Chapter 57: The Labyrinth
Bang! Bang!
In an instant, Chu Tianyin felt his heart beating fast!!
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The point is that he listened to this sentence, which means that he must have listened to his previous sentence "It would be nice if he could cultivate" at that time.
Trying his best to suppress the strong turbulence in his heart, Chu Tianyin said in a calm tone as much as possible: "What do you mean...... Can you let me cultivate?"
Yun Quan didn't speak, he quietly walked to the edge of the pool, and then looked up at the pitch black: "Climb up and you'll know." ”
"Are you kidding! The rock wall here is vertical and smooth, how can you let me climb as an ordinary person?" Chu Tianyin rolled his eyes fiercely: "Even if I can climb, I don't know how high it is, in case I don't catch it and fall down, it can kill me." ”
Yun Quan didn't pay attention to his complaints, but raised his feet and walked to the other side of the waterhole, saying as he walked, "Follow me." ”
Again. Chu Tianyin's tone revealed helplessness, but in such a desperate situation, he didn't even know that he was leaving, and although he was unhappy, he could only raise his heels and step forward.
The cave that was closed everywhere was not big, and all the torches around it were lit by Yun Quan, and Chu Tianyin could pat his chest to ensure that he could see everything in the cave clearly.
However, when he came to Yun Quan's side, he found that on this side of the rock wall, there was a stone staircase leading to the top.
The stone stairs are directly hewn out of the rock wall, and each step is also a stone on the rock wall, and the thickness between the two steps is very thin, only about the length of the toe, and trying to focus on it can be said to test the strength of the toe.
Shallow traces are indeed difficult to notice at a slightly distance.
"Oh, I should be fine if I climb up from here. Chu Tianyin raised his head and glanced up, although he really didn't know how high it was, he had already reached out and started to climb up.
Yun Quan's tone was a little surprised: "Huh, I didn't expect you to take the initiative too." ”
Chu Tianyin climbed two or three stairs and tried, and found that although it was difficult, it was not as difficult as he imagined, so he replied while climbing up: "Do I have a choice? Even if I want to go out, I'm afraid it's the only way to go up." ”
"Wrong. Yun Quan denied: "The only exit is under the pool. ”
"Don't make a fuss, if there is no exit on it, I can't even think of a place with air circulation, if there is no air circulation, how can you light the torch?" Chu Tianyin said disdainfully: "Don't mention the pool, according to your crazy underwater speed, you need to hold your breath for fifteen minutes, if I go down by myself, there will only be a dead end! ”
Yun Quan didn't deny Chu Tianyin again this time, but still praised: "You know so much. ”
Chu Tianyin didn't bother to pay attention to him, as he climbed higher and higher, he also concentrated his energy, but while it was not too high, he hurriedly added: "With my physical strength, I will definitely not be able to climb for long, I know that you will definitely not let me fall to my death." ”
Yun Quan's faint voice came from below: "I said, I have observed you for a long time, your novel thinking has opened my eyes, I think there is nothing in this world that you can't do." ”
“...... Big watermelon!" Chu Tianyin was furious: "Are mind and physical strength the same thing?"
Yun Quan ignored it, but said, "Don't worry, it's not far away." ”
Chu Tianyin no longer had the extra energy to speak, as he climbed higher and higher, the firelight at the bottom could no longer illuminate the position he was in, he could only continue to climb up by the perception of his hands and feet, and the longer he climbed, Chu Tianyin already felt faintly a little difficult.
Climbing this kind of thing, the most test is the strength of the arm, in the case of the arm is higher than the shoulder position for a long time, people can easily feel weak and tired, plus the stone ladder is very thin, only the toe thick point of the force, Chu Tianyin soon felt that his feet were going to be unable to step on it.
The more he couldn't step on it, the harder he was trying to grasp the stairs, and the strength of his arm was consumed even faster, and it didn't take long for Chu Tianyin to feel that his arm was so sore that he couldn't use his strength, and even his legs had begun to tremble faintly.
He didn't believe the "not far" in Yun Quan's mouth, standing at the bottom and looking up, he couldn't even see the light source, where could he get close?
It's just that even though he already felt that he couldn't hold on, Chu Tianyin was still trying his best to climb up, and he also knew very well that Yun Quan would definitely not watch himself fall to his death, and would definitely catch himself when he finally couldn't catch it.
With such a mentality, Chu Tianyin let go instead, he no longer thought about whether his hand grasped the stairs above, as long as he grabbed it, he immediately raised his foot.
Such an unreal climb is undoubtedly easy to fall, but unexpectedly, when Chu Tianyin touched it up again, he suddenly touched a void!
It's over!
This moment really almost made him stumble and fall, but at the most critical moment, he kicked the soles of his feet hard, and his two hands pounced up with all his might, and his two forearms were suddenly firmly buckled on the platform, and at this time, his feet were already suspended in the air!
Fortunately, he didn't wear a heavy cotton jacket, relying on the strength of his arms, he finally dragged his whole body up, and as soon as he climbed up, Chu Tianyin couldn't help but lie down and gasp for breath.
Without any light source, Chu Tianyin, who couldn't see anything, couldn't determine how big the space of this platform was, he didn't dare to move while lying on it, and after recovering his strength a little, he raised his hand and felt around.
But even though he couldn't see it, he could still feel the hot wind blowing faintly from the depths inside.
"Hey, I climbed onto a platform, is this what you are talking about?" Chu Tianyin turned over and poked his head down.
I saw that he was about thirty or forty meters away from the bottom at the moment, and the torches on the rock wall at the bottom had shrunk into small shadows, and it was difficult for even Yun Quan to catch them.
Fortunately, Yun Quan's voice could still be heard: "Yes, I'll go up now." ”
Yun Quan really didn't lie to him, the distance he climbed up was indeed not far, just because this platform was open in the rock wall, so he couldn't notice it at all when he looked up below, but even so, it had completely consumed Chu Tianyin's physical strength.
Hearing Yun Quan's words, Chu Tianyin continued to lie back and gasp for breath.
And Yun Quan below picked up a torch and jumped directly, without using his hands at all, as if he was running on flat ground, and ran up directly with his feet on the stone staircase steps in the blink of an eye.
He jumped and landed on the ground inside Chu Tianyin, and with the light of the torch in his hand, Chu Tianyin finally saw his surroundings clearly.
I saw that in the middle of this cliff, a passage more than one person high was opened up, and I don't know how deep it was, but the space was large enough to accommodate two people walking side by side.
This time, without Yun Quan opening his mouth, Chu Tianyin hurriedly got up from the ground: "Are you going inside?"
Yun Quan nodded quietly, then raised his feet and walked inside.
Chu Tianyin took two quick steps to catch up with him, climbing made his arms sore, but his lower limbs still had some strength, and as soon as he walked so quickly, he could feel the hot air blowing from inside even more.
The end of the passage is not far, but after reaching the end, a passage to the right appears, and when they reach the end again, there is a fork in the road in front of the two.
Chu Tianyin saw that Yun Quan had stopped, so he asked, "Left or right?"
"What do you think?" Yun Quan looked like he was testing him again.
Chu Tianyin secretly rolled his eyes, walked to the two holes and stretched out his hand to probe them, and then walked to the left without saying a word.
Yun Quan followed, curious: "How do you know it's here?"
Chu Tianyin said something that made him vomit blood: "There are aircurrents on both sides of the passage, which means that they are not dead ends, I can't tell which side of the airflow on the left or right is warmer, so I just chose one at random." ”
“...... Good thing you chose the right one. ”
Dropping this sentence, Yun Quan didn't say anything more.
After the two walked to the end, they encountered a fork again, but this time, Yun Quan did not let Chu Tianyin choose again, and directly led him into the road on the right.
After taking several forks in the road repeatedly, Chu Tianyin finally couldn't help it: "Just keep going? Who created this labyrinth inside the cave? How do you know so much about this place? What are you trying to take me to find something? A treasure that can make me cultivate? Why do you want to help me?"
"You've got too many questions, and this is the last channel. ”
As soon as he walked out of the passage, Chu Tianyin suddenly had a sudden feeling, the torch in Yun Quan's hand was made of unknown materials, and it seemed that there was no consumption after walking so far, although the irradiation range of the firelight was limited, Chu Tianyin found that the surroundings suddenly became opener.
The height of the top of the head grew to about two people tall, and the ...... in front of him 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6!
"If I'm not mistaken, you're looking for the source of the heat on the rock wall, right? In other words, you're already very close to what you're looking for, why don't I feel getting hotter and hotter?" Chu Tianyin followed beside him.
"It's a good thing to think. Yun Quan raised his feet and walked towards the second passage on the left: "But the truth is not what you think. ”
Chu Tianyin was used to his way of speaking, and he didn't reply to him, and followed him silently.
Along the way, Chu Tianyin had tried his best to distinguish which path was the right one, but he found that it was impossible to determine it by measuring the ventilation alone, because every passage was not a dead end, and the real way to distinguish it was probably not something that an ordinary person like him could do.
Therefore, Chu Tianyin simply stopped worrying about these.
Although the last passage is more spacious, its interior is winding, Yun Quan has taken him several turns and has not yet reached the end, Chu Tianyin found that this way, whether it is the rock wall or the road under his feet, there are no traces of artificial excavation, but obviously it is definitely not naturally formed, then there is only one possibility left - the cultivator opened up.
At least, ordinary people can't come here, and it's even less likely that they will find this place.
However, there weren't any mechanisms or anything like that in this labyrinth, and it didn't seem to be any difficulty at all for a cultivator like Yun Quan.
From these two points, it can be concluded that this place seems to have been built specifically for cultivators.
The cultivators built a labyrinth for the cultivators, what did Yun Quan want to do when he brought himself, an ordinary person who was not a cultivator, to come here?
Also, who made this labyrinth? Why was a labyrinth built for cultivators in the north, far away from cultivation? What does this have to do with Yun Quan? What is hidden in it?
More and more questions came to Chu Tianyin's mind.
Finally, Yun Quan stopped and said, "It's finally here." ”