I found myself in a strange cave, where the glittering blue light perched lazily on the rocks and beside the dark river, illuminating the whole cave clearly.

At a cursory glance, I saw that there was a collapsed circular stone platform near the hole we had dug, slightly above the river surface, and leaning at the entrance of the cave, cutting off a dark river more than two meters wide, and the river with mud flowed down the groove on the stone platform to the hole, and seemed to be in danger of being filled.

Xiaobao's father has come many times, but we still haven't found this exit, it turns out to be this reason, I don't know if it's accidental or artificial.

Just when I could see my mind, Runzi shouted underneath, Xiaobao's father's hand had already stretched out, I quickly took his hand and pulled him out, and then Runzi also climbed up.

Xiao Bao's father's wound has scabbed, and the speed of recovery is unexpected, looking at his only half of his lower limbs, I can't help but sigh at the sinister nature of society and the unancient human heart, not only the benefactor who saves your life will take advantage of you, but also familiar relatives may deceive you.

We rested for a while, and Junko carried Xiaobao's father on her back and followed his instructions towards the exit.

The cave is long and resembling an underground tunnel, with many traces of regular manual knocking on the walls and ground. What surprised me the most was that several large stalactites were carved into the outlines of gods, if I guessed correctly, they were the Taoist Three Qings - Yuqing Yuan Shi Tianzun, Shangqing Lingbao Tianzun, Taiqing Daode Tianzun, in addition to these, there are also Bagua diagrams and Taiji diagrams on the ground. Although it was almost vague, I still recognized it, because Jiang Youdao had a simple outline and description in "The Thirty-six Techniques of Taoism".

In my eyes, I was like a horse, although what I saw in the cave had nothing to do with me for the time being, but there was a faint feeling of closeness, this feeling was inexplicable, I couldn't say it for a while, and then my fate changed dramatically from here. I didn't realize what I was going to encounter in the future, who I would meet, but in short, my life had a new turning point from my first step into the cave, including Junko.

After walking a comfortable flat road, we began to encounter shackles, and it was extremely difficult to walk uphill and against the wall, and it took us almost two hours to see a low wall. There was no door to the low wall, only a few light worms burrowed in and out of the cracks in the stone, I already knew where we were, the cave was on the other side of the low wall, but how to get there, should we shrunk down and get through here?

Of course it can't be, this problem can only be handed over to Xiaobao's father.

I realized that he hadn't made a sound for a long time, so I was busy making a color for Junko. Junko immediately understood what I meant and slowly put him down. After seeing his face, I was taken aback, his temples were white, the folds at the corners of his mouth were looming, and he was dozens of years old in an instant.

"What's going on, he...... What's wrong with him? Junko was also shocked.

"It may be the sequelae of him taking an unknown antidote, which is a kind of backlash against the body, which accelerates the time of aging, hey, what a sin!" Once again, I feel unworthy of Xiaobao's father's behavior, why should people violate the laws of nature, they must ask for immortality, this is also a warning to us.

Junko probed his snort with her knuckles, touched her forehead again, turned her head and let out a long breath, telling me that I was just asleep and had a little fever.

I pushed him a few times, Xiaobao and his father slowly opened his eyes, saw our stunned eyes, and didn't know what was going on, in order to avoid him being excited, we didn't tell him about his current physical condition for the time being, but asked him to find the mechanism to open the door.

"Ahem...... It's so soon......" He pouted, pointed to the stones beside him, and said, "There is no mechanism, just move those stones and drill through from below." ”

It turned out to be so simple, after Runzi moved away from the stone, a ditch was exposed, and he only had to lie on the ground and drill through it.

I was the first to get in, followed by Xiaobao's father, and finally Junko, and finally returned to the familiar place.

It's been a day since I thought about it, and now the family must be looking for us very anxiously outside, will they have called the police, I don't want to make a big deal about it, maybe they found Dabao and Xiaobao, and know where we went, and now they are waiting for our good news at home, everything always thinks about the good side, but what if they go to the black bamboo forest to find us, I have seen that place, and I may not be able to get out of the whole body when I enter.

It's useless to think about it so much, hurry down the mountain and see the situation before deciding.

We rushed back to the village in the stars and moon, and we were still a few steps away from the entrance of the village. A few sharp-eyed villagers had already recognized us, pointing at us and shouting to the people around us to gather around.

We were surrounded by groups, some of them were shushing and asking for warmth, some were panicked and exclaimed, and some were suspicious of Xiaobao's father's identity. Fortunately, Dabao was also among them, he said that the whole village had dispatched to find us, and even the police knew about it, and he also told us that this time the matter was too big, and he was afraid that he would settle accounts after the autumn, so let's not talk nonsense, otherwise we won't be able to get out of it. I think it's strange that we didn't do anything bad, and we risked our lives to save people and we felt like fugitives.

After a while, Runzi's father rushed through the crowd with a few policemen, looked at us suspiciously, and explained for a long time before we were allowed to evacuate the crowd and inform the villagers in the distance to end the search. Xiaobao's father was carried to Xiaobao's house by two enthusiastic villagers on a simple stretcher.

After we were taken to Xiaobao's house, in addition to Xiaobao and Dabao's family, as well as my parents and Junko's mother, all of them had sad faces, and when they saw us, they showed a smile and were busy asking us where we had gone, whether we were injured or not, and so on, which made us overwhelmed.

Under the instructions of Runzi's father, he found Dr. Tang in the village to check Xiaobao's father's pulse, and he fell into a coma again, and his face was hot like a roasted sweet potato. We weren't hurt, we were just hungry and thirsty, and then Xiaobao and her mother made a few dishes, and we ate a full meal.

After eating and drinking, Runzi's father asked us about what happened. I remembered Dabao's advice, and I was really afraid that telling the truth would cause unnecessary misunderstandings and troubles, so I stole what I saw and heard, and retold it in a way that could make them understand. It's basically made up temporarily, and it's not as unbelievable as our real experience, simply put, it was to pick osmanthus and find Xiaobao's father, and found that he was poisoned, so he was saved.

The first time I made up a lie, I was a little nervous at first, but I was able to barely get through with the help of Junko.

In our narrative, a lot of questions were also raised, but we resolved them one by one, and only one person has been silent and calm since we sat down, that is Junzi's father who is a policeman, and later learned that he is also an insider, and his other identity is not simple at all.

Dabao didn't ask about what happened to us later, maybe he had already guessed seven or eight, but I could see what he was still worried about, and from his previous words, we could judge the consequences of the whole thing, and we didn't want to ask in detail. We were also relieved to learn that Xiaobao had recovered, and it seemed that he had also concealed the cause and effect of the incident.