When they first entered the passage, the three people were attracted by the scenery inside and the reflected light.
With the gradual decrease in oxygen and visual fatigue, the three of them gradually lost curiosity about the surrounding environment.
Start looking forward to the exit ahead.
This journey is not long, it is just infinitely magnified by human senses.
Li Qiang felt a little anxious in his heart.
He had to calculate the time it would take for the three people to return from here. For every meter they swam forward, the distance they swam back increased by one meter.
Therefore, Li Qiang calculated the oxygen consumption at double the rate.
Moreover, the lake water is getting colder now, which will make the three people's heart rates continue to accelerate, and their oxygen consumption will become faster.
After swimming forward for a while...
go back!
Finally, Li Qiang made up his mind and prepared to retreat and discuss the matter in the long term.
But I heard Qi Zhen's voice ringing in my heart: "Captain, above!"
Li Qiang looked ahead carefully, and sure enough, there was what looked like a cave entrance at the top of the passage far ahead.
It's just that the entrance of the cave is inconspicuous, and it also emits light, but it is slightly different from the light on the surrounding cave walls, so it is very easy to be ignored.
Li Qiang no longer hesitated and swam hard over there.
Qi Zhen and Yu Liang followed closely behind.
"Poof!" The heads of the three people emerged from the water one after another, breathing in air.
At the position where Li Qiang stopped just now, Qi Zhen doubted whether she still had enough ability to swim back.
Fortunately, there is always a way out.
Swimming all the way from outside to here feels like a long time, but in fact it only lasted five minutes.
"It's too dangerous. If something suddenly jumps out of the passage, we're afraid we'll have to tell everyone below." Yu Liang said with lingering fear.
Li Qiang and Qi Zhen both nodded, feeling frightened for a while.
Only now did the three of them have the intention to observe their surroundings carefully.
This seems to be a naturally formed stalactite cave, and the stones on the surrounding walls still emit a warm yellow light like underwater.
Although it looks completely closed here, the air is still very fresh and does not seem stuffy.
"I'm afraid this is the inside of Ziwei Mountain." Qi Zhen said.
"I didn't expect that there is a cave below." Yu Liang sighed as he looked at the beautiful scenery in front of him.
Qi Zhen's heart moved and she said to Yu Liang: "Maybe you are right. This might be the real Ziwei Cave."
The three people walked ashore and continued towards the cave.
It was probably time for tea again, and the scenery in front of me suddenly became brighter.
The originally low passage had disappeared at this time, and what appeared in front of the three of them was a huge space nearly three or four stories high.
Huge inverted stalactites drop vertically from the top, emitting colorful light.
What attracted the three Qi Zhen the most was the four people with different expressions sitting in front of the stone table in the open space in the center.
To be precise, it was a person and three monsters.
This man has an ordinary face, looking like an ordinary middle-aged uncle. The three monsters are very distinctive and are not difficult to recognize, a toad monster, a shrimp monster, and a crab monster.
The reason why they are so easy to recognize is that they have not completely transformed into human form, and their heads are still the same as their original bodies, so their features look very obvious.
"Nijo." The middle-aged uncle's clothes were far from glamorous. He was also dressed in coarse linen, just like an ordinary citizen on the street.
"What a fool." The shrimp demon sitting in his previous home looked happy and pushed down the mahjong in his hand.
"Huh? Why didn't you act recklessly with the five he just played?" The man looked at the cards in front of the shrimp demon and pointed at the crab demon opposite.
"Sorry, I just listened." The shrimp demon said proudly.
"Hey, you really memorized it and lost again." The man pushed the mahjong piece in front of him and waved his hand: "I won't play any more!"
"It's okay if you don't want to play, just give me money first." The shrimp demon said.
"I owe you for now, I haven't had much money lately." The man said with a smile.
"You haven't paid me what I owed you last time." The shrimp demon glared, but gave up.
"If you find more work for me, won't I be able to give you money as soon as possible?" the man said.
"Bah, didn't all that money go to you to buy drinks?" The toad demon on the side gave up and spat at the man.
"Okay, okay, I'll pay you back next time." The man smiled, waved his hand, and said sorry.
At this time, Yu Liang's mouth could definitely fit two big white steamed buns sold in Suzhou city at the same time.
"Everyone..." Qi Zhen cupped her fists and raised her hands to the other party.
Just after saying two words, the three monsters stood up quickly as if they were facing a formidable enemy, and looked at Qi Zhen and the others with horrified expressions on their faces.
Are you too focused on playing mahjong that you didn't notice the three of you here...
Qi Zhen was thinking in her heart, preparing to introduce the three of herself.
The expressions of the three monsters suddenly became serious, as if they were not prepared to fight with them without waiting for Qi Zhen to speak.
Li Qiang was ready to fight, and the M249 slowly emerged from his hands.
Yu Liang's fighting bow also appeared in his hand.
Then the three monsters instantly moved behind the man, and the toad monster shouted loudly: "Who are you!?"
The three people looked at each other.
The man smiled bitterly, clasped his fists at Qi Zhen and said, "I'm sorry, they don't see many strangers and are a little nervous. You three don't need to worry about it."
Qi Zhen sighed in her heart that the world is full of wonders, and said: "I'm sorry to disturb Guibao land. We are tourists who are seeking Taoism and visiting immortals in this land of China. We accidentally entered your mansion, but if we turn around and leave, I'm afraid it won't be very respectful." , so I come up to greet you. If there is any disturbance, we will leave immediately."
"It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." The man smiled and waved his hand, "Maybe no one has come here for a long time. Please sit down, you're welcome."
As the man finished speaking, the stalactites on the ground behind the three people suddenly raised and turned into three chairs.
Yu Liang sat on it and marveled.
After a few people sat down, the man asked: "I wonder how many of you are here, what are you doing?"
The three monsters stood next to him, chattering to each other in words that Qi Zhen and the others could not understand, and they often pointed at Qi Zhen and the others.
"Don't point your fingers at the guests, it's impolite." The man turned back and glared at them.
The three monsters immediately settled down.
"That's right. Before we came here, we heard that there were many monsters causing trouble in Chaohu Lake. We also heard that there were immortals practicing in Ziwei Cave to manifest themselves as saints, so we wanted to come over and ask for a meeting with the immortals, which would also fulfill our wish." Qi Zhen said with a smile.
The man nodded, understanding the other person's intention.
He slowly said: "Let me introduce myself. I am the immortal from Ziwei Cave, that is, the deity of the statue you see in the main hall on the top of the mountain. My name is Ji Zijin."
