The Return of Gratitude Volume 2

Archer instinctively hugged his backpack tightly, took a deep breath, and waited for the moment of weightlessness. In the blink of an eye, his feet were empty. , and then splashed into the water again.

The young dog opened his eyes with lingering fear. It turned out that the one just now was not a waterfall, but a drop of two or three meters high, but this did not make him breathe a sigh of relief. Now he has reached the confluence of two streams, and the water is obviously more urgent than before. Swimming is futile, you can only follow the ups and downs of the water. Before swimming, you could keep your head on the surface of the water. Now the current beats you down almost every once in a while, pushing him into the water. He is covering his head and face. In the spray of the water, he took two breaths with difficulty, and at that moment, the person had been taken out by the flowing water for three to forty meters.

Archer was so dizzy and dizzy from the water, and he couldn't think of any countermeasures. At the right time, a strange sound came from the sound of the water, and the dog's ears moved sensitively. It was a thunderous sound of water, And it is approaching at a speed that can be distinguished by dog ​​ears!With a thought in mind, Archer turned his head to look, and saw that the river was cut off again in front of him, but this time he knew it would not be just a drop of two or three meters.

When he was at a loss, he suddenly heard Qin Xiu's shout on the bank. He tried his best to look towards the bank through the blurred water spray. Qin Xiu didn't know when he came here chasing him.

"There is a rock in front of you, go and hug it, I will pull you up! Lost your backpack!"

Archer listened to Qin Xiuzhong angrily ordering down, and nodded, but he didn't throw away his backpack. He turned around along the water, and there was a protruding rock in the middle of the water in front of him.However, judging the distance visually, he had to lean a little closer to the shore to ensure he didn't miss it.

The young dog tried his best to jump to the right twice, but the backpack kept dragging him into the water, it was too late!The big boulder was already in front of him, Archer held his backpack in one hand, and struggled to reach it with the other!

The stone was slippery, and he was not on the path of the stone, so he missed it with his fingers. He gritted his teeth and kicked the water vigorously. Fortunately, a wave pushed him from behind, and he managed to barely grasp the protruding corner of the stone.

Qin Xiu had already rushed to the shore, tied the climbing rope to a sloping tree on the shore, tied the other end to his waist, quickly got into the water, swam towards Shen Che for a while, and then pulled the rope with one hand. Holding the rope, one hand stretched out: "Give me your hand!"

Archer desperately grasped the protruding corner of the stone with his left hand, and handed over the heavy mountaineering bag he was holding on his chest with his right hand.

Qin Xiu's face was livid, he gritted his teeth and waved his hand as if he wanted to shake off the obstructing backpack, his throat was on fire: "I asked you to give me your hand! Throw away the bag!"

The curly-haired young man grinned his teeth and refused to give up. If he threw away the hiking bag, he would be able to reach Qin Xiu's hand with ease. However, if he lost his photographic equipment, Qin Xiu would not be able to take pictures of the Golden Lake. And they don't necessarily get a second chance.

Qin Xiu had no choice but to pull the backpack with all his strength. The bag was very heavy, and only the strap part was barely exposed to the water with Shen Che's hand. The water bag containing fish, Qin Xiu stared at the water bag furiously, gritted his teeth and said, "It's all this unlucky fish!"

A wave came rushing, Qin Xiu stared at the crumbling water bag, hoping that it would be washed away immediately, but after the wave came, the strangest thing happened in the past few days - the mountaineering bag was photographed underwater at the same time , a hand suddenly stretched out from the water, and grabbed his hand!

Archer was also taken aback, his hand was also grabbed!

When the two of them were puzzled by the second monk, a naked young man came out of the water with a "hula" and grabbed their hands, looked left and right, and tried his best to comfort him: "It's okay, it's okay! Everyone is safe !"

Be safe, sister!Shen Che and Qin Xiu roared at the same time in their hearts.

After the three of them landed in embarrassment, the naked boy covered his legs with a leaf before introducing himself.He was the fish they put into the water bag and almost cooked.

Even if he wanted to doubt it, he couldn't doubt it. When the boy spoke, he showed jagged and jagged teeth: "Hi, it's the first time we meet. I'm from the mermaid tribe, and my name is Zichou."

Qin Xiu couldn't help muttering: "The name is really appropriate..." My son, you are so ugly.

Archer immediately showed embarrassment when he saw the boy, and bumped Qin Xiu's shoulder, and the polar bear shut up.

"I know I'm ugly," the boy Zichou looked down at the leaves on the little penis, and then looked up at the tall and beautiful iceberg man directly opposite him, feeling that the picture in front of him was so beautiful that it blossomed, "...I I wish I could become as beautiful as you, big brother."

"I don't call it pretty, I call it handsome." Qin Xiu slightly corrected him, and then said, "Actually, you are quite cute this way, you look like a little... little..."

The boy Zichou opened his eyes wide, looking at Qin Xiu full of expectation, and opened his mouth involuntarily, revealing a row of sharp serrated teeth.

Archer bumped into Qin Xiu, who was obviously too young, twice, thinking that you can be any smaller, a little white rabbit, a little mongoose, or a little donkey!

Qin Xiu finally said, "Little crocodile."

The hopeful light in Zichou boy's eyes was shattered.

Zichou said that he was here to lead the way for them. This forest is protected by an illusion barrier, and someone must lead the way to reach Naxi Lake.

The young man was still eloquently introducing the wonders of the illusion forest to them. Qin Xiu sat down with his back against the rock and pondered for a long time: "Naxi Lake, is that its name, so that lake really exists..."

Zi Chou nodded of course, "Of course, we mermaids have lived in Naxi Lake for generations."

Qin Xiu just looked at the river, and the whole portrait was emptied. The young man didn't understand what the other party meant, and looked at the curly-haired young man beside him.

Archer smiled at Zichou: "Come and get dressed with me."

He took the boy to get dressed, and looked back at Qin Xiu who was sitting on the big rock with his back in a daze.They traveled thousands of miles to this forest according to the instructions in the anonymous letter, but no one can guarantee that this is not a prank that makes them happy in vain.Although Qin Xiu firmly believed in the existence of the Golden Lake, all the clues were so remote that he might not be able to find this lake in his whole life.But now finally someone (a fish?) told him with incomparable conclusiveness that the Golden Lake really exists and is right in front of him. Qin Xiu's current mood must be mixed.

Being looked down upon since childhood, scolded by grandma, treated with colored eyes by peers, misunderstood and outnumbered... Archer looked at Qin Xiu, who was in a daze to his heart's content, and thought with relief, now the fate that has always been against you has finally failed Under your lonely courage.

He seemed to see that little, stubborn Xiaoxiu again, standing behind the dazed polar bear, with his small chest proud like a little adult.He really wanted to go up and touch his head, or turn into soy sauce and lick his fingers.

"Who asked you to help us lead the way?" Archer asked Zichou.There is no doubt that the person who sent Zichou to help them lead the way was the one who left the anonymous letter.

"It's His Royal Highness," Zichou tore through his clothes after wearing them for a long time, then took them off and covered his head again, and burrowed awkwardly, "Why don't you know him?"

Archer thought he heard it wrong: "Your Highness?" No, no, where did the prince and princess come from? Could it be Wang Ziqiong's younger brother called His Royal Highness?

"His Royal Highness." Zi Chou said the name of His Royal Highness seriously, "His Royal Highness Prince Obra Siglia Rembrandt."

Both Archer and Qin Xiu were sure they had never heard of such a name, but worried that Zichou would not take them to the Golden Lake if he knew that they did not know his prince, so they looked at each other tacitly and kept silent. up.

As recorded on the map, the waterfall flows into a huge tiankeng. This tiankeng is very spectacular, with a diameter of more than 200 meters. What is the depth? Archer stretched his neck and looked down, only to see the water flow down with a bang. It disappeared, leaving only a little water mist, and the depth cannot be measured visually.To go down this kind of tiankeng, you usually use a safety rope to descend carefully. If you want to go fast, you can also come to a cave to skydive or something.But Zichou led them down the edge of the tiankeng.

It turns out that there are narrow stone steps hidden under the vegetation and water flow. The stone steps are very steep and extend downward in a spiral shape along the wall of the tiankeng. They have to pass behind the waterfall every time they walk. The steps behind the waterfall are very slippery. Only one person could pass through, and Archer was walking down the rock wall carefully, when he suddenly felt a chill on his back, at first he thought it was water, but then he felt something cold slipping down his waist into his pants.

He turned his head wonderingly, and saw Qin Xiu opened his mouth sternly and simulating at him—don't move, snake.

Archer broke out in cold sweat and hot sweat, forced himself to be calm and stuck to the rock wall according to Qin Xiu's instructions, not daring to move, Qin Xiu approached him, stretched out his hand and slowly reached into his pants.

Archer's back trembled, and Qin Xiu's hands were cold and slippery, as if two snakes were fighting for territory in his thigh.

Zichou felt that the people behind him didn't seem to be following. He turned his head and saw such a restricted-level scene at a glance. The handsome Bingshan's hand was inserted into the curly-haired boy's pants and caressed wantonly. The boy opened his eyes because of his shock As soon as he opened his mouth, he felt full of presence. Just like that, he met Qin Meinan's eyes, and the young man turned his head in fright. Brother Bingshan's eyes were so scary!Murderous!

Archer felt Qin Xiu's hand groping in and out of his thigh, and suddenly grabbed under his tail, and Archer subconsciously pinched his tail: "Did you catch it?"

Qin Xiu raised his eyebrows coldly: "Never mind." He lifted the snake out from the back of Shen Che's trousers while pinching the snake's head, "This is a silver ring snake, which secretes neurotoxins and causes muscle paralysis Once bitten by it, the tail can no longer shake.” The corona snake with a white section and a black section opened its mouth wide, and its two long fangs made people feel creepy, and the snake tail curled up. Qin Xiu's cheeks twitched, Qin Xiu squinted his eyes and pushed the snake's tail away, and said to the angry snake, "You touched my holy thing, wish you luck." After saying that, he threw the snake behind him.

Archer saw that the snake just turned into a star and disappeared behind the waterfall. He didn't know whether it was hanging on the vines or flying down three thousand feet. His mood was extremely complicated: "Your sacred object..."

Qin Xiu walked down the steps, pushed him coldly against the rock wall, and pressed the bracelet on his back in front of him three or two times to loosen his belt and put it on again. Regardless of the size of student Shen's waist, he directly Buckle it as tight as possible.

Archer was almost suffocated, my Xiaoxiu is not so wretched! !

A group of people walked until their feet were numb before reaching the bottom of the tiankeng. Looking back, the sky had shrunk to the size of a wellhead, and the sound of the waterfall falling was amplified many times under the empty tiankeng, making it deafening.

When he reached the bottom of the tiankeng, Archer discovered that there were caves below. At first glance, the bottom of the tiankeng seemed to be a bottomless pool of stagnant water, but if you look carefully through the diffuse water mist, you will find that there are many caves under the rock wall. It was only half a person tall, and some of them were big enough to pass through a small boat. The water flowed along these openings to nowhere, but Archer knew that some of them must flow to the Golden Lake.Is the Golden Lake actually an underground lake?

Zi Chou pushed out a canoe from behind a big rock, and lifted the plantain leaves that covered the canoe. The canoe looked very dilapidated, and it just fit three people.Zichou sat at the front of the boat, Qin Xiu sat in the middle, and Archer sat at the end. Zichou paddled and led them into one of the water holes. blocked from the hole.

Archer looked back at the farther and farther hole, until the hole turned into a thumb-sized piece of white light. As they got deeper and deeper into the water hole, all the sounds became faint and distant, like the moment when they were about to fall asleep.With the last glimmer of light behind him, he saw Qin Xiu raised his hand, gently touching the damp cave wall all the way.This was the route his father had traveled.

At first, the space was very cramped, and it seemed that if you raised your head slightly, you would bump into the rocks on the top. After walking for a while, Archer felt that the space gradually became wider, and he could feel the cool oxygen drifting towards them with the water flow.

It was extremely depressing for the three of them not to speak in the dark, Archer asked Zichou, "By the way, did that prince of yours tell you why he wrote to let us come here?"

Zichou was silent for a while, and just when Archer thought he might have fallen asleep, the boy said, "I don't know, maybe he just wants to see you."

Having said this, Archer was even more puzzled, who is His Royal Highness with a long list of names?

I thought they would follow the groundwater all the way to the Golden Lake, but about half an hour later, the boat docked in the dark, the boat shrugged, and Zichou stabilized and turned back to them and said, "The boat can only sit here. We're going to walk later."

Zichou led the way in front, Archer turned on the flashlight and Qin Xiu followed behind, the trend of the cave began to rise, they climbed all the way, and reached an open cave, where the flashlight passed, you could see stalactites hanging upside down like ice cones above the cave .

I don't know how long they walked like this, when finally there was a light ahead, Archer and Qin Xiu looked at each other, turned off the flashlight and quickened their pace.Walking out of the entrance of the cave is a green hillside. They are now located in the depression between the hillside and the cliff. The sunlight shines down from the high cliff line by line. Turning back and forth a hundred times creates a clear scene like a shuttle. The bright grass and flowers on the hillside are bathed under this sunny waterfall. It is obviously a very monotonous scene, but it has the tranquility of a paradise, but Qin Xiu does not Kung Fu stopped to shoot.

Climbing up the small hill, both of them heard the sound of vast and distant water coming from a distance.