004 Barren Desert
The battle between the Awakened was short-lived, and by the time Driftfire returned to the caravan, Zhongli had just transferred half of the merchants.
"Big brother, don't bother, that awakened person has been driven away by me, these businessmen will wake up in a while..."
Flowing Fire said as he looked at the caravan with his divine sense, trying to figure out why the Awakened One was interested in such a small caravan.
Under the slow investigation of the divine sense, the flowing fire quickly noticed the abnormality.
Flowfire walked over to a cart and unloaded a crate from it. Say "Open him" to the businessman who has just woken up next to him.
The merchants did not dare to disobey the benefactor's orders and hurriedly opened the boxes.
Inside the box are bundles of delicate belts, top-grade rhinoceros belts produced in the Chu Kingdom. The stray fire slowly unraveled the bundles of belts, and soon found the problem.
These are two very beautiful rhino belts, wide and tough, and have a dragon belt buckle. This belt buckle is made of gold, and the whole belt is made of luxury and atmosphere.
"Engong, if you like it, I'll give it to you..."The merchant next to him saw Liuhuo paying attention to this belt and hurriedly said, "This is sold to the elders of the tribes on the grassland, and it is definitely the top product from the Chu Kingdom..."
Ignores the merchant's nagging, and confirms his guess little by little with his senses.
Yes, the problem lies in the gold belt buckle. Flowing Fire was not mistaken, the gold used for this pair of belt buckles was the precious heart of the mountains, the core of the essence of an entire gold vein, and the strong metal vitality was the culprit that caused the greed of the blue ear.
"Brother Zhongli, get some money. This pair of belts we bought..."
The merchants already knew what had just happened, and they dared to ask for money from their benefactors, and they all said that the belts would only be given away and not sold.
Liuhuo and Zhongli saw that the merchants were really sincere, so they no longer shirked.
However, when Drifting Fire saw that the merchants were frightened, he promised the merchants to escort them along the way, and Driftfire's decision naturally caused the merchants to cheer.
After the bonfire was lit, the merchants brought a variety of wine, meat and delicacies for the two benefactors to enjoy. At the side of the roaring fire, Liuhuo took out a leather belt and handed it to Zhongli.
"This belt, big brother, you can take it. The gold buckle is a good thing, and the whole piece of the heart of the mountain is good for you to use your swordsmanship. With this belt, the energy you can gather will be denser and the power will be stronger."
"I don't dare to ask for such a precious thing, I still understand the truth that the puppet is innocent and guilty..."
"Don't be afraid, I've already blessed the Imprisonment Formation on the buckle, and ordinary awakened people can't feel it. You can't feel it unless you're a great master or above, but how can that kind of person look at such a thing..."
"Okay, since my brother said so, then I'll take it..."
Just as the Flowing Fire and Zhongli were drinking over the fire, the fleeing Cang'er stumbled to a tent.
"Ninth Master... Help me... Eh... I'm tired to death..."Before Cang Er finished speaking, he sat down in front of the tent.
Out of the tent came a dirty old man, his messy beard black and white, his robe that had been worn for an unknown amount of time, and the thick oil mud was shiny.
"You kid let the wolf chase you?"
"Ninth Master... Boy, I almost won't see you..."Cang'er gasped as he told him about the fight with the Flowing Fire, and didn't forget to instigate it at the end.
"That kid is very young, it is estimated that Master Nine, you will definitely succeed in your move. At that time, the treasure in the caravan and the magic weapon on that kid will all be yours..."
The ninth master rubbed his beard, and while listening, he smiled gloomily, "You kid was bullied, so you instigated me to come out." With your heart, you won't be able to become a master in this life..."
When Cang'er heard this, he was a little depressed, as if he had stabbed a dark wound in his heart, and lowered his head and muttered.
"This person has to die more than a person, that kid can become proficient at such a young age, I have been impacted four or five times, and there is still no door at all..."
The ninth master listened to Cang'er's words and was happy, "Don't think about it, I guess I can guess who the young man you are talking about." It's not a big mastery at all, it's a small mastery like you..."
Cang'er jumped up from the ground after hearing this, "Impossible, that kid can release spells of different attributes at the same time, where does Xiao Er have such a great ability?"
"He's taken a different path than you. The disciples taught by Lao Liu have a virtue with him, and they are very eccentric. The strange old man who eats the ancients loves to hold the classics and gnaw on them, always thinking about how they used to be, how they used to be, and they don't look at the changes now. Otherwise, he won't find an apprentice for decades..."
"Hey... But I really didn't expect it, he really taught one..."The Ninth Master began to ponder.
Cang'er didn't dare to disturb the ninth master's thinking, and muttered in a low voice, "The little master can actually use spells with multiple attributes at the same time, it seems that this kid has a treasure on him... What kind of treasure is it? How can I grab it? Or steal..."
The ninth master pondered for a while, and saw Cang'er muttering like a fool, and his heart was angry, and it was a slap on the back of Cang'er's head.
"You kid, you're starting to be greedy again, and dogs can't change their. That boy is something you can touch? Today's incident was caused by your greed, a mortal caravan, and you just gave some money and didn't buy things?
"How did my dead brother take such a shameful thing from you. I'm tired and I get on fire every day..."
The more the ninth master scolded, the more angry he became, Cang'er didn't dare to tell the difference, and hurriedly patted the ninth master's chest and back, smirking on his face.
How the ninth master reprimanded Cang'er, let's not mention it for the time being. In this vast desert, another group of people is also heading north. If we could fly in the sky, we would find out. The Flowing Fire traveled in the northwest direction, while the other group of people traveled in the northeast. Although the starting places are different, the goal of the two groups of people is the same, both are black mine caves in the desert.
This is a small team of three people, one of whom is a man with clear eyebrows, gentle and elegant, and a strong sense of nobility. The finely carved gemstone ring on his hand, the jade pendant and sachet on his waist, and the white jade flute in his hand are all not ordinary.
The other man is also good-looking, but a pair of big thief eyes make him very happy, and it is obvious that this kid is a chatterbox, and his mouth does not stop.
The third person was actually a woman, a woman with a white scarf on her face, and a plain white dress covered her figure. Although I can't see her appearance, judging from the temperament revealed by her, she is definitely not an ordinary woman.
The man surnamed Hou is stable, but those who are familiar with him call him monkey unstable. Because he loves to talk too much, he always makes some strange things.
The noble man is called the Jade Qilin, and the person is as his name suggests, and he is extravagant.
The white gauze woman's surname is Yun, her name is Shayue, a very strange name, it is said that she took it herself, and no one knows her real name.
These three people are not small, and they are all great disciples of the inner sect in the Creation Gate.
Although the Creation Sect is a sect, this sect is too loose and extremely large, and there is no very rigorous organizational structure. Some awakened people have never been to the Creation Gate in their lives, and some awakened people were born and raised in the Creation Gate. In this way, the inner gate and the outer door disciples are separated.
Like Liuhuo, who was brought up by the master in Yongyang Mountain, he is called an outer disciple.
Jade Qilin and Hou Wen are both sons inheriting their father's business, their fathers are both elders in the Creation Gate, and although Yun Shayue is a mortal child, she has recognized Elder Lan Ji as a teacher since she was a child, and her identity is also quite good.
But today it is a little strange, what are the three proud sons of the inner gate running to the wild grassland? And there is no retinue to follow, which is really a rare strange thing.
"Senior brother, junior sister, it's not early, let's find a place to rest and rest," Hou Wen said as he winked at the jade qilin.
"There's a lake twenty miles ahead, rest there," Yun Shayue said coldly.
Jade Qilin and Hou Wen smiled bitterly at each other, and they couldn't disobey their junior sister's words, so they had to continue on their way.
It wasn't until the stars had covered the sky that the three of them set up camp by the little lake.
"We're already halfway there, and at our current pace, we should be able to see the desert in four or five days," said the Jade Qilin, sitting by the fire.
Hou Wen nibbled on the roasted oily jerky and said, "I don't need it... I don't need to... According to the speed that my sister forced out, I will arrive in two or three days..."
Senior Sister Yun didn't pay attention to Hou Wen's ridicule, and continued to pack up her small tent.
The jade qilin looked at the silent junior sister and said, "It's better to hurry up, after exploring the black mine cave, we have to rush back to the Chu State." The Hundred Flowers Festival in Tiandu is about to bloom..."
"Senior brother, of course you are in a hurry to go back, you are the first every year, it doesn't matter if I, a middle-class player, join in the fun or not. My father always scolded me, 'Don't ride a horse, don't ride a bull, you ride a mule to stand in the middle of the stream,' and wanted to beat me after saying that..."Hou Wen said angrily.
"Senior brother, don't always complain, Uncle Shi is also for your good. The ranking of the Hundred Flowers Club is not important, it will be beneficial for us to communicate with our brothers and sisters more in the future, after all, you can't always be a little proficient..."The Jade Qilin slowly enlightened.
By the fire, the two chatted slowly to pass the time, while Senior Sister Yun went to bed early and ignored them.
Early the next morning, the three continued on their way.
Just as the three chief disciples were hurrying away, Liuhuo and Zhongli had already arrived at the edge of the desert.
The grass is getting less and less, and the color is getting harder and yellower. Not only that, but the sand under his feet is getting softer and softer, and the red-scaled horses galloping like flies on the grassland are now struggling.
The horse could not be ridden anymore, Zhongli patted the red scaled horse's neck, pointed to the grassland behind him, and motioned for the horses to return to the grassland. The war horse recognized the master, always reluctant to leave, Zhongli slapped the horse's buttocks fiercely, and the four red-scaled horses ran towards the grassland.
"Don't worry about them, the Redscaled Horse is very loyal, and they will forage for themselves on the edge of the desert and wait for us," Zhongli explained to Convection Fire.
After speaking, the two of them packed their bags and headed for the depths of the desert.
The road in the desert is getting harder and harder to walk, but fortunately, Zhongli has plenty of experience in the wilderness, so he won't get lost. The two gradually walked into the depths of the desert.
The deeper you go into the desert, the more strange the Flowing Fire feels. The originally abundant Heaven and Earth Vitality is becoming more and more scarce here, if it is only the scarcity of water Vitality, the Flowing Fire will not care very much, after all, this is a desolate and water-scarce desert.
But even the most basic earth vitality is gradually thinning, and this is a problem.
Slowly, the problem of lack of water began to plague the two. Originally, the two of them didn't bring much water, and when they first entered the desert, the flowing fire could still mobilize the meager water vitality to condense some water, but as the vitality became scarcer and rarer, the spell of the flowing fire could no longer work.
Fortunately, General Zhongli has a lot of experience, and often gouges some drinkable water from some low-lying places, although it is not much, but it is better than nothing.
Liuhuo's current helplessness is actually mainly related to his master. Liu Lao is a retroist, and he is extremely obsessed with the world of the Awakened in the Ancient Era. Whether it is Liu Lao's selection of disciples or the method of educating disciples, they all strictly follow the records of ancient books, and they are very repulsive to some of the practices of the awakened now.
Among the objects of rejection, there is the magic weapon commonly used by the awakened now.
It has been a long time since the magic weapon appeared in the world of the Awakened, and no one can say who refined the magic weapon first. However, the method of refining magic weapons has been passed down to this day.
The magic weapon is a good thing, and the magic weapon can store the vitality of heaven and earth for several purposes. A bare-handed awakened person casts a flame spell, and the strength of the spell depends mainly on the ability of the awakened person and the amount of fire energy in the surrounding environment. Those with strong ability may be able to mobilize ninety percent of the vitality power, while those with low ability may only be able to mobilize thirty percent.
But if you have a magic weapon in your hand that can store the vitality of fire, then the situation is different. The magic weapon itself can provide vitality, and the environment can be continuously replenished, so the combat power of such an awakened person will naturally be multiplied.
If there were a few crystals in the hands of the Drifter now, they would never run out of water.
Complaining is complaining, but the road still has to be walked, and the two brothers and sisters supported each other like this, and slowly came to the hilly area deep in the desert.