51 The Mysterious Cave Abode (1/2)

Mo Wen felt his body slide down again. The cliff walls narrowed as he descended, but were still at least two palm widths wide.

He had barely began to descend, when suddenly it felt as if he was stepping on thin air. The next moment, his body plummeted downwards at an accelerated pace. The space below suddenly became much larger.

Mo Wen's facial expression changed. He drew the dagger from his leg and stabbed it into the rock wall. The sharp dagger's edge grinded against the cliff wall, sending off sparks.

It seemed as though he had dropped into a large space. Luckily the bottom was not far down, only about eleven yards or so.

Mo Wen rolled on the ground and dissipated the energy of his fall completely. As he got up his eyes searched around. He discovered he was in a karst cave within the heart of the spacious mountain. Above him, the moonlight crept in through the cracks and illuminated the cave with a faint glow.

What was that? Mo Wen's pupils suddenly dilated. He saw a gigantic net hanging in the air not far away. Both ends of the net were tied onto the cliff walls and the net seemed to be man made.

But that was not what attracted his attention; there was someone was lying on the net. Even though the body was curled up, Mo Wen could immediately recognize that it was Qin Xiaoyou.

Mo Wen let out a deep breath as a weight had been lifted off his chest.

He coulnd't believe what good luck Qin Xiaoyou had. She had fallen off the edge of a cliff but still managed to land on a net. It could have been caused by the friction between her and the cliff wall resulting in a reduced speed of falling. If she had fallen on the hard rock, she would be paralyzed.

He walked over, and with a leap, climbed onto the net. The net was very soft. He did not know what material the net was made of, but it was smooth to the touch.

He did a flip and crawled towards Qin Xiaoyou. Carrying her in his arms, he examined her. After discovering that she was not suffering from any serious injuries, he could finally relax.

The only thing that still worried him but that Qin Xiaoyou seemed to have suffered too much shock and fainted.

Although she didn't have any major internal injuries, her external injuries were rather severe. Her arms and legs were covered in cuts and bruises. Her military uniform had big tears at five or six different areas and quite a lot of blood was on her uniform.

It was certainly caused by the continuous friction between her and the narrow cliff walls when she was falling down. Fortunately, Qin Xiaoyou was wearing the specially made military uniform. If she was wearing normal clothes, then rubbing against the cliff walls at such high speeds would most likely cause injuries deep enough to expose her bones.

Caressing her slight pale, dainty face, Mo Wen felt a slight pang in his heart, but was thankful that she survived the scare and was not in any danger.

He scanned the surroundings. With his eyesight, he could only see as far as eleven yards in the karst cave, but he could tell that people were most likely using this karst cave for some purpose. There were a lot of signs of artificial alterations being carried out.

The gigantic net that caught Qin Xiaoyou was probably used as a bed.

He rolled off the ”bed” and walked around the karst cave. He discovered there was a ten foot wide pool nearby. The clear water rippled while reflecting the cold moonlight like a layer of glass.

”What a pool of stalactite water,” Mo Wen thought to himself as his eyes lit up with surprise. He was looking up and sure enough, the ceiling was covered in layers of stalactites with crystal clear water droplets occasionally rolling off their tips.

A natural karst cave would need hundreds of thousands of years to form, and each one of was a wonder of nature.

The pool of crystal clear water collected from drops of stalactites was not just any ordinary water. For some alcohol brewers, this was something extremely hard to obtain.

For Mo Wen, it was very useful too. Using stalactite water to decoct medicine could bring about miraculous effects.

In addition, if one consumed stalactite water for a long period of time, it could even help strengthen the body and prolong longevity.

Whoever found such a cave abode must have been a Feng Shui expert.

Mo Wen only took a glance at the surroundings, then moved deeper into the cave. Although stalactite water was precious, he had no means to carry it with him now.

The further he walked in, the smaller the karst cave became. At the end, a passage carved by hand attracted the attention of Mo Wen.