Chapter 76: The Second Key
The more he looked down, the more Chu Jingtian felt that he must have overlooked something. :3wし
But what exactly is being overlooked?
Chu Jingtian felt that he had never been able to grasp that gist of the matter.
"What does gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind and thunder represent?" muttered softly, Chu Jingtian slowly turned along the edge of the mountain top again.
His eyes remained motionless as he looked down the slope, and this time, his footsteps moved unusually slowly.
Yemo and Cangye stood in the center of the mountaintop, looking at Chu Jingtian who seemed to be trapped in a demonic barrier, waiting quietly.
They also saw that Chu Jingtian also seemed to have thought of something, so they were afraid of disturbing Chu Jingtian.
At a certain moment, Chu Jingtian's footsteps slammed, and then slowly retreated to the center of the mountaintop, but at this time, there was a deep joy in his eyes.
"Discovery?" Cang Ye's eyes lit up.
Chu Jingtian nodded, "If my judgment is correct, the key should have been found." ”
"Where?" Cang Ye was excited.
The key is an important prop related to the follow-up level, and getting a key is equivalent to getting the initiative of a certain level, which has a huge effect.
"Just behind me, on the slope about ten meters below the summit, there is a lightning strike wood, and if I judge correctly, the key should be there. Chu Jingtian said.
"What then?" asked Cang Ye. He also understood why Chu Jingtian didn't go to get the key, that location, the people under the mountain could easily see it.
"So be it. Chu Jingtian thought for a while and said, "You and Yemo go down first, gather everyone, and then I'll go get the key, if someone asks me, you just say it's okay." ”
"Good. Cang Ye answered, and went down the mountain with Yemo.
As soon as the two reached the bottom of the mountain, they gathered everyone together in the name of rest. Three or four hours have passed since entering the secret realm, and it is time to rest and eat.
Immediately, everyone worked together and began to make a fire to cook at the foot of Tianming Mountain.
Most people don't have storage rings, so many people can't carry food, so they have to use local materials.
Fortunately, there are many small beasts and edible wild vegetables in this secret realm, and everyone is not worried about having nothing to eat.
In fact, Cang Ye brought food with two storage rings, which was the standard configuration given by the royal family to the seven princes.
However, Cang Ye didn't plan to take out those foods now, one hundred and fifty people, those foods couldn't last long, and they could save as much as they could, just in case they needed it.
Just when everyone was busy, Chu Jingtian took his waist and took it back, and then sat down beside Cang Ye and nodded at Cang Ye imperceptibly.
A flash of joy flashed in Cang Ye's eyes, but then he was suppressed and didn't say anything.
Soon, the meal was ready.
Someone went to hunt a few small fierce beasts, stewed with wild vegetables unique to the mountains, and it smelled good.
After eating and resting for half an hour, the group set off again.
On the way, Chu Jingtian flipped through his hand, took out a piece of paper, and quietly stuffed it to Cang Ye.
This was discovered by him and the key, he had already opened it, it was a map, and a location was marked on it, which should be related to the subsequent levels.
Seeing that Cang Ye finished reading the map, Chu Jingtian asked softly, "Do you have any rules that each person can take a few keys?"
"No!" Cang Ye said: "If you have the ability, even if one person takes all seven keys, it is okay." ”
"Then let's continue to look for the key, how about it?" asked Chu Jingtian.
Cang Ye said before that this key is related to the initiative of the follow-up level, so if you can find more, then you will naturally have to find more.
"Okay, it's just that you have a clue?" Cang Ye looked at Chu Jingtian. Although he found a key, he still didn't have any clues about the rest.
"The key just now is hidden in the lightning strike wood, so it should be the 'thunder' in the 'gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind and thunder'. Chu Jingtian said: "So I think it's time for us to change our thinking." ”
"How to change" Cang Ye glanced at Chu Jingtian curiously and continued to move forward.
Chu Jingtian explained: "I think we only recognize the words 'gold, wood, water, fire, earth, wind and thunder', which is really too limited. ”
"Think about it, the mountain just now is called Tianming Mountain, Tianming, isn't it thunder? So the name actually hints at us, but we didn't expect it. ”
Hearing this, Cangye's eyes lit up.
He immediately thought that within this hundred miles, there was a place called Liukong Valley. Flowing air, flowing air, isn't it wind?
Immediately, Cang Ye pretended to change the direction of progress very casually and headed towards Liukong Valley.
Liukong Valley is about twenty miles away from Tianming Mountain, and the group walked for more than an hour before they reached the place.
Looking at the valley in front of him, Cang Ye's gaze looked at Chu Jingtian again.
The valley is about five or six miles in circumference, and it is so leafy that it is not so easy to find the key here without any clues.
"I don't have a clue, let's go and have a look!" Chu Jingtian said.
Immediately, Cang Ye waved his hand and led people to the valley, but as soon as everyone took a few steps, they were stopped by a voice.
"Isn't this the seventh brother? What a coincidence!" With the voice, the third prince Cangyan came over with a large group of people.
Cang Ye looked at Cang Yan who stopped in front of him and asked, "What, Brother Sanhuang, you also plan to enter the valley?"
"The seventh brother shouldn't mind!" said the third prince Cang Yan with a smile.
"Hehe, where is the royal brother, this valley is naturally accessible to everyone, royal brother please. Cang Ye stretched out his hand and motioned for Cang Yan to go first.
"Then I'll be one step ahead. When the words fell, Cang Yan waved his hand and led his men and horses to the valley.
It wasn't until they entered the valley and walked away that Chu Jingtian said with feeling: "You, third brother, are really as domineering as rumored!"
Just now Cang Ye asked him if he had entered the valley, but Cang Yan directly asked Cang Ye if he would mind, and there was no room for refusal in his words.
"Get used to it. Cang Ye said indifferently, and then asked, "Shall we go in again?"
"Go in, of course. Chu Jingtian said: "I have walked such a long way to come, how can I just leave?"
Immediately, Cang Ye waved his hand, and the group also walked in.
After entering the valley, they saw that Canghiko's people had dispersed and were rummaging around.
So, Cang Ye also let a group of subordinates scatter to look for it.
Looking at the flowing figures around him, Chu Jingtian's brows furrowed.
Based on the experience of finding the first keyless one just now, he was almost certain that there must be a key in this empty valley, but he had no clue where the key was.
"The flowing air is the wind, but the key must not be hidden in the wind!"
"Jin Mu, water, fire, earth, wind and thunder, Jin Mu ......" reciting this prompt over and over again, Chu Jingtian wanted to find a clue, but he never had a clue.
"Could it be that we were wrong in the first place? Yemo on the side suddenly spoke, "The flowing air is indeed wind, but it is not only air that will flow. ”
Chu Jingtian's eyes lit up, "You mean...... Water?"
The word "flow" is the wind, but isn't the word "flow" water alone?
Nightink nodded.
Just now she had been listening to Chu Jingtian muttering 'flowing air, flowing ......', so she also began to think, and when she heard the word 'flow', she was touched a little, so she said that sentence.
"Let's go. Chu Jingtian perked up and immediately led the two of them to climb up the slopes on both sides of the valley. He will look at the whole valley and see where there is water.
In the valley, Cang Yan saw the movements of the three people, but he didn't care, he thought that the three of them were just looking for the key on the hillside.
Climbing up the hillside, Chu Jingtian immediately looked around, and soon he found a small waterhole a little to the left in the depths of the valley.
At this time, in front of the pool, there were still a few people who looked like students were fetching water to drink.
Not daring to delay, he immediately returned to the valley with the two of them and walked in the direction of the small pool.
Seeing the actions of the three of them, Cang Yan in the valley groaned slightly, and slowly followed.
More than ten minutes later......
Chu Jingtian and the three of them arrived at the edge of the pool, which was only ten meters square, about two meters deep, and the water in the pool was a spring flowing out of the cracks in the rocks, which was extremely clear.
On one side of the waterhole, there is a small opening, and when the water is full, it will flow out of the gap and sprinkle it around, so that the vegetation around this valley can be so lush.
There are still mercenaries fetching water to drink by the waterhole, but it doesn't seem to be the previous group of people, and those people didn't react after seeing Cang Ye, obviously they were from the side of the three princes.
Chu Jingtian walked to the edge of the waterhole and pretended to fetch water to drink, but his eyes searched carefully in the waterhole.
The water is so clear that the bottom of the pool is clearly visible, and there is nothing but a few scattered stones.
However, after Chu Jingtian's eyes saw a certain place at the bottom of the pool, Chu Yi's faint joy appeared.
Just as he was about to get up and tell Cang Ye the news, he saw the third prince Cang Yan who was walking forward.
With a moving expression, he jumped directly into the water without hesitation......