After turning a hillside, Xiaohuang Village could no longer be seen. Under a cliff covered with green plants, He Jie pulled away the vines and a dark hole was clearly visible.

Everyone looked at the dark hole with joy and fear. No one dared to go in first.

He Jie smiled and said: "Why didn't you say you were here for adventure? Why didn't you dare to go in?"

Cao Jianwei snorted: "Who's afraid? I'm thinking about what preparations I need to make before entering the cave. We all seem to have brought flashlights, dry food, mineral water, and knives. I think there's nothing missing. Students, what are you waiting for? Let's enter Qixing together." Let’s explore the cave”

He Jie said: "Slow down." Everyone turned around and looked at He Jie [

Just listen to He Jie slowly say: "This Qixing Cave is a name I discovered accidentally and I gave it to myself. It's early autumn in our mountainous area, but it's hot during the day and cold at night. Now under the sun, we all feel too hot, but it's very cool in this cave, classmate." We didn’t bring any warm clothes and we went into the cave rashly. What if it’s too cold? And I’m afraid there’s no place to charge the flashlight you brought along along the way.”

Cao Jianwei said doubtfully: "He Jie, is this hole very deep? Although our flashlight doesn't have much power, it will be enough to go in and take a look for a while."

He Jie shook his head and said: "I don't know how deep this hole is. I didn't dare to go in alone after I discovered it by chance last time. I just felt the chill at the entrance of the hole. So I guess this hole will be very deep. Let's make a good plan." Be well prepared.”

He bent down and picked up a branch and said, "Look, there are a lot of dead branches here. Why don't we each light one and use it as a torch? It can illuminate the cave and save the power of the flashlight. It can also resist the cold and damp air in the cave." What do you think?”

Another female classmate, Shao Lixia, smiled and said: "He Jie, you are the master here. We do as the Romans do and play in the mountains. You are more experienced and knowledgeable than us. We all listen to you."

Shao Lixia bent down and picked up a dead branch. Seeing this, several other students also picked one each.

He Jie picked up a pile of dead leaves and asked Cao Jianwei for a lighter to light them. After that, everyone put the dead branches in the fire and lit them.

Cao Jianwei was the first to step into the cave and took a photo of the fire branch in his hand. He said in surprise: "Come in quickly. This cave seems to have traces of someone living there."

Everyone was very curious and hurriedly swarmed into the cave. As soon as they entered, they saw something like an earthen stove on the ground reflected in the firelight. There were also scratches scratched by stones on the cave wall.

Everyone was greatly surprised. Cao Jianwei said: "This cave was inhabited a long time ago. Have we discovered a human prehistoric relic?"

Zhang Ling said with a smile: "You are so beautiful, how can you be so lucky? Maybe some family in Xiaohuangzhuang did not have a house before or was destroyed by natural disasters and lived in this cave temporarily."

Shao Lixia said: "I think Zhang Ling is right. Since people have lived in this cave before, I think this cave shouldn't be very deep. Cao Jianwei, please quickly look inside again. If there is nothing scary, you can ask us to go in."

Cao Jianwei deliberately said with a grimace: "Well, it's so hard to play with pretty girls and tell my fate, so I'll be a death squad member for you. Let's go in first and see what the Buddha said: If I don't go to hell, who will?"

Cao Jianwei walked towards the cave holding the fire branch. Not long after, he heard a scream of "Ah" coming from the cave.

The five people outside were so frightened that their faces turned pale. Zhang Ling said in a trembling voice: "What happened to Cao Jianwei? Don't scare us."

There was a deathly silence in the cave. Shao Lixia couldn't help it anymore and shouted nervously: "Is he encountering some monster? I'm so scared. Let's get out quickly."

Zhou Kejun and Li Jianfeng looked at each other, and they could see the panic in each other's faces. Zhou Kejun tried to calm down and called Cao Jianwei several times, but no one answered.

He was so frightened that he asked He Jie: "Is there really any monster or ghost in the mountains like He Jie?"

As soon as these words came out, the two girls screamed in fright. He Jie's face was also uncertain. He hesitated and said: "Although there are wolves in our mountains, we have never seen them near the village. Logically speaking, it is wrong. If there are wolves in the cave, How could there be a wolf? Cao Jianwei only barked once and then lost his voice."[

They were in shock and were about to escape from the cave when they heard laughter coming from inside the cave. The echo made everyone feel itchy in their ears.

Cao Jianwei laughed and said, "Come in quickly, students. I was teasing you just now. This cave is not deep. I'm already at the bottom."

Only then did everyone come to their senses and cursed Cao Jianwei, then rushed into the cave laughing.

After only advancing about twenty or thirty meters, the cave suddenly opened up in front of us. As expected, it was only that deep. It looked like a hall inside, about fifty-six square meters in size.

Everyone was curious to see something like a stone bed at the innermost end of the cave, and a large stone pot in the center. There seemed to be painted paintings on the cave wall.

Everyone shined their torches at the cave wall and took a closer look. They couldn't help but exclaimed that there were actually many strange characters carved on the cave wall. Although it was covered with a layer of dust, the colors of the rock paintings could still be seen. Gorgeous

Shao Lixia carefully wiped the dust on the rock painting with her hand, but unexpectedly, a piece of color immediately fell off

Cao Jianwei exclaimed: "Lixia, don't move. Maybe these rock paintings are cultural relics. Don't destroy them."

Zhou Kejun suddenly said: "Hey, look what is on that stone bed."

Everyone suddenly gathered at the stone bed. To their surprise, there were three black clay pots placed on the stone.

Who lived in this cave, who had left those rock paintings and stone beds, those three clay pots, and the stone pot? All this stimulated everyone's strong curiosity.

Shao Lixia looked at it blankly for a long time and asked softly: "Do you think this looks like a place for sacrifice?"

As soon as she reminded everyone, they were all excited as if they were enlightened.

Wrong, this should be a place for worship. Although I don’t know when it was built and who built it, but judging from the content on the rock paintings, it is estimated to be at least before the Ming and Qing Dynasties.

Seeing everyone's approval, Shao Lixia said proudly: "Those rock paintings should be the gods worshiped by the owner of this cave. The big stone pot in the center may be the place where they burned paper during sacrifices. The stone bed is obviously an altar. The three pottery pots on it are The jar-like things may be what they worship.”
Chapter completed!