Chapter 101: Strange Aroma
Although he was curious about what was in the cave, Ji Qiu did not go directly to the depths of the cave, but rummaged through the piles of bones on the left and right sides of the cave, and at the same time moved forward slowly.
He did this for a number of reasons, one was to find some gold and silver to keep for later use, the second was to find out who had entered the cave before the sword that had been left behind, and the other was to avoid suspicion, and it was possible to encounter danger if he rashly broke into the depths of the cave, and the risk of walking slowly was smaller.
There are not only gold and silver swords left in the cave, but also many ornaments, some of which have obvious exotic characteristics, which shows that the people who died in the cave came from all directions.
Due to the age and the heavy moisture in the cave, most of the weapons have been decayed and damaged, but there are also intact, but where the complete must not be ordinary, the easy to get is not cherished, directly cut the stone wall to test, two long swords and a short knife, all sharpen iron like mud, extremely sharp.
At this point, Ji Qiu became more and more puzzled, as the so-called sword is given to heroes, but anyone who wears a sword must not be a mediocre person, even if he is a master, why would he die here.
The pile of bones is not all human bones, but also animal bones, according to the number of animal bones, there are also many animals that die in the cave, and it is not often that they fall into the water and fall off a cliff, and these beasts are probably captured and brought here from elsewhere by the strange snake, which has four sharp claws and can climb slippery stone walls.
Because there were too many things to pick up, I had to take off my middle coat and wrap up those gold and silver sundries, and I also picked up five or six available weapons, all of which were clipped under my armpits.
After a few more feet, I suddenly smelled a strange aroma, inhaled deeply, and smelled it carefully, very similar to the fragrance of flowers, but somewhat like the aroma of wine.
At this time, there were few bones on both sides of the cave, so Ji Qiu cautiously went inside, and the more he went inside, the stronger the aroma became, which is a strange aroma that is difficult to describe in words, with both the freshness of flowers and the mellowness of wine.
Although he didn't know where the strange fragrance came from, Ji Qiu put his mind at ease, but whoever could emit the fragrance would not always be fierce birds and beasts, what he was most afraid of was the fishy smell, most of the snakes and insects were fishy, and most of the birds and beasts were filthy.
At this time, Ji Qiu had advanced more than ten zhang from the cave, but he still couldn't see the end of the cave, the twists and turns of the cave were only one of the reasons, and the other reason was that there was a faint fog in the cave, no matter how hard he squinted, he couldn't see far.
After a few more feet, Ji Qiu began to feel dizzy, not the kind of dizziness of poisoning, but the drunken Shu Tai, and at the same time, his face was hot and his heart was beating faster.
Sensing the abnormality, Ji Qiu hurriedly stopped and retreated, even if this feeling was not uncomfortable, he could not be careless, and he had never drunk, he should not be drunk, or this strange fragrance was causing trouble.
After only retreating two zhang, Ji Qiu didn't retreat again, not that he didn't want to continue to retreat, but he was top-heavy, unsteady on his feet, and he stumbled and fell to the ground.
The feeling that followed was the same as drunkenness, and it was the feeling of being drunk, dizzy, and unresponsive.
At this time, he finally understood why so many people died here, it turned out that in addition to the strange snake, there was also a poisonous miasma, and the strange fragrance he smelled before was probably a miasma.
Regardless of whether the aroma is miasma or not, it is already too late, and it is also thanks to the strange snake that fell off the cliff and died, if it is still in the cave at this time, how can it resist and escape under the soft hands and feet.
It didn't take long for Ji Qiu to find himself in a trance, and at the same time, he was hot and unbearable.
Ji Qiu He had encountered this kind of situation, so he couldn't help but be nervous and panicked, and he didn't know what fate he would end up with, so he just tried his best to climb outward and struggle, but the more he struggled, the more aroma he inhaled, and the more hot and unbearable the hundreds of corpses around him.
At this moment, I suddenly heard a roaring thunder, not the thunder of the rain, but the thunder caused by the monk's practice, although the thunder came from the mouth of the cave, but it did not come from the mouth of the cave, and the sound must have been above the cave.
Ji Qiu had seen the monks of the Soul Suppression League fighting against the Blood Guards before, and knew the frequency of their summoning of thunder and lightning, and according to the frequency of thunder, there were monks fighting the enemy above the cave, that is, near the river, and there was more than one monk.
Even if he knew that he was nearby, Ji Qiu couldn't do anything, Hugh said that he couldn't shout loudly now, but he could, because of the thick rock formation, even if he shouted through his throat, people outside couldn't hear it.
After a while, the thunder was far away, Ji Qiu lay on the ground and rolled in pain, before he just felt that strange aroma was refreshing, but at this time, he felt that what he inhaled was not the aroma but the scorching fire, he was already burning inside, the heat was unbearable, and the inhaled aroma seemed to add fuel to the fire, making it more and more uncomfortable.
Ji Qiu's consciousness was already a little blurred, and the intense pain pulled him back from his trance, keeping him painfully awake.
It turns out that the sobriety of confused pleasure and pain is better than the latter, and it is precisely because of his sober mind that Ji Qiu suddenly found that he felt as if he had experienced it before, and he tried to recall it by beating his spirit, and finally remembered that the anti-blood guards attacked the Soul Suppression Alliance that day, he and Wang Laoqi in order to burn the ash tree to detoxify the poisoned birds, he once climbed the tree and was scorched by the smoke, at this time this feeling is the same as the feeling of inhaling the hot smoke, and the irritability and scorching heat of the five internal flames are very similar to being burned by the flames spit out by the three-legged golden toad。
Thinking of this, he hurriedly guided the breathing according to the qi training method contained in the Samadhi True Fire Secret Book, but unfortunately this method had no effect, in fact, it was not that the method of breathing had no effect, but that he had previously crossed the stage to promote the Samadhi True Fire, and the meridians in his body were not connected, so he could not use the heart fire to assimilate the external fire.
As he inhaled more and more aromas, the pain that Ji Qiu endured also increased, like falling into a fire pit or being burned by a cannon.
Under the unbearable pain, he was furious and frenzied, and he slammed the ground hard, the first few punches were not unusual, and when he hit the third punch, he inadvertently triggered the samadhi true fire again, and the bluestone ground cracked and shattered, and the stone chips flew in all directions.
The fire in the body was vented, and the scorching pain was greatly reduced, Ji Qiu turned over and sat up, panting.
Although it was unintentionally triggered, there were traces to follow, this feeling was like a dream, and when I woke up from the dream, I immediately recalled it, and I could recall some of the content of the dream, Ji Qiu gasped for breath while closing his eyes, trying to remember how the samadhi true fire was triggered before.
The cave was filled with this strange aroma, which he inhaled as soon as he breathed, and it didn't take long for Ji Qiu to feel the scorching pain again, but he didn't remember how he had inadvertently cast the Samadhi True Fire.
If you can't remember how to cast the Samadhi True Fire before, you may never be able to use it again, and a fluke does not mean that you can be so lucky in the future, so you can run while you can still move.
Thinking of this, Ji Qiu hurriedly got up and ran towards the entrance of the cave with his hands and feet.
When he arrived at the entrance of the cave, the waterfall brought fresh air, but what he didn't expect was that the discomfort in his body was not diminished because he stayed away from the strange aroma, and it was still staggered in his chest, and it was very uncomfortable.
Just as Ji Qiu frowned and curled up, enduring the pain, the sound of thunder came from outside the waterfall again, and the sound was located in the southeast direction, far away from here.
After a while, Ji Qiu stood up, this kind of feeling of riding a tiger is extremely uncomfortable, either to carry it, or to unload, it is the most uncomfortable to not be able to carry it and not to unload, rather than this, it is better to go in and breathe some aroma, if you can trigger the Samadhi true fire again, it is the best, even if you can't, you can also have a good time, it is better than this kind of survival and death.
Ji Qiu originally leaned on the stone wall and moved it slowly, but after moving two feet, he changed his mind, stretched his neck and shrunk his neck, and simply rushed to the depths of the cave to see what kind of thing was emitting a strange fragrance.
Thinking of this, take a deep breath, gather some strength, and rush forward......