We deliberately avoided the direction in which the Yuan family had left and chose another route, our plan was to climb up the valley slope and climb over the top of the slope, although it would be more laborious, but we felt that it would be relatively safe.

I've already had many climbs like this, so this time I'm much more familiar with the road than the previous ones, and I've mastered some of the doorways.

At last we reached the top of the valley, and although I didn't seem embarrassed, I was still exhausted.

Standing at the top and looking back at the valley, I don't know if it's the reason for the relative height, but where we are standing, the fog is much smaller than the inside of the valley, and I don't know when, the drizzle has stopped.

We turned our heads to look ahead again, and the hazy fog still shrouded everything around us, and we could only see an outline of the surrounding trees and the mountains in the distance.

Lantern Xiao squinted her eyes and looked forward, and said, "There doesn't seem to be anything ahead, Yima Pingchuan, have we reached the top of Fujimen Mountain?"

The second uncle looked around and shook his head, "Unlikely, from the analysis of the map, the real main peak of Fujimen Mountain should be in that direction." As he spoke, the second uncle pointed to a position in the distance, and we looked in that direction, and vaguely saw a huge silhouette, towering in the sky.

Lantern Xiao exclaimed when she saw it, "I'll go!" We're not going to go there, are we? How long is this going to take?! ”

The second uncle waved his hand, "Our goal is the relics of the Hades, and the Hades came here to avoid pursuit, not to climb the mountain!" So they will choose a hidden area instead of the highest one! ”

"Where will it be?" I couldn't help but ask.

The second uncle looked around, "Judging from the situation along the way, it shouldn't be too far, let's go ahead and see!" ”

We walked a little further and the mountain began to descend again. Along the way, up and down really made me scratch my head, but the mountains are like this, ups and downs, high and low! The good news is that the slope is much gentler.

We have been walking for a long time, I don't know how long, along the way we saw a lot of stone sculptures and ruins of buildings, most of which have been eroded by the years and cannot be seen clearly, what it was like back then, and it is impossible to verify it at all.

However, after walking for so long, we also found an interesting phenomenon, there are many downward stone caves, which are of different sizes and depths. However, it is too old, many of them have been filled with mud, some are empty, and some are filled with water.

We have different opinions on what these caves do, and Lantern Xiao thinks that these should be some wells, and those with water are normal, and those without water or are buried, which are caused by changes in the groundwater level.

And I think these caves themselves are not wells, the water here can be regarded as very rich, we saw a lot of streams along the way, it is very convenient to get water, and then there are so many wells, there is no need at all, so I think this kind of cave may be like our vegetable cellar, used to store food.

The two of us argued endlessly, but there was no result, so I asked the second uncle's opinion. The second uncle did not speak, but poked his head into one of the stone caves without water, this cave is quite deep, and it is not buried by the soil, and the lower position of the cave entrance seems to have a bend, and the flashlight shines down and cannot see the bottom at all.

As a result of our movements, some dust fell and floated in the air under the light of the flashlight, and the mist mixed with it made the inside of the cave look hazy and mysterious. Some of the raised rock outlines and faint lines seem to be monsters entrenched in them, and I can't help but have all kinds of frightening reverie.

The second uncle looked at us, "The teacher has taught us since we were young that practice is the only criterion for testing the truth!" So if you want to know if you're right, you'll have to see for yourself! ”

Lantern Xiao and I couldn't help but be surprised, "Second uncle, do you mean let's go down and have a look?" ”

The second uncle shook his head gently, "It's not us, it's you!" ”

"We?" This surprised me and Lantern Xiao a little, "Aren't you going down?" I asked the second uncle.

The second uncle smiled, "I won't go down, I'm old, this kind of climbing up and down can still be avoided." And I don't have the curiosity of yours. Let Wenmo accompany you on a trip, there will be no problem with him. After speaking, the second uncle looked at Wen Mo, who nodded slightly, his eyes had been staring at the stone cave, presumably he also had the idea of finding out.

The second uncle untied the climbing rope, tied one end to a big tree, and threw the other end into the hole, "Anaduo and I are waiting for you here!" ”

After listening to this, Lantern Xiao looked at the second uncle, then at Anado, and suddenly raised his eyebrows, "Second uncle, if you don't go down, it seems that you are a drunkard!" He laughed evilly a few times.

The second uncle slapped the back of Lantern Xiao's neck, "The stinky boy is not big or small!" Hurry down! ”

The three of us unloaded our gear, bringing only personal weapons and flashlights and a few other odds and ends. Wenmo was still in the lead, and took the lead in sliding down the rope.

Lantern Xiao grabbed the rope and looked at the second uncle and said, "Second uncle, you are down-to-earth, before we come up in a while, I must tell you in advance!" ”

The second uncle raised his foot and kicked the Lantern Festival in, and I followed closely into the hole.

After the entrance to the cave is vertical, it starts to extend horizontally, and this is not an ordinary well.

The cave has been abandoned for thousands of years, and the dust that falls inside is so thick that the dry dust has been eroded by the humid air and deposited into mud, so the original appearance of the cave has long been covered under a thick layer of soil.

We fell down the rope, and when our feet landed, the ground was still a little soft due to the heavy moisture.

We looked around, and the space was much larger than when we looked down at the hole, and we could almost stand up straight inside. We raised our flashlights and looked around, and there were many holes and grooves carved into the stone walls on both sides, and there must have been many other things installed here, perhaps lighting tools.

Lantern Xiao's attention is mainly focused on the ground, take out the dagger, knock left, dig right, I know that this kid is touching valuable things again, but it is not so easy, Lantern Xiao finally found a clay pot buried in the soil, but when he dug it out, he found that it was broken.

And I had a strange feeling from the moment I came in, I always felt that there was an indescribable sound in it, but even with my ears, it sounded very vague, like the sound of the wind, and like the sound of boiling water. However, I used my flashlight to shine forward, and I could easily see the end of the cave, there was a road here, there was no fork in the road or other exits, and the whole cave was clear at a glance, and I really couldn't see anything strange.

I speculate that maybe it's just a strange vibration of the air when the wind blows in through the hole.

At this time, the Lantern Festival next to him suddenly laughed twice, it seemed that he had found a good thing, I leaned over to take a look, only to see that the Lantern Festival dug out a thing in the ground, it was like a metal hoop, and there was a black stone inlaid on it, although this stone was half-buried in the soil, it still looked very smooth, and the Lantern Festival wiped it with his hand and even showed its luster.

Lantern Xiao dug a few times with the dagger, reached out and grabbed the metal hoop, and pulled hard, but there was no pull, Lantern Xiao tilted his head, "tsk", and then inserted the dagger into the soil and probed, with an excited look on his face, "Hey! There seems to be a big guy down there! It's not in vain! ”

After the Lantern Festival finished speaking, he used the dagger to loosen all the soil around the metal hoop, half-squatted up, exerted all his strength, and pulled it up with all his strength. As the metal hoop was pulled by the Lantern Festival, even a large piece of ground below was raised. Sure enough, the metal hoop was carrying something not small.

I hurried over to help, and the two of us used all our strength to pull and pull hard, only to hear a "poof", and at the same time, I felt my hand loosen, and I suddenly lost my center of gravity, and suddenly fell backwards.

As I leaned back, I saw a large object being pulled out along with the metal hoop. I sat down on the ground and looked forward, and suddenly my scalp exploded.

It turned out that the bottom of the metal hoop was connected to a skeleton that had been stained into an earthy yellow, at this time the skeleton was pulled out half, due to our excessive force, this skeleton was pulled off from below the sternum, at this time this skeleton seemed to be half-sitting, just face to face with the Lantern Festival in front of it, looking at each other with affection.

After two seconds of silence, Lantern Xiao let out a loud "ah", let go like an electric shock, and climbed back several steps. As soon as Lantern Xiao let go, the skeleton was thrown to the ground again.

Lantern Xiao stared at the ground in front of him, stunned for half a minute, before he let out a sigh, "Damn!!" Scare me! MD！ ”

Looking at Yuan Xia's pale face, I suddenly felt a little funny, and then the second uncle's voice came down from above, "Hey! What's wrong? You okay! ”

I turned my head to the top and shouted, "It's okay, it's just that Lantern Festival found a big baby!" ”

Lantern Xiao took a deep breath and squinted at me, "Shall I give you this big baby?" ”

I waved my hand again and again, "Don't! I can't appreciate it! ”

After the sudden appearance of the skeleton has passed, in fact, we don't have too much fear, and we have seen a lot of dead corpses and skeletons. However, the one in front of us is indeed a bit strange, the metal hoop found in Lantern Festival was wrapped around the skull of the skeleton by an iron chain.