Chapter 57: The Underground Beast (I)
After Uncle Li finished speaking, he took out the compass again and measured the position of the hill.
The June sun has become scorching, especially at noon, when the leaves are weak and weak, and even the occasional gust of mountain wind makes people feel unusually dry.
The three of us sat in the shade at the entrance of the cave, ate some dry food that we had brought with us, and then began to prepare for the cave.
Although we had brought two special lamps with us before we set off, it was safer to prepare some torches, so we cut down a lot of pine branches to make torches and carry them behind our backs.
Once we were ready, we each took a torch and stepped into this small cave.
The cave was still so cold and damp, and I was in the second time, so I was at the front.
"Master, I always feel that there is something here, except for the rabbit that was placed on the boat last time, it is gone, and when I was leaving, I heard a low roar from inside, could it be something dangerous?" I said as I walked.
"Well, I've been thinking about this a lot, and it's hard to tell what's in there yet, but I've just started a game of my own accord, and the things in front of me are very dangerous, so everyone should be extra careful. Uncle Li said.
"Hehe, don't worry, if that thing eats rabbits, it must be some kind of aquatic carnivore, and a few of us are still afraid that animals will not make it? ”
As he spoke, Tie Zhu waved the painting in his hand.
"Well, even so, big brother, let's be cautious!"
I also felt that what was ahead of me was extraordinary. Soon, everyone saw the underground river in front of them.
"Wait!" I stopped suddenly, squatted down and looked carefully at the few dead branches scattered on the ground, "Master, big brother, there must be something in here, you see, these branches are the fires that my classmates and I lit last time, I remember that we were too scared at the time, we didn't extinguish them when we ran out, we should continue to burn, even if they are extinguished, they shouldn't be so scattered, which means that after we left, something must have come up from it and messed it up." ”
"Haha, it's good that you escaped quickly at the time, otherwise you might have been caught up by that guy, hehe, aren't you a little scared?" Tie Zhu said to me with a smile.
"Well, yes, think about it at that time, if I really encountered this thing, I can't say what the result would be, by the way, I remembered, a few rabbits we hunted at that time also fell here, and it must have become food for some guy. Before I could finish my sentence, in the upper reaches of the underground river, a ghostly old ship slowly floated from the darkness towards this side.
"Look, that boat is coming!" I hurriedly took my brother by one hand, leaned out, and pulled the boat to the shore.
"Well, it's a small cargo ship. Uncle Li walked over and carefully inspected the hull, "If it weren't for this outside."
Layer of iron sheet, the wood inside may have been blistered a long time ago, it seems that this ship is some years old, but fortunately the wood is good, the process of making zuò is also very good, and it should still be usable now. With that, he jumped into the boat lightly.
"Come up too. Uncle Li stomped a few feet vigorously on the boat, and it was indeed very strong, "Well, it must be no problem for the three of us to sit on this boat." ”
"Shall we go now?" I didn't seem to be ready yet.
"Well, since you have decided to go in, don't waste time, let's get in and out, come up!"
When we both heard that this was indeed the case, we jumped lightly into the boat. The side of the ship immediately sank halfway downward, and at the same time the hull creaked, and it seemed that the small boat had not carried such heavy weight in a long time.
"Okay, everyone be vigilant, Tiezhu, turn on the miner's lamp, the front is too dark, and the brightness of the torch is not enough, so that we can see farther!" After Uncle Li finished speaking, Tiezhu immediately took out the miner's lamp from his backpack, turned on the switch, and a bright pillar of light immediately inserted into the darkness ahead.
The boat, following the river, left the shore and drifted slowly towards the downstream of the river. Tiezhu held the miner's lamp and looked around the underground river.
The river is about five meters wide and more than two meters high, and there are a lot of stalactites hanging on the top.
The river is lined with stone walls, and at first glance you can see that this is a naturally formed cave, and there is no trace of artificial excavation.
"Master, as far as I know, the underground river flows very fast under normal circumstances, why is it so slow here?" I asked, looking at the slowly flowing river.
"This is probably not the main channel of the underground river, but one of the circular tributaries of it, according to you, the boat is always going in circles here, and I guess the other end of the river is a larger underground river, and this is just a small tributary of the river, but since this is a circular river, the water here can only circle in place under the impact of the big river current, so that the boat also spins around. Uncle Li thought as he slowly said his thoughts.
"Well, I thought so at the beginning, if we reach the big junction in front of us for a while, we have to find a way to get the boat against the current into the main river, so that we can ......" Before I finished speaking, Uncle Li put his index finger to his mouth and made a silent gesture, and everyone immediately quieted down.
At this moment, a low voice came from the darkness deep in the lower reaches of the river.
The boat is moving slowly along the current.
The three of us sat in the boat, staring intently ahead, the low roar faintly came from the darkness, although the sound was small, but it was urgent, and the iron pillar slowly pulled out the picture, and I took out the heavenly thorn, ready to meet this mysterious guest.
The water was still very slow, there was no sound at all, and the silence around was terrible. Uncle Li took the miner's lamp and kept shining into the distance, only to see the pillar of light flying back and forth in the dark, and the river and stalactites became strange, except for the surrounding rock walls, no abnormalities were found.
Everyone listened quietly for a while, and the low roar disappeared again, and the whole cave fell into a deathly silence again.
"Hehe, it seems that that guy knows that there are a lot of us, and it is difficult to deal with us, so he ran away, haha!" Tie Zhu put away the picture and said with a smile.
"I hope so, but we still have to be vigilant to prevent it from attacking suddenly, after all, this is in the water, and it is very inconvenient to move. After Uncle Li finished speaking, he handed the miner's lamp to the iron pillar, picked up a short shovel and used it as an oar, and kept rowing left and right in the water to keep the boat moving forward normally.
"Master, I really don't understand why these ancients always buried their treasures underground? With the 5,000-year history of our great Chinese country, I really don't know how many treasures are still buried underground!"
"Hehe, you don't know, the real treasure is spiritual, only by constantly nourishing the aura can the spirituality of the treasure be increased, so as to enhance its own power, so the more powerful the treasure, the more it should be placed in the place where the matching aura gathers, this is called raising treasures.
For example, the pattern of "Nine Dragons Stacked Heads" here is a very rare natural gathering of aura of feng shui treasure, used to raise this "green dragon wood" is very suitable, I believe that after thousands of years of nourishment, the power of this treasure must be very strong, but there must be a matching method to use this treasure, I don't know how much this Lin Guyuan knows about these, now what I am most worried about is that he got these treasures, what to do, alas, there is always a very bad premonition!" Uncle Li sighed when he said this.
"Yes, this Lin Guyuan's origin is unknown and unfathomable, but from his vicious character, it is certain that he will not do anything good after getting the treasure, even if we break the charm of Xian'er, we must fight him to the end, and we can't let him succeed!" said Tie Zhu fiercely.
"Well, this is certain, but he is very skilled, even if we work together, we may not be able to fight him, and we have to think of some ingenious ways!" I said.
"Alas, the "Fu" scroll in Kong Ming's Eight Methods records a lot of powerful spells, but now we have only a small part of it, if we master them all, we don't have to be afraid of him, and there is also the "Wu" scroll inside, the spells recorded are too profound, and it will be difficult to master it in a few years, master, do you say there is a faster way to learn?" Tie Zhu asked Uncle Li.
"What is Kung Fu? Kung Fu is work, that is, time, when the time comes, Kung Fu will naturally improve, even if a person is smart, if he does not put in the effort to learn, there is still no Kung Fu, so if you want to practice real Kung Fu, there is no shortcut, you must work hard. The spells and witchcraft in the Eight Methods of Kong Ming are all relatively advanced spells left over from ancient times, even your master may not be able to understand them, you must have a very rich knowledge and a very high level of understanding to fully master, so you can only make achievements if you study diligently in a down-to-earth manner!" Uncle Li explained.
"Apprentice remember, don't worry, we will definitely redouble our efforts!" After listening to Uncle Li's words, the two of us made up our minds that we must strengthen ourselves, only in this way can we have enough strength to protect ourselves, our family and friends.
As the boat continued to move in, the temperature in the river began to drop, and I couldn't help but sneeze, and the sound immediately echoed in the arc of the river, and it was heard far away.
Suddenly, a faint sound of running water came from ahead.
"Everyone, pay attention, there is indeed an underground river in front, iron pillars, illuminating the front with miner's lamps, we must get the boat into that river!" After Uncle Li finished speaking, he paddled a few times with an iron shovel and pasted the boat to the outside of the river.
Following the pillar of light of the miner's lamp, everyone found that there was a narrow hole on the left side of the river not far ahead, from which the sound of water came from.