Chapter 23 The role of the strange bead! The only thing to be thankful for is that this group of rice...
The only thing to be thankful for is that the strength of this group of scarecrows is not too strong.
Ye Lu and the Hipster looked at each other. He lowered his head, and the Hipster looked up. They both saw what the other meant. Then, without hesitation, they turned their heads to look at the ghost scholar and said in unison: "Ah Gui, you stay in the car. I'll go to the front."
"..." The ghost scholar was speechless. He knew very well that his two brothers were itching to get their hands on the new weirdo. But there was nothing they could do, because he was the weakest among the three.
Without waiting for the ghost scholar to answer, I saw a gust of wind blowing in front of me, and the two figures disappeared from my sight.
The ghost scholar looked silently at the empty space in front of him. He looked at the fast-moving figure of Ye Lu not far away. It would be fine if he was just a playboy, but Master Daoist, do you still remember that you are a secondary talent?
"...Forget it." I'm afraid the Taoist himself doesn't even remember it. The ghost scholar rubbed his sun, sat cross-legged outside the carriage, and watched the big blue ox lie down. There was something strange blocking the road ahead, so the fleeing team naturally couldn't leave. The big blue ox was very comfortable, and it just lay down when it couldn't move.
As soon as Ye Lu arrived in front of the leading carriage and approached the pile of scarecrows, he uttered "hmm" in a puzzled tone, and he immediately realized that something was wrong.
Helan, who was not far away, heard the voice and turned around, just in time to meet the gazes of Ye Lu and the murderer.
Helan moved his shoulders, looking helpless, and said, "Well, are all those who can move here?"
Hearing this, Ye Lu looked around and found that as expected, there were many people with awakened talents, most of whom were combat-type. There were also some people who were not from the guards but ordinary villagers. They had shy smiles on their faces and weapons in their hands. It was the guards who retreated.
Uncle He Si simply stayed in the driving seat and looked at the group of people below with an expressionless face.
It seems that everyone wants to kill the monster and get a share of the supplies, Ye Lu thought silently in his heart. That's right, since they are fleeing from famine, no one complains about the lack of supplies. Ye Lu didn't care at first, until he personally killed a yellow-level monster and exchanged its meat for a lot of supplies. He took it without hesitation.
"This weirdness is not strong." Ye Lu was still thinking about something when the Ximing man next to him spoke. His voice was a little dry and vague. After staying in the guard team for a long time, Ximing man could also distinguish most of the weirdness. For example, although the scarecrow in front of him looked scary, in fact, its weirdness power was probably between Bai You and Huang Li.
The scarecrow in the lead was only a Huang Li mid-level, far inferior to the Tu Teng Yuan they had seen before.
The voice of Ximingren is very distinctive, and almost everyone who has heard it can recognize it at the first sight.
He Lan was already standing in front at this time and did not hear what they said. Instead, Ye Lu walked to the side of He Si's uncle. He Si glanced down and saw his two nephews coming over.
He Sijiu didn't need it? Ye Lu asked, and explained directly: "That is a white straw man, also called a scarecrow, which occasionally appears in places with a lot of grass."
“Fear of fire, but not water.”
After hearing how his fourth uncle He knew everything about the village, Ye Lu raised his eyebrows and looked at him. Then he thought about how so many people came out of the village, and he was afraid that it might be more than just weirdness. Could it be that there was something special about this scarecrow?
Although Ye Lu didn't say anything, Uncle He Si seemed to understand what Ye Lu meant.
Uncle He Si had no expression on his face, but his voice was lowered for no apparent reason: "The scarecrow has special properties, and is considered a rare weirdness. When we encounter such a weirdness, we usually kill it if we can. Is it useful after killing it?"
"When you and your men go up there later, kill as many as you can."
Ye Lu was even more confused. It was the first time he heard about the use of a scarecrow. Looking around, he was not the only one with confusion in his eyes.
"I know." Ye Lu whispered. He believed that Uncle He Si would not lie to him.
"Whoops..." The voices of the scarecrows gradually approached, but the sound of the bronze mirror slowly stopped, and the invisible barrier blocking the team fell completely.
The colorful figures came closer, and Ye Lu could even smell the scent of hay. He frowned and stopped sniffing. He stretched out his hand and took out a long dark blue whip. Originally, Ye Lu wanted to use the "bone lantern", but Uncle He Si said, "These scarecrows are still useful."
After thinking about it, Ye Lu decided to give up the bone lamp and use the long whip he made with the vine silk of the dodder not long ago. It looked very simple and it was indeed simple. He also thought about whether to use his bare hands again, but considering that he had killed a yellow-level monster with his bare hands not long ago, and after dragging the corpse back to the carriage, the ghost scholar gave him various euphemistic words of dissuasion.
Ye Lu had to give up this tempting idea.
The closer you get to the scarecrow, the stronger the faint scent of hay becomes.
Ye Lu hadn't left yet. Not long after, a colorful scarecrow flew towards him. The smile on its ostentatious straw face was very strange. It approached Ye Lu greedily.
Ye Lu raised the whip in his hand and was about to pull the opponent away, but his movements slowed down a lot.
"Hmm?" Ye Lu hummed in confusion. He just clearly felt that his limbs became stiff in an instant, as if he had turned into a scarecrow at that moment.
Fortunately, Ye Lu's physical strength was strong enough, and he could barely hold on despite this stiffness. Just when Ye Lu was about to take action, he heard the voice of the man behind him: "Master, be careful."
"That monster can freeze the body!" said the playful man with narrowed eyes.
Ye Lu casually tied up the grinning scarecrow with a long whip. The mysterious power of the Son of Taishan God automatically opened up and wrapped around the scarecrow along the whip. The latter seemed to have encountered some terrible pain and no longer laughed. Even the exaggerated curve on his face was lowered.
After Ye Lu finished all this, he turned his head and looked at the playful person behind him.
It's common to give people a beating for fun.
His Taoist master is like this.
"Nothing, it's just that this scarecrow is a little weird." After a brief pause, the playful man quickly returned to his usual grinning expression. What's more, his laughter was somewhat similar to that of the scarecrow. He raised his chin and motioned Ye Lu to look around.
Ye Lu followed the man's gaze and looked over.
All the people with awakened talents came out. Most of the time, two or more villagers were fighting against a scarecrow. Often, the colorful scarecrow would approach the villagers, laughing and joking. The villager it was facing would become stiff in all four limbs. The scarecrow would continue to approach, and the straw on its body would move without any wind. In the next second, it would tie up the stiff villager and suck his flesh and blood.
The companions next to him will pull him away and use their own talents to attack the scarecrow, and at this time the scarecrow will be much weaker.
Maybe it was because only one person could be immobilized at a time, and with the cooperation of multiple people, very few villagers were injured.
After reading it, Ye Lu understood the scarecrow's strange abilities. It must be that it relied on the scent to freeze the body and then devoured the flesh and blood. Knowing this strangeness, Ye Lu looked down at the scarecrow again. When he dealt with this scarecrow just now, he always felt that it was different from the others. The villager was frozen for much longer than him.
His Tarzan power...
Ye Lu thought about what the Lord of Mount Tai was in charge of, and he made up his mind. He turned his head to look at the playful man, and a smile appeared on his face.
"…………" Now, it was Xi Mingren's turn to remain silent. When he saw the Taoist's smile, he instinctively gave a warning.
"Axi, your brother wants to discuss a business with you?" Ye Lu spoke to the man in a gentle tone.
The playful man said nothing.
After half an incense stick.
The playful man moved nimbly and quickly in the grass. His figure was really like a black lightning, drifting above the grass. Behind the playful man, a group of angry scarecrows followed closely. They were colorful and crowded together, constantly making angry calls.
The scarecrows kept chasing the hateful blood-eating figure in front of them.
The playful man felt his heartbeat accelerating wildly. He was used to this kind of happiness between life and death. Behind him, those strange forces were far superior to him. Once he made a mistake or was a step slower, these scarecrows would catch up with him and rush over to eat him.
The playful people can even feel the strange and cold aura coming from behind.
The playful man looked straight ahead at the slender figure quietly waiting for him. It’s almost there, it’s almost there, three, two, one!
Fall to the ground, roll away, and hide behind Ye Lu.
Ye Lu stood in front of the playful people, looking at the dark and strange group of people chasing after him. He had no fear on his face. Instead, he smiled and looked at the group of angry scarecrows. The power of Tarzan surged throughout his body, and he raised his hand slightly.
The next second, an invisible pressure came like a huge mountain pressing down heavily, mixed with an indescribable terrifying pressure.
"How dare you!" The cold and majestic voice didn't seem to come from Ye Lu. His eyes were pitch black as he looked at the scarecrow with scrutiny as if he were some kind of usurping servant.
"Whoa... Whoa!" The scarecrows were panicked by the sudden pressure. They lowered their heads unconsciously and began to stiffen, as if they had encountered some natural enemy. They were instinctively afraid of this pressure and their instinct told them that they should not resist the existence of the opposite party, so they were unable to move.
"Go!" The playful man waved his hand, and dominoes flashed with lavender lightning, floating accurately beside the group of stiff scarecrows, and suddenly exploded. Countless sparks burst out, and the scarecrows began to burn wildly.
Black smoke rose on the field, emitting a pungent smell.
Sure enough, his method is still useful.
Ye Lu nodded in satisfaction, watching his men finish all this. There were seven or eight scarecrow corpses lying under their feet. The first step after recovering their strange power was to use the pressure of Taishan's bloodline.
If this set of skills works, the subsequent operations will be more convenient. In the end, Ximingren even got used to it and understood how to drift faster in the grass. It was because he loved fighting for many years and this kind of fast movement was his most common fighting method that he was able to adapt so quickly.
After several consecutive times, there were dozens of scarecrow corpses under the feet of Ye Lu and the Ximing man. Ye Lu simply tied the corpses into a ball with the long whip in his hand and waited for the Ximing man to come over. During the last few times, there were only a few scarecrows following the Ximing man.
After being tricked and killed several times, even the dumbest monster would react and realize that the blood-eating creature in front of him that had fallen into the trap was a tough one and not easy to deal with, so he would naturally avoid it.
In the end, there were only one or two.
After finally killing the two scarecrows, Ye Lu called out to the playboys who were about to leave and said, "That's enough, we are almost there, we still have to share with the rest of the villagers."
"There weren't that many scarecrows to begin with."
The playful people stopped and looked at the villagers around them. As expected, there were the most scarecrow corpses under their feet, accounting for almost one-third of the total.
Ximingren understood what Ye Lu meant. They could eat the good things, but they could not be greedy. When they ate the meat, they had to leave some soup for others. He turned around, went behind Ye Lu, and watched the villagers fight quietly.
The battle situation changed from being evenly matched at the beginning to humans gaining the upper hand.
The main reason was that the people of He Village were too strong and had many kinds of talents, many of which were fire-related. Often one of them would resist, one would hit hard, and one would ignite the scarecrow, and they would kill it quickly. Some companions who did not have a fire book would just grab the scarecrow with their hands and smash it to the ground.
The earth shook, leaving streaks on the ground and the scarecrow was in tatters.
Some with fierce personalities would even tear off the scarecrow's head directly, and then use their "talent" to seal the head. If they cannot stick the two together for a long time, the scarecrow will die.
He was a Huang Li-level guard.
"Not bad." Ye Lu watched for a long time and memorized almost everyone's strength in his mind. The fighting style of the people in He Village was different from the Star Network people they had seen before. They were more ferocious and wild. They were not even afraid of direct contact with the weirdness and being contaminated by the weird curse.
Their magical powers have many uses.
The basis of all this is undoubtedly strange food.
The source of the extraordinary and terrifying strength of the people in He Village is the yellow-level strange plant - green millet.
After watching for a while, Ye Lu once again sighed at the importance of strange plants to the human race in this world.
The battle started quickly and ended quickly.
The guards have begun counting the spoils.
The person in charge of the inventory was He's seventh uncle. He's fourth uncle was busy, so there was no other choice but for him to come. In addition, He's seventh uncle had a cheerful personality and was popular in the village, so it would be a good idea to send him when it came to the distribution of supplies.
"Oh, Lu Wazi is here too. I was wondering why your carriage is so quiet today?" Behind Uncle He Qi were two members of the escort team. In one hand he had a roll of light yellow coarse cloth and in the other hand was a charcoal stick. He said, "Write it down first and ask the magicians to write it down on bamboo slips later. This coarse cloth can be used again after washing."
Uncle He Qi still had the mood to greet his own nephew. That's right, Ye Lu and the others were in the back few positions, and Uncle He Qi had already noted them down.
"Let me see---" Uncle He Qi looked very good at first, but slowly, his expression changed, and then he looked down in disbelief at the thick pile of scarecrow corpses under the feet of Ye Lu and the others.
"You guys beat all of these?" Uncle He Qi screamed in disbelief and jumped up to look.
"Could it be that you have discovered the lair of the Baicao people? No wonder everyone in the village said that the number of Baicao people we encountered was too small to be enough to fight. It turns out that they are all here with you!" Uncle He Qi couldn't help but complain anymore.
His nephew is like him, he takes as much as he can.
Ahem...!! Uncle He Qi coughed a few times, then looked down at the scarecrow corpse under his feet, and signaled the two guards behind him to step forward to prevent the villagers from suspecting that he was abusing his power for personal gain.
Upon hearing this, the two guards stepped forward. They didn't say anything, but their expressions were very strange. It was really amazing that the number of scarecrow corpses of Ye Lu and his team was exactly one-third of all the scarecrows.
This makes people think more, could this kid be holding back?
"It's OK." After one of the guards checked the number of scarecrows and confirmed that it was correct, he nodded at Uncle He Qi, which was considered a verification.
The two men stepped back again. Next they had to count the strange corpses of scarecrows in other houses.
"Hehe...you kid, you can do it!" Uncle He Qi still had his work to complete, and before leaving, he had a strange expression on his face, as if he wanted to laugh but couldn't help it. He pretended to be serious and patted Ye Lu's shoulder, making it crackle.
Ye Lu looked calm, as if the person that He Qijiu and the others were talking about was not him, as if he was not the only one.
After Uncle He Qi left, the next people to clean up the bodies came. They were also from the guard team, but their leader was the stone mage.
The guards and the villagers piled up the strange bodies of the scarecrows one by one into a small hill and placed them in an open space, placing hay around them. After doing all this, the guards stepped back and the stone magician stepped forward and took out a handful of light yellow talismans from his arms.
The talisman was very small, and there seemed to be red lines on the light yellow paper. The stone sorcerer activated his magical power, and the talisman in his hand moved without wind and floated onto the pile of corpses in front of him.
"boom!"
The sudden fire engulfed the entire hill of straw. At this moment, these scarecrows looked like real straw being burned by flames. It was extremely fast. In just half an incense stick of time, only a pile of black ash was left on the spot.
The guards picked up the boxes that had been prepared long ago and began to pack the black ash.
Ye Lu looked at the busy figures not far away, paused for a moment, turned and walked towards the carriage where Fourth Uncle He was waiting. When he was about to reach the carriage, he paused again and turned to look at the playful people beside him.
"?" The playful man looked up.
"Ah Xi, go back and let Ah Gui go find Uncle He Qi. I guess we will divide things next. It will depend on him how much we can get then." The ghost scholar is the best eloquent among the three of them, understands people's hearts the best, and pays attention to details. It will be right to leave this kind of thing to him.
The man knew that Ye Lu would not make such a statement without any reason, and he did not ask why. He turned around and walked towards his own carriage.
Ye Lu just happened to arrive at the leading carriage, which happened to be the carriage where the guards were. The curtains were of red and very thick, which could ensure that the people in the carriage could rest more quietly.
Ye Lu knocked on the carriage door.
"Knock, knock!"
"Come in!" A familiar voice came from inside the car.
Upon hearing this, Ye Lu lifted the door curtain and looked inside. As expected, the tall figure sitting on the hay in the carriage was none other than Fourth Uncle He. Fourth Uncle He had his eyes closed and seemed to be waiting for Ye Lu to come over.
"You're here." Fourth Uncle He opened his eyes and said expressionlessly, "Come in."
Ye Lu got on the car without any shyness. He thought his uncle was his own uncle, so why should he be shy about it? He had been in the refugee team for so long and was also in the guard team. After being in the team for so long, even the most socially anxious and unsociable person would get trained and become proficient.
"Fourth uncle, did you know that I would come to see you?" Ye Lu asked hesitantly as soon as he sat down.
"Yeah." Uncle He Si replied very straightforwardly.
"You want to ask what the scarecrow's weird corpse is used for, right?" Fourth Uncle He asked in an affirmative tone.
"I just saw it too. Your harvest this time is not bad. I'm afraid it can account for one third of this harvest."
"The scarecrow weirdness is a very special kind of weirdness. Firstly, its attributes are special, and secondly, its strength is average. The weird beads made from their corpses also have special effects."
"It can accelerate the growth of the strange plants and shorten their maturity period. If the number is large enough, it can even make up for the shortcomings of the strange plants during the planting period to a certain extent." Fourth Uncle He looked straight at Ye Lu and said seriously.
Hmm? Ye Lu understood when he heard that the maturity period was shortened. This was indeed a good thing. This proved that as long as the scarecrow had enough strange beads, they could harvest another batch even if the green millet was on the way. The benefits obtained from this were self-evident.
nice one!
There is no doubt about it.
No wonder Fourth Uncle He asked him to kill more?
"However, this time the scarecrow magic bead must be made by a magician. According to the rules, the villagers will take 30% as usual, and the putty will take 20%." Ye Lu knew that putty was a good thing for farming. White millet grew strong with putty, and it seemed that the villagers did not take much.
Seeing Ye Lu's thoughtful look, He Sijiu thought that he felt that the villagers had taken too much, so he rarely opened his mouth to explain: "This hunt, the villagers also spent a lot of energy. When you go out to hunt, the team needs the protection of the villagers, and green millet. In the past, most of the green millet was given for free. The stone magician used his talismans, and these are all costs."
"I know. I have no objection." Ye Lu shook his head and spoke honestly.
"Fourth uncle, what I want to ask is whether my laurel seed can be used in that mysterious pearl?" Ye Lu paused, but still couldn't help but ask what was on his mind. His laurel seed has been staying in his dantian since awakening, nurturing until now, and it is only a little bit away from completion.
Ye Lu initially decided to plant the seeds at the chosen place of residence. Now that he had the scarecrow's magic bead, he was eager to plant the laurel seeds.
Fourth Uncle He paused, but did not object immediately. Instead, he pondered for a moment.
After a while, He Sijiu finally looked up at Ye Lu and said slowly: "I think it should be possible, but your companion plant is of a very high level. If I am not mistaken, your strength is almost close to Huang Li level, right?"
Ye Lu nodded silently.
"Companion plants usually grow according to the strength of their owners. That laurel tree is a yellow-level plant, and it requires extraordinary power. My suggestion is to plant it first and let it grow slowly into a seedling. Don't worry about it. When we meet a caravan one day, you can invest all your beads in it at once to see if it can grow leaves."
"You don't need it to bloom and bear fruit? Think about it, the laurel tree is also a kind of tree, and you have a high talent for strange plants. If it can bear fruit within three years, you will be lucky."
"Luckily, the laurel tree is special. Its leaves are edible. It should be considered a kind of weird food."
Fourth Uncle He slowly spoke of the plan in his mind.
Of course, Fourth Uncle He also had a little bit of tenderness. Perhaps he felt that his previous words might hurt his nephew's heart, so he added: "If you are lucky again, your ability to enhance your moon power cultivation can be reflected on the laurel leaves, then congratulations in advance."
"You can give those profiteers a good beating."
Uncle He had a gentle smile on his face when he spoke.
However, Ye Lu had the illusion that he had seen another gentle and elegant version of the big ghost scholar. No wonder Uncle He Qi kept saying that Uncle He Si was reliable. Sure enough, he was really reliable.
"I understand." Ye Lu was thinking about what the caravan that Fourth Uncle He mentioned looked like. His memory of the caravan when he was a child was vague. The only thing that impressed him was the bell that rang when the caravan came.
It was crisp, melodious, and neither hurried nor slow, making people feel safe from the bottom of their hearts. Apart from that, he had no other impression. At most, the village would be very busy before and after the caravan arrived, and his uncle and the village elders would also be very busy.
"Go back and have a good rest. Everything that belongs to you is yours." He Sijiu said, and then urged Ye Lu to go back quickly. This kid just came over after killing a scarecrow. He was dirty and covered with straw ashes from the scarecrow. Although He Sijiu looked expressionless on the surface, he actually disliked this dirty little nephew.
Ye Lu had no choice but to leave and return to his own carriage.
Just returned to the carriage, the ghost scholar and the others had not come back yet. Ye Lu entered the carriage first, leaned against the hay team, looked up, and saw the roof of the carriage. There was the warmth of hay underneath. In fact, the roof was also covered with supplies. The coarse cloth was neatly folded by the ghost scholar and placed on the top.
The entire carriage seems a bit cramped at first glance.
Ye Lu's heart inexplicably calmed down. During this short period of fleeing famine, he actually found this narrow carriage inexplicably pleasing to his eyes.
The first thing Ye Lu thought of was how to plant a laurel tree. How to say it?
The ghost scholar was right. If you carry everything with you, you never know when you might need it. Ye Lu subconsciously looked behind the carriage. There was a movable wooden board and under the board was a heavy tree root. The middle of the root was hollowed out and filled with soil brought from He Village.
Because of the water shortage not long ago, the ghost scholar has not planted anything.
It’s just right for use now.
When the ghost scholar wanted to take the tree root, Ye Lu refused. He never expected that the slap in the face would come so soon.
The ghost scholar saw this scene when they came back. His Taoist priest leaned against the carriage and looked at the back thoughtfully. The ghost scholar raised his eyebrows, wondering what had stimulated the Taoist priest. He then took the boxes in his arms and placed them on the coffee table in the middle of the carriage.
"Huh? You're back?" Ye Lu sat up straight and spoke.
"Well, we have brought back the strange bead and the putty. The quantity is not bad. Uncle He Qi also helped. Some of them were taken away by the villagers, and I agreed." The ghost scholar pushed the box containing the strange bead towards Ye Lu, and handed the other boxes of putty to Xi Mingren, indicating that he should put them away.
The playful man hadn't sat down yet, but when he saw the ghost scholar's actions, he puffed up his cheeks and reluctantly moved his feet to put the wooden box in the place designated by the ghost scholar.
The ghost book has many faults, for example, he knows exactly how to place everything, and he particularly hates others disrupting his rhythm. Sometimes, he does this to seek death, but normally he cherishes his life very much.
The strange bead box is different from the putty box. The putty box looks much rougher on the outside and is much larger in size. The box containing the strange bead is more restrained and dark in color, as if it is made of some kind of tree that contains strange power. There are also dark patterns carved on the surface of the box.
"Well, Fourth Uncle He has already told me about this matter." Ye Lu nodded and spoke, while taking the box containing the mysterious bead, opening it, revealing the green and yellow mysterious bead inside the box.
As soon as Ye Lu felt the strange power contained in the strange bead, he raised his eyebrows subconsciously. This was of wood attribute, and a little bit of vitality. As the son of Taishan God, he could clearly feel the difference in strange power by instinct. What Fourth Uncle He said about shortening the maturity period of strange plants was really possible.
nice one.
Ye Lu closed the wooden box, just enough to lock the ghost inside.
In fact, it is normal to think about it. Scarecrows are essentially grass. They are likely to be a kind of monster "born" from the grass. The monster beads they are refined into naturally possess rich wood-attributed monster power.
"I plan to plant the laurel seeds first." Ye Lu pondered for a while and slowly spoke out his plan. Ye Lu attached great importance to the opinions of the ghost scholar and the fortune-teller, and he also hoped to get their suggestions.
Ye Lu was not sure whether the ghost scholar would agree. The latter was in a critical state towards any uncertain action that might hurt them.
Unexpectedly, the ghost scholar did not object, but was very calm.
"Master Taoist, you want to let the laurel seeds take root and sprout first, right?" the ghost scholar said.
"Don't look at me like that." The ghost scholar seemed to see that Ye Lu was a little surprised. He chuckled and said, "When you just awakened your talent, I asked the guards and Uncle He Qi. When the strange plant seeds are just planted, the strange power and soil fertility are not high. In other words, it is no problem for us to plant them in the car."
"Just plant it before it transforms into a mature plant, and it won't harm the owner." The ghost book student knew everything, so he was naturally not in a hurry, let alone anxious. When thinking about the use of the strange bead, the ghost book student had already figured out 70% of Ye Lu's thoughts.
Upon hearing this, Ye Lu felt ashamed. He himself had not noticed that the ghost scholar had actually found out so much.
"Besides, am I an unreasonable person?" The ghost scholar smiled and said as if he was reminiscing about the past, "After all, I was a county magistrate in the past."
Ye Lu's expression suddenly became much drier. Yes, it is true that you are the county magistrate, but what I am afraid of is that you will bring out the attitude you had when you were the county magistrate, acting crazy and mad. How did the people in that county die? Don't you have any idea?
"Hehe." In the end, Ye Lu could only respond with an awkward but polite smile.
"It's getting late. Are we going to set up camp here today?" Ye Lu looked through the curtain outside the car to see the sky outside. It was extremely dim, the sun was not visible, and the temperature was still scorching. It was really getting late, and the refugee team had not set off yet. He asked in his mind.
"The Helan leader said, 'We're not leaving yet, we'll leave tomorrow.'" This was said by Ximing Ren.
"Ghost Pearl and the putty both require manpower, and the green millet also needs to absorb the putty. Both take time. At least we can't leave today." The ghost scholar explained shortly afterwards.
"Don't worry." The ghost scholar soothed him, "We have been walking for more than half a month. According to Qingniu's speed, we are at least hundreds of miles away from He Village. The scope of the drought is also gradually weakening."
Ye Lu leaned against the back of the car, pinched his sore nose, and sighed: "I don't know why my heart is always beating fast, and I always feel that something is going to happen."
On the other side, within the distant drought boundary.
A group of ragged villagers staggered on the road, fleeing towards the border of the drought. Their skinny bodies looked terrible, with dry and yellow hair, lips that were so dry that they bled, dirty and muddy cheeks, and sweat mixed with mud dried on their clothes, making them look even more miserable.
It was obvious that some of the villagers knew each other and some did not. Most of them were middle-aged men. There were also strong women holding children in their arms, and some old people who were leaning on their feet and lagging far behind the team.
The villagers looked terrified and looked back from time to time at the distant dim yellow land behind them. Looking from afar, it made people feel dry in the mouth. The drought was like a light yellow mist that permeated this land.
"Hurry, hurry up, those monsters are chasing us again." A tall and thin man with prominent cheekbones, who looked very ordinary, said this. He seemed to have seen some horrible scene, and his originally good-looking face was distorted into a hideous one.
"There is still some distance to go, and it will take time for the drought to spread." Behind them stood a young man with a gentler expression. He was dressed like a farmer and was obviously much younger than the tall and thin man.
"Those gods and monsters will not leave the land of drought."
"Damn it, why did you choose us as sacrifices?" The tall and thin man couldn't help but curse in a low voice.
"We've run out of water." The tall and thin man was so thirsty that he took out a kettle from his arms. When he opened it, there was no water in the kettle. He emptied the kettle, but there was still no water. He put the kettle away even more angrily.
"Mom... I'm thirsty!" A small voice mixed with crying sound came from the arms of a strong woman in green clothes in the team. Upon closer inspection, it was a girl of three or four years old.
"Cao'er, be patient, there will be water soon." The strong woman gritted her teeth and pinched the baby's mouth to prevent her from crying and screaming, so as not to attract the monsters around. She didn't even dare to release blood. Some monsters were extremely sensitive to blood. It was very likely that as soon as she released the blood, the monster would smell it the next second.
The little girl had her mouth covered, but she was sensible. Even though she was very thirsty, she didn't cry out, but just nestled in her mother's arms.
"Hold on a bit, there must be water around here with so much grass." The gentle man was also quite strong. He first looked up into the distance, urging the people behind him to follow his footsteps. He then looked down at the ground and said, "There are still traces of wheels on the ground. There is a group of refugees ahead. We just need to work harder to catch up. Then we can ask them for some water."
"At least we won't have any more deaths."
"It's too hot today." Several men in the crowd wiped the sweat off their foreheads and looked up at the sky, but they didn't dare to look any further, for fear of seeing those terrifying snake men again.
Along the way, they saw many times how the elusive snake people turned their companions into mummies and then into stiff statues that sank into the ground.
"Shut up, stop talking, the drought area is slowly expanding, run quickly." The man who was looking back at the drought behind him interrupted the conversation of the team without hesitation, especially when he saw the diffuse mud and dust around him that seemed to be chasing them with consciousness. He could even see the dark yellow snake-man monster floating in the dust and mist, who was calling the wind and changing the soil, with a very ugly expression.
"run!"
"Catch up with the fleeing group ahead."
Ye Lu naturally didn't know what was happening behind them.
A good night's sleep.
When he woke up again, he could hardly even get a good night's sleep.
Just when Ye Lu had packed himself up and was ready to set off, it was his turn to drive the cart today, so naturally he had to pack up early. He was just about to call the sleeping man to get up.
The ghost scholar had also woken up and was turning his head to look at the playful man who had been resting with his eyes closed.
The ghost scholar looked serious and said nothing.
"......!" Ye Lu realized something was wrong and walked over very quickly. He saw that the man's face was covered in cold sweat and he looked struggling. He seemed to be having a nightmare, and his eyeballs were moving restlessly under his thin eyelids.
"Axi, wake up!" Ye Lu frowned and pushed him once. He didn't wake up, so he pushed again with more force without hesitation.
The man with deep brows was pushed several times in succession, and suddenly opened his eyes, as if waking up from a dream.
"What did you dream about? Why do you look like this?" Ye Lu saw Xi Mingren's face covered in cold sweat, and waited until Xi Mingren's breathing became calmer before asking.
"Something is approaching."
"It's very dry and dangerous, and there are a lot of them. They seem to be chasing after something. I can feel that they are looking for something." Ximingren then realized that he was dreaming. After hearing Ye Lu's words, he hesitated for a moment, and then told Ye Lu about the terrible scene in his dream.
In fact, what Xi Mingren said was also very abstract. What he dreamed of was not a specific picture but his feelings.
For example, the danger is dark yellow dust, and behind a large area of light yellow dust there is a pair of huge eyes always watching this side.
There was also the uneasiness that the dust and mist gave him.
Ye Lu paused and remained silent for a while. He didn't expect that the bad thought he had yesterday would actually come true today.
What should I say? It's instinct, right?
It is impossible for Ye Lu not to believe in Xi Mingren's talent. So far, Xi Mingren's talent has never failed.
"Leave first?!" Ye Lu said, "Tell Chief Helan that we can't stay here any longer."
Ye Lu made a prompt decision and stood up, ready to go and inform Helan, the leader of the guard.
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