novelraw Chapter 231 Have I arrived at the legendary paradise?
Chapter 231 Have I arrived at the legendary paradise?
Jerry finally understood why some of his companions had looked at him with pity when he accepted the mission!
No wonder many people are unwilling to take on missions related to this ancient and mysterious country. He now regrets his arrogance, wondering why he thought no one could catch him, a speed-boosting superhuman.
Tong Yuheng: Of course you can't understand such a high-level cultivation technique as an array or "barrier"! In our cultivation system, you superpowered individuals are at most just low-level Qi Refining stage novices!
The sisters watched as Jerry wandered around the formation like a headless fly, getting bumps all over his head. Tong Yuheng "kindly" kicked and broke both of his legs, and the guy finally behaved!
"Find your second sister first!" Tong Yuheng tied Jerry up, knocked him unconscious, and hid him in a clump of low bushes. In reality, he was using the bushes as cover to store him in his spatial dimension, intending to find Yuyao and interrogate him properly.
"I'll go down and take a look. You all wait here! Yuling, use the communication equipment we brought to send a message to Commander Qi explaining the situation and requesting air support by sending the coordinates!"
"Okay, big sister." Yu Ling hurriedly took out the equipment from her backpack and began to adjust it.
"Eldest sister, I'll go down with you." Yu Long followed at this moment. "If second sister is injured, it'll be too much trouble for you to bring her up alone."
"Don't worry, I have a way to bring her up." Tong Yuheng stopped her and said, "Look how difficult it is to deal with this group of people who are chasing your second sister. If another group comes, you'll have a better chance of winning if you work together to deal with them."
She looked at Yu Xuan and Yu Qi, and the two of them immediately nodded to indicate that they understood!
Ideally, there would be a helicopter available now. Once she finds Yuyao, she can be transported to the hospital by helicopter. No one knows how deep the sinkhole is, or the extent of Yuyao's injuries; she needs to go down and check on her as soon as possible!
The sinkhole was very large and deep. The Tong sisters worked together to nail an iron spike to the edge of the sinkhole, and she climbed down with a rope attached.
The rope was only about twenty meters long, far from reaching the bottom of the pit. She simply loosened the rope and fell like a free fall, releasing her inner strength to protect herself with her qi. She cushioned her fall just before hitting the ground and landed steadily at the bottom of the pit.
At this moment, she regretted not working harder to get a flying sword and learn how to fly on a sword. If she could master this skill, she wouldn't be afraid of how deep the sinkhole was, and she wouldn't have to go through the trouble of calling in a helicopter.
She immediately released her divine sense to search for Yu Yao. Logically speaking, Yu Yao had just come down from above, and with the protection of her external internal energy from her intentional jump, she wouldn't have been injured but killed. Otherwise, it would have been a waste for her to have trained to the level of a high-level grandmaster!
The bottom of the sinkhole was dimly lit, and her divine sense spread out like mercury, leaving no blind spots. However, Yu Yao wasn't there; she only found some bloodstains nearby, which must have been Yu Yao's. But the surrounding area was filled with animal tracks, including those of large, ferocious beasts, a sight that made Tong Yuheng's heart sink!
The sinkhole is concave on all sides and covered with vegetation. The bottom is filled with lush, tall trees, with a small stream flowing through it. There are no paths in the forest, meaning there are no human traces. The fallen leaves are thick and rustle underfoot, and some monkeys swing among the trees.
Tong Yuheng began searching for the dripping bloodstains and found a hole about two or three people high covered by vines on a cliff wall at the bottom of the pit! There were fresh traces left by people coming and going. Could someone be living here?
Before she could even step into the cave, a whole herd of animals rushed out: monkeys, wild deer, goats, and even two enormous black bears! What kind of scene was this? Herbivores and carnivores were playing together; wouldn't the bears eat the others?
Tong Yuheng immediately became wary of the animals, but they didn't seem inclined to attack her. She wondered: Could these creatures be someone's pet?
The animals weren't afraid of her, nor did they attack her. They sized each other up for a while, and then a few monkeys ran over and started gesturing at her, trying to express something she couldn't understand anyway!
Finally, the monkey tugged at her trouser leg, gesturing for her to go into the cave, while the other animals followed behind. These monkeys seemed quite clever; she took some peanuts from her spatial storage and fed them, gesturing to ask if they had seen someone like herself. The monkeys then urged her even more eagerly to go into the cave.
Upon entering, Tong Yuheng discovered that the cave wasn't entirely natural; there were signs of artificial excavation, yet there were no traces of human activity on the ground—a truly strange situation. The cave was very long, seemingly passing through several mountains, and its complete darkness blurred one's perception of time.
After a long time, Tong Yuheng finally saw the light. After exiting the mountain passage, a continuous green mountain range came into view. This should be the area outside the sinkhole!
Between two mountains lies a flat valley. On the slopes and in the valley, there are rows of irregularly built houses, some made of brick, stone and mud, others of wood or bamboo. From a distance, they look like an ancient village in a traditional Chinese ink painting, only lacking a tall wine flag and a touch of leisurely tranquility.
Tong Yuheng: Have I arrived at the legendary paradise? It's just a pity there's no peach grove with falling petals.
Soon the little monkey led her to a thatched hut, where she saw her second sister, Tong Yuyao, who had already fainted!
She lay on a straw mat in the thatched hut. Apart from a rough porcelain pot and a porcelain bowl, there was nothing else in the hut. And both the ground and the straw mat were covered in a thick layer of dust!
"Yuyao! Wake up!" Tong Yuheng picked up Yuyao and checked her body. Fortunately, she had only exhausted her internal energy and lost too much blood; her internal organs were not seriously injured. Tong Yuheng gave her healing pills and disinfected and bandaged the wound on her leg.
A moment later, Yuyao woke up, her eyes momentarily glazed: "Big sister? I'm not dead? This isn't a dream!"
"Yes, you're alright! You called us all here, but then you went missing. That's not right!" Tong Yuheng joked.
"Hehehe, that's great, big sister, you saved me! Where are Linglong and the others?"
"They're all waiting at the top of this sinkhole. We're still at the bottom. You were brought here by these monkeys, and I wouldn't have found you if they hadn't led the way!"
After she finished speaking, the bear became unhappy, roared, and patted its chest! How could it understand her?