Chapter 106 As soon as Xihe left, Kunpeng…
As soon as Xihe left, Kunpeng walked towards the remaining nine little golden crows with a kind smile on his face.
The little golden crows tilted their heads to look at Kunpeng; they recognized Kunpeng.
"Uncle Kunpeng~"
The little golden crows, having been away from outsiders for a long time, immediately asked Kunpeng if it was fun outside.
Kunpeng smiled and talked about the fun things outside, finally adding:
"It's so sad that the little princes can't go out and see the world. Don't the little princes want to go out and play together?"
The golden crows looked at each other, their eyes filled with longing. Of course, they wanted to go out and play, not just the kind of play where they could only fly around in the sky once a day, but the kind where they could freely roam around the prehistoric world.
The Great Golden Crow gave each of its younger siblings a slap: "You're not allowed to go out to play. Mother instructed that only the Golden Crows on duty can go out; the other Golden Crows must stay here. Once we've cultivated enough to control ourselves, Mother will let us go out to play."
The little golden crows immediately lowered their heads, dejected. They had to listen to their mother and couldn't go out.
Kunpeng's eyes darkened for a moment, then he praised the little golden crows:
"Your Highnesses have truly inherited His Majesty's teachings. What I said just now was merely a joke. Please do not be afraid, Your Highnesses. I will stay here with you until Her Majesty returns."
The Great Golden Crow nodded very maturely and said, "Thank you for your hard work. Tanggu is very hot. You can stay away. We won't go out."
Kunpeng smiled and nodded, and indeed moved further away.
The little golden crows huddled together, and soon their heads began to nod off.
After an unknown amount of time, the little golden crows were almost asleep.
Kunpeng suddenly rushed over, carrying a mirror, and said in a panic:
"Your Highness! Something terrible has happened! Her Majesty was attacked on the way, and her fate is unknown!"
The little golden crow's head buzzed, completely unable to process this fact, and instinctively tried to fly out of Tang Valley.
The Great Golden Crow came to its senses and stopped its younger siblings, saying, "You stay here! I'll go take a look. We can't go out together."
The golden crows were so frightened that tears were about to come out. The big golden crow spread its wings and flew outwards. As soon as it left Tang Valley, it saw Xihe's figure falling not far away. The big golden crow widened its eyes and rushed over.
Inside Tang Valley, the little golden crows, seeing that their brother hadn't returned for a long time, became restless with fear. With Kunpeng stirring things up a bit, they immediately flew away.
After the golden crows left Tang Valley, they crashed into the formation, where they could only see the giant golden crow in front of them.
After the Great Golden Crow rushed over, it discovered that Xihe had disappeared. It quickly realized that they might have fallen into a trap, and immediately said to its younger siblings who had followed behind, "Go back quickly!"
The Golden Crows stared blankly at their elder brother, then instinctively turned around, only to find that Tang Valley was nowhere to be seen; they had lost their way within the formation.
When Kunpeng saw that all nine golden crows had left Tang Valley, he turned and left. Within a day, countless humans would surely die. He was going to collect the essence of humans to find the whereabouts of the purple aura. He had never given up looking for the purple aura on Hongyun's body.
It's harvest season now, and people are busy in the fields harvesting grain and storing it for winter.
As they were collecting the items, one of them suddenly wiped a bead of sweat from his brow.
Why is it getting hotter and hotter?
Upon hearing this, the others also looked up and said, "Yes, yes, I thought I was just tired from working. Turns out you all feel hot?"
"It's getting hotter and hotter, people are practically begging to lose!"
Even though it was almost dark, it was still bright outside; this was abnormal.
Those who witnessed the collapse of Buzhou Mountain were immediately alarmed and looked up. They immediately saw nine suns slowly moving from the east, while the sun in the west had not yet set.
"Ten...ten...ten suns!"
This discovery caused panic, leaving people stunned and unsure of what to do.
Nini immediately shouted, "Everyone, go get water right away! Don't stand outside in the sun, find a cave to hide from the sun! I'm going to find the chief!"
After saying that, Nini ran off to find Cangli, who had been in seclusion in the cave for quite some time.
"Great Chief! Great Chief! Something terrible has happened! There are ten suns outside!"
Cang Li opened his eyes and looked at the ten arrows floating in front of him. He reached out and put the arrows into his quiver, then picked up his Sun-Shooting Bow and left the cave. He calmly said to Nini:
"Store the water, lead your people to safety, don't be afraid."
With Cang Li's words, Nini felt instantly at ease. She turned around and led the people to move everything into the cave before it got too hot to move around. They cleared the plants at the cave entrance to prevent the high temperature from causing a wildfire. They also brought water. They had bought a lot of pottery jars in the field, but at this rate, the jars probably wouldn't last long.
Therefore, they could only hope that Cang Li would deal with the ten golden crows as soon as possible.
Lu Ya was on duty today. When he was about to return to Tang Valley, he suddenly felt something was wrong. When he turned around, he saw his nine older brothers and sisters running around in the sky like headless flies. Several fires soon broke out on the ground, the air gradually distorted, and Lu Ya's face gradually changed. He subconsciously wanted to go back to find his older brothers and sisters.
The moment the thought crossed Lu Ya's mind, he knew it wouldn't work. He couldn't go. Lu Ya instinctively wanted to find Di Junxi and Donghuang Taiyi, so he flew directly towards the Demon Court.
Xihe hurriedly arrived at the Demon Court and headed straight for the Lingxiao Palace:
"His Majesty!"
Upon entering, Xihe saw Dijun sitting there perfectly fine, without a trace of illness. She was taken aback.
"His Majesty is not injured?"
Di Jun laughed and said, "What injury could I possibly have? Weren't you in Tang Valley? Why are you back at this time?"
Xihe's expression changed: "The Demon Master said you were seriously injured, I'm worried... This is bad!"
As Xihe turned to leave, Dijun quickly grabbed her: "What's wrong? You've been spending all your time with the little ones these days and rarely come back. Now that you've finally come back, why are you leaving before you've even sat down?"
Xihe broke free from Dijun and said, "I'm worried about the children, afraid they'll run around."
Di Jun pulled Xi He back again: "No, they are all sensible children. They have never run around in all these years."
Xihe paused for a moment, then turned around to examine Dijun closely.
She had known Dijun for tens of thousands of years, and she knew her husband's personality better than anyone. Xihe slowly began to speak:
"Did you send Kunpeng?"
Di Jun looked at Xi He in confusion: "What? Don't joke around, why don't we go and see the children together?"
Xihe shook off Dijun's hand: "You deliberately sent Kunpeng to Tanggu? He wouldn't dare go without your tacit approval. Dijun, the child in Tanggu is yours!"
Di Jun looked at Xi He in silence, sighed, reached out and hugged Xi He, saying, "It will be alright. In just a day or two, enough people will die from the heat, and then I will go out and send them back to Tang Valley."
Xihe shook her head: "It's too late."
After saying that, Xihe pushed Dijun away and turned to walk outside.
As soon as I stepped outside, I saw Lu Ya flying over in a disheveled state, stumbling and crashing to the ground.
"Mother! My brothers and sisters have all come out for some reason!"
Donghuang Taiyi, who had just been about to look for Dijun but overheard his brother and sister-in-law arguing, instantly changed his expression and scooped up Lu Ya: "What's going on!?"
Xihe, as if grasping at a straw, said to Donghuang Taiyi:
"Taiyi, go find Cangli and ask her to give me some time. I'll take the children back to Tanggu and tell her not to do anything."
Donghuang Taiyi's face was extremely grim. After thinking it over, what else was there that he didn't understand? Cang Li had asked him for the spirit arrow precisely to prepare for this moment. Donghuang Taiyi shoved Lu Ya into Xihe's hands: "Send Xiao Shi back first, then immediately capture the other children. I'm going to find Cang Li."
Hopefully, it's not too late.
Donghuang Taiyi left in a hurry. The Golden Crows were in the sky, and Cang Li could shoot out the spirit arrows at any time. At that time, the little Golden Crows would surely die.
Xihe carried Lu Ya back to Tanggu and said to Lu Ya, "Stay here and don't cause trouble for your mother. I'm going to bring your older brothers and sisters back."
Lu Ya looked at Xi He in a panic, reaching out to try to stop her, but in the end he obediently squatted back on the tree, thinking that perhaps his older brothers and sisters would return at dawn.
Cang Li found a high place to stand and stared intently at the nine golden crows. One of them was gone. Even though one was missing, the earth was drying up at a visible speed. Water vapor evaporated, plants were dried up, animals died of thirst on the banks of rivers without water, and the seas were also dropping rapidly and boiling.
Aquatic creatures simply cannot stay in scalding hot seawater; if they leave the sea, they risk being dried out.
Even with the dragons' desperate efforts to bring down rain, the rate at which the heat from the nine golden crows evaporated the moisture was still too fast.
The white expanse on the beach is entirely composed of salt crystals left behind after the seawater evaporates.
The humans were also suffering terribly in the cave. The temperature in the cave was rising, and half of the water in the large pit had disappeared. The remaining water was in a deep place where the sun could not reach. They could not stay in the cave, so Nini led the people to move to the deep pit and survived by relying on the stored water.
They can survive as long as they hold on until Cang Li solves the problem.
However, some of the weaker ones couldn't hold on and collapsed, never to rise again, their bodies quickly turning into mummies.
Kunpeng hid in the shadows collecting the souls of these dead humans, but it wasn't enough, far from enough. The number of dead was simply insufficient to forge the witch-slaying sword they desired.
Cang Li glanced at the human race. She couldn't wait any longer; many people had already died. There was no one named Hou Yi in any of the tribes. Cang Li gripped the Sun-Shooting Bow. What did it matter if there was no one? She had the Sun-Shooting Bow and the Sun-Shooting Arrows; anyone could come.
The nine golden crows still hung in the sky like headless flies. Cang Li tried to get close, but the heat of the golden crows was comparable to that of the sun, and Cang Li could not stay there for long.
The moon slowly rose because the nine golden crows could not move forward in the sky, and their heat almost burned the moon.
Chang Xi's figure emerged from the Taiyin Star, sighed, reversed the rules, sent the Taiyin Star back, and then, exhausted, fell to the earth.
Xihe's eyes widened. Changxi was her younger sister, who had been with her for tens of thousands of years, and she was gone just like that.
The nine golden crows in the sky were still circling around. Xihe rushed up to them, only to find that the golden crows were trapped in the formation. No wonder the golden crows could not return to Tanggu.
Cang Li drew her bow and aimed at the golden crow in the sky. She could no longer hesitate; every second of hesitation would cost the lives of the human race.
"stop!"
The voice of Donghuang Taiyi came from afar.
Cang Li glanced at it, released his grip, and the Sun-Shooting Arrow shot straight toward the Golden Crow. A huge fireball fell, and Xihe's mournful cry echoed from the sky.
The temperature of the earth dropped sharply.
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