Chapter 70: The Road Without End
I was very unfamiliar with this kind of thing at first, and I hadn't even heard of it before I met Lin Miao.
Lin Miao told us that the three-leaf grass is divided into three leaves and three colors, and can only grow inside the turquoise meteorite. If nothing else, there is only one plant in the world.
The Sansheng Grass is a sacred relic inside a turquoise meteorite, and its fragrance attracts everything that lives inside the meteorite, but it can also kill them.
This is a paradoxical phenomenon, like a moth to a fire, which is difficult to explain.
According to what Lin Miao said, unless I have really taken Sansheng Cao, it is impossible for me to have the medicinal effect of Sansheng Cao in my blood, this medicine has little effect, but the blood that flows out still works on ordinary nematodes.
At least in the face of my blood, Ganlan's father and daughter, who were controlled by the wireworms, retreated in fear, but they didn't go far, they just didn't dare to step forward.
In this situation, as seen in the previous relief, there are many nematodes floating around the Sansheng grass, but not even one dares to approach.
It's the first time I've come to this place, so it's naturally impossible to get Sansheng grass. The only explanation is that when the old man of his family came here, he had successfully plucked the three-life grass and concealed it, not letting the remnants of the Gaoshan tribe know.
It's just one thing I don't understand, why did he leave Sansheng grass to me?
According to the time estimate that Yan Xiaoying and Lin Miao told me, the old man first came here at least more than fifty years ago. At that time, he was still a young man, and I was not born yet, and I didn't even know if my father was born at that time......
After such a long time, why did he keep the three-life grass? Didn't use it until I was born?
Could it be that I was born and fell under the so-called Gu curse of the Gaoshan Clan?
This should be impossible, the so-called Gaoshan Clan's Gu Curse is that the body is controlled by the nematodes here. And I was just born, how could I be here?
The only thing that can be explained is that I was born and died, and the old man asked the mountain god Niangniang to give me a life to live, maybe that three-life grass has an extraordinary effect on my life.
It's just that...... After more than 30 years, how could the old man have predicted that his grandson would be born more than 30 years later? Prepare the three-life grass early in the morning?
The more I thought about it, the more doubts I had in my heart, and I vaguely felt that the reason why I was born by life was not as simple as it seemed on the surface.
In fact, I've always felt that this is not that simple......
I was lost in thought, and I didn't wake up until I heard Yan Xiaoying's call.
"Tianyan, that's enough."
She sat on the turquoise meteorite road, looked up at me, her face was full of worry, and said, "You have shed enough blood, and if you don't have more blood, your life will be in danger." ”
After listening to her words, I suddenly realized that I was so patronizing and thinking about things that I didn't notice that the wound on my hand was still bleeding, and I even forgot the pain.
I tore off the strip of cloth and bandaged my palm, and my head felt dizzy, and my whole person seemed to have lost most of my strength at once.
This is supposed to be due to excessive bleeding.
I paused for a moment to see Ganlan's father and daughter standing there like wooden sculptures, and many figures appeared behind them.
If you look closely, these people are all Tujia people who were forced into the meteorite tunnel by the red-haired monster before, but at this time, they look weird and are all controlled by the nematodes.
Looking at their strange and gloomy figures, I couldn't help but feel sad, these are kind and hospitable Tujia people, I didn't expect to come here to hunt, all of them were killed.
I wanted to save them, but I knew I couldn't do anything about it. As Lin Miao said, these people are all suffering, even if the wireworms in their bodies are driven out, they will not survive.
All...... Late.
Not long after, Lin Miao, who was standing silent, suddenly spit out a large mouthful of blood without warning, and the blue tendons on her forehead burst out, curled up on the ground, as if she was in great pain.
Seeing this, I hurriedly walked over to check, but he covered his chest and waved his hand at me, staggered to his feet, reached out to wipe the blood from the corner of his mouth, and said to me: "The Gu King Corpse Devouring Ant is dead, and the nematode swarm will come here soon." Although you have taken the three-life grass, the effect of the medicine has dissipated too much, and it is okay to deal with ordinary nematodes, but in the swarm of nymphs/there is a king of worms, and your blood is simply a great tonic for it, and we need to get out of this place quickly. ”
"But...... Where can we go now? I looked at the Tujia people in front of me who blocked the meteorite road and said with a wry smile.
"One step at a time, you can't stand here and wait for death." At this time, Yan Xiaoying stood up against the wall and said quietly.
"Well, it's not my style to wait for death......"
I walked over to help Yan Xiaoying, while Lin Miao strode directly towards the depths of the road, his steps were vague and his body was shaking.
I looked at his back and wondered.
Yan Xiaoying had said before that Lin Miao and the Gu King Corpse Eater Ant were the same life, and now that the Corpse Eater Ant was dead, he might not be able to live anymore.
I don't know if it's because they're afraid of my blood, but the Tujia people who are controlled by the wireworms haven't caught up.
Yan Xiaoying and I supported each other and followed closely behind Lin Miao, during which he vomited a few mouthfuls of blood in a row, but he did not fall down.
I don't know how long I walked, how many forks I passed, anyway, I felt like I had walked for a long time, as if I had walked very far, and as if I was standing still and not moving at all.
Everywhere you go, you will be surrounded by turquoise meteorites, and this meteorite corridor seems to have no end, and it is the same everywhere.
Although I didn't see the nematodes and the Tujia people controlled by the nematodes again, there were also those who walked in here first with ghost lanterns.
But at this moment, I would rather encounter them than continue to move forward with such a directionless purpose, because this feeling, this atmosphere, is too depressing.
The road seems to have no end, everywhere is the same, and the feeling of being stuck in one place and not being able to escape no matter how hard you try, is so terrible that it can make people crazy.
It was only now that I finally understood what Yan Xiaoying said at the beginning, when she was locked in a dark room by Old Lady Yan for three months to cultivate the Broken Bone Palm, how she felt at that time.
Sure enough, the reason why people are masters is not all by luck alone, but also by extraordinary perseverance and courage, and every harvest requires hard work to obtain.
Even the hateful, hateful, and pitiful Evergreen Dao man, his ability was achieved through hard cultivation day after day.
Waiting for the rabbit to sit and wait for a pie to fall from the sky is too illusory, and there is no difference from waiting for death.
Now this situation is simply a kind of torture, if it weren't for Yan Xiaoying and Lin Miao by their side, I guess I would have gone crazy a long time ago, and I would even have thoughts of suicide again.
Although I had expected this kind of place to be terrible, I didn't expect it to be so scary.
Some things are often like this, and the thought is often not as intimate as the experience of it.
Everyone's experience in the world is different, so when someone confides in you, don't easily say that they understand, even if you have experienced the same thing, don't say such things easily, let alone say that the other person is superficial.
Whether the other party is a babbling child, a young and lively student, or a young man who has not been deeply involved in the world. Reprimanding or even making fun of the other person with a high-profile, passer-by attitude is a wrong way to talk, although in some cases, it can be done.
After more than two hours, Yan Xiaoying and I finally couldn't hold on, and the two of us collapsed in the meteorite tunnel, panting violently.
It was as if my chest was being pressed by a boulder, and I felt very uncomfortable.
Lin Miao also stopped, leaning against the cold wall, and did not urge us.
"Go on like this? When is the head? Alas...... "I couldn't help but complain and sigh, and suddenly I missed Lao Fat.
If he were here, he doesn't know what he would do with his temper.
Yan Xiaoying sat next to me, just gasping for breath and not saying a word.
After resting for about ten minutes, we regained some strength, and Lin Miao walked towards the depths of the road again.
"Let's go."
This time, it was Yan Xiaoying who encouraged me, and she staggered to her feet to pull me up from the ground.
Naturally, I wouldn't let her do this, so I took the initiative to stand up, supported each other with her, and continued to follow Lin Miao in front of me.
A few minutes later, Lin Miao, who was walking in front, suddenly sped up his pace and disappeared in front of us in the blink of an eye.
"He's ......"
Seeing Lin Miao suddenly speed up and disappear in front of the road, I couldn't help but be stunned.
Yan Xiaoying also frowned, and the two of them barely raised their strength and chased after Lin Miao.
After walking about 100 meters, there was a sudden sound in front of me, which sounded like someone was fighting in front of me.
Before we could get close, we saw Lin Miao driving a monster with red hair all over his body towards us.
The monster was small and looked like a dwarf, more like a hairy monkey, drenched in sticky/thick liquid, as if it had just been fished out of the water.
The red-haired monster in front of us was a little different from the red-haired ones we had attacked outside the meteorite before, it ran on all fours, like a real animal, and it had a long tail on its back.
"It's a real red-haired monster, stop it!"
Although Yan Xiaoying was as surprised as I was, the movements of her hands were not slow, she took out the corpse rope and threw it directly at the red-haired monster that was rushing over.
Although her strength is smaller, her accuracy has not changed.
But unfortunately, the red-haired monster's speed was too fast, and it suddenly jumped up and escaped the restraint of the corpse rope.
I saw that it had already scurried closer, and I didn't have time to take off the mountain whip behind it, so I gritted my teeth and slammed into it.
The monster was in mid-air, unable to avoid it, and I hit it right in.
At the moment of collision, the red hair on its body pierced into my body like a hedgehog, and with strong force, I was suddenly knocked backwards and rolled, rolling out several meters before stopping.
As I struggled to get up from the pain, I saw the red-haired monster plunging headlong into the blue wall.
The strange thing is that after touching the body of the red-haired monster, the blue wall turned into a large hole in an instant like an iceberg melting.
Almost in the blink of an eye, it dissolved into a tunnel more than three meters long in the wall......