The Huai Shui God's Cave

Chapter 21

1. Obscuration

I said to Tang Mei: "You are right. We have not reached the end of the mountain. We have to keep hope until the end. Perhaps there is no problem with this tomb passage, and there is no problem with this stone gate. The problem is Our eyes. In other words, our eyes deceive us!"

Hearing what I said, everyone's expressions were cheered up; the originally gloomy eyes also glowed with brilliance.The professor patted me on the shoulder and said: "Young people are awesome. You really are not simple. You can find the key to the problem without fear. It seems that we need to analyze it carefully!"

I said: "Since the Jiuding said that Xiyao used witchcraft to protect King Xiang's body from being disturbed, it shows that the formation of this phenomenon is man-made; since it is man-made, it must not be caused by ghosts. We find this phenomenon unbelievable, but because we cannot explain it with our scientific knowledge, it does not mean that this phenomenon cannot be formed."

The professor looked at me, carefully considered what I said, nodded cautiously, and encouraged me: "Keep talking!"

I said, "Since we're not on the wrong track, everything in front of us seems to be fine. That means the problem is with us."

Yang Xiaoxie raised an objection: "There are so many of us, it's impossible for everyone to get it wrong, right?"

I nodded and said: "Everyone of us should see the same things, but it doesn't mean they are all correct. To use a simple analogy, we have been instilled with a set of fixed theories since childhood, such as roses are red. , the leaves are green, the sun is golden, and the hair is black. But who defined these colors? Is what we know really correct? In the eyes of color blindness, the same thing, he sees The colors he sees are different, can he be said to be wrong? Also, if a person is born and told that the roses are green, the leaves are red, and the hair is white, then one day, he finds that someone with him The words are not consistent, so there is a dispute. Everyone insists on their own words, because the ideas instilled in them are different, and the same things will have different interpretations and understandings. If we are all wrong, it is not our fault. Rather, some things have a unified misunderstanding in our eyes."

Everyone thought about it.Yang Xiaoxie sighed, and said: "I don't understand what red, white, and green are in the clouds, just one sentence, what should we do!"

I also sighed, and said, "For a while, I don't know what to do. However, I am sure, as long as we analyze this mysterious and strange phenomenon that cannot be explained by science, we will be able to get out."

Yang Xiaoxie was discouraged all of a sudden, and said, "Speaking of it, it's still impossible to get out!"

I smiled wryly.At this time, the professor stood up and said seriously: "Xiao Yang, you said this sentence wrong. After Xiao Wu's analysis, we are no longer afraid. This shows that half of the problem has been solved, and the remaining half It's just a matter of time. Don't argue, everyone, let Xiao Wu think about it."

I closed my eyes and thought for a while. To be honest, if I was not nervous, it was fake.I have never encountered the current phenomenon. At most, I know that this is a man-made mechanism and trap. As for the location of the mechanism, it is really hard to imagine.In short, I think this has a lot to do with our vision.

Thinking of this, I opened my eyes, gritted my teeth and said, "Let's walk again!"

Yang Xiaoxie said with a mournful face: "Let's go, this tomb passage seems to be getting longer and longer. I walked back and forth a few times. I think we will die of exhaustion even if we are not trapped to death!"

I said: "You're right, I also feel that this tomb passage is obviously much longer than when we came in. I think the problem must be in the tomb passage, so I decided to verify it separately this time."

Everyone looked at me puzzled.I explained: "Sometimes, what we see with our eyes is often not real. Perhaps, the stone gate we see now is not the original one. We started from the starting point and finally arrived at the starting point. Impossible. Maybe what we have reached is not the starting point, but..."

Having said that, I scratched my head and added embarrassingly: "I don't know what to say. In short, have we really returned to the starting point from the starting point? Maybe the vision will deceive us. Maybe there are really more What about the other stone gate. Now there is a way to verify it, that is, we are divided into two groups, one group starts from the starting point, and the other group stays where it is.”

The professor said: "Xiao Wu's method is very feasible."

Everyone also agrees, Tang Mei suggested that Ma Chuchen and I should start from the starting point, and the rest should stay where they are.This is the safest way, because everyone is still a little wary of the old Taoist Qingfeng in their hearts. If Tang Mo is left behind, if there is any change, he will not dare to act rashly.

So Ma Chuchen and I walked again, this time our pace quickened.The two of us were side by side, she stretched out her hand to hold mine, and the touch was soft; my heart throbbed for a moment, surging with a man's pride and ambition, I said to her: "Chuchen, don't be afraid, I will protect you of."

She looked at me, pursed her lips and smiled wryly at me.

There was still no change along the way, but before we got there, I realized that we had failed again.Because, at the end of the day, I found the professor, Lin Xiaowei, Yang Xiaoxie, Tang Mo, and Qingfeng Laodao again. They were standing in front of me under the light of the flashlight. They all looked disappointed when they saw us.

I sat down on the ground, gasping for breath.It seems that the vision did not deceive us, and this stone door did not appear out of thin air. We have indeed returned to the starting point from the starting point.

I don't think it's an option to go on like this. It seems that Xi Yao used a mechanism that we can't break through to set up everything, so she simply sat down by the tomb passage.Everyone stopped talking.

I recalled all the processes before and after entering the main tomb.I suddenly found a huge clue, that is the crystal mirror hanging above the tomb passage.

Thinking of this, I opened my eyes and looked up at the mirror carefully.We are currently at the gate of Shimen, and the mirror is suspended above the dark tomb passage, so we can't see how far the straight line is.It's just that I clearly remember that there was nothing there before we entered the main chamber.

At the beginning, according to Lin Xiaowei's reminder, we always believed that the crystal mirror was formed by the condensation of the water vapor accumulated in the main tomb after it was opened. Out of definition.

Now it seems that everything is not so simple.First of all, although the main tomb chamber is a little damp, once it is opened after being closed for thousands of years, even if the water vapor is released, it should be spread to the surrounding space; with ventilation, it will soon dissipate, and it is impossible to condense into the air above the tomb passage. The mirror surface; moreover, this mirror surface has been continuously existing in the air, and has not dissipated.

Furthermore, if it is really a mirror, when we look in the mirror, what we see is our front; and this crystal mirror, whether we are in front of it or behind it, what we see is always our back.This violates the normal mirroring principle.

It seems that all problems can find a breakthrough from this suspended mirror.

I was excited to share my findings.After careful observation, everyone felt that what I said was reasonable.

I said: "In this case, I want to try again. This time I will focus on the breakthrough point under the mirror image over there, and I am going to go again."

No one said anything, but in fact, he was already very pessimistic in his heart. Yang Xiaoxie said lazily without energy: "If you want to make troubles, you can make troubles by yourself. I don't have the energy to spend with you. If you are destined to be trapped to death, I hope to die in my sleep, not from exhaustion."

Ma Chuchen stood up and said, "Wu You, I am willing to walk with you again. I believe that we still have hope."

I nodded and gave her a grateful look; she patted me comfortingly.

This time, from the very beginning, I paid attention to the floating crystal mirror above the tomb passage.Every time I walked a certain distance, I would take a photo with a flashlight; I found that it was indeed moving in a rotational manner, that is to say, its position above the tomb passage did not change, but it began to rotate as we walked.When we go fast, it spins fast, and when we slow it down, it starts to slow down.

At first, it was inclined and facing us at an angle; when Ma Chuchen and I walked under the mirror, I looked up and looked at the crystal mirror carefully, and it was already parallel to the tomb passage.

From the beginning to the end, what has always been in that mirror image is our back.

I signaled Ma Chuchen to stop and stood at the bottom of the mirror image.She looked at me suspiciously, and I said to her: "Chuchen, have you noticed that our shadows in the mirror are always backs. Does this mean that if we stand here and then walk back, maybe You can go out." She looked at me dubiously, but she turned around with me as she said, and walked towards the way she came.

After walking a certain distance, I looked back at the mirror over there, and our backs were still on it.

It's getting closer, it's finally getting closer, I thought I did the right thing this time, but when my flashlight shined on Yang Xiaoxie's fat face again, I was extremely disappointed in my heart, and my whole body seemed to be discouraged Like a ball, he immediately collapsed and leaned against the wall.

Ma Chuchen came over to support me.I saw that everyone's faces were ashen.I kept telling myself not to be discouraged. At this time, our biggest enemy is not the trap that we cannot get out of, but the huge fear in our own hearts.

I pretended to be calm and asked Lin Xiaowei, "How much food and water do we have?"

Lin Xiaowei checked his backpack, made a rough statistics, and said: "There are still more than 50 packs of compressed biscuits, and there are not many mineral water left, only two bottles left." Everyone's expressions changed suddenly.Everyone understands that in this case, water is the most important thing, otherwise, even if we were found in the end, we would probably be dehydrated corpses.

Fortunately, Tang Mei said: "I still have ten bottles here, save a little, and it can still last for a few days." He patted his big migrant worker's backpack, and everyone's faces eased.

Only my heart sank secretly. I knew that Tang Mei didn't have any food or water in his bag.I found an excuse, pulled him aside, and asked softly, "Is there really water in your bag?"

Seeing that he couldn't hide it from me, he simply smiled wryly, and said frankly: "If I don't say that, people's hearts will probably be distracted in a while, and maybe something else will happen." He was staring at Lin Xiaowei's bag maliciously, his eyes flickering, maybe he was planning some bad idea.

I asked Lin Xiaowei to take out the remaining two bottles of water and hand them over to Tang Mei for safekeeping, and then said: "From now on, we will start limiting food, especially water, and make minimum preparations."

Yang Xiaoxie broke down and said: "Are you going to die, buddies, I really regret coming to the inspection with you, I'm really full, I'm looking for death."

Qingfeng Laodao actually protested at this time: "Why let him keep it, I am also a member of the old Daoist team, why didn't you give it to me? In times of crisis, if he swallowed it all by himself, wouldn't we die of thirst!"

The current situation is not in his favor.I knew he was sowing discord, and I gave him a hard look, not wanting to talk to him, because his words would never work.After many adventures and dangers along the way, although we have a lot of doubts and curiosity about Tang Mo, we are still impressed by him from the bottom of our hearts; although he looks very cold, he is by no means the kind of person who leaves everyone alone.

Yang Xiaoxie, who was about to get mad, just found the spearhead. With a sneer, he took out his gun and said to Qingfeng, "Thank you for reminding me. It just so happens that our food is limited. You old demon is nothing Good man, I will kill you and dry it to store dry food."

Qingfeng was terrified, even though he had martial arts, in this hidden tomb passage space, no matter what, he couldn't resist the lethal force of the pistol, he yelled for help, while retreating backwards to avoid.However, the space in this tomb passage is limited, no matter how he dodges, he is still within Yang Xiaoxie's shooting range.

I knew that Yang Xiaoxie was just scaring him and expressing his inner anger, he didn't bother to pay attention to them, he leaned against the wall and watched coldly.Lin Xiaowei took out a pack of cigarettes and said, "Smoking a cigarette will refresh you and relieve your nerves."

He handed one to the professor and another to me.Tang Mei doesn't smoke, so he waved his hand and refused.We didn't even take a look at Old Daoist Qingfeng, he broke out in a cold sweat in anxiety, stomped his feet and said, "You are all cold-blooded animals, and you don't want to save them."

The professor shook his head again and again, he wanted to stand up and try to persuade him, I secretly stopped him with my eyes, walked behind Yang Xiaoxie casually and said: "Daoist Qingfeng, if you can honestly explain why you came here, and the relationship between you and Xiazi Yuan What kind of grievances are there, maybe I will let Xiaoxie show mercy and spare your life; anyway, you are an old man who hasn't showered for countless days, and your whole body is dirty and smelly, and your meat probably doesn't taste good."

Hearing what I said, everyone looked at him.Ma Chuchen said: "Whether we can get out of here is still unknown. Why did you go into the coffin with those secrets, not to mention there is no coffin here. If we can't survive, we will definitely put you at the bottom first."

Old Daoist Qingfeng sighed, and said, "You are right, maybe I won't even get out alive this time. If that's the case, I'll tell you."

2. Preserving beauty beads

More than 20 years ago, Taoist Master Jin Guang of the Maoshan School had two disciples. The eldest disciple, Qing Lan, was not righteous.The little disciple Qingfeng has always followed the rules and is deeply relied on by his master.The master is going to entrust him with the position of the head of the sect and the treasure of the sect "The Art of Joy".

This move was envied by the big disciple Qinglan, who kept talking to his master all day long that his junior and senior qualifications and experience were still inexperienced, and that he should go down the mountain and wander around to build meritorious deeds.After thinking about it for a while, Jin Guang sent Qingfeng down the mountain to travel around the world, exorcising demons and subduing demons, and helping justice.

Qingfeng Laodao started from Jiangsu and did a lot of good things along the way, so I won't list them here.He met Ma Shicheng near Xianling Mountain.

Ma Shicheng is an outstanding talent of the younger generation of the Ma family in the Northeast. The Ma family has taken the task of subduing demons and demons since ancient times. He also went out to travel and practice. I heard that in the primeval forest deep in Xianling Mountain, there are many spirits who have become climates and have recently come out. Harmful, is preparing to go to kill demons.

The two had similar tastes, so they made an appointment to enter the primeval forest together.When they just entered Xianling Mountain, they met Yuan Xiazi.At that time, Xiazi Yuan had just lived here in seclusion, and he made a fortune telling for the two of them: "This is more of a disaster than good luck." Especially in Mashi City, there is a lack of soil in life, but there are many taboos.If you enter the primeval forest, you will be seriously injured if you are not dead.

Ma Shicheng did not listen to Yuan Xiazi's advice at the time, saying that Yuan Xiazi was alarmist, and even wondered whether he was in the same group as those spirits.

On the fourth day when the two entered the primeval forest, they arrived at the lake at dusk. They decided to take a rest for the night. At that time, Mashicheng was on guard.Qingfeng Laodao was awakened by a young female voice in his sleep. When he got up to check, he found a tower with flickering lights in the misty night not far away.He was taken aback, because before going to sleep he had looked at the lake, and there was nothing, the tower had appeared out of thin air.

He was waiting to take a closer look when he suddenly heard a mournful woman singing. Looking for the sound, he turned to the back of a big tree and saw a beautiful woman in fluttering white clothes dancing!And Ma Shicheng was standing aside, staring at the dancing girl intently.

The woman took off her clothes while dancing, revealing her smooth jade-like skin and plump and graceful body in a short while.Qingfeng is a cultivator. He was taught by his master to be pure-hearted and ascetic since he was a child. At this moment, he couldn't help feeling wet all over his body, and his emotions were surging.However, he suppressed his inner desire and turned his gaze elsewhere.At this time, he saw that Ma Shicheng slowly walked towards the woman as if possessed by a demon, and then slowly took off his clothes, and slowly hugged her while the woman was calling and panting.

Poor Namascheng, he couldn't hold his concentration for a while, and was fascinated by his mind.Just imagine how there is such a flowery and beautiful family in this virgin forest where no one has ever been there?Qingfeng wanted to remind him at this time, but unfortunately he just glanced at the woman, and was caught by her eyes, and he found that he could not move at all.He knew that he, like Ma Shicheng, must have been hit by the monster's circle of light.

At this moment, only a shrill scream was heard, and the beauty who was entangled with Ma Shicheng had revealed her ferocious face at this time, she had grown two long fangs, and was biting his neck fiercely, Sucking his blood in big mouthfuls!

Apart from being able to let out a shrill scream, Ma Shicheng was still unable to move, allowing the spirit to slaughter him.Qingfeng felt numb all over when he saw this, and big drops of sweat oozed from his forehead; he knew that when the spirit finished cleaning up Mashi City, it would be his turn.At this time, he was extremely annoyed, he shouldn't have listened to the blind fortune teller.

Sure enough, after the monster sucked Mashicheng's blood, he threw him aside, turned around and walked towards Qingfeng.It stinks all over.Qingfeng was terrified, he wanted to move desperately, at this moment he saw the monster's face: with a sharp beak and yellow hair all over its face, it was a mature weasel, and it was rushing towards his neck with its mouth wide open!
Just as he secretly called my life to an end, he suddenly heard a cat meowing, the Huang Jing was stunned for a moment, and immediately a black cat fell from the tree to the opposite side of it, arching its body in an attacking manner.The Huang Jing stared at it, and the cat, not to be outdone, stared back at it fiercely.The Huang Jing quickly realized that something was wrong, the cat was not afraid of it, so it backed up and prepared to escape, but was frightened by the black cat and couldn't move!

At this time, there was a shout from behind: "Where are you going!" With a flash of sword light, the head of Huang Jing was chopped off with a "plop"!It was only then that Qingfeng realized that he was able to move. The sword that cut off Huang Jing's head was his own sword, but it appeared in the hands of the blind fortune teller.

(End of this chapter)