Hu Tiehua stared blankly for a moment before smiling bitterly."So he also used a disguise technique, and his technique is not inferior to Chu Liuxiang's. We really didn't expect there to be such a talent in the desert.”
He said these words to Ji Bingyan, but before he could finish, Ji Bingyan had already left.
Hu Tiehua had no choice but to walk back. Although the dozen sheepskin bags had holes in them, the water inside did not leak out.
Ji Bingyan and Little Pan had already untied the sheepskin bags and laid them flat on the ground. The side with the hole was facing up, and there was at least half a bag in each bag.
Hu Tiehua was overjoyed." So these two people gave up their lives for nothing. They didn't harm us. We still have water to drink."”
Ji Bingyan didn't say anything, but lifted the water bag and poured the water on the ground.
"What are you doing?" Hu Tiehua asked in shock.”
Ji Bingyan still did not speak.
Chu Liuxiang walked over and said in a deep voice,""The hidden weapon is poisonous, and the poison has already dissolved into the water.”
Hu Tiehua staggered two steps back and almost fell to the ground.
Chu Liuxiang said," I've already found the syringe that they used to shoot the hidden weapons. Its structure is exquisite, and it seems to be even better than the famous 'Nine Heavens and Ten Earths, Heavenly Demon God Needle'. I really can't think of anyone in Jianghu who could make such a hidden weapon."”He opened his palms and there was a black iron cylinder in each of his hands.
Ji Bingyan only took a glance and said indifferently,"We'll talk about this at night. Let's hurry up and leave now!”
He still did not look at Hu Tiehua.
Hu Tiehua finally could not help but jump up and shout,"This is all my fault. I was meddlesome. I was blind. You…why didn't you scold me? Not speaking? If you scold me, I will feel better.”
Ji Bingyan finally turned her head and looked at him quietly. She slowly said,"You want me to scold you?"
"If you don't scold him, you're a bastard!" Hu Tiehua said.”
Ji Bingyan's expression still did not change. She slowly sat on the camel and said indifferently,"Why should I scold you? Saving people is always a good thing. Besides, you're not the only one who's blind, and you're not the only one who's fooled.”
Hu Tiehua was truly stunned this time, unable to speak for a long time.
Chu Liuxiang walked over from behind and patted him on the shoulder. She smiled and said,"This damn rooster isn't as hateful as you think, is it?”On this night, Hu Tiehua was just like Shi Tuo, sitting under the bright starlight, sitting on the sand that had lost its heat, sitting in the endless cold.
There was no longer the fragrance of garlic, pepper, beef, and mutton in the wind. Because all they had left was a small bag of water that would never leave Ji Bingyan's side.
Without water, there would be no hot dishes, no enjoyment, no life.
Shi Tuo sat not far away. After this incident, although he did not see or hear anything, he seemed to have changed.
His always straight body seemed to have shrunk, and his stone-like face seemed to be suddenly filled with fear and uneasiness.
However, Hu Tiehua did not notice his change.
Hu Tiehua was only blaming himself and angry at himself.
There was a crystal lamp in the tent, and the light was as gentle as the starlight. Under such gentle starlight, Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan's discussion didn't have the slightest hint of gentleness.
The black syringe looked especially ugly and cold under the light. Chu Liuxiang looked at the syringe and sighed bitterly."This is really one of the most terrifying hidden weapons I have ever seen in my life. I think that only three people in the world can make such a hidden weapon.”
"Three people?" Ji Bingyan asked.
"The first one is the Sect Leader of the Tang Sect in Sichuan," Chu Liuxiang said. The second one was Old Master Zhu from Jiuqu Pond in Jiangnan. Naturally, neither of them would come to the desert.”
"That's right…where's the other one?" Ji Bingyan said.”
Chu Liuxiang smiled and said,"The other one is me. Naturally, I didn't make this hidden weapon."”
Ji Bingyan did not even have a smile in her eyes as she said word by word,"Although you only know three people, I believe there must be a fourth person. It's just that neither of us know who this person is.”
Chu Liuxiang was silent for a long time, then sighed,"Being able to create such a hidden weapon is not scary. What's scary is that this person can actually make his subordinates willingly die for him."”"You think this is definitely not your Black Pearl?"”
"Absolutely not, the Black Pearl isn't that strong, nor is it that ruthless."”
"Who do you think this person is?”
Chu Liuxiang pondered for a moment and said," I think this person might be a very powerful underworld friend who came out of seclusion from the Central Plains. Perhaps he's the leader of the bandits in the desert. He's not here for me, Chu Liuxiang, nor for you, Ji Bingyan. He just treats us as a group of 'fat sheep' and wants to get some benefits from us."”
"Hm?" Ji Bingyan asked.
Chu Liuxiang said," He predicted that we would pass through this path, so he set up a trap here first. Perhaps he originally wanted to kill us, but when those two people realized that we weren't ordinary merchants, they were afraid that they would miss, so they changed their mind at the last minute. Instead of shooting their hidden weapons into the water bags, they shot them."”
He smiled bitterly and continued," He wants to wait for us to be half-dead from thirst before he attacks. At that time, we won't even have the strength to fight back. We'll be at his mercy."”
"Maybe he doesn't want to take our lives all at once. He simply wants us to live and suffer slowly." Ji Bingyan said leisurely.”
"Why would you think that? You…" Chu Liuxiang frowned.
He suddenly stopped talking because he suddenly realized that in Ji Bingyan's deep and cold eyes, there seemed to be a great fear and uneasiness hidden at this moment.
This was truly something that Ji Bingyan had never experienced before. To be able to make someone like him feel fear and unease, it must be something that was terrifyingly serious.
Chu Liuxiang immediately began to feel uneasy. She asked tentatively,"Could it be that you have already guessed who this person is?”
Ji Bingyan seemed to want to say something, but she glanced at Shi Tuo outside the tent and immediately held back the words she wanted to say. Instead, she smiled and said,"No matter who this person is, if he wants us to die of thirst, he's making the wrong decision.”Chu Liuxiang didn't continue asking. He smiled and said,""With you around, I've never been afraid of dying of thirst.”
Ji Bingyan smiled and said," I know that there is a secret water source a hundred miles away. We will be able to reach there before sunset tomorrow. I didn't say it just now because I wanted to make Hu Tiehua anxious.”
He lay down with a smile and soon fell asleep.
Chu Liuxiang quietly walked out of the tent and sat beside Hu Tiehua. He didn't want to talk to Hu Tiehua, but he wanted to sit closer to observe that mysterious person.
He could vaguely feel that the secret hidden under Shi Tuo's rock-like chest was ten times more terrifying than the poisonous needle that could kill a person's throat.
The next day, Ji Bingyan divided the remaining water into five equal portions and said indifferently,"There's only so much water left. You can drink it in one go or keep it. Anyway, this little bit of water could only last for two or three days at most.”
Hu Tiehua looked at the empty water bag and said loudly,"This is the water you kept for yourself.”
He turned around and was about to leave when Chu Liuxiang pulled him back and smiled,"Don't be angry with Bing Yan, you will be fooled if you are angry with him.”
Hu Tiehua suddenly laughed and said," Why would I bet with him? Last night, I already heard that he would be able to find water today. However, I still have a jug of wine. Why would I drink the fresh water from the island?"”
Ji Bingyan also smiled unconsciously. Little Pan looked at these three friends who were holding hands together and suddenly felt a hundred times more courageous.
Carrying the three of them, what did he need to be afraid of? Only Shi Tuo's expression became more and more gloomy. He was a blind person, but he seemed to be able to see danger that others couldn't.
Ji Bingyan only waved her hand and Shi Tuo immediately stopped the group. The camel crouched down and Hu Tiehua jumped down from the hump. He immediately ran to find Ji Bingyan and asked,"You were the one who wanted the stone camel to stop, right?”
"Not bad," said Ji Bingyan.
"You just waved your hand and he understood what you meant?" Hu Tiehua asked.”
"Hm?" Ji Bingyan asked.
"But you said he's blind and deaf. How can he see?" Hu Tiehua shouted.”
"I have my own ways to let him know what I mean." Ji Bingyan smiled faintly.”
"What the hell do you have in mind?" Hu Tiehua asked. Why didn't you say it?"
"You really can't tell?"”
"Only a bastard can tell," Hu Tiehua said.”
"What about you?" Ji Bingyan turned to Chu Liuxiang.”
Chu Liuxiang slowly said," Use a small stone to convey your orders. If you want the team to stop, use the stone to hit Shi Tuo's left shoulder. If you want the team to leave, hit his right shoulder."”
He smiled and looked at Hu Tiehua.""This method isn't something that only a bastard can see through, is it?”
Hu Tiehua raised his hands and smiled bitterly."You're not a bastard, I am. Now I realize that I'm not much smarter than a bastard.”
This place was also covered in yellow sand, no different from any other place in the desert. The only eye-catching thing was a tree.
The tree grew beside a pile of weathered rocks and had long since withered.
Hu Tiehua looked at it for a long time and could not help but laugh."Is there water here?"
"En!" Ji Bingyan said.
"Where is the water?" Hu Tiehua asked, stroking his pouch. Could it be that not only is my brain not working, even my eyes are not working?”
He grabbed Chu Liuxiang and said,"Tell me honestly, did you see that?"”
"I heard that there are many secret water sources in the desert, hidden underground."”
"Not bad, you…" Ji Bingyan said.
He looked at Hu Tiehua and wanted to say something. Naturally, he would not say anything nice. However, before he could finish speaking, Hu Tiehua had already raised his hands and said,"Don't say anymore. I admit that I don't know anything, okay?”
He scratched his head and smiled. Why did he become a fool when he was with these two people? Could it be that he had been infected with the disease?”
Xiao Pan couldn't help but laugh." If Master Hu is really infected with the disease, it must be me who passed it on."”
Ji Bingyan said with a straight face,"How could you pass it to him? He's even more stupid than you."”
Before he could finish, he couldn't help but laugh.
However, they did not laugh for long. They spent two hours digging for the underground water source, but who knew that there was not even a drop of water underground.
Ji Bingyan was stunned like a stone.
Hu Tiehua wiped the sweat off his forehead. He wanted to say a few witty words, but he smiled. When he saw Ji Bingyan's expression, he thought of the imminent crisis.
How could he still say it, how could he still laugh?
Chu Liuxiang tried to avoid speaking in a calm and natural tone,"Think again. Did you get the wrong place?”
"You don't trust me?" Ji Bingyan jumped up and roared.”
Chu Liuxiang knew that his heart must be ten times more uncomfortable than anyone else's, so she couldn't bear to say anything more. Ji Bingyan seemed to have suddenly gone soft, leaning against the withered tree.
Little Pan smiled obsequiously." The underground water source will suddenly dry up sometimes, and sometimes it will suddenly change its course. This is a joke of the heavens. No one can do anything about it."”
"I know." Chu Liuxiang replied.
Ji Bingyan looked at Chu Liuxiang and finally said dejectedly,"Don't blame me, my…"
Chu Liuxiang smiled." I know how you feel. If I were you, not only would I vent my anger on you, I might even lose my temper."”
Hu Tiehua laughed loudly." That's right. When a person is in pain, if he doesn't vent his anger on his good friends, who else can he vent it on? If his good friends can't forgive him, who can?"”
Little Pan looked at the three of them and felt as if there was something stuck in his throat. He choked and said,"If I may be so bold as to interject…whoever can make friends with Master Chu and Master Hu is the luckiest person in the world.”
At this moment, they suddenly heard the sound of hooves.
Hu Tiehua was shocked and wanted to go up.
However, Chu Liuxiang pulled him back and said in a deep voice,""At this moment, we must not act rashly. Let's wait and see.”
On the other side, Ji Bingyan. Xiao Pan. Shi Tuo had already pulled all the camels into the sand pit. They had just looked around for water, so the sand pit was dug very big.
In front of the sandpit, there was a pile of rocks blocking the other side's view. In this endless desert, there was really no better hiding place.
Chu Liuxiang and Hu Tiehua had just hidden when they saw a few galloping horses appear in the dancing yellow sand.
However, these horses were charging at them like crazy. The people on the horses had their bodies pressed against the backs of their horses, as if they were escaping from some terrifying pursuers.
However, as far as the eye could see, a large desert was shining like gold under the gradually setting sun. Other than these horses, there was no other shadow of a horse behind them.
"What's going on?" Hu Tiehua exclaimed. What are these people running from?"
Ji Bingyan's expression was terrifyingly solemn as she said in a low voice,"There are always some extremely mysterious things in the desert. As long as they don't provoke us, it's best for us to pretend to be blind and pretend that we didn't see anything.”
However, the horses were running straight towards them.
"What if they provoke us?" Hu Tiehua asked.”
Ji Bingyan hadn't even said anything when those horses that were madly galloping had already collapsed from exhaustion. The people on the horses rolled on the ground before jumping up.
There were a total of five horses, but only four people. All four of them were dressed like martial masters of the Central Plains. They were all wearing strong clothes and swords. The four of them seemed to be quite skilled.
Hu Tiehua had never seen anyone in a worse state than them.
The four of them were covered in yellow sand. Their eyes were wide open as they panted and stared ahead. The horror on their faces was indescribable.
When Hu Tiehua and the others saw their expressions, they could not help but feel nervous."Just what terrifying thing did these people see? Why are you so afraid?"
Suddenly, they heard a loud roar. The four of them pulled out their sabers at the same time, dancing and slashing crazily! He used all his life's skills and all his strength.
However, there was no one on the other side.
Their sabers only slashed at the dust in the air.
They had exhausted all their strength, but they were only here to fight against the Void. This enemy was something that no one could ever cut or defeat.
"Did these people see a ghost?" Hu Tiehua couldn't help but ask.”
Ji Bingyan's face was dark and she didn't speak.
Little Pan shivered and said in a trembling voice,""I heard that there are invisible demons in the desert that eat people's hearts. Could they be…"
"Don't spout nonsense.”
Little Pan shut his mouth, but the chill grew stronger.
Hu Tiehua looked at Chu Liuxiang for help, but Chu Liuxiang was staring at Shi Tuo.
This person who couldn't hear or see was actually curled up into a ball at this moment. Why was he trembling non-stop? Hu Tiehua only felt his palm cold and wet. He couldn't help but break out in a cold sweat. There were actually so many mysterious and terrifying things in this ruthless desert.
Looking over there, two of the four had already fallen.
The other two were also exhausted, panting like bulls, but as long as they had the last bit of strength, they would not stop, and their blades danced even more rapidly.
"This is the Peng family's saber technique.”
Chu Liuxiang sighed." I can see it too. How did the Peng family become like this?"”
Hu Tiehua took a closer look and exclaimed,"Not bad! This was really the Five Tigers Gate Breaking Saber Technique! Moreover, looking at the saber skills of these four people, they must be famous figures among the Peng family's disciples.”
Ji Bingyan said," The Five Tigers Sect Breaking Blade has never been passed on to outsiders. These four people are most likely Peng Yun's nephews, the brothers of the 'Peng Sect Seven Tigers'. This big-bearded man might be Peng Yihu."”
"Have the Seven Tigers of Peng Sect inherited Peng Yun's escort agency?" Chu Liuxiang asked.”
"En!" Ji Bingyan said.
"If that's the case, then they must have come by escort."”
" That must be the case," Xiao Pan said." Only people who run darts in the desert don't ride camels."”
With a roar, another person fell.
Hu Tiehua suddenly stood up and said loudly,"Peng Yun is a good person. I can't watch his son go crazy and die. I have to save him.”
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