Volume 4: Feather Trial III: Distress

"Is this little valley coming to an end?" Yan Xuan felt that it was a pity, the spirit grass collected by several people was collected by her, "It's a pity, we have picked a total of seventeen or eighteen plants here, it seems that if you want to get the number, you have to go elsewhere to continue looking for it." ”

"Let's go, let's go to the cave and see what's there, and then we'll change places." Qian Chao said that there are still a few places on his map that he has not visited, and it is probably not a problem to get enough thirty white branches.

Several people were about to move forward, Li Jian said: "Wait a minute", after saying that, seeing that the four of them were looking at themselves, Li Jian said again, "We are calm all the way in this valley, but I always feel a little uneasy in this cave, it seems that there is something wrong in the cave, I will go first to see, if there is nothing wrong, let's go in together." ”

Li Jian was born with a keen sense, and when approaching the entrance of this cave, he always felt a trace of inexplicable trouble, this feeling was very familiar to him, and whenever there was danger approaching, his sense could always give him early warning, so he stopped everyone when several people wanted to enter the cave.

As soon as Li Jian said this, the rest of the people couldn't help but get nervous, and Lu Pingchuan said, "Eh, Brother Li, let's go in together." ”

"No, Brother Lu, you guard the outside first, if there is really something inside and escapes, we will also have a response, and then we will work together to capture it." Li Jian thought that if there was something powerful inside, and Lu Pingchuan was outside, it would not be fright for Yan Xuan and Tang Ping.

"Brother Li, I'll go in with you, it's good to have Brother Lu outside. The two of us go in, and there will always be a response. Qian Chao saw that Li Jian turned around and wanted to enter the cave, and hurriedly said.

"What's in there?" After listening to Li Jian's words, Tang Ping was fine, but Yan Xuan became uneasy, and asked with some anxiety, although she had heard many senior brothers and sisters killing demon beasts outside when she was in Qixia Mountain, but now that she was there, she was still a little scared.

"Who knows, but it's always good to be a little more careful," Tang Ping said, and then said to Qian Chao, "You and Brother Li go in, just the two of us and Brother Lu together." ”

Li Jian saw that Qian Chao insisted on coming, thinking that although Qian Chao's cultivation on weekdays was not good at fighting, this Qian brother was the smartest, and there were a lot of spiritual weapons on his body, if something happened inside, he should be safe to protect himself, and besides, multiple people always take care of them together, so he nodded and turned around and walked in first.

This cave, the entrance is not big, but the stomach is not small, the inside is like a stone hall, the hole is not deep, the other cave is less than 20 zhang away from the hole where Li Jian and Qian Chao entered, and the holes on both sides are full of light, so the cave is not very dark, enough to see.

As soon as he entered the cave, Qian Chao smelled a strange smell, it seemed that there were some strange flowers blooming in the distance, and there was a burst of fragrance, but there was a little fishy smell hidden in this fragrance, although he had not dealt with the demon beasts outside the sect so far, but this fishy smell also made him feel a little uneasy, no wonder Brother Li was not at ease with this cave, it seems that at least there should be a demon beast that has stayed here for some time, otherwise where did this smell come from.

After Li Jian came in, he carefully sensed the cave, but he didn't notice any danger, and then he set his eyes on the other cave, and in order to ensure the safety there, he said to Qian Chao, "Brother Qian, I'll go to the cave over there to have a look, you look at the cave first, wait for me, and then we will take a closer look together." ”

Qian Chao nodded, and at this time, he looked carefully into the cave, and found that there were also a lot of yin-loving vine radish mushrooms growing here, and after pacing inward for two steps, he took a closer look.

There is nothing wrong with the hole on the other side, what Qian Chao said is indeed true, Li Jian found that it was indeed a cliff after a few feet out of the hole on the other side, and looked up and down again to confirm that there was nothing wrong before returning to the cave again.

Seeing that Qian Chao was still standing in the cave and looking around, Li Jian walked over and asked, "Brother Qian, have you found anything?" ”

Qian Chao pointed to a corner of the cave and replied, "It's nothing strange, except for there, I don't know what it is." ”

There seem to be a few glimmers of light on the wall of the cave that Qian Chao is referring to, and the cave is not dark, and the brightness of those few glimmers is too weak, so if you don't look carefully, it's really hard to find.

Following Qian Chao's fingers, Li Jian also saw a few faint lights, and then saw that the glowing seemed to be a flower or a cluster of small flowers, and then he saw that the flower was born on the vines that climbed along the cave wall.

"This ......"

Li Jian and Qian Chao didn't recognize what it was, but since the flower could shine on its own, it seemed that it should not be ordinary, although the two of them didn't recognize it, there was still a Yan Xuan waiting outside, presumably Yan Xuan should be able to recognize whether this flower was a useful thing when he came in.

However, the uneasiness in Li Jian's heart was still there, and he said: "I'll take a turn inside, and if it's okay, I'll call Miss Yan and them in." ”

Qian Chao nodded.

Li Jian walked around the cave with his hands behind his back, and stopped to look at the few flowers that cost money, when he walked, it seemed relaxed, but in fact, he was already fully guarded and protected, and a glittering long sword was hanging by his side step by step, as if he could hold the sword in his hand once he had something.

There is nothing wrong with walking down this circle, although Li Jian is still not at ease, but it is useless to delay for a long time, if there is really anything in this cave, it seems that it will not be a powerful thing, you should be afraid of yourself, I am afraid that it will be dormant and dare not make trouble, then I should call Miss Yan and let her see what the strange flowers in this cave are.

"It's okay now, but I always feel ...... Brother Qian, Miss Yan will come in in a while, we still have to be a little more careful. ”

Several people outside the cave had been waiting for a while, although Lu Pingchuan was curious about the situation in the cave, but he also knew that he was left behind because he wanted to protect the second daughter, so he could only wait patiently for the movement inside. Yan Xuan was already waiting for her heart, and Tang Ping was already a little bored, in fact, she was also half-convinced of Li Jian's words, but seeing that Li Jian said carefully, she had to wait outside, she was really bored, so she teased the little monkey on her shoulder, so as soon as Qian Chao's figure appeared at the entrance of the cave, Tang Ping immediately asked: "Hey, Qian boy, how is it inside, what's the fun?" ”

"Come on, there are a few strange flowers in it, neither Brother Li nor I recognize them." Qian Chao said.

"Strange flowers?" Yan Xuan was most interested when he heard it, and saw that Qian Chao came out to beckon everyone in, so he walked in with Tang Ping and Lu Pingchuan.

In the cave, Li Jian saw them coming in, nodded, and he returned to stand near the entrance of the cave on the opposite side, and Qian Chao saw it and stayed at the entrance of the cave on this side.

"Where are the flowers?" Tang Ping came in and glanced at it roughly, but didn't see any flowers, so he turned to Qian Chao and asked.

Qian Chao raised his hand and pointed, Tang Ping looked in the direction that Qian Chao pointed, vaguely seemed to see a few faint lights in the darker parts of the cave, but what attracted her attention was not that, but she found that Sister Yan's fair face was already flushed at some point, and she seemed to be a little excited, and her two eyes stared at those few glimmers of light intently.

Yan Xuan's appearance at least shows that those little flowers don't seem to be ordinary, Tang Ping and Lu Pingchuan are both curious, Tang Ping pulled Lu Pingchuan's sleeve and walked over with Yan Xuan.

Li Jian and Qian Chao saw each other and understood that those few small flowers seemed to be very precious, especially Li Jian, he originally suspected that there was something strange in this cave, but he had not found it yet, and now he was all focused on the surrounding movements.

There are a lot of vines growing against the cave wall, those few small flowers are blooming on the vines, when they bloom, the petals and stamens are slightly bright, and the light of the grass fireflies in the summer night is a little weaker, and when you get closer, you will find that each one is not actually a flower, but many small flowers as thin as rice grains are gathered together and bloomed, these small flowers are gathered tightly, all of them are finely carved in general, and they look like a flower from a distance.

"Interesting, it's the first time I've seen a glowing flower." Lu Pingchuan took a closer look.

"Sister Yan, what kind of flower is this?" Tang Ping asked, Yan Xuan behaved like this, then this flower must also be a spiritual thing, but I don't know what good things can make Yan Xuan so excited.

"This is a curly vine flower," Yan Xuan replied, and after counting the number of small flowers on each flower, she was carefully searching the vine to find out how many such flowers there were, "Five!" Yan Xuan said in surprise, "There are really as many as five!" What the book says is true. ”

The name of the curly vine flower, Li Jian, Qian Chao and Lu Pingchuan are all unfamiliar, and it can be regarded as the first time I have heard of it. However, Tang Ping was stunned when she heard it, as if she had heard this name somewhere, and she couldn't remember it for a while, so she couldn't help but stand there and start pondering.

"What a rarity! Good luck too! Yan Xuan didn't notice that Tang Ping was in a daze, took out a small jade bowl and a shiny little scissors from the storage bag, and said to himself, "I really didn't expect to use these two things this time." ”

Tang Ping was on the side, her heart flashed like lightning, in the past, her aunt was taught by the fairy, and all kinds of books that she had flipped through and some of the stories that Senior Sister Ruoyu had told her were all speeding in front of her eyes, but they had nothing to do with this scroll of vine flowers, where did she hear the words of the scroll of vine flowers, why did she seem to feel uneasy in her heart after hearing it!

Suddenly, the face of a pretty woman seemed to appear in front of her, Nine Girls! Tang Ping made a sudden slap in her heart, and suddenly the coquettish voice of the nine girls seemed to ring in her ears, the nine girls beside the fairy Gu Yu had also pestered her to tell herself many things outside the sect, right! That afternoon, the ninth girl sat next to the master and told herself a lot, and by the way, she also scared herself, and mentioned this scroll of vine flowers that time, and she said that it was......

This scroll of vine flowers is very delicate, it is said that there should be thirty-six small flowers tightly surrounded by one flower, these small flowers with a glimmer of light are as clear as the lamps carved out by skillful hands, Yan Xuan counted slightly, and it was really not bad, thirty-six. However, it is very troublesome to pick this roll of vine flowers, and one of the thirty-six flowers cannot be hurt, and Yan Xuan can't bear to hurt the vines of this roll of vine flowers, so the small scissors in his hand carefully compare and carefully look for the stalk of the vine flowers.

At this time, Tang Ping noticed that Yan Xuan was holding a jade bowl in his left hand, and a shiny pair of scissors in his right hand, stretching out his arm to take off a curly vine flower.

Wait a minute...... Tang Ping saw that he hurriedly wanted to stop Yan Xuan, but unfortunately the word "wait" had just reached his lips before he could spit it out, when he heard a soft "click", one or a cluster of vine flowers was cut off from the flower handle by Yan Xuan's scissors and fell into the jade bowl.

Yan Xuan's scissors seemed to cut into a living thing, and as the vine flower fell into the jade bowl, the living creature was in pain, and it rolled for a while, and everyone noticed that the cave was a violent tremor.