Chapter 48: Joining the Caravan

The morning light is faint.

The three of them packed up, each carried a package, and walked out of the cave at the top of the mountain.

Facing the glow of gold and silver, the father and son of Scar held a long stick in their hands, and Shi Zhongxiong held a big knife in his arms, and went down the mountain with a little armament.

When I walked to the entrance of the village, I met the second uncle Shi Zhongxiong walking on crutches to his stone chair.

Dao Cheng ran over quickly, helped the old man to lie down comfortably, and squatted beside him obediently.

"Boy, where are you going?" the old man asked with a smile.

"Grandpa, we're going to the main city of Xiangshan!" Dao Cheng replied crisply, and asked with a smile, "Grandpa, do you have anything you want?"

"Oh?" the old man's eyes lit up, "the city that never sleeps!"

"That's a good place......

Seeing that he was about to fall into memory, the old man suddenly came to his senses, smiled and took out a piece of dark stone from his arms and stuffed it into Daocheng's hand.

"Old man, I haven't drunk Yujia soju for a long time, so you can bring me a bottle. ”

"Grandpa, I have a Xuanshi ......" Dao Cheng looked at the high-grade Xuanshi in his hand, and hurriedly wanted to return it to the old man.

"Huh?!" the old man's beard blew his eyes and glared, "If you give it to you, you will take it, if you don't take it, don't bring it to me!"

"This ...... All right. Dao Cheng reluctantly accepted the Xuanshi, stood up, and waved his hand, "Grandpa, then let's go." ”

"Well, let's go!" the old man raised the crutches in his hand, and immediately recalled Dao Cheng, and whispered in his ear, "Be careful all the way, if you encounter trouble that can't be solved, you will say that you are the grandson of the ghost sword-Shi Badi, maybe it will have some effect." ”

"Got it, thank you grandpa!"

"Go, go, go......"

......

"I'll just say that the old man likes his eldest nephew very much," Shi Zhongxiong said with a smile, "I have drunk the Yu family wine, and the most expensive one is a bottle of a medium-grade Xuanshi." ”

"I don't know if I gave him pocket money, and as soon as I made a move, it was a high-grade stone, tsk, for my nephew, the old man has never been so generous!"

Scar also smiled: "I'm afraid he doesn't know, the eldest son is the richest among us!"

Listening to the ridicule of the two, Dao Cheng secretly made up his mind, "Grandpa hasn't drunk it for a long time, so I'll buy more, it's best enough for him to drink until he dies." ”

......

All the way to the east, the goal is the Xuanjiang River.

Daocheng experienced the thrill of galloping a horse, and returned the wildebeest to Shi Zhongxiong.

"How's it going?" asked Shi Zhongxiong with a smile.

"Cool, the feeling of the wind blowing is so comfortable. Daocheng looked excited.

"Would you like to come again?" Shi Zhongxiong tempted.

"Eh~" Dao Cheng glanced at Scar, whose face was not very good, and scratched his head, "Forget it, I'll walk slowly with you!"

The color of the scar was slightly dark, and he said, "It's not that you won't be allowed to ride." Rather, if you are a child, riding a wildebeest, you will be coveted. Besides, it's not easy to live on the road, and you'd better not leave our sight. ”

Shi Zhongxiong also said: "What your father said is right, you are still young and don't understand the sinister hearts of people. A wildebeest is worth ten high-grade stones, and if you ride a child, it is a rolling stone in the eyes of some people. ”

Dao Cheng nodded silently and said, "I know, last time my father told me that wealth is not exposed, which is also the reason why you have a space ring but still have to carry a package." ”

"That's right!" Shi Zhongxiong said with a smile, "When you enter the city, don't show off to others that we have a lot of Xuanshi!"

"Daocheng understands!"

......

When he saw Xuanjiang for the first time, Dao Chengcheng couldn't help but speak: "Drawing water and comparing Xuanjiang is simply ...... It's too small!"

"Definitely," Scar said with a smile, "Jishui is only a tributary of the Xuanjiang River, and it is far inferior to the Canglan River, let alone the Xuanjiang River, the first river in the mainland." ”

"It's really worthy of the handwriting of the first god in history!" Dao Cheng was amazed, "The waves are magnificent, even the width is the same!

"Xuanjiang is okay, the entrance is powerful!" Scar said, "Legend has it that the entrance is nine thousand nine hundred and ninety-nine zhang high, directly cutting off the heaven and earth, sheltering the human race for more than 200,000 years, and it was only broken by the Demon Beast Ten Thousand Races during the Lingzu period." ”

"God's means are incomprehensible!"

On the embankment, the father and son sighed with emotion, and not far away, Shi Zhongxiong rode back.

"Ready, get in the car. ”

"Get in the car?" Dao Cheng was stunned, "Aren't we going to take a boat?"

"The ships mainly transport goods, and we take the causeway and take the carriage, and the speed is faster. Shi Zhongxiong explained, looking into the distance from time to time, and suddenly he smiled, "It's coming, it's coming!"

......

The Xuanjiang River is about 1,000 zhang wide, and there are causeways on both sides of the bank that can be used by eight horses in parallel, and the outside of the causeway is also tamped and smooth, making the Xuanjiang River look neat and clear.

"Every time I see Xuanjiang, I wonder if it was pulled out by the Xuanzu God with two fingers. Otherwise, how could it be so neat, the width is the same, and even the turn is synchronized. ”

In the open-top carriage, Shi Zhongxiong looked at the river and praised it.

"It should be Xuanzu's intention. Scar nodded as well.

"So it's a miracle!" Dao Cheng smiled and said, "Actually, I want to know who built this causeway?"

"It's my Zhou family. The old man in the car smiled back.

"Your family?" Dao Cheng was surprised, and then gave a thumbs up and praised, "Then you are really good people!

"Good people?" the corners of Shi Zhongxiong's mouth pursed, "Big nephew, you are too naΓ―ve, how can there be so many good people." ”

"They build the causeway, they collect tolls! And it's not low!"

"See, this is not a convenient road, it is a way for people to make money. ”

"Cailu ......" knife into speechless.

"Don't you see, the carriages along the way are all hung with Zhouzi flags. What does it mean? This road, their family has a monopoly!"

"Little brother, you can't say that. The old man argued, "First of all, the territory from Weijin Town to Wildebeest Town belongs to my Zhou clan, and we have a monopoly on collecting tolls, which is justified. Not to mention, this causeway was built by our people. ”

"Then your fees are too high, where can ordinary people afford to sit. Shi Zhongxiong muttered.

"High is high," the old man said a little embarrassed, "but we're not responsible for your safety!"

"Besides, in terms of height, where are we compared to the one in the water. ”

Scar glanced at the firebird flag hanging on the ship and said softly, "Sun God Bird?"

"Good eyesight," the old man praised, and continued, "In terms of profiteering, Jinwu City is this!" he smiled and gave a thumbs up.

"Zhou?" Scar pondered for a moment and said, "You should be the royal descendants of the Zuo Xuan Kingdom, right? Why can't you compete with the Jin Clan? If I remember correctly, they are the royal descendants of the Right Xuan Kingdom." ”

"Little brother has a good knowledge!" the old man looked back at Scar in surprise and said, "The main reason is that when the entrance collapsed, our Imperial Family of Zuo Xuanguo suffered too much loss, and his subordinates took the opportunity to make trouble, and some princes of Right Xuanguo came to grab resources again, turning Xiangshan, which originally belonged to my Zhou clan, into an Xiangshan Alliance, and the Jin clan monopolized Jinwu Mountain. For a long time, the gap between the strength of the two ethnic groups has become wider and wider, and this section of the Xuanjiang River has also been robbed by them. ”

"I see. Scar nodded.

Seeing that Scar was not like a ignorant mountain man, the old man talked excitedly. The two talked eloquently along the way, and occasionally Shi Zhongxiong would interject. Dao Cheng held the car and listened quietly, while increasing his knowledge, while blowing the refreshing river breeze, he felt quite comfortable.

Although it was already afternoon when they arrived at Xuanjiang, the speed of the wildebeest carriage was extremely fast, and the gray mountain where Shi Zhongxiong was located was not far from Xiangshan, and the three of them finally arrived at Weijin Town before dark.

Although the town of Ojin is called a town, it is next to the Xiangshan Trade Road and the Jinwushan Trade Road, and the business is extremely prosperous, and the area is also large, which is not inferior to the general city at all.

There is even a chapter of the Demon Hunter Alliance.

Scar thought about it for a while, and didn't let Dao Cheng join the Demon Hunter Alliance, because, a ten-year-old third-order demon alchemist is a bit scary, besides, is he really ten years old?

He just took on a caravan escort mission to Elephant Mountain with Shi Zhongxiong.

Found the caravan, for the sake of the two fourth-order demon alchemists, the caravan leader acquiesced to the existence of Daocheng.

"Still look down on me?" Dao Cheng pouted and muttered unhappily, "I'm much stronger than an ordinary fourth-order demon alchemist!"

This is true, after the liquefaction of the Yuan Qi, he can barely be regarded as a middle-level cultivator, with the characteristics of the "Demon Swallowing Technique", plus the four elemental spirits, it can be said that Daocheng is basically invincible at the fourth order, and there is no pressure to beat the demon alchemists of the same level, including magicians.

Of course, compared to Scar and Shi Zhongxiong, who were about to enter the fifth order, he was still a little worse.

Shi Zhongxiong smiled and comforted him: "Isn't this right, as the saying goes, 'pretend to be a pig and swallow the dragon', this is what legends like to do most when they are young." ”

"They all think you're scum, and when you get to the critical moment, you explode and scare their jaws, isn't it fun?"

Dao Cheng blinked and smiled.

"It's over," Scar said with a smile, "my family's pure son is going to be ruined by you." ”

After waiting for the night, the caravan assembled the next morning.

It was a small caravan, with a total of just over a hundred wildebeests, sixty carts, and Scar estimated that it was only a shipload of goods.

There weren't many people, including the guards, less than three hundred.

The leader of the caravan was a middle-aged man with a mustache who looked extremely shrewd. He always had a smile on his face, and was especially polite to the three Scars.

"How old is my little brother?"

"Little brother came out to practice at such a young age?"

"Is my little brother tired, do you want to take a car to rest?"

Dao Cheng didn't eat him, and under the eyes of Dao Shi and Shi, he reluctantly gave him a smile.

He remembered Keqing, it was this man who muttered something to eat rice that day.

"You think I can't hear it? I can hear it clearly, duplicitous bad guy!"

Daocheng secretly labeled it as unbelievable.

Scar glanced at the female dependents in the luxury car, frowned slightly, and probably understood the reason why the mustache coaxed the knife into the car. I wanted to stay away from this place, but Shi Zhongxiong was embarrassed to pull him aside.

"That little maid is nice, I like ......"

Scar smiled in surprise, and then granted Shi Zhongxiong and the mustache's wish, and escorted him in the center of the convoy.

Dao Cheng also entered the carriage under the flickering of the two.

"The happiness of your uncle's lower body depends on your son. ”

"What lower body?" Shi Zhongxiong blushed and glanced at Scar, and said earnestly with a sign of Daocheng, "It's more comfortable to ride a car than to ride a horse......

"Uncle, don't worry," Dao Cheng interrupted him, patting his hand and said, "I'll tell that big sister that you have a crush on her." ”

"My day!" Shi Zhongxiong almost fell down in fright, and quickly grabbed Daocheng's shoulder and said, "Don't mess around!"

"Uncle, don't you like her?"

"It's not...... yes, heck," Shi Zhongxiong said with a bitter face, "I don't know what to tell you." ”

Scar watched the joke for a long time, and couldn't help but point: "Just ask what the little girl's name is, if she is unmarried, what kind of man she likes!"

"Yes, yes, yes!" Shi Zhongxiong nodded repeatedly, glancing at Scar very gratefully.

"Oh!" Daocheng nodded thoughtfully, and walked towards the carriage.

"Let's go!"

With the command of the leader of the caravan, the convoy slowly started.

Looking at the Xiangshan Business Road that was close at hand, Dao Cheng suddenly rose with a trace of excitement.

"I'm going to enter the main city of Xiangshan?"

After living for so many years and hearing countless stories about the Eight Kings Mountain, this was the first time he had been so close to the legendary city that never sleeps.