125 The Dark River Under the Altar
The bright entrance of the cave became smaller and smaller in sight, and Youlan Mu and Wu San fell into the depths of the cave together, the wind blowing through their ears brought a trace of moisture, as if it had just rained in the cave. [No pop-ups. 】
Youlanmu tried to turn around, but fell into the icy river water with a "poof", and the cold river water poured into his mouth and nose, making the unprepared Youlanmu choke twice.
After a while, Youlan Mu sank to the bottom of the river, holding his breath and looking around, except for the falling stones, Wu San's figure could not be found at all, and the turbulent river water did not give Youlan Mu a chance to stop at all, pushing him to move downward, and rushed out more than ten meters away in a moment.
Youlan Mu didn't expect that there was such a big dark river under the altar, kicked his legs hard in the water, came out of the water, took two greedy breaths, and shouted, "Senior Brother Wu!" ”
However, the dark underground channel has no echo except for the sound of the water hitting the rock wall.
Soon Youlan Mu ignored Wu San, the riverbed has been extending downward, the slope is getting steeper and steeper, and the water flow is also accelerating, Youlan Mu has been difficult to keep in shape, and can only let the turbulent river rush him into the unknown darkness ahead.
The dark river is about four meters wide, and the water depth is at least three meters or more, and the more it floats, the narrower the space on both sides, as if there is a horn opening in front of it, constantly swallowing the dark river.
Between the ups and downs of the dark river, the power of the water waves is getting bigger and bigger, and Youlan Mu is almost involuntary, so he can only barely expose his head to the surface of the water, looking at the splashing waves and endless darkness in front of him, Youlan Mu's heart is getting more and more anxious, and he is washed deep underground by the dark river, and it is very likely that he will never be able to return to the ground.
Suddenly, the collar of his back shirt tightened while he struggled, and he was lifted out of the water by a strong force.
"Senior Brother Li, grab the stone pier!" Wu San's laborious shouts sounded in the darkness.
Youlan Mu is like duckweed in the waves, grasping a glimmer of life, hugging the cold stone pier in front of him, kicking twice on the slippery stone wall, stepping on a piece of green moss, and finally climbing on a relatively flat stone platform.
Youlan Mu spit out a few mouthfuls of bitter water on his stomach, and saw Wu San leaning against a stone sculpture with a pale face, a heart that he was carrying finally fell, and the two of them were not separated in the dark river rapids, which was a blessing in misfortune.
Wu San took out a pile of dry firewood from the storage bag with trembling hands, piled it in the corner of the stone platform, and lit it with a fire fold.
As the fire burned more and more, and the warm light of the fire expelled the darkness around him, Youlan Mu finally felt a trace of warmth, and a trace of blood appeared on his pale cheeks.
Youlan Mu didn't expect Wu San to load a pile of dry firewood in a storage bag in a limited space, not full of food, equipment and elixir like him, this is the difference in experience between the two, and it is also the embodiment of the wisdom of the older generation.
Youlan Mu approached Wu San by the light of the fire, wanting to check the injuries on Wu San's body, but Wu San waved his hand and refused.
"Let Senior Brother Li smile, I was originally entrusted by someone to take care of you, but in the end, you saved my life, and I fell into this ghost place with you, I'm really ashamed." Wu San sighed.
"Senior Brother Wu doesn't have to blame himself, being suddenly besieged by a large group of bone birds is not something that anyone could have predicted." Youlan Mu thought that if it wasn't for a sudden spiritual attack that extinguished all the soul flames of the bone birds, I am afraid that he would have to leave his life there.
Youlan Mu thought of the big black bird and Liu Ling who were still in the camp of the savage tribe, and couldn't help but worry, but thinking that he was still worried about others now that he couldn't protect himself, he couldn't help but shake his head.
Youlan Mu sat down by the fire and began to take off his clothes, the water flow of the dark river was very cold, and if he wore wet clothes in this cold environment, it would only accelerate the consumption of physical energy.
Wu San sat up with difficulty, took out a small yellow pill from the storage bag and swallowed it, meditated cross-legged and calm, as the medicinal power spread, Wu San's face gradually improved, although it was still a little pale, but it was also a lot more energetic.
"Senior Brother Li, when you broke into the tribal altar just now, I seemed to see a strange dragon behind you, how could you let that ghost thing target you?" Wu San opened his eyes and asked.
Youlan Mu changed into dry clothes, roasted wet clothes by the fire, and said, "After being separated from Senior Brother Wu, Liu Ling and I were rescued by several fellow disciples, and then crossed over to the disciples of the Red Blood Sect who sneaked up, and during the fight, the black and green monster dragon suddenly appeared and chased me all the way, and it was an accident to be able to find that tribe." ”
The old man Wu San nodded, although Youlan Mu said very briefly, he already understood the general course of the matter.
"The monster dragon you met is the overlord of this misty forest, with the strength of the foundation building period, not only has rough skin and thick meat, but also has high attack power, and likes to eat delicious living people, but it has a weakness, that is, this monster dragon has a habit of cleanliness, never eats dead corpses, and is only interested in things that move."
Wu San paused for a moment and said, "When you first encountered it, if you could lie on the ground in the first time, hold your breath and pretend to be dead, there is a chance that you will be able to dodge it." ”
Youlan Mu was surprised in his heart, there was such a simple way, the black and green monster dragon was quite large, and it actually had the brain of a bear and did not eat the dead, but when ordinary people encounter such a hideous monster, I am afraid that the first reaction is to run away, who will stay and pretend to be dead, and the one-tenth of the bad luck will not fall on their heads.
Youlan Mu believed that even if he did it again, he would still choose to run away and pretend to be dead in front of a huge monster dragon, Youlan Mu didn't have such a big heart.
"By the way, just now you said that you met the same sect, four people from the tenth layer of qi refining acted together, this is quite rare, I don't know which guys it will be." As soon as Wu San's body was a little better, he couldn't wait to take out the cigarette stick and snort at the cigarette holder, an old smoker.
Seeing Wu San exhaling a puff of green smoke, You Lanmu chuckled lightly and said, "Senior Brother Wu, put a little little orchid in this tobacco." ”
Wu San was stunned when he heard this, and said in surprise: "Could it be Senior Brother Li, it's also the way to do this." ”
Youlanmu shook his head and said, "My grandfather, like you, can't do without this cigarette pouch and pot, especially the favorite to mix some small orchid powder in the tobacco, you better smoke less, it's not good for your health." ”
"Hehe, an old smoker like us, if he leaves this smoking pot, even if he loses half his life, it is impossible to quit in this life. You know, it's not tobacco that we smoke, it's troubles. Presumably, your old man also has a lot of troubles, and there is a twist and turn story behind every cigarette pouch and pot. Saying that, Wu Sangao raised his hand and pointed to the reddened smoking pot, not knowing where he meant.
Youlan Mu laughed twice, he didn't expect that smoking a pot could make Wu San say so much truth, but thinking of his grandfather, who often sighed sadly, it seemed that he couldn't refute anything.
Then Youlan Mu told him about the encounter with the disciples of the Red Blood Sect and Yao Jing and others, to his surprise, Wu San was silent after hearing this, and only after a long time did he sigh lightly, looking at the dark river surging under the stone pier, his muddy old eyes were confused.
You Lanmu didn't know what was wrong with Wu San, so he didn't continue, but looked at the surrounding environment.
By the light of the fire, Youlan Mu will be around the things in the eyes, the surrounding rock walls are relatively flat, although it is not very clear, but vaguely able to identify some traces of artificial excavation, I did not expect this underground river to be artificially excavated, as for when and who built this dark river, used for what, it is not Youlan Mu can know.
This dark river flows along the riverbed to the deeper part of the earth, and there are stone sculptures on both sides of the dark river every ten meters, all of which are in the form of human figures, but their movements look a little strange, these stone figures are kneeling, their hands tied behind their backs, and their heads drooping, looking like they are waiting to be killed.
Judging from the time he soaked in the dark river and the speed of the water flow, he had already passed by nearly a hundred stone carvings along the way, and Youlan Mu couldn't help but think that the dark river alone had built such a scale of stone sculptures, so what would be the end of this dark river?
Youlan Mu told Wu San his thoughts, Wu San frowned, took out a map of animal skins, spread it flat on the stone platform, and kept making strokes on it with his old fingers, as if he was determining a certain location.
Youlan Mu looked down, the map of the blood refining land was reflected on the animal skin, and seeing that its range was almost half the size of Yan Kingdom, he couldn't help but be secretly shocked, I really didn't know how Wu San found out such a large area and drew a detailed map. Youlan Mu knows the value of such a map, and if it is released, it will definitely lead to a bloody battle.
Wu San squinted his cloudy old eyes, looked at it for a long time, and finally took out a piece of black charcoal and drew an altar in the center of a dense forest, and then drew three water lines under the altar, all under the dark river.
Wu San pointed to the three water lines of the newly painted and said, "This is where we are now, the dark river directly below the altar, if I am not wrong, look along the flow of the dark river, this dark river should lead straight to here, the city of ruins." ”
Youlan Mu's gaze followed Wu San's fingers all the way to the west, and finally stopped at the pattern of a city tower.
"What is this place?" Youlan Mu asked.
"The City of Ruins, the most mysterious place in the Land of Blood Refinery, is dissatisfied with all kinds of prohibitions, and there are endless large and small killing arrays, and it is the cemetery of all explorers." Wu San raised his head and looked at Youlan Mu, and said word by word, "But that is also the place with the most opportunities, and several main medicines for refining Zhuji Dan can be found there, and some people have even seen third-level elixirs there." ”
As soon as Youlan Mu's gaze froze, the second-level elixir could refine the Zhuji Dan, and the third-level elixir was a treasure that was effective for the strong people in the Jindan stage. Youlan Mu had some expectations in his heart, wondering if he could find an elixir that could be useful to his soul there to awaken the broken army sleeping in the Heavenly Demon Armor.
"Senior Brother Li, do you have a spirit sword on you? Even if it's a low-grade spirit sword, when I was captured by those aborigines, the spirit sword was lost in the misty forest. Wu San asked.
Youlan Mu took out the spirit sword that he used as a meat cleaver and handed it to Wu San, Wu San took it and saw the cracks on the spirit sword, and shook his head helplessly, "No, the sword body is damaged, and it can't be used as a flying sword." Do you have any other flying swords that can carry the weight of two people? ”
Youlan Mu shook his head, pointed to the bandages on his fists, and said, "I'm a physical cultivator. ”
Wu San sighed and said, "It seems that it is impossible for the two of us to fly back the same way, so we can only fight and go down the dark river, hoping to find a way out of here." Let's not hurry to leave, let's rest here first, those aborigines can repair me miserably..."
Wu San suddenly stopped his voice in the middle of speaking, his chin opened slightly, and his face turned pale to look at the dark river on the side, his eyes revealed horror, as if he had seen something terrible.
Youlan Mu turned his head to look, and suddenly a cold air rose straight to the top of his head, his eyelids jumped wildly, and he saw that on the turbulent dark river with nothing there, I don't know when a floating corpse began to float, like a carp crossing the river, up and down with the waves.
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