At the end of the creek is an oval lake surrounded by lush flowers and trees. The lake is filled with white air, and a tall stone statue stands in the center. This stone statue is the image of a man with a crown of elegance and a handsome face, like an immortal.
Except for the glowing flowers that the two of them saw in the entire cave, this place was just like the wilderness, with plenty of light. It turned out that there was a huge crystal embedded in the stone wall directly above the lake. The light from outside shines in through the crystal, and the stalactites on the roof of the cave reflect the light, making the area around the lake brightly illuminated.
Bai Ruoxuan pointed at the crystal and said, "Look, that seems to be a big fish?" Of course, it was impossible for a fish to fly overhead, but Xiao Yunfan looked closely and did indeed see a huge fish swimming slowly above his head.
He was horrified and thought to himself: "Ah, could this be the bottom of Huansha Lake? Otherwise, how could there be fish and shrimps?" Seeing the surprised look on his face, Bai Ruoxuan asked hurriedly: "Didn't you mean along the stream? If you can find an exit, this shouldn't be the exit you mentioned, right?"
Xiao Yunfan did not answer her question, but stared at the stone statue closely. Suddenly he said: "Why is there such a stone statue here?" Bai Ruoxuan said: "You mean this stone statue is closely related to the exit?" Xiao Yunfan He said: "I'm not completely sure yet whether there is any connection, but this stone statue here is indeed very strange."
Bai Ruoxuan also took a few more glances and said, "Look, what is that stone statue staring at?" Xiao Yunfan looked in the direction of her finger and saw a hole drilled into the stone cliff on one side. The two of them walked along the edge of the lake to the bottom of the hole.
Xiao Yunfan raised his head and looked up, and said, "Why don't I go up first to find out?" Bai Ruoxuan said, "Then you have to be careful." As he said that, he secretly summoned his true energy, jumped up, and stepped on the rocks with his soles. , the body sprang upward like a bird.
Naturally, it is impossible for a person to stay in the air for a long time, and even an extremely skilled person cannot achieve complete volley. Xiao Yunfan clasped one hand on a sharp rock protruding from the stone wall and tried to climb up. Fortunately, the stone walls of this cliff are uneven and there are holes dug by predecessors. Otherwise, no matter how good Xiao Yunfan's Qing Gong is, he will be unable to do anything.
The circular hole was right in front of him, and Xiao Yunfan grabbed a rattan with both hands and climbed up. He turned around and saw that the eyes of the stone statue in the lake were staring right here. This cave is very small, and there is nothing inside except a square stone platform. There are ax chisel marks all around, obviously it was dug manually. But it is not an easy task to dig such a strange cave halfway up the mountain.
Xiao Yunfan leaned down and blew away the dust on the square stone platform. Through the light coming in from outside the cave, I can see four lines of poetry engraved on the stone platform in small regular script with hairpin flowers: "The sun and moon are hidden in the lake, and the universe is contained in the belly. I have priceless treasures, which I only give to those who are destined."
These four lines of poetry are easy to understand. Xiao Yunfan touched his chin and muttered to himself: "The senior who wrote the poem is a very good person. He was afraid that the younger generation would not understand its meaning, so he specially emphasized the word priceless treasure. So, that thing must be hidden at the bottom of the lake." He reached out and groped around the stone platform for a while, and found two stone keys, one in the shape of a ring and the other in the shape of a crescent.
He quietly put the two keys into his arms, and then kowtowed several times respectfully in the direction of the stone statue.
Seeing him jumping down from above, Bai Ruoxuan hurriedly walked up and asked, "Xiao Yunfan, what did you find up there?" Xiao Yunfan said, "There is only a stone platform in the cave, and four poems are engraved on it." The sun and moon are hidden in the lake, and the universe is contained in my belly. I have a priceless treasure, which I only give to those who are destined.', Miss Bai is smart as ice and snow, so you might as well guess this riddle."
Bai Ruoxuan lowered her head and pondered for a moment, then said: "This poem refers to something that should be hidden at the bottom of the lake. It is a priceless treasure that can only be obtained by those who are destined to get it." Xiao Yunfan said: "Now that we have discovered the cave, we will He's a destined person. Why don't I go to the bottom of the lake and take a look, so I can understand what the other person is hiding."
Bai Ruoxuan shook her head and said: "Although this thing is at the bottom of the lake, the word "destined" is also mentioned in the poem. I think the things at the bottom of the lake are related to some kind of timing. If it hadn't been for that fixed timing, I believe the treasure would not have appeared." Xiao Yunfan touched it. Chin said: "When you say this, the doubts in my heart seem to be completely solved."
Bai Ruoxuan's eyes lit up and she said curiously: "Oh, do you know the time to open this thing?" Xiao Yunfan smiled and said: "That's right. The first line of the poem "The sun and the moon are hidden in the lake" tells us the story of the appearance of the treasure. This Timing refers to the sun and the moon shining at the same time. When the sun and the moon appear at the same time in the sky, they will appear in the water at the same time. As long as we wait until the sun and the moon shine at the same time, we can know the mystery of this thing."
When Bai Ruoxuan heard this, she couldn't help but feel disappointed and said: "It depends on seeing the sun and the moon shining together, which I'm afraid you don't see a few times a year." Xiao Yunfan said: "Miss Bai, this is wrong. The sun and the moon shining together are not really a spectacle. , if the sky is clear and the weather is clear, it is not surprising to see it three times in one month." Bai Ruoxuan raised her eyebrows and asked: "Who did you listen to?"
Xiao Yunfan said: "I read this from an ancient book. When I was a child, Mr. Xiao was eager to learn, but now I don't have much time to read it." Bai Ruoxuan said: "There is a saying that if you believe in the book, then It's better to have no book. 'Have you verified what you got from the book yourself?" Xiao Yunfan said: "It was natural then, otherwise why would Xiao have to boast about Haikou?"
Bai Ruoxuan smiled and said: "Okay, then how long do we have to wait?" Xiao Yunfan said: "The date you competed with me that day was the ninth day of April, and it has been thirteen days since you recovered from your injuries. Today is April 22nd, and the date The spectacle of the moon rising at the same time can only be seen on the 23rd in the second half of every month. In other words, we only have to wait until tomorrow's Mao hour to see it."
Bai Ruoxuan said: "May I ask what Daxia Xiao uses to calculate time?" Xiao Yunfan pointed to the statue in the middle of the lake and said: "Of course you have to look at it." Bai Ruoxuan was puzzled and asked: "This statue can't speak, can you see from it? What?" Xiao Yunfan said with a smile: "Its shadow. Since the poem implies that we will see the sun and moon rising at the same time, then the light source here must be consistent with the light source outside.
This statue is located in the middle of the lake and is equivalent to the engraved needle on the sundial. The light refracted by the crystal is regarded as sunlight for the time being. If we look at where the shadow of the statue falls on the lake, it should not be difficult to deduce the time. "
Bai Ruoxuan was greatly impressed when she saw him talking eloquently and looking like he was knowledgeable about the past and present. She must know that Xiao Yunfan only knew a little bit about it. The two of them were sitting on a big rock by the lake. The two of them had their own thoughts. Bai Ruoxuan thought to herself: "I am afraid that these few days are the happiest times in my half life. From birth to death, from death to life.
If he and I can really go out, I will never deal with those grievances again. It would be best for me and my grandmother to return to my hometown and live the life we want. My impression of my hometown was all told by my grandmother, but I still wanted to see it with my own eyes. "
Xiao Yunfan thought in his heart: "I wonder where Tingyun Luoyue and the others have gone? Then the matter at Xuanbing Villa has been sorted out. I think I should go home and have a look. It has been two days since I left home. Years have passed. Thinking about it, what I have experienced in these two years is more shocking than what I experienced in the first half of my life.
After completing Master's last wish and staying in the mountains for a while, it's time to visit Uncle Hou, Uncle Fan and the others. By the way, Qing'er, how could I forget Qing'er. I don’t know if she is doing well or not, whether she has gained weight or lost weight. No matter she is fat or thin, I like her all. "When he thought of Feng Miaoqing's smile, he felt infinitely sweet in his heart.
At Maopai time, the lake began to bubble. Bai Ruoxuan fell asleep leaning on Xiao Yunfan's shoulder. Xiao Yunfan opened his eyes slightly and vaguely heard strange sounds coming from the lake. Bai Ruoxuan was also awakened by the sound. She rubbed her eyes and said, "What's wrong?"
Xiao Yunfan said: "You hear what kind of monster seems to be living at the bottom of the lake? This sound seems to be made by this monster." Two vortexes appeared on the lake, and the sound seemed to come from the vortex. The two of them stared at the lake intently.
I saw the stone statue in the center of the lake starting to rotate and sink downwards. As expected, two shadows appeared in the two vortices on the lake, one was the sun and the other was the moon. The vortex gradually became smaller, and two flying springs spewed out from the lake, holding up the shadows of the sun and moon.
Following a deep roar, a huge monster emerged from the water. The monster's body was like a giant python, first spinning in the water for a week, and then stopped. Xiao Yunfan was fascinated, and Bai Ruoxuan was also surprised.
Xiao Yunfan boldly walked into the monster. Although the monster's scales and beard were all vivid, Xiao Yunfan could tell that it was actually an extremely sophisticated machine beast. He had seen the use of this kind of machine beast in Mo Ion's books earlier, so he was not afraid of it.
Bai Ruoxuan said: "This... this can't be a dragon, right?" Xiao Yunfan said: "If you say it is a dragon, it is not an exaggeration. Because this thing is called a water dragon, and people can ride on it if they sit in it. Sea territory. There is also a dragon called the Flying Dragon, which can travel around the universe while sitting on it."
Bai Ruoxuan saw the machine beast's big eyes flashing suddenly and said: "I've heard the legend of a wooden cow and a flowing horse. Is it possible that someone in this world can really create such an incredible thing?" Xiao Yunfan said: "This is the first time I have seen this escape dragon. As for the real thing, I have seen the flying divine dragon with my own eyes." He rubbed his palms and said, "This thing is probably the priceless treasure mentioned in the poem."
Bai Ruoxuan looked at the monster and said: "Xiao Yunfan, you said this is a kind of machine beast. People can sit in it, so you can control it?" Xiao Yunfan walked to the huge dragon head, jumped up, and picked the pearl from the dragon's mouth. Down.
A scale on the dragon's body lifted up, revealing a diamond-shaped door. Xiao Yunfan said: "Miss Bai, since God allowed us to discover this escape dragon, it means that our lives should not be cut off. We might as well leave here by taking advantage of this escape dragon." Bai Ruoxuan was extremely horrified, thinking that she had never seen such a thing before. I had never heard of it, so I couldn't help but hesitate.
Xiao Yunfan said: "As soon as the treasure comes out, there will be strange phenomena here. We should leave early to avoid long nights and dreams." As soon as he finished speaking, he saw cracks appearing on the cliff to the north. After the two people jumped in from the diamond-shaped window, the scales closed on their own.
Bai Ruoxuan pointed at Xiao Yunfan and said, "What is that in your arms? Why does it glow?" Xiao Yunfan thought of the two strange-shaped keys found under the stone platform.
