Chapter 168: The Only Way to Escape
The drum beat again, as rapid as a series of raindrops, beating on Lu Ming's heart one after another, making him anxious.
In the huge square, there were thousands of burly and tall Vimo people gathered at this time, even those children, who were not much shorter than them. With so many people trying to rescue Huang Ling'er who is in it, it is undoubtedly an extremely difficult thing. With the terrifying strong bow of the Vimo people, I am afraid that as soon as he appears, a rain of arrows will overwhelm the sky, not to mention approaching the past, it is already a blessing to pay the sky if it does not turn into a sieve.
Besides, he also tried his best to create opportunities for Yan Lin and them, so that they could have the opportunity to swim from the fast-flowing river to the other side. Lu Ming had already looked at the terrain around the square, there were cliffs on both sides, and on one side was the place where the Vimo people lived, all of them were cliffs, if they wanted to learn from the Vimo people, they would climb up, not to mention whether Yan Lin could do it, it was just that the Vimo people would nail them all to death on the cold cliff when they were climbing. The only way to escape was the rushing river.
Across the river is a dense jungle that at least has more opportunities for them to take refuge. The pontoon bridge was originally built with huge ropes over the rushing river, but perhaps this ritual is so important to the Vimo that the pontoon bridge has been broken. The river is rolling, and if you are not careful, you will be swept away by the river and fall into a bottomless cliff.
However, there is only one way to escape, and it seems that it has to be for.
Lu Ming learned from Ma Dai that the funeral custom of important people of the Vimo people is to be buried in hanging coffins, that is, the bottomless cliff on the west side of the square, and the sarcophagus is slowly lowered with a huge rope, and the cliff cave has been found on the cliff, and Huang Ling'er will also be sealed alive in the sarcophagus and buried with the dead.
At this time, the nearly 1,000 Vimo people in the square all turned their eyes to Huang Ling'er, who was wearing countless precious ornaments all over his body, and under the guidance of the Vimo man on the high platform, they collectively knelt down to Huang Ling'er, chanting in a low voice, it should be a heartfelt blessing or something like that.
Huang Ling'er smiled calmly, as if she had nothing to do with herself. Thousands of bright rays of sunlight shone on her body, the jewelry made of bones and jade beast teeth on her body was shining, the light was soft, her long hair was fluttering, and thousands of people were prostrate in front of her and whispered, that kind of noble look, as if at this moment she was the queen who dominated the countless people in front of her, her face was radiant, and people did not dare to look at it. If you are not in the know, who would have thought that the next moment such a beautiful and moving woman would be sealed alive in the cold sarcophagus, accompanied by a dead person to be buried alone on the cold cliff.
Yan Lin's eyes were fixed on Huang Ling'er's body, she could even see clearly, Huang Ling'er seemed to enjoy it very much, raised her slender and white arm like a beautiful jade and gently shook the bone jade on her wrist, with a smile on her mouth, as if she liked the bone jade very much.
Thousands of bright sunshine sprinkled down from behind Huang Ling'er, making her body seem to be bathed in it, her body became light and blurred, and her skirt was flying, like a Lingbo fairy who was about to dance with the wind, but her figure seemed to have always been so thin and lonely, just like her usual words and deeds, coquettish but always rejected people thousands of miles away from indifference. At this moment, Yan Lin couldn't help but have a feeling of self-deformity, Huang Ling'er's beauty was really thrillingly beautiful, and that kind of indifferent, noble, and mysterious temperament was also something she didn't have, but why was she so unreasonable!
Yan Lin couldn't help but quietly turn his head to look at Lu Ming, thinking in his heart: Lu Ming should also like this woman in his heart, but he himself has never noticed it, or he doesn't dare to admit it
Roar -
The Vimo people's cries rose to a high level again, waking Yan Lin up from his distracted state. Yan Lin hurriedly shook her head and threw out the messy thoughts in her mind, secretly blaming herself in her heart, when is it, and she still has the mind to compare, no matter what Huang Ling'er is, she is a woman she should hate! At the very least, take her back and save her father, who is still lying unconscious in the hospital bed!
The empty sarcophagus was placed on the ground with a bang, and two tall and burly Vimo people walked up to Huang Ling'er, as if to invite her into the sarcophagus. Huang Ling'er suddenly looked back at the hiding place of Lu Ming and the others and smiled, her eyes were wandering, and she was full of smiles, as if she had seen through the stone wall in front of Lu Ming and the others, and looked at Lu Ming.
Huang Ling'er nodded gracefully, took a step, and walked lightly towards the open sarcophagus, which didn't look like facing death at all, but more like looking forward to something expected to happen.
"Ma Dai." Lu Ming's eyes turned to take in everything in the square, and a huge rope with the thickness of his arm had been tied to the high platform, and he slowly tied the huge sarcophagus containing the deceased with a simple rough but absolutely sturdy bracket, and began to move inch by inch towards the edge of the cliff to the west. Lu Ming said to Ma Dai without looking back: "What do the Vimo people value most at this moment? ”
Ma Dai didn't know why Lu Ming suddenly asked this, and replied nervously: Of course it is the huge sarcophagus, their respect for the deceased is not at all something we can understand, whether the deceased can be buried safely is even more important than their lives. That's why I said we had better not disturb their rituals, or we'd die a terrible death. ”
Lu Ming didn't seem to hear Ma Dai's words, nodded and said solemnly: "I'll attract their attention later, but I'm afraid it's only a few minutes, you must seize this opportunity and swim from that river to the opposite side to wait for me before they react." ”
Ma Dai was startled, looked at the white flower splashing and rushing river, and stammered: "Swim, swim over?" Oh my God, it's a bottomless cliff over there, and if we accidentally get swept away by the river, we're afraid we'll end up with no body to be found! Can you swim through? Isn't there any?"
"There's only one way to live!" Lu Ming turned his head to interrupt Ma Dai's words, and said coldly: "Either learn to climb up from here by the Vimo people." Lu Ming said as he stretched out his hand and pointed to the steep cliff that rose from the ground and reached into the clouds, "I don't think you can climb twenty meters high, and you will be nailed to it by countless cold and hard arrows." ”
Ma Dai's face turned pale, knowing that Lu Ming was telling the truth, he couldn't help but look at Yan Lin and Chu Qing. Yan Lin's expression was grim, and he knew from Lu Ming's firm gaze that he was solemn, so he had to nod and say, "There is no other way, we have to try, otherwise we may really have to stay here." ”
Chu Qing sneered at Ma Dai and said, "Greedy for life and afraid of death, people like you should go back to your little story as soon as possible, if you want to learn from others to take risks and make a fortune, let's wait for the next life!" As long as you don't stay in this hellish place, even if you die unfortunately, what can you do! He looked at Lu Ming with burning eyes and said, "The surname is Lu, what can you do to hold them back?" ”
"The sarcophagus!" Lu Ming's eyes burned and pointed to the deceased's huge sarcophagus that was slowly moving towards the cliff on the west side of the square, "Wait a minute, hear my voice, don't worry about anything, just swim across that river as fast as you can." ”
Seeing that Lu Ming stretched out his hand to untie the strong bow on his back, Yan Lin glanced at him worriedly, opened his mouth, and wanted to say be careful, but when the words came to his mouth, he couldn't say anything. Lu Ming suddenly turned his head to look at her, and said softly: "Swim over, I said that I would take you out of here, and your father, I will also let him wake up." ”
At this time, the huge sarcophagus had been pulled to the edge of the cliff by a thick rope, and was slowly lowering it. Huang Ling'er also lay quietly in another much smaller sarcophagus, and the sarcophagus lid was lifted by the two Vimo people and was about to be closed.
Yan Lin just avoided Lu Ming's gaze in a panic, and suddenly felt a flower in front of him, Lu Ming had stepped on the mountain cliff, his feet moved one after another on the cliffs on both sides, his body was like a flexible ape, swaying from side to side, and in the blink of an eye, he had silently climbed to a height of more than 20 meters, where there was another circle of mountain rocks that bulged outward, like a dangerous path that only allowed one foot, Lu Ming moved lightly on it, and soon approached the huge sarcophagus that was slowly going down to the west of the square.
Lu Ming's movements were light and fast, and his climbing speed was so fast and steady that he was not at all under those Vimo people with long hands and feet!
Yan Lin and the three of them couldn't help but be stunned, but the high altitude was really thrilling, Yan Lin's heart was involuntarily moved, his throat moved, and he wanted to speak out several times to remind him to be careful, but in the end, he still pressed back with difficulty. A pair of fingers had already been involuntarily twisted together, extremely nervous.
Chu Qing noticed Yan Lin's expression, and her eyes rolled, as if they were extremely complicated.
"Oh my God!"
Ma Dai was also shocked and looked up at Lu Ming's quietly moving figure, his mouth wide open, almost able to stuff an egg. At this time, he finally couldn't help but exclaim in a low voice, but saw that Lu Ming's body finally stopped, his feet were firmly hooked on a protruding mountain rock, the light wind blew, making his clothes hunt and fly, and his body was so thrillingly inclined to hook on the cliff, and he began to reach out to untie a loop of rope on his shoulder, and tied the rope tightly to the arrow, and the tail end of the rope was tightly wrapped around the protruding mountain rock. Then he calmed down, took a deep breath, and slowly opened his arms to slowly open the hardwood strong bow in his hand that was nearly two meters long, that strong bow was noticed by Ma Dai just now, it should be the hardest bow deliberately selected by Lu Ming, which was already more than twice as large as the bows used by other Vimo people. The strong bow seemed to have the power of a thousand catties, Lu Ming's movements became extremely slow, but he pulled the strong bow a full string minute by minute, the string was like a full moon, and the next moment was a loud roar that resounded through the world, and Ma Dai felt a tingling pain in his eardrums from a long distance.
Sou!
The arrow roared out with a long rope, and with a loud bang, it actually pierced through the huge log shelf that served as the fulcrum of the sarcophagus in the square, and the long arrow did not enter more than half, and suddenly tightened the long rope into a straight line.
The next moment, Lu Ming's actions made Yan Lin couldn't help but exclaim anymore! (To be continued.) )