Zhao Rui said to Jiang Shuo: "This Jade Technique is really not something that people can practice. However, if people's hearts are not strong enough, if they know that there is such a magical technique in the world, people with insufficient concentration will have to practice it forcefully. In this way, many people will be harmed. This is also the case with Patriarch Tao Hongjing." The original intention of sealing the cave.”
Jiang Shuo said: "Then I just tell Mr. Zhenyin that only those who can open the Dragon-Breaking Stone can enter? Those who can open the cave door are naturally qualified to practice the two magical arts."
Zhao Rui said: "This still doesn't work. Let me ask you, after talking to Mr. Zhenyin, will you tell Dan Qiusheng, will you tell Li Taibai? And even Xiaonizi from the Dugu family, will you tell me? ?”
Jiang Shuo was a smart man, thought for a while and said, "Yes, if they know that I told Mr. Zhenyin and come and ask me, I will have to tell them."
Zhao Rui said: "Yes, this is human nature. As the saying goes, the law is not taught to the six ears. As long as a third person knows it, thousands of people will eventually know it. To keep this secret, one can only keep it secret. Patriarch Tao Why don't you just tell me a few words about how to open the door of Juqu Cave? I'm afraid that although kung fu is one of the thresholds to enter the cave, blessing is also a threshold. Just like you Shuo'er, no one has given you a hint, and you are not destined by fate. Did you happen to enter this cave?"
Jiang Shuo said: "I understand. It is useless for unlucky people to say anything and can only add trouble. For blessed people, there is no need to say anything, they have their own way to get into the hole."
Zhao Rui nodded and said: "That's the truth. The Shangqing sect admires Zhuangzi's teachings and does not tell the location of the cave. I'm afraid it is in line with Patriarch Tao Hongjing's original intention."
The two of them had discussed and decided, so Jiang Shuo went to prepare a few things. The oil coat worn by farmers at the foot of Yuejian Mountain in front of Baiyuan on rainy days found it novel, so he stole it back for fun. Jiang Shuo took it and packed it with clothes and dry food. They entered the cave empty-handed. The many gold and silver in the cave were just external possessions to the two of them, and they took none of them. They came in empty-handed and left empty-handed.
Jiang Shuo had already engraved the silk books and the golden scriptures on the wall in his heart, so there was no need to copy and carry them. He put the silk books away and stacked them neatly in the square niche, fearing that the monkeys would mess with them again, so he said to the white ape: "Brother Bai, let me lend you your sword."
In the past two years, Jiang Shuo has been learning animal language in his spare time while practicing martial arts with Zhao Rui, and can now communicate simply with the white ape. The so-called "sword" is actually just a bronze sword-shaped paperweight. Jiang Shuo took the sword handed over by Bai Yuan and used his secret magic to lightly scratch the golden wall. The edgeless paperweight sword actually cut through the golden wall like a sharp knife cutting through tofu. He cut off a two-inch-thick rock slab from the rock wall. At this moment, he no longer needed to use the iron rope. He grabbed the rock slab and jumped up. He grabbed the cliff with his left hand and covered the square hole with the rock slab with his right hand. Just enough to cover the entrance of the cave, Jiang Shuo slapped the four corners of the rock slab with his hands. The rock slab was embedded into the wall and fit perfectly with the gold inlay. It would be impossible to find the entrance of the cave without climbing up the rock wall to take a closer look.
As for the Shenshu sword manual engraved on the golden wall, the monkeys cannot touch it. If anyone can enter Juqu Cave, they are naturally destined to be together. They will see the wonderful sword skills on the golden wall. No need to cover up.
After doing all this, the two of them said goodbye to the white ape and were about to leave. After living in this cave for half a year, they inevitably lingered and looked back. The white ape saw the difference in their expressions and guessed that the two were leaving the cave. Even if they don't come back, it actually refuses to leave, chattering and shouting that it wants to go with the two of them. Jiang Shuo wondered: "The waterway under this pond is extremely long. Brother Bai, you don't know how to avoid the water. If you go with us, you will definitely drown."
Zhao Rui said: "This is not difficult. You can click on its acupoints and hold your breath, then take it out of the cave and untie it again. As long as it doesn't take too long, there will be no serious problem. It's just that you, Bai Lang, are willing to be the monkey king here. Abandon this wealth and come with us?"
Unexpectedly, the white ape grabbed Zhao Rui's arm tightly, shook his head and nodded desperately, assuming that he had no intention of being the monkey king and was willing to follow the two of them out of the cave. The two of them had been with the white ape for a long time, and they already had feelings for each other. Now that they saw the white ape showing his true feelings, they couldn't bear to abandon it, so they clicked on several large acupuncture points around its body and closed its breath. The two of them used their own breath-holding techniques to dive into the water. He took the white ape to swim out of the cave at the bottom of the pool, and helped him to relieve his hole in the underground river cave. After a while, the white ape woke up leisurely. Sure enough, he was fine. After a while, he was back to normal. The two took out their clothes from the oil coat and started again. After dressing up, Jiang Shuo wrapped the dry food in oil paper and put it in his arms again. When everything was ready, the two of them and the ape ran westward along the underground river in the cave tunnel.
Although Zhao Rui and Jiang Shuo were both good at light kung fu and internal strength, Bai Yuan's self-trained kung fu according to the Jade Jue pictures was actually not weak at all. They ran for several miles without losing much, but after running ten miles, Bai Yuan didn't lose much. It didn't work anymore, and its breathing started to become heavy. Jiang Shuo saw this and leaned down to hold it under its side. The white ape suddenly felt a light step and leaped forward like a cloud and mist. It was an experience it had never experienced before, and it couldn't help but squeal happily. Wow.
In fact, it was not just White Ape. This was the first time for Jiang Shuo to run such a long distance. He practiced all his martial arts in the Juqu Cave. Although the cave was large, compared to the vastness of the world, it was still a small place. After Jiang Shuo mastered the magical skills, He couldn't use it either. At this moment, he was running along the underground river, his breath flowing. The more he ran, the more healthy he felt and his body was lighter. The Qi rushes through the Ren and Du meridians, converging on his teeth and cheeks. He involuntarily opened his mouth and roared, running faster, but Seeing the rock walls on both sides receding rapidly, the luminous mineral crystals in them formed a long chain, and the flowing light was moving, which was so beautiful.
Zhao Rui and Jiang Shuo ran down in one breath. When they were thirsty, they took a sip of water from the underground river. The water was as cold and sweet as a cold spring. After drinking it, they felt refreshed. They ran for nearly a hundred miles before they stopped to rest and met Bai Bai. The apes ate some dry food together, rested for a while, and then started running again. Fortunately, although the underground river was long, there was no branch road. They ran and rested like this three times. Not long after the fourth time, they saw a stone monument standing on the ground. By the water, as expected, there are three words "Bai Zhaodong" engraved on it.
Zhao Rui said: "I heard that the blessed land of caves and heavens in the world was formed by the emergence of vitality from the earth's veins. The earth's veins are like human veins. Although they are extremely long, they are actually connected to each other. I didn't believe it at first, but today I saw that the underground veins are actually three hundred miles long. It's still... There is no end in sight, so I have some faith."
Jiang Shuo took a closer look and saw that there was indeed a tunnel on the cave wall behind the stone tablet. The tunnel obviously had traces of man-made digging. It was similar to Juqu Cave. It was slightly modified on the basis of a natural cave to allow people to climb up the stairs. After walking for more than a mile, they saw a stone gate. Zhao Rui flashed his fire folds behind Jiang Shuo and saw that it was a large piece of white rock with two lines of words carved on the stone: "Bai Zhaomen, Aili Cave".
Zhao Rui said: "The five elements of Jijinmen belong to Kun Earth. According to Qimen Dunjia, Kun Earth is five, so it is divided into five pieces. This Bai Zhaomen corresponds to the hexagram of Kanshui, and its number is one, so it is a whole piece of mountain stone."
Jiang Shuo knew that there was no trick in opening the cave door, so he asked Zhao Rui to pull the white ape back further. He groped under the rock and found two grooves for holding hands. He inserted his hands into the bottom of the stone and moved it. After using the Jade Jue Magic Skill, I feel the yin and yang energy in the sea of qi continuously pouring into my hands and feet. With a little effort, my feet will make two footprints on the stones on the ground, so that my feet will not slip. After fixing the body shape, , he put his strength on his arms more confidently, and lifted it up violently. Sure enough, the boulder loosened and rose up with creaking and shaking.
When Bai Zhaomen closed, he could only see a stone door the size of a person. Now when he lifted up the boulder and looked at it, it was no more thick than a person lying vertically. The weight of the Broken Dragon boulder was staggering, and the difficulty of opening it was even more complicated. Kinmen.
Jiang Shuo raised his hands and moved under the boulder, allowing Zhao Rui and Bai Yuan to pass by. He then moved to the other side, fearing that he would damage Bai Zhaomen by letting go suddenly, so he slowly lowered the boulder. The effort of slowly lowering the boulder is more difficult than lifting the boulder.
Jiang Shuo placed the stone door in place, turned around and saw that he was still in a cave, which he thought was the "Aili Cave". This cave is not big, with a radius of only a dozen feet and a height of no more than ten feet. It is much smaller than Juqu Cave. However, it feels cramped when you are in it. Because there are many stone crevices on the top of the cave, the two people and the ape ran around for a day and a night. , it was already daytime on the second day, the sky was bright outside the cave, the sunlight was transmitted from the stone lattice, and the cave was very bright. Although there was sunlight in Juqu Cave from the Qiyao hole, but Juqu Cave It is more than a hundred feet high, and the sunlight shining into the cave is much dimmed. However, the "Aili Cave" is only ten feet high, and the sunlight shining in is very strong. When the two people and the ape suddenly saw the sunlight, they couldn't help but squinted their eyes and looked at it carefully. Cave.
The more Jiang Shuo looked at it, the more familiar it seemed, until he moved his eyes downwards and saw the bronze alchemy furnace in the center of the cave. This furnace was huge, disproportionate to the small cave. Seal characters - isn't this the cave under the cliff in the backyard of Li Bai's former residence in Bishan? It turned out that the two of them ran underground for 320 miles westward, from Jurong Maoshan back to Nanling Bishan! After more than two years of going around in circles, Jiang Shuo has returned to the starting point where he started!
This alchemy furnace is a "suspended tire furnace" with a special structure. Once the internal fire is ignited, it can last for many years. However, at this moment, the alchemy furnace is not in the state of subduing the fire. It is elevating the furnace to make elixirs, and white smoke is rising from the top of the furnace. , discharged out of the cave from between the stones. Looking from the outside at this moment, it looks like white mist is rising from the cliff of Bishan. This is probably why the name "Aili Cave" came from.
Zhao Rui saw Jiang Shuo's expression was different and asked him why. Jiang Shuo's excitement had not yet calmed down and he said to Zhao Rui: "Master Zhao... this, this... this cave is the cave behind Mr. Taibai's house when he settled in Nanling!"
Zhao Rui asked strangely: "Is there such a coincidence in the world? Shuo'er, are you mistaken?"
Jiang Shuo said: "There may be similar caves in the world, but the shape and placement of the alchemy furnace are exactly the same. How could there be a mistake?"
Zhao Rui still shook his head in disbelief. At this time, Jiang Shuo dug out a wine gourd from a hidden compartment in the cave and said, "The wine that Mr. Taibai ordered me to hide is still there!"
Only then did Zhao Rui believe it, and continued to wonder: "You, Jiang Suzhi, have encountered all the coincidences in the world!"
As they were talking, someone suddenly said: "I just said there was wine in the cave. There is indeed nothing wrong with Yuan's nose, but I can't find it anywhere. Shuo'er, you have helped me a lot!"
I saw a man entering the cave. This man was wearing a yellow crown and a ge robe. His complexion was like wheat brown. He looked like a Taoist priest who had been collecting herbs in the mountains all year round. He had a big, square face with a beard and a pair of sideburns. There is quite a heroic spirit between them, it is Li Bai's close friend Taoist Yuan Danqiu!
