Han Jiulin nodded after hearing this, thinking that although his judgment was generally correct, Nangong Yuling was not a demon sect saint, and the real demon sect saint had not yet appeared.
Just when Han Jiulin was thinking about what to do next, a strange scream suddenly sounded from the huge iron box, breaking the tranquility of the night.
After this commotion, almost the entire caravan of cultivators were alerted one after another. They stood up one after another and took out their personal magic weapons, and looked at the huge iron box cautiously.
Seeing this, Nangong Yuling quickly stood up and trotted towards the iron box.
"How could it be like this? Tan... wasn't he already killed?
What's going on now?"
"Could it be that after being possessed by a ghost, it... deceived... the corpse?"
"Shit, are there any ghosts in this world?"
Nangong Yuling, the Dongfang Guard Captain who was in charge of the escort team, and a white-haired old man who never left the huge iron box all looked solemn when they saw this situation, with spiritual energy emanating from their bodies, as if they were ready to take action at any time.
However, the huge iron box only made a few strange screams again, and then shook violently a few times, and finally returned to calm, as if the previous turmoil never existed.
After this happened, the entire caravan seemed to be shrouded in dark clouds, and everyone became extremely sensitive. It was not until the sunrise the next day that this strange atmosphere dissipated slightly.
As the caravan traveled to noon, it entered the vast desert. It is said that this desert is so bright that even a fast-moving spiritual beast would need at least three days and three nights to cross the desert and reach the oasis.
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And Han Jiulin estimated that with the caravan's current speed, it would take at least more than twenty days to cross this huge desert.
In the center of this desert, there is an ancient Jedi city. If you want to go to Black Dragon Cliff, this ancient city must be passed through.
"Yihang, don't be too afraid. As soon as we arrive at the ancient Jedi city, we will meet up with the eldest lady of our family. If the eldest lady is here, there is nothing to worry about."
The speaker has a full beard, so people usually call him Zhang Dabeard.
When Han Jiulin saw this bearded man, his face was full of reverence when he mentioned such an eldest lady, as if he was mentioning a god. Thinking that a woman with such a status in the demon sect must be the saint of the bloodthirsty demon sect.
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As the caravan traveled along, a huge accident occurred when it was still about seven or eight days away from the ancient Jedi city.
Starting around dusk yesterday, some people in the caravan began to feel extremely uncomfortable, and then their faces gradually began to lose color, and eventually they collapsed in the desert.
But at dawn today, even some cultivators in the magical power realm began to be affected.
In less than a day, more than a dozen cultivators had fallen, including many powerful ones in the supernatural realm. Such a situation naturally caused a lot of panic among the caravan.
But at night, the strange situation in the caravan became more and more serious.
Many comatose cultivators suddenly woke up like zombies. Not only did their pupils turn green, but a pair of slender fangs grew out of their mouths. After saying this, they even went crazy and used the weapons around them to kill several people.
A companion was brutally murdered.
Fortunately, there were several cultivators in the transcendental realm in this caravan composed of members of the demon sect. After noticing something strange, they took action in time and tied up the crazy cultivators with iron chains.
By the early morning of the next day, nearly sixty cultivators were already unconscious, and an additional twenty cultivators were tightly bound with iron chains due to the madness.
This inexplicable change undoubtedly caused the entire caravan to be shrouded in an invisible haze. However, everyone in the caravan felt helpless and their forward speed became slower and slower.
When Zhang Dabeard saw Han Jiulin sitting on a sand dune, he slowly came over with a wine bottle. When he sat down next to Han Jiulin, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh, and then said:
"This time we are in dire straits. If things continue like this, we will probably have to stay in this desert."
"What happened?"
Han Jiulin was not a core member of this caravan, so he only knew a few things in general, but the details were not known at all.
"We're afraid we might be caught by something this time."
Zhang Dabeard said.
"What do you mean?"
Han Jiulin asked.
"It's better that you don't know, otherwise you will be frightened.
Even the Eastern Guard Chief and Elder Liu can't find any clues about this matter. Alas... maybe only when we arrive at the ancient Jedi City can we find a chance of survival."
Zhang Dabeard suddenly took a sip of wine and then stood up.
Just because there was a burst of noise not far away, which was also mixed with the cries of women and children.
So Han Jiulin also got up and went to check.
Then I saw the unconscious caravan members being tied up with chains and placed in an open space, while someone was pouring some kerosene on the side of the open space.
Han Jiulin couldn't help frowning when he saw this, and asked the bearded man beside him: "What do you want to do?
Burn them to death?"
"Yes, after these people wake up again, they will become murderers who have completely lost their minds. For the sake of other companions who still have a chance to survive, we must deal with them in advance," Zhang Bearded said bitterly after taking a sip of wine.
"But there are children among them! This..." Even though Han Jiulin's hands were stained with blood, he had never been cruel to children, but he never thought that these people from the Demon Sect could be so cold-blooded.
Zhang Bearded seemed to see what Han Jiulin was thinking, and then he sighed deeply and said:
"Today's situation is beyond our control. Who would choose to kill their companions if they were not desperate?
Although we in the Demon Cult are ruthless, we are not all inhuman beasts!"
"If the situation is allowed to spread, I'm afraid our entire team will die in this desert for no apparent reason. Do you understand?"
Han Jiulin naturally understood this truth very well, but when he saw that those children were about to die, he could not sit back and ignore it. Then he stepped forward and said to the Eastern Guard Chief:
"Wait a minute, can you let me go see what happened to these people?
I am an alchemist, maybe there is a way to save them!"
"Absolutely not. The things these people are contaminated with are extremely powerful. You are just a junior alchemist. How can you possibly save them?"
The Chief of the Eastern Guard flatly rejected Han Jiulin's suggestion.