Chapter 20: The Cave House (Part II)
Behind the stone gate, there is a karst cave.
The height of the tunnel is only two or three meters, but the height of the cave is more than 20 meters, and the width is more than 100 meters.
Dozens of stalagmites hang on the top of the cave, the stalagmites are wide at the top and narrow at the bottom, milky white, exude lilac fluorescence, and under the stalagmites hanging upside down like cones, there are many stone pillars that are facing each other-for-tat. When Tang Chen walked into the cave, a drop of water oozed from the bottom of one of the stalagmites, and the water droplets dripped from the sky, fell on the top of a stone pillar, burst out, and the splash fell to the ground and quickly disappeared.
Overhead and underfoot, the familiar reddish-brown rocks remain.
Eight night pearls distributed in different directions, spreading a cool brilliance, with milky white stalagmites and lilac fluorescence, a variety of colors kneaded together, and then derived a wonderful change of light and shadow. Most of the cave space is a dreamlike blue, mysterious and magnificent.
The karst caves are staggered, from low to high, and can be roughly divided into three levels.
Tang Chen's location was on the first floor, and directly in front of him was a square open space with a length and width of nearly forty meters, and the ground was full of small finger-thick pits, uneven. Tang Chen thought it was a natural formation at first, but the width of some strange pits was too regular, he approached and took a closer look, only to find that those small pits were actually swords, this open space, I think it was used to practice sword skills.
From the deepest part of the sword test field, climb the eighteen stone steps to the second level of the cave.
The second layer is located in the center of the entire karst cave and occupies a wider area.
A stone table, several stone benches, and a pond attached to the back, the surface of which is completely occupied by lotus leaves.
The pond is quite large, dividing the second level into two sections, a small stone bridge stands proudly on the pond, there are no railings, and the stone is also in the same vein as the most common mountain rocks in the vicinity, simple and natural. The bridge deck is close to the water, covered with moss, and is almost at the same level as the lotus leaves in the pond. From a distance, it looks less like a stone bridge, but more like a stone path growing out of the lotus leaves.
Behind the bridge were several long stone platforms, and the things on the stone platforms made Tang Chen feel more cordial.
Stone stoves, iron pots, wooden shovels, cutting boards, jade bowls, jade basins, jade plates, bowls for things, and sieves with holes...... Almost all the things that should be in ordinary people's kitchens can be found here, and Tang Chen even saw the mortar and the canopy, which made him suddenly wonder: Is this a fully functional and well-equipped kitchen! Besides, he really can't think of any other place where these things will be placed in a centralized manner.
Could it be that the former owner of the cave is also a fellow believer?
All the kitchen utensils on the stone table were covered with dust, Tang Chen picked up a jade bowl and wiped off the thick ash with his hands, and the jade bowl suddenly returned to its smooth and white purity. However, other items are not as resistant to the erosion of time as the jade bowl, the iron pot is covered with yellow rust, and the bottom of the pot is broken with several holes; the wooden shovel and cutting board have long been shattered and become powder when touched; and the stone mortar has also been soaked by the water vapor in the cave, and the originally smooth mortar surface is pitted...... Except for jade containers, almost all other kitchen utensils cannot be used.
Tang Chen was shocked.
A foodie, a classy foodie, must always pay attention to all the details related to food, and kitchenware is naturally part of it. Tang Chen has a lot of kitchenware, and in order to meet different needs, there are more than ten kinds of dinner plates in the Qiankun bag. After all, he came through, and originally thought that his kitchenware was very complete, but compared with these kitchenware on the stone platform, it was a small thing, and he didn't even know what to do with several things, which undoubtedly greatly hurt the self-esteem of foodies.
Tang Chen sighed: Sure enough, there are more strong players among the strong, and my brother is shallow......
"Meow!"
When Tang Chen inspected the kitchen utensils, Tom thought there was something good, so he hurriedly jumped on the stone platform and sniffed it with his nose. But when it found that there was nothing delicious on it, it felt tasteless, and slowly paced in front of Tang Chen, letting out a dissatisfied cry.
Tom's scream suddenly woke Tang Chen up, now was not the time to look at these things.
Picking up the kitten from the stone platform and gently placing it on the ground, Tang Chen continued to walk towards the depths of the cave.
Climbing more than ten steps again, Tang Chen came to the third and highest floor.
The third floor is built next to the stone wall, and when you climb the steps, you will see a hidden stone room.
Tang Chen directly pushed open the door of the central stone room, and after seeing the situation behind the door, he was greatly disappointed.
This stone chamber is not large, there is a futon in the center of the stone chamber, and nothing else. Tang Chen was a little unwilling, and walked in and turned around twice to try to find more, but in the end he found nothing.
"The place of cultivation, no wonder it is so simple!"
By this time, Tang Chen was completely convinced that this cave should be the cave of a certain senior monk. The stone tables and benches on the second floor of the cave, as well as the thick dust on the platform kitchenware, all show that this cave has been abandoned for a long time, and the things inside have naturally become ownerless.
What is ownerless, everyone takes it!
The hidden monk's cave often represents a lot of benefits, and the hidden cave is said to be a mountain of magic weapons, and there are many cheats like grass, which is the adventure that low-level monks dream of. But Tang Chen walked around this circle, not to mention the magic weapon cheats, and he didn't see a single thing of slightly value. He is not very eager for magic weapons and cheats, cheats require a lot of time to cultivate, magic weapons often need enough cultivation to control, the more powerful the magic weapon, the higher the cultivation required, Tang Chen is just a rookie in the Qi refining period, even if he gets a good magic weapon, he can only throw it in the bag to sleep.
He was a pragmatist and had no habit of daydreaming.
The most urgent issue now is how to get out of the valley.
There were a lot of things in the cave, but there was none of them that could help him escape from the valley.
It is rare to find a hidden cave, and what is even more rare is that this cave has been abandoned for a long time, and there is no legendary adventure, and there is not even a decent tool to be found......
It's not scientific!
Tang Chen returned to the first floor and began to carefully search every corner from beginning to end.
Half an hour later, he was sweating profusely on a futon in the center of the stone room.
Take out a gourd from the Qiankun bag, drink all the water, throw down the gourd, and then stretch out, regardless of the thick dust on the ground, and lie down on your back. Tang Chen stared at the rocks on the top of the stone room, and said hatefully: "What is the abandoned cave mansion, people are obviously moving as a whole!" Just throw down a bunch of worthless kitchen utensils and let my brother work for half a day in vain." ”
Speaking of anger, a kick was made on the futon, and the futon was kicked into the corner.
"Huh!"
The position that was originally covered by the futon showed a magic circle.