Before the two of them could recover, they saw huge waves approaching. When Mu Jingyu was at a loss, Qin Yunchuan had already hugged a broken tree flowing down the river.
"Jingyu, come up quickly!"
As soon as Mu Jingyu climbed up, the huge wave rushed over. The two of them hugged the tree trunk tightly and rushed down the bumpy river at high speed.
Although the fire beast is huge, it is also familiar with water properties. Follow closely behind the two of them and go down the river.
Although the cutting wood is fast, the fire beast is even faster. After traveling half a mile downstream, the ferocious beast had already caught up with the two of them.
what to do! what to do! what to do! This is what Mu Jingyu said the most today. In the past, Mo Yunshen protected him, and no matter what difficulties he encountered, he was able to turn them into safety. However, Mo Yunshen died in the hands of the Mountain Elephant King in order to save him in the end.
Qin Yunchuan looked at the fire beast hanging far behind him, knowing that if this continued, it would catch up to him sooner or later, and he kept thinking about countermeasures in his mind.
Suddenly he looked up and found that they had followed the rapids and drifted into a large dense forest. Both sides of the river are covered with tall spruce trees. These spruce trees are intertwined and cover the entire river channel.
It's just that these spruce trees look dense, but in fact most of them are dry and dead. It's all because countless vines are tightly entwined on them, constantly absorbing their nutrients, turning them into seemingly dense dead trees.
Seeing this, Qin Yunchuan suddenly paid attention. He hurriedly took out a piece of vine from his arms, wrapped it around his waist a few times, tied it into a tight knot, and stuffed the other end into Mu Jingyu's hand.
"Jingyu, I will jump to the crown of the tree later and use a stone ax to cut off the dead branches. By then, these dead spruce branches will no longer be able to bear the weight and will all fall down. We can rely on These dead trees stopped this guy."
Qin Yunchuan held the stone ax in his hand as he spoke. My eyes kept looking at the dead branches above my head, looking for a suitable place to cut them.
"Brother Qin, this is absolutely impossible! Let's not talk about whether you can cut off these dead spruce branches. What if the vines cannot bear your weight and fall into the river!"
"Don't worry, this God-binding vine is not only extremely hard, but also extremely resilient. Let alone me, even if it bears it to the two of us, it will definitely not be a serious problem."
When he went out, Qin Yunchuan specially took the divine binding vine with him. I originally thought of using it on cliffs when picking herbs. Unexpectedly, it actually came in handy here.
While the two were talking, they had drifted into the spruce forest with the broken wood, and the fire beast also followed in. Seeing that the time was ripe, Qin Yunchuan did not dare to delay at all. He took a look at the spruce above his head and jumped on it with both feet.
The stone ax suddenly hit the dead branch, and there was a crisp click sound. The spruce branch that had long lost its vitality was broken into two pieces and fell down with a crash. Mu Jingyu grabbed hold of the God-binding vine with both hands and pulled Qin Yunchuan back.
As the dead spruce trees fell, the entire dead spruce forest did not collapse as expected. Qin Yunchuan held the stone ax tightly and was about to strike again when he heard a creaking sound that resounded throughout the spruce forest.
Sections of thick dead branches scattered from above the head and hit the river one after another.
In a panic, the two men hurriedly used stone axes to scatter the dead wood that fell above their heads. But there are more than thousands of these dead trees, and even if you can hide even one, you can't hide them all.
In the panic, several thick trees fell from the sky and fell into the river beside them, causing waves of waves.
The fire beast was also blocked by the sudden falling dead wood, dodging left and right in the river. For a moment, he no longer cared about chasing the two of them.
"Jingyu, be careful!"
I saw a thick dead tree falling from the sky, and it was about to hit Mu Jingyu's head. Qin Yunchuan flew over and pinned Mu Jingyu under him.
The dead wood hit the two of them hard, and then rolled into the river. The two of them felt a pain on their bodies, and they were knocked unconscious by the blow, and floated downstream along the river.
I don't know how long it took, but Mu Jingyu suddenly woke up from his coma. I only feel soreness and numbness in my limbs and my head is slightly swollen. He sat up and looked around.
Not far away, Qin Yunchuan was still unconscious. Mu Jingyu went over and pushed him, but did not wake him up. I quickly checked his mouth, nose and whole body, and found that he had just fainted due to the impact of the dead wood. There was nothing serious, so I felt relieved.
The place they were in now was a cave half exposed in the river. Mu Jingyu leaned out of the cave and found that the sky had darkened. It was probably dusk. The surrounding dense forest was silent and there was no trace of the fire beast. I guess I was blocked by fallen dead wood in the river just now, so I didn't chase him.
A gust of autumn wind blew by, making him shrink his neck due to the cold, and subconsciously folded his arms over his chest. Only then did he suddenly realize that the clothes he was wearing were soaked in the river and clung tightly to his body, which made him feel even colder.
He turned around and glanced at Qin Yunchuan, who was just like him, and thought to himself, "It's better to look for some dead branches and leaves first, make a fire to dry the clothes and keep warm, so as not to catch the cold again."
The fire seals distributed by the Jiuhua Sect are all made using secret methods. Even if they are soaked in water, they can be ignited normally.
Mu Jingyu held up the fire folder and searched around the cave to see if he could find anything that could be used to make a fire.
This cave doesn't look big, but it's extremely deep inside. Cool breezes blew out from the depths of the cave, and it seemed that there were other caves inside that were similar to this one.
Mu Jingyu held up the fire folder and took a few steps inside out of curiosity. I just feel that the further I go inside, the narrower the cave becomes. The narrowest place can only barely allow one person to pass through.
After walking a few dozen feet, the cave suddenly became clear again. The entire cave is like a square room, and there are traces on the surrounding cave walls that look like cuts with knives and axes. It seems that this place is built by man.
At the end of the cave, a stone path is dug sloping downward. Mu Jingyu held up the fire folder and looked inside, only to feel that it was dark and long inside. Huozhezi's light was limited and could only illuminate a distance of seven to eight feet in front of him, so he couldn't see clearly what was going on inside.
Mu Jingyu was filled with surprise. He never expected that there was such a mysterious place at the foot of Jiuhua Mountain. I don’t know if the leaders of the Jiuhua Sect know about it.
After searching the cave for half a moment with the fire folder, but unable to find anything that could make a fire, Mu Jingyu thought about exiting and searching outside.
Suddenly, the fire seal shone on the cave wall, and Mu Jingyu was surprised to find that there were actually some patterns carved on it, and he couldn't help but become curious.
All I saw were simple pictures carved on the cave walls, which seemed to have been left by someone in a panic. Mu Jingyu looked carefully and found that there were more than ten pictures. Although the strokes are crude and simple, the meaning can be barely discerned.
Mu Jingyu looked at them one by one and found that these more than ten pictures roughly told a story. The first few descriptions are of an ancient tribe living in a valley. Because the valley has good weather, good weather and fertile land, life is extremely comfortable.
However, starting from the middle pictures, the originally peaceful picture suddenly changed. A large number of foreign soldiers and horses appeared outside the valley, seeming to attack this small valley. But the tribe in the middle of the valley relied on the dangerous peaks outside the valley to block these foreign soldiers and horses from outside.
As the danger displayed in the murals made Mu Jingyu's heart tense. When Huo Zhezi illuminated the last mural, he saw a giant sword falling from the sky and chopping the dangerous peak into several pieces!
The soldiers and horses guarding outside the valley all rushed into the valley. For a time, blood flowed in the valley, and countless tribesmen died under the sword. There was an old man hiding alone in an underground cave, holding a sparkling gem in his hand and praying silently.
Mu Jingyu gently stroked these murals and murmured to himself, "I don't know who painted these murals, and where did the things described happen?"
At this moment, several slight calls came from the entrance of the cave. Mu Jingyu quickly held his breath and listened, and found that it was Qin Yunchuan calling him in a low voice. I had no choice but to put aside my doubts and return from the original route holding the fire seal.
"Jingyu, where have you been? After I woke up, I didn't find you, so I thought you had encountered some kind of accident!"
Mu Jingyu replied, "When I woke up just now, I saw that you were still unconscious. So I thought of going to the cave to find some dead branches and leaves, and lighting them to bake clothes."
Qin Yunchuan said, "Let's not waste time here. It's getting dark now. Let's go back to Shaoyang Peak quickly. If the coach really discovers that we are missing, he will definitely report it to Master Yunyang!"
Once dinner time has passed, all the coaches at Shaoyang Peak will count the disciples under their respective sects. If someone is found missing, someone will be sent to look for it quickly.
The two of them broke into the inner five peaks secretly. If the master discovered it, the consequences would be extremely serious.
Mu Jingyu also knew the powerful relationship, and forgot about his hairstyle in the cave. Following Qin Yunchuan to the entrance of the cave, he carefully identified the direction and looked for the mountain road back.
Because the entrance to the cave is half hidden in the river, it is surrounded by dense vegetation. If they hadn't been rushed in, it would have been extremely difficult to spot from the outside.
Qin Yunchuan took advantage of the afterglow of the setting sun and looked around. The iconic Qingxiao Hall of the Jiuhua Sect had appeared to the west of the two of them.
Qin Yunchuan remembered that they entered the mountain from the west of Tianjue Peak and walked south along Jinyuan Peak. Since Qingxiao Hall appeared to the west of the two of them, it meant that they had already arrived at the foot of Yuntai Peak on the other side. As long as they headed north for a few miles, they could cross Chaoyang Peak and reach Tianluo Peak.
"Brother Qin, look, the chopped wood we just used is still at the entrance of the cave!"
Qin Yunchuan looked in the direction of his finger, and sure enough he saw the severed wood. He couldn't help but said with joy, "Great! As long as we follow the river downstream, it won't take long to reach Chaoyang Peak."
Now that they had determined the path, the two of them did not dare to hesitate. They both rode on the broken log at the entrance of the cave and drifted north along the river.
The Huaijiang River flows in from under Tianluo Peak, makes a big circle around Tianjue Peak, and then flows out from under Chaoyang Peak. They could just follow the river and float all the way to Chaoyang Peak.
As the night grew darker, the surrounding mountains were silent, except for some birds that occasionally flew out of the forest and circled straight into the sky.
Going all the way down the river is indeed much faster than walking in the mountains. When it got completely dark, Yuntai Peak was already behind them. After floating in the river for a long time, I didn't encounter any danger. The two people's originally tense mood slowly relaxed.
"I don't know if Master Fan and Master Wu noticed that we were missing." Mu Jingyu said with some worry.
Qin Yunchuan also showed a bit of worry, smiled bitterly and said, "Look, I guess they have discovered it. Maybe they will have turned the entire Shaoyang Peak upside down by now."
"Then when we go back, will we be punished?"
"What do you think?" Qin Yunchuan gave him a noncommittal expression and sighed.
While the two were chatting in low voices, they didn't notice at all that a fiery red figure appeared from underneath the river behind them. He hid quietly in the river and slowly approached the two of them.
