Chapter 2: The Boy and the Rock
Following the bloodstains, Liu Qiu continued to track for about half a moment, and found his prey today, the sika deer, at the foot of a stone rock that rose from the ground. Liu Qiu's gloomy face finally showed a satisfied smile! He sped up and trotted towards the sika deer. The closer I got, the more I realized why there was wind here, and what Liu Qiu couldn't figure out the most was that the wind was actually hot. There was a hot wind in the snowy old forest in this nine-year harsh winter, which really made Liu Qiu incomprehensible. Liu Qiu looked in the direction where the wind came, and not far from the sika deer carcass, there was a cave about two people high and one zhang wide and narrow, and this warm wind blew from here.
Liu Qiu said in his heart: "There is something strange, my caution is wonderful." After that, he lifted the sika deer with one hand and put it on his left shoulder, feeling the heavy sika deer, Liu Qiu was happy again. After taking a big stride and walking back, ten steps away, Liu Qiu slowed down and looked back at the cave on the stone wall again. The fifteen or sixteen-year-old child was at an age of great curiosity, and Liu Qiu was bold by nature, so he stopped, looked around for a while, and walked quickly towards a stout tree with the deer. The tree is very thick, I don't know why there is a huge tree hole in the trunk three feet from the ground, Liu Qiu took the deer off his shoulder with his right hand, gently placed it in the tree hole, and picked up some barren grass that had already withered around to cover the tree hole tightly, and then strode back to the front of the stone wall again. The closer he got to the cave, the more surprised Liu Qiu became, and at the same time, his nerves began to tense, his eyes stared at the cave, and his left hand took out the iron spear stained with deer blood from behind. Only then did he slowly approach the cave, the temperature of the wind was getting stronger and stronger, and Liu Qiu, who was only wearing a tattered and thin cotton coat, actually felt a little stuffy. After a while, Liu Qiu came to the mouth of the cave, although it was daytime, he could only see how far the cave was three feet away, and then it was dark. Liu Qiu knew the danger, but driven by his strong curiosity, he still chose to lean to the left and slowly move towards the depths of the cave.
There was no danger in the cave, Liu Qiu walked all the way with the help of the wall, and walked for about an hour, at this time Liu Qiu had already taken off the padded jacket on his upper body, and his upper body was naked. Despite this, Liu Qiu is still sweating!
After turning a corner again, Liu Qiu stopped, and a bright light appeared dozens of zhang away in the direction of the cave, it turned out to be an interconnected cave, no wonder there was always wind in the cave. But why is the wind hot? Liu Qiu was very puzzled. Because of the bright light, Liu Qiu quickened his pace and walked towards the entrance of the cave!
Soon Liu Qiu came to the exit of the cave, and Liu Qiu hurriedly looked out.
This is??
Liu Qiu was taken aback!
It turns out that outside the cave is an open Grand Canyon plain, not far from the entrance of the cave, there is a huge rock, this rock is about thousands of zhang, the rock is flickering with a little firelight, the snow around the rock tens of thousands of zhang away has already melted, there are large areas of trees are burned black, several fires are still spreading, the whole canyon reverberates with the sound of trees being burned!
Liu Qiu continued to observe the surrounding environment, "I'm afraid this rock is not here originally, could it be that it fell from the sky!" Liu Qiu thought in his heart.
After all, Liu Qiu is a mortal, he grew up in the village of the mountain since he was a child, he didn't know enough, he naturally didn't know which rock this was, this was clearly a very small piece of fragment after the fairyland was broken last night, and it happened to fall in the depths of the mountain, in fact, there was a loud noise in the village last night, but the people in the village were already asleep at that time, even if someone heard it, they were confused, just as the mountain was estimated to be an avalanche, and it was common for avalanches to occur on snowy days, so naturally no one cared!
Although Liu Qiu never understood why there was a rock that had been burned by fire, he always felt that the rock had an inexplicable attraction to him! The road from the entrance of the cave to the huge rock was extremely difficult to walk, the snow had just melted, the path was muddy, and there were remnants of blackened tree trunks that had been burned by the fire everywhere, and it took Liu Qiu half an hour to finally approach the rock. At this time, Liu Qiu had long forgotten that it was the moon in the depths of winter, because he had only a pair of thin pants left on his body, all the cotton clothes and pants were placed in the hole, of course, the bag was still on his back, and his left hand was still holding the iron gun tightly!
Part of the huge rock was embedded with the ground, and Liu Qiu hunched over and slowly climbed up the rock. A closer look at Liu Qiu reveals that there appear to be remnants of buildings on this rock. Could it really be that it fell from the sky??? the more I thought about it, the more excited Liu Qiu became, what was in the sky? As a mortal of Penglai Continent, Liu Qiu knew very well in his heart that outside the sky of Penglai Continent was the legendary fairyland!
Fairyland!
It is said that the immortals there are immortal, the fairies there are shy of flowers, and the palaces there are resplendent and splendid......
If this is a piece that fell from the fairyland, how did the place where the immortals lived fall? But Liu Qiu was quickly relieved, that level of variables is not something that a mortal can understand, nor is it something he should care about, "But this should be a big opportunity for me," Liu Qiu thought to himself. Liu Qiu couldn't help but be overjoyed, and sped up and groped towards the center of the rock!
When observing at the entrance of the cave, Liu Qiu noticed that the central area was higher, and Liu Qiu now understood that the reason why it was high was that there must have been a ruined palace, and the big palace meant that there were great immortals who lived there, since it was destroyed, maybe there were treasures left, and it was the treasure of the fairyland immortals! Thinking of this, Liu Qiu was overjoyed in his heart and continued to speed up!
The road on the rocks was still not easy to walk, and although Liu Qiu had repeatedly increased his speed, he was still far away from the pile of ruins. Liu Qiu used both hands and feet, and from time to time used the iron gun in his hand to deal with the obstacles in front of him.
An hour!
Two hours!
At this time, the sun has risen very high, it is noon, the winter sun is gently shining on the mountain, and the thick snow on the distant mountain is still so white! This gentle sun has not raised the temperature of this mountain much, it is still a cold wind!
On a strange scorched black rock in the mountains, a young man with his upper body was trying to move forward, the sun caressed his dark and healthy skin, the black rock, the swarthy boy and the white snow-capped mountain formed a sharp contrast! This young man was none other than Liu Qiu, who continued to work hard towards the center of the rock.
Hot, tired, sweaty, hungry!
He didn't give up, shook the beads of sweat from the tips of his hair, and Liu Qiu set off again!