Chapter 5: The Strange Cave
Mantuo Mountain covers a vast area, the whole mountain range stretches for several miles, high and steep, and it is easy for ordinary people to get lost in this endless mountain after entering. Chen Fan and Fang Han walked for three days and three nights, and they were already exhausted, but they still didn't even see the shadow of Jingyue Villa, and at this time, a strong sense of loss enveloped the two of them.
"Brother Chen, after walking for so many days, why is there still no shadow of Mirror Moon Villa, we can't be on the wrong path, right?" Fang Han wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead, holding on to a dead tree and gasping for breath.
Chen Fan stepped forward and patted him on the shoulder, encouraged: "No! Mirror Moon Villa should be in front, let's hold on a little longer." ”
Fang Han looked up at the boundless mountains and rocks, and muttered softly: "I heard the common people say that there are often fierce beasts in Mantuo Mountain, and many hunters who enter the mountains have never returned, but don't be touched by us!"
"Crow's mouth!" Chen Fan glanced at him angrily, and asked casually, "How much dry food do we have left?"
"It's not much, it can last two days at most!" Fang Han replied weakly.
"There are only two days left?" Chen Fan frowned and said dissatisfiedly: "Didn't I ask you to bring more dry food?"
"How did I know I had to go so far......" Fang Han was making excuses for himself, suddenly, as if he had discovered something, his face was surprised, and he said loudly to Chen Fan: "Brother Chen, look, there seem to be two hunters in front!"
Following the prestige, it was indeed two hunters, both of whom were in their thirties, dark and thin, and the bamboo baskets behind them were stuffed to the brim.
It was not easy to meet two big living people in this deep mountain and old forest, Chen Fan was very happy and took the initiative to greet them.
Seeing Chen Fan and Fang Han who suddenly appeared in front of them, at the beginning, the two hunters were still very wary of them, and asked vigilantly, "Young man, what are you doing in Mantuo Mountain?"
Chen Fan arched his hands, bent down to give a deep salute to the two, and said, "We are pedestrians heading to Jingyue Mountain Villa, and we got lost in this mountain, so we are stranded here. ”
His politeness won the favor of the two, plus Chen Fan was not very old, and his appearance was also very pleasing, the two hunters also let go of their wariness, one pointed to a towering mountain in front of him, and said: "Over that mountain, it is Jingyue Villa, but young man, I advise you to stop here, or don't go any further." ”
"Why?" Chen Fan looked at Orion puzzled.
Orion's face showed a look of fear, and he kindly persuaded: "Go further on, it is the center of Mantuo Mountain, where there are often all kinds of poisonous snakes and beasts, and pedestrians often have no return!"
Chen Fan shrugged his shoulders and said leisurely: "So what? Hehe, if we're lucky, maybe we can catch a few more and sell them for a good price when the time comes!"
Hearing Chen Fan's laughter, the two hunters first looked at each other a few times, and then shook their heads and sighed softly, as if he couldn't come back after he went.
At this time, Fang Han on the side noticed the bamboo basket behind Orion, stepped forward, and asked with a smile: "Two big brothers, what kind of treasures are in your bamboo baskets?"
"Here?" Orion patted the bamboo basket behind him with his hand, and said with a smile: "We were very lucky today, not only did we hit a hare, but also dug up a few ginseng plants!"
After hearing this, Fang Han suddenly showed joy and said, "Two big brothers, my brother and I don't have much food to bring, I wonder if you can sell these ginseng to us?" As he spoke, he took out a gold ingot from his arms and handed it to the two hunters.
The two hunters were poor people who had lived on hunting for many years, where had they seen so much money? Seeing the gold handed over by Fang Han, they waved their hands again and again: "Oh, how can this little thing be worth so much money, little brother should take it back! It is also fate to meet two little brothers today, and these things should be given to the two of us by us." ”
"How can this be?" Fang Han shook his head again and again, and insisted on stuffing the gold ingot into their hands.
Seeing that the two hunters still wanted to refuse, Chen Fan opened his mouth and said: "Don't be humble to the two big brothers, if you don't accept this silver tael, we won't want these ginseng!"
Hearing him say this, the two hunters couldn't refuse anymore, and after accepting the money, they gave Chen Fan the ginseng and some wild vegetables in the bamboo basket, and the two of them did not forget to remind Chen Fan to pay more attention to safety after entering the mountain before leaving.
After the hunters left, Chen Fan and Fang Han finished eating the ginseng they left behind, stopped for a while, and then continued on their way.
After walking for about two hours, the two finally reached the top of the mountain, Chen Fan stood on the side of the cliff and looked down, and sure enough, in the smoky dense forest, there was indeed a looming manor.
Chen Fan was overjoyed, turned his head to Fang Han on the side, and said in an excited tone: "Brother Fang, after waiting for this mountain, there is Jingyue Villa in front of you." ”
"Oh my god, it's finally here!" Fang Han sat down on the ground, leaned his back against a huge rock, rubbed his sore ankles with his hands, and couldn't stop complaining: "I already thought about it before going up the mountain just now, if I can't see Jingyue Mountain Villa after climbing to the top of the mountain, I will jump down and save myself from suffering this torture again...... Luckily, the results didn't disappoint me. ”
Chen Fan couldn't help but roll his eyes and said, "It's good if you jump down, I'll still have a clean ear." ”
"Alas, Brother Chen's words are really hurtful!" Fang Han pretended to be injured and lay down behind him, but unexpectedly, he suddenly caused the rock behind him to sink a few points, making a loud bang, Fang Han was so frightened that he suddenly jumped up from the ground like a burning buttocks.
After getting up, Fang Han cautiously approached the rock, and after carefully observing it for a while, he muttered, "What the hell?"
At this time, Chen Fan also noticed the abnormal movement of the rock, walked over quickly, and asked, "Brother Fang, what's the matter?"
Fang Han squatted down, carefully tapped the rock with his hand, bent down and glanced at the place where the rock was recessed, and speculated, "It seems to be a cave down here." ”
"Oh?" Chen Fanke became interested at this time, he didn't expect that there was a cave hidden under the rock on the top of the mountain, he looked at the rock carefully, and said, "Brother Fang, you get out of the way first." ”
Fang Han knew what he was going to do next, so he quickly found a place to hide, and watched from afar.
Chen Fan put his hands together, secretly gathered his strength, put his palms close to the rock, and pushed them vigorously.
"Crunch!"
After a dull grinding sound, the boulder was slowly moved away by Chen Fan, and below it, a two-meter-wide hole appeared in front of the two.
"Heh! Chen Fan took a few steps forward, poked his head into the swarthy hole, and said, "Brother Fang, go get a torch." ”
"Okay!" After Fang Han ran away, after a short time, he handed a simple torch to Chen Fan.
Chen Fan took the torch and took a picture at the entrance of the cave, then raised his head and said to Fang Han: "Let's go, let's go down and have a look!" After speaking, he jumped and jumped into the cave first.
Fang Han followed behind him, hesitated for a moment, and jumped down.
The entrance to the cave was very narrow, and at the beginning, it could only accommodate one person to pass through, Chen Fan and Fang Han followed the guidance of the torches, and after making two big turns in the cave one after another, a cave the size of a basketball court appeared in front of them.
Chen Fan used a torch to shine around, but saw that the whole cave was full of strange stones, and the road under his feet was also bumpy, and in the middle of the cave, there were four huge white stone pillars. In addition, the air inside the cave is extremely humid, and from time to time there are droplets of water the size of beans dripping above the head.
At this time, Chen Fan suddenly felt something, stopped, sniffed with his nose, and said, "Brother Fang, have you smelled a strange smell?"
Fang Han also had the same question, he frowned, and said with a puzzled face: "There is a fishy smell, it should be from some wild animal......
"Hiss-hiss-"
Suddenly, a strange sound from the stone pillar interrupted Fang Han's words, and this sound seemed to be getting closer and closer to them.
Chen Fan and Fang Han glanced at each other, and said almost at the same time: "Snake!"
As soon as the words fell, a black shadow fell from the sky and rushed straight towards the two of them.
Fortunately, Chen Fan reacted very quickly, grabbed Fang Han beside him, flashed behind him, and dodged the fatal blow. After the two stabilized their figures, they looked at the black shadow, and saw a python as thick as an adult's thigh hovering on the stone pillar in the cave.
"Damn, this beast dares to sneak up on us!" Chen Fan suddenly had a nameless anger in his heart, and under his thoughts, the vitality in his body began to gather around his body.
The python missed, and it also spit out the letter with its tongue raised, rolled up a whirlwind, and rushed towards Chen Fan again.
"Look for death!" Chen Fan shouted angrily, stretched out his hands, and pounced straight towards the python.
"Buzz!"
As Chen Fan suddenly threw out a palm, a dull sound suddenly erupted in the cave, but the result of this blow did not break the giant python in two as Chen Fan thought, but only left a deep scratch on its hard skin.
The sudden sharp pain of "hiss......hiss" made the giant python let out a piercing hiss, and the light in its black eyes was even brighter, swaying the snake's tail, and once again pounced on Chen Fan.
The speed is too fast! Before Chen Fan could react from the shock just now, he was entangled in his upper body by the giant python that rushed over, and at the same time, the giant python opened its bloody mouth and bit Chen Fan's head fiercely.
If it is bitten down, it is estimated that the entire skull will be shattered, Chen Fan endured the heart-rending squeezing sensation on his body, and his hands were tightly stuck at the mouth of the snake, preventing its teeth from coming together.
The giant python was in pain, and its body wrapped around Chen Fan tighter, which made Chen Fan breathless, and his face gradually turned red.