II. Chapter 35—The Raven
Just a short distance away from the riverbank, Yu Xinshuang suddenly stopped, and everyone followed and paused, only then did they notice that there were a few trees growing lush in the distance next to them, but there were many scattered branches on them that were inexplicably broken and hanging low, and there were a few arm-thick branches that were almost close to the ground, and the leaves were yellowing to varying degrees, as if they were slowly passing away and showing signs of decay.
There are many plants and trees in Liuyun Mountain, and it is not strange for the branches to fall, but at this time, the fallen branches still have residual vitality, which is not at all like a natural fall, but more like some kind of impulse, or artificially caused.
Yu An stepped forward first, and after some observation, his brows seemed to wrinkle even tighter, and he said slowly: "There are traces of swords on this branch, and it has dried up and turned yellow, it doesn't look like the ....... that was damaged in the melee last night."
Speaking of this, he turned around and glanced at everyone, his eyes seemed to be on Yu Chenshuang's slightly pale face, he was silent for a moment, and said, "There must have been a fight in this place. ”
The meaning of Yu An's words was obvious, and everyone also glanced at Yu Xinshuang slightly, only to see that her face had been very bad, and she didn't say a word, and everyone was even more worried at the moment.
After a short silence, the clear space stood up and said with a rare positive color: "The jade pendant of Wutong City was left here, and there was a fight here, it must be that Senior Brother Xu met the Demon Sect Demon Sect, but according to Senior Brother Xu's cultivation, it may not be easy to be killed, as long as we find the Demon Sect's lair, we will see it when the time comes, and we can save it in time." ”
"Yes, yes!" Lin Yi hurriedly nodded and agreed: "Senior Brother Xu must be auspicious and has his own natural appearance!"
Yu Xinshuang was silent, just walking alone towards the messy grass and trees in front of her.
Due to the huge size of Liuyun Mountain, and everyone didn't know the specific location of the Demon Sect's lair, they had already discussed searching to the north first, but after discovering the strangeness here, they naturally began to look for any clues here.
It may be that the emperor lives up to his painstaking efforts, and after some hard searching, Jiang Ming suddenly found that among the bushes all over the mountains, there were even a little dripping faint dried blood stains in some places, and there seemed to be a faint trace of being trampled and chopped in the bushes, although there were newly grown plants and trees covering it, but it was vaguely recognizable, and the direction was due west.
After this discovery, everyone immediately decided to head towards the west of Liuyun Mountain.
Yu An glanced around the distance, but saw that the ancient trees were towering and the stone cliffs were abrupt as far as his eyes could see, so he said to everyone: "This Liuyun Mountain is full of vegetation and complex terrain, and it will inevitably block the view in the sky, and the demon cult demons have always liked to hide in secret and dark places, so let's walk and search!"
Yu Xinshuang nodded hesitantly, and everyone had no objections.
Although the mountains and wilderness are rugged and dangerous, the group of eight people did not slow down at all, and when they were hungry and tired, they took a break and ate a little dry food. I don't know how long I walked, but the thorny bushes on the road gradually became scarce, and all kinds of huge stone cliffs abruptly beside me.
Yu An glanced at Jingkong, instructed everyone to be vigilant at all times, and then continued to walk forward.
It took a long time, and the light of the sun changed from strong to soft until they came to a waterfall, and everyone stopped and were all taken aback.
Looking up, a wide waterfall rushed down from above, and the water roared like thunder. In the center of the waterfall, a stone cliff hangs out of the air, splitting the pouring water in two, revealing a hole several feet wide.
"This ...... Could this be the place we are looking for?" Lin Yi opened his mouth and asked sneeringly.
Jingkong glanced back at him, and then looked at the waterfall hanging in the distance, reflecting the sparkling brilliance in the setting sun, coupled with the dangerous location of the cave entrance, there was a bit of indescribable fairy rhyme, and said in a deep voice for a while: "Maybe it's here." ”
Lin Yi grinned and didn't speak again.
Yu An turned to the crowd: "Anyway, we all want to go in and have a look, let's go!"
Everyone was just about to move, but they saw Lin Yi walk out and said, "Wait a minute!"
"What's wrong?" Yu An asked with a frown.
Lin Yi smiled, looked at everyone, and said solemnly: "If this is really a demon cult lair, it must be dangerous." I see, it will be dark in a little while, and we can sneak in like mandrills, sneak in while it's dark, and then catch them off guard, how about it?"
Everyone was slightly stunned, looked up at the sky, at this time the sun was already sinking in the west, and it would not be long before it was dark, and they couldn't help but consider whether this strategy was feasible, but suddenly there was a cold voice in their ears:
"What's the difference between night and day in that cave, whatever it is, just go in and know!"
With that, the Immortal Sword emitted a faint blue light, and she flew up to the hanging waterfall first.
Jingkong was stunned, and looked at the entrance of the cave again, and it was really dark, without a trace of light, and suddenly seemed to smile bitterly, and said, "Since this is the case, let's go up!"
Everyone sacrificed magic weapons one after another, and Lin Yi pursed his lips angrily and followed.
Under a red sunset, several figures flew towards the hole in the waterfall.
In a moment, everyone stood at the entrance of the stone cave through the water flow of the waterfall, and found that the stone cave was very huge, and the outside was only a few zhang wide because it was partially covered by the water.
Everyone looked at the bottomless huge stone cave, only a little light in front of them, and they could see that the top and both sides of the stone wall were full of protruding sharp stone thorns, and then it was black, and there was a faint yin wind mixed with a faint smell of blood constantly blowing, making a whining sound, which made people's hearts numb.
Lin Yi stood at the edge of the cave and glanced out of the stone cave, only to see the sky far away in front of the water curtains roaring down on both sides. At this time, the sunset in the west seemed to be within reach, but when the afterglow came, he didn't feel a trace of warmth, but shivered coldly, and couldn't help leaning towards the crowd.
Jingkong glanced at him, then looked at Jiang Ming, Li Mengru and Tie Zhen, and said with a solemn expression: "I don't know what danger is ahead, you can follow behind." ”
At this juncture, of course, the clear space was out of kindness, and the three of them did not speak, but nodded slowly.
Yu An stared at the depths of the stone cave, lifted the Fenglin Immortal Sword in his hand, and turned back and said, "Let's go in, be careful." ”
Everyone didn't dare to slack off, and they used their magic weapons one after another, and also illuminated the darkness in front of them a lot, and then Yu Xinshuang followed directly in, and under the faint blue light of the Adorned Dome Fairy Sword, she couldn't see what her expression was.
In the dark stone cave, some water droplets from above slowly fell along the stone thorns, and the ground in the corner had been punched a few inches by water droplets, as if telling the years that this stone cave had existed for a long time.
Everyone cautiously walked towards the depths, always paying attention to the darkness under their feet and in front of them, fortunately, the road under their feet was quite smooth, but in the darkness ahead, it was still pitch black, and the yin wind seemed to be getting heavier and heavier, with a biting coolness kept coming.
Everyone held their breath and walked a short distance like this, when suddenly a thin "rustle" sound came from the darkness ahead, as if the nails were scraped deep into the stone wall, although slight, but very sharp and piercing, slowly echoing in the stone cave, and after a while, these sounds seemed to come from a distance, and seemed to be in the ears.
Jiang Ming only felt uncomfortable listening, and couldn't help gritting his teeth, while Li Mengru beside him also bit his lip lightly, his face was slightly nervous. Then he walked a few feet ahead, and Yu An, who was at the front, suddenly stopped and made a stop gesture.
Everyone immediately stopped and looked ahead, only to see the light from Yu An's Fenglin Immortal Sword slowly dissipating the darkness, and a hazy black shadow more than half a person tall appeared in front of them, and those strange and strange sounds in their ears seemed to come from there.
After a pause for a while, the black shadow in front of him still didn't move, it looked more like a stone, and everyone sighed and continued to step forward, but before they took two steps, the strange sound in front of them suddenly stopped, as if in the darkness, something sensed everyone, silently watching everything.
Yu An frowned, and the Fenglin Immortal Sword in his hand also seemed to feel the master's mind, and the light suddenly became even worse, shining towards the place of the black shadow, and in a flash, everyone saw that the black shadow in front of him was indeed a stone tablet more than half a person high, and the cave wall next to the stone tablet seemed to have something startled by the light, and suddenly moved.
Everyone suddenly felt nervous, and when they looked up, they saw two black birds standing on the stone thorns on the wall, as if they felt uneasy, and turned their heads stiffly, but their eyes were lifeless, staring at everyone quietly. In the dark, there is inexplicably a little weird, which makes people feel creepy.
Yu An calmed down, turned around and whispered: "It turned out to be two ravens ......."
"Fluttering ......"
"Fluttering ......"
As soon as he finished speaking, the two blackbirds standing on the stone thorns suddenly flapped their wings, soared into the air, flipped twice and flew towards the depths of the stone cave, and disappeared into the darkness in the blink of an eye.
Everyone was relieved, but there was always something unclear in their hearts, and then stopped for a while, then walked to the half-human high stele, by the light of the magic weapon, looked carefully, only to see the stele standing obliquely on the ground, the top was cut off in half, extremely broken, and there were countless fine scratches on the body, I don't know if it was caused by the friction and scratching of the raven's claws just now, if so, I had to sigh that this beast is really extraordinary.
And underneath these scratches are two lines of blood-red text, as if flowing with blood, leaping and moving. Everyone frowned when they saw it, and their expressions were uncertain.
"Turn around the nine ghosts and suffer themselves. ”
"It's hard to cross the yellow spring crow at dusk. ”