Chapter 579 Gu Jieshuang wakes up
Buzz...
The soul card shattered at Tai Chu's fingertips, and then many layers of blood-colored halos continued to rise, surrounding the chariot. The halos became denser and denser until they completely covered a spherical space. Then, all the halos shrank together, and everyone disappeared.
…
From Yu Cang's perspective, the blood-red light surrounded the chariot and then dissipated in a short time. When he looked outside again, he found himself in a different world.
Yu Cang pushed the door and got out of the car, looking into the distance.
This is... the Longevity Tent.
They were in a forest, probably halfway up a small hill. Standing here and looking into the distance, there was a long plain at the foot of the mountain and a few low hills in the distance, none of which were high or steep.
It can be seen that the terrain here is not good. It is called grassland, but in fact the grass is sparse and large areas of bare ground can be seen in many places. The mountains and forests where they are located are mostly withered branches and willows. The exposed branches are like dry bones, and there is a sense of desolation everywhere.
Yu Cang raised his head and looked towards the horizon not far away… He didn’t know if it was an illusion, but he always felt that above the clouds, he saw countless human figures covered in golden light. The abundant golden light passed through the clouds and fell on the earth.
But Yu Cang couldn't see clearly.
Because the clouds were so thick, they seemed to have formed layers of tents, so heavy that they covered the sky and blocked out the sun. The golden light that fell was no different from sunlight.
"Is that the direction of Lingguang Mountain?" Yu Cang thought thoughtfully.
The Changsheng Tent is divided into nine tents, which are nine different alien spaces, in which live the nine tribes of the hunting tribe.
As soon as they entered the Longevity Tent, if there was no one to guide them, they would be in the "Ninth Tent".
Yu Cang took a few steps forward and then took a deep breath.
It was his first time going abroad, and he was "smuggling" there, so he couldn't help but feel a little curious. He wanted to smell the air of this foreign country and see how it was different from Yan Country.
However, he had only taken half a deep breath when a foul odor suddenly rushed into his nostrils. The stench immediately blocked Yu Cang's senses. He didn't check it for a moment, and his body trembled, and he almost vomited on the spot.
"Damn, this smell..."
Yu Cang pinched his nose, frowned tightly, and forced himself to suppress the discomfort in his heart.
The smell is too strong... In this remote place, is there something smelly nearby?
He leaned over and looked intently in the direction where the stench came from. However, when he saw clearly what it was, the expression on his face froze.
That's... a person.
Or rather, half a person.
Everything below his chest and abdomen was missing, and dark red coagulated blood was spread all over the surrounding soil and vegetation, and the broken parts of his chest and abdomen... the flesh and blood had long since dried up, but the hideous teeth marks on the flesh and broken bones indicated that he might have been bitten off alive by something!
His eyes were empty, with nothing in them. The bloodstains nearby were unusually thick, suggesting that his eyes had been gouged out before he died.
The stench he smelled just now... was the stench of a corpse!
Yu Cang waved his hand in front of his nose, his brows furrowed to the extreme.
I saw a corpse the moment I landed... Was it a coincidence? Or was this a common occurrence in the Longevity Tent?
However, there were also strange things everywhere on this corpse.
Looking at the bite marks, it seems to have been done by a wild beast, but looking at the way the eyes were gouged out, it seems to have been done by humans.
Yu Cang was a little confused, but he had no intention of finding out the truth about a strange corpse.
Taking a few steps back, a soul card slipped from Yu Cang's palm. Before it landed on the ground, it turned into a torrent of information and finally crashed into a small anchor ring.
Summon the Mustard Seed Flying Gu, and use it as material to link summon the Consciousness Devouring Insect·Sora!
The little bug lowered its head at Yu Cang's feet, listened silently to Yu Cang's orders, and then turned and left.
The ability to fly in the air makes it very suitable for reconnaissance in the wild.
When this soul card is only connected to its own soul energy well, the control distance can reach infinity. It is truly unlimited and can go wherever it wants.
A small bug, not going to attract any extra attention.
However, at this time, the task he gave Kong was not only to gather intelligence... but also to clear the way.
There is Qi'er in the team, and he doesn't want to see such a situation where a corpse suddenly appears on the road later... So he lets Kong go first and deal with the corpse if he encounters it.
Yu Cang pinched his nose and returned to the chariot. At this time, Qiu Jindong threw out a soul card, and the invisible barrier quickly expanded. Suddenly, Yu Cang felt that the stench lingering around his nose was directly squeezed out by the barrier. When he breathed again, there was no strange smell.
Qiu Jindong looked into the distance and sighed softly, "This longevity tent... is full of miserable people."
Yu Cang: "...Unfortunately, there's nothing we can do."
"Hmm... I hope to meet Emperor Khan."
Yu Cang nodded, then looked at Lou Yan beside him.
After entering the Changsheng tent, his expression became complicated and he got out of the car.
Obviously, Lou Yan also discovered the body... He said nothing, walked forward silently, and stopped in front of the body for a long time.
It wasn't until Yu Cang looked at him that he said, "Can I help bury him?"
“We don’t have any conditions.”
"...Just dig a hole. It's better than being exposed to the wind and sun."
"OK."
Yu Cang took out a blank soul card and a formation writing pen from his arms. After writing for a few seconds, this soul card turned into an ordinary quality equipment soul card.
He activated it directly and equipped this soul card to Lou Yan.
Although Lou Yan has not yet awakened the Soul Energy Well, the equipment card can be directly equipped to Lou Yan through the equipment knot, but the mental pressure still has to be borne by Yu Cang.
Taking the shovel, Lou Yan took a deep breath, and was almost choked by the stench of the corpse... But he still endured it, walked forward quickly, and started digging a hole near the corpse with one shovel at a time.
The barrier of Autumn and Winter only enveloped everyone inside, but did not cover the corpses, so Lou Yan had to endure 100% of the stench.
Yu Cang stood at the edge of the barrier.
Lou Yan had obviously never been exposed to such a scene at such close range before. After digging a few shovels, he suddenly couldn't stand it anymore. He ran to the side, held onto the tree trunk and started vomiting.
"...If it doesn't work, forget it." Yu Cang said, "We'll see a lot more bodies next. You can't help bury every one of them."
With such great kung fu skills, Kong has already come a long way, and what he saw along the way... can only be described as very exciting.
There's nothing wrong with saying that there are corpses everywhere.
That's why Yu Cang said that.
"...We don't have time to bury you one by one."
They sneaked in, but the date of the exchange will not change.
The chanting day is a week later, so at the latest in four or five days, they will have to meet with the people from the Grand Court.
"I...I understand." Lou Yan breathed heavily, then stood up, "I will...quickly..."
Looking at Lou Yan's determined look, Yu Cang raised his brows slightly.
“Why would you do that? It doesn’t seem to make any sense.”
"I just can't bear it." Lou Yan said as he dug the soil, "Besides... they are the people of the Great King's Court. The Great King's Court is supported by the people. How can we not even take care of their funeral affairs..."
Yu Cang: "...It's not your fault that the Great King's Court is in such dire straits."
"But I am a prince of the Great Court... Since I saw it and I happen to have some free time, I can't just ignore it."
Lou Yan seemed to have gradually adapted to the stench of corpses, and the digging process became faster.
"Yu Cang, don't worry, I won't delay your journey... I just saw that you guys are resting here and have some free time for me to do this. If we were to hurry, I wouldn't ask you to stop for something like this."
"……good."
Yu Cang sighed imperceptibly, then took out a blank soul card and a formation writing pen and began to write and draw on it.
He casually asked, "Did you do the same when you were in the Grand Court?"
"Before... I didn't." Lou Yan gripped the shovel with his knuckles, applying a little force. "My brothers and the others never told me these things, and the Imperial Master certainly didn't. Before I escaped, I had never left the Great King's Court. I thought that outside the Golden Palace was really like what the scriptures said, a paradise on earth, a pure land..."
Yu Cang: "...I can imagine that you must have been in a lot of pain during that time."
"Yes." Lou Yan said, "...When I came out of the Great King's Court, my brother asked many uncles to escort me, but they all died on the way...In the end, they helped me divert the Imperial Master's men, allowing me to disguise myself and follow a group of merchants, and only then did I successfully arrive in Yan Country.
"But... I don't know why, I can't remember any of those uncles' names... Yu Cang, do you think the royal bloodline of the Great King's Court is really born cold-blooded and disregards the lives of ordinary people?"
Legend has it that the Great King's Court was founded by those who had offended the Immortals, and they, greedy for power, could not escape it. Now, under the rule of the Great King's Court, the Immortals' Tent was in widespread misery, which made Lou Yan begin to question himself.
Yu Cang didn't look up, still writing on the soul card in his hand: "It's actually quite normal. If an experience is too tragic, then people will subconsciously blur the memory of it. It's normal not to be able to remember it clearly."
"Is that so..."
Lou Yan shoveled away the last shovel of soil, took a few breaths, then walked to the side and dragged up the corpse.
Lou Yan didn't dare look into the corpse's eyes, and just dragged it into the pit.
At the beginning, he was sent out of the royal court by his brother, but the Changsheng Tent was full of the national teacher's spies, and he didn't know where to go. Just because he had heard the national teacher mention Yu Cang's name and knew that Yu Cang was the national teacher's enemy, he went on a difficult journey, overcoming many dangers, and came to the border of Yan State.
The enemy of my enemy is my friend, but he may also be a more dangerous enemy. However, Lou Yan had no choice at that time.
On the way, he almost escaped death. The people who escorted him risked their lives and were completely wiped out before they finally sent Lou Yan to the vicinity of Yan State. He himself disguised himself and mixed into the caravan, and finally arrived in Yan State.
The caravan also belonged to the Great Royal Court, but fortunately, perhaps because the caravan was too far away from the Imperial Master and did not receive any orders, Lou Yan was able to get away successfully.
He was lucky. As soon as he arrived at the border of Yan State, he actually heard Yu Cang's name again when they passed by each other.
This journey was truly legendary. The youngest prince of the Grand Court traveled eastward, overcoming despair to seek reinforcements from the great Eastern country to save his country. This was an experience worthy of being written into a biography, but now Lou Yan felt that his experience was too ordinary compared to the people struggling in the Changsheng Tent.
At least, he had people who risked their lives to escort him, he could see hope, and he was lucky too. But for the common people here, as long as they were not born with talent, then... their life would be like this, with no way out.
How does your own experience compare to this?
After placing the corpse in the pit and arranging it neatly, Lou Yan stood up.
He clasped his hands together, and the blood on his palms made them sticky and disgusting. As he lowered his head, a foul smell rushed into his nostrils at close range, but he did not let go, maintaining this posture and mourning for a long time.
"...Compared to that Fashi, you are more like a monk."
After saying this, Yu Cang stopped writing.
What he was drawing was a very simple soul card.
Rare spell card, quick clean.
There was nothing special about the function, it was just able to clean the blood off Lou Yan's body... He didn't want Lou Yan to come back to the car smelling bad and wake up Qi'er.
For him now, this kind of soul card is something he can easily make, so it is not surprising.
“…I’m not as good as Fashi.”
Lou Yan just said this.
Yu Cang did not respond, but just looked at the soul card in his hand. After confirming that there was no problem with the rhythm, he was about to take it back. At this moment, several voices suddenly came to his ears.
“Help…Help!”
It is the language of the hunters.
Yu Cang turned his head and saw - on the mountain road, two hunters, a man and a woman, were running wildly, and behind them, chasing them closely, was a... wild beast?
Yu Cang frowned.
No...it seems different from the wild beasts...
This is a huge humanoid monster made of metal. It has a hideous face, wide-open eyes, and no hair on its body. It looks extremely scary.
This person seemed to be made of dirty iron. The ground shook slightly when he moved. Judging from his weight... he was probably not solid.
Although this iron man was chasing the two hunters, he did not use his full strength. His eyes were full of mockery, just like a cat chasing a mouse. He slowly kept the two men in his suspense and was not in a hurry to attack.
This... doesn't look like a wild beast at all.
"Do you want to save me?"
Yu Cang narrowed his eyes slightly.
Something was wrong. They had just arrived at the Changsheng Tent and they met this kind of person?
While Yu Cang was thinking, Lou Yan suddenly turned his head: "Yu Cang, you..."
Having said this, he paused again.
He was just an outsider and had no right to ask Yu Cang to take action... Looking at Yu Cang's expression, he knew that there might be some conspiracy hidden in this... He himself could do nothing.
Yu Cang's fingers moved slightly, and a soul card was already pinched on his fingertips. He was still wondering if there was anything unusual in it, when -
clang!
The sound of a sword suddenly rose from behind!
Yu Cang was stunned for a moment, and then a look of joy appeared on his face.
This is the sword intent!
Gu Jieshuang woke up?
whoosh!
Before he could react, the whistling sound of a sword crossed the sky and headed straight for the human-shaped wild beast!
(End of this chapter)
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