The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#826 - Refraction of light

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

The reason he brought 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 had left behind a 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 the void with human lives.

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 with the cold wind blowing, which made Shi Tou couldn't help but shiver again.

After Lu Jing finished speaking, he planned to put Poluo 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.

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

But just as he walked towards Poluo 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 people brought quite a few camels with them on this deep dive into White Dragon Lake, there were spares, and recently they had also consumed some dry food and drinking water, so some camels were freed up.

Lu Jing wasn't an extreme animal rights activist, and giving Poluo Heaven 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."

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

Lu Jing then asked Shi Tou to choose the oldest camel and lead it to the bronze statue.

Although the bronze 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.

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

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

"Hmm?"

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

"What living creature?"

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

"A snail?"

"Don't underestimate that snail, even I don't want to provoke it," Poluo 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 listen to him bragging and directly interrupted him, "Are you making fun of us? We've already changed direction several times these days, how can a snail's footwork be so good?"

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

After saying that, without Lu Jing having to drive it away, 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 saying that, the bronze statue lay down in the box.

… … … …

Although Lu Jing didn't completely trust Poluo Heaven, the latter's words still made everyone in the team feel a surge of energy.

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 Gobi desert for another month, they still hadn't found the pearl, nor had they seen the snail that Poluo Heaven 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're completely 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 boxes of sunscreen powder that Wen Xiaochuan had 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, Poluo Heaven had eaten them until there were only nine left.

For about ten days, it hadn't been able to provide any useful information, only repeating that it was very close, but it couldn't say an exact number for 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 come down from 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 White Dragon Lake?"

The expression on Shi Tou's face was also a little blank, 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 White Dragon 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."

Shi Tou 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 through Lu Jing's mind, mirage?

Speaking of which, this kind of thing does appear in the desert, it's not that 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 are looking for?

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