Chapter 421: Occasional Joy
The sun rises in the east, and the morning light is gorgeous. The entire canyon seems to have awakened in the cool morning light, and the winter sun has pierced through the mist, gilding everything in the canyon with a layer of gold. Between the dead forests on the cliff, a touch of white is very conspicuous.
Hua Qingyu immediately thought that it was cold in winter, and even the surrounding trees had withered, and this white color seemed incompatible with the surroundings. Combined with past experience, it can be obtained that in the season of withering all things, the grass plants that stand proudly in the cold winter must be poisons or medicinal materials of excellent quality, and the brighter and conspicuous the color, the higher the degree of cherishment.
But because the cliff was far away, and the white grass was very small, Hua Qingyu tried to open her eyes wide, but she still couldn't tell what it was, and she couldn't even see whether the white was a flower or a leaf.
Ye Linglong kept staring intently into the distance after seeing Hua Qingyu exclaim, and couldn't help but ask curiously, "What's wrong with you?"
Hua Qingyu looked at the fine vines that had been picked: "It's almost enough, let's go back first, I'm going to pick grass on the opposite cliff." ”
"What grass?" Ye Linglong's eyes widened, and she searched carefully on the opposite cliff.
"That's it...... Huh?" Hua Qingyu couldn't believe that the white color had actually disappeared! She rubbed her eyes vigorously, and it was really gone! "Uh...... Could it be that I was dazzled just now? But I clearly saw it......
Zhao Xianglin said: "I also saw it just now, a white grass. You can't be dazzled by the two of us at the same time, right?"
Two of the three people saw it, and Zhao Xianglin also accurately said the color of the grass, which shows that the grass just now did exist.
"But...... Where did it go?" After confirming that it wasn't dazzling, Hua Qingyu was even more surprised.
"Then let's go to the cliff and take a good look. Zhao Xianglin said, "This cliff, this deep valley, is full of weirdness, I want to figure out ......" Her words seemed to be talking to herself, and as she spoke, she walked back against the cliff. Just like when I came, from time to time I looked down at the bottom of the abyss.
Hua Qingyu took one last look at the cliff and hurriedly followed with Ye Linglong.
Back at the meeting place, the three of them waited for a long time before Xiao Tianhe and He Tianyao walked back with two large strands of thick vines. Seeing that the three of them were already waiting there, and then looked at the thin vine in their hands, Xiao Tianhe said, "You're back so soon?"
Hua Qingyu replied simply: "I want to go to the opposite cliff to pick grass immediately!"
"Sister Qingyu, are you in such a hurry?" He Tianyao was a little puzzled.
"Something is wrong, but I don't go over to figure it out, my heart is itching. Hua Qingyu smiled, "I just thought of a good idea, we can tie a long rope, I go first, you can pull the rope here and swing over one after another." Indeed, this method is much easier than tying five rattan ropes.
In a few moments, a rattan rope the thickness of a wrist was kneaded. Now that there is a clear goal, the location of the abyss is also determined. Where Hua Qingyu saw the white grass before everyone returned, Xiao Tianhe tied a big stone to the end of the rope, swiped it a few times, and threw it hard at an old tree on the head of the cliff, and the stone was smoothly wrapped around the trunk with the rattan rope, Xiao Tianhe pulled it, and the rope was tightly wound.
Hua Qingyu grabbed the rope, tied the remaining part around his waist twice, and handed the end of the rope to Xiao Tianhe, then took a deep breath and jumped off the cliff. The sturdy rattan rope did not disappoint everyone, and Hua Qingyu successfully landed on a protruding rock on the opposite cliff, and climbed up the cliff along the rope.
The few people who were holding their breath and staring let out a long sigh of relief. Hua Qingyu first tied a dead knot on the trunk of the rope, and then Xiao Tianhe pulled back part of the rope. The rest was much simpler, as long as the rope was long enough and the tail remained on this side, everyone could swing to the opposite cliff in turn.
After Hua Qingyu tied the rope, he couldn't wait to look for the place where he saw the white grass just now. But there are dead grass, fallen leaves, broken branches, and gravel everywhere, not to mention white grass, not even a single green grass can be seen. This is a strange thing that Hua Qingyu has never encountered in her long-term grass picking experience
couldn't find it, Hua Qingyu had no choice but to give up, returned to the big tree with the rope tied, and dragged his companions up the cliff in turn.
"Why, still haven't you found it?" Ye Linglong asked in the first sentence after going up the cliff.
Hua Qingyu was a little melancholy: "Hmm." If it can be hidden into the invisible, it must be a strange grass. Alas, it seems that I have no fate with it!"
At this time, Xiao Tianhe also noticed Zhao Xianglin's strange appearance: "Sister Zhao, what are you always looking at under the abyss with a restless heart?"
"I always felt like something was going to happen. Zhao Xianglin glanced at him with a strange expression, "From the discovery of this abyss. My hunches have always been very good. ”
He Tianyao said: "Then let's get out of here, I don't like it here, I feel eerie under the abyss...... " Before the words fell, Zhao Xianglin exclaimed: "Ah, look there!"
Everyone turned around in unison, and on the edge of the cliff a dozen steps away, in a pile of dead grass, there was a grass with green stems and white leaves!
Hua Qingyu was so excited that she rushed over with an arrow step, but at the moment when she was about to run to the grass, in front of everyone's eyes, the strange grass disappeared again! At the same time, a dazzling light emerged from the abyss and shot directly into Hua Qingyu's eyes, shaking her eyes, and she suddenly stepped on a cobblestone under her feet, and with the strength of rushing over, she just slid down the cliff!
In a snap of a moment, everyone didn't come back to their senses, and when Hua Qingyu's screams echoed in the canyon, Xiao Tianhe reacted and threw the rope next to the tree, but unfortunately it was too late.
"Sister Qingyu——!" He Tianyao shouted anxiously, but only the sound of the wind on the top of the cliff answered him.
"What's going on?
What's that, what is that?" Ye Linglong was incoherent, and she couldn't believe it until this moment, Hua Qingyu fell into the abyss so easily.
"Blame me for this broken mouth...... Zhao Xianglin frowned, as if she was blaming herself for what she had just had, "However, there seems to be a light ...... just now" She walked to the edge of the cliff again, and looked down.
Who knows, the strange light appeared again, Zhao Xianglin instinctively raised her hand to block in front of her, but her feet seemed to be suddenly entangled by something, and with a pull, she also fell off the cliff on her back.
"No——!" Xiao Tianhe threw himself on the edge of the cliff and reached out to fish, but he didn't catch anything.
The three people who were still on the cliff were completely stunned, everyone had gone through all kinds of dangers before, and in the end everyone had survived without danger, and they didn't want the two of them to fall into the abyss inexplicably today.
"Come back soon!" Ye Linglong shouted at Xiao Tianhe uneasily, "I also saw the light just now! This must be the abyss of 'cannibalism'!" she remembered that terrible rumor again.
However, Xiao Tianhe lay on the edge of the cliff for a long time and did not move, staring down blankly.
"Hey!" Ye Linglong hurriedly dragged him, but was pulled down by him. "Don't move, there's someone down there!" Xiao Tianhe's expression was solemn.
He Tianyao also immediately fell to the ground when he heard this, and the three of them secretly looked to the bottom of the abyss. Sure enough, in the depths of the blue shadows, there was a small yellow dot that was getting bigger and bigger—apparently, someone was flying upwards.
Since this is the Demon Domain, the "Yellow Dot" must be the Demon Clan living at the bottom of the abyss. This was the first time he had encountered the demon clan since entering the demon realm, and Xiao Tianhe felt a wild beat in his heart.
When the man rose higher and higher, the three of them gradually saw clearly, the man was very tall, wearing a golden scale armor, a crown of flowers on his head, and a pair of auspicious cloud shoes, like a general, majestic.
Before the man could reach the top of the cliff, he said, "Don't hide, I know you're there." "Contrary to his domineering appearance, his voice is shrill and harsh, very unpleasant.
"Huh, this voice is ......," Xiao Tianhe felt that the man's voice seemed familiar.
"I thought it was a bad visitor, but I didn't expect it to be an old friend. Long time no see, Brother Xiao. The golden-armored man jumped onto the cliff in one step, took off his hat, and looked at Xiao Tianhe with a smile.
Mung bean eyes, hanging donkey face, hooked nose with two long beards, and a pigtail on the head. This strange appearance will never be forgotten as long as you look at it.
"Xia Lingjiang!" Xiao Tianhe happily got up and bowed his hand. Presumably, the previous golden light was related to Xia Lingjiang, so Hua Qingyu and Zhao Xianglin should be safe and sound.
"When I saw Miss Zhao just now, I knew that you must be on the cliff, haha. What kind of wind blew you to Chaohuan Gorge?" said Xia Ling.
"Chaohuanxia!" The three words knocked heavily on Xiao Tianhe's heart, but he didn't expect that he would end up at the general altar of the Ministry by mistake along the way!
"That's right! This canyon is the base camp of our department. The old man and several other spirit generals are at the bottom of the abyss, they will be very happy to know that you are here!" Xia Ling put his arms around Xiao Tianhe's shoulders enthusiastically.
He Tianyao and Ye Linglong were stunned, Chaohuanxia is the general altar of the Jiebu, and there are only five such important places in the entire demon domain, although this Xia Lingjiang looks funny, but just from the title, it is by no means an ordinary demon clan. Xiao Tianhe was so familiar with him, how could he not be surprised.
"Haha! great, great!" Xiao Tianhe said with a smile, "Brother Yao, do you remember the 'Extraterrestrial Meteorite Heart Armor' that Uncle Liu of Xuzhou City created for us?"
"I remember. At the beginning, we were in distress in Yingzhou, and we relied on heart armor to save our lives. Although it is useless now, I have never been willing to lose it. He Tianyao knocked on his heart. He also didn't know that extraterrestrial meteorite was an extremely rare thing in the Yuyu Realm.
"Old Man Lu is the master of the Jiebu, and he once saved the lives of me and Sister Zhao, and my heart armor was given to his old man to refine the magic weapon. ”
Xia Lingjiang said gratefully: "Brother Xiao is humble, it is precisely because of your generosity in giving the Extraterrestrial Meteorite that a few of us, no, it should be said that our Jiebu has a bright future! Okay, Brother Xie has also come up, and we will take you down." ”
The fat Xie Ling General was also very enthusiastic after seeing Xiao Tianhe, and after greeting him, the two Ling generals flew away with the three of them to the bottom of the abyss.
"General Xia Ling, this Chaohuan Gorge is not wide, and the cliffs on both sides are so high, why did you choose this place as the main altar of the Jiebu?" Xiao Tianhe asked curiously. Indeed, according to the metaphysics of Feng Shui, this kind of canyon abyss can be called "sinister", and it belongs to the place where "the earth is broken and the rivers are deep". The earth is thick, and if it is broken, there is no blessing; the rivers are continuous, and if it is hidden, it will be lost, not to mention that the main altar of the Jiebu is still at the bottom of the canyon, not to mention that the door is wide, and it is difficult to even find the "door".
"This is going to start with the rise of our department. In fact, at the earliest, our Jiebu also belonged to the Scales Aquarium, and compared to them, our shrimps, crabs, snails, mussels, and the like not only did not have 'scales', but also had a very slow cultivation speed, so they were not very popular among the scales. Xia Lingjiang sighed, "It wasn't until later that the old man's long-term penance finally yielded results, and he led a group of shellfish aquarium to break away from the scales and set up their own portal, named 'Jie'. Most of the ontology of our tribal demon clan likes to be quiet and does not like to move, so the gentle stream of the river is more suitable for us to live in. Besides, it is impossible for the scales to give up the vast waters to the original batch of 'aliens who betrayed the scales', so the old man found this Chaohuan Gorge as a place for everyone to live. Later, after the careful development of the old man, the power of our Jiebu is growing stronger and stronger, although there are not many people, but the strength is very strong, and the people of the other four departments dare not underestimate it at all, and in the end, the Jiebu has become one of the five major departments of the demon clan. This Chaohuan Gorge is the starting point of our mediatorship, the main altar
And that's where it goes.
Xiao Tianhe sighed: "It turns out that the Jiebu has only developed and grown under the cultivation of the predecessors of Lu, and the seniors of Lu are really a generation of heroes. ”
Xia Ling will proudly say, "Yes." The other four have all changed the leader of the demon king, and only our old man is evergreen. He is, so to speak, the soul of our agency!"
Xiao Tianhe smiled. There is a witty saying that goes like this: "The thousand-year-old king is eighty-thousand-year-old tortoise." And Lu Shangwen's ontology is the Biling Xuan Tortoise, isn't it "evergreen".
Chaohuan Gorge is really deep, and after flying for a long time, I still can't see the bottom below. Thinking of Hua Qingyu and Zhao Xianglin who fell from the top of the cliff, He Tianyao couldn't help but worry. He asked General Xie Ling, who was flying with him: "General Xie Ling, our two companions fell from a high altitude and were not injured, right?"
"You, put it, put it ...... One hundred, one, one, heart, she, she ......" Xie Ling will stutter as before.
"I'll tell you. Xia Ling said, "When the two of them were still in mid-air, I already found out that one of them was Miss Zhao, so I immediately caught them, and they were guests in the main hall safe and sound at this time!"
"Tianyao, several spirit generals are strong, there will be no mistakes, don't worry. Xiao Tianhe comforted, "But General Xia Ling, your ministry is really short of manpower, and you need to go out in person to even investigate a few intruders?"
"Haha, Brother Xiao, our Jiebu hasn't fallen to that level yet!" Xia Ling couldn't stop laughing, "Actually, I have received a report from my subordinates a few days ago that someone has broken into the area of the main altar. However, the main altar is hidden and remote, as long as the intruder is not coming at the Jiebu, we are generally secretly watching, and when he leaves the general altar realm, it will be over. However, today you are close to the treasures of our Chaohuan Gorge, so I have to go out in person!"
"We are close to the treasures of the world?" Ye Linglong was very surprised, "What are the treasures of the world?"
"Ah!" Xiao Tianhe suddenly realized, "Isn't it a relative?"
"Exactly!" said Xia Ling.
"No wonder Sister Qingyu was in such a hurry to cross the cliff to pick grass, and what did she say 'disappear into invisibility', and finally she was so excited after seeing the white grass......" Xiao Tianhe laughed at himself for not opening up, and now the previous doubts were strung together and solved.
"That's right, it's not 'disappearing into nothingness', it's just a dead branch or a rock. ”
Ye Linglong and He Tianyao, who didn't know why, looked at each other.
Xiao Tianhe reminded: "Tianyao, I told you, Sister Zhao's body!"
"Oh!" He Tianyao also understood, and then explained to Ye Linglong like this, and Ye Linglong was amazed when he heard it.
"It's here!" Xia Ling landed on the pebble beach on the side of the long river at the bottom of the abyss.
On the other side of the river is a cliff. The water is clear and dark blue, and the riverbed is extremely deep. Through the water, you can see a huge black shadow looming at the bottom of the river, like rocks. There is a square monument erected on the waterside of the rocky beach, engraved with three big characters of "Chaohuan Gorge", and there is a small poem below, the poem says:
"More than 800 miles of mountains,
4,000 zhang high cliff pressure.
The two walls lead to the river deep and bottomless,
A line reflects the sky and the Huanxia Gorge. ”
Xiao Tianhe exclaimed after reading it: "It's a good eight, four, two, one, interesting, interesting." ”
Xia Ling will stand in the river, slashing into the waves, spreading his arms horizontally, blocking the river left and right, opening a path, revealing a downward ramp, leading to the majestic palace under the water.
As the saying goes: "Draw a knife to cut off the water and the water will flow more", Xia Lingjiang was able to divide the river with his hands, and several people were shocked. "Everyone, please!" the two spirits stood on the ramp and greeted each other with smiling faces.
The ramp is not as slippery and soft as expected, just a little steeper. When all three of them stepped onto the ramp, the two spirits followed. Behind the two spirits, the river was reunited. Descending to the bottom of the slope, the majestic palace at the bottom of the river stands in front of several people. This place is not quite the same as the Tai'an Palace at the bottom of Tai'an Lake in the Huangya Realm, Tai'an Palace is like a huge bubble shrouded in the bottom of the lake, and here it is surrounded by water everywhere, and you can feel the coolness of the water, but there is no sense of obstruction and oppression. Looking up at the sky, the river is as clear as the sky, and only the occasional waves remind everyone that they are still in the river.
"Xuanyi Palace", there are three words on the door wall of the palace. The surface of the gate is ridged and raised, and there are green stripes on it, which looks like a tortoise shell. After pushing open the door, Xia Ling will lead everyone in. The guards standing at the door looked at a few people curiously. The river is blocked by the gate, and when you get to the temple, you can breathe freely. In the middle of the square inside the gate, there is a wide square platform. In the center of the stage is a square tripod, and there is an arm-thick incense in the tripod.
"This tripod is called 'Wufang Ding', this incense is 'demon soul incense', its smoke is special, it rises into the water and does not disperse. Xia Ling will introduce.
"It's obviously a four-sided tripod, why do you want to name it 'Wufang'?" He Tianyao asked curiously.
"This tripod is an important communication tool between the five tribes of our demon clan. If you take a closer look at the four walls of this tripod, they are carved with bird wings, animal claws, fish scales, and insect whiskers, representing the four parts of the demon clan except for the Jiebu. In the same way, the four sides of the remaining four parts of the five-sided tripod are also engraved with patterns other than their own parts. Therefore, the Wufang Ding is a set of five statues, and the full name of this tripod should be 'Wufang Jieding', and the "tortoiseshell" pattern that symbolizes our Jiebu is engraved on the other four tripods. This tripod has a mystery, as long as the pattern of a certain side is pressed, the corresponding five-sided tripod of the medium pattern will smoke. In this way, you can know which one is in trouble. ”
"It's really wonderful!" several people admired and looked around Da Dingzi carefully.
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