What the? This is the ladder, and a hundred thousand whys pop up in my mind at once.

Not only me, but even Chen Laosan and Zhang Kailong were confused at this time, staring and waiting for Uncle Shi's explanation.

Uncle Shi took the bag of "ladders" in my hand, and then carefully took out two pills, put them in front of his eyes and looked at them very carefully, saying that it was not accurate, and the squinted eyes were full of indulgence, which was simply admiring a priceless treasure.

Then he handed me the packet of seeds.

The four of us didn't dare to breathe around his old man's house, and even Lao Song and his two apprentices looked at him motionlessly.

Uncle Shi didn't speak, but glanced at us a few times with a very strange look, and then suddenly put these seeds in his mouth, and then I saw his throat move a few times......

Suddenly, my scalp went numb, and this ...... I swallowed these seeds in my stomach!

Before a few of us could react, something even more unexpected happened.

Uncle Shi tightened the waterproof bag on his body, then put the compass in the bag, and then smiled at us slightly, the expression on his face was still a little weird.

He took a deep breath and suddenly fell into the river.

This coherent movement was simply done in one go, and every step he took was beyond our expectations, and no one would have thought that he would swallow those seeds in his stomach, let alone that he would jump into the river.

By the time a few of us rushed over, the others had already sunk two or three meters, but their faces were looking upwards at us, as if they were still smiling, and their hands were hooked, as if to say "Come on!" Come down! ”

Among the few of us, not counting the three masters and apprentices of Lao Song, Chen Laosan is a master in the water, Li Xiaobai and I grew up by the river since childhood, and are proficient in backstroke and dog shaving, only Xiao Li is a landlubber.

But even Chen Laosan was stunned when he saw Uncle Shi's move, isn't this asking for his own death! At such a deep water, if there is no diving equipment, it can be said that there is no return, and even if you are lucky enough to get to the building at the bottom of the river, the feasibility of returning alive is almost zero.

We are all mortal! Need to breathe oxygen......

Several people were dumbfounded, you look at me, I look at him, I don't know what to do.

There was silence for half a minute, and then Chen Laosan was the first to react, he snatched the bag of seeds from my hand violently, and then quickly grabbed a few grains, only looked at them a few times, and then put them in his mouth and swallowed them.

We had already guessed what he wanted to do, and he jumped into the river like his uncle.

The two of them didn't say a word for less than a minute, neither telling us why he did it, nor what he was doing with it.

At that time, time seemed to freeze, and the few remaining people present seemed to have fallen into an evil spirit.

"Xiao Zhen, they are ......"

Xiao Li is about to cry, she's just scared!

"Your uncle has always regarded this bag of seeds as a treasure, and he should know what these seeds are for—in fact...... In fact, it's just a few of us who call it seeds, and your uncle never seems to have called it that! ”

Uncle Shi was halfway through speaking, and as soon as the words changed, his face changed at the same time.

"You mean that he dared to go down the river like this, and it has something to do with this?"

I asked hurriedly.

"I guess so! If I'm not mistaken, this isn't a seed at all, and ...... And if you swallow this thing in your stomach, you should be able to reach the underwater complex alive and come out alive. ”

Listening to Zhang Kailong's words, I immediately thought of the elixir cultivated by Taishang Laojun, could it be that this thing that looks like a seed is some kind of elixir?

My mind was spinning and the more I thought about it, the more I thought it was possible, and I almost forgot it! Our Yellow River Taoism also belongs to one of the many Taoisms in China. The ancient believers all had a common pursuit, that is, to pursue longevity and even eternal life.

Let's not talk about ordinary people, let's talk about two very famous emperors, Qin Shi Huang and Yongzheng Emperor.

Qin Shi Huang pursued the art of immortality all his life, and sent Xu Fu to the sea in search of the legendary elixir of immortality.

In his later years, Emperor Yongzheng was also intoxicated with cultivating various pills, and even relied on the golden pill to "aphrodisiac", so that he could temporarily gallop on women.

Since the Yellow River Taoism also belongs to Taoism, does it also know the method of alchemy?

Zhang Kailong also picked up the bag, grabbed a few grains, only glanced at it, and learned from Chen Laosan and Uncle Shi, and swallowed it in his stomach at once.

"Xiao Zhen, I believe in your uncle, and I also believe in the judgment of the third brother, you should come down quickly!" After speaking, he turned his head to look at Xiao Li again, and said softly: "Girl! Did you see that? We're really not joking this time, or even dying for the rest of our lives! I advise you to go back! ”

After saying that, he smiled slightly, and then jumped into the river as well.

Listening to the third "plop" sound of the river, I was stunned!

What is the rhythm of this?

I asked Li Xiaobai and Xiao Li: "You guys hurry up and decide!" Brother Long is right, this time it's not a joke, maybe you will die without a place to be buried, do you dare to go? ”

Li Xiaobai gritted his teeth and said, "Go!" I believe in Xiao Zhen! ”

Xiao Li is a very competitive person, and he is very face-saving, stimulated by Zhang Kailong's words just now, he was already a little unable to hang up, and he also decided to go down after listening to Li Xiaobai, where would she turn back! also stomped his feet and shouted: "The old lady will go too!" ”

Li Xiaobai was the fourth to go down the river, and he calmly made the movements of a diver, accompanied by a "plop". The man is gone.

Xiao Li just wants to be strong! But it doesn't know how to water, and then I panicked and pulled my sleeve tightly......

I saw that he would not go back, so I discussed, "So be it! You hold me tight, and let's go down together. ”

Hearing me say this, Xiao Li nodded vigorously as if he had received the emperor's grace, as if pounding rice.

Where did she pull me, the whole dog hugged me, and the two of them rolled into the river "indistinctly".

When I was about to go down to the river, I said to the stunned old Song master and apprentice, "You wait for us for a day!" If you haven't come up before dark, don't wait any longer. ”

When I say this, I also estimate that if it goes well, one day will be enough, and if it doesn't go well, I am afraid that it will not come up in another year.

As soon as I entered the water, I held my breath in advance and was ready to be choked, but something strange happened, I had already entered the water, but I didn't feel panicked.

How do I put into words how I was in that situation?

The body was indeed sinking, and it was not slow, and it could not breathe at all, but it did not feel the slightest panic.

Xiao Li first hugged me tightly, and after sinking about seven or eight meters, she also realized this strange feeling, and after letting go, she gestured with me, which meant to ask me what was going on.

I fucking know what's going on!

Although the two were no longer bear huggers, they consciously held hands.

Xiao Li is a rich girl, she hasn't done much work since she was a child, and she followed the task force to work as a forensic doctor in the police station, but in fact, his father wanted her to exercise.

Someone once said that whether this girl is delicate or not, you can feel it as soon as you touch her hand, the hands of rich girls are weak and boneless, and girls from poor families have a certain "skinny feeling".

Xiao Li's hands are really weak and boneless, soft to the touch, and very comfortable. This is different from Yanli, Hao Xiaoyu, and even Xiaoqing and Xiaobi in the Helan Mountain Valley in Ningxia.

If I touched her like this in normal times, and deliberately pinched her with my fingers, she would have jumped up and scolded me, but at this time, the whole person was like a little sheep, very docile next to me, looking like she was being slaughtered.

Soon we sank to the top of the building, and I glanced at it with my extraordinary eyesight, and saw Zhang Kailong and the others standing in front of a large stone gate more than thirty meters away from us.

I pulled Xiao Li and signaled that she was going to swim to Uncle Shi and them.

But where can Xiao Li swim! After a few dance moves, he gave up and stared at me with round eyes.

I had to paddle with one hand and hold her with the other.

From the water, it was a very wide door, and when you got to the door, it felt bigger!

I'm too familiar with the pattern on the door! I recognized it after just one glance, and I've seen this pattern many times! This door is also very similar to the bronze door of the "illusory world" led by Uncle Shi, except that the door is bronze and this door is made of stone.

You can't speak in the water, so you can only rely on mouth shapes and gestures.

Uncle Shi pointed to the door and made a circle.

Rotundity? Did he mean the tortoise shell? Could it be that this door is the tomb door of Dayu's tomb marked on the turtle shell?

I spread my hands out, indicating that I couldn't understand how to open the tomb door, even if it was a tomb door.

Uncle Shi continued to gestify, using his hands and mouth together, as if he was in a hurry, but I really didn't understand! At this time, Chen Laosan seemed to see something next to him, first tilted his head and glanced at it a few times, and then swam over.

Uncle Shi originally wanted to continue the comparison, but when he saw Chen Laosan's actions, he also glanced over there.

None of them have any better eyesight than me! I only took two glances and recognized that there was a person lying on a big rock more than ten meters away! The man's whole body had swelled up, and he should have been dead for days.

A few of us swam over (I dragged Xiao Li), and when we got closer, we looked at the "bulging" corpse in front of us very familiar, and it looked like it should be an old man, because he had a beard, and his head flower was gray.

Although I have good eyesight, my ability to distinguish the appearance of people is a shortcoming, and I wondered in my heart at the time: this innocent corpse should have drowned two days ago, and it is fifty or sixty miles away from Laomiao Village, so I shouldn't know it!

As soon as I thought so, Zhang Kailong poked me in the shoulder with his finger.

Well? Could it be that Zhang Kailong knows? I thought to myself, and I looked at him.

Zhang Kailong pointed to the corpse on the stone with one hand and gestured with the other. None of us know sign language! I can't understand what the other person means at all.

After Zhang Kailong tried a few times, he seemed to have an idea to think of a way, he made a few mouth shapes with his mouth very exaggeratedly, and when he did it a second time, I immediately understood.

What he wanted to say was the name of a person, this person was Li He!