Mountain darkly, vista. --------"Visit to Shanxi Village" by Lu You of the Song Dynasty
The creek was gurgling and crystal clear. With Erdan leading the way, the four of them quickly went deep into the jungle. Chen Long saw green trees and strange flowers all around, mist steaming between strange rocks of various shapes, small animals appearing and disappearing among the trees, and occasionally a few birds chirping, adding to the wild interest of the forest. A few people walked around, and Chen Long felt that the altitude was gradually rising. Suddenly, the trees gradually became sparse, and his eyes suddenly opened up. He could only see a small lake embedded in the grassland on the half slope. At the end of the lake, he could see mountains rising steeply. It is a towering cliff. Looking further up, white clouds are filling the air, and the peaks of the peaks are floating above the white clouds, making it feel like entering a fairyland. Chen Long couldn't help but be fascinated when he saw the mountains and mountains in the distance, the clear water in front of him like a mirror, the green mountains floating in the water, and the graceful reflections.
Erdan and Liu Li turned around and saw Mrs. Zhang clinging to Chen Long. Against such a beautiful scenery, she was indeed an unparalleled young master and a beauty as beautiful as jade. Erdan couldn't help feeling ashamed, and kicked a few stones into the lake. Looking back, he caught Chen Long's attention. He pointed to the cliff at the end of the lake and said, "Brother, can you see that waterfall? That's the Water Curtain Cave. La."
Chen Long followed Er Dan's fingers and indeed saw a waterfall flying down in the middle of the dark cliff. From a distance, it looked like a thin silver line. Chen Long asked: "How to get up here?" Erdan replied: "Last time I chased a clouded leopard for several days, but the beast panicked and didn't choose its path. It somehow disappeared when it reached the lake. I couldn't find the cheetah. Instead, I found the Green Dragon Dagger on the edge of the cliff's waterfall. The cliff is slippery and difficult to climb. There is a cave behind the waterfall, but no one has ever gone deep into it. "
While talking, several people walked along the edge of the lake towards the waterfall. The shallow grass on the road was just up to their ankles, wild flowers were everywhere, and the lake was dotted with light, giving it a boundless spring scenery. The sound of the waterfall gradually became louder and louder. When I got close to me, I saw the waterfall falling from the sky like broken jade and nectar. It carved a deep pool in the rock underneath and had a water outlet. The water flowed down layer by layer and finally merged into the small lake. Er Dan pointed at the place where he found the Qinglong Dagger. There was a stone crevice beside the deep pool. Chen Long searched carefully, but found nothing else. He only saw layers of rocks stacked up. Finally, Stretching into the pool, it looks like steps entering the water layer by layer.
Because of the Qinglong Dagger, Chen Long was sure that someone had brought this high-end dagger here before, and it was very possible that there was a secret way out of the valley, and there could only be two ways out, either by climbing the rock. Go up and climb over the mountain behind, or the cave behind the waterfall.
At that moment, Chen Long no longer hesitated and asked Erdan: "Can you go to the cave behind this waterfall?" Erdan said: "I have swam in, but after rushing through the water curtain, it was extremely dark inside. I couldn't swim for a while. When we reached the border and there were no torches, we quickly turned around and came out." Chen Long nodded and said, "You guys wait here for a while, I'll go explore." He took off his shirt in twos and twos, bit the Qinglong Dagger, and jumped into the water. Go, swim to the waterfall, dive under the water, and disappear. Several people knew that Chen Long was very capable, so they were not very worried. Only Zhang was restless and eagerly awaiting Brother Chen's return.
Chen Long, who was diving underwater, could still feel the huge momentum of the waterfall. Fortunately, in less than half a minute, the pressure of the impact disappeared. He thought he had reached the back of the waterfall, and Chen Long slowly emerged from the water. Looking back, I saw a curtain of water pouring down. Fortunately, it didn't go too deep, and I could vaguely see that I was already in a cave. The left and right cave walls were about a few feet apart. I couldn't see the top. The water was flowing slowly from both sides. It flows in between the walls of the cave.
Chen Long swam inward along the cave wall, and gradually lost his sight. The cave wall was close to the water, and there was no possibility of landing. Chen Long didn't have a torch, so he could only dig out a small piece of rock from the cave wall, and then retreated the same way. He went to the shore and put on his clothes while giving Erdan a thumbs up. It meant exactly what he said. Erdan thought it was Chen Long praised him and smiled proudly, revealing several large interlocking molars.
Chen Long rolled his eyes and saw the beauty Zhang, and his mood couldn't help but improve. Although the way out was hard to find, at least he still had a beauty by his side! Just in front of Liu Li and Erdan, he grabbed Zhang's waist and jumped off a rock. Hearing Mrs. Zhang blurt out, Liu Li kept criticizing this blatant pervert in his heart, and then shook his head and sighed. From now on, the village will have to watch Chen Long's face.
After Chen Long's mood improved, his mind became more flexible. He hid the Qinglong Dagger and the rock he just dug out, put on his hunting bow, and said to Liu Li: "Brother Liu, you once said that there are legends in the village that someone has walked out of this Qingyuan Village. I don't know. What's the allusion?" Liu Li kept saying that he didn't dare to call him brother, and said: "Brother, let's talk as we walk."
"That's what I heard from the oldest patriarch in the village when I was a child. Legend has it that a foreigner once visited Qingyuan Village when he was a generation ago," Liu Li said slowly, his tone a little high-pitched: "Legend has it that The man could fly over walls and fly over walls, and was extremely powerful. However, he was seriously injured when he arrived. He didn’t know how he got here alive from the vast mountains. No one knew where this man came from. They only knew that after he recovered from his injuries, he began to behave like You were just as frantically looking for a way out, and ended up with nowhere to go. Could it be that you really came out of the Water Curtain Cave?"
Chen Long nodded, half-heartedly believing it. He wondered if the Azure Dragon Dagger was left behind by this senior master? Maybe this senior has successfully escaped from the Water Curtain Cave.
Thinking of this, Chen Long felt that the future was brighter, and his mind began to fantasize about the outside world uncontrollably, and he felt vaguely sorry for Mrs. Zhang. Mrs. Zhang was so obedient to him and walked away on her own. I wonder how the people in this village would treat Mrs. Zhang? After thinking about it for a while, I had no clue, but I had to find a way out. I came here to find the heroes of the Three Kingdoms, and my lover Liu Qian was missing. How could I really hide in a small village and become a unified country? As for Zhang, they still need to find a solution. Having a headache, Chen Long simply threw his head away.
Seeing Chen Long's head swaying, Erdan thought that Chen Long had a plan for the next step, and said loudly: "Brother is extremely resourceful, how should we go about with this next plan? Just give me your orders." Chen Long didn't have any plans, but How could he show his timidity casually at this time, so he said seriously: "Well... Next step, you find a few people, build a raft here, prepare torches and dry food, and let's go into the cave and explore carefully." Erdan was flattered, and his eyebrows were dazzled. He smiled and said: "Brother is really smart. I will find someone to do it when I get back." Chen Long asked Liu Li again: "Brother Liu, are there any specialties in this mountain?" Liu Li was humble again and said that he would call him Xiao Liu or Xiao Li. That's it, and then said: "There are many treasures in this mountain. There is a kind of jute root, which can reduce swelling and pain; there is also a kind of golden retriever, which can treat trauma." He picked up a bunch of small blueberry-like fruits and said: "This is The fairy fruit we have here, if you grind it up and drink its juice, you can live longer."
Liu Li was obviously very experienced in the field of herbal medicine. He opened up the conversation box along the way and was not lonely at all. Chen Long collected all kinds of flowers and plants he collected without rejecting anyone who came, and collected them one by one. When Liu Li saw his eldest brother's treasured collection, he couldn't help but show off even more proudly. It wasn't until Chen Long couldn't stand it anymore and even said he didn't want it anymore that he couldn't pretend to keep it anymore. Liu Li reluctantly gave up. Of course, even if Liu Li was killed, he would not have thought that Chen Long wanted to use these specialty herbs and the like for optical brain scanning in order to roughly determine his location.
In Zhang's courtyard, Liu Mang was bragging to San Dan with spittle flying around. San Dan was so bluffed that he suddenly stopped and ran out of the courtyard. It turned out that this kid was smart and heard Chen Long's footsteps. With a loud voice, he went over to greet his eldest brother. Poor Sandan stood there stupidly, and suddenly saw Liu Mang running out like a pig. He was puzzled for a moment and put a few fingers in his big mouth involuntarily. It wasn't until he saw Chen Long stepping into the courtyard that he showed an idiotic smile and squatted on the ground with his tongue hanging to the side, like a watchdog. Chen Long's heart moved. Although Sandan was stupid, he looked very loyal. He asked Sandan casually: "Has the window been repaired?" Sandan hummed twice, and Erdan quickly translated: "Brother, it has been repaired." Chen Long thought for a while, Zhang's reputation was still important, and asked them to clean up the firewood shed next to it and build a temporary bed with firewood. Although Zhang had mixed feelings in his heart, of course he followed Chen's instructions on the surface. Long's arrangement was just to give Chen Long extra bedding and make Chen Long's little bed warm and snug. Seeing Chen Long's pretentiousness, several people began to believe that Chen Long had no intention of caring about Zhang, but that his body still needed Zhang's care.
By the time everything was done, it was already approaching dusk and the sun was setting in the west. The remaining clouds on the horizon were dazzled by the setting sun, and the shadows of the mountain peaks were gradually pressing on the village. Chen Long stood in the middle of the courtyard and waved to a few people, calling them back. Before saying goodbye, he told them: "Sandan and Liu are busy. Tomorrow we will take a few people to make rafts near Shuiliandong. Erdan, your hand is injured. Tomorrow we will go with Liu." Let's work together to collect all the long ropes and climbing equipment in the village." After the explanation, several people said goodbye to their eldest brother in unison and went back happily.
Mrs. Zhang had carefully cooked some game meat. Chen Long had been tired for a day and ate it with gusto, but the taste was a bit bland. He thought that there might be a shortage of salt in the village. After chatting with Mrs. Zhang for a while, he learned that the salt output of the only well was not high. Being controlled by Liu Li and the others, Chen Long breathed a sigh of relief and asked Erdan to deliver some salt tomorrow.
Suddenly, an idea flashed in his mind, and Chen Long quickly ordered the optical brain to search for the origin of well salt. A few lines of subtitles flashed on the screen in his mind: "Well salt is made by drilling wells to extract underground brine that is naturally formed or generated after water injection in salt mines. The salt is called well salt. As early as the end of the Warring States Period, Li Bing, the prefect of Qin Shu County, had dug salt wells in Sichuan to collect brine and fry the salt. The production areas of well salt are mainly concentrated in Sichuan, Yunnan and other places, and the largest well salt base is Zigong, Sichuan." Chen Long Gritting his teeth, he said silently in his mind: "It turns out that it was teleported to the southwest, but I don't know which mountain it is in?" He thought about grabbing the backpack next to him. Mrs. Zhang saw that Chen Long was frowning and didn't dare to say anything. She quietly picked up the bowls and chopsticks and walked out, closing the door gently. Chen Long watched Taohua obediently go out and close the door, and quickly dumped the contents of his backpack on the floor of the firewood house. After thinking for a while, he put the Qinglong Dagger beside him, and then exhaled with all his strength. .
Chen Long had already told the optical brain, and after the big head appeared, his eyes swept towards those items. After identifying several herbs unique to the Southwest, the optical brain began to scan the stone cut out of the water curtain cave. The misty light swept across, and a few lines of small words appeared on the screen next to it: "Limestone is a sedimentary rock. It is easily eroded under high temperature and rainy conditions, forming karst landforms, also called karst landforms. In our country, they are mainly concentrated in Yunnan, Guizhou, Yunnan, and western Hunan and other regions. "Chen Long stared at Zhang's movement outside the door and thought about places like Sichuan, Guizhou, and Hunan, but the local accent in the village had its own system, and he couldn't tell where it came from. Just as I was thinking about it, I saw the misty light sweeping across the Qinglong Dagger. I quickly cheered up and wanted to see what the optical brain could find on this dagger. I saw a line of small words appear on the screen: "Ancient dagger, produced in South Korea during the Warring States Period, made of alloy." , the composition is 98% low carbon iron, 1% chromium, and 1% impurities." It turned out to be a dagger handed down from the Warring States Period.
Chen Long was slightly disappointed and lay on the simple little bed holding the back of his head. However, I still made sure that I was in a large mountain in the southwest. After a few days, I would build a raft and prepare all the equipment and dry food. That would be the day when I would soar for nine days. Chen Long fell into a deep sleep when he was so lustful that he could hear a few dogs barking in the distance. Qingyuan Village had also fallen into a deep sleep. Only the widow Zhang next door was tossing and turning over her lovesickness, suffering from insomnia there. . . . . .
