It was possible for an ugly man to practice the Diamond Sutra, which made Qi Ning very surprised, but he had already guessed that the origin of the ugly man was extraordinary, and he was relieved in an instant when he knew that the ugly man was full of miraculous skills.

Could it be that the ugly man turned out to be a disciple of Buddhism?

But how could a Buddhist disciple have that precious black coat on his body?

The ugly man himself is a huge mystery, but it is difficult to solve for a moment.

"This person should be a top master, but he is delirious and can't remember his martial arts." Ximen Wuxian said slowly: "The emaciated camel is bigger than a horse, although he has a mental problem, but he has a good foundation in martial arts, and he is talented, other people's martial arts moves, he can see through and even learn and use them in an instant, looking at the rivers and lakes, there are only a handful of people who can have such ability." ”

Qi Ning cautiously asked tentatively, "Can the gods know who he is?" ”

Ximen Wuxian glanced at him and snorted coldly, but then he was silent for a moment before he said, "The old man can't figure out who he is for a while. After saying this, he said no more.

The ugly man didn't make a sound that night, and Qi Ning guessed that the ugly man's previous howl might be a demonstration to the West Gate without a trace.

Early the next morning, Hongmen Road put away the tent, and the three of them continued to move forward.

After walking like this for three days, the ugly man did not appear, but the air became thinner and thinner, it was a little difficult to breathe, and the terrain was getting higher and higher, and finally I heard Hongmen Dao say to the west gate without a trace: "Shenhou, we have entered the boundary of the Ancient Elephant Kingdom, and we will walk like this, and we will have to walk for at least half a month to reach the Great Snow Mountain, and we need to find a few horses." ”

In fact, the place where I traveled these days can be said to be deserted, and there are no people to be seen, let alone horses.

In the wilderness, there are mountains of gold and silver, and it is difficult to change a horse at this time.

The speed of the horse that carried the things has also slowed down, this horse is not a good horse, these more than ten days have been traveling day and night, and it has long been exhausted, but fortunately, it is a northwest horse, with a lot of endurance, and it has persevered until now, but now it has entered the plateau area, and even Qi Ning feels a little uncomfortable, not to mention this horse, which has obviously felt uncomfortable.

Hongmen Dao knew that even if a person could persevere, at the current speed of travel, the horse would not last for two days and would fall.

In addition, food and water have also begun to run thin, although they have been replenished before, but they are consumed every day, and the remaining food and water can last for two or three days at most, and if there is no place to replenish the supplies within these two or three days, the matter will become more and more troublesome.

"Two more days to walk and see people." Simon looked up into the distance without a trace, the sky was high and the earth was far away, and the distant horizon appeared with towering peaks, and he raised his hand and knew: "After that mountain, there will be people." ”

Although there was no human figure in sight, a pack of wolves attacked that night, and although the wolves were easily eliminated, the wolves were the first to attack the exhausted horse, and the wolves were destroyed, and the horse was already lying in a pool of blood.

As a result, the camel did not even have the strength to carry the feet, so he had to throw away all the other belongings, leaving only water and dry food.

The mountain seems to be very close, but really to walk over is really some way, walked a whole day, only to the foot of the mountain, rest for the night, the next morning over the mountain, this mountain is actually not high, but very steep, to dusk, finally crossed this mountain, look at the past, you will see an endless wilderness, there are a lot of cattle and sheep on the wilderness, scattered tents are more than a dozen.

Hongmen Dao let out a long breath and said, "It shouldn't be a problem to buy a few horses from here." ”

After the three of them went down the mountain, they went straight to the tent, passed a group of sheep, and saw two shepherds wearing thick robes, the style of the robes was completely different from the Central Plains, the two shepherds were dark-skinned, rough skin, and their hair was in a bun with a lot of braids.

"This is the border area of the Ancient Elephant Kingdom." Ximen Wuxian finally said: "This is the Qu Sect, the Ancient Elephant Kingdom set up a sect, their sect is like our county, but each case is much larger than our county, as far as the old man knows, this ancient elephant kingdom has a total of ninety-eight cases, and the territory is also very vast, but the population is sparse, far less lively than the Central Plains." ”

Qi Ning thought to himself that Ximen Wuxian knew so much about the Ancient Elephant Kingdom, it seemed that this old guy might really have been here.

The three of them walked to a larger tent, and suddenly heard a whistle, above the wilderness, the whistle was very loud, Qi Ning followed the sound, and saw that an ancient elephant man was whistling not far away, but a pair of eyes were looking at this side very vigilantly.

The whistle sounded, and soon people were seen coming out of several nearby tents.

Qi Ning and Hong Mendao glanced at each other, and saw that the group of people were all gathered together quickly, and soon a few people walked over to this side, Qi Ning saw that this group of people were all very old, and the youngest looked to be in their fifties, and there was no young man in sight.

He was strange in his heart, but he saw an ancient elephant elder coming over, with his arms on his chest, bowing slightly to this side, and then said a few words to this side, but he said the language of ancient elephants, but Qi Ning couldn't understand what he was saying, and saw Hongmendao at a loss, obviously Hongmendao couldn't understand either.

There is very little contact between the ancient elephant kingdom and the Central Plains, although there is trade between the two sides, but it is mainly the merchants in the northwest region who trade with the ancient elephant kingdom, and the Great Chu is located in the south, but there is almost no contact with the ancient elephant kingdom, so there are very few people who are proficient in the ancient elephant language in the Chu country, and there are not many people who are proficient in the Central Plains language on the side of the ancient elephant kingdom.

Qi Ning was thinking about whether the two sides should use gestures to communicate, but saw Ximen Wuxian step forward, and actually communicated with the ancient elephant elder in ancient elephant language.

Simon Wuxian was not fluent in ancient elephant language, but it could be seen from the old man's expression that there was no big obstacle for the two sides to communicate in language.

Qi Ning was shocked in his heart, although he had already guessed that Ximen Wuxian must have come to the Ancient Elephant Kingdom before, but he didn't expect that he could really use the Ancient Elephant Language to communicate with people, this was not just to come to the Ancient Elephant Kingdom, but to have a very deep study of the Ancient Elephant Kingdom.

He didn't believe that Ximen Wuxian said that he came to the Great Snow Mountain to ask for guilt from the Sun Chasing Dharma King, and at this time, he was even more certain that Ximen Wuxian would have a great purpose in bringing himself to the Ancient Elephant Kingdom this time.

Ximen Wuxian chatted with the old man for a while, and then saw Ximen Wuxian turn around and asked, "Old Five, do you have any silver on you?" ”

Hongmendao immediately took the silver bag and handed it over, but Ximen Wuxian was very generous, handed the silver bag to the old man, the old man immediately waved his hand and shook his head, the two sides said a few words, Ximen Wuxian finally took a few pieces of silver from it and sent it to the old man, and threw the rest back to Hongmendao.

Qi Ning could see that Ximen Wuxian should have made a deal with the old man, but the old man was very generous, and he did not accept all the silver because of Ximen Wuji's generosity, but just took what he deserved.

"They can provide us with three horses and then give us some food and water." Simon Wuxian then said: "It's getting late, we don't have to hurry, rest here for the night, he will prepare a certain tent for us to rest, and we can set off early tomorrow morning." ”

Qi Ning and Hong Men Dao both saluted the old man in the same way that the old man saluted.

The tent provided by the old man of the ancient elephant is very spacious, not to mention three people, even if it can accommodate seven or eight people, it is easy, not only that, they also specially sent dinner, although it is not very rich, but the food has different characteristics from the Central Plains.

After being full of wine and food, he saw a voice outside the tent, and the three of them came out of the tent, and saw the old man of the ancient elephant waiting outside, and saw the three of them coming out, the old man of the ancient elephant said a few words to the west gate without a trace, and then pointed not far away, but saw that there were already three horses prepared there, this is a plateau horse, and the northwest horse is different.

The first time Qi Ning saw the plateau horse, he couldn't help but walk over and admire a horse, the three horses were also an elderly man who was nearly sixty years old, and when he saw Qi Ning looking at the horse with interest, he actually said in a rather jerky Central Plains dialect: "This is ..... Our best horse here, fast and able to.... Mountain climbing! ”

Qi Ning was surprised: "Do you know what to say?" ”

"When I was younger, I went to your side." The man said, "I've learned a little, but I'm not very familiar with it." ”

Qi Ning heard him speak in the Central Plains, and felt a sense of intimacy, but at this time, he saw Ximen Wuxian and the ancient elephant elder walking not far away and talking, so he asked the man, "You went to the Central Plains for business?" ”

The man nodded and said, "When I was young, I went with a caravan and went to a big city, which is called ..... Yes, Xianyang, I've been to Xianyang, it's big, a lot of people! As he spoke, he spread his arms and made big movements.

"Not bad, Xianyang." Qi Ning laughed and said, "Xianyang is very big, you can take a look at it again." ”

The man shook his head and said, "I'm old, I can't go, I don't have a team to go......!" He looked very regretful.

Qi Ning asked, "What do you call the old man?" ”

"Samba!" The man said: "My name is Samba, and the little Samba has become the old Samba, hahaha.....!" ”

Qi Ning was in an extremely depressed mood these days, and at this time, listening to this cheerful old man, he was in a much better mood, and said with a smile: "Samba has a good name, by the way, why can't you see young people here?" Why are they all old? ”

Samba originally had a smiling face, but when he heard Qi Ning ask like this, his expression suddenly darkened, and there was even a trace of annoyance between his eyebrows, but he didn't speak.

"Shouldn't you ask that?" Qi Ning thought he had offended the other party, and hurriedly said: "If I say the wrong thing, don't be surprised, don't be angry, I won't ask again." ”

"Palace!" Samba lowered his voice and pointed to the southwest: "There is a palace over there, and young people are going to repair the palace, and they need many, many people, and cattle and horses, many cattle and horses are gone, and they still need to .......!" Approaching Qi Ning's ear, he whispered: "Women, young women, are going to the palace, all gone!" ”