Chapter 11: Nine Old Caves
Yi Xiaotian was seriously injured, but fortunately it did not hurt the vital point, and Master Shui Yi also ordered Liu Min to send the secret medicine that night, after all, the young man, within half a month, had basically recovered and regained his vitality.
On this day, Yi Xiaotian, who was recuperating at home for half a month, had nothing to do and was extremely bored, and he actually missed Wang Erdan a little, but Wang Erdan was hurt by Yi Xiaotian that day, but he had never seen it again in half a month.
Infinite boredom in his chest, Yi Xiaotian simply went out, the village road was empty, every household was hiding the courtyard door, presumably they all went to work in the field early in the morning, and only a few yellow dogs of all sizes were left lying at the door of their homes. Yi Xiaotian picked up a stone, threw it on the wooden door of Wang Erdan's house on the other side of the door, but he didn't hear the movement, and walked towards the outside of the village in a daze, before he arrived at the entrance of the village, he saw from a distance that Wang Erdan was holding a bamboo bow and bamboo arrows and shooting straw men, and when Yi Xiaotian approached, Wang Erdan seemed to have a feeling, and suddenly turned his head to look over, and Yi Xiaotian's eyes intersected for a moment, and there were crystal tears flashing in his eyes, and he grinned involuntarily, but Yi Xiaotian shook his head away with force, and said "Hmph!" sighed, didn't look at Wang Erdan again, and took a big stride out of the village.
wandered aimlessly on the mountain for a long time, wanting to cross the Baiyun Gorge to go down the mountain to find warmth and play to relieve boredom, and had lingering fears about the monkeys in the canyon, but he didn't dare to go alone, so he simply went up the mountain.
Yi Xiaotian has been in Lijia Village for several months, whether he goes out hunting and working with Uncle Li and Aunt Li, or plays with Wang Erdan and other young children in the village, he has always been active on Hongchunping, at most occasionally crossing Baiyun Gorge and going down the mountain, but he has never gone up a higher mountain. Yi Xiaotian didn't think much about it, he walked slowly along the mountain road to the mountain, and after walking for a few miles, he bypassed a small hill, and the road ahead was suddenly barren, it seemed that no one had walked for a long time, and under the overgrown weeds over his waist, he could only vaguely see the outline of the original road.
Yi Xiaotian sighed softly, wanting to turn back, turned around and raised his eyes for a moment before he realized that along the way, a piece of grass and trees was verdant, the morning light shone on the forest, the fog turned into dew, and the grass and the treetops were full of grass and treetops, only to hear the rustling sound in the dense forest, as if feeling the drizzle, in an instant, the dense fog was filled, and the clear insects and birds near the ears were only heard, and they did not see their shadows, as if they had become the end of the world...... The small village of Lijia Village in the distance, a few faint tiles, also appear and disappear in the mist, but it matches the hazy realm perfectly, as if it has been like this since ancient times.
Such as the morning mist, wet weeping with the fragrance of the mountains and wilderness, Yi Xiaotian suddenly felt refreshed, the boredom in his chest dissipated, ordinary teenagers in the face of such natural beauty, can't help but be fascinated and sighed: This Emei Ling Mountain, I don't know how many such fairyland beauties! Thinking of this, I am full of interest, and I am determined to continue to explore the mountain.
Since he had made up his mind to continue upward, Yi Xiaotian cheered up, stepped into the clumps of weeds, explored the winding deserted ancient road one foot at a time, and walked slowly to a higher place. After walking for a long time, the sky was almost noon, the sun was getting stronger, and the rain and fog around him were gradually dissipating, Yi Xiaotian suddenly found that he was climbing up along an abrupt ridge, the ground under his feet was only half a zhang wide, and the left and right sides were straight cliffs, and under the cliff was an abyss. Yi Xiaotian's heart trembled, his legs were weak, he sat on the ground, buried his head in his belly, snorted for a long time, his heart was frightened before he calmed down a little, slowly raised his head, looked at the way he came and went, the ridge path under him was just like a hideous snake, winding in the air, flying obliquely from the boundless Emei main mountain range, rising to the sky, twisting and twisting to a towering lonely peak in the sea of clouds in the distance.
The towering lonely peak in the sea of clouds in the distance was like a craggy black strange sword, piercing the boundless white curtain alive, with a faint evil aura, pointing straight to the sky. Yi Xiaotian was unintentionally looking at it from afar, but he didn't realize that he was staring into his mind, only to feel that the black lonely peak was eerie and terrifying, mysterious and charming, infinitely fascinating.
Yi Xiaotian hesitated for a long time, but after all, curiosity overcame fear, he got up from the ground tremblingly, took a deep breath, and then didn't look at the bottomless abyss on both sides of his feet, stared at the black lone peak in the distance, and walked forward. This distance of more than ten miles, Yi Xiaotian also adapted to the fear of heights while walking, walking faster and faster, getting closer and closer to the black lonely peak, more and more excited, and finally running all the way like crazy, the wind under his feet generally did not feel tired, less than half an hour, it was to the foot of the lonely peak.
It is said to be the foot of the mountain, but because the road is already an extremely high ridge when it comes, it is actually close to the height of the peak of the lone peak, and most of the peaks below are buried under the sea of clouds, but it is impossible to see. Yi Xiaotian's excitement was not reduced, his eyes widened and he looked around, and saw a black, black knife splitting rock wall, black rock ground, dim light, no grass, a dead and silent scene, where he stood, a semicircular rock platform with a length and width of 100 steps, deeply recessed into the rock wall, but the shape was very regular and neat, as if it was dug and chiseled by manpower, and the edges were all facing the abyss.
Yi Xiaotian stood on the edge of the platform, wondering in his heart, remembering that when he went out in the morning, the sky was already bright, but after arriving here, the sky was suddenly darkened a lot, it seemed that time had gone back, which was really strange. Looking at the sea of clouds, the fiery red round sun is just half rising, and in the blink of an eye, ten thousand rays of golden light shoot out, and suddenly illuminate the boundless sea of clouds and golden waves, and occasionally a few birds pass by, as if searching for fishing and hunting on the golden sea, just like a fairy scene. Suddenly, Yi Xiaotian suddenly buried his head as if he felt something, and saw that the semi-circular platform under his feet was as bright and transparent as a mirror, in which the black light flowed, weird and demonic, and a semi-circular hole appeared in the center of the circle, and the black fog in it was filled, and the black stone steps that were bottomless and did not see the end were obliquely downward, as if leading to the underworld. Yi Xiaotian was fascinated and walked forward to step into the cave, when he suddenly felt a dazzling golden light in front of him, and in the blink of an eye, the hole had disappeared, and the ground under his feet had returned to its original state.
Yi Xiaotian came back to his senses, lay on the ground and stroked it carefully, but he didn't see the reason, and looked at the boundless sea of clouds in a daze, confused, all kinds of past things, and the voices of his parents couldn't help but come to his heart again, and his eyes were full of tears. The boundless sea of clouds, thousands of lonely peaks, the small figure stands alone, and the thousands of golden rays of light shoot obliquely on the cliff, but it is like ten thousand arrows piercing the heart, the beauty that cannot be explained, and the loneliness that cannot be explained ......
Looking at the red sun in the distant sky, Yi Xiaotian frowned, and there had never been such a flash of inspiration in his mind, and he actually gave birth to a bold guess: Why is the time here different from Emei when he came, and why is this cliff platform in the shape of a regular semicircle? And why is it that when the vision was born, it seems that the red sun on the horizon is just half rising from the sea of clouds? I'm afraid it wasn't the mechanism method deliberately designed by the ancient immortals? It must be half sunrise here before the secret ......cave entrance can be revealed? Maybe it's out of curiosity and exploration. Maybe he was seduced by the mysterious and strange power, or maybe he was unwilling to be ordinary, Yi Xiaotian decided to wait on the spot at the moment, and when the sun rose half tomorrow, if the secret cave really appeared again, he would definitely seize the opportunity to jump down and find out.
The huge cliff platform is empty, except for the black rocks or black rocks, no matter how beautiful the scenery of the sea of clouds is, it will be boring after watching it for a long time. Yi Xiaotian simply lay on the ground, closed his eyes and wanted to sleep to pass the waiting time, but he couldn't sleep well, and he had to open his eyes to look at the sky every once in a while, for fear that he would oversleep and miss the time when the sun was just halfway up. I don't know how many cycles I have tossed with my eyes closed, the sky is finally getting darker, and it is completely night, it is pitch black all around, the yin wind is calling, the temperature plummets, and it is so cold that it is easy to cry and cry, and I keep running and jumping to keep warm, as the night gets deeper and deeper, the air is getting colder and colder, and the bone-eroding cold wind is merciless, devouring Yi Xiaotian's body temperature little by little, Yi Xiaotian's limbs gradually disobey the call, curled up on the ground and couldn't move, as if the soul was also frozen by the low temperature, and his consciousness gradually blurred...... At the moment when the last trace of vague consciousness was about to dissipate, Yi Xiaotian's chest suddenly became hot, and the warm current quickly spread all over his body, as if he was in a hot spring, indescribably warm and comfortable, and melted the frozen soul, Yi Xiaotian slowly eased up, his consciousness gradually cleared, tried to move his hands and feet, and slowly sat up.
Yi Xiaotian put his hand into the collar, took out a small bag, poured out two huge pearls, held them in the palm of his hand, and rubbed them gently, the warm and warm current continued to come from the palm, blended into the blood, and flowed all over the body. Yi Xiaotian looked at the pearl in his hand in a daze, thinking that this mother's relic must be a rare thing, he has saved himself twice from a critical juncture, but he is incompetent, he has survived so far, and he generally does not have the slightest ability, not to mention that he doesn't know who the enemy is, even if he knows, he is unable to repay the blood debt. The infinite longing and anguish in my heart gushed out in an instant, and I cried violently, my eyes were blood-red, and I looked up to the sky and roared......
Sometimes sad, sometimes violent, muddy and nightmare crying all night, until the first ray of red light shot out of the distant sky, Yi Xiaotian finally came to his senses, wiped away the tears on his face, stared at the end of the sea of clouds, not long after, a round of red sun poked his head out from the junction of the clouds and the sky, Yi Xiaotian suddenly became nervous, stepped to the center of the semicircular platform in a few steps, held his breath and concentrated, and closely watched the red sun on the edge of the sky and the ground under his feet. After a while, the red sun was just half rising, and the rock platform under his feet suddenly flashed with black light, instantly becoming crystal clear, in which the black light flowed, completely like yesterday's strange phenomenon, Yi Xiaotian took two steps back from the center of the semi-circular platform, his breath was short, his heart was beating like a drum, he was half-squatting, staring directly at the ground at the center of the circle.
Suddenly, a semi-circular hole appeared on the ground in the center of the circle, and the black fog in it was filled, and the black stone steps that were bottomless and endless, seemed to lead to the underworld, and all kinds of scenes were the same as those seen yesterday, except that on the first stone steps, there were three blood-red characters of "Nine Old Caves", which were not seen yesterday.
Yi Xiaotian didn't hesitate, jumped into the Nine Old Caves, "Oops!", and rolled down the black stone steps.