Early the next morning, Nie Zheng ordered Niu Meng and the others to pack their things and prepare to enter the mountain.

Under the guidance of Wu Sanren, a group of more than 20 horsemen quickly rushed into the mountains and forests.

After entering the mountainous area, the road is obviously more rugged and narrow, most of the time, the narrow road between the mountains and forests, which can accommodate a ride, fortunately it is now in the spring season, the weeds and thorns in the mountains have not grown, therefore, there are many fewer obstacles on the road, making it much more convenient for everyone to ride.

In this vast jungle mountain, the speed of progress is certainly not as fast as the flat wilderness outside, most of the time, everyone can not ride a horse and gallop, can only slowly walk through the mountains and forests.

In the first two days of entering the mountain, you can still see some looming mountain roads outside, but the deeper you go into the mountains, the more scarce the roads inside become.

In the end, there was no decent road in sight, and everyone could only look for some beast paths.

Nie Zheng rode on the horse, Niu Meng and the others divided into two groups, firmly guarding him in the team, and the Wu Sanren had been riding in front to lead the way.

Today's weather is still a little gloomy, occasionally a little drizzle falls, and the whole mountain forest is surrounded by a fog everywhere, and the humidity is very heavy.

Because of the rain that has been falling for the past few days, the road in the mountains is full of mud, and the speed of the horse's riding can only be slowed down again, because if the speed of the ride is too fast, the horse's hooves will often slip, and if you fall and hurt the mount, it will be very troublesome to enter the mountain at that time.

In this way, everyone went all the way over the mountains and mountains, through countless canyons and forests, and finally came to Panlong Ridge on the afternoon of the fourth day.

Panlong Ridge, located in the northwest area of Cangliang Mountain, its topography is very unique, looking from afar, it looks like a giant dragon, coiled into a huge circle, lying in the deep mountains.

Within the Panlong Ridge, there is a flat basin with a radius of dozens of miles, and the Gulongkeng mentioned by the Wusan people is in that basin.

The continuous drizzle for several days finally ended before Nie Zheng and the others arrived at Panlong Ridge, and in the afternoon, the gloomy sky gradually disappeared, and the sun showed its long-lost warm face.

Under the illumination of the warm sun, the whole Panlong Ridge is golden and splendid, and the wind blows the forest, which has a different scenery.

Nie Zheng, with the support of Niu Meng and others, slowly stopped in front of the heel of the mountain in Panlong Ridge.

At this time, everyone looked up, only to see a mountain range as high as hundreds of zhang blocked in front of them, up and down the mountain, everywhere is full of towering ancient trees, each ancient tree, at least two people hug so thick, as high as more than ten zhang.

Countless towering ancient trees, branches and leaves, covering the sky and the sun, looking from afar, in the woods of Panlongling, a dark and damp, like some miscellaneous seedlings and small trees, can not grow at all, because the sunlight above is all blocked by these huge ancient trees.

Suddenly, a few people exclaimed, "There are so many insects and ants on the ground!" ”

"Look, there are a lot of wild boars and hares scurrying around there......"

Hearing this, everyone's faces changed, and they hurriedly looked at the ground, and sure enough, they saw a large number of centipedes, reptiles, ants and other insects and ants in the entire Panlong Ridge, like black ribbons, swarming out of the woods.

At the same time, in this towering forest, groups of wild boars, wild deer, and hares can be seen from time to time, screaming and escaping from the woods.

Occasionally, one or two black bears could be seen roaring out of the woods, but all the insects, ants, and beasts, when they saw Nie Zheng and the others who appeared at the foot of the mountain, seemed to turn a blind eye, directly bypassed their mounts, and fled in a panic.

Looking at their panicked and hurried appearances, as if there was some danger in the Panlong Ridge, they all fled frantically.

Seeing this scene, Nie Zheng frowned, secretly strange.

At this moment, Wu Sanren suddenly turned over and dismounted and came to Nie Zheng.

I saw him untie the bag on his back with a solemn expression, take out a dark green jade bottle from it, hand it to Nie Zheng's hand, and said: "Dashuai, as long as you turn over the Panlong Ridge in front, it is the hiding place of the dragon python. ”

Nie Zheng looked at him coldly, and said expressionlessly, "What's the matter with these insects, ants, and beasts?" Why did the crowds flee from Panlong Ridge? ”

Wu Sanren shook his head and sighed, and said: "Dashuai doesn't know, the dragon python is an ancient fierce beast, the king of all beasts in the world, every time before the dragon python is born, the beasts, insects, rats and ants entrenched in the vicinity will feel the coercive breath of the underground from which the fierce beast comes, so they have moved away from their residences to avoid the birth of the fierce beast." ”

Hearing this, Nie Zheng was secretly frightened, he never thought that the coercion of this dragon python was so terrifying, although it was hidden deep underground and had not yet been born, but the insects and ants entrenched in the vicinity could actually feel the terrifying aura of the dragon python in advance, so they fled from this place one after another.

It can be seen that this dragon python, which is an ancient fierce beast, is really a bit mysterious and weird.

Thinking of this, Nie Zheng looked down at the dark green jade bottle in Wu Sanren's hand, and did not rush to take it, and continued to ask, "When is the total solar eclipse?" ”

Wu Sanren lowered his head and thought for a while, and said, "Tomorrow at noon." ”

Nie Zheng's heart moved, and said, "That means that the dragon python will be born at noon tomorrow?" ”

Wu Sanren nodded and said, "That's right, as long as the sun is completely swallowed by the tengu, the dragon python hidden deep in the ground will come out of the ground, and at that time, there will be no living creatures in the entire Panlong Ridge except for the snakes who come to worship." But if we want to turn over the Panlong Ridge in front of us, we must apply insect repellent cream on our body, otherwise, there will be a large number of poisonous insects and ants blocking the road along the way, and it will be extremely inconvenient to walk. ”

Nie Zheng stared at him with flickering eyes, and was silent for a long time, and finally, he took the dark green jade bottle from Wu Sanren's hands.

Seeing that Nie Zheng had always been wary of himself, Wu Sanren couldn't help but shake his head and smile bitterly: "Don't worry, this bottle of insect repellent cream is not harmful to you." ”

Nie Zheng nodded expressionlessly, and was about to open the cap of the bottle to observe what was inside, when suddenly, at this moment, in order to prevent something from happening in the bottle, Niu Meng hurriedly turned over and dismounted, rushed to Nie Zheng with an arrow, and took the dark green jade bottle in his hand.

"Dashuai, let your subordinates and others apply it first."

After that, Niu Meng quickly opened the cap of the bottle, looked down, and found that it contained a ball of turquoise ointment.

Immediately, Niu Meng frowned, and said unhappily: "What kind of bullshit ointment is this, why is it disgusting?" ”

After listening to Niu Meng's complaint, Wu Sanren, who was standing on the side, smiled awkwardly and said: "The insect repellent cream itself is made of some fishy smells, and the smell is normal, otherwise, how to drive away those insects and ants that stand in the way." ”

Seeing that everyone refused to try to apply it first, in desperation, Wu Sanren had no choice but to take the jade bottle from Niu Meng's hand, buckle a small ball of ointment from it, rub it in his hand, and then apply it to the trouser hems and uppers of his legs.

After applying it, Wu Sanren smiled at everyone: "As long as you apply this insect repellent cream to the upper of your trouser legs, you can only walk over Panlong Ridge on foot, because after reaching the top of the mountain, the terrain below is relatively steep and difficult to walk, and you can't walk with your mount at all." ”

After everyone heard this, they didn't say much, so they took the insect repellent cream from Wu Sanren's hands and carefully applied it on the upper of the trouser hem.

After a while, after everyone had applied the insect repellent ointment, Wu Sanren quickly turned over and led Nie Zheng and the others into the damp and dark woods cautiously.

Wu Sanren was right, after everyone applied the insect repellent cream, they were surprised to find that all the insects and ants in front of the road, after seeing the appearance of Nie Zheng and others, they all bypassed from both sides like a tide, and began to retreat from a distance of more than ten meters.

Seeing this scene, Nie Zheng, who was sitting on the horse, was amazed in his heart, and secretly said, the insect repellent paste that this Wusan people applied to everyone was really miraculous, and those poisonous insects and poisonous ants really didn't dare to approach their team after asking about the smell.

Along the way, because of the help of insect repellent cream, Nie Zheng and they saved a lot of trouble, otherwise, if there was no insect repellent cream, if they were bitten by the poisonous insects and ants on the road who were fleeing and relocating, it was estimated that it would add a lot of unnecessary trouble.

In this way, everyone followed behind Wu Sanren, meandering all the way up, and finally came to the top of Panlong Ridge two hours later.

As soon as they reached the top of the mountain, the scene in front of them suddenly surprised everyone.

I saw that on the other side of Panlong Ridge, the terrain suddenly began to be steep, and the road down the mountain was basically smooth and rugged rocks, and in some places, at most, it could only be enough for people to stand firm, and it was obviously impossible to let the mounts go down together.

Although the road down the mountain is rugged and steep, the scene at the bottom of the mountain is indeed quite the opposite.

Everyone looked around, only to see that the bottom of the mountain surrounded by Panlong Ridge was like a huge basin, and the terrain of the entire Panlong Ridge was like a huge washbasin here, steep and steep all around, but the bottom in the middle was unusually wide and flat.

In desperation, the group had to place their mounts on the top of the mountain and slowly climb down the mountain.

From the top of the mountain to the bottom of the basin valley, there is at least a distance of hundreds of zhang, originally, with the martial arts strength of Niu Meng, this rugged mountain road is not difficult for them at all. However, because Nie Zheng had no martial arts cultivation and was not skilled in light body kung fu at all, under his drag, the speed of everyone's descent down the mountain slowed down a lot.

Basically, on the way down to the bottom of the valley, everyone had to stop and wait to pick up Nie Zheng every few steps, and Niu Meng and several of the most skilled dragon and tiger elites were specially guarded in front of and behind him, and were responsible for Nie Zheng's safety protection work full-time.

From the top of the mountain to the bottom of the basin valley, if they were to use their strength, they could reach it at most in the tea hour, but with Nie Dashuai's drag oil bottle, the distance in the tea time took nearly two hours to complete.

By the time everyone had reached the bottom of the valley safe and sound, the sun had already set.

At this time, Nie Zheng was sweating profusely and sitting on a stone to rest, and this afternoon's climbing and crawling up and down the mountain made him tired and panting, and his whole body was sore.

Nie Dashuai wanted to rest, so everyone had to stop and wait, anyway, they had already arrived at their destination, and Wu Sanren was not as anxious as before.

Nie Zheng took advantage of his breath to carefully observe the terrain at the bottom of this Dragon Valley, and the more he looked at him, the deeper his brows wrinkled.

The terrain within this Panlong Ridge is really weird.

At the bottom of the entire basin valley, it is wide and flat, and at a glance, it is a plain with a radius of dozens of miles.

On this plain, there is dry loess gravel, basically no grass, and the closer you get to the bottom of the basin valley, the soil on the ground actually shows a strange blood-red color.

As far as the eye can see, at the end of the valley, it is as if a large pool of blood has been spilled on the ground, which is shocking and visually impactful.

After resting for more than ten minutes, Nie Zheng also regained some strength, and immediately stood up, "Sanren, now that we have crossed the Panlong Ridge, where is the ancient dragon pit where the dragon python is hidden?" ”

After hearing Nie Zheng's inquiry, Wu Sanren pointed to the end of the valley and said, "Gulongkeng, it's there, less than ten miles away from here, you can arrive before dark." ”

Nie Zheng nodded, waved his big hand and said, "Let's go, we have to hurry up and go over and have a look......"

In this way, under the leadership of the Wusan people, the people continued on the road and walked towards the front of the basin valley.

Fortunately, the terrain in the basin valley was relatively flat, and it was not difficult to walk, and it did not take half an hour for everyone to cross the plain full of blood-colored soil and come to the area at the end of the basin valley.

In the distance, everyone was surprised to find that at the end of the basin valley, on the wide ground, there was a huge sinkhole.

"What a big sinkhole!"

After seeing the sinkhole, Nie Zheng couldn't help but feel refreshed, hurriedly quickened the pace of moving forward, and ran towards the sky with all his might.

A moment later, everyone came to the vicinity of the sinkhole.

At this time, under the protection of Niu Meng and others, Nie Zheng cautiously came to the edge of the sinkhole, leaned over and looked down, and suddenly, everyone was shocked and gasped.

I saw that this sinkhole was extremely huge, and according to Nie Zheng's visual inspection, it had an area of at least a few miles in radius.

But what surprised Nie Zheng the most was not the area of this giant sinkhole, but its depth.

The sinkhole in front of you is very deep, at least hundreds of meters deep from top to bottom. The four sides of the sinkhole, as if a knife and axe were split, were steep and smooth, straight down, and from a distance, it was as if a huge iron rod had fallen from the sky, and a huge hole was inserted into the ground.

Nie Zheng was a little afraid of heights in his previous life, but now standing on the edge of the sinkhole, looking at the bottom of the pit like a vast abyss below, his scalp couldn't help but tingle, and his legs were a little trembling and weak.

But driven by intense curiosity, he continued to look towards the bottom of the pit.

Suddenly, he discovered that at the bottom of the giant sinkhole, there was a hole that resembled a volcanic crater.

The entrance of the cave is several zhang in circumference, and the black is bottomless, and everyone standing on the top of the sinkhole can faintly hear that in the black cave entrance, there are bursts of cold and gloomy winds blowing out, and at the same time, accompanied by the cold and violent winds, there are bursts of creepy and screaming sounds.

The whistling sound, I don't know if it was caused by the air flow rubbing against the cave wall, or other unknown things, in short, this sinkhole is very weird, and the huge black hole at the bottom of the pit is even more weird.

Wu Sanren saw that Nie Zheng and the others were so shocked by the sinkhole that appeared in front of him, so he immediately walked to Nie Zheng's side, pointed to the black hole at the bottom of the pit, and said, "This is the ancient dragon pit, and the bottomless black hole at the bottom of the pit is the dragon cave leading to the underground." ”

Hearing this, Nie Zheng took a deep breath and said curiously: "Could it be that every time the dragon python is born, it comes out of that black dragon cave?" ”

Wu Sanren nodded, and said with palpitations: "The scene of the birth of the dragon python is simply earth-shattering, enough to make anyone in the world tremble and tremble. ”

As soon as these words came out, everyone's mood suddenly became a little apprehensive, some excited, and some curious, but more than that, they were looking forward to it.

Nie Zheng carefully observed the environment around the sinkhole, and couldn't help frowning: "This ancient dragon pit is several miles wide, and I haven't grown wings, how can I put those firearms that have turned over the river and the sea into the central area of the ancient dragon pit?" ”

Hearing this, Wu Sanren smiled and said, "Don't worry, Poor Dao has already prepared. ”

After that, I saw him take off the bag on his back, and suddenly took out a roll of yellow cloth full of strange runes from it.

Wu Sanren slowly spread out the roll of yellow cloth in front of everyone, and suddenly, Nie Zheng was surprised to find that this roll of yellow cloth actually looked like a giant sail.

"Kites?"

Nie Zheng frowned, puzzled: "Could it be that the scattered people want to use the power of kites to drop those firearms that have turned over the river and the sea into the deep pit?" ”

Wu Sanren nodded and said with a smile: "Dashuai guessed right, this is exactly what Poor Dao meant. ”

Nie Zheng looked down at the kite he brought, and said with some doubts: "Are you sure it can hold something weighing hundreds of catties?" ”

Wu Sanren laughed and said: "Don't underestimate this thing, this thing is the treasure of the Poor Dao's sect 'Fengyun Banner', as long as the Poor Dao casts the secret technique of the sect, it can make it hang thousands of catties of heavy objects, however, the strength of the Poor Dao is limited, at most it can only cast a spell to make it fly for a quarter of an hour, therefore, we must see the right time." ”

Nie Zheng lowered his head and muttered for a moment, secretly calculating the weight of the fifty depth charges in his heart.

A depth charge weighs about four or five hundred catties, ten four or five thousand catties, and fifty weighs more than 20,000 catties.

If it is really as Wu Sanren said, his bullshit "Fengyun Banner" can lift thousands of pounds of heavy objects at a time, then these 50 depth charges must be divided into at least seven or eight times before they can be thrown into the sinkhole.

It's only a quarter of an hour, and I don't know if it's enough.

(To be continued.) )