79 Rainy season
It has been more than twenty days since he left the imperial capital, and Lu Shaoyu feels a little delicate.
If you were quite nervous about this task at the beginning, now I don't know if it's because it's been too smooth along the way, Lu Shaoyu feels that this tension has faded a lot, the emperor has not sent any news, and Artosos seems to have disappeared and there is no movement, the trip to the Ice Flame Valley is smooth and it is like a tour of the mountains and rivers, Nesario doesn't know what to talk about with Soincieri, anyway, after they leave, Ashaya will take part of the silver dragon to the imperial capital for reinforcements, and Soinciri will lead the rest of the silver dragons to guard the Ice Flame Valleyγ
The place of Ice Flame Valley is cold all year round, except for the silver dragon clan whose dragon breath is originally a cold breath, few creatures can survive in this place, except for the rift valley, but the rift valley is limited, and it can't play a big role at all, so Artos should not fight the idea of Ice Flame Valley for the time being, if he wants to attack the imperial capital for a long time, then Sky City, which is closer to Moonlight Mountain, is obviously a more suitable place, and the climate of Sky City is moderate, whether it is a dragon or a beast clan, as long as it has wings and can fly, it can live, so after leaving the Ice Flame Valley, their next destination is the Sky City of the Blue Dragonγ
In addition to Sky City, they also have to go to the lava forest of the Red Dragon Clan, the Magnetic Forest of the Magnetosaur Clan, the Thundering Fort of the Black Dragon Clan, and the Amber River of the White Dragon Clan, which is completely incompatible with Nesario, and finally reach their last location, the lava sea of the Merfolk on the other side of the Dolan Continent, which is far away from the imperial capital.
There aren't many places to talk about, but you must know that the Ice Flame Valley is the closest dragon clan to the imperial capital, and it took them more than ten days just to get here......
Not to mention those ethnic groups that are 108,000 miles away from the imperial capital.
And this is not the most troublesome, the most troublesome thing is that they have to go to several places must pass through the misty swamp of the green dragon clan and the primeval jungle of the beast clan.
In other words, the Ice Valley is the first stop of their trip, and it is also the easiest stop, and the next road they have to take will get closer and closer to Artos, and it will become more and more dangerous, no matter what Artos's idea is now, but the Ice Valley is so far away from the misty swamp, he can find the orc wizard to monitor them from a distance, which is enough to show that he has not relaxed at all against Netsario.
The road ahead is full of danger and unknowns, and although he is a little worried, he can't be nervous at all, Lu Shaoyu has no way to describe this weird mood, and in the end he can only let it go, anyway, whether it is Nesario and his party or the silver dragon clan where Ashaya and Soinshiri are, although they are all fully prepared, no one seems to have taken this matter too seriously, and after Lu Shaoyu was worried for two days, there was a feeling of "the emperor is not in a hurry, the eunuch is in a hurry".
So Lu Shaoyu was not in a hurry.
After saying goodbye to Asaya, they had been flying for two days, and they were about to completely leave the range of the Ice Flame Valley, and every time they flew forward, the cold feeling was a little less, and Lu Shaoyu once again experienced the cool feeling from winter to summer.
When the animal fur that had accompanied Lu Shaoyu for many days had to be thrown away, Lu Shaoyu was very reluctant, it was specially made for him by Nesario, and it took a lot of effort.
And the huge white-haired dragontooth beast's skin blanket, not to mention, it was not only made for him by Nessario himself, but also carried his unspeakable first time, how to think about how to be memorable, he didn't want to throw it away at all.
Lu Shaoyu just glanced at the blanket and clothes twice, and the black dragon had already noticed his mood swings, flicked his tail and looked at him and asked, "What's wrong?"
The weather is already quite hot, there is no need to wear animal skin clothes at all, the first two days can be used to cover at night, now even the night is not needed, and then take it down is a drag, although the black dragon has little impact on whether to take it or not, but a thing that is not needed, there is no need to carry it for the time being.
"It's a little reluctant. β
The black dragon hasn't figured out why he's reluctant yet, but it doesn't matter to him whether he brings it or not, Lu Shaoyu likes it and brings it, "Then take it." β
Lu Shaoyu glared, feeling that the black dragon has been more and more popular recently, and he doesn't refute what he says without asking the reason, this feeling makes him satisfied, and it makes him feel awkward about being pampered as a woman.
It feels like he has to find some opportunity to spoil him, otherwise he will always have a subtle sense of psychological imbalance that cannot be explained.
"But there's nowhere to put it with you, and it's too troublesome to keep it when you don't need it. β
Heilong never understood why he was so obsessed with a piece of animal skin clothes, although he made it himself, but because he didn't think that this was a gift for Lu Shaoyu when he made it, but as an ordinary and necessary thing, so even if Lu Shaoyu showed such a liking for animal skin clothes, it made him mistakenly think that he had a special hobby for these things.
"Put it in the fog mirror world, if you like, I can make it for you again at any time. β
Lu Shaoyu rolled his eyes, "What do I want so many clothes for, or winter clothes, we are about to enter summer." β
The black dragon tilted his head to look at him suspiciously, "Don't you like it?"
"I just can't bear to ...... this" Lu Shaoyu almost blurted out, and then he held back with the tips of his red ears, "It's okay, just put this away, I don't want more." β
Then he turned and went to Nesliel's side.
The black dragon stood up suspiciously, and after turning around the animal skin clothes a few times, he suddenly understood, and instantly became excited as if he had found some rare treasure, and his eyes lit up.
He happily transformed into a human form, stretched out his hand to draw the barrier of the Mist Mirror Realm, and then happily put things in.
Heilong doesn't like to be lively, and he doesn't like to socialize, before he met Lu Shaoyu, he rarely stayed in the imperial capital, and β‘β‘ of his previous days were spent in the fog mirror world, and now since he and Lu Shaoyu left the fog mirror world to the imperial capital, this is the second time he has entered.
Everything in the fog mirror world is the same, even the traces of Lu Shaoyu after the fire by the lake have not changed, the black dragon walked around those traces one by one with excitement and joy, and then solemnly placed the ordinary animal skin clothes and the huge animal skin blanket in his lair, in a piece of glittering gold and silver jewelry, those two things looked incompatible, but the black dragon didn't care at all.
When the black dragon came out, Lu Shaoyu was preparing for the barbecue with great interest, although he was not busy in the first two days, but Lu Shaoyu had not bothered to cook for them, and now it is finally not so cold, and it is not completely warmed up, it is simply suitable to make some barbecue to eat.
When he was in a hurry, although Lu Shaoyu had time to stop and cook and eat, he ate very perfunctory, as long as it was not raw, it could be eaten together, and he wouldn't care too much, but now that he finally has time to make something good, he can naturally make it as delicious as possible.
The box of sea crystal salt that Audri gave him he didn't dare to use too casually, but even so, there is not much left now, Lu Shaoyu asked Audri before, knowing that this thing is only available to the orcs, so he is more careful to use it, the orcs are also very big, I don't know where Oderi is talking about, but no matter where it is, it's not worth risking for a box of salt.
This time the food was not caught by the black dragon, but the meat of a four-legged beast strongly recommended by Clariant, this beast has hard thorns on its body, except for the belly, almost all of them are protected by thorns, and it is difficult to start, but it is precisely because it is covered with hard thorns all over its body, so it moves very slowly, so its meat contains some fat, especially the meat on the belly, one layer of fat and one layer of thin, it looks like the pork belly on the pig.
It's not too tasty to make a barbecue.
Especially after Lu Shaoyu discovered a lot of strange seasonings.
Before leaving the Ice Flame Valley, Lu Shaoyu and the Black Dragon went to the Rift Valley together, and the last time he and Clariant's trip was not thorough because of those annoying B-horns, and it also provoked the Black Dragon to be jealous, so the itinerary was only him and the Black Dragon, but the Black Dragon was a guy who didn't know anything about plants, and if he hadn't brought a Dobby Beast that fed on plants, the two of them probably couldn't even tell what they could eat and what they couldn't.
But even if you bring a Doppy Beast, you can only tell what you can eat and what you can't eat.
The plants that Dubby Beast is very familiar with are limited to the Fog Mirror Realm, but the plant species in the Rift Valley are much richer than those in the Black Dragon Fog Mirror Realm, so many plants can only smell and eat without poison, but they don't know if they are delicious or not, and what they taste like.
This led to Lu Shaoyu personally tasting a lot of ...... A strange and indescribable taste.
It was these smells that made him find a lot of things: sour and vinegar with a strange taste like lemongrass, "milk" that grew like the honey secreted by pine trees, beans that looked bitter but bitter, and golden fruits that looked like kumquats with a spicy taste......
Yes, the ups and downs are all together.
It's not in vain that he ate so much mess.
Lu Shaoyu had already discovered that this continent is extremely rich in both animal and plant species, and many things that look very similar have completely different tastes, such as the female and male fruits of the red wood fruit, and the fruit that is very similar to the red wood fruit but can't even eat it and doesn't know what it is.
Most of the day was basically spent in the rift valley, Lu Shaoyu also collected a lot of edible and usable plants and fruits, if it weren't for the fact that many things couldn't be stored for too long, he simply wanted to put it in a sack and eat it slowly, but even if a lot of things couldn't be put for a long time, Lu Shaoyu still chose a lot of things in it that were a little more durable, and packed a small half of the animal skin bag, including the "lemongrass grass" that tasted almost the same as vinegar after soaking it in hot water and cooling it , and spicy baby kumquat peppers.
Now all of these things come in handy together.
The fat and thin pork belly was cut into thin and thick slices, put sea crystal salt and dried red grass, and then Lu Shaoyu also squeezed the juice of more than a dozen small kumquat peppers and marinated them together, this time it was close to the barbecue on the earth in terms of color and taste, Lu Shaoyu was simply happy to look at those cured meats and laugh.
Although he is not a spicy person, he still prefers dishes with a heavy taste, but when he first came here, he didn't even have salt, where did he dare to ask for anything else, now that there is salt and chili, he feels that life is simply more perfect.
The barbecue was still the huge stone plate that the black dragon had made for him, spread flat on the paved stones, so that everyone could sit on the floor and there was room for several people.
From the moment he knew that Lu Shaoyu was going to start cooking barbecue again, Clariant sat motionless in front of him and guarded the whole time, watching the black dragon anxious.
After the first piece of meat was put on the baking plate, it was quickly curled up by the scorching temperature, Lu Shaoyu pressed it with wooden chopsticks, and the oil of the pork belly was roasted out little by little, quickly filling the entire stone plate, and the aroma began to permeate in an instant, Clariant shrugged his nose and sucked it hard twice...... He sneezed twice.
"What does this smell like, and why is your nose so uncomfortable?"
Clariant was unsuspectingly smoked by the spicy taste, and immediately stepped back a little unbearably, and then looked at Lu Shaoyu with an injured expression.
"Fish, what did you add to the barbecue?"
Lu Shaoyu took two small kumquat chili peppers in his hand and turned them around, and said, "Yo, the nose is quite smart, do you want to taste this?"
Clariant squinted his eyes at what he was holding, and then shouted again, "Why do you put this kind of thing in the barbecue, this kind of thing is not delicious at all! β
Before Lu Shaoyu could speak, the black dragon stood up extremely impatiently, "You can skip it." β
Clariant: ......
Nesliel pursed his lips gloating and smiled, "Don't you understand this truth yet? As long as it is made of fish, you can choose not to eat it, but you can't say that it is not delicious." β
Lu Shaoyu: ......
The black dragon squinted his eyes and flicked the knife over.
Nesriel shrugged, "But I think it tastes good, if you don't eat it, give me your share." β
Clariant: ......
And it turns out that the food of the earth can indeed capture all living things, including these dragons who never eat chili peppers.
The grilled meat was cooked with just the right amount of spiciness, and enough salt, and Clariant almost swallowed it with his tongue.
He couldn't understand how Lu Shaoyu came up with the idea of putting the golden cones that no one ate together with the barbecue, and he couldn't understand why the combination of the strange tasting golden cones and the barbecue meat was so delicious.
If it weren't for the fact that Lu Shaoyu had clearly become Nesario's exclusive use, he would have wanted to raise Lu Shaoyu in his own home for this.
But it's destined to only think about it, if Nesario knew that he had such thoughts, even if it was just in his head, Nesario would probably find a way to make him look good.
In fact, not only Clariant was amazed by the barbecue this time, but even people like Nesario, who didn't care about eating, were also amazed by the barbecue made by Lu Shaoyu this time.
Although he doesn't know much about Lu Shaoyu like Clariant, even if he knows Lu Shaoyu very well, Lu Shaoyu is constantly surprising him in various ways, no matter what it is.
This person who is always surprising him, he really likes it more and more, what should I do?
At night, they slept behind a huge rock as usual, and the black dragon curled up to protect Lu Shaoyu in his arms, in fact, now that the weather is warm, there is no need for him to shelter Lu Shaoyu from the wind and rain, but this posture is not only used to by the black dragon, Lu Shaoyu found that he seems to have gotten used to it, if the black dragon is not behind him when he sleeps, he will have to fall asleep for a long time, and he always sleeps unsteadily.
Lu Shaoyu always felt that this was not a good habit, but Heilong seemed to be quite satisfied with it.
After this stop, they finally left the territory of the Frosty Valley completely the next day.
The scorching sun was still high in the sky, it was the same sun, but the temperature was 108,000 miles apart.
But even so, Lu Shaoyu also felt sensitively that the temperature didn't seem to be as hot as before he went to Bingyan Valley, and the sky was not as blue as before, and the thick white clouds stretched out to block the blue sky, as if even the clouds were thicker than before.
"Brother Long, the weather seems to have changed a little. β
The black dragon looked up, and then let out a flat "um", "The rainy season is coming." β
The sky will quickly accumulate clouds over the next ten days, the clouds will get thicker and thicker, and absorb more and more water, until finally it will turn into gray rain clouds, which will cover the entire continent of Dolan, and then suddenly start to rain one day, although it is not a torrential rain, but it will remain rainy for a third of the year on the mainland.
At that time, all the low depressions on the continent will be filled with rain, and the water levels of rivers and lakes will rise in a straight line, and then converge into a larger ocean that is difficult to cross, and the orcs will migrate from now on, leaving all the low depressions and entering the highlands, where the rain will completely destroy their homes, and then when the rainy season passes, they will start a new round of reconstruction.
The rainy season is coming, and all the trees and plants in the jungle will frantically absorb water during this time and grow stronger and bury deeper into the ground to resist the snow season that will come, so the time for everything to grow crazy has arrived.
And the time that Artsos was looking forward to was approaching.
The next road will be really difficult, the black dragon looked down at Lu Shaoyu again, but no matter what, he would not allow anyone to hurt this person even a little, if he didn't allow it, then no one could.
Lu Shaoyu roughly passed it in his head, and found that he had spent so many days here unconsciously, the rainy season was coming, and then the snow season, although he had also seen the so-called plum rainy weather on the earth, but he still couldn't imagine what it would be like if it rained continuously in a place for three or four months.
From the time he came to this continent to the present, probably because of his good luck, he didn't see too many cruel scenes in this world, including the tragic situation of the rainy season and snow season that the black dragon told him, but he didn't have much concept in his heart, and now, these are really happening in front of his eyes, Lu Shaoyu felt a little depressed.
Not every animal or race on this continent has wings that can soar through the air like dragons, but what about those who don't? How are they going to survive this long, dark rainy season?
Lu Shaoyu seemed to suddenly understand at that moment, why the beast race, which was the most populous but weakest of the three races, took such a big risk and chose to cooperate with a careerist like Artos, maybe it was not because some of them had the same ambition and wanted to annex the entire continent, but because they wanted to give themselves a little more space to live.
Lu Shaoyu thought about it and suddenly couldn't help but sigh, before this battle started, he had already begun to defend the enemy, this is not a good sign, hurry up and stop.
After leaving the Ice Flame Valley, they had to go all the way to the west, and the Blue Dragon Clan's Sky City was in the west, and there was still a long way to go from the Ice Flame Valley.
Sky City, this name has to remind Lu Shaoyu of an animation, it seems that the name is also called Sky City, he doesn't remember when he watched it, because what he watched, anyway, he only remembered the gorgeous and shocking castle in the air that was still dilapidated in the end, and there was a robot that was loyal to the last moment of his life, by the way, was it one or several? Lu Shaoyu couldn't remember it clearly.
I didn't know that the Sky City of the Blue Dragon Clan was as different from the one he imagined.
Is there really a castle that completely floats in the air in defiance of gravity? Lu Shaoyu was very skeptical about this, he leaned down and touched the black dragon's neck and said, "Brother Long, tell me about the Sky City of the Blue Dragon Clan, is it the kind of castle-like house that completely floats in the air." β
The black dragon was obviously stunned for a moment, and then a little smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, but before he could explain anything, a louder and presumptuous laugh suddenly came from the side.
"What? Floating in the air? Have you ever seen anything that can float in the air by itself? Just because it's called Sky City? Fish, your imagination is too rich. Nesliel laughed a little uncontrollably, even with Ildan and Clariant.
Lu Shaoyu was annoyed all of a sudden, "What are you laughing at, if you don't float in the air, what kind of sky city is it." β
Seeing that Lu Shaoyu was annoyed, the smile on the corner of his mouth didn't dare to show it, and after adjusting his facial expression to make himself look like he didn't want to laugh at all, he explained to Lu Shaoyu, "The origin of the word β‘β‘sky is because the place where the Blue Dragon Clan lives is the highest place on the Dolan Continent, and the ancient saying says that there used to be able to touch the sky with your hand, so it was named Sky City, why do you think it floats in the air?" There's nothing that can fly in the air without anything, and even merfolk who are good at magic can't do that. β
Although the black dragon didn't smile at all, Lu Shaoyu felt that he was even more stupid after being explained like this.
After all, in his opinion, crossing such a thing can happen to him, what else can't happen, even if all the cave castles here are floating in the air, he is not surprised at all, it has been done for a long time just the geographical location is high, it is really boring.
Oh, wait...... The geographical location is relatively high?...... Relatively high?!
Lu Shaoyu suddenly straightened up, "Brother Long, isn't the highest geographical location covered by the rain in the rainy season?"
The black dragon was stunned for a moment, and then nodded proudly with great relief, he knew that although he hadn't revealed anything to Lu Shaoyu, Lu Shaoyu had already figured it out with this sentence.
"In other words, the orcs are now all looking at Sky City?"
The black dragon nodded again.
"Aren't we going to face them now?"
The black dragon said "um", "Artosus may not come, but since the orcs have agreed to join forces with him, then before they really join forces, Artosus must show some sincerity to take a look, and the orcs' target can only be Sky City." β
In other words, they are not only likely to encounter the Orcs, but also other Green Dragons.
That's not really good news.
Lu Shaoyu stretched out his hand and rubbed his chin, and said to himself while thinking, "If the beast clan arrives in Sky City before us, then we are likely to collide with their vanguard head-on, but it is impossible for them to come too many people in such a short period of time, so if we cooperate well, we may be able to fight with the people of Sky City inside and outside, once the vanguard is frustrated, no matter how much they are damaged by then, it will definitely affect their morale." If the orcs are behind us, we can use the terrain of Sky City to take some defensive measures, so it is estimated that we will not suffer a loss, Brother Long, what do you think?"
The black dragon was very satisfied and touched Lu Shaoyu's calf twice with his tail, relieved his excitement and said, "When I discussed it with Soyin Xiri, he said the same thing. β
Clarian's eyes widened in admiration on the side, although he also participated in the meeting, but most of him was only responsible for listening and obeying, and basically didn't think of a way to contribute, so when he heard Lu Shaoyu effortlessly say exactly the same profile as Soincieri, he was almost impressed.
Lu Shaoyu didn't have time to pay attention to Clariant's worship of Star Eye, and continued to ask, "Then what do you think? Which one is more suitable for insurance." β
The black dragon muttered, "The second one is safer, and the first one is more suitable. β
"Why?"
"You've said it, the battle hasn't quite started yet, and we need an unexpected victory to demoralize them. β
Lu Shaoyu thought for a while and then clapped his hands excitedly, "That's okay, then we don't have to rush to the road, we have to have a plan to delay the time, and we must let their vanguard go ahead of us." β
"Well, but this time must be grasped well, if it is not the vanguard but the large army, the situation will be a bit troublesome. β
Black Dragon explained, although this was a conversation with Lu Shaoyu, but the words were for Clariant and Nesliel, Clariant nodded solemnly, but Neslier flicked his tail and signaled that he heard.
"In that case, let's not hurry tonight and rest here. β
Lu Shaoyu thought about it again and said, anyway, he is not in a hurry, he doesn't want to sleep on the back of the black dragon on a dark and windy night.
Lu Shaoyu wanted to say something more to explain, but who knew that as soon as the words fell, Heilong agreed with a "hmm".
Lu Shaoyu: ......
Although he was happy that he didn't have to travel overnight, why did he vaguely feel that the black dragon had been waiting for him here. 166 Reading Network