Chapter 39: Clue: Water

After being brought over, these two puppets struggled endlessly. It shows that the Three-Corpse Insects indeed squeeze out all the potential of a person. The group had entered the city for an hour, and they still had the strength. But the soldiers guarding them were not made of iron, so they simply bound their legs, so they had time to take a nap.

So these two goods were carried in and placed on the floor. They hunched up and shivered.

The outer talisman robe ensured that the Three-Corpse Insects were trapped in the human body and could not go out.

Situ Han asked strangely: "Is this cold, or afraid?"

"Afraid. Do the guys possessed by Three-Corpse Insects know cold?" He Lingchuan squatted down and looked at them carefully, "But they are not afraid of us."

These eyes had no focus, obviously not taking the crowd in their eyes at all.

But the vast Panlong ruins were empty, what were they afraid of? Nian Songyu also said: "Not to mention no one, there are no Three-Corpse Insects in this ancient city. They don't dare to approach at all, why?"

"There is something that makes them terrified." Sun Fuping stood up, "No matter what that is, it should be close to our goal."

He Lingchuan asked strangely: "Do you want them to say it themselves? Can Three-Corpse Insects still talk?"

It seems Sun Fuping brought these two puppets to do an experiment.

"Ordinary ones can't, I don't know if the ones produced by the Great Fang Hu can give us a hint." Sun Fuping walked to the puppets and said, "Your nest, the Great Fang Hu, must still be in the city. Point out a location, and I will let you leave."

The two puppets continued to shiver and continued to be arrogant, treating him as transparent.

"These two things don't take you in their eyes!" He Lingchuan was furious, "Give them some color to see, save time."

Sun Fuping took out a set of gold needles from his bosom, applied medicine and moxibustion to each, and then roasted them with a bit of true fire ignited at his fingertips before inserting them into the puppets' skull, heart, and feet.

The puppets immediately wailed loudly.

These three places are where the Three-Corpse Insects occupy, and Sun Fuping used medicine and fire to burn them directly on their butts, which was heart-piercingly painful. Otherwise, blades, axes, and divine power would only injure the host, and the Three-Corpse Insects wouldn't care at all.

They intended to look at Sun Fuping directly, but their eyes were exceptionally fierce, like wolves staring at meat.

To them, humans are just skins.

"I know you can understand human speech." Sun Fuping's voice was calm, "If you don't give an answer, you will suffer more."

Then he took action.

These gold needles of his were hollow, convenient for continuing medicine and increasing the dose at any time.

The crowd saw the red flame at the end of the needle brighten, and the puppets' screams suddenly rose by three degrees.

Double the medicine, double the pain.

Sun Fuping stopped and asked: "Say it or not?"

The puppets just screamed endlessly.

So he increased the punishment again.

And so on, again and again.

The further it went, the slower his speed of action. This enhanced version of Three-Corpse Insects had a soul body much stronger than ordinary peers, otherwise, they would have been poisoned to death by him a quarter of an hour ago.

Unless the host severs it themselves, if the Three-Corpse Insect dies, the host will also follow.

So it was becoming increasingly difficult to grasp the measure.

Finally, one puppet roared, its neck tilted, and it died.

It really didn't work? Sun Fuping sighed long.

The Three-Corpse Insects raised by the Great Fang Hu should have something special. If they could communicate with people, this trip to Panlongcheng would be much smoother.

It's a pity, this task doesn't seem to have a shortcut.

Actually, he only held a faint hope in his heart; after all, the coalition forces fighting a war of attrition on this wilderness back then had probably tried every means to obtain information.

He just felt that time might change many things.

The other Three-Corpse Insect, suffering from torture, exploded in frenzy, actually broke free from the restraint, and grabbed He Lingchuan's arm!

Caught off guard, everyone was shocked.

He Chunhua didn't hesitate to rush forward and cut off the puppet's head with one blade.

The screaming stopped abruptly.

"Is Chuan'er alright?" The hand He Chunhua used to hold the blade didn't loosen.

He Lingchuan was also startled, subconsciously prying open the dead man's hand, and feeling it carefully before saying: "I'm fine."

This thing grabbed him so tightly that its fingers almost sank into his skin.

Fortunately, his true power ran a full cycle, and he didn't find anything unusual.

Everyone looked at each other.

Sun Fuping walked up, checked his pupils, and asked: "Do you feel irritable, dizzy, or bloated?"

"Very clear, no abnormalities, it seems it has no effect on me."

Sun Fuping nodded: "The effect of Du Hunsan has not completely passed, and there is also the power to resist."

He Lingchuan sighed: "It seems the Three-Corpse Insects here are nothing special."

Seeing that he was really fine, He Chunhua felt relieved: "It's just that they are unwilling to leave the Panlong Desert, or rather, unwilling to stay away from the Great Fang Hu."

The principle of protecting the Great Fang Hu had long been engraved into the instinct of the Three-Corpse Insects; they could not betray it even in death. The same loyalty also exists in ant colonies and beehives; the individual worker bees and worker ants work hard without complaint, without any fear of difficulty, and even death is not worth mentioning.

So although the Three-Corpse Insects fear something here and dare not enter the city, they still linger on the outskirts, which is the Panlong Desert, unwilling to flee far away.

He Lingchuan shrugged; if Three-Corpse Insects could be interrogated like ordinary creatures, the information about the Great Fang Hu and Panlongcheng would have been explored clearly by the Baling and Xianyou coalition forces, and the god behind Panlongcheng would not tolerate such loopholes.

"Although Zhu Gen didn't say, in my opinion, the conditions for triggering the Wild Sand Season shouldn't be very difficult. The last team he sent was also holding a verification attitude..." Sun Fuping pondered, "Before every Wild Sand Season arrives, is the desert full of thunder and rain?"

Zeng Feixiong nodded: "Yes."

Sun Fuping's eyes moved: "Does the temple in the city only worship the Lady Mitian God?"

"Yes. It is said that the Lady Mitian Heavenly God is the only faith in Panlongcheng."

He Chunhua gave an "eh," as if he had realized something: "You don't mean?"

"Write it down and verify it with each other."

So Sun Fuping and He Chunhua both raised their hands to dip in water and wrote a character on the table.

Everyone looked, and the National Master wrote the character "Water," while He Chunhua wrote the character "Rain."

The literal meanings were about the same.

He Lingchuan stroked his chin and said: "The National Master and Father are wise! The rainy season in Qiansong County is later than the inland, almost arriving at the end of August or early September."

Nian Songyu didn't understand: "If it is caused by rainwater, does it not rain in the desert usually?" As far as he knew, the lack of water in the desert doesn't mean it doesn't rain, "Sometimes heavy rain causes floods in the desert."

"It really doesn't." He Lingchuan chuckled, "Don't compare other deserts with Panlong; they aren't worthy."

He Chunhua said: "How can I be as knowledgeable as the National Master? However, Deputy Lieutenant Zeng's father was the only living person who experienced the Wild Sand Season in the Panlong Desert. After he returned, although he was mentally confused, he kept chanting the word 'Water' all day long. I think this is a key clue."

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