After twenty days of sleeping in the open air, Xia Yu and the others finally arrived at the Baihu Mountains and found a place with lush water and grass. They dismounted and let the four horses find food and rest on their own. Such fully tame horses can
If the owner is away and lives for a period of time, they will not run far away. They will return to the owner as soon as the owner comes back and calls him.
The two of them abandoned their horses and walked into the Baihu Mountains. Qiao Xiaopang couldn't help but feel a little strange, "Isn't it said that there will be many competitors for a mission? How come we didn't meet any of them?"
Xia Yu said with a smile: "We all know that the mountain lightning mink is difficult to deal with, so why don't those people prepare well to come again? The one we sent out so early is probably the only one. I estimate that others will come in a few days!"
Fat Qiao said with a "hehe" smile: "Tell me, what will happen if we collect all the jade beads first?"
"The Jade Cooling Bead is the core essence of the Jade Ore. There may not be even one Jade Cooling Bead among a hundred pieces of Jade Ore. It is not that easy to find." Xia Yu said as he threw Qiao Xiaopang a cloth bag.
, said, "Put it on, this is the medicinal powder I prepared. The mountain lightning marten hates this smell."
Fatty Qiao picked it up and smelled it, and wondered: "Why does it smell like cinnamon? No, there are also some peppercorns, dry ingredients, essence leaves... Are these all things from your kitchen? Can you eat them?"
Xia Yu shrugged, "Why don't you try stewing a pot of meat? I think you will feel more comfortable after eating it than being bitten by a blood-induced two-headed ferret..."
"Uh..." Fatty Qiao grinned and hung the cloth bag on his body, "Speaking of Yuwen, how do you know so many things? I think you have never left the Nanluo territory before, right?"
Xia Yu smiled slightly. When they first met, Qiao Xiaopang thought that he came to Nanluo territory from outside to gain experience. Now after getting along with him for so long, he finally saw that he had indeed never left Nanluo territory. He smiled noncommittally.
"Do you believe me when I say I know it from birth?"
"I don't believe it!" Qiao Xiaopang shook his head and nodded, "But I can't say for sure, your beast-controlling clan may have some strange inheritance!"
"I said I'm not from the beast-controlling clan..." Xia Yu said with a smile, "And this isn't some strange inheritance. It's a book I got by chance a long time ago, which records the secrets of various poisons.
Usage, including some methods of using poison to restrain monsters."
"No wonder you know about the blood-eating mushrooms and so many poisons..." Qiao Xiaopang asked, "What book is so awesome? It can't be the "Ten Thousand Poisons Book" by Wandu Sect, right? Or "Butterfly Valley"
"Secrets of the Butterfly Doctor"? Those are the secrets of those sects that are not passed down! Can you open my eyes?"
"You said it's a secret that won't be passed on..." Xia Yu suppressed a smile, "Become my teacher and I'll pass it on to you!"
Fatty Qiao rolled his eyes, "Not sincere! Forget it!"
Not far into the Baihu Mountains, the two found the entrance to the Baihu Cave. In fact, there are hundreds of caves scattered throughout the Baihu Mountains. These caves are called Baihu Cave, because they all lead to the same place. Then
It's a huge underground cave with a radius of over a hundred miles.
, it is said that because of the existence of this cave, the bottom of the entire Baihu Mountain Range is empty, so it has become a paradise for the lightning marten that travels through the mountain. This underground cave is divided into two layers, and there are a large number of jade mines on both layers, but only the second layer
There will be Jade Cool Beads only in the Jade Mine of the upper layer.
Xia Yu and Qiao Xiaopang held torches and walked down the winding cave. Xiao Hei had already got out and flew down first. After a while, everyone along the route into the cave was
Appeared in Xia Yu's mind, "Come in, there is no mountain-piercing lightning marten on the first floor..."
The further you go in, the temperature gets lower and lower. By the time you reach the underground cave area, it is already more than ten degrees lower than on the ground.
With the help of the torch, you can see that there is a faint mist around it. You can't see clearly from a distance. Nearby, you can only see dark stones on the ground and a gray stalagmite, which extends upward to where the torch cannot shine.
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"This damn place is quite cold..." Qiao Xiaopang casually threw a few small gray stones on the ground and muttered, "We have to go down to the second floor, but we just don't know where the entrance is?"
"Let's look for it first..." Xia Yu said.
Through Xiao Hei's field of vision, he could "see" much further than Qiao Xiaopang. Although he had not yet seen the entire first floor, he could almost get an idea of the general situation here.
This is a huge underground cavity, about eight or nine feet high. The top and bottom are made of solid jade ore, and there are many thick stone pillars extending from the bottom to the top, supporting the ground like pillars.
These stone pillars are also from jade. This structure was formed by nature itself, or was dug out intentionally by people in the past when mining, or it was chewed out by lightning minks that penetrated the mountain. It can no longer be seen.
The hard ground is uneven, and there are huge boulders one or two feet high with extremely smooth surfaces everywhere. The edges of the boulders are as sharp as knives. If you accidentally bump into them, ordinary people will definitely get a bloody head. Not only that, but there are also
There are often puddles of unknown depth. The water inside is black, exudes a strong smell of sulfur, and is obviously horribly corrosive. If you accidentally fall into it, you will be in trouble.
The two held torches and carefully groped forward inside the cave. Although Xiao Hei was exploring the way, Xia Yu still didn't dare to walk very fast. Two hours passed quickly, and the two still found no trace of the entrance.
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"I heard that this ghost place is over a hundred miles away. Do we have to measure it step by step like this?" Qiao Xiaopang couldn't help but ask.
"Yeah..." Xia Yu smiled, "This first level will eliminate those unlucky guys."
"Stop talking nonsense!" Qiao Xiaopang said with a "hum", "Generally when looking for something, he will search around in a spiral shape, or move forward in a zigzag pattern! But you just keep walking forward without taking it.
It's a corner, are you just going to bump into it like a headless fly? Or are you just randomly choosing a direction to try your luck? I don't believe it!"
"Well……"
What Fatty Qiao said was absolutely correct. As Xiaohei's field of vision expanded, Xia Yu had already seen the overall topography of the first floor of Baihu Cave. The ground on the entire first floor was low in the middle and high around it, just like a
It's a huge funnel, but the change from the surrounding to the middle is very slow, so it's not easy to spot if you don't pay attention.
The entrance to the second level is at the lowest position of the first level, which is the center area of the funnel.