When I woke up the next morning, I ate the delicious coconut eggs made by Xiaofeng's mother. Xu Gui couldn't wait and asked Gu Xiaofeng to take him to Tongguling to find his father's relics.

Gu Xiaofeng readily agreed, so the four of them rode horses all the way along the coast and ran towards the northeast of Gujia Town.

In less than half an hour, we arrived at the foot of a mountain range that stretched for miles near the sea.

Gu Xiaofeng took the horsewhip, pointed to the mountain range in front of him and said: "Here we are, this is the highest mountain range in the five counties of Yazhou - Tongguling. ”

The three of them looked in the direction indicated by the horsewhip in Gu Xiaofeng's hand, and the green mountains looked particularly green in the midday sun. Yi Dan's eyes widened and he looked at the mountains, and suddenly felt that his mind was much clearer.

"Brother Xiaofeng, where is the way up the mountain?" Xu Gui asked.

"This mountain is full of shrubs, the way up the mountain is very hidden, everyone follow me, I will take you up, but you must be careful, the mountain is full of snakes, insects, rats and ants, don't disturb them. Gu Xiaofeng said.

The four of them tied their horses to a few coconut trees at the bottom of the mountain, carefully followed behind Gu Xiaofeng, and slowly climbed up the mountain from the shrub-ridden hidden road.

Youming picked up the bush branches on the side, and asked while climbing the mountain: "Brother Xiaofeng, may I ask why this road up the mountain is so deserted?

Xiaofeng said: "This used to be a big road, maybe no one has walked it for a long time, and it has become a thorny path." ”

Youming said: "So, it is estimated that it is difficult to find anything on this mountain." ”

Xu Gui slowly climbed up the mountain worriedly, climbed halfway up the mountain, followed a stone path on the mountain, went around half of the peak, and several people came to a valley.

A desolate suspension bridge that had been in disrepair appeared in front of him, Gu Xiaofeng pointed to the mountain opposite the suspension bridge and said: "That's right, this is it, when I went up the mountain to pick mangoes, it was near the cave on the other side, and I met the predecessor who taught me martial arts, you see, the cave is over there." ”

The three of them looked in the direction of Gu Xiaofeng's finger, and sure enough, they saw a cave on the top of the mountain in front of them. It's just that the entrance to the cave is covered by vines, and it's not obvious anymore.

"Brother Xiaofeng, are we going to cross this suspension bridge?" asked Xu Gui.

"Yes, there is no road on the opposite mountain, so you can only walk over this drawbridge. ”

Youming said: "However, this suspension bridge looks like no one has walked on it for a long time, so dangerous." The valley is so deep, will there be a problem?"

Gu Xiaofeng said: "No problem, this suspension bridge has been around for more than a hundred years, and there is no problem, don't worry." ”

Xu Gui suggested: "For the sake of safety, let's cross the bridge one by one, if there is a situation, everyone can leave with light work." ”

Yi Dan said: "Mr. Xu is right, this suspension bridge looks very old, we must be careful." ”

Xu Gui, who was anxious, couldn't wait for everyone to step forward, so he cautiously slowly poked over from the suspension bridge.

"Mr. Xu, be careful. Yi Dan flew over, took Xu Gui's hand from the air, and escorted him safely to the other side.

At this time, Youming and Gu Xiaofeng also walked over from the suspension bridge one after another. After a while, everyone finally arrived at the other side of the suspension bridge safely and smoothly.

A few people then slowly climbed up the rugged path on the cliff on the opposite bank. After a while, he found the cave that Xiaofeng was referring to.

The entrance of the cave was overgrown with weeds and thorns, Yi Dan pulled out the sword in his hand and gently swung it a few times, cutting the weeds and thorns at the entrance of the cave.

After the weeds and thorns fell to the ground like rain, the hole was exposed. I saw three words faintly engraved on the entrance of the cave, "Half Cliff Cave"

After seeing these three words, Xu Gui said: "That's right, it's it, it's the half-cliff cave." ”

Yi Dan asked, "What's the matter, Mr. Xu, do you know this cave too?"

Xu Guidao: "That's right, Banya Cave, this is it." That's where my dad thought about it in the first place. ”

"Are you sure this is where Ling Zun was in retreat?" Yi Dan asked.

"That's right, this half-cliff cave is the place where the people who made mistakes were exiled from the Wind Hall back then, and they retreated and meditated. Although my father's body was found in the sea near Shecheng, I knew that he had been in retreat in a place called Banya Cave, and I didn't expect it to be here. Xu Gui said.

"Okay, then let's go into the cave and have a look, maybe we can find something left by Ling Zun. With that, Yi Dan tried to enter the cave.

"Wait. Xu Gui shouted.

"What's wrong, Mr. Xu?" Yi Dan asked, standing at the door of the cave, pausing in his tracks.

Xu Gui didn't speak, just folded some dry firewood, made a few torches and lit them, and then picked up a large handful of green branches from the ground and wrapped the torches. The flames were quickly extinguished, and smoke billowed out.

Xu Gui threw the torch in his hand into the hole, and Yi Dan asked puzzledly, "Mr. Xu, what are you doing?"

Xu explained: "This cave is uninhabited all year round, and I am afraid that there will be big snakes and wild beasts. Throw some smoke in and you can choke them out. ”

Youming said: "Mr. Xu, you know a lot. ”

As expected, after a while, under the smoke of smoke and fire, several pythons crawled out of the cave that were thicker than the mouth of the bowl.

Several people hurriedly retreated, only to see a few big pythons crawling out of the hole and escaping into the bushes next to them.

After watching the python leave, Youming trembled and said, "Mr. Xu, you are still prescient, if I went in directly just now, I am afraid that I will be scared." ”

Yi Dan hurriedly added: "It's not that you're scared, it's that you're scared half to death, right?" ”

Youming nodded embarrassedly, and the three of them smiled heartily.

"The southern land is not as good as the Central Plains, there are many snakes and insects here, if you don't take precautions, there are hidden dangers. Now, let's go in with confidence. Xu Gui said.

Then, the three of them carried torches and followed Xu Gui's footsteps into the cave.

There was still a little smoke in the cave that had not yet dispersed, and after everyone settled down and got used to the light and smoke in the cave, they saw a large pile of burned ashes not far from the entrance of the cave. Inside, there was a stone bed with some dry straw on it. Next to the stone bed, there was a stick covered in thick ash.

Xu Gui hurriedly stepped forward, scraped the dust off the stick with his hands, and slowly picked up the stick to examine it carefully.

It is not very clear because of the dim light. Xu Gui took the stick to the hole and examined it carefully. He carefully wiped the residual dust off the stick, and sure enough, he saw that one end of the stick was clearly carved with a tiger head, as well as a few small seal characters: "Beat the Tiger Stick" (to be continued. )