Chapter 39: Deliverance
"This ...... Is this an oasis?" Ling Hu Lone's face was also full of horror, and he could vaguely see in the direction of Han Chunlin's finger that where the earth and the sky intersected, there was an oasis that was incompatible with the surrounding desert, strangely twisted in the scorching air.
You can even see some of the sights in that oasis.
The white dew crosses the river, and the water shines to the sky. The wild fragrance is fragrant, and the beautiful wood is beautiful and yin. It's a cave wonderland!
It's like a dream, it's so dreamy, but it's so real, it's so real!
"If it's true or not, just go and see!" Ling Hu Lin said excitedly, and at the same time quickly stepped on the Iron Sword Edgeworth flight, galloping in the direction of the oasis.
Han Chunlin was also very excited, and he rode on Xiao Hei's back and followed.
But soon, Ling Hu Lonely realized that something was wrong, even though he had been flying for a while, but the oasis in front of him seemed to be moving together, and the distance between Ling Hu Lonely and Ling Hu Lonely was not the slightest closer.
It's right in front of you, but it's so far away.
Han Chunlin is not a fool, and naturally discovered this problem at this time: "Ling Hu Lonely, you should have also discovered it, we have been running for so long, but the distance from this oasis seems to have not changed at all." ”
"Hmm. Ling Hu nodded and said, and at the same time simply stopped, lowered his head, his eyes were blank, and he seemed to be thinking about what to thank.
After a while, Xiao Hei suddenly chirped wildly at a place, and Ling Hu Xiao didn't understand what Xiao Hei meant at first, but then he understood something, and he saw it in the distance along Xiao Hei's line of sight.
At this glance, it was seen that Ling Hu was in a cold sweat.
In the distance of another place, there was also an oasis twisted in the desert.
"Is this true?" Ling Hu Xiao guessed, maybe the one he saw earlier was just a phantom, "The sea of clouds in the east is empty, and the gods are haunted in the sky." Swinging and floating in the world, how can there be a pearl palace. "This is a general introduction to the illusion of the ancestors.
Just when Ling Hu Lin decided to move in the direction of the second oasis, another identical oasis slowly appeared on the right side of Ling Hu Lone, and Ling Hu Lin even witnessed this process from scratch with his own eyes, and at this time he was already shocked and did not dare to take a breath.
But in just a blink of an eye, looking around at the phantoms that were already full of oases, and at the same time, an indescribable sense of depression suddenly poured into the hearts of Ling Hu Lin and the two, looking at the oasis around him, Ling Hu Lin was a little dazzled for a while, and he didn't know what to do.
Ling Hu Lin never imagined that such a thing would be encountered in this desert.
Perhaps all that is seen now is just an illusion, or that there is no such thing as an oasis at all.
The rumors are just phantoms seen by some people who pass by here like Ling Hul.
But Ling Hu Lonely is not reconciled, since there is a phantom, then there must be its true body, perhaps, it has not been discovered yet. As for the guardians, most of them are those who have made it up to deter the world from coming to this oasis.
"What should I do? Will I just go back?" Han Chunlin turned his head to look at Ling Hulone, waiting for Ling Hulone's answer.
Ling Hu was very unwilling, but there was really no way to do anything about the situation in front of him, so he could only wave his hand helplessly: "Well, let's go first, there is nothing left before in this desert." Explain it to the blacksmith owner when the time comes. ”
As he spoke, Ling Hu Lonely had begun to slowly return the same way, Ling Hu Lonely walked very slowly, and after walking a few steps, he looked back. It seems to be looking forward to it, expecting a miracle to appear.
Miracles are like a naughty child, the more you want it to happen, the farther away it will be from you. But when you start to ignore him, it will appear to you quietly, but most of the time you ignore it because of its malaise!
After walking slowly for four or five days, Ling Hu Lonely had completely lost his illusion in this oasis.
Finally, on the twenty-fourth day, Ling Hu and the two returned to Dugang City. Along the way, Ling Hu Lin also killed a lot of strange beasts, but fortunately, the strength of these strange beasts is not very strong, otherwise this journey will definitely not be so easy.
Before coming to the blacksmith shop again, Ling Hu was silent and looked at the iron sword in his hand.
Do you want to pay him back after all?
Half an hour later, Ling Hu Lin still went in, and it was still a hot wave, but this was nothing to Ling Hu Lone. Han Chunlin waited at the door because he didn't like the environment inside.
"Boss......" Ling Hu screamed, watching the strong man walk out of the inside with a smile, feeling a little guilty in his heart.
"Hmm...... Oh, it's this little friend!Wait a minute, I'll take out that sword and examine it for you!" As he spoke, the strong man walked back inside.
When he came out again, he was holding a rectangular hollow iron box in his hand, and the packaging was so exquisite that Ling Hu Lonely was amazed.
"It's not...... Boss, I couldn't find a thing with a comparable price to exchange with you......" Ling Hu Lin directly handed the iron sword in his hand to the strong man, leaving an apology and then leaving.
"Wait!" At the moment when Ling Hu Lonely was about to go out, the strong man called Ling Hu Lonely to stop.
At the moment when Ling Hu Lin turned to leave, the strong man clearly saw the unwillingness and incomparable loss in Ling Hu Lone's eyes. That feeling is by no means an exaggeration to describe it as a loss of soul.
"Do you want to be a knight?" the strong man asked Ling Hu Silence, and at the same time, the strong man's expression rarely became serious.
"Yes!" Ling Hu Lonely did not deny, and there was nothing to deny.
In a sense, Ling Hu Lin was already a true chivalrous man when he decided to go and kill that demon scorpion!
The strong man stared at Ling Hu Lonely like this, and after a long time, he suddenly made an emotional look and said: "As early as I was a child, I also wanted to be a chivalrous man, but for various reasons, I couldn't complete this dream after all." However, I feel that this sword represents my will, and I hope that you can fulfill this dream on my behalf, so what money...... It's so cheesy!"
"You...... What do you mean ......"
"Eh, although I don't need the money, I need you to prove yourself!" the strong man suddenly laughed.
"How to prove it?" Ling Hu Lonely scratched his head and wondered.
I saw the strong man take out a pipe from his waist, intoxicated and inhaled: "You should also know, wasn't there a martial arts tournament called it some time ago? ”
"A total of seventeen of our younger generations from Dugang City went to participate in the competition, but only four came back. ”
"It's not very good, the others are still racing, maybe we can get a good place. Ling Hu said casually, but the next moment he understood what the strong man really meant.
"Oh, they're all dead! And the few who came back were all seriously injured, only the son of our city lord was still unharmed because he surrendered. The strong man swallowed the clouds with his pipe, his eyes were full of disdain and sneer, and at the same time there was a faint helplessness.
"Forget it, city lord, you don't want to mess with it...... In this way, there is a hole in the northeasternmost corner of Dugang City, and under the hole is a lower ring, which is said to be a duel for knights to fight again, but in fact it is just a gambling house. Well...... Come with me. ”
After that, the strong man greeted several blacksmiths in the store and took Ling Hushan to the underground ring, while Han Chunlin and Xiao Hei were waiting here.
The blacksmith shop is not very far from the underground ring, but on the way, Ling Hu Lonely also thinks a lot.
This so-called underground ring is probably somewhat similar to the Shura field that Ling Hu Lin met at the beginning. Specifically, we have to find out.
However, for Ling Hulone, it is probably not too much of a threat.
Walking into the ring below, there was indeed a burst of people, which shows that there are not many people who are competing or gambling here.
The decoration here is very ordinary, even shabby. Some of the walls were even covered with mud, and a few candles that were about to burn out flickered in them. The dark red wax solidifies on the sparse ground.
The strong man seems to be quite familiar with this place, and he came to the final ring after turning around, so he should have been here many times, right?
"Come, just this kid!" the strong man suddenly shouted inside, and patted Ling Hu's shoulder at the same time.
Then, a young man came, staring at Ling Hushan with cold eyes: "Is it that you want to challenge me?"
Linghu was stunned, challenged, but still nodded subconsciously.
"Just him, you better give me the money first. The young man's face did not change, and he stretched out his hand to the strong man. At this time, Ling Hu Lin also noticed that the weapon used by the young man was a fiery red five-foot spear!
"Hehe, no need, I believe this kid, you have also made a lot of money during this time. Didn't you tell me to bring one over last time?Now that you're here, what's the matter, are you scared?" the strong man turned his head and glanced at Ling Hu Silence, his eyes as if he was showing off one of his items.
"Of course not!" the young man's expression finally changed slightly, and wisps of anger welled up on his face. At the same time, the young man glanced at Ling Hu Lin lightly, and then sneered, "No matter how you look at it, it doesn't look like you can fight, come on!"
With that, the young man led Ling Hu Lin to a relatively empty field, and there were many people around. There were even many teenagers of the same age as Ling Hulone, holding weapons and watching the battle around, with different expressions.
"What's going on, explain it to me. Ling Hu said to the strong man, "It's not that simple, is it?"
"I found it for you. The strong man scratched his head and smiled, "Yes, to put it bluntly, this place is a place to sell chivalrous people." ”
"Selling knights?" said Fox Lonely in surprise.
"That's right, it's a knight seller. Every merchant here has a few knights under him, who are actually of the same nature as slaves. Then they will come to the game with a knight, and if they lose, the winner will be owned by the winning merchant. They don't have any power of their own, and this teenager was brought by a man some time ago and won almost all the knights here. "That is, in a sense, you are now my knight." Win him, and he'll be mine. ”
"What's the use of winning those knights?"
"You're going to ask him, is this like his slave, a secondary sale, or is it used as a punching bag for torture?"
"Please. At this time, the young man reminded Ling Hulone. Looking at his expression, it was as if he couldn't help but kill Ling Hu Lonely.
Soon, Ling Hu Lin and the boy came to the so-called ring, which was actually a platform paved with mud a few inches high, as simple as it was.
"Is this kid the challenger this time?"
"I'm afraid I won't be able to last ten moves!"
Everyone questioned Ling Hul's strength, but Ling Hulone didn't pay any attention to it as if he hadn't heard it.
"I'm coming!" the young man shouted, and ran towards Linghu Lonely with the spear in his hand.
Ling Hu Lonely was very leisurely, dodging the boy's attack very casually, fiddling with the long sword customized by the blacksmith shop, full of admiration.
All the requirements made by Ling Hu Lonely were almost perfectly reproduced, and ordinary blacksmiths did not have such skills!
Even so, it is by no means a shocking work, it can only be regarded as a general top grade, and there are still some flaws in the forging process, if you can get the dust back, it will be the best.
"Die!" said the young man angrily, he found that Ling Hu Lin didn't look at him at all, it was a great shame for someone like him to be arrogant, not to mention that there were so many people around to watch!
"Ah......h
Suddenly, a figure fell suddenly, but it was not Ling Hu's silence, but the young man's body.
Ling Hu Lonely was just a sword stab, and the powerful sword qi made the boy fall to the ground.
"You said before that as long as you win, this person will be yours, right?" Ling Hu said as he looked back at the strong man with a shocked face.
"Hmm...... That's right!" The strong man couldn't have imagined that the strength of the young man in front of him was so strong! At the same time, he was wondering, what else did this kid want to do?
I saw Ling Hu Silent sharply pointing his sword at the surrounding group of people, "Who else wants to challenge, I'll rescue you!"
"Hahahaha...... Rescue, what do you think, rescue? We have been orphans since childhood, and although we were born slaves, even if we are no longer slaves, you will raise us!" the young man from before got up from the ground and roared hysterically at Linghu Silence.
When a person has never seen the light, then he no longer fears the darkness!
But when a person stays in the dark for a long time, even if someone tries to pull him, he will be ruthlessly rejected!
"Boy, let's go!" After the strong man understood what Ling Hu Lin meant, he hurriedly stopped Ling Hu Lin and whispered forward, "These people are all powerful behind them, otherwise how do you think this underground ring has existed for so long?"
Ling Hu Lin wants to win all the slaves here under the strong man's hands first, and then release them, this idea is undoubtedly good, but it is not realistic. Ling Hu Lin really can't stand these people living in the dark, and the weakness in his heart drives Ling Hu Lin to bring them to the light!
For Ling Hu Lonely, this is a chivalrous man!
Ling Hu looked around, looking at the young men or young people who were timid and shy.
"I'm here to save you!"