Chapter 455: Loulan Treasure (Part 2)
After dinner, everyone seemed to be very sleepy, and after talking for a while, they all returned to their tents. Not long after, Jefferson's student Wilson returned to the tent, he took out a set of more than one blanket from his tent and gave it to the two Chinese who suddenly came to use. He also showed them where it was better to sleep.
Looking at the blanket in his hand, Long Jinbao smiled and asked Xu Changqing: "A thought can lead to life, a thought can lead to death! Master, it seems that this foreign boy is pretty good-hearted. When something happens later, will he help him?"
"You can do it yourself!" Xu Changqing refused to comment. His eyes were always looking at the animal skin in his hand. If Jefferson saw it, he would be shocked, because this animal skin was his map of the animal skin that indicated the Guloulan Caibao. However, Xu Changqing's eyes were not looking at the map, but rather the astrological patterns on the back of the animal skin. He easily found that the patterns were actually eight or nine minutes similar to the Zhoutian Star Map, and they were all not drawn later, but were born.
Xu Changqing is not unfamiliar with the aura of wild beasts. When he approached the camp, he felt a very weak aura of wild beasts from the oldest man in the expedition team, so he cast a spell to pick up the map of the skin containing the aura of wild beasts on his body.
Xu Changqing also has some knowledge of the types of ancient wild beasts, but he does not know much about the ancient wild beasts that can be born with patterns into mysterious formations. In the range he knows, most of these ancient wild beasts are powerful beasts comparable to those of innate gods, such as dragon horses carrying river maps, Luoshu, black turtles, five elements peacocks with natural feathers born with large five elements arrays, etc., but he has never heard of the wild beasts that can form the star map of the sky before.
Although this animal skin map contains a trace of wild beast aura, there is no other power in it, Xu Changqing believes that the animal skin is far from as simple as it seems on the surface. If someone uses the map on the front of the animal skin to find the treasure of the ancient Loulan Kingdom, then what they finally encounter is definitely a trap to death. In Xu Changqing's view, the map that truly leads to the treasure of the ancient Loulan should be the Zhoutian star pattern on the back.
The treasures of the ancient Loulan Kingdom are more detailed than those of the secular mortals. People in the cultivation world, especially those of the authentic immortals and Buddhas, should know more in detail, because the disappearance of the ancient Loulan Kingdom was entirely due to the consequences of the struggles in the cultivation world that affected mortals. According to ancient books, the two practitioners who fought in the Loulan Kingdom were from the Former Qin and the Eastern Jin Dynasty, and were all masters who were nostalgic about ancient Taoism. One cultivated the art of moving mountains and seas by the ancient scattered immortals, and the other was an ancient monk inherited from the ancient Jiulong Island lineage, who was very good at plague viruses. Both of them had to be said to be shaking the earth, the ghosts and gods changed color, and they both died in the end. Their battle affected the ancient Loulan Kingdom nearby. While the plague was brought down, a Lop Nur and the Peacock River, which were the water source of the ancient country, also dried up one after another, eventually causing the ancient country of Loulan, to disappear in the sand.
Xu Changqing, who knew very well about the reason for the disappearance of the ancient Loulan Kingdom, also thought that Lop Nur would become so abnormal, perhaps because the aftermath of the battle back then had not disappeared. However, he thought again that the earliest written records of Lop Nur should have been in the Ming Dynasty, and it was not as strong as it is now. If it appeared in a dynasty where masters and monks such as the Sui, Tang and Song dynasties were like springs, it would be impossible that there would be no written records in the world of practice.
Just as Xu Changqing was thinking about the secret hidden in the animal skin map, time had gradually moved to midnight, and the people in the camp were already asleep. Roger's subordinates gathered in Roger's tent one after another. Although Xu Changqing and the other two suddenly appeared, this did not affect Roger's original plan. In his opinion, these two Chinese without weapons were easy to deal with. Just when Roger ordered his subordinates to deal with their respective targets, a very shrill scream suddenly came from the camp opposite the expedition team. The scream was as harsh as if he was using his fingernails to beat the glass, which not only made the awake people tremble all over, but even the people who were unable to wake up due to the effects of the medicine came to a complete awakening.
Everyone walked out of the tent one after another. Compared to others' confusion, Jefferson and Wilson, who had something to do, were much more awake and were holding weapons in their hands.
When he saw all the mercenaries coming out of Roger's tent, the expression on Jefferson's face became particularly gloomy, his body moved towards student Wilson, and the weapons in his hand were also grabbed a lot. Seeing Jefferson's face and vision, Roger understood that his intention had been exposed, but it didn't matter. When he knew Wilson's Gaomi before dinner, he was ready. All the bullets in Jefferson and Wilson's weapons were replaced with duds by him, and the matter was still in his control. However, what he was concerned about now was not whether he should solve Jefferson and others and snatch the map, but what happened in the opposite camp.
After a scream just now, the camp opposite immediately became silent again. Because they were far apart, they could not see the current situation of the camp opposite, and could only vaguely see a pile of campfires shaking. People surrounded by the silent desert became particularly nervous. Some people tried to shout and ask loudly to the other side, but there was no movement on the other side. Everyone thought of the strange legends in the Lop Nur area and couldn't help but worry. At this time, someone suggested sending someone to take a look, but Roger rejected it, and the method used was the gun in his hand.
"Roger, what do you want to do?" Seeing Roger doing this, Jefferson's black and wrinkled old face turned red with a flushing flush. He stepped forward and pointed the muzzle in his hand at Roger and said excitedly.
"Mr. Professor, you should already know what I am going to do, or just give me the map honestly? I can spare your life." Years of adventure have made Roger see many strange things. This time he also felt that something similar might have happened in the camp opposite. He was unwilling to stay here again. When he got the map, he stood up and rode a horse away. This was his only idea.
"Disillusion!" Before the old professor could answer, student Wilson stood up first and pointed a gun at Roger and said, "Roger, you'd better not do anything random!"
"Haha!" Roger, who was pointed at two guns, had no fear, and the other subordinates had no intention of rescue. They just pointed their guns at the Jefferson students who were still a little confused.
Chapter completed!