Chapter 51: The Corpse
"Brother Xiaokong, you be careful......" Lu'er watched Qingkong slowly stretch into the egg, his face was a little worried, and he said softly. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
"Hmm......" Qingkong replied slightly, he knew in his heart the stakes were high.
When Qingkong fully put his hand into the egg, he did not rush to grab the dragon crystal in his hand, but put his palm flat on top of the dragon crystal to feel its temperature. He also knows that speed is not enough, and if this is a "hot potato", it will be a bit more than worth the loss.
Qingkong felt it for a while, but didn't feel anything abnormal, so he slowly lowered it, and finally gently rested his palm on top of the black dragon crystal.
"Huh?" Qingkong snorted lightly, because after the palm of his hand had just touched the dragon crystal, there was a slight coolness from the palm of his hand to his heart, and he did not feel uncomfortable, but let his somewhat hot heart calm down a little. Qingkong couldn't help but sigh softly in his heart, what a magical thing.
"Brother Xiaokong, what's wrong?" Lu'er asked worriedly when she heard Qingkong's soft snort.
Qingkong shook his head and turned around, holding Long Jing in his palm and shaking it, indicating that there was no problem.
As soon as Fat Xiaoyi saw the dragon crystal in Qingkong's hand, his eyes instantly widened, and he immediately fluttered his little wings and flew in front of Qingkong, constantly screaming.
"Well, well, I know, I know, this is for you, but now I'll keep it for you, and then we'll find a way to quench it into a liquid and then give it to you when we go back......" Qing blank glanced at Long Jing's fat and was still staring at Long Jing's fatness, although he had good things on his lips, he was scolding in a low voice in his heart, "You little bastard sees good things, and you don't recognize people in the blink of an eye." ”
Fat Xiao nodded his round head a little incomprehensibly, but his eyes were still looking at Long Jing, and he also knew that the crystal in front of him could not be enjoyed in pieces, so he had to compromise.
Seeing that Fat Xiao no longer screamed, Qingkong nodded with satisfaction, and then tore off a large part of his sleeve, carefully wrapped the finger-sized dragon crystal, and put it into a leather bag.
Lu'er had been looking at the dragon crystal in Qingkong's hand, and when Qingkong tore off her sleeves, she inadvertently caught a glimpse of the wisps of green silk on Qingkong's arm, and her face was instantly covered with a look of surprise, and her lips squirmed to ask what was going on, but she hesitated again and again and still didn't open her mouth, thinking that she would leave here first.
Putting away the dragon crystal, and appeasing the fat boy again, Qingkong let out a sigh of relief, and finally took care of all this, and he could leave this place of right and wrong. So, he and Lu'er and Fat Little climbed the steep slope again, and walked into the somewhat dark winding mountain road that he had found earlier.
As soon as they walked in, the temperature around them dropped directly, because the sun above their heads was completely blocked by the branches on both sides, and only a few rays of sunlight penetrated in, leaving white spots on the ground.
None of the winding sections of the trail are flat, either raised or sunken rocks. Qingkong walked for a while, and saw that the deer was a little struggling, and the slightest sweat had climbed up to his forehead, and he thought that they had not eaten since they escaped and fell to the bottom of the cliff yesterday, and their stomachs had already been deflated, so they stopped at a large rock.
"Lu'er, let's rest and eat something," Qingkong said as he took out a few black fish from his leather bag, although they may be a little fresh, but they were the only food on his body, and continued, "I still have a few black fish from yesterday here, so let's pad my stomach a little first." ”
Fat Xiaoyi's eyes lit up when he saw Qingkong take something out of the leather bag, but when it flew in front of the black fish and sniffed it, it left with a disgusted face. Seeing this, Qingkong was also very helpless, this little young dragon was eating such a precious dragon crystal liquid in the egg, of course, he couldn't look down on this tasteless black fish, let alone the next day. So I ignored it and gathered some dead branches around and built a simple grill.
"Fatty, borrow your dragon breath and use it. Haruka pointed to the place under the grill and motioned for Fat Little to light the branches with dragon breath.
But what happened next made Sky regret making this decision. A small stream of dragon breath erupted from the fat mouth, although it was only a small strand, but in an instant, it turned the grill that Qingkong had worked so hard to build into a pile of soot.
"I..."Qingkong looked at the fat "masterpiece" in front of him and couldn't help but want to burst into foul language, but because Lu'er was around, he had to change his words temporarily, "... Dizzy!"
Lu'er didn't notice Qingkong's words, but after being shocked by the fat and powerful dragon breath, he covered his mouth and giggled again, "Brother Xiaokong, you really picked up a treasure, but it's a bit overkill." ”
The deer walked lightly over to the ember grill, which was already a pile of burns, and picked up a branch that still had sparks, keeping the tinder.
Qingkong reluctantly spread his hands, only to collect some branches again and build a new grill, this time Qingkong did not dare to let the fat dragon's breath as a "fire source", but took the branch from the deer and carried the spark to light the fire.
Although the black fish was a little fresh, it was still roasted by the fire, and the two of them couldn't help but lick their lips that were somewhat dry. Qingkong is already very content, this kind of place is equivalent to a test of survival in the wild, what more could they ask for?
After handing the first grilled fish to Lu'er, he roasted another one for himself, and sat on the rocks while munching on the slightly charred fish in his mouth, and kicked the sand under his feet with his feet in boredom.
As he kicked and kicked, he kicked off a layer of soft sand on the ground, and several strangely shaped white stones slowly emerged, attracting the attention of Qingkong.
Qingkong ate the grilled fish in two bites, squatted down and cleaned the sand on the "stone" with his hands, and after cleaning it up for a while, Qingkong felt that something was wrong. He found out what kind of stone it was, but it was supposed to be the corpse of a giant beast. Qingkong continued to sweep away the sand around it little by little, revealing a huge skeleton that was the remains of a dragon.
Lu'er was also attracted by Qingkong's movements, and when she saw what was in front of her, her eyes were also full of shock, and she took a few steps back.
"What is this?" Lu'er's trembling little mouth pursed slightly, and she just opened her mouth.
"It should be...... The corpse of a dragon!" Qingkong picked up a keel and looked at it, if it were at the auction house of Willy's Restaurant, this keel would have been auctioned for at least a few thousand gold coins, but now he didn't have the idea.
"It looks like it's been dead for a long time, and some of the bones are buried deep in the ground, but what happened to this dragon that made it die here......" Qingkong couldn't help but associate the wreckage with the cracked black dragon egg not far behind him, although there was no clue that they were related, but he just felt that the black egg must have something to do with it.
"This corpse can't be the young dragon in the dragon egg we just met, right?" Not only Qingkong, but even the deer thought of the cracked black dragon egg.
Qingkong hadn't considered this situation just now, but after seeing the size of the corpse, he shook his head decisively and said, "Definitely not, such a large body is not something that the dragon egg can hold, this should be an adult dragon that has lived for a long time!"
"Then how did it die, and why did it die here?" Lu'er had seen the violence of dragons, and it was hard to believe that such a powerful creature could die in such a small place.
"Perhaps, it has encountered a creature that it cannot resist. Qingkong said pointedly, glancing behind him at the mountain road where they had come.
"Brother Xiaokong, what do you mean...... The ...... inside the black dragon egg Is it a young dragon inside?" Lu'er asked, her eyes widened and she was a little nervous.
Qingkong nodded silently, he looked at the path behind him when they came, the broken black egg was not far from their location, it was entirely possible that the young dragon inside broke out of its shell, and after coming here, he met this Jackie Chan, and then something unfriendly happened...... These fantasies formed a scene in his mind, and finally the scene was fixed on the corpse in front of him.
Shaking off the fantasy in his mind, he used his foot to recoat the dragon's wreckage with the sand that had been kicked away. In fact, he didn't need to do it at all, but out of faith in his heart, he still did it, anyway, this is also a majestic dragon, and it is better to die or be buried in the ground.
"Let's go, we're going to hurry, the sun is going to set. Qingkong looked at the light that was shining in a little dim, and said to Lu'er and Fatty.
Lu'er nodded when he heard this, even according to Qingkong's analysis, if this dragon had been dead for a long time, then the creature that killed it should have disappeared a long time ago. You don't feel dangerous, but it's better to be cautious in this kind of place.