I haven't experienced this kind of trance state for I don't know how long it's been.
It is a strong feeling of physical and mental exhaustion to a certain extent.
I didn't sleep very soundly this night, and my whole body was sore.
When I opened my eyes, the firelight outside had become much smaller, and the clothes on my body had already been dried by the temperature outside.
Li Dabao was still sleeping soundly, and Gesang also leaned aside and closed his eyes.
Dashan was making some simple meals using a burning stove.
Xiaohua had already woken up and was looking blankly at the mummy-like bandages on her body.
Seeing that I was awake, he greeted me loudly: "Xiao Wuye, how do you feel?"
"Brother Bao and Gesang have just finished eating and gone to bed. Come over and have something to eat..."
I hummed and dragged my tired body to the mountain.
Dashan's eyes were full of red bloodshot eyes, so he made me a bowl of porridge with meat.
I turned to Xiao Hua and said, "Senior Hua, come over and have something to eat together..."
Then he asked Dashan if he had not slept a wink.
Dashan chuckled and said, "There can't be no one on guard, but since you're awake, Xiaowu, I won't be polite."
Looking at Dashan's honest face, I nodded and was about to speak.
I saw Dashan smile at me and fall backwards.
My heart tightened, thinking what happened to the mountain.
He quickly leaned over and felt his pulse.
In the end, I found that Dashan had reached the limit and just fell asleep, so I didn't care about him anymore.
Instead, he turned around and helped Xiaohua take off the witch needles on her body.
When the witch needle was pulled out, all the needles turned extremely black.
Xiaohua spat out mouthfuls of black blood.
I handed her the kettle to rinse her mouth with.
At the same time, put the silver needle in your hand into the alcohol stove and bake it.
When all the silver needles returned to their original appearance, they were put away one by one.
Xiaohua, who was originally pale, finally regained some of her rosy complexion after spitting out several big mouthfuls of black.
She rinsed her mouth briefly, then stood up to tear off the bandages on her body.
"Senior Hua, you..."
But Xiaohua said: "I know my own body well, and these glutinous rice are of no use to me now..."
It was just as Xiaohua said.
When the glutinous rice fell from Xiaohua, it all turned into dry and hard black rice.
When these black rice are burned, they will emit a strong stench.
I almost vomited out the meat porridge in my stomach just after I ate it.
There were a lot of purple spots on Xiaohua's body, but her face and breathing were no different from normal people.
Xiaohua even ate up the meat porridge in the burner.
I felt relieved when I saw that Xiaohua was fine.
Sitting aside and watching Xiaohua's movements quietly.
Xiaohua also noticed that I was observing her, wiped the residue from the corner of her mouth and asked: "Young man, why are you looking at me like this?"
I was stunned for a moment, but when I thought that Xiaohua was already over sixty, I felt relieved.
I didn't say anything, but Xiaohua asked me, "Why did you come back to save me in such an emergency just now?"
"If you die, I have no way to explain to Miss Leng..."
"You are too impulsive..."
Looking at the girl-like appearance and speaking in the tone of an elder, I replied with some embarrassment: "I can't think too much about the situation just now."
"You saved Li Dabao's life. If we really abandon you and run away, wouldn't we be so unhuman?"
"Although we are tomb robbers, we are also robbers. We have to do many things as they should. It has nothing to do with whether they are worth it or not."
My two sentences immediately silenced Xiaohua.
After a long while, Xiaohua said: "There are not many people like you who can maintain their true intentions."
"I think back then, there were so many of us palace guards. Due to various reasons, there were infighting, competition for various interests, and even some people who didn't want to continue to guard the palace in the same way."
"Maybe this is due to human nature..."
At this time, Xiaohua seemed very lonely.
"Young man, you may not think that we can live forever, but privately we all call ourselves the living dead."
"And the depths of the dense forest in Shennongjia are our tombs, the tombs of our living dead."
"I really can't figure it out, why does everyone think it's good to live forever?"
"Today is the night of the full moon. I accidentally forgot about it. In addition, the yin energy here is too strong, which caused the side effects on me to occur early."
"You can guess some of my side effects. In that situation, I seemed to be fine, but in fact, the inside of my body was riddled with holes."
"It was a pure luck that I survived this time, but thank you for saving my life..."
In response, I quickly waved my hand and said, "Senior Hua, you are being polite when you say this. You have something to do with Miss Lengyue."
"We are friends, right..."
Having said this, I suddenly thought of something.
It’s about the mystery of Leng Yue’s life experience.
So I used this to ask Xiaohua.
Xiaohua pursed her lips and smiled softly: "I think maybe only she knows the specific life experience of Miss Leng."
"Or maybe even she herself doesn't know it clearly, but one thing is certain, that is, Miss Leng is a remnant of the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom."
"And they are members of the royal family, because only members of the royal family have the innate blood phoenix totem."
"This represents a kind of inheritance..."
"I'm not very clear about the specifics. After all, the ancient Nanzhao Kingdom was destroyed overnight. Except for the person involved, I don't think anyone knows what happened."
"However, Miss Lengyue went to the mountain for the second time. All the secrets must be hidden in the Shennong Palace."
"And there is a way to enter the Shennong Palace in the Palace of Immortality, or other secrets."
I looked at the time and said, "We have been delayed for so long. Could it be that after we went to the Dao Palace, we missed everything?"
Hearing this, Xiaohua narrowed her eyes and said, "I can't say for sure, but I feel that their group of people will not find a way to open the underground palace of Shennong Palace so quickly."
"Some things can't be done with just a large number of people. Otherwise, all those who followed us would not have died in a place like this."
"Even if we are led in by other palace guards, we will still have a narrow escape. At least the palace guards I know, including me, cannot get within the scope of Shennong Palace."
"That place is completely different from here. Although there is thick fog here and there are many venomous snakes and beasts, if you are more careful, you still have a chance to survive."
"But Shennong Hall is already the core area of Shennongjia, and it is completely a forbidden area of death."
"How do you say this?" I asked slowly while looking at Xiaohua.
Xiaohua said: "Because there is nothing there, no poisonous insects, no ferocious beasts, and no guardian beasts guarding it."
"At least you can't see anything outside..."
"Because the temple is located in a black swamp area, and there is miasma everywhere. Even if you use a wooden rake to cross it, you can't do it."
"Because the things in those swamps can corrode everything there."
"Unless someone can descend from the sky to the roof of that palace, then there will be a chance to enter the interior."
"No modern technology can have any effect in that place. Even if you wear gas masks, you won't be able to survive the miasma for half an hour, and you will be poisoned and die."
"As for what it's like inside, I really don't know. I just heard from the patriarch that all the secrets are hidden inside."
"Anyone who wants to pry into those secrets will die in the forbidden land of death, without exception..."
"That's the final destination for all tomb robbers. You know it's there, but you have no way to get in."
Watching Xiaohua talk clearly and logically, I had my own thoughts in my heart.
Although the existence of such a place is indeed bad and abnormal.
But as long as it is a tomb, there is no one in the world, including the Qin Emperor’s Mausoleum, and the same is true for Genghis Khan’s Mausoleum.
Sooner or later it will be stolen, it's just a matter of time.
Time passed by, and Xiaohua seemed a little tired.
He said: "There is still a little time before dawn. You can rest for a while. When you enter the Dao Palace, you may be able to see Miss Leng."
"At that time, my mission will be completed...!"
