I immediately looked back and saw that there was no one behind.

I looked around, but I didn't see half a figure.

Immediately afterwards, I looked back at the arrow on the ground, who had saved me? Why don't you show up? There was no one else in this place, and the only person I saw just now was actually a big snake. Will this person who saved me be the king's ** country?

are all old men in their seventies, when did they practice archery?

The main thing, why is this person who saved me hiding?

I decided not to stay where I was, picked up the arrow on the ground, and immediately climbed up, crawling out of this strange venue, and by this time, the sun was already setting. At the same time, in the open desert, I heard a sharp whistle.

It's the team's signal whistle, it's the sound of the assembly.

I lost my signal whistle long ago, otherwise I would have blown it before, instead of riding a camel out to find someone. At that moment, I mounted my camel and ran towards the position from which the signal post had come from.

The camel walked slowly, but it was not slow, it was just a little bumpy, and soon I arrived at the meeting place. Everyone was there, but I was the last one to arrive, Tan Jian looked unhappy, and said, "Let you wait where you are, what are you running blindly...... Well? He suddenly noticed what I was holding in my hand, and his voice changed in surprise, "Where did this thing come from?" ”

I immediately turned over and got off the camel, handed the primitive arrow in my hand, and told everyone what had happened. A big snake turned into a human appearance, this thing is a little terrifying, Han Zitong said: "You mean, that woman, that snake, is the goddess of snakes?" ”

Wang Zehai said: "It must be her, I didn't expect that after so many years, this goddess still stays in this place." She is eyeing Brother Xiao Su, will she follow us? "It's getting late, and now there is only a bend of red sun on the horizon, and now there is only a remnant of shadows, which has darkened in all directions, and the temperature has begun to drop.

Han Zitong said softly: "Let's pay more attention tonight, but since the owner of this arrow is willing to save people, it means that we still have an invisible 'friend'." Wang Zehai waved his hand and said that he would find a place to camp first, and divide into three groups to take turns to keep vigil at night.

At that moment, we found a shelter and set up a tent to rest.

According to the arrangement, Han Zitong was in a group with Han Xu as usual, although Han Xu was unreliable, Han Zitong was very cautious, and she was still relieved. The second group is Tan Jian and Wang Zehai, and the third group is me and Zhou Xuanye.

Everyone set up their tents and took out some food, drink and food, Tan Jian seemed to be very interested in the stone arrow, and looked at it over and over in his hand. Looking at it, he actually lowered his head and began to sniff. In principle, I plan not to have more contact with Tan Jian in the near future, the more I talk, the more wrong I will be, and if I am not careful, my salary will be gone.

But when I saw his strange movements, I still couldn't hold back my curiosity and asked, "Boss, is there a problem with this arrow?" What do you smell? ”

Tan Jian gave me a lukewarm look, handed the arrow under my nose, and said, "Smell, what is the smell." "I sniffed it and found that there was a strange smell on the arrow, so I got closer and smelled it, and the smell was quite strong.

While I was trying to discern what the smell was, Tan Jian said, "If it's really the Snake Goddess, can such an ordinary stone arrow force it away?" ”

Seriously, this stone arrow, even the arrow is not very sharp, let alone shooting snakes with scales, even if it is shot directly at a person, it is estimated that it is at most a piece of black green, and it is difficult to break the skin. Tan Jian mentioned this, I really felt that something was wrong.

How could the goddess of snakes be forced away by such an arrow?

Is there anything unusual about this arrow?

Could it be something to do with this strange smell?

When Han Zitong heard this, he took this strange arrow in his hand and weighed it, lowered his head and sniffed it, and immediately said, "This is not an ordinary stone, it is a sulfur stone." ”

"Brimstone?" I'm a little puzzled.

Wang Zehai, who often deals with stones, immediately explained: "It is a stone with a high sulfur content, natural sulfur." "I don't know the concept of sulfur, but sulfur is the nemesis of snakes.

Could this be the mystery of repelling the goddess of snakes?

Han Zitong said: "It's not just sulfur stone, there should be something on its surface, but I can't tell it." After a pause, she added, "But we can keep this thing, in case the snake goddess comes back again, we can deal with it." ”

At that moment, we put the sulfur bombs we carried in the fire and burned them, so that the surrounding area was filled with a strong smell of sulfur.

After everyone had finished eating and drinking, they kept vigil and rested according to the previous arrangement.

Out of the principle of taking care of the lady, we let Han Zitong guard the first shift, Tan Jian and I guard the second shift, and Wang Zehai and Zhou Xuanye guard the last shift. Next, everything was calm, and I slept peacefully, until after twelve o'clock, Han Zixi came in and asked me and Tan Jian to take over, and we climbed out of the tent.

There was a bonfire outside, which was piled up by picking up some rotten wood from the surrounding ruins, and because there was not much fuel, the bonfire was only a small lump and did not burn vigorously. I patted my face to wake up my sleepy bug, and then I walked around from time to time in case something happened.

Extraordinary times, very treated, in the territory of the goddess of snakes, none of us dare to take it lightly.

When I had finished walking around, I sat down on the edge of the fire, and the brimstone arrow was stuck beside it, and not far away the old savage was curled up on the ground, a little far from the fire, looking very pitiful. I thought about it, and took a coat to cover him, but the old savage was very alert, and as soon as I approached, he woke up.

A pair of cloudy eyes stared straight at me, and opened his mouth, I thought he would make a strange purring sound like before, but the next second, out of his mouth, a paragraph: "Snake snake...... There is a quick run. His voice was hoarse, dry, and staccato so close that I could barely make out what he was saying if it weren't for the close proximity of the action of covering his clothes. But the snake word is very clear.

I was shocked and hurriedly said, "Boss, hurry, he can speak." Tan Jian stood up at once, and the two of us squatted beside the old savage left and right. I noticed that he had some difficulty speaking, such as a very uncomfortable throat, so I immediately took a water bag and fed him water.

The old savage immediately stretched his neck, and drank it with a very hungry appearance, and drank half a bag of water before he sighed violently, as if he was very comfortable and content.

His cloudy eyes seemed to have become clearer, and his voice was not so hoarse and ugly, and he said, "Who are you......

It seems that this person has regained his sanity, Tan Jian and I looked at each other, and we were a little confused, didn't it mean that his sanity was destroyed by the goddess of snakes? Why is it suddenly better now?

I said, "Old man, don't you remember what happened?" The old savage frowned, covered his head as if remembering something, and after about two minutes, he suddenly gasped and said, "I remember." Then he sprang up from the ground, but because of the ropes tied to him, he could not stand still and fell down at once.

Now that the person has regained his senses, we naturally will not tie the person like this anymore, and I apologized at the moment and loosened the tie on him: "The old man can't help it, you were delirious before and kept attacking us, so you made this decision." ”

After the old savage was untied, he moved his wrist and said, "No need to explain, I remember everything, and I don't need to apologize, in fact, I should thank you." ”

This makes me a little puzzled, thank us for what?

As if seeing my doubts, the old savage said, "You know the idol, right? I'm just controlled by it, and the closer I get to it, the more terrifying it becomes, and if you hadn't taken me out of that place, I'm afraid I'd be in a mess for the rest of my life. ”

I remembered the scene when I was controlled by the snake demon statue at that time, and I couldn't help but be afraid, if it wasn't for the old savage who happened to attack me and pushed me away, I'm afraid I would have followed in his footsteps.

Now that the old savage has come to his senses, there is naturally a way to solve the many doubts that haunted us before. Tan Jian immediately laid out all the questions, and the old savage was bombarded by this pile of questions, and he couldn't resist it, so he hurriedly stopped and said, "Don't worry, come one by one." Who am I, you ask? I don't have the surname Wang, and I don't know what the king is. I picked up this walrus tusk. Then he began to talk about his identity.

And the true identity of this person really surprised me.

The old savage's name is Chai Kuan, and he and the dried corpse that we packed on the camel are actually from the same team, that is, the same archaeological team. They entered the oasis in search of the ancient kingdom of Huangchao, and at first, they did not gain anything, but it was not until they discovered a secret passage that the situation changed.

That secret passage is located in the underground of the Liuzi Treasury, and our group doesn't know the mechanism, so we didn't find it before. The old savage and his party were a professional archaeological team, and there was a person in the team who was very accomplished in the study of ancient institutions, and with his help, they discovered the secret passage.

And what that secret passage is connected is the 'underground shrine' of the ancient country of Huangchao.