Magic Stick Survival Rules[Comprehensive]

Unfortunately, Ling Qi's wish did not come true.

The few people Hu Tiehua found were not robbers, but a group of bodyguards, and one of them seemed to know Hu Tiehua.

The man's name was Peng Yihu, he made friends with Hu Tiehua in the early years because of drinking, he was a righteous person, and he was well-known in the Jianghu. Hu Tiehua recognized his old friend, but unfortunately this old friend did not recognize him.

Peng Yihu has gone crazy.

The other bodyguards were also delirious. They waved their swords in the air, looking terrified, as if there was some terrible enemy in front of them, but they turned a blind eye to Chu Liuxiang and the other three.

There was no other way, Chu Liuxiang had no choice but to make a move to stop him, but he had just approached an escort, and before he could make a move, the other body convulsed and collapsed on the sand, and in a blink of an eye, he was breathless.

Without giving Chu Liuxiang time to react, the others also fell to the ground one after another.

Fortunately, Ji Bingyan acted in time and sealed several heart veins in Peng Yihu's chest before he died, delaying the time of Peng Yihu's death. During this short period of time, Chu Liuxiang got a clue from Peng Yihu's mouth, a clue about why they Leads to be killed.

Someone is robbing a dart!

Ji Bingyan checked several corpses and guessed that these people might have died of some kind of hallucinogenic poison, which could also explain why Peng Yihu and others looked crazy when they appeared in front of them.

Ling Qi who came after that couldn't bear to look directly at the corpses, he avoided his eyes and asked the three of them questions.

"It seems that the escorts they brought have been robbed by gangsters, but why did Peng Yihu say 'you don't want to get it' before he died?" When he came, he just heard Peng Yihu shouting before dying. In a word, so the impression is more profound.

"Didn't the dead rooster mean that they were poisoned? Probably because they were not clear-headed and talking nonsense."

Closing Peng Yihu's eyes, Hu Tiehua stood up and sighed with a sad expression, "Old Peng has always been the most trustworthy person. He must be unwilling because he failed to protect the bodyguard."

"No," Ji Bingyan shook her head, "I don't think his words sound like gibberish."

"Tsk, why do you have to fight against me!" Hu Tiehua cried out dissatisfied, and was about to quarrel with Ji Bingyan, but saw Ji Bingyan walked up to Peng Yihu's body, bent down, and untied Peng Yihu's clothes.

The sharp-eyed Ling Qi suddenly widened his eyes, "What is that?"

A large piece of skin bulged on Peng Yihu's shoulder, and there was an unhealed scar on the skin. It was obvious that something was hiding under his skin.

"The real target of the dart robbers."

Chu Liuxiang walked behind Ji Bingyan with a serious expression, watched as Ji Bingyan took out a knife to cut open the skin, and took out a glistening gem the size of an egg from inside.

A gemstone of this size is absolutely priceless, no wonder it attracts such ruthless robbers.

"It's actually hidden in the body, this person is really willing to do something cruel to me." Ling Qi looked at the dying Peng Yihu with admiration, and leaned forward to look curiously at the gemstone in Ji Bingyan's hand, "My God, How much is such a large piece of natural diamond worth?"

Ji Bingyan looked up at Ling Qi, and said, "If you want me to give an estimate, it's at least a million taels of gold."

"One million taels of gold!" Ling Qi looked at the diamond with bright eyes, a little ready to move, so what, anyway, they don't know who the owner of this thing is, and Peng Yihu didn't explain it before he died, since it is an ownerless thing , isn't that...

At this moment, Ling Qi and Ji Bingyan suddenly understood each other.

Ji Bingyan: "I have a way to exchange it for real money."

Ling Qi: "Those who see it have a share, I don't want too much, just give me one-fifth of it."

"Hey, hey, I'm talking about you two!" Hu Tiehua cried out unbearably, "This is something that Lao Peng risked his life to protect. How can you do this?"

"The old nonsense is right." Chu Liuxiang also stood by Hu Tiehua's side this time. "A gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way. Holding this dead man's thing is a bit hot."

Ji Bingyan and Ling Qi Qiqi looked at Chu Liuxiang with contempt.

The world-famous Pirate Commander said that a gentleman loves money and gets it in a proper way... Are you kidding me?

In any case, Chu Liuxiang had the upper hand in the end. He believed that if he could find the owner of the gem, he should help Peng Yihu fulfill his wish before death. If he couldn't, it would not be too late to think of another way.

Because of this unexpected incident, the convoy had to suspend its progress.

At the request of Hu Tiehua, after they buried the bodies of Peng Yihu and others, they specially marked them, and they planned to take these bodies back to the Central Plains on the return journey and send them back to their roots.

After finishing these tasks, the sky had already darkened, and the convoy had no choice but to continue on their way in the dark.

The night in the desert is very scary. Not to mention the sudden drop in temperature, there will be strong winds from time to time, and the vision will be obscured by the sand and dust raised by the wind. The convoy must slow down until the wind stops before it can resume speed.

As the night passed, everyone in the team was exhausted, but they still didn't dare to stop.

This is the case in the desert. Before you find a suitable place to stay, you must not stop easily, because no one knows when the storm will hit.

Driving at night is very dangerous, so the cautious and cautious Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan are usually responsible for guarding the road, and then take time to rest during the day, while Hu Tiehua is responsible for guarding the two time periods of early morning and morning.

These two time periods are generally safer. In their thinking, even if Hu Tiehua is a little careless, there shouldn't be any problems in keeping this time period.

However, it turns out... Hu Tiehua is not reliable at all!

A not very clever trap, a few seemingly harmless 'victims' easily eliminated Hu Tiehua's vigilance, using Hu Tiehua's sympathy, these 'victims' approached the convoy smoothly, and then Hu Tiehua was caught off guard, and suddenly exploded, destroying most of the water source of the convoy.

A small portion of water was left behind because Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan shot in time after being awakened.

"How much water is left?"

After dealing with those attackers, Ji Bingyan asked Chu Liuxiang with a solemn expression.

Water is a necessity for survival in the desert. If the water source is insufficient, they will be unable to move forward.

"Less than one-fifth of the water is left." Chu Liuxiang looked helplessly at Hu Tiehua, who was full of self-blame. "With the consumption of the entire team, I'm afraid it won't last ten days."

Hu Tiehua lowered her head in shame, and said, "I'm all to blame for this."

Seeing the miserable appearance of those people, his brain became hot. He only wanted to help those people out of danger. He didn't expect how unreasonable the appearance of those people was. green!

Seeing Hu Tiehua like this, Chu Liuxiang couldn't blame him anymore, but Ji Bingyan was in no mood to talk to him.

"I'm going to ask the stone camel to see if I can find a water source nearby." If the water source cannot be replenished in time, even if the team carries enough food, it will not be able to last for a long time.

Ling Qi standing in front of the car had a bitter expression on his face.

He had already calculated that there would be a catastrophe, so he was not very surprised by this matter, but not being surprised does not mean that he can face the current situation calmly.

After all calculations, Ling Qi never calculated that their danger would come from the scarcity of water sources.

Before entering the desert, he prepared a lot of talismans in advance, and even prepared many offensive talismans...but he didn't prepare water talismans!

Now even if he wants to hold Buddha's feet temporarily, in the desert where water and spiritual energy are scarce, Ling Qi can only have more than enough energy.

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After communicating with the stone camel, Ji Bingyan returned to the carriage and began to discuss countermeasures with Chu Liuxiang.

The current situation is very bad, and the stone camel can't be sure how long it will take to find the water source. It may be ten days, or it may be 20 days.

"Wait a few more days," Chu Liuxiang sighed, and said, "If it doesn't work, then let the team members go back the same way and leave the desert."

Ji Bingyan frowned slightly, "But in this case, how can we move on?"

The members of the team are all carefully selected by him. They are veterans with experience in the desert. They rely on the help of these people to move forward smoothly. If they lose the help of these people, how will they go on the next road? ?

"Let me interrupt," Ling Qi, who huddled himself into a ball in a corner, suddenly said, "Compared to thinking about this issue, shouldn't it be more important to think about the identity and purpose of those attackers now?"

Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan looked at each other, and said with some hesitation: "Probably they came for that gemstone."

If it were ordinary robbers, they probably wouldn't target their water sources specifically. Moreover, after the attackers were captured, their first reaction was to commit suicide by taking poison. Obviously, they were specially trained dead soldiers.

Such a person, either came for that priceless gem, or...

"It may also be the force behind Wuhua."

Ling Qi directly mentioned the second possibility. After suffering such a big loss at their hands, Wu Hua must have resentment towards them. Even if they escaped from the Central Plains, they would definitely pay attention to his and Chu Liuxiang's movements.

As long as we find out their movements, Wuhua will be able to guess their real intentions.

"Whether it's for gems or for revenge, our road ahead will not be easy."

Ji Bingyan concluded, "After destroying the water source, those attackers will definitely attack again when we are in trouble."

"That's not the worst," Ling Qi said with a wry smile, "The worst thing is that these people must know the terrain very well, and they will definitely attack before the convoy finds a water source."

You don't need to think about it, but what awaits them at that time will definitely be a fierce battle.

Unless Chu Liuxiang and the others have three heads and six arms, the ordinary people in the convoy may not escape.

There was a moment of silence in the carriage.

After a long time, Ji Bingyan said: "I will ask the convoy to leave the desert tomorrow."

"You have to leave the stone camel and Xiao Pan behind," Ling Qi hurriedly said, "Without them, we won't be able to leave in the future, don't worry, I have a way to protect them both if necessary." indivual."

Chu Liuxiang's eyes lit up, and he asked, "Do you use the talismans you used to block the thunder?"

This is good, even lightning strikes can be carried down, and it is even more trivial to resist a few swords.

"Yes," Ling Qi nodded with pain all over his face, "It's those talismans, but let me declare first, I don't have many talismans left on me, if I bring more people, I'm afraid I won't be able to take care of them."

Because of Lei Jie, the spiritual power in his body is still exhausted, and he will not be able to make talismans in the near future, so he must use it sparingly.

Ji Bingyan couldn't help showing joy.

In fact, he had thought about it just now, but he was too embarrassed to say it. He thought, those magical talismans that Ling Qi used before must be very precious. I'm afraid they couldn't be bought with money, so he suppressed them. this thought.

Unexpectedly, it was Ling Qi who brought it up in the end.

Ling Qi stretched out his hand to Ji Bingyan with an unhappy face, "Don't be too happy, I forgot to tell you, a talisman is 1000 taels of silver, you have to give me a deposit of 1 taels first, and the rest Let’s wait until it’s used up later.”

Ji Bingyan: "..."

After disbanding the convoy, a group of people embarked on the road to find water sources.

On the evening of the ninth day when they were marching toward the depths of the desert, Lingqi and the others finally had a harvest—according to the water vapor contained in the air and sand, the stone camel judged that they were already close to the water source, and it was only a few miles away. within.

In other words, they only need to search for a day or two, and they will definitely be able to find the water source!

Everyone was excited by this good news, and they couldn't wait to set off immediately to find water sources. You know, they left most of the water for the team when they left, and they didn't carry much with them. After these few days of consumption , Almost all have bottomed out, if you can't find a water source, I'm afraid you will die of thirst.

In the relaxed and cheerful atmosphere, Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan became even more vigilant.

It was night, Xiao Pan and Hu Tiehua had already snored and fell asleep. The stone camel leaned against the camel with its eyes closed, unable to tell whether it was awake or asleep. The remaining three were sitting by the campfire, staring at each other. , looking at each other silently.

According to previous speculation, the group of attackers is likely to attack them tonight or tomorrow.

Chu Liuxiang and Ji Bingyan have always been cautious. For the sake of safety, they naturally made preparations early. Although Ling Qi is usually quite big-hearted, at this time, he can't be as heartless as Hu Tiehua. sleep.

Xu Shi felt that the atmosphere was too heavy, so Chu Liuxiang spoke first and started the conversation.

"How about we make a bet?"

Ling Qi raised his eyebrows, and replied with interest: "Okay, what are you betting on?"

"Just bet on whether something will happen tonight."

"Then I bet something will happen tonight, if I win, how about you give me that gem later?" Ling Qi grinned, and picked the option before Chu Liuxiang.

When Ji Bingyan heard the words, she immediately said, "I bet on this too."

The corner of his mouth twitched, Chu Liuxiang refused resolutely, "This won't work, let me ask you two, can you stop thinking about that gemstone all the time?"

"Cut, it's boring." Ling Qi curled his lips and snorted in dissatisfaction, "You said you don't know who the owner of this thing is. The desert is so big, so it's possible that you plan to find it slowly?"

Anyway, in his opinion, the possibility of finding the owner of the gem is too low. Instead of wasting this effort, it is better to simply negotiate and divide up the gem.

"Whether you can find it or not will not be known until you try it. All in all, before the matter is resolved, the two of you should stop thinking about it." Chu Liuxiang helplessly raised his forehead.

Seeing that the persuasion failed, Ling Qi had no choice but to end the topic angrily.

"By the way, let me tell you in advance. When those people do it, don't be too surprised if you see any strange things." Some of his methods are too mysterious for ordinary people, so we must first Get vaccinated.

Chu Liuxiang asked curiously: "The strange thing refers to—" Besides that magical talisman, what other means does Ling Qi have?

After hesitating for a moment, Ling Qi suddenly reached out and took out something from his pocket.

After seeing what Ling Qi brought out, Chu Liuxiang's eyes widened instantly, and even Ji Bingyan, who had always been calm, showed surprise.

What Ling Qi took out turned out to be a small man made of strips of cloth, with a circle of talisman paper wrapped around his body, under the light of the fire, the dark red pattern on the talisman paper looked very strange.

Those weird patterns seem to be drawn with blood.

Rubbing her arms subconsciously, Chu Liuxiang asked in a low voice, "What is this?"

"Hey hey hey." Ling Qi smiled sinisterly, a face that usually looked harmless and cute, but at this moment it looked a little hideous and scary, "This is such a treasure... Keeping it can be called experience. Impressive and unforgettable!"