869, Haru
I don't know what the girl and the old man said, the old man turned back and said: "Girl, we are also travelers who inhabit Pearl Spring, and we will not leave these days, if you don't dislike it, you can live with us for the time being." ”
Lingyu leaned over and thanked him: "Thank you, old man, thank you Zhenzhen girl." ”
The old man pointed to the spring not far away: "That is our camp, and in a few days there will be people from the Central Plains who will come to trade with us, and you can leave with them when the time comes." ”
After a few words, the old man went back, leaving the girl Zhenzhen to accompany her.
Lingyu's gaze followed the old man all the way, and found that he 963 was very respected, and it seemed that he was a wise man of the tribe. When talking to Lingyu, although the old man's accent was stiff, his language was very elegant.
"Auntie...... Girl. ”
Lingyu turned her head and found that the girl named Zhenzhen was calling, her tone was even more stiff, and her tongue was a little overwhelmed.
Lingyu looked at it with a smile, and with the encouragement of her gaze, Zhenzhen tried hard: "You...... Why...... No...... Sweat? ”
Following the direction that Zhenzhen pointed, Lingyu saw the huge sun hanging obliquely in the sky.
The sky is cloudy, the sun is high, the heat wave is rolling, and the heat is pressing. There are sand dunes to block the sun, and there is fine sweat next to Zhenzhen's cheeks, but Lingyu's body is cool and sweatless.
"Because I'm not hot!"
Zhenzhen's eyes were straight, and she didn't know if she understood.
Lingyu patiently repeated: "I'm not hot, so I don't sweat." She spoke slowly, gesturing as she spoke.
Zhenzhen barely understood, and said with difficulty: "For...... What the? ”
Lingyu smiled and didn't answer.
She touched her waist. Everything is still there.
Open the Spirit Beast Bag. Abi came out of it.
"Wow. Where is this? It's so hot! "As soon as Abi came out, she fanned the wind desperately, she is a demon of plants and trees, and she is the most sensitive to the weather.
"Ah......" Zhenzhen saw a small beast come out of the spirit beast bag with her own eyes, and then turned into a woman, so frightened that she desperately shrank back, pointing at Abi Ula Ula and didn't know what to say.
Lingyu flicked her fingers, and the surroundings suddenly became cool.
Zhenzhen's eyes widened, and she suddenly pulled her legs and ran towards the camp. Shouting something while running.
Lingyu didn't understand, and she didn't stop her.
She is a dignified god monk, is she still afraid that a group of mortals will not succeed? Even if it was a strange place, her cultivation was enough for her not to be careful.
"Can't you use snacks?" Lingyu said, "Even if you are a vine demon and have already formed a pill, are you still afraid of the heat?" ”
Abi argued, "How are we grass and tree demons the same as you humans? No matter how much cultivation we do, sunlight and water are the source of our life. ”
"Come on," Lingyu scoffed, "there's sunlight and water here. It's just a little hot, if it weren't for your laziness. How can you not even bear this? ”
The master and servant were arguing here, and the old man came running again.
This time, there was someone by his side, trotting, very eager.
They ran up to Lingyu and looked at Abi with straight eyes.
Abi was beautiful in appearance, not at all comparable to the rough-skinned women in the desert, but they looked at Abi with no evil thoughts.
They looked at Abi's face, which was tender and smooth, and then looked at Abi's clothes, wearing a light green shirt, which couldn't cover the sun, and showed half of his arms. This appearance, this costume, it is clear that the people of the Central Plains say that they are from the water town, how can they appear here? And Zhenzhen also said......
Zhenzhen ran over after him and said hurriedly to the two of them.
The old man just stared at Abi, but the man in his prime looked suspicious.
"What are they doing?" Abi was stared at and asked in a low voice.
Lingyu glanced at it: "I think you're very strange." ”
She was also dressed in white with wide sleeves, which was not a local attire, but it was suitable for the place. Abi was not, her dress was out of place with the desert, and she appeared too bizarrely.
I don't know what Zhenzhen said, the old man straightened his clothes, stepped forward and bowed slightly, put the palm of one hand on his chest, and saluted very solemnly.
"May I ask you, girl, are you immortals?"
There is also a saying of immortals in this world? That's good, as long as there are monks here, then there is Taoism.
"Immortals? Do you mean that? Lingyu spread out her hand, and a stream of water vapor suddenly emerged from her palm, which gradually gathered and merged into a stream of water, which flowed down and sprinkled into the soil.
All three had straight eyes. The strong man even threw himself over regardless of the image, touching the wet dirt, saying something in his mouth, looking very excited.
The old man's face was very restrained, but his hands were also trembling, looking at Lingyu's hand, as if looking at some treasure, the light coming out of his eyes made people's backs cold, as if he would pounce at any time and cut off her hand to treasure it.
"Immortals!" The old man knelt down and bowed to Lingyu.
Zhenzhen also knelt down and looked at her with a reverent gaze.
"It doesn't have to be like this, we can't be called immortals." Lingyu's cuffs moved, and an invisible force helped the three of them up.
The old man trembled, excited on the one hand, and frightened on the other. He said, "Immortals, we are of the Haru tribe, and we have lived in the desert for generations, not far from the holy mountain. If the immortals don't dislike it, we are willing to be your guide. ”
Lingyu narrowed her eyes. What does this old man mean? She hadn't said anything about her intentions, so he knew what she was here for? Holy? What is that place?
The strong man said in an unfamiliar accent, "We, the best, the guide." He pointed to the west, patted his chest again, and looked proud, "Holy Mountain, I've been there." ”
Lingyu was noncommittal, and only said: "This matter will be discussed again, if you don't leave for the time being, let's borrow it for a few days." ”
"Yes, yes," the old man didn't say a word, and introduced to her diligently, "This is the patriarch of our Haru clan, Alu, I am the Great Witch Ada, what do the immortals need, just come to us." ”
Great Witch? No wonder this old man looked different from the others, he spoke the original dialect very well, and he used words elegantly. Generally speaking, in such a tribe, the status of wizards and the like is extraordinary, and the same is true for Ada.
Lingyu and Abi were then welcomed into their main tent and treated as guests.
The precious fruits of the desert are brought up like a stream, and there are also strange juices.
As soon as he saw the food, Abi didn't care about anything, his eyes were shining, he took these fruits and stuffed them into his mouth, and commented while eating.
"This is sweet, this is too dry, this tastes so strange......"
The drink offered by them was a kind of fruit juice, and Ada introduced it to her, saying that there was a big-bellied tree in the desert that looked like a round ball, and they found it, peeled off a piece of bark, and inserted a straw into it to drain the sap out.
This sap contains a lot of water and can only be enjoyed by the most distinguished guests.
Lingyu tasted it slightly, put it aside, and chatted with Ada.
Listening to their previous meaning, the immortals came here for the so-called holy mountain, it seems that this holy mountain is related to the immortal cultivation realm, and it may be a secret place or ruin.
Ada said that they had not seen an immortal for a long time, and that in recent decades, there have been no legends about the appearance of immortals in the desert. However, when he was a child, he had seen immortals, when he was only six or seven years old, and he saw them flying from the sky to the holy mountain.
Lingyu knocked on the side and determined that the immortal in Ada's mouth was indeed an immortal cultivator in the usual sense, and his cultivation should be around the Dan period. This cultivator can go to the holy mountain, and it seems that the holy mountain is not so dangerous.
However, Ada said that the holy mountain has never seen people enter, but not people out, so that there is a legend among their tribes that if they enter the holy mountain, they can become immortals.
But none of them, mortals, could enter, because there was a curtain of light on the periphery of the holy mountain, and only immortals could enter.
This layer of light curtain is obviously a layer of prohibition, and there is nothing unusual. Lingyu is interested in only people entering, no one coming out, what is that state? Even if those immortals don't come out to say hello, they, the tribes living nearby, won't not fail to see them once. And if it's really so dangerous inside, there should be a high-ranking monk who will come forward.
She pressed the question down for a moment, and asked about the desert.
This question really asks something strange.
Ada said that this desert has been a beautiful grassland for thousands of years, and they live by water and grazing. But for some reason, the grassland gradually dried up, and finally turned into a patch of yellow sand.
However, the sacred mountain is not affected, he said, and it is located in the middle of the desert, but it is green.
These people did not dare to enter the holy mountain, but they all lived around the holy mountain. There are also various legends in the various tribes of the desert, and the versions are different, but the content is roughly the same. These legends basically say that the sacred mountain is a gift from the gods, and they pity these tribes, so they retain a piece of greenery in the desert and leave them with life.
Every year, those Central Plains people would come from the east to the oasis of Pearl Springs to trade with their desert tribes. They provided exquisite silverware, carpets, and spices, and exchanged them for salt, tea, and cloth for daily necessities such as salt, tea, and cloth.
Now is the day when the Central Plains people come to trade, and in a few days, those caravans from the Central Plains will arrive at Pearl Spring one after another to trade with them.
Ada proudly says that their Haru blankets are the most exquisite, and they are able to exchange a lot of goods every year.
Lingyu asked about the caravan, and she knew it.
To understand this world, you still have to start with those Central Plains people. Those people of the Central Plains live in a land of abundance, and Ada says that they are the darlings of the true gods, and must know more about this world.
Among the people of the Central Plains, the status of immortals is also very high, which shows that they know the existence of immortal cultivators.
Lingyu planned to inquire with them about the news, at the very least, she had to find out if this was the Santai Realm, and then go to find the others who were separated.
After asking, Lingyu smiled and said, "Since I borrowed your camp, why do I have to pay for some accommodation, so I'll give you a spring." ”
As she spoke, she stretched out her hand and a spring appeared in the tent. (To be continued......)