Vol 4 Chapter 10: , Survival and death

Survival and death
Jin put away the sword and began to look at his reflection under the moon. After thinking for a while, he raised his head and looked at the man in the cloak holding the white sickle in front of him.
The sickle reflected pure light under the moonlight, and the long white handle resembled the fresh carving on the white, which added a touch of tranquility to this supposedly terrifying weapon.
The man in the cloak saw the child looking at the sickle in his hand, smiled slightly, lifted the sickle, turned it slightly, and said, "Are you interested?"
The child nodded, but after hesitating for a while, he shook his head again and said, "I am a prince. As a prince, I should use a sword. Other weapons...I am not interested in other weapons."
The man in the cloak smiled again: "So... you have only learned swords, are you not interested in learning anything other than swordsmanship? People who use swords do look handsome, but swords are also the most difficult to use. ."
Jin Aoran raised his head and said, "No, I just want to use a sword. My father uses a sword, and my sister uses a sword. Of course I also want to use a sword. One day, I will become a master of swordsmanship, and I will use my strength to make you dare Look at me like this!"
Seeing the child’s stubborn expression, the man in the cloak was silent for a while. After that, he nodded and said, "So...then, don’t care if you can become a master of swordsmanship. First, see if you can be here. Survive in three months."
Jin snorted, and said: "I will definitely survive to show you! In addition, I also need to know your purpose. No matter what you have in mind, I believe I can see through it!"
"Hehe, is it? Then come on, young prince. But if you think that life is still so easy from today, then you should be prepared."
The man in the cloak received the sickle behind his back, and after nodding at the child, he turned around and walked into the desert behind. Following his departure, the skeletal soldiers once again stood up from under the sand, trapping the child. It wasn't until his figure disappeared completely on the other side of the sand dune that the skeletons dispersed, allowing the child to move freely.
What does this man in the cloak mean?
Jin didn't know, and didn't need to know.
After the cloak man left, all he needed to do was to find food as soon as possible. If there is nothing to eat, then no matter how strong he is, he cannot withstand the ravages of hunger.
The desert under the dark night is deadly quiet.
How difficult it is to find food.
After busy all night, the young prince was empty-handed. He kept walking in the direction of the moon, digging through the ground. But not even a root of grass was found. Seeing, the other side of the sky began to appear white, and the day like was about to come again. Jin dragged his slightly exhausted body, gritted his teeth, and finally used his last physical strength to dig out a bunker, so that he could escape the daytime heat in it, rest well and regain his strength.
...
Hunger, thirst, tiredness, pain.
Although it was very easy to say, but such injuries continued to pile up on this child, after all, he was a little tired and fainted.
Before you know it, night has come. As the heat subsided during the day, the cold at night began to exert their cruel power.
"howl
Suddenly, a thrilling dragon roar broke through the sky! I Jin, who was sleeping, shook suddenly, and when he woke up, he crawled out of the sandpit in a panic and raised his head.
The black wings covered the sky.
That terrifying black dragon was hovering in midair at this moment!
The corners of its mouth are constantly overflowing with sparks, and the huge wings flap slightly, and a sandstorm will rise on the ground!
"Damn it! What about this time?!"
Just as Jin crawled out of his pit, his sand pit was already buried by the rolling sandstorm. The black dragon in the sky immediately landed on the ground after seeing the child finally climbed out, making the sand tremble with a heavy sound.
"You...how do you want to...?!"
The child was scared, he raised the sword in his hand and tremblingly faced the terrifying black dragon.
And Heilong looked at him, Jin è's pupils were full of playful meaning. However, after all, this black dragon did not attack iǎ Jin. On the contrary, it opened its wings, raised its head, and took a breath...
"howl
The deafening roar shocked the entire desert. The sound of the dragon even made iǎ Jin unstable, his feet weakened, and he fell back to the ground.
He didn't know what the dragon was planning to do. In fact, he now realized how absurd the stories of the dragon-slaying warriors in the original operas were! I also wondered how much I had dreamed of fighting a dragon, and then standing on the dragon's body and hugging Nini who had fallen from the sky.
Yes, Jin was frightened and fell down.
Since he was all frightened, those people who were hiding under the desert couldn't stand the huge oppression. They burrowed out of the sand and fled around in panic.
Scorpions, mice, snakes, spiders, and many unknown things. These creatures flee madly, desperately trying to leave here. Jin didn't pay attention to these things for a while, until he stared at the dragon and saw its head shake slightly, only to realize what the dragon was doing.
"You... won't eat me?"
Jin slowly got up, clutching his thumping heart, and said.
Heilong glanced at the animals that were running away, and the corners of his mouth overflowed with fire.
"Well... Since you promised not to eat me, then don't eat me! Then... those hyenas said, mine is awful, don't eat me."
Jin bowed his body and slowly backed away. After he was sure that the dragon really wouldn't attack him, he immediately turned his head and looked at the escaped snakes and mice. After a while, he took a little dry mouth. Holding the sword in his hand, he took a step that was almost hungry, and caught up.
In these days, tonight can be said to be the happiest and most active day.
He never thought that he could catch so much food. The smell of those snakes tastes so delicious!
Although it's a bit difficult to eat raw, it is not a big problem when you are hungry. As long as you can eat and drink enough, as long as you can fill your stomach, it is regarded as drinking blood, what does it matter?
For most of the night, Jin was catching those foods. This is the fullest day he has eaten. In addition to filling his stomach, he was smart enough to prepare more things. Well, it seemed that he could eat for three or four days by himself. In this way, I can live a little more comfortable.
"howl
However, even though iǎ Jin had no longer captured, the black dragon still stomped on the desert, roaring, and driving away the snakes, insects, rats and ants. But iǎ Jin has already had food for three days, so of course he won't go to uā to capture it again, will he? He was a little impatient with the endless roar of this black dragon, so naturally he didn't eat it. He began to mō with his sword, recalling the sword techniques he had learned and practicing. In this way, the sky to the east began to brighten.
"howl!"
Seeing dawn, the dragon flapped its wings and flew into the sky with a whistling sound, raising a piece of dust. While chewing on a scorpion, Jin beckoned, and then began to prepare for sleep. Well, I really hope that this dragon will come back tonight. If this has been the case, then my life should be pretty good.
but……
After it got dark again that day, the person who appeared in front of I Jin was no longer the black dragon, but the short man in the cloak who knocked out his sword as soon as he shot it.
"Huh? It's you today? You people are really free. You watch me one by one a day, so what do you want to do today?"
Jin chewed on the rat slices dried during the day, and looked at the man in the cloak with some disapproval. The short man in the cloak didn't speak much, his hand stretched out from under the cloak, and in his palm, he held an ordinary iron sword.
"Cut, I want to fight again? Okay, I can't beat your boss, I can't beat you yet? Today I'm full of food and drink, let you have a good experience of my Bucks Royal swordsmanship!
Jin threw away the leftover mouse skeleton, drew out his sword half hidden in the sand, and wiped his mouth. After that, stand in front of the man in the cloak, hold the sword in both hands, and make a starting pose...
bump--!
The action was just set.
A strong sense of shock hit i Jin's stomach directly.
For a while, he didn't even understand what was going on. The piece that was just eaten was mixed with sour water, and it sprayed out from his mouth and nostrils.
The man in the cloak retracted his knees, and before the child was holding his stomach and shouting pain, the sword in his hand had already drawn a semicircle in the night sky and directly pointed at the child's heart. Jin was taken aback, and turned around at the moment of his death. The sword drew near his mouth, but he pulled a long blood mark on his mouth.
This person... is serious? !
He really wants to kill me!
The pain disappeared under the sudden fall of fear.
The half-irregular fighting mood in Jin's mind was immediately dispelled by the threat of death. He had already ignored the pain in the iōng mouth, but immediately held the sword, stepped back two steps, and fixed his eyes on the cloaked man. A