Although the woman in the village pointed out the general area of the tunnel entrance, after all, people's memories are always a little blurry due to the passage of time. The group still spent two full hours searching before discovering this mountain tunnel.
It is said to be a tunnel, but from the outside, it can only be distinguished as a cave made of limestone and granite. The part above the water only accounts for less than half of the original size of the cave entrance, and the rest is submerged by the rushing water.
"The water depth is about three meters, and the situation in the cave is unknown. I suggest we make a bamboo raft to get across."
Li Mu squatted on the river bank next to the entrance of the cave. After measuring the depth of the water at the base, he raised his head and suggested that he still didn't know what the hidden tunnel in the mountain looked like. It would not be a good idea to rush into the water and dive in. Even if their group was strong. , and there is no need to take this risk.
Li Mu also took over the task of making bamboo rafts. There happened to be a small bamboo forest growing on the shore. Li Mu directly swung the Jueying Sword. After a few sword rays flashed in the air, he obtained the materials for making bamboo rafts.
Recalling a documentary he had watched in his previous life, there was a character named "Master Bei" who was best at making such outdoor survival tools. After a little fumbling, Li Mu quickly mastered the essentials. After a while, one can hold eight people. The human wide-body bamboo raft was born.
"I didn't expect you, brother, to have such skills. My sister didn't notice it before."
Ruolan's half-joking compliment was completely changed in Hua Aotian's ears. The arrogant young master of the Hua family watched his goddess chatting and laughing with other men. Jealousy burned in his chest, but he was suffering from the pampering. Without any experience or knowledge of survival in the wild, I could only turn my head away and pretend not to see this scene.
After the bamboo raft was launched into the water, the little monkey immediately jumped onto the bow of the boat, pointed at the hole in front of him and babbling, which roughly meant "charge".
The bamboo raft was slowly dragged to the entrance of the cave with a rope, and the group of people jumped up one after another. When the last person stood still, the bamboo raft was still floating steadily on the water, which made Li Mu breathe a sigh of relief.
Because it was going against the current, Li Mu found another long bamboo pole and moved forward little by little against the river bed. This way of punting made him feel a little familiar. He had been in this fairyland for so long, and he finally used some knowledge from his previous life. .
After entering the cave, the river became narrower, and the speed of the water flow also accelerated significantly. The entire cave was very wide. Ruolan took out a fire arrow box for lighting, and with a crisp sound, the flaming arrow advanced forward. Flying away, lighting up the space in the tunnel.
There is a huge difference in height in the tunnel, and there is a lot of lava that has been formed for at least a thousand years. There are all kinds of strange things. The terrain is already so complicated just after entering the tunnel, which makes Li Mu worry about whether he can successfully pass through the bamboo raft.
Except for the sound of water flowing in the tunnel, there was no other sound at all. It was like a completely isolated world.
Different from the cold weather outside the tunnel, walking against the current in this quiet tunnel, the deeper you go, the more humid and hot the air becomes. Just as everyone is focusing on the road ahead, phosphorus fire suddenly flickers on both sides of the tunnel. It also shocked everyone
"It's okay, it's okay. This is just the phosphorus fire that appears after a long period of time due to the decay of animal carcasses. It means that there will still be other animals or monsters in this mountain passing through this tunnel."
Although Lin Qingzhu was frightened by the sudden phosphorus fire, he looked closely and found that it was just an ordinary phosphorus fire and quickly explained to the others.
The little monkey who had been sitting on the bow of the boat became restless at this time. He felt that there were small fish swimming in the water, and he stretched out his little paws directly into the water, trying to catch those underwater creatures.
But those water snakes and small fish were extremely flexible, and after several attempts they all failed. Xiaopi was so angry that he almost jumped into the river and had a fight. Fortunately, Li Mu picked him up and threw him into Lin Qingzhu's body. In my arms, no one knows what is under the water. If it really goes down to this monkey, it might just feed the fish.
"Brother, this monkey of yours is really clever. What kind of monkey is it?"
Ruolan actually noticed Li Mu's monkey from the beginning. Although he couldn't feel any breath and was not even a first-level monster, the intelligence displayed by this little monkey was far beyond what she had ever seen. Those advanced ape-like monsters.
"It's just a wild monkey. I don't know what species it is. Anyway, I picked it up."
Naturally, Li Mu would not tell the secret that the little monkey had the bloodline of the mythical beast Zhu Yan. Moreover, so far, the skinned monkey had really done nothing but cause trouble for him.
At this time, the bamboo rafts have entered the depths of the tunnel. The scenery here is so strange that it is unimaginable. Ruolan's fire-breaking arrows continuously shoot out and sweep across the tunnel with light. Those jagged and weird stalactites keep flashing between light and dark. It made Li Mu feel like he had entered a bizarre maze.
As the bamboo rafts continued to advance, everyone found that the river began to slowly widen, and they saw two or three small streams that did not know where they came from. They gathered here, and the water speed became more rapid. The cave walls on both sides gradually began to expand. There are naturally formed lava stairs, which have been washed by rivers for thousands of years. This natural wonder of layers like waves amazes everyone on the bamboo rafts.
The stalactites above the head also became more and more dense. Most of them were white, but there were also some red natural stone pillars mixed in. Seeing that they had entered the belly of the mountain, Fang Yan quickly helped Li Mu support the bamboo raft.
"If there is any movement, please be alert."
Uncle Fu's sudden warning made everyone on the bamboo raft tense up, especially the two guards of the Hua family. They moved one behind the other to protect Hua Aotian in the middle, with one hand on the other. On the handle of the knife at the waist.
As there was a sound of gravel in the corner of the cave, something huge seemed to flash through the darkness, and dark shadows kept moving among the rocks on the edge of the cave.
Ruolan didn't dare to neglect, and fired more than a dozen fire arrows in the direction of the black shadow, completely lighting up the area for a while.
This light obviously also shocked the huge black shadow. The rolling sound of the rock caused by the movement suddenly disappeared. Brown-green shining scales appeared in front of everyone's eyes, and a huge triangular head slowly emerged from behind the rock. After peeking out, everyone on the bamboo raft finally saw clearly the true face of the residents in this tunnel.
"Blue-scaled deep water python, a second-level monster."
When he saw that it was only a second-level monster, Hua Aotian finally breathed a sigh of relief. He knew better than anyone how his cultivation level came about. He had taken countless pills since he was a child, so he forced his cultivation level into his body. He has achieved great success in the Dan Formation Realm, but in a real life-and-death fight, he may not even be able to match some of the powerful Dan Formation Realm entry-level monks.
This blue-scaled python was extremely huge. It was unknown whether it was because there were no natural enemies in this tunnel or something else. This second-level monster did not show the expected aggression. It just lazily spat out words and looked at Li Mu and others. people.
"Whoosh."
Just when Li Mu and Fang Yan were speeding up, wanting the bamboo raft to pass quickly without disturbing the giant python, the sound of a sharp arrow piercing the air was heard. Hua Aotian actually said it was his own fault and drew one from behind the guard. The long bow was drawn, the arrow was drawn, and the target was the giant green-scaled python.
The arrow shot by Hua Aotian was unbiased and hit the left eye of the blue-scaled deep water python. Severe pain was felt, causing the python that had been at ease for too many years to instantly riot.
The huge body full of wild power rushed through the rocks, smashing all the white rocks it passed into powder. The white dust mist that was raised carried the giant python, and it swam into the water with lightning speed, and then It hit the bamboo raft like a strong wind.
