I was stunned, as if I had suddenly understood something, and hurriedly looked at the river.

Chen Laosan's words reminded me that I had always been misled by the name "Eighteen Bends", thinking that the strange phenomenon on the surface of the river was caused by these eighteen bends.

Only then did I notice that there are more than a dozen water masses of different sizes on the river surface, and there can be no underground spring here, so how can there be water masses? It turned out that there was a steady stream of water gushing out from behind the rock wall.

Then everything is explained!

It's just that I still don't understand, how can water gush out from the foot of this cliff?

What I'm trying to figure out is how the antique plum ended up here!

Chen Laosan turned the antique Li over, arched his back, and then slapped it vigorously a few times.

Antique Li coughed sharply a few times, highlighting the mess in a vague manner, and the person slowly opened his eyes.

"Lao Li, why are you here?"

I asked as I helped him sit up.

When he saw me, Antique Lee shuddered, obviously surprised.

"Xiao Zhen you...... How did you find here? ”

Instead of answering him, I lowered my voice and asked him, "Are you hiding something from me?" You can't tell all the content on the ancient map! ”

Antique Li trembled again, and bowed his head in shame.

Then Antique Lee confessed the truth of the matter.

On that day, the two of us were at his classmate surnamed Gao, and a sentence from his classmate reminded him.

"According to the map, this ancient village should be in the interior of Helan Mountain, and it may not actually exist......"

Antique Li is extremely interested in exploring ancient culture, and has reached a level of obsession, and he has previously read the account called "Yellow River Ancient Village" in another book, "Miscellaneous Notes on the Yellow River".

According to the books, it was an ancient village located on the top of the mountains, and the people who lived here generally lived a long life, with an average life expectancy of more than 100 years. The secret of longevity lies in "drinking the water of the heavenly spring", and antique Li believes that this "Yellow River Ancient Village" is actually the ancient village on this map.

Combined with this cowhide map and the written records on it, Antique Li firmly believes that the entrance to this mysterious place is on the cliff next to us.

The reason why he left early was not that he had a bad idea, but the desire in his heart was too strong, so he asked Yang Guoshan to tell him through Wang Jiliang that he left first.

Like us, we took the train for three or four days and arrived at Yinchuan Railway Station.

However, he was not as lucky as me and Li Xiaobai, and met a Yellow River veteran like Chen Laosan.

He found a travel agency in Yinchuan and hired a local tour guide who called himself a "local expert", who knew that this guy was a parallel import, led the antique Li up the mountain, and got lost.

Ningxia's generation belongs to the central and western regions, and economic conditions dictate that there are still most of the wilderness and few human footprints here.

Among them is this cliff on the southernmost side of Helan Mountain.

Antique Li simply blew away the parallel trade guide, and he acted single-handedly with the help of the signs on the map and his own experience.

Not to mention, in half a day, he really looked at the Yellow River with nine bends and eighteen bends in the distance, and with his own understanding, he quickly climbed a small cliff.

He cautiously walked along the cliff, intending to see what was beneath the cliff.

It's a pity that the clouds are shrouded in mist, and the whole area is white as far as the eye can see.

Just as he was about to poke his head down, the hand that was climbing the rock seemed to be pricked by a needle, and the man fell straight down like a kite with a broken string.

After a bout of dizziness, he only heard a loud "bang", accompanied by a heart-piercing pain and tinnitus, and he felt himself fall into the water.

Fortunately, the place where he fell was a deep pool, and the moment he entered the water, because of the huge impact force, the person fainted, but in the process of sinking under the water, he was choked by the river, and the person woke up again.

The instinct for survival made him swing his hands and feet as hard as he could, and at the critical point of suffocation, his head was exposed to the water.

Antique Li was also a master swimmer when he was young, although he hadn't been in the water for several years, but the basic skills were still there, and he paddled and persevered for a few minutes along the current, and the person hit a stone.

He took advantage of the situation and hugged the rock, which had just been hidden by the water, and with the last bit of strength, he fell on the rock, and the person fainted. We'll know the rest of the story.

Listening to his explanation, my original anger dissipated.

Antique Li didn't know that he had been lying on this rock for several hours, and he was also old, and he had become a little prostrate.

Seeing that his face was sallow, Li Xiaobai took out a few rock candy from his bag and stuffed them into his mouth, and after a few minutes, antique Li's face was bloody.

Seeing the antique Li gradually recovering his complexion, I felt that there are no strange things in the world, and at the same time, my heart also blossomed, with this big professor, many things are easy to do!

Antique Li rested for a moment, then pointed to the cliff just now and said, "There is something wrong with this rock!" ”

"What's the problem with a rock wall! Old man? ”

Li Xiaobai said as he handed over a cup of hot water.

Antique Li pointed to the foot of the cliff and said, "Behind this cliff is a river, and it ...... And the rock wall seems to be transparent! ”

In the end, Antique Lee's voice became a little hoarse, which showed the degree of shock.

"Transparency? Why are the rocks still transparent! ”

Li Xiaobai asked suspiciously.

I glanced at Chen Laosan, and didn't speak, but I thought to myself: Chen Laosan said that the rock wall gushed water, and the antique Li said that it was windy...... Is the key really on this rock wall?

After a few of us communicated, I asked Chen Laosan: "Third brother, look at your underwater skills, it's not ordinary!" Why don't you take another trip and see what's wrong with this rock? ”

Chen Laosan laughed a few times and said to me: "As long as you add money, I have no problem!" ”

Chen Laosan swam to the stone like a water monkey and lay there for a while, as if he was a little hesitant.

On the other side of the stone, every two minutes, the water splashes more than a meter high, and it seems to be timed.

Chen Laosan stood up slowly, the water just touched his ankles, he glanced at us, turned around, and pounced forward in front of the stone.

In our view, there are two meters between the stone and the rock wall, but in fact it is no more than four meters.

I still wondered, he pounced like this, and he didn't worry about hitting his head on the rock wall?

I gasped, a little worried about Chen Laosan's actions.

Who knew that a strange scene happened, Chen Laosan got into the stone wall under my eyelids, and the person disappeared in an instant.

Li Xiaobai directly said "ah". Antique Li also trembled.

"Xiao Zhen, you...... Did you see that? ”

I nodded, knowing that this unbelievable scene had happened, but it was hard to accept.

How could a big living person burrow into a stone wall without his eyes?

We all stared at the rock wall in amazement, not daring to blink for fear of missing something.

One minute, two minutes, five minutes......

Time moves very slowly, and the time of more than five minutes is like a few hours.

Suddenly, there was a "bang", and a dark figure emerged from the water between the boat and the stone.

The nerves of all three of us were highly tense, and we were so frightened by this sudden scene that we almost fell into the water.

After seeing the face of the person who came out of the water, I laughed out loud, it turned out to be Chen Laosan.

The place where he came out of the water was at least twenty meters away from the rock wall, and he must have dived from underwater.

I've also seen a lot of people who live by the river, who can dive underwater for five or six minutes, and they move very fast underwater.

"Third brother? What's going on! We obviously watched you get into the stone wall just now, how did you get ...... Did you get out of here? Li Xiaobai scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks and asked.

Chen Laosan touched the water on his face, and swam to the boat with a smile.

Judging by the look on her face, I guessed he had figured out the secret of the rock wall.

"Third brother, there's something wrong with this rock wall, right?" I asked.

Chen Laosan nodded with a smile, then started the motor, pulled back the anchor, turned the rudder, and sailed towards the side of the rock wall.

At that time, the three of us hadn't figured out what was going on, so when we asked Mr. Chen, he pretended to be mysterious and said that we would know the answer soon.

Chen Laosan controlled the rudder with both hands, and slowly drove to the place where the water splashed every two minutes, and I looked at him as if he was seizing the opportunity.

Just after a splash had subsided, he turned the rudder sharply, tightened the motor, and with a shudder, rushed towards the rock wall.

At that time, my heart jumped to my throat, and if I hit the rock wall at such a speed, wouldn't the ship be destroyed and people killed!

The moment the bow of the ship hit the rock wall, I put my head in my hands, closed my eyes, and waited for a loud "boom" to knock a few of us into the water......

After a few seconds, the surroundings were still calm, and I subconsciously opened my eyes again.

No way! When I opened my eyes, everything changed, it was dark all around, and with my extraordinary eyesight, I looked at it for a few seconds before I realized that this seemed to be a cave, and under our feet was a river more than twenty meters wide, and the water was flowing slowly.

Chen Laosan turned on the hand lamp, shone it around, and said to us, "How is it?" You see what's going on, right? ”

I glanced back at the stone wall, and I immediately understood!

This stone wall turned out to be virtual, that is, it looked like it existed, but it didn't actually exist.

It's hard to put into words how shocked I was.

For any person, I think it is difficult for me to accept the scene that just happened, a ship that is not too big or small, actually penetrated into the stone wall......

I remember that the book "The Yellow River Dao Technique" described such a formation, probably through the light, water flow and rocks, forming a barrier in front of people that does not actually exist.

Thinking of this, it dawned on me: could this be the entrance to the mysterious ancient village marked on the map?