Standing on the solid and rough ground, Jun Aoyan looked up at the vast sky.
"What's wrong?" Seeing her in a daze, Liu Shenghan asked at the side.
"No...it's nothing. I just thought about Ling Ge again...I don't know how she is doing now."
"Perhaps she collected the body for her master and left for a long time."
"That's really a big corpse -" Qi Huan said with emotion.
"I hope...even though she is our enemy, I hope she will do well in the future. She is a good person and a good monster, and she should not be let down by fate like this."
Bai Ya walked in front and had been silent before. Now, he shouted without looking back:
"If you continue chatting, you won't be able to finish your work until dark."
After Garuda lost his heart and sent it out, he was not completely dead. With the support of the remaining divine power in his body, he walked to the edge of the cliff, opened his arms, and leaned back. They chased him and looked, only to see
The huge golden-winged bird just fell like this, with a long trail of blood flying out of the air, and blood from its heart. The tomb song on the other side of the stone thorn probably heard something, and it kept beating the heavy obstacle in vain, and made a shrill wail.
It was as if her chest had been cut open.
Her voice should be used to sing hymns... not scream.
Don't Garuda want to die as a human being? They don't know the answer either.
Returning to the mineral vein where Wuxiaying grew, there were no more twists and turns. When Liu Shenghan came back for the first time, she secretly memorized the road. She led her companions and easily followed the spiritual veins to reach the place where Ling Ge had brought them.
place. It seemed like a long time had passed, but in fact it was just a few days full of twists and turns.
Wuxiaying is still growing and blooming as before, with petals of five distinct colors swaying quietly in the mountain wind, just like the eternal breath of heaven and earth. Whether it is a half-demon or a god who has died, for all things that simply exist,
None of it makes sense.
However, the entanglements between people are much more complicated. Qi Huan suggested that they fill the bamboo baskets they brought with as many flowers as they could fit in and move them away. Even if three or five of them die, they can still satisfy the fragrance.
God's request. This suggestion was approved by everyone, so they divided their baskets and dug in the flower field.
I don't know how long it took, but Jun Aoyan suddenly shouted in surprise:
"How is your Wuxiaying...? Why do the flowers I have here wither after being dug out?"
Several people felt nervous and checked their bamboo baskets one after another, and found that they had also encountered the same situation: as soon as the rhizomes of the flower plants left the ore, the flowers became dim and wilted, and the stems also wrinkled as if they were dry.
"The blessing of the Ruyi Pearl is gone?" Qi Huan frowned and asked uncertainly.
"Probably, only Shenghan can do it, right?" Jun Aoyan said, "She is someone who has received divine power. Let's go and see."
Liu Shenghan had gone a long way, and when they found her, she was still picking flowers. Only a small part of the ore, including the main root system, was connected under the necks of all the flowers. She was very careful. And what passed through her hands was
The excavated Wuxiaying is still thriving.
So all the burden fell on Shenghan's shoulders, which gave others a reasonable excuse to be lazy. Jun Aoyan helped her put the flowers into the bamboo basket and counted them. Unexpectedly, she found the hundredth flower while digging
At that time, the spell failed. But the flowers that had been picked were still alive, which made them uncertain. It seemed that the plan to avoid risks by relying on quantity was not feasible. They had to carry a total of ninety-nine Wuxiaying flowers on their backs as they walked.
, while discussing the risks of transportation.
"Going back the way we came, we can still find carriages and horses in the village. But maybe it's not the best choice to take a detour to the desert and go to Shen Country like we did when we came here." Liu Shenghan frowned and explained to them, "I
I vaguely remember that according to what Garuda said at the time,
The protection given by the Ruyi Pearl made the ninety-nine Wuxiaying plants stay alive as before on the journey back to Xiangji Kingdom. We don’t know whether what he said is the shortest distance from here to Xiangji Kingdom. Besides, we have already
I was delayed in the mountains for a long time."
Qi Huan asked: "Didn't the mother of the country say that there is a shorter way?"
"It seems that if you go directly between the two places, you have to pass through a very wide swamp." Jun Aoyan recalled.
"We can only take risks. Garuda is dead and the wish-fulfilling pearl is broken. If this trip is in vain, there will be no chance to come back again." Bai Ya agrees with Liu Shenghan's point of view, "If you don't follow Ge Shen Guorao, there is no need.
Let’s meet that weird Imperial Master again.”
"What's wrong, you also think she is a bad woman who is too beautiful?" Qi Huan joked.
Bai Ya didn't smile, he just shook his head: "She is a woman I don't like."
"That's right. There is something wrong with these gods we met. Besides, this flower is a different species, strange and beautiful. Don't let that little king take a look. Oh, there are so many beautiful flowers. I will take them all for fun.
Enough is enough..."
Before evening, they found the carriage and horses in the village outside the mountain, and expressed their gratitude to the woman who had taken them in earlier. She was probably a little surprised that these strangers had survived, but her emotion was also light and hard to see.
Before leaving the next day, they asked the woman to call some remaining villagers in the village and tell them the news that the bird god was dead.
"You can live freely." Jun Aoyan said seriously, with a kind of happiness that could not be concealed in his tone, "There will no longer be monster rules to restrain you, and the people here will no longer be hurt or taken away inexplicably.
life……"
The strange thing is that the reaction of these people was not as excited or relieved as they imagined. They were all the same as the kind woman. They responded with their mouths, but their expressions were very stiff and numb, and one or two of them nodded numbly.
, seem to understand but not understand.
It looked very strange. Even when Bai Ya and the others were far away, they were still worried about it. When Jun Aoyan looked back, this lonely small village was already a black spot. She fell back into the car and sighed.
.
"Look how happy they are smiling." Qi Huan teased.
"Maybe you don't believe it. We are outsiders after all. We came here only two days ago to tell them that the god here is dead." Bai Ya said lightly, "A group of outsiders are here. I will tell you tomorrow. Your Majesty
He passed away, do you believe it?"
"Not only do I not believe it, I also want to beat him up. Spreading such rumors will cost you your head."
"I guess they have long been used to it." Bai Ya's words were still direct and cold, "Like the little white-haired half-demon villager, they regard themselves as inferiors and deserve to be enslaved and bullied. They cannot be free."
"They will." Jun Aoyan tried to argue, "One day... they will realize it and accept it!"
"These people are also older. Perhaps, the suffering they have suffered for so long has made them dull and numb to both joy and sorrow. Only in this way can they survive, and they can only live like this for the rest of their lives."
Liu Shenghan concluded in a bored and indifferent tone.
The death of the divine bird was obviously something they did not expect. At the moment, no one knew it. It was not an escape, it was just inappropriate. And all of this was no longer relevant to them. The loose village, the divine bird
The Holy Temple, Kalingbinga, Garuda...all the dangers and stories flew away with the dust from the carriages and horses, falling behind them.
Gradually, the weather became colder. The flowers and plants seen during the journey seemed to have deepened in color, but they were still full of vitality, like Wuxiaying in the bamboo basket. Occasionally there were continuous rainy days, and sometimes they were lucky enough to encounter scattered villages.
Stay and rest for the time being. The deeper into the wilderness, the fewer opportunities there are. When the horses pull the cart through the water-soaked muddy grass, they even have to brave the rain to pull it and lighten their burden.
Contrary to the increasingly sparse human population, the vegetation along the way flourished. The land was full of moisture. At first, they thought it was because of the rain. Until a sunny day after a rain, the still inexplicable sluggish progress attracted everyone's attention. Liu
Shenghan seemed to have remembered something, and signaled Aoyan to stop his horse. After calculating for a while, he suddenly got out of the carriage.
Qi Huan poked his head out and saw her squatting beside the newly dug ruts, sizing up the finely chopped grass and soil with her fingertips, and seemed to take a sniff.
"I think we need to get out of the car."
She announced to her friends.
According to Liu Shenghan's calculations and the map provided by the mother of the country, they should have entered the outskirts of the vast forest. The geological changes also directly supported this.
It was agreed upon in advance to abandon the carriage. The carriage was large, not only inconvenient to travel through the forest, but also in danger of falling on the swamp. In comparison, the strange horses of Xiangji Kingdom had camel-like feet and could walk easily.
At that moment, Qi Huan and Bai Ya packed up their luggage and bamboo baskets, passing them one by one to Jun Aoyan and Liu Shenghan who got out of the car and unloaded the horses, and scattered the things to the horses.
While moving, Qi Huan muttered to Bai Ya.
"You said that there are four of us and only three horses, and they all have strange humps - or horse humps? If so, wouldn't it be impossible for two of us to ride together... We have agreed in advance that if we walk
Let's take turns."
Fortunately, the Xiangji Kingdom has its own response to the unique horses in this area. When they went down to the ground carrying the last supplies, they saw that the two horses had saddles on them, turning the bulging backs into flat surfaces. Jun Aoyan was putting the third horse on the ground.
The three saddles were put on the horse's back. There was a hollow under the saddle, which could just accommodate the bulge on its back. Without stopping, she said to Liu Shenghan:
"There are only three horses. Shenghan, you have to ride with me. My Mo Dao is heavy. If the two of us carry it together, I'm afraid the horses will not be able to move safely. The best way is..."
After saying that, the two girls turned around. Even Bai Ya turned his face and looked at Qi Huan, who was without any heavy soldiers.
"...What are you doing!"
Qi Huan wanted to say that he felt that the best solution was to lead the men himself while Jun Aoyan carried the sword.
This was naturally inappropriate, but it was just a joke. In the end, Lin Zeli's marching team was still carrying one soldier with two soldiers, two people sitting together chatting, and a tail who kept the weapons for others.
As we marched, the trees became denser and deeper, and vines grew everywhere. Within two days, the falling sky was obscured. Small patches of mud covered with grass blades appeared from time to time under our feet, and the steps of a few people became cautious.
, Bai Ya usually rides the horse first to test, and then the two horses behind follow suit and cross the ground that is proven to be safe.
Perhaps it was because of the light, or because the chirping of birds, animals, and insects were far away, so the atmosphere made them feel somewhat gloomy. For this reason, Bai Ya asked Liu Shenghan specifically, and the latter assured them that this place was not as good as the one they had passed through when they came.
The dense forest is just as weird. According to her observation, it is just an ordinary forest, and the unique beings in such an environment are good at hiding themselves.
But she added that this behavior of avoiding people is a hint that humans are present here. Otherwise, they should not hide themselves in front of their kind, and they would not know horses from the desert.
The latter inference could not be confirmed for the time being, but they were convinced of the results of her observation. After all, as long as they dismounted and searched carefully, they could still find animals lurking in forest leaves, grass or swamps. The most common ones were long insects of different colors.
, the deeper you go, the more frequently they appear, and sometimes they even appear on their own initiative and swim past the horses' hooves. Fortunately, they have not yet had the intention to attack. At most, they will scare people and flee in a hurry.
After a few days, the first real danger was not brought by any living creature.
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