Chapter 358: Calling for Action
Seeing that Wu Zhongyuan's expression and tone did not seem to be joking, Li Bei felt the seriousness of the problem, "Where are you going?"
Wu Zhongyuan raised his hand and pointed westward, "You'll know when you get to the place." ”
"What are you going to do?" asked Li Bei.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer, but made a gesture to put on his armor, and at the same time, his thoughts were sent, inspiring the green dragon armor.
Li Bei's armor was stored not far from the stone room, and seeing that Wu Zhongyuan had made up his mind, he summoned the armor, put it on before the arrival of the green dragon armor, and took off first.
Qinglongjia then flew from the northeast direction, Wu Zhongyuan lifted his breath into the air, stretched out his arms to greet him, and waited for all the armor pieces to be possessed, beckoned to Li Bei, and the two were separated by a few feet, and went west in parallel.
Although he was wearing the green dragon armor, Wu Zhongyuan did not fly quickly, Li Bei felt that Wu Zhongyuan was deliberately accommodating her, so he said, "I can be faster." ”
Wu Zhongyuan shook his head, "Don't worry, it's definitely too late today, even if you do it, you have to wait until tomorrow." ”
Li Bei didn't know why, and looked at him suspiciously.
Wu Zhongyuan explained, "It's the hour now, and it will take at least four hours to get to that place from here, and it's not appropriate to do it after dark." ”
Li Bei nodded and didn't ask again.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't take the initiative to talk to her anymore, now he urgently needs Xuanjing, and the bird clan's Xuanjing reserves are very small, they originally only got the head part of the Xuanjing statue, and it is estimated that there is not much left after using it over the years, if you want to get Xuanjing, you can only go to the broken temple in Kunlun Mountain.
He had personally been to the ruined temple before, and had confirmed that the place was the altar of the beast clan, and at the same time found that there was a fierce thing in the altar that was not visible to the naked eye, and the last time he went, his cultivation was too weak, and he did not have the strength to enter the altar, and after perceiving the real existence of danger, he could only temporarily retreat, and now he is no longer the former Amon, this time he was ready to use the green dragon armor and the fire dragon true qi to fight the other party.
The door of that altar was open to the east, which was a head-to-head battle, and he also hoped that it would be possible to do it when the sun shone into the altar, and the invisible things were often feminine things, and it was beneficial for him to fight in the sun.
The ancients said, everything is foreseen, and if you don't prepare, action is important, but the plan before the action is more important, while flying, Wu Zhongyuan thought about the situation of the altar in detail from his mind, including the size and direction of the altar, the nature of the aura barrier, and even the angle of the opening of the half of the stone door. In addition, it also provides sufficient foresight for various situations that may be encountered to ensure that you are not caught off guard and at a loss after an accident.
In the end, it was the plan of action, the last time he went, he had observed the altar at close range, and he saw everything that could be seen from the outside, and there was no need to observe and delay this time, and he started immediately after landing, without hesitation for a second, the longer the delay from the outside, the more fully prepared the fierce monsters inside, and they couldn't be given a chance to come back to their senses to deal with it.
Tianchi Volcano is in the northeast, and the Kunlun Mountain Beast Altar is in the northwest, but the two are not in the same latitude, compared with the Tianchi Volcano, the Kunlun Mountain Beast Altar is more southerly, so the movement route of the two is not straight to the west, but slightly south.
At five o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them arrived at the northeast of Dekunlun Mountain, which happened to be where the Yinma River was located, in fact, Wu Zhongyuan also deliberately came to the Yinma River, so that they could take a short rest from here, eat something, sleep again, and leave again at dawn. Second, they had been here before after coming out of Kunlun Mountain, and setting off from here to return to Kunlun Mountain would ensure that they could find the beast altar in the shortest possible time.
The Drinking Horse River and the Goat Valley are of the same nature, both belong to the trade land outside of Middle-earth, and the difference with the Goat Valley is that the exchange of the Drinking Horse River is carried out during the day, and it stands to reason that it should be near the end of this time, but there are still many people in the city, and several eating stalls are full of people.
Wu Zhongyuan was still wearing the same old clothes as before, and he was not conspicuous when he walked in the crowd, Li Bei followed behind him, and saw that most of the pedestrians around him were rude and barbaric, and their faces were hideous, so he covered his face with a scarf like other women on the street, so that no one looked at her.
Wu Zhongyuan exchanged copper sheets for two roasted naan, gave one to Li Bei, took one himself, found a wall root to squat, and ate by himself.
Why is it almost dark, there are still so many people in the city, it is very simple to figure out this problem, just listen to the conversation of passers-by to understand, tonight there is a call in the city, the so-called call line is somewhat similar to a modern auction, but the auction is not an item but a living person, to put it bluntly, it is a slave, but at this time it is not called a slave, it is called a captive.
At this time, it should belong to the developed period of primitive society, and has not yet entered the slave society, but now there is a phenomenon of using slaves, and various tribes, including the triumvirate of Middle-earth, will take the soldiers, women and children of the defeated side as slaves and use them for farming and labor.
Wu Zhongyuan was very disgusted with this phenomenon and behavior, but some things were not transferred by his will, whether he liked it or not, the phenomenon of selling slaves was objective at this time.
It may be that the time to call the line is approaching, and there will be no one on the street in the blink of an eye, Wu Zhongyuan is choking on the naan, and seeing that the table of the food stall is empty, he pulls Li Bei over to sit down, and shouts to the stall owner to bring two bowls of broth.
The stall owner brought the broth to the two of them, and then put the lid on the pot, "I'll also go over and take a look, if you like it, you can buy it, and the two of you can do it yourself." ”
Wu Zhongyuan was just about to answer, but the stall owner had already ripped off his greasy apron and limped north.
There is no planning for the buildings in the Yuma River, the houses are built horizontally and vertically, and there is an open area dozens of meters away to the north, and there is a large wooden platform in the open space, and the call is carried out from there.
Seeing that Li Bei turned his head to look north from time to time, Wu Zhongyuan said, "Eat quickly, have dinner, find a place to stay for one night and then leave." ”
Li Bei nodded, bowed his head to eat and drink, women at this time have a common characteristic, they are not twisting and pinching, chewing slowly, eating is eating, eating in large gulps, they will not show dislike for meat, whether it is meat or grain in their eyes, it is food for the stomach, there is no essential difference.
Although the two did not go over to see the excitement, they could clearly hear the sound from the north, this call was initiated by the black widow, the city lord of the Drinking Horse River, she is the organizer, there are more than 200 slaves in this auction, all shapes and shapes, men, women and children.
The Black Widow may or may not be there, because from where the two of them are sitting, they cannot see the specific situation of the auction in the north, and can only hear someone talking about the general situation of the slaves being auctioned, and then there is a lot of shouting and offering, because there is no fixed currency at this time, and all important means of life and production can be used to bid, including cattle and sheep, but also metal salt and grain.
After listening for a few rounds, I found that adult men are the least popular and have the lowest prices, and in fact adult men are good laborers, and the reason why they are not popular is that they are not well managed and easy to escape. The second is the child, the price of the child is not high, not only need to be raised, but also can not participate in heavy physical labor.
The price is high, but it is only relatively speaking, two ewes can be exchanged for a woman who can give birth, is it high? No, but at this time, in this cruel situation, women have no ability to fight, and they can't decide their own fate, so they can only go with the flow and be at the mercy of others.
After eating enough and preparing to leave, the accident happened, and there was a fire on the north side, and the place where the fire was located further north of the auction house, was a warehouse where the grass was stored.
At this time, it was already late autumn, and the forage for the livestock for the winter was dried and stored there, and when she saw that the warehouse was on fire, the black widow hurriedly stopped calling and brought people over to put out the fire.
This is an ancient period, not to mention a fire, even if there is a fire, you have to knock and blow for a while, so the possibility of accidental fire is very small, it is likely to be arson.
The black widow and the others were in a hurry, but Wu Zhongyuan was not in a hurry, not only was he not in a hurry, but he was also a little gloating, so he ate the roasted naan in the broth, got up and took Li Bei to find a place to live.
As soon as he walked out, he heard noise and shouts from the auction house, as if someone was trying to take advantage of the chaos to rescue the slaves who were auctioned.
There were not many inns in the city, and he was worried that he would not be able to find a place to live after the auction was over, so Wu Zhongyuan ignored the chaos in the north and took Li Bei to the inn where everyone lived before.
Before entering, he turned his head to look north, and saw that the slave had been captured, and it was a little boy about ten years old.
And the man who wanted to take advantage of the chaos to save people couldn't get away, but instead of saving people, he put himself in, was knocked unconscious by the black widow, and threw him on the stage with his neck.
"I'll kill you little bastard. The black strong man in the audience shouted and rushed to the stage, drawing his knife and slashing.
With a wave of her left hand, the black widow sent out an invisible aura to push the man away, "Black mule, what do you want to do?"
"He shot my eldest brother, and I want to avenge my brother. The black man shouted.
"You're blind, she's a female. Black Widow said casually.
There was a large chair on the wooden platform, and the black widow sat on the chair, her legs wide apart, and she sat very unsightly, because she was facing the black man, and the black man stared at her like an evil man.
The black widow noticed that he was glancing, but did not show disgust, but waved her hand impatiently, "Get down, sell her, and pay you for what you get." ”
The black strong man didn't dare to disobey the black widow's order, so he scolded a few words, turned around and walked off the stage.
Wu Zhongyuan had already walked into the inn with his front feet, but when he heard the words of the black widow, he withdrew from the inn again, frowned and looked at it, then turned around and walked north.
"What are you going to do?" Li Bei followed.
Wu Zhongyuan didn't answer, but the person who was caught was knocked unconscious by the black widow, and he kept lying on the wooden platform, although he couldn't see his head and face clearly, but he felt that this person's figure was a little familiar.
"That woman is too Xuan Xiu, and the purple qi is mixed with the black qi, so she should be an alien person. Li Bei reminded in a low voice.
Wu Zhongyuan still didn't answer, he already knew what the black widow was, his attention was focused on the wooden platform, the person who fell on the wooden platform was very similar to Ah Luo, although he couldn't see the face, he felt that he couldn't be mistaken.
What he couldn't figure out was why Arlo was here, and what was the relationship between the little boy she was trying to save and her......