Chapter 573: Tracing the Dry Well
"Who left these here?" Dongfang Shiming asked.
Bai Yikao shook his head: "I don't know about this matter, and that's what I want to tell you next." ”
Dongfang Shiming had something on his mind, so he mobilized his spirit: "Brother Bai, but it doesn't hurt to say it." ”
Bai Yikao didn't know why Dongfang Shiming had become more active. But since he asked for it, he will tell the story here.
Bai Yikao discovered this place by accident. At that time, he didn't want to do business, and he had a conflict with his father, so he came to the back mountain alone to relieve his worries. Just when he was full of trouble, he found this hidden place that no one had discovered.
At that time, it was abandoned and uninhabited. Curious, Bai Yikao found several paintings hidden here, and after examining them, he was greatly impressed.
Bai Yikao has been proficient in calligraphy and painting since he was a child, but he has never seen such an amazing work. The surprise swept away his troubles, and on the contrary, it brought an inexplicable direction to him who was confused at that time.
"In addition to these paintings, there is also a poem hidden in the well. I thought about it here for a few days, and finally decided to follow in the footsteps of this hermit and use the pen in my hand to create heaven and earth. ”
Dongfang Shiming has a side face: "The poem hidden in the well? So what? ”
Bai Yikao took back those paintings from Dongfang Shiming's hands and rolled them up carefully. He pointed to that side and said, "There is an ancient well in the forest next door." If you're interested, I'll take you there. ”
Dongfang Shiming naturally agreed, and the two of them went over there. The ancient well is only a bend away from the stone pile hut here, and if there is no bamboo tree to shade it, you can see it directly.
The edge of the well is surrounded by a circle of piled snow. It's dark inside, and you can't see anything.
"Here, I haven't been here for a long time." Bai Yikao wiped away some of the snow by the well, and the snowflakes fell into the well one after another, "It looks like it's not good for people inside." I used to be able to climb the well rope and go down slowly, but now I don't. ”
"Do you remember what that poem says?" Dongfang Shiming asked again.
Bai Yikao thought for a moment, but finally shook his head: "I can only remember the general meaning now." It seems that the poet suffered a lot, but in the end he saw through the world and understood what he should do. ”
"Sounds inspiring, indeed." Although Dongfang Shiming said this, he was obviously not satisfied.
Without directly seeing the original poem, one cannot deduce the real facts. Now that he's here, he's going to go down and see for himself.
Looking at the bottom of the well, which was difficult to distinguish, Dongfang Shiming decided to take a side: "Big Brother Bai." I'd like to go down and see for myself. ”
"Ah, you want to go down?" Bai Yikao had no way of knowing what he was thinking, and was quite surprised, "But...... Is there a must-have? ”
He saw Dongfang Shiming's strange appearance just now, and thought he was very interested in his story. But looking at it now, Bai Yikao feels that Dongfang Shiming seems to have other ideas.
Dongfang Shiming couldn't say anything: "No, I have to go down." I also want to ask my eldest brother for a favor. ”
Bai Yikao's heart was full of confusion and doubt. I saw Dongfang Shiming take out the soft whip given by Bai Artemisia from his waist, untie it and hand it to Bai Yikao: "Please tie this head to a tree and help hold me by the well." ”
He himself wrapped the other end around his waist and tied it tightly in a knot. Taking a deep breath, he looked at Bai Yikao firmly.
"That'...... Good. ”
Bai Yikao never understood the significance of Dongfang Shiming's doing, but looking at Dongfang Shiming's eyes, it seemed that he couldn't question it.
He bolted the whip according to Dongfang Shiming's request. Then he ran back, and Dongfang Shiming was already waiting for him at the mouth of the well.
At this time, two silver lights were staggered like snow, and Dongfang Shiming pulled out a silver fan that had not been used for a long time, which was used as a sharp weapon for climbing.
Bai Yikao and Dongfang Shiming looked at each other. He swallowed, his hands clenching the middle of the whip.
Not much to say. Dongfang Shiming looked at the wall of the well, kicked his legs, and jumped down.
Bai Yikao suddenly felt the soft whip in his hand tighten rapidly. He grabbed it so hard that he was almost dragged down, and he stumbled several steps.
The snow was slippery under his feet, and Bai Yikao himself had no strength, and now he thought that Dongfang Shiming was still in the well, so he had to try his best to hold on. It was a few seconds before he heard the voice of Dongfang Shiming coming from the well.
"Are you alright?" He shouted.
I only heard Dongfang Shiming's voice buzzing: "...... I'm fine. ”
It was pitch black down the well. The environment in the well was worse than he had thought, and the walls of the well were covered with hard ice and extremely smooth. He chiseled two gaps with a silver fan and inserted them, stretching his arms around his body to relieve the pressure of the whip.
After calming down, Dongfang Shiming looked around. I saw that the wall of the well covered by ice was also covered with moss, and I couldn't see what was written on the wall of the well.
"Tsk...... Quite a hassle. ”
Dongfang Shiming gritted his teeth. The situation is more complicated than imagined at the moment, and it seems that I have to get serious.
If you want to find the poems on the walls of the well, you must first break these ice shells and remove the moss that covers them. However, there is still a lot of distance at the bottom of the well below, and it will take a lot of time to clean them up one by one.
However, the big brother Bai Yikao above, I'm afraid he won't be able to support it for such a long time. Dongfang Shiming's mind was spinning quickly, he had to be as soon as possible.
Thinking of this, he revisited his surroundings. Very regular circumferential wells, it seems that there is a way to try.
"Brother Bai, please hurry up!"
With a notice, Dongfang Shiming suddenly pulled out the silver fan he used to catch his hand. Then he threw the silver fan down, condensed the whole body's solution, and gathered it for the next kick!
With a "dang" sound, the sound of metal colliding echoed in the well. The soft whip was violently pulled and contracted by Dongfang Shiming's violent movements, and I saw the silver fan full of strength flying diagonally, and the "sonorous" spun and slashed towards the surrounding well walls, like a sharp hot wheel.
The silver fan was sharp, and the ice peeled off one after another. Then, at the moment of chopping back, Dongfang Shiming deftly stretched out his hand like an ape, steadily caught the handle of the fan, and slammed it back into the original gap.
The whip swayed heavily, rubbing against the rocks at the wellhead. Bai Yikao, who was outside the well, was thankful for a reminder to find a stone in advance to help suppress it, otherwise this time, he would really have to take him down the well with him.
Looking at the swing of the whip, Bai Yikao was a little shocked. He couldn't help but bend down to lower his center of gravity and ask, "Have you found it now?" ”
This voice came in, and it took a long time before it came out: "The current depth, I haven't seen it yet." ”
Dongfang Shiming was in the well, and used a silver fan to scrape the moss on the wall of the well. But there is nothing around, apparently the depth is not enough.