() Two months have passed, and Lu Baifeng and the others still haven't found the mysterious boulder. Every day, the steps of breaking the ice, diving, searching, and surfing are constantly repeated, which is boring and hard.

That night, after returning to the inn, Han Mingfei said to Lu Baifeng: "Senior Brother Lu, we have been looking for two whole months, but it is still far away to the Night Crying Valley, I think we can't find a way like this, it's too slow, will it take one or two years?"

Lu Baifeng sighed and said helplessly: "I can't help it, everyone thinks about it, what to do." ”

The crowd sat down around the table.

"No matter how big the boulder is, how big can it be? It is sixty miles wide from north to south and thousands of miles from east to west. Xiao Liying was also very depressed.

"Could it be that Senior Lu is wrong?"

Lu Baifeng said: "Senior Lu once said that according to his speculation, the first few Five Dou Star Caves have been found, and this time it should be right, but the scope is a little larger, and it is not easy to find." ”

Zhu Xiaomin lay on the table and said softly: "I don't know anything, I just know that I'm so tired......"

Tianyao proposed: "Senior brother, we can't support it if we continue like this, so it's better to take a day off tomorrow." ”

Lu Baifeng agreed: "Okay." I'll think again and see if there's anything more efficient. ”

The next day, everyone didn't go to the ice field. It was close to noon, Zhu Xiaomin, Tianxiao, Tianyao and Hua Qingyu went to the restaurant to eat and drink.

This place is Huzhou, said that the big is not big, said that the small is not small, the most famous is the brush produced here Tiger Hair. Generally, the brush uses wolf hair or sheep hair, but the tiger hair pen is made of white tiger hair in the snow that lives in the mountains near Huzhou. The texture of the white tiger fur in the snow is moderately soft and hard, and with the pen barrel made of "Wenxin bamboo" born near Huzhou City, it can be made into the best brush that is famous in the entire Qinglong Continent. "There are four treasures in the study, pen and ink and paper inkstone. "With the pen of Huzhou in Qianlong County, the ink of Xuzhou in Kanglong County, the paper of Lunzhou in Feilong County and the inkstone of Duanzhou in Youlong County are respected, and they are located in the four directions of the southeast, northwest and northwest of the Qinglong Continent. There is a poem as proof:

Wenxin with tiger hair,

Huzhou pen is unique.

Foggy pine drifting,

Xuzhou Moliuxiang.

Sandalwood sand field grass,

Lunzhou paper soft.

Qin Xue Cheng mud burning,

Duanzhou inkstone Quartet.

As a result, Huzhou has the most brush shops. Although the snow white tigers outside the city have disappeared due to the beast tide, there is still a lot of stock in the pen shops. Brushes of various thicknesses, sizes, and lengths are hung at the door of the pen shop, and the snow-white tiger hair brushes are visible from afar. Zhu Xiaomin and the others admired the exquisite brushes all the way to the largest restaurant in the city, Dengyue Tower.

Although it is May, the weather in the Northland is still very cold. After the four of them arrived at the Moon Tower, they ordered a table of hot pot and ate it with laughter.

After a while, two men dressed as merchants sat down at the table next to the four. Seeing the steaming hot pot here, one of them rubbed his hands and said, "Brother Li, why don't we also order a hot pot to warm up?"

Another said, "Okay, I'm freezing to death." This time the business is good, so it's good to have a luxury. Xiao Er, let's have a hot pot, and then four plates of mutton......"

After the hot pot ingredients were ready, the two continued to talk. Since the two tables were so close to each other, in a corner of the restaurant, and Tianyao had his back to the table, he could clearly hear what the two were saying.

At first, it was nonsense, but Tianyao found that the two often mentioned that they had made a lot of money in this business. "Let's hear what kind of business they do. Tianyao was very curious.

"Brother Li, I haven't had such a good business for many years, and it's worth a long trip. ”

"Not really, Brother Zhang. I also wonder if all these years our girls don't love jewelry anymore or what, business is always bleak. ”

"If you want me to say, we have too many pearls there, pearl hairpins, pearl earrings, pearl necklaces, pearl bracelets, pearl rings, and even pearl anklets. ”

Tianyao smiled slightly, it turned out that the two of them were selling pearls. When he found out, he stopped paying attention.

The two people behind him continued to chat.

"Brother Li, do you know, that day Wang Laosan went into the water to fish for pearls and found a strange thing. ”

"Oh?"

"You also know that the water temperature in our place has been cold all year round, but when Wang Laosan went into the water to fish for shellfish, he accidentally found that there was a big stone in the mud and sand at the bottom of the lake that was hot. ”

After the three words "big stone" penetrated into Tianyao's ears, he sensitively stopped his chopsticks and listened carefully again.

"Hot? Isn't it warm jade?"

"That's not clear. Wang Laosan wanted to knock on the next piece to see, and by the way, make a heart-warming stove, so he went into the water with a hammer and a chisel, and chiseled hard against the big stone, guess what?"

"Smashing your hands?"

"No, the chisel suddenly bounced open, and it hit Wang Laosan's eyes, he was really unlucky. ”

Tianyao stood up suddenly, turned around and arched his hand: "Two brothers, I don't know where you come from?

Tianxiao was taken aback by him: "Brother Yao, what's wrong?"

The two men were also taken aback, and looked at him warily. The "Big Brother Li" asked, "Why are you eavesdropping on other people's conversations?"

Tianyao smiled: "The voices of the two speakers."

It's not small, and there's no way to listen to it. So tell me where the lake is, and the ingots will be yours. He pulled out a silver ingot and placed it on the table between the two.

Seeing the silver ingot, the attitude of the two immediately changed greatly, and "Brother Li" smiled all over his face: "Son, you are so generous, I won't twist it." The two of us are from Baixue Village near Jingzhou, which is the Yanzhu Lake to the north of the village. ”

"Snow Village, Yanzhu Lake. Tianyao firmly remembered these two names, and he asked again, "Two brothers, I wonder if the Yanzhu Lake has been frozen for many years?"

"Brother Zhang" looked surprised: "Little brother, how do you know? Yanzhu Lake has been frozen for many years, but the ice is not thick this season. There are many pearl shells growing at the bottom of the lake. That's why we often drill holes in the ice and dive down to catch shellfish. ”

Tianyao bowed: "Thank you two brothers for telling each other." ”

The three of them heard it in a fog. Tianyao turned around and urged, "Let's go back quickly." ”

"But I haven't finished eating yet......" Zhu Xiaomin was reluctant.

"Oh, I know the whereabouts of the boulder, hurry back and tell Senior Brother Lu, we don't have to bother looking around. "Tianyao said.

The three of them stood up in shock.

"Brother Zhang" heard Tianyao's words and kindly reminded him: "Little brother, I heard that the stone is very big, and it can't be broken or broken, if you want to catch it, it will be difficult." ”

Tianyao thanked him again and pulled the three of them away quickly.

Lu Baifeng was meditating in the room, thinking about how to quickly search for the remaining thousands of miles of ice fields, suddenly, the door was knocked open, Tianyao took the lead and rushed in, and said happily: "Senior brother, the boulder has been found, Baixue Village, Yanzhu Lake!"

"Don't worry, say it slowly, what eyeball lake?"

"It's not Yanzhu Lake, it's Yanzhu Lake!" Tianyao told the story of the moon landing tower like this.

After hearing this, Lu Baifeng laughed, touched Tianyao's head, and praised: "You are still smart." Well, I don't have to worry about it. We're going tomorrow, no, we're going right away!"

After calling Han Mingfei, Tang Junhe and Xiao Liying, the group excitedly embarked on the road west to Jingzhou. Jingzhou is located in the northwest of Qianlong County, and is close to the Valley of Night Crying to the west. If you walk from Huzhou, it will take a long time, and everyone can't wait, so after leaving Huzhou, they will fly with the sword and fly westward at a fast speed.

"It's really 'stepping on iron shoes and finding nowhere to go, and it takes no effort to get them'. I thought about the plan for a long time, and everyone went through all the hardships, but still did not find the shadow of the boulder. Tianyao just went to eat a hot pot, but he knew the location of the boulder. Lu Baifeng sighed.

"Senior brother, my tenet of 'everywhere I go, taste all the food' is not bad, right? If I hadn't been going to the Moon Tower, we wouldn't have known how hard it would have been!" Zhu Xiaomin was triumphant.

"Xiaomin, the four of you went together, why did only Tianyao hear it? Although Tianxiao and Qingyu didn't hear it, they didn't say anything, so you still jumped out to fight for merit. Tang Junhe said with a smile.

"I guess she was busy eating at the time, where can she take care of any big stones. Xiao Liying also smiled.

"Anyway, in short, I provided Brother Tianyao with this opportunity to eat hot pot, and finally got this result. Zhu Xiaomin shook his head, not caring at all about the sarcasm of the two.

Lu Baifeng said: "Xiaomin does have a little credit, but it's not as big as a needle nose." ”

"Hehe......" Zhu Xiaomin's laughter made everyone laugh, this little junior sister is so cute.

Three days later, the crowd arrived at the territory of Jingzhou. As soon as he entered the city, Lu Baifeng asked the guards about the location of Baixue Village, which was located more than 30 miles north of Jingzhou City.

The next day, the group flew to Baixue Village early. There was indeed a lake five miles north of the village, which Lu Baifeng had already seen when he was in Edgeworth. It's just that it looks like Yanzhu Lake is quite big, if you first ask the "Wang Laosan" who found the boulder and then look for it, you should be able to save a lot of work. After the guidance of an old man at the entrance of the village, Wang Laosan's family lives in the northwest of the village.

When they came to the door of Wang Laosan's house, everyone heard a cough from inside the house, and they also smelled a strong smell of medicine. Lu Baifeng knocked lightly on the door. There was a sound of footsteps in the room, "squeak", the door opened a little, and an old man with a one-eyed patch poked his head out, looked at Lu Baifeng, and then looked at a few people behind, and asked suspiciously, "Who are you looking for?"

"Brother Wang, it was Brother Li and Brother Zhang who introduced us to you. Lu Baifeng replied.

"Oh, it's them. Come in, it's cold outside. The old man warmly welcomed everyone into the room.

The furnishings in the room are very simple, a bed, a small table, a cupboard, and a charcoal stove, on which a medicine pot is placed, boiling the medicine "gurgling". Eight people poured into the small room, and it suddenly became crowded.

"Come and sit on the bed, there are not enough stools. Wang Laosan said embarrassedly.

"It's okay, we'll leave right away. Then, Lu Baifeng asked about the boulders in Yanzhu Lake.

"My eye was wounded by a bullet when I chiseled that stone, and it still hurts terribly. I remember the location of the water, but I don't understand, it was probably a little southwest in the middle of Yanzhu Lake. But what are you looking for that stone for?" asked Wang Laosan.

Lu Baifeng took out a silver ingot, and saw that Wang Laosan's eyes were straight. "Brother Wang, if you lead us to find a stone, this ingot of silver will be given to you. "Tianyao has also learned this trick.

Wang Laosan naturally happily agreed. He took the silver, wiped it on his clothes, put it in his pocket, and then zealously

Asked, "Don't you want to fish for that boulder? It's so big, why don't I go to the village and find some able-bodied offspring to help?"

"No, you can just take us there. Lu Baifeng said.

"Go now, then?"

"Go now!"

On the way to Yanzhu Lake, Wang Laosan babbled to Lu Baifeng about the strangeness of the boulder and the fact that he was injured by a chiseled bullet in the eye.

When he arrived at Yanzhu Lake and stepped on the ice, Wang Laosan advised: "Be careful, it's slipping on the ice." Now the ice is thin in this season, and there are those shallow pits, don't step on them, those are the holes left by the pearl shells are temporarily frozen again, and they can't eat hard, and they will fall into the lake when they step on it. ”

Wang Laosan led everyone cautiously towards the center of the lake, and his mouth still didn't stop: "It's a coincidence that you guys came, the ice is thick in winter, it's inconvenient to make holes, and the lake is also very cold, but it's troublesome......

Our Yanzhu Lake, don't look at the fish, shrimp are not much, but there are more pearls, more pearls, more pearls. However, the big head is too small, not even the size of a grain of rice, and if you can occasionally fish for a pearl the size of a fingernail, it will be amazing......

To say that those of us who fish for shellfish are also very hard. It's cold and freezing in the summer, let alone in the winter. Therefore, you must not only practice a good water body, but also a good body that is resistant to cold resistance......

In order to dive fast, you have to hold a rock into the water, and when you get to the bottom of the lake, you have to float up. There is a rope wrapped around the stone, and after going up, you have to drag the stone up again, and desperately fish up a bunch of pearl shells, there are few valuable pearls, and the other pearl shells have to be thrown back into the lake in another place......"

In this way, after walking all the way, Wang Laosan also said all the way. The crowd just listened to the excitement, but they didn't feel annoyed.

When he was about to reach the center of the lake, Wang Laosan suddenly stopped: "It's here." He pointed to a shallow round pit, from which it seemed that no one had entered the water for a long time. He suddenly slapped his thigh: "Oh, it's not good, I'm in too much hurry, I forgot to bring a pickaxe! That's what you have to bring with you when you go into the water, why did you forget this stubble? You wait here first, I'll go back ......."

Before the words fell, Lu Baifeng smashed his fist into the shallow pit. There was a crunch, and the ice was smashed, revealing the calm waters below. Moreover, this round hole is larger than the original shallow pit.

"Ahh

"Wait, I'll go down and have a look. Lu Baifeng jumped into the lake with a "poof".

"Hey, hey," Wang Laosan touched Han Mingfei with his elbow and asked matter-of-factly, "I said, isn't that person a 'strong fairy'?"

Everyone was amused by this simple villager, and Han Mingfei said: "Brother Wang, you guessed wrong, he is not a 'strong immortal', he is a 'wine power immortal'." ”

Wang Laosan nodded as if he didn't understand, and muttered in a low voice: "'Nine Force God', one person is against nine people's strength, no wonder the strength is so great......

The water in Yanzhu Lake is cold, but it is nothing compared to the water under the ice sheet. The lake is not deep, Lu Baifeng's eyesight is extraordinary, and as soon as he got out of the water, he saw a faintly raised shadow in the mud and sand at the bottom of the lake.

Dive next to the boulder, Lu Baifeng remembered what Lu Hailong had instructed: "First, the boulder has a constant temperature. He touched it with his hand, and the boulder was slightly cooler than the palm temperature. In the icy waters of the surrounding lake, it is no wonder that Wang Laosan claims that the boulder feels hot to the touch.

"Second, the boulder can't move. Lu Baifeng put his palms on the boulder, and suddenly pushed forward, but the boulder did not move.

"Third, boulder rebound attacks. Lu Baifeng pulled out the Rong An sword and gently hit the boulder, and sure enough, a rebound force came, which was also in line with this.

"Fourth, the boulder degree spirit shows the word. Regarding this point, Lu Hailong also said separately that in order to show the character of the spirit, you must have the skill of Mahayana or above. Lu Baifeng's skill is obviously not enough, but Lu Hailong estimates that after entering the spiritual power, there will be some unusual reactions. Du Ling entered the stone, Lu Baifeng carefully sensed, there was a faint fluctuation in the boulder, although it was not obvious, but it was enough to prove that this boulder was the entrance mechanism of the Beidou Water Ling Cave!

"Senior Lu's guessed position is slightly off, but fortunately, the task is completed. The boulder is here, and the Shuiling Cave should be at the bottom of Yanzhu Lake......" Lu Baifeng thought as he swam towards the water. After climbing onto the ice, he used his spiritual power to instantly dry his clothes, which surprised Wang Laosan again.

Lu Baifeng gave Wang Laosan a big silver ingot, and asked him to keep today's matter a secret. Wang Laosanxin said in his heart that he really met a living immortal today, not to mention being so powerful, but also so generous.

The task was completed, and the group of swords flew up and flew in the direction of Tiandao Mountain. Wang Laosan stood alone on the ice, his mouth wide open, looking at the southeast in a daze.

......

Law Enforcement Elder Xie Ningdong betrayed the entire Taiqing Sect, so the remaining elders were promoted to one person, and the original Third Elder Zhou Hongyu took over the position of Law Enforcement Elder, and the Dispatch Elder was held by the original Fourth Elder Hong Yunlei. Excluding the three elders who died in the beast tide, the original thirteen elders of the Taiqing Sect are now only nine left.

What made Lu Hailong a little uneasy was that Xie Ning did not say why he betrayed the sect when he died. Is it for some kind of benefit, or is it for someone, or is it for revenge on someone in the sect or even for the sect? He vaguely felt that the matter did not seem to be over yet.

When he was upset, the successful return of Lu Baifeng and others undoubtedly made Lu Hailong much happier. If you find the Shui Ling Cave, you don't have to rush to go for a while, the remaining six places in the Big Dipper Seven Star Silk, Lu Hailong still has to think about it, how to deal with it in order to seek greater benefits for the Taiqing Sect.