Chapter Seventy-One: Looking at Your Grave
When I woke up, my eyes were blurry and bright, and when I opened my eyes, I saw that I was lying on the shore, and my abdomen was bandaged at some point, while Jiang Ying and Gu Yu were sitting next to me, looking at me worriedly.
"Are you awake......" Seeing me wake up, Jiang Ying asked with concern, "How do you feel?" β
I opened my mouth, feeling my throat dry, and the words that came out were hoarse: "What about Jiaolong?" β
"Jiaolong?"
Jiang Ying was confused, and wondered: "What Jiaolong?" β
I struggled to get up. Then he looked at the bottom of the water, gritted his teeth and said, "There is a dragon under this water, I was bitten by it before." β
"No......" Jiang Ying shook his head and said, "You have a wound in your abdomen." But it was a knife wound, and there was even a small blade left in your body, which I took out. Jiang Cheng, you are mistaken. I can tell you responsibly that there are no divine beasts in the world, and even when Li Hongchen killed so many gods and Buddhas, he never saw a dragon. Suzaku, Xuanwu, and things like that. β
I frowned, the scene still lingering in my mind. I shook my head vigorously, trying to clear my mind. When I was underwater, I didn't see it too clearly, but I felt that it was a dragon.
But Jiang Ying said that there was a blade in my stomach, which was really inexplicable.
I looked at the lake suspiciously, and I was still a little afraid of it, and the scene under the water was deeply etched into my mind.
"I applied you a miracle medicine...... Jiang Ying said softly, "The matter is urgent, I hope you can understand." β
I hummed, then stood up and touched my abdomen, still in pain. I looked at the lake, pondering quietly in my heart, and Gu Yu asked in a low voice, "What should we do next?" β
"Get them out......," I said in a deep voice, "there's something very important down here, and we're going to force them out." Jiang Ying, I'll be waiting for you here, you drive to buy some gasoline and come over, as soon as possible. β
"Okay."
Jiang Ying nodded, and immediately rushed towards the parking position. I believe in his speed, and I guess it won't be long before I'll be back.
I sat by the lake and waited, taking a look at the time. It's only nine o'clock in the morning.
Gu Yu didn't dare to speak to disturb me, so he waited quietly beside me.
When it was eleven o'clock in the afternoon, Jiang Ying came back, dragging a bag of marijuana behind his back. I opened it and saw that it was full of gasoline drums. Jiang Ying asked what to do next, and I gritted my teeth and said, "Burn, burn until they come out." Burn until this water source is completely polluted. β
Gu Yu opened her mouth wide, and she was surprised: "Wouldn't this be too much?" β
"Don't worry." I sneered, then opened the gasoline drum and poured it in.
As a result, when half a barrel of gasoline has not yet been poured. Suddenly there were bubbles of water under the water. I made a gesture in my hand, and I saw that in the middle of the lake, a human head was slowly emerging upward, could it be the masked man from yesterday!?
I stopped pouring gasoline into the water. I looked at the masked man in silence, and even though he was wearing a mask, I could feel him staring at me. I guessed correctly, there is a place to hide underwater. It's just that I haven't found it yet.
"Is Ken finally showing up?"
I looked at the masked man and shouted, "Since you don't plan to hurt me, why don't you talk to me properly?" β
The masked man was still staring at me, and the atmosphere was at a stalemate of silence. Wait for more than ten seconds. I was about to speak, when I saw the masked man start swimming towards me. I breathed a sigh of relief, and it seemed that he was planning to talk to me about it.
I took a few steps back, and when the masked man swam to shore, he sat down on the ground, and suddenly said softly and hoarsely, "You're really chasing after you." β
"You have a clue about a person, and that person is very important to me......" I said in a deep voice, "what is your relationship with Cao Da." Why is the Buddha with 8,000 slashes? And, what about your accomplices? β
"Accomplices?"
The masked man let out a very soft laugh, and he said lightly, "Accomplice, I have eaten the guy under the water, or I have fed the underwater thing." β
I was stunned: "Is it really a dragon down there?" β
"It's not."
He spoke lightly, seemingly not at all minding telling me the truth. He clapped his hands, and suddenly, there was a surge on the surface of the lake. I saw a huge faucet poking out of the water, and I finally saw clearly on the water, the faucet looked fake, just because it was dark in the water before. So I thought it was true.
It was like a dragon made of wood and then some water-draining materials, and I looked at all of this and wondered, "Then how can it move?" I mean. It had rushed over and bit me, and before I had stabbed mercy into it, blood gushed out. β
"It moves because there is Yin Qi supporting it. You've stabbed into the sacrifice before, and that's what I threw into yesterday......" The Masked Man said calmly, "After all, it's because you're too weak. Take it. β
He suddenly shook his hand, and Mercy appeared out of thin air in his hand and threw it at me, I quickly grabbed Compassion and looked at the person in front of me.
I took a deep breath and said in a deep voice, "If you are willing to tell me everything, it means that you do not regard me as an enemy." I'm only here to look for Cao Da, and if you know anything about him, please tell me. β
"The Cao Da you're looking for is gone...... he shook his head, "don't look for it anymore, go back." Some things in the world can change, and when something lost really comes back to you, it will make you feel strange. β
I frowned, "I don't know what you mean. But I have to find him, he's my brother. β
"Brother?"
The masked man turned to look at me, and through the mask, I could see a hint of surprise in his eyes.
I made eye contact with him. In a deep voice, "Take it off." β
"Are you sure?"
"I don't regret it."
He paused for a moment, then finally reached out and slowly took off his mask, but I was stunned.
The face under the mask is full of wrinkles and age spots, and there are a few silver threads in the bangs, which is completely an old man.
But this old man, no matter how you look at it, makes people feel very familiar.
I swallowed my saliva and muttered, "Cao Da." β
"No......" he shook his head and said softly, "I'm not Cao Da. β
I was shocked, could it be......
I swallowed my saliva and said in disbelief, "Are you Mr. Hua?" β
He looked at me with a smile and an unpredictable look in his eyes. I couldn't figure out who it was for a while, if it was Cao Da, but it was too old; If it is Hua Hong, it looks too similar to Cao Da, even if it is father and son, it should not be like this extent.
"Come with me."
He suddenly sighed softly and turned to walk in one direction. Jiang Ying looked at me suspiciously, asking for my opinion, and I nodded, "Follow me and have a look." β
We followed the masked man all the way down, and the breeze blew, bringing a hint of gloom to the Hulunbuir grasslandβ΅ behind the masked man, and I noticed that his feet trembled a little as he walked.
"You're too old, aren't you?" I thought to myself.
After about ten minutes of walking, we reached a small hill, where the Masked Man paused for a moment, then finally sighed and continued towards the hill. When I got closer, I realized that there was a tomb on this small hill, and it seemed to be a newly built tomb.
Could it be ...... Is it Cao Da's grave?
I followed the masked man to the grave and found that it was a simple tomb with no name written on it. I looked at the tombstone suspiciously, and wondered, "Who's down here?" β
"It's me......," he smiled, "and it feels strange to come and see my grave." β
The Mask Man's Grave?
I frowned and said in a deep voice, "I feel that you are not Cao Da, I can feel this." Although the body is very similar, it is not him in personality. β
He looked at the tombstone, was silent for a while, and said softly: "With the body of his own son, I thought that he would get a new life, but unfortunately he used too many magic medicines, and his body aged dozens of years overnight." β
"You!"
My eyes widened: "You took away his body, you are really Huahong!" Damn it! β
My heart trembled with rage, and I picked up my compassion and slashed at Hua Hong's neck!