Chapter Thirty-Seven: Treasures of Heaven and Earth
"It's not a bad idea to think so."
"Hehe, hehe!" The fat man laughed mischievously, and then winked at the monkey for a while. Even the fools knew what was thinking in their heads. "Young prince, I think, no, on behalf of the whole team, I agree that your old man will definitely
We came here for this place, so we must find that place, don’t you think?”
"I think you are doing it for the so-called treasures of heaven and earth, right? Stop talking so righteously, everyone knows what is going on in your head."
"Hehe, hey, I am telling the truth, Mr. Gua! Think about it, we have seen a lot of good places along the way. Look at this place, it can be as ordinary as you want, but why do they have to come here?
What about here? This can only mean one thing. What kind of unknown secret is hidden here? Where do you think that secret can be hidden? Of course it is in the Dragon Palace."
Although he had an ulterior motive for what he said, it was true. Whether it was true or not, I had to go and see it before deciding. But where is the shrine? "Do you have any idea where you think the shrine is?" I asked.
Fatty, he has a lot of things hidden in his little eyes, maybe he has some good ideas.
The fat man grinned when he heard this and said: "Little prince, you are so smart that you are so confused for a moment! Didn't you hear what the old man said? The Dragon Palace is a treasure land for dragons. The treasures of heaven and earth must be there, and the white ape is
The one who protects the treasures of heaven and earth must also live in the Dragon Palace. As long as we follow the white ape, are we afraid that we won't be able to find the Dragon Palace?"
My eyes lit up when I heard what he said. This is a very good idea. At least it has the possibility to give us a clear direction and method. Regardless of whether it succeeds or not, it is always right to try."
So what are you waiting for? Without further ado, let’s catch up to the white ape before his tracks are covered by the heavy snow.”
But what is strange is that when we chased to the bottom of the Crescent Crescent, the footprints disappeared again without any warning. We can all be sure that in such a short period of time, the footprints cannot be covered up by heavy snow. This is also
In other words, the white ape's steps only go so far, it only goes so far.
But why is it missing? It can't fly into the sky, so there is only one possibility: it went down below.
At the same time, everyone looked down at the ground, obviously considering the key point. "It must be down there." The fat man shouted, and then he took out tools to clean the surrounding snow. Everyone also acted quickly.
We got up and soon a large area of snow was cleared. Only then did we discover that there was a hard layer of ice underneath the snow, but this ice layer was not the crystal clear kind, but white, obviously containing snow and
Water is mixed together and frozen.
"Here." A young man shouted. Under his feet, a large piece of thin ice had just been broken out, revealing a hole. The diameter was only about one meter, but it was already quite large on this kind of ice.
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Everyone gathered around and found that the entrance of the cave was sloping downwards, with a layer of hard ice underneath. It was not dark inside, but they couldn't see the bottom. "There is really a hole, but why is it all ice below?" the fat man endured.
I couldn't help but exclaim, this kind of situation is really rare. Anyway, we have never seen anything like this along the way.
A possibility suddenly occurred to me, and I couldn't help but look up at the surroundings and the sky. The heavy snow had stopped, but the clouds in the sky had not dispersed. Although the sun had risen high, the clouds were naturally thick, which meant that there would be more clouds here in the near future.
Another heavy snowfall. "Have you noticed that the snowflakes on the ground are difficult to melt, and the clouds in the sky are difficult to disperse, which means that it snows frequently in this place. If this snow has been falling for decades,
For hundreds or even thousands of years, even though some of the snow will melt, the snow water and the remaining snow will accumulate here. How thick will it be here?"
"What do you mean? You mean our feet are empty?"
"No, I mean, half of the snow will melt, but in this extremely low temperature environment, I mean at night, it will condense into ice, and then the whole thing will freeze. In this case, there will be a
A kind of layer upon layer of ice and snow, and I imagine its thickness must be amazing."
"What do you mean?" The fat man looked at me blankly.
"You are stupid. What Hutou means is that we are standing on top of an abyss."
"No way? You mean there is an abyss down here, but now the abyss is almost filled with snow? How is this possible? How can there be such thick ice and snow in a place like this."
"You are ignorant. If it is one year, two years, ten years, or eight years, of course it is impossible, but if it is hundreds, thousands, or even tens of thousands of years, then it is very possible."
At this point, I couldn't help but add a few words: "Moreover, the ice layer becomes harder as it goes down. I think the bottom part is harder than rock."
"Damn it, isn't it an ore? No, an ore ice? Hey, this is a pretty new word. But what does this have to do with us?"
"It has a lot to do with it. Although this accumulated ice layer is strong, it will leave traces in some places, such as cracks or holes. It is also very easy to hide something inside."
"Then go down. What's so important about this? I guess the white ape is hiding inside." The fat man said, with an excited look on his face again. He probably thought of those heavenly and earthly treasures again.
"Nagua, you still don't believe me when I say you are a pig. Even a fool knows that this is very difficult. It is an ice cave, not a stone cave. First of all, your skin cannot be in direct contact with the ice, otherwise it will stick to it and pull you.
It won’t fall off, even if the skin is pulled off, it will remain on it. This is just a small problem.”
The fat man shrank his neck, shuddered and said, "What else?"
"You can't light a fire inside. It's a trivial matter for the ice to melt. I'm afraid it will cause a chain reaction. If some loose parts collapse, you will be buried forever. Moreover, this kind of cave is very slippery, and it is very difficult to fix the body.
It’s difficult, you can’t get down but you can’t get up, and if you encounter danger, it’s hard to withstand it.”
"Damn, is it so dangerous? According to you, this can only go up but not down?" The fat man seemed to have calmed down. His small eyes kept turning, and he must be thinking of countermeasures.
At this time, I need to stand up and make a decision. After thinking about it, I feel that it is not necessary for everyone to go down this time. The space inside must be very limited. No matter how many people there are, it will not be of much use. On the contrary, it will be difficult to turn over. So this time
I went down just to test out the situation inside. There shouldn't be too many people, five people are enough.