Seeing her leave, Zu'an and the others breathed a sigh of relief. He quickly began to use the Primordial Chaos Scripture to heal his injuries.
Just then, several figures rapidly approached: "Nüba is here!"
I could vaguely see a person wave their sleeve, and the surrounding dust was sucked into their sleeve, greatly increasing visibility.
Several strangely dressed people, dressed as wizards, were gathered not far away, and a dilapidated corpse could be vaguely seen.
That was clearly the corpse of Nüba.
Now it seems that only the head remains; the body is nowhere to be found.
Zuan couldn't help but marvel at the astonishing power of this female demon. Her power was even greater than that of a nuclear bomb, yet she still managed to leave behind a head.
The leader sighed, "Nüba, why are you doing this to yourself?"
The demon Nüba did not answer; she was already dead.
His eyes were wide open, seemingly filled with resentment and anger.
The group sighed in unison, then chanted some strange syllables, as if it were a eulogy. The woman's expression softened, and she finally closed her eyes.
Seeing this, Zuan and the others were greatly surprised. Was this a scripture for salvation?
At this moment, the wizards also noticed the situation and quickly surrounded them in the center, staring at them with hostile expressions.
It was only then that Zuan could see what they looked like. To be honest, calling them human was a bit of a stretch.
Because each of them had an extremely strange appearance, some had colorful paint on their faces, some wore ferocious masks, and some wore huge necklaces made of unknown animal bones, they looked extremely terrifying.
"They're part of the Golden Crow gang! Kill them to avenge Nüba!" one of them said indignantly.
Zuan's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that these wizards and Nüba were in cahoots, and were on the opposing side to Xihe and the others.
So he immediately explained, "Senior, you've misunderstood. We're not with those Golden Crows. On the contrary, we have a grudge against them."
"Nonsense," the man scoffed. "I clearly saw it just now; you were sitting in Xihe's golden chariot. What else could you be but a group of people!"
“That’s because we were captured by her,” Zuan said quickly. “We went to Tanggu to deal with Jinwu, but Xihe discovered us and captured us. Later, Xihe was fighting with that woman… Nüba. She was so focused on fighting that she didn’t have time to look after us, so we escaped in the chaos.”
Several wizards looked at each other strangely: "With your strength, you actually think you can go to Tang Valley to deal with the Golden Crow?"
Yan Xuehen and Yun Jianyue looked somewhat ashamed. They were usually high and mighty, renowned experts in the world, but now they were being looked down upon for their low strength.
There was no way to refute it, whether it was Xihe or Nüba just now, or these wizards in front of them, their strength was unfathomable.
Both of them felt somewhat powerless. Although they were prepared for the dangers of the unknown land, they still did not expect it to be this dangerous.
No wonder no one has ever come out of the unknown alive for thousands of years.
Huh, how did this guy Zaun manage to escape from these terrifying secret realms? And from what he said before, it seems he's been to more than one unknown place.
Zaun was secretly lamenting that none of the unknown places he had experienced before combined were as terrifying as this one.
This is quite close to a mythological world.
However, since things had come to this, he could only grit his teeth and bear it: "I was really arrogant and underestimated the strength of the Golden Crow before, which is why I was captured. Fortunately, you guys appeared in time, so they had no time to worry about us and gave us a chance to escape."
The wizards exchanged glances, their expressions showing a mixture of disbelief and skepticism; clearly, his explanation was rather bizarre.
The leading wizard nodded slightly: "That's right. Xihe is always arrogant. I've never heard of her having any human friends, let alone letting humans ride in the same carriage with her."
"But I'm curious, why did Xihe let you go? Although she's not a bloodthirsty person, she's always been indifferent to humans. How could she possibly take you, as prisoners, with her?"
As soon as he finished speaking, several wizards stared intently at them, as if they would kill them immediately if anything went wrong.
Zuan reacted quickly and immediately said, "Because I had a sudden inspiration and said that we knew the reason why the ten golden crows suddenly went berserk, Xihe spared our lives temporarily and then hurriedly followed the ten golden crows."
"Oh, you know why the ten-day period has ended?" The leading wizard's gaze sharpened.
Zuan smiled wryly and said, "This was just a desperate measure to save our lives at the time. Of course, I don't know the reason behind it. Luckily you came, otherwise we would have been in danger if she had interrogated us later."
Anyone with a sound mind knows that the sudden mobilization of these ten golden crows is not as simple as the initial rumors of them being just playing around; there might be some enormous conspiracy involved.
He was worried about being implicated and ruined, so he naturally wanted to distance himself from the situation.
"I see." As the wizard was deep in thought, he suddenly noticed a corner of a mulberry leaf peeking out from the hem of his robe. "Where did you get this mulberry leaf?"
“It was given to us by that big mulberry tree in the mulberry grove,” Zuan replied while secretly observing the expressions of the others. “He said it was to dispel the miasma of the Dongting Lake and help us heal.” Hearing this, the wizards visibly breathed a sigh of relief: “Since that old mulberry tree was willing to give you these mulberry leaves, it proves that you are indeed not bad people.”
"You are seriously injured, why don't you go back to our place and rest?"
After saying that, he casually waved his hand, and several strange beasts appeared on the ground and carried them up.
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