Biyoudongtian is a forbidden place for newcomers. The academy has rules that prohibit students from entering in the first year.
Violators will be punished by taking a bamboo path and planing fifty bamboos, or farming in the school field for three months, or doing other chores with the same amount of labor. In short, it doesn't sound very easy.
And the most important thing is that no one knows what is in Biyou Cave. Everyone who went in before came out and kept it secret.
However, Lu Jing felt that with his current strength, self-protection should not be a big problem.
After all, no matter how mysterious the Biyoudongtian is, it is only one of the eight sceneries. Since it is a scene, it is not too dangerous to be in it.
So after a slight hesitation, Lu Jing felt that the bird could still be saved.
He has been wandering around the Nightingale River Valley for a long time, but still can't find his messenger. Although there is still one day tomorrow, no one can guarantee that if he can't find it today, he will find it tomorrow.
Now that there is a ready-made opportunity in front of him, Lu Jing is not willing to let it go.
Moreover, this gray nightingale seems to be the messenger of a certain senior, but the fact that it is building a nest here now means that the senior is probably no longer here.
Although the person is gone, everyone belongs to the same lineage as Si Tianjian, so we should help him both emotionally and rationally.
Even if there is any punishment from the academy in the future, it should be lightened a lot for the sake of that senior.
Therefore, Lu Jing jumped down from the rock wall and said to Yang Tao outside the cave, "Brother Yang, please throw my Zen staff in again."
Yang Tao and Xia Huai naturally heard what Lu Jing said to the gray nightingale earlier.
Seeing him say this now, everyone knows that he has made his choice.
Hearing this, Xia Huai said, "Then I'll go with you. At least I'll have someone to take care of you."
As she said this, she stepped into the cave without waiting for Lu Jing's reply.
Yang Tao originally wanted to go with Lu Jing, but he was a step behind Xia Huai and now he could only stop because he also knew that the three of them could not go in together, and at least one person had to be left outside in case the other two were there. No one reported any danger inside.
Lu Jing said to Yang Tao, "In that case, I'll trouble Brother Yang to wait here. If we don't come out before sunset, please ask Brother Yang to find the professors at the academy and tell them what happened here."
"Okay," Yang Tao nodded, "I will stay until sunset. You should be careful inside. If you feel something is wrong, turn back quickly."
After saying that, he went outside to find six wooden sticks about the length of an arm, lit one of them and used it as a torch, and threw the remaining five into the cave as spares.
Lu Jing held a staff in one hand and a torch in the other to lead the way, while Xia Huai followed him with five other wooden sticks.
The two of them walked towards the depths of the cave together.
At first, the location of the cave entrance may have been due to the sunlight, and the plants grew very luxuriantly. In addition to the huge vines that could be seen everywhere, there were also various flowers, plants and ancient trees growing on the nearby rock walls and roadside.
The two of them seemed to have entered a green kingdom.
But as they continued to go deeper, the plants in the cave became sparse, changing from gymnosperms and angiosperms to shade-loving plants such as mosses and fungi.
At the same time, there were more and more strange giant stalagmites around. Lu Jing was okay. After all, he had visited several caves in his previous life. Although the stalactites there were not so big, they still opened his eyes.
Although Xia Huai was born in a family of officials and has a much wider horizon than ordinary women, her footprints since her upbringing have been limited to a few places where her father traveled as an official. In addition, Xijian Pavilion is a place of learning. Where has she seen such a person? The magic of the underground world.
He was dumbfounded as he walked along, and then he couldn't help but said, "This...is this the trick of some immortal family?"
"It's just the dissolution and re-solidification of calcium carbonate." Lu Jing still remembered the tour guide's introduction. He turned the torch to illuminate the surroundings, looking for the shadow of the lost little nightingale, and said at the same time, "If there really is an immortal here, His name should be called Time, because looking at the height of these stalactites, they would not have grown to this level in millions of years."
Xia Huai seemed to understand. Seeing Lu Jing's brows furrowed, he asked again, "What's wrong? Is there something wrong?"
"We have gone quite a distance and haven't seen the baby bird yet, which means it didn't run away on its own. Well, given the height of the nest from the ground, it would almost certainly die if it fell from above.
"It seems that something else stole it from the nest, but along the way, I kept paying attention to the ground, and other than us, I didn't see any suspicious footprints from other animals."
Xia Huai was startled when he heard this, and was also very puzzled. However, the two of them had no other clues at this time and could only continue to move forward.
Seeing that the torch in his hand was about to burn out, Lu Jing took the other one from Xia Huai and lit it.
The two of them walked like this for about a cup of tea. During this period, the terrain kept lowering, and the sound of water rushing in their ears became clearer and clearer.
Lu Jing knew that this was probably close to an underground river, but he didn't expect that when he saw the river, a tall stone wall also appeared in front of them.
There was actually no way out.
"Is this... is this the end?"
Xia Huai didn't react, but soon she noticed that the underground river was rushing towards the stone wall. It was obvious that it could be passed underneath.
I just don’t know how deep I need to dive.
Holding one's breath is not difficult for martial arts masters like them. The real trouble is that the torch cannot be carried under the water.
Once the light source is lost, the two of them will completely lose their vision. It will be difficult to understand the situation underwater, let alone any emergencies that may occur midway.
But Xia Huai still said, "How about I go down and take a look first."
Lu Jing shook his head, "Wait a minute, I always feel that something is wrong... Although I only saw two of the eight sceneries of the academy, the hanging fish in the sky and the dyed forest, the names of these two scenes were very appropriate. However, There is a different cave... This cave is huge, but it doesn't seem to be a different cave."
"Dongtian, Dongtian." Xia Huai's face also showed a thoughtful look, "You always look up from time to time along the way, are you looking for the entrance to the cave and the sky?"
"Yes." Lu Jing said, "But there is not a single cave in such a long corridor."
"Yes, it seems that we haven't seen the sky above our heads since we walked in from the entrance of the cave." When Xia Huai said this, he suddenly paused, and then had a sudden idea.
"Do you think if we turn back now, we will be able to see the sky when we approach the entrance of the cave?"
