As the third prince walked on the road, his expression had never been so solemn and nervous.
Last night, after arranging accommodation for the third prince and his party, Mu Fengchun took Heiwa and left. Before leaving, he patted the door frame and winked secretly. Sure enough, after a while, the third prince's door was pushed open with a creak. The visitor turned around and looked around before closing the door with confidence.
When the third prince received Mu Fengchun's signal, he naturally knew that he had something to say that was inconvenient to tell others, so he dismissed Heili and the others.
After all, several people had to go on their way the next day. Mu Fengchun did not take any detours this time and expressed his concerns: "Your Highness, the Third Prince, those two sinister commanders from before are here. There are some things I dare not say nonsense." . Besides, the people in the Immortal Mansion don’t know about these things, and I’m afraid that speaking out will cause trouble and implicate them..."
"Since you are leaving tomorrow, I will give you a simple explanation of the matter, so that it will be easier for you to make a decision."
"The reason why I am so eager to find Wu Fan's body is not just to find the vitality bottle and restore my Wood Spirit Pearl, but mainly because I want to find a way to resurrect little friend Wu Fan! I think this Demon Locking Tower is Although the seal is not what people call it, there are various signs that it must be related to the Five Elements Cauldron! Now that the first layer of seals has been unlocked, it may just be a test. If one day the second layer and the third layer are unlocked, things will become more and more complicated. It’s tricky!”
"If there is one person in the world today who can resolve this crisis, then that person must be little friend Wu Fan! After all, the Five Elements Cauldron has always been in his body, and he will definitely have a way to deal with it!"
"Although I don't know who lifted the seal and what the purpose was, it is definitely not a good person to allow monsters to cause harm to the world! I have been confused all my life and don't know life and death. Now I know my meaning when I meet my little friend. Although I am usually timid and afraid of getting into trouble, but now for the sake of world peace, even if I risk my life, so what?"
Mu Fengchun's heroic words made his small body look a bit taller. The third prince's eyes shone brightly, and he immediately vowed that he would find a way to find out the whereabouts of brother Wu Fan.
However, Mu Fengchun left one sentence unsaid, which was what Bai Wuchang said that day that he did not have the reincarnation of life and death, so it must be difficult for him to seek death. But he just managed to set off the atmosphere, and the third prince looked at him in a high regard. He couldn't let his majesty be compromised, so he said goodbye and left.
The third prince tossed and turned all night, feeling that the burden on his shoulders was a little heavier. After a long time, he slowly fell asleep.
"Third Prince, there is a town not far beyond this mountain."
Heili, who went to explore the road, finally came back. Although he found many small and large villages along the way, almost all of them were abandoned. Now he finally had a place to rest.
After being reminded by Hei Li, everyone cheered up and crossed the mountain, finally seeing the town Hei Li mentioned from a distance.
Although this town cannot be compared with Yangdu, it is not small in scale. There is a plaque hanging on the huge city gate, but half of the plaque has been broken off. Only the remaining plaque can be seen engraved with Two big characters "Good City".
The city walls are all made of large white stones. The gaps between the large stones are covered with gold. The ground is painted with red paint about the height of an adult. It looks very majestic and majestic, making people awe-inspiring.
But the strange thing is that the ground around this good city is covered with some strange creatures. They are each covered, and they occasionally move, but because they are too far away, they cannot see clearly even if they are far away.
With doubts in their hearts, the third prince and his party finally came closer and discovered that these strange-looking creatures, although their shapes were terrifying, could be seen from a close distance that they were all living people.
It's just that for some unknown reason, the skin color of these people has turned dark yellow and rough, like sand, and even full of cracks. The limbs of some severe cases have been severely eroded, but strangely there is no blood on the broken limbs. When it flows out, it is just scattered yellow sand.
These people have very little vitality and will tremble occasionally when they feel the slightest disturbance. Their lives are extremely fragile, and it seems that death is only a matter of time, but they can just survive.
"What is going on with these people?" The third prince had never seen such a strange situation before, so he reached out his hand out of curiosity.
Just when he was about to lift the body of the person in front of him, he heard someone next to him exclaim: "Don't touch!"
Although it was said to be an exclamation, the man's voice was very hoarse, like the sound of grinding gravel, mixed with weak breathing.
The third prince was startled and quickly stopped and looked at the speaker. I saw this man with a square head and broad face, a thin face, big eyes, a big nose and big ears, which is very distinctive. Although he is still strong, only half of him is left. There is still blood oozing faintly from his lower body. It should be I was just too nervous and tore the wound.
"Don't touch him! Be careful..." The man waved his hands repeatedly. In desperation, a mouthful of saliva got stuck in his throat, and he kept coughing.
"My dear friend, are you injured? Jin Zhuer, please bring the medicine that You Ya gave you!" The third prince took the medicine bottle and was about to give the medicine to this man.
"No...no! Stay away from me!" Upon seeing this, the man quickly struggled back a few steps, and the two blood stains under his body became a little thicker.
"Uh... dear friend, I don't mean any harm... I'll give you this medicine and we'll leave now." The third prince put the medicine bottle on the ground and turned to leave.
"Stop...stop! Don't leave yet..." The man's hoarse voice was very urgent.
"I said you are not finished yet. We, adults, want to save you. Don't be ungrateful!" Jin Zhuer was very angry and was about to pick up the medicine bottle.
"Jin Zhuer! This dear friend must have some difficulties..." The third prince scolded, "My dear friend, don't be impatient. We won't leave. Please speak slowly."
Hearing this, the man relaxed, put the package behind him, took a few breaths, and then regained his breath.
"My lord, I was anxious just now, so my tone was naturally harsh, but I did it for your own good!" The man sighed, with a sad expression on his face.
"These people here are all infected with sand poison. If you accidentally catch it, the consequences will be the same as them! And this sand poison is extremely difficult to cure. Once you are infected, there is no other way but to wait for death!"
"Sand poison?" The third prince was frightened when he heard this. Although he didn't know what it was, he knew from the man in front of him that it was extremely dangerous.
"Yes, once you are infected with sand poison, you will just feel itchy all over your body and dry mouth at first. No matter how much you drink, you can't quench your thirst. Some people even drink until they are bloated to death. Even the lucky ones who are lucky enough to survive will become stiff all over. , I don’t think about food anymore than tea. If I continue to drink water at this time, it will be like lava entering the throat, which will completely melt the internal organs!"
"You have seen the rest. Even if they survive the previous situation, it is of no avail! Their bodies will only become darker and yellower, becoming like sand. If they are touched even slightly, they will be shattered into pieces and turned into ashes... ahem... "
"My dear friend, judging from your condition, you probably just suffered a trauma. Why don't you drink the medicine first!" The third prince glanced at this man and found that blood was oozing out of his two broken legs wrapped in clothes. Said worriedly.
"Thank you for your kindness, sir, but... I have been poisoned by sand poison. Even if I take medicine, I will probably die!" The man smiled bitterly and said lightly.
"Since you were poisoned by sand poison, why are there no signs of poisoning at all?" the third prince asked doubtfully.
"To be honest, this is the second time I've been poisoned by sand..." The man smiled awkwardly and slowly opened his clothes, revealing that the skin on his chest was indeed darker than the surrounding area. Although the sight is indeed stunning, the thing itself is not worth showing off.
"My dear friend, didn't you just say that this sand poison is extremely difficult to cure?"
"Yes, it was indeed extremely difficult to cure before, but it's not impossible...it's just..."
"Can you tell me what you can do? See if I can help?" the third prince interjected.
"In the past, just drinking the water from the Dengxian Spring would have easily solved the problem! But... that was in the past... and now the Dengxian Spring has been destroyed." As he said this, the man looked at his empty trousers and the luggage behind him. His eyes were also a little moist.
"Then do you know who is responsible for this sand poisoning incident?" the third prince whispered.
"This... haha... I'm just an ordinary person, how could I know such a thing?" The man suddenly became a little slumped, and his body couldn't help but tremble.
"Alas..." The third prince wanted to pat the man's shoulder sympathetically, but he still didn't dare to do so.
"My lord, you should have something important to do on this trip, so you don't need to worry about it. Now that I'm here, the threat of sand poison is not that serious."
"how do I say this?"
"Although the sand poison has affected a large area, it has not spread because of the heavy casualties. It is reasonable for adults not to know. The reason why I say this is because some people have discovered that although the area around Jinsha Temple is also troubled by sand poison, the sand poison But it spreads very slowly, and the casualties are much less. But once you leave here, the spread of sand poison will become serious again!"
"Is this where the problem lies?"
"That's right! In fact, the sand poison this time is a little different from the one I suffered last time. It is more like a kind of evil magic! After coming here, my thoughts were confirmed! Although Jinsha Temple is not here, the righteousness of Buddhism is It is integrated with the surrounding vegetation, mountains and rivers, and no external evil must dare to invade, so this sand poison has been suppressed!"
"Although these people seem to be seriously injured, it is because they arrived too late and their injuries have spread. Fortunately, they are restrained by Buddhist righteousness, otherwise they would have been wiped out long ago."
"In that case, why are you gathering outside the city? Wouldn't it be safer to go to the city?"
"Compared to monsters... what's more terrifying is the human heart!"
