Warm furnace light appeared around the temporary tent, and the dim yellow lights also illuminated the scene of countless messy items piled inside. Feeling this sense of chaos and temporaryness, the woman slowly sat up.
His body collapsed, and the low moan he originally wanted to utter was interrupted by the sudden pain from the back of his head: "Woo——"
"W-where is this?"
Subconsciously asking this question, the woman's eyes that looked like gems were closed together because of the pain. The hand she raised to cover the wound stopped in mid-air at the next moment, tying up the wound.
The man with gauze and bandages stopped in front of him: "I..."
"Are you awake?" A calm voice then appeared in her ears. The female voice and calm tone also reduced the panic of the frightened woman a little: "Don't move, this is the place for now.
safe."
Turning her head hastily, the woman caught the source of the sound with hesitant eyes. At this time, the white figure had already crossed her arms and left the place, ducking outside the tent curtain that she could not see.
The sound of the curtain being lifted and the faint sound of conversation coming from outside also rang in her ears for a moment, which made the doubts and uneasiness in her heart become slightly sluggish, and she observed vaguely.
The heavy blanket and felt cloth that I held tightly between my hands, my unconscious dazed consciousness was broken by the man's voice that inserted into it again: "Hello."
"It's Ms. Nasia, right."
The door curtain was raised and lowered again, and Duan Qing's figure also appeared in the center of the intertwined light formed by the dim light and the piled debris. He didn't know what he was holding in his hands, and then he cleared his throat.
Trying to find the beginning of this conversation: "I am Linyuan Duanshui from the Qingling Adventure Group. My companions and I are currently temporarily staying in the territory of the Hulun tribe. We don't have any ill intentions, but we just received a
The mission you are looking for is...only..."
Watching the woman in front of him tugging on the blanket and watching his reaction warily, Duan Qing took back all the polite words that he had planned to introduce. Not knowing what to do, he coughed again to cover up.
With an expression on his face, he tried to find other ways to break through the embarrassing situation in front of him: "That, this, uh... right."
The greasy-robed magician wiped his face haphazardly with his hands stained with oil, and then placed a plate of golden-colored barbecue that he had just finished roasting but did not know where it came from, and placed it in front of the other party:
"I don't know if it's appropriate to ask this question at this time, but...are you hungry? Do you want to eat something first?"
"I, I..." Her eyes were still dodging, and the body of the woman called Nasia who originally wanted to refuse later made a purring sound because of the temptation of the delicious aroma, and her face originally looked a little...
A blush appeared on her pale and slender face at this time, and as she lowered her head, she disappeared into the flickering dim light: "Thank you, thank you."
"It doesn't matter. Asahi Dongsheng's hunting results today are indeed rich."
Duan Qing nodded his head and looked with satisfaction at the silhouette of the woman who began to enjoy his fruits and delicious meal. The movements that originally seemed a little timid due to weakness and caution became more and more intense as time went by.
Quickly, that beautiful face with skin as thick as gelatin, as if it were a fairy far away from the world, began to be stained with the oily smell unique to the smoke and smoke of human beings: "—— Wuwuwuwu!"
"Water." A kettle appeared next to her suddenly painful face, and Duan Qing was trying his best to hold back his laughter: "Don't panic, just eat slowly."
"Thank you." After filling the water with a long sigh, there was another word of thanks. The woman named Nasia retracted her slightly embarrassed face behind the kettle held in both hands, and also curled up under the blanket.
The lower body also seemed to have just reacted, and carefully dodged to the corner of the tent: "You, how did you-"
"This process may be a bit cruel and unacceptable, but now is not the time to care about it." Duan Qing sat across from Naxia with a face full of dust, and replied with a smile: "You
Just understand that now you have been abandoned by the Baglan family, and then you were picked up by us."
"Really." After sighing and saying these two words, the woman with messy black hair, who was hugging the kettle, also looked disappointed: "As expected, they still don't want to accept my words..."
"This is also what my companions and I want to ask you." Duan Qing nodded, trying to sound friendly enough: "It seems that a very tragic thing happened to you. This kind of being
The trick of putting a sap in a sack usually only appears on extremely hateful people."
"You're right, in their eyes, I am indeed a sinner now." Curling up and hiding her body under the blanket, Nasia's exposed pair of cut-out pupils was full of
Lost feelings: "I said things they will never believe and did things they will never forgive, so they will never let me go."
"Maybe it's just the current situation that is causing trouble." I don't know if he understood the woman's words, Duan Qing said this answer in a low voice: "There is nothing in this world that is never forever, and is logically infinitely possible.
It is extremely unlikely to happen, just like the mission we have now - if they really want to kill you, they should not use such a secret and obscure missing person notice to catch you."
"According to our adventure group's previous guesses, this matter is probably related to some important secret of the entire Hulun tribe." His voice paused slightly for a moment, and when he spoke again, there was a deeper tone in his tone.
Feeling: "You may be a key figure now, Ms. Nasia."
"..."
Without answering Duan Qing's words, the woman hugging her knees stared blankly in front of the tent. The dim light source reflected on the scattered black hair seemed to have become extremely obscure at this time, unable to reflect anything noticeable at all.
Angry Sheen: "I know what they want, but-"
"It's for the Wind Suppressing Stone, right?" Suddenly saying this term, Duan Qing successfully used his own words to lift up the woman's seemingly depressed mood again: "What is that?"
"You, how do you know-" The mouth that she was about to speak dropped again, and Nasia's expression became relieved: "Ah, I understand, they can't hide it now.
"
"The Wind-Suppressing Stone is the treasure of the Hulun people, and it is also their pass to enter the Central Grassland." She was silent for a while again, and finally explained what Duan Qing wanted to know: "The Central Grassland is
The place closest to the Holy Mountain is also the place where all the powerful tribes are closest to hearing the voice of God. Countless tribes who want to march to the Holy Mountain and prove their qualifications to be chosen by God must first pass the test of that grassland."
"The Wind Suppressing Stone is the best ticket to pass this test." The woman hugged her knees and looked straight ahead without looking at Duan Qing again: "But now they are gone."
"Is it because you stole it?" Duan Qing asked this question naturally: "Is the Wind Suppressing Stone still in your hand?"
"No, it is no longer in this world." Shaking her head, Nasia pulled the corners of her lips and replied emotionlessly: "I have destroyed that stone, and they will never find it again."
"..." Duan Qing didn't say his next words for a long time, and raised his eyebrows: "Really? But they have been looking for you."
"Of course they don't know about this, otherwise they wouldn't waste so much energy on me." The smile that appeared at the corner of her mouth quickly disappeared, and Naxia's eyes also turned to where Duan Qing was.
The position shifted a little: "I won't let them go any further. If there is excess energy that needs to be vented, just put it on me."
"If you were willing to tell that Baglan these words, he probably wouldn't choose to knock you unconscious and throw you outside our camp." Duan Qing, who was relieved, sighed leisurely: "Why?
Tell us?"
"Because you don't seem to be from the Hulun tribe, you probably won't waste your lives for any nonsense reasons such as strange ancestral beliefs." She raised her chin and saw that the woman's hair was hidden under her messy black hair.
Duan Qing's eyes wandered a little: "If I tell you this now, you probably won't hand me over for money. After all, they have nothing to get back, right?"
"What a smart man." Duan Qing couldn't help but clapped his hands twice, and replied pleasantly: "Completely different from those Hulun people - you are not from this tribe, right?"
"..."
It seemed that the topic had been brought into a direction that she did not want to mention. Nasia lowered her head and completely lost her voice. Duan Qing, who was watching all this, then ignored the topic in front of him and slapped his hands.
Legs slowly stood up: "Forget it, we really won't hand you over. Before we confirm what kind of influence your existence will have on the entire Hulun tribe, we will try our best to ensure your safety."
"Of course, for the sake of your own life, please try your best to cooperate with our actions." He pointed to the left and right sides of the tent, and a smile appeared in the corner of his eyes again: "Bagren threw you here in this way.
I must have the same idea. We, the temporary travelers who came here with the Sioux tribe, are perfectly suited to your current situation."
"What about the Sioux?" Finally hearing some other information from the other party, Naxia suddenly raised her head: "You are the 'King of the North', the Sioux? Why are you here?"
"It seems that I should have a good exchange with that guy from Surtu if I have the chance, and let him tell me the past stories of his 'famous' tribe." Duan Qing shook his head with a wry smile, turned around and walked out of the tent.
: "Don't worry, the Sioux are no longer the kings of the north. We are living here together with the Wabu tribe. Now——"
"I'm probably just like you now, just a bunch of caged birds."
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"What was the outcome of the contact?"
Time came to the early morning of the next day, and it was the beginning of another day with clear skies and countless grassland winds passing by suddenly. Xueling Huanbing, who was preparing to set off again with his sword and shield, was arranging his equipment and working hard to the side.
Duan Qing asked in a low voice: "Have you talked to that woman? How did you feel?"
"It's very beautiful. If it weren't for a series of accidents and the ending of being exiled here, she would definitely be able to show us her face like Venus." Duan Qing was busy in front of the tent without stopping.
He replied proudly: "I even have some doubts about how the Hulun people allowed this woman to keep her whole body until now. Is their leader a monk who is pure and celibate?"
"Let's talk about serious things." Resisting the idea of beating the opponent, Xue Ling Huan Bing pursed her lips and continued to ask: "Have you asked everything you want to ask?"
"Of course, the situation is similar to what we guessed before." Duan Qing replied in a low voice: "Except for some details that have not been confirmed, the woman we picked up should have robbed the Hulun tribe in her own way. Continue
The greatest hope for progress, that’s why it has become what it is now.”
"If the storm is the biggest obstacle to the central area, this obstacle should no longer exist now." Pointing to the blue sky above the two people's heads, Xue Ling Huan Bing asked with a strange look: "Storm
Hasn't it stopped due to the explosion of the earth's veins? We just need to continue moving forward along this primitive wind path."
"We have never seen that sacred mountain, and we don't know what the situation there is like." Duan Qing lowered his head and kept sorting out something, and replied in a low voice: "The Su and Hulun people are very different.
Maybe they are all people who have seen that scene before, and they probably know what qualifications are needed to enter the sacred mountain, so they are so busy now."
"Then how should we choose?" Tightening the bandage around his wrist, Xue Ling Huan Bing paused for the last moment as he prepared to move forward: "Continue to gain the trust of the Hulun people?"
"I haven't finished what I just said - this Naxia is obviously someone who knows the secret of the sacred mountain." Duan Qing replied without raising his head: "So even though the risk is very high, I personally recommend keeping her."
"You go out and do your tasks first. I will be responsible for guarding here today."
This chapter has been completed!