22|Thousand Miles of Wind and Sand in a Shrinking Ground 3

Scorpion Tail!

However, after this sting, Xie Ren also pinched its tail, the whole scorpion tail snake caught a accurate, hand a force, it pinched fainted. He was stung, but his expression did not change at all, only threw the fainted snake on the ground, said: “Everyone pay attention, there may be snakes …… nearby.”

Before the words left his mouth, his wrist tightened, he looked up, but it was Sanlang who grabbed him. Xie Ren was slightly stunned and said, “Sanlang?”

The reason why he asked this question was because the expression on this teenager’s face at this time, was really not right, completely not knowing how to describe it with words, almost making people a little shiver.

He stared at the back of Xie Ren’s hand that a small wound, this wound was really with a pinprick almost, but the poison is rapid, the back of the hand is immediately a huge purple and red hard lump swollen high, that a small wound was also propped up into a knife cut out so big.

Sanlang composed his face, did not say a word, grabbed Ruoxi and used it to tie a tight knot on Xie Ren’s wrist, locking the poisonous blood pouring out. Although Ruoxi was pampered by Xie Ren, she was not that honest, but in his hands, she was obedient as if she was dead.

Since the two of them had met, Xie Ren had never seen this expression on his face, and was about to speak when he pulled out another dagger from the waist of a merchant. Seeing this, Nan Feng immediately understood what he was going to do, and held out a palm flame in his right hand. Sanlang did not even look at him, he only placed the tip of the dagger on the fire, roasted it, turned back, the dagger lightly and quickly scratched a cross on the wound on the back of Xie Ren’s hand and was about to lean down, Xie Ren was busy saying: ”No need. The scorpion tail snake’s toxin is powerful, it’s useless to suck it, you beware of your own poisoning ……”

That teenager, however, could not help but grab his hand and cover his lips with it. Somehow, Xie Ren felt his arm that was caught by him shivering slightly.

Over there, Fu Yao said, ”You can be stung even by this, it’s really poisonous. He won’t necessarily be bitten at all, what are you going to catch? Simply adding to the chaos.”

This is the truth. As a matter of fact, now Xie Ren thought about the way Sanlang tied the snake’s knot, and thought that he probably wouldn’t be bitten, maybe even if he was bitten, he wouldn’t take it to heart at all. But not afraid of ten thousand, just in case, this teenager really did not notice the snake, was bitten so bite, will not then regret is useless?

He waved his other intact hand around and said, “It won’t hurt or kill you anyway, so don’t care.”

Fuyao said, “You’re really not in pain?”

Xie Ren honestly said, “Really. There’s no feeling anymore.”

This is true. Xie Ren this person, because very lucky, he walks in the mountains, eight out of ten times will step on poisonous snakes or woke up poisonous insects and so on, early by all kinds of poisonous bites over a thousand times, but has been very tenacious not to die, the most fever burn three days and three nights, woke up and still nothing like a person. And his sense of pain is also very insensitive, any pain is pain in pain to get used to.

After he finished this sentence, Sanlang finally raised his head. The redness on the back of Xie Ren’s hand had already disappeared, and he had a wisp of blood on his lips, and his gaze was extremely cold, and his line of sight shifted to the side, moving to the scorpion-tailed snake on the ground. Only to hear a “bang” sound, the purple-red snake, burst into a purple-red puddle of meat paste.

The crowd was shocked to see that the snake actually exploded, but they didn’t know who did it, and although the plasma didn’t splash themselves, they were also terrified. Tiansheng still remembered that Xie Ren was also stung, and anxiously said, “This brother, you were also stung ah? What are you going to do?”

Xie Ren tightened the bandage on his wrist and smiled, “Good boy, I’m fine. It’s business as usual, next we’re going into the city to look for the Good Moon Grass.”

A merchant was busy saying, “You go? What about us? Shouldn’t we send someone too?”

Xie Ren said, “You guys don’t need to, that Half Moon Country’s homeland is afraid to be dangerous, one more person is more of a mistake. After we find the Good Moon Grass, we will bring it out to you within twelve hours.”

Several merchants said, “Is …… this true? That’s really appreciated ……” “How can this be ……”

However, as soon as Xie Ren spoke his next sentence, their complexion changed. He said, “In order to find the Ancient Kingdom of the Half Moon as soon as possible, I would also like to trouble you guys by temporarily lending this little brother to us to lead the way.”

The one he wanted to borrow was naturally Ah Zhao. If just now the merchants’ faces were grateful and thankful, now most of them were hesitant. Xie Ren is also clear that they are worried that they will run away after they find the Good Moon Grass with their guide, even if Ah Zhao still has a conscience and does not run away with him and is willing to come back, then the time will also be greatly delayed. But they really don’t want to go to that “every time they cross the border, more than half of the disappearance” ghost place, so very entangled.

Human nature is understandable, and Xie Ren followed up with another sentence, “But I’m also afraid that there will still be something else to attack you, so, Fu Yao, you stay here and look after them.”

Leaving one person behind, the merchants finally all nodded and said, “Alright. As long as Azhao is willing to go with you.”

Thus, Xie Ren turned to Ah Zhao and said, “Little brother, are you willing to do a favor? It’s fine if you’re not willing.”

Ah Zhao nodded and said, “It’s fine. However, it’s actually good to find the Half Moon Ancient City, just follow this direction and you’ll be there.”

After bidding farewell to the merchants, he walked at the front to lead the way, with Xie Ren, Sanlang and Nanfeng following closely behind. After walking for a while, Xie Ren opened his mouth and asked, “Ah Zhao, are there often scorpion-tailed snakes in this area?”

Ah Zhao said, “Scorpion-tailed snakes don’t infest very often. This is the first time I’ve seen one.”

Xie Ren nodded and stopped asking questions. As a matter of fact, he had lived in the vicinity of the Half Moon Kingdom for some time, and this was the first time he had seen a scorpion-tailed serpent, thus, there was nothing wrong with this answer.

Nan Feng sensed something and whispered, “You suspect this Ah Zhao?”

Xie Ren also whispered, “Anyway, bring him out and keep an eye on him.”

If it was in the past, the one who spoke to him first would definitely be Sanlang, however, I don’t know if it was because of that incident just now, at this time, that teenager’s face still didn’t look too good, and he didn’t say a word. Xie Ren didn’t know what was going on, and couldn’t talk to him, so he just walked.

The four of them traveled in the mangled Gobi for a small half hour, the storm was already far away, there was no wind and sand blocking the road, the footsteps were very fast, gradually, on the road, they could see some weeds that had survived extremely hard, growing in the cracks between the sand and the rocks. When the sun was about to set, Xie Ren finally saw an ancient city in the sky.

This ancient city was hard to see, because it was earth-colored and blended with the vast yellow sand, the city wall collapsed, and a few sections were buried in the yellow sand. Walking closer, they realized that this city wall is extremely high, the highest place is about ten feet, it is not difficult to imagine the grand appearance of the past.

After passing through the urn, the four of them officially entered the boundaries of the Half Moon’s homeland.

After the door is a street, still wide and empty, both sides are broken walls, broken houses, broken stones, broken wood. Perhaps it is because he is accustomed to the instructions, Ah Zhao said: “All of you be careful, do not walk around.” These three people naturally did not need his advice.

Roughly, this ancient city was far from the Half Moon Kingdom in his mind, and Nan Feng wondered, “This is the Half Moon Kingdom? How come it’s so small, worse than a city.”

Xie Ren said, ”A small desert country, an oasis is as big as the country is. The Half Moon Country was only about 10,000 people in its heyday, so it’s really only that big. It’s not bad when there are a lot of people, it’s quite lively.”

Nan Feng observed and said, “To fight this country is probably a matter of a few days.”

Xie Ren shook his head and said, ”It’s really not certain. Nan Feng, you should not underestimate the Half Moon people. Although their nationals only have around ten thousand people, their army maintains more than four thousand all year round. They have more men than women, excluding the old, the weak, the sick and the disabled, and then excluding the farmers, almost all of the remaining men have joined the army. Moreover, the soldiers of the Half Moon are all nine feet tall, and their personalities are fierce and aggressive; with a wolf’s tooth stick, he dares to charge forward with a sword stuck in his chest, making them difficult to fight.”

Ah Zhao seemed slightly surprised, glancing at Xie Ren and saying, “This gentleman seems to know quite a bit.”

Xie Ren maintained his smile and was about to make a casual remark when Nan Feng asked again, “What is that wall?”

He was pointing, in the distance, to a huge yellow structure.

To say it was a building didn’t seem quite right, because strictly speaking, it could only be called a thing surrounded by four tall earthen walls, with no doors or roofs. There were only four earthen walls, each of which was more than ten feet high, and on top of the walls was a pole, tattered and torn, not knowing if it was a flag or something fluttering in the wind. Somehow, looking at it gave one a slight chill in the heart.

Xie Ren turned back, took a look, and said, “That’s the Sinner’s Pit.”

As soon as he heard the name, he knew that it was definitely not something good, Nan Feng frowned, “Sinner’s Pit?”

After a moment of silence, Xie Ren said, “You can think of it as a prison. It’s a special place for guilty people.”

Nan Feng said, “There isn’t even a door, how can we imprison them? Could it be thrown directly from above?”

Xie Ren was wondering whether or not to say anything when Sanlang suddenly said, “Throw it down. Besides, the bottom is all filled with poisonous snakes and scorpions and hungry beasts.”

Hearing him finally speak, Xie Ren’s heart was relieved and she glanced at him, however, Sanlang locked eyes with him for a moment but averted his gaze. Nan Feng cursed, ”Where the hell is this a prison! This is simply torture, so vicious! The Half Moon people are either sick in the head or vicious.”

Xie Ren rubbed his brow and said, “Not all of them. There are also quite cute ones among the Half Moon people.” At this point, he suddenly got stuck in his words and stared, “Wait.”

The remaining three did stop, and Xie Ren raised her hand and said, “Look at that pole above that pit, is there a man hanging from it?”

The sun was sinking, the night was falling, and the distance was so far that it was hard to see what was hanging on that pole, but, a little closer, looking at the silhouette of the hanging object, it was clearly a thin black man, with tattered clothes, hanging on the pit of sinners, like a rotten doll, being blown by the wind and swinging to and fro.

Miroku said, “Yes.”

As soon as Azhao saw a person hanging there, his face turned slightly white. This scene is extremely poignant and bizarre, even calm as he can not stand. At this moment, Sanlang slightly tilted his head and said in a deep voice, “Someone is there.”

Not only did he perceive it, but Xie Ren also heard extremely light footsteps. Both sides of the street were lined with dilapidated houses, the four of them immediately spread out and hid inside. Xie Ren and San Lang hid in the same broken house, while Nan Feng and Ah Zhao hid in the opposite one. Not long after, at the end of the dilapidated street, a white-clothed female crown turned out.

The woman was dressed in a light, snow-white Taoist robe, holding a duster in her arm, walking down the street, looking left and right, her eyes extremely bright, with a demeanor as if this wasn’t an ancient city that had been abandoned for many years, but rather a small backyard garden that she could turn over at will. And not far away, a black-clothed woman walking with her hands in the air, slowly walking behind her.

This black-clothed woman’s eyebrows were beautiful and cold and brooding, her gaze was like a dagger sheathed, her long hair was spread out, and her entire person seemed to emit a silky cold aura. Although walking behind this white-clothed female crown, there would be no one who would see her as anyone’s subordinate.

It was the same two men they had seen outside the small abandoned building at lunchtime.

At that time, these two figures flashed past, the black-clothed person and tall, Xie Ren did not see whether it was a man or a woman, now realize that the original two are women. The white-robed one could only be the Half Moon Master of State, and the black-robed one, who could it be?

The Half Moon Master leisurely flung his duster and said, “Where are those people hiding again? They disappeared without noticing, do you want me to find them one by one and kill them?”

Xie Ren thought to himself, sure enough, as soon as they entered the city, they were immediately targeted.

The woman in black came up and crossed to her with an expressionless face, saying, “You can call your friends to help you kill.”

This “friends” could only refer to that group of super lethal Half Moon soldiers. The Half Moon Master laughed, ”Ha! I don’t like to call others, I just like to call you. Happy?”

That black-clothed woman, however, did not give any face at all and said coldly, “What is there to be happy about being called by you to do such a thing. Get going.”

The Half Moon Kingdom Master raised an eyebrow, and was indeed leaving quickly. Listening to their conversation, it was like they were old acquaintances who were quite close.

Both of these two were certainly not ordinary people, and this man in black was bound to not be unknown. The woman who was familiar with the Half Moon Kingdom Master, who was there? A mysterious fellow disciple? Or did the Half Moon Kingdom actually have a queen or a female general?

Xie Ren held his breath while thinking rapidly. He didn’t want to be discovered at this time, at the moment it seems that this Half Moon Master of State is very jumpy in nature, in case he sees them, an excitement, and calls that group of Half Moon soldiers who are said to be nine feet tall and holding a wolf-tooth club, then it could be a tangle for a while again. Twelve hours, one hour less is one point of danger. Who knows, his human physique is the more he doesn’t want to come what, the more what comes. When that black clothed woman walked past from in front of this room, she suddenly stopped and swept her eyes sharply over.

That Half Moon Kingdom Master had already taken a few steps forward, and when he saw her stop, his body fell back and said, “Hey, are you leaving?”

The woman in black said, “You, back off.”

The Half Moon Kingdom Master said, “Oh.” Sure enough, he backed away, and it seemed that the woman in black was about to raise her hand, when suddenly, there was a loud bang across the long street!

Across the street, the room where Nan Feng and the others were hiding suddenly collapsed. This one collapsed, along with the left and right rows all collapsed, all of a sudden the sand and dust rolled on the street, a black shadow violently leapt out from the flying sand and rocks, striking a majestic flame, attacking the Half Moon Master. The black-clothed woman turned around and stopped in front of the Half Moon Master, her left hand was still behind her back, and her right hand copied the flames into her palm and sent it back directly to him. The black shadow is also swift and incomparable, dodging to avoid, a few rabbits and magpies fall, holding a burst of sand and dust far away. Half Moon Master chased after him, and the black-clothed woman glanced this way before she also chased after him.

This change only happened in a matter of moments. Xie Ren secretly said, “Good South Wind!” He knew that it must be the Nan Feng hiding across the street who saw that this side was about to be discovered, and attacked from the east to the west, helping them to lure away the enemy. He only leapt out alone, so Ah Zhao must still be in the house. After making sure that the three were far away, Xie Ren pulled Sanlang out and said, “Ah Zhao, you’re still alive, are you hurt?”

In a moment, a muffled voice came from under the collapsed house, “…… It’s okay.”

Xie Ren lowered his heart and said, “It’s good that it’s okay.”

Although he believed that when Nan Feng collapsed the house, he was bound to carefully control it to leave room for another living person, but in the end, he still had to confirm it in order to feel at ease. He lifted a rotting beam with one hand, and after a while, Azhao crawled out from under the house with great difficulty, his head and face covered in ash, and after casually patting it twice, he resumed his bland look.

Xie Ren said, “Now we only have three people left. Nanfeng is being chased away, we have to speed up. Ah Zhao, do you know where that Good Moon Grass grows in the city?”

Azhao, however, shook her head and said, “I’m sorry. I only know the location of the ancient city, and I have never been here before, so I am not sure where the Good Moon Grass grows.”

On the side, Sanlang said, “It is said that the Good Moon Grass likes shade, is born short, has extremely thin roots but larger leaves, and is shaped similar to a spiky peach. Why don’t you look towards the near side of that tall building.”

Xie Ren pondered and said, “Tall buildings?”

Speaking of tall buildings, in a country, what building would be taller and grander than the royal palace? Moreover, in that mythological legend, the queen picked a piece of Good Moon Grass after the banquet, which could also side-step the fact that Good Moon Grass could grow in the royal palace.

The three of them looked out and saw a palace built of masonry and earth in the center of the city.

The palace looks quite imposing from afar, but up close, the degree of dilapidation is only slightly better than the other houses on the street. Through the gate of the palace, there was a large garden. Perhaps in the past, this was not a garden, but a square or something, but now it has been deserted for many years, leaving only a piece of land full of various green plants.

It was good to see that what you stepped on was not sand, but dirt, probably the only remaining traces of the oasis. The Good Moon Grass was probably hidden in these many, many plants. Xie Ren said, ”Hurry up and look for it. We only have twelve hours. Still, be careful of the scorpion-tailed snake.”

Ah Zhao responded, Sanlang also “hmm”, all three of them lowered their heads to search. But Xie Ren suddenly remembered, that Half Moon Kingdom Master could manipulate scorpion-tailed snakes, then, after arriving at her territory, more scorpion-tailed snakes should appear. However, after the group entered the Half Moon Ancient City, there was not a single scorpion-tailed snake to be seen again.

He straightened up and was about to speak when he suddenly felt a cylindrical object in his hand.

Looking down, it was a human leg.