Chapter 4 A Preliminary Exploration of the Emperor's Pit
In the spring of the ninth year of the original calendar, in Zhangjiazhuang:
More than a month has passed since the New Year. During this period, Zhang Yun carefully inspected the area where the tiankeng group is located, on the ground, on the edge of the tiankeng, among the rocks, among the thorns and bushes, inside and outside.
Everything was searched.
It was discovered that this tiankeng group covers a very vast area, with a radius of about seven to eight miles and a diameter of more than ten meters. A rough estimate is that there are as many as fifty or sixty tiankengs.
There is the largest tiankeng in the center of the tiankeng group. The circular hole is more than 200 meters in diameter, which is particularly spectacular!
He named it "Emperor's Pit" because it was like an emperor surrounded by stars in the center!
In the past month or so, he has gained a lot, and he has obtained countless elixirs that are more than a thousand years old. At the same time, he has killed more than a dozen ferocious beasts that guard the elixirs, but he has not found the kind of magical herbs that can defy the heavens and extend his life.
But Zhang Yun was not discouraged. Slowly he discovered a pattern. The closer he got to the Emperor's Pit, the richer the aura of heaven and earth became!
When he walked to the Emperor's Pit and stood still for a moment, he suddenly found that his stagnant internal energy was faintly fluctuating again.
The world's martial arts and the way of cultivation are originally from the same source. It is not surprising that he has discovered the changes in the intensity of the spiritual energy of heaven and earth as he has reached the level of a martial arts master!
Zhang Yun first went back to the village and said hello to his grandfather, saying that he would go to the mountains to practice and collect medicine, and would return home once every half month or so, telling him not to worry about it.
Both old men know their children's abilities. In recent years, Zhang Yun has often practiced martial arts in seclusion. They have long been accustomed to it, so they are not too worried.
Zhang Yun simply built a thatched hut next to the Emperor's Pit, continued to explore the Tiankeng complex during the day, and meditated in the hut at night to practice internal energy.
In the days that followed, he used the bark and vines in the mountains to weave a rope more than a hundred meters long.
I decided to first explore the tiankeng with a diameter of more than ten meters around the Emperor's Keng. I tied one end of the rope to the trees and rocks next to the tiankeng, and slowly followed the rope to explore the tiankeng wall about a hundred meters above the ground.
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Just as he guessed, from the gaps, holes, and protruding stones on the stone wall, he picked more than a dozen elixirs that were more than ten thousand years old, and also killed more than a dozen snakes, insects, rats, and ants that were guarding them.
Poisonous insects and ferocious beasts.
This confirmed his speculation: "The closer you get to the depths of the Tiankeng, the richer the spiritual energy, and the older the elixirs grow. There must be spiritual herbs and elixirs that defy the heavens deep in the Tiankeng!
Let’s fight for grandpa!”
In the next month, Zhang Yun made preparations for exploring the Dikeng.
First, he returned to the village and gave his grandfather the elixirs he picked while living in the mountains. Recently, the happiest person in the village is Mr. Han!
When a doctor sees rare medicinal materials, it is like a woman seeing a beautiful woman, or an eunuch seeing gold, silver, and jewelry. He simply cannot put it down and even wakes up laughing from his dreams!
He borrowed several hundred meters of rope from the villagers before returning to the mountains.
As soon as he returned to the Emperor's Pit, he immediately rushed to make the rope without stopping.
As the saying goes, be careful and sail the boat for ten thousand years! Because his own life is at stake, he does not dare to be careless in the weaving process. Not only must the original rope be thickened, but the joints must be carefully checked, and he must knit each section.
Don’t worry until you have tested your inner strength.
Working like this day and night, it was not until dusk more than twenty days later that he discovered that the straw ropes around him had piled up like a hill, which was probably at least three thousand meters long!
If he hadn't had the foresight to move all the prepared materials to the giant pit for weaving, even if he had thousands of kilograms of strength, he still wouldn't have been able to carry such a large pile of ropes here!
Zhang Yun was really exhausted during this period. When he returned to the hut, he did not meditate. He lay down on the straw mat and fell asleep. As soon as it was dawn, he stood up and stretched. He felt refreshed and energetic.
The condition has also returned to its best.
After getting up, I first went to a small mountain spring, washed myself, and ate some wild fruits and dried meat with the spring water before returning to the Emperor's Pit.
The pitch-black Emperor Pit, which cannot be seen to the bottom at a glance, is like a huge mouth waiting to be eaten, full of mystery and danger!
Zhang Yun first grabbed one end of the rope and tied it firmly to a giant tree, and then quickly lowered the rope as thick as an arm into the pit.
While lowering it, he estimated the length of the rope in his mind: "Ten meters...one hundred meters...one thousand meters...two thousand meters...three thousand meters...three thousand five hundred meters...three thousand eight hundred meters"
..., it is more than 3,800 meters long! I only hope that this length can reach the bottom of the Emperor’s Pit!”
Next, he put the iron sword on his back and carefully inserted a black dagger into the leggings of his calf. Then he took a deep breath, grabbed the rope with both hands and slid down.
At first it was more than 100 meters, and the speed of descent was very fast. Later, I found that the light in the cave had dimmed, and then the speed also slowed down. I quickly used my inner strength on my eyes, and all the surrounding stone walls within a hundred meters were in sight.
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During the descent, he found that there were also many holes of different sizes on the stone wall, and thought to himself: "I wonder if these holes are connected to the ones on the ground?"
At the same time, he also discovered five or six elixirs that were more than 10,000 years old. His main purpose this time was to explore, and he was not in a hurry to pick them. He silently recorded the names of the elixirs and their growth locations in his mind for when he needed them.
Pick it again.
Although these elixirs are all spiritual treasures from heaven and earth, there are too many and they are not used for the time being. Most of these elixirs are the varieties he has picked before, but they are just a little older!
There is a saying: All things have spirituality, and everything should be done with a grain of salt! He did not dig blindly for those that had already been picked in sufficient quantity or that were temporarily unused.
Moreover, during the process of collecting herbs, he paid the most attention to protecting the medicinal materials and tried not to damage the growth of the medicinal materials. He only dug out a small piece of the rhizomes that had to be used for medicinal purposes.
When we descended to about 500 meters above the ground, we suddenly found that the stone wall began to slowly move inward.
He slid down the rope for more than fifty meters and found that the rope was already more than ten meters away from the stone wall... The distance between the rope and the stone wall became farther and farther as he descended.
After descending to about 800 meters, he looked towards the stone wall with his vision that could reach 100 meters, and found that his vision had become hazy. He estimated that the distance between him and the stone wall was at least 100 meters away.
So he made a bold guess in his mind: "It seems that the shape of this sinkhole is like an inverted funnel. The diameter becomes larger as you go down. No matter how many there are, let's go down along the rope and have a look first!"
Thinking of this, I speeded up my descent.
Zhang Yun finally saw the end of the rope, but when he looked down, it was still dark and bottomless. A dark wind blew on his body, which made him shiver and make his hair stand on end!
There was darkness all around. As he slowly calmed down, he realized that the spiritual energy contained in the air around him was so abundant that it seemed as if the air had become thicker!
Taking a deep breath, I couldn't help but feel refreshed and refreshed, and I thought to myself: "I have to admire the wonder of the Creator!"
He stayed at the bottom of the rope for a moment, then held the rope with both hands, moved his body lightly and climbed up quickly. Since he didn't waste any internal energy when he came down, and with all his strength, he climbed up
The speed is actually much faster than when falling.
The whole process seemed fast, but by the time he climbed to the edge of the sinkhole, it was already dark.
He was not in a hurry to rest. He first pulled out the rope of more than 3,000 meters from the sinkhole. He thought to himself: "I have spent nearly a month working hard to weave the rope, but I don't want it to be damaged by the snakes, insects and rats on the stone wall of the sinkhole."
The ant bite broke!"
After doing all this, he couldn't help but feel exhausted, and his clothes were completely soaked with sweat. He hurriedly ran to the stream to take a bath, put on a set of clean clothes, and then returned to the hut to meditate and practice. After a day in the sinkhole,
This is how the adventure comes to an end!
The next day, before dawn, Zhang Yun went outside and got busy. He first used a dagger to cut dozens of small wooden stakes, ready to be nailed into the gaps in the stone walls of the sinkhole to fix the ropes;
He went back to the village and found a thin, tough hemp rope, more than thirty meters long. He tied the dagger firmly to one end and wrapped it around his waist, preparing to use it as a "soft rope gun" at long distances.
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First, I put the whittled wooden stakes on my back and put them in the medicine frame. At the same time, I was also going to pick some elixirs from the depths of the stone wall. After all, I won’t always have such conditions in the future!
Zhang Yun grabbed the rope and fell straight down. When he descended to more than 500 meters, he was already more than ten meters away from the stone wall. He spotted the gap in the stone wall, used his internal energy and swung the rope towards the stone wall.
In the past, when approaching the stone wall, insert your hand into the gap to stabilize your body.
Then he took out the wooden stake in the medicine frame behind his back and used his fist instead of a hammer to nail the wooden stake into the gap in the stone wall. At the same time, he fixed the rope on the wooden stake. Although it was very strong after trying it, he did not dare to be careless and was busy.
Using Qinggong on the body, the weight instantly became as if it were nothing, and then he slid down the rope.
When the rope was more than ten meters away from the stone wall, he repeated his old trick and fixed the rope on the stone wall again...
He just walked and stopped along the stone wall, moving downward with difficulty.
While descending, he looked at the stone walls on both sides with his eyes, looking for the elixir. At the same time, he used the homemade "soft rope gun" in his waist to fly out and clean up the snakes, insects, rats and ants within a few dozen meters of the rope.
Perhaps because the aura of heaven and earth here is so rich, the "small animals" encountered along the way are all quite large in size. The mouse that was just killed poked its head out of the hole. Its body was the size of an adult native dog, and its eyes were wide.
With green light.
He was startled when he first appeared, and he casually threw out his dagger to kill him. He couldn't help but feel scared, and thought to himself: "If I had discovered it late, a mouse of the size just now would have been able to bite the rope off with one bite."
, if you fall down, you will inevitably be shattered to pieces, that would be like capsizing in the gutter! It’s better to be careful!”
When he descended more than 1,000 meters, Zhang Yun was finally a little exhausted. He relied on his internal strength to travel all the way, and the consumption was so huge! He felt faintly unsatisfied, so he found a safe hole in the stone wall and meditated to restore his internal strength.
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After meditating for an hour and recovering, he continued groping downwards. Although some of the elixirs above were thousands of years old, he didn't care too much and picked those closest to the ropes.
When he reached the bottom, he found several elixirs that were tens of thousands of years old. He couldn't help but feel excited, and he had no choice but to risk climbing over with bare hands to pick them.
Zhang Yun marched slowly along the way, picked a dozen elixirs that were tens of thousands of years old, and killed a dozen poisonous insects and beasts guarding the side.
He found that the poisonous insects and beasts he encountered became more ferocious and cruel as he went down below. He had just encountered a spider the size of a millstone. The silk spewed out of its mouth was as thick as a chopstick. Its legs were as long as a person. It could still be vaguely seen on the spider's abdomen.
A blurry human face is really appalling!
In a moment of carelessness, it made a three-inch-long gash on my thigh, and the bone was deep enough!
Zhang Yun endured the pain and quickly beheaded him, then took out the golden medicine and wrapped it around it. He meditated for a while to regain his strength before continuing to fall...
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