Chapter 42: The Underground River
Sankra naturally knew that Qin Kunlun's words meant something else, so he didn't say much, nodded, turned back to the warrior monk named Batu and said, "Batu, this time the matter is beyond the scope of your action, don't follow you, go back." Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info"
Batu glanced at Qin Kunlun coldly, the initiator, and turned back to Sankra and said sincerely: "Venerable, before I came, the two Dharma Protectors explained to us that no matter what happens along the way, we must never leave you, and now you ask us to return, we can't do it." ”
Batu's kindness, Sankra saw it in his eyes, he sighed and said: "Batu, the left and right protectors don't know the situation here, if they do, they will definitely support my approach, listen to me, go back!" ”
Batu clasped his hands together and said resolutely: "There are few people who come this time, if we also leave, there will be no one to protect the safety of His Holiness, please forgive Batu for being difficult to agree." ”
Qin Kunlun seemed to be a little impatient, and said to Batu in a cold voice: "After you leave, we will be responsible for his safety, now rest assured, right?" As he spoke, Qin Kunlun deliberately touched the submachine gun on his chest, and the threat was very obvious.
As if he hadn't seen Qin Kunlun's action of touching the gun, Batu still said in an unkind tone: "It's because of your existence that I'm even more uneasy." The matter of holy water is a matter of this religion, and if I can't leave, it's not your turn as an outsider to take care of it. ”
Qin Kunlun's face changed, and he began to laugh coldly, this was the prelude to his madness, Sankra saw this, his face immediately turned cold, and he scolded Batu loudly: "Batu, I am the lord of this sect, and no one can disobey my orders, including the two Dharma protectors, so I order you to go back now, otherwise, you will be punished for apostasy!" ”
Sankra's words surprised Batu, and he said in disbelief: "Venerable Lord, how can you say such a thing, everything Batu does is for the sake of the Venerable Lord, and it is also for the sake of the Nyingma faction. ”
Sankra snorted coldly, looked at Qin Kunlun, and then at Batu, and then said with a pun: "Batu, if you really think about the entire Nyingma faction, then you can listen to me now and take people out of here immediately." ”
Although Batu saw many problems from our contact with Qin Kunlun, he didn't know the true details of Qin Kunlun and what force he represented, so he hesitated for a moment and still didn't take anyone away.
Seeing that Qin Kunlun's face was getting colder and colder, Sankra was also really anxious, raised the machete in his hand, put it on his neck, and threatened Batu: "Batu, do you want to see me die in front of you before you are willing to leave!" ”
Batu was once again frightened by Sankra's actions, he trembled and immediately fell to his knees, bowed to Sankla, and then said in fear: "Please calm your anger, Batu...... Batu just listens to you, and you quickly put the knife down. ”
Sankla did not put the knife down, but sighed and said: "Batu, I know your intentions, don't be sad, listen to me, take the others away, I will watch you go." ”
Qin Kunlun saw that the matter was finally done, his face looked much better, he did not do the thing perfectly, but asked a special police officer to throw a backpack over, and he said to Batu: "Little monk, there is some dry food in this backpack, enough for you to go back, hurry up." ”
Batu stood up, glanced at Qin Kunlun with some resentment, and then said respectfully to Sankra: "Venerable, Batu is gone, you have to cherish it, the Nyingma faction can't do without you." ”
With a trace of reluctance and complicated feelings, Batu left with the other four warrior monks, and when they were far away, Qin Kunlun put his mind at ease, and he said to Sankra: "Venerable, it's not too early, shouldn't we go." ”
Sankra glared at Qin Kunlun angrily, didn't say anything, the first one bowed down and went into the cave, and the others followed in.
The cave is only a little more than 1.5 meters high, but this is not entirely the case, because it is irregular, so it will be much higher in some places, and then we can straighten up and move our sore necks.
The cave continued downward, and we walked for more than half an hour, and we did not come to the end, at this time, there was a turning point in front of us, and we turned to see that the size of the passage and the environment began to change here.
To be precise, the passage became much larger and wider, the height was about five meters away, and the width was about ten meters, and there were many stalagmites hanging down from the top of the cave, like a sharp awl, and there were droplets of water falling down the stalagmites to the ground, and the whole passage began to smell damp.
I don't know how many years this cave has existed, it is not as strong as we thought, and as we move forward, stones fall from the walls on both sides from time to time. Because of this, the road surface of the passage we took later was not smooth, and even some places had been blocked by stones that had fallen over the years, and we had to clear them before we could get through.
After walking like this for more than an hour, Qin Kunlun couldn't help it and asked Sankra, "Where does this stone cave lead?" Why hasn't it come to an end yet? ”
Sankra seemed to have expected Qin Kunlun to ask this, he didn't bother to answer at all, took out a roll of cardboard from his pocket, handed it to Qin Kunlun, and said: "Don't ask me everything, I'm not a jack of all trades, I'm also here for the first time, look at the map by myself." ”
The map was drawn on a plain white sheet of paper, and was divided into four parts, the first of which was a map of the ascent of the Nanga Bhava Peak when we came, and the middle of which was a picture of the great valley outside, with a special indication of the fissure zone and the possible danger therein, namely the snowmen.
The third part depicts the cave where we are now, and as you can see from the zigzag lines, the cave is very long, and it becomes more open at the back, but at the end is an underground river.
The fourth part depicts the end of the underground river, where a large circle is drawn, as if it were a pool, presumably a pool filled with holy water.
After reading the map, Qin Kunlun thought for a while, and then said to Sankla: "How deep is the underground river?" Is there a way to go? ”
Sankra replied without hesitation: "According to the Guyun Protector, the underground river is at least twenty meters deep, and there are cliffs on both sides, so there is no other way to go. ”
Qin Kunlun's brows tightened suddenly, and he said a little irritably: "You can only take the waterway?" He gave Sankra a suspicious look, and then said, "Since you can only take the waterway, why don't you bring the equipment to cross the river?" Or is there ready-made ships there? ”
Sooner or later, we had to go to the underground river, so there was something we couldn't hide, so Sankra had to tell the truth: "You're right, there are indeed ready-made boats there." ”
Perhaps because he couldn't get used to Qin Kunlun's momentum that everything was under control, Sankra continued tepidly: "However, according to Gu Yun Protector, there are many fierce fish in the underground river, and they are surprisingly big, so don't be too happy." ”
Qin Kunlun pointed to the special police officers around him, and said confidently: "Do you think that our equipment is an ornament, and we can't deal with a few fish." ”
The corners of Sankla's mouth rose slightly, and he sneered, but he didn't say anything anymore, but when he looked at me and Biaozi, he nodded secretly, asking us not to be as careless as Qin Kunlun.
The rest of the journey was very smooth, and after about ten minutes of walking, we heard the sound of water flowing in front of us, and everyone couldn't help but lift their spirits and speed up their feet.
At this time, the size of the cave changed again, the width was at least 30 meters away, and the height was more than 20 meters, like a small valley buried in the ground, and the underground river, just below the valley, was more than three meters away from our feet.
The river was so fast that it kept rolling forward, and there was no end in sight. This underground river is the same width as the valley, and there are cliffs on both sides, and it is impossible to walk at all. (To be continued.) )