Chapter 18: Important Threads

"Let's eat!" The voice of the second shopkeeper downstairs came, and Chu Xia and Jing Yuan took turns to get dressed behind the barrier and prepare to go downstairs to eat.

When the shopkeeper saw the two of them coming down together, he ran over and shouted: "Two guest officers, come and taste the breakfast at our inn!" Make sure you both hit the road with a lot of power. ”

The two smiled at the shopkeeper to show their politeness, if this is placed on the usual young lady and brother, it will be directly ignored by the shopkeeper.

Because Jing Yuan and Chu Xia were in a hurry, they didn't eat well along the way, and today's meal was indeed the best meal for the two of them, and the two of them had a full meal. Then he packed his things and prepared to leave for the Dark Forest.

The two of them walked out of the inn and looked at the road in front of them, but Chu Xia didn't know where to go, and the only thing he could rely on now was Jing Yuan.

"Jing Yuan, where should we go next?" Chu Xia looked at Jing Yuan, waiting for him to speak.

"Remember that map of the Dark Forest? After you went to bed last night, I observed for a while and found that there was a shortcut in the Dark Forest, and we must have no problem following this path. ”

Chu Xia only knew that he was sleeping with Jing Yuan last night, and he was too nervous, so he urged himself to sleep early, but he didn't notice that Jing Yuan actually studied the map by himself, and Chu Xia felt a little embarrassed.

Jing Yuan motioned for Chu Xia to follow him, and said as he walked: "There are many mysteries in this map, and we still need to study it slowly, you don't have to blame yourself, I am a man, and I will naturally do more than you, please discuss with me next." ”

Chu Xia felt that Jing Yuan was embarrassed to notice her, and she didn't twist anymore, she was the daughter of a general, so naturally she didn't have the hypocrisy of the usual lady's family, she just thought that she would study it with Jing Yuan in the future.

Jing Yuan led Chu Xia to move forward from the path he found, and the further he went, the more gloomy he found the place he was walking in, Chu Xia felt that something was not quite right.

"Jing Yuan, are we going wrong, from the city to the mountains, I always feel that this way is wrong!" Chu Xia voiced his doubts.

Jing Yuan took out the map and looked at it carefully, he was very confident in his memory, but when his hand pointed along the winding path, he found that he was wrong.

They did go wrong, and they went to a place he didn't know, and he felt a little tightened in his chest, and he swore that he had found the path, but he still went the wrong way.

Chu Xia glanced at the path on the map and felt that things were not so simple, she ignored Jing Yuan next to her, looked around by herself, and sure enough, she saw a cave.

"Jing Yuan, look, is there a cave there?" Jing Yuan followed Chu Xia's voice and looked there, indeed, there was a black hole standing there.

Because the black hole was hidden behind the bushes, it was very difficult to be discovered, and Chu Xia was able to find it, and it was also with the help of the Kyushu Qi Vein that he was faintly discovered.

Jing Yuan got up from the ground, patted the debris on his body, and was about to wrap the map when Chu Xia stopped him, Chu Xia took the map from his hand and studied it carefully.

Seeing Chu Xia like this, Jing Yuan didn't dare to disturb her, so he stood next to her, vigilantly around, there were forests nearby, so it was very dangerous for people, and there might be wild beasts infesting them at any time.

"Jing Yuan, look, is this black hole on the map!" Chu Xia shouted and handed the map to Jing Yuan, Jing Yuan took the map and found that this black hole really existed on the map, but he didn't even find it!

"It looks like a black hole we are going to have to go! There is definitely a description of the Dark Forest in it. Jing Yuan said to Chu Xia as he cleaned up.

"Without further ado, let's go in and take a look now, and maybe we'll find something."

The two walked into the black hole together, and the entrance of the black hole was a little narrow at the beginning, so Jing Yuan pulled Chu Xia to his side, if a third person saw this scene now, he would definitely feel very ambiguous.

However, both of them were now in a high degree of tension, and they didn't realize how inappropriate such a posture was, Chu Xia used the Kyushu Qi vein to probe the road ahead, and found that there was no obstacle, so he boldly walked forward.

As soon as he reached the middle of the cave entrance, Jing Yuan stopped, Chu Xia looked at him with some puzzlement, Jing Yuan didn't speak, took out the fire that had been prepared long ago from the pocket he had prepared, and found a wooden stick from the ground that was not very wet.

'Stab', the torch was lit, Jing Yuan leaned the torch to himself, he was afraid that he would hurt Chu Xia, Chu Xia was also very cooperative, and now behind Jing Yuan, he secretly thought: "It is worthy of King Jing, the cultivation is so good." ”

Jing Yuan looked at the wall of the black hole, there were some special symbols on it, not the existing ancient texts, so he had no way to crack them, but Chu Xia looked at these runes and translated them: "This is the secret of the Dark Forest, if you want to understand, please go forward, the power of Kyushu will protect you!" ”

If it weren't for Chu Xia's cultivation of the Kyushu Qi Vein before, reading a large number of ancient books, and learning this traditional character, she and Jing Yuan would not know these things today, Jing Yuan listened to her translation and decided, continue to move forward.

The further you go in, the colder it gets in the black hole, probably because there is no light in this black hole all year round, so the air conditioning is very heavy. Chu Xia's body was a little unbearable, no matter how strong her skills were, she was only a young lady, and her body bones were definitely not as good as Jing Yuan's.

Chu Xia subconsciously raised his hand and rubbed his arm up and down, wanting to warm up his body. So when Jing Yuan turned his head, he saw such a scene: Chu Xia was trembling, shaking his arms, trying to create some heating for himself.

Jing Yuan was a little remorseful, he only cared about moving forward, forgetting that Chu Xia was just a woman, and his body would definitely not be able to withstand such a cold, so he walked back, pulled Chu Xia to his side, untied his cover, and covered the two of them.

At this time, Jing Yuan was very grateful to Xiao Tan who was following him, and forced himself to wear this cover, which was very useful!

Chu Xia, who was held in her arms, was still a little unable to react, she looked at Jing Yuan's hand on her shoulder, and her cheeks were a little red. In the past few days, she and Jing Yuan have always had a skin-to-skin relationship, which has made this lady in a state of shyness for the past few days.

'Ever since I was a child, except for my father, no man has ever touched me. Thinking of this, Chu Xia's face blushed even more, and she even wanted to pull out her hand to fan herself.

Jing Yuan is not much better, this kind of direct contact, except for the last time I woke up from the bed, this is the second time, last time, because I had no impression in my sleep, and this time, but now I am really experiencing it, so my heart has been 'clacking'.

This kind of action made the two of them not too comfortable, but for the sake of face, Jing Yuan did not let go. Chu Xia was afraid of embarrassment between the two, so he didn't raise any objections, and the two continued to walk in this posture.

The two of them kept walking forward, but the road ahead was not as narrow as when they first walked, and it was not so difficult for the two of them to walk, so the speed of walking was greatly accelerated.

When they came to the end, they were presented with a very large square space in front of them, and because it had been some years, the whole space looked very dirty. The two looked around and made sure there were no traps, and then took the first step.

There were only a limited number of places that the torches could illuminate, so it took the two of them some time to find important clues. Finally, in an inconspicuous corner, an old wooden box was found. The two of them reached out together to open the box, but because they were acting at the same time, their hands touched.

Chu Xia immediately retracted his hand as if he had touched something that shouldn't be moved. Jing Yuan smiled and didn't say anything. After waiting for a while, Jing Yuan opened his mouth and said, "Who taught you to do this?" Aren't you afraid of any danger? In the future, just leave this kind of thing to me. ”

Chu Xia nodded hurriedly, not that he was pitiful, but that he had been spurned by others, and no one could help him, if he had, the help would be limited, and it was better to rely on himself for something. Now that Jing Yuan has been protecting herself by her side, she has the idea of wanting to be protected all the time.

Jing Yuan was a little cautious, he picked up a small wooden stick casually, and wanted to pick up the lid of the wooden box. If this is put outside, where is there any need for Jing Yuan to do it himself, now there are only the two of them, of course, such a thing is done by men, in fact, he is also reluctant to Chu Xia to do it.

After opening the old box, there were no items in it that could threaten people's lives, only a rag, Jing Yuan just wanted to reach out to pick up the rags, but was interrupted by Chu Xia.

"Hey, don't touch it directly, what if it's poisonous?" Because he has been bullied, Chu Xia has also developed a cautious character, even if it is a small item, Chu Xia will be careful and careful, for fear that if he is not careful, he will die where he is.

Jing Yuan signaled that it didn't matter to her, and regardless of Chu Xia's obstruction, he directly reached out and took out the rags. However, there is nothing on this rag, but it is better to be cautious.

Jing Yuan patted the dust on the rags, it seemed that it had been left for many years, so there was a lot of dust. The two men coughed together, then looked at each other and smiled.

Jing Yuan opened the rag, and there were still runes written on it that he couldn't understand when he first entered the cave. He handed the rags to Chu Xia and asked her to translate them for him. Chu Xia took the rag and carefully looked at the runes on it, not even letting go of the corners and corners.