Suddenly hearing Putuomir's words, Yi Chen was a little confused and felt inexplicable.
"Putuomeier, where is the way out of this canyon? Why didn't I see it? Look, the smooth rock wall hundreds of meters high is so long that you can't see the end at a glance. If you want to climb up, it will be difficult to reach the sky. . Although our mountaineering pry can make holes in the rock wall, the prerequisite is that there must be gaps or small pits. As for this rock wall, even if our mountaineering pry is dried up, it will not help!"
As Yi Chen spoke, he pointed to the rock wall behind him and shrugged with a helpless expression.
Putuomel smiled slyly:
"Hahaha, I'm not 100% sure now, so I won't tell you for now! Just follow me. At least it should be better than us continuing to fumble along the bottom of the rock wall!"
After Putuomel finished speaking, he ran towards the direction where the cloud-toothed leopard fled.
Yi Chen was a little reluctant. He had his own principles in doing things and would never give up halfway. They both groped along the bottom of the rock wall for two or three kilometers in one direction. They should continue to persevere. Maybe there is this road not far away. The way out of the canyon.
However, seeing Putuo Mel's confident look on his face and chasing after him alone, Yi Chen had no choice but to rush over in order to avoid Putuo Mel's danger.
Soon, Yi Chen caught up with Putuo Mel.
As Putuomel hurried on, she kept lowering her head and looking around on tree trunks, bushes, and grass. What was she looking for?
This time, the little birds and beasts were in trouble. They were all frightened by Yi Chen and Putuo Mel, and they scrambled to escape from their homes, fearing that these two strange two-legged beasts would catch them.
The two chased for five or six kilometers, and Yi Chen got a little impatient:
"Putuomel, where are we going? Can you please stop making trouble? Let's go back and continue in the original direction to explore the way out of this canyon at the bottom of the rock wall!"
Putuomel frowned slightly, pursed his red lips, hesitated and said:
"Yi Chen, let's hold on for a while! The blood stains have obviously become thinner and sparse, and soon there will be nothing visible. By then, even if we want to chase, it will be too late!"
After hearing this, Yi Chen suddenly realized and complained:
"Putuomel, after a long day of work, what you were looking for on tree trunks, bushes, and grass along the way was the blood stains of cloud-toothed leopards! I'm confused. If you like the blood stains of cloud-toothed leopards, why didn't you tell me earlier? Then I will capture the cloud-toothed leopard alive for you and bleed it slowly!"
After hearing this, Putuomel was furious and said angrily:
"Yi Chen, you... Humph, who would like something so fishy! Hey, the blood marks disappeared here, it should be here!"
Putuomel had just lost his temper and suddenly screamed in surprise.
At this time, the two of them were stopping next to a group of bushes. The bushes were very dense, but the roots of some bushes had their bark worn away, and the ground next to them was also very smooth and very abrupt.
The bloodstains that Putuomel had been diligently pursuing extended into the bushes, and no more bloodstains appeared on the other end of the bushes.
It was obvious that the cloud-toothed leopard was hiding in this bush.
Yi Chen raised one arm to protect Putuo Mel behind him, and held a long sword in his other arm, stabbing randomly around the bushes.
This bush is not very big. If the cloud-toothed leopard hides in it, it will definitely be stabbed to the core.
The result was surprising. Yi Chen didn't hear the cloud-toothed leopard's scream at all, and felt that nothing had been stabbed. There seemed to be some hard objects in this bush, and the sword almost broke.
Seeing this scene, Putuomel laughed happily and said excitedly:
"Hahaha, it's just as I guessed. Yi Chen, use your long sword to cut off all these bushes! I think we can leave this canyon right away!"
Yi Chen felt uncomfortable with Putuomeier's riddle, and he said unhappily:
"Okay! But Putuomel, let's talk ugly beforehand. If there is nothing in this bush, you are not allowed to mess around anymore. We should return to the original direction and continue to explore the way out of the canyon at the bottom of the rock wall. ."
Putuomel readily agreed, and Yi Chen began to chop the bushes one by one with his long sword.
As the bushes decreased, the true appearance of the bushes gradually emerged.
I saw that in the center of this bush, it turned out to be a pile of stones. Under this pile of stones, there is a hole about 1.5 meters in diameter.
Now that the entrance of the cave is no longer blocked by bushes, it keeps making a 'wow-wow-wow' sound, and many fine leaves are sucked into the cave.
Soon after, the fine leaves fell from the rock wall of the canyon near Yegla Peak.
Yi Chen raised his hand to catch a few fine leaves and suddenly screamed:
"Ah, could it be...?"
Yi Chen screamed and rushed to the entrance of the cave. He found that the passage in the cave extended diagonally upwards, and he could see a bright light the size of a millstone at the end, which was the exit at the other end.
Putuo Mel's voice sounded behind Yi Chen:
"Yi Chen, this passage is the way out of this canyon. Let's go!"
The exit of the channel is on a pile of sand and gravel in an ancient basin. Perhaps a long time ago, this place was a plateau lake. Forced by the water pressure at the bottom of the lake, the soft part of the stratum gradually drained away, forming this connection. Go to the natural passage at the bottom of the canyon!
In any case, Yi Chen and Putuo Mel finally escaped from the canyon. They were standing on the pile of gravel and were filled with emotion.
In the distance, over two or three mountain ridges, is the towering Yegla Peak.
Its majestic appearance is deeply shocking. It is like a cylinder with a thick bottom and a thin top. It stands impressively on the Tianji Plateau. The upper part is covered with snow, and the middle and lower parts are covered by various coniferous forests. .
The ancient basin is very desolate. It is covered with gray-brown sand that makes a crunching sound when stepped on. Nothing grows on it, not even lichen, a plant that is very common on Arcturus.
Putuomel said softly:
"I see!"
Yi Chen asked strangely:
"Putuo Mel, what do you mean?"
Putuomel smiled and said:
"Hahaha, Yi Chen, don't you want to know why I suddenly decided to pursue the cloud-toothed leopard to find a way out of this canyon?"
Yi Chen actually felt uncomfortable holding it back for a long time. The reason why he didn't ask directly was because he was a little depressed. He lamented that Putuo Mel was too smart to find such a secret passage. He was even a little jealous of Putuo Mel.
Yes, it's the kind of jealousy that arises when a man suddenly realizes that he is not as good as a woman!
Yi Chen knew very well that he would never think of finding a way out of this canyon through the cloud-toothed leopard.
Looking at Yegla Peak in the distance, Yi Chen deliberately did not look at Putuo Mel and said in an understatement:
"It doesn't matter whether you know it or not. Anyway, we have left this canyon. Besides, the key is to climb Yegla Peak. Everything else is just a cloud!
Yi Chen said it didn't matter, but his ears quietly raised his eyebrows, pretending to be listening.
Who is Putuomel? She is a god-level scientist and a woman, and her ability to observe details is incomparable. She immediately noticed Yi Chen's little moves, and was amused by Yi Chen's arrogance of a man and the frankness of a child, which made her giggle.
Yi Chen understood that Putuo Mel had figured out his thoughts, his old face turned red, and he yelled angrily:
"Don't be nagging, let's go quickly, we will try to climb to the top of Yegla today!"
As he spoke, Yi Chen took Putuomel's luggage and carried it on his back, jumped off the gravel pile, and headed towards Yegla Peak.
Putuomel was already physically exhausted after continuously traveling in the mountains and canyons, and he relied solely on his own will to persevere. She was very pleased with Yi Chen's considerate act of carrying her luggage for her. Looking at Yi Chen's back, her blue eyes were filled with gratitude and love. She happily caught up with Yi Chen and said with a smile:
"Hahaha, I don't care if you want to know or not, I'm going to tell you anyway!"
Before Putuomel could speak, Yi Chen suddenly thought of a question and said:
"Putuo Mel, along the way we have passed many places that have no names at all. Why don't we name them!"
Putuomel was right, otherwise they wouldn't know what to call those places.
As a result, the swamp at the source of the Holy River Ilya became the Dream Lake. The valley where Sora is now is called Qianfeng Valley. The canyon where the two cloud-toothed leopards haunt is called Lingxi Gorge. The valley where Yi Chen and Putuo Mel are located is called Lingxi Gorge. The ancient basin is named Shambhala Basin, the two mountain ridges not far ahead are Altay Ridge and Mount Kiliboqi respectively, and the passage connecting Lingxi Gorge and Shambhala Basin is named Taohua Cave.
After the two of them finished naming, Putuomeier took the opportunity to explain to Yi Chen her idea of discovering the Peach Blossom Cave.
Clouded leopards are extremely territorial carnivores that like to live on plateaus and snow-capped mountains.
The appearance of cloud-toothed leopards in Lingxi Gorge is a bit unusual, but considering that Lingxi Gorge is located at the foot of the plateau and snow-capped mountains, the appearance of cloud-toothed leopards in it is not too outrageous.
However, we can guess from this that cloud-toothed leopards must know the way out of Lingxi Gorge, otherwise they would not be able to reach Lingxi Gorge from the plateau and snow-capped mountains.
Yi Chen fought against two cloud-toothed leopards in Lingxi Gorge, killing one and injuring the other. The cloud-toothed leopard was completely defeated.
Logically speaking, the other cloud-toothed leopard should give up their territory and turn around and run away as quickly as possible, but it didn't do that. Instead, it took the risk and jumped behind Yi Chen before escaping.
This meant that there was another cloud-toothed leopard in the direction behind Yi Chen that it cared about, either its cub or its path to escape from its territory.
The cloud-toothed leopard is a carnivore that likes plateaus and snow-capped mountains. If it escapes from its territory, its most likely destination will be plateaus and snow-capped mountains.
There are no plateaus or snow-capped mountains in Lingxi Gorge, only outside Lingxi Gorge. Then another cloud-toothed leopard may escape from Lingxi Gorge, and by following it, you may be able to find a way out of Lingxi Gorge.
Therefore, Putuomel did not hesitate to chase after him. As Putuomel expected, the two of them finally discovered Taoyuan Cave and left Lingxi Gorge smoothly.
After Yi Chen listened, he was secretly impressed. This ability to use details and knowledge to conduct rigorous logical reasoning to find out the truth of things in a short time can only be mastered by god-level scientists like Putuo Mel.
