When she returned to the mountain, she calmly announced her first victory.
Naturally, everyone cheered.
However, Lin Mengya was not like the others. She knew that this was just the beginning.
Everything that the Medicine Order had done before this could very well have been a test.
Once they had confirmed their strength, the Medicine Order would make their real killing move. When that time comes, it would be a real bloodbath.
Two days passed in a flash.
They had almost cleared out the poisonous insects near the foot of the mountain.
However, Lin Mengya could sense that as the black poisonous fog leaked out, the entire Mount Yanxia was being affected more and more.
The ferocious beasts in the mountain were unable to adapt to the poisonous fog and had fled their homes.
She recalled the second half of the competition, which was for them to find a way to solve this problem.
But now, she had no idea why the sinkhole would produce such a poisonous fog.
If she wanted to stop it, she would have to make a trip to the sinkhole.
She could more or less guess what the Medicine Order's motive for setting up this trap was.
However, they wanted her to go to the sinkhole and die.
At night, just as she was about to go to bed, Long Tianhao, who had not visited for two days, appeared before her again.
The bruises under his eyes had worsened but he was still energetic.
As soon as he entered the door, he said to her seriously, "Ya'er, you can't go there."
She was surprised.
She had not told anyone about her intention to go to the sinkhole, how did he know about it?
"I know that you want to win this competition. However, this is a scam! Those slaves and stragglers were secretly thrown into the sinkhole by them. "
She did not expect this to be the truth.
"What is going on? How did you know? "
Long Tianhao shook his head.
There were some things that he did not understand and could not explain.
He had no choice but to hold her arm.
"Let me show you. You'll understand."
Under the cover of the night, the two of them moved through the forest.
Soon, they arrived at the edge of the sinkhole.
From here, she could see everything that was happening at the edge of the sinkhole.
During the day, this was a no-man's land. Even the disciples of the Poison Order rarely came close.
However, at night, she saw someone chasing dozens of people towards this place.
As they walked through the forest, apart from the sound of their footsteps, there was no sound at all.
Apart from the few people around them, the people walking in the middle seemed to be swaying, and their footsteps seemed very unsteady.
Lin Mengya immediately realized that these people were not sober at all!
After reaching the edge of the sinkhole, those people retreated to the side.
The rest of them stood quietly at the edge of the sinkhole.
Then, she heard a hair-raising sound.
In the black pit, she saw a huge figure.
It was probably a black python. Although she couldn't see it clearly, it was at least as thick as a water tank.
The rough scales rubbed against the ground. Even a glance was enough to make her shudder.
How could there be such a thing here?
At this moment, the little medicine in his head was also frantically warning him.
"Alert! Alert! Master, please activate the defense function and hide your aura immediately! "
Lin Mengya immediately did as she was told. She took Long Tianhao's hand and covered it for him.
The giant python raised its head and stuck out its tongue in their direction.
Then, it shrank back.
Her heart was beating very fast. Fortunately, the little medicine reminded her in time. Otherwise, she would have been discovered by the giant python.
Then, the giant python was obviously more interested in the dozen people at the edge of the sinkhole.
She didn't know how long the snake's body was. It swam around and then rolled up the people into a pile.
Finally, it brought those people down into the sinkhole.
When the rustling sound disappeared, those people dared to appear.
The leader looked into the sinkhole and then called his companions to leave.
Lin Mengya, who had witnessed the whole process, felt a chill down her spine.
Fortunately, she didn't act on impulse.
Fortunately, Yu was worried about this matter and brought her here personally.
If she met this giant python down there, she could only end up in the python's stomach.
"Did you see it? This giant python is probably the guardian of the sinkhole. I guess the reason why they fed it with human beings was that they wanted to tame the giant python. "
Long Tianhao said worriedly.
In fact, it was not the giant python that was scary, but the unknown environment under the sinkhole.
Lin Mengya nodded. Suddenly, she heard a series of screams.
It was the last cry of the people who had just been sent to the snake's mouth.
But it was too quiet and empty here. It didn't take long for everything to be quiet again.
"I know. I won't go down before I'm sure."
Seeing this, Long Tianhao could only nod.
He knew that even now, she couldn't completely dispel the dangerous idea, but at least, she wouldn't rush down rashly.
Lin Mengya was also thinking.
When the giant python appeared, Xiao Yao said that the toxicity of the giant python was far more than that of the poisonous insects and animals they had seen before.
Of course, if it could survive in such a poisonous sinkhole, its toxicity would certainly be extremely strong.
But she was a little concerned.
When she saw the shape of the python, she seemed to see two protrusions in the shape of horns on the head of the python.
It looked a bit like a horned python.
But ordinary horned pythons couldn't grow so big, and their toxicity was not so strong.
Could it be another mutated snake?
Lin Mengya felt a headache coming on. Up until now, she had encountered too many things that went against her common sense.
In the end, why did these things exist?
The two of them quietly retreated. Lin Mengya decided to go to the rebel army camp to take a look.
The disappearance of these slaves and soldiers might not attract too much attention at first.
But once there were more, even a fool would be able to sense it.
Weren't they worried that the next one to disappear inexplicably would be their own?
After they sneaked into the camp, they happened to see some people sneaking into the camp.
She counted and found that the number of people was about the same as the people who had fed the snake just now, or even a little more.
However, the way they acted was different from those people from before. Instead, they were well-disciplined and moved quickly.
After these people came in, they almost didn't hesitate and walked into their own barracks.
At this moment, Lin Mengya finally reacted.
It seemed that they had taken the opportunity of sacrificing these slaves to replace people.
"Say, they are so sneaky. Who do you think they are guarding against?"
They made up for whatever they lacked.
Such a thing.
Obviously, it was more like they were taking the opportunity to carry out some kind of replacement.
Beside her, Long Tianhao also lowered his voice and said, "These people are the private soldiers raised by the Rong family."
Lin Mengya couldn't help but frown slightly.
According to the law, each aristocratic family could raise their own private soldiers, but it could not exceed a certain number.
Therefore, whether it was in the open or in the dark, private soldiers were the most advantageous weapon to ensure their safety.
The Rong family was not so stupid to replace their own private soldiers to feed the snake.
So, what was the purpose of him doing this?
With a stomach full of questions, they returned to the camp.
Long Tianhao carried her in his arms and easily avoided the patrolling guards.
By the time they returned to the tent, the woman in his arms had already fallen asleep.
Long Tianhao couldn't help but smile helplessly.
He thought that after seeing so many things at night, this girl would not be in the mood to sleep anymore.
He gently placed her on the bed, unbuttoned their coats, and fell onto the bed with her in his arms.
A gust of wind blew past, and Long Tianhao suddenly sat up and stared at the figure standing at the door.
The person was just about to speak, but was stopped by the look in his eyes.
He glared at the person with a warning look, then gently tucked Lin Mengya in the blanket.
Seeing her beautiful sleeping face, Long Tianhao's expression softened. Then, he became cold again.
They walked out of the Medicine Order's camp one after the other.
In the quiet forest, they only stopped after making sure that no one would see or hear them.
"It's time for you to make a choice."
The person who spoke was actually a young woman.
She was a little agitated, but it was obvious that she was trying hard to suppress it.
She couldn't help but take a step forward. Under the moonlight, her pale face was almost transparent, and her facial features were surprisingly similar to Lin Mengya's.
"Do you want to die?"
Long Tianhao's words were filled with undisguised hostility.
The woman curled her lips, looking both sad and crazy.
"I've already died once, I'm not afraid of dying again. Your Highness, look at me, I look so much like her. Moreover, I'm willing to sacrifice for you, why can't you choose me? Is it because I've appeared too late, that's why I don't have a chance? "
Long Tianhao didn't even look at this imposter, he turned and walked away.
The woman suddenly rushed over, wanting to hug him from behind, but in the end, she couldn't even touch the corner of his clothes.
Long Tianhao lost his patience, he casually pulled out a long sword from his waist and pressed it against the woman's throat.
"Master Xue, if you dare to pester me again, I'll let you die again!"
If Lin Mengya was here, she would never believe it.
The woman in front of her, be it in terms of looks, voice or even figure, was actually Master Xue!
She shook her head uncontrollably, retreating step by step.
Tears fell one after another from those big, gentle, and moving eyes.
"No! You can't bear to kill me! I'm in your heart, at least when you look at my face, you can't kill me, can you? "
At this moment, Long Tianhao smiled.
His incomparably handsome face now had a hint of cruel mockery on it.
"You really know how to flatter yourself."
He kept his long sword, not even bothering to make a move.
"Do you think that you're not dead because I've been merciful to you?"
His slightly raised tone at the end of his sentence made Master Xue's heart feel like it was about to explode.
She retreated frantically without a plan, and in the end, bumped into a big tree.
You've already exceeded your reading limit for today. If you want to read more, please log in.
Login
Select text and click 'Report' to let us know about any bad translation.
