The follow-up investigation of the blood pool did not make substantial progress, and after less than two days, the depth of the blood pool had expanded to an unknown level, and several monks tried to explore the inside of the pool through their divine senses, but their divine senses could only enter a very shallow position inside the pool, and if they wanted to go further, they would encounter great resistance.

In addition, some monks tried to throw a few weak demon beasts into it, wanting to observe their reactions, the demon beasts are holding ropes, if they encounter danger and struggle to get up can be quickly retracted, but without exception, all the demon beasts that entered the blood pool were swallowed, and then disappeared without a trace, leaving only the seriously corroded ropes, although individual monks were unwilling, but in this way continue to investigate and get no results, so they simply gave up.

During the investigation, Luo Ting also came a few times, but he was not concerned about the progress, but worried that the cause of the formation of the blood pool would be seen by others, and he finally found an excuse for the sudden attack on the death of the two monks and prevaricated the past, but the loss of two Jade Void monks at once was not a trivial matter after all, and he didn't want to be found out that this matter was completely caused by him.

Luo Qin has not yet come out of the impact of what happened that day, not only because she witnessed the death of the two monks, but also because of the shock that the drop of blood brought to her, the way she is familiar with is completely inapplicable to this mysterious drop of blood, it does not seem to have to obey the laws of this world, even if it has no body, it can maintain a strong corrosive and violent vitality, fortunately, this blood bead was only broken under the effect of aura, and did not cause a worse impact, otherwise with the strength of everyone present, There is simply no way to deal with this pool of blood.

Luo Qin sat in the carriage and looked at the scenery outside the window, silently recorded some of the information about the blood pool, and then summoned the half-moon-shaped jade bi in the sea of qi, and a black gas gushed out from the jade bi, forming the shape of a palm, holding a drop of purple-red blood in the palm, which was a drop of blood that Luo Qin secretly left when she discarded the blood, this blood bead was so wonderful, of course she was not willing to abandon it all, but was ready to wait until she returned to the family, and invited those knowledgeable elders to study it.

Yan Zheng, who was also lying in the carriage, had not slept well in the past two days, since the red-clothed fairy came that day, he would always wake up at night without warning, for fear that the fairy would suddenly appear in his sleep again, and his tense nerves have never been able to relax, but the fairy who has eaten a full meal is estimated to have been satisfied, and has not appeared again after disappearing.

Seeing Yan Zheng inexplicably in a daze many times, the little doctor who had been with him couldn't help but be a little curious, she saw the changes that had happened in Yan Zheng's body, but when she asked, Yan Zheng avoided talking about it, with a worried look on his face.

Of course, Yan Zheng didn't want to say it, but because no one believed it at all, there were enough weird things in this dark realm, I don't know who revealed the news, but the discovery of the mysterious blood pool has spread among the soldiers, although no one knows about the fairy in red yet, but he has heard soldiers complaining more than once that they will hear whispers in the darkness at night, and these things seem to convey some dangerous signals.

Tied up by the ropes, Chief Ji knocked over the food sent by the soldiers again, his mouth was full of foul language, he didn't know what he was insulting, looking at the crazy Chief Ji, Yan Zheng couldn't help but feel some sympathy, probably because this world was too cruel, and these sober people were not even as good as crazy.

Seeing that the precious food was knocked to the ground, the soldier who took care of the commander of the Ji army was gloomy, but he couldn't really deal with a madman, not to mention that this madman was his commander before, the soldier squatted down, silently picked up all the food that fell on the ground, wiped it clean with his hands and put it back in the bowl, and then muttered: "There is not enough food now, we can't eat enough, and we have to waste food to take care of you, a madman, it is better to strangle you to death at night." ”

Yan Zheng, who was not far from the two, heard the soldier's whispering, he also knew that this was the soldier's angry words, and it was not necessarily sincere, but now it seems that the problem that General Yang was worried about before is gradually becoming a reality, although the progress of the work is fast enough, but the high-intensity labor will naturally increase the amount of food for the soldiers, and the food that could have lasted until the return trip is now still a few days away, and it is clear that everyone's rations will not be reduced, but in order to ensure the survival of more people, adjustments must have been made secretly.

In order to free up some wagons to load baggage and rest for the wounded, some of the materials and food that could not be put down were distributed to individual soldiers, who took turns to be responsible for carrying, and those who had really participated in the march knew that this seemed to increase much, but carrying extra weight and continuing to march all day brought to the body several times more tired, and so on, the soldiers inevitably had a lot of complaints.

After a long day's journey, the soldiers were finally able to unload their supplies and have a good rest, they lit a bonfire, put the iron pot up, then poured water into it, broke the cake and put it in to cook, under the action of the flame, the water boiled quickly, the dry and hard cake absorbed enough water, and swelled, the soldier used a spoon to break the cake into a paste, and then took the iron pot and poured some into everyone's rice bowl.

Just eating the cake was a little bland, several soldiers took out the jerky that they were reluctant to eat before from their arms, and shared it with the people around them, and the little doctor also got a piece of jerky, but she didn't eat it directly, but chewed it soft in her mouth and spit it into the rice bowl with mush while others were not paying attention, and then pretended to be full, and handed the lunch box in her hand to Yan Zheng.

Of course, the little doctor's small movements couldn't hide from Yan Zheng's eyes, he knew that this was the girl's careful thinking to express her love, so he didn't expose it directly, but reached out and took it, took a few sips symbolically, and then pretended to be in pain from the wound on his body, and handed back the rice bowl that still had a lot of mushy left.

Seeing that Yan Zheng had no appetite, the little doctor had to take the rice bowl back, looking at the fact that there was still a lot of paste mixed with meat crumbs left in the basin, she couldn't bear to waste it, so she ate it all cleanly, telling the truth that the method of cakes and dried meat is really not delicious, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it looks like pig food, but in order to replenish energy, everyone eats with relish.

Just when the soldiers were sitting around the bonfire to keep warm, Shen Dutong, who was staying in the camp tent, frowned and listened to the report of General Yang on the side.

"Because of the Luo family's mission, the original departure date has been postponed for two days, coupled with the continuous and uninterrupted march every day, the food is consumed quickly, although I have secretly instructed the grain and grass officer to make adjustments, but the current dried meat is no longer enough to support the return of the troops, listening to the report of the army commander and the chief below, the soldiers have quite opinions on diet, and if it continues like this, I am afraid that it will shake the morale of the army."

After listening to General Yang's report, Shen Dutong said: "We must believe in our soldiers, they are all battle-hardened soldiers, and the lack of food in a short period of time should not be in the way, the predicament we encountered before was far more difficult than now, but we have all survived." ”

General Yang Shen hesitated for a moment, and then said: "Your subordinates know that you still have a lot of food in the magic weapon on your body, I wonder if you can take out some for emergencies?" I made a rough estimate that it didn't take much to meet the needs of the brothers. ”

Shen Dutong waved his hand and said, "It's far from the time to use these grains, don't worry, I will explain it to you tonight, and let the brothers hold on a little longer." ”

A herald suddenly ran over, knelt down on one knee and saluted the two of them, "Yu Dutong, there is a monk of the Luo family outside who asks to see him, he said that he is the younger brother of Lord Luo Ting, he is here for his elder brother, and there is an urgent situation to report to you in person." ”

"I have the impression that this person is Luo Ting's cousin Luo Haoyang, who has always been by his side." General Yang said.

Shen Dutong nodded slightly, and said to the herald: "Hurry up and invite people to the big tent, and then prepare some hot tea to send it, the weather is cold at night, don't neglect others." ”

The guards were ordered to leave quickly, and a moment later, the Luo family monk walked in under the guidance of the herald, his appearance was dignified, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, and he was dressed in plain robes similar to Luo Ting, but his complexion was a little better, and he did not become gloomy because of the practice of the Demon Shadow Heart Devouring Mantra.

Luo Haoyang walked in front of the two of them, saluted Shen Dutong, and then said: "Lord Dutong, the monk we stayed on the other side of the blood pool before has sent a message, there is a change on the side of the blood pool, and several extremely strange demon beasts have run out of it, and the blood pool is moving in the direction where we are stationed, and it will catch up tomorrow morning, Lord Luo Ting asked me to come and report the situation to you, and he has already gone to deal with it first." ”

The news was very sudden, the two people sitting in the chairs did not speak, and for a while, the camp fell into silence, and only the sound of the wind outside and the chirping of unknown birds from time to time could be heard, and there was silence for a long time, or Yang Shenjiang was the first to break the silence, "Is this news accurate?" If this is the case, we must now set out to avoid being overtaken by the strange pool of blood, although I did not go to the scene to check it out, but according to our monks, the pool of blood does not look like a product of this world at all, let alone something that our realm can deal with. ”

Luo Haoyang did not speak, silence was his answer.

Shen Dutong was silent for a while, as if he had made a great determination, he stood up and ordered: "Pass the order, and set off immediately!" ”