Chapter Ninety-Six: Entering the Royal Court with a Sword at the Waist (3)
"Hoo ......"
"Comfortable!"
Xu Xian took off the armor on his body and jumped into the water like a fish, his hair was wet by the lake water, and a lock of it stuck to his forehead, and the inner lining of his body was gently squeezed and blood stains leached out.
When he got up, the stickiness on his whole body disappeared in an instant, and he bowed a handful of water and slapped it on his face, and the cold lake water made Xu Xian sober up a lot.
After entering the Gobi for the first time in these days, I took a happy bath, and the dry dark red blood stains on my body were scrubbed off, and I felt a sense of relaxation.
"Your Highness, the tongue has been caught. ”
After a cup of tea,
An old barbarian was kicked to the ground by Ma Youliang, his expression was a little aggrieved, but he still endured it and did not have a seizure, this blue wave lake is not as good as the mountains, rivers, lakes and seas in the book, but if you don't have a clue, you have to find a knife hidden at the bottom of the lake, which is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack.
"This man is a priest in the tribe, and he has already hacked a few to death, but fortunately he rushed in time to leave one, and he must know the legend of the tribe best. ”
Ma Youliang wiped the sweat from his forehead.
"Where's the murder knife?"
Xu Xian showed his head from the lake and asked straight to the point.
"Under the 312th poplar tree near the tent near the lake......"
After hearing this, Ma Youliang frowned slightly and explained to Xu Xian.
The old barbarian above was still babbling about something, looking at the look of madness, his face was smeared with unknown paint, and his facial features were a little oozing when he writhed.
He said there was a curse on the knife. ”
The old barbarian stared at Xu Xian with a sneer in his eyes, the legend of the tribe about the murderous knife has a history of hundreds of years, and he is naturally convinced, and now the butcher wants the murderous knife to kill himself.
"The three hundred and twelfth poplar tree. ”
Xu Xian muttered softly, ignoring the so-called curse.
Looking up, there are still many poplars growing on the shore of Bibo Lake, there is a faint fragrance of grass and trees on the brown leaves, it is estimated that the poplar in the extremely arid area was transplanted to the lake by the ancestors of the barbarians, and it also grows well, the leaves that grow on the young branches of young trees are narrow and long like willows, and the leaves on the old branches of the big trees are round like poplars, and it is beautiful to look at from afar.
"This thing is a treasure!"
Ma Youliang noticed Xu Xian's gaze, and patted the poplar tree beside him with some embarrassment.
"In the past, when I came to the Gobi Desert to chop wood, if the brothers under my hands were injured, they could still use the flowers of this thing to stop the bleeding, the resin also cured my old toothache, and the roots of this tree could repel snakes, insects, rats and ants, if there was no such thing, the poisonous scorpions on the Gobi Desert would be enough for ordinary people to drink a pot. ”
"It's no wonder that this barbarian ancestor has gone to great lengths to transplant so much, it seems that he is not a young man. ”
Ma Youliang tore off a small branch and put it in his mouth a little salty, remembering that in the past, when he accompanied Zhu Yuankui into the Gobi Desert to cut wood, he had to be happy for a long time when he met a poplar tree.
"Your Highness, this is it. ”
Ma Youliang counted from the beginning and looked at the lake under the poplar tree in front of him a little stunned, the position had reached the middle of the lake, and the lake was deep and deep, even if it was clear, it still couldn't see the bottom, and the depth could be imagined.
"Uncle Ma is a landlubber?"
Xu Xian walked to the side and quipped, there was a breeze blowing the poplar leaves, and the ripples on the lake were clearly visible when the moonlight fell, but I always felt a little inexplicably infiltrating.
"Ahem......"
Ma Youliang coughed lightly twice to hide his embarrassment.
Xu Xian's eyes wandered, and finally fell on the old barbarian before, there are no big rivers in the land of Liangzhou, not to mention that most of the people in the town of Yumen Pass who have lived outside the pass for a long time are landlubbers, even if there are a few good water properties to explore the bottom of this deep lake, it is also a fantasy.
The old man noticed that Xu Xian's gaze was talking about something, looking at the deep lake was indeed surprisingly calm, and there was an inexplicable look in his eyes when he lowered his head.
"Your Highness, he can get it!"
Ma Youliang opened his mouth to translate.
"Plop ......"
Before Ma Youliang's words fell, he heard a plop, and a wave splashed on the water, and the old man disappeared from sight.
"Uncle Ma, why are you so anxious?"
Xu Xian put his hands behind his head and looked at the lake, a little distracted.
"Maybe you are in a hurry to make your Highness repeat the mistakes of their barbarian ancestors. ”
"But I'm afraid Your Highness is going to disappoint this barbarian. ”
Ma Youliang laughed out loud and scoffed at the curse of these barbarians, maybe it was true, but so what?
Sword Immortal Xu Jiu's sword is in the hands of His Royal Highness, is it possible that he can't suppress a barbarian murderous knife?
Ten feet into the water,
The old man only felt that a big stone was pressed on his chest, and his limbs were a little cold, according to the records of the clan, the murderous knife in the Bibo Lake should be here.
But I still underestimated the depth of this lake.
Three feet further downstream,
Exhale with bubbles in your mouth,
The limbs were almost unconscious, and the water here was noticeably colder than all around, and even the big fish that usually lived at the bottom of the lake were nowhere to be seen.
Forcibly lifting a breath, the old man riveted his strength and swam a few feet downstream, and finally his fingers had touched the bottom of the lake, there was no imaginary silt, and his fingertips touched the cold, dry and hard ground.
At this time, it has been more than a dozen breaths in the water, only to feel that his chest is hot and painful, and his braincase is beginning to faint, he never thought that one day he would have an incomparable desire for air, and the same cold lake water has made his limbs numb, and it is extremely difficult to move his fingers.
The tragic death of the women and children in the tribe is still vivid, the iron halberd in the Liangzhou iron rider stabbed through the chest of his companion, and the blood splashed on his shirt is still stained on his clothes, and the legend of the murderous knife is still ringing in his ears.
I'm going to let this butcher die in the blade of his own hands!
I have to say that hatred is the biggest motivation to support a person's life, the old man gritted his teeth and continued to search under the water, and finally after a few breaths, his fingers touched a hard object.
The finger just touched the moment it was slightly tingling, and there was blood seeping out, but before the time to breathe, the fingertip had completely lost its intuition, and the other hand touched it to find that the finger had become stiff.
lake bottom,
The old man felt the chill in his bones as he held the hilt of the knife, and tore off a rag to wrap the blade, which made him feel a little better, and now he was even more convinced of the legends in the tribe.
But now that he has reached the point where he has run out of oil and dried up, looking up at the lake water of more than ten zhang is a natural danger, and he can't cross it no matter what.
But I'm not reconciled!
The teeth are buckled, the tip of the tongue is broken,
The secret method that had been passed down for a long time among the priests was put into operation, and countless vitality was injected into the body, clenching the knife in his hand, and stepping on the bottom of the lake with his toes, swimming towards the surface of the lake with the help of this anti-shock force.