The villain has been playing badly for ten years

Ning Xiusu looked in the direction of the voice and saw a young man with a handsome face, scales under his eyes, and wearing coarse and tattered clothes, with scales also on the exposed skin.

Mermaids will shed their scales when they reach adulthood, but this person is not yet at that age.

An old woman followed him and asked, "Why are you here? A sandstorm is coming. We need to leave quickly."

The old woman had a hoarse voice, was hunched over, had sparse gray hair tied casually into a bun, was leaning on a long wooden stick, and her clothes were equally tattered.

Ning Xiusu saw that the old woman's claws were as sharp as dead branches, and it was clear that all those here were mermaids.

"Young man, are you new here? Since you are injured, you must take the bloodstone quickly."

The old woman looked at Ning Xiusu, who was so young, looking like he was just twenty years old, so she couldn't help but give him some advice.

Ning Xiusu shook his head and warned, "This ore is poisonous and cannot be eaten."

Upon hearing this, the young man snatched the item from his hand and said, "Brother Ying, it seems this person doesn't appreciate your kindness. Why give it to him?"

Ning Xiusu was suddenly surprised. He felt something wet on his hands, and there was a sweet smell. This ore seemed to be different from the one from three hundred years later...

Seeing that he did not answer, the young man suddenly seemed to be stunned and asked again:

"Also, you're a mermaid too, so why don't you have any tattoos?"

Ning Xiusu raised his eyes and saw the young man suddenly pointing at him with a look of vigilance.

"I'm not from here."

As she spoke, a gust of wind blew up, bringing sand and dust in her face. The old woman's cloak and hood were blown open a little, and the tattoo on her neck was very eye-catching.

These tattoo regulations are relatively old, and he has only seen them in historical files.

According to historical records, more than three hundred years ago, the Human Emperor Shenghui was extremely cruel and suppressed the mermaids. In order to punish the mermaids, he even threw all the mermaids into a sea of ​​blood and corpses.

Until the mermaids rebelled, and the people suffered from the chaos.

But this happened a long time ago. At least in Ning Xiusu's time, there was no brutality and killing... In today's Dayan, humans and mermaids have been coexisting in peace.

……

Ning Xiu was just thinking about the past when he suddenly heard the old woman say in panic:

"Oh no, the sandstorm is coming."

Perhaps seeing the lone mermaid, Ying Che said to him:

"Your Highness, you probably have nowhere to go. If you don't mind, why not come with us?"

Ning Xiusu nodded and followed, "Thank you very much."

The old woman glanced at him and led the way to a cave.

For a moment, the wind hit the rocks and made a howling sound, like a broken string playing a violin. Outside the cave, yellow sand filled the sky and the wind and sand were raging.

In this desolate world, there is only one ancient cave. The floor of the cave is covered with bones. Although the space is spacious, the ground is covered with dry hay, which can hardly hide the horror.

"Besides you, there should be other mermaids exiled to the mountain of corpses, right?"

Ning Xiusu asked.

"They're all dead."

In the cave, an extremely weak voice was heard. He looked and saw several injured mermaids in the dark, most of them missing limbs.

Obviously, these people didn't know where to find medicine in this mountain of corpses, so they used this mineral to stop bleeding and treat injuries.

Ning Xiusu was also injured and felt that this trip might be dangerous...

His eyes fell on the wall of the cave, where there were several depressions with some dried fruits and dried meat placed in them. In the other corner of the cave, there was a pile of dry firewood.

This is obviously a refuge...

"Have you ever found a way out?"

Ying Che suddenly looked at him and said, "We should be the ones asking you this. Xiao Xi said you don't have any tattoos. You know where you came in, right?"

Ning Xiusu replied, "I don't know. I was pushed in by a little girl in red clothes."

"Red clothes? Have you seen Lin Xian?"

Ying Che's eyes revealed a hint of joy that was hard to conceal.

Ning Xiusu shook his head and said, "That little girl's name is not Linxian, but Liuliu."

Unexpectedly, Ying Che grabbed his arm and asked in a slightly crazy tone:

"You know her nickname. Have you seen her? Where is she?"

The injury on Ning Xiusu's shoulder was almost numb, and this huge force almost caused him to go blind.

He couldn't help but touch the wound and sighed:

"This...that girl belongs to Xin Zhu, and she was born with heterochromia. She's probably not the one you're looking for."

Ying Che loosened his grip upon hearing this, probably realizing that he had lost his composure just now and the other person was still injured.

Perhaps as an apology, he handed Bai Luofu over again.

"This stone can relieve pain."

……

Ning Xiusu's reminder was obviously not believed by anyone, so he didn't take it and instead looked outside the cave.

The sky and the earth were dark, and a sandstorm swept in like a furious beast, roaring and making people shudder.

This sandstorm lasted for about two hours. There were countless caves in this place, as complicated as a maze. There were gusts of cold wind in the caves, and the cold air was pressing.

Until a fire was lit in the cave, the soft straw mat under me dispelled some of my fatigue.

After the wind and sand died down, Ning Xiusu planned to go outside the cave to look for herbs. After all, when he was resting, he had thought a lot about the place, the mountain of corpses and sea of ​​blood that appeared in the novel.

When I crawled out from another part of the cave, I saw a pile of bones, piled up like a mountain, as if they were the final resting place of countless lives.

This place seems different from what I remember...

"Brother Ying, that man is very strange. Why are you helping him?"

"A mermaid without a tattoo will simply be banished from the royal family. We must follow him. Perhaps he knows the way out."

Ning Xiusu was walking in front, and the voices behind him were so low that they were just whispers, but he could still hear them.

He left the cave and wandered around, relying on some memory, avoiding a lot of red fog. There were countless caves in this Gobi Desert, most of which were covered in sand. The sky was extremely dark, and it seemed extremely depressing.

Not long after, a desolate stone forest appeared in this land of death.

"Strange, why haven't we discovered this place before..."

"This guy really knows the way."

Ning Xiusu ignored the two people whispering behind him, and only saw that here, countless unknown crystals were emitting a faint red light.

These crystals, of various shapes and sizes, are embedded in the mountain walls or scattered on the ground, flashing red light, like the eyes of countless ghosts.

Ning Xiusu felt something was wrong for no reason, so he squatted down and broke off a piece. It had a faint red glow and a rough texture like paper.

It smells pungent and mineral, and this is clearly Bai Luofu.

But why the color?

Just as he was thinking, the person behind him made a slight noise again: "Brother Ying, what is this weirdo doing again?"

"He seems to know bloodstone."

Bloodstone?

Ning Xiusu frowned slightly, and was just trying to figure it out, until a hint of blood shone through the left shoulder of his clothes and dripped onto the blood-red crystal. The strange thing was that it gradually faded into a white like dry ice.

How did Bai Luofu come about???

The blood crystal washed out with blood is Bai Luofu.

The mines at Qianluo Mountain were all filled with dank air and a pungent, fishy smell. Ning Xiusu had originally thought it was caused by a monster, but now he was horrified by the thought.

Could it be that the Bailuofu in Qianluo Mountain was all spilled out of blood!

"Brother Ying, why is he stunned again?"

Ning Xiusu's thoughts were interrupted. He sighed and said, "Come out, both of you."

Ying Che did not expect that this person's eyes and ears were better than those of ordinary mermaids, and he could actually find out that he and Xiao Xi were here, but this person was obviously not a spiritual practitioner.

"Don't be surprised, we just thought you were different and hoped you could find a way out."

Ning Xiusu didn't hide it, "I do have some impression of the way out, but there are some changes here. It seems a little different from what I remembered."

Ying Che only heard the first half of the sentence and stepped forward to bow: "I hope you can take me out."

"And I."

The young man hurriedly added.

Ning Xiusu felt that there was strength in numbers, so he said, "No problem, but I'd like to ask you two for a favor."

The two men thought they had found a life-saving straw and nodded immediately. Ying Che said, "If you can get out, it will be a great favor to you."

Ning Xiusu played with Bai Luofu with his slender fingers: "This thing is not a medicinal material. The real spiritual medicine is in this stone forest."

Ying Che said, "I understand. What elixir are you looking for?"

"That thing... is purple all over, with petals like lotus flowers, more beautiful than peonies."

"You mean, there's a Purple Jade Immortal here? That's what alchemists use to refine Tianbao Pills."

Unexpectedly, the young man responded excitedly.

Ning Xiusu was very interested: "Do you know about medicinal herbs?"

"My ancestors were doctors, and I aspired to become a great alchemist like the Song family. If it weren't for Sheng Hui Wu Dao, how could I be so destitute!"

Three hundred years ago, the alchemy practice...

Ning Xiusu didn't quite understand and asked, "Aside from the Song family, are there any other Danxiu clans here?"

"Yes, but the Song family is the only alchemy cultivator in the world, and they are a family that everyone envies."

When Ying Che heard him mention the Song family, his eyes cooled down, a hint of blood in his eyes flashed: "I don't know what's so good about the Song family. Everyone uses them as an example."

After hearing this, Xi Wuchang said awkwardly, "Brother Ying..."

Ying Che then realized that he had been too emotional just now, and suddenly turned away.

Ning Xiusu saw that he suddenly got angry and didn't know what to say, so he could only say:

"Brother Xi, if you know medicinal herbs, you won't make a mistake. There are also Crane Grass and Deer Ganoderma to the east of this stone forest. The injured in the cave may be able to use them."

Xi Wuchang likes medicinal herbs very much. It is rare for him to meet someone with the same interests as him, so his attitude has changed.

"Are you also a Dan cultivator?"

"I... don't count."

“But these medicinal herbs are only known to alchemists.”

As he spoke, he suddenly clenched his four fingers into a fist, with his thumb facing upwards, and saluted him in the mermaid etiquette.

"Big brother, whenever I meet a Dan cultivator, I always try to make friends with him. I don't know your name."

"My last name is Ning."

The merman's etiquette was very solemn, and Ning Xiusu also returned the greeting.