As I listened intently to the strange conversation, I suddenly heard a bang behind me, and then I heard the sailors cry "ah".

I looked back and saw that it was the sailor who had knocked down a cane standing behind the door.

When we were at a loss, a crack opened in the ground on one side of the table, and it was a secret door.

The secret door slowly moved to both sides, and when it was fully opened, an old lady dressed in the costume of the play came out, her whole body neat and clean, not like the people who lived in this mountain.

I knew at a glance that it was Grandma Fairy, because although I couldn't see her very clearly while she was standing on a high mountain rock last night, I was completely sure that it was the same person I saw today.

Grandma Fairy was not surprised by our arrival, she looked at the three of us, walked straight to the sailor, took his hand, and said, "My baby, you are finally willing to come to see Grandma." Over the years, I have rarely been to the village, and I haven't seen you for five or six years. Your grandmother ignored me for so many years, and you and your father didn't come to visit me. My heart is as bitter as Coptis Cellar. ”

"Grandma, I've been thinking about you all the time, but I don't dare to come to your house. I remember when I was sick and came to see you, and as soon as I entered the house, I heard the sound of ghosts screaming, just like we heard when we entered the door, and the walls were full of snakes, and I dreamed of being chased and bitten by snakes several times after I went back. "The sailors are much braver today, and they are no longer submissive.

The fairy grandmother couldn't help but laugh out loud after hearing this, and said while laughing: "Hanwa, this is the sound of a ghost's scream, this is the sound coming from my underground alchemy." My apothecary leads to the cave at the bottom of the mountain, which is very empty, and the underground river channel on all sides of the cave is connected to the outside world, and when the wind blows through the river, there will be a sound, and the echo produced in the cave sounds very strange. ”

The fairy grandmother took the sailor's hand and turned to look at the painting on the wall, she pointed to the painting and said, "My baby, did you see this at that time?"

The sailor scratched his scalp and said, "I don't remember, but I remember seeing a lot of snakes painted on the wall." ”

Grandma continued, "This is not a snake. The paintings on this wall are all the miracles of our first grandmother, Nuwa Niangniang. We are all descendants of Nuwa Niangniang. Nuwa Niangniang loves us the most, she created us, saved us, helped us out of danger again and again, let us multiply and grow, and stand alone in the world. She is still protecting us in the dark. She is the most loving of all. How could you be afraid!"

I was still thinking about the strange conversation just now, and interjected next to me: "Grandma, do you usually live alone?"

The fairy grandmother turned her head to look at me, and said with a smile: "You are Xiao Yuan, they all say that you are the most spiritual baby in the village, it seems to be true." You want to visit my apothecary. ”

I was silent.

"Come on, there are very few people in my house, and no outsiders have ever entered the alchemy pharmacy, but today you three babies have this fate to visit. Grandma said as she walked to the door of the basement.

We followed her down the stone stairs from the entrance next to the offering table. After going down, the two doors above slowly merged and slammed shut.

The stone staircase is very long, about one or two hundred steps. When we reached the end of the stone staircase, we were stunned by what we saw.

It is a huge cave with a radius of several hundred meters. The cave is surrounded by steep rock walls, the rock wall is dozens of meters high, the top is a huge arched cave roof, there is a circular hole with a diameter of several meters in the middle of the cave roof, surrounded by verdant trees, and the blue sky outside the hole. The outside light shines through this hole, and the whole cave appears bright and transparent. Due to the entry of light, the crevices of the surrounding rock walls are covered with various flowers and plants, and the whole cave is like an underground botanical garden, presenting a scene of full business.

Where we stood was a boulder in the middle of this large cavern, the size of three or four rooms, and it was as square as a tofu block cut by a knife. On either side of the boulder is a rock wall at right angles, and a passage is carved out of one of the rock faces, leading to the staircase we pass as we descend. The other two sides of the boulder are inlaid with half-human height white marble balustrades. Leaning over the railing and looking down, the stone is more than two feet high, and below is the bottom of the cave. At the bottom of the cave is a dark river, and the water is crystal clear. The dark river flows out of a dark hole in the rock wall on the left-hand side, and flows to another dark hole in front of the right, and the sound of flowing water comes from inside.

The boxy area enclosed by these two rock walls and two rows of white marble railings is the alchemy pharmacy of the fairy grandmother. Although it is a medicine refining store, it has no roof, just a high platform in the cave, and it is better to call it a medicine refining platform than a medicine refining store.

There is a stone pillar at each of the four corners of the alchemy platform, and there is a stone phoenix with wings spread at the top of the stone pillar, and there is a small hole in the pillar body below the stone phoenix, and a wooden sword is inserted in each of the small holes, and a large lantern is hung on the handle of the wooden sword, on which is written a seal character "Xi".

In the middle of the alchemy table was a huge incense burner, and the incense burner was filled with smoke.

At the corner of the rock wall is a long table in the shape of a curved ruler, on which is placed an alchemy furnace one foot square. Rows of clay vases, clay pots, porcelain vases, beakers, test tubes, and unnamed ceramics and glassware, as well as a microscope and a few alcohol lamps, were placed on the side. Small squares were carved out of the rock wall above the curved table, and stones of various colors, various carapaces and fragments of animal bones, and various herbs in glass bottles were placed,...... , and so on, to fill the walls to the brim.

In the middle of a row of white marble balustrades facing the stone steps, there is a large stone screen, in front of which there is a sitting seat with a square brocade futon on top. A low table is placed on the table. There is a bronze candlestick on one side of the low table, and several books are lined up on the other.

In front of a row of white marble railings to the left of the sitting seat, there is a row of chairs, and there is a small coffee table in the middle of every two chairs.

The entire alchemy table was kept spotlessly. In addition, on both sides of the stone steps, the corners of the rock wall, and around the white marble railing, pots of various flowers compete with each other, which complement each other with the beauty and delicacy of the entire cave. It's like a fairyland.

We were looking at it in a daze, and the fairy grandmother spoke: "Xiao Yuan, do you see who I am hiding here?"

"Ah——?!h

"Hahaha!" Grandma smiled heartily.

She picked up a radio from her desk and said, "That's where the voice came from." ”

As she spoke, she turned on the switch on the radio, which was broadcasting news: "Several explorers disappeared while traveling at the intersection of the West Qinling Mountains and the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau in the northwest region, and today is the fifth day, and the relevant departments are organizing manpower to search for ,......"

When the fairy grandmother heard this, her face changed suddenly, she turned off the radio, and said to us, "I have an urgent matter to go out." The three of you go back first. He Jiawa, you go back and tell the family that He Lao Er will not die for a while, and I will go to treat him when I finish my work. - However, I will not be in vain, and I will make conditions when the time comes. ”

She said as she walked up the stone steps, and we followed out of the underground cavern.

When she got to the house above, she took out the compass from a cabinet, took the phoenix head crutch at the door, didn't care about the three of us, didn't lock the door, and walked straight away.