White Bone Monkey King

This desert ear seems to be a bottomless pit.

The two of them held torches and descended a thousand meters in the dark environment, but still did not reach the bottom.

Jin An should be lucky that neither he nor Mr. Yiyun has claustrophobia, and they are very courageous, otherwise not many people would dare to walk alone in such a deep environment.

Mr. Yiyun: "The terrain here is steep. To carve out a suspended stone staircase on such a steep cliff is a huge project. It must have taken several generations of people to trim these stone staircases. There must have been a lot of effort in the process." Many slaves who built the stone staircase died, so it is no exaggeration to say that we are marching on thousands of bones and souls..."

"This place looks like a bottomless pit, but I wonder if the end of the stone staircase can really lead to the bottom of the pit?"

In fact, the two of them didn't speak loudly along the way.

The environment here is claustrophobic and quiet, and the slightest sound can echo far away.

Jin An: "Didn't those veterans say that at the God's Ear, you can hear the sounds of the entire desert and the will of the gods? How come we didn't hear anything after we went deep for so long, but it was surprisingly quiet."

Speaking of this, he smiled casually: "It seems that this is just a legend after all. How can there be such a magical thing in this world."

While walking and talking, Jin An was careless and almost fell into the bottomless abyss. The stones under his feet fell into the sinkhole and could not be heard for a long time. There was a dead end in front of him. The stone staircase ended here. .

Jin An stood by the stone stairs and glanced at the bottom of the dark pit. He had a feeling that they had not even completed one-tenth of the distance of the Desert Ear sinkhole. The hole and the surrounding darkness gave him a sense of An uncomfortable pressure in my heart.

Mr. Yiyun: "It seems that the efforts of several generations of the Wu'er clan have ended here. Until the Wu'er clan fell and the country was overthrown, they still did not find out how deep the hole was."

Jin An shrugged: "Maybe there really is a god. When mortals have limited power, they can't even see one ten thousandth of the true face of a god."

People walking in the tiankeng did not notice the specific passage of time. When Master Yan, Ayimaimaiti and others also descended into the tiankeng and found them, they realized that it was already dark outside.

When everyone returned to the ground, some people with irritable personalities were eager to find the veterans and ask what was going on with the ears of the gods. We were all so close to the gods, why didn't we hear anything? Isn't it said that it is the closest place to the gods and can hear the will from the gods? There is only a dead end road inside that does not look unusual.

Perhaps it was because several veterans who were staying at Desert Ear were kidnapped, which made Pasha and other veterans feel very bad. He sat in front of the fire pit and stretched out his hands to warm himself. He replied without raising his head: "That's just the desert." There is a legend circulated in ancient times, if you should follow the example of the Wuershi and perform ear circumcision, and then listen with the ears of the gods, you might be able to hear the sound you want to hear."

"Even if you don't have ears, you can still hear the sound of shit! Those Wu'er people are ignorant and stupid. Do you think I will be stupid like them? Who can cut off their ears without any trouble! I think you old man has no good intentions. , it’s clear that he wants to harm us!”

The person who had a quarrel with old man Pasha was from Lord Yan's side.

Speaking of the ear-cutting ceremony, Jin An remembered the time when there was a big sandstorm a few days ago, and the person who fell from the sky and fell to death had two ears cut off... Could it be that some people really cut off their ears by themselves, or were they forced to do so? Trying to hear the voice of the gods?

At this time, Jin An also noticed that this man suddenly became angry with those veterans, which was actually a hint from Master Yan.

Jin An guessed what happened next.

Some people are bad-faithful, while others are bad-faithful. When Master Yan saw his subordinates quarreling with the veterans, he immediately stepped forward and scolded them: "Why are you arguing? What kind of words are you talking about? You haven't even apologized to the elderly people. You don't know how to repay your kindness. Follow up." It’s embarrassing for me. Think about who led us to survive in the desert, and who led us to find the Wuershi ruins.”

After Master Yan finished scolding his subordinates, he saluted and apologized to the veterans. This is called giving both kindness and power to win people's hearts. As expected, the veterans' attitude towards Yan Kuan was much kinder.

Seeing that the time was almost up, Yan Kuan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Old man, you have really told us everything about the God's Ear. Are you sure there is nothing missing? Do you want to think about it more carefully?"

Old man Pasha: "Master Yan, we did not hide anything from you."

"For the sake of Master Yan coming forward to speak for us brothers, I would like to sincerely advise you that we stand in the ears of the gods now, be careful in our words and deeds, and never talk about gods. Our ancestors left their ancestral teachings, be careful in this desert Walls have ears, and trouble comes from the mouth.”

Looking at Mr. Yan who was singing the red face, Jin An did not come forward to expose him. He, Mr. Yiyun and Qi Bo concentrated on feeding the camels.

Next, other people also started to clean up the shed and feed the camels. After all this work, everyone gathered around the fire pit in the shed to prepare tonight's dinner.

Although there is a ready-made iron pot here, the half-cooked meat in the iron pot has been left for several days, so everyone ended up using the iron pot they brought with them into the desert.

However, those who had eaten camel meat at Laughing Corpse Village had their appetites become worse. After a few days, their spirits became even more depressed, and each of them became starved and thinned several times.

In fact, in the first few days, they could barely eat a few mouthfuls of jerky and naan bread, but as time went by, these people found it difficult to swallow even these things. They would feel nauseous not long after eating these things. Spit it out.

It seems that after eating that kind of strangely fragrant meat, they will change their eating habits. When ordinary food comes into their mouth, they will become disgusting and smelly. Every time they eat something, it is like being forced to go to jail. , I would always vomit it out after eating it.

vomit!

Some people forced themselves to eat dried meat because of hunger, but they had difficulty swallowing it and then immediately vomited it out in pain. Their stomachs were so uncomfortable that they almost vomited out bile.

"It's all that old man Jiufeng. If he hadn't burned down the Laughing Corpse Mansion, we wouldn't have been involved in this suffering!" The fat old man Xikelti cursed angrily.

Yan Kuan glanced at the people on his side who were also vomiting after eating. While tearing up the hot naan, he said casually: "How come all the people who ate camel meat at Xiaoshi Manor have changed their minds?" He looks like a human being but not a human being or a ghost."

Master Yan did not look at the veterans when he spoke, and it seemed like he was saying something casually. However, the atmosphere in the field immediately became tense, and everyone else looked at the veterans with unkind eyes.

The fat old man from Xikelti had a big belly and said with a harmless smile: "Didn't our brothers explain on the road that the camel meat we made with a unique spice in the desert is very fragrant? It is normal for guests to have difficulty accepting ordinary food after eating fragrant pork once. If Laughing Corpse Village had not been burned suddenly and not many things were taken out when they ran out, we would be willing to share the spices with everyone."

This explanation is far-fetched.

But there is indeed not enough evidence to prove that there is something wrong with the camel meat.

The matter was finally revealed hastily.

Only Jin An, Master Yiyun, and Qi Bo knew that the so-called spice was actually a kind of dead meat. These veterans kept making small moves behind their backs and hiding many things.

After eating and drinking, everyone began to assign people to watch the night. The people from the Western Regions, Yan Kuan's group, and Jin'an each assigned a few people to be responsible for the night watch.

As for Jin'an, Jin'an stayed on guard for half the night.

Qi Bo was responsible for keeping watch for the rest of the night.