The underground rivers have wide places and narrow places, so various unique customs are formed underground.
The diverse and grotesque landforms are rarely seen on the surface of the earth. The bamboo shoots and barbs in the stalactite area passing by are so spectacular that people feel like they are in the giant mouth and fangs of a monster. In some special places, when a torch shines, the reflections are reflected
A psychedelic glow.
"These underground rivers are formed by the erosion of groundwater. The reason why the rivers are wide and narrow is related to the solubility of the geology under the erosion of water flow. The easily soluble areas will naturally widen under the erosion of the river water over time, and the narrow areas will naturally not
Areas that are easily dissolved..."
"Dongtian Paradise? You are thinking too much. These stalactites are water containing carbon dioxide seeping into the limestone and dissolving the calcium carbonate in it. You don't understand it. In short, it is water seeping into the limestone and dissolving some substance in it. When it drips, the water dries up.
The dissolved stuff solidified again, bit by bit, after thousands of years of accumulation, it became like this. If you don’t believe me, you can take a closer look and see if there is any dripping water on the tips of the bamboo shoots..."
Regarding Shang Shuqing's admiration for certain underground landforms, Niu Youdao couldn't bear that such a smart woman could be so ignorant, so he couldn't help but explain it casually.
He walked in front and pointed randomly, explaining casually, but Shang Shuqing was quite moved. She followed behind and looked at the back of his head, with a complicated look on her face and said: "Master Tao, you know so much, even this underground
I also know the changes. If you have the chance, please don’t blame Qing’er for being ignorant and give me more advice!”
Do you know much? Yuan Gang behind him twitched his lips and muttered in his heart, why don't you ask about the changes in the sky.
"Do you know much?" Niu Youdao laughed and shook his head. Simple common sense is good, but there is no need to explain this more. The more you explain, the more doubts you will have. You shouldn't have said this just now.
I don't know how long this walk took. Shang Shuqing walked slower and slower, and she was very tired.
The key was to walk quickly all the way to catch up with the speed of the three men. The soles of my feet were already blistered and painful.
"Pay attention to the ditch!" Niu Youdao warned. When he looked back, he found that Shang Shuqing's walking posture was a little wrong and asked, "Did you twist your foot?"
Shang Shuqing didn't say there were blisters on the soles of her feet, but said forcefully: "No, I'm just not used to walking this way."
So I continued walking for a while, and finally found that the woman was panting, dripping with sweat, and seemed like she couldn't walk anymore. When she came to a suitable place, a spot where a large number of torches were stored, Niu Youdao gave way.
rest.
Niu Youdao, Niu Youdao and the other two people are still strong enough to walk, so walking this small distance is nothing to them.
In fact, Niu Youdao wanted to carry Shang Shuqing on his back and continue walking, but Shang Shuqing refused and started talking about men and women not being intimate, so Niu Youdao had no choice but to give up. He was not in a hurry anyway, so he walked slowly.
Walk slowly.
As everyone knows, for Shang Shuqing, a hug is too much. If Niu Youdao hadn't suddenly done that when she went down the well, she would have let Niu Youdao hold her hand and go down the well. How could she let a man do it casually?
To hug someone like that and let someone carry her is even more extreme. Lying on someone else's body with your legs spread wide and your chest pressed against someone else's body? You can't accept it even if you think about it. Naturally, you won't agree to it even to the death.
How should I put it? Niu Youdao can understand the concept of chastity of women in this era, but he still added in his heart, Master Dao, I have no interest in you at all!
This is probably because she has never walked such a difficult road since she was a child. This unusually smooth walk, up and down, and bouncing, really made Shang Shuqing very tired.
After sitting down in a relatively clean area in the corner, Shang Shuqing quickly fell asleep with her head tilted.
It was chilly underground. Niu Youdao took out a piece of clothing from the package and put it on Shang Shuqing. Shang Shuqing didn't notice at all and fell into a deep sleep.
Looking at Shang Shuqing's exhausted look, he probably wouldn't be able to wake up for a while, and might have to sleep for a long time. Niu Youdao then arranged to take turns to keep the torches on guard. Although it was nothing to walk all the way in the underground passage.
It's not safe, but you still need to maintain some minimum vigilance.
Niu Youdao is in the same group, Yuanfang and Yuan Gang are in the same group.
Trust is trust. Before Yuan Fang could completely let go, the reason for letting Yuan Gang accompany him was to prevent accidents, so that Yuan Fang wouldn't be taken care of by Yuan Fang in a daze.
Yuan Gang's group watched first, Niu Youdao sat cross-legged and meditated, closed his eyes and adjusted his breath.
I don’t know how long it took, but Niu Youdao suddenly felt a hint of chill during the Qingming Festival. It was a very abnormal chill. The normal chill came from the whole body, but this was just a hint of it floating by. It was the kind of chill that could
The chill that penetrated into the pores and suppressed vitality. This kind of chill can only be felt when encountering unclean things in ancient tombs. Niu Youdao suddenly opened his eyes.
It happened that Yuan Fang also came over. Yuan Fang saw the way he suddenly opened his eyes and knew that he had noticed it, so he whispered in his ear: "Master Dao, there seems to be a ghost here. I just saw something in the corner with my magic eye."
It's fleeting and sneaky, but it may not have good intentions."
Niu Youdao thought about the feeling just now. It was stronger than anything he had ever felt in the underworld. It had obviously become a climate, not an ordinary ghost. To put it simply, it had become a ghost!
"Check it out!" Niu Youdao said, Yuanfang nodded, turned around, lit several torches, and threw them in various directions, including the other side of the river. Then he took another torch and floated it around to look around.
Niu Youdao looked around. In this dark place, the first thing that came to mind was the lighting problem. Although the Dharma Eye's sight distance is beyond ordinary people, it is only when there is a light source. It is useless in a completely dark place.
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He tilted his head towards the place where the torches were stored. Yuan Gang immediately took out a piece of clothing from the package, walked to the place where the torches were stored, broke several of them with brute force, and put a bunch of them into the clothes after breaking them.
The torch head was too long to be wrapped, so I made it into a package and carried it on my back.
Niu Youdao stood up with his sword in hand and walked to Shang Shuqing. He found that this woman had no idea what kind of nightmare she was having. She was crying in her dream. Her ugly face was covered with tears, and she looked extremely miserable and helpless.
Yi's expression. Even though she is so tired, she can still cry in her dreams, which shows how much sadness must be hidden in her heart.
"Princess, Princess..." Niu Youdao called twice, but couldn't wake her up, so he reached out and patted her face twice.
Shang Shuqing sat up straight as if frightened, staring blankly at Niu Youdao in front of her. Then she seemed to realize that she was crying, and raised her sleeves to wipe away her tears in embarrassment.
When he got up, he found that he was covered with clothes. He recognized Niu Youdao's clothes. He felt warm and a little shy, "Master Dao, did I oversleep?"
Niu Youdao noticed that after she stood up, her feet were a little unnatural on the ground, and said: "You can't walk anymore, I will carry you."
How could Shang Shuqing accept such an intimate behavior? She shook her head and said, "My feet are fine, I can walk."
Niu Youdao: "You are overthinking, we are being targeted, if you walk slowly you will hurt everyone." He looked around while speaking.
"..." Shang Shuqing was stunned, and then realized that Yuan Fang was no longer there, and there was a torch thrown out in the distance.
Soon, she saw Yuan Fang floating over from the other side and said to Niu Youdao: "Master Dao, I don't know where he is hiding."
"It's not a big deal to waste time here, let's go!" Niu Youdao tilted his head and gestured, handing the sword to Shang Shuqing.
Shang Shuqing was stunned for a moment, and when she took the sword into her hand, Niu Youdao pulled her over.
Niu Youdao didn't care how shy she was. After he pulled her over, he turned around and grabbed both of her thighs with his hands, carrying her directly behind his back. He promised Shang Chaozong that he would protect Shang Shuqing as long as he was still there.
, he is the strongest among the people here.
This posture was so embarrassing that Shang Shuqing's pink ears instantly turned red. She didn't dare to put her upper body against his back. She held his sword against his shoulder, supporting her upper body so as not to get too close. Who would have thought that Yuan Gang would do it again?
He handed her a lighted torch and she couldn't accept it.
Several people left quickly. Except for Shang Shuqing who was on Niu Youdao, the others maintained their original formation, with Yuanfang still in front.
Yuan Fang and Yuan Gang in front and behind each held two lit torches.
Without Shang Shuqing as a burden, the three of them marched more than a little faster several times, with torches whistling in the wind.
The melted fire oil dripped fire, fearing that it would fall on Niu Youdao. After jumping up and down for a while, Shang Shuqing had to lie on Niu Youdao's shoulder, and the two lumps on his chest rose and fell as Niu Youdao ran.
Dao rubbed against Niu Youdao's back, making her so embarrassed that she lay down next to Niu Youdao's cheek and exhaled like blue.
For her, not only was she traveling faster, it was definitely more comfortable than walking.
After quickly arriving at the next torch storage point, it was empty.
Yuan Gang walked into the cave and touched the oil on the wall, put it to his nose and smelled it, then turned around and said, "Yes."
Shang Shuqing, who was lying on Niu Youdao's shoulder, said: "It's impossible not to have it. This is reserve land, and it is generally not used without permission. Even if someone has used it, it will be reported, unless it is taken away by outsiders."
"Keep going!" Niu Youdao tilted his head to signal, and the three of them continued to move forward quickly.
After passing two more torch storage points, they found that they were still empty, and the torches in their hands were almost burned out.
Niu Youdao looked around and suddenly said: "Old Xiong, pay attention to the river."
Yuanfang immediately dodged and floated out, rising and falling on the river. As Niu Youdao expected, Yuanfang quickly discovered the torch floating from upstream.
The reason is very simple. According to what Shang Shuqing said, there must be torches arranged at the storage points along the way. Judging from the previous stacking level, there are at least thousands of them. Even if someone takes them away, it is inconvenient to carry them all away. And according to what was discovered before
Abnormal, if someone is causing trouble now, the most convenient way to deal with it is to throw it into the river directly.
Yuanfang fished out two torches and floated them back, and used the lit torches to burn them. They burned so hard that they were soaked in water and difficult to ignite.
"Someone wants to hack us, don't fall into the hands of a poor monk..." Yuan Fang threw away the wet torch and looked around, cursing, and a look of rage appeared on his face.
Everyone could see that someone was intending to do harm to them, otherwise there would be no need to destroy the torches and trap them. It was clear that they were doing this to deal with them.