At the bottom of the cold pool, the gap that was originally only as thick as an arm has grown to about ten feet wide, revealing a bottomless black cave. Countless water flows are rushing into the cold pool along the suddenly opened cave.
"I don't know where this dark cave will lead. However, since this is the exit mentioned by the high priest, there shouldn't be any danger."
Mu Jingyu looked at the black hole getting closer and closer. After taking a deep breath, he entered the cave against the continuously flowing water.
After entering, he suddenly discovered that underneath the cave was an underground river dozens of feet wide. The newly cracked stone path is under the stone wall of this underground river.
Because the entire underground river is thousands of feet underground in Jiuhua Mountain, there is no trace of light. When Mu Jingyu jumped into the cold pool, he didn't bring anything like a fire seal with him. In this dark river, after groping for a long time, I managed to grab a raised stone wall and stabilize my body.
Listening to the constantly churning river water, Mu Jingyu couldn't tell for a moment which direction he should swim in to get out of here.
After pondering for a long time, I decided to go down the river. Although in this way, it may go deep into the ground, it may also break out of the ground. However, if he goes upstream, he will consume a lot of energy. Besides, I don't know how long or deep the river is. If I rush against the current, I'm afraid my energy will be exhausted before I can find the exit.
After making up his mind, Mu Jingyu let go of the raised stone wall and followed the river downstream.
After drifting for more than ten miles, the river began to rise slowly. After Mu Jingyu felt it, he couldn't help but feel ecstatic. It seemed that this time, he made the right decision smoothly.
After an unknown amount of time, the slowly rising river began to become a little steeper. Although he was pushed by the river water, Mu Jingyu still felt like he was almost standing in the air. In order to prevent himself from falling from mid-air, he began to mobilize the true energy in his Dantian to gather throughout his body. In this way, he actually used the river to display the art of flying in the air.
Before he could be happy, the water under his feet quickly became more turbulent. It actually dragged him steadily and rushed straight up the river.
At the same time, a light the size of a grain of rice gradually appeared above his head. When Mu Jingyu discovered it and wanted to take a closer look, it had become as big as the full moon.
In just a few breaths, a huge sound of water flow could be heard in my ears. The direction it came from seemed to be outside the light. Moreover, along with the sound of water flowing, there are also bursts of breeze mixed with the fragrance of flowers and plants.
"Exit, I finally see the exit!"
Mu Jingyu suddenly understood that the gradually growing light was the outlet of the underground river. I just don’t know where it will lead.
As Mu Jingyu exclaimed, huge water flowed away from him, gushing out from the underground river, and then fell from mid-air to a waterfall more than a hundred feet high below.
Mu Jingyu was caught off guard and plunged into the waterfall, rushing towards the deep pool below at extremely high speed. After all, he was also in the realm of Qi Transformation. Although the incident happened suddenly, it was just a little frightened.
After stabilizing his rapidly falling figure, he tapped his toes on the cliff and rushed out of the waterfall, landing steadily on the grass next to the deep pool.
"Ah...you monster!"
However, just as he stood still, he heard a scream suddenly coming from beside him. Looking back in shock, he found that not far away from him, a woman in her forties, wearing commoners, was squatting by the river, looking at her in horror.
When he saw himself walking towards her, he grabbed a piece of stick beside him and looked at Mu Jingyu in horror.
"Do I look like a monster?"
Mu Jingyu muttered to himself, tried his best to put on a harmless expression, took a few steps forward and said, "Auntie, don't be afraid, I'm not a monster..."
Before Mu Jingyu could finish speaking, the aunt had already closed her eyes tightly, waving the stick randomly and shouting, "Don't come over here, don't come over here!"
Mu Jingyu couldn't help but stop, measured his body, and looked into the pool. A pretty face with disheveled hair and pale complexion appeared on the water. At first glance, it looked like a ghost. Looking at himself again, all those clothes had been torn off when he was fighting the viper. Later, I found some leaves and rattan and made a simple grass skirt, which barely covered my body.
After seeing his appearance clearly, Mu Jingyu suddenly realized why this aunt was afraid and panicked.
First, he squatted by the pool, tidied his messy long hair, and then washed his face. A somewhat handsome young man appeared on the water.
Mu Jingyu looked at his face that was no longer scary, then stood up, looked at the still a little panicked aunt and smiled and said, "Auntie, I am not a monster. I just strayed into a valley and was trapped. It took several years, so it looks like this.”
When the aunt saw that Mu Jingyu was not the monster she imagined, she ferociously rushed over to attack her. In addition, the young man in front of me, after a simple grooming, turned out to be quite handsome, so he slowly let down his guard.
"Are you really not a monster? Then how did you end up trapped in a valley? Where are you from, and is there anyone else in your family?"
Listening to the aunt asking several questions in succession, Mu Jingyu's mind was racing and he had already compiled his life story.
"Oh, my name is Mu Jingyu, and I am originally from the Holy State of the Central Territory. But when I was more than ten years old, something happened to my family suddenly, and I was left alone. I originally wanted to go to the Lost State of the Mountains alone, I went to my relatives. Who knows, I accidentally lost my way in the mountains and fell into a valley, where I was trapped for several years. Just yesterday, I found an underground river and was washed here."
Although he had been drifting along the underground river for nearly a hundred miles, looking at the surrounding mountains and terrain, he should still be near Jiuhua Mountain. He didn't want to reveal his true identity rashly and let others know that he was a disciple of Jiuhua Mountain.
After listening to Mu Jingyu's words, the aunt completely believed him. He quickly came over and took his hand and said, "Poor child, you must have suffered a lot! Follow Auntie back to the village quickly. Auntie will cook you some delicious food and find you some sets of clothes."
"Then I'd like to thank you, auntie!"
Along the way, Mu Jingyu asked his aunt. I learned that this is Longpan Mountain, a hundred miles west of Jiuhua Mountain, and it is still fifty or sixty miles away from the nearest Yiyang City.
After returning to the village, the aunt enthusiastically took him to her home. The village is not big, with only twenty or thirty households at most. They usually make a living by cultivating a few acres of thin fields.
The people in the village were extremely warm and simple. After learning about Mu Jingyu's experience, they all took some food from home and sent it to the aunt's house. There was also an old woman who gave Mu Jingyu some clothes as a gift for Mu Jingyu to quickly change into.
Trapped in the valley for six years, he relied on fish, shrimp and red fruits to satisfy his hunger every day. Nowadays, you can eat cooked food made from five grains, which is really more delicious than delicacies from the mountains and sea.
After Mu Jingyu had eaten and drank enough and got some clothes, he didn't want to stay here any longer. He was out of the valley now, but he only wanted to go to Yaoming Palace to find Bi Yun. Moreover, he also promised the high priest to search for the descendants of the Chu Li tribe.
But the villagers in this mountain village were extremely enthusiastic and insisted on dragging him to stay for a few days. In desperation, he had to stay here temporarily.
A few days passed, and every day he followed the villagers hunting in the mountains or farming in the fields. After all, he was also in the Guiyuan period of cultivation, so he could do these things with ease. However, he was afraid that the villagers would see that he was a man of cultivation and did not dare to expose his true strength too much. But even so, he is still much stronger than those muscular young men in the village.
Just by doing this, he unknowingly attracted the attention of several young girls in the village who were in their twenties and eighth years. Even his aunt's daughter frequently made secret glances at him, mending clothes for him and cooking some of his specialty dishes.
In recent days, the aunt has noticed her daughter's thoughts. Thinking about this young man who spewed out from the waterfall, he was helpless, and not only had a lot of strength, but he was even more handsome than the young men in the village. Intentionally or unintentionally, it was always hinted that he would stay in the village.
Mu Jingyu deliberately refused, but during this period of time, he had been taken care of by his aunt's family, so he wanted to hunt a wild boar in the mountains and leave it to his aunt's family in return. Then he said goodbye to them and went out to find Bi Yun's whereabouts.
In the early morning, Mu Jingyu took a short knife and went hunting alone in the mountains. The girl named Chunya from the aunt's family took a bag of dry food with a shy look on her face and chased her out of the courtyard.
"Brother Jingyu, these are some vegetable cakes I have spread out just now. You can take them with you on the road to eat. You have to be careful when you go into the mountains. I have prepared meals at home and will be waiting for you to come back in the evening."
Mu Jingyu looked at Chun Ya's blushing face and smiled naively, "Thank you for thinking about me, sister. It's windy outside, so you'd better go back quickly."
How could Mu Jingyu not know Chunya's heart, but he was destined not to stay here forever.
It would be better to leave here as soon as possible and stop thinking about her, so as not to miss her life-long event.
Chunya responded, turned around and took only two steps. Suddenly she turned around, pursed her lips and said, "Brother Jingyu, I heard that there is a red flower on Longtou Cliff. Only clothes washed with its petals can be washed." , will carry a light fragrance, and it can last for a whole year! If, if you find it when you go into the mountains to hunt wild boars, can you pick one and bring it to me."
Mu Jingyu smiled and said, "Don't worry, if I see this kind of flower, I will definitely bring it to you."
Since he was leaving tomorrow without saying goodbye, what reason did he have to refuse Chun Ya? Just treat it as a parting gift and repay her family for taking care of them during this time.
Before noon, Mu Jingyu had already hunted a wild boar weighing more than 200 kilograms. It’s just that the red flowers Chunya mentioned have not been picked yet.
After temporarily storing the wild boar in a cave not far from the mountain village, Mu Jingyu followed the place pointed by Chunya to look for this strange red flower.
Fortunately, Longtou Cliff is not too far away from here. In just an hour, Mu Jingyu found the Longtou Cliff. Originally, he thought that since it was called Longtou Cliff, it should be steep. Who would have thought that this Longtou Cliff is just a hilltop shaped like a dragon's head. And the red flowers are blooming all over the mountains and plains.
It seems that Chunya's desire for these flowers is fake, but her desire to get the gift from Mu Jingyu is genuine.
After picking dozens of red flowers in one go and stuffing the cloth bag that Chun Ya gave him to use to hold dry food, Mu Jingyu returned along the original route.
By the time it got dark, we could already see the small mountain village in the distance.
He held the wild boar hiding in the cave on his shoulders and strode along the mountain road towards the village.
However, when he was still half a mile away, some doubts suddenly flashed in his eyes. Logically speaking, it is now dusk, and every household should start cooking. However, the mountain village seemed extremely quiet, with no smoke rising from the eaves of any house.
An ominous premonition suddenly arose in Mu Jingyu's heart, and he threw the wild boar to the side of the road. Holding a short knife and secretly circulating his Qi, he walked towards the village step by step.
