Endless route

Chapter 175 14. There is a fairy island in the fairy sea lake

Not only Zheng Yun raised his head, but everyone present heard Ji Dao's words and unanimously looked up, trying to find Ji Dao's figure in the 'mid-air'.

But all they saw was that the night sky was dim, and there were misty obstacles blocking their sight. They couldn't see anyone in the sky at all.

"Master Ji can fly?" Zhang Ergou asked first. Their first reaction after hearing Ji Dao's words was that Ji Dao could fly. Otherwise, how could he be in mid-air?

"Probably not. Let's go ahead and take a look."

Zheng Yun was still frightened. He just fired a shot into the sky at will. Fortunately, he shot directly upward. If he was floating in the air as Ji Dao said, then the shot might hit Ji Dao. It almost cost him his life.

Everyone immediately stood up and moved forward.

Jidao said that he hoped that they would go forward along the iron rope to pick him up. Then this would be the final hurdle. There was no need for the wounded to return to Tiangong in advance. They should go back together later.

The ghost general is still clearing the way ahead.

The team walked on the boulder beach.

Zheng Yun, Kedester and others had been looking up into the sky with telescopes, especially the boulders on the left hand side, trying to find the path in the most likely place.

But no one was seen.

Jidao definitely can't fly. Zheng Yun has never seen him have such immortal abilities. Moreover, even if the Ming Dynasty is so arrogant and entangled with gods and ghosts, Zheng Yun has never heard of it. People can really soar into the clouds.

So what exactly happened to Ji Dao?

With many doubts, everyone walked forward while holding on to the boulder. The light and shadow under the rock wall were dim, and the moonlight provided weak illumination. There were gravels under their feet. If they were not careful, they would step on the air or get stuck in the gap. Hold your ankles.

In particular, they were fully armed and carrying many things, including gas masks, firearms and technological equipment, and at the same time they were leading Hanxian with a misty fairy light.

This section of the road is not easy to walk either.

The forest on the right also needs to be watched out, lest any weird monster suddenly rushes out at this last moment.

Therefore, everyone did not walk fast.

Zheng Yun walked at the end holding a jade lantern, and was protected by a ghost general carrying a transparent cylinder. He kept looking up with a telescope, looking up and down almost everywhere.

But there was still no trace of Ji Dao.

Fortunately, Nobuyoshi probably also discovered that his walkie-talkie was broken, so he kept speaking unilaterally towards the walkie-talkie:

"Master Immortal, I can't go down well."

"If you can hear me and it's safe, you'd better come up here and help me."

Hear this.

Zheng Yun turned the telescope to the steep mountain ahead, looking for suspicious clues from high to low inch by inch.

After searching for a while.

He found some traces.

About a few hundred meters halfway up the mountain, there are several openings similar to corridor windows, opening in the middle of the bare steep rock wall, like observation holes in city walls built in ancient times.

Where is Ji Dao?

Why did he steal the dragon egg and make it to the mountain? Could it be that he was in danger and was forced to go up the mountain to avoid being hunted?

"Master Immortal, are we going up the mountain?"

Zhang Ergou's expression changed. A large number of bats had just poured out of the cracks at the entrance of the cave. They were so dark and scary.

"It should be."

Zheng Yun simply asked everyone to stop, and asked the ghost general to jump onto the platform again with the rope, preparing to pick everyone up.

But that's it.

Kedester suddenly pointed to the sky in front of him and said in a surprised tone: "Is there a person hanging there?"

Zheng Yun looked in the direction of Kedester's finger. The place he was talking about was at the end of this boulder beach, and it was also above Xianhai Lake. It was still some distance away from the stone road along the coast and into the mountains, with an altitude of two to three hundred meters. rice.

There was a dark shadow in the air.

Adjusting the telescope to zoom in, you can see that the black figure has a round head and a round belly. The body is wrapped in a black night clothes, which is full of the ancient style clothes.

He was half hanging in the air.

The body keeps swinging in the air, gaining some kinetic energy through swinging, and squirms quickly in mid-air...

It's Noriichi!

Didn't find him just now.

Then he just crawled over.

But he was actually hanging on a rope?

At a glance, one end of the iron cable is on the steep mountain on the left, and the other end extends to an island in front of Xianhai Lake. The length is amazing, and the color of the iron cable blends with the vast night sky, making it difficult to distinguish the boundary.

If you don't look carefully.

It was as if Noriichi was flying out of thin air.

"How did Mr. Ji climb up?"

"Master Ji is really...a brave man with great skills."

Zhang Ergou and the little Taoist priest spoke one after another.

Everyone was stunned. They thought of many ways and had many guesses about Ji Dao's whereabouts, but they really didn't expect that Ji Dao would appear from this direction or in this posture before their eyes.

It seems that the previous speculation was correct. Ji Ye really went to the sea to the island in the center of Xianhai Lake, but the method had nothing to do with the giant turtle on the shore, but used an iron rope hanging in the air.

"Is there any explanation for this iron rope?"

Zhang Ergou frowned and said.

Looking at the style of the iron cable, it was obvious that it was not made by Ji Dao in a short time. It must have been built by the descendants of Tiangong in ancient times. But why did they build an iron cable to connect the islands?

Many Taoist temples from ancient times to the present have been built in such inaccessible and remote places. Many Taoist temples sit on the top of cliffs or in the middle of steep mountains.

This type of iron cable plank road is not uncommon. Even Zhang Ergou himself has walked on the iron cable plank road in the past.

But places like Tiangong actually have plank roads. The plank roads here may be different from other plank roads.

"Find the source of the iron rope first."

Zheng Yun didn't think much about it. The most important thing at the moment was to rescue Ji Dao. He should have crawled from the island in the Xianhai Lake along the iron rope from low to high. The further back he went, the harder his The physical strength becomes more difficult to support.

Taking a closer look, Ji Dao didn't seem to even have a safety rope, or even a wooden pole in his hand. He was just like those Taoist priests in ancient times, who dared to climb up empty-handed.

But Nodomi's performance is very down-to-earth.

He was squirming holding the iron rope at the moment.

He didn't know how long he had been crawling. Zheng Yun estimated that he started crawling when he heard the sound from the intercom.

But judging from the speed of his squirming, Ji Dao's physical strength is very well preserved, and his speed is not slow at all. As he climbs up in a swish, it probably won't take long to reach the end.

"Go up first."

Zheng Yun looked at the ghost general beside him.

The latter immediately jumped onto the platform and pulled Zhang Ergou and others up to the first floor, taking their backpacks with them.

The path on the platform is easier.

Carrying large and small things, everyone walked forward along the edge of the platform and determined that the source of the mid-air cable was just two kilometers ahead and fixed on the steep rock wall.

But the root of the iron rope.

No cracks in the mountain were seen.

This iron cable seems to be some kind of facility needed by the ancient port. Its purpose is not for people to walk.

Perhaps there is another possibility. This iron rope might be one of the mechanisms used by Triton to lock down some kind of monster.

In order to protect the cold immortals, and at the same time to provide the cold immortals with a place suitable for their original ecology and reproduction, Haiwei built huge structures in the extreme cold mountains.

There might be something similar in that palace.

There must be some secrets in the center of Xianhai Lake.

"Master Immortal, I see you."

Ji Dao's voice sounded from the intercom at the same time, and he also saw a group of villains standing on the platform in mid-air.

Zheng Yun didn't say anything, he was just worried about how they could go up and get Jidao down. Fortunately, Jidao also said immediately:

"Master Immortal, ask Master Ghost to do you a favor. Come up and hang a rope on the iron rope. I can slide down the rope. There is a passage in the mountain to come up. There is no mechanism in it."

Hearing Jidao's words.

Zheng Yun accelerated and led the people to run to the bottom of the iron rope in one breath. There were no cracks in the cave on this section of the platform. They climbed up three sections of the platform before they found the entrance to the cave that could enter the mountain.

In order to prevent monsters from hiding in the cave, Zheng Yun turned his head and looked at the ghost general beside him. The latter immediately walked into it and struck the cave wall with his long knife, making a lot of noise.

Wow.

A small group of 'bats' poured out from the cracks in the nearby rock wall. The number was not large, probably only a few dozen.

These things showed no aggression, but just passed over everyone's heads, so Zheng Yun did not intercept or kill them. Maybe their feces was some kind of precious fragrant sand.

Better not to kill.

Keep the fragrant sand.

"Use torches to disperse them." Zheng Yun looked behind him and asked the little Taoist priest to take out the torches he had prepared in advance and light them.

Wow.

Several torches were lit.

"You guys wait near the entrance of the cave and use the Cold Immortal to defend against the enemy. I will go up to pick up Ji Dao." Zheng Yun turned back to look at Zhang Ergou and the other wounded, while leaving two ghost generals to guard them.

"Master Immortal, be careful."

Zhang Ergou took the jade lantern and nodded.

Zheng Yun stopped talking and led the other three ghost generals into the cave entrance, using torches to provide lighting, and continued along the deep cave. Soon they saw man-made traces.

The marks are rougher.

Like a temporary tunnel.

After drilling a few dozen meters deep, a horizontal passage appeared in front of us, and we couldn't find the end with a flashlight. It might have been the passage used by the ancient port to transport supplies.

Ahead is a stone wall.

Zheng Yun and others could only find the way up in this horizontal corridor. Fortunately, the structure of this corridor was simple, and it didn't take them long to find the upward steps.

The corridor became extremely narrow.

The steps under the feet are also of different heights.

At the same time, they also discovered that there were many skeletons of creatures on the ground in the corridor, large and small piled in the corners. Some of them had even died recently, and there were traces of dried blood.

But they didn't encounter any danger until they climbed more than a hundred meters at a stretch. Ji Dao probably took this route as well. He had already sprinkled fragrant sand to disperse the cave creatures.

Anyway, it's a safe journey.

It's just more physically demanding.

Several people climbed up along the narrow zigzag corridor and arrived at a cave in the mountain. Walking out along the cave, they reached the edge of the rock wall.

There is a crack ahead.

A little moonlight casts into the edge.

Zheng Yun quickly ran to the crack and looked at the outside world, only to find that they were about three hundred meters in the air. The iron rope was still above their heads, and Ji Dao was hanging on the iron rope.

The distance between the two is less than a hundred meters.

No need for a telescope to observe.

But this way of meeting is too absurd.

"Master Immortal." Ji Dao said excitedly while holding the iron rope. He was high in the sky, and the iron rope automatically swayed gently in the air without any wind. People were frightened to see him, fearing that he would fall.

"Find a way first and then talk about it."

Zheng Yun looked at Ji Dao up and down. Only the mask of his chemical protective suit was left on his head. His clothes were in tatters and had numerous wounds. He didn't bring anything back with him.

It seems to have failed.

He didn't steal the dragon egg.

But fortunately, he is still alive, and most of his injuries are minor. If he goes back to recuperate for a while, he will have another chance next time.

"Just throw a climbing rope up."

Ji Dao nodded and took a breath.

Zheng Yun immediately looked around, picked up a stone from his feet, tied it to one end of the rope, and asked the ghost general to throw the stone to the iron rope above, and then circled it in a circle.

Ji Dao climbed forward a few steps, grabbed the rope, tied a knot on the iron rope, lay down on the iron rope to rest for a while, then grabbed the rope and slowly slid down.

Zheng Yun was holding the rope tightly.

Let Ji Dao slide in front of him in one breath.

After a short time, Ji Dao successfully stood on the edge of the crack. As soon as his feet landed, he sat on the ground and gasped:

"Master Immortal, why are you here?"

"You went outside the territory for several days and didn't return. We came out to rescue you." Zheng Yun took out a bottle of water from his backpack and handed it to him, and then immediately asked: "Did you go to the center of Xianhai Lake?"

"I don't know what the immortal master is. There are thirty-six small and large immortal islands in the Immortal Sea Lake of the Tiangong Palace. They happen to match the number of heavenly gangs. The dragon lives on one of the islands."

"The descendants of Tiangong have been able to retrieve the dragon eggs from generation to generation, but I have only succeeded in retrieving them once in the past ten years. It is because I am not good at learning. Master Immortal, please do not misunderstand Tiangong."

Ji Dao was dejected and quickly explained.

"What is the giant towering turtle by the lake? Why have I never heard of you talking about it?" Zheng Yun patted him on the shoulder and asked again.

"Master Immortal, I don't know much about this matter. My master has never told me this. I only know that the Immortal Ao worshiped in the Heavenly Palace hundreds of years ago. I have to call him "ancestor" when I see him, but it only recognizes Things don’t recognize people, and they don’t recognize me at all.”

Ji Dao looked strange and slightly embarrassed.

He was the heir of Tiangong, he couldn't steal the dragon eggs back, and he didn't buy the local things from Tiangong, and the immortal master saw them all, making him lose face to the heir of Tiangong.

"..."

Zheng Yun took a deep breath.

Although it was consistent with his guess, it was still shocking to hear this explanation from Ji Dao in person.

That giant turtle is really a thing from the Heavenly Palace. It has a ‘seniority’ in the Heavenly Palace. It is even older than Jidao’s master. Based on his seniority, he is probably Jidao’s master-uncle...

This incident reminds people of many stories in ancient Eastern mythology, such as the Jiejiao in the Legend of the Gods, and the monkey's journey to the west, which is widely circulated. There are similar fragments.

This kind of legend.

It actually blended into reality.

It gives people a strong sense of unreality.

But if you think about it carefully, it is natural for the ancient Ming Dynasty people to discover this "dinosaur world" outside the Tiangong territory. The dinosaur world of the Easterners should be like the Classic of Mountains and Seas, with a little bit of Eastern immortals and Taoist legends added to it.

It's indeed quite reasonable.

Orientals have a dinosaur world suitable for Oriental babies, but it cannot be the same as the Jurassic movies made in the West...

"What's in the tower on Xian'ao? What's going on in this place? Is this an ancient port?"

Zheng Yun took back his thoughts and asked.

"Master Immortal, I really don't know much about the Immortal Ao. I only know that it can go to the main island of the Thirty-Six Immortal Islands. It seems to have something to do with the immortality method among the three immortal arts of Tiangong."

"This is a simple boat port. I don't know exactly how old it is. I only know that it was built before the founder of Tiangong decided to build that thatched house."

"Master Immortal, since you are here, maybe we can go to Jiaolong Island to have a look. There are ancient buildings left by the ancient masters of Tiangong on that island, and there are new dragon eggs everywhere!"

Ji Dao was unwilling.

He wants to steal eggs again!