The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#846 - Refraction of light

The main reason Lu Jing rejected the Boruo Heaven was because the bronze statue was just a strange object accidentally created by those Boruo Sect guys during a blood sacrifice.

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

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

Lu Jing believed that since that being left behind 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 desert nights were quite cool, especially when the cold wind blew, making Stone couldn't help but shiver… …

After Lu Jing finished speaking, he planned to put the Boruo Heaven 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 felt like it wouldn't be of much use anymore.

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

But just as he walked towards the Boruo Heaven, he heard the bronze 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 had brought quite a few camels with them on this deep dive into White Dragon Lake, there were spares, and they had also consumed some dry food and water recently, so there were camels that were now empty.

Lu Jing wasn't some extreme animal rights activist, giving Boruo Heaven a camel as a sacrifice wasn't out of the question.

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

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

Lu Jing then had Stone select the oldest camel and lead it in front of the bronze statue.

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

Then it knelt down on the ground.

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

Boruo Heaven brought its face closer, as if smelling something delicious.

After that, the camel put its head on the ground, and Boruo Heaven 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.

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 bronze statue.

After enjoying the delicious meal, Boruo Heaven 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 he said that, he intentionally or unintentionally glanced at Stone, and even grinned at the latter, before turning his head back to Lu Jing, "The reason why the direction has been changing is because the position of what you are looking for is not fixed."

"Huh?"

"That thing is on a living creature," Boruo Heaven said.

"What living creature?"

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

"Snail?"

"Don't underestimate that snail, even I don't want to provoke it," Boruo Heaven said, "Of course, that's because I'm just a wisp of divine thought descending into this bronze statue, if my main body was here, hehe… …"

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

"Oh, that thing does move pretty fast under the sand, you'll know when you see it," Boruo Heaven said.

After saying that, without Lu Jing driving it away, it obediently 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 bronze statue lay down in the box.

… … … …

Although Lu Jing didn't completely trust Boruo Heaven, the latter's words still made everyone in the team's spirits lift.

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

They were indeed getting closer to the goal.

It's just that after the group of nine wandered in this desert for another month, they still hadn't found the pearl, nor had they seen the snail that Boruo Heaven mentioned.

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

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

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

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

However, the latter didn't clamor to go back, but learned from Stone and wrapped two more circles of black cloth under her veil, only revealing a pair of watery eyes.

As for the camels in the team, there were only nine left after Boruo Heaven ate them.

For about ten days, it couldn't give any useful information, 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, 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 still a river in White Dragon Lake?"

The expression on Stone's face was also a little dazed, but he quickly thought of something, his face changed and said, "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 White Dragon Lake, we will see some things 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 fearfully, "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 also 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 ranks, but he thought of something else.

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

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