Chapter Twenty-Three: The Mysterious Valley
The more you go into the valley, the more guarded it becomes, and even if you are a stealth expert like Black, it is impossible for others to avoid all kinds of open and secret sentinels, so everyone is a little clever, just as Leon expected, in the evening, a group of soldiers came over in a whining carriage carrying corpses. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info
Three times five divided by two solved this pile of miscellaneous soldiers, and it just so happened that they also had five people.
"This dress really stinks..."Dolina looked disgusted: "I haven't taken a shower for a few months... Stinky man, stinky man, really right..."
The others didn't say anything, including Xiaobai who changed into soldiers' clothes, and Dolina was embarrassed to say anything more, so she could only pinch her nose and change her clothes.
These soldiers were obviously not combat soldiers, they were not wearing armor, their clothes were navy blue cloth, fortunately they were large enough to cover their bodies completely, and luckily this dress had a large hood, and their mouths were covered with a layer of black tulle, and almost no part of the whole person was exposed when they were all equipped.
The most fortunate thing is Leon, his skeletal body is put on this body and does not need to be exposed for the time being, but he was ridiculed by the black and changed his clothes and looked like a woman.
As for the direction to the valley, there was no problem, and the wagons that came every day to throw the corpses had already trodden a path through the jungle.
Sitting in the carriage and walking down the path for a while, the others except Leon smelled a pungent smell that was getting stronger and stronger in the air.
Bai frowned: "This is the taste of "Ten Dead and Alive"... It's such a strong taste..."
No wonder these soldiers still cover their mouths and noses with tulle, probably they just can't stand the smell.
The further you go, the stronger the smell becomes, and even the smoke makes people a little groggy, and there are more and more soldiers on the road, but no one is looking for trouble with them, after all, they are transporting corpses, bad luck.
A little further on, a huge basin suddenly appeared in front of me.
It was supposed to be a naturally formed valley, surrounded by hillsides, with only a wide plain in the middle, and the whole terrain was like a funnel, and the position where the five appeared was on a slightly lower hillside, where the entire valley could be seen unobstructed.
The first imprint into the eye socket is a large patch of bright red, dotted with flower fields in front of everyone, ignoring the terrifying effect of "ten deaths and lives", the beauty of this flower is absolutely undoubted, especially the whole valley is full of this kind of flower, under the afterglow of the sunset, the flowers of "ten deaths and life" blooming all over the mountains and fields are even more revealing a strange beauty, a gust of wind blows, all the flowers have regular fluctuations, like a wave on the sea of blood, it seems that you can smell the smell of blood head-on.
And between the flower fields, there are many ant-like figures working, all of them are some slaves in rags, behind them stood the overseer with a long whip, from time to time shouting, mercilessly dropping the long whip on the slaves, most of these slaves' expressions are very numb, as if they no longer know the pain and fatigue, just endlessly take care of the flower field, and do not care about the whip that the overseer has fallen on his body.
There is a clearing every other distance, there are no flowers planted here, but a large crucible, this crucible is six or seven meters high, just like the enlarged version of the alchemist commonly used by alchemists, the round mouth and round bottom, the belly is relatively large alchemy crucible, the fire is roasting below, someone erects a ladder and stands at the mouth of the pot with a huge stick stirring, and from time to time put something into it, from the mouth of the pot comes out of the billowing smoke, and the pungent smell that permeates the air comes from here.
"It's... This..."Shiro was speechless by the sight in front of him: "How is this possible... Even we can't grow this flower on a large scale..."
"Sure enough, it's a problem with the soil..."Leon jumped out of the carriage and carefully looked at the soil planted with "Ten Deaths", grabbed a handful of soil and slowly sprinkled it: "No wonder the man just said that this kind of soil makes people feel uncomfortable... This is the soil that curses the earth!"
"Cursed Earth?" Dorina thought of the first time she met Leon: "Isn't the cursed earth only available at the Demon Realm Gate, haven't you heard that there will be one in the Human Continent?"
"This is the cursed earth that was cultivated the day after tomorrow," Leon frowned: " Including the land of the Demon Gate, it has actually been cultivated by thousands of years of great war between humans and the Demon World, the so-called cursed land is actually the land that carries too much resentment, every time the gate of the Demon World is opened, there are thousands of dead humans and demon creatures on that cursed land, and the resentment lasts for a long time and even soaks into the soil, cutting off all life, which forms the cursed earth, although these lands are far less terrifying than the cursed land on the side of the Demon Gate, but it is not something that can be cultivated in just a few years, and it is bound to torture and kill creatures to gather resentment... It is impossible for normal humans to stay in this kind of land for a long time, and the rich resentment on the cursed land is enough to cause great damage to the human body, and it should be possible to use the effect of "ten deaths and life" to stimulate the physical potential in order to barely work on the cursed land, but this will undoubtedly greatly reduce the lifespan... This "Ten Deaths and Life" has something to do with the Demon Realm..."
"Even the Inhumans don't know about this kind of thing," Bai frowned, "We've never heard that the Ten Dead and Alive" can be planted in large quantities on the cursed land, let alone that this plant is related to the Demon Realm..."
"There is no doubt that this is a ghost made by humans," Hei Leng snorted: "You humans are really good at tossing, and you use "ten deaths and life" to harm your own people, and you still want to detain the black cauldron on us Inhumans..."
"But that production method," Bai looked at the smoke-emitting cauldron erected between the fields, "This is undoubtedly a mass production of the finished product of "Ten Deaths and Lives", this production method is indeed passed down by our Inhumans, could it be that the missing leaders will be here?"
Hei frowned: "We should spread the news as soon as possible, there are a large number of Inhumans and human armies stationed in the Valley of No Return now, and they will go to war at any time, but obviously this time it is not the Inhumans who are at fault, we can't fight this unjust battle..."
"How do you tell them?" Dorina glared, "Who will believe you without evidence? Even if you can convince the Inhuman army, what about the human side? Would the average person believe that it was the humans themselves who planted the "Ten Deaths"?"
"And I don't know who the mastermind is..."Arthur also spoke: "Even if this is the private fief of Duke Apollo, it can't be concluded that the Duke is making trouble, I really can't think of any reason to harm the people of his fiefdom like this, even if it is to provoke a war with the Inhumans or gather money, this price is too great, there is no fool who can be a duke, Duke Apollo is not stupid enough to kill chickens and eggs." ”
"Be patient until the evening," Leon said, "and in the evening there will be more chances, see if you can find any clues." ”
"Hey, you guys, where are you going!"
As he was talking, a voice suddenly came from behind the five people, and everyone's nerves tensed instantly, and Arthur's hand silently pressed on the sword hidden in the carriage.
"Why are you lazy," but the visitor apparently did not recognize them: "Come and carry the food, it's time to start the meal soon, really, you can't send a few people who are diligent here..."
The man was dressed in a white coat and holding a large spoon in his hand, and he looked like a cook, and he was pointing at the five people with the spoon in his hand, and the carriage behind him was full of iron pots and black bread with soup.
Seeing a few people turn around, the cook pointed to the food on the carriage: "This is your part of the slaves, move it out quickly!"