Going their separate ways

There is an allusion called "Looking at Plum Blossoms to Quench Thirst", which says that under the urging of urgent desires, people can unleash unimaginable potential.

I think this is where we are now.

Suddenly, they heard that the camp was in front of them. Everyone was refreshed and their heavy bodies became lighter. It was as if the endless mountains and dense vegetation in front of them had a different look.

A crowd of people shouted and poured down the mountain in the sea breeze. Some seagulls that were roosting here were alarmed and jumped up from the bushes with a strange "quacking" cry.

Brother Shuisheng ran like a savage while taking off the strong bow on his back. He took out a few arrows from the quiver on his waist and started shooting all the way.

, the soaring seagulls fluttered down, and Wushuang stepped forward to pick them up with a smile on his face.

A few foodies, although they haven't set up camp yet, are already thinking about dinner.

This place is indeed close to the sea. It should be the extreme western edge of the island. Standing on the mountain and looking into the distance, you can see the long white coastline a few kilometers away. The river of sacred springs is between the coastline and the mountains. But when you come down from the mountain

Finally, without the advantage of a high place, the coastline was no longer visible, but the river of divine spring was extremely eye-catching.

At this time, according to the seasons in the Central Plains, the Spring Festival has not yet passed, it is the ninth cold day, and there are still several months until the time of the Waking of Insects. The Tiantu Stone will not flow out spring water, so there is no spring water in this sacred spring river.

The river has a dry river bed with white flowers and no vegetation on both sides. It is like an isolation zone has been opened in the jungle. After running down from the mountain, you can identify it at a glance.

Bai Lang and other members of the sea gang are originally a small independent group. Although they have experienced ups and downs together along the way, in terms of closeness, they are still not as close as the three of us and Huachuan Zhao Xiaodao. We have the same temperament, and we are happy when we are happy.

He was angry when he was angry. When he went down the mountain, he screamed and ran like a wild child, but Bailang and others did not participate.

However, when the Shenquan River was visible in the distance, the crew members of the Bailang Hai Gang seemed to be stimulated by something. They all looked excited and suddenly accelerated towards the dry river bed. It turned out that the latecomers came up and arrived first.

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The sacred spring flowing from the Tiantu Stone can make the bones of living beings, earth and rocks, etc., have a texture similar to that of suet-fat jade. This is exactly the case in the river of the sacred spring. The large and small pebbles on the river bed are crystal clear, making the river beautiful.

They all look like jewels.

The white wolf jumped into the dry river bed and touched the stones in the river bed with trembling hands. They looked at each other with excited expressions. One of them, like a fanatical believer, actually knelt in the river bed and lowered his head to kiss those as gentle as jade.

cobblestone.

All this fell into my eyes, I didn't say anything more, I just took a deep look at Bai Lang, turned around and went to set up camp.

It has not rained on this island for a long time, and there is no shortage of dry wood for making fires. We chose a relatively open river beach, and soon everyone lit a bonfire in the middle of the river beach. The water source was

Malong and Maochi found it. Brother Shuisheng washed and skinned the seagulls he shot, chopped them into pieces and put them into the kettle. Everyone was busy around the campfire.

We left in such a hurry last night that we didn't have time to bring any dry food. Fortunately, the priest took this into account. The huge woven bags on the backs of Ma Long and Mao Chi were full of starch from the sago palm. Mix it with water and when it is cooked, it will be like

I ate it with something similar to "fufu" and dipped it in cooked seagull soup. The taste... was so disgusting.

Especially the seagull, not only was it sour, but also had a strange smell. It was full of tendons, which made it hard to chew and stuffed in the teeth...

After running around for a day and a night, our stomachs were empty. Even if it was something similar to swill, we could only swallow it reluctantly.

On the contrary, Ma Long and Mao Chi refused to interfere with us. They laughed strangely when they saw us skinning the seagulls. Then they actually put the ferocious big spider on the edge of the fire ring to roast.

As soon as it was dark for a while, I pried it open, and a refreshing fragrance immediately filled the air. It was filled with tender meat that was as white as crab meat.

Seeing Xiaozhi swallowing his saliva, I felt a little distressed, so I went to beg for some shamelessly. Seeing that Xiaozhi was enjoying the food, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

At this time, Bai Lang came over and sat down next to me. He was playing with a tactical knife on his fingertips, his head drooped, and he came over without saying a word. He seemed to have something to hide. He was silent for a moment, and then suddenly

He took out a flat soft-wrapped red pagoda mountain box from his jacket pocket. After they were captured, these things naturally fell into the tribe of abandoned people. After the priest persuaded Ada to let them go, the things were returned to them. This precious golden thing turned out to be

Some were left behind. He opened the flat cigarette box and found only two crumpled cigarettes inside. After taking them out, he gave me one and said with a smile: "These are the last two, just to relieve my fatigue."

I took the cigarette, and he took out a piece of lighted wood from the campfire and hurriedly came over to light it for me.

The spicy smoke rushed into my lungs, which was extremely satisfying. I turned my head and looked at the dark sky, often exhaling a stream of gray-white smoke, and suddenly asked: "When are you leaving?!"

Bai Lang shook his hand, glanced at me, and forced out a dry smile: "Did you guess it?"

"We were originally on the road together for the sake of profit. Now we have to work hard to achieve our future. Your goal has been achieved. If you don't leave now, how long will it take? The Hai Gang has never been a place that values ​​loyalty, right?

Isn't Old Man Shi's motto in life just to do things that are icing on the cake and never give help when it's time?"

I smiled and glanced at Bai Lang, pointing to the stones on the dry river bed: "This is the purpose of your coming here. Once the purpose is achieved, it will naturally be time to go our separate ways."

Bai Lang's face turned red and purple when I looked at him, he breathed heavily, held it in for a long time, and said: "I came here together. I am grateful for your care on the way, but I have a responsibility..."

I slapped him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Don't be so embarrassed. It's a matter of course. The road ahead is not going to be easy. There is no reason for you and your brothers to risk their lives with us."

After saying this, I asked again: "However, Ada and the priest have differences. I'm afraid you can't move freely. Our boat capsized. It's not easy to transport these stones. What are you going to do?"

"We have to decide on these things."

Bai Lang said: "Brother Wei, let's be open and don't get entangled, and I won't say anything coy. This thing is very important to us, no matter how high the price is, don't worry about the rest. There is always a way.

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I turned around and said, "Let's make another deal? If you can succeed, do one thing for me. I'll tell you a secret about these stones."

Bai Lang's eyebrows twitched, he paused, and said, "Brother Wei, please speak."

I have not told White Wolf about the many clues I saw at the sacrifice. I knew from the beginning of our cooperation that we were not of the same mind at all. Naturally, there was no need to completely share the information. Now we are just sharing information among the abandoned tribesmen.

The news that those monsters were human turned out to White Wolf.

In fact, isn’t this a temptation?!

After Bai Lang heard the news, he stood up with a bang, his expression uncertain, and more of a deep worry.

However, he quickly came to his senses and said to me with a smile: "Brother Wei has a good eye. I really can't hide anything from you."

Seeing this, how could I still not know the answer?

The bones on their bodies all show the characteristics of jade, which is related to these stones. However, it is obvious that they do not know much and their behavior is very reckless.

"With this reminder, Old Man Shi should probably be more careful. I hope they won't cause any trouble after getting these stones!"

I thought to myself secretly.

Bai Lang was not angry when I revealed the secret, and asked me what kind of help I needed from him.

I waved: "Come here with your ears attached!"

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Chapter completed!