Chapter 189: Into the Wilderness
Tian Zhijun and Dong Zhuo naturally had no objections, so they immediately recruited more than a dozen scouts who knew the way and ordered them to act as guides and take Cheng Yue to the Xirong Demon Domain.
As civil officials and border generals, it is naturally impossible for Tian Zhijun and Dong Zhuo to go to the Xirong Demon Domain, not to mention Dong Zhuo, while Tian Zhijun will stay in Liangzhou City for four months to receive Cheng Yue and them back. Of course, if Cheng Yue and the others don't return within the time limit, then they will be embarrassed, Tian Da Shilang still has a lot of official business to do, and it is impossible to stay in Liangzhou all the time, so he will have to go back to Anyang.
As for why he only stayed for four months, the reason is simple. The legendary Xijon Demon Domain will be open for three months every year, during which time the entire Demon Domain is only allowed to enter and exit, and when the time comes, the Demon Domain will teleport out all the undead. Therefore, counting the time for Cheng Yue and them to go back and forth, Tian Zhijun will stay in Liangzhou for four months.
Before leaving, Tian Zhijun handed over an incense candle to Cheng Yue, and repeatedly instructed him that once he came out, he would immediately light the incense candle, so that they could send people to meet him.
The surface of this incense candle is purple, and the whole body exudes a strange fragrance, staring at the surface of the incense candle, you will also find some vivid pictures constantly flashing out, very strange.
Cheng Yue had read about this kind of incense candle in the book, and knew that its name was purple and green mandarin duck candle, which was made by the secret method, with a total pair, one purple and one green, as long as one of the candles was lit, the other would also be lit at the same time. At the same time, the scene near the two candles will be reflected, so that people on different sides of the sky can have a short conversation.
This mandarin duck candle sounds very powerful, but there are actually a lot of shortcomings, the biggest disadvantage is that once lit, the melting speed will be very fast, only one minute at most, and it will completely turn into a useless waste wax!
Moreover, this mandarin duck candle is very difficult to make, so it is extremely expensive, like this pair costs at least 100,000 taels of silver, and there is no market!
"Is there blood coming out of the Qin Imperial Court?"
Cheng Yue smiled and put away the purple candle.
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In the afternoon, Cheng Yue embarked on the road to the Demon Domain with more than a dozen Qin army scouts dressed as Xirong people.
Speaking of Qin and Xirong, we have to mention the geographical environment of both sides.
The Qin State lives on the last piece of fertile land in the west of the ancient land, surrounded by mountains and rivers, the people are rich and the country is rich, and there is no lack of Xiongguan to protect it. But further west in the Qin State, the situation was completely different, because there was only untouched barren land left!
Out of Liangzhou, you first have to face a relatively vast desert, and after crossing the desert, it is the prairie on which the Xirong people live.
Therefore, if you want to reach the Xijon Demon Domain, you must first cross this desert!
The rest of the year, the desert is very hot during the day and cold at night. But in winter, it is cold during the day and freezes to death at night, and the environment can be described as extremely harsh! If you don't live in this environment for many years, you can't adapt to this harsh climate at all!
But there are always exceptions to everything, a pervert like Cheng Yue doesn't have to care much about whether it's cold or not, for being born in the north and skipping the Taiyin ~ waterhole, the climate of this desert can be regarded as comfortable.
Perhaps for Cheng Yue, the only thing that is a little troublesome is the geological environment of the desert, as soon as he steps on a pit, he will be trapped in quicksand when he encounters quicksand, and his shoes will be filled with sand after walking for a long time, which is simply annoying.
Cheng Yue complained the most about this, if he could fly, he really didn't want to walk on such a ground.
More than a dozen Qin army scouts were amazed at his reaction, the most difficult things in the eyes of others were not fart to him, and the things that others didn't take seriously became trouble when they came to him, which really made people cry and laugh, and they were quite speechless.
However, the scouts still admire Cheng Yue in general, a young man who has not grown any hair, his face does not change after entering the desert, his eyes do not blink in the face of the biting cold, and he also looks calm and calm about the Xirong Demon Domain that he will face in the future, this is simply incredible, isn't it?
After trekking in the desert for five consecutive days, traveling more than 100 miles a day, Cheng Yue and the scouts finally walked out of the desert in the evening of the fifth day and came to the white grassland—the reason why it was white and not green was because it had just snowed on the grassland at noon.
Many of the scouts were exhausted from the previous trek, and when they saw the grassland, they fell to the snow without saying a word and gasped for breath.
Cheng Yue still looked calm, stepping on the fairly solid grass, which finally made him breathe a sigh of relief.
"The little Taoist is simply a god!" a scout gave Cheng Yue a thumbs up.
Cheng Yue just smiled indifferently, with a gesture of pampering and not being surprised.
"You big brothers must be tired, let's hunt by Xiaodao today!" Cheng Yue had the heart to explore the reality of those Xirong tribes, so he took the initiative to ask Ying to hunt.
The scouts were a little hesitant, although Cheng Yue had the best physical strength, but he was not familiar with the environment on the grassland, if he accidentally got into trouble, it would be very bad.
They wanted to open their mouths and refuse, but Cheng Yue didn't give them a chance, so they immediately spread their footsteps and rushed into the depths of the vast grassland.
"A few big brothers, wait a while, I'll go back when I go!"
Cheng Yue's voice came from afar.
The scouts looked at each other, and could only sigh helplessly, with their current physical strength, even if they had the heart to catch up, they couldn't catch up with Cheng Yue.
So, if you are not familiar with life, Cheng Yue must be dead if he runs around like this?
Actually, it's not.
Although Cheng Yue is only one person on the surface, Xiao Qian and the tyrant have been following him incognito, among which Xiao Qian's geographical memory ability is very strong, even if Cheng Yue runs farther, he can also point him in the direction of return, therefore, Cheng Yue will not be in danger of running away at all.
Although the tyrant does not have such a strong geographical memory, he has a space spell, as long as it is a place where he has been, and it is not more than a hundred miles away, he can carry out accurate positioning and teleportation, if Cheng Yue wants to return, directly let the tyrant open the space door and teleport to the vicinity of the scouts' resting place, and he can quickly make peace with the scouts.
"Xiao Qian, search the nearby tracks, find the Xirong tribe, I will meet those cultivators who have returned from the Demon Domain!" Cheng Yue gave orders to Xiao Qian as he ran.
"Understood. ”
Xiao Qian agreed, and immediately went out to explore the way.
"Lao Zhu, get ready, let's do a big deal this time!" Cheng Yue grinned, revealing six white teeth.
"Not letting your new pet out?" the tyrant asked playfully as he reached out his spiritual tentacles to connect with the Emperor's Treasury in the Bronze Tower.
Cheng Yue knew that he was referring to the prison cow, and speaking of which, he was also very interested in the true combat power of the prison cow, and when he heard the tyrant say it, he couldn't help but be moved.
"Come out, Maverick!"
Cheng Yue shook the bronze tower and shook the prisoner cow out.
The eight-foot-long golden dragon had hazy eyes and roared unpleasantly, apparently sleeping just now.
"Your master and I have crossed the desert and crossed the grassland, but you are sleeping in the human palace listening to my sister playing the piano, don't you think it's too unusual?" Cheng Yue said a little annoyed.
The prison cow was startled by Cheng Yue's angry expression, and hurriedly ran away for fear that Cheng Yue would beat it.
"Don't run around, otherwise I'll lose you, I'm not responsible!" Cheng Yue said loudly.
Only then did the prisoner cow cautiously run back and follow Cheng Yue's side.
About half an hour later, Xiao Qian sent back a message with his divine thoughts: "Master, there is a Xirong tribe fifty miles to the northeast of you, there are about two thousand shengkou inside, the wall is not high, the defense is very poor, it is suitable for starting, please instruct." ”
"Stand by for the time being, I'll be there soon!" Cheng Yue replied with a message, and immediately changed his direction to the northeast, and rushed towards the Naxirong tribe with the tyrant and the prison ox.
Cheng Yue didn't want to hide his whereabouts at all, so he was soon discovered by herdsmen and rangers outside the tribe.
"Woooooo
The alarm ~ horn sounded one after another.
"Unknown people approaching!Prepare for battle!" the chieftain of the tribe shouted.
The shaman ascended the altar and danced the great god to pray for victory in the immortal heaven that the herdsmen believed in!
The walls of the tribe were quickly opened, and hundreds of men and women with bows and knives swarmed out on fast horses, running in the direction where the alarm came!
It's just that when the Sijon people discovered the enemy, they were immediately dumbfounded.
"Enemy...... Is there only one?!"