Zhao Ta felt that something was wrong, the mural seemed to have changed a little compared to the first day he saw it.

He never forgot it, no matter how big the mural was, no matter how complicated the picture was, and how many lines there were, he would remember every single one after seeing it.

As he walked past, the corner of his eye swept over the image of the ship rolling up a thousand piles of snow against the waves, and he remembered that the number of lines in the white waves was different from what he had seen on the first day.

There are countless waves, each of which is drawn by hundreds of lines, and one of them, originally ninety-nine strokes, has now become a hundred!

Zhao Ta frowned, did he see it wrong that day? Or is it a mistake? But it shouldn't!

Or is it that the island is damp, and some lines have lost their color when they are wet, but now they are dry and re-revealed?

It is possible that the wooden houses on the island where we live are now dwelling, because of the wet tide, the walls are not the same color from the bottom to the top.

The weather has been sunny and there has been no rain these days, and the places that were previously blurred by the humidity have now dried up and reappeared.

Zhao Ta was suspicious in his heart, but he didn't stay long, and followed Wu Song inside.

There are many small stone rooms along the way, each of which can accommodate one person to lie down, although it is simple, but it is convenient for resting.

In order not to attract attention, only Zhao Ta and Wu Song walked in, and Du Yan and Du Yan were outside pretending to think about the opportunity of the mural, but they actually looked at the wind.

There is a natural stone bed carved out of the stone room, and there is a stone table, and nothing else.

Wu Song pointed to the wall on the side of the stone bed and said in a low voice, "Childe, it was the noise that came from this side last night. ”

Zhao Ta nodded, went out and measured the distance, but the location of this wall was facing the mountain, and there was no stone room near the left, so the sound must have come from the belly of the mountain on that side.

Wu Song leaned closer at this time, pressed his ear against the stone wall, and listened for a moment: "But there is no sound now." ”

Zhao Ta also walked over to listen, his martial arts were higher than Wu Song, and his ability to listen to sounds and distinguish objects was also more proficient, sticking to the wall and closing his eyes slightly to feel it carefully.

There was still a sound in the wall, but it was the noise of the mountain wind, the tremor outside the mountain, the humming of the sea flowing under the island, and there was no other special sound.

But it is impossible for Wu Song to lie, let alone listen, the day is now, it is not quieter than the night, Zhao Ta is engrossed, his body seems to be on the wall, and he has not moved for half an hour.

Wu Song was a little apprehensive at the moment, but he couldn't be mistaken, after all, what he heard last night was not a half-point, but intermittent and lasted for a long time.

Suddenly, Zhao Ta's eyebrows raised, his face changed, and Wu Song immediately looked over, knowing that Zhao Ta had made a discovery.

I saw Zhao Ta listen for a while, then slowly moved away from the wall, then took a few steps back, looked at the stone wall, looked complicated and puzzled, and was silent for a long time.

"Childe?" Wu Song couldn't help but whisper.

Zhao Ta looked at him and nodded, and said in a very low voice: "There are people on the other side of the mountain!" ”

Someone on the other side of the mountain? Wu Song's eyes widened immediately, which meant that he had heard it correctly last night, and the impact sound was indeed made by a human.

Zhao Ta stood in place, took a deep breath, just now, he hadn't heard anything abnormal for a long time, and when he almost wanted to give up and wanted to come back at night, he heard a human voice.

It's not the sound of hitting the mountain wall, but the sound of a person roaring.

Normally, in this kind of isolated space, if you want to hear the other side of the sound, it is more obvious that the way it travels through an object like an impact is more obvious, and unless the sound alone is very loud, it is not extremely difficult to penetrate.

Although Zhao Ta only heard a faint movement, he could imagine how loud this roar should be on the side that made this movement.

He pondered for a moment, there was no doubt that the stone hall was not the only one in this mountain that was empty, but on the other side of the mountain, there were caves and there were people in them.

But what the hell is that place over there? Zhao Ta was extremely puzzled in his heart, the owner of Hero Island and those disciples and envoys lived in the wooden hall in a row, and some other islanders lived in wooden houses, and no one would live in the cave.

And the crash and roar were obviously not made by a person in a normal state, could it be that he was imprisoned there, or something else?

"Let's go out...... Zhao Ta walked outside with his hands in his hands, and it was enough to make sure that there were indeed people on that side, and he couldn't stay here for a long time.

If the other cave opposite is really a secret place on this Hero Island, I'm afraid that there will be people watching in the stone hall here.

The four of them walked back to the central hall, Zhao Ta looked up at the mural, his footsteps suddenly froze, and a strange expression appeared on his face, the mural actually changed again.

When I came in before, I saw that a wave with ninety-nine lines had become a hundred lines, and at this moment it was still the same wave, and it had changed to ninety-eight lines.

If it is said that the reason for the increase in lines is that the cave is damp and the color is hidden, then it didn't take long for the lines to become less and less, what is the reason?

Could it be that the moisture suddenly rises and is soaked and hidden by the moisture?

That's a bit of!

Zhao Ta stared at the mural motionlessly, the mural is divided into three parts, he is looking at the side of the sea ship fighting the waves, the waves here have the most brush and ink, there are hundreds of thousands of flowers, he carefully watched the strokes of each wave.

Most of the waves had about 100 strokes, and when he looked at them one by one, he found that a few of them were different from what he had seen on the first day.

But what does this mean? If it weren't for the dampness, it would be a special stone used for the mural, or a special pigment ink, which would not be too strange.

However, the question arises, why did the painter paint with special stone and pigment ink?

The appearance of the mural on this isolated island in the sea is already strange, and if special stone pigments are used, wouldn't it be even more strange?

After such a complicated thing is done, if there is no purpose in it, it is probably impossible, is there really a martial art hidden in this mural?

Zhao Ta was very puzzled at the moment, he looked to the side and found that almost all the people watching the sea ship fighting waves were staring at those sea boats.

Because there are many people painted on the sea boat, each of them has a sword in his hand and poses in various poses, some chopping waves, some sparring, and some practicing by themselves.

This picture is so attractive that it even attracts all the attention, even Du Yan and the three of them also look at this side.

Zhao Ta said: "Why do you look at the people on the boat? ”

Du Yan wondered: "Childe, since it contains martial arts, what do you look at if you don't look at the people on the boat?" ”

Zhao Ta thought about it, seemed reasonable, and said: "Those people's posture tricks are impossible to use at all, why do you still want to watch them?" ”

Wu Song said: "Childe, it is precisely because it is impossible to use it normally, so the mystery is hidden, if you understand it, it must be profound." ”

The corners of Zhao Ta's mouth twitched, is this the truth? It seems to be true.

He turned his head to look at the mural again, but the more he looked at it, the more he felt that something was wrong, the lines of those waves were still changing, more or less, not as many as he had seen that day.

Others don't have the ability to remember, it is impossible to remember all the lines in each wave, and this kind of thing of remembering lines doesn't make any sense, almost no one does it, if he doesn't forget, he won't deliberately remember.

He looked at the ship and the villain on it for a few more moments, but this time he didn't notice any unusual changes, the same as when he first watched it.

Zhao Tan couldn't help touching his chin, and the lines changed, what does this mean? Suddenly, his heart moved, and he looked at the biggest wave.

This wave is not churning on the sea, but rising high in the sky, and competing with the great sun, as if it wants to cut the sky and the earth.

This wave ...... Zhao Ta noticed that there was something different about this big wave, although the number of lines in this wave had not changed, it seemed that something was wrong.

No matter how you look at it, it is exactly the same as at the beginning, not only the lines, but also the twists and turns of the brushstrokes, the depth of the colors, and the details of the picture, there is no change in the slightest.

What's wrong?

Zhao Ta frowned and looked at this wave carefully, no matter how he looked at it, he couldn't see the clue.

He couldn't help but rub his eyes, and just wanted to speak to Wu Song next to him, but he was suddenly stunned, Wu Song's eyes were on the sea boat, and the sea boat was far away from the big waves......

Zhao Ta hurriedly looked at the big wave again, this wave is monstrous, several sea ships are all under this big wave, as long as the wave falls, no matter how strong your ship is, how strong the martial arts of the people on the ship are, they will be overturned by the big waves, and manpower cannot resist.

The pupils of Zhao Ta's eyes shrank sharply, and he finally saw that something was wrong, distance, it was distance!

The distance between this big wave and the ship on the first day is different from what it is now.

It seems to be ...... right now. It's so close!

The big wave is pressed downward, maybe only as thin as a hair's length, but it is still close, at least the proportion of this part of the picture has changed slightly.

How does this work? Zhao Tan groaned secretly, the art of painting, there are many strange means in it.

For example, there is a painting called "The Return of the Wind and Rain", the background is a mountain, there is a river in front, there is a boat in the river, there is a wooden bridge on the river, and in the middle of the bridge there is a child, this child is holding an umbrella in his hand.

Hang this painting in the hall, and when it rains heavily, the child's umbrella will be spread out and hit above his head, and on sunny days, the umbrella will be clipped under his armpit.

This painting may be amazed by outsiders' applause, but for those who are good at painting, it is just a small skill of carving insects.

The secret is that on top of the rice paper and the pigment, the rice paper is double-layered, and the pigment is special.

When it is cloudy, the air is humid and watery, and the rice paper is also moist, and the special pigment of the picture of the umbrella will be soaked on another layer of the rice paper, and the paint of the other layer of the umbrella will be soaked here, which will form the rain outside, and the child will become an umbrella, and after the sunny day, the inside and outside will be dry, and the soaked paint will be absorbed back, and the child will become an umbrella again.

This kind of painting can only withstand two or three changes, and then the paint will go away, and the picture will not be blurred, so there is no heirloom work, and it can only be used as a work of fun, because it cannot be preserved for long.

There is also a kind of obviously snow-white paper, on which there are neither words nor paintings, but if you spray a sip of water and wine, it will slowly reveal a landscape, and after a while, some will disappear, and some will not disappear and will always exist, all because of the special paint for painting.

Zhao Ta didn't think that the increase or decrease of the wave lines on this mural, the slight change of the position of the waves, was anything strange, but what was the purpose of the painter?

This mural is no more than a small piece of rice paper, and it is not a small project to make hands and feet with stones and paints, and there are definitely some secrets hidden in it.

Zhao Ta didn't rush back, but stood there with Du Yan and the three of them and watched, he carefully checked almost every inch, and compared with the picture in his memory on the first day.

Then, until noon, his expression became more and more solemn, and in the afternoon his face was cloudy and sunny, and at last he closed his eyes slightly and began to meditate.

When the sun was about to set, he summoned the three of them out of the stone hall together, and then went to the wine shop to eat and drink a good time, and then went back to the wooden house.

When the night was dark, Zhao Ta left Bai Zhan, who had the worst martial arts, and took Du Yan and Wu Song, masked their faces with black scarves, and went straight to the back mountain in the center of the island.

He wanted to find out what secrets were in the other side of the mountain, how people could exist, and he let out crashes and roars.

Instead of taking the normal central avenue, the three of them made a detour, went straight up the hill from their quarters, and then went from the mountain to the island.

Wu Song had gone up the mountain to hunt wild beasts and insects before, and the path was quite familiar, and it didn't take long for him to come to the mountain in the center from the side.

This mountain is like the shape of ingots, the front is the entrance of the stone hall of chance, the polishing is regular, the back is different, although the terrain is gentle and not steep, but the trees and wattles are very many, it seems that no one has been here for a long time.

Wu Song said in a low voice at this time: "Childe, something is not right. ”

Zhao said: "What's wrong? ”

Wu Song said: "Although it seems to be messy here, with trees and grass growing indiscriminately, if you look closely, it seems that there are traces of human fiddling, and it is not born like this. ”

Zhao Ta nodded, and Wu Song said again: "Wait for his subordinates to explore the way, since someone deliberately covers up, then follow the route he covers, and you will find the entrance to this back mountain." ”

Zhao Ta smiled: "Erlang is a good one who does the opposite!" ”

When the Wu Song brothers were in their hometown in Qinghe County, except for a few acres of mountainous land that no one exploited, they lived a hunting life, and they could be regarded as half of the hunters.

I saw him cautiously looking forward, and it took a long time to come back and say, "Childe, there is!" ”

Zhao said: "Where is it?" ”

Wu Song said: "This cover is not a familiar hand, there are too many flaws, the subordinates look for it, and see that there is a dense grass branch under the mountain, but there is a mountain wind whistling, it should be a hole, it is hidden." ”

Zhao Tan pondered: "Can someone be guarded?" ”

Wu Song said: "It's hard to say, if you can't see it outside, you won't know it inside." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Try one or two in the past. ”

Wu Song hurriedly said yes, led the way in front, and came to the foot of Yuanbao Mountain after a while, and then pointed to a place in the distance that was not noticeable at all, and whispered to Zhao Ta: "Childe, the entrance to the cave should be behind the trees and grass." ”

Zhao Ta thought about it, felt that it was not good to step forward recklessly, so he picked up a small pebble on the ground, and threw it diagonally with his arm.

His power was used just right, not to hit directly, but to drop in the air.

Just after the stone fell, a person came out from behind the grass branch, and it was too far away to see his face, but the way he appeared was fast.

Then the man looked up and looked up, and the stone fell from above, and the sound it made was different from hitting the branch horizontally, and there was no such impact.

And above was the hillside, the man looked at the hillside for a moment, then turned back, but after a few breaths, he suddenly came out again, raised his eyes and looked at the hillside, naturally there was no movement on the hillside, and the man turned back again.

But it didn't take long for him to reappear, this time there was one more person, one of the two went directly up the hill to check, and after a long time he didn't find it, so he cautiously returned and didn't come out again.

Wu Song stretched out his hand and wiped the cold sweat on his head: "Childe, these people are too careful!" ”

Zhao Ta's eyes narrowed slightly: "The more careful you are, the more secrets you have, let's go back and talk about it!" ”

The three of them went back to the wooden house, guessing what was in the cave, but they didn't have much clue, after all, the hero island owner could summon the opportunity to open the rivers and lakes and green forests at this time, which proved that the island would not hide things that were too afraid of people seeing, otherwise so many people would go to the island, and it would be very likely to be discovered.

It's just that the reaction of the cave guards is a little too fierce, and people have to wonder if there is a big secret in the cave.

The next day, Zhao Tan continued to go to the stone hall with the three of them to watch the murals, and did not return to the wooden house until the evening, looking a little confused.

On the third day, he went to the stone hall again, this time for a shorter time, and returned in the afternoon.

For six consecutive days, he went to the stone hall every day, but he left alone, and he did not explore the cave behind Yuanbao Mountain again.

Until the early morning of the seventh day, when he went to the stone hall again, he still looked at the picture of fighting waves on the sea, but when he looked at it, a smile appeared on his face.

After pondering for a while, he turned around and walked out of the hall, and instead of going straight back to the hut, he went to the seaside.

It was a clear and cloudless day, but there was a sea breeze, and there were no pedestrians on the beach, except for a few boats floating near the island, and two small rafts, tied to the convex rocks of the beach, and in one of them lay an old islander, who was sleeping.

Zhao Ta looked at the sea, the sea was not calm at the moment, because of the sea breeze, although there were no monstrous waves, there were many small waves, and the water surface could not help but rise and fall.

He untied a raft and pushed it into the sea, when the old islander woke up and exclaimed, "Where's the good man?" ”

Zhao Ta said lightly: "Look at the opportunity and have some understanding, look at the sea." ”

The old islander let out an "oh" and said: "It's windy today, be careful, don't stay away from Hero Island, otherwise the sea breeze will blow away, and it may be difficult to return." ”

Zhao Ta said: "Got it." ”

He pushed the raft into the sea, held a pole three or two feet long in one hand, and swung it out with a gentle stroke.

This raft is not far away, away from the shore, only floating at will next to the island, Zhao Ta stood on the raft, looked into the distance, only to see the sea and the sky connected, long and far away, infinitely vast, making people feel wide and open.

There was no joy on his face, and he felt the state of drifting with the tide under his feet, the water was big and friendless, and his body was as small as an ant, as if the whole person was completely controlled by the sea.

A small wave crashed into him, and immediately wet all his clothes, but he stood motionless on the raft, and the sun gradually set in the west, and the fine little waves became more and more, and kept beating the raft towards the shore, and he seemed to have roots on the raft, and the logs under his feet, and the sea water, how could the waves push the raft to the shore.

At this moment, it seems that the sea is him, and he is the waves.

Countless tiny waves, seemingly endless, and he is one of them, setting off and retreating in the seawater, and then setting off and retreating......

Before you know it, the sun is setting.

The small raft had floated to the other side of the island, and Zhao Ta looked at the red half of the sky and let out a long breath.

He had already realized the fate on the mural of the stone hall, although it was only one of the three pictures of fighting waves, but he was sure that this was indeed a kind of martial art.

It's not that he thought the old island owner was self-righteous and fanciful.

Watching the waves surging and rolling, he couldn't help but let out a long howl, and then said to himself: "The endless sea is immeasurable!" ”

At this moment, Zhao Tan's martial arts finally reached the realm of a grandmaster.

Then he propped the raft toward the edge of the island, jumped ashore, clapped his hands and was about to leave.

But just then, a black spot on the sea caught his attention, it was a small boat rowing from a distance.

The boat went straight to the island, and not far away, Zhao Ta saw clearly that there was only one person on the boat, shirtless and strong, and he was trying to paddle.

The man also glanced at Zhao Ta, his eyes were vigilant, and he seemed to hesitate to dock.

Zhao Ta squinted, after looking at this person, a touch of joy appeared on his face, and he raised his left arm to make a strange gesture, and the boat saw the gesture, and immediately increased its speed and rushed towards the island.

It's just that after ten breaths, the boat came to the shore, and the people on the boat ran over, but they were a little confused when they saw Zhao Ta's appearance, and just wanted to ask, they heard Zhao Ta say: "Zheng Guang." ”

"Huh?" The sturdy man who came down from the boat was immediately stunned, and then fell to the ground with a "plop" sound: "Grass people Zheng Guang, meet His Highness Chitose Chitose!" ”

Zhao Tan nodded, and just as he was about to call him up, there was a high-pitched eagle chirp from the sky, and then a big brown and white eagle flew over from the sky.

And not far away, there was a girl in a white dress and an orange dress, chasing the eagle in the sky while shouting: "Maha, Maha, come back......"

The girl ran and ran, and suddenly saw Zhao Ta and the others, and couldn't help but stop, only to see the two of them standing and kneeling, both looking at her with unkind faces.

She was stunned......

(End of chapter)