Plague Doctor

The same kind of people?

Hearing this, Gu Jun had countless messy thoughts, and finally decided to pretend to be mute, and walked toward the street where the two of them were walking on crutches. This is not a risk-free choice, but if you are caught up by the pursuers from behind, it may be a worse situation.

He followed the two young men and women, walking from one street to another, winding around on the narrow stone paths between the black towers.

The frightening and angry sound of pursuit was getting farther and farther away. Gu Jun kept paying attention to his surroundings as he walked, and there was nothing unusual. He would not even look at others when they passed by. Obviously, he could not act like that in Dilas-Lin. The wind here has a peculiar smell, which is very unpleasant and makes people feel dangerous.

He was also silently observing these two people. They both had black hair and strong figures. The man was older and had a very ordinary appearance, while the woman was quite charming.

Why should they help me? What does “the same kind of people” mean?

Not long after walking, they arrived at the river bank under a stone bridge. An old canoe that could accommodate four or five people was parked there. A kerosene lamp was hung on the bamboo pole at the bow of the boat, illuminating it with a yellowish light. around.

The man boarded the canoe first and picked up the oar to paddle. The woman said, "Sir, please get on board."

"Yeah." Gu Junya called out, but still did not reveal his language, because whether it was an earth language or a foreign language, it would explain a lot.

He pointed to his eyeballs, turned them around and asked them, "Who are you?"

"Sir, your eyes are too oppressive..." The woman frowned, "My name is Peacock, and that is Mo Qing."

Gu Jun felt disappointed again. He could understand that the name was either Peacock or Mo Qing, or it was expressing something, like the name of a gem.

Therefore the names do not reveal their origins. Language cannot tell exactly what information, just as he is using the language of eyeballs, it may also be a disguise.

"Why are you helping me?" He rolled his eyes and asked again, testing their meaning.

The speaker was still Peacock, her expression was very serious, "Sir, you are a practitioner of the "Seven Secrets of the Earth". There is that feeling in your nightmare, it is not strong, but we can feel that you have summoned The power of it.”

Oh, Gu Jun's mind suddenly moved, "the same kind of people" means they all practice the "Seven Secrets of the Earth"?

He thought for a while and deliberately tried: "I thought it was because we are of the same race."

"That's naturally another reason." Peacock smiled, "Sir, you are very cautious."

Gu Jun glanced at the black towers along both sides of the river. In such a strange and strange place, if you are not careful, you will die miserably.

"Where are you going?" he asked.

"Leave Dilas-Lin first." Peacock looked at him and said in a friendly tone: "We don't know what happened to you, sir, but you can't stay here anymore. Black merchants will not allow their slaves to escape. Which family If the slaves run away, they will unite the whole city to arrest them, take them back and put them in sealed wooden boxes to starve to death."

She looked into the distance into the night and added, "We are going to Usa Town. Sir, you can go with us first, and leave on your own when we get there."

Gu Jun thought in his heart, these people are very familiar with this place. If he asks what Wusa Town is, he will expose his ignorance...

"What are you doing there?" he asked.

"Visit Atal, the great elder of Uzza Temple." Peacock replied, "We have something to ask him."

Peacock didn't say much about what was going on. Of course Gu Jun knew that he was on guard against others, and they were also on guard against him. But he asked: "Where are your companions?"

"They are still busy in Dilas-Lin." Peacock only said, "Sir, it's getting late. You can make a decision whether to follow us or not."

"Why did you know I would run away?" Gu Jun continued to ask, "You seem to be waiting for me there."

"Because we were backstage at the theater at that time," Peacock said. "We saw people screaming and running away, saying that the Nightmare Man was coming to kill them."

Gu Jun recalled that there were many passers-by at that time, which was a fair statement, but whether they knew he could speak was still a question...

In the end, he decided to get on the ship, because it was easier to deal with these two or five people than those slave buyers.

After he boarded the canoe, the peacock also got on the boat, rowing the canoe with the silent Mo Qing one by one, and slowly left on the river.

Gu Jun took the opportunity to sort himself out. His mental erosion level was 24.78, which was a dangerous situation. Only three of his eight sweet dreams were left, and they were all close to being broken. Those vines seemed to have formed a symbiotic relationship with him, penetrating deep into his flesh. Taking out the Kalop equipment would expose himself, so he didn't move them for now.

He slowly took off his white mask, and in the hazy night, dark shadows were reflected on the gloomy river surface.

He glanced at the river and saw his own face... What a strange face it was, even smallpox pockmarks couldn't compare. The whole face was covered with scars left after the scabs fell off, densely packed and layered. Everything is still purple... There is a large cut mark on the left side of the neck, which is particularly terrifying.

The eye sockets of both eyes were still in pieces, and blood could not flow out. The eyes were hollow. If they were not hollow, there would be disaster.

Gu Jun looked at that weird face, a little dazed.

I really don’t know if I’m still salty now…

"Sir, I haven't asked you yet how to address you?" Peacock asked at this time, his tone seemed a bit sincere.

"Nightmare Man." Gu Jun gestured with his eyeballs, put on the white mask again, and just called this name first.

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There is actually quite a distance between Ursa Town and Dilas-Lin. Peacock said it would take seven days by land and three days by water.

For three days, whether on the canoe or ashore to camp and rest, Gu Jun was resting his spirit while keeping a vigilant eye on the two of them.

During this period, Mo Qing said less than ten sentences, while Peacock talked a lot, but his words were so precise that he could not judge the other person's background.

Gu Jun gradually discovered that Usa Town seemed to be the place where he was sold to black merchants by the ancestors, because the river turned green, the vast and fertile plains also appeared, and those quiet farmhouses came into view again.

On the morning of the fourth day, they were walking on the cobblestone lanes of this ancient town. There are low buildings with pointed roofs. Some houses have protruding floors hanging above the street. Chimney pipes are everywhere, but most of them are...

Gu Jun walked for a short distance and noticed that there were large groups of cats. They were all kinds of cats, but they were all fat and had shiny hair. They didn't look like stray cats.

Peacock told him seriously: "Uzzah has a rule, you cannot hurt cats. Cats have a great status here."

Gu Jun couldn't help but think of Wu Shiyu's words that he could feel cats from the long sword and long bow...

He did not leave on his own, but continued to follow the two of them to the Temple of Uzzah on crutches.

The temple complex built among the hills is also simple and plain. If it is not a temple, it can be said that it is just a residence of a wealthy family. Gu Jun didn't see the statues enshrined here, but there were more cats. On the top of the highest hill in Uzza, stands a round stone tower, covered with a layer of green vines.

Great Elder Atal is inside the tower, but many local and out-of-town people come to visit him every day and queue up at the entrance of the tower.

While queuing up, Peacock said to Gu Jun again: "The great elder Atal is the apprentice of the sage Balzai, and he has been taught by Balzai. It is said that they once climbed the Khatig-Kola Mountain, and only Atal came back. Yes, he said that Balsa was kidnapped by an unknown force while he was spying on the earth gods."

Gu Jun's expression suddenly changed, but it was just covered by the mask.

Sage Barca? Is that old captain of the White Ship really from Usa Town...

At this time, he seemed to hear Balce's crazy shout again:

"I, the sage Barzai, use my wisdom to surpass the gods of the earth, and use my will to turn the spells and barriers of the gods into nothing!"

Did that vision happen when Balsa and Attar were climbing Mount Khatig-Kola? What power turned this ecstasy into extreme fear?

Balzai receives people who come to the dream world...Will this Atal know how to leave the dream world?

Gu Jun's heart was full of doubts and apprehensions, as well as some suppressed expectations. After a long time, it was finally their turn to enter the tower.

In the first floor of the tower, Atal, who was wearing a long robe, was sitting on an ivory podium. When he saw them, his old face suddenly changed in shock.

Atal lost all the calmness of the past, and stood up in surprise, tremblingly, with a red face, "The sage Barzai predicted this scene... The man in rags comes wearing a white mask... The wise Baal Damn it! Three hundred years later, my knowledge is still not as good as his."

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