Chapter 23, Natural Stone Caves
Early the next morning, the old man led us through the woods, and found a hole under a knife-like cliff that was about to be buried by bushes.
We thanked him, and after the master took out a few copper plates and handed them to the old man, he turned around and left.
I drew my umbrella sword and cut through the weeds and thorns around me, and a semi-circular hole that could be passed through by one person appeared in front of me.
Looking around, the chisel marks on the rock must have been hundreds of years old.
The master inspected the entrance of the cave and said, "It seems that they don't know about this hole, but it has been closed for so long, and the ghost knows what will be inside, so everyone should be careful for a while."
I don't know the depth of the hole, in order to save supplies, the master walked in front and lit a torch, Nini and the little monk walked in the middle, and I held a torch in the back.
The narrow hole can only be passed by one person, and this formation is also just in case, although Nini's kung fu is better than mine, but after all, she is a girl, and she will be scared in case of an uncertain situation.
Although I haven't learned much from my master, I've seen too many dead people and I've fought with my master twice, so I can stop if I encounter any special circumstances.
The little monk held the demon pestle tightly in his hand, and he looked extremely nervous, after all, this was the first adventure, and in this small and dark space, it was the most terrifying in people's hearts.
There were no words along the way, the light from the torches lit up the surroundings, and the most common thing that came to my ears was the sound of our footsteps and rapid breathing.
Just like this, you can walk in this narrow cave for about 200 meters, and suddenly open up in front of you, just as the old man said, after the manual excavation here is an empty natural limestone cave.
The cave is very wide, I held the torch and looked around, the drop inside is very large, it is not a problem for a dozen people to walk side by side in the wide place, it is difficult for a thin person to pass through the low place even if it is lying on his stomach, there are many lava formed for more than 1,000 years.
Strange stalactites are undulating, some like mighty animals, some like high warriors, and there are many sharp cones hanging upside down on their heads.
The little monk glanced at the torch in my hand and said, "Ziyang, you said that the stone cone on this side fell down, can people dodge?" “。
I said to the little monk: "Good girl, if this thing falls down and gives you two wings, you won't be able to fly, let alone dodge, do you see, the sharpest and thinnest one on it, if it falls, it can give you a pair of piercing."
The little monk scolded: "I'll go to your uncle's, why don't I give you a pair of piercings."
I smiled and said, "Because you have all your brains and no hair hindering, you will go to see your Buddha with a pop."
At this time, Nini turned her head and glared at us and said, "Can you two say something nice, talking nonsense all day long."
Just as we were talking about this, the master suddenly stopped and said with a solemn face: "You all be careful, it stands to reason that so many people have died in this cave, but I haven't even seen a single ghost, which is a bit abnormal."
I pulled out the umbrella sword, held it in my hand, and said to the master, "It's been so many years, maybe they have all been reincarnated."
The master looked around with a torch and said, "Unless it is a natural death, the probability of this is very small, and the people who enter this cave are driven by greed in their hearts, and they do not get the treasure and die unjustly, they must be full of resentment, and when this resentment is not clean, it will form a ghost of grievance."
The little monk finished his conversation and said: "So, old Zhangtou, you can't be angry in the future, in case the braids of that weather still have to be taken away, how should this master and apprentice be rectified at that time."
The master said: "Little bald man, let me tell you, if you talk like this again, you will be beaten, and I will beat the child regardless of time and place."
Nini giggled and said, "Pay attention to your surroundings, you are still in the mood to joke in such a dangerous place, I am really convinced."
Although it was nervous, the fear in my heart was slightly reduced after such a fuss, and compared to the heat outside, I could catch a trace of biting bones all over my body.
The master looked back at us and said, "Be careful, let's go faster, I always feel that something is wrong!" ”。
Hearing the master say this, we inevitably felt a little nervous, and the pace under our feet also accelerated, and the strange stalactites in the surrounding caves flashed away under the light of the torches, making us feel as if we had entered a strange space.
After we had traveled rapidly for a while, the terrain in front of us opened up again, like a fallen gourd, the terrain here was many times wider than I don't know how many times wider than just now, rows of inverted stalactites hung upside down, and the surrounding lava terraces were like finely carved lava terraces, layered and intertwined, and the torches flickered like a frozen ocean.
Just as the three of us were immersed in the beauty of the stalactites of the little monk Nini, the master suddenly shouted, and I was dumbfounded when I walked over.
At this moment, there are more than a dozen entrances crisscrossing in front of our eyes, like a labyrinth, which makes people dazzled, and each of the dark holes is like a big mouth waiting to devour people's lives.
The old man of Yizhuang told us that there are many criss-crossing entrances here, and I was puzzled at first, but looking at the scene in front of me, I knew that what I said was true, and the key was that so many entrances should go which one.
If you go down the wrong path, I'm afraid you'll get lost in it after three or four turns, and it's really embarrassing when the time comes.
The little monk said to Zhang Daoyi at this time; "Old Zhangtou, you can use your spiritualism to ask a ghost, you don't know how to do this, right?"
Zhang Daoyi glanced back at him and said; "I'm a Maoshan Taoist priest but not a wizard, do you know how serious the consequences of inviting a ghost to come on your body are? Besides, there are no ghosts here, so why don't I kill you and ask you again? “。
The little monk smiled and said, "Since there are no ghosts, it's good, that's good, baby, I'm most afraid of this kind of thing."
As soon as I heard that this was the little monk bombing words, I immediately threw out a roll of my eyes and didn't pay attention to him, but it was pitch black all around, and I guess he didn't see my eyes.
At this time, the master muttered, "Do you remember the letter I told you before? ”。
Nini looked dazed and asked, "What kind of letter, I don't know."
I said: "The master of the three immortal caves, each standing on a mountain, the nine dragons are entangled, the emperor sleeps peacefully, Nanling offers flowers, the land is in heavy danger, nine detours and ten times, the king switches, wants to see the true immortals, worship in front of the stone"
The master said with a solemn face: "Nine dragons are the symbol of the emperor, and nine is the pole number, this Bashu king has built a nine-dragon arch bead tomb for himself, which shows that he has long regarded himself as the emperor's treatment, so to speak, I think that this nine dragons are entangled in the tomb of the Bashu king."