Taoism moves mountains

Chapter 199 Thrilling Cave Waterway

Jiang Yang and Hua Ling'er rode on the same bamboo raft, while Min Guxiao, Hong Guliang, and Chen Yuguan rode on another bamboo raft, with Jiang Yang and Min Guxiao paddling respectively.

Fortunately, the supplies are all stored in Jiang Yang's storage space. Everyone only needs to bring their own weapons and flashlights, so the bamboo raft has a small carrying capacity and paddling forward is effortless.

The bamboo basket containing the angry-eyed phoenix is ​​placed on the bamboo raft and is stabilized by Hua Ling'er's hands, which is not a problem.

When he was fighting with the water wasps just now, the angry-eyed phoenix in the bamboo basket didn't move at all, which made Jiang Yang very confused.

Afterwards, Jiang Yang opened the bamboo basket to check and found that this guy was sitting very calmly and looked at Jiang Yang with his cross-eyed eyes.

A few of them were fighting outside, but this guy was as steady as a mountain and unmoved at all. It was quite annoying to think about it.

The angry-eyed phoenix, who was afraid of water, made no movement when he got on the bamboo raft and stayed quietly in the bamboo basket.

When he was on the lake, Jiang Yang didn't feel any water flowing, but when he came to the entrance of the cave, the bamboo raft suddenly slid in, indicating that the water was flowing into the cave.

In this way, they can move forward without paddling, as long as they have a good grasp of the direction of the bamboo raft.

As the water entered the cave, Jiang Yang and others were carefully vigilant and kept shining their flashlights.

The cave's excavation traces are very old, and there are some human sculptures on the walls on both sides, which obviously shows that the cave was dug by humans.

There were many algae trees and vines hanging in the stone crevices on the top of the cave at the beginning of the entrance. Jiang Yang and others had to stoop down to pass through.

The bamboo rafts drifted in the winding cave, and the person at the helm used the bamboo pole to adjust the direction of the bamboo rafts at any time.

The deeper you go into the cave, the lower the temperature becomes, and there is a cool breeze. It feels like there are ghosts blowing yin air around you.

The water in the cave does not seem to be very deep, and phosphorescence can be seen flickering brightly and dimly under the water.

Although there are lights shining on it to prevent the cave from being completely dark, it still looks very breathtaking.

"What are these?" Kurosumi Liang asked, pointing to the phosphorescence.

"It's a plant called moss. It mostly grows in dark and moist caves and can emit bright green fluorescence." Min Gushao answered her.

The deeper you go, the more moss glows on the mountain wall.

Jiang Yang discovered that in addition to moss, there were also skeletons in the water, which should have been left behind by previous explorers or animals that accidentally broke in.

"Everyone, be careful!" he warned aloud.

"What's wrong?" Chen Yukuan asked.

"It's not just moss that glows underwater, but also bones." Jiang Yang replied. This didn't require much explanation, they could all understand it.

If there are bones and remains under the water, there must be danger here.

The water is not very deep, only about one or two meters deep. In addition, the water channel is not very wide. Even those who don't know how to swim will hit the mountain wall after struggling a few times. It is not enough to drown people.

That means that the owner of the bones died from another danger.

At this moment, the speed of the bamboo raft suddenly became faster because the water flow accelerated.

Hua Ling'er didn't know why and suddenly became nervous.

"Don't be nervous. This is the reason why the water flow speeds up after the water channel becomes narrow." Jiang Yang immediately comforted Hua Ling'er when he saw her nervous expression.

The bamboo raft sped up and floated larger. They had to hold on to the raft to keep themselves stable to avoid falling into the water.

Not long after, after passing through a winding section of waterway, the waterway widened again, the water flow slowed down again, and the bamboo raft returned to stability.

This is a spacious cave, and it is very humid. There is also the sound of water flowing. It seems that the water is flowing down from the stone crevice spring.

"There are fish under the water!" Hong Guliang said in surprise. After saying this, she wanted to reach into the water to catch the fish.

"Stop! This fish is not simple." Jiang Yang, who was always paying attention to the situation, shouted hurriedly.

When Hong Guliang heard Jiang Yang's words, he immediately retracted his hand and stared at the fish in the water with some surprise.

After a while, she saw more and more fish in the water. After one of the fish surfaced, she had a full view of it, and it looked a bit fierce.

It has black pupils, mostly white sclera, and a terrifyingly large mouth, with two rows of jagged and sharp teeth like saws.

Chen Yuguan, who was next to him, also saw it and his face changed drastically: "This is a piranha."

"Piranha? Don't get bitten. Piranhas go crazy when they smell blood. They are more violent than deep-sea sharks. Those skeletons you saw before are definitely their masterpieces." Jiang Yang warned, not even daring to paddle. , let the bamboo raft go along the river.

The same goes for the whistle.

Russula Liang was very happy at this moment: [Fortunately, I didn’t put my hand into the water. 】

The piranhas were not disturbed, and the five people and the chicken once again crossed the waterway safely.

【Is there anyone? 】

Chen Yukuan had been exploring at the front, and when he shined a flashlight, he saw a figure on the shore. He was surprised. After taking a closer look, he found that it was a stone servant.

This stone servant has his hands behind his back in a tied posture. The surface is grey-brown, and the outline of his facial features is completely blurred.

From the appearance, it is not clear whether they are male or female, but the figure can tell that they are adults.

This stone servant once again raised the vigilance of Jiang Yang and others.

After passing this stone servant, and then turning a corner, many more stone servants appeared on the banks on both sides of the waterway.

"Look up there!" Hua Ling'er exclaimed in a low voice at this time.

Everyone quickly looked up and saw human-shaped cocoons hanging upside down from the top of the cave, the same as what they had seen in the tomb of King Dian before.

Dozens of hundreds of cocoons hang from the ceiling of the cave. Chains run through and connect all the cocoons. Some of the chains are already empty. It is obvious that the cocoons hanging above have fallen off and fallen into the water.

"Are these all made of human corpses?" Chen Yuzu gritted his teeth and asked, not knowing who he was asking.

The Xieling Pirate Sect has always had the ancestral motto "the dead are the most important". Chen Yukuan was naturally resentful when he saw the body being made into a cocoon by using evil techniques.

And maybe these dead people were still mutilated!

"King Taixian is cruel." Hong Guliang was more direct and started scolding him as soon as he opened his mouth.

"In that era of slavery, in the eyes of the ancient nobles, slaves were worse than cattle and horses." Min Gushao said with emotion.

"They may not all be slaves, there should be craftsmen who dug this waterway cave." Chen Yugan said speculatively.

"This shows that we are on the right path. If we follow this waterway, we should reach the valley where King Xian's tomb is located." A smile appeared on Min Gushao's face.

Suddenly, an alarm bell rang loudly in Jiang Yang's heart. He felt that something big was going to happen, so he shouted to the whistle: "Paddle away quickly!"

"Buzz!"

A sound like a swarm of bees suddenly sounded from behind.

"The stone servants are cultivating water wasps!" Chen Yuguan suddenly realized, and these words also reminded Min Gushao and others.

"thump!"

Another loud bang!
  It sounded like a heavy object falling into the water.

"It's a cocoon that fell down!" Jiang Yang knew this was the case without looking back.

The water wasp in the stone servant wakes up. If the flying movement is too loud, it will trigger the chain mechanism hanging on the ceiling of the cave, and then the cocoon will fall down.

Then the sound of "plop" kept sounding, and Jiang Yang immediately put down the bamboo pole. It was too late to leave at this time, and fighting head on was the best option.

Carefully made torches were taken out and distributed to everyone, and they were quickly lit and the flames were bright.

(End of this chapter)