Fanwai - Wild North
The so-called yellow sand covers the sun, the wind and Xiao pass through the valley, outside the north Chu square, and the barren land is the barren north.
Deserted North, a place with almost no people, this place is not controlled by Northern Chu, and there is no local superintendent court, so the desert of Northern Wilderness has become a good place for black merchants to smuggle goods, and an industry has been derived here - merchants.
"Drive!" A well-wrapped man galloped through the sandbar, his galloping horses making hoof prints on the sand.
The Wild North is at its hottest time, and the spirit beasts here will temporarily avoid the heat and hide underground, so there is no threat of spirit beasts, and many business travelers will choose to pull goods at this time. Just on the side of the dunes, a caravan of a dozen camels came to the place. It is difficult to haul goods in the desert, and it is difficult to get out of this sea of sand without enough supplies for you along the way.
"Drive! Phew~" The man in the turban stopped his horse in front of the caravan, he was the forerunner of this caravan.
The man jumped off his horse in a hurry, waved his hand and shouted, "Brothers, there's a post station ahead!" ”
There are several oases scattered in the Northern Wilderness, which many business travelers can use to replenish, and the oases are usually inhabited by natives of the Northern Wilderness.
This caravan, which had been walking for three days, heard that there was a post station in front of them, and they were full of energy again, dragging the camels and moving forward. Sitting on the lead camel was the owner of this caravan, that is, the walking merchant. He lifted his hat vigilantly and looked into the distance, and he had a bad premonition in his heart, perhaps because of many years of business, his intuition told him that there were people around him who were staring at them!
"Hurry up and keep up, everyone can rest when they get to the front!" The man in front of him hooked his hand and shouted.
The men had been without water and food for three days, and the scarcity to keep food and water along the way left them exhausted and their lips white. Sure enough, before they had gone far, there was a goose egg-shaped lake in front of them, lush trees growing around the lake, a cowhide and wool blanket made of the smell of wine, and the cheers of people eating and drinking in the Humu Restaurant.
"Brothers! Come on! The man took the camel's head and went away without looking back.
"Nale, wait a minute!" The leader of the group stretched out his hand to stop him, and this person was Nale's eldest brother, Kegidona.
Nale wondered, why did he have to wait for the post station in front of him?
"Big brother! What are you waiting for, look at how hungry the brothers are! Nale said, pointing to the dozens of brothers behind him.
The leader of the group walked to the camel and squatted down to grab a handful of hot yellow sand, he put this handful of sand next to his nose and sniffed it carefully, it was a faint smell of blood, and the sand near here was moist, so it was easy to get the smell.
"It's the smell of blood...... the man said, putting down the handful of sand and clapping his hands.
Nale shook his hand and persuaded him, "Big brother...... How can there be a post station that doesn't slaughter a few cattle and sheep, of course there is a taste of blood! ”
The team leader turned his head and frowned, and said, "It's human blood......
"This ......" Nalle was speechless all of a sudden, the oasis in front of him had become a trap, could it be that many people died here?
"But big brother, if our brother doesn't replenish dry food and water, he won't be able to survive even a day!" Nale has a hard time making decisions about the current situation.
"That's ...... We only buy water and food from them, and leave as soon as the supplies are in hand, and we must not linger or rest......," the eldest brother said hurriedly.
Nale nodded, and led the caravan behind him towards it. As they slowly walked in, the clear water beside the oasis tempted these thirsty travelers, and some of them who could not bear the dry throat directly lay down next to the water source, and slapped the water with their hands and sent it to their mouths. Nale led the camels to the sheepskin tent, under which there was also a caravan resting, and they were happily toasting and drinking, when a few strong men savagely tore at the roast trotters on the table, and stuffed a large amount of meat into their mouths, and the oily gloss of the mouths made them swallow.
"How many...... But do you want accommodation? "Out of the tavern came an exotic woman, wearing a ruby chain on her forehead, and her slender figure made it impossible to take her eyes off, and this person was not so good that the merchants who came and went were probably here because of this.
"Hostess, we don't stay, we just buy some dry food and water, we're in a hurry!" Kirgidona made their needs clear.
The woman's expression was a little lost when she heard this, and she asked in disbelief, "Why don't you really rest for one night before leaving?" ”
"No, it's important to hurry, and ask the girl to sell us some dry food and water......" Dona said as he tested the proprietress with a tentative look.
A wisp of cunning flashed in the woman's eyes, she turned her head and shook off the fragrant silk clothes, and casually ordered, "Tuzi, give them some dry food and water......
"Yes!" A short, fat black man ran out of the shop, who took the broken silver from Dona's hand, picked up all the bread from the shop, packed it in cloth, and handed it to them.
Dona looked at the camel's full load of dry food and water behind him, patted Nale on the shoulder, and whispered, "Hurry up......"
Before leaving, Nale put all the barbecue on the drunk table into a cloth bag and quietly walked away.
"They're dead...... Dona looked back at the inn where the song and wine had leveled.
"Why? Eldest brother! Nalor stepped forward and asked.
Dona thought back to what he had just seen, and he saw a jar of wine poured on the ground, and unfortunately a lizard licked it with its tongue a few times, and before long the lizard passed out, lying on the sand and kicking its limbs, unresponsive.
"This! Shall we go back and save them! Nalle asked, pulling Dona.
Dona sighed, his gaze simply looking at Nale, "No, it's not easy for us to get out of this way, don't get into any more trouble!" ”
Nalor still couldn't put his mind down, so he nodded resignedly, and listened to the eldest brother's instructions.
As Nale and his party went away, the proprietress of the post station covered the red silk juanzi and looked at them from afar, and couldn't help but say, "Interesting......"
The night soon enveloped the entire desert, and the bright moonlight hung in the night sky without a trace of clouds, and the night in the northern wilderness was really cold. Nale and his party used the bones of the copper tree monitor lizard they had hunted to raise a fire, and the group wrapped themselves in cloth clothes around the fire to keep warm.
"Come on! Eldest brother! Nale handed the lamb that had been brought this morning to Dona's mouth.
"Where did it come from?" Dona asked with an eyebrow raised.
"The tavern came in the morning!" Nale smirked and scratched his back neck.
"Stinky boy!" Dona took the lamb and marveled at the brother's ghostly elf.
"Come on! Brothers, let's divide it! Nale spread out the cloth and distributed the piles of mutton inside.
The nights are deep, and the temperature drops even lower here. Dona put another coat on Nale's body and told him, "Don't catch a cold......
Nale looked at Dona and said softly, "Hmm." ”
At night, Nale's caravan lay soundly asleep under the belly of the camels under blankets, the warm light of the fire swaying on everyone's face.
"Plop!" A sound woke Dona, who was half-asleep, and he stood up suddenly and alertly.
It was a man covered in blood who had fallen on the sand where they were resting. Dona shook Nale awake and took him with him to see what was going on.
The man suddenly reached out a bloody hand and grabbed Dona's leg, and with fear in his eyes, he swallowed, "Kill...... Target...... Large...... Big...... Spirit Beast ......"
Before the man could finish his words, he died with a whimper. Dona realizes that something is wrong and pushes Nale and shouts "Quick! Wake everyone up! ”
Before Nalor could react to anything, one stumbled and fell to the sand, his mouth covered with sand, and he stumbled and shoved them to their senses one by one. Shouting "Wake up, there's a situation!" ”
The people in the caravan have been following Dona for so many years, and the speed of response is extremely fast, as soon as they heard that there was a situation, they immediately lifted the blanket and stood up energetically, and suddenly the whole body of the spirit hall was aroused, and suddenly dozens of spirit seeds flashed in the desert.
Just as Dona and his party were on the alert, their camels panicked uncontrollably, and the camels turned their heads and stepped on the sand as if they were not being dragged by people, trying to flee for their lives.
"Bang!" Suddenly, the sand under Nale's feet burst open, and a spider leg the waist thickness of four or five strong men burst out of the sand, followed by several spider legs from the sand around them.
"Boom!" Once the eight spider legs were solid on the ground, it exposed itself from the sand, destroying the camp where Dona and the others were resting. Then Dona's eyes were cold and desperate, he looked up at the spirit beast in front of him, and said, "Yes...... Zaizhou Spirit Spider ......"
The spider carried the oasis they saw today, and the large figure next to the spirit beast obscured the bright moon in the sky, casting a large dark shadow.
"Kill me ......" The woman carrying the spider was the proprietress of the tavern today.
The spider cracked its big mouth with ten thousand teeth and trampled down one by one, "Bang! "The sand is shaking.
"Ahh Many of Dona's brothers had been pierced through their abdomen by a spider's leg, and a spider's pointed leg stuck in their stomachs was bleeding bright red.
"Tuo Barbarian Spirit!" Unwilling to see his brother die a tragic death, Nale angrily stamped on the sand, and the spider that shook him did not stand still and fell on the sand.
"Sniff! Woosh! "The spider was annoyed by Naale's attack, and a mouthful of spider silk wrapped around the remaining people, pulling them to their mouths with great force, chewing their corpses, flesh and blood wruffled in its mouth." Ahhh "The devoured people let out a living scream, and their flesh and bones were being devoured little by little.
Seeing that the beast was cruel to his brother like this, Nale punched it in the spider leg with a fatal blow, but the two were too dwarfed by the attack to have no effect on Ben, and then the spider was provoked by him, and a spider leg tore through the air and slashed, "Hmmm! Nale had a bloody cut on his left eye, and Nale covered his eyes in pain and screamed.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Dona brought a camel for Dona to sit on, and then summoned his own plant spirit, Gu Tongman, and tied Na to death, Dona patted the camel and let it run away with Nale.
Nale struggled to look back at Kegidona, his eyes glistening with tears, and he reached out and shouted, "Don't! Eldest brother! ”
Dona stood in place with a smile and tears in his eyes, watching his brother go away, tears in the corners of his eyes and whispered, "Koginale, live well......"
Kegidona then turned and rushed towards the spider alone......
Nalor fainted on the camel because of lack of spiritual power, and the scorching sun of the next day scorched his skin alive, and Naler was dehydrated due to long-term exposure to the sun, his mouth was white, and his hands were weak.
Vaguely, he squinted and saw an old man walking towards him, he patted Nale and called, "Child? Wake up? ”