Chapter 120: Escorting the Caravan
The idle Quake is a well-known habitual thief, but his stealing methods are so clever that no one has ever caught him. If Qing Chi hadn't known in advance that the person pushing the cart was a thief, she might not have been able to see it. This Quake is not only not a thief, but is a little handsome and chic, with a warm smile, judging from the fact that he came all the way to the cart and many people greeted him, Quake is a very popular person.
People always like to be blinded by superficial things. Just as Quake and the two yaks passed by, easily taking a bag of goods and stuffing it into a rye bag, Qing Chi suddenly shot an arrow that pierced Quake's collar and scared Quaker's face to the core. The arrow caused a riot. Killing people in the city will attract guards, and these seemingly gentle NPCs will suddenly draw their swords to help the guards slash together. Obviously, now that they had all drawn their swords and were ready to attack Qing Chi, the guards in the city immediately rushed over.
Qing Chi raised his hand, "Don't be busy arresting me yet, look, what's in that rye cart?" Oh, bearded cargo. Behold, I have caught a thief, and you will arrest me. ”
The bearded man reacted immediately, and immediately overturned the rye cart, and ten pieces of equipment and ore fell from the cart. The bearded man was immediately furious, drew the big sword at his waist, aimed it at Quake and slashed it, the archer cursed directly from a distance, set up the bow and shot at Quake. In a few moments, Quake was bleeding and fell to the ground. After watching the play, the onlookers shook their heads and walked away. Quake's body was dragged away by the guards. Qing Chi breathed a sigh of relief, the citizens of the Extreme Cold Continent were even more powerful than she had imagined.
"Thank you, adventurer, for saving me a fortune of gold. Let me think, how can I thank you? The bearded man walked in front of Qing Chi, who smiled and said, "Oh, it's my luck to meet the leader of the famous yak caravan. There is no need to talk about thanks, I want to follow the caravan far away, and I don't know if I can get permission. ”
"With your keen observations, you seem to be a good player." The bearded man thought for a moment and agreed to Qingchi's request. Soon, Qing Chi's task bar added one more task of "following the yak caravan for escort".
After buying supplies, Qing Chi began his journey to sleep with the yak caravan. Night Stalkers have temporarily separated from Qingchi in Wintersnow City, and since the mainland passage has not yet been officially opened, rival continents cannot add friends to each other. Qing Chi waved his hand like a fly, saying goodbye to the night owl.
Walking all the way from the reckless snowfield, the only sound of the howling wind and the chime of yaks echoed in my ears. Qing Chi sat on a yak, looked down at the curved and stretched glacier, and exhaled a cold breath. Along the way, they will pass through many wild monster areas, and most of the people who come to attack are some snow wolves and snow leopards and other wild beasts, and there are no robbers to see for the time being. In the evening, Qing Chi and the caravan set up camp on a flat snowy field, the bearded man boiled the tender wolf broth, and Qing Chi sat against the tent, sharpening the arrows with a knife. It's a long way, and supplies alone are definitely not enough, and the bearded man is good at skinning and pulling bones, and these snow wolf bones can just be used.
The caravan departed from Wintersnow City, passing through the glacial snowfields to Troon City under the Castel Mountains, bringing Wintersnow City's special food to sell, and then passing through the mountains from Wintersnow City to another city through the Dwarven Ruins. Then go south from that city, and it will take half a year to return to Wintersnow City. The yak caravan was a special caravan that maintained trade between several cities, so it was popular in several cities.
It's been several days since Wintersnow City, and I've been sleeping in the vast snowfields all the way. After setting up the tent, Qing Chi scooped a spoonful of wolf broth, held it in his hand to warm his hands, and took a sip from time to time. The bearded man handed over a bowl of stewed vegetables, "This is cabbage and dried oranges, which are not available in Wintersnow City." It is served with a special butter and is delicious. Qing Chi was a little surprised. Cabbage and oranges, which can be found everywhere in the eastern continent, are actually rare foods in the northern continent. Yes, it's too cold to see these vegetables. Qing Chi only saw the low rye in the fields, and for the people of Wintersnow City, what was most lacking was not meat, but fresh vegetables. And these vegetables are only available in some cities in the southern part of the Extreme Cold Continent. No wonder the yak caravans are called a lifeline.
"Recently, there has been more and more requests for tribute in the royal palace. I don't know what those people are thinking. Equipment and weapons were already in short supply, and a steady stream of them were shipped to Snow Castle City. The other day I also saw a group of well-equipped troops and conscription announcements posted outside. Oh, it doesn't look like it's going to be peaceful again. The archer and the small-eyed man whispered. Those fools have nothing else on their heads but war. My body bones can't stand the toss anymore. To hell with them! There is no difference between the palace lord and the smoker and the prostitute in my eyes, and the damn gold is not to my taste. The bearded man cursed and bit the roast wolf's hind leg.
Qing Chi's heart was full of alarm bells. If you hadn't done those tasks, you might not have paid attention to it. However, the assault on the former watchtower, the rupture of the continental barrier, the slumber of Hal and the traitors of the school, the conspiracy of Sauter and the lord behind it, the conscription and the army of the northern continent...... All this had to make Qing Chi think of one thing. If Tazad, the general of Glory City, who he feels the most suspicious, has made contact with the northern continent through some means and is plotting some treason, then the eastern continent may usher in another invasion! Although it is not known why the man behind the plot did this, his ambitions are clear. At that time in the last life, the Bai family's products were frustrated in the market, and the family was in a hurry, and they didn't play the game for a while. Later, I heard that another attack on the northern continent was coming, and now it seems that that time is very close to the present time. Qing Chi frowned secretly, the Eastern Continent was attacked, the damage was huge, he absolutely could not stand idly by, he must make some preparations before this.
"We can't stay any longer after eating, and we can't get to the vicinity of the Castres mountains until midnight. The snow fields here are infested with evil spirits at night, and there are more and more of them, which is difficult to deal with. The bearded man put out the fire with one foot and put it away. Qing Chi mounted the yak and followed the caravan to continue to move forward in the night. The white snow felt dazzlingly white even in the moonlight at night, and suddenly, a lot of fluttering blue ghost fires slowly approached the caravan. Generally speaking, ghost-form monsters are not easy to deal with, as they mainly eat magic attacks, and the only people on the team are small-eyed men who can use some simple fireball spells. Soon, more and more evil spirits besieged them. The small-eyed man chanted a spell and threw two fireballs from his hands. Qing Chi shot a few arrows with his bow, but these ghosts were immune to physical attacks, and the bow and arrows went directly through the ghost's body and shot into the snow.