The Secret Art of Refining the Dead: The Walking Corpse File

Chapter 89 Awake
I turned back immediately and found that there was no one behind.

I opened my head and looked around, but I also didn't find half a person.

Immediately afterwards, I looked at the arrow on the ground again. Who saved me?Why don't you show up?There was no one else in this place, and the only person I saw just now was actually a big snake.Could the person who saved me be Wang Aiguo?

An old man in his 70s, when did he practice archery?
The most important thing, why did the person who saved me hide?
I decided not to stay where I was, picked up the arrows on the ground, and immediately climbed up, and I climbed out of this weird meeting place, and at this time, the sun was already setting in the sky.At the same time, in the empty desert, I heard a sharp whistle.

It is the signal whistle of the team, this is the sound of assembly.

I've lost my signal whistle, or I would have blown it long ago, instead of riding a camel to find someone.Immediately, I rode on the camel and ran towards the position sent by the signal post.

The camel walked slowly, but it was not slow when it ran, but it was a little bumpy. Soon, I arrived at the gathering place.Everyone was there, but I was the last one to arrive. Tan Yan looked unhappy and said, "I told you to wait here, why are you running around... huh?" After turning around, he asked in surprise, "Where did this thing come from?"

I immediately turned over and got off the camel, handed the primitive arrow in my hand to everyone, and told about my previous experience.A big snake turned into a human, which is a bit shocking, Han Zitong said: "You mean, that woman, that snake, is the goddess Snakemo?"

Wang Zehai said: "It must be her. I didn't expect this goddess to stay here after so many years. She has her eyes on Brother Xiao Su, will she follow and harm us?" It was a red sun, and now there was only an afterimage left, the surroundings had already darkened, and the temperature had begun to drop.

Han Zitong said softly: "Let's pay more attention tonight, but since the owner of this arrow is willing to save people, it means that we still have an invisible 'friend'." Find a place to camp, and divide into three groups at night to take turns to watch the night.

At the moment, we found a shelter from the wind and pitched a tent to rest.

According to the arrangement, Han Zitong was in a group with Han Xu as usual. Although Han Xu was unreliable, Han Zitong was very cautious, and she was at ease with her.The second group is Tan Ren and Wang Zehai, and the third group is me and Zhou Xuanye.

Everyone set up their tents and took out some food and drink. Tan Ren seemed to be very interested in the stone arrow, holding it in his hand and looking at it over and over again.Looking at it, he actually lowered his head and began to sniff.In principle, I plan not to have much contact with Tan Ren in the near future. The more I talk, the more mistakes I make. If I am not careful, my salary will disappear.

But seeing his strange movements now, I still couldn't hold back my curiosity, and asked, "Boss, is there something wrong with this arrow? What do you smell?"

Tan Ren gave me a lukewarm look, then put the arrow under my nose, and said, "Smell, what does it smell like?" I sniffed it, and found that there was a strange smell on the arrow. , smell it close, the smell is quite strong.

When I was trying to distinguish what kind of smell it was, Tan Ren said: "If it is really the goddess Shemo, can such an ordinary stone arrow force her away?"

To be honest, this stone arrow is not even very sharp, not to mention shooting snakes with scales, even if it is shot directly at a person, it is estimated that it will be a black bruise at most, and it is very difficult to break the skin.When Tan Ren mentioned it like this, I really felt something was wrong.

How could the Goddess Shemo be forced away by such an arrow?
Is there anything unusual about this arrow?
Could it have something to do with the weird smell?

Hearing this, Han Zitong weighed the strange arrow in his hand, lowered his head and smelled it, and immediately said, "This is not an ordinary stone, it is a sulfur stone."

"Sulfur stone?" I was a little puzzled.

Wang Zehai on one side often deals with stones, and immediately explained: "It is a kind of stone with a high sulfur content, natural sulfur." ​​Although I don't know the concept of sulfur stone, sulfur is the killer of snakes.

Could this be the secret to repelling the Goddess Shemo?
Han Zitong said: "It's not only the sulfur stone, it should have been coated with something, but I can't tell." After a pause, she continued: "But we can keep this thing, in case the goddess of snakes comes over again , we can deal with it.”

At the moment, we put the sulfur bombs we carried in the fire again, making the surrounding area permeated with a strong sulfur smell.

After everyone finished eating and drinking, they kept watch and rested according to the previous arrangement.

Out of the principle of taking care of the ladies, we let Han Zitong stay in the first shift, Tan Ren and I stay in the second shift, and Wang Zehai and Zhou Xuanye stay in the last shift.Afterwards, everything was calm, and I slept soundly. It wasn't until after twelve o'clock that Han Zixi came in and told me and Tan Ren to take over, and we climbed out of the tent.

There was a bonfire outside, which was piled up by picking up some rotten wood from the surrounding ruins. Since there was not much fuel, the bonfire was only a small ball, and the burning was not strong.I patted my face to wake up my sleepiness, and then walked around from time to time to prevent any accidents.

It is an extraordinary time, and we must treat it extremely. In the territory of the Goddess of Shemo, none of us dare to take it lightly.

After walking around, I sat back on the edge of the fire, and the sulfur stone arrow was stuck next to the fire. Not far away, the old savage was curled up on the ground, a little far away from the fire, looking very pitiful.I thought about it, and took a coat to cover him. I didn't expect that old savage to be very alert. As soon as I approached him, he woke up.

A pair of cloudy eyes stared straight at me, and he opened his mouth. I thought he would make a weird grunt like before, but the next second, what came out of his mouth was a paragraph "Snake, snake... yes, run, run." His voice was hoarse, dry, and intermittent. If it wasn't for the closeness of the action of covering his clothes, I could hardly hear what he was saying.But the word snake is very clear.

I was startled, and hurriedly said: "Boss, come on, he can talk." Tan Ren stood up immediately, and we squatted beside the old savage on the left and on the right.I found it difficult for him to speak, as if his throat was hurting, so I immediately took a water bag and fed him water.

The old savage immediately stretched his neck and gulped and drank, looking very hungry and thirsty. After drinking half a bag of water, he sighed suddenly, looking very comfortable and satisfied.

His cloudy eyes seemed to become clearer, and his voice was not so hoarse and unpleasant, he said: "You, who are you..."

It seems that this man has regained his sanity. Tan Ren and I looked at each other, and we were a little confused. So, didn't it mean that his sanity was destroyed by the Goddess Shemo?Why is it suddenly better now?

I said: "Old man, don't you remember what happened?" The old savage frowned, covering his head as if he was recalling something, after about 2 minutes, he suddenly gasped and said: "I remember It's gone." Immediately afterwards, he jumped up from the ground, but because of the ropes tied to his body, he lost his footing and immediately fell down.

Now that the man has regained his sanity, we will naturally not tie him up like this again. I apologized and then untied him: "I'm sorry, old man, you were insane before and kept attacking us, that's why you made such a move .”

After the old savage was untied, he stretched his wrist and said, "There's no need to explain, I remember everything, and there's no need to apologize. In fact, I should thank you all."

This makes me a little puzzled, thank us for what?
As if seeing my doubts, the old savage said: "You know that statue, right? I am controlled by it. The closer I get to it, the more terrifying it is. If you didn't take me away from that place, I would I’m afraid I’ll be in a daze for the rest of my life.”

I recalled the scene when I was controlled by the statue of the Snake Demon Goddess, and I couldn't help being afraid. If the old savage didn't happen to attack me and push me away, I'm afraid I would follow in his footsteps.

Now that the old savage is awake, there is naturally a way to solve the many doubts that lingered in our hearts before.Tan Ren immediately put out all the questions. The old savage was bombarded by this pile of questions, and he was a little overwhelmed. He hurriedly stopped and said, "Don't worry, come one by one. You ask who I am? I His surname is not Wang, and he doesn’t know what Wang Aiguo is. I picked up this walrus tusk.” Then, he began to talk about his identity.

And the real identity of this person really caught me by surprise.

The old savage's name is Chai Kuan. He and the mummy we packed on the camel are actually from the same team, that is, the same archaeological team.They entered the oasis in order to find the ancient country of Huangchao. At the beginning, they didn't gain much, but until they discovered a secret passage, the situation changed.

That secret passage is located in the basement of the Liuzi treasury. Our group doesn't understand the mechanism, so we didn't discover it before.The old savage and his party are a professional archaeological team. There is a person in the team who is very accomplished in the study of ancient institutions. With his help, they discovered the secret passage.

And that secret road is connected to the 'underground shrine' of the ancient kingdom of Huangchao.

(End of this chapter)