The Elixir is for You, The Poison is for Me

#832 - Refraction of light

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

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 left behind 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 a little more effort.

In the current situation, Lu Jing certainly hoped to find the pearl as soon as possible, but he wasn't so crazy as to sacrifice human lives to achieve it.

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 soaked, and the nights in the Gobi Desert were quite cool, especially when the cold wind blew, causing Stone to 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 him 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 was walking 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 of them brought quite a few camels when they went deep into White Dragon Lake, there were extras, and they had also consumed some dry food and water recently, so there were empty camels available.

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

"You better provide me with something useful," Lu Jing said, "Otherwise, I'll make you spit out everything 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 Stone 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 sense 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.

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

"What living creature?"

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

"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 residing in 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 directions several times these days, how can a snail's foot be so good?"

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

After speaking, without Lu Jing urging it, it obediently sat back in the box.

"Also, I'll tell you another 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 Poluo Heaven, the latter's words still made everyone in the team feel a burst 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 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 just going around 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 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 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.

From 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 as to 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's back to make a fire and cook.

But just then, a surging river suddenly appeared in front of him.

Lu Jing asked Stone, who was walking in front, "Is there a river in White Dragon Lake?"

The expression on Stone's face was also a little dazed, but soon he thought of something, and his face changed, "This… this is 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 either, it's just that sometimes when we lead a team 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 Ghost Market."

Stone said fearfully, "When you encounter 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 Stone'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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