Ancient Sword II: The Tracking of the Fierce Mountain

Chapter 2: Nine Dragons Pool

He gave him his faith and pursuit, and asked him to seek the confusing and confusing way of heaven.

He gave him his reluctance and loyalty, and asked him to accompany the most important person.

It seems to be completely different, but they lead to the same goal by different routes.

Just because there is only one person for all the thoughts and thoughts in the heart.

The day when the split soul will finally recover, the only pity is that you are not by his side.

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I don't know if it's driven by tourism, but this Shiqiao town is not as backward as the rural villages in the deep mountains. The two-story buildings of ordinary residents and the five-story "Yunhan Hotel" in front of them are enough to explain, although the conditions are definitely worse than those in the mountains. It's not a big city, but compared to some still remote ancient villages, it's really much better.

The old man and Le Wuyi chatted with endless meaning, but when the destination arrived, he chose to leave no matter how much aftertaste, but Le Wuyi expressed his gratitude to each other before the old man left, and won the old man back more and more. big smile.

A group of people huddled at the entrance of the hotel was very conspicuous, but after a while the hotel owner greeted him. It was a middle-aged man in his 40s and [-]s, with a slightly fat belly and a very ruddy complexion.

"Everyone just call me Lao Cai, the room is ready, please come in quickly." Because it is a big customer who booked in advance, Lao Cai was very enthusiastic, smiling and trying to help the last few people carry their bags, but the other party resisted After the eyes and movements, he also smiled very gracefully.

Some people really don't like others to touch their things, and Lao Cai didn't think much about it. He didn't know that there were all kinds of tools in those backpacks, let alone whether he could carry them or not. Several members of Huang's family would not allow him to touch sex and confidentiality.

Because there are rooms on the fifth floor, the number of people can be allocated, but when he arrived at Shen Ye's side, he suddenly asked to share a room with Le Wuyi. During the short circuit, the apprentice and grandson who had been happy all the way were carried into the room by his grand master.

Because Shen Ye and the others only came with two people, one room was justified, and Mr. Huang also had two people in one room, so they didn't think much about it.

But there is really no need to think too much, although Le Wuyi is trembling, but Shen Ye is indifferent, as an elder, he has not treated the other party badly, but the residual power is still there, and Le Wuyi can't adapt to it.

Le Wuyi was dazed for a long time, tangled for a long time and finally came back to work. He opened his backpack, then opened Shen Ye's, and then got tangled up again: "Master Tai," he looked up helplessly, looking at the Shen Ye was meticulous by the bed, "Is it enough for us to bring these things? Don't need other things?"

They only had some food in their backpacks, some paper for writing, and then there were wolf-eye flashlights for lighting and spare candles, and among them, the most important thing was probably the map. Nothing is prepared.

"Master Tai..." Le Wuyi looked at the two bags in his hand, his eyebrows were almost knotted, is it really okay to travel so lightly?

Shen Ye just glanced at the disorganized disciple and grandson: "If you want something, you can go to Huang Jue to get it. Don't forget, we were invited by them."

Huang Jue is naturally the leader, Mr. Huang.

Le Wuyi rubbed his palms together: "How embarrassing." But his smile was totally different, so Shen Ye just smiled and let the other party get busy in the room.

The morning's exhausting journey was nothing to Shen Ye and the others. Before lunch, a group of people gathered in the lobby of the hotel.

"Is Mr. Shen going out this afternoon?" Huang Jue spoke first.

"It doesn't matter," Shen Ye took a sip of the tea cup and said, "I can go with you, or you can let me go if you find out."

That's what Huang Jue meant. Just as he was about to say something, the young girl Cai Xiaoyu who poured tea for them said, "Are you going out?"

Shen Ye glanced at Le Wuyi beside him, and the other party said wittily: "Yeah, we're going to go out for a stroll later, we're here, it would be a pity if we don't look around."

Cai Xiaoyu is the daughter of Boss Cai. She has been working as a helper in the hotel at home for a while. After listening to Le Wuyi's words and seeing that the other party is a handsome and very polite young man, she hesitated a little and glanced at the direction of the kitchen. After there was no sound, he said in a low voice: "You can go anywhere, but don't go to the Jiulongchi in the north."

Le Wuyi was taken aback, and it was Jiulongchi again.However, his smile remained the same, and he said in a puzzled tone, "Why can't you go? Listening to the name, that's the place I want to go the most."

Cai Xiaoyu disapproved, even worried and panicked, and her voice became deeper and deeper: "I can't go there, people will die if I go there."

"Dead? Will people die if you go to Jiulongchi?" Le Wuyi showed just the right surprise, but it was true that he was actually a little curious.

Cai Xiaoyu nodded with lingering fear: "At the beginning, a girl jumped into the pool and died. I heard that she became a ghost. Any man who passed by would be dragged down and drowned by her." At this point, she even made a water ghost to catch people. Movements, every move, as if you have seen or experienced it yourself, "It will float up the next day after you die. It is so swollen that it is terrifying."

I thought I could hear some special news, but I didn't expect that it was a water ghost that harmed people. However, Le Wuyi didn't show any disappointment or indifference, and accepted it very well: "Then it seems I'd better not go. I'm just afraid that if it happens, I really have nothing to say when I die."

Cai Xiaoyu nodded in agreement, "No, it's better to be alive than to be rushed to death." She wanted to say something, but she heard footsteps coming from the kitchen, and when Lao Cai's figure appeared, she playfully said He cut off the topic by sticking out his tongue, turned around and ran back to the kitchen.

Lao Cai didn't notice anything unusual in the hall, and after serving some meals, he asked a group of people, "Are you going out this afternoon?"

This time Shen Ye made his statement: "Yes."

Lao Cai seemed to be a very enthusiastic person. After hesitating for a moment, he persuaded everyone in a low voice like his daughter: "You can go anywhere, but it is best not to go to Jiulongchi in the north."

As expected of a father and daughter, the way they speak is almost exactly the same as what they say.

Shen Ye put down the teacup: "Why can't you go?" He didn't say that Cai Xiaoyu had told them the general reason before.

Lao Cai's answer was exactly the same as his daughter's: "There have been many deaths in that pool, so it's not clean."

Le Wuyi always knew how to cooperate, and showed a disapproving expression. When Lao Cai saw it, he immediately became anxious: "It's true! You young people don't talk about science and science all day long. If you can't touch something, you can't touch it. will die!"

Le Wuyi still wanted to express his disbelief, but Shen Ye knocked him casually. This kid should also know when enough is enough: "I see, thank you boss for reminding me."

Perhaps Shen Ye had a calm and self-possessed demeanor. Lao Cai was obviously relieved, thinking that the guests had listened to what he said. How could he know that after Shen Ye and the others left the hotel in the afternoon, although some people were dispersed to go to other places? to investigate the location, but most of them went straight to Jiulongchi after bypassing Shiqiao Town.

Jiulong Pond, as its name suggests, is a pond, so the area is not very large, less than ten meters wide and less than 50 meters long.Le Wuyi's opinion on this is, "Why is such a small pond called Nine Dragons Pond? If there are really nine dragons in it, how small should it be?"

Although Jiulongchi is small, its surroundings are very open, with some special plants growing in Yunnan. Behind it is a small hillside, with thick ink-like green and deep and deep. In front is a wide lawn, which is obviously wild grass, but it is extremely soft. , is more beautiful than man-made pruning, and in front of it is a row of huge oak trees. The thick branches are like a barrier separating Jiulongchi from Shiqiao Village, and also blocking the human habitation on the other side.

Nine Dragons Pool is surrounded by trees like a baby in a cradle, the sun shines on the pool surface, and the wind blows, ripples and sparkles.It is obviously a quiet and comfortable place, but standing by the pool, I always feel that it is difficult to calm down in my heart.

I don't know if it was influenced by those people's words before, although the water in the pool is clear, but I always feel that there will be something from the bottom of the water that will rush up and swallow people in one mouthful, leaving no life behind.

Another gust of wind blew, obviously under the sun, Le Wuyi felt goosebumps all over his body, he rubbed his arm, but couldn't get rid of it for a while: "Meow, it's true..."

At this moment, Shen Ye said, "Le Wuyi, you stay on it."

Le Wuyi, who was still rubbing goosebumps, was taken aback: "Master Tai? Do you want to go down?"

Shen Ye nodded, and said to Huang Jue, "Have you brought diving equipment?"

Huang Jue smiled and nodded: "Of course, I'll send someone to go down with you."

Shen Ye had no objection, but Le Wuyi said, "Master Tai, how about I go down with you?"

Shen Ye refused very simply: "You wait for me up there."

Thinking that Shen Ye has always been one-sided, Le Wuyi could only retreat to the side helplessly.Because of Shen Ye's sudden words, the chicken skin on his arms receded.

The two young men who went into the water with Shen Ye were the two young men with the best water skills on Huang's side. After the three of them got dressed, they dived into the Jiulong Pool.

Surprisingly, the clean and clear water in the pool was as clear as it appeared on the surface. After Shen Ye dived for a certain distance, the sunlight shining directly into the pool was still so soft and bright without any weakening.As for the two young men who sneaked in before him, their figures were also clearly visible, as clear as if they were standing in the sun in broad daylight.

Is it because the pool water is too clean?Shen Ye frowned and thought, but when he turned his head, the figure of the person standing on the shore was somewhat blurred, swaying with the ripples, and he couldn't see a whole.

After diving for another distance, Shen Ye saw the two people in front suddenly stop, and then stood there in a daze and stopped moving forward. Shen Ye dived over and stopped at the same spot as them.

The soft soil stepped on the feet, and there was a faint muddy water, but it got to the bottom so quickly?In this way, maybe less than five meters.The two young men from the Huang family gestured to Shen Ye, asking if he wanted to separate and look around. After Shen Ye nodded, the three of them swam in different directions.

The bottom of the pool is very clean. There are no aquatic plants or aquatic animals such as fish and shrimp during the swim, and even stones are rare. The soft soil is as fine as sand grains, as delicate as if it was caught polished.

Because the light was very bright, Shen Ye could see the edge of Jiulong Pool in a short while. The wall of the pool was like the bottom of the pool, without any plants growing.

Shen Ye frowned and touched the pool wall, the texture was much harder than pool mud, but there was nothing unique about it.He swam further along the wall of the pool, and then vaguely saw a figure on the opposite side. Unexpectedly, the area of ​​the bottom of the Jiulong Pool was smaller than that of the top, but the three of them met after a while.

The two young men of the Huang family were still a little hesitant, wondering if they should check again before going back, but Shen Ye didn't intend to waste any more time here, he looked around, made a gesture, and went first. Go back and swim.

The other two couldn't, so they could only return empty-handed.

At this time, Le Wuyi was squatting bored on the bank of Jiulongchi, holding a leaf he found casually in his mouth and blowing "呿呿". It sounded like the chirping of a bug, but it was not too unpleasant.

Huang Jue glanced at the leisurely and contented Le Wuyi, and felt that this person was so calm, like him, he couldn't do it, and kept staring at the bottom of the pool to observe the situation.

Because the water in the pool was clear, although the people above couldn't see the bottom of the pool clearly, the three blurry figures were still vaguely visible, so when Shen Ye took the lead to swim back, Huang Jue was a little surprised.

"Why did you come back so soon?" Facing the three people who had just stepped out of the water, Huang Jue couldn't help asking, "Did you find anything below?"

Shen Ye broke away from the water with a "crash", and threw the diving suit he took off to Le Wuyi who came forward: "Nothing was found."

Huang Jue frowned and looked at his subordinates, but got the same answer.

"The bottom of the pool is very clean and there are no traces of artificial polishing."

"It's just that the bottom area of ​​the pool is a little smaller, much smaller than the top, and shallower than expected."

All the scattered discoveries came together, and it turns out that there is nothing special about the Nine Dragons Pool, not even a single unnatural trace, let alone the so-called entrance to the tomb.

Huang Jue looked at Shen Ye: "So we were misled just because of some unfounded things?"

Shen Ye was noncommittal: "Maybe."

Huang Jue frowned: "Maybe?" Before he could ask again, Shen Ye turned around and walked back.

Huang Jue hurriedly said, "Are you going back now?"

Shen Ye replied: "It's useless to stay here." He kept walking while talking, and walked along the path towards Shiqiao Town.

Le Wuyi was naturally dominated by Shen Ye. After returning the borrowed diving suit to Huang's people, he ran away with Shen Ye.

"Boss Huang, what should we do?" The people behind Huang Jue couldn't help asking when they saw Shen Ye walking away.

Huang Jue looked at the two people who went into the water earlier: "Is there really nothing?"

The two nodded, even if they found out a little bit, they would not hide it.

Huang Jue gritted his teeth: "I should have let that Xiao Meng come over if I knew it earlier."

Xiao Meng was the feng shui acupuncturist invited by Huang Jue, but because the other party was more interested in the Dragon King Temple, he did not come with him.

Gritting his teeth, Huang Jue still didn't give up. Although he was influenced by some previous words, his intuition was telling himself, could there be something to discover here?Looking at the clear water of the Nine Dragons Pool, Huang Jue looked deeply: "I'll go down and have a look this time too."

Shen Ye and the two of them don't care about the outcome of Huang's side for the time being.

"Master Tai, you really didn't find anything down there?" Le Wuyi walked all the way, and finally asked boldly, but he didn't forget to add his own discovery, "I saw very interesting things up there. .”

"Oh? What did you see?" Shen Ye seemed to be aroused by Le Wuyi.

Le Wuyi rubbed his nose: "Hey, I discovered it by accident, don't you think, Master? The Jiulongchi annex is too quiet." He raised a finger and shook it, "Forget about the sound of insects." , I can’t hear much in broad daylight, but it’s strange that there’s not even a bird’s cry, it’s too quiet.”

The two happened to stop near the row of oak trees. Behind them, they could only hear the rustling of the leaves as the wind blows through them, while in front of them, the crisp birdsong was coming from afar, like a signal, setting off the The dead silence behind the two.

This row of oak trees is like an invisible barrier, not only blocking the human habitation, but also blocking life and death. The front is a paradise for living creatures, while the back is a silent death.

Shen Ye raised the corners of his lips slightly: "It's a good discovery."

Le Wuyi scratched the back of his head embarrassingly: "It was discovered by accident, too, by the way, what about you, Grand Master? Is there anything in the water?"

"No," Shen Ye replied, "There is nothing."

"No way?" Le Wuyi's face was broken, with a look of frustration, "I thought I could find something, otherwise why didn't we come over one or two?"

I don't want Shen Ye to say: "It's because there is no discovery, so there is a problem."

Le Wuyi's eyes lit up: "Master Tai, what do you say?"

Shen Ye stepped forward again, leaving Huang Jue and his party to continue tossing by the Nine Dragon Pool.

"Because the water is too clean."