Chapter Twenty-Eight: The Search for Hanshou
After informing the servants of the Wang family who were waiting outside, Bai Ya and Meng Tian did not want to be polite to the Wang family anymore, and soon left Kangping.
"Senior brother, can you go to Hanshou now?" Meng Tian asked impatiently.
"Senior sister is really a fan of money, she has obtained a piece of the realm, and she still can't forget the relics that the Xuanying Seven Masters said!" Bai Ya quipped, but he didn't object.
Anyway, there has been no news from the sect that the secret realm of "Zhongli's Heart" has been born, and they still have time to go to the ruins on the outskirts of Hanshou to have a look.
Since ancient times, there are two more famous Hanshou counties in Huaxia, one in Jingzhou and the other in Yizhou. The Hanshou of Yizhou is also called Jia Meng, the name comes from the ancient Spring and Autumn Shu King's brother "Jia Meng", at that time this place was the ancient Hou Hou country, "Jia Meng" is the Hou of Tho.
After completing the three meritorious tasks, the two of them no longer hurried away. It took nearly two weeks to travel all the way from the Wudu area to Hanshou City.
Jiameng City is one of the oldest cities in Yizhou, west of Niutou Mountain, Jialing River, Bailongjiang River, Qingjiang River surround the east, south and north three sides, forming a moat on the geographical environment, which is the place that must pass through to enter Shu.
The ancients called this city "Qinlong in the north, Jianguan in the west, the throat of Shu, the lock key of Shumen, although the city of projectiles and the solidity of golden soup", it is a place where soldiers must fight. The ruins that the two of them wanted to find were in the Niutou Mountain on the western outskirts of the city.
"All the way to Baishui Pass, Jianmen Pass, Jiameng Pass...... Senior Brother Bai, this Shu road is really difficult to walk. Now that the fission of the earth has expanded the Guanxia, if it is placed in ancient times, I really don't know what the hardship and danger will become. ”
Walking in the mountains of Niutou Mountain, Meng Tian is still reminiscing about what she has seen and heard along the way, compared to Baiya, she usually has many fewer opportunities to come out.
"Shenzhou is boundless, although it is divided into thirteen states, but the territory of the human race is only a drop in the ocean, not to mention that there are many barbarian lands outside the thirteen states. Bai Ya said with a smile, "What I see in front of me is only a corner of the scene, and when I enter the innate martial arts in the future, I will have to travel all over this Shenzhou world." ”
"The junior brother is arrogant, and he says that this palace is very yearning!" Meng Tian clapped his hands and smiled.
"Hehe, the senior sister is talented, and there must be a congenital period for promotion, so it is better to travel with the younger brother when the time comes. Bai Ya said it very naturally, and he was stunned when he finished speaking.
He used to have a bad sense of Meng Tian, and he always felt that the other party was a burden when they went down the mountain together. After getting along with each other during this time, my thoughts have changed imperceptibly, and I haven't realized it until now.
Bai Ya was a little embarrassed in his heart, and subconsciously glanced at Meng Tian, but saw that the Lori beauty beside him had a red face and red ears, and her chin was silent, which made his heart skip a beat.
“...... No, no, it's just a feeling, how can it be considered a flirtatious girl, it doesn't count as a formal appointment in the previous life, right? However, Shenzhou's style is a bit conservative, especially this kind of companion Xianyou ...... only exist between Taoist couples."
Bai Ya didn't dare to think about it anymore, and quickly dispelled his distracting thoughts, only hoping that Meng Tian, who had a pungent style, didn't take what he just said to heart.
Niutou Mountain in the western suburbs of Hanshou City is not a big mountain range, the highest peak is only more than 2,000 meters, and the mountains are clustered, only a hundred miles in a square circle. The ruins mentioned by the Seven Heroes of the Eagle are located in the south of the mountain range, in front of a mountain wall.
"Belly valley, no, it should be a belly hole. Looking at the huge cave exposed in the steep mountain wall, White Cliff muttered in a low voice.
The great fission of heaven and earth in ancient times has brought earth-shaking changes to the land of Shenzhou, and the complex form of the terrain and environment far exceeds the world of Baiya's previous life. The ventral valley and ventral cave are one of them.
Both of these are huge spaces deep in the center of the mountain, and the scale is far from comparable to the stalactite caves of the previous life, and the reasons for their formation are also completely different.
The difference between the two is that the belly valley does not have a roof and there will be a crack in the mountain. Even if there is a tear the size of a basin, it can be called a belly valley, and the belly space of the mountain without any top exit is called a belly hole.
The karst caves in the previous life of Baiya were generally karst landforms formed by karst, that is, the erosion and latent erosion of soluble rocks (mostly limestone) by flowing water with dissolution power, as well as karst caves and sinkholes formed by mountain soil collapse.
However, the abdominal valley and the abdominal cave formed by the Shenzhou Mountain are completely different, and many of them are due to the eruption of underground vitality or the excessive expansion of local vitality concentration, thus building a huge space in the belly of the mountain.
"Senior brother, how do you know that this is not the belly valley, we haven't gone up the mountain to see it?" Meng Tian asked curiously.
"Hehe, this place is less than a hundred miles away from Hanshou City, and it is an area where mountain hunters often move. Because of its ability to receive sunlight, the valley is often used by mountain hunters to cultivate ginseng and medicinal herbs......"
Before Bai Ya finished speaking, Meng Tian came back to his senses.
"I see, the mouth of this cave is full of moss and wild plants, and there are no traces of human activities, so the junior brother thinks it is a cave!"
"Let's go in and take a look, it was in this cave that the Seven Heroes of Xuanying met the remains of three warriors, and got the martial arts cheats from them, and through this cave, you can see the waterhole they said. ”
"Well, junior brother, be careful, there may be fierce beasts in the cave. Meng Tian reminded.
"It's okay!" Bai Ya walked into the cave first.
"Whew~" A cheetah-sized lynx stepped on the cave wall and passed past the two of them, the green cat's eyes were like a pair of jade, and after landing on the ground, they glanced at the two of them and ran towards the entrance of the cave.
This is the third beast to be alarmed by the two of them and flee from the cave. There was also a big hedgehog and a pangolin before, and I don't know how these three got along in the cave.
As he walked into the depths of the cave, the light became dimmer and dimmer, and Meng Tian took out a night pearl for lighting. This thing is engraved with a magic circle, which can be used as a torch, and it also has the effect of warding off evil spirits, and some weak spirits condensed in the wild will be avoided from afar.
After walking for more than a quarter of an hour, the two finally made a new discovery.
"Senior sister, this must be the place where the Seven Heroes of Xuanying discovered the abnormality. ”
The cave is very large, more than 20 meters wide horizontally, and seven or eight meters high, and although the walls of the cave are covered with moss, the traces of the fight left by the sword are still obvious.
This place was cleaned up by the Seven Masters of Xuanying, and the three corpses of warriors that were once left behind were buried by them. Although the Seven Heroes of Xuanying only took the secret book left by the three of them, they still held the gift of disciples when they were buried, and they were worthy of them.
"There's nothing to see, it's all cleaned up by the Xuanying Seven Heroes, junior brother, let's go to that waterhole as soon as possible!" Meng Tian glanced at it and stopped paying attention, his mind was all on the waterhole mentioned by the Xuanying Seven Heroes.
Bai Ya smiled, this cave can be seen to be a natural formation, although it was once possible to be regarded as a secret cave, but now there is really nothing to see, useful things have been taken by the Xuanying Seven Masters over the years.
Since they had arrived here in line with what the Xuanying Seven Masters said, presumably they would not lie about other things, the two of them immediately sped up their speed and rushed towards the waterhole at the other end of the cave.
This cave is huge in size, and there are several forks in the road, but it is not because the Xuanying Seven Masters have spent years exploring, and it is really difficult for outsiders to find another exit once they enter.
After about half an hour, Bai Ya and Meng Tian finally came out of the other side of the cave. When I looked back, I saw that it was the other side of the mountain, and the cave actually crossed the entire mountain.
"Bang la la~" A stream three or four meters wide flows in front of the cave, the green grass by the stream is a lawn, the wild flowers are a nursery, and the bees are dancing and butterflies are playing, which is a spring mood.
"This place is a paradise, why does it seem that there are no traces. Meng Tian was surprised.
"Well, the temperature seems to be higher than the outside world, probably because it is surrounded by mountains. Bai Ya's eyes flashed, "Senior sister, be careful, there may be a beast king entrenched in such a good place." ”
He regretted a little in his heart, he thought that Niutou Mountain was very close to Hanshou, and there would be no too strong fierce beasts, but he didn't expect that there was such a place, and he should have inquired about the environment of Niutou Mountain in Hanshou City.
This mountainous area is the essence of this area, and it is the easiest place to entrench the Beastmaster. A few years ago, when he was looking for tigers and cultivating in Yao Mountain, Nanyang, he was mentioned by Meng Lao Orion to this kind of place.
After being reminded by Bai Ya, Meng Tian was also vigilant and slowed down his progress.
However, unexpectedly, the journey went smoothly, and it was no surprise that I saw the waterhole mentioned by the Xuanying Seven Heroes.
Before coming to the waterhole, the two found that the waterhole was very large, and they could only see a gray mist when they stood on the shore, and they couldn't see the situation on the other side at all.
"I'm afraid it's not a hundred miles below. Meng Tian pinched a trick, floated in the air to investigate, shook his head helplessly after landing, and said cautiously, "Senior brother, what you said before is right, this place may really contain the beast king, but it is not on land, but in the water......"
"Senior sister is saying that the crocodile Jiao that Xuanying Qijie mentioned guarding the passage in the water?"
"The waters here are too big, there is plenty of vitality, and there may be more than one crocodile to reign. Meng Tian shook his head lightly.
"No matter what, you have to go into the water to explore, I wonder if Senior Sister has a way to move freely in the water?" Bai Ya said with a shrug.
"Well, take it...... Hurry up and find the place marked by the Seven Heroes of Xuanying. Meng Tian raised his hand and threw a bead the size of a dragon's eye to Bai Ya.
"How do you use the water beads?" Bai Ya looked at the beads curiously.
"It's not a water-repellent bead, it's a vitality bead made by one of my senior sisters, which has vitality for people to breathe when they are held in the mouth, and can be active in the water for two or three hours. Meng Tian rolled her eyes and said, "Avoiding water droplets is very valuable, senior sister is so poor, how can there be such a thing." ”
"Two or three hours is enough for us to investigate. Bai Ya looked at the beads in his hand and secretly praised, this thing was much stronger than the diving oxygen tank in his previous life.
After carefully searching on the shore for a while, the two of them soon found the boulder sign mentioned by the Seven Heroes of Xuanying, and after going into the water from there, they would soon be able to find the passage in the water.
As soon as it was dark, the two camped on the shore for one night, and only went into the water early the next morning to look for them.