After seeing the basin, they stopped in front of the huge mountain peak. Seeing that they had left Danxia Ridge behind, they stopped for a moment and let the horses rest.
Song Siyuan picked up the map and observed it carefully: "We have passed the Danxia Shenji Ridge, and beyond the basin is the Lengguan Cave. Can carriages be driven inside? Do we need a boat?"
They were not far from the canyon that entered the mountain. It could be seen that the rivers in the basin often merged into the canyon, and the rivers directly passed through the canyon. In this case, it was not known whether they could walk by horse-drawn carriage.
Ghost Fangzong walked up to them and explained: "You don't have to worry about this. It is indeed strange in the Lengnuan Cave, but you can still walk on a horse-drawn carriage. There is a galloping road built by the ancients beside the river."
Time waits for no one, so they rested for a while and continued to move forward, starting to move away from the basin and into the tall canyon.
Shenji Ridge is a Danxia landform. After turning into the tall canyon, the river has become wider and wider, and finally turned into a giant river of 100 meters, rushing endlessly. The carriage could not travel more than a mile, and they had already discovered that the open-air canyon had reached the top. As you walk inside, it becomes a cave.
They didn't know what was going on inside the cave, so they had to stop the carriage temporarily.
Yue Guanchao looked up at the huge cave. The cave was hundreds of meters wide. It could be seen that a hundred meters of river flowed directly into it. Looking forward at most a few tens of meters, no more rivers could be seen. Everything was hidden in the chaos and darkness. See through.
"Isn't this cave a dead end?"
Yue Guanchao picked up the map. After all, the map marked was limited. Except for the cave in front of him, there was no way out of the canyon. It would probably take a lot of effort to find other ways.
Ghost Fangzong came over and said: "We don't need to waste any more time. It is the fastest to walk through this cave. If we want to find other ways, it is not impossible. If we are good enough, we can also climb over it." Walking through these mountains, however, will definitely take a long time.”
The ghostly old man continued: "These tall peaks are completely different from the hills. The peaks are high and steep, just like the thorns on a hedgehog. They are dense and rugged. Let alone a carriage, they are just places where you can fly over with wings and put your feet down." It’s not much. In this case, it’s most convenient to go through the cave.”
"Then, are you sure you can pass through this cave? Don't end up walking to a dead end."
What Yue Guanchao was afraid of was to find that the road was impassable halfway through. If this cave was really like this, then they would be in danger.
Ghost Fangzong nodded: "Although I have never been to a cave, I have heard about the caves of the Cold and Warm Cave. As long as we walk along the river, we can get out of the Cold and Warm Cave. What we have to worry about is the many messy caves."
Yue Guanchao had heard the ghost old man mention the strangeness of the Lengguan Cave earlier. According to the hunters near Shennongjia, the Lengguan Cave was not a cave to be precise, but a naturally formed tunnel.
One end of this tunnel is connected to the basin, and the other end is connected to the bamboo forest. Not many people know the exact length. They only know that the cave has nine turns and is rugged and changeable. Only by following the direction of the river can you smoothly enter and exit the tunnel. Otherwise, you will definitely be trapped. Can get lost in tunnels.
"From what you're saying, this grotto doesn't seem to have been created naturally. If it was created naturally, it was probably washed out by the river. The nine-curved shape seems more like it was deliberately designed like this."
Song Siyuan asked Xiang Guifangzong, if it was a naturally occurring cave, how could it have such a nine-curved structure? The possibility of it being formed by river erosion was extremely slim.
Gui Fangzong nodded: "To be precise, it is a combination of natural occurrence and man-made chiseling. The part of the cave connected to the river is indeed formed by the erosion of the river. The part of the nine-turn loop is probably man-made chiseling. I have seen it. Then you’ll understand.”
After that, the team of carriages and horses lit their kerosene lamps and kicked their horses' hooves into the cave.
After walking forward for several hundred meters, the sunlight behind him shrank into a spot as big as a fist, and the vision ahead was dark for an instant. Only a bright light appeared in the position illuminated by the kerosene lamp.
In the cave, the river changed from a turbulent flow to a trickling flow, and white mist began to float on the water. The mist evaporated and shrouded the top of the river, including the surrounding riverbanks. It was like clouds covering the top of the head. Under the illumination of the kerosene lamp, a layer of golden mist rippled.
The further they walked inside, the more they could feel the increasing coldness around them. The cold air was like ghost claws, digging into the seams of people's clothes. This kind of coldness did not feel like being blown by a cold wind, but rather like the twelfth lunar month in the middle of winter, being blown by the white sky. Mao Feng was completely chilled.
Although the temperature in the mountainous area is relatively low, it is May and June. No matter how cold the cave is, it should not be like a white-haired wind.
At first, they thought that the cave was straight out, with outside wind blowing in, but they soon gave up this view. In the nine-bend structure, the outside wind could not blow that far, keeping the temperature low in the cave.
"Why does this seem to be following Bingjiaozi?"
Although the people on the carriage were not directly exposed to the air, they could already feel the cold air outside the curtain. Yue Erpao muttered casually.
At this moment, they had already taken out the thick clothes they had prepared and wrapped them around themselves. Only in this way could they be slightly protected from the cold wind blowing from outside the curtain.
Song Siyuan covered her face with a blanket, opened the curtain and looked carefully. They were walking on the Chi Road on the bank of the river. She could even touch the hot mist with her hands, but after the mist dissipated, it was immediately blown away by the cold wind as cold as frost. , so cold that my fingertips were cold.
Yue Guanchao also noticed this, and said with curious eyes: "Strange, you are wrong to say that the cold air is brought by the river. The water in the river is obviously hot, and even the mist is warm. Why can't it be seen in the cave? A little warmth makes me feel cold."
The current situation is indeed strange. The river has already heated up with fog due to geothermal heat, but the cave is bone-chillingly cold. Only then did they realize what it meant to be clear between cold, warm and frozen. The upper and lower structures of the cave seemed to be covered by It is divided into layers, the lower layer is extremely hot, and the upper layer is extremely cold. After the upper and lower layers harmonize with each other, it is like getting into an ice cellar.
Sun Daqiao rubbed his hands and interjected: "It's normal in the cave. Let's not mention other places for the moment. Let's just talk about the Qinling Mountains we have been to. I heard that even in the scorching heat of August, it can also snow in the valleys of the Qinling Mountains. When these snowflakes fall on people, they are like dog-skin plaster and can freeze people to death."
"Some salesmen who travel in the mountains often go to villages in the Qinling Mountains to do business. When it snows without warning during the day, they must have a house to enter and a hole to drill. As long as there is a hiding place, they must not expose themselves. Outside, otherwise, if the snow buries your bones, you will definitely freeze to death."
"Why? Can it still snow in midsummer?" Yue Erpao asked curiously, wrapped in a blanket.
Sun Daqiao narrowed his eyes and lowered his voice and said, "It's because there is a big python in the mountains."
The Qinling Mountains are not only the dividing line between north and south, but also the roof of China and the Chinese Dragon Vein. There are many things in the mountains. If you want to use the luck of the dragon vein to practice, the most common one is the python.
Compared with ordinary snakes, pythons are naturally larger. With the help of the dragon veins in the Qinling Mountains, they can of course practice faster. There are many pythons hiding in the caves in the Qinling Mountains.
These pythons live in caves or underground rivers under rock formations all year round. They usually live in seclusion and rarely leave the caves unless they are hungry. In this way, they can delay the consumption of their bodies. At the same time, they can also use the earth's energy to use dragon veins to practice faster.
During this process, the python will shed its skin and grow scales, horns, and limbs, becoming a dragon. If there is a thunderstorm, they will move from the underground river to a large river on the ground, and pass through the ground river. Crossing the bridge, if you can successfully pass it, you will become a dragon.
As for the situation after becoming a dragon, there is no escape from the words of cause and effect. Those who do good and evil become real dragons. Those who do many evil deeds will also be struck to death by lightning when they go through the heavenly tribulation. The whole process is called walking away from the dragon.
People in some places are afraid that these pythons will destroy river bridges when they walk around, so they will tie an ax or a sharp sword under the bridge. In this way, the bridge will be turned into a dragon-slaying platform. As long as a python rushes over, it will be chopped into two. , the body is broken and the soul is gone.
When some pythons see a sword under the bridge, they know that someone is trying to create a trap, so they can only find other bridges and dare not go further.
If the python is able to walk the dragon, it can control the wind and rain. There is only one thing it cannot do, and that is to harm human life. These pythons are just dragons after all. If they harm human lives wantonly, they will be counted in the cause and effect. If they harm too many human lives, they will only be punished by God. .
In order to cultivate faster, some pythons will go astray to prey on humans. These heavy snows in the Qinling Mountains were created by these pythons who have cultivated well. The purpose is to hunt living creatures to provide them with flesh and blood.
But there are always exceptions to everything. They also know that too much harm to human life will slow down the practice, and they dare not show their teeth wantonly. They can only let people die as naturally as possible, and then prey on them. In this way, even if the person freezes to death, not the other person. Be swallowed by them and die to avoid the cause and effect of human life.
If someone takes the opportunity to hide in a place where the heavy snow cannot fall, their spell will be broken, and they will suffer disaster if they cause harm to others.
After listening to this story, Yue Erpao wrapped a blanket around his body. Not only him, but also everyone else felt that the cold was a little more serious.
Yue Guanchao rubbed his hands: "This cave is so cold, there must be some kind of python and dragon. The structure of this nine-curved chain looks like some kind of snake and dragon is digging a hole and dormant."
While he was talking, the cave in front of him had already begun to turn along the river. After passing the bend, a large shoal began to appear at the corner of the river. It looked like a square in the huge cave and was attached to the Chidao.
On the tidal flat, the closer you get to the river beach, the more bright beads you can see, like stars scattered on the tidal flat, emitting a slightly bright and dim blue light, which is even more mysterious under the kerosene lamp.
Song Siyuan turned on the flashlight and shined it into the dark place. In the black shadow illuminated by the flashlight, there were all the frozen corpses that were white and frozen.
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