The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#812 - Save the World

Shi Tou wrapped himself tightly from head to toe in black cloth, leaving only a pair of eyes exposed.

He walked at the front of the group, constantly vigilant of his surroundings.

Although they hadn't officially entered White Dragon Lake yet, Mengzhou's dangers weren't limited to the man-eating gales and the quicksand that could swallow people, livestock, and goods whole.

Especially recently, with the Western Regions and the Chen Dynasty in turmoil, the bandits and brigands in this area had become more active, with murder and robbery becoming increasingly common.

Shi Tou, seeing that Lu Jing's group consisted mostly of elderly people and women, had even advised Wen Xiaochuan to hire more镖师 (bodyguards) for protection.

But the latter had just laughed it off.

Seeing this, Shi Tou had no choice. He had accepted their money and was obligated to help them avoid disaster.

He had already taken a thousand taels from Wen Xiaochuan, which was enough to buy his life, so seeing that Lu Jing and the others had no intention of hiring more guards, Shi Tou had to be more careful himself.

Therefore, he didn't walk very fast after leaving the city, but to his surprise, he hadn't gone far when he heard Lu Jing urge, "Can we speed things up a bit?"

Shi Tou's face darkened, but fortunately, it wasn't too visible under the black cloth. He replied in a somewhat stiff tone, "The camels are used to this pace, which allows them to conserve the water and nutrients stored in their bodies as much as possible."

Lu Jing said "Oh" upon hearing this, and didn't say anything more.

Shi Tou thought he had convinced Lu Jing, but unexpectedly, not long after, the camels behind him suddenly began to speed up.

Shi Tou was shocked.

He thought Lu Jing was whipping the camels and quickly turned his head, only to find that the latter was sitting properly on top, not moving a hand, but muttering something.

Shi Tou couldn't quite understand what he was saying, but then he saw the other camels gradually quickening their pace as well.

Shi Tou was puzzled and tried to tame the lead camel, slowing it down again.

But the camel seemed a little restless, and before long, it sped up again.

And Lu Jing was still shouting from above, "Let them go, they're used to this pace."

"… … … …"

Shi Tou replied stiffly, "No need, the guide needs to lead the way."

After speaking, he also quickened his pace, but after walking a few steps, he suddenly felt a lightness on his body, and then Shi Tou felt his legs were incredibly light, and he couldn't help but want to speed up.

A look of doubt appeared on his face, and then he thought of something and looked back at Lu Jing.

The latter smiled at him, "You're welcome."

— There's something strange about these people.

This was Shi Tou's impression of Lu Jing and the others on his first day leading the team.

And by the evening, this impression was confirmed again.

He saw the old man in the group, who was already quite old and had been dozing off on the camel during the day, start to fiddle with the pile of strange gadgets he carried with him after getting down.

Afterwards, he looked up at the stars, writing and drawing something on the sand while looking.

And that wasn't all. He soon heard a thumping sound from the large box on the back of another camel.

"Did you guys kidnap someone?" The expression on Shi Tou's face changed.

"Oh, there's no one in there, just a bronze statue."

Shi Tou obviously didn't quite believe Lu Jing's nonsense. What a joke, how could a bronze statue make sounds by itself?

But Lu Jing didn't explain, walked to the side of the camel, and took down the large box.

Then, without avoiding Shi Tou, he opened it in front of him.

Afterwards, Shi Tou saw a scene that made his hair stand on end. He saw a bronze statue with no hands and only half a head, struggling to run out of the box.

But just as it窜起身 (jumped up), it was kicked back by Lu Jing.

"Don't move, or what you don't have will be more than just two half heads and seven arms."

"This… This is the Brahma Heaven statue from the temple!"

Shi Tou finally recognized the thing in the box at this time, and his voice began to tremble.

He usually went to the temple to pray, so he was quite familiar with the bronze statue inside, and he had also heard about the disappearance of the bronze statue a few days ago. Afterwards, Yan Yun had come to him to inquire about the location of the temple.

Shi Tou just didn't expect Lu Jing and his group to be so bold as to steal the bronze statue.

You must know that Brahma Heaven has already descended on this bronze statue, and Lu Jing's current actions are obviously a great disrespect to Brahma Heaven.

The bronze statue stared at Lu Jing with its only remaining eye. After a moment, it didn't move again and said, "What do you want me to do?"

"I want to ask you about something. If your answer satisfies me, I will let you leave."

Brahma Heaven snorted coldly, seemingly not believing Lu Jing's words, but still said, "Ask, mortal."

"I heard you're very familiar with this desert. Have you heard of a bead?"

"Bead, what bead?" Brahma Heaven asked.

"I don't know either, but it should be quite special. That bead has existed for a long time, at least tens of thousands of years."

Brahma Heaven looked at Lu Jing with interest, "What are you looking for that bead for?"

"That's none of your business. You just need to say whether you've heard of it or not."

"Of course I've heard of it. There's nothing in this desert that I don't know," Brahma Heaven said confidently.

"Is that so?" Lu Jing expressed doubt about this. "Where is the bead?"

"West."

"… … … … Are you kidding me? We're going to venture deep into White Dragon Lake, so we're definitely going west."

Brahma Heaven rolled its eyes upon hearing this and looked in one direction, "There, what you're looking for is there."

Lu Jing frowned, still suspecting that this guy was just talking nonsense.

But at this moment, Professor Xu, who was on the side, put down his brush and pointed in a direction, "Calculate it, go that way."

And the direction he pointed was exactly the same as the one Brahma Heaven had just looked at.

"You see, I didn't lie to you," Brahma Heaven smiled, and then said, "What about tonight's sacrifice?"

As it spoke, it intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Shi Tou not far away.

That gaze made Shi Tou feel a chill down his spine.

However, the answer to him was the lid of the wooden box. Lu Jing put Brahma Heaven back into the box. Anyway, its arms had already been removed by him, so even if it wanted to break the wooden box, it couldn't, let alone Lu Jing later tied iron chains to the wooden box.

After doing all this, Lu Jing said to Shi Tou, "Let's go, continue on the road."

"Go where?" Shi Tou asked subconsciously.

"To save the world."

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