Chapter Twenty-Four: When Falsehood Is True, Truth Is False
Lin Mei and I walked down the cave, and we didn't go far before we were surprised to find that there were artificially excavated stairs, and in some places there were traces of axes and chisels on the stone walls, which were obviously repaired and chiseled, and from the traces, it was left a long time ago.
There is no trace of man-made in the entrance for such a long time, but someone has been carved in the depths of the Weishenme cave? I suddenly remembered that Lao Lin said that when he was young, he heard that there were treasures in the caves of Yunding Mountain, so he went to explore the caves. If I were to hide the treasure, the entrance would have remained completely untouched, making people think it was a natural cave, and when they reached the depths of the cave, they were excavated to make it easier to walk and carry things.
Looking back at the roads I walked when I came in, although many places were difficult to walk, they were relatively wide, and if there were enough people, it was possible to bring the treasure in. When Lao Lin came to explore the cave, he just ran out of water, and before he reached the place where I met the mutant spider, he couldn't bear to turn back because of thirst, so he didn't get here.
Lin Mei and I are not fanatical about treasures, but we definitely have an interest in taking them away, and we also have an unlimited capacity mobile warehouse, which is a supreme artifact for transporting treasures! I told Lin Meiyi about the possibility of treasure, and she was also very happy: "If we have a lot of money, we can use it to build a school, the school in the village is too broken." I also want to send some money to all the old people in the village who are living in difficulty, and there are several old people like Master who have no one to support them, and they can't farm their own fields, so ...... pitiful."
Well, it seems that I do need a treasure, and hopefully there is a big treasure in it, and I will move it out to fulfill the value of its existence.
The cave stretches all the way down, and there are artificial dug or wooden bridges in the places that are difficult to walk, because it is very dry, and the wooden bridges may be hundreds of years old and can still walk. This semi-artificial passage is surprisingly long, and it takes half an hour to walk before reaching the end, and the general direction has always been Xiangxia, and I wonder if I have gotten into the center of the earth.
The air in the cave is hotter, and it's okay for me to adjust my body temperature with the yin and yang trick, but Lin Mei's face is red, her sideburns are slightly sweaty, and her breath is relatively short, so I have to hold her hand and send a burst of yin attribute aura over from time to time to cool her down. The oxygen here is very thin, and the smell of sulfur and burnt is so strong that even those of us who practice kung fu feel uncomfortable, and if we stay for a long time, it may be harmful to the body.
"Xiaoxue, do you think this hot gas is like a legendary fire dragon, fire unicorn or something like that?" I asked Xiaoxue.
"Ah, I really don't know about this, how can a little demon like me have the opportunity to see a real divine beast? But I didn't feel the breath of a mythical beast or a giant demon, maybe this hole leads to the depths of the earth! ”
I don't quite believe that if it really goes deep into the center of the earth, then this is a volcano, how can it be so calm?
The cave turns a corner, the landscape in front of it changes abruptly, only to see a large number of stalagmites, stone pillars are strangely shaped, colorful, and the light is strange under the light. There are many caves in the stone walls, and there are holes in the holes, and the holes are connected like a labyrinth.
I was stunned, I didn't expect such a strange scene under the hot hole. This is a typical karst landform, generally known as karst cave or lava cave, which is formed by the erosion of groundwater for thousands of years, dissolving soluble rocks such as limestone, dolomite, gypsum, etc., and washing away the dissolvable components little by little.
Millions of years ago, there must have been a lot of groundwater here, but now it is extremely dry, and the reason why there is thin air at such a depth is also because these caves are interconnected, and some of them are connected to underground rivers, or to mountain crevices, and a small amount of air can come in.
I have a big head, the caves here extend in all directions, it is a natural labyrinth, it is not easy to get in and out, let alone find great-masters and treasures?
I scanned my eyes back and forth, and suddenly I saw something shiny on the ground in front of a passage, and I took a few steps forward to look at it, but it was a bead the size of a little finger, round and white, with the characteristic texture of pearls.
Xiaoxue immediately said: "This is a pearl, although it is not the best Nanzhu, but it is also a rare high-grade, it seems that there is really a treasure?" ”
I walked over and picked it up and looked at it closely, it was round and dripping, pearlescent and scorching in the light, and anyone with eyes could see that it was of extraordinary value. I handed it to Lin Mei with my backhand, but my eyes searched ahead, and soon I saw a piece of jade jade pendant that was dripping green.
I chased the scattered jewels and walked forward, and the things I picked up were stuffed into Lin Mei and Xiaoxue, the girls were the best jewelry, Lin Mei and Xiaoxue were no exception, and they were surprised to appreciate the things they picked up, and let out bursts of sighs. After turning around, a cave appeared in front of me, and when I looked into the cave, I could only inhale but not breathe.
In the cave, all kinds of gold and jade jewels are piled up into a small mountain, shining dazzlingly under the light, and the jewels are like colorful glow, even if I have never seen such a magnificent and beautiful scene in my dreams. I had a very strong feeling of being in a dream, my brain stopped thinking and walked briskly inside, just wanting to embrace all the light in my arms.
I've never been a person with a strong thirst for money, and Weishenme suddenly lost when I saw treasures? Is the treasure too glamorous or am I not focused enough? Or is it by nature that people are greedy? I felt a vague uneasiness in my heart, as if something was wrong.
I was walking up a small arched bridge to get to the place where the treasure was kept, when suddenly I sensed a call from the depths of my heart: Danger, stop!
It's not a sound that my ears hear, nor is it ringing in my head like when Xiaoxue communicates with me, but a sudden throbbing of my heart and realizing that someone is telling me something. I had a very familiar feeling that Master was sending me a message, so I immediately stopped and my confusion disappeared.
"Watch out for traps!" The next moment, Xiaoxue let out an exclamation in my mind.
I was completely awake, and the scene before me changed, there was no treasure like a hill at all, just a small amount of jewels scattered on a large stone. There was no arch bridge at my feet, only a huge bottomless crack, about four meters wide, and if I took another step in a daze, I would fall and lose my bones!
I was in a cold sweat, my heart was pounding wildly, and I was so close to death again, could it be that Master had a spirit in heaven and appeared to save my life? But the master seems to have gone to reincarnate and cast.
"Someone deliberately set up an illusion to harm us!" Xiaoxue said angrily, "He deliberately sprinkled jewels on the road to attract our attention, and then used the way of adulteration of truth and truth to create illusions, even I was deceived!" ”
Lin Mei leaned in front of the deep ditch to take a look, and her face changed color in fright: "Who wants to harm us?" No one should know we're here! ”
Xiao Xue said: "This person who creates illusions is very insidious, he first used scattered jewels to lure us over, let us rise up greed, distract my attention, and then use high-level illusions that are difficult to distinguish between true and false, and Childe is confused, and I am a little confused...... This man's illusion is too powerful! ”
I suddenly thought of a person, no, to be precise, I thought of a combination of a person and a monster - the old misty camel and Chen Youyuan!
Two years ago, a group of lost camels killed two gold mine workers at the foot of the eagle's beak cliff not far from here, and Master and I went to investigate, but Master and I were so confused that I even mistakenly thought that I had entered the Immortal Cave Mansion and almost became their son-in-law, so we can see how powerful they are at creating illusions. Later, the oldest lost camel possessed Chen Youyuan and fled, coinciding with the official round-up of the Butterfly Gang, and a large number of public security officers went into the mountains to look for it, but they never found it.
Only the old camel has the ability to create such an illusion that is difficult to distinguish between truth and falsehood, and its family has died at the hands of the people I have brought with it, so it hates me and wants to seek revenge on me. Thinking of Xiaoxue sensing that someone was staring at us before entering the cave, and the three footprints, I can be 100% sure that the old camel is hiding in this cave, it is timid and insidious by nature, and likes to hide in the dark and play tricks on people, and it is still like this.
Lin Mei had heard me tell me the story of the gold mine, so as soon as I talked about Lao Mi Camel and Chen Youyuan, I understood what was going on. Xiaoxue also knows that she was completely awake when I was about to visit the church, and she should be very familiar with the old camel.
Xiaoxue said: "It now has a human body, and the body odor is different from before, so I can't smell it." Now it has both human characteristics and dragon abilities, and after hiding here and cultivating for more than two years, its strength has increased significantly, and I can't predict how strong its ability is...... Hey, how did you come to your senses? ”
"It seems that someone woke me up with telepathy just now, and it feels like Master, but Master said that he has already been reincarnated, and besides, Master doesn't have this ability......"
"Great Master!" I, Lin Mei and Xiaoxue shouted in unison, only Zeng Shizu has this magical power, and only Zeng Shizu will save me here!
Master had speculated that the Great Master Ancestor might be trapped somewhere and couldn't get out, and could only enter a state of turtle breath or a frozen state, and the third senior brother of the Snake Intestine Valley could sense his existence after becoming a ghost cultivator, which proved that things like the Great Master Ancestor's spiritual sense or primordial spirit could sense distant places. From this, it can be seen that it must have been the great ancestor who found out that my life was in danger, so he used telepathy to inform me...... So we're very close to our great-master?
We are all very excited and excited, just like three lonely and bullied street children who have found their relatives, with my great-master taking care of me, I don't have to be afraid of the intrigues of the old camel.
Suddenly I had telepathy again, much like what I had felt before, conveying the meaning: I'm down there.