Since Liu Ruyan decided not to leave, Bai Zhi and Dong Qingxian also decided to stay.
Qiushi casually threw up a stone, her lips slightly curved: "There are so many people who are not afraid of death, I will never give up my treasure to anyone."
The Tufuzi brothers were still hesitating and asked the leader: "Brother, do you think we should go or stay?"
The eldest brother knew that the future was dangerous, but the war was going on these days, and all they could do was starve and wait to die. He wanted to get some money.
"Stay!" he said cruelly.
Everyone expressed their opinions one after another, and Jin Buhuan slowly spoke: "Since you can control it with music, it shouldn't be difficult to deal with the skink."
Seeing that everyone was pinning their hopes on him, Dong Qingxian couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Reptiles have a keen sense of smell. It is actually not easy to control them."
"Can't you control it even with music?" Jin Buhuan was surprised.
"If you are too close to the herd of beasts, Qingxian is not sure."
Hearing what Dong Qingxian said, everyone suddenly lost their backbone: "What should we do?"
"Skinks are afraid of fire." Liu Ruyan suddenly said, as if recalling, "They live underground all year round, and their eyes have already adapted to the dark environment. If they encounter an open fire, they will suffer temporary blindness. To deal with them, you can
Use fire attack."
Dong Qingxian looked at the torch in his hand, a trace of confusion appeared on his gentle face: "Can this kind of small flame deal with reptiles?"
"In addition to torches, we also have crossbows and fish oil." Liu Ruyan continued to add, "Just like the mechanism we triggered just now, it is a mechanical crossbow. If you tie a hemp rope at the arrow position and pour fish oil on it, the fire will
If attacked, the herd will be severely damaged."
As Liu Ruyan revealed her plan, everyone's hope was rekindled.
"It's just..." Dong Qingxian looked confused, "As for the crossbow, Qingxian has never used it."
Bai Zhi also nodded: "After all, everyone is used to using swords, and it is inevitable that they will be unfamiliar with using crossbows."
Liu Ruyan knew everyone's concerns, and she immediately formulated a strategy: "The crossbow is a long-distance combat weapon. It requires extremely high eyesight and can effectively block the herd of beasts. Therefore, I hope that everyone will join hands and cooperate, and other people who are not good at martial arts will walk in
In the formation, try not to cause a commotion."
The reason why she thought of the crossbow formation came from the army. Relying on powerful crossbows can effectively prevent the cavalry from charging into the formation.
The same is true for dealing with beast tides.
The only problem that needs to be solved now is where to find a crossbowman?
Liu Ruyan turned her eyes and looked at Dong Qingxian.
Dong Qingxian understood it by heart. Although he had not specifically practiced crossbow, he had accurate eyesight and excellent talent, so it should not be difficult to get started.
"Isn't it just a crossbow? We have been playing with this thing since we were young, and no one is more skilled than me." A Lan originally planned to retreat before the battle, but here he changed his mind.
"Alan—" Elder Ren said with a serious face, "You think this is a place for you to have fun!"
"I'm serious." The boy said, running away and hiding to the side.
"Come here!"
Ah Lan simply hid behind Liu Ruyan and refused to come out. He didn't believe that the master would do anything to a girl's family.
"I've rebelled against you!" Elder Ren was furious, "You evil disciple, get over here quickly!"
"I don't." A-Lan also became stubborn and shouted in a louder voice, "Senior brother and the others were bitten to death, how can master bear it? Today, I have to hunt down a few reptiles with my own hands!"
Elder Ren was originally angry, but after hearing what he said, he was speechless.
"You are too old and incompetent to protect your disciples. Right now, you can't take any more risks."
A Lan continued to persuade: "Master, you are wrong. There are not many people in our group who are good at crossbows. If I don't take action, there is no guarantee that nothing will happen to everyone. Master has not taught me since I was a child. People who practice martial arts are the most important."
Martial ethics, when faced with a crisis, one should help the person in distress, instead of being a coward who is greedy for life and afraid of death."
"Little brother is right." Another man walked out of the crowd, with deep eyebrows and dark complexion. "My name is Gesang. I am a Tibetan businessman. I happened to encounter war when I was doing business in the capital. After some troubles, I
But I have made a few friends in the world, so I decided to come over and try my luck."
He continued: "Gelsang is good at riding and shooting. Remember to count me in the shooting of 'Zhagen'!"
Ah Lan didn't hear clearly for a moment, and frowned and asked, "What are you rooting for?"
Gesang was stunned. Although he was a Tibetan, he spoke fluent Central Plains dialect, so there was nothing wrong with him.
"Take root." Gesang said eloquently, "A kind of lizard that lives in the Gobi. You Central Plains people also call it skink or four-legged snake."
Alan was curious: "How can your skinks in the Gobi grow so big?"
As he spoke, he also made some good gestures with his hands.
Gesang also felt strange: "But I heard from the old people that in the ancient kingdom thousands of years ago, a group of exotic beasts were domesticated. They were huge in size and had hard leather armor. They were called root by the locals."
"Zhagen" is an ancient Qiang and Tibetan language, and it is the earliest name for "dragon".
When it came to this, Gesang was not sure: "But whether it is rooted in the skink or skink, this legendary beast disappeared deep into the Gobi more than a thousand years ago."
"Haven't you noticed?" Jin Buhuan sat down against the stone wall and said casually, "There is no food source in the mine. How do these reptiles survive to this day?"
A-Lan replied: "It's still useful to ask, he must have transformed into a spirit."
Jin Buhuan smiled: "Even the mountain spirit monsters need to eat meat, but what did they eat before we arrived?"
Hearing this, Qiushi couldn't help but choked: "You don't care what these beasts eat!"
"No." Liu Ruyan suddenly took over the words. She looked at everyone present, "These skinks are fed by their owners. They have been fed by their owners for thousands of years."
Her words were so shocking that Alan gasped, "It's impossible. Let alone how long a skink lives, how can a mortal live for a thousand years?"
Liu Ruyan nodded: "All life has an end, but humans can reproduce and reproduce, and so can animals. If the descendants of humans come to feed them, it will explain why they can survive to this day."
A-Lan's thoughts were drawn by her, and she even reminded her of an ancient article.
——Son begets grandsons, and grandsons beget sons, and sons have sons, and sons have grandsons, and there is no limit to the number of descendants.
"You must be a fool to move mountains." He opened his mouth and said.
"This is just a conjecture of mine." Liu Ruyan said truthfully, "Before we went up the mountain, there was an abandoned village called Blood Pond Village. At the entrance of the village, there happened to be a pit with dried blood. Combined with the scene at the scene,
Judging from the tools and tools, the village once slaughtered cattle and sheep for sacrifices. But the strange thing is that there is a sacrificial platform that has long since disappeared. Why do the villagers continue the blood sacrifice ceremony? A large number of cattle and sheep they slaughtered were sent to