin comforted: "It's finally a little better, didn't you say that the stream is very cold? Maybe there is something famous hidden in the mountain, let's go up and investigate first." But you have to be careful. ”

When I walked forward, I found that the stream was flowing from a small cave, and I could faintly hear the sound of dripping water inside.

The two of them stopped at the entrance of the cave, where the soil became moist, and a line of shallow footprints was found underground, extending into it.

It is the footprints of people.

Shi Xin immediately determined that the row of footprints had been newly printed. If it had been a long time ago, it would have been buried by dead leaves. Later, the two found several traces of human activity near the entrance to the cave, several burnt fires, and some leftover beast remains.

A deserted forest of death, still deep in the forest, there are traces of human activity. Then this human should be a skilled pulse master.

But fortunately, the footprints are the same size, and there should be only one person.

Shi Xin made a gesture of silence, but he didn't know whether this person was going out or hiding in the cave, and he didn't dare to leave Cai Yan and Xiao Jinyin outside, so he had to go into the cave together to investigate.

Although the mountain outside is not big, there is a cave inside. It's a big cave, and it's cool inside, even a little chilly. The rocks are craggy, the feet are slippery, and the terrain keeps down.

It's pitch black down there, and I can't tell how deep it is, what the hell is.

It can be seen that there is no trace of artificial carving in the cave, the road is rough, and the foot has become quite dangerous. Luckily, there is no smell of animals here, so there should be no wild beasts lurking here.

Shi Xin sacrificed the Sword of Heaven as a lighting tool, but the light was limited, and the road ahead was still pitch black.

The two of them and a python walked forward with difficulty, about thirty zhang down, and the terrain in front of them suddenly opened up, and they originally walked into a huge underground cave.

The two walked around the cave and found nothing unusual. In disappointment, Cai Yan suddenly found three holes exposed behind a boulder, and hurriedly called Shi Xin.

The two of them discussed it and decided to enter through the hole on the left first. The entrance to the cave was narrow, and the little gold and silver could not get in, so they had to stay outside.

Shi Xin carefully advised him to fly high if he encountered danger, the cave was large enough for it to fly.

The terrain of the cave on the left is relatively gentle, and after about a quarter of an hour's walk, the front is sealed by rocks, and it turns out to be a headless road.

The two of them couldn't, so they went back the way they came, and walked to the cave on the right, but there was still no way out. It's just that there is a spring at the end of this headless road, and the cool spring water gushes out from here, and the stream outside is formed.

The two looked at each other, a little disappointed.

Now only the middle passage remains, and when you look down, you can only see a small distance as you wind your way down. There are bare rocks on the top, bottom, left and right, and it's hard to guess how deep it is.

The further down you go, the cooler it gets, and the drier the air becomes. The passage here has also become narrow, allowing only one person to pass through.

Shi Xin stood in place, in a dilemma.

The terrain here is too dangerous, and it can be said that it is impossible to open a single man. If he walked in front, Cai Yan would not be able to turn around and rescue if he was attacked by a sneak attack; in the same way, if Cai Yan walked in front, he would not be able to catch up behind.

But if Cai Yan is allowed to return the same way, there is only Xiao Jinyin and her left, and he is afraid that he will be attacked yesterday.

Cai Yan could see Shi Xin's embarrassment, and his mood was a little depressed, "Senior brother, have I become a burden to you?"

"What did Yan'er say, who would dislike a ninth-rank pulse master as a burden?"

"But I ...... yesterday In that way, I felt useless. I kind of regret following you. ”

Shi Xin grabbed her slippery little hand with his backhand, felt a little cold, and said distressedly: "I only know that with you by my side, everything is full of momentum, and I get twice the result with half the effort." It's no wonder that you didn't know what happened yesterday, if it was anyone who was behind, they would have fallen for the tricks of those brutes. ”

"But ......"

Shi Xin shook her hand vigorously and interrupted: "Yan'er, don't say it anymore, I still feel that you feel more comfortable with me, I need your encouragement." ”

Without saying a word, he pulled her and walked down.

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