Chapter 136 Immortal... Immortal Cave?
Wu Shaoyi's breath was still weak, "Are you a soldier or a subordinate of Lu Ze?"
He Lingchuan picked up a black stain from his temple: "Soldier."
"No armor. You are not an ordinary soldier, right?"
"No." He Lingchuan admired. He was dying, but his eyes were still so sharp? "I am just following the team to do things."
He took the initiative: "It is a big monster, why do you call it the Crocodile God?"
"It comes from the northern monster country and helps the Holy Master. As long as it leads the people in the lake and river water battles, nine out of ten battles will win. The army worships it as the Crocodile God and often throws cattle and sheep to it. Except for the Holy Master, it usually... never communicates with people. Anyone who offends it will be bitten to death, whether it is the enemy or us."
So even though Wu Shaoyi knew that the crocodile monster was spiritual, he never thought of talking to it.
Empiricism kills people.
He Lingchuan thought about it. There are many marshes in the south, and the Bu Xin uprising army often attacks water forts and Bocheng. "It turned out to be Hong Xiangqian's pet."
"It's not a pet." Wu Shaoyi shook his head slowly. "The Saint Master had done it a favor, and it was just returning the favor. It's not a superior-subordinate relationship. After the Saint Master passed away, no one saw the Crocodile God again. We all thought it had returned to the north, but it turned out to be with Lu Yao."
He sighed as he said this.
If it weren't for the giant crocodile's sneak attack, he should have cut off Lu Yao's head now, instead of lying here waiting to die.
He Lingchuan glanced at the giant crocodile not far away, and suddenly understood how the fish tide that rushed to the lake last night happened. These giant crocodiles are obviously not as peaceful as the spirit turtles. It is estimated that the giant crocodiles came out to look for food at that time, and the powerful pressure scared a large number of aquatic creatures to flee frantically.
The fish tide actually indicates the direction it is moving.
In other words, the giant crocodile was swimming towards the shore at that time, and several officers and soldiers who didn't know the truth were bathing in the lagoon. Seeing that they were about to become a delicious meal in the crocodile's mouth, Lu Yao, who didn't want to alert the snake, personally went into the water and "dissuaded" the crocodile king.
As for the giant fish trophy he caught, it must have been scared or fainted by the giant crocodile, right?
"By the way, when we were retreating just now, I don't know what magic weapon Lu Yao used to attack us, and blew up my shield and horse. I fell off the cliff, and that thing actually chased me!" He Lingchuan still felt scared when he thought about it, "If I go out, I don't know if I will be ambushed again."
"Didn't you see it clearly?"
"It was very fast, just a white shadow, it seemed to be... an arrow?" He Lingchuan was not sure.
"Ghost Eye Bow." Wu Shaoyi murmured, "The treasure in the hands of the Saint Master was also obtained by Lu Yao."
"What is that?"
"The arrow that can chase and injure people on its own is shot by the Ghost Eye Bow." Wu Shaoyi explained to him, "If the first shot misses, it can hit twice in a row, also known as one arrow three times."
"Three times in total?" He Lingchuan was relieved a little, "Are you sure?"
"As you said, it blew up the shield, killed the horse, and shot you once under the cliff. After completing it three times, you should be safe."
Speaking of which, when He Lingchuan went to dig up the giant turtle just now, he found that the divine bone necklace on the chest was flashing red light.
Does this mean that there is a treasure in the turtle?
But after he searched inside and out, the divine bone necklace was still glowing, which was strange.
Does it mean that there is some hidden treasure on the turtle that he didn't find?
When it was time to leave, He Lingchuan was still worried and walked around the giant turtle again.
He found that the red light was sometimes strong and sometimes weak, as if it changed according to his position.
Wu Shaoyi asked him, "What are you doing?"
"Wait, something seems wrong." If the intensity of the red light of the divine bone necklace indicates the distance, then the giant turtle is right in front of him, and it shouldn't have changed.
Is there something abnormal nearby?
He Lingchuan held a candle and looked around, and finally found a gray clam shell on the ground not far from the turtle's feet, hidden in a cave in the stone wall,
Smaller than a coconut. In this light, people with poor eyesight can't find it at all.
Is it the leftover food of Shui Ling? It doesn't look like it. The giant turtle has a big mouth, so shouldn't this kind of clam be chewed up and eaten one by one?
He reached out to break the clam shell, but it didn't move.
This thing is stubborn.
The giant crocodile, who hadn't rested enough, suddenly opened his mouth: "What are you doing?"
He Lingchuan could only say, "It seems that there is something else here." It can make the divine bone necklace glow, so it should be a treasure, and he doesn't want to miss it.
The crocodile demon swung its tail, stirring the water in the pond with a splash: "There is a cave behind the dead turtle."
Both of them were stunned: "What?"
"It occupies a cave. Otherwise, this place is dark and small, why did it build a nest?" The crocodile demon said, "I waited outside the cave for a long time before I caught the turtle crawling out."
"Cave? The cave that only immortals have in legends. Are you sure?"
"Won't you know if you go in and take a look?"
This news is far more shocking than the existence of the giant turtle and the crocodile god itself. He Lingchuan was full of curiosity. He walked behind the giant turtle and reached out to touch the stone wall.
He had heard of at least eighty legends about immortals, and they all said that immortals had the ability to reach the sky and the earth. Then the immortal's cave must be extraordinary?
He wanted to see it quickly.
The uneven stone wall was very solid. After knocking, it was hollow.
Is this how the cave was opened? I have no experience. The crocodile monster pointed him out: "There is a shell in the corner, kick it."
Oh, this gray clam shell is not used for prying, but for kicking?
Who could have thought of this?
He stretched out his foot and kicked it, and the clam shell opened its mouth. At the same time, it seemed that there were ripples on the stone wall, and then a gap opened.
There was light coming out from it.
The crocodile monster closed his eyes and said: "Go in, it's safe inside." Of course, it had been in before.
Only after hearing this did He Lingchuan feel relieved to walk in.
This place looked like a small courtyard on a hill in the back. The sky was grey, neither bright nor dark.
The rocks had traces of years of water erosion. It looked like a pool of water, but now there was not a drop of water; the ground was bare, and the plants had long since withered. The only grass stems were stuck on the dry and cracked land, and the original appearance could not be identified.
Only the small courtyard looked intact, but the appearance was completely different from what He Lingchuan had seen. It should have been extraordinarily luxurious, because he saw a little gold painting under the eaves, but the wall skin had already peeled off.
The sand on the ground had traces of dragging, and the fence had collapsed in half. It seemed that it was done by either a giant turtle or a crocodile god.
He Lingchuan walked into the small courtyard, the door was open, and there were all kinds of furniture inside, but some of them were knocked over. There were books everywhere, and a dead skeleton was sitting on the futon on the first floor.
He Lingchuan couldn't understand the words on the book cover. He picked up a book at random, but as soon as his fingertips touched the cover, the whole book turned into ash.
That's it?
Is this the immortal cave? Why is it different from the fairy air and auspicious light he imagined?
The dust was choking, and He Lingchuan tried hard to hold back a sneeze, fearing that the other books here would be blown away.
There was no hope of reading, so he squatted down and looked at the dry bones on the cushion.