Chen Luo and Chen Luo took off their water bags and ran to the small pool, while Shi Shanming held a torch devoutly and bowed to the pool again and again.
The light was still a little dim, and Chen Luo suddenly remembered that he should have kept a night-light pearl that could be used for lighting.
So Chen Luo groped for a long time from the storage ring and found the night pearl. When he took it out, the hall became much brighter.
Chen Luo held up the luminous pearl in one hand and the water bag in the other, preparing to fill the spring pool with water.
Shi Shanming nodded. This night pearl is better than a torch, and it will never go out. It seems that this little brother has a lot of treasures.
The white light of the luminous pearl shines on the water surface, and the black, white, lapis lazuli and other colors are intertwined together, which is very strange. Chen Luo looked into the spring water and saw that it was bottomless and there was nothing!
"Gudu Gudu——"
The spring water produced a series of bubbles under the suction of the two water bladders. The clear spring water poured into the bags one after another. During this period, Chen Luo looked around at the underground space. It was dark and quiet, without any changes.
"Get water quickly, let's evacuate immediately!" Shi Shanming clearly didn't want to stay here any longer.
"Gudong——" An unusual sound came from below.
Chen Luo frowned. This was not the sound of flooding. It seemed to come from the distant underground.
"Gudong——"
"Gudong——"
The sound gradually approached.
Chen Luo looked towards the water surface and saw a series of huge bubbles on the water surface. It seemed that something was slowly floating under the water.
"Choo Choo Choo--"
The magatama on his chest began to scream wildly. Chen Luo clenched his hands, stared at the big bubble, turned on the five aggregates mode, and watched.
Shi Shanming seemed to have seen something unusual, and he stepped forward and pulled the two of them back a few meters.
The three people stared above the pool.
A square object slowly rose from the pool. Magatama screamed more violently.
What rose up was actually a huge crystal - a coffin.
Shi Shanming bowed his head and bowed. "Passers-by disturbed the gods, please forgive me!"
Chen Luo looked at the coffin in confusion and saw that it was a giant crystal coffin. The corners of the coffin were inlaid with countless jewelry and accessories. The key is that this coffin was transparent!
For a person like Chen Luo who has just begun to understand the five aggregates, through the crystal, he can actually see the scene of the person inside.
Inside the coffin, there was a person lying.
To be precise, it was a woman. I saw this woman wearing a big woolen felt hat and a pair of small leather boots. Her upper body was wearing a brocade robe made of wool mixed with plant fibers, and her lower body was covered with a soft jin.
, lying quietly on a jade pillow, calm and peaceful.
Chen Luo clasped his hands together and bent down to pay tribute to the woman in the coffin. Faintly, Chen Luo saw the woman's face.
That is a beautiful face.
The woman's nose was high and her eyes were slightly open. However, these eyes looked empty, deep, and boundless. There seemed to be a faint sadness on the woman's face.
But this cannot conceal the woman's charm. It can be speculated that during her lifetime, she had a face that was full of energy.
Chen Luo continued to observe carefully and saw long eyelashes, a slightly tilted nose, dark brown hair scattered on her shoulders, and a face as smooth as grease. Although there was a layer of crystal sarcophagus between them, Chen Luo could still feel the corners of this woman's mouth.
It seemed to evoke a faint smile.
The person seems to be alive, just lying quietly and asleep inside.
Chen Luo's thoughts were rolling, and he quickly recalled that this woman's attire looked a bit familiar. The images of the last hundred thousand years of the Book of Mountains and Seas were rolling in his mind. Yes, this was exactly what he saw in the fantasy land of mountains and seas. When the heaven and earth changed, people were everywhere.
They look like they are fleeing. In the sandstorm, the homeless women are either riding horses, riding in cars, or walking with difficulty.
The same felt hat, the same attire, the same high nose bridge, and brown hair. During the migration, he remained calm and composed and survived tenaciously.
Why didn't this woman escape? Instead, she slept here! Was she waiting for someone? Or was she reluctant to leave? Why did she float up from the water? Was something triggered her?
Chen Luo's head is full of questions!
Suddenly, Chen Luo vaguely saw two lines of tears rolling down from the corners of the eyes of the woman in the coffin.
Then there seemed to be a sigh, and then as the coffin shook for a while, it slowly sank into the water until it disappeared.
Chen Luo stretched out his hand to stop him, but didn't know what to do. Remembering Shi Shanming's advice, he gave up and watched the sarcophagus slowly sink into the water.
Huanjun Mingzhu shed tears! Chen Luo suddenly felt a little sad.
It seems that this woman has been waiting here for thousands of years, as if she is waiting for someone. Or does she think she is someone? After rushing to the water, she gradually realized that it was not the case, and left with regret.
That face and that sigh stayed in Chen Luo's heart for a long time.
Magatama's screams gradually subsided, and everything returned to its calm state.
Shi Shanming let out a long breath. Even though Shi Shanming had traveled far and wide, he was very scared.
A group of three people, carrying filled water bags, quickly evacuated. They trotted and climbed all the way, using their hands and feet, and exited the cave. There were stars outside. Everything that just happened seemed like a dream.
The three of them worked together to restore the stone slab and cover the entrance of the cave. Then they covered it with yellow sand and hurried back to the camp along the way they came.
"Uncle Shi, have you seen the coffin before you came here to fetch water?"
Shi Shanming shook his head, "I've never seen it before!" Today's scene was also the first time for Shi Shanming to see it.
"It seems like something activated the coffin all of a sudden and it was able to surface!"
"Fortunately, this thing is not aggressive, otherwise it would be troublesome!" Shi Zhuo said with lingering fear.
The three of them returned along the original path. Chen Luo didn't speak during the whole journey, still recalling the smile on the corner of the mouth of the mysterious female corpse in the coffin, which was faint and weird.
Chen Luo didn't understand why the person in the coffin, who had been dead for thousands of years, was still lifelike, as if he was asleep. He also didn't understand why a dead person could still shed tears? Or is this woman still alive?
Back at the camp, other people were ready, the tents were pitched, and delicious meals were placed around the campfire. There were barbecues, fragrant naan, and fine wine! Some people even hummed a low singing voice!
The tiredness of the day was completely relaxed at this moment. In this wilderness, a group of people were eating, drinking, and chatting!
After eating and drinking, Chen Luo lay quietly on the sand alone, looking at the stars in the sky. He always felt that there was a pair of eyes watching him. But what it was, he couldn't tell clearly.
It was late at night, so everyone tied up their horses, got into the tent, and fell asleep. Chen Luo meditated and breathed out, while taking out a few pieces of jade, refining and absorbing them, and fell into a deep sleep like an old monk in meditation.
Early the next morning, Shi Shanming's third apprentice, Zhao Rui, got up early to cook for everyone, and there was a burst of exclamation.
"Horses, there are a few missing!"
"My horse was tied very firmly yesterday!" Heishan, who was responsible for taking care of the horses, said loudly. "Could it be stolen?"
Heishan looked at the stake that tied the horse, and it was still there, but the rope had already been attached to the horse, and he didn't know where it went.
Fortunately, the supplies had been unloaded, and the only thing missing was a horse. If the supplies were gone in this vast desert, we would be in big trouble.
"It's impossible for a horse to run away on its own. Besides, where can it go in this wilderness?"
"Someone must have stolen the horses!" everyone was talking.
"Could it be that there are other lives besides us in this Xiaohe Village?" someone speculated.
Chen Luo and Shi Shanming also got up and looked around. There were no traces. After a night of wind blowing, there were no footprints left on the desert. The desert was big enough to cover up any traces.
Except the smell.
If there is something left behind, you should be able to smell the source and origin of the smell.
Chen Luo twitched his nose and turned around. The night's wind and sand had smoothed everything, and the smell was blown away and disappeared.
Chen Luo expanded the search area from the perimeter of the camp to several hundred meters outside. He walked in circles along the soft sand, smelling and thinking. There was no way this horse would disappear for no reason.
Vaguely, Chen Luo felt that there was a smell extending in one direction. This direction was the direction where the horses disappeared.
And this direction extends all the way to the depths of the desert. It is also the direction that everyone wants to cross this time.
"Pack up, let's take advantage of the cooler weather and set off as soon as possible!"
Shi Shanming's voice interrupted Chen Luo's thoughts. There were a lot of horses missing. Fortunately, Shi Shanming had prepared for this. Everyone carried some supplies on their backs and freed up a group of horses to ride on, which just satisfied everyone.
needs.
The strange incident of losing a horse made everyone's excitement seem a bit low. We don't know what kind of encounters will happen in the long journey ahead.
"Uncle Shi, do we still need today to cross the desert?" Chen Luo asked.
"If the weather is good, it will take another three days!"
"If we catch up with this sandstorm or other accidents, it will be hard to say!"
"Next stop, we will spend the night in the ancient city!"
"Ancient city?"
"Yes, Loulan Ancient City!"
"The girl I saw in Xiaohe Village just now is the beauty of Loulan!"
"Loulan - beauty!" Chen Luo murmured to himself.
"What kind of existence is Loulan?"
"This is a long story. In ancient times, there was an ancient Silk Road here. This Silk Road passed through the vast desert. In the middle of the desert, there was an important transfer station, which was the ancient country of Loulan. This is
A pearl in the desert.”
"In ancient times, the ancient Loulan country relied on this river oasis and was extremely prosperous. Passing merchants stayed here for a long time. They even married wives and had children."
"So much so that the racial structure here is extremely complex. There are bloodlines from the Western Wilderness, bloodlines from foreign races, and characteristics of the Central Plains. Together with the unique aura of the Western Wilderness, Loulan Kingdom has become a country rich in beauties."
"Uncle, how far is that ancient city from here?"
“A day’s journey!”
"Then why did they place their tombs in Xiaohe Village so far away?" Chen Luo asked in confusion.
"This - there may be some special reason!" Shishan Ming didn't know.
Chen Luo shook his head. There were too many questions along the way.