Wandering

Chapter 115
Hearing this, I also worry about this child in my heart. Don't be surprised, right?This is not an ordinary place, a chaotic white dragon is locked under Qianlongyuan.And what happened to Longquan Cave?I asked Qu Ling: "Why is this cave called Longquan Cave? Is it the name given by the locals?"

Qu Ling shook his head: "You can see it at a glance in the past. There is a stone tablet at the entrance of the cave. I don't know what age it is. It has the word "Longquan Cave" on it. This mountainside cave may have existed in ancient times. Later, the mud washed down by the mountain torrent Stones covered the entrance of the cave, and the entrance of the cave was washed away by flash floods last year. The situation inside is said to be very complicated, with bottomless depths, criss-cross roads, and underground rivers."

"Isn't it dangerous for you to go in like this? Do you need my help?" Hearing that this is the case, I was worried for Qu Ling again.It's okay if it's just an ordinary cave exploration, but there are probably other dangers in this place, and Qu Ling, an ordinary person, may find it difficult to detect and deal with them.Although I didn't come here for this matter, since I met her, there is no reason not to help her.

Qu Ling: "I know it's a bit reckless for me to enter the cave like this, but there's no other way. If the time is late, Ding Ding's situation will be more dangerous if he is in the cave. Will you help me? I'm really sorry to let you take this risk."

"Don't be embarrassed with me, we are all friends. And you also know my identity. I may be a member of the special operations team of the special department and have received special training. Otherwise, you wait for me outside the cave, and I will go in and have a look ?” I said this on my own intentions, I didn’t intend to run into the cave to search for nothing, but to go into the cave and search God to see if anyone was inside.Of course, it would be inconvenient for Qu Ling, an ordinary person, to be around.

Qu Ling: "My family's affairs, how dare you take risks for me. I know that your status is special, but we have discipline. Even if we see you members of the special operations team in the future, we are not allowed to talk about missions and your identities. Or You can just go in with me, it's good if two people take care of each other, I know you have a whole lot of skills."

I suddenly remembered one thing, that is my recent situation.My recent condition has not been very good, except that there is no problem with the protective skills of the golden dragon lock jade pillar, the vitality of the soul has been weak, and it is difficult to cast some spells.Under such circumstances, it is very dangerous to rashly travel to an unknown place.I'd better go into the cave with her. If I can't find the child, I'll think of a way later, or ask an expert to help.Encountering this incident, I put aside the matter of finding Bailong for the time being, and accompany Qu Ling to find Ding Ding first.With mortals here, I can't call the white dragon.

The two of us entered Longquan Cave one after the other. Qu Ling was well prepared, and kept the rope around his waist, walking and letting go.She gave me a metal triangular buckle, meaning that I should also buckle it on the rope, and I smiled and said I didn't need it.I really don't need it, my body protection skills are not afraid of ordinary injuries, and my dark eyes can see clearly in the dark.

What is the most important thing about cave exploration?The most important are two, one is not to get lost, and the other is to always pay attention to the lighting situation.Although it's not convenient for Yinshen to travel, my spiritual sense is still beyond ordinary people, and the possibility of getting lost in the cave is very small, and I don't worry about the lighting conditions if I have dark eyes, so I can safely accompany Qu Ling in.A few steps into the entrance of the cave, I saw the stone tablet, which was as tall as half a person, lying on one side of the cave wall, with three inscriptions of Longquan Cave written in seal script on it.

At the beginning, the cave was like a corridor, extending forward with twists and turns, and the ground under the feet was also very flat.Gradually, the scene changed, and the surrounding cave walls began to become strangely shaped, with large and small holes, and various stalactites hung from above.This place should have been an underground river in ancient times. With the changes of mountain movement, it has become a karst cave like today.About a few hundred meters away, the rope was close to the end, and it suddenly became clear to us that we actually walked into a hall in the middle of the mountain!

What a wonderful creation!Who thought there would be such a big hole in the mountains?It is at least tens of meters high and has a radius the size of two basketball courts.The surrounding lavas are in various shapes. It looks like some silkworms spinning silk, some like white dragons wrapping around pillars. Looking from a distance, due to the difference in the color of the rock formations, there are actually layers of terraced fields.The light of the flashlight in Qu Ling's hand can hardly reach the end. Under the light, all kinds of stalactites emit colorful light, which is the reflection of mica crystals contained in the rocks.This scenery is so beautiful, like a dream, if we didn't come to find the missing child, we would definitely stop here and enjoy it.

"Qu Ling, shine the light over there, it's where you just shined, there are words on the wall of the cave!"

With sharp eyes, I noticed a few rows of regular black spots on a relatively flat white surface of the cave wall not far away.When I got closer, I found that it was a poem written by someone with a brush.Probably due to the age and fumigation, some handwriting has become blurred and unrecognizable, but I can still see the last inscription - Xu Xiake. (Xu Gongzi’s note: This is not a complete fabrication. I did see the ink marks left by Xu Xiake in a cave, but unfortunately I couldn’t fully recognize the handwriting at that time.)
Xu Xiake, named Hongzu, styled Zhenzhi, nicknamed Xiake.The son of a farming and studying family, eager to learn and read a lot of books, especially proficient in geography and charts. He has traveled to more than half of China and left a 60-word masterpiece "Xu Xiake's Travel Notes". He is an outstanding traveler, geographer, and writer in the Ming Dynasty. .Seeing the inscription on the cave wall, one knows that someone came here 600 years ago, and it was the famous Xu Xiake who came here.Looking up again, there are traces of smoke on the nearby stalactites. It seems that the ancients came here with pine torches.Qu Ling thought she had found some clues because there were writings on the cave wall, but she was a little disappointed when I explained it.Now is not the time to nostalgia, it is still important to find someone.

Now when people travel in caves, roads and bridges have been paved in dangerous places, handrails have been erected, and there are lights along the way.But climbing up and down with bare hands in an undeveloped karst cave is a very dangerous thing. It is absolutely impossible to leave the rope, otherwise, if you are not careful, you will slip and fall somewhere, and your life will be in danger.We looked around in the hall and found three fork holes.One is on the right side, extending in parallel, deep and unknown to where it leads.One is in the front, and the slope is getting narrower and narrower, and the sound of water flow can be heard faintly.There is another one in the left rear, hovering upwards, surrounded by stalagmites and stalactites, it is really beautiful!
where to goQu Ling and I glanced at each other, and we both walked up into the most beautiful cave at the same time.It's presumably a state of mind judgment that if a child walks in, it's most likely to crawl into a cave like this.After climbing up for a while, I actually came to another hollow hall in the belly of the mountain. This hall is smaller than the one just now, but the space is also the size of a building.Walking here, Qu Ling's waist tightened, and the last rope came to an end!At this time, only the sound of "Dang" was heard, just like the morning bell ringing in the monastery, echoing in the mountainside for a long time.

what happened?I hit my head on a stone clock!Directly above this hall, a huge rock hangs down.This rock is different from ordinary stalactites, with a smooth and well-proportioned surface, like an upside-down hill.The lowest part of the rock is only one person high from the ground, and my head can just touch it.I bumped into it head-on, and a strange bell sounded. When the bell rang, I felt that the entire surface of this rock was trembling—such a large upside-down stone mountain is actually a completely hollow natural stone bell!
How could a practitioner like me with a keen sense of spirituality and a natural dark eye bang his head against a stone clock?Because I was distracted, when I came here, I suddenly felt something nearby.Of course, this thing is not a rock or a cave, but a wave of spiritual consciousness. I don't know what it is, but it is a living form nearby.Qu Ling was startled when the stone bell rang, and quickly asked, "Shi Ye, what's wrong with you? Is your head okay?" I didn't answer her, because I was stunned looking at the front.

I saw the figure of a woman in white clothes appearing in the midair in the karst cave ahead, and she appeared at the same time as the bell rang.Her facial features are dignified and beautiful, just like a fairy in a painting, with a respectful look and sparkles in her eyes.I didn't see it very clearly for a moment, I just felt that her skin was very white, but it was not the kind of pale white that could not see the sun, but the purity and softness that was close to that of white clouds.There is no wind around, but her clothes are still in mid-air without wind.

As soon as she appeared, she saw me, nodded to me in the air, and said, "Who rang the stone bell to call me?...It turned out to be Shi Zhenzhen!...I have been waiting for you for a year, where is your son?"

How could there be a woman in white?Listen to her tone and know me!She said she has been waiting for me here for a year, so is she the white dragon?How could she become a woman?And the young master she mentioned is definitely not me, and nine out of ten she refers to Mr. Feng.I didn't know how to answer for a while, Qu Ling pushed me aside: "Shi Ye, why are you in a daze? What are you doing over there? There is nothing."

I came back to my senses and asked Qu Ling, "Did you see anything? Did you hear anything?"

Qu Ling: "Don't scare me, there is no one else in this dark cave!...Did you find anything? Did you hear Tintin's voice?"

As soon as she spoke, I realized that the woman in front of me was not a human being, nor was she in an ordinary form. Qu Ling could neither see nor hear.I didn't want to speak into the air to scare her, so I just pointed to Qu Ling at the woman and shook my head, meaning that there are ordinary people here, we'd better not communicate in this way, so as not to shock the world!
The woman didn't know if she understood what I meant, but she was puzzled when she saw my gesture, and then saw her wave her hand, only to hear Qu Ling exclaim.Qu Ling's right hand had been tightly holding the lighting lamp, and his left hand was on the rope around his waist. Suddenly, his hand shook, and the lighting lamp fell to the ground and broke, rolling to nowhere.The surroundings suddenly darkened. From her point of view, it was pitch black.

"It's broken, it's over now! I've been very careful, why did I lose the lamp, look for it quickly, or we won't be able to get out! Shi Ye, I'm so stupid, I'm so sorry." Qu Ling's voice was fast cried out.No wonder, everyone knows what it means to lose lighting in the depths of the cave?Even if there are ropes to guide the way, but in this cave full of obstacles and traps, a single mistake may cause injury or even death, and it is difficult to walk back in the dark.This was not Qu Ling's fault, it was clearly the intention of the woman in white just now.

"Why are you doing this? It's not good." I said to the woman in white.

The woman replied in mid-air: "Sister Luxue once told me that after the transformation, it is best not to meet ordinary people with phantoms."

Qu Ling also replied from the side: "I didn't mean it, I'm sorry, I really didn't mean it, what should we do?"

I said to the woman in white again: "She can't see you, you don't need to."

Qu Ling: "Who can't see me? We can't see anything, how do we get out? You follow me, and we crawl out bit by bit by feeling the rope."

God!The words of these three families became more and more twisted, and they couldn't figure out who was talking to whom.It's more important to persuade Qu Ling first, I quickly grabbed one of her arms in the dark, and persuaded: "Don't worry, you can't see, I can see. I will send you out now, and I will find a way to find that one later." Son... I will come again, let's go first."

These words were for Qu Ling, and also for the woman in white.Hearing this, Qu Ling calmed down a lot and clung to me like a life-saving straw: "Can you see? You can also see in the dark? That's great, I almost thought I'd dragged you down. "

I thought to myself: It's not the first time you have troubled me, but this time I don't blame you.I took her hand and walked back. It was really inconvenient to walk in the dark. She had just taken two steps when she groaned and twisted her foot.At this time, I heard the woman in white say behind me: "Are you here to find a child? I know where he is, come with me." After speaking, she waved her hand and floated away in another direction.

Qu Ling couldn't hear what she said, but squatted on the ground and said, "I'm really useless, I can't leave, what should I do?"

what to do?The scene is a bit chaotic.It was pitch black in front of Qu Ling, but I saw the woman in white who told me where a child was.And this woman in white was weird, she didn't seem to know how to communicate with people, and she led the way after speaking.

(End of this chapter)