Sima Heng had his phoenix shield broken by Murong Canghai just now, and was stabbed all over his body with scars. Now he had no strength, so he sat cross-legged on the rock in the cave, practicing his martial arts to heal his injuries.
Zi Yan also felt very tired at this time, so she found a rock to sit down and took a nap with her back against the cave wall.
Li Bai put the torch in place, sat next to Ziyan, closed his eyes and rested his mind.
The dim light of the torch reflected the two people's backs on the rock wall of the cave, making them look like a pair of lovers clinging to each other.
As several people took a rest, the cave became extremely quiet.
An hour passed.
Suddenly, a "cuckoo" sound sounded in the cave.
The three of them couldn't help but be startled. They quickly opened their eyes and looked around vigilantly.
Everything was empty, it seemed like there was nothing.
"Gu Gu... Gu Gu..." As the noise got louder and louder, the three of them finally discovered that the noise was coming from the small water tank in the cave.
Is there a monster in the water tank?
The three of them stared at the small water tank nervously and curiously.
At this time, the ripples on the Tan surface that were very calm just now began to appear, getting bigger and bigger. After a while, the Tan surface became rough and the waves were flying.
The three of them looked through the firelight, and could vaguely see a group of fish-like, huge, white creatures swimming around in the water, and they kept making "coo-coo... coo-coo..." sounds.
Against the backdrop of the dark Tanshui, this group of white creatures looks particularly eye-catching.
"Is this a fish?" Sima Heng asked the two of them in a low voice.
"It's hard to see clearly, but it's very likely." Li Bai replied in a low voice.
Just when they were very curious, suddenly, the white things in the water tank shot out streams of water from their mouths.
The water column spurted upwards with such rapid force that it scared a group of bats on the roof of the cave and sent them flying around.
At this time, the white objects in the Tan jumped up one after another, reaching a height of two feet. They all opened their big mouths and swallowed the bats one by one. Then they fell back into the Tan and sank to the bottom of the Tan. After a while, Tan
The surface became calm again, and only the sound of water falling from the cracks in the rocks above into the water pool could be heard.
"Sink to the bottom of the white dragon!" The three of them screamed at the same time.
"It's a white dragon! It's a white dragon! A group of white dragons that eat bats." Li Bai said excitedly.
"Yes, I saw it too!" Zi Yan looked happy, picked up the torch and ran to the waterside.
When Li Bai and Sima Heng saw this, they immediately took torches and followed them.
However, it was completely dark inside the water tank, and nothing could be seen, and the light from the torch could not illuminate the bottom of the tank at all.
The three of them walked around the small water tank, and there was nothing but the dark water and the sound of dripping water.
Li Bai reached out and explored the Tan water. It was extremely cold.
"I'm pretty good at water, just let me go down and catch some white dragons!" Sima Heng said as he took off his robe.
When Zi Yan saw it, he quickly stopped him and said, "Don't go into the water. The water is so dark that it's hard to tell. I don't know if there is any danger underneath. Don't go in without any hesitation!"
"Don't be afraid. What dangers are there in such a small water tank?" After saying that, Sima Heng put aside the robe he took off and jumped into the water tank with a "plop".
As soon as he entered the water pool, Sima Heng felt that the water was unbearably cold and made him tremble all over. He did not dare to delay and hurriedly dived into the water, opening his eyes wide to see where Bai Long was hiding.
But Tan Shui was so dark that he couldn't see anything.
It seems it can only depend on luck.
Sima Heng dived down with all his strength, and kept grabbing at it with both hands, hoping that the white dragon would hit his hand.
However, he continued to dive for more than two feet, but could not catch anything. Moreover, even after diving so deep, he still did not reach the bottom of the pool.
The water in the water tank gets colder as you go down.
Soon Sima Heng couldn't bear the cold anymore. He hurriedly surfaced, crawled and rolled out of the water pool, grabbed his robe and put it on his body. He also grabbed the torch from Li Bai's hand and burned it on his body.
It took a full two-quarters of an hour before Sima Heng regained his breath and said: "What kind of weird water pond is this? It's bottomless and it's so cold that it almost killed me."
Li Bai on the side said: "King Luo Bin said before that the white dragon lives along the underground river, so this small water tank should lead directly to the underground river, so it is naturally impossible for you to dive to the bottom, let alone catch the white dragon with your bare hands.
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"That means it's useless to find Bailong!" Sima Heng said angrily.
Li Bai did not refute his words because he could not think of a way.
Seeing that Li Bai didn't speak, Sima Heng turned to Zi Yan and said, "Miss Zi Yan, you can't go into the water to catch this white dragon now. Is there anything else you can do?"
"I can't think of a good way either." Zi Yan shook her head and looked around.
Suddenly, Zi Yan said happily: "There is a way!"
When Li Bai and Sima Heng heard this, they quickly came over. Li Bai asked, "Is there anything I can do?"
Zi Yan said: "This bottom-sinking white dragon is just a fish in the end. We can't catch it with our bare hands, but we can catch it with a fishing line!"
"That's right. If you can't catch it, you can fish!" Li Bai and Sima Heng suddenly woke up and became excited.
"But what should we use as bait?" Sima Heng asked.
Zi Yan pointed to the top of the cave and said: "Don't Bailong like to eat bats? Let's use bats to catch it!"
Upon hearing this, Sima Heng nodded and said, "Yes, we just saw the white dragons spraying water to eat bats. I think your method will work."
"Li Bai, catch some bats quickly!" Zi Yan said to Li Bai.
When Li Bai heard this, he immediately picked up the Lingyun Tread, jumped to the bottom of the cave roof, stretched out his hand, and caught three bats.
Zi Yan had already taken out the silk thread from the ground bag. She tied one end of the silk thread to the bat's feet, and gave the other end to Li Bai to hold. Then she also made two fishing lines, one for each of Sima Heng, and then three
People threw bats into the pond.
Bats do not understand the nature of water, so they kept flapping on the water pool, and soon they were drowned in the water pool.
Li Bai and the three of them each held a line and quietly stood by the water bank, waiting for Bai Long to take the bait.
An hour passed, but there was still no movement at all in the water tank.
Doesn't this method work?
By the way, Li Bai suddenly remembered something and said to Zi Yan and Sima Heng: "Didn't Bai Long just eat a bat? How could he be hungry so quickly? How could a fish take the bait if it's not hungry?"
When Zi Yan and Sima Heng heard this, they thought so, so the three of them took back their fishing lines, then took out some dry food from the ground bags, ate each, and then meditated and practiced separately, waiting to fish again tomorrow.
After finally surviving the night, early the next morning, the three of them sat down by the water bank and continued fishing.
However, I fished until evening and still found nothing.
Three days passed, and the three of them still couldn't catch a white dragon.
Have all these white dragons left?
What should I do about the master's illness? Zi Yan's face was very hesitant.
When Li Bai saw this, he felt very distressed and felt sad for a moment. He remembered King Luo Bin's allusion about the white dragon:
The white dragon was not a fish at first, it was a white dragon from the sky. It was because the white dragon once turned into a fish and swam in the river and was accidentally eaten by people. Later, he complained to the Emperor of Heaven, who believed that the fishermen did not know that the fish was white.
It was transformed into a dragon, so the judgment was correct. On the contrary, the white dragon was playful and made mistakes, so the white dragon had to become a fish for one year every hundred years, to be eaten by those who were destined to do so.
Thinking of this allusion, he suddenly became inspired by poetry and unconsciously stood by the waterside and began to recite:
(Withered fish crossing the river weeping)
Bailong changed into regular clothes, but was restrained by Yu Qie.
Whoever made you a fish complained to the Emperor of Heaven in vain.
When writing a book or newspaper, don’t rely on the wind and waves.
The waves fell back to the sand and were eaten by ants.
As soon as I finished reading the poem, there was movement in the water pool in front of me.
Just hearing the faint sound of "gugu...gugu..." came from inside, the three of them immediately became excited.
Unexpectedly, a poem could lead to Bai Long. Li Bai quickly read the poem again.
As the poem was finished, the "coo" sound in the water pool became louder and louder, and then a dozen white shadows loomed in the pool. Slowly, a dozen arm-long white dragons emerged from the water and swam.
He kept circling and rolling in front of Li Bai.
When Li Bai saw this, he immediately reached into the water to catch these white dragons.
Strange to say, when these white dragons saw Li Bai reaching out, they not only did not hide, but also kept rubbing the back of Li Bai's hand with their bodies, as if they were greeting an old friend.
Zi Yan and Sima Heng were stunned when they saw this scene.
Li Bai couldn't bear it for a while. Do you really want to use such a spiritual white dragon to make medicine?
Just when Li Bai was hesitating, suddenly, one of the white dragons shot out a jet of water from its mouth, hitting Li Bai's face directly. Li Bai couldn't avoid it, and his face was covered with water, which was burning and painful.
At the same time, other white dragons that were still floating on the water sank to the bottom of the pool one by one, as if they were suddenly frightened.
Seeing this scene, Zi Yan shouted: "No, Li Bai, they are going to escape!"