024 “Blessing from Heavenly Official” Chapter 23

☆, Chapter 23: Traveling thousands of miles away in the wind and sand 4

“Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa”

Thanks for retracting his hand, he was speechless for a while.

He found that whenever he saw or touched something in the dark, faced with such a horrifying scene, he would often not say a word at all, and the other person would scream first.

The shrubs and grass in this garden are tall and dense. Just now, someone was secretly hiding in the grass, and Xie Lian touched his calf.The leg quickly pulled away, and the grass in front of it rustled. Someone shouted: “Don’t hit, don’t hit, it’s me, brother!”

Xie Lian took a closer look and found that the person who shouted “Don’t fight, don’t fight” was actually the young boy with thick eyebrows and big eyes.Tiansheng breathed a sigh of relief when he saw that he recognized her.However, after seeing clearly that it was him, Xie Lian did not breathe a sigh of relief. Instead, he became more vigilant. He raised an arm in front of him and said, “Didn’t you stay there with the others to take care of the injured? Why are you here? Are you really born?” Appearing in this situation is more like something else pretending to be.

Tiansheng said hurriedly: “It’s me! It’s really me. Not only am I here, there are three uncles who came with me! They are inside, if you don’t believe it, look!” He pointed towards the palace, and sure enough, after a while, three people ran out of the dilapidated hall, and they were just a few of the group of businessmen.When they saw Xie Lian, they were all startled, and then looked embarrassed.Xie Lian stood up, patted the hem of his white clothes, and said, “What’s going on with you?”

When he asked, the businessmen all remained silent.After a while, Tiansheng said calmly: “…Brothers, not long after you left, Uncle Zheng’s poison broke out again. He had a severe attack, and we…don’t know when you will come back, and we are worried that you can’t find it, or you will come back late. Brother Azhao said that you can find Banyue Kingdom by walking along that road, so we thought that if there are a few more people, we can find it faster, so we came over…”

All said and done, I still regret it.Afraid that Xie Lian and the others would escape with Ah Zhao after finding the Shan Yue Cao, but still worried, they chased after them.And Xie Lian can fully imagine that if Fuyao couldn’t persuade them, he might simply not bother to stop them. From what happened with Junshan last time, it can be seen that Fuyao doesn’t bother to save people who insist on going their own way and go to death without listening to advice.Xie Lian could understand them, but he was also helpless. He rubbed his eyebrows and said, “You are too courageous. It’s not like you don’t know what may be in this city and what may happen. How dare you come here like this?”

Thinking about it, Tiansheng knew that by doing this he clearly didn’t trust them, and he felt a little guilty. He just lay in the grass and didn’t dare to say anything. He probably felt embarrassed, and said: “I’m sorry, life is at stake. If I’m in a hurry,…”

There’s nothing you can do about it. It’s human nature to be overly cautious when it comes to human life.And being willing to take medicinal herbs for the sake of others who are in danger can be regarded as a sign of friendship.Xie Lian didn’t say much and sighed: “You didn’t encounter anything on the way into this ancient city. This is really your luck. Having said that, how did you know to go to the palace to find Shanyuecao?”

Tiansheng scratched his head and said: “We don’t know where to look for it. But didn’t the story told by the brother in red talk about the moon grass picked by the queen? The queen can’t leave the palace casually, so I was wondering if I could come to the palace to try my luck.”

Xie Lian smiled, thinking that the reason was the same as his.At this moment, Saburo on the side said: “Found it.”

He looked back and saw Saburo walking over with those two slender legs.What he held in his hand was a handful of green leaves with some roots.

This leaf is about the size of a baby’s hand, with very thin roots, peach shape, and a pointed tail.Somehow, Xie Lian felt that there was no need to confirm with Azhao that this must be the legendary Good Moon Grass.Before he could say anything, Saburo had already grabbed his injured hand.

The hand was stung, and it was originally terribly swollen. After Saburo took drugs for him, although the toxin was not removed, the swelling was reduced a lot.At this moment, Saburo was holding his injured hand in one hand, and holding the moon grass in the other hand. He closed his fingers together, but it didn’t matter how hard he tried. When he opened it again, the leaf had broken into a pile of green powder.

He applied the green powder carefully on the back of Xie Lian’s hand and felt a gentle coolness slowly spread from the wound. He said with Xie Lian: “Sanlang, thank you very much.”

Saburo didn’t answer.After applying the herbs on him, she put down his hand.With his attitude and the atmosphere between the two of them, Xie Lian always felt that something was a little strange, but he didn’t know how to ask. No matter how he asked, it felt like something was wrong.Others don’t care about this at all, and they don’t understand the subtleties. They are eager to say: “Brother, is this herb useful? Is this the right herb?”

Xie Lian came back to his senses and said: “Much better, it should be right.”

Hearing this, the others were very excited and said, “Quick, look for it again.” Not long after, Azhao also raised a handful of green leaves and said, “I found it here too.”

The handful of Shanyuecao leaves in his hand were much larger than the pitiful little piece that Saburo had just found. When everyone saw that the shape and characteristics were correct, they all rushed over and said in surprise: “There is such a big piece here!” “A lot!” “Pick more quickly.” “Can I sell more if I pick more?”

They were busy picking herbs. Xie Lian turned around, looked at the back of his hand, considered it for a moment, and said to Saburo: “You seemed to have been looking for the place they were looking for, didn’t you find it then?”

He just had nothing to say.After speaking, I felt that this sentence was quite boring.But Sanlang shook his head and said, “You don’t want to use the grass there.”

Xie Lian wondered: “Why?”

Unexpectedly, before Saburo could tell the reason, he heard a scream: “Go away!”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, their movements stagnated, and they all said: “Who is shouting?” “I didn’t!” “It’s not me…”

At this time, I heard the voice again: “Go away, you stepped on me…”

Only then did everyone notice that the sound came from their feet!

In an instant, the few people gathered in that area to pick the moon grass dispersed.Xie Lian has long been used to going up and pushing at times like this.When others retreat, he will advance.So, he walked to the place where the scream came from, stretched out his hand, and slowly pushed aside the dense grass.This time, the breathing of several people on the spot was stagnant.

Under the grass and in the soil, he saw a man’s face.

In this land, there was actually a big living person buried under the soil, with only one face exposed!

This scene was so weird that several businessmen hugged each other and screamed in fear.Xie Lian comforted him very skillfully: “Don’t panic. Everyone, calm down. It’s just a face. It’s no big deal. Who doesn’t have a face anymore, right?”

The face chuckled and said: “Scared you? Alas… I often scare myself too.”

After Xie Lian briefly appeased the others, he squatted down and took a closer look at the face buried in the earth.

This is a man’s face. It is very flat when not smiling and has many wrinkles when smiling.I can’t tell whether she is old or young, nor can I tell whether she is ugly or beautiful.He looked at it for a long time and couldn’t figure out what it was, so he had to ask directly: “Who are you?”

The face buried in the earth said: “Who are you?”

Thanks for the pity: “The passing caravan.”

Tu Burian sighed and said, “Oh, a passing caravan. I was once a passing caravan. However, that was fifty or sixty years ago.”

When he said this, the scene became even weirder.

This man has been buried in the land of this abandoned ancient city for fifty or sixty years. Is he still a human being?

A businessman asked tremblingly: “Then… then you old man… why are you here…?”

Tu Burian coughed a few times and frowned: “I… I was captured by the Ban Yue soldiers. I accidentally entered the city and was caught by them. They buried me in the soil and turned me into fertilizer for these Good Moon Grasses…”

It turns out that these good moon grasses are grown using living people as fertilizer. No wonder they are so fat!

Several businessmen quickly threw the handfuls of moon grass in their hands to the ground, feeling that they were no different from grabbing corpses just now.Xie Lian couldn’t help but look down at the back of his hand, only to hear Sanlang say: “That piece is fine.”

Xie Lian thought about it and reacted.No wonder Zai Saburo had already searched for this piece of land, but then went to another piece of land to find a very thin piece of moon grass.I’m afraid he just saw this buried surface, but simply ignored it, and turned around to look elsewhere. It wasn’t until he found a patch of clean herbs in a remote place that wasn’t grown as fertilizer that he applied it to him.

Thanks for the pity: “Thank you very much.”

Saburo shook his head, still looking calm.

He has always had this attitude since he was stung by a scorpion-tailed snake before entering Banyue Ancient City.When the two were together a few days ago, he had been shouting before and after his brother, but now he didn’t shout a word.Moreover, although the young man seemed to be very resistant to contact with him when the two got acquainted on the first day, after a few days together, it seemed that this was no longer the case.But now, apart from taking drugs and applying medicine to him, Saburo seemed to be trying his best to avoid physical contact with him.It really makes Xie Lian extremely strange and a little unaccustomed to it.

At this time, the buried face spoke again: “I haven’t seen a living person for many years. You…you all stand up and let me take a good look, okay?”

Everyone looked at each other and agreed that it would be better not to do what he said.After a long while, when no one responded, the buried face murmured: “Why, aren’t you willing? Alas… what a pity…”

Xie Lian turned his head and said, “What’s the pity?”

Tu buried his face and said: “Since you guys came in, I have been very concerned about something. I have always wanted to confirm it with my own eyes, so I want you all to stand up and show it to me. Because I want to see you all carefully one by one.”

Thanks for the pity: “What’s the matter?”

Tu Burian said: “There is a person among you… I met him fifty or sixty years ago.”

As soon as these words came out, a sudden burst of hair stood on everyone’s back.

None of the ordinary people here are over fifty.If there is one person in this group of people whom Tu Burian met fifty or sixty years ago, then this person must not be an individual.

Xie Lian’s eyes swept over everyone’s face, starting from A Zhao and ending with Tian Sheng. They were slightly shocked, frightened, doubtful, and dumbfounded.Everyone’s reaction was extremely reasonable.If there was anyone whose reaction was unreasonable, it would be Saburo who had no reaction at all.However, for this boy, no reaction was probably a normal reaction.

Xie Lian glanced at Saburo who showed no expression, then turned back and said: “Who is this person you are talking about?”

The Tu buried his face and said: “You…come closer and I will tell you.”

If Xie Lian believed him 80% when the sentence just came out for the first time, then after this sentence, Xie Lian’s trust in what he said was only 50%.Who knows that this monster isn’t trying to trick people into getting closer, and then suddenly attacks?

Of course Xie Lian would not listen to him and stood up and backed away.The Tu buried his face and said, “Don’t you really want to know who that person is? He will kill all of you.”

The author has something to say: Today I sorted out the outline and saved the manuscript. It’s a little short. I’ll make it longer when I catch my breath.