Chapter 4 Jindan

I don't know how long I walked, and the sound in front of me became more and more shocking. The roar reached Ding Cong as the ground shook beneath his feet.

"What kind of water is this, such a big movement?"

Although he hadn't seen it yet, the momentum from the front was so strong that Ding Cong mustered up the courage for a long time before continuing to move forward.

The horizon remained unchanged, but the roar and tremors grew louder and louder.

"Is the water coming from the ground? Am I not on the plateau?" Ding Cong muttered to himself for a while before continuing to walk.

After walking forward for a while, I don't know when the scene in front of me changed. In the distance, the horizon began to glow silvery brightly, and the surroundings began to get wet. As we progressed, the surrounding dampness gradually turned into a thick mist, and the horizon gradually disappeared.

Ding Cong felt the humidity in the air, but slowly stopped and fell into deep thought.

"With such a large amount of water vapor, but you can't see the waterfall, it should be an underground waterfall. But the soil under your feet is soft, but the water content is not high, which is not scientific. Even if the edge of the waterfall is surrounded by rocks, the water content should be high...... It's a weird place. "Since I can't figure it out, I just don't think about it.

"I've been hungry for a long time, and I'm used to it in addition to being uncomfortable. In such a humid environment, water is not a problem. Although fainting some time ago was considered to make up for sleep, the fatigue of the body has been increasing. Shouldn't we find a place to rest first?" Although the water mist was relatively large, he really found a place where the ground was black. When I walked over, I saw that it was really a hole with a lot of opening.

"Hey, I'm really thinking about something. "Looking down, the bottom of the cave is less than a meter above the ground, and there is a sloping wall passage that slopes down inward. It's a little dark inside the passage, and it's hard to see how deep it is.

Ding Cong didn't hesitate, jumped into the hole and walked along the slope wall for a while. I found that the slope of this section of the wall is not large, and it is very comfortable to walk, and the space in the cave gradually becomes larger when you go down. Ding Cong's height of 183 cm still needed to bend over at first, but now he can walk upright.

After walking a little further, I found that the ground was already flat in front of me, but it was too dark to see anything, and the light from the entrance of the cave seemed to only illuminate the sloping passage.

"Forget it, let's do it here, there is no smell and it is still dry, there should be no living creatures. Ding Cong comforted himself and then lay down directly.

I was really tired, and I kept walking without time for reference, and after a while, a slight snoring sounded.

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"Senior brother, why are you getting him a bedroom?"

"If you want to adjust, you have to take a break. ”

"Just let him sleep so soundly?"

"Then what do you want? He has already reached the edge of the sea of knowledge, and if he has more experience, I believe that he will soon have a comprehension. ”

"It's boring, I have to have some excitement."

"Oh, what do you want to do? By the way, before leaving, the master explained something. ”

"What's the matter? What are you doing with the pill?"

"The master said, let him eat this pill. ”

"Ah, can ordinary people take the pill directly? It's strange if the body is not burst. Hehe, it seems that the master didn't want to accept him, maybe this kid did something to offend the master in his previous life......"

"Oh, senior brother, why are you beating me?"

"What are you thinking, this is not an ordinary elixir. This is the "Combined Medicine Pill" handed down by the ancestor!"

"What? is the golden pill that was refined after hugging Puzi and returning to seclusion?"

"Well, this is it. ”

“...... , Senior brother, I said you don't want to hit me. ”

"Oh, let's say, if I don't hit you, what's the matter?"

“...... , this Ding Cong can't be the illegitimate son of the master and his old man, right?"

"Oops~, senior brother, didn't you say you wouldn't beat me?"

"Next time, if you are so open-mouthed, let Senior Brother teach you what it means to respect teachers. ”

"Hehe, senior brother, you don't need to alarm senior brother for this little thing, can't I pay attention. ”

"Hmph, think about how to get him to eat this golden pill first. ”

"Really give it to him?

"Don't talk nonsense, hurry up and figure it out. ”

"Got it, got it, I'll see it later. ”

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The snoring in the cave gradually stopped, Ding Cong slowly opened his eyes and sat up straight, stretching fiercely. "It's so comfortable, it's been a long time since I've slept so comfortably!"

"Well, I'm so hungry that I don't see anything to eat here. As he spoke, Ding Cong was about to touch the dirt wall and walk towards the entrance of the cave.

At this moment, there was a sound of swishing in the darkness of the cave.

"It's funny, the water is so loud outside, you can hear other sounds here, hey, this place is really weird. Ding Cong thought about it and didn't worry about anything, after all, he hadn't encountered anything dangerous after walking for so long, and his awareness of prevention was much smaller. Touching the earth wall and following the sound all the way into the depths of the cave.

"It's like that if you can't see your five fingers, right?, how do you know what the sound is when it's so dark?" Although he couldn't see anything, Ding Cong still looked for the sound all the way.

Sure enough, not far away, the sound began to become clear, and Ding Cong slowly approached with the sound he heard. This swish sound must have been made by the wind blowing through the leaves, but from the time I arrived here, there was not a single wind blowing until this time, what was it that made the leaves make a sound.

Since you can't guess the reason, you have to find the answer yourself. Tracing the roots is the most important spirit of exploration in history, and Ding Cong is very happy with this kind of thing.

Slowly approaching the sound point of the sound, Ding Cong stretched out his hand and groped for a while, as if there was something similar to a plant.

"Hey, let's just say it's weird here, there are plants in a dark place" The finger slowly probed up along the stem of the plant, and as the finger explored, the swishing sound also stopped.

The sensation from his fingertips surprised Ding Cong. "There are stems, fruits, and no leaves, how does the sound come from?" With a puzzled look, Ding Cong decided to uproot the plant and take it to a place with light to do some research.

As soon as the hand grasped the stem of the plant, the fruit-like thing on it rolled down from the top, first on the back of Ding Cong's hand, and then fell again. In the process of rolling, the swishing sound reappeared.

"Why are you so fragile? I didn't use any force to fall off, and the sound was actually fruity, which is interesting. Ding Cong did not continue to pull out the plant, turned around and began to grope for the fallen fruit.

After a while, a round and smooth fruit was held in Ding Cong's hand. "Go out and see what's going on. Ding Cong got up and held on to the earthen wall and prepared to walk out of the cave.

Before he could take a few steps, Ding Cong felt a slight pain in the calf of his left leg, and then began to itch. Subconsciously reached out to scratch it, but what I touched in my hand was not clothes and pants, but something that was slippery and still squirming.

"No, there is actually a snake" After wailing, Ding Cong didn't dare to drive the snake away directly, so he let it wrap around his leg and bite himself.

"This snake must be poisonous, but the toxin should not be strong, otherwise how can it itch" After muttering calmly, he slowly moved towards the outside of the cave. At this moment, Ding Cong's face was covered in cold sweat, and he was not really sure that this snake venom would not treat him well.

Finally moved out of the hole in the ground, Ding Cong couldn't wait to turn his head to look at the snake that was getting tighter and tighter on his legs.

Sure enough, it is a species that has never been seen before, the snake body is not long, and it is barely wrapped around and a half on Ding Cong's legs, there are no patterns on the dark brown body, and the mouth has been opened to an exaggerated degree, like the cotyledons of soybeans, separated from the middle and the upper and lower two pieces are tightly sucked on the legs.

Ding Cong carefully pressed the place near the bite of the snake's head, which was itchy and slightly numb. This time, Ding Cong was a little worried, numbness is a symptom of poisoning, and it will be serious when he is unconscious. Now I don't even have a knife around, how can I open the wound and bleed, even if I want to suck out the toxin, my mouth can't reach it!

At this time, Ding Cong had a flash of inspiration and took out the plant fruit he had just picked up.

The black fruit the size of a ping-pong ball appeared in the palm, the outer wall was slippery but not shiny, and when I smelled it under my nose, it didn't even smell, and there was a swishing sound when it shook gently.

Just as Ding Cong shook the fruit and made a swishing sound, the snake that was unwilling to let go reacted, and this swishing sound seemed to make it restless, and soon let go of Ding Cong and disappeared into the darkness.

Ding Cong was stunned for a moment, and then raised his eyebrows, "It is said that all things are mutually reinforcing, and I don't know if it's true, the poisonous snake reacts to it, so it has some effect, right?" Although it is a helpless move, but a dead horse is a live horse doctor, whether it is a blessing or a curse depends on luck.

Without too much hesitation, Ding Cong directly stuffed the fruit into his mouth and chewed it, and found that it tasted good, and he actually felt like eating jelly.

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"It's really depressing, I thought I could scare him, but I was so indifferent. But it's also a meal. ”

"Do you think everyone is as afraid of snakes as you are?"

"Isn't it scary? I would have gotten something if I had known. Alas, that's a combination of medicine pills, no matter how you think about it, I think it's too wasteful to give it to him. ”

"Okay, just do what the master tells you, and see how he reacts later. ”