Chapter 331: Cloud Wing City
Time passed, and more than half a month passed in a blink of an eye.
During this period, the caravan did not encounter any major dangers, and even in the Dongyin area, where the flying demon beasts were entrenched, it did not suffer a large-scale attack.
Now, the caravan has come to the edge of the Dongyin region, and it is not a few days away from the destination Cangxu City, which makes the atmosphere of the entire caravan gradually become more relaxed.
At noon on this day, the caravan came near a large mountain range.
The mountains are undulating, and most of the peaks are extremely steep, like bamboo shoots sticking out of the ground, and the mountains are lush with trees, which looks very beautiful.
The mountain wind blew, and there were strange sounds in the mountains, sharp and clear, like the sound of cranes.
The sound is not loud, but there are very many of them, as if there are thousands of white cranes, singing in unison in the mountains.
Most of the people in the convoy had come here for the first time, and when they heard this sound, they all looked curiously at the mountains, and some people looked around, looking for the white crane that made the sound.
"Ahead is the famous Crane Song Mountain Range in the vicinity, but this sound is not really a crane singing, but the sound of the mountain peak blowing through a special plant here, the crane song grass. On the penultimate floating cloud car, Leng Yuetong looked at the mountains in front of her and said.
"Crane Singing Mountain Range......" Shi Mu muttered thoughtfully, the color in his eyes flashed.
On the way, he had also studied the route of the caravan escort, and the Crane Song Mountain Range was the sphere of influence of the Fierce Winged Crane Tribe.
The Heming Mountains are more than 10,000 miles wide, located in the traffic arteries of the three major regions, the terrain is steep, difficult to pass, only there is a road that has been carved out in the middle of the mountain range to pass, or detour.
However, the Heming Mountain Range is vast, and it takes several times longer to make a detour, so many merchants know that there are many risks in the Winged Crane Tribe, and they have to take the road in the middle of the mountain range.
"Everyone, listen!" A blue light flashed in mid-air, and a figure emerged, it was Ling Toad.
When everyone in the convoy below heard this, their expressions perked up and they looked up.
"The situation in the Heming Mountain Range, I don't need to tell you, you should all know it, everyone cheers me up! When I cross this mountain range, Cangxu City is close at hand!" Ling Xuan shouted.
"Yes!" everyone agreed.
Ling Toad nodded in satisfaction, glanced at the back of the convoy, and then flew to the front of the convoy and led the convoy onwards.
When night fell, everyone came to a medium-sized town at the foot of the mountain, Cloud Wing City.
The guards of the city only briefly checked and passed the examination.
After entering the city, everyone got out of the floating cloud car, clustered the eight cars in the middle, and walked slowly.
Because everyone was dressed differently, and there were human and barbarian among them, such a team of sixty or seventy people was quite eye-catching.
Most of the residents here are emaciated barbarians of the Winged Crane Tribe, looking at the mighty caravan like this, their eyes do not reveal too much friendship and enthusiasm, and there are even some people who stare at everyone intently, and from time to time sweep the floating cloud car in the middle with greedy eyes.
However, when these people, led by Ling Toad occasionally swept by with a fierce gaze, most of them turned their heads with a change of face, not daring to take another look.
This made Ling Toad quite complacent.
Shi Mu and the others also did not relax their vigilance, observing the surrounding situation from time to time.
Fortunately, everyone is a master above the innate level, Ling Xue and Zhong Xiu are even more ground-level, moon-level existence, and no one dares to step forward to make themselves bored.
At a glance, the architectural style here is quite peculiar, with the spire as the mainstay, and from time to time you can see the decorations, reliefs, and patterns in the shape of cranes, so that Shi Mu, who visited for the first time, secretly spoke, and it was also an eye-opener, but Leng Yuetong on the side looked not strange.
The town is also bustling at night, with a main road leading through the middle of the town into the mountains, the predecessor of the ancient road in the mountains, lined with shops, restaurants and inns of different styles.
"It's getting late, and this Cloud Wing City is the last stop before entering the Heming Mountain Range. Everyone is tired of this journey, and it may be more dangerous to travel in the Heming Mountains late at night, so let's rest for the night. Zhong Xiu came to the front of the team and discussed with Ling Yu.
Miss Zhong is delicate and thoughtful, and she has this intention in the future, so she will recharge her energy tonight and set off early the next morning. Ling Toad nodded repeatedly.
"Then stay at this inn. Zhong Xiu was unmoved by Ling Yu's flattery, and looked at a medium-sized inn on the side of the road not far away.
"The conditions of this inn are too bad, Ling has been here before, I remember that there is a large inn not far in front of me, the conditions are excellent, and there are a few local specialties in the store, the taste is very good, I believe Miss Zhong will also like it." Ling Toad said.
"Ling Daoyou, we're not playing this time, wouldn't it be too conspicuous to live in that kind of place?" Zhong Xiu frowned.
"Hehe, Miss Zhong's words are wrong, we have come here, no matter where we live, it is impossible not to attract attention, even so, why be so careless!" Ling Toad smiled.
Zhong Xiu raised her eyebrows, Ling Toad's words also made some sense, and she was not very easy to refute.
"With you and me here, plus the signboard of your Tianwu Chamber of Commerce, those blind thieves who want to move us have to weigh it. Miss Zhong, don't worry. Ling Toad said confidently.
"Oh well. Zhong Xiu nodded.
Ling Xuan's face suddenly showed excitement, Zhong Xiu was extremely cold to him along the way, and it was the first time that he had recognized him.
"Let's go to the inn in front and rest. Ling Xuan turned around and said something to everyone, and when he turned his head, Zhong Xiu had already turned around and walked towards the floating cloud car behind him.
He had a look of scorn on his face, and he had no choice but to walk towards the front alone.
"Hehe, Ling Toad, this guy has hit another nail. In the convoy, Leng Yuetong laughed in a low voice.
Shi Mu also showed a faint smile on his face, his gaze swept over Ling Toad's back, but a cold light flashed.
This person pestered Zhong Xiu all the way, and along the way, Shi Mu also quietly released his divine sense, and found that when the other party talked about Zhong Xiu with his cronies in private, the words were quite unbearable, which made Shi Mu very annoyed, if it weren't for the conspiracy of the Stygian Moon Sect now, he would definitely not spare the other party.
"This town looks interesting, Brother Mu, come out with me for a stroll. Leng Yuetong said.
"I'm sorry, but I still have things to do in the inferior class, and I may not have time. Shi Mu's eyes moved, and he shook his head and refused.
"You...... Hmph! I really don't know what to do!" Leng Yuetong didn't seem to expect Shi Mu to refuse so simply, snorted angrily, quickened his pace, walked to the front, and left Shi Mu behind.
"Stone, this cold girl is really hot and spicy, but what a big beauty, are you really not interested? I like it very much, but unfortunately it's not a parrot. At this moment, Shi Mu remembered Cai'er's voice in his heart.
"Shut up! Observe carefully, don't miss it!" Shi Mu replied angrily through his mental voice.
The group soon came to an inn in the center of the town, this inn is really very luxurious, the front is a six-story attic, and the back is an exquisite courtyard, bluestone paving, very clean, and the environment is also excellent.
The innkeeper was unexpectedly not a barbarian of the Winged Crane Tribe, but he hired a lot of barbarian guards to protect him, and he was very good at doing business, and enthusiastically arranged for everyone to go to several larger courtyards.
Zhong Xiu gathered all the floating cloud cars into a larger courtyard, and arranged for everyone to rest in batches and keep watch closely at all times.
"Miss Zhong, just leave it to them here, it's in the city now, it's safe, let's go taste the food here first!" Ling Toad said.
"I'm sorry, I'm not interested in food, after all, it's best to be careful, I'll stay here to guard the convoy, and General Ling can go by himself if he wants to eat anything. Zhong Xiu said lightly, turned around and walked into a room, and closed the door with a "pop".
Zhong Xiu's two maids looked slightly embarrassed, smiled apologetically at Ling Xuan, and followed up the room.
Ling Toad's face was blue and ugly, and his hands clenched into fists and gurgled.
Everyone in the courtyard looked at each other, and no one dared to speak for a while.
Smack!
I don't know who accidentally touched something and made a little noise, but at the moment it was very loud in the yard.
Ling Toad suddenly turned around, his gaze was as cold as a knife, and he swept towards everyone in the courtyard.
Everyone hurriedly brushed their heads and turned their heads, and got busy doing their own things.
In a corner of the courtyard, Shi Mu stood idly, glanced at Ling Yu with contempt, and turned his head away.
Ling Yu snorted, turned his head to look at the door of Zhong Xiu's room, and strode outside.
When Ling Toad walked out of the courtyard, everyone in the courtyard breathed a sigh of relief, looked at each other and smiled bitterly.
Everyone rested in batches and took turns guarding the floating cloud car.
Shi Mu was arranged in the third round, and after calculating it, it would be two hours later, and there was nothing to do at the moment.
With a deep look on his face, he walked towards the outside of the courtyard.
After walking a distance, a figure swooped down in mid-air and landed on its shoulder, it was Cai'er.
"Stone, are you going out for a stroll, let's go eat something delicious!" asked Cai'er.
"The Stygian Moon Eastern Sect and the Winged Crane Sect colluded, I don't know when it will be difficult, how can I have that idleness!" Shi Mu frowned and said.
Cai'er sighed in disappointment.
"Okay, don't be lazy, you and I will split up and see if we can find some clues in the city. When this matter is over, I promise you that I will take you to eat delicious food. Shi Mu said, and then threw a piece of water attribute spirit stone over.
Cai'er caught the spirit stone in one bite, swallowed it, nodded, flapped her wings again, and flew silently into the air.
Shi Mu watched Cai'er's figure disappear into the night and continued to walk along the street. (To be continued.) )