Chapter 65: Gentian and Bright Silver

Style: Historical Author: dongchejunWords: 3114Update Time: 24/01/12 13:35:26
How can I say that I have no clothes? Be in the same robe as your son. ---------Anonymous "Qin Feng Wu Yi" from the pre-Qin period

It is said that Chen Long luckily escaped the Wolf King's fatal blow and tore the Wolf King to pieces with his bare hands. The pack of wolves is leaderless. A smart gray wolf takes advantage of the pack's fear of Chen Long and successfully obtains the position of the new wolf king. In exchange, the new Wolf King gave Chen Long a strange crystal as a gift.

The new wolf king climbed high, looked up to the sky and let out a long howl, announcing his order to the White Stone Secret Realm. The wolves howled in response, and for a while the entire Baishi Mountain was filled with the whimpering and howling of the wolves. The leading gray wolves had finished paying homage to the new wolf king, and they all jumped into the cave and disappeared.

Chen Long took out the spar from his arms and showed it to Zhao Yun and Tong Feifei. He frowned and said: "This cave should be the passage for a group of wolves, and they should be the owners of the cave. I wonder if this crystal is what they protect?"

Zhao Yun asked: "What Wen Long means is that there is no need to explore the cave anymore?"

Chen Long shook his head and said: "I don't know either. This cave should have more than one exit, which is why the wolves appear and disappear. But people may not be able to get in through the entrance of the cave that wolves can enter. I'm afraid the complexity of this cave is beyond our imagination. .”

Tong Feifei sighed: "It would be great if this new wolf king could talk, it would save us all the trouble of thinking."

Although Feifei was joking, Chen Long felt moved when he heard it. Finding a way to communicate with the Wolf King may be the best way.

Chen Long took the crystal, flew up, and jumped to the Wolf King, trying to touch its head. The wolf king swayed slightly, dodged Chen Long's big hand, snarled his fangs slightly, and looked around.

Chen Long suddenly understood that this was no longer the time when he was alone with the wolf king. The wolf king was now the leader of the pack, and he must not let other wolves see him getting too close to people, which would affect his status. The subtlety of it actually made Chen Long think hard.

Chen Long saw the Wolf King looking at him sideways, as if to say: "If you have something to say, don't touch me." He couldn't help but smile and said: "The Wolf King is above, Wen Long is polite here. You and I are equals, and we will be friends from now on."

The Wolf King whimpered. Seeing that it agreed, Chen Long held up the spar, pointed to the cave and asked, "Is this spar the treasure in the cave?"

The Wolf King jumped up to the entrance of the cave, entered the cave, and immediately turned back and came out of the cave, looking at the three of them. Chen Long said happily: "The Wolf King will lead us into the cave to have a look."

Zhao Yun lit the torch, and the three of them followed the Wolf King. The Wolf King was still a little afraid of the torches, so he stayed far away and led the way. The cave was very complicated. The Wolf King often slipped into some small crevices and disappeared. Chen Long and others were unable to follow them. Suddenly, the Wolf King appeared in front again, and the three of them realized that this was indeed the world of wolves. Without the leadership of the Wolf King, they would never be able to explore the entire cave.

The torch was faint, deep into the ground, but the air was not thin. Chen Long said: "There must be many exits to the outside world, otherwise the air would not be so fresh. It's just that these exits are so small that it is impossible for humans to enter and exit."

The cave is winding and has many forks, and occasionally the reflection of green wolf eyes flashes in the darkness. The passages are high and low, and in some places you can only crawl through them. Fortunately, several of them were skilled in martial arts, and they followed the Wolf King out of a cave without any danger. Suddenly, they were surrounded by darkness. Zhao Yun raised the torch high, but he couldn't see the end of the darkness. It turned out that he was in an underground place. hall.

The Wolf King stood up with his front paws on the wall. When Chen Long looked carefully, he saw a protruding stone on the wall of the cave where the Wolf King's leader was. Zhao Yun jumped up and put his right hand on the stone. Suddenly, he felt that the tentacles were smooth. He groped back and forth with his fingers and felt that they had sunk into a groove. There seemed to be some liquid in the groove. Zhao Yun jumped down, picked up his right hand and smelled it carefully. It must be water.

After hearing Zhao Yun's discovery, Chen Long nodded and said: "Zilong, fly to the left of the stone and find a way to hold a torch to illuminate it. I will fly to the right and see what I find."

This time, the two of them flew up at the same time. Zhao Yun grabbed the folds of the cave wall with one hand and held a torch high with the other hand. The firelight just illuminated the space several meters above the stone. Chen Long looked carefully on the right and saw a shallow groove dug in the center of the stone. The groove was filled with clean water. The clear water slowly overflowed along the edge of the groove, so the surrounding area of ​​the stone was very smooth. A thin narrow trench was dug from the edge of the groove to the cave wall. The narrow trench attracted groundwater that seeped from the cave wall and slowly poured into the groove.

This obvious human trace made Chen Long very excited and said loudly: "This must be the mechanism that opens the underground treasure house." As he said this, he put his hand into the water in the groove and groped around.

At the center of the groove was a small round hole. Chen Long's fingers explored further, only to find that the round hole was closed. Chen Long pressed hard, but no mechanism was triggered, and there were no abnormalities elsewhere.

When the two fell down, Chen Long saw the wolf king squatting aside obediently, and said to Zhao Yun and Tong Feifei: "The wolf king no longer leads the way, it should be the crystal stone found here."

Zhao Yun nodded and said: "Since the Wolf King found the crystals here, are they scattered on the ground like this?"

Tong Feifei also said: "Yes, if it can be picked up anywhere, it doesn't look like an important treasure stored by the ancients."

Several people were puzzled. They didn't know what the groove on the stone above their head was for, so they walked along the cave wall into the darkness. Seeing that they were about to leave, the Wolf King suddenly jumped up and grabbed at the cracks in the rocks. He soared up and climbed onto the rocks above his head. He jumped down again and landed next to Chen Long.

Tong Feifei said happily: "What the Wolf King means is that it can climb up the rocks above the head. The crystal should be found in the groove by the Wolf King."

After figuring this out, Chen Long immediately asked, "Spar! Is the crystal embedded in the round hole in the middle of the groove?"

Hearing this, Zhao Yun and Chen Long looked at each other. The two of them understood each other and jumped up high again. This time, Chen Long took the spar in his hand and inserted it along the round hole. The spar actually followed the groove. The round hole in the middle is embedded in it.

Chen Long felt the fit between the crystal and the round hole with his fingers, just like the fit between bolts and nuts in later generations. He was overjoyed and knew he had found the right method. The spar was embedded halfway in, then stopped with a click, revealing a section above the round hole.

Chen Long tried to press down, but there was no response. He tried to turn right again. This time, he only heard a clicking sound. The crystal rotated a small angle to the right. The water level in the groove dropped rapidly, and it actually came out of the round hole. It flowed down and I don’t know where it was left.

Chen Long said happily: "The mechanism uses water conservancy. The water flowing out from the groove must flow to the subsequent mechanism. Later, when the weight of the water is enough, the mechanism will start automatically."

After hearing this, Zhao Yun and Feifei were both amazed by the wisdom of their predecessors. The groove quickly became empty, the water flow stopped, and the inlaid crystal automatically rotated back slightly, sealing the circular hole again.

Chen Long was amazed by what he saw and said: "In this way, when the water fills the groove again, it can be used to open the mechanism next time. The wisdom of the ancients is really impressive." After pulling out the crystal, everyone became quiet. Waiting for the sound of a mechanism opening somewhere in the darkness.

Sure enough, a few minutes later, there was a sound like a stone door opening in the darkness on the opposite side. Several people cheered. The Wolf King was also excited and quickly rushed towards the sound. Several people reached the stone wall opposite. Under the light of the torch, they saw a gap in the cave wall that could only allow one person to pass through.

The Wolf King could see clearly in the darkness, and disappeared through the gap with a whooshing sound. Tong Feifei was so excited that she followed the Wolf King and was about to break in. Chen Long grabbed him and said, "Listen to me. The stone door was opened because the weight of the water pressed down on the mechanism. But the stone door was just opened just now, which means that after the last opening, the stone door may have closed automatically. In other words, the Shimen has a certain opening time, and we must get out before it closes again. We don't know the structure of the mechanism, and we don't know how long the water will last on the mechanism, so once the water dries up, maybe the Shimen will automatically Close. Come out immediately if you find something, remember!"

After hearing this, Tong Feifei patted Chen Long's hand and said, "Then why are you dragging me along?" He turned around and hurriedly dodged into the gap of the stone door.

Chen Long smiled bitterly and shook his head: "Zilong, follow quickly, I will leave the safety of senior sister to you." Zhao Yun quickly held a torch and chased after her.

The cave is not grand, and the ground is flat in the light of the torch. Not to mention the treasures, there is not even a piece of broken furniture. The torch light illuminated the cave wall, and Tong Feifei suddenly shouted: "There are patterns carved on the cave wall!"

When Chen Long looked carefully, he saw the appearance of a spear roughly carved on the cave wall. The barrel of the spear was very slender, and the length of the spear head was more than a foot long, forming an irregular diamond shape. Zhao Yun held up the torch and looked carefully at the two seal characters engraved under the spear head, and said: "Gentian!"

Chen Long said with ecstasy in his heart: "Rentian! Is it possible that the legendary super weapon, the gentian silver spear, is hidden in this cave?"

Zhao Yun and Tong Feifei had never heard of the Gentian Silver Spear, but they thought it must be a treasure. They were eager to search the cave carefully. Chen Long used his optical brain to carefully record the appearance of the spear on the cave wall. He saw that under the word "gentian", there was also a radiant little sun engraved on it. He was about to find out what was going on when he suddenly heard a subtle click. From one place on the wall, half of the stone box jumped out like a drawer.

Chen Long was overjoyed. The ancients actually designed a drawer on the cave wall. No wonder there was nothing on the ground. Seeing a scroll of bamboo slips stored in the stone box, he picked it up and was about to unfold it to take a look. Suddenly he heard the sound of the stone door rattling, and he was shocked and said: "Quick! Everyone, get out!"

Zhao Yun grabbed Tong Feifei and rushed out of the stone gate first. There was only a thin line left in the stone door. The Wolf King and Chen Long came out at the same time. They had a close contact and almost got stuck in the crack of the door at the same time. Fortunately, the Wolf King had a strong and strong figure and got out from under Chen Long's crotch.

A few people narrowly escaped. Chen Long wiped the cold sweat from his forehead and said: "The opening and closing of the stone box is probably also the function of water flow. This is a set of interlocking mechanisms. The water flow first suppresses the mechanism of the stone door, and then from The mechanism of the stone door flows out, suppressing the mechanism of the stone box, and the opening of the stone box also means that the water in the stone door mechanism has dried up, so the stone door will begin to close. If you get the treasure in the stone box and look at it, maybe you will Stay in the cave forever."

Zhao Yun thought deeply: "But the most important question is, there are only murals in the cave. Where is the real gentian silver gun?"

Chen Long shook the bamboo slips in his hand and said: "Let's go out first and take a look at the bamboo slips. If there are still secrets here, we will be ready to return again." After saying that, he cupped his hands to the Wolf King and said affectionately: "Wolf King , Thanks! Take us out now." The Wolf King howled softly, seeming to be delighted to have discovered the secret of this cave, and took the lead and disappeared into the darkness.