The ball lamp is not dim, but it can only illuminate a small area around you. Viewed from a distance, not even a spark can be seen.
Xia Zhaoyi wrapped it under his fingertips, squatted down to support the stone bank, jumped down to the ashlar bricks decorating the edge of the lake, and then used his strength to jump forward to the stone wall on the right hand side.
The abyss is rugged, and there are not only two banks in the cave, but three and four... they stand silently in the huge space, winding and colliding with each other. There are large rock walls that are several miles long, and there are small rock walls that are only three feet long. They are undulating.
Low and high, it cuts and separates the huge abyss, disrupting it in an orderly and intricate manner.
The stone wall Xia Zhaoyi was standing on was the narrowest point on both sides of the river. The lake and pond were neither square nor circular.
There were waves in the pool in front of her. Her back was pressed against the stone wall, and she moved forward step by step under the light of the small ball lamp in her hand.
The stone walls were steep and rugged, which did not hinder her speed. As she walked farther and farther away, she gradually smelled the fragrance of flowers under her nose.
It’s peony under the moon again…
The chill that she felt earlier climbed up again, and she suppressed it with a frown.
This fear has been haunting her for a long time today, clinging to her and sucking her energy and spirit, making her distracted and wasting a lot of energy.
She didn't like the feeling of being led by unreasonable negative emotions. The more fierce the chill, the angrier she became.
Xia Zhaoyi closed his eyes, opened them and continued to move forward, his pace quickening.
The fragrance of flowers is approaching in front, getting stronger and stronger, and the wind is getting stronger. I don't know if the stone wall on the other side has been eroded or weathered to pieces, or it has reached its end. The strong wind is blowing, destroying the mountain and breaking the rocks.
After walking for about another incense stick, the stone wall behind me gradually became smoother. It had been manually polished and became smoother as we went forward. There was also a layer of moon-white paint painted on it. The color was bright and clean. It was a large wall that was not even high enough to reach the top.
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At the same time, the outline of the cliff bank ahead is vaguely visible. It is very different from the cliff bank we descended from when we came here. This side is more open and spacious, and there seems to be a towering long platform in the distance.
Xia Zhaoyi jumped off the stone wall and stepped ashore on the white rocks beside the pond.
The wild wind roared, and outside of the orange light in her hand, the vast space was filled with chaos and darkness.
The ground is paved with neat large pieces of bluestone tiles. The reliefs on the tiles intersect with each other, and the patterns are thin lines of curly grass and flowers, which are simple and elegant.
Xia Zhaoyi turned around and looked around, his eyes fell on the ground in the distance, and he walked away.
Following her footsteps and the light in her hands, a long water stain appeared on the bluestone floor.
The water stain comes from the pool and leads to the front. Walking along the water stain, ten feet away, a long platform rises from the ground. It is at least three feet high. It seems to be surrounded by stone poles. It faces Xia Zhaoyi.
In the direction, there is a long stone staircase.
Xia Zhaoyi stopped, did not pass by, and looked around again.
The sound of the wind doesn't seem right, it always feels like there is some other noise.
She frowned and listened, then gradually squatted down and tapped her finger bones on the floor tiles.
Knocking all the way to the left, she found a loose floor tile, used a dagger to dig along the gap, found a point and pried it up hard, and suddenly a rich floral fragrance hit her face.
Accompanied by the fragrance of flowers, there is also a crisp and crisp sound of crashing, which seems like bamboo chopsticks or dry pebbles. The sound is very vast and distant.
After thinking about it, Xia Zhaoyi cut off a small piece of fabric from the corner of his clothes, tied it into a knot, lit it with a fire stick, and threw it down.
As the firelight fell, dozens of rows of long ropes with bones hanging on them flashed by. Countless bones collided in the wind and swayed violently along with the long ropes.
The small ball of cloth did not fall for long, and the ground could be seen, but the firelight disappeared quickly and turned into darkness again, leaving only the white bones, restlessly bumping against each other below.
The wind below is also very strong, no less than that on the ground. There should be large ventilation holes so that the fragrance of flowers can be brought.
Xia Zhaoyi raised her eyebrows, wondering whether to go down or not.
At this moment, the sound of sharp arrows piercing the air suddenly sounded.
She was immediately startled, and before she could raise her eyes to look, the body squatting on one knee had already jumped up and turned sideways to avoid the arrow.
Before she could regain her footing, another arrow was approaching.
Xia Zhaoyi quickly avoided it, and then without even a moment's pause, he ran straight towards the direction where the arrow came from.
At the same time, she raised her hand and flicked up the small ball lamp hanging by Shui Cang Shou. She used her middle finger to wrap around the last part of Shui Cang Shou.
The ventilation holes of the ball lamp were blocked, and after a while, the orange light disappeared.
During this period, two more arrows came, but she avoided them both.
When the sky and the earth turned dark, the archer was holding the crossbow. He had nothing to release and was stunned.
But soon, he raised his crossbow again and fired towards the movement in the darkness.
A two-shot crossbow machine has two crossbow arrows, one in front and one in back.
Failed.
Failed.
Failed.
The sound of the arrow hitting the bluestone floor was very obvious.
The archer was so panicked that he immediately turned around and ran inside.
Xia Zhaoyi ran as fast as she could and had no choice but to go up the steps, three steps at a time and two steps at a time. After running up the steps, there was no one there.
It was windy at a high place, and she gasped silently. The strong wind entered her throat and burned her already dry throat.
The small oil ball lamp in her hand cooled quickly in the strong wind. She put it back and did not light it again. She held the dagger and listened in all directions.
There seemed to be nothing in the darkness, and because of the darkness, she did not dare to walk forward easily.
Her ears can only hear animals, but cannot distinguish still life. If there is a trap ahead, she has no way to guard against it.
The man holding the crossbow did not go far, hiding in the darkness and not daring to move rashly.
What I saw when the orange light finally disappeared was a girl rising up like a wild leopard.
He had lingering fears.
Time seemed to freeze. He looked left and right, and there was no sound at all. It was so quiet that it was as if he was the only one left in the whole world.
After a long time, he tried to lift his feet and retreated silently.
