There was darkness in front of her, but fortunately, the pool was not deep, and it only submerged to the lower abdomen of Duanmu Kang and Grandpa Huang Shang, but Ruan Shuipei was different, she was already short, and the pool water had already submerged to her shoulders.

The water in the pool was very cold, as if it was penetrating the muscles and bones, and the three of them couldn't help but shiver!

In the dark, Huang Sheng said, "Akang, Shui Pei, how are you doing?"

Duanmu Kang hurriedly said: "Ah Kang is fine. And he said, "Sister Ruan, where are you?"

Ruan Shuipei heard the sound and hurriedly said: "I'm fine, but, but it seems to be broken." ”

Duanmu Kang said: "Sister Ruan, don't move, I'll go over to find you!"

The sound was not far away, and immediately, Duanmu Kang dived and swam in the direction of the sound. Often swimming in the lake of Wuxian Mountain, Duanmu Kang's water nature is needless to say, but the situation is different at this time, the pool water is cold, the body instinctively resists, and every foot of swimming, it is very difficult.

Suddenly, Ruan Shuipei dissuaded: "Brother Akang, don't swim anymore!" Duanmu Kang was a little puzzled, but his hands and feet had already stopped. I only heard Ruan Shuipei say again: "I can feel it, now every time I take a step back, the pool will become shallow, and I must be on the edge of the pool behind me." And he said, "You carry grandpa to me!"

Duanmu Kang followed his grandfather's voice, picked up his grandfather, and walked in the direction of Ruan Shuipei with difficulty.

Sure enough, the pool became shallower and shallower, and the three of them left the water.

Duanmu Kang said: "Grandpa, where is this? This shouldn't be the third layer of this Ice Spring Cave!"

Huang Sheng said "um" and said, "Let's go! Let's see if we can go out." Although I couldn't see my grandfather's expression when he spoke, from the tone of his voice, Duanmu Kang and Ruan Shuipei could feel the confidence in my grandfather's words. Obviously, Grandpa Huang Shang was also a little overwhelmed. For the first time in all these years, the two of them found their grandfather speaking in such a tone.

At this time, under the ice spring cave, it was pitch black, the three of them couldn't distinguish the direction, they didn't take a few steps, there seemed to be something on the ground that tripped Duanmu Kang to the ground, at that moment, Duanmu Kang reached out and touched the ground, just touched a stick, and handed it to Ruan Shuipei as a crutch. The three of them supported each other and groped their way forward.

The three of them groped their way forward in the darkness for about half an hour, although they didn't know how big the space was, but after walking uninterrupted for such a long time, it should have come to an end, after all, it was under the ice fountain cave.

Unfortunately, there seems to be no end to this space, and there are no obstacles along the way.

Duanmu Kang saw this scene and said, "Grandpa, we seem to be lost!"

Huang Sheng stopped and said to the two, "Let's sit down first." The tone of his voice was extremely solemn, and it was clear that this was the first time he had encountered such a situation.

Ruan Shuipei sat on the ground and said softly: "Grandpa, Brother Akang, we seem to have entered a labyrinth, and we don't know where the end is! ”

Grandpa and Duanmu Kang were silent, obviously, what they were thinking in their hearts was no different from what Ruan Shuipei said.

Duanmu Kang heard Ruan Shuipei gasping softly, and knew that it was because of her broken foot, so he said, "Sister Ruan, is your foot still hurting?" Ruan Shuipei said softly.

At the moment, he no longer paid attention to the etiquette of avoiding suspicion, Duanmu Kang reached out to hold Ruan Shuipei's left foot, put it on his knee, and gentle. At this time, Ruan Shuipei's cheeks were already crimson and hot, but because of the darkness, Duanmu Kang couldn't see this.

Ruan Shuipei subconsciously withdrew his foot, and Duanmu Kang hurriedly said, "Not the left foot?" Ruan Shuipei was silent.

Duanmu Kang held Ruan Shuipei's right foot up gently, and this time, Ruan Shuipei no longer withdrew his foot as before, but only whispered: "It's not this one." ”

Duanmu Kang couldn't cry or laugh, and said, "Which foot is it?" Ruan Shuipei stopped talking. Duanmu Kang had to gently soften Ruan Shuipei's feet.

Huang Sheng began to say: "Shui Pei, Ah Kang, let's go all the way, have you two noticed something strange on the ground?"

Duanmu Kang thought about it carefully and said: "When we first started, there was some gravel on the ground, but along the way, there was less and less gravel on the ground, and the road surface was gradually smoothed and smooth, as if it was built artificially. ”

Huang Sheng smiled: "It's exactly as you said." And he said, "Shui Pei, what about you?"

Ruan Shuipei said softly: "In addition to what Brother Akang said, I also smelled an aroma, which was very clear and light, but it could still be smelled, I don't know what it was emitting!"

"Nanmu!" Grandpa Huang Sheng and Duanmu Kang shouted together.

The taste of Nanmu, Huang Sheng is well-informed, so he naturally identified it very early, Duanmu Kang heard Ruan Shuipei say that there was a fragrance, smelled it carefully, and naturally distinguished it, and at the moment, he said it with his grandfather.

Ruan Shuipei sighed: "It turns out that this smell is the fragrance of Nanmu written in the book!" Ruan Shuipei grew up in Wuxian Mountain since she was a child, although there are no Nanmu trees growing in Wuxian Mountain, she smells mostly rosin all day long, but she has only seen Nanmu in books. At that moment, Duanmu Kang said: "Brother Akang, do you remember the poems about Nanmu?"

Duanmu Kang pondered for a moment and said, "Zheng Guogong Yan Wu?"

Ruan Shuipei smiled: "Yes." At that moment, she recited the poem softly, "The Chu River flows to the Chu Temple, and the Nanmu is back to the Red Cliff." Linxi inserts stone pan old roots, moss-colored green mountain rain marks. The high branches make the leaves and birds are not degreed, and the white clouds are half covered in the morning and twilight. The incense hall is depressed and dense, and the flower niches are dripping and drooping dew. Smell the road is too much, the water is crossed, and the smoke is constricted, which makes people worried. The moon suddenly recalls the night of Xiangchuan, and the ape screams and thinks about the autumn of Ezhu. Look at the thousands of feet of seclusion, and the lonely and poor mountains are rewarded today. It is also known that Zhong Fanbao is at dusk, and he is still lying on the Zen bed. ”

Huang Shang clapped his hands and applauded, and said: "Smoke is a mixture, smoke is a mixture, yes, yes!" and said: "There is a way!"

Duanmu Kang was a little puzzled: "What can Grandpa think of?"

Ruan Shuipei interjected and said, "Grandpa, you mean that we follow the direction of the smoke?"

Grandpa Huang Sheng replied, "Exactly!"

Duanmu Kang was still a little puzzled, and asked, "Grandpa, Ruan Mei, we can't see anything at this time, how can we move?"

Ruan Shuipei smiled and said, "My stupid brother Kang! Do you feel it carefully?"

Duanmukang stood up, a wet air flow swept across his face, and then tried carefully, and it was really so!

Huang Shang said: "Since there is an air current, we will go straight according to the direction of the air flow, and we will definitely not get lost again, maybe, the end of this fog is the exit!"

Immediately, the three of them got up and walked in the direction where the fog was blowing. The deeper they went, they found that the road became narrower, and sometimes they even hit the wall (they didn't know what it was, so they called it the wall), and what made them even more uncomfortable was that the fog seemed to get colder and colder! In the gloomy and bleak situation, it makes people feel creepy.

Suddenly, Duanmu Kang tripped over something under his feet and stumbled a few steps, almost lying on the ground. When he leaned over to pick it up, he couldn't help but change his face greatly, but fortunately, the environment was pitch black, and Grandpa and Ruan Shuipei couldn't see his face at this time. Duanmu Kang understood that it was the human skull that almost tripped him to the ground.

Ruan Shuipei asked, "Brother Kang, what did you pick up?"

Duanmu Kang forced himself to calm down, and said in a slur manner: "It's nothing, it's just the roots!"

Ruan Shuipei heard the change in Duanmu Kang's tone when he spoke, and said suspiciously: "How can there be tree roots in such a deep place?" Seeing that Duanmu Kang didn't answer, she didn't ask any more questions, and said softly: "Brother Akang, quickly throw away the tree roots, let's continue walking!" Duanmu Kang said softly.

Grandpa Huang Shang had already sensed the clue from Duanmukang's tone, walked to Duanmukang's side lightly, stretched out his hand to touch the root, and as soon as his fingers touched the root, he immediately retracted, patted Duanmukang's shoulder, hesitated for a moment, and then said loudly: "Yes, it is the root." And he said, "It should be almost the end, let's go quickly!"

This time, Huang Sheng walked quickly, and Duanmu Kang helped Ruan Shuipei and followed closely. The fragrance of Nanmu mixed with the mist became stronger and stronger, and the three of them became even more excited, they knew: "It's not far from the end!"