Chapter 32: The Dragon's Cave
It was very dark, very dark, and it was pitch black in front of me, as if a black cloth had covered my eyes. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
"Boss...... Boss ......" A familiar voice suddenly sounded in Qingkong's ears, lingering in his mind.
Qingkong turned his head sharply, only to see a chubby figure in the bushes behind him, he felt his heart stop beating in an instant, and he couldn't breathe.
"Fat man......" Qingkong wanted to scream, but found that he couldn't make a sound.
The figure in the bushes walked out slowly, and saw that the clothes were indeed Jin Ming, but the figure walked sideways, and he couldn't see his face.
When the figure slowly walked in front of Qingkong, it suddenly turned around, and a bloody face was directly attached to Qingkong.
"Boss, why didn't you save me? Why?" a grumbling voice came from the face.
"Ah......h
Awoke from his nightmare, he sat up and gasped for air.
Qingtian sat on a wooden pier not far away, wiping the dragon's tongue sword, the body of the sword was extremely bright, as if it had never been stained with blood. Seeing that Qingkong woke up, he picked up a fruit from the side and threw it over.
The fruit rolled to the feet of Qingkong, who picked up the fruit and did not eat it, but stared at it. This fruit is the kind he picked when he pulled the fat man down, bright red and red, as if blood was poured into it.
Qingkong took a bite, and the bright red juice splattered out, and he suddenly remembered that this color was hanging on the fat man's unrecognizable face in his dream just now, so he began to retch, and spit out all the crumbs in his mouth.
He raised his head to look at the top of the forest, and found that there were several rays of light shining through, and it was already dawn, and he had slept for a few hours, and it seemed that he was really tired. He looked at the box he had designed on the side, and suddenly thought of his reluctance when he let the fat man hide inside, and his heart felt sour.
Mu Tian walked out of the woods behind her, there were still a few droplets of water on her fair face, it seemed that there was a water source over there, she went there to wash.
Qingkong stood up, only to suddenly find that his hands and hooked legs had been bandaged with silk cloth, and he didn't notice when he took the fruit just now.
In addition to the injuries on Qingkong's body, Mu Lun and Qingwei are also scarred. Among them, Qingwei's injury may be slightly serious, and there is a long scratch on his chest, although it is not deep, but the whitish flesh has also turned out a little.
Everyone took out the bread in their purses and ate a little bit of the fruit from the trees around them, then cleaned up and moved on.
The roads in the forest are intricate, and if there is no blood map in Qingtian's hand to guide you, you really don't know which way out of this forest is the way.
The teenagers were speechless all the way, and with the weapons in their hands, they kept sweeping away the branches and thorns in front of them, and when they were tired, they stopped to rest for a while, and ate some bread and fruit to satisfy their hunger.
Although there are also many wild beasts along the way: leopards, wild wolves, poisonous snakes, and even some terrifying creatures that have not been seen before. But for those who have defeated wolves and bears, none of this is enough to mention. "Everything that doesn't kill me will eventually make me stronger." ”
And just like that, they walked non-stop for two days.
Gradually, the surrounding trees began to grow smaller, and the sunlight was able to penetrate and they were finally able to feel the sunlight.
When they crossed the last section of the forest road, the vast blue sky finally re-entered everyone's eyes, and there was a feeling of seeing the light of day again.
Optimus walked in the front, and he noticed that the terrain was a little strange now, and it felt like he was going up all the time, and there were only piles of rocks around him, which was a barren land compared to the lush vegetation in the forest just now.
After walking for a short time, the road ahead seemed to come to an end, and everyone struggled to climb a small hill and look into the distance.
"......"
Everyone couldn't help but marvel at what they saw, and Optimus finally knew why his father would be sure that they would recognize the true entrance to Dragon Valley.
They looked around with a somewhat dizzy gaze, and now they were in a cliff a hundred meters high, and below the cliff was a wide river with a strong current, and on the other side of the river was the entrance to the Dragon Valley that surprised them.
Five incomparably huge natural grottoes appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and the reason why it was concluded that they were naturally formed is because the appearance of the entire grotto is formed by a huge rock up to 100 meters high, and such a huge project can only be completed after thousands of years of carving by nature, and it is impossible to do it with human power.
"Dragon Cave...... the muscles on Mu Lun's face trembled slightly, and he combined Dragon Valley and the Grottoes to give these five grottoes a resounding name.
Further observation reveals that the five grottoes are interconnected, except for the first and second grottoes, there is no space between them, and the rest have natural barriers.
"Those two should be the entrances to the Yanlong and Green Dragon Valley regions that my father said......" Qingtian muttered as he looked at the two grottoes in front of him that had formed an entrance.
Mu Tian looked in the direction of Qingtian, and also found the two cave entrances together, and his bright eyes kept flashing.
Along the way, Mu Tian was covered in dirt as he walked in the jungle, and several places were scratched on his tight clothes, revealing snow-white skin, and there was a slight sense of vicissitudes given by the wind and dust on his face.
Qingkong looked at the several huge caves in front of him, his eyes wandering. The original sense of summoning from Ryugu grew stronger and stronger, and he actually stepped forward directly, completely ignoring the cliff in front of him.
"Little Sky!" Optimus grabbed Sky's hand, and the rocks under Sky's feet fell into the wide river below the cliff, splashing a few splashes.
Looking at the faint green glow in Qingkong's green eyes, Qingtian frowned, thinking about what his father had said: "It's very evil in it, if you don't have enough concentration, it's easy to lose yourself......"
Qingkong's eyes, which had been dragged for a while, immediately returned to normal, only to realize that he had reached the mouth of the cliff, and hurriedly took a few steps back.
Mu Tian picked up a stone and threw it down, took a look, and found that although the river below was turbulent, the depth was not as deep as expected, so jumping from here would definitely break to pieces.
"How did you get over?" asked Mu Tian, looking at Qingtian.
Hearing her words, everyone looked around.
Optimus took a slight look at the surrounding terrain and found that there was not even a place to put his feet on the other than a slight climb down from their current position, and when he was hesitating whether to venture down from this place, he suddenly heard Mu Lun shouting from there.
"Come here, there's a road over here!"
Several people immediately walked to a rock not far away, and found that there was an artificially dug mountain road behind the rock, and the foot of the mountain road was densely packed with steps.
"This must be the way that our ancestors cut out of the rocks little by little with their swords. Seeing such a steep mountain road, Mu Tian said softly.
Seeing this almost vertical mountain road, Qingtian glanced at the injured Qingkong behind him, hesitated for a moment, and said with a slight trembling of his lips: "The entrance to the real Dragon Valley is about to be reached in front, and I think those who have come to Dragon Valley to experience it can return here." ”
Qing Wei was about to be frightened when he saw this extremely steep mountain road, isn't it like climbing a ladder to go down this road? Hearing Qing Tian say this, his heart was full of joy, through that battle against the wolf bear, he already knew that it was impossible for him to be promoted to the king at all, and defeating the wolf bear was enough for him to brag to others for a lifetime, and he didn't need to take this risk to enter it, it was the realm of dragons.
"Okay, I'm in favor," Qingwei replied immediately, and then deliberately straightened his chest to let everyone see his wounds, "In order to defeat that wolf bear, I was seriously injured and can't continue to go to Dragon Valley, although it is not my wish. ”
"Hmph, if you don't dare, you don't dare, what sanctimonious. Qingkong glanced at him and said disdainfully.
"You...... What do you say? If it weren't for you, the wolf bear would have found us? Besides, where was you piece of waste when we were fighting with the wolf and bear?" said Qing Wei angrily.
Ever since Skylight could no longer exert that terrifying power, Qingwei reverted to his sneering face.
This sentence touched the reverse scales at the bottom of Qingkong's heart again, his green eyes suddenly turned cold, and he reached out to reach out to his arms, but found that his hands had been bandaged with silk cloth, and he couldn't clip out the jade ring, so he was angry and wanted to rush to Qingwei, but helplessly, one leg was injured and couldn't use force.
When all this was in vain, Qingkong was indifferent, and said contemptuously: "I said that I would go to the entrance of Dragon Valley and then return, but now the entrance of Dragon Valley is close at hand, anyway, whether you go or not, I have to go there, and it is not a man's act to retreat without reaching the goal." ”
With that, he turned to the steep mountain path. He had to go to those caves, not for Qingwei, but for the dragon valley summoning from his childhood, and he wanted to find out why.
"You...... You're asking for your own hardship!" Qingwei saw that Qingkong had not changed his determination to go down in the slightest, and his face was embarrassed.
He didn't have to go back with him, he just wanted to take the blood map from Qingtian's hand, and if Qingkong went back with him, Qingtian would definitely give them the blood map.
"I'll go down too. Mu Lun walked over from behind and said softly.
After saying that, Mu Lun turned around and walked towards the mountain road, and when he passed by Qingwei's side, he said, "If you don't want to go down, you can wait for me here, because my experience will be over after arriving at the Dragon Cave." ”
Mu Lun knows his own strength very well, he almost died here on this trip to Dragon Valley, and those who have experienced life and death will always have some understanding, he feels that he is no longer the Mu Lun who was flying and domineering before.
In the end, a consensus was reached, except for Qingwei who could not stay here, the rest of the people went to the real entrance of Dragon Valley together. The premise is that after arriving at the entrance, Qingkong and Mu Lun will immediately return to Qingyun City.
Among the four people, Qingtian was the first to go down, and Mu Tian was at the end, and they walked down little by little from the mountain road that could only accommodate one body, and several people walked to very steep places, and even needed to climb with their hands to stand firmly.
Whenever he encounters such a dangerous section, Qingtian always looks up at Qingkong worriedly, but Qingkong doesn't seem to care about this kind of steep road at all, although he has many injuries on his body, he still manages various sections of the road with ease.
After walking down for about half an hour, he finally reached the bottom of the cliff, and the rushing river was under everyone's feet.
Optimus tested the depth of the river with the Dragon's Tongue Sword, and sure enough, the river was wide but shallow, only half as deep as the long sword, so Optimus jumped down at once.
Some of the warm water did not reach the waist of Optimus, although the water was very strong, but Optimus still stood firm and shouted to the people above, "The river is safe, you can come down!"
Hearing Qingtian's words, the other three people also jumped into the river.
"Why do you feel that the river is a little weird?" Mu Tian was wet, and his proud figure was revealed at this time, "It seems to be a little ...... It's a little lukewarm. ”
As he walked tentatively, he said, "This river may be a branch of the Yan River to Dragon Valley. ”
"What?!Yanhe?Then wouldn't we be burned to death by the flames?" Mu Lun remembered that the Yanhe River was a river flowing with fire, and there was some fear in his eyes, and he hurriedly looked at the river below him.
"It's all said, it's just branches, and the water that flows here is boiling water at most. Qingkong walked nonchalantly towards the other side.
Seeing Qingkong slowly moving towards the opposite bank, Mu Lun had no choice but to wade through the river step by step.
When a few people finally came to the shore and looked up at several large grottoes 100 meters high, they suddenly felt small like an ant standing at the foot of an elephant.
Inside each grotto is a black hole, and it is not known whether it leads to hell or heaven.
Everyone turned their bodies and felt the shock of being at the entrance of Dragon Valley.
Qingkong focused his eyes on the grotto, and suddenly found that on the upper edge of the grotto, there were actually jagged stone cones, these long stone cones appeared jaggedly from the cave entrance, and with the dim light inside, there was a somewhat eerie feeling.
Qingkong watched, suddenly his pupils shrank, and he hurriedly ran to the side for a long time before stopping.
"Have you noticed that each of these caves is particularly strange, as if it is ......" Qingkong said vaguely as he looked at the shape of the grotto above his head in a daze.
Hearing Qingkong's words, several people looked up at the towering grotto.
"Like what?" asked Mu Lun.
"Dragon's head ......" Qingkong said incredulously as he looked at the entire huge rock that looked like a dragon's head.