Chapter 179: The Stockade
Waiting for Li Yanran to bring the torch, the two brothers decided to go into the cave to see it and let her stay at the entrance of the cave in case of accidents, but Li Yanran was not at ease and had to go in with them, and in the end the two couldn't resist her, so they decided to go in together. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
Lit a torch, one person, three people into the hole, in addition to the torch illuminated by some dim, the rest of the place is still dark, the road under the feet is okay, there is no stumbling, but not waiting for the three to walk a few more steps, suddenly a gust of wind blew, the torches in the hands of the three could not withstand the gust of wind, flickering for a while, and finally all extinguished.
There was a damp situation inside, and the torches couldn't be lit, Li Yanran, one of the three, looked at the darkness around him, and suddenly had a retreat: "I think we should exit this cave the same way we are, find more people, and it's not too late to go inside." ā
Zhang Xiaohua was a little reluctant to listen to this, and blocked Li Yanran's way and said: "Since you have come in, you have to see what is going on, how can there be anything that gives up halfway." ā
Li Yanran saw that Zhang Xiaohua refused to give up, and insisted on going back, and was afraid that others would say that she was cowardly, so she had to ask Chen Feifei: "Brother Chen, what do you say about this? Now that it is pitch black, we can't take another half step forward, why don't we find more people to come and prepare more torches, so that we can also prevent accidents." ā
Chen Feifei knew that she didn't want to go because of the darkness of the cave, but this opportunity was rare, he didn't want to go back like this like Zhang Xiaohua, he couldn't see it and groped forward, in case he encountered something ahead, he had the confidence to use his sword qi to temporarily block it for a while, but the girl's family wanted to go back to him, so he had to say: "Miss Li, otherwise, you go back to the cave for the time being, and Xiaohua and I will go in and have a look." ā
"Yes, you go back, and my eldest brother and I will take a look at each other. Zhang Xiaohua also said.
Hearing that neither of them had any intention of going back, Li Yanran was not to be outdone, and said lightly: "Let's go, I told you when I entered the cave just now, we will advance and retreat together, since you don't want to go back, then let's continue to walk forward and see what is inside." ā
The two brothers also know the temper of a person who practices martial arts, that is, he does not show weakness, he is obviously afraid but he still wants to be strong, so he has to let her decide.
Since there was no light, they could not see the road or people, so the three of them pulled each other's hands up to prevent them from getting lost.
Fortunately, there seems to be only one road, there is no fork in the road, the three of them walked hand in hand for about a quarter of an hour, the road in front of them suddenly became smaller, there were originally two people who could go in parallel, but now it is narrow and only one person passes sideways, so after a short discussion, the three decided to cross one by one, Chen Feifei walked in the front, Li Yanran was in the middle, and Zhang Xiaohua was in charge of the back of the palace.
The three of them walked next to each other for about a quarter of an hour, and the road under their feet seemed to be wider again, and all three of them secretly exclaimed: "If there are people living in it, then this must be an easy place to defend and difficult to attack." ā
Although the road under their feet has changed, there is still no light around, and they can't see their fingers, and the three of them touch the mountain wall and walk forward silently, I don't know how long they walked, and suddenly a glimmer of light appeared in front of them, which may be a good sign for them.
The long darkness made their eyes unable to adapt to the light for a while, so they could only squint and walk forward, as for whether there was another cave or an exit behind this glimmer of light, no one knew, so they had to take one step at a time.
As they got closer, they noticed that the light was getting brighter and bigger, so the three of them quickened their pace, and the path under their feet slowly became clearer. After a while, the three of them finally came to the place of this light, and at the same time they breathed a long sigh of relief, behind which was the exit of the cave.
Seeing the blue sky again, the spirits of the three of them couldn't help but be lifted, and staying in the dark and narrow cave for a long time will make people feel a sense of oppression.
But out of the cave, they also understood that this was not the end, and looked out into the distance, which was also a valley surrounded by mountain walls, but this valley was more than three times larger than the Eagle Snow Valley, and there were trees everywhere, only a stockade was built in the middle.
When they came out of the cave, they found themselves standing halfway up a mountain, some height from the woods below.
"There's a road here, it should be possible to go down. Zhang Xiaohua pointed to a muddy and sand path on the ground.
Chen Feifei looked along the path, and it seemed that the path could lead through the woods all the way to the village.
"Since they're all here, let's go down and have a look!" Li Yanran said as she pulled out the Eagle Sword at her waist, and the other two also showed their weapons one after another, in this unfamiliar environment, it is better to be more careful.
The three of them walked along this path, and sure enough, it was a way down the mountain, and when they reached the bottom of the mountain, the path also led to the woods, and they walked down it again, through the woods, and this time they really arrived in front of the village as Chen Feifei expected.
Seeing that the door of the village was closed, Zhang Xiaohua couldn't help but shout loudly inside: "Is there anyone inside? ā
After waiting for a long time, the three of them took turns shouting several times, but they still didn't see any reaction inside.
"Is it an empty village?" Li Yanran tried to push the door hard, but it opened.
The three of them stood outside the door and looked inside, but there was no one.
"Shall we go in?" Zhang Xiaohua asked the other two.
"I'll go in first, and you'll come back later. Chen Feifei said.
Entering the village, Chen Feifei found that there were more than a dozen wooden houses here, but now they were empty, quiet, and then looked at these houses, it seemed that they were not the kind of people who had not lived for a long time, the more he thought about it, the more wrong he became, and he hurriedly turned around and motioned to the two behind him to wait a while to come in, but it was too late, Zhang Xiaohua and Li Yanran had already stepped into this village.
"I'm not at ease. Zhang Xiaohua smiled slightly apologetically, he knew that his eldest brother cared about him, but why wasn't he worried about his safety?
"There seems to be something wrong with this stockade. Li Yanran also saw a hint of strangeness.
"Let's take a few more steps inside. Chen Feifei proposed.
The three of them took a few more steps forward and reached the center of the whole stockade, a relatively large clearing.
"Is this really an empty village?" Chen Feifei thought to himself, but the strange atmosphere in front of him told him that it was not as simple as he had seen.
"Big brother, you see there is an eagle on it!" Zhang Xiaohua pointed to the sky.
Chen Feifei looked up, and sure enough, he saw several eagles in the sky, and they were still hovering back and forth above the three of them.
At this time, Li Yanran suddenly said with a serious expression: "Someone!"
"Where?" the two brothers looked around, but found nothing.
Li Yanran pointed to the eagles in the sky and said, "These eagles were raised by people. ā
As soon as the words fell, several figures fell from the sky and surrounded the three of them.
"Who are you, and what are you doing here?" said one of them.
Chen Feifei saw that these people were dressed simply, looked about the same age as himself, each held a sword in his hand, and the most striking thing was that each of them had an eagle on his shoulder.
"Who are you?" Zhang Xiaohua counted the group of people, there were ten in total.
The man grinned, "Now we are asking you, and you are asking us in turn, and I will tell you honestly, we are the ones who live here." ā
"Li Shisan, don't talk nonsense with them. The other scolded, then turned to the three of them and asked, "Tell me, how did you find that cave?"
After hearing this, the three of them immediately understood that they had been targeted by others after they came out of the cave just now.
"What should I do?" Zhang Xiaohua turned his head and asked Chen Feifei softly.
"Who is in charge here?" asked Chen Feifei.
"Looks like you don't want to talk about it. Li Shisan glanced around, raised the sword in his right hand and said, "Look at the move." ā