The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#838 - Refraction of light

The main reason Lu Jing refused the Copper Statue was that this statue was just a strange object accidentally created by those guys from the Boruo Sect during a blood sacrifice.

The reason he brought it along was to add another layer of insurance to this trip to Bai Longbo.

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

Lu Jing believed that since that being left the star chart tens of thousands of years ago, it meant that there was a way to find the pearl using the star chart, 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 crazy as to use human lives to fill the gap.

Hearing his answer, Shi Tou 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 soaked, and the nights in the Gobi Desert were quite cold, especially when the cold wind blew, causing Shi Tou to shiver again.

After Lu Jing finished speaking, he planned to put the Copper Statue back in 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 felt like it wouldn't be of much use.

On the contrary, it would easily disrupt the harmonious atmosphere within the team.

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

Lu Jing stopped in his tracks upon hearing this.

The nine of them brought quite a few camels when they ventured deep into Bai Longbo, there were spares, and they had also consumed some dry food and water recently, so there were camels that were empty.

Lu Jing wasn't an extreme animal rights activist, and giving the Copper Statue a camel as a sacrifice wasn't impossible.

"You better provide me with something useful," Lu Jing said, "Otherwise, I'll make you spit out as much as you eat."

The Copper Statue blinked its only remaining eye and smiled, "Don't worry, I definitely won't let you down."

Lu Jing then had Shi Tou choose 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 foresee 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 closer, as if sniffing 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 greedy look 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 Shi Tou feel nauseous.

Especially when he thought that if Lu Jing hadn't objected just now, it wouldn't have been the camel that was getting its head cracked open, but him, his heart felt even colder, and he quietly took two steps back, away from the Copper Statue.

After enjoying the delicious meal, the Copper Statue stood up again and let out a satisfied groan, "It's a pity, this sacrifice is still a bit lacking, it's not as good as the taste of humans, but when you're out and about, you can't be too picky."

As it spoke, it glanced at Shi Tou intentionally or unintentionally, and grinned at the latter, before turning its head back to Lu Jing, "The reason the direction has been constantly changing is because the location of the thing you're 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 exactly, 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, that's because I'm 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 it bragging and interrupted it directly, "Are you making fun of us? We've already changed direction several times these days, how can a snail's foot power be so good?"

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 the people in the team feel a surge of energy.

Because it meant that their previous efforts hadn't been in vain.

They were indeed getting closer to the goal.

It's just that when 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 mentioned.

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

Because the time left for the nine of them was getting less and less.

"We're completely going around in circles," the girl said, "And we've already turned at least three circles."

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

However, the latter didn't clamor to go back, but learned from Shi Tou and wrapped two more circles of black cloth under her 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 couldn't provide any useful information anymore, only repeating that it was very close, but it couldn't give an accurate number of how close it was.

Lu Jing didn't have any good ideas either, 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 Shi Tou, who was walking in front, "Is there a river in Bai Longbo?"

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

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

"What Ghost Market?" Lu Jing asked.

"I… I'm not sure either, it's just that sometimes when we lead teams through Bai Longbo, 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."

Shi Tou said fearfully, "When you encounter the Ghost Market, don't keep staring at it, quickly lower your head and pray."

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

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

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

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

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