Chapter 4: The Hidden Immortal Residence

The entrance to Zhongyuan’s cave is not big.

You can walk in from the entrance of the cave and pass through a narrow passage and quickly reach a wide place, which is a large hole similar to a hall. You can see the sky at the top of the cave, and there is an open hole above it. This is the so-called Dan Pit.

There is no danger in this section. Everyone knows that you can reach the Dankeng from Zhongyuan Cave. In the early years, you can hide from bandits and villagers and stay here temporarily. But after entering the Dankeng, you will find that there is a bottomless hole in front of you. From here you will be the real Zhongyuan Cave.

"Uncle Yang San! Look here..." Xiao Yao found an old newspaper, which was the "Sichuan West Daily" a week ago.

"There are some cake dregs, which should be the dry food your Aunt Zhang made for Xiao Chu." The old shepherd looked at the traces left on the newspaper and looked like they were wrapped in pancakes.

Before coming, Aunt Zhang told me something. Chu Yu said that the pancakes she ate at her house were delicious, so she asked her to prepare more and said that she would take them home to taste them in some days.

Now everything was clear, Chu Yu took advantage of these excuses to make some preparations, and her situation in entering the hole was confirmed. So the two decided to continue entering the hole.

Before entering the hole, the old shepherd found another hemp rope when he was about to tie the thin hemp rope he brought to the small tree at the entrance of the hole.

"Uncle Yang San, you should be able to find her along this hemp rope!" Xiao Yao said with some joy.

The old shepherd did not say anything. He tied his hemp rope and untied the hemp rope tied by Chu Yu and wrapped it around his arm. Then he raised his foot into the hole with a serious expression. Xiao Yao quickly followed him and went in.

When Xiao Yao walked into the entrance of the cave, he was completely confused. This Zhongyuan Cave was a typical karst lava cave. Before he could walk far, he found three or four forks of roads.

Fortunately, the hemp rope in the old shepherd's hand could still guide them, and the two of them would not get lost. But after two circles, the old shepherd stopped.

"It's knotted!" the old shepherd sighed and said.

Following the old shepherd's gaze, Xiao Yao found that the thin hemp rope they brought was interlaced here, which shows that they had walked through this place...

The old shepherd did not delay much. He broke the thread and turned around and pulled the thin wire rope that had been around in circles, and then connected the head on the spot, so that they would not go any further when they returned.

Next, they found two circles along Chu Yu's hemp rope route, but not long after, they found that Chu Yu's thin hemp rope was broken.

The thread was broken and the clue was broken. Chu Yu was already lost.

This series of inferences made Xiao Yao's heart sink to the bottom. Is fate really so cruel and inertial? Can everything really not be changed?

Xiao Yao was a little depressed.

"Xiao Xiao! Now you think about it carefully and continue looking for it, it's hard to say! When I entered the hole, the thread end was broken..." The old shepherd looked at Xiao Yao with a complicated expression. After looking at it for a while, he didn't say anything, and squatted aside and smoked.

Now, when you look back, you should be able to go back along the hemp rope route. The old shepherd who has taught him once would fix the thin hemp rope every other section to prevent the hemp rope from breaking after the distance is long.

But now I have completely given up searching, and my future destiny will return to the original trajectory. It’s nothing if Xiao Yao has experienced those days once. The key is that he doesn’t want to recall the regret and self-blame.

Should Chu Yu's life as young as she is, should she reach the end in Qiushan Valley? Since fate has changed, is he just repeating the pain and regret after he is reborn? He is unwilling to give up, he is really unwilling to give up.

The old shepherd was a little scared. After all, he still remembered the dangers he had experienced a few years ago, and he had a girl to support him. It was not appropriate to let him throw this life here for himself and Chu Yu.

After looking at the old shepherd who was smoking a dry tobacco, Xiao Yao made up his mind secretly. He gently carried his two pockets, and Xiao Yao turned his head and walked towards the depths of the cave.

After Xiao Yao walked for a while, he shouted loudly: "Uncle Yang San, you go back! I will continue to look for it!" After that, he ran away without looking back.

Hearing the shouts from deep in the cave, the old shepherd felt tight. After chasing for a few steps, he fell to the spot and howled loudly: "Xiao Xiao, you little bastard, you want me, Yang Laosan, to spit to death with my old face, the villagers in Qiushanyu!..."

I don’t know how far I have walked, but Xiao Yao can no longer recognize the direction.

In fact, he had no consideration of the consequences when he plunged in like this. He had no signs of guidance now. Even if he was lucky enough to find Chu Yu, the way back would not be found in the end.

At that time, I rushed in and there was a voice in my heart saying, "If you die, die, it's better than living like a walking corpse."

After a while, the sound of water flowing came from Xiao Yao's ears. The sound finally turned into a roar from small to large. The sound slowly approached and looked at it - a stream flowed out of a cave.

Not far away, a nearly ten-meter-long vent was washed away by the water flow, and a piece of water that was rolling up the waves spread across the vent and poured into a deep crack in front. Below this crack is a deep pool with a radius of nearly a thousand square meters.

Above the deep pool, you can see a huge dome. In this space, the endless darkness in the cave disappeared, replaced by some dreamy light. This light comes from nowhere, not dazzling, and very soft.

On a prominent rock on the other side of the deep pool, there are two seal characters "Fatian". It seems that Qiu Zhongyuan's legend is true. This should be the place where this secluded alchemist practiced Taoism in his early years.

There is another exit on the rock wall to the left of the word "Fatian". Xiao Yao immediately went in along the entrance of the cave and found that there was no fork in the road, and there were traces of manual digging on the subsequent road.

When he reached the end of the cave, a ray of light faintly emerged from there. Xiao Yao quickly walked towards the place where the light came. This was a stone chamber dug by hand.

The cave was silent, and it seemed that it was no longer popular for a long time. A night pearl was embedded on the rock wall, emitting a faint yellow light. This should be the residence of Qiu Zhongyuan, the former owner of Zhongyuan Cave.

The cave is divided into two rooms inside and outside. The outside is not big, and many daily necessities are scattered. There is a jade round table and two round stools in the middle, and there are some jade cups on the table.

There is a white jade couch in the inner part. Perhaps it was made of a single piece of mountain jade when Qiu Zhongyuan rested. It was simple in shape. It was just that the natural color of thousands of years made the jade bed a little yellow and red, which was very ancient. There was a jade table on the couch and two jade tablets on the jade table.

Xiao Yao picked them up at will. The jade plaque was green and yellow in color, and the jade quality was cool, so he looked very beautiful.

Xiao Yao did not pay much attention to these two jade tablets. He hoped to find some written records, and maybe he could find the route to enter and exit from Zhongyuan Cave.

At this time, a faint fragrance came. Although it was not rich, it had a kind of comfort and comfort that penetrated into the heart. It was like the orchid in the valley and the lotus in summer.

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Chapter completed!