Chapter 116: Underground River
Before dawn, Xuan Qi walked along the other side of the river, towards the confluence of the two rivers yesterday. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info traveled until noon, and Xuan Qi finally arrived at the confluence of the two rivers. After simply eating some dry food, Xuanqi headed towards the river to the north. The two sides of the river were still steep cliffs, and there were almost no trees, so Xuanqi could only advance from the top of the mountain.
As the sun was about to set, the river disappeared under a cliff, and it seemed that it was supposed to be an underground river that ran through the cliff. Taking advantage of the fact that it was still dark, Xuan Qi carefully slid down from the top of the mountain towards the cliff, fortunately there were still some raised rocks and a few trees to settle on. When I got down to the bottom of the cliff, I saw that the river was flowing out of a cave at the bottom of the cliff.
Xuan Qi looked carefully and found that the cave wall was very smooth, and there was no way to borrow anything, so it seemed that he could only enter by a small boat or dive into it from the water. It was freezing on this day, and the river water flowing out of the cave was even colder to the bone, and he didn't know how long the cave wall was like such a smooth in the cave, but Xuan Qiyi didn't dare to dive in. It seems that you can only find a small boat, but in this lofty mountain, where to find a small boat?
Xuan Qi was worried, but he heard the sound of water in the distance. Xuan Qi flashed behind a boulder, but saw a small boat coming from downstream, heading in the direction of the cave. There were two black-clothed men standing on the boat, and Xuan Qi naturally recognized the two as the killers of the "Dark Star Pavilion".
Xuan Qi originally wanted to kill the two of them and seize the boat and enter the cave, but he suddenly thought that this might alarm all the killers of the "Dark Star Pavilion" inside. On his own, although he is sure that he will escape with his whole body, he doesn't know if there is any other way out of the cave, if he lets the killers inside, I am afraid that it will not be so easy to find the whereabouts of these killers.
Xuan Qi had already determined that this was the secret base of the "Dark Star Pavilion", and immediately decided to let go of these two killers, and after uniting the like-minded people in the rivers and lakes and laying a net, he would try to eliminate all the killers of the "Dark Star Pavilion" here.
Xuanqi immediately quietly left the entrance of the cave, found a place to spend the night, and went down the mountain along the river the next day. After descending the mountain, Xuan Qi found the helmsman of the local beggar gang rudder, and ordered to contact the same people in the rivers and lakes, and asked him to hide his traces carefully, and set to attack the secret base of the "Dark Star Pavilion" on March 20, two months later.
Since Xuan Qi had already made a decision, he would not alarm the killers of the "Dark Star Pavilion" for the time being, so he naturally could no longer use a small boat to enter the cave, so he prepared the diving water ghost suit and other things at the moment, and returned to the cave under the cliff alone.
Xuan Qi changed his number to the water ghost suit and went down into the icy river water. It was only two or three feet into the cave, and the cave was completely dark. Xuan Qi took out the night pearl that he had prepared a long time ago, and swam forward with the slight hot light of the night pearl.
The depth of the water is about half a zhang, the width of both sides is more than one zhang, and the top of the cave is about one person high from the water surface, which only allows a small boat to pass on the water. The large edges and corners of the cave wall have been artificially smoothed, and the two sides are relatively smooth, and there is no place to stay.
The further you go in, the colder it becomes. Xuan Qi swam along the winding waterway for a while, but in the distance, he heard the sound of the water of the boat rowing. Xuan Qi hurriedly put away the night pearl and dived underwater. When Xuan Qi pressed his body to the bottom of the water, a small boat had already slid overhead under the shaking of the current in front of him.
Xuan Qi waited for the boat to go far before he emerged from the water. I don't know how far I swam again, the river surface is slightly wider, and the roof of the cave is getting higher and higher, so you can clearly see the appearance of a natural cave. There were already individual places to settle on both sides, and Xuan Qi had been in the water for some time, and only after going ashore for a short rest did he continue to swim forward.
About half an hour later, the water surface of the dark river suddenly widened, and it actually came to a place that resembled a small lake. The lake is surrounded by stone walls on three sides, and it is thought that the river has completely entered the ground. Only on the left side, there was a simple dock, but there were five or six small boats tethered, and Xuan Qi knew that he had arrived at the place.
Xuan Qi climbed up to the dock from the water, and the dock was very flat, obviously deliberately chiseled by man. Two or three feet behind the wharf, there is a portal.
Xuan Qi stepped forward, touched the door with his hand, and suddenly a cold came, this door turned out to be an iron door made of fine iron, but I don't know how thick it is.
Xuan Qi looked around carefully on the door and on the stone wall next to the door, but he didn't find any mechanism. It's just that there is a relatively smooth place on the iron door, which is not like a mechanism, but like a place for striking and transmitting signals. Thinking that this iron door should only be opened from the inside, the person behind the door hears the sound of a knock outside, and only after confirming that it is correct will the mechanism be activated and the door opened.
Xuan Qi was afraid of alarming the people inside, so he didn't dare to step forward and knock at will. At the moment, I thought that this underground river would disappear here, and there was probably another exit, so it was better to explore it while there was nothing to do now.
Xuan Qi got off the small lake, dived to the bottom of the lake, felt the direction of the current, and swam forward. A stream of water flows out of the stone wall at the bottom of the lake, creating a small backflow at the bottom of the lake.
Xuan Qi dived in from the water outlet, and swam forward for about seven or eight feet, this dark river was indeed still underground, and there was no gap for ventilation. Xuan Qi roughly estimated that with his own internal force, he would swim more than ten zhang away, and if there was no place for ventilation, he could only swim back.
Xuan Qi continued to swim forward for more than a dozen zhang, and it was almost time to go back. Xuan Qi was thinking about swimming back, but there was a trace of light under the water in front of him. Xuan Qi couldn't help but be overjoyed, his hands and feet were forced, and he swam forward.
The light in front of me is getting brighter and brighter, but it is only three or four feet away, and it is out of the dark river. It should be a waterhole, and at the bottom of the pool you can hear the rumbling sound of the water and the undercurrent brought by the water falling from a high place into the pool.
Xuan Qi leaned against the stone wall and slowly floated from the bottom of the pool to the water. When it surfaced, a waterfall fell from the sky and poured into the pool, and the splash formed a mist in the rumbling sound of entering the water.
Xuan Qi found that he was right behind the waterfall, but he didn't have to worry about being discovered. Through the waterfall, you can see a valley, somewhat similar to the one where you had already lived with Xuansi.
The valley was obviously much larger, and from behind the waterfall, one could only see one part of it, but there were many houses. In the open space in front of the house, dozens of children are practicing swordsmanship, but it is the "Seven Star Sword Technique".
Looking further ahead, I saw that there were cliffs on three sides, and there should be room in the direction of the left, but from the direction of the waterfall, I couldn't see the specific situation.