Ji Qingbai paused for a moment, then pulled up the person sitting on the ground and said, "Let's go. If you walk forward, you should find a source of water."
Lu An took the half-empty bottle and muttered, "She drank three-quarters of it alone. She will die of thirst if she can't find water."
Luo Yan leaned next to him leisurely, "How could you die of thirst?"
Lu An ignored her.
She looked at the two banana leaves in his hand and said, "Let me block the sun. It's extremely hot today."
"I'm too hot. I share the blessings and the hardships."
"Lu An..."
"Brother."
Why didn't she notice that she talked so much before? Lu An was annoyed and gave her a banana fan out of compassion.
Luo Yan held a banana leaf on her head and looked at Lu An, who was half a head taller than her, "Actually, you are quite good-looking."
Lu An gave her a sideways glance.
"Although you are not as refined as Qingbai, your facial features are very regular. I believe you will be a handsome guy when you grow up."
"My young master is always handsome and handsome."
Luo Yan smiled: "..."
After walking for a while, they actually came across a mountain spring. They drank the water and washed their faces. The three of them squatted under the shade of a tree to enjoy the cool air.
It was so hot and muggy that no one wanted to climb up, even though they could reach the top very quickly.
Ji Qingbai patted his thigh, as if remembering something, "By the way, there is a cave here. Let's go explore after eating good food!"
This is much more interesting than climbing to the top of the mountain, Luo Yan and Lu An agreed.
After sharing food under the tree, they set off to look for a cave.
On the way, Ji Qingbai told Luo Yan a lot of strange things in the cave. Luo Yan, who had never seen a cave before, was very curious.
"Are there really bats in the cave?"
"Yes, those bats look like mice with wings, hanging upside down on the cave wall, and their eyesight is very poor."
Luo Yan thought of the bats in the vampire TV series and asked with some fear: "Can they bite?"
Ji Qingbai: "If you don't provoke it, it won't do anything to you. Biting or not biting is not an absolute thing. In fact, many animals are like this."
"Are there any snakes in the cave?"
Ji Qingbai told the truth, "Actually, there are usually such caves, but..."
"Yes, it's a very big python, the kind that can quickly become a spirit," Lu An interrupted. "It is said that it will come out when it rains, trying to blend into the sky under the cover of the rain and soar into a dragon. But if it fails, it will
The snake will be knocked down and fall to the ground. When it escapes, the ground it scratches will be dragged into a deep ditch, forming a river."
Luo Yan was a little scared when she heard this kind of story for the first time, "Is it good or bad?"
"Of course it is bad. A snake wants to steal soup and change medicine to become a dragon. It is a spirit in nature. When Thunder God sees it, it will be struck with lightning and thunder. But it is usually well hidden. If it does not come out, it will be difficult for the gods to find it. Like
This kind of cave is the best hiding place for it."
"How big is it?"
"It's very, very big. If you think about how deep those ditches are, you can understand its size."
Ji Qingbai saw that Luo Yan was stunned for a moment when he was told that, and comforted him: "Those are all stories he heard from his grandfather. Don't be afraid. The stories are all false. How can there be a snake as big as a river ditch."
Lu An: "That's why I say it's a monster. I heard it cultivates its magic by eating boys and girls..."
Ji Qingbai knocked his head and said, "Scare her again!"
Luo Yan licked his lips and looked ahead to see the black hole hidden among the dense woods, "Is that the one?"
The cave entrance was larger than she imagined, very tall and wide, with dense vegetation around the cave, and branches of some unnamed trees stretching out to the edge of the cave.
"Do you dare to go?" Qingbai asked her.
"go."
This is extremely novel to Luo Yan, and it would be a pity not to see it even though he is here.
The light inside the cave is darker than outside, but it is very wide. The walls of the cave are mottled and uneven, and there are large areas of black in some places.
"That was left behind when the villagers were fleeing from bandits. When the bandits were rampant, the older generation would lead their livestock into the cave to avoid robbery. As they lived there for a long time, the smoky rock wall became blackened.
"
Ji Qingbai explained it to her carefully, and she listened fascinated, looking like a curious baby.
"Hey -" Luo Yan pointed to the small whirlpools on the ground, "What are those?"
Lu An curled his lips and walked over to call her, "Come here and let me broaden your horizons."
The three of them squatted around the small whirlpool on the ground. Luo Yan touched the soil, which was very fine dust.
"Watch carefully," Lu An stuck his index finger into the soil, drew small circles in circles, and said plausibly, "The baby Diguniu will come out soon, the baby Diguniu will come out soon."
Turn your fingers in the soil several times to turn the fine soil into a small vortex.
Luo Yan looked confused and suddenly saw Lu An smile, "Come out!"
A closer look revealed that a small insect as big as a small fingernail came out of the dimple formed by his index finger. The insect's body was grey-brown and slightly fat, but its head was very small. There were two long pincers growing out of the front. At first glance, Luo looked like a small insect.
Yan is a little scared.
"Don't be afraid, it doesn't bite, it's a very cute baby cow." Ji Qingbai took the cow and put it into Luo Yan's hand.
The little guy was so soft that the palm of her hand was like dirt, and it burrowed in and out, causing a burst of itch.
Luo Yan's palms were itchy and she couldn't help but raise the corners of her mouth, "I'll try it too."
She drew pictures of gourds and ladles, twirling her index finger while mumbling, "The baby Digun Cow will come out soon, the baby Digun Cow will come out soon."
After a while, I felt a slight numbness on my fingertips, and I was hooked.
Luo Yan's eyes were bright and she was very excited when she saw a local bull for the first time.
After playing with the bull for a while, they gradually walked deeper into the cave.
The deeper you go, the narrower the cave becomes and the light gradually becomes dim.
"Look, those are stalactites formed over time." Ji Qingbai pointed at a strange-shaped stone pillar and said.
Luo Yan looked over and saw that the milky white stalactites were like candlesticks dripping with wax. As she looked upward, she discovered something else.
"Bat, bat."
Lu An smiled, "Would you like to get one for you to take home and raise?"
"……No."
After walking forward for a while, the light could barely make out the ground conditions. They didn't bring a flashlight, and Luo Yan started to feel a little scared.
"Could there be a snake in there?"
"Let's go out. There's nothing to see. It's scary."
Ji Qingbai hissed, "Listen carefully to see if there is any sound."
The three of them kept silent and listened carefully, the only sound in their ears was each other's shallow breathing.
Lu An was about to speak when he suddenly heard a hollow pinging sound coming from deeper inside the cave.
It seems like there is something deep inside.
Luo Yan swallowed, "Let's go, go out quickly, I'm so scared."
Ji Qingbai lowered his voice: "Be quieter, don't disturb the things inside."
The three of them quietly returned to the cave entrance.
I wanted to leave right away, but it was raining heavily outside. The whole valley was filled with mist and vapor, and the leaves crackled and swayed in the wind and rain.
"It's raining so heavily..." Ji Qingbai sighed.
Lu An: "No wonder it was so muggy earlier. It turns out it's going to rain heavily. With this rain, the water in the ditch will definitely swell."
"Let's go, I don't know what's in the cave." Luo Yan was still very afraid of the sounds inside the cave.
Just as she was about to exit the cave, a thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, lighting up the dark sky, and she was startled.