readytorunbook Chapter 522 Find the entrance
Chapter 522 Find the entrance
"Could we have already been discovered? It's eerily quiet around us." Lin Ping kept asking himself this question along the way.
Even with the X-ray on, and no one in sight for miles around, Lin Ping was still somewhat afraid.
After all, the Lotus Palace was far too powerful, far beyond what he and Jiang Mo could match.
"Nobody, nobody, nobody. I've said it a hundred times. There's no sign of any living person within ten miles." Jiang Mo replied irritably.
"What if someone is dead?" Lin Ping shuddered in fright, feeling increasingly uneasy about the surroundings.
Jiang Mo ignored him and focused all her energy on tracking down Mo Youying.
About two hours had passed, and they had walked more than ten miles, but still hadn't seen a single person.
"Oh no, Mo Youying's aura has suddenly disappeared!" Jiang Mo frowned slightly.
"Disappeared suddenly? Could it be because it sped up, or was it masked by other scents?" Lin Ping analyzed.
“Even if he’s incredibly fast, he couldn’t just disappear suddenly, and there wasn’t a stronger scent at the spot where his scent vanished,” Jiang Mo explained.
"What should we do then? The Tianmu Mountains are vast and stretch for hundreds of miles. We can't possibly search every single mountain, can we?" Lin Ping also realized the seriousness of the situation.
Even if the Lotus Palace is located on Tianmu Mountain, it's still like looking for a needle in a haystack if you don't know its exact location.
"Can you shut up? I need some quiet," Jiang Mo said impatiently.
Fortunately, Lin Ping was fast asleep last night, otherwise Jiang Mo would have been driven crazy by him.
"Oh..." Lin Ping covered his mouth with both hands, not daring to disturb Jiang Mo's thoughts.
Since the two started seeing each other alone, Lin Ping has become much more obedient, and he even suspects that he has masochistic tendencies.
"No, I have to find a chance to teach this guy a lesson." Lin Ping made up his mind.
However, the opportunity he mentioned might be after he meets Jiang Hongling.
With his mediocre skills, he'll probably never have the chance to teach Jiang Mo a lesson in his lifetime.
Before long, Jiang Mo put two fingers in his mouth and blew out a bright and clear whistle.
"This guy's whistling is pretty good; looks like he frequents brothels," Lin Ping thought to himself, mistakenly believing that Jiang Mo was using the whistle to relieve his worries.
Just as he was dismissing it, the surrounding woods suddenly became noisy as hundreds of birds flew in, darkening the sky.
"He got his comeuppance, didn't he? The birds rejected him!" Lin Ping said gloatingly.
These birds were clearly heading straight for Jiang Mo, as if they intended to peck him to death.
Hundreds of small birds kept gathering above his head, making no sound except for frantically flapping their wings.
Jiang Mo mumbled some nonsensical words that Lin Ping couldn't understand, then suddenly raised his arm and shouted, "Go!"
Hundreds of birds, as if they could understand him, spread out in rays in all directions.
"You must be wearing some kind of special fragrance, right? Even birds are gathering around you," Lin Ping asked incredulously.
He had seen women on television who could gather butterflies, but this was the first time he had seen a man who could gather birds.
Jiang Mo didn't want to pay attention to him and focused all her attention on staring at the sky.
About half an hour later, a little bird finally flew back, chirping incessantly.
"Let's go, in this direction," Jiang Mo said calmly.
"Playing tricks? I don't believe you can understand birds." Lin Ping muttered to himself, feeling that this was just Jiang Mo's way of fooling him.
It's understandable that someone possesses exceptional lightness skills; they will surely see results through consistent training.
But can humans really understand the calls of birds? It seems that this is something that cannot be learned through training.
Then, something even stranger happened.
Every now and then, little birds would find Jiang Mo and hover in the air, chirping away.
Jiang Mo was able to make the choice intuitively.
For two hours, the two continued to venture deeper, crossing countless peaks and valleys, and traversing countless thorny trees.
They were blocked by a rushing river, with a towering cliff on the other side.
"Mo Youying disappeared here; it seems she jumped into the water," Jiang Mo said with a serious expression.
The human body's aura can be diluted by water, which explains why Mo Youying's aura could disappear into thin air.
"Could it be that the people of Lotus Palace enjoy rafting?" Lin Ping asked疑惑地.
"What is rafting?" Jiang Mo asked, puzzled. He always heard strange words coming from Lin Ping's mouth.
"It's nothing. Are you sure Mo Youying jumped into the water?" Lin Ping didn't want to explain further.
Jiang Mo nodded: "When Mo Youying's aura disappeared, she was indeed in this vicinity. These birds also saw her come here."
"But why did he jump into the water? Was it purely to avoid Jiang Mo's pursuit?" Lin Ping was increasingly puzzled.
Mo Youying's martial arts skills are stronger than Jiang Mo's, so she shouldn't be afraid of him.
Moreover, in Mo Youying's view, Jiang Mo was still imprisoned in the dungeon of Huizhou Prefecture and had no ability to escape.
In other words, his disappearance had a ulterior motive.
"Don't look at me like that. I can't swim, so there's no way I'd jump in and take a look." Jiang Mo shook his head repeatedly.
"I never expected that a master from the prestigious Chiyang Pavilion would be a landlubber." Lin Ping laughed so hard he almost fell over, finally finding a reason to mock Jiang Mo.
Even if Jiang Mo could swim, Lin Ping wouldn't let him take the risk. With his X-ray vision, he could easily see through the underwater situation.
Under Jiang Mo's gaze, Lin Ping's pupils contracted continuously, and he turned the X-ray function to its maximum.
"Is it more than ten meters deep?" Lin Ping roughly calculated the water depth and involuntarily shook his head.
Even with the best swimming skills, it's difficult to reach a depth of more than ten meters.
"Huh, what's this?" After slightly turning his direction, Lin Ping saw a huge hole in the cliff in the water.
Continuing their exploration, Lin Ping discovered that the cave entrance meandered for more than ten meters in the water before rising to the surface, leading to a straight cave that stretched for a hundred meters.
Due to the obstruction of the mountain, Lin Ping's X-rays could not penetrate completely, and he could not see what was behind the cave entrance.
"Could the Lotus Palace be located behind this cave?" Lin Ping suddenly had a flash of inspiration.
If the Lotus Palace were surrounded by towering cliffs, and the only entrance was this underwater cave, it would be impossible for anyone to discover it.
He finally understood why the Lotus Palace had been able to remain hidden from the world for hundreds of years, and he couldn't help but admire the person who found this secluded place.
"The entrance is underwater," Lin Ping said seriously.
"You've never been down there, how do you know the entrance is underwater?" Jiang Mo asked doubtfully, suddenly feeling that Lin Ping was even more mystical than himself.
"Oh no, someone's coming!" Just as Lin Ping was about to put away the X-ray, he noticed dozens of people walking out of the cave.
"Really?" Jiang Mo still felt that Lin Ping was a bit bluffing, but he still carefully hid with him.