White Bone Monkey King

The bearded man looked solemn. They did get a lot of news during the day.

A few days ago, there was another skinning case in the desert. A caravan was skinned while spending the night in the desert. No one, including the camels and the people, was spared, and they all died from the skinning.

The scene was as bloody as a butcher slaughtering a sheep and peeling off the skin.

Those dead people are still in the desert, and no one helps to bury them. They can only let the wind and sand bury the people and camels.

Rumors are now spreading in the desert, saying that the four devils of the Black Rain Country are not dead at all. They have successfully refined the elixir of immortality and survived for hundreds of years in the Black Rain Country buried under the sand. Now they are all from the Black Rain Country. The Rain Country has escaped and is eating young men and women everywhere in the desert, drinking human blood, defrauding children's souls from their parents, and skinning people to refine the elixir of life.

Therefore, no one dared to approach those people and camels who were skinned to death, and no one dared to help them collect their bodies, for fear that they would be targeted by the four devils of the Black Rain Kingdom.

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The second major event is that with the reappearance of the Black Rain Kingdom in the desert half a year ago, several groups of Central Plains people have come to the desert, all looking for the Black Rain Kingdom, looking for the legendary elixir of life and clues to the Kingdom of Immortality, because Black Rain The National Master is someone who claims to be from the Kingdom of the Immortal God.

There are also rumors that the Black Rain Kingdom has been buried in the sand for hundreds of years and suddenly reappeared in the world. It was the fault of the Central Plains people, because only the Central Plains people have been looking for clues to the Kingdom of the Immortal God for thousands of years.

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The third major event is that many ancient city ruins have been excavated in the desert. Each ancient city ruins has been completely destroyed. Many large holes have been dug into the ancient city. It looks like treasure thieves looking for treasures in the desert.

Almost every ancient city in the desert has its own story.

Those treasure thieves destroyed the ancient city and even exposed the excavated bones in the wilderness, disturbing the rest of the dead and releasing many sleeping devils.

When talking about this, Big Beard and Uncle Kremu looked at each other with very solemn expressions on their faces. Finally, Big Beard looked at Jin An and said: "Taoist Master Jin An, do you still remember when we found Kazakhstan in the sunken ship?" Is that what you said when you were picking up the body? You said that if these people were not being chased by something and running back all the way, they were looking for something and were not in a hurry..."

"When we heard about this strange thing today, Kremu and I almost immediately thought of those people in Hamuti! The treasure thieves who have been frequently destroying ancient cities in the desert recently must be related to those people in Hamuti."

Jin An became interested and said, "Why do you say that?"

"Did you find any evidence?"

Next, the bearded man told the reason.

It turned out that half a day's walk east of the ancient river shipwreck, there was the ruins of an ancient city built on a tributary of the ancient river. However, they did not take that road at the beginning, so Jin'an did not see the ancient city.

When Big Beard took people out to look for clues, because the ancient city ruins were too far away, it would take a day to go back and forth, so he did not go to the ancient city ruins.

Looking back now, with so many coincidences, those people in Hamuti are most likely treasure thieves. They usually pretend to be businessmen from the Western Regions, and they can use this identity to steal treasures in the desert.

That day, Hamuti and the others must have stolen treasure in the ancient city again, but this time they provoked a terrible devil.

But these things are just private conjectures of a few people. Not many people know about them, and they don't go around talking nonsense to others.

Until there is definite evidence, speculation is just speculation.

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The fourth major event is that in the depths of the desert, someone discovered the mummy of a giant corpse with a human face, which was larger than an adult camel. That place was close to the deepest part of the desert, close to Guchi, which had disappeared for more than a thousand years. near the country.

They guessed that the corpse with a human face must have escaped from the legendary Guchi Kingdom.

Because Huahai Holy Mountain is the name of the people of Guchi Kingdom. In fact, it is a mountain used to bury clan members. In the records of ancient books of some ancient countries, it is also called Corpse Hiding Mountain.

It means that many dead people are buried.

Therefore, it is not unusual at all for a Corpse Cock King to grow in Zangzhi Ridge, but it is just that it is larger than an adult camel, which is a bit too shocking.

"Corpse with a human face?" Jin An was really surprised this time.

This may be scary to others, but it is good news to him!

Unexpectedly, his trip into the desert went quite smoothly. He had only been in the desert for half a month and already found many clues about the location of Guchi Country.

The approximate location of Guchi Country is in the deepest south of the desert. In fact, this location information is still very large in the vast sea of ​​sand, but now he has clues about the corpse with a human face, which helps him a lot. It is a road sign. Guiding the direction of Zangzhi Ridge.

Uncle Kremu said with lingering fear: "Not many people know corpse crickets in the desert. If we hadn't just escaped death from a group of corpse crickets not long ago, we had just seen what corpse crickets look like. We were listening to It’s impossible to recognize the corpse of a human-faced monster immediately when you see it.”

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The fifth major thing is that there seems to be a problem with the underground well water in Yueqiang Kingdom. Recently, the water has been strictly controlled and a lot of water taxes have been added. They have been driving hard for three days in a row, consuming a lot of water and almost drinking it all. As a result, The water gap was huge, and this time we couldn't fill it up before going on the road as usual.

For the next section of the journey, they would drink more water sparingly than before.

Without water in the desert, people will soon die of thirst.

It is estimated that several people in the caravan will die of thirst during the next journey. This is a very serious matter.

Now there seems to be a problem with the water source of the Yueqiang Kingdom. The water supply is limited to the outside world, and only the people of the country are given priority. Therefore, Big Beard and the others decided to rest for two days instead of three or four days. After waiting in line to buy water, they will leave immediately. Yue Qiang Country, Yue Qiang Country looks a little unsafe this time.

At the end, the bearded man said with a serious tone: "If there is really a problem with the water source of Yueqiang Country, hey, it seems that another small country in the desert will disappear."

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The sixth major thing is that the desert has indeed been unstable recently, with many demons killing and cannibalizing people. The specific reasons are not yet known.

Compared with the first five things, although the sixth thing is talked about the least, it is the most dangerous.

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The time has come to Haishi.

The sky in the desert has darkened. In Yueqiang City, which has been bustling for a day, the lights of hundreds of houses gradually go out and everyone falls asleep.

It has been a while since Jin An returned to his small courtyard, and dinner had already ended.

The dark night shrouded Yueqiang City, and only the torches in the direction of the city wall burned the night sky red, illuminating the city wall and the area a few feet away outside the city wall. The soldiers of the Yueqiang Kingdom were dutifully standing guard on the city wall, patrolling the dark desert world like ripples of water with the help of firelight, concentrating on guarding the silent world outside the city.

At night, the desert is as dead as a cemetery, and the temperature drops horribly.

Crackling.

The huge bonfire outside the city wall was burning the trees violently. The crystal white salt scattered around the city wall was illuminated red under the light of the fire, which was used to drive away the invisible devils hiding in the darkness.

Jin'an's residence.

boom! boom! boom!

In the courtyard with the gate tightly closed, there seemed to be a dragon and tiger fighting, the roar of wind and thunder was beating, and the blood was boiling.

Jin An had just slept all day during the day, and did not continue to sleep at night. Instead, he played "Twelve Extremes Xingyi Quan" from the beginning, and then started practicing the tenth form of Tai Fist.

This Qigong style of hard Qigong is practiced on the neck area of ​​the body.

The turtle, also known as the pig dragon in ancient mythology, is actually a type of crocodile.

The body of the turtle is covered with scales and is as hard as black iron. It is thick and strong and has infinite strength. This tenth posture of the turtle is to train the neck like a turtle, making the skin, muscles and bones as tough as dragon meat, which cannot even be cut through by a sword.

Just as the wind and thunder were beating like wind and thunder while practicing martial arts in the yard, the movement in the yard suddenly stopped. Jin An, who was practicing martial arts with his upper body bare, pushed open the door and walked out calmly. When he saw the inn owner Kuturuk and his son-in-law , one person is holding a jar with salt, and the other person is bending over to grab salt and sprinkle it in front of each household's door.

Seeing that it was the boss Kuturuk and his son-in-law standing outside the door, the gloom on Jin An's face instantly disappeared, and he said in surprise: "It turns out to be the boss, I thought it was who was standing outside the courtyard door and not leaving."

"Boss, are you spreading white salt to ward off evil spirits?"

To be honest, the inn owner Kuturuk and his son-in-law were also startled by Jin An who suddenly and quietly opened the door. They both smiled bitterly and said: "Taoist Jin An, you walked without making a sound, which scared us."

Then the boss Kuturuk sighed and explained: "There has been some instability in the desert recently. The salt can drive away unclean things. As long as you sprinkle salt on the door and window sill, no devil can enter the house."

"Boss, you are really thoughtful and thoughtful. No wonder the business of the inn is so good. No matter who stays at your inn, they will definitely become repeat customers." Jin An did not hesitate to praise.

People like to hear good things when they are old, especially this inn which he has been running for a lifetime. The inn owner Kuturuk smiled when Jin An said it.

"You Kangding people are indeed people who have seen the world, and you are always nice to talk to. Last time, a pair of masters and servants stayed in the hotel, and they were just as nice to talk to as you, Taoist Priest Jin'an."

Perhaps because Jin An's words touched the boss's heart, he sprinkled a circle of salt inside and outside Jin An's courtyard, and the portion was even larger than that of other guests.

Although the salt in the desert is not as expensive as in Kangding, you still have to spend money to buy it. The innkeeper sprinkled so much white salt in Jin'an's yard because he really liked Jin'an and was very welcoming.

After the innkeeper and his son-in-law left and continued to sprinkle white salt on the doors of other guests, Jin An closed the courtyard door and continued practicing.

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In the center of Yueqiang City, there is an ancient castle and palace on a higher ground. It is high up, patrolling its territory and protecting its people.

Gulizal means the gorgeous flowers blooming in the desert.

Gulizar is the apple of the eye of the king of the Yueqiang Kingdom and the princess of the Yueqiang Kingdom. She is tall and graceful, and her skin is so delicate that it is not obvious that she has been growing up in the desert since she was a child. She does not have the dark skin of other desert people. The skin is rough and weathered.

call--

The desert night wind followed the gauze curtain used to protect the pavilion from the desert sand, gently blew open a gap, and blew into the boudoir, making the gauze curtain snap.

It's quiet at night.

Gulizar, who was covered with an expensive silk quilt brought from the Kangding Kingdom by merchants from the Western Regions, was breathing slowly and sleeping soundly. Suddenly, a pair of brows furrowed in his sleep, as if he was having a terrible nightmare.

Bang bang bang, the gauze curtain in the boudoir blew louder and louder in the night wind, and the candlelight in the boudoir began to shake rapidly in the quiet boudoir.

Crunch, crunch.

I don't know when there was a sound in the woman's boudoir, like the sound of two feet walking on a thick blanket. The sound was so soft that you could hardly hear it unless you listened carefully.

The luxurious blanket creaked with golden threads on its soles and seemed to be walking back and forth in the room. Finally, it made a sound, and soon began to move again. This time, it went directly to the princess of Yueqiang Kingdom who was sleeping on the bed and having a nightmare.

call!

Gulizal suddenly sat up in shock, gasping for air, her face was pale, her forehead was sweating, she looked around the room nervously, looking at all the familiar rooms, her pounding heart slowly calmed down. When I got down, I breathed a long sigh of relief.

She had just had a nightmare. She dreamed that under her bed, there was a woman whose face she couldn't see clearly, sleeping with her back to back against the bed. The woman was wet all over, as if she had just been fished out of the water.

Just when she got out of bed and bent down to look under the bed, the wet woman with her back pressed against the bed also quietly turned to look at her. At that moment, her heart beat like a drum, and she was so scared that she forgot to breathe. I really felt like I was going to die, and I wanted to shout for help, but no words could come out of my throat.

"Fortunately it was just a nightmare..."

Gulizal breathed a sigh of relief again. She felt that it must be because of the recent problem with the water source in Yueqiang Kingdom and her excessive mental stress, which led to such a strange nightmare.

Thinking of the scene in the nightmare again, she jumped up as if belatedly, wanting to jump out of bed and leave the bed, but when she was about to fall to the ground, she was afraid and hesitated again. She once again thought of the man who was following her under the bed. A woman sleeping back to back thinks that when she stretches out one foot, a hand will reach out from under the bed and grab her ankle.

Thinking of her fear, she screamed in fear.

"Princess, princess, are you okay?"

Hearing the noise, the guards and maids guarding outside the boudoir immediately broke open the door and entered.

Gulizal was not a little sheep in the desert. After waking up from the fear of the nightmare, as her mind became clearer and clearer, she quickly calmed down and said, "No, it's okay, I just had a nightmare."

At this time, there were more people in the room, and the atmosphere in the room became more lively. The temperature was no longer deserted. Gulizal hesitated for a moment, and she mustered up the courage to get out of bed barefoot. Her delicate, snow-white feet were tender and white. It looks like growing up with milk soaked in it, and it looks like a peeled egg, delicate and beautiful.

After she got out of bed, she boldly lifted up the gold-edged sheets. The bed was empty, and there was no woman clinging to it. Phew, she was about to breathe a sigh of relief... Suddenly her eyes widened in horror, and her heart skipped a beat. Stop, there are a few drops of water falling under the bed!