It is not far from Shule country, about 500 miles to the south is Shache country, followed by Yexi and Pishan country.

Jiang Ge's work has to continue, even if the road ahead is bumpy and difficult, there is always a feeling of being cheated but having to do it.

On the way to the sand cart after leaving the Shule Royal City, the grassland and the desert are still alternating, and the vastness of the world makes people's mood better.

When he was not far from the Shache King City, he finally saw people, and he was still alive, and he was a herdsman.

This made Jiang Ge and his party let go of the apprehension in their hearts, and finally found a place where there was no problem.

But the next scene made Jiang Ge's heart tremble.

Before it was time to move, a large number of herdsmen drove their cattle, sheep and wagons to the north.

When I asked, I learned that there were demons in the Yexi Kingdom, and the Yexi King City had been reduced to a ghost town, and the surrounding herdsmen got the news before moving their families to the north.

As an envoy of the gods and Buddhas, Jiang Ge could only sigh and continue to rush towards the Yexi King City.

By the end of the night, it was already evening, and the sun was about to disappear on the horizon.

And the entire surroundings of Yexi King City were dead silent, and the undeserved eerie cold wind was blowing, which made Jiang Ge and his party stand on end in an indescribable horror.

The sky of the Yexi Wangcheng was covered with dark clouds, just pressing on the top of the Wangcheng, if you were in the Wangcheng, it would definitely be extremely depressing and uncomfortable.

Jiang Ge, Jian Hong, Fifty Guards, apprentice Kong Chan, Wang Daxia and her apprentice Ouyang Deng.

Do you want to go?

Jiang Ge hesitated in his heart, the obvious situation was not allowed, it was about to fall into the night, and it would definitely be unfavorable if he went now.

"Wang Daxia, let's find a safe place to rest for a night, and then check it tomorrow tomorrow, after nightfall, the magic power of demons and monsters will increase greatly, we are afraid that it will be dangerous to go, and there will be sunshine during the day, and it will be much better to act."

"What the general said is that it's much safer to be prepared to investigate again."

Since Wang Daxia had no opinion, Jiang Ge naturally stopped and assigned guards to look around for the remaining villages or caves and other places that could be corrected.

After a while, the guards came to report and searched for an abandoned village, and the group followed them to the ruined village to clean up the place and light a bonfire.

The atmosphere is relatively quiet, each has his own thoughts, and there is nothing to say all night.

Early the next morning.

After breakfast, everyone prepared their equipment and saluted, and it was estimated that it would be another hard battle.

"When you enter the city, you follow behind the master, don't run around, you know? Those demons and monsters are very powerful. ”

"Knowing the master, I won't lose it."

When he set off, Jiang Ge repeatedly told the little apprentice of empty Zen around him, for empty Zen Jiang Ge was like a dustless Buddhist child by his side, his eyes were clear and his mind was simple.

It's really a kid that people can't dislike.

Touching Kongzen's little bald head, Jiang Ge took the lead and set off.

It's just halfway through, and there is no need to remind them, everyone on the left and right saw that there was a person not far from the Yexi King City, yes, there was only one person.

And he seems to be a painter, and there is a wooden frame in front of him, and a wooden board is set on the wooden frame, and the rice paper of excellent material is fixed.

Isn't there a demon and a monster who is a painter in front of him?

Is this welcoming Jiang Ge's arrival?

"Master, I don't feel the demonic aura on that person."

"General, maybe he is also from the rivers and lakes, do you want to go over and say hello?"

After listening to the words of the apprentice and Wang Daxia, Jiang Ge nodded, stopped at a distance of 100 steps from the painter, dismounted and walked over.

If you look closer, the rice paper is still blank, nothing?

"Huh! I'm sorry, I'm sorry, I'm just composing, and I'm out of luck. Are you going into the city? Xiaosheng advises you to turn around, there are strange and restless people in this city. ”

Jiang Ge and Wang Daxia looked at each other, is this person stupid?

"This painter, seeing that you are also from Middle-earth, why did you come to the Western Regions? Of course, we know that there are demons and monsters in the city, and this time we came here to find out what is causing the misery of the night west country. ”

You are not afraid of a painter, are so many people around Jiang Ge afraid?

"Haha, it turned out to be a fellow practitioner, a little painter under the Xia, a person in the rivers and lakes called a painter, of course, came to the Western Regions to admire, accustomed to seeing the mountains and rivers of the Middle Earth, to experience the exotic customs of the Western Regions, purely to collect the wind, I didn't expect to meet the demons, if you don't come, I am also ready to test what is the way of the things in the city." The painter explains.

Jiang Ge and Wang Daxia collided again, Jiang Ge's eyes were full of questions, after all, he knew very little about the rivers and lakes, but Wang Daxia at this time was also at a loss, which meant that she had never heard of such a number one person.

Just when the two of them were squeezing their eyebrows, the guest in the painting smiled and said, "Here, you can be optimistic." ”

Jiang Ge turned his head to look at Yexi Wangcheng, and then looked at the drawing board in front of the guest in the painting.

I saw the painter's hands flying together, four quaint brushes of different sizes on each hand, and the dazzling brushstrokes were either lightly tapped, or pressed hard, or pulled horizontally on the drawing board.

In the blink of an eye, I couldn't see where the paint and ink of the painter in the painting came from, but on the drawing board, Jiang Ge showed the exact same Yexi King City in front of him.

"Like, too much. It's a stunt, it's amazing! Wang Daxia looked obsessed and was full of praise.

This made Jiang Ge a little embarrassed, women love to paint, and they naturally have a good impression of good-looking paintings and people who paint, but this praise is too direct.

Suddenly, I saw that an extremely thick cloud of black smoke suddenly filled the sky above the Yexi King City, and a strange sound sounded in the empty wilderness.

"Abominable human beings, dare to watch on this demon king, carving insect skills, and take your life."

Jiang Ge glanced at the black clouds, and then looked at the canvas around him, the brushes of the guest in the painting flew around, and he couldn't see any trajectory at all.

In an instant, the black cloud that had just spoken appeared on the canvas, and then the artist drew a golden arrow on the canvas, feeling that it was shooting at the black cloud at a very fast speed.

Jiang Ge looked left and right, and sure enough, there was a golden arrow hovering above the head of the person in the painting, and the air was fluctuating, as if the arrow was suddenly solidified, and the surrounding area of the arrow actually had the feeling of air flow when it broke through the air.

"Go!"

Listening to the painter's mouth, the golden arrow shot rapidly towards the black smoke above the Yexi King City, and the sound of breaking the sky made a piercing scream, which made people feel shocked.

It's not like an arrow that a human can shoot, it's so powerful.

"Whew!"

A golden light suddenly flew towards the black smoke of Night West City, and in an instant, the golden arrow was submerged into the black smoke, and the trajectory of the arrow just now still had a golden halo.

"Damn humans, dare to attack me and die!"

"I'm upright and bright, okay? Where did the sneak attack go? Ignorant monsters, let me take my life again, and let me die, what do you want? ”

The painter has a sad expression, but the brush in his hand does not stop.

Jiang Ge saw that on the canvas, the golden arrow just now had disappeared, and two golden lightning bolts suddenly appeared.

As soon as the painter finished painting, a huge thunder and lightning sound in the sky startled everyone, and when they looked up, two huge golden lightning bolts appeared out of thin air above the sky above the Yexi King City, and then instantly split into the black mist.

"Ah, you despicable human, I'm going to skin you!"

A loud roar rang out again.

Jiang Ge wondered, are the monsters in this city stupid? will only speak harshly there, and will not fight back.

"Painter, your painting skills are really superb, oops, I'm dazzled, I don't know where the painter is, this year, Gui Geng, there are wives and concubines at home....."

Jiang Ge was a little speechless when he looked at Wang Daxia, who was a nymphomaniac, and he was also a little speechless when he looked at the monsters in Yexi King City.

"That, artist, why didn't that monster come out and attack me, it screamed there, but didn't move, it looks weird."

If you don't understand, just ask, Jiang Ge is curious about the current scene, it's just too unbelievable.

"Oh, I forgot to mention that this little monster has been imprisoned in the painting by me, and it can't get out."

"Huh? Isn't that powerless to fight back and slaughtered by others? ”

"Not really, it can harm itself."

Forehead...

The painter's honey self-confidence made the eye-opening Jiang Ge a little embarrassed, whenever he encountered danger, Jiang Ge didn't take the lead to fight hard.

The artist only needs to stand in the distance and draw a few strokes on the canvas at random to turn a city into a cage.

This... Could it be an immortal law?

The one you encountered, could it be that she was an immortal in the immortal class?

On this trip to the Western Regions, Jiang Ge really passively opened a new door to the world, with demons, monsters, immortals, Buddhas, everything.

I deeply feel that all the years of living in the Central Plains have been in vain.

To get back to the point, the black smoke trapped in the painting was at first just a constant roar and scolding.

In the painting, Ke depicts countless weapons that suddenly appear to slash and slash, as well as natural forces such as thunder.

In less than a quarter of an hour, the monster in the smoke dispersed the black smoke and knelt on the ground outside the city, desperately begging for mercy.

Jiang Ge saw it clearly, it was a jackal who had become a spirit, and after kneeling on the ground and begging for mercy, the guest in the painting drew a golden divine sword lightly, and chopped off the dog's head to the ground with a snort.

For a while, the dark clouds of the entire night West City dispersed, and the golden light shone brightly.

The painter unhurriedly packed up his tools, Jiang Ge looked at it again, the drawing board was empty, it turned out that the painter had rolled the painting paper into a picture scroll and put it into his painting basket at random.

"That's it?" Jiang Ge was still in shock.

"Or else?" The painter said plainly.

"That, painter, my roasted meat is fragrant, do you want to taste it?" Wang Daxia had a flattering expression.

"Master, can you be a little more restrained?" The little stool really can't stand it.

"You unconscionable fellow, the master has been alone all his life, and suddenly meets a favorite father-in-law, can't you let me grasp the opportunity? Don't make a mess, painter, my sincere mare's milk wine here is also very good, do you want to try it? ”

......

The painter was obviously not interested in Wang Daxia, but he meandered and refused while packing up his things, but Wang Daxia was not annoyed, and he was still close to all kinds of treasures.

After the painter cleaned up, he entered the Yexi King City in front of him at the invitation of Jiang Ge, and Wang Daxia secretly gave a thumbs up to Jiang Ge's approach, indicating that he had done a good job.

With everything in place, the guards began a meticulous search in the city.

Everyone sat around the bonfire, Jiang Ge kept asking, and the painter also knew everything and tried his best to answer Jiang Ge's questions.

The painter is very rare, likes to travel in the mountains and rivers, has a cheerful temperament and is not informal, and likes to walk all over the mountains and rivers in China, and desecrate the big rivers.

Whenever I meet a happy scenery in my heart, I will stop and paint, maybe a few hours, maybe a few days, maybe a few years, until I paint a work that I am satisfied with, and my mind is clear without a trace of regret, and then I continue to move forward.

It doesn't have to be a well-known place of interest, and many inaccessible barren mountains and streams may be able to stop them to paint the scene.

And in the painting in front of me

Guest, accustomed to seeing the mountains, rivers, rivers and lakes of the Central Plains, thought about going to the Western Regions to see, this journey took several years.

But looking at the basket full of scrolls, you know that this trip has been very fruitful.

The cage used by the painter in the past is a trick handed down by the painter family since ancient times, and it is basically easy to deal with some demons and sudden events.

Of course, the artist will not tell the person he has just met about his life-saving means.

Jiang Ge naturally didn't want to ask more, but he just felt that this exercise was really incredible.

Although I envy it, I can't help it, but people have been practicing since they were children, and now they have such achievements.

Just like Jiang Ge's own exercises, even if he teaches his apprentices empty meditation now, if he wants to find an effect, it will be several years later.

Jiang Ge also asked for the opinion of Kong Chan on this matter, but was rejected by Kong Chan without hesitation, for no other reason, Kong Chan has already learned Buddhist exercises, although Jiang Ge is a master, but he doesn't want to change, let alone be dedicated.

Jiang Ge is helpless and relieved to this, it is rare for a child to insist on being single-minded.

"General, are you still going east? If so, we happened to stop by, and when we came, we also heard that several small countries in the east are not peaceful, and Xiaosheng also wants to go and see, maybe we can help one or two. ”

"Yes, we happened to be entrusted by the Buddha of the Western Regions to promote the thoughts of the Living Buddha in every country, and we have come all the way here. Next, head east until Loulan and then back to Qiuzi. Xu Yan replied unabashedly.

"Ah, then, then we are just on the way, but when I came, the Huns had already broken through Loulan. These marauders are really hateful, most of the Central Plains have been lost, and the countries of the Western Regions seem to be unable to escape their iron hooves. The painter had a lamenting expression.

Who is also a Han Chinese, and who does not feel sad about the heavy damage suffered by their country.

Speaking of this, Jiang Ge is also related, but what he thinks more about is the old father and the clansmen in Jingzhou, how to stabilize this troubled world and the collapsed dynasty.

All night long, the painter was telling interesting stories he had experienced, and the little apprentice Kong Zen, Wang Daxia's master and apprentice were particularly fascinated by it.

The regional characteristics of those different customs, those gluttonous foods, those strange mountains and rivers, and the fairies and ghosts.

As a mixed river and lake Wang Daxia naturally doesn't have much interest in these stories, but she can't help but have a strong admiration for this handsome man who can depict a story like a river, and a woman who has been single for a long time is really terrible.

The little stool and the empty Zen are very simple to listen to the story and listen to the story, and when the story is beautiful, the two are also wandering in happiness, and when it comes to the thriller, the two are also goosebumps, and they laugh even more when they talk about the funny place.

In this way, the night was quietly spent in the sound of the artist's story.

Early in the morning, everyone had a leisurely breakfast, freshened up, and began the journey east.

Next came the country of Qule, then the country of Ronglu, and then the country of Jingjue.

The road is far away, and along the way, in addition to the endless stories and jokes told by the painter, Wang Daxia always looks considerate and takes the initiative to take care of everyone's food.

According to the little apprentice Ouyang Deng, master, you have changed.

But not to mention, after this Wang Daxia turned back into a woman, he was thoughtful and thoughtful in his work, especially the daily eating patterns are not the same, and a piece of beef can make several ways to change the patterns.

In this way, Jiang Ge's appetite for the tongue was greatly satisfied, and the boring journey passed quickly in laughter.

The unhurriedness along the way made Wang Qi catch up, and the mighty pair of monks behind him made Kong Chan very happy, they were all his senior brothers and uncles, and the affectionate title when they met made Jiang Ge's heart slightly sour.

"Meet the general, I finally caught up with you, we only learned about Yexi's affairs later, and when we arrived at Yexi, you were already gone, and Yexi's affairs were settled. I'm arranging for civilians to return to Yexi and live again. There is still a third of the way to go, and I need to follow the general and learn about the situation along the way, and the small countries that may be in the next place have already been ruined. There are enough people behind us to take over these territories so that they can all be managed by the Turtles. ”

After listening to Wang Qi's words, Jiang Ge pouted and said, "Didn't you say that the troops were insufficient?" Is it enough to pick up ready-made at this time? Those two bastards, liars. ”

Wang Qi naturally knew that Jiang Ge would complain, and he didn't care, he knew that Jiang Ge and the Bai family had a lot of relationship, and he was not afraid of being heard if he could scold those two like this, so he naturally had the confidence to be fearless.

Of course, Wang Qi's job is to take the country along the way under management, which is also an urgent matter, after all, the Hun invasion may be launched on a large scale at any time.

Everything needs to wait until Jiang Ge and his party arrive in Loulan and thoroughly understand the situation in Loulan before they can make plans.

After all, as the easternmost country bordering the Central Plains, Loulan was the first large country in the Western Regions to be conquered by the Xiongnu.

It's just that after capturing Loulan, I don't know why I stopped and didn't make much action.

I'm afraid there is fraud in this.

This is also the task given to Wang Qi by the Bai family, first, to check the situation of the Elite Kingdom and the surrounding small countries, after all, the closest countries to the Loulan Kingdom are these countries in the south.

If these countries had fallen because of the Huns, things would have been settled better.

I'm afraid that this series of demons and monsters will give people a headache.

They all say that they are the supreme Buddha country, and as a result, there are some things that goblins and ghosts harm time, where will the prestige of the Buddha country be placed in the future, and who will listen?

So this time he came out and brought hundreds of monks with him, and all the magic obstacles could be wiped out under their execution.

Of course, this is just what the Living Buddha Bai Qi said casually.