The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#828 - Refraction of light

The main reason Lu Jing refused the Copper Statue was because this copper statue was just a strange object accidentally produced by those people from the Brahma Sect during a blood sacrifice.

The reason for bringing it along was to add another layer of insurance to this trip to Bai Long Lake.

But it's not like they couldn't find the pearl without it.

Lu Jing believed that since that being had left the star map tens of thousands of years ago, it meant that there was a way to find the pearl using the star map, it just might take more effort.

In the current situation, Lu Jing certainly hoped to find the pearl as soon as possible, but he wouldn't be so insane as to fill it with human lives.

Hearing his answer, Stone also breathed a sigh of relief.

In a short period of time, he felt like he had been pulled out of the water, his back was wet, and the nights in the Gobi Desert were quite cold, especially with the cold wind blowing, which made Stone shiver again.

After Lu Jing finished speaking, he planned to put the Copper Statue back into the box, and even considered finding a place to dig a hole and bury it, anyway, this guy was unwilling to cooperate, and keeping it didn't seem to be of much use anymore.

Instead, it would easily disrupt the harmonious atmosphere within the team.

But just as he walked towards the Copper Statue, he heard the copper statue sigh and compromise, "Then give me a camel... Give me a camel and I will tell you what I know."

Lu Jing stopped when he heard this.

Lu Jing then asked Stone to pick the oldest camel and lead it to the copper statue.

Although the copper statue no longer had arms, as its gaze fell on the old camel, the latter seemed to have foreseen its fate and let out a mournful cry.

Then it knelt on the ground.

Fresh blood flowed continuously from its nose, mouth, and eyes.

The Copper Statue brought its face close, as if smelling something delicious.

After that, the camel put its head on the ground, and the Copper Statue stretched out a foot and stepped on the camel's head, it only used a little force, and the camel's skull was crushed.

Blood and brain matter splattered everywhere.

A look of greed flashed across the Copper Statue's face, it squatted down and sucked up the remaining things in the skull.

This eerie and terrifying scene made Stone feel nauseous.

Especially when he thought that if Lu Jing hadn't objected just now, it would have been him, not the camel, who had been cracked open, he felt even colder in his heart, and quietly took two steps back, away from the copper statue.

After enjoying the delicious food, the Copper Statue stood up again and let out a satisfied groan, "Unfortunately, this sacrifice is still a bit lacking, it doesn't taste as good as humans, but when you're out, you can't be too picky."

As it spoke, it glanced at Stone intentionally or unintentionally, and grinned at the latter, before turning its head back to Lu Jing, "The reason why the direction has been changing is because the location of the thing you are looking for is not fixed."

"Huh?"

"That thing is on a living creature," the Copper Statue said.

"What living creature?"

"I don't know what it is, but from the appearance, it should be a snail," the copper statue was a little unsure.

"Snail?"

"Don't underestimate that snail, even I don't want to provoke it," the Copper Statue said, "Of course, this is because I am now just a wisp of divine thought descending into this copper statue, if my main body was here, hehe..."

Lu Jing didn't want to listen to him bragging, and directly interrupted him, "Are you making fun of us? We have already changed directions several times these days, how can a snail's foot strength be so good?"

"Oh, that thing does move quite fast under the sand, you will naturally know when you see it," the Copper Statue said.

After speaking, without Lu Jing urging it, it honestly sat back in the box.

"Also, let me tell you some good news, I can feel that we are getting closer and closer to that pearl."

After speaking, the copper statue lay down in the box.

… … … …

Although Lu Jing didn't completely trust the Copper Statue, the latter's words still made everyone in the team feel a sense of hope.

Because it meant that their previous efforts had not been in vain.

They were indeed getting closer to the goal.

It was just that after the group of nine wandered in this Gobi Desert for another month, they still hadn't found the pearl, nor had they seen the snail that the Copper Statue had mentioned.

Even Kui, who was always calm, couldn't help but feel a little irritable.

Because the time left for the nine people was getting less and less.

"We are completely going in circles," the girl said, "And we have turned at least three circles."

Compared to when they first entered Bai Long Lake, everyone's faces and skin had been tanned a lot, and even the two sunscreen powder boxes that Wen Xiaochuan brought were almost empty.

However, the latter didn't shout about going back, but instead learned from Stone and wrapped two more circles of black cloth under the veiled hat, only revealing a pair of watery eyes.

As for the camels in the team, only nine were left after being eaten by the Copper Statue.

Starting about ten days ago, it could no longer provide any useful information, only repeating that it was very close, but it couldn't say an exact number.

Lu Jing didn't have any good ideas, so he could only continue on his way according to Professor Xu's stargazing results.

Seeing that it was almost evening, it was another fruitless day.

Lu Jing also stopped practicing the Imperial Sword Technique and planned to get off the camel to make a fire and cook.

But at this moment, a turbulent river suddenly appeared in front of him.

Lu Jing asked Stone, who was walking in front, "Is there a river in Bai Long Lake?"

The expression on Stone's face was also a little dazed, but he quickly thought of something, and his face changed, "This... this is the Ghost Market."

As he spoke, he knelt down and began to kowtow to the river.

"What Ghost Market?" Lu Jing asked.

"I... I'm not sure, but sometimes when we lead teams through Bai Long Lake, we will see some things here that shouldn't exist in this world, but we can never get close or touch them, the older generation calls this the Ghost Market."

Stone said in fear, "When you encounter the Ghost Market, don't keep staring at it, you must quickly lower your head and pray."

Hearing him say this, a word flashed in Lu Jing's mind, mirage?

Speaking of which, this kind of thing does appear in the desert, it's not too strange.

Lu Jing didn't join Stone's kowtowing, but he thought of another thing.

Mirages are also related to the refraction of light, could this be related to the pearl they are looking for?

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