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The underground rivers have wide places and narrow places, so various unique customs are formed underground.
The diverse and bizarre landforms are rarely seen on the surface of the earth. The bamboo shoots and barbs in the stalactite area passing by are so spectacular that people feel like they are in the huge fangs of a monster. In some special places, when a torch is illuminated, it reflects a psychedelic light.
"These underground rivers are formed by the erosion of groundwater. The reason why the rivers are wide and narrow is related to the solubility of the geology when washed by water flow. The easily soluble areas will naturally widen under the erosion of the river water over time, and the narrow areas will naturally become insoluble. Areas that are easily dissolved…”
"Dongtian Paradise? You are thinking too much. These stalactites are limestone in which water containing carbon dioxide has seeped into it, dissolving the calcium carbonate in it. You don't understand. In short, it is water seeping into the limestone that dissolves some substance in it. When the water drips, After it dries, the dissolved things solidify again, bit by bit, after millions of years of accumulation, it becomes like this. If you don’t believe me, you can take a closer look and see if there is any dripping water at the tip of the bamboo shoot... "
Regarding Shang Shuqing's admiration for certain underground landforms, Niu Youdao couldn't bear that such a smart woman could be so ignorant, so he couldn't help but explain it casually.
He walked in front and pointed randomly, explaining casually, but Shang Shuqing was quite moved. She followed behind and looked at the back of his head, with a complicated look on her face and said: "Master Tao, you know so much, even this underground I also know the changes. If you have the chance, please don’t think Qing’er is ignorant and give me more advice!”
Do you know much? Yuan Gang behind him twitched the corner of his mouth and muttered in his heart, why don't you ask about the changes in the sky.
"Do you know much?" Niu Youdao laughed and shook his head. Simple common sense is good, but there is no need to explain this more. The more you explain, the more doubts you will have. You shouldn't have said this just now.
I don't know how long this walk took. Shang Shuqing walked slower and slower, and she was very tired.
The key was to walk quickly all the way to catch up with the speed of the three men. The soles of his feet were already blistered and painful.
"Pay attention to the ditch!" Niu Youdao warned. When he looked back, he found that Shang Shuqing's walking posture was a little wrong and asked, "Did you twist your foot?"
Shang Shuqing didn't say that there were blisters on the soles of her feet, but said forcefully, "No, I'm just not used to walking this way."
So I continued walking for a while, and finally found that the woman was panting, dripping with sweat, and really couldn't walk. When she came to a suitable place, a spot where a large number of torches were stored, Niu Youdao gave way. rest.
Niu Youdao, Niu Youdao and the other two people still have enough physical strength to walk, so walking this small distance is nothing to the three of them.
In fact, Niu Youdao wanted to carry Shang Shuqing on his back and continue walking, but Shang Shuqing refused and started talking about men and women not being intimate, so Niu Youdao had no choice but to give up. He was not in a hurry anyway, so he walked slowly. Walk slowly.
As everyone knows, for Shang Shuqing, a hug is too much. If Niu Youdao hadn't suddenly done that when she went down the well, she would have let Niu Youdao hold her hand and go down the well. How could she let a man do so casually? Hug like that. It's even more extreme to ask someone to carry you on their back, or to lie on someone's body with your legs spread apart? Putting your breasts against someone else's body? I couldn't accept it even if I thought about it, so naturally I wouldn't agree to it even to the death.
how to say? Niu Youdao may understand the concept of chastity of women in this era, but he still added in his heart, Master Dao, I have no interest in you at all!
It was probably because she had never walked such a difficult road since she was a child. This unusually smooth walk, up and down, and bouncing, really made Shang Shuqing very tired.
After sitting down in a relatively clean area in the corner, Shang Shuqing quickly fell asleep with her head tilted.
It was chilly underground. Niu Youdao took out a piece of clothing from the package and put it on Shang Shuqing. Shang Shuqing didn't notice at all and fell into a deep sleep.
Looking at Shang Shuqing's exhausted look, she probably wouldn't be able to wake up for a while, and might have to sleep for a long time, so Niu Youdao arranged a shift to watch over the torch so that it didn't go out. Although there is nothing unsafe while walking along the underground passage, you still need to maintain some basic vigilance.
Niu Youdao is in the same group, Yuanfang and Yuan Gang are in the same group.
Trust is trust. Before Yuan Fang could completely let go, Yuan Gang was asked to accompany him to prevent accidents, so that Yuan Fang wouldn't be taken care of by Yuan Fang in a daze.
Yuan Gang's group watched first. Niu Youdao sat cross-legged and meditated, closing his eyes and regulating his breath.
I don’t know how long it took, but Niu Youdao suddenly felt a hint of chill in the Qingming Festival. It was a very abnormal chill. The normal chill came from the whole body, but this was a faint hint of it. It was the kind of chill that could Penetrates into the pores to suppress the vitality of the chill. This kind of chill can only be felt when encountering unclean things in ancient tombs. Niu Youdao suddenly opened his eyes.
It happened that Yuan Fang also came over. Yuan Fang saw the way he suddenly opened his eyes and knew that he had noticed it. He whispered in his ear: "Master Dao, there seems to be a ghost here. I just saw something in the corner with my magic eye." It’s fleeting and sneaky, but it may not have good intentions.”
Niu Youdao thought about the feeling just now. It was stronger than anything he had ever felt in the underworld. It had obviously become a climate, not an ordinary ghost. To put it simply, it had become a ghost!
"Check it out!" Niu Youdao said, Yuanfang nodded, turned around and lit several torches, throwing them in various directions, including the other side of the river, and then took another torch and floated it around to check around.
Niu Youdao looked around. In this dark place, the first thing that came to mind was the lighting problem. Although the viewing distance of the Dharma Eye was beyond that of ordinary people, it was only when there was a light source. It was useless in a completely dark place. .
He tilted his head towards the place where the torches were stored. Yuan Gang immediately took out a piece of clothing from the package, walked to the place where the torches were stored, broke several of them with brute force, and put a bunch of them into the clothes after breaking them. The torch head was too long to be wrapped, so I made it into a package and carried it on my back.
Niu Youdao stood up with his sword in hand and walked to Shang Shuqing. He found that this woman had no idea what kind of nightmare she was having. She was crying in her dream. Her ugly face was covered with tears, and she looked extremely miserable and helpless. Yi's expression. Being so tired and still crying in his dreams shows how much sadness must be hidden in his heart.
"Princess, Princess..." Niu Youdao called twice, but couldn't wake her up, so he reached out and patted her face twice.
Shang Shuqing sat up straight as if frightened, and stared blankly at Niu Youdao in front of her. Then she seemed to realize that she was crying, and raised her sleeves to wipe away the tears with some embarrassment.
When he got up, he found that he was covered with clothes. He recognized Niu Youdao's clothes. He felt warm and a little shy, "Master Dao, did I oversleep?"
Niu Youdao noticed that after she stood up, her feet were a little unnatural on the ground, and said: "You can't walk anymore, I will carry you."
How could Shang Shuqing accept such close behavior? She shook her head and said, "My feet are fine, I can walk."
Niu Youdao: "You are overthinking. We are being targeted. If you walk slowly, everyone will be hurt." He looked around while speaking.
"..." Shang Shuqing was stunned, only to realize that Yuan Fang was no longer there, and there was a torch thrown out in the distance.
Soon, she saw Yuanfang floating over from the other side and said to Niu Youdao: "Master Dao, I don't know where he is hiding."
"It's not a big deal to waste time here, let's go!" Niu Youdao tilted his head and gestured, handing the sword to Shang Shuqing.
Shang Shuqing was stunned for a moment, and when she took the sword into her hand, Niu Youdao pulled her over.
Niu Youdao didn't care how coy she was. After the person pulled her over, he turned around and took both of her thighs with his hands, and directly carried the person behind his back. He promised Shang Chaozong that he would protect Shang Shuqing's safety as long as he was still there. He was the strongest among the people here.
This posture was so embarrassing that Shang Shuqing's pink ears instantly turned red. She didn't dare to touch his back with her upper body. She held his sword against his shoulder to support her upper body from getting closer. Who would have thought that Yuan Gang handed her a lit torch again, and she couldn't accept it.
Several people left quickly. Except for Shang Shuqing who was on Niu Youdao, they maintained their original formation, with Yuanfang still in front.
Yuan Fang and Yuan Gang in front and behind each held two lit torches.
Without Shang Shuqing as a burden, the three of them moved more than a little faster several times, with torches whistling in the wind.
The melted fire oil dripped fire, fearing that it would fall on Niu Youdao. After jumping up and down for a while, Shang Shuqing had to lie on Niu Youdao's shoulder. The two lumps on his chest rose and fell as Niu Youdao ran. Dao rubbed against Niu Youdao's back, making her so embarrassed that she lay down next to Niu Youdao's cheek and exhaled like blue.
For her, not only was she traveling faster, it was definitely much more comfortable for her than walking.
After quickly arriving at the next torch storage point, it was empty.
Yuan Gang walked into the cave and touched the oil on the wall, put it to his nose and smelled it, then turned around and said, "Yes."
Shang Shuqing, who was lying on Niu Youdao's shoulder, said: "It's impossible not to have it. This is reserve land and is generally not used without permission. Even if someone has used it, it will be reported unless it is taken away by outsiders."
"Keep going!" Niu Youdao tilted his head to signal, and the three of them continued to move forward quickly.
After passing two more torch storage points, they found that they were still empty, and the torches in their hands were almost burned out.
Niu Youdao looked around and suddenly said: "Old Xiong, pay attention to the river."
Yuanfang immediately dodged and floated out, rising and falling on the river. As Niu Youdao expected, Yuanfang quickly discovered the torch floating from upstream.
The reason is very simple. According to Shang Shuqing, if there must be torches arranged at the storage points along the way, judging from the previous stacking level, there will be at least thousands of them. Even if someone takes them away, it will be inconvenient to carry them all away together. According to the anomalies discovered before, if someone is causing trouble now, the most convenient way to deal with it is to throw it directly into the river.
Yuan Fang fished out two torches and floated them back. He used the lit torches to burn them. They burned so hard that they were soaked in water and difficult to ignite.
"Someone wants to hack us, don't fall into the hands of a poor monk..." Yuanfang threw away the wet torch and looked around, cursing and a look of anger on his face.
Everyone could see that someone was intending to do harm to them, otherwise there would be no need to destroy the torches and trap them. It was clear that they were doing this to deal with them. ,.