Chapter 91: Survivors
As soon as I held the apocalypse in my hand and was about to pull it out, the boulder in front of me disappeared in the blink of an eye!
This strange situation startled me, and I thought I was dazzled, so I rubbed my eyes, but when I looked at it again, the boulder had indeed disappeared, and in the place where the stone was originally blocked, there was a narrow slit as wide as a palm, and the gap was so black that I couldn't see anything clearly.
The boulder disappeared out of thin air, and the apocalypse pierced in the stone was still there, but the sword body was pulled by a strange force field, and it could neither fly into the narrow slit nor fall to the ground, so it hung in the air in front of the stone crevice.
Perhaps because the Apocalypse had already recognized me as the Lord, I only used a little force, and the sword that was originally fixed in the air and could not move was easily pulled out by me, and at the same time, I heard a muffled grunt from the narrow slit.
The Taoist priest and I were taken aback, and subconsciously retreated a little, and the horizontal sword made a vigilant gesture in front of us.
"Did you hear that, too?" I swallowed and asked the Taoist priest on the side.
"Hmmm! There seems to be someone inside. ”
"People? Are you sure, could it be something else? ”
The Taoist priest took a rare serious time, looked at the flashlight and shone it around the narrow slit, his face suddenly showed surprise, and said to me: "I wasn't sure just now, but now, Lao Tzu is 100% sure that there are definitely people here, there are traces of formations around here, and the big stone we saw just now is a psychedelic formation." ”
I saw that the Taoist priest spoke vigorously, as if he was absolutely sure, and there was no doubt, and his heart was beating wildly at the moment, there were people in this extremely hidden narrow slit, and there was also a formation outside, doesn't this mean that the people inside are also from the Xuanmen?
It's just that who is on the other side of this? If it is someone from the third uncle's team, it is naturally a good thing, but if it is from the Heavenly Witch Sect, then the matter will be a big deal.
The Taoist priest and I exchanged opinions with each other, and decided to take a look at the situation first, so the two of them approached the narrow slit and wanted to use a flashlight to illuminate the situation inside, but we didn't expect that we had only taken a few steps forward before being bounced off by an invisible force field.
This feeling is exactly the same as the feeling I felt when I pulled out the apocalypse just now, and after the Taoist priest carefully swept the surrounding situation with a flashlight, he suddenly sighed: "Tsk, I really can't underestimate the guy inside, this magic circle was obviously arranged in a hurry, but there is the shadow of the Five Elements Spirit Array, master, definitely a master." ”
I couldn't understand what the Taoist priest said, so I kicked him and asked him what to do now.
The Taoist priest touched his chin and thought about it, and said to himself: "Well, although this array has the shadow of the Five Elements Spirit Array, there is only the spirit of gold and stone on this island, but there is no civil engineering, there is water and no fire, the three elements are missing, and there are many loopholes, so I use the method of blinding the eyes to disguise, and it is not difficult to break it!" ”
After speaking, the Taoist priest smiled quite confidently: "Since this formation is missing three elements, then the Taoist master will make it up for you!" ”
At the same time as the words fell, the Taoist priest already had a stack of yellow talismans in his hand, reciting the mantra, and scattering all the yellow talismans into the formation outside the narrow slit.
The Taoist priest really invested enough money this time, although these talismans were drawn by him, but he usually let him use one or two, he had to feel distressed for a long time, this time in order to break the formation, he threw out nearly twenty genuine fire talismans in one go.
The fire talisman burst open, turning into a surging cluster of bright yellow flames, instantly turning the nearby four or five meters into a sea of fire, and the light and flames rushed into the sky, almost turning half of the island into gold.
I didn't expect the Taoist priest to make such a move, looking at the surroundings that were almost illuminated into daylight, and I was so shocked that I couldn't close my mouth.
It turned out that the Taoist priest's move was indeed useful, and almost as soon as the talisman burst open, I heard two crunching sounds coming from the narrow slit.
The raging flames lasted only a few seconds, and all the talismans turned to ashes, and the flames disappeared with them.
Although the flames turned into fire talismans seem to be turbulent and terrifying, they are pure yang fire, which has a lethal effect on yin and evil things, but for ordinary creatures, yang fire is at most a slightly hotter gas, and it is difficult to cause too much damage.
Therefore, although the previous rune fire was turbulent, it did not cause damage to nearby things.
After the flames completely dissipated, the Taoist priest and I tried to get close to the narrow slit, and sure enough, the strange force field really disappeared, and on both sides of the narrow slit exit, I found two palm-sized copper lamps, which had cracked, and I thought that the two clicks I heard just now came from this lamp.
The Taoist priest and I got to the crack and shone it in with a flashlight, and found that at the end of the gap was a very empty space, faintly bright, but it was definitely not the light of our flashlight, because the light was light blue, giving people a cold feeling.
We didn't see anyone, but we were sure there were people.
I looked at the narrow slit that was only one palm wide, and felt a little strange, so I said to the Taoist priest: "It's really strange, you look at the width of this slit, even if it's a mouse, it's enough to get in, how did the people inside get in?" ”
The Taoist priest thought about it, looked at the two huge rocks that formed a narrow gap, and suddenly showed a hint of enlightenment, and pointed to the huge rock on the left for me to see: "If you take a closer look, the rock section on the left has obvious traces of wind and rain erosion, and the section on the right is so new, it doesn't look like it was originally here." ”
Hearing what the Taoist priest said, I also carefully compared, and found that this was indeed the case, and I couldn't help but be surprised, and said that such a big boulder, how can it weigh four or five tons! What kind of monster could move such a heavy and huge stone?
As I spoke, an unpleasant putrid smell emanated from the narrow slit, which made the two of us roll our eyes, and the Taoist priest hurriedly shouted at me: "It's not good, it's the smell of corpses, and the people inside may be dead!" ”
I was also taken aback, and the two of them began to find a way to enter the cave behind the narrow slit.
At this time, if there is a little explosive, we will not sigh, but even if there are Taoist priests, we dare not use it rashly, in case we accidentally blow up the hole inside, even if the people inside are still alive, they will be stoned to death.
In the end, he really couldn't think of anything else, so the Taoist priest had to dig the stone at the edge of the narrow slit with his three-tailed fish-handled mahogany sword with a painful face. The peachwood sword itself cannot shake the stubborn stone, but the material of the Taoist sword is special, coupled with the blessing of the Taoist Taoist True Yuan, there is no pressure to divide the gold and break the stone, but it is a little laborious, and there will be slight wear and tear on the sword body.
I saw that the Taoist priest was too slow to dig alone, so I joined in with the apocalypse.
Unlike Taoist priests, I don't have any Taoist true yuan blessings, completely relying on the hardness and sharpness of the apocalypse itself, it is completely impossible to use, and the speed is naturally a lot slower, but this is better than watching from the sidelines.
With the efforts of the two of us, after ten minutes, the original narrow gap was widened into a narrow passage that only allowed one person to pass sideways, and we finally entered the stone cave.
Although I was mentally prepared when I smelled the corpse outside, when I saw the situation inside the cave, I found that my mental preparation was far from enough to bear what I saw, it was really miserable.
There were seven people in the cave, no, to be exact, four flesh-and-blooded, rotting and stinking corpses, two blood-stained and dying old men, and the corpse of a humanoid monster in the corner of the cave that had been made into an oil lamp, and the blue glow we saw outside came from the burning candle flame of this corpse.
Gu Sheng didn't care about death, we saw that the two old men still had breath, and we didn't care to check the corpse that was used as an oil lamp, it was important to save people first.
The Taoist priest just glanced at it and recognized that the two surviving old men were people from the third uncle's team.
This discovery is undoubtedly a huge surprise for me at this moment, as long as I can save them, I can know the situation of the third uncle.
Fortunately, neither of the two survivors had fatal injuries on their bodies, and the reason why they were so weak was probably due to hunger and thirst.
The Taoist priest and I didn't have any water or food with us, so we carried them on our backs and planned to go back to the camp to do some more work.
Before leaving, I took a special look at the strange-looking corpse in the corner of the cave, and found that it was very similar to the underwater monster described by the Taoist priest before, with unusually long hair, ugly appearance, and almost all the upper body covered by fine scale armor, and the appearance was almost exactly the same as that of a human.
The most bizarre thing is the lower half of its body, which looks like a python, but the shape is a fishtail, which is extremely weird.
At this time, the chest and abdomen of this monster have been broken, and a drop of five internal organs has flowed, and I don't know who made a wick out of rags, inserted it into the flesh and blood of the monster, and made a human-shaped oil lamp, the top of the wick is burning, the flame is stable and gentle, but it looks like it makes people feel cool, very demonic.
I always felt that this blue flame was a little familiar, but for a moment I couldn't remember where I had seen it, and it was so disgusting that we didn't stop any longer, and rushed back to the camp with the two surviving people on our backs.
On the limestone outside the camp, the doctor and the three girls were anxiously waiting, and when they saw that we had finally returned, they hurried to meet us. Lin Qiao'er asked me why I had been gone for so long, said that if we didn't come back, they would all be ready to go out to look for it, and then asked what happened to the person on our back?
At this time, I was carrying the person on my back, and it was inconvenient to explain, so the doctor rushed forward to help take the person, and the group retreated into the stone crevice that had been converted into a camp, and then they couldn't wait to ask questions.
I briefly talked about the experience and discovery of going out with the Taoist priest this time, and when I heard that these two old men were survivors of the third uncle's team, the doctor hurriedly examined them and confirmed that the two people were fine, and we were relieved.
The consciousness of these two people was in a deep coma, Lin Qiao'er fed them water and food, and then Sister Xiuling cooperated with a special insect to inject them, and the two dying old men finally woke up.
Among them, the old man with a long beard said leisurely: "Si Qinsheng Muscle Gu, Tianguan Life Extension Needle, isn't it the descendant of Miao Immortal Gu in Southern Xinjiang?" ”
The old man's words were old-fashioned, revealing such an old-fashioned atmosphere, which made people feel a little awkward to listen to them, but at this time I didn't feel that this old man was pretentious, because I could fully understand the meaning of what he said.
Si Qin, is the name of the Miao Village where my grandmother lived before she married my grandfather, and the Muscle Gu, I have seen the relevant records in the grandfather's codex, which is a magical medicine Gu secretly passed down by Si Miao Village.
Muscle-growing is taken from the meaning of 'flesh and white bones' in 'living dead, flesh and white bones', which means that as long as the person is not dead, even if he is seriously injured to the point that only bones remain, Muscle-Generating Gu can also revive it, this name is a little exaggerated, but it is undeniable that Muscle-Generating Gu is indeed a rare healing elixir in Xuanmen.
As for Tianguan, it is the sect that the master inherited before he became famous-Tianguan Dao. The life-prolonging needle is one of the stunts of Tianguan Dao, and it is said that this needle method can prolong the life of the dying person.
Si Miao Zhai and Tianguan Dao, there is no connection between the two, but when it comes to my grandparents' generation, my grandmother is the most outstanding generation of Si Yang's goddesses, and it is naturally easy to master the muscle-building Gu. As for grandpa, the grandfather had disappeared before he was born, how he learned the life-prolonging needle left by the grandfather, I have no way of knowing, but it is true, grandpa learned the life-prolonging needle, and grandma acted chivalrous and righteous, traveled all over the world, and the two finally came together, and these two stunts were also fused together, and passed on by grandma to Sister Bailing.
I've only seen it in the codex, but I haven't seen it with my own eyes, if it weren't for this old man's poisonous eyes, I really didn't know that Sister Bailing had mastered these two powerful stunts.
Sister Bailing smiled faintly, took back the needle, and although she did not speak, she had already acquiesced to the old man's words.
After the old man got the answer, he exclaimed: "I didn't expect that Miao Xiangu had such a powerful heir, it's really amazing, amazing, cough cough ......."
Maybe he was too excited, the old man coughed as he spoke, I was anxious about the safety of my father and the third uncle, seeing that the old man finally woke up, how could he continue to entangle these things, and hurriedly asked: "Uncle, you and my third uncle entered the mountain together, do you know what happened to my third uncle?" ”
Listening to me, the old man turned his head to look at me, just one glance, his eyes almost popped out, excitedly pointed to the apocalypse in my hand, and said in a trembling voice: "It's really it, it's really it, where is the ancestor, where is the ancestor?" ”
The old man said, holding on to his body that had not yet recovered and was about to stand up, I was a little dazed, looking at this emotional old man, I wondered how he could react so much, Shizu, what Shizu?
However, in the next second, a thought appeared in my mind like lightning, and my heart said no, could it be that this old man turned out to be a decent person?
The old man was still emotional, and I saw that he had a hard time standing up, so I squatted down and took the initiative to hand over the apocalypse.