Chapter 94, Eye of the Storm
The battle between Luo Tian and Geersan's patriarch finally came to an end. Although Luo Tian finally fell into a coma, he still won. After all, Geersan was directly killed by Luo Tian's terrifying punch.
The body was bandaged like a rice dumpling, and Luo Tian was covered in scars. It was already good to survive this life.
"Hey, why is it so lively outside?" Luo Tian couldn't get out, so he could only ask Yin Jiu.
Yin Jiu looked outside and said, "The barbarians are holding funerals. Chai Zhuoma said that although Geersan did a lot of wrong things, he was still an important member of the tribe, so a grand burial ceremony was held for him."
The funerals of barbarians living on the ice field are very unique. They will sing barbarian songs in unison, and then wrap the bodies of the deceased in cloth and tie them to the body of the ice field cow. The ice field cow will take the body into the depths of the ice field. About three days later, the ice field cow will come back by itself, and the body will remain in the ice field forever.
Some people say that the body was taken away by the gods, while others say that the body was eaten by the dire wolf, but no matter which statement, the deceased will never return, leaving only people's longing for him.
For the second time, Luo Tian heard the sad singing of the barbarians, simple melody, and incomprehensible language, but it could sing it to people's hearts.
"I asked Chai Zhuoma the meaning of the lyrics. It was roughly three lyrics. Brave barbarian children, go back to the arms of the gods. One day we will meet on the other side."
Yin Jiu whispered, at this moment, even Luo Tian, who had beaten Geersang, couldn't laugh, and death was always sad.
After the funeral, the old witch came to visit Luo Tian. According to the agreement, Luo Tian needed to stay in the tribe for a few days. Then the old witch would arrange a safe candidate for the patriarch to challenge him. Luo Tian only needed to deliberately admit defeat to abdicate the position of patriarch, and Luo Tian would be free at that time.
In a few days, Luo Tian's body gradually recovered. The old witch told Luo Tian as a thank-you gift.
The altar of the ancestors was still under construction, and Luo Tian left a form and directly admitted his defeat and went back to pack his luggage.
"I will pray to the gods before leaving and wish you a good journey." The old witch said.
Luo Tian smiled and said, "thank you, thank you. By the way, can you agree to my request?"
The old witch nodded and said, "Tell me."
"The situation in Dawang City is turbulent now, and many people want to harm me and my family. Although my father has made a lot of preparations, I am afraid that something will happen at that time. If I have no choice, I want to bring my family to your tribe to escape the limelight. Is it OK?" Luo Tian planned to use this place as one of his retreats from the beginning.
The old witch was a little hesitant. Now she knew Luo Tian’s identity. If Luo Tian had to force her family to escape, it would inevitably cause a lot of trouble. If the entire Yunshan Kingdom court took his anger on her tribe, it would probably threaten the safety of the tribe.
But in the end, the old witch nodded and said, "I will think carefully, but if you are really desperate, Icefield will always welcome you."
Luo Tian then smiled. Before leaving, Luo Tian repeatedly reminded the old witch not to fight with the Zhao family. If he could surrender, he would surrender. If he really didn't want to cooperate with the Zhao family, he would take the tribe to move as soon as possible. With her current Taoist practice, if she met Duan Tianya again, she would definitely be dead.
After packing his bags, Luo Tian and Yin Jiu rode two ice field cows on the road.
The ice field storms are constantly entering the dormant period. Luo Tian and the others are walking and stopping, constantly identifying the direction. If they encounter the most terrifying storm, even the size of the ice field cow can be rolled into the air in an instant. Some storm eyes are marked on the map provided by the old witch, just avoid these places.
After a while, the two of them were hiding behind an ice slope to rest. Yin Jiu looked at the map and suddenly showed a puzzled look. After a closer look, he was surprised to find that the road he was walking was not the way back to Beitashan Castle.
"Are we going in the wrong direction? The road to Beitashan Castle is going there?" Yin Jiu asked in confusion.
But Luo Tian smiled slightly and said, "We are not wrong. From the beginning, I have been walking in another direction."
"Why?" Yin Jiu asked in confusion.
"For this good thing." Luo Tian took out the dragon scale fossil as he spoke.
It turned out that he had the idea of finding more dragon scale fossils from the beginning. He had known the general location of the dragon scale fossils from the vendors. If Luo Tian was not wrong, the barbarian vendor just picked up a few dragon scale fossils scattered outside, and more dragon scale fossils should still be there. As long as Luo Tian is lucky, he might make a fortune.
Of course, he is not short of money, but imagine how good it is for the casting treasure if he could dig out a whole fossil of an ancient dragon?
"But it's too dangerous. I see that the direction ahead is an eye of the storm. What if we are swept away by the storm?" Yin Jiu shouted at the map.
"How can you get a tiger's son if you don't enter the tiger's den? You don't have the courage to take risks. How can you get high rewards? Whether you go or not, if you don't go, I will go by myself." Luo Tian waved his hand and said.
Yin Jiu was not timid, but was a little worried. After thinking for a long time, he nodded slightly and said, "Okay, then I'll listen to you, but it's better to be careful."
After the two reached an agreement, they set off again. The barbarian vendor couldn't tell the specific location, so Luo Tian and the others could only grop for searching. Although many treasure hunters on the mainland could have special spells or special tools, it was obvious that Luo Tian and Yin Jiu had more amateurs.
"No, the wind is getting stronger and stronger ahead. We are too close to the Eye of the Storm, and the Ice Field Cow is unwilling to move forward." Yin Jiu shouted at Luo Tian against the storm.
Luo Tian was also a little anxious, and his intuition told him that the dragon scale fossil was nearby, but why could he not find it?
"Continue to look forward." Luo Tian waved his hand and pulled the Ice Field Bull forward.
After walking for a while, the ice field cows had already made a terrified sound. At the same time, the sun was no longer visible in the sky, and the surroundings were dark and the wind was howling by. It was very difficult to take a step forward in such a place.
"We'd better go back, it's too dangerous." Yin Jiu shouted.
But the sound could not reach Luo Tian's ears at all, and it was swallowed by the storm.
At this moment, the Ice Field Bull who could not hold on finally let out a low voice and knocked down Luo Tian and Yin Jiu. He took advantage of the opportunity of the two falling and fled, and soon disappeared into the storm.
Luo Tian and his others were carrying their dry food and clean water on the Bingyuan Cattle. Now it was so good that they had nothing to eat or drink.
However, when the roof was raining all night, a large cloud in the sky ahead was slowly floating over, and the wind blew on the faces of the two people was getting stronger and stronger. It was obvious that the eyes of the storm were moving in their direction.
"The Eye of the Storm is coming soon, and it will be too late if we don't leave." Yin Jiu shouted at Luo Tian.
Although Luo Tian was unwilling to give up, he couldn't fight his life. He shook his head and pressed it against Yin Jiu's ear and shouted: "Okay, let's go back."
Turning around, the two of them walked through the storm, and the road ahead was invisible at all. Because the large clouds floated, the visibility of the storm turned black again, and the torches could not be lit in the storm, so the two of them could only smear and move forward.
Luo Tian thought of a solution. In order to prevent the two of them from getting separated, he tied a rope to the arms of the two of them, so that even if they were swept into the air by the storm, they would not separate.
The wind became stronger and he was flying when walking. Luo Tian and Yin Jiu almost all lowered their bodies and moved forward. I don’t know how long they had been walking, maybe half an hour or an hour.
Just as the two were exhausted, Yin Jiu suddenly saw a light ahead, just like the light of hope in the depths of the darkness, allowing Luo Tian and the others to see the opportunity to step out of the Storm Eye.
"Just go in the direction of glowing, hurry up." Luo Tian didn't care whether Yin Jiu could hear or not, but he pulled Yin Jiu and moved towards the place of light.
The seemingly close light seemed to be far away when walking. The two of them were exhausted and finally walked out of the range of the Storm Eye. When they stepped into the bright place, the storm that blew from all directions instantly became much smaller. The two of them fell to the ground panting and looked back. The dark clouds and Storm Eye were gradually moving away, as if an invincible monster had let them go.
"What is this place?" Luo Tian raised his eyes and asked.
Chapter completed!