Chapter 85: Infernal Winter and Summer

Standing on the solid and rough earth, Jun Aoyan looked up at the vast sky.

"What's wrong?" Seeing that she was stunned, Liu Shenghan on the side asked.

"No...... It's nothing. I just remembered the story of the mausoleum again...... I don't know how she's doing now. ”

"Maybe I collected the body for her lord and left the country from now on."

"That's really a big corpseβ€”" Qi Huan sighed.

"I hope so...... Although she is an enemy of us, I hope she will be well in the future. She's a good person, a good monster, and she shouldn't be so disappointed by fate. ”

Bai Ya walked in front and had not made a sound before. At this moment, he shouted without looking back:

"If you keep talking, don't even think about finishing your work when it's dark."

Garuda didn't die completely after losing his heart, sending it out as a novice. With the support of the residual divine power in his body, he walked to the edge of the cliff, spread his arms, and leaned back. They chased after them, only to see the gigantic goldfinch bird fall, throwing out a long, heart-spilled trail of blood in the air. The Lingge on the other side of the stone thorn heard something, and kept beating the heavy obstacle in vain, letting out a terrible wail, as if it had been her chest that had been sliced open.

Her voice should be used to chant hymns...... And not screaming.

Didn't Garuda want to die as a human? They don't know the answer either.

Returning to the veins where Wuxiaying grows, there are no more twists and turns. When she came back for the first time, Liu Sheng secretly wrote down the road, and she led her companions, and easily followed the spiritual veins to the place where Lingge had brought them. It seems like a long time has passed, but in fact it is only a few days of twists and turns.

Wuxiaying is still growing and open, and the five-colored petals are quietly swaying in the mountain wind, like the eternal breath of heaven and earth. Whether it was a half-demon or a god who fell, it was meaningless to all things that simply existed.

However, the entanglement between people is much more complicated. Qi Huan suggested that it would be better for them to fill the bamboo baskets they brought, and remove all the flowers they could put in. Even if you die so many or five flowers, you can still meet the requirements of the incense god. This suggestion was accepted by everyone, so they divided their baskets and buried their heads in the flower fields.

I don't know how many times later, Jun Aoyan suddenly shouted in surprise:

"Your Wuxia Ying...... How's it going? How do I dig up the flowers here and they wither? ”

Their hearts tightened, and they checked their bamboo baskets, and found that they had encountered the same situation: as soon as the rhizomes of the flower plants left the ore, the flowers were dull and wilted, and the stalks were wrinkled as if they were dry.

"The blessing of the wishful bead is gone?" Qi Huanzhi frowned and asked uncertainly.

"Probably, only Shenghan can do it, right?" Jun Aoyan said, "She is a person who has received divine power, let's go and take a look." ”

Liu Shenghan had walked a long way, and when they found her, she was still picking flowers. All of the flowers are connected to the neck, and only a small part of the ore, including the main roots. She was very attentive. And Wuxiaying, who has been excavated by her hands, is still thriving.

So all the burden fell on Shenghan's shoulders, which gave others a reasonable excuse to be lazy. Jun Aoyan helped her put the flowers into the bamboo basket and counted them. Unexpectedly, when the hundredth flower was excavated, the spell failed. But the flowers that have been picked are still alive, so they can't be sure. It seems that the plan to avoid risks by relying on quantity will not work. They had to carry the full ninety-nine Wuxia Ying on their backs, and as they walked, they discussed the risks of transportation.

"If you go back the way you came, you can find the horses and carts in the village. It's just that maybe it's not the best choice to take a detour to the desert and the Song of the Sinking Country, as we did when we came. Liu Shenghan frowned and explained to them, "I vaguely remember that according to what Garuda said at the beginning, the blessing given by the Ruyi Bead was to make the ninety-nine Wuxia Ying fresh as ever on the way back to the Xiangji Country here. We don't know if what he's talking about is the shortest distance from here to the country of Xiangji. Besides, we have been in the mountains for some time. ”

Qi Huan asked: "Didn't the mother of the country say that there is a closer road?" ”

"It seems to say that you have to pass through a very wide swamp to get to and from two places." Jun Aoyan recalled.

"I had to take risks. Garuda is dead, and the wishful bead is broken, and if this trip is in vain, there will be no chance to come again. Bai Ya agreed with Liu Shenghan's point of view, "Don't go around the country from the song, and don't have to meet the eccentric national teacher again." ”

"What's the matter, you think she's a bad woman too?" Qi Huan joked.

Bai Ya didn't smile, he just shook his head: "She is a woman who makes me not have a good impression." ”

"That's right, these gods we met are somewhat wrong. Besides, this flower is a different species, which is rare and beautiful. Don't show that little monarch a look, hey, so many beautiful flowers, all of them are detained, I've had enough fun, and then I'll talk about ......"

By evening, they found the horses and chariots in the village outside the mountains, and thanked the woman who had taken them in. She was probably a little surprised that these strangers had survived, but this emotion was also faint and not very noticeable.

Before leaving on the second day, they asked the woman to call some of the remaining villagers and tell them that the bird god was dead.

"You are free to live." Jun Aoyan said seriously, with a kind of joy in his tone that could not be concealed, "There are no longer the rules of monsters to bind you, and the people here will no longer be hurt and killed inexplicably......"

Curiously, these people didn't react as excitedly or relieved as they thought. They were all like the kind woman, their mouths answered, but their expressions were stiff and numb, and one or two nodded their heads with a blank expression, as if they understood or not.

That was very strange, until Bai Ya and the others left far away, and they were still haunted. When Jun Aoyan looked back, this lonely little village was already a black spot. She poured back into the car and sighed.

"You see how happy they are smiling." Qi Huan teased.

"I probably don't believe it, after all, we are outsiders, and we came here two days ago to tell them that the god here is dead." Bai Ya said lightly, "A group of outsiders came, and Gai Ming'er told you that your emperor died, do you believe it?" ”

"Not only did I not believe him, but I wanted to beat him up. If you make such a rumor, you will lose your head. ”

"I guess they're used to it." Bai Ya's words were still direct and cold, "Like that white-haired little half-demon villager, I regard myself as an inferior person who deserves to be enslaved and bullied. They can't be free. ”

"They always will." Jun Aoyan tried to argue, "Someday...... They will realize and will accept it! ”

"These people are also getting older, and perhaps, it is just that the suffering of so long has made them dull and numb to joy and sorrow. Only in this way can they live, and they can only live like this for the rest of their lives. ”

Liu Shenghan summed up in a tone that was indifferent and tired.

The death of the divine bird was clearly something they didn't expect. At the moment, everyone knows this. It's not an escape, it's just out of place. And all this is no longer relevant to them. Loose villages, sacred bird churches, Kalingpinga, Garuda, ...... All the dangers and stories are scattered with the dust of the cars and horses, and they are left behind.

Gradually, it got a little colder. The flowers and plants seen during the journey also seem to have deepened their color, but they are still vibrant, like the five glows in the bamboo basket. Occasionally, on rainy days, they were lucky enough to come across scattered villages and stay for a while. The deeper you go into the heart of the wilderness, the fewer opportunities you have. As horses trek through water-soaked muddy meadows, they even had to brave the rain to pull them down to lighten their burden.

In contrast to the increasingly sparse population, the vegetation along the way flourished. The land was full of moisture, and at first they thought it was rainy. Until the sunny day after a certain rain, the sluggish and inexplicable march attracted everyone's attention. Liu Shenghan seemed to remember something, motioned to Ao Yan to stop the horse, and after concentrating for a while, he suddenly got out of the carriage.

Qi Huan poked his head out and saw her crouching by the newly rolled rut, looking at the finely chopped grass and dirt with her fingertips, and seemed to sniff it.

"I think we need to get out of the car."

She announced to her friends.

According to Liu Shenghan's calculations and the map provided by the Mother of the Nation, they should have entered the periphery of the vast forest. The geological changes also directly corroborate this point.

Abandoning the car was agreed in advance. The horse-drawn carriage was not only inconvenient to travel through the woods, but also dangerous to fall on the swamps. In contrast, the strange horses of the Xiangji Country are born with camel-like soles and can walk more steadily. At that moment, Qi Huan and Bai Ya packed up their luggage and bamboo baskets, passed them to Jun Aoyan and Liu Shenghan, who got off the car and unloaded the horses, and scattered the things to the horses.

While moving, Qi Huan muttered to Bai Ya.

"You say, there are four of us, only three horses, and we all have strange humpsβ€”or horse peaks? In this way, wouldn't it be possible for the two of them to ride together...... Tell me in advance, let's take turns when we walk. ”

Fortunately, the country of incense has its own response to the horses that are unique to the place. As they descended into the field with the last of their supplies on their backs, they saw that both horses had saddles on their bodies, turning their bulging backs into flat surfaces. Jun Aoyan was putting the third saddle on the horse's back, and there was a hole under the saddle that was just enough to accommodate the bulge on its back. She didn't stop, and said to Liu Shenghan:

"There are only three horses, and you have to ride with me. My Mo knife is heavy, and the two of us add it, but I am afraid that the horse will carry it and walk unsteadily. The best thing to do is to ......"

As she spoke, the two girls turned around. Even Bai Ya turned his face and looked at Qi Huan, who had no heavy soldiers.

β€œβ€¦β€¦ Do! ”

Qi Huan wanted to say that he felt that it was the best plan for him to lead people and Jun Aoyan to carry the knife.

It's not appropriate, of course, but it's just a joke. Lin Zeli's marching team ended up with one carrying two soldiers, two people chatting in one place, and a tail to keep weapons for others.

As you walk, the trees become denser and deeper, and vines are everywhere. Within two days, the falling sky was also obscured. Small patches of mud covered with blades of grass appeared at their feet, and the steps of several people became cautious, and it was often Bai Ya who rode his horse first to test it, and the two horses behind followed suit, stepping on the ground that proved to be safe.

Perhaps because of the light, but also because of the birds, beasts and insects, the atmosphere made them feel somewhat eerie. For this reason, Bai Ya specifically questioned Liu Shenghan, who assured them that this place was not as strange as the dense forest they had walked through when they came. According to her observation, it was just an ordinary Lin Ze, and the unique beings in such an environment were good at disguising themselves.

But she added that this avoidance was a hint of a human presence here. Otherwise, they would not have hidden themselves from a race like them, and they would not have known horses from the desert.

The latter inference could not be confirmed for the time being, but they were convinced of her observations. After all, as long as you dismount and search carefully, you can still find animals lurking in the leaves, grass or mire. The most common are long worms of different colors, and the deeper they go, the more frequent they appear, and sometimes they even appear on their own initiative and swim past the horse's hooves. Fortunately, they had no intention of attacking, and at most they had already fled in a hurry.

After a few days, the first real danger was not brought by any living thing.

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