(16) Wanlong Cave

After waiting for a while, there was no other anomaly, and everyone cautiously returned to the location of the stone tablet. The prodigal son stood boldly on the edge of the shaft, holding firmly on the stone monument next to him with one hand, and holding a strong flashlight in the other hand to shine into the shaft where the cold air was swishing out. I saw that the diameter of this shaft was only sixty or seventy centimeters, but it was still impossible to see its bottom under the light of the strong flashlight. What is certain is that there is no water in the shaft, only a translucent cold mist, and soon a large cloud of fog and frost will form above the shaft, and even the strong prodigal son who is plagiarizing by the well can't help but shiver.

For the sake of safety, Xiao Qingfeng motioned to the mute to pull the prodigal son back, and asked the Mengshan turtle and the little Taoist priest to step forward and carefully check the situation of the shaft and the bizarre separated stone monument with him, to see if he could find any valuable clues. At the same time, he asked the lone wolf to take the other people to conduct a serious search around again to see if there were any new discoveries around.

While everyone was searching around, the prodigal son secretly said to the laughing Maitreya: "My Maitreya brother, you have to hold on to my brother's trouser belt, but don't let the monster flying out of the shaft bite off most of your Maitreya's head." ”

The doll also responded beside him, helping the prodigal son to scare Maitreya and said: "It's my fat brother, look at our people, your brother Maitreya is white, fat and tender, and there is a faint smell of spices in the kitchen." If you look at the others, even if Sister Jingxin and I are both outstanding beauties, they are almost skinny and have no meat to eat. Brother Wolf, Second Brother, and Brother Lang are strong, but they all have rough skin and thick meat, and the meat is either too thick or too old, so it shouldn't be delicious. As for Brother Turtle and Tiancripple, their meat must be sour and smelly, and they don't eat it for nothing. Of course, our Shenwu Hou Ye, regardless of the quality of the meat, I guess any monster will not dare to provoke him, unless the birthday star hangs himself for a long time. In this way, I'm sure that if there is really a monster coming out of here, it will definitely eat you, the second senior brother. Well, that's no doubt about it, hehehehe......"

Laughing Maitreya also seemed to be really frightened by the bottomless gloomy shaft and the words of the two, and actually cowered and hid behind the mute, as if seeking the protection of the cold-faced judge. It's just that when he did this, he then caused a series of teasing and intimidation of the two do-gooders, the prodigal son and the doll, and pretended to be a ghost.

At this moment, the Mengshan turtle suddenly snorted violently again. Xiao Qingfeng and the little Taoist priest hurriedly heard the sound and looked over, only to see that his hands were in the middle of the half-pulled monument on the right, as if he was pulling something out. At a glance, there was a small piece of what seemed to be an "oracle bone" embedded in the remnant stele, but the color of this "oracle bone" was almost exactly the same as the color of the remnant stele, and it really couldn't be seen if you didn't look carefully. In addition, this "oracle bone" is almost completely inlaid in the middle of this half-pulled stump monument, leaving only less than a millimeter of stump outside, Mengshan turtle almost nowhere to exert its strength, and it has no effect after picking it out several times.

Seeing this, Xiao Qingfeng hurriedly stepped forward, let the helpless Mengshan turtle retreat slightly, he took the two medical hemostats handed over by the smart doll, and tied them to the tip of the hemostat with medicinal cotton. Then he held a pair of hemostats in each hand, carefully clamped it on the stump of the "oracle bone", and slowly tried to pull it outward. Not to mention, he didn't even use his internal strength much, so he dragged this piece of thing out little by little.

Jing Xin, who specializes in the study and teaching of paleographies, carefully took it and took a closer look, and found that this piece of flaky object the size of a child's palm was really a tortoise shell faintly engraved with words. After careful wiping and careful identification by Xiao Qingfeng, they vaguely recognized two lines of ten ancient seal characters - Ding Wei Gengyin, Nine Stars Gathering Ten Thousand Dragons. The two looked at it for a while, and carefully handed it over to Mengshan Turtle and the little Taoist.

The little Taoist priest looked at it for a while, repeated it a few times, looked at Xiao Qingfeng and said: "This 'Ding Wei Gengyin' seems to be exactly what he said today, I just calculated it, it is true, there should be no doubt about this." Let's get away with the Nine Stars Gathering, not to mention that we really rehearsed the Nine Stars Hugging Pu Great Array with Master Hou, so the 'Nine Stars Gathering' should refer to the nine of us. But what does this Wan Long Silence mean?"

Mengshan Turtle said: "Wanlong can't be thousands of snakes, shouldn't there really be a large number of snakes hidden in this bottomless and gloomy shaft, no wonder there will be such a cold and cool air spewing out from the well." ”

When Maitreya heard this, he almost jumped onto the mute's back, and said timidly: "What, snakes, no! I'm most afraid of seeing a large group of snakes, I heard that a large group of snakes will really spew out poisonous snake mist, this is not a joke! I said brothers, sisters, let's withdraw first! The problem here, let's just report it directly to the relevant departments, so that they can handle it! We must not provoke those ten thousand dragons and snakes, but don't reimburse our free nine immortals here!"

At the end of his speech, his voice trembled a little, and suddenly attracted the machine-gun sneer of the prodigal son and the doll. The prodigal son and the doll are both masters who are not afraid of heaven and earth, what they are afraid of is not exciting or lively, and the more dangerous things they like. As soon as Laughing Maitreya retreated like this, the two of them would definitely not be willing.

Xiao Qingfeng's eyebrows were tightly locked, as if he was thinking about something, and he waved his hand quietly to signal everyone to calm down. Seeing the gesture of meditation, the prodigal son and the doll immediately fell silent. Xiao Qingfeng thought for a while, and slowly walked to the cliff on the back of the stele, searching for something with his hands up and down, left and right. After a while, he suddenly said happily, "Here we are!"

Everyone hurriedly gathered around, and the lone wolf and the mute quickly cleared the messy weeds and shrubs in front of the cliff. I saw that at a height of less than two meters above the ground, after Xiao Qingfeng's vigorous wiping, there were vaguely engraved characters of three ancient seals - Wanlong Cave. Due to the fact that this place is located in the shade of the back mountain, and the special dampness of this place, these three words have long been covered with thick moss. If it weren't for being deliberately wiped, I really couldn't see such three ancient seal characters engraved on this rock wall.

When the lone wolf heard Jingxin read out the three words "Wanlong Cave", he couldn't help but be stunned there, and muttered repeatedly: "Wanlong Cave, Ten Thousand Caves, Ten Thousand Dragon Caves, Ten Thousand Caves, Ten Thousand Dragon Caves, Ten Thousand Caves." ”

He suddenly exclaimed, "My God, this can't be the legendary cave with a huge treasure! But where is that giant cave that claims to be able to hold 10,000 people?"

Hearing him say this, everyone was also excited. Today, thanks to the Mengshan turtle known as the eye of the sky, he accidentally found this half-piece of the monument in the weeds and bushes more than ten meters away, and relied on Xiao Qingfeng's keen insight to investigate the mechanism of the two-headed turtle, and then found the three ancient seals of the Wanlong Cave step by step. Only then did everyone faintly feel that maybe there would really be some unexpected major discoveries today, and it was possible that everyone had really found the legendary treasure. But as the lone wolf said, the words "Wanlong Cave" have been found, but the huge cave is there. It can't be the unfathomable and terrifying shaft just now, it's a little too incredible.

However, Xiao Qingfeng firmly believed that the shaft was definitely not the entrance to the "Ten Thousand Dragon Cave" or the "Ten Thousand Cave", because it was impossible for ordinary people to enter the depths of the shaft, and the cold qi inside could only be borne by people with advanced internal skills.

Without saying a word, he still stood under the words "Wanlong Cave", and carefully continued to touch the huge rock wall with his hand little by little. Finally, he made a new discovery under the thick moss. He hurriedly asked Jing Xin, Mengshan Turtle, and Little Taoist Priest to come over and ask them to help him clean up all the attachments on the rock wall below the "Wanlong Cave".

When the entire rock wall was thoroughly cleaned, everyone clearly saw that a Yin carved pattern of the Big Dipper appeared on the smooth rock wall. From the Yaoguang (Broken Army Star), Kaiyang (Wuqu Xing), Yuheng (Lian Zhen Xing) of the bucket handle, to the Tianquan (Wenqu Star), Tianji (Lu Cunxing), Tianxuan (Jumen Star), and Tianshu (Greedy Wolf Star) of the bucket handle, all of them are clearly marked on the rock wall with Yin carved patterns.

At this time, I only heard Xiao Qingfeng whisper softly: "Nine Stars Gather Ten Thousand Dragons, Nine Stars Gather Ten Thousand Dragons, Nine Stars, Seven Stars, Seven Stars, Nine Stars, Nine Stars......"

Suddenly, Xiao Qingfeng laughed and said, "I see, I see!" Everyone quickly retreated, and at the same time paid attention to the shaft behind to see how I opened the door of this legendary Wanlong Cave. Hearing this, everyone quickly retreated to the safety outside, leaving Xiao Qingfeng alone to stand in front of the Big Dipper Seven Star Pattern, and at the same time Jing Xinfei figured up to the top of the rock wall and stared at the strange shaft below.

Suddenly, Xiao Qingfeng read aloud: "Big Dipper Nine Stars, left auxiliary and right, left hidden and right appear, open!" I saw that his hands were pressed on the left and right sides of Kaiyang (Wuqu Xing) position, and he carried the Inner Xuangong, and suddenly pressed the palm of his left hand inward and the palm of his right hand to suck it out. In less than a minute, the miracle finally happened again. With a piercing sound similar to a grinding stone, the rock wall in front of him slowly moved to both sides according to the pattern of the Big Dipper. At the same time, with the opening of the stone door, a damp breath that seemed to have been sealed for thousands of years rushed inside. Xiao Qingfeng's feet froze, flashed into the distance, and there was nothing unexpected that those hidden weapons such as dark crossbows and poisonous arrows shot out.

However, at this moment, strange things happened again, and with the screams of meditation, everyone saw that the strange shaft had disappeared out of thin air. In addition, the two halves of the monument miraculously closed together on their own. The half-fragmented monument and the two-headed turtle seat below all quietly restored to their original appearance. In terms of time, it should have been synchronized with the opening of the cave door on the rock wall.

Everyone waited excitedly for five or six minutes to see that nothing strange could continue to happen, and everyone slowly walked to the vicinity of this mysterious cave door. This cave door is completely designed according to the Big Dipper pattern just now, which looks very weird. The average width of the entire cave door is about one meter, and the height is about one meter and a half, and the door after opening is directly below the three words of Wanlong Cave. When you look inside, except for the cold wind blowing outward, it is the damp breath caused by the perennial closure, and the others are not much different from ordinary caves. Even if it was a cold breeze, it couldn't be compared to the biting cold air that erupted from the weird shaft just now, at least ordinary people could still bear it.

After waiting for a while, seeing that there was still no movement inside, the lone wolf had the courage to shine a strong flashlight inside. In addition to the fact that the space inside is much more spacious than the cave door, it is very deep, and there are many twists and turns inside, like a bend.

Immediately afterwards, the Mengshan Turtle used his exclusive invention to test the "free to go" flying ball of the cave's air quality, threw it into it vigorously, and then miraculously and quickly retracted it. He took a look at it and thought that apart from a certain degree of dampness, there were really no other harmful substances to the human body found at present.

At Xiao Qingfeng's suggestion, the little Taoist shook his little triangular head and directly sacrificed the unique Pure Yang Mixed Yuan Banner. With the light of the pure yang pearl on the top, he walked more than a hundred meters inside by himself, and then he turned back again. He thought it should be extremely deep, but he didn't find any imaginary snakes and pythons, not even a small snake. Except for some dampness, but occasionally slippery in some places, there is nothing unusual in the other, and not even any forks in the road. And the air quality inside is almost the same as outside, it seems that this deep hole should have more than one hidden ventilation channel connected to the outside world, but I don't know where it is hidden.

After the little Taoist priest finished introducing the general situation inside, Xiao Qingfeng hurriedly gathered everyone together, and everyone discussed the specific actions for the next step. Do you continue to explore the cave to find out, or retreat immediately and report the situation to the authorities, or just try to close this secret place again and let it continue to exist mysteriously?

As soon as Xiao Qingfeng finished speaking, the prodigal sons and dolls who like to hunt for excitement expressed their determination to choose the first plan, and even showed a heroic spirit of "who else will I be".

However, the steady lone wolf and Jing Xin agreed with the second plan, because this "Ten Thousand Dragon Cave" is very likely to be the legendary "Ten Thousand Caves", and there may really be a legendary huge treasure in it. And these treasures rightfully belong to the state, and no private person has the right to touch them privately. The timid laughing Maitreya also expressed his support, in fact, he was afraid that there would really be the so-called "Wanlong" in it.

However, the mutes insisted on choosing the third option, believing that there might be some unforeseen dangers. Because just from the strange remnants of the monument outside and the strange way of opening the cave door, it can be judged that there should be more powerful information mechanisms or some mysterious prohibitions inside.

Only Mengshan Turtle and Little Daoist didn't make any statement, they just looked at Xiao Qingfeng quietly, as if waiting for his final decision.

Xiao Qingfeng thought quietly for a while, looked up at the Mengshan Turtle and the little Taoist priest who were looking at him, and said slowly, "I decided to go into the cave to find out." My reason is that since the hidden words on that tortoise shell mention the saying of 'Nine Stars Gathering Ten Thousand Dragons', then this 'Ten Thousand Dragons Cave' must have a great relationship with our Nine Immortals. I think let's go in and find out what the so-called inevitable connection between this hidden place and us is. As for those rebel treasures, regardless of whether it is rumored by people or not, even if it really exists, we must not touch it in the slightest. ”

As soon as he finished speaking, Mengshan Turtle and Little Taoist expressed their support for his decision, and the prodigal son and the doll who loved to be lively expressed their firm support. Even Jing Xin looked at the tortoise shell in his hand and nodded silently. In this way, it is not easy for the lone wolf and the laughing Maitreya to say anything, but the dumb man waved his hand again and again, and seemed to be a little excited.

Xiao Qingfeng looked at the somewhat abnormally mute, walked over and patted him on the shoulder vigorously, didn't say anything, just stared at his eyes quietly for a while. I saw that the mute slowly calmed down, and finally seemed to still nod a little reluctantly, barely a reply to Xiao Qingfeng.

Since there is a hidden hint of "Nine Stars Gathering Ten Thousand Dragons" on the tortoise shell, and it just so happens that everyone had practiced together earlier, and they created the "Nine Stars Hugging Pu Great Array" based on the changes of the "Purple and White Nine Star Variable Diagram" and "Xuankong Nine Palace Diagram", so Xiao Qingfeng simply asked everyone to take their places directly, and immediately arranged a Nine Star Hug Pu Great Array.

Xiao Qingfeng himself occupies the position of heavenly power and responds in the center; the little Taoist priest and the Mengshan turtle occupy the Yuheng position and the Tianji position respectively, and protect the middle palace in front and rear; the lone wolf occupies the position of the heavenly pivot and the dumb palace guard who occupies the Tianxuan position; the laughing Maitreya is the weakest and occupies the safest position of Kaiyang; the Yaoguang position with the superb inner family Xuangong in meditation naturally occupies the forward position; in addition, although they are full of courage but have no real kung fu protection, the prodigal son and the doll are arranged in a relatively safe position of left and right, which is also convenient for everyone to take care of them.

At the same time, Xiao Qingfeng, Mengshan Turtle, and Little Taoist Priest not only carried out a series of deliberate camouflage near the remnant monument and the entrance of the cave, but also arranged several extremely powerful Xuanmen prohibitions to prevent outsiders from entering rashly to disturb everyone's actions, and at the same time, to prevent the cave door from closing itself and cutting off everyone's retreat. After everything was ready, everyone cheered up and began to officially enter the cave according to the trend of anti-Nine Star Inversion.

Everyone walked cautiously for almost two hundred meters, but still did not reach the end of the cave, and there was no important discovery. Everyone feels that this is like a long road, but it is not too narrow, but there is no light, all rely on the light of the pure yang pearl of the little Taoist priest, and the rest is the strong flashlight in their hands or on their heads. After passing through more than 200 meters without any pressure, everyone slowly relaxed their nerves that were nervous at the beginning and slowly accelerated the speed of travel.

Unconsciously, it zigzagged forward for two or three hundred meters, and still did not find any sign of the end, as if it was still very deep inside. It's just that the space in the cave is getting bigger and bigger, not only the width is getting wider and wider, but three or four people can be parallel, and in some places the height even reaches almost six or seven meters high. Slowly, there was some turquoise light in the hole, which made people feel weird, but after careful search, no animals were found. At this time, the cold inside slowly became heavier, and the laughing Maitreya began to cry out that it was cold again.

The lone wolf thinks that these strange turquoise colors should be an ordinary refraction phenomenon. That is, there should be some small irregular openings at the top of the cave, and the light shining from these small openings is refracted by the moss-like objects on the cave wall, and then takes on this strange turquoise color. As for the cold getting heavier and heavier, according to the distance, everyone should have almost entered the hinterland of Dongshan. Under the explanation of the lone wolf, everyone continued to break in, and they really didn't believe that this hole really had no end.