Lao Yang just walked like this, looking at the ground carefully, and sometimes, he stopped, stretched out a foot and stomped on the ground hard, I didn't understand what he was doing at all.

Not long after, Lao Yang stopped again, he stretched out a foot, and stepped on the ground with the sole of his forefoot, and there was a sound of "ping" immediately from the ground, the sound was very hollow, and the ground was hollow.

Lao Yang pointed to the place he had just stepped on, and said to the second master, "It should be that place." ”

The second master immediately stepped forward and smashed his fist on the ground.

There was another pound, this time the sound was equally hollow, but the volume was much louder than before.

The second master frowned: "It's not much stronger than I thought." ”

Lao Yang said beside him: "It's the same over there in Nanshan, the crust at the entrance of the cave is thick and hard, how can you smash it open." ”

The second master smiled at Lao Yang, then took a deep breath and slammed another heavy punch on the ground.

This punch, both in terms of strength and speed, was more than a notch stronger than the previous punch. The loess within a meter was shaken.

After being hit hard by the second master, the ground first sank slightly, and a second later, the area where the sinking appeared quickly sinked, and a large hole nearly half a meter wide appeared on the ground. I could hear the wind at the entrance of the cave four or five meters away.

The second master lay on the ground, put his head into the hole and looked at it, then got up again, and his fist smashed on the ground like raindrops.

First, there was a series of muffled sounds of "clang", and then the ground began to sink one by one, and the entrance of the cave continued to expand, until its diameter was almost two meters or so, and the second master did not give up.

Lao Yang was stunned, he stared at the second master in a daze, and was speechless for a long time.

It wasn't until the second master patted him on the shoulder and asked him how to go down that he came back to his senses and squatted in front of the cave entrance to watch carefully.

I also came to the entrance of the cave, and it was so dark that I couldn't see anything clearly.

Lao Yang looked at it for a while, and said with a sigh of relief: "It's okay, it should be the same." ”

I couldn't help but ask him, "What's the same?" ”

Lao Yang looked up at me and explained to me: "In the village, the old people of the previous generation called this kind of cave a patio. A few decades ago, a hole was dug out on the side of Nanshan, and I went down with a few of my peers, and I found that there were many stone rings in the wells of these patios. I forgot who said it, saying that there is such a patio on this side of the cliff, and I used to think it was a rumor, but I didn't expect it to be true. ”

I was a little puzzled: "Didn't you say that if you want to go to the bottom of the cliff, you need to build a sky lock?" ”

Lao Yang: "That's right, this hole is called a patio, and the stone ring in the well is the sky lock." But those rings are very hard to find, when I was younger, I used to climb cliffs to find herbs, and I know how to do this kind of thing. ”

Previously, Du Kang said that only old people in the village like Lao Yang knew how to build a sky lock, and it turned out that the sky lock did not need to be built at all.

Because it was too dark in the cave, I called Liu Shangang and asked him for a flashlight.

I turned on my flashlight and let the white beam sweep across the cave walls. I'm about to enter the territory of the evil god, there is almost no vegetation on the mountain, but there is a lot of vegetation on the cave wall, I swept the cave wall with a flashlight, while observing carefully, but no matter what, I can't see the "stone ring" in Lao Yang's mouth.

At this time, Lao Yang stretched out his hand and pointed to the wall of the cave and said to me, "Look, there is a ring there." ”

I looked in the direction of his finger, and it took a lot of effort to see a ring-shaped thing on the overgrown cave wall, but the thing was green at all, almost integrated with the surrounding scenery, and if it wasn't for Lao Yang's reminder, I might not be able to see it with a telescope.

I raised my head and looked at Liu Shangang.

Liu Shangang understood what I meant, and immediately shook his head at me: "Brother Dao, don't look at me, I can't do this kind of work." Although my eyesight is better than yours, it is the limit of vision, and I can see far away. ”

Originally, I was still thinking that if someone could be qualified to find the stone ring, Lao Yang would not have to go down with us, but now it seems that Lao Yang still has to go.

At this time, Lao Yang also said to me: "The patio is very slippery, and I can only rely on these stone rings to borrow strength." If I had been a teenager younger, I could have walked ahead and shown you the way, but now, I'm afraid I won't be able to climb. ”

Second Master: "I'll carry you on my back." ”

In fact, Lao Yang originally meant this, but he was embarrassed to say it, so he changed the wording, and when he heard the words of the second master, Lao Yang smiled a little embarrassedly: "Then trouble you." ”

According to Lao Yang's original meaning, he and the second master went down first, and we went down again, and we had to give him a flashlight, and when I walked down slowly, he raised his head and used a flashlight to help us shine the location of the stone ring.

But Liang Houzai said that if Lao Yang is below, after we enter the hole, there may be mud, and he is easy to be confused when he looks up and points the way. Therefore, he and the second master should enter the cave last and point out the direction of the stone ring for us from above.

I was the first to enter the hole, and Lao Yang first hit the flashlight on the stone ring, and then I moved my hands and feet according to the direction of the beam.

After me, Liu Shangang and Du Kang also came one by one, Liang Houzai was behind Du Kang, and the second master was at the back of the line.

Every time I came down, I had to move down a certain distance, and Lao Yang's light hit very accurately, and the beam of light could fall precisely on the stone ring under my feet every time.

It turned out that the strategy was correct, and when the person above my head moved, a large amount of wet mud mixed with broken vegetation fell, and if Lao Yang had shown the way below, he might not have been able to open his eyes at all when he raised his head.

Since finding the stone ring is very time-consuming, we move very slowly. I don't know how long it took, but I gradually felt that my arm was starting to sore, and Liu Shangang stopped and shouted in the patio: "Let's rest first, no, my arm is about to dislocate." ”

I stood on the stone ring, moved my left hand, and responded, "Rest for twenty minutes, everyone has compressed biscuits and energy bars in their backpacks, and water in the side pockets of their backpacks." ”

It didn't take long for my watch to stop walking into the woods, so I can't estimate how long we've been in the mountains, but judging by my hunger, we've been in the mountains for at least six hours.

There was still dirt falling from my head, and I ate some coarse particles of minerals when I ate the compressed biscuits, even the kettle, and when I first unscrewed the lid, a large piece of mud fell down, and it hit my head, breaking into many small pieces, and then I heard a slight sound of falling water in the kettle.

I reluctantly stuffed the kettle back into my backpack, intending to wait for it to settle down before drinking.

Before, I said to rest for 20 minutes, but in such an environment, I don't know how long 20 minutes should be, but after eating, I waited for a while before I asked the people behind me if they had rested.

Du Kang was the only one who responded to me: "Let's go." ”

There was a deep impatience in his tone.

I didn't want to worry about him, so I asked Liu Shangang alone: "Thin monkey, is your arm okay?" ”

Liu Shangang: "No problem, let's go." ”

And just like that, we continued to move downward. Time seemed to be getting longer and longer, and in the end, every time I moved, it seemed as if I had to use all my strength, and Liu Shangang, who was closest to me, kept panting.

No one calculated how long it had been, but when Lao Yang told me that it was over, I breathed a sigh of relief, and cautiously poked out one foot, and sure enough, I stepped on solid ground.

The others were not in a hurry to move, quietly waiting for me to find an exit.

Liu Shangang threw me another flashlight, and by the light of the flashlight, I saw a large clump of fluffy vegetation on the left side of the cave wall.

I took out the green steel sword and tried to stab it twice in this mass of vegetation, the green steel sword stabbed into it without any resistance, this area of the cave wall was empty, and the vegetation was growing from the outside.

I then drew my sword scabbard and used my green steel sword to chop up the vegetation that had grown diagonally into the patio, and suddenly a fresh wind poured in from the newly opened hole, and at the same time, there was a very strange Qi field.

The first time I encountered this kind of Qi Field, I almost died under the tires of a truck, so I knew very well that this strange Qi Field, which was a bit like yin and like a mixture of resentment and anger, came from the essence of the evil god.

Out of the patio, we officially entered the realm of evil gods.

At this time, the second master asked me above: "There is a way, have you found an exit, I feel as if a new wind is blowing in." ”

I hurriedly responded: "I've found the exit, let's all come down." ”

As I spoke, I walked out of the cave, and then, Liu Shangang and the others all followed.

On the other side of the cave was a short tunnel, filled with plants I couldn't name, some of which looked like tiny date trees, others that looked like holly bushes, and I cleared a path with my steel sword as I walked forward.

After about ten minutes, I finally got out of the crowded tunnel.

The first thing I did when I came out was to look up at the sky, and above the cliffs, the sky had turned pure black, and there were no stars in the night, only an exceptionally bright full moon.

If I'm not mistaken, it's supposed to be the end of the lunar month, how can there be a full moon in the sky?

The second master also looked up at the sky, his brows furrowed tightly, and his mouth muttered: "It's a full moon again?" ”

What does it mean to be "full moon again"?

I wondered when Dukang ran past me like a gust of wind and ran deeper into the canyon. The second master immediately gave me a look, and said, "Follow him." ”

I immediately threw my legs forward and caught up with Du Kang's pace.

Although there are mountains on the left and right sides, the distance between the mountains is very large, and to be exact, it should be a huge valley.

I felt that the source of the strange Qi field was in the very center of the valley, and Du Kang was running in the opposite direction, running as desperately as a hound, and he didn't even notice that his jumpsuit was cut by thorns, and he looked like a hound chasing his prey.

In order to keep up with him, I had to keep using the green steel sword to drive away the weeds and thorns that occupied the road, but even then he gradually distanced himself from me.

Just when I thought I couldn't catch up with him, he suddenly stopped.

Directly in front of Du Kang was a large expanse of lush woods that completely blocked my view.

When I came to Du Kang's side, I saw him staring straight ahead, and I wanted to pat him on the shoulder, but the second master suddenly reached out and grabbed my wrist and shook his head at me.