Chapter 9: Exploring the Well
We confronted the big white snake in close range, the atmosphere was extremely tense, Xiaoxue was still communicating with it, I turned my head to look at Lin Mei, signaling not to worry.
Normal snakes have long hibernated in such a cold place, but this huge white snake in front of me is alive and well, I didn't see any traces of the giant snake swimming all the way in, and I didn't see any traces of the beast coming in, so it proves that it doesn't eat blood food, and can survive only by absorbing the yin qi of the earth's leylines, and it can really be regarded as a snake demon.
I have a snake repellent medicine on my waist that I asked Wu Zhangya for, but it is estimated that it is useless, this white snake is much more powerful than the five-step snake back then, I am afraid that if I can't get rid of it, I will provoke it, and the consequences will be unimaginable.
After a stalemate of about two minutes, the head of the Great White Snake fell back to the ground, and its momentum decreased significantly. Xiaoxue said to me a little depressed: "It doesn't allow us to pass, but it can let us go." It's so hateful, if I hadn't lost my body and the original god was injured, how would it dare to be so rude!
The white snake seemed to know that Xiaoxue was talking about it, and raised its head again, revealing some anger.
I knew that it was impossible to pass, so I had an idea and arched my hand to the white snake: "This great immortal, may I ask if there was anyone who passed by here about fifty years ago......
"Hiss......"
The White Snake suddenly became angry and opened its mouth to roar, and I directly sensed the anger and impatience it conveyed, as if to say "get out".
I don't know if it looked down on me for demonstrating against me, or if my great-master was angry with me because he offended him, but at this moment it was on the verge of going berserk, and I didn't dare to provoke it anymore, so I could only slowly retreat and retreat again until I couldn't see it anymore and then turned around.
Xiaoxue said: "It's a little strange, it has been cultivating for hundreds of years, even if it can't transform yet, it should have a high intelligence, but its intelligence is very limited now, just like a two- or three-year-old child, who thinks he is very powerful, can't reason with it, and can't beat it......"
I smiled wryly: "It's not that I think it's very powerful, it's really powerful." ”
Since this big white snake has been cultivated for hundreds of years, it should not be much different from now fifty years ago, and it is unlikely that my great-master will pass from here, so there is no need to venture into the cold cave again.
While resting temporarily at the entrance of the cave, Lin Mei sighed: "That snake is so beautiful, but it is too fierce, I have seen a small white snake in the pine forest before, but it is not so white." ”
"It's already a sperm, it's a snake demon...... I suddenly thought that I should tell Lin Mei about Xiaoxue, but it's really hard to talk about it, I'm afraid that she will account for the matter between me and Xiaoxue, and she can't say bad things about Xiaoxue, I'm sandwiched in the middle and I'm not a person!
"Mei, you don't know yet, I have a fox spirit in my body that is nearly a thousand years old!"
"Huh?" Lin Mei was a little surprised, but only slightly surprised, and didn't panic, "It won't hurt you, right?" ”
"It shouldn't be ......"
Xiaoxue was a little annoyed: "What shouldn't be, yes definitely not!" ”
I ignored Xiaoxue's protests, and told me from beginning to end about going to Beikeng Village to teach and meeting Xiaoxue, and even Xiaoxue confusing me for two nights in a row and getting Chen Xing to my bed, but I didn't say it too explicitly, Zuihou talked about my relationship with Xiaoxue and the current situation.
Lin Mei had been listening a little nervously, and after I finished speaking, she was obviously relieved: "As long as it doesn't hurt you, it's fine." ”
I asked with some trepidation, "You're not scared at all, don't you mind?" ”
Lin Mei laughed: "Don't be afraid, it will help you practice, and it will help you do things, it won't harm you or me, what should you be afraid of?" ”
I'm ashamed, her shijie view is very simple, and she is a good person to my haode, whether he is a human being, a demon or a ghost. She has lived in the ghost domain for many years, and there are both ghosts and monsters around her, but there is no one, so for her, demons and monsters are the same height as people.
The most simple outlook on life is also the closest to the truth - in fact, my master also has this view, those who are animist, those who are good are gods and immortals, and those who are evil are demons or demons. Master once told me the story of the Eight Immortals, Zhang Guolao among the Eight Immortals was originally a mouse, and later evolved into a bat, and finally became a true immortal in the upper eight caves, even the lowest and most insignificant mouse can become a true immortal, this is the most haode proof.
Xiaoxue had always been a little "hostile" to Lin Mei, but at this time, seeing that Lin Mei did not despise it at all, she was also a little moved.
Lin Mei said: "I heard the story of the fox fairy when I was a child, it looks very beautiful, can you call it out for me to see?" ”
I just wanted to say no, Xiaoxue had already used its demon technique to show its image in Lin Mei's mind, but I didn't see it, I only saw Lin Mei's shocked look: "Wow, Sister Fox Fairy, you are so beautiful!" ”
I kind of wanted to ask her if she would mind if Xiaoxue was in my body and had "non-partly thoughts" about me, but it was silly to think about it quickly. She has long proved with her actions that as long as I am happy, she will be happy, and her only wish is to be by my side, it's that simple, so do I need to ask again? Besides, in the face of her pure heart, can I still eat in the bowl and look at the pot?
Xiaoxue sighed faintly in my heart: "I'm really jealous of you two!" Now I understand, I didn't know love at all before, and you are called love. ”
My heart was a little sour, sad for Xiaoxue, now it has understood what love is, but I can't give it love anymore - can't I really give it it? I didn't dare to think about it, so I picked up my things and continued to climb to the top of the mountain with Lin Mei.
We reached the top of the mountain around 3 p.m., but there was no beautiful scenery to speak of because of the heavy fog and the sight in the distance.
The white fog was vast, and the line of sight could not be far away, but fortunately, with Lao Lin's guidance, it didn't take us much time to find the entrance to the well. The entrance of the cave is very inconspicuous, the height is only about one meter, you have to climb in, but after entering, it becomes a lot wider, and then go forward a few meters, and suddenly becomes a vertical Xiangxia vertical hole, which is generally circular, with a diameter of about three meters, no wonder Lao Lin wants to call it a "well hole".
I picked up a small rock and threw it into the center of the hole, and as I listened intently, I faintly heard two collisions. The interval between the two sounds is long, and the second sound is very indistinct, I don't know if it has bottomed out, but it can be determined that the hole is not completely vertical, and there is at least one large turn.
The hole was not cold, and I didn't feel any danger, so I immediately got into action, carefully docking three hundred-meter-long nylon ropes, fixing one end to the protruding rock wall, and tying a small stone to the other end and slowly lowering it. Eventually, the rope was completely lowered, but it was probably caused by the weight of the rope itself drooping, and the cave was not necessarily 300 meters deep, so I brought two bundles of rope with me to be safe.
"Big brother, let me go down first, I'm light." Lin Mei grabbed the rope in my hand.
"No, I'll go down, and you'll pick me up above." I refused her, although with the help of ropes, it was very physically exhausting to go up and down such a steep hole, and there might be danger below, I couldn't let Lin Mei rush in front.
Lin Mei asked with some concern: "What if it's too deep and I can't hear you?" ”
I thought for a moment: "The hole is so straight that you should be able to hear it, and when I get to the bottom and am safe, I hit the wall three times with a stone, and then you come down again; If I am in danger and need your help, I will hit the stone wall five times. ”
Lin Mei nodded, I put on gauze gloves and non-slip, the flashlight was fixed on my waist, and there was a small pickaxe and a stinger dagger hanging on my waist, there were emergency talismans in my pockets, and the peach wood sword and things for casting spells were all on my back, which was also fully armed. I smiled at Lin Mei to tell her not to be nervous, and then grabbed the rope and circled it half a circle and began to climb down.
The nylon rope is thinner and slippery, so I have to wrap the rope with the palm of my hand every time and turn it half a circle to prevent my hand from slipping, and wait until the other hand is clenched before letting go, without any negligence. The cave is almost vertical, the cave wall is covered with moss marks, wet and slippery, there is very little place to step on and rest, and ordinary people may run out of physical strength if they slide ten meters.
After I changed to the Demon Fox Hero, my skills were far more agile than ordinary people, and after practicing the Yin and Yang Technique, this talent was even more obvious, and it was easy to decline. In addition, my good night vision ability also comes in handy, so that I can quickly find a place to settle in the dark, and look at the position before each slide, so that the action not only saves physical strength, but also speeds up.
After descending more than 20 meters, the cave is no longer circular, and the space has become larger, looking like a big crack in the mountain, one side is still vertical, and the other side is a little upside down. This hole goes straight up and down, and the feeling of depression is stronger than that of a cold hole, and there is a strong feeling that it is about to be devoured by a giant beast.
After descending a few dozen meters, I confirmed my judgment that this was indeed a cavity in the shape of two mountains, one side of the mountain was vertical, and the other side of the mountain was sloping.
At the end of the first rope, I noticed that the stone wall had become tilted, and the opposite stone wall had changed from inclined to almost vertical, a miraculous turn. When I got here, I felt that the humidity of the air had increased significantly, maybe not far from the bottom of the cave, and there was a pool of water below. It seems that this hole is not as deep as expected, and if you can't hear the sound of the stone falling to the ground, it may be that it fell into the water, because the sound of the spatial turning cannot be transmitted to it.
I checked the place where the cave turned, the edge was not too sharp, and the rope should not be scraped and broken, so I continued Xiangxia. This section of the stone wall is a little steep, and there are a lot of bumpy places to settle down, so the difficulty of descent is greatly reduced, but I don't dare to be careless because I haven't encountered any animals since I came in!
Although there were very few animals living in such a dark deep cave, it was not completely absent, and the reason for such a quiet may be the same as that of a cold cave, where there are powerful creatures, and ordinary small animals dare not enter!
"Xiaoxue, are there any monsters in this cave?"
Xiaoxue said a little lazily: "I don't know, this hole is a little weird, I seem to feel very dark, I can't see anything." ”
Particularly dark? I was a little puzzled, the deep cave was absolutely dark, there was no reason for it to be particularly dark, and I still had a flashlight around my waist. I didn't think much about it, and after descending about twenty meters further, I suddenly sensed the yin and evil qi below, and hurriedly saw a small boss below slide rapidly, and as soon as my feet stood firm, I wrapped my left forearm around the rope, and my right hand reached behind my back to take the peachwood sword. Unexpectedly, the yin qi came very quickly, and in an instant, it was in front of me, and I could sense that it was a humanoid spirit body, and a claw grabbed at my face.