At this time, Feng Li made a new discovery. Zhao Hu and Chen Xuanyi hurriedly stepped forward to help. Feng Li dug in the sand dune behind the camel mummy. It took about five minutes for the two of them to dig out a hole under the sand dune.
, and took out another human body from the hole.
"It's from Six Doors!"
When we first saw this corpse, each of us let out a cry of surprise.
The owner of the corpse was a middle-aged man in his forties, with a muscular body and a very burly body, almost bigger than An Liman. However, at this time, the corpse's skin had been dried up due to the high temperature for days.
Extensive dehydration.
He was wearing clothes unique to Liumen, and there was a belt hanging on his waist, which confirmed that he was a member of the Religious Affairs Bureau.
Based on the knife marks and wounds on the body, we determined that the person died definitely no more than seven days.
seven days...
I thought about this time over and over again, and Feng Li seemed to have thought of something. He quickly looked up at me and said, "Wasn't it exactly seven days ago when your second uncle delivered the news to Peng Men Sanying? Could it be that at that time, they had already met
Attacked?"
I pursed my lips tightly and said nothing. An Liman took the initiative to squat down and repeatedly checked the wounds on the corpse. Then he looked at us with a serious face, "It seems that the team led by Lin Yuan entered Tucha Gobi shortly after
, then we were attacked by thieves. You see, these wounds were definitely not made by one person. There are not only knife marks, but also sword marks, and even some hidden weapons and arrow wounds."
I nodded and my face became more and more serious. What kind of team could be so cruel that they actually killed the people around my second uncle as soon as they got started? Could it be that they were members of the Zoroastrian Cult?
Thinking of this, I quickly asked An Liman, "Since it is certain that my second uncle once appeared here, can I rely on the traces they left to search for it?"
"No." An Liman shook his head and said, "The desert is no different than other places. Every storm here will cause the terrain to completely change. Even if your second uncle left some footprints and traces, they would have been buried by the sand long ago. We can't
Find these clues."
I was immediately troubled, and felt a little angry inside. From this point of view, the team led by my second uncle must have been ambushed by hostile forces. Where could they possibly escape in this vast desert?
Chen Xuanyi advised me not to be anxious. With my second uncle's ability, even if we encounter an ambush, it would be a trivial matter to escape. It is impossible to fall into trouble directly. Now that we have determined the general scope of their actions, we only need to use this place as the center of the circle to spread the search.
The scope must be able to be found.
I sighed deeply and said that was the only way.
This sounds easy to say, but it is extremely difficult to actually do it. There are four people in our team, and we are not qualified to search at all. Finding the whereabouts of my second uncle in an uninhabited land covering hundreds of kilometers is simply as difficult as climbing to the sky.
At this time, An Liman suddenly made a new round of discoveries. He pointed to a canyon surrounded by a circular strip not far behind him and said, look, that canyon is not completely covered by wind and sand. It should be
It's the only suitable hiding place within hundreds of miles. We can go down and explore the terrain first. Maybe your second uncle and the others are hiding in there.
"Okay, I'll leave now!"
Although the hope was slim, we were determined to give it a try. As soon as An Liman finished speaking, I couldn't wait to rush towards the lava canyon.
The area around Lop Nur is not entirely sandy. Occasionally, you can find some canyons made of red broken rocks. It took me more than ten minutes to reach the ring-shaped rock pit on the outside of the canyon, and I was about to jump in and look for it.
As a result, before I could set out, a sleeve arrow suddenly shot out from a pit under the ring rock and headed straight towards my door.
"Who is it!"
My heart skipped a beat, but luckily I was already on guard. I quickly took out my short knife and slashed at the sleeve arrow.
The sleeve arrow came with great force, accompanied by a sharp sound of breaking through the air. When I slashed it with a short knife, a metallic buzzing sound immediately erupted.
My wrists were numb from the shock of the sleeve arrow, and I looked up at the pit with a horrified look on my face. I saw an exquisite figure jumping out of the depths of the yellow sand, as light as a civet cat, shooting towards the darkness of the canyon like lightning.
, turned out to be a figure of a woman wearing a black coat.
"stop!"
My expression changed, and I immediately ran away. At first, the woman was ten feet away from me, but as I ran, I got a lot closer. I took a closer look, and this time I found a wound on the woman's thigh.
, wearing a layer of bleeding bandage, which greatly reduced his running speed.
I whipped up my horse and quickly caught up with the woman in front of me and said loudly, "Beauty, don't get me wrong. I'm not a bad person. I'm here to inquire about the whereabouts of my relatives."
After hearing this, the woman paused and turned around, revealing a pair of eyes as bright as the bright moon.
Through the cold moonlight, I could clearly see the other person's appearance. She was a middle-aged lady in her thirties, with a well-proportioned body, good looks, fair skin, and the typical softness of a southern water town.
This person is definitely not a local aboriginal, you can tell just from his skin and appearance.
I ran to a place less than ten meters away from her and stopped. The woman also raised her arms and pointed the sleeve arrows tied to her arms at me. With a cautious expression on her face, she lightly scolded, "Who are you?"
I quickly put down my weapon to show that I had no evil intentions, "Don't get me wrong, I was just passing by and happened to find this canyon, and I just planned to come in and take a look."
"Passing by by chance?"
The woman was charming and had a beautiful smile, but she had a cold face and a cold tone, not allowed to be approached, "Are you a member of the Zoroastrian Cult, or a member of the Restoration Society?"
Um?
This time I was surprised and said quickly, "You actually know these two forces. What is your... identity?"
The woman snorted, and a sharp glare shot out from the corner of her eyes, saying that if I don't change my name in office, I will change my surname in office, Jiangnan Perak Hall, Nangong Yun is the same!
Feelings belong to Jiangnan Perak Hall?
To be honest, I was a little shocked. Jiangnan Perak Hall is a well-known family of practitioners in China. It corresponds to the Tang Sect in Sichuan and is also known as the "Chinese Dual Weapon". It is good at manufacturing various unique hidden weapons.
However, Perak Hall belongs to Jinling's forces, so why did it suddenly come to this northwest?
I hurriedly asked, "Sister, are you a member of the Religious Affairs Bureau?"
"Bah, who is your eldest sister? Look at the arrow!" Although this woman is soft and beautiful, her moves are unambiguous. With a shake of her wrist, three black lights immediately crossed in a cross-shaped shape and shot toward my face and shoulders.
Come.
What a powerful hidden weapon!
I was startled, so I could only dodge, and drew a sleeve arrow against my forehead, leaving a shallow blood mark. The second sleeve arrow failed to hit my left shoulder, but it tore my shirt. The third sleeve arrow tore my shirt.
The sleeve arrow came with the most ferocity and was about to sink into my chest.
In the midst of lightning and flint, I could only raise my dagger, aim at the arrow in my sleeve, and suddenly pick it out.
The swords and weapons collided, and a burst of sparks shot out. The huge force was transmitted along my wrist, which made my arm tingle. I quickly took two steps back, and was about to tell her to stop. Suddenly, I saw the woman raising her head again.
In my right hand, a black iron bead the size of my thumb appeared in my wrist. It contained an aura of destruction that was about to come out, which made me so scared that my eyebrows almost went bald.