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Chapter 106 The sound coming from the cave wall

The water in the pool is very turbid.

The water shows a dark ink color, with flocculent floating objects floating on the surface.

One by one, crimson water lilies broke through the mud of the pool and grew out of the water. The lotus leaves were intertwined and leaning together, forming a large and dense mass.

And right next to the wet mud of the pool.

Half of the Black Wood Rat's body was submerged in the water. It was holding a water lily closest to itself in its hand and stuffing it into its mouth.

suddenly.

A hand went to cover its head, grabbed the back of its neck, and lifted it up so that it was away from the water lotus that was about to enter its mouth.

Before I had time to react, I didn't realize what was going on.

The Black Wood Rat felt the hand on its neck tremble again, and its whole body fell to the side, falling to the ground and rolling several times in the dirt.

"Luo Hong Shui Lian?"

Du Beiting's eyes paused for a moment on the water lilies in the pool.

As an aquatic plant, water lotus is also a relatively expensive medicinal material.

Du Beiting didn't know its specific function. He had only heard of it occasionally.

However, the smell of Luohong water lotus is similar to that of beauty flower and blood-nourishing and soul-gathering flower.

It's not surprising that the black wood rat can find it here.

Du Beiting had also been mentally prepared, knowing that Black Wood Rat would not find the Blood-Nourishing Spirit-Gathering Flower so quickly.

After all, there are dozens of species of plants that smell similar to the Nourishing Blood and Soul-Gathering Flower.

It will probably take a while to find it.

What's more, this is still looking within the edge of a huge hilly area.

It is not easy to accurately find the location of the Blood-Nourishing Spirit-Gathering Flower.

The black wood rat, which had rolled several times on the dirt floor, had just stood firm when it saw Du Beiding walking towards it.

It immediately made a chirping sound from its mouth, not knowing what it was calling.

Then his eyes glanced behind Du Beiding, and then looked in another direction, as if hesitating.

Seeing that Du Beiting was very close and his footsteps were getting closer, he shrunk his little feet and backed away, turned his head, and ran away again.

Night has come.

Du Beiting has brought the Black Wood Rat back to the new camp.

During this period, the Black Wood Rat searched for two places in total.

But there was no gain at all.

The things they were looking for were plants that smelled similar to the Blood-Nourishing Soul-Gathering Flower.

Early the next morning, he got up early again, took the Black Wood Rat and set off to continue looking for the Blood-Nourishing Spirit-Gathering Flower.

But the results are not ideal.

Not to mention the next day, no trace of the Blood-Nourishing Spirit-Gathering Flower was found in the next five days.

until noon on the sixth day.

On a rugged stone road, there is a flower nearly one meter high growing in the irregular cracks of hard rocks.

The main stem is slender and bright red, and the flowers and leaves are purple with linear stripes.

The crown petals look like they are bleeding, with drops of blood-red liquid exuding from the outside.

Whenever it slides down the flower stem, its bright red liquid will be immediately absorbed by the main stem.

Looking around, every three or four rocks will have a plant growing in the cracks.

This thing is the blood-nourishing and soul-gathering flower.

Du Beiling roughly counted 38 plants.

Enough to last him a long time.

"Little guy, you finally helped this time." Du Beidian rubbed the black wood rat's head with his generous hands, smiling like a kind old father.

However, Black Wood Rat did not accept his favor.

After chirping for a while, it walked to the edge of the Nourishing Blood and Soul-Gathering Flower, picked up a leaf and stuffed it into its mouth.

"Hey, I can still use this thing, but I can't give it to you."

Du Beiding quickly picked it up and threw it aside. Then he took out several beauty flowers from the bag hanging on his shoulder and placed them in front of Black Wood Rat.

"This is for you to eat."

Seeing the black wood rat, without saying a word, he buried his head and began to eat happily.

Du Beiting also got up, put on his gloves, and began to pick the blood-nourishing and soul-gathering flowers.

After picking all the blood-nourishing and soul-gathering flowers, Du Beiding found a nearby tree with a wide trunk.

Use a machete to cut out several sections, hollow out the center of the tree, cut out the cover, and tie ropes to the roots to make several simple portable wooden boxes, and put the blood-nourishing and spiritual-gathering flowers in them.

The Blood-Nourishing Spirit-Gathering Flower has been found.

Next, there is another thing, that is, Xumi's body is exposed.

The Sumeru Returning Body Dew is different from the Blood-Nourishing and Spirit-Gathering Flower. The former is not a flower plant, but a kind of dew.

That is, when the weather temperature difference is large and the water content in the air is abundant, the water vapor will condense into small liquid water droplets.

Moreover, the Great Dew of the Sumeru Return Body is not ordinary dew condensed on the surface of ordinary plants.

Rather, it is a type of dew that can only condense on the black rocks of Great Silence.

But the Great Black Rock is not on the west side of this hilly area, but on the nearby north side.

It took Du Beiting and Chu Zhong about half a day to arrive.

However, the black wood rat needs to fast for another three days before it can look for new things again.

So, after arriving at the destination, we waited for another two days.

Du Beiting just started feeding the black wood rat new food.

"Here, black sand mud."

A small gray cloth bag was unfolded and spread in the palm of Du Beiding's hand.

The cloth bag was filled with mud-like black and yellow sand, stained with water, and mixed together.

It looked like a slimy mess, almost like shit, and extremely disgusting.

But if you get closer and smell it, you can smell a special aroma of spices.

Du Beiding handed the black sand mud to Hei Mu Shu, and Hei Mu Shu immediately stretched out his little hands and hugged it tightly, moved his teeth quickly, and started eating.

After a while, all the black sand and mud in the gray cloth bag went into the belly of the black wood rat.

Seeing that Du Beiting stopped feeding him.

Just like last time, the black wood rat twisted its head and sniffed its nose in the air.

He quickly found the right direction and ran towards Du Beiding's left side.

The two quickly followed.

After about two hours, the two of them stopped.

Just after passing through a wild forest, following the traces of the black wood rat, we came to a mountain stream.

Water flows vertically down from the heights of the Milky Way.

There was a "crashing" sound, and water splashed everywhere, soaking the piles of rocks at the bottom of the mountain stream.

Under the clear water, sand and stones were clearly visible, but no fish or shrimps were seen.

The Black Wood Rat, on the other hand, was stepping on a wet stone pier, looking around with his head raised and the tip of his nose twitching, as if he was confirming the specific location.

It's been a while.

It continued to move towards the nearby mountain stream and under the flowing water.

When he came to a large boulder with a smooth surface, he kicked it with his feet, stepped on it, and then used his strength to kick it.

The group of vines hanging on the stone wall of the mountain stream was directly knocked open by the black wood rat and got in.

Seeing this, Du Beidian couldn't help but raise his eyebrows.

"Oh? Is the stone wall in this mountain stream empty?"

Without thinking too much, he quickly stepped forward, jumped a few times, and scurried behind the vines like an ape.

A dark piece.

It was almost invisible, it was dark and gloomy.

Unlike the outside world, the air here is humid and cold, giving people a very depressing feeling.

As soon as Du Beiding walked in, he reached into his arms and took out a small long wooden box.

He took out a fire stick, put it to his mouth and blew on it.

Suddenly, a wisp of fire ignited.

The strong firelight immediately dispels the darkness and illuminates the nearby and surrounding environment.This is a cave.

Stalagmites, stone pillars, and stone mantles are all embedded in the top of the cave, and some rise from the ground and grow on the cave walls.

The terrain is steep and the postures are all kinds of strange. Under the light of the fire, it reflects a strange brilliance.

And right next to a stone pillar.

A small and thin black wood rat was lying on an irregular black rock, sticking out its big white teeth and trying to chew.

Trying to bite off this piece of dark rock and eat it into his stomach.

But every time he bites, he can only leave a few shallow tooth marks on the surface of the dark rock.

“Looks like I’m lucky this time.

I just came here and found the Great Black Rock for the first time, and there were quite a lot of them. "

At this time.

The dense vines were lifted, and Chu Zhong, who was following Du Beiting, had also caught up.

His eyes paused on the black wood rat for a moment, then moved to the black rock aside.

On the land where the Black Wood Rat is located, there is a large piece of large black rock.

Moreover, each large black rock has different shapes and sizes.

"Well, if the collection of Xumi's exposed body goes well, we can go back early this time." Du Bei paused and glanced at Chu Zhong.

Immediately, he stepped forward.

He grabbed the back of the Black Wood Rat's neck with one hand and threw it in the direction of Chu Zhong, regardless of the Black Wood Rat's screams and resistance.

“Put your little one away.

Eat and rest early later, and prepare some things by the way.

As soon as the early morning passes tonight, I will start collecting Xumi and expose my body. "

"Yes, sir." Chu Zhong quickly took the black wood rat thrown by Du Beiting and stuffed it into the open cylindrical wooden tube despite the strong protest of the black wood rat.

At the same time, don’t forget to squeeze a ball of dried meat into it.

Du Bei stopped and lowered his body, stretched out his hand and gently stroked the surface of the black rock.

After confirming again.

He stood up slowly, turned around and was about to leave, looking for a resting place nearby.

Suddenly, his face condensed slightly, he paused in his steps, and his subtle eyes fell on Chu Zhong.

His ears were perked up, as if he was listening to something.

"Sir, what's wrong with you?" Chu Zhong's scalp felt numb at Du Beiting's gaze.

Du Bei didn't reply for a while.

Moreover, he will raise his head in front of his mouth and shake his head to show silence.

Chu Zhong understood immediately and closed his mouth tightly, not daring to take a breath.

But Du Beiting still frowned, following the direction of the sound, and moved slowly over.

He didn't stop until he reached the edge of the cave wall.

Lean against the wall.

"Ding! Ding! Ding!"

The crisp and sweet sound of metal chisels echoed in Du Beidian's ears.

Although the sound was not loud, it was definitely heard by Du Beiting.

It was as if someone was chiseling the stone wall with some kind of instrument in the distance, and there was a clearly audible sound.

Moreover, the rhythm of stone cutting is quite regular.

After every three chisel strikes, there will be a pause as a rest.

After two seconds, the sound of stone cutting will start again.

"Did you hear that?"

Du Beiting pointed in the direction of the cave wall, "The sound of chiseling against the stone wall."

"The sound of chiseling on the stone wall?" Chu Zhong looked dazed and confused.

Aren't they the only two people talking in this cave?
Where are the other sounds coming from?
Chu Zhong glanced at Du Beiding in confusion, and then walked to Du Beiding's side.

Like what he did before, he leaned against the cave wall and listened carefully.

However, no sound was heard.

Deep inside the cave wall, everything is quiet.

After a while, he took his head back and shook his head at Du Beiting, "I didn't hear it, there was no sound at all."

"Didn't you hear that? That's impossible. I knew it just now."

Du Bei stopped talking suddenly.

There was one place he missed.

Chu Zhong was not a martial artist, and his Qi and blood were as weak as ordinary people.

His senses and hearing are weaker than Du Beiding's.

The chisel sound coming from deep inside the cave wall was not loud.

Even Du Beiting had to lean against the cave wall to hear clearly.

Moreover, through the sound coming from the cave wall, the approximate location of the sound can be determined.

It should be a long way from here.

Chu Zhong couldn't hear it, which was normal.

"Generally speaking, what is the situation when you hear the sound of stone cutting in a cave?" Du Beiting pondered for a moment and then asked.

"The sound of chiseling stone"

Chu Zhong couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

Although he didn't hear the sound of chiseling stones that Du Beiting mentioned just now.
"I have never encountered this kind of situation."

He shook his head.

"Generally speaking, most foreign objects and wild beasts will not choose underground rock caves as their habitat.

Because the geology beneath the rocks is hard and solid, making it difficult to develop and excavate.

In addition, the air is humid and stuffy, making it unsuitable for long-term living.

Therefore, the sound of chiseling stones that you just heard is most likely man-made. "

Chu Zhong paused for a moment before continuing, "There should be someone mining in the distance."

"It is normal for one or two stone mines to appear in this remote mountainous area."

"Mining?" Du Bei paused and thought thoughtfully.

After a while, he stepped out of the mountain stream and didn't forget to turn around and shout to Chu Zhong.

"Okay, then you should pay more attention to your surroundings and environment in the near future.

Or make some markers, traps or the like nearby to prevent anyone from stepping in here without our knowledge. "

"Yes, my lord."

Then, the two of them walked out of the cave one after another.

Everyone is busy with what they are doing.

Until late at night, when the night is over.

The two of them walked out of the camp near the cave, both holding torches, and rushed into the cave.

Make a ball with the gravel you picked up, and then plant the torch into it.

By the light of the fire, the two took out the vessel that collected the exposed body of Sumeru, sat near the black rock of great silence, and began to wait patiently.

It was just after midnight, and the temperature difference between morning and evening was not big.

Nearly half an hour passed before Chu Zhong felt slightly cold.

He also had one more piece of clothing on his body.

"Sir, the exposed body of Sumeru has begun to condense."

Chu Zhong pointed to the surface of the Great Black Rock.

Under the light of the fire, the surface of the irregular black rock was covered with a layer of faint water marks.

Tiny light green dew droplets are scattered all over and gradually condense.

“Well, wait a minute.

You need to wait for another incense stick before you can collect it. "

(End of this chapter)