125 Into the city
The so-called Wangshan ran a dead horse, and the two of them walked for most of the day, and then they came to the edge of this desert city.
Before arriving at the city, Nanxing and Shang Lu found a sand dune that blocked their view, and changed out of the unique clothes of Xuantianmen behind the sand dune, the clothes of Xuantianmen were too eye-catching, in case someone in this strange city recognized them, they still didn't want to cause too much trouble before they knew whether they were friends or foes, so now they were both dressed as ordinary casual cultivators.
This city is very large, at least from the length of the city wall, it can be estimated that its area is no less than the size of the city of worship. The city walls are a little tattered, and there are still many marks of knives and axes on them, but more of them are weathering marks left by the sun and wind for a long time, and the word "crispy" somehow appeared in Nanxing's mind. The closer you get to the castle, the more you can feel the slightest wisps of humidity in the air, and I think that this castle must have been built on a huge oasis. Nanxing and Shang Lu didn't wander around the city, but went to the nearest gate.
Breaking the Underground City, Nanxing and Shang Lu barely recognized these three words from the city gate. Passing through the gate hole, I saw two gatekeepers, sitting in the shadows behind the city gate with long sticks, their hats covered with tattered hats, and faint snoring came from under the hats.
The streets of the castle are not very spacious, similar to those of Iwanyang Castle, but the buildings on both sides of the road are low-rise earthen buildings of no more than two floors, and they are all heavily desertified. At this time, although the sun had set in the west, there were only three or two people on the street, but Nanxing and Shang Lu could feel that there were people in the houses on both sides through their spiritual sense.
There are only two main streets in this broken city, and the place where the horizontal and vertical streets converge is where the city lord's mansion is located. The Castle Lord's Mansion is surrounded by an oasis. A young man who looks like a scholar is sitting under a white elm tree by the water's edge. This scholar was ordinary-looking, wearing a pale blue round-necked shirt, and at first glance he looked like an ordinary student among mortals, without any memorable features.
The scholar pulled a white clover from the bushes on his side, threw it into the water, the blades of grass slowly sank, and suddenly a black green appeared from the bottom of the water, and bit on the young compound leaves of the white clover. As if sensing something, the scholar glanced into the distance, and a faint smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
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Nanxing and Shang Lu found a shop under a guise and walked in, which was a tea house.
The light in the tea house was slightly dim, and Nanxing and Shang Lu came in to get used to it a little before they could see the situation in the store. There are four or five low tables in the tea house, round or square, and the tables are extremely shabby, as if they would fall apart with the slightest effort. There were no chairs on the table, instead there were some flat and round grass balls, Nanxing tried it with his hands, and it was not as soft as expected.
At this time, there were still two tables of people sitting in the tea house, and near the table closer to the inner sat two men with some thief eyebrows, the two of them were not sitting on the grass ball like Nanxing and Shang Lu, but half-lying against the wall, and one of them was scratching with his hand in the placket from time to time. The other person at the table with him was originally facing back, and this would also turn his head and look at Nanxing and Shang Lu with a somewhat unkind look.
At another table, there was a man covered in black robes, but Nanxing could clearly see that the man's hand to take the teacup was like the bark of a dry tree, and there was no life at all.
Maybe it's because of the hot weather, everyone is a little lazy, the shopkeeper of the tea house is an old man who looks old, he opened the blackened curtain from the inside, and said to Nanxing and Shang Lu a little unrefreshingly: "What do you want?" β
"Shopkeeper, do you have a menu?" Shang Lu looked around for a week and didn't see a wooden board with a menu written on it, usually whether it is a restaurant or a teahouse, they will write their own dishes on a wooden board and hang them on the wall of the store for customers to see.
Before the old man could speak, the idle man sitting inside opened his mouth first, "Hey, there are two chicks here today." Old Wangtou, introduce to others the characteristics of your place. The idle man laughed with the man across from him.
The old king smiled, revealing a mouthful of big yellow teeth, "This country shop is not so particular, only relying on grass root water, and eating a kind of sand lizard today." β
Although Nanxing didn't want to eat any dried sand lizards, she and Shang Lu were ready to inquire about some news, so they could only pinch their noses and ask for a dried sand lizard and two cups of Lai Cao root water.
In a short time, the old king brought a small straw saucer, on which were placed a few sand lizards that had been dried by an inch long, and two cups made of earth embryos, in which were soaked in water a few pieces of smashed willow-shaped grass blades.
Nanxing opened the visual data and looked at these things, the data showed that they were all non-toxic, and even the grass root water had the effect of clearing heat, she gave Shang Lu a color, and the two of them took a sip with expressionless faces, and a bitter taste spread in their mouths.
"Those two newcomers, do you sell that rabbit?" Xian Hanyi licked his lips and asked in a rough voice.
"Not for sale." Nanxing refused.
Xian Hanyi didn't speak anymore but looked at Nanxing's gaze a lot darker, Xian Hanjia opposite him grabbed a dried sand lizard on his table, and muttered in a low voice: "This is a rabbit leg, this is a rabbit leg...... After speaking, he took a bite fiercely, and stared at the rabbit on Nanxing's side while chewing.
The rabbit was a little unhappy, jumped on the table and pointed at the man is a scolding, "Beep-I still want to eat the rabbit, beep-beep-the rabbit kicked you to death, beep-"
Xian Hanjia couldn't understand what the rabbit said, but seeing the rabbit's current appearance, he was definitely scolding him, and as soon as he threw the dry sand lizard on the table, he was about to get up and catch the rabbit.
At this time, Lao Wang spoke, "If you want to fight out, you can't afford to pay for the damage caused by the things in the store." β
Xian Hanjia was obviously a little jealous of the old king, and compared a middle finger to the rabbit, and his mouth was not idle, "The newcomer doesn't know what to do, you two had better stay out of the tea house for the rest of your life." Obviously, he thought that the rabbit's behavior was instructed by Nanxing and Shang Lu, and this Liang Zi was recorded on their heads.
Nanxing ignored this person, although the Absolute Spirit Land could not absorb spiritual power through meditation, but there were still a lot of spirit stones and pills in her storage bag, how could she not be afraid of such an idler, she smiled at the old king's head and asked, "Old man, is there a teleportation array in this city?" β
The two idlers interjected and teased: "When you get to the land of the dead, you still want to go out?" It's naΓ―ve. If you want me to say, it's better to take out the rabbit early and satisfy everyone's cravings. β
"Just call me the old king." The old Wang Tou was busy working at the counter and didn't look up, "I heard that there is a formation in the City Lord's Mansion, but I don't know if it's the teleportation array you said." β
Hearing that there was a teleportation array, Nanxing and Shang Lu's faces were happy, but then the words of the old king made the two of them unable to laugh.