Chapter 21, Confluence

Lin Luxian and the four of them walked towards the east and walked around the desert in the no-man's land for almost a month. With meadows at their feet, snow-capped mountains on the left and vast deserts on the right, the scenery is quite peculiar and the temperature is moderate. Lin Luxian and Lan Bingyun had already taken off the blankets that Deji Caidan gave them.

Hong Xiaozhong stopped, sat on the ground and said, "I can't do it anymore, I have to rest for a while!" and then took out the kettle to drink. Inside the kettle was the snow that had been loaded on the snowy mountain the day before, and it had already melted into water. After drinking the water, Hong Xiaozhong propped his right hand on the grass and wanted to stand up, but he felt stung by something! He hurriedly raised his hand from the grass and found that there was a small white centipede on the grass, and this little centipede was only three or four centimeters long. Hong Xiaozhong looked at the place where it was stung again, and saw that he had only been stung by this small white centipede with a small needle-like hole on his finger, and he really couldn't find it if he didn't look carefully. Hong Xiaozhong didn't care, he stood up, stomped the little white centipede with one kick, and then followed Lin Luxian and the three in front of him.

Half an hour later, the snow-capped mountain on the left had come to an end, replaced by a large desert connecting to the right, and the feet of the four of them were no longer grass, but sand.

When the sun was about to set, Lin Luxian looked at his phone, and it was already a quarter past five. Xiao, who was at the front of the line, was the first to notice the situation ahead: "Look, everyone, there is a valley ahead. Everyone picked up their spirits and hurried forward, and if they were fast enough, they should be able to reach the valley ahead before dark.

"Hong Xiaozhong, why are you walking slower and slower, didn't you drink water just now?" Lin Luxian turned around and asked Hong Xiaochong

Lan Bingyun also looked back at Hong Xiaozhong, she found that something was wrong with Hong Xiaozhong, Hong Xiaozhong's face turned yellow, and his lips were white. She asked Hong Xiaochong worriedly, "Hong Xiaozhong, what's wrong with you?"

"I, I'm feeling a little tired... After finishing speaking, Hong Xiaozhong shook twice, collapsed to the ground, and fainted.

The three of them hurriedly ran over, and Lin Luxian said, "What should I do?" he should be tired and faint. . . ”

Xiao wasn't sure if Hong Xiaozhong was tired, and he didn't notice a small wound on Hong Xiaochong's right index finger.

"Then since he fainted, who carried him on his back, or carried him along?" Lan Bingyun proposed

"There are no materials here to make a stretcher, so Xiao and I should take turns carrying him on our backs!" Lin Luxian said

Lin Luxian and Lan Bingyun lifted Hong Xiaozhong up and placed it on Xiao's back. Along the way, two boys took turns carrying Hong Xiaozhong. Three hours later, it was completely dark, and the four of them had also reached the valley.

With the help of the starlight, walking along the valley, there are many red flame signs on the cliffs on both sides of the valley. After walking a few minutes further, Lin Luxian and the four of them came to a big cave, in front of which there was a tall and curved dead tree, and the tree was full of red ribbons, and the ribbons were full of characters that only the Tianxun people could understand, and the entrance of the cave was also painted with a red flame symbol.

Xiao looked at the mouth of the cave and said, "This should be the location of the Tianxun clan, and the person we are looking for should be here." ”

Lin Luxian carried Hong Xiaozhong on his back and followed behind Lan Bingyun and Xiao, and they walked around the cave for a long time. I saw that there were still hundreds of caves in this cave! Unfortunately, the huge cave and all the caves were empty.

Xiao looked at Lan Bingyun and said, "What should I do? There is no one here, are we here for nothing?"

Lan Bingyun looked around and said, "It's really strange, how can there be no one?Some of the caves still have food residues, they don't look too dry, they should have been left yesterday or the day before yesterday." ”

The four of them were about to leave the valley, and as soon as they reached the gate of the valley, they saw an old woman walking in with a cane. Seeing Lin Luxian and the four of them, the grandmother was also surprised, she didn't expect that there would be foreigners coming here.

Lin Luxian communicated with the grandmother and learned that the grandmother surnamed Zhu was a member of the Tianxun clan. They have lived here for hundreds of years. But more than 20 days ago, the patriarch took their people and began to migrate to the no-man's land in the north, saying that if they didn't move, their clan would suffer a catastrophe!

Grandma Zhu continued, "I never question what the patriarch said, the patriarch has been divining for decades, and I have never missed it, but I don't want to go, I'm old, and this old bone can't stand the toss, so I stayed alone and didn't follow the patriarch them." ”

Lan Bingyun looked at Grandma Zhu and said, "But aren't you okay now? There is nothing abnormal in this cave." ”

Grandma Zhu shook her head, "In the cave, there is no abnormality." But since the patriarch left with his people, the three wells outside the cave that we rely on for survival have all gone wrong. ”

Lin Luxian asked, "Is it all done?"

Grandma Zhu said, "Yes, it's all dry, and there is not a drop of water in it." ”

"How did you survive all those days?" Xiao was curious

"Hey, there are a few cacti not far from the west side of this valley, and I have scraped off the thorns of the cactus during this time, and I have survived until now by eating a cactus with water every day. And just yesterday, the last cactus was eaten by me... I'm afraid there is nothing in this valley that can quench your thirst, you guys, it's not the right time for you, hey!" Zhu Grandma sighed

Lin Luxian handed the last bit of water in his backpack to Grandma Zhu, "You drink it first, we are not thirsty." Zhu Grandma trembled and held the kettle, "But you, there are three of you!"

"It doesn't matter, we're all full before we came, drink it, it's so dry here, it's not good if this little water evaporates and dries up in a while. Lan Bingyun said to Grandma Zhu

Zhu Grandma drank the last two mouthfuls of water, licked the water droplets next to her mouth, and then looked at Hong Xiaozhong, who was sleeping next to Lin Luxian, and said, "What's wrong with this guy? It looks like it's poisoned!"

"What!" Lin Luxian shouted in unison

Zhu Grandma approached Hong Xiaozhong, squatted down to observe, and then turned Hong Xiaochong's eyelids to look at his pupils, Hong Xiaochong's pupils were already white, like the eyes of a dead fish!

Lin Luxian and the three hurriedly stepped forward to observe for a while, but they did not find Hong Xiaozhong's poisoned wounds. If the wound was not found, Lin Luxian could not help him to poison him. In the end, it was Grandma Zhu who found a subtle wound on Hong Xiaochong's finger.

Grandma Zhu said, "I am sure that he has been poisoned by the white silkworm centipede! The white silkworm centipede is milky white all over, and its body length is only three or four centimeters long, just like the size of a silkworm, so the wound caused is also very subtle, and it is as big as the eye of a needle." Generally, poison will turn black after entering the skin and blood of the human body, so the wound of poisoning is obvious. But the venom of the white silkworm centipede is transparent, and it is difficult to detect it after it enters the skin and blood of the human body! Hey, it's a pity that the venom of this white silkworm centipede is highly poisonous, this guy has been poisoned for too long, I'm afraid it is... ”

"Don't be afraid! I can dissolve his poison!" Lin Luxian pressed the small wound on Hong Xiaozhong's finger with his hand, but he kept pressing it for more than an hour, and his hand was numb when he pressed it, but Hong Xiaozhong, who was asleep, still didn't wake up. “

Grandma Zhu sighed and said, "Hey, young man, I don't know what you are capable of, but the poison on this young man's body was discovered too late, and the venom has already invaded his internal organs. “

Lin Luxian let go of Hong Xiaochong's hand, sat on the ground and said, "Could it be that we are going to lose a companion again... ”

"If you are bitten by a white silkworm centipede, you will not die quickly, but you will be in a coma for the first time, and you will die after more than ten days. Before, someone in my clan was bitten by a white silkworm centipede, and after the treatment of the patriarch, half a year later, this person woke up... But now the patriarch has been away with his people for more than 20 days, hey, if you go to the north to find the patriarch, even if you find it, but this young man can't last so long... ”

"Then we will take care of him here, and wait for your patriarch to come back by the way! If your patriarch doesn't come back, we will also accompany him through the last ten days of his life!" Lan Bingyun said

Xiao smiled helplessly, he thought that this was unnecessary, after all, he didn't want to waste more than ten days for a dying person. But what can be done? Lin Luxian absolutely supported Lan Bingyun, he could only wait here with these two for more than ten days.

In the next ten days, Lin Luxian and they found a few more cacti in the surrounding area, they brought these edible cacti back, and at the same time fed to the sleeping Hong Xiaozhong, plus some of the only dry food and dried meat left by Grandma Zhu, the five of them survived the ten days in the valley with difficulty. On the evening of the eleventh day, except for Xiao, all four of them were hungry and thirsty, and Hong Xiaozhong, who had been asleep for many days, was already thin and almost skinny. And Grandma Zhu was also too hungry to get up, lying in the cave and dying, she was taken care of by Lan Bingyun alone.

Not long after, Lan Bingyun came out of the cave where Grandma Zhu lived, her expression was anxious, and she asked Lin Luxian, who was covered with stubble, "What should we do now?" We have no food and water, and we have searched all the places around us for more than ten miles, and we have not found cacti or anything to eat. ”

Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao has arrived. Xiao came in from outside, holding a half-dried cactus in his hand, and then handed it to Lin Luxian and said, "I walked a few miles to the back of the valley this morning, and I only found this cactus, so you can make do with it first... Hey, it's a pity, I also found a wild donkey on the way, I wanted to sneak behind it and give it a spear, but my spear blade is quenched poison, if you eat a poisoned wild donkey, you will also be poisoned! I'll go find the cactus later. ”

"You've been looking for a day, take a break, thank you for your hard work!" Lan Bingyun said to Xiao

Just as Xiao was sitting down to rest, he heard footsteps and someone entering the cave!

"Sister, your family lives here, it's too shabby... Ao Yi said

"Yes, we Tianxun have lived in this cave for generations, but it is indeed a bit shabby. "Zhu Xinyan returned

Dianpu, who was walking at the front, suddenly stopped and said, "Xin, Xinyan, are they from your clan?"

Zhu Xinyan and the three of them looked at Lan Bingyun and the three of them in front of them, and for a while, the silence in the cave was terrifying, and the six people were stunned, looking at each other, not knowing what to say.

In the end, it was the landlord Zhu Xinyan who spoke first, "You, how many of you are?"