Chapter 35 Difficult Compromise
The endless sea of consciousness, except for the echoes that echoed for a long time, did not hear Mei'er's sound. The sharp blade was on her shoulders, and I closed my eyes helplessly. If this was my disaster, I would admit it. It's a pity that I had not completed the task assigned by my master and died like this. I am so sorry that Master is so sorry that I am so sorry that Master...
After a while, I opened my eyes impatiently and said anxiously: "If you want to kill, kill me, and be slow."
After looking around, the woman took back the hunting knife at some point, and now she had returned to the fire to sit down, but all of them looked like thousands of sharp blades, piercing into my body over and over again.
"We won't kill you, but we won't let you go."
From afar, the woman said coldly,
"Huh~~~"
I exhaled deeply and then grinned and said, "Thank you for your mercy. If you really did it, you really killed the wrong good person. You should have thought that if I poisoned it before, why didn't I leave it, but instead ran back to deliver the antidote. Once the antidote cannot be delivered, your three partners will not be able to escape death. If I send the poison again, wouldn't it be an extravagant way?"
After I said this, the people present suddenly fell into deep thought. As for the woman, she frowned and seemed to have thought of something. Seeing their expressions, I continued, "Actually, if you don't chase us, then... the Xuanjiucao may not poison you in the water to frame you. Besides, Xuanjiucao has been living in the deep mountains for a long time, and it seems that there is no hatred for you."
After all, this is not an excuse for Xuan Jiucao. As for Xuan Jiucao, I believe that I believe in the wrong person and am still fooled by a madman. I don’t know what happened to him... I just want to figure out the relationship between Xuan Jiucao and this group of people, and the true identities of these two groups of people.
One of the tall and thin men stood up suddenly and shouted with a glaring look: "I say it again, we don't know that Jiucao, and we have never chased anyone here. On the contrary, we have suffered repeated surprises along the way. Can't we even protect our lives? "
My heart instantly solidified into a lump, and I still couldn't believe it in my mouth: "Then I clearly saw you walking into the door of Xuanjiucao. How do you explain this?"
The tall and thin man clenched his fist and hit his head with laughter and cry, then shouted hysterically: "We have been sleepy in this dry rice bowl for thirteen days, and there is no food or water source. We finally found a family. Shouldn't we ask for some food?"
"Uh..." I said nothing at once, my mouth was so open that I could almost put an egg in it, and then murmured: "It turns out that you walked into Xuanjiucao's door to ask for food. I thought... Then... by the way, who are you?"
The tall and thin man glared at me for a long time, but did not answer my question. He turned around and stopped paying attention to me.
The only woman spoke: "We are staff members of the Baishan City Geological Expedition Team. This trip to the mountain was to discover more available resources, but it turns out that we... our initial idea was so ridiculous..."
"Ah." I was excited, and the ropes tied around me felt a scorching pain. I relaxed a little. I hurriedly asked, "You are from the geological expedition team. You came into the mountain to discover resources."
After receiving unanimous affirmation from everyone, I was stunned...
At this moment, I all figured it out. It turned out that this trouble was because I had made a big mistake for myself, such as the mountain and wild Taoism, and the respect for Huang Lao Taoism. It turned out that Xuan Jiucao was lying from the beginning, but the herbs he was busy developing at night were poisons to tinker with.
Xuan... Nine Grass, Nine Grass... Eighty-one... Tomb, Xuan Tomb,
Xuan Tomb Sect, I suddenly opened my eyes wide. It turned out that the so-called Xuan Jiucao was still the Yin Master of Xuan Tomb Sect who was indifferent to the ghosts.
At first I just knew how to fight with it, just the Yin Master of the Xuan Tomb Sect, but I have never seen the specific appearance of that person. The Xuan Jiucao I saw before was standing face to face, and I didn't know that he was the Yin Master of the Xuan Tomb Sect. Could it be that Xuan Jiucao is really Liu Qingshui?
Looking back, it was a bit incredible. More than ten years ago, Liu Qingshui stayed in Yaoshan Village as a homeless man, worked as a soldier, escaped difficulties, and had such experiences... Could it be that his experiences are all deceptive, yes, those experiences must be made up. How could a top Yin Master of the Xuan Tomb Sect have such an experience? But... More than ten years ago, Liu Qingshui had to be at least in his thirties, and more than ten years later,
Nowadays, Xuan Jiucao looks at most in her early thirties, and Liu Qingshui, who should be about 40, seems to be a little unrelated. What could have happened?
After thinking about it, if Liu Qingshui either used the art of maintaining the face or borrowed the appearance of others, in short, the Xuanjiucao I saw should not be Liu Qingshui's real face.
"You're so mom."
I couldn't help but curse, why did Liu Qingshui, like I had pried my ancestral grave, chasing me all the way? Now, not only did I use me to kill creatures, but also killed three innocent people because of my ignorance. I finally understand why Xuanjiucao didn't let me enter the mountain village, but lived in a hidden deep mountain. To be precise, he should have a new face in this area.
"If you still want to get out of the dry rice bowl alive, please let me go now, otherwise..."
I stared at everyone present. Now I must fight for freedom. I am afraid that only I can do my best to protect the remaining inspection team members as much as possible. As for whether I can get out of the food basin, I have no idea.
The tall and thin man sneered: "Otherwise, what, otherwise we will have to die here. So, we can only continue to believe in you, believe in you, the murderer."
"You have a deep misunderstanding about me now. Perhaps this is exactly what he wants to see. Alas, now, you must believe me. I am an authentic Maoshan disciple and will do my best to prevent you from being framed by him. Also, I know what water can be drunk and what cannot be drunk. If it weren't for me, it would be a problem for you to drink water. I believe that there had been water poisoning incidents in the thirteen days I was trapped before."
Whether it is useful or useless, I will expose all the favorable factors. Xuan Jiucao... It is Liu Qingshui. He just wants to destroy my foundation of cultivation. Although I don’t know why he wants to deal with me for the time being, if I don’t save these people, I’m afraid they will be implicated because of my existence, just like the villagers of Yaoshan Village...
After hearing my words, everyone was silent for a moment. It seemed that I had hit it. They must have been suffering from hunger and thirst these ten days. Even if they were not attacked by the huge beasts, they would be unable to move forward because of what they had eaten.
The woman seemed to have a leadership temperament and stepped forward and asked, "You said you are a disciple of Maoshan, and you can help us find the water we can drink and eat, and can also help us escape the so-called mysterious people's frame-up. Is that true?"
I focused my attention and smiled: "Yes, I will do what I say and never break my promise."
The woman smiled strangely and said, "Okay, I will let you walk with us. However, I cannot trust you now, unless you have a little reason to believe us. Then I will let you go and apologize to you solemnly."
As he said that, the woman turned around and said to the tall and thin man: "Let's untie the rope on his body and tie his hands, let him walk in front and lead the way. After the others pad, we must find a drinking water source before dawn, otherwise it will be difficult for us to get out of this dry rice bowl."
Finally, the rope was untied, but as soon as I stood still, I was tied tightly with my hands and wrists, and then the head of the rope was held by the woman. Although I was very depressed, it was the best thing to be able to deal with this step.
The three dead team members, the inspection team conducted a simple farewell ceremony, dug three tombs on the spot, buried the three team members in it, and no one spoke. Everyone understood that under the current form, it is very likely that the next moment of death would be themselves, and whether they could be buried in peace is still unknown. At this moment, the only thing everyone can do is to persist in living and find a way out of the mountain.
After walking for a while, I realized that the woman was named Li Rui, the captain of the expedition team. The tall and thin man who tied me was named Duan Xiaocheng. Everyone called him Xiaoduan. The rest were each called a code name. The specific name was not clear. At least I don’t know it. However, their code names were very special. Some were called Ant, a taciturn short and fat man, some were called Mosquito, a thin man with a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks, and some were called grasshoppers...
Xiao Duan seemed particularly interested in the two swords on my back. From time to time, he leaned forward and stretched out his hand to touch it, but before he could reach out, I suddenly turned my head and glared at him: "You better not move my stuff."
Chapter completed!