Chapter 112: On the Journey
This sword, with a sheath on the handle, is only two feet long, and in Murong Er's giant palm, it looks even smaller and more exquisite. Since Lu Chaoran planned to forge swords, he paid special attention to all swords at the moment. He asked Murong Er, "Master Murong, can you show it to me?" I want to take a closer look at the sword that cost 500 million to cast. ”
Murong Er did not hesitate, stretched out his hand and handed the sword to Lu Chaoran, and said, "Look, sooner or later, you will have to forge a sword for yourself, and it is good to experience the majesty of the divine sword as soon as possible." ”
Lu Chaoran respectfully took the ten miles of peach blossoms with both hands, and felt that his hands were sinking, and they were slightly heavier than he imagined. He grasped the hilt of his sword and slowly drew it. Show the sword in front of everyone's eyes. To everyone's surprise, the part of the sword body was not metal, but pink and transparent, as if it was a thin pink crystal. The blade of the sword was very narrow, only a finger wide, and no more than a foot and a half inches long. Inside this transparent sword body, sometimes small peach petals suddenly appear, flutter for a while, and then gradually disappear, which is very beautiful.
Lu Chaoran, Kong Zhu and Kong Zhao all approached the sword with their heads, and they were all stunned for a while.
Murong Er proudly stroked his unkempt beard and said, "How is it, have you opened your eyes?"
"Master Murong, what kind of material is this?" Lu Chaoran asked puzzled.
Murong Er said: "Hehe, in essence, it's still steel, but that swordsmith is amazing, he can hammer steel into this shape." This sword used up 5,000 catties of arctic tungsten steel, 1,000 catties of blood marrow iron essence, 100 catties of silkworm finger soft gold, and two fangs of the deep-sea snake, and the materials alone cost 450 million. ”
Lu Chaoran stuck out his tongue and said, "These materials are so expensive!"
Murong Er said: "It's not just expensive, sometimes there is no price, so if you encounter good materials, if you have money, you can buy them first, and if you can't use them up when you cast the sword in the future, you will not lose money if you sell them." It would be frustrating if it was time to forge the sword, but the materials were not ready, and you had to find it temporarily. Of course, there are some materials that you don't have to sell at all, so you have to find them yourself. ”
As he was talking, the sword body of Shili Peach Blossom suddenly softened, hanging down softly like a strip of cloth. All three of them were taken aback: "How is this sword... All of a sudden?"
Murong Er grinned, took the ten miles of peach blossoms, and with a slight flick of his wrist, the length of the pink transparent sword body suddenly soared, like a ribbon several zhang long, and several arc-shaped pink bands of light instantly crossed the air, and where the light belt passed, several petals of peach blossoms slowly fell, but before they touched the ground, they disappeared.
Murong Er said: "My sword can be hard or soft, long or short, whatever you want, it is quite easy to use." ”
After Lu Chaoran and the others saw the beauty of the peach blossoms in ten miles, they were all impressed, and they began to fantasize about what the sword they forged would be in the future.
When everyone was fantasizing, Murong Er went to urge the boatman to have dinner. After a while, a large table of sumptuous meals was served. Murong Er was overjoyed and said, "Haha, do you know? The dinner on this night boat was my favorite. I used to go out on missions, and whenever I had the chance, I would definitely come on a night boat. Unfortunately, we could only stay on the ship for one night, and when we arrived in Hezhou tomorrow morning, we had to go ashore and take the land route. ”
Looking at Murong Er's satisfied appearance, Lu Chaoran suspected that one of the important reasons why he was so desperate during the day today was to eat the food on the night boat.
The fresh food in the Canglang River is indeed delicious, and the chefs on the night boat are also of a very high standard. On both sides of the Canglang River, the population is prosperous, the world is rich, and there are many business travelers. It's not too far from the Xiaoyao Palace, and the forces of the human world completely control this area. As a result, there are very few demons that haunt them.
Of course, there are still demons in the river, but due to the forces of the human world on both sides of the strait, the demons here are honestly hiding at the bottom of the deep river and dare not make waves.
Despite this, there are still dozens of escorts on night ships, patrolling the deck at night. But the main thing is to defend people, not demons. Here, there are more river thieves than youkai.
However, for Lu Chaoran and the others, there is no need to take it to heart at all. After they had eaten supper and washed up, they all slept with their heads covered. Nothing was said all night.
Early the next morning, the ship arrived at the Hezhou wharf. They abandoned their ships and went ashore, riding their horses and continuing towards the Valley of Ten Thousand Snakes. Now Murong Er is not in such a hurry, and he is no longer so desperate to whip the horse. Instead, he laughed with Lu Chaoran and others from time to time.
After walking for a few days, the distance from the Langcang River became farther and farther, the population gradually became scarce, the main road gradually narrowed, and finally all became mountain paths. The terrain is gradually low-lying, the trees are becoming denser, and the climate is becoming hotter and humider.
Murong Er led them around several large swamps, winding as far south as possible along the edge of the forest.
"There should be a few demon kingdoms in this area, they haven't violated the human world for the time being, and we don't want to mess with them easily. Murong Er said.
When he arrived in these places, Murong Er, who usually liked to shout loudly, also became soft-spoken. Obviously, there is still some fear.
He pointed to the reckless jungle in the south with his horsewhip and said, "The further south you go, the more demon kingdoms there will be." If you go more than 20,000 miles further south, you will almost be a demon country. It is only at the southern edge of the continent that there are some human nations by the sea. Because of the demon world, it is not convenient for them to communicate with us. The only way to get around by sea is to the western coast. From the West Coast to our Star Mountains, tens of thousands of miles of places are all the way open. ”
"What about the southwest? For example, near Kugasazawa. Lu Chaoran asked.
"Kukasawa, it's also the territory of the demon world, and there are too many swamps. Didn't hear of a human country there."
Kong Zhu and Kong Zhao looked at Lu Chaoran, and they both said with their eyes: "Look, it's very dangerous!"
Lu Chaoran bowed his head and said nothing.
Although they were cautious along the way, they still encountered youkai who took the initiative to provoke them on the way. After all, this is the sphere of influence of the demon world, and the few humans who have been here for so many days are still a little dazzling. Therefore, he was targeted by seven fire rhinos.
These are all beginner-level monsters in the Spirit Fortune Realm, if it weren't for Murong Er's leadership, just with Lu Chaoran and the three of them, they would definitely fall into a bitter battle. But with the protection of a beginner cultivator of the Spirit Flying Realm like the Peach Blossom Swordsman, the situation was different. Although the group of fire rhinos could see that Murong Er was difficult to deal with, out of the greedy and adventurous nature of these monsters, they still rashly launched an attack.
Murong Er was relatively easy to deal with these level monsters. If there's a little bit of difficulty, it's that you can't let them escape. Because if only one of them escapes, maybe they will bring in rescuers. If the rescuer called is a big demon above the Spirit Flying Realm, it will be a little troublesome.
Therefore, Murong Er was not worried that they would rush up, but was worried that they would be frightened, so he scattered in a hurry. Fortunately, these fire rhinos were brave and inflexible, and they took advantage of their large numbers to rush and try to defeat the four humans in one go.
Seeing them so brave, Murong Er laughed, and without leaving any room, he directly pulled out the ten-mile peach blossom sword and swung it towards the demons at the fastest speed.