Blue, Red and White Dark Abyss Cauldron

Chapter 41: Collecting Herbs on the East Cliff (2)

Chu Xiaomu was shocked, thinking, "If you jump down like this, wouldn't that be suicide?" He hurried to the edge of the cliff and tried to grab her, but he couldn't reach her at all.

Aunt Jiang held the other end of the string with one hand, looking relaxed, as if these were all commonplace.

Xiaoying went down very quickly, and in a flash she had gone down more than twenty feet. She turned over, propped her feet on the cliff, hooked the hoe in her right hand, and stuck to the cliff steadily.

Chu Xiaomu shouted, "Slow down, don't fall down."

Xiaoying responded loudly from below: "Watch me, you wild boy."

Suddenly it swung to the left, then floated to the right, and then stopped on the cliff, knocking gently with the medicine hoe.

Aunt Jiang held one end of the thin rope with both hands, sometimes letting it lengthen and sometimes shortening it, or walking a few steps in the direction where Xiaoying was floating, without any concern.

Not long after, Xiaoying took out something golden from the cliff, held it up and showed off to Chu Xiaomu, "Wild boy, look what this is? Golden bird's nest!" Her face was filled with pride.

Chu Xiaomu tied the rope around his waist, and slowly slid along the cliff to Xiaoying's side. He smiled and said, "Fairy Xiaoying is really amazing. I admire you so much."

Xiaoying frowned and said, "Do you think I found it by relying on my spiritual power?"

Chu Xiaomu said: "Isn't it?"

Xiaoying snorted and said, "I'm different from my two sisters. They have spiritual power, but I don't have any at all." She glared at Chu Xiaomu and said, "I'm too lazy to talk to you. Hurry up and look for it. It will be hard to find it after dark." After that, she carefully explained the tricks of finding the golden bird's nest.

The east side of Raofeng Cliff on Baihuading is close to the sea, where a large number of black swallows live all year round. Their feathers are blue-black, and some of them are golden yellow, which are called golden swallows. However, their number is extremely rare, with only one or two in a thousand. Black swallows like to dig holes in the cliffs, and then build nests in the holes with colored sand mixed with saliva. Most bird's nests are white or gray, and only some golden swallows build golden nests, so they are extremely rare.

The opening of most bird's nests is oval, while the opening of golden bird's nests is round. It takes a lot of time and energy to find the golden bird's nest among thousands of bird's nests. Xiaoying also told Chu Xiaomu to pay attention to whether there are traces of black swallows at the opening of the bird's nest. If there are, it means there are swallows living in it, so don't take it out.

Chu Xiaomu memorized them one by one, and carefully distinguished the thousands of bird's nests on the cliff. But after more than an hour, he didn't find a single golden bird's nest. Occasionally, he found a round nest, and the hole was smooth as new. There must be a swallow living in it, so he couldn't take it out. Swinging on the rope, after half an hour, he began to ache in his waist and back, and his hands and feet became weak. Fortunately, he had been fishing and hunting since he was a child, and he had done a lot of harder things than this, so he could still bear it. Later, he gradually mastered the skills of rock climbing, and began to climb up and down the cliff, left and right, and felt more relaxed.

After more than half an hour, the sun began to set and the sky gradually darkened. Chu Xiaomu slid down the cliff for several dozen feet before he found a round hole behind a clump of grass. He used a medicine hoe to dig it out and found a golden bird's nest. He was so excited that he held it up to show off to Xiaoying. Xiaoying said, "I picked three." She smiled at him, and it was so beautiful.

Chu Xiaomu was feeling happy when he suddenly felt himself falling down. He was shocked. Aunt Jiang shouted from above: "Be careful, little wild boy! Your rope is about to break!"

It turned out that the rope Chu Xiaomu had used had not been used for a long time. He had been swinging on the cliff, which had caused more wear and tear. One of the ropes was slowly cut by the sharp edge of the cliff, and only two or three of the ten strands were connected. It would break in two in a blink of an eye. He was in mid-air at this time, still more than ten feet above the bottom of the cliff. He looked at the dense trees at the bottom of the cliff, and suddenly broke into a cold sweat, his heart pounding.

Xiaoying heard Aunt Jiang's scream, and then looked at the panic-stricken Chu Xiaomu. Without thinking too much, she floated towards him.

Chu Xiaomu felt relieved when he saw Xiaoying coming. At this moment, the rope suddenly broke and his body rolled down the cliff. He hurriedly pushed his feet against the cliff and opened his arms to hug Xiaoying. He was in mid-air and closed his eyes, thinking: "I'm dead now!" Fortunately, Xiaoying arrived at the critical moment and caught him in mid-air.

Chu Xiaomu only felt something soft where he touched and smelled the fragrance of a young girl's body. He opened his eyes and saw that he was hugging Xiaoying's waist tightly with his face pressed against her chest. He was immediately embarrassed, but he didn't dare to let go. Instead, he held on even tighter.

Xiaoying's face flushed red as she shouted, "Wild boy, why are you holding on so tightly?"

Chu Xiaomu realized that Xiaoying was a pretty girl. He cried out "ouch!" and as soon as he loosened his grip, his body began to fall again...

Xiaoying quickly freed her left hand and grabbed his collar to prevent him from falling off the cliff.

Chu Xiaomu's heart was pounding with fear, and he had to hug Xiaoying's waist tightly again.

Although Xiaoying was extremely embarrassed, she had no choice but to let him hold her tightly, thinking: "You stinky wild boy, I will get back at you when I get up there!"

Aunt Jiang saw Chu Xiaomu escape death from above and secretly thanked him for being lucky. She slowly retracted the thin rope and pulled the two of them up.

Xiaoying is petite, and although the rope is thin, it is more than enough to bear her weight. At this time, Chu Xiaomu's weight was suddenly added, making it more than twice heavier than before.

The thin rope couldn't bear the weight and with a snap, it broke into two pieces.

Chu Xiaomu and Xiaoying were completely caught off guard. They had no time to climb up the cliff and rolled down the cliff.

Aunt Jiang was so frightened that she screamed loudly on the cliff.

As they rolled down, there were many sharp rocks protruding from the cliff. Chu Xiaomu didn't think twice and stretched out his arms to hold Xiaoying tightly in his arms to prevent her from being scratched by the sharp rocks.

There were several cuts on his face, hands, and feet, and blood was dripping, but he didn't feel any pain at first.

Fortunately, when they were almost at the bottom of the cliff, the slope gradually became gentler, and there were a lot of shrubs and grass growing, so the speed at which the two of them rolled down slowed down.

Seeing that the two were about to hit a huge rock, Chu Xiaomu pushed Xiaoying away with force, and his back hit the rock hard. He choked and couldn't utter a sound for a long time.

Xiaoying was pushed away by him, which just offset the force of her rolling down and she was not hurt at all.

Chu Xiaomu's left elbow was in great pain and bleeding. He was afraid that the bone had been broken, so he didn't dare to exert any more force. After a long time, he slowly struggled to get up from the ground.

Xiaoying said nothing, tore off a piece of her clothes and tore it into strips to bandage his wound. When she touched his left hand, Chu Xiaomu broke out in sweat and couldn't help crying out in pain.

Xiaoying refused to do it after tying me twice and said angrily, "You keep moving around and shouting, I won't tie you up anymore!" Then she threw the strip of cloth to the ground.

Chu Xiaomu had no choice but to pick up the cloth and bandage his left elbow. He couldn't move his left hand, so he had to use his right hand to exert force, so it took him a long time to bandage it.

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