Shen Muxi feels that there is probably no place in this world more breathtaking than the desert. The sky is full of yellow sand, which cannot be described as spectacular.
Standing in the sea of sand, it is as small as a drop in the ocean, and I have to sigh the power of God's creation.
Of course, the most boring thing is sailing in the sand sea.
The scorching sun scorched the sky and the earth, and the heat waves rolled towards our faces.
The high temperature made people's throats smoke, and no amount of water would help. Sitting on a camel, people felt a little sluggish. From the initial amazement, now it has become a face full of exhaustion and burnout, and the occasional sand blowing on the face makes people feel helpless.
"How far is Heishui City?" Bo Yunxiu asked.
Ale pointed in the direction ahead, "Maybe we can get there before sunset, it's cold at night, and there will be accidents if we stay in the desert! After we go, I'll change the water and dry food, and you all should have a good rest. Don't leave the inn." Come out. Heishui City at night is not peaceful!"
Hearing this, Bo Yunxiu's face darkened slightly.
Which is uneven
"Why is it not peaceful?" Mi Li asked, "Is it because we... are all foreigners?"
"No, no, the people in Heishui City are very enthusiastic and don't reject foreigners." Al hurriedly explained, "The people there rely on the Heishui River for generations to do business with passing merchants, and they are also the only way to go to the capital. Road, people are very nice.”
"Then why?" Mi Li didn't understand.
"Because there is a strange bird there that wants to eat people!" Al sighed softly, "I didn't dare to say it because I was afraid of scaring you. Anyway, this is the situation. You'd better not go out at night."
strange bird?
"Strange bird?" Qian Mian and Han Busu looked at each other.
Taking a deep breath, Han Busu sneered at himself twice, "Did everyone remember something?"
Everyone held their breath, just wanting to listen to Han Busu's explanation.
who knows...
"Maybe it won't fit in one pot!" Han Busu laughed loudly.
Thousand Faces,"… "
This is so edible! No matter where you go.
"It reminds me of that bird in the forest." Shen Muxi said the truth.
Bao Yunxiu frowned suddenly, "You said, the bird that was injured by us?"
"What kind of bird in the clan protection forest?" Qianmian and Han Busu said in unison.
"Aren't you afraid of biting your tongue when you grab someone to talk?" Han Busu sneered.
Qianmian bared his teeth, "Bite my own tongue, I'm happy!"
"Stop arguing!" Shen Muxi has a headache, and he is a hundred years old, and he is still like a naughty boy, so what's the matter
Qianmian gritted his teeth, "Xi'er, tell me, what kind of bird is in the clan protection forest?"
"Hasn't Master been there?" Shen Muxi asked, "There was a huge bird in the forest of the guardian, and even Bo Yunxiu was hard to deal with at that time. It was Chunxiu who gave the bird a knife, but later the bird disappeared. Goodbye."
I don't know whether he died from his injuries or escaped from the forest.
"It is impossible to have such a vicious creature in the forest of the guardian. We will set up an array to trap those who want to break into the guardian. But the guardian has always upheld nature and will not easily harm the creatures in the forest. The clan protector you saw using living people to refine Gu was banned a long time ago, because there was a disaster of backlash from Gu people." Han Busu explained, "That bird must not be a clan protector. "
"Maybe it's from the Witch Clan!" Qian Mian took over, "If something goes wrong, there must be a demon!"
"Hmph!" Han Busu sneered twice, "The Wu Clan is the source of the evil!"
Qian Mian gritted his teeth, "If you don't hate me, can you die?"
"Yes!" Han Busu raised his eyebrows, "Your bad luck is more poisonous than anything else!"
Qianmian's face instantly turned a liver color.
"What do the birds in Heishui City look like?" Mi Li asked.
Ale also understood a little just now, and it turns out that there are also big and strange birds in their place.
Hearing Mili's question, Al smiled and shook his head, "Who dares to go out? I didn't see it before, I knew there was a shadow passing by outside the window, and no one could tell. Anyway, the child disappeared at first, and then it was under the outer wall of the city. A fresh, uneaten skeleton was found. Later, everyone wanted to get rid of it, but no one who went there came back.”
He didn't come back, so it was conceivable that there was only a pile of unfinished corpses left.
"How long has this thing survived?" Mi Li asked.
Al shook his head, "It's been a long, long time. My parents already had it at that time. Anyway, this thing only stays in Heishui City, and they don't go to other places very much. People of the older generation say that this may be Heishui City. In order to make a living, the people opened the underground river for business, so they angered the gods, and the gods sent strange birds to punish them."
"God?" Mi Li laughed, "If there really is, why would you send yellow sand? Wouldn't it be better for this world to have mountains, rivers and great rivers?" Ale scratched his head with a smile, "The older generation said so, But the biggest possibility is that when the underground river was opened, the bird's den was disturbed."
"It's somewhat possible." Mi Li nodded, looking back at Bo Yunxiu and Shen Muxi behind him, "Master, don't you think this bird eats bugs or something? It stands to reason that even if it grows up, it will look like an eagle or a mountain eagle." And so on, at most it’s hunting, eating some wild food like rabbits, how come you can eat people?”
Bo Yunxiu thought, "It should be that there is no wild food in this place, and the birds are too big. The supply of those insects and domestic animals is insufficient, and the birds can only eat people."
"That's right!" Shen Muxi nodded, "But it's also possible that it's man-made. Although the forest outside the guardian clan is big, it's not like there's not even a single wild food. Either they were all eaten by birds, or... they all escaped. , since it escaped, it is natural to chase after it. But why does the bird stay in the woods? I think there must be something attracting the bird!"
Han Busu took out the sauced beef from his bosom, licked his chapped lips, and chewed to himself, "Then there is only one possibility. There is something on this bird. It is restrained and can only move around here. Too far away."
"Can there be such a thing?" Yue Gui was puzzled, "A bird... is a bird after all."
"Haven't you heard a word? Although a sparrow is small, it has all five internal organs." Han Busu sighed softly, "As long as people in this world have evil thoughts, what can't they do? Just a beast. Don't be surprised, the evil things I have experienced in my life are the best proof!"
As she spoke, she rolled her eyes at Qianmian.
Qian Mian gritted his teeth, any pot can be put on his forehead, it is enough!
Shen Muxi also felt that it was really strange for a strange bird to eat people in this desert area.
"Heishuicheng is ahead." When it was dark, Ale entered Heishuicheng with the camel caravan.
The city was very desolate and deserted. As Ale said, everyone closed the doors and windows and did not come out after dark, for fear of becoming the prey of strange birds.
Knocking on the door of the inn, Al led the people in, "Sister-in-law Mula, I'll leave everything to you, I'll go to Brother Ada's place to exchange some dry food and water, and I'll have to go a long way then! "
"Why are you here so late today?" The woman hastily closed the door, and saluted everyone, "Everyone have a rest, I'll lock the camels in the back shed, otherwise something will happen. Al, don't go there tonight, it's getting dark now, and it's a bit far to go to Ada's place, in case something happens along the way, it's really amazing!"
Ale looked at the crowd hesitantly, "But we have to leave tomorrow, and we will wait until dawn to find Brother Ada, which will definitely waste time."
"Life is important!" Sister-in-law Mula pulled Al, "You don't know, that thing didn't find anything in the past two days and killed a camel. It used to be tricky and didn't eat camels. Listen to my sister-in-law. , don't go!"
After saying that, the woman opened the door and looked around, hurriedly greeted the staff, drove the camel to the back shed and tied it, threw some hay and water, and hurried back to the inn.
The doors and windows were tightly closed, and two bolts were added to prevent this thing from breaking through the window suddenly. Animals that are hungry and panic will not talk about morality with you, and will definitely use any means.
The man led everyone upstairs, but when he turned around, he found that Ale had left at some point.
This made Mu La's sister-in-law very anxious, "How can this be good?"
"Master, I'm humbled to go and have a look!" Mi Li bowed.
"I'll go with you!" Qian Mian frowned, "I also want to see what this so-called strange bird looks like?"
After so many years of walking in the rivers and lakes, he has never seen a bird that is faster and bigger than a falcon, and it is good to open his eyes.
Han Busu grabbed a handful of chickpeas on the plate and walked outside.
"Hey, what are you doing?" Qian Mian shouted.
"I'm hungry, let's grab a picnic!" Han Busu strode out.
"Senior Han?" Shen Muxi was anxious, "Han..."
"Let her go!" Bao Yunxiu narrowed her eyes, "She is more anxious than anyone else, and she doesn't want to see such a bloody thing."
Don't look at Han Busu Chengri's attitude of "the secular world has nothing to do with me", but he is actually a kind-hearted person. Otherwise, Bo Yunxiu's mother and concubine, Nan Guifei, would not have protected her like this. He hated Han Tianming only when he knew the basics, and he gritted his teeth so much.
It was also because of this that the Xia family took over Xia Wenxi without hesitation and took good care of her. No matter what the child's background was, just recognize Han Busu!
Shen Muxi waited anxiously in the lobby, looking out the window from time to time, but outside there was only the sound of the wind in the desert.
On the street, there is only the dust and sand on the ground blown by the strong wind, and the confusion is raised. We can only walk forward slowly by relying on the light from the windows of each house on the street.
"In front!" Han Busu suddenly stopped in his tracks, "Heh, there are indeed some people pretending to be gods and ghosts, this evil obstacle is really harmful!"
Mi Li heard Han Busu say that Ale was in front, so he rushed forward immediately. Al was their guide, and if something happened, they might not be able to go to Sunset City again.
The wind and sand ahead were even bigger, and people couldn't open their eyes. They could only squint and walk forward with the faint light, "Ale!"
Through the face covering, the voice did not travel far at all.
"Ale?" Mi Li shouted.
Suddenly a black shadow passed over the head, and Ale's voice was faintly heard, "Save..."
Gritting her teeth, Mi Li jumped up, as if she had touched Al's feet in the confusion, and before she could say anything, Mi Li pulled Al down with all her strength, and they both fell to the ground.
Al staggered and threw himself on the ground, Mi Li was about to reach out to help him, but saw a black shadow suddenly rushing towards him.
"Xiao Li!" Qian Mian flew forward, and slammed his palm straight at the shadow.
However, this thing has brute strength, seeing the wings whizzing past, Qian Mian's palm strength was lost by half, this thing almost knocked Qian Mian to the ground with the force of wind and sand.
After taking a few steps back, Qian Mian could barely stand still, "Use your strength, have you become a master?"
"It's a bullshit, it's because it's used to tricks, it doesn't treat you as a person, it's just a prey!" Han Busu suddenly circled his fingers, stuffed them into his mouth, and blew a loud whistle.
The strange bird turned around abruptly and came straight to Han Busu.
"Come, come, I'll let you have some hot soup!" The sharp nails cut through the palm of his hand, and Han Busu immediately stretched out his hand in the air.
"Han Busu, you are crazy!" Qian Mian shouted.
Mi Li was helping Ah Le up, when he heard this voice, he hurriedly released Ah Le, drew his sword and went straight at the strange bird.
The bird smelled blood and was so excited beyond words. The moment the bird's beak was pecked off, Han Busu quickly avoided it and wiped the blood on the bird's beak with his backhand. There was a strong wind, and no one could easily approach it.
"How are you?" Qian Mian hurried to help Han Busu who was thrown to the ground.
Han Busu's martial arts had been crippled by Han Tianming a long time ago, and even her tendons were almost severed. Now it's not easy for her to be able to move freely.
"Is there such a big pot?" Han Busu asked panting.
This time she didn't push Qianmian away, but let him help her up.
Qianmian couldn't see if she was injured, but through her heavy breathing, he could feel the weakness coming from Han Busu, this person is so stubborn, even if he was injured, he would have to scrape your skin with his lips, It's good to support yourself.
"Where are you hurt?" Qian Mian asked.
Han Busu didn't answer, but finally pushed him away, he would rather lean on the wall and bend over than talk to Qianmian.
"What's wrong with this thing?" Mi Li was stunned for a while, only feeling that his mind was full of sand.
The black shadow lay on the ground without moving, the bird's legs were stretched out straight, and it looked as if it was dead.
"How is it?" Mi Li helped Ale to Qianmian's side, "Is everyone alright?"
Qianmian frowned, it didn't seem very good.
Finally, someone opened the window and waved to everyone, "Come on, come in, come in quickly."
Don't care about other things at the moment, Mi Li helped Al, and Qian Mian planned to help Han Busu, but Han Busu supported himself and walked towards the bright place, the wind and sand outside are strong, it's better to go in and take shelter !
"Come, drink some water!" The host was very polite, an old woman, "I recognize you, young man."
Al's shoulder was bloodied by the bird's claws, his face turned pale from the pain, and half of his shoulders drooped, "Mother-in-law, what can I do, can I inform Sister-in-law Mula?"
"Take it easy, don't worry!" The old lady went to fetch water, "Treat the wound first, ouch, it's not a shallow injury!"
"Fortunately, it's a skin injury! It didn't hurt any bones!" Qianmian inspected it carefully, and then tapped Ale's wrist veins, "Fortunately, it's not poisonous."
Turning around, Han Busu was leaning against the corner, with no change in expression on her colorful face, but looking at the blood on the corner of her lips and the deep redness of her hands, it could be seen that she was also seriously injured.
"You..." Qianmian raised his steps and walked towards her.
"Don't come here!" Han Busu opened his eyes suddenly, "With your three-legged cat's medical skills, it's fine to treat cats and dogs, don't hurt me!"
Qianmian sighed softly, "Right now we are all in the same boat, why do you hold on and reject others for thousands of miles?"
"I'm happy!" Han Busu replied.
Mi Li carefully cleaned the sand from Ale's wound, took the golden sore medicine that Qianmian carried with him, and carefully applied the medicine to Ale, "It hurts a bit, bear with it, the medicine is very effective."
Al nodded.
After about half an hour, the wind and sand outside gradually became smaller.
Qian Mian opened the door cautiously, and looked outside. There were also many people poking their heads out of the gate on the street to look around. Everyone should have heard the big commotion just now, the strange bird is still dead on the street, only a big black lump can be seen in the dim light, and the rest is really not clear.
"Let's go!" Han Busu opened his eyes, and when he walked to the door, he gave Qianmian a look, and Qianmian was so frightened that he quickly made way for her.
"Senior Han?" Mi Li helped Al to go out, "Senior Han, please slow down."
When the crowd came, Shen Muxi and Yue Gui rushed to meet them, their first reaction was to support the crumbling Han Busu, "Senior Han, what's wrong?"
"Don't yell!" Han Busu sat down, with black blood streaming from his palms, "I lost something to save my life!"
She raises Gu people, feeds those poisonous insects, snakes and ants, and needs blood to assist her, but over the years, her body has become weaker, let alone refining Gu people with blood, even maintaining herself is difficult. She spent a lot of money just now, the blood in the palm of her hand...
"What's going on?" Shen Muxi asked.
Mi Li had already handed Al to Mrs. Mu La, so he straightened up, saluted and replied, "We met a strange bird, and Al was almost taken away by the strange bird. Fortunately, Senior Han killed the strange bird. However, everyone... everyone was more or less injured."
"Senior Han?" Shen Muxi frowned, "Let me take a look for you!"
"Look at that!" Han Busu gritted his teeth, "I'll take a breath, and I'll be fine after I sleep! After dawn, go and see that bird! Remember to clean the pot for me, I'm going to swallow it .”
Shen Muxi was amused by her for the first time, looking at Han Busu's expression of "I want to eat, I want to eat", it is really...
"Your blood was also intentionally released to catch that thing, right?" Shen Muxi sighed softly, "Poisonous bird, only you can think of it. But if it is stained with your poison, I am afraid that it will be covered with poison, so I will stew it to you later." You eat alone. If the pot is not big enough, I'll find you a shelf later, brush it with some sauce and bake it, okay?"
Han Busu regained his energy immediately, "Sure enough, a woman understands a woman's heart, very good! Then I'll go back and rest, you think about it, how to pluck and skin that thing! Oh, don't lose the hair, old man My sister has to keep it as a chicken feather fan, fanning the flames would be the best."
Thousand Faces,"… "
Seeing that they are about to die, they can still talk, eat and drink, which is really amazing. Is it because this woman has too much heart, or has she let go of everything early, so she has already looked down on life and death
It was dark outside, and the wind and sand were blowing again, so naturally no one dared to go out.
One by one, we can only watch and wait for the dawn to talk.
Ale's injury was not too serious, he didn't hurt his muscles and bones, and it was all right to take some medicine. The young man is in good health, and his injury healed quickly. It was Han Busu, who closed the door after entering the room, and then the sound of rustling in the room sounded all night.
After dawn, the entire Heishui City was boiling, and everyone went to the streets in fear, looking at the huge strange bird corpse, as if they forgot to breathe, and surrounded each other dumbfounded, not daring to really approach, for fear that the dead bird would Pretend to be dead, and eat a piece when you get up later.
Bo Yunxiu stood beside Shen Muxi, glanced at the people around him, feeling a little strange in his heart.
This bird was poisoned to death by Han Busu's poisonous blood. After all, her poisonous body was soaked in intestinal poison. Who can bear it? !
"It seems that we saw this bird outside the Clan Protection Forest?" Shen Muxi was surprised, "Is it?"
Bo Yunxiu nodded, "Yes!"
Very similar, not much difference.
"But compared to that one, this one in front of me is much smaller." Bao Yunxiu turned to look at Shen Muxi, "Do you know what this means?"
Shen Muxi didn't want to understand for a moment.
"This means that this bird has not fully grown up." Bo Yunxiu took her hand and walked forward until he was close to the bird's body, "Look at this bird, it has a crown, but the crown is still very small. It’s small, which means it’s a male, and it’s a small bird. Al said that this bird has been around for a long time and has been in danger for a long time, so there must be a bird’s nest nearby.”
Shen Muxi's heart tightened, "We killed the little bird, then..."
Will it invite the birds to retaliate
No wonder Bo Yunxiu frowns when he comes over to take a look. It can be seen that he really caused trouble.
"What should I do?" Shen Muxi was startled, "If these things come back again, wouldn't there be a big problem? I'm afraid they will slaughter the whole city?"
This thing flies into the sky and escapes from the ground, and its speed is so fast that even with martial arts, it is difficult to fight against it, let alone these unarmed people. I don't know how many birds are in the bird's nest. What would it be like if they all came out of the nest
"Yo, it really can't be cooked in one pot. It seems that you have to think carefully about how to eat it!" Han Busu's eyeballs were slightly cloudy, which showed that she was seriously injured last night and almost killed her.
"Senior Han!" Shen Muxi pursed her lips, "I'm afraid this thing has a nest!"
"Nonsense, trees have roots, people have nests, and of course this bird has a nest!" Han Busu walked around the dead bird with his waist in his arms, "Where should I start? Tsk tsk tsk, girl, what do you think?" The hair is roasted, can I eat it?"
Shen Muxi opened his mouth, "Senior Han, this thing probably has a nest, I don't know how many there are in the nest, maybe it's bigger than this one, and it's more difficult to deal with. It's so hard for us to deal with this one, if there are more..."
"More?" Han Busu looked at her meaningfully, "You mean, there are nine tribes in this thing?"
Shen Muxi pursed her lips, that's all...
"Clan extermination, it seems really miserable." Han Busu put his arms around his chest and silently looked at the dead bird. Like my group of people, they are still waiting for me frozen in the ice cellar, but the birds... can still be full after they are dead! How many do you think our camels can carry? Anyway, you have Phoenix Gu, and Bo Yunxiu has Phoenix Gu, you two still If you can share the same taste with me, I will leave you a leg! All right, all right, it's settled."
"Han..."
Shen Muxi sighed softly, Han Busu had already gone to the old woman's house last night and came out with a kitchen knife. The bird's belly was cut open three times, five times and two times, and a bad smell spread quickly in an instant.
The onlookers immediately covered their noses and ran away from it.
This smell is very fishy, a strong smell of corruption.
Yue Gui immediately thought of those Gu people in the Gu Mother Villa, and the centipede and scorpion he had eaten, and immediately rolled in his stomach, and immediately covered his mouth and nose.
Shen Muxi frowned and stepped forward, but was grabbed by Bao Yunxiu, "The phoenix Gu can only be truly invulnerable to all poisons if it fits together. Now that the phoenix is separated, there are some unknown and unexpected things. It's better to wait and see how it changes!"
In this way, Shen Muxi had no choice but to nod and stand where he was.
It took Han Busu a lot of effort to turn the dead bird over, "It's really dead, it's full of rotten intestines!"
With a crash, all the viscera in the bird's stomach fell to the ground.
Shen Muxi squatted down and took a closer look, "These seem to be..."
"This is a falcon, but someone tampered with it and put things that shouldn't be put in. What really wants to eat people is the stuff in their stomachs. They crave blood and kill." Han Busu squatted down and shook his head helplessly. , "Sin, even a bird is not spared, it is really worse than a beast."
Shen Muxi gritted his teeth, "It's because of no reason that this happened, I don't know how many good people have been killed."
Han Busu looked back at Shen Muxi, staring at her for a long time.
Just when Shen Muxi thought that Han Busu had some important orders, Han Busu suddenly grinned and showed his dark teeth, "Can you roast a bird's leg for me? The heartless old thing said, you The cooking skills are very good.”
Shen Muxi was stunned, not thinking about it now, how to deal with a flock of birds
"Roasted, roasted... what flavor do you want?" Shen Muxi couldn't laugh or cry as soon as he said this.
Han Busu suddenly became interested, "What's the smell? Just tell me, tell me!"
Qian Mian stood aside in a daze, it was clearly an extremely serious topic, why would it expand to food? ? ? Sure enough, it has been soaked in the poison tank for a long time, and nothing is taken seriously!
Strange to say, although Han Busu ate it seriously, he also left the viscera of the bird, which was placed under the wall outside the city gate.
"Sprinkle some pepper noodles, chili powder, and some spice powder by the way, tsk tsk tsk... What a reckless thing, I brought such a good thing, it's all ruined!" Han Busu said to himself, "Of course, if you are alone Give me a leg, I'm not in vain, the meat roasted by Xi girl is charred on the outside and tender on the inside, just to my liking!"
Qianmian covered her face, and looked at Shen Muxi through her fingers, "She wasn't like this before, believe me...really..."
Yuegui responded nana, "Probably because there is nothing to eat in the Gumu Mountain Villa, for those who are hungry... how hungry are you?"
"You're so hungry that your brain is a little out of order?" Mi Li asked in a low voice.
Bo Yunxiu didn't say a word, and stared intently not far away. Han Busu, who was muttering something, curled his lips into a half-smile, as if he knew it already. Needless to say, Han Busu's sharp mouth and tofu heart are really admirable!
Straightening up, Han Busu put away the bottles and cans, and looked back at the crowd with his hands on his hips, "Xi girl, I will change the taste later, if you can't finish eating, pickle it for me."
Shen Muxi glanced at the stunned crowd, and responded with a nana, "Okay!"