Proudly follow your heart

The clothes on Nangong Cang Ao's body were already stained red with human blood. Most of the blood came from Huang Mu's subordinates, some from Bei Jiang's soldiers, and some of his own.

Under the sun, the blood-soaked and dried-up front of his clothes stuck to his injured chest. Although the half-foot-long wound on his chest had no bones, it rolled to reveal the flesh and blood under the skin.

"Leader..." Shu Yan licked his chapped lips, his hoarse voice could not even be recognized by himself.

Nangong Cang Ao didn't answer him, just like he did dozens of times before, he was lying there. In front of Shu Yan, the wrists of Nangong Cang Ao's palms were tied up, and the wooden stakes at both ends were deeply driven into the ground. , and he has been silent for three days.

For three days, Nangong Cang Ao didn't react at all. It only took three days for Shuyan to go from hope to despair to mourning and numbness. It was only three days, but he felt like it had been three years.

How did it become what it is today?

Shu Yan doesn't need to use force to recall, he can remember what happened that day...

That was a few days ago.

He fell into the gravel vortex, thinking that he was either buried alive or would become a delicious meal for ant lions. He never thought that the leader saved him, but he dragged him into the ground together.

If something happened to them, the others would naturally panic and panic. There is no leader in the group, and it is easier to make mistakes in the rush. In addition, Lintian Valley is indeed full of dangers. If you are not careful, you will be swept away by the quicksand, so in the end, they still cannot avoid the fate of being buried by the quicksand.

The rumors about Lintian Valley are indeed true.But no one thought that being sucked into the valley would not be a dead end, at least for them, being buried alive by quicksand was not the final outcome.

"This must be the ant lion's lair. It seems that we are lucky." Nangong Cangao suddenly stepped on the solid ground after being swallowed by quicksand, ignoring other things in the crisis, and forced himself to go under the "solid ground" Squeezing away, I suddenly felt my chest loosen.

The oppressed chest that was almost suffocated was able to breathe again. Using his hands and feet, he finally found the cave under the layers of quicksand.

"It's a good thing I have this rope, otherwise my little life would be in danger... Cough, cough..." Shu Yan grabbed the other end of the rope in Nangong Cang Ao's hand, and they were dragged into the cave together.

Choking sand in his throat, he coughed and yelled to the outside, throwing the rope indiscriminately, and at this time he could save one by one.

The other people who were caught in the quicksand heard the shouts and grasped wildly in a panic. Some were dragged in by the rope, and some found their own direction and entered the antlion's lair together.

During this flurry, at least for a stick of incense, some people were washed away in the quicksand, and some people went to nowhere. Some people were lucky and entered the stone cave under the sand. Nearly [-]% of the people have been lost, and the horses are naturally gone.

There is no time to be sad, they are eager to find a way out, although this place is temporarily safe, but since it is an ant lion's lair, it means that the life-saving place in front of them will soon become the most dangerous place.

While looking for a way out, they found many remains of corpses, some were rotten and crumbled, and some had already been eaten clean, leaving only a bone.

No one knows how the antlions choose their food. They only see that the caves are uneven, like beehives, and there are caves everywhere. It can be seen that this is a naturally formed cave, but because of the gathering of antlions, it has become a cave. Their caves have also become the nightmare of all those who fall here.

Rumor has it that once entering Lintian Valley, life and death are uncertain, but now it seems that those who disappeared after entering Lintian Valley not all died of quicksand, most of them may have died here, and became the food of ant lions.

If you want to survive from desperation, you have to find a way out. The way out of this antlion's lair may also be the way out of the valley.

Nangong Cangao never gave up lightly, just like Jun Zhanran never let go of his hatred. Although there seems to be no way ahead, as long as he is alive, there is hope.

"Leader, what should we do? The ant lions should be out looking for food right now, wait for them to come back..." Shu Yan didn't say any more, Yin Dove was patting the sand on his body a few steps away, and his thin face brushed. There was a tinge of bleakness.

Ant lions go out to look for food, and the so-called "food" is not their companions, what else?Even though Yeyou and the others are not from Linnan, after all, they took care of each other along the way and fought on the battlefield together.

"Don't think too much, the dead are gone, if they are dead, we have to go back alive." Nangong Cang Ao pressed his chest, and cast his bright eyes to the unknown front, "Only alive can there be hope. "

What do you want?Is it the hope of seeing loved ones?Or the hope of killing the enemy?From the arc of Nangong Cang Ao's mouth, what Shu Yan saw was a chilling smile.

"Since you have been put to death to survive, why don't you make good use of it and show it off. Shu Yan, go and ask how many people are still wearing ropes, gather them all together, and act in teams. There must be a way to the outside world in this cave. The way." As if there was some belief supporting him, Nangong Cang Ao gave orders in an orderly manner, as if he was on flat ground.

But he knew that his strength was exhausted.

Shu Yan hesitated to speak, even Yin Jiu didn't dare to leave without reassurance, Nangong Cang Ao had sharp eyesight, how could he fail to see their thoughts, "Go! Don't you think I can't even protect myself?" Are they all gone?"

He raised his eyebrows, the sharpness of his eyebrows was like a knife, Shu Yan saw the sharp light in his eyes, and then went with Yin Jiu reluctantly.

Nangong Cang Ao and the others waited in place. This is the ant lion's lair, and groups of ant lions will come back at any time. Although everyone behaved very calmly, they felt a little nervous in their hearts. Prepared for dealing with ant lions.

It's just that things like Huozhe were almost used when they were on the top, and even if they were still there, they fell when they fell into the quicksand. Now how long can they resist with only the sword in their hands and a pair of fleshy palms?

When walking in the rivers and lakes before, Ye Ling and others have encountered many dangers, how many times they have survived from desperation, but they have never been so helpless like this time. Their opponent is not human beings, but nature.

Nangong Cangao has never been like this time, instead of taking the lead to explore the way himself, but can only stay where he is and wait for news.

In order to preserve his strength, he touched the stones and sat down. In the dark cave, there was the stench of corpses and the excrement of ant lions. Others watched him find a clean place to sit down, but he seemed to be at home naturally. Sit like that.

Pulling out the sun-shielding knife, under the black clothes, the light of the knife was like snow, Nangong Cang Ao stared at the long knife in his hand, his gaze was like an eagle, where could he see any signs of exhaustion of internal energy?

For no reason, the soldiers of Rinnan, who were lucky to survive, settled down in their hearts, and the words they wanted to ask because of anxiety were swallowed back.

Nangong Cang Ao didn't seem to notice the reaction of other people, and seemed to raise the corners of his mouth slightly, and smiled as if there was nothing there, and closed his eyes, he frowned slightly.

Zhan Ran doesn't know what's going on...

I don't know if he has returned to Daxia as he wished and got back what he deserved?Untimely, this question suddenly popped up in my mind.

Nangong Cangao never worried whether Jun Zhanran would miss the opportunity, he was sure that the Jun Zhanran he knew would seize this opportunity and make full use of all the existing conditions.

In order to subdue Beijiang, Xia Guo sent out many people, and in order to conspire with him to fall into a trap after taking Beijiang, Daxia's treasury is now empty, and there are not many people in the military tent to drive.

However, compared with other small countries, centipedes are dead but not stiff. If Jun Zhanran is really like what Huang Mu said, it will still take a little effort to lead people to attack and surprise.

But as long as he succeeds, he can win Da Xia in one fell swoop.

It's a shame that he can't be by his side, and can't watch him rule the world with his own eyes. Thinking of the scene of Jun Zhanran wearing a royal robe, Nangong Cang Ao's heart was agitated.

Has Jun Zhanran succeeded?Nangong Cang Ao didn't know, since he entered Lintian Valley, he didn't know the time, there was only yellow sand all over the sky, it was difficult to walk, the sun couldn't reach the valley, and there was only dim yellow in front of his eyes, and he didn't know the time when he was in this sand cave. up.

Nangong Cang Ao took a long breath after not eating for an unknown amount of time, thinking that he might die here, an inexplicable emotion gradually rose from the bottom of his heart.

If he can't go back, what will happen to Jun Zhanran?It must be a good feeling to sit on the world, and it is only natural that there are three thousand beauties in the harem. There is no king who will not keep a queen for himself, and a person like Jun Zhanran will be celibate for him for the rest of his life?

Assuming the days to come, Nangong Cang Ao fiercely clenched the Zheri in his hand as if a ball of fire rose from his heart.

Huang Mu once said that Jun Zhanran regarded him as a pawn, and he scoffed at it, but judging from the present, no matter what Jun Zhanran thinks of him, if he can't leave in the end, he will indeed become his pawn in the end, becoming A stepping stone to his goal.

How can he be allowed to be alone, how can he be allowed to forget him, and choose someone else to accompany him?

Slowly wiping the edge of the blade with his sleeve, Nangong Cang Ao snorted, his laughter was so weird, the others around didn't know what was so ridiculous at this moment, they could only hear the coldness and killing intent in the laughter, but they didn't know it was for what.

Just wait, Zhanran, you have your battle, and I have mine. When we meet again, we will know who is better.

It was you who won your victory first, or I won the Xia Kingdom and enshrined it in your hands.

Nangong Cang Ao squinted his eyes slightly, thinking like this in such a situation, maybe he is the only one in the world.

"Leader! We found a way out!" Someone shouted excitedly, running towards them from a distance.

"Let's go!" Nangong Cang Ao stood up suddenly, and the eyes of the group of people lit up.

The so-called exit is not the real exit, but a few openings that Ye Ling crawled out from underneath. A group of people climbed out of the sand one after another, and the ground they saw in front of them was no longer gravel, but rocks.

This is not Lintian Valley, they are already outside the valley!Before everyone was happy, a sharp arrow flew towards Nangong Cangao, who was the first to bear the brunt. If it was the original, there is no doubt that he would be able to dodge it, but now, there was an imperceptible pause in his movements - just this pause, With a slight difference, there was only a pop, and the long arrow pierced into the chest.

Inside the broken skirt, a strand of black hair floated to the ground, the thread was broken, and the hair was flying.

"Zhan Ran—" Stretching out his hand, Nangong Cang Ao's fingers slid across the raised broken hair, and fell to the ground amidst a sound of exclamation.