Chapter 3 Chapter 3 "Maybe you can pick up a rare secret book"...
The raft was ready the next day.
The next day was still a sunny day. The raft tied with vines was leaning against the cliff. Ning Shuangchen was trimming branches in front of the cave, and Ye Yunxi was sitting at the entrance of the cave eating freshly grilled fish.
He said that if he wanted to eat it, he could catch it himself, but in the end, I still caught it for him.
Fish is also grilled before baking, because——
Ye Yunxi tried to grill one, but as expected, it was burnt and inedible, and the fish was wasted.
It's not his fault. When he was in the Yunlan Sect, he had always had everything provided for him. Not to mention grilling fish, he had never even caught a fish. When Ning Shuangchen gave him the fish she caught, he didn't even know what to do with it.
He admitted that he was not very good at eating.
But my senior sister said that he was almost completely fasting, so it didn’t matter if he couldn’t cook, because he wouldn’t need to eat anyway.
Thinking of this, Ye Yunxi took a bite of the fish with peace of mind and ate the last piece of grilled fish cleanly.
As soon as he finished eating, Ning Shuangchen threw the trimmed branches over.
Ye Yunxi took it subconsciously, lowered his eyes to glance at the tree branch, and looked at him puzzledly: "What are you doing?"
Ning Shuangchen said: "It's for you to use, a walking stick."
crutch?
I really thought he was a cripple.
Ye Yunxi's face changed immediately when he heard this. He frowned and threw the branch aside. "I'm not a cripple. Why should I use a cane?"
Ning Shuangchen found that whenever Ye Yunxi mentioned his injured leg, he would become like a cat with its fur standing on end.
An angry and fierce look.
Ning Shuangchen said "oh" in response, picked up another dead branch on the ground, and said after a while: "I thought you were going too."
Um?
Want to go?
Where are you going?
Ye Yunxi pricked up his ears instantly: "Dark River? Of course I want to go!"
This time it was Ning Shuangchen who proposed it herself.
He didn't beg Ning Shuangchen to take him with him.
Finally! He was finally leaving this damn place!
Ye Yunxi's annoyance caused by the crutch just now disappeared instantly.
But when he saw the branch he had thrown on the ground, his face still looked unhappy, and he stiffened his neck and said, "What does this have to do with the cane? I can walk without it."
I don't know who he is. He falls down every two steps and doesn't even know how to apply medicine...
When Ning Shuangchen heard this, she couldn't help but raise her eyebrows and glance at him, without making any comment.
Thinking that he was about to leave this place, Ye Yunxi felt lighter unconsciously, and even looked at Ning Shuangchen with a better eye.
He looked at Ning Shuangchen, cleared his throat and asked, "When do we set out?"
Ning Shuangchen was busy peeling the bark of a dead branch: "Wait until the torches are made."
Oh, yes.
If it is very dark in the underground river, you will need a torch to illuminate it, otherwise you will not be able to see anything clearly.
However...
Ye Yunxi glanced at the dry branch in his hand and looked at him suspiciously: "Torch? Just use this dry branch?"
Ning Shuangchen explained to him in a rare way: "This is a pine torch. It is a dead branch formed when the pine tree dies and the oil seeps into the pine wood. If it is made into a torch, it can burn for an hour and can be used even if it is wet."
Ye Yunxi didn't understand much and didn't have the patience to listen. He just wanted Ning Shuangchen to take him away.
He brushed off the dust on his robe and slid down the stone at the entrance of the cave. "Okay, I'll go clean it up first. You hurry up."
After saying that, he turned and entered the cave. He almost tripped when he passed by his crutch, and threw it in a corner of the cave in disgust.
They said they were packing, but in fact there was nothing to pack. They only had one set of clothes and a long sword they carried with them, so Ye Yunxi walked into the cave, took a look, and only took his sword.
He drew out his sword, the sharp edge reflected on his profile, the blade was as thin as a cicada's wing, and a cold light was faintly visible.
This sword was a birthday gift given to him by his father, the leader of the Yunlan Sect, on his eighteenth birthday. He specially named it Xilan.
Ever since he fell into the deep cliff, he has been using Xilan as a crutch every day, which is really unfair to it.
Thinking of this, Ye Yunxi slowly turned his head and looked at the crutch he had thrown into the corner.
then--
Half an hour later.
After packing up, the two walked out of the cave and started heading towards the dark river on the east side of the cliff bottom.
Ning Shuangchen led the way carrying the raft, while Ye Yunxi limped behind with the unlit torch.
Seeing Ye Yunxi leaning on the crutch that had just been thrown away, Ning Shuangchen couldn't help but narrow his eyes and looked him up and down.
Didn’t you say you can walk without a cane?
Knowing that Ning Shuangchen was staring at him, Ye Yunxi seemed to avoid his sight, staring straight ahead, and said calmly, "Why are you looking at me? Anyway, you've already done it, it would be a waste if you don't use it."
Ning Shuangchen was still looking at him.
Ye Yunxi urged, "Where is the underground river you mentioned? How come we haven't arrived yet after walking for so long?"
Ning Shuangchen retracted his gaze and said, "It's just in front."
Ye Yunxi looked in the direction of his finger and saw vines entwined on the cliff not far away, dragon-like tree roots growing between the deep cliff rocks, and dense dark green branches and leaves blocking out the sun.
Ning Shuangchen put down the raft and walked in front to push aside the layers of vines on the cliff. After a while, a cave about half a person's height appeared behind the vines.
Judging from its size, you need to bend down to enter.
The vines at the entrance of the cave were so dense and heavy that they looked like a rushing waterfall, one layer upon another. No wonder they didn't see it at first.
Ye Yunxi thought that such a small cave must be crowded and narrow inside, but after leaning in, he found that this place was much more spacious than the cave they were in before!
There is a flat area at the entrance where you can step on, and less than two steps away is the underground river that Ning Shuangchen mentioned.
The walls of the cave were rugged and uneven, and there was a crack-like opening on the cliff directly above my head. The light from outside leaked in through the opening, shining like a beam of light on the calm water surface.
Although there was daylight, the surface of the dark river was still pitch black, like a bottomless black hole, revealing an eerie tranquility.
Ye Yunxi bent down and threw a stone. There was only a slight sound of "plop". As the stone sank into the river, tiny ripples appeared on the water surface.
The water was deeper than they had imagined.
Ye Yunxi shook off the dust on his hands, leaned on his cane and said, "Let's go, maybe we can pick up some rare secret manuals in there."
Ning Shuangchen asked: "A peerless secret book?"
"Yes." Ye Yunxi nodded: "That's what it says in the storybook."
The story begins with the protagonist being chased by his enemies and accidentally falling off a cliff. He then picks up a long-lost secret book at the bottom of the cliff. After several months of practice, the protagonist acquires peerless skills and finally leaves the bottom of the cliff to become a great master in the world of immortal cultivation.
After he finished speaking, he raised his eyebrow at Ning Shuangchen and said, "You haven't seen it before, have you?"
Ning Shuangchen turned away: "Not interested."
Ye Yunxi snorted coldly: "If you really found the secret book, don't snatch it from me."
He couldn't help feeling proud.
What do you mean you're not interested? It's obvious that you haven't seen it.
Humph, finally there is something that Ning Shuangchen doesn’t know!
The two men did not stay at the cave entrance for long. They quickly started moving again and worked together to push the raft into the underground river.
Ye Yunxi went up first and sat at the front of the raft. Ning Shuangchen followed closely and stepped onto the tail end. They pushed the raft towards the shore with the bamboo pole in their hands, and the raft began to move on the water.
The cave was wide at first and narrow at the end. The deeper we went, the deeper the water became and the darker it became. Fortunately, some sunlight occasionally filtered through the cracks in the cliff, so we could barely see things. There was no need for torches for the time being.
Ye Yunxi's heart began to beat fast.
When he was young, he went down the mountain with his senior brothers and sisters for the first time and went to a secret realm. There was also such a cliff in the secret realm. At that time, he was separated from his senior brothers and sisters and spent a night alone in a dark cave.
Since then, every time I go to a dark and secluded place, I can't help but feel nervous.
In other words, it means being afraid of the dark.
No, Ning Shuangchen is right next to us.
He couldn't let Ning Shuangchen know that he was afraid of the dark.
Ning Shuangchen would definitely laugh at him.
Ye Yunxi took a deep breath secretly.
Seeing that it was getting darker and darker ahead, after a while, Ye Yunxi finally couldn't help but speak: "Hey, can we light the torch?"
Ning Shuangchen was paddling with a bamboo pole, and a voice floated from behind: "No hurry, wait a little longer."
Wait a moment longer...
If he waits any longer he will be exposed!
Ye Yunxi moved back gently, the water flowed from both sides of the raft, the bamboo poles paddled across the water, and the sound of the water was slow and gentle.
He closed his eyes and tried to regulate his breathing, but he couldn't calm down at all. He could hear a faint squeaking sound in his ears, mixed with the sound of flowing water, so it was not very audible.
Then, something suddenly flapped its wings and flew over his head, forcing him to open his eyes.
He subconsciously grabbed the corner of Ning Shuangchen's clothes and blurted out: "What is it?"
The scenery in front of them gradually became blurred. They could only guess from the sound of flowing water and the faint light from the sky that they were not far from the cave entrance.
Ning Shuangchen glanced at the hand that was pulling at the corner of his clothes and said two words: "Bat."
It turned out to be a bat...
Ye Yunxi let out an "oh" and breathed a sigh of relief. When he realized that he was holding the corner of Ning Shuangchen's clothes, he quickly let go.
"I guessed it was a bat." He shrugged his shoulders in a casual manner, but he did not return to his original position, nor did he distance himself from Ning Shuangchen. Instead, he said, "Can we use the torch now?"
As long as he lit a torch, he would not be afraid of the dark.
Ning Shuangchen nodded.
Ye Yunxi hurriedly took out the flint, which Ning Shuangchen had found at the bottom of the cliff. He put it in his pocket when he left the cave.
Because he was not very experienced, he tried several times before a spark came out. As soon as he lit the torch, a cold and gloomy wind suddenly blew in from the depths of the dark river.
The flames went out instantly.
At the same time, the surroundings fell into darkness, and a howling sound like a ghost's cry floated in the ears.
Ye Yunxi's whole body froze suddenly.
This time it was the arm that was grabbed.
The other person leaned almost half of his body towards me.
Ning Shuangchen leaned on the bamboo pole, glanced down, and asked, "Are you shaking?"
"Who is shaking?" Ye Yunxi was like a cat whose tail was stepped on. Upon hearing this, he immediately retorted, "I'm not!"
Ning Shuangchen then took a step forward. When he took a step forward, Ye Yunxi followed him forward, as if he had a tail growing behind him.
Ning Shuangchen had no choice but to stop and ask: "Are you scared?"
Ye Yunxi held his arm tightly, with a little more force than before, but said, "I'm not afraid!"
Ning Shuangchen: ...
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