Chapter 213 Blood and snakes and pythons, tomb beasts
Thousand Grottoes Cave is also called Thousand Corpses Cave.
For the Cave of Thousand Corpses.
Jin An is no stranger.
This is his second visit to the Cave of Thousand Corpses.
Last time, the soul left the body and descended into the Cave of Thousand Corpses. The surrounding environment did not have a great impact on Jin'an.
But this time it was a cave of thousands of corpses under the physical body.
Everything you can see with the naked eye is dark.
The torch in his hand could barely illuminate a circle of water around the raft. The water was dark, reflecting the dim light of the fire. The walls of the cave on both sides and above the head were so dark that nothing could be seen.
It's like there is some kind of magnetic field in this Cave of Thousand Corpses.
Make light illumination limited.
The Cave of Thousand Corpses is dark and deep. Not long after entering, we encountered complex terrain with various twists and turns. When we turned back and looked in the direction we came from, we could no longer see the light at the entrance of the cave.
Hua Hua Hua——
In the silent cave waterway, only the sparkling sound was left.
The water vapor in the cave is very humid.
I don’t know if it’s because people tend to have delusions in the dark, and they tend to be nervous and imagine all kinds of pictures to scare themselves. I always feel that there is some kind of strange smell in the humid air.
I can't tell what the strange smell is.
It smells like the damp smell of green moss growing on the dark cave walls on both sides.
It also smells like something rotten.
Emitted from the dark cave walls and overhead that cannot be illuminated by torches.
Snap!
Occasionally, there was a strange sound coming from the cave walls on both sides that were not illuminated by torches, like the sound of water waves hitting the rock wall, or like there was some strange creature hiding in the darkness. After seeing someone entering the Thousand Corpses Cave, they jumped up and down.
Get into the cold water and quietly swim around.
"Little brother, this is strange. As soon as we entered the cave, we couldn't find the group of people crossing the river..."
"Logically speaking, with so many people crammed into a boat, even if the lighting in the cave is poor, there will still be voices talking. Now let alone voices, there is not even a sound of breathing. It's strange..."
The old Taoist priest held the torch in his hand and tried to stretch his arms, trying to illuminate what was in the darkness on both sides of the cave wall, but naturally he saw nothing.
Instead, a wave of water hit him. The old Taoist priest screamed in panic and almost fell into the water. Fortunately, he had sharp eyes and quick hands in sharpening his sword.
The old Taoist priest was so frightened that he squatted down on the raft. His legs were a little weak for a while. This time he sat down and did not dare to stand on the edge of the raft anymore.
"Old Taoist, you are weak, so you should just stand in the middle."
"Let Xiajian stand at the front and lead the way for us."
The old Taoist priest naturally had no objection to Jin An's words.
Each of them had a torch, and after exchanging positions, this time the swordsman stood at the front of the raft. The three of them formed a line, with the back, middle, and front standing in a line.
"Sharp sword, can you find the group of people crossing the river and Mr. Feng Shui?"
Jin An was holding the pennant and steering the steering wheel while asking about sharpening the sword.
According to the distance Jin An measured with his bamboo pen, this dark cave was about one and a half feet long, and it was about two people's height above the head.
There were three or four people in the water, and the pennies could not reach the bottom.
People looked through the water to the bottom and saw only pitch black. The water was so dark that it was a bit frightening. I was really worried that a dead body suddenly floated up and turned white and rotten.
At this time, three forks appeared in front of the cave, and Jin An entered the leftmost fork based on his memory.
As a result, just after entering the fork, two more forks appeared.
Not long after, this time five forks appeared.
This is the powerful formation of Thousand Corpses Cave, which is more complicated than the forks in the mine.
Hundreds of caves are linked together.
It's an underwater maze.
Fortunately, they had a partial map of Thousand Corpses Cave. This moisture-proof sheepskin map was given to each of them by the captain when they were at the Dragon King Temple.
Sharpening the sword: "Master, I didn't see anyone else."
The old Taoist priest passed by and almost fell into the water just now. Now he was sitting in the middle of the raft with his legs weak. Holding a torch, he looked back at Jin An, who was behind him and was responsible for supporting the pole and steering it: "Little brother, are you sure you went out with the abbot Yuanshen of Bailong Temple last time?"
When you were exploring the Cave of Thousand Corpses, was this the cave you entered?"
"I thought, little brother, that you followed him because you were suspicious of Mr. Duhe and Feng Shui, and that they were all part of a group of antique dealers."
Jin An looked at the darkness on both sides of the cave and said thoughtfully: "There are some differences between the physical body going down the Yinyi River and the soul going down the Yinyi River. The dark environment in the Thousand Corpses Cave has a weird atmosphere. Even I can see it.
I’m not sure it’s too far, I don’t know if I took the wrong road...”
In a dark cave.
The sound of water roars.
The raft drifted with the current and swayed.
At this time, the old Taoist priest, who had stabilized his mind, continued to sit on the raft, then took out his Yin and Yang compass and started positioning, but the compass spun randomly.
It has lost its function since entering the Cave of Thousand Corpses.
Can't tell the difference between north, south, east and west.
"No, there are magnets in the mountains that affect the compass." The old Taoist priest put away the compass in frustration.
The cave was silent and empty.
Places that are not illuminated by torches always feel gloomy and gloomy.
Even though the old Taoist priest had deliberately lowered his voice, every time he spoke, there was an echo in the silent cave, as if there were several people talking at the same time in the darkness where torches could not illuminate.
Not to mention how depressing the atmosphere was.
The old Taoist priest didn't even dare to breathe too loudly.
I'm afraid that a skinned and bloody corpse will suddenly jump out from above my head, or that there will be a corpse holding the boat under the water and capsizing the raft.
"Mom! People like to think wildly when they are in the dark!" The old Taoist priest muttered in his heart, and the expression on his face became even more nervous.
When people are unlucky, the more they worry about something, the more likely it will happen.
"Little brother, do you think the color of this water is wrong?"
"This is blood!"
The old Taoist priest shouted in panic.
Mom, this is the Cave of Thousand Corpses.
Blood appeared in the Cave of Thousand Corpses.
Aren't they the exorcists who entered the cave first?
"Master, something is floating in the water..."
Chi Jian, who was standing at the front, first noticed something unusual in the water. As a result, the three of them saw many snake and python corpses floating in the river.
The corpses of those snakes and pythons were each as thick as a human arm and had colorful snake scales. They looked extremely poisonous at first glance.
"Mom, where did so many snakes and pythons come from in this Cave of Thousand Corpses? I don't know how many dead people were eaten in this Cave of Thousand Corpses to grow such a big head."
The old Taoist priest shouted in surprise.
"Little brother, when you and the abbot of Bailong Temple came here for the first time, did you ever see so many snakes?"
Jin An frowned.
"At that time, our souls came out of their bodies and entered the Thousand Corpses Cave directly from the water. Moreover, the paper-cut man had no body temperature and probably did not wake up these poisonous snakes. Therefore, the first time I went down to the Thousand Corpses Cave, I was very calm and there was no
Something unusual happened."
"I estimate that these snakes and pythons have been living in the dark and dark Thousand Corpses Cave all year round. When the water flow is cut off, they swim deep into the cave, and then swim out again when the water level rises."
After hearing what Jin An said, the old Taoist priest said with concern: "When the Yinyi River was cut off for the first time, someone saw dead people floating in the Cave of Thousand Corpses."
"But we haven't seen the floating corpses yet, and we haven't gone very deep into the cave yet, but we have encountered so many snakes and pythons first. Snakes like yin, so how heavy is the yin energy in the depths of the Thousand Corpses Cave?"
Follow Jin An to support the pole.
The raft continued to move forward in the darkness.
I encountered more and more snakes and pythons along the way. They were all highly venomous snakes and pythons that grew up eating dead human flesh. The corpses of these snakes and pythons were floating on the water with their white bellies turned. I roughly estimated that there were hundreds, if not thousands.
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The number is so large that it makes one’s scalp numb.
The smell of blood lingers in the closed cave for a long time.
"With so much blood, I'm worried that it will lure out some big guy from the depths of the Cave of Thousand Corpses. Snake blood belongs to Yin and is the favorite thing of Yin evil creatures." This is what the old Taoist priest is really worried about.
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"I don't know which exorcist is so murderous. He slaughtered everyone in the family, including the newborn snakes."
"It seems like my crow's mouth during the day is going to come true, and something big is going to happen this time!"
The old Taoist priest's worries were exactly what Jin An was worried about.
"This man is either stupid or stupid. He has killed so many snakes and pythons. The smell of blood will really attract something big, and even he won't be able to escape." Smelling the smell of blood along the way, Jin An frowned more and more.
He kept looking at the dark surroundings.
Be vigilant.
However, the only good news is that they took the water route this time. The speed of exploring caves by water route is much faster than walking.
"What's wrong little brother? Why did you stop suddenly?"
When he came to a fork in the road again, the old Taoist priest felt that the raft under him suddenly stopped, and he turned to look at Jin An who was holding the pole in confusion.
As a result, Jin'an sharpened his sword and nuzzled his mouth.
It turned out that Chishen, who had been leading the way with a map, put away the parchment map at this time.
"Master, the map is of no use at this point."
Jin An: "Sharp sword, do you see anything? Which side road should we take?"
He sharpened his sword and thought for a while: "Master, go to the fork on the far left and try it."
When Jin An reached the fork in the road with his pole, he sharpened his sword to make Jin An stop. Then he sharpened his sword and squatted down, dipped his hand into the water and dipped a few drops of water into it, then put it into his mouth to taste.
Then let Jin An stop at each fork in the road, dip a few drops of water into his mouth and taste it.
Finally, he sharpened his sword and pointed towards the third fork from the left: "Master, only the water here is living water."
The old Taoist priest gave Chi Jian a thumbs up.
cowhide.
Jin An immediately entered this fork with his pole.
"Xie Jian, why are you so sure this is the way to go?"
"My disciple doesn't know either, he just subconsciously feels that this is the right place to go."
"Good disciple." Jin An is not one to break the casserole and get to the bottom of things, as long as there is a way.
Next, Jin An and the old Taoist priest trusted Xi Jian to lead the way throughout the whole journey, and they walked through one branch after another, which was strange to say.
I didn't even meet anyone along the way.
The cave was always dead silent and empty, and they were the only one on the raft. They didn't know if the others were lost, couldn't find the right way, or were progressing faster than them.
Suddenly.
In the dead silence and darkness, a splash, like the sound of falling water, interrupted Jin An's meditation.
"What sound?"
"It seems to be coming from above the head?"
The old Taoist priest immediately tensed up his nerves and held a torch in his hand to search nervously above his head.
After searching for the sound for more than ten feet, I saw a statue of a tomb-suppressing beast on the roof of the cave above my head.
Tomb-killing beast?
Sure enough, there is a big tomb in the Yinyi River!