Descending the stone steps along the same road, Luo Sheng was still thinking about the scene he had just seen on the high platform.After waiting down, looking at Shang Zongxu and Wei Xi, Luo Sheng couldn't help but pause, "Master, madam." ”Wei Xi sensed Luo Sheng's emotions, "What did you see on the stage?"
”Luo Sheng opened his mouth, "My subordinates don't know how to describe it, master, madam, there is no danger above, you two should go and see it with your own eyes." ”Wei Xi turned his head to look at Zong Xu as he listened, "Let's go." ”She was really curious about what was on the high platform that could make Luo Sheng's mood so complicated after coming down from above.She went up the stone steps first, and Zong Xu followed closely behind her.The two of them slowly circled along the stone steps, and finally reached the top when Wei Xi counted three hundred and twenty-one lotus petals.Stepping up the last stone steps, Wei Xi did not look at the stone platform in front of him first, but looked back at Zong Xu, who was hesitant in his steps, and handed him a hand.Zong Xu looked at the palm of the hand handed over by Wei Xi, reached out to hold it, and stepped on the stage at the same time.The two of them looked at the platform in front of them.Immediately, a look of surprise crossed his face at the same time."
This is" Before coming up, Wei Xi thought that this was a flat platform above, and at most it was more beautifully carved.It turned out that her imagination was not rich enough.On this high platform is actually a circular lotus pond, in which several blue lotus flowers bloom, and in the moonlight it is even more magnificent silver blue.Under the lotus leaves in the water, some water sounds can be heard from time to time, thinking that there are swimming fish in the water who want to poke out of the water.On the lotus pond, there are several blue butterflies the size of an adult's palm, and their wings are dark blue in the moonlight.It was the first living creature they saw when they entered the tribe.Such a scene can be called beautiful, and it is still difficult to write even if the painter's brush and ink are exhausted, provided that there is no white skeleton with half of the body immersed in the lotus pond by the lotus pond.The white skeleton in the moonlight also looked crystal clear, but it was also white bone.Who can not be afraid when they see it.Anyway, Zong Xu covered Wei Xi's eyes for the first time, and then was pulled down by Wei Xi."
This skeleton is an adult's," Wei Xi said his judgment after looking at it, "Looking at the posture of the skeleton, it seems that he is deliberately sitting here, with his elbows supporting his knees, and his posture is very leisurely looking at the lotus pond." ”After a pause, Wei Xi said his guess again, "This person may have starved to death while sitting here." ”"Is it possible that there is something in the lotus pond?"
Wei Xi couldn't help but take a few steps forward as he spoke, until he stood on the edge of the lotus pond and looked down.The water surface in the lotus pond is covered with lotus leaves, but there are still some gaps between the lotus leaves.Wei Xi took a look and saw a bright white light in the water.At first, she thought it was a fish swimming in the water, but when she looked closely, she realized that something was wrong.It was more like a bone than a white swimming fish.Bone?
Wei Xi didn't care if his next move would destroy the lotus leaves in the lotus pond, so he took out the telescopic rod he carried with him from his sleeve pocket, stretched the telescopic rod that was originally only palm-wide to the length of two arms, and stretched it towards the lotus leaf that blocked his vision.Unexpectedly, the pole in her hand had just touched the surface of the water, and before she could touch the lotus leaf, a swimming fish suddenly came out of the water, opened its mouth and bit the end of the pole.Wei Xi's hand sank, so he could only lift the pole first, and by the way, he also lifted the small fish that bit the pole.As soon as the fish came out of the water, it shook its tail violently, and the pole in Wei Xi's hand was stunned, and he almost failed to hold it steady.But in that moment's mistake, she was pretty sure she saw some sharp teeth in the fish's mouth.Is this fish meat-eating?
Zong Xu took the pole in Wei Xi's hand and shook it skillfully, but the fish failed to bite the pole and fell on a lotus leaf on the water with a click.Then he twisted his body and quickly paddled into the water.The two people standing on the shore looked at each other when they saw this scene, and this time when they opened the lotus leaves, no fish came out to bite the pole, and the lotus leaves opened them, revealing a white skeleton in the water.Wei Xi looked at the skeleton curled up in the water, and then looked at the one on the shore, and was frightened by the association he had born from it for a while.Zong Xu grabbed Wei Xi's wrist, and this time he turned around very directly, "Don't look at it, go back." ”Wei Xi was pulled around, and the pole in his hand that he hadn't had time to retract accidentally hit the skeleton arm sitting on the shore."
Click".The two of them paused at the same time.Then he turned his head at the same time, and looked at the falling thing through the moonlight."
It's like a roll of cloth."
Zong Xu looked at the thing that fell on the ground for a moment, took out the handkerchief that Wei Xi had just wiped his hands with from his arms, and rolled up the cloth through the handkerchief.Wei Xi then took out the fire fold and was about to wipe it, when he suddenly heard a shout from below.I could vaguely hear that it was Luo Sheng shouting: "There is another sound of water coming from the other side of the Tianhe." ”Wei Xi was startled when he heard it clearly, and then looked up at the sky.As soon as he said "it's almost dawn", he was pulled by Zong Xu and hurriedly got off the high platform.After going down to the high platform, everyone did not stop any longer, and quickly rushed back to the way they came.Walking through the empty tribe all the way to the bank of the river, except for Zong Chengyue, who was still sleeping soundly, everyone saw the river that had begun to rise below."
Let's go!"
Zong Xu immediately ordered.When you go back, you have to go back faster than when you come over.By the time the last man of their group reached the other side of the river, the rising water had soaked his boots.And the long bridge of stone piers they came back from was already looming in the water.Zong Xu pulled Wei Xi to stand in front of the twelve big characters carved on the stone wall, and reached out and pressed the jade talisman placed in the depression.He originally wanted to take it out, but after getting his hands on it, he found that the jade talisman had been integrated with the stone wall and could no longer be buckled.The river behind him was still rising, and it was about to submerge the stone pier they were standing on, and Zong Xu didn't care about finding a way to take out the jade talisman, "Go up." ”When all of them had come up to the shore, there was a shock to the ground beneath their feet, and when they looked back, they saw that the stone staircase they had just come up had collapsed.The rubble gurgled along the river bank and fell into the water, and everyone looked at the long bridge and chains of stone piers without a trace, and they were speechless for a while.I couldn't help but doubt everything I had experienced before.Zong Xu clenched the only thing he had brought out of the tribe in his hand.