Chapter 383: The City of Sand Trees
Hu Xianxian entered the city to meet Leng Qiulang, and Mataha had already prepared a celebration banquet. She learns that they have all won a great victory, but the bandits have not been wiped out.
There was a group of more than 40 sand bandits looting outside, and when Leng Qiulang attacked the old nest, they had not yet returned, and fled to the site of the old border city.
The site of the old city of the border city is more than 100 miles away from this new city, and the locals call it "the city of sand and sand trees". Legend has it that there were many disasters and too many dead, and the resentment attracted a black sandstorm to bury it.
It has been about 150 years since the city of Sha Xue was abandoned, when foreign invasions were frequent, and it was also the period of the Central Plains hegemony, and the border city did break out many times into great wars.
Of course, there is another more prosaic reason for the relocation, saying that the river next to the old city site dried up, and it was difficult to provide drinking water for the residents of the city, so it was moved to its current location.
It's just that most people believe in the first theory more, so they don't want to approach the city of sand and sand and s
Leng Qiulang once ordered his subordinates to chase down the bandits, but they were reluctant to go, and persuaded him not to go. They said that those sand bandits who escaped would not live long, and that there was no need to chase down those who would die sooner or later.
Hu Xianxian drank two glasses of wine at random at the celebration banquet and quietly went out, Leng Qiulang followed and asked her, "Do you want to go to the city of sand and sand alone?" ”
Hu Xianxian smiled and said, "You won't be scared, right?" Even if there are powerful ghosts there, will I still be afraid with my cultivation? ”
"No, I'll go with you."
Hu Xianxian stretched out a finger and shook it, and said solemnly: "I am a person who has nothing to worry about, and I can do whatever I want." You are not just a green dragon with high mana, you are also the son-in-law of the Mai family, you can't risk your life. ”
Leng Qiulang still has to say something, the Mai family brothers and sisters have already come over. Mai Nasha said earnestly: "Sister Hu, let Brother Leng go with you, I heard that the city of sand is really dangerous." ”
"If you want him to go, I can't let him go, in case there are three long and two short, how can I explain to you?"
Metaha looked at her sister and said with concern, "She's right, you two go back quickly." He turned his head to Hu Xianxian and said, "I don't have anything to worry about, I'll go with you." ”
Hu Xianxian flattened his mouth and smiled with some disgust: "You...... Leng Qiulang can still help a little if he fights to go, but if you go, you can only add to the chaos. Don't say more, I'm going back to the bell tower for a good night's sleep. ”
Mataha shouted, "Immortal...... It was because of the Mai family that you took charge of getting rid of the sand bandits...... How can we be happy that you are alone and risky? Immortal ......"
She didn't answer, and flew away on this colored magpie. He galloped out of the door, led his horse and galloped to the bell tower.
Maitaha chased to the bottom of the bell tower, looked up and looked, there was only a simple bronze bell above the bell tower, where could I see the figure of Hu Xianxian?
She had already left the city before it was dark, and she didn't want to have anything involved. When Mataha returned in despair, Leng Qiulang said that he would go with him to meet her outside the city of Shaya, and let Manasha take care of everything in the city.
Mai Taha immediately agreed, and asked Gao Youde to choose a few capable people, and went with him and Leng Qiulang to pick up Hu Xianxian.
On the outskirts of the city of sand are crumbling walls, all of which are covered with thick layers of yellow sand. If you don't know that this is the site of a border city, you would imagine that there is a city in it.
Flying up the city wall of the sand pile, only a city gate tower battlement was exposed, and Hu Xianxian took a look at the situation in the city.
The whole city is buried in yellow sand, and some streets and alleys can be seen in the original outline, and there are faintly newly dug hidden passages in them. Those secret passages should have been dug by the sand bandits who fled here, so that they could not only live in them, but also take advantage of the location to defend.
It was almost noon at the moment, Hu Xianxian didn't act immediately, she didn't want to get into those secret passages a little. Or rather, those dark passages made her feel an invisible fear, and she sat on the city wall trying to lure the bandits out.
She wasn't afraid of the countless ghosts in the legend, the "invisible fear" came from an unknown coercion, and she couldn't explain the inexplicable strange feeling.
For her now, if she can cause less trouble, she will cause less trouble. This time to get rid of the sand bandits, it's not that she wants to take care of things, but she can't avoid them.
First, the Mak family has always been friendly to her, and she can't sit idly by and ignore their affairs.
The second is to accumulate merit for herself. On the path of cultivation, in the early stage, it is hard cultivation and gradual progress, and in the later stage, if you want to go further, you have to look at chance, understanding, and merit.
It takes a long time for most people to start learning the Tao and really be able to sense and gather the aura of heaven and earth. Many people practice all their lives, and they can't enter the purple qi blessed land to become a pure blessed immortal until they die. To say that from Qingfu Immortal, to Earth Immortal, and then to Heavenly Immortal, it is almost wishful thinking.
Hu Xianxian reached the Heavenly Immortal Cultivation at a very fast speed, largely relying on the various arrangements made by Cheng Haofeng.
She didn't know whether to thank him for what he had done, or to resent what he had done. She only knew that she was not satisfied with her current cultivation, she wanted to become a golden immortal, an immortal golden immortal, and an illusory golden immortal, until she reached the realm of eternity. No one knows how obsessed she is with power beneath her sometimes aloof, sometimes hippie exterior.
As long as she has supreme power, she can stand up to the forces she loaths and change everything, everything that is imposed on her!
When I came to the border city, I wanted to avoid people I knew well in the Central Plains, and I also wanted to seek further opportunities.
Hu Xianxian's thinking was a little confused at the moment, she wanted to be quiet, and then go to meet the unknown coercion in the city.
Sitting at the head of the city, he raised the wine gourd, drank and sipped slowly, and sat down until the sun set. She knew that those sand bandits were ready to move, and wanted to come out and kill her, and she was afraid that she would be able to witchcraft.
The sand bandits were forced to flee into the city of sand and sand thieves, and they were already afraid of this legendary haunted place. When they see a woman who appears inexplicably, they will have all kinds of speculations.
It's just that they can't help but be curious, and they all peek outside from the dark passage under the sand.
I saw her two curved willow leaves and long eyebrows, a pair of apricot eyes, the tails of the eyes slightly raised, and the pupils were black and bright. The small nose is slightly upturned, and the pointed chin is also slightly upturned.
She lifted her head slightly, and the brilliant light of the setting sun reflected her fair skin.
Hu Xianxian quietly watched the sunset, watching it very intoxicated, so drunk that he seemed to have forgotten everything around him. The twilight grew thicker and thicker, and the smile in her dimples grew thicker and thicker.
The sky will be completely dark, and the dead silence of the city will be even more eerie. One of the sand bandits suddenly rushed out of the dark passage with a knife, his red eyes full of crazy hatred.
But the strange thing is that he did not rush to the city tower and slash at Hu Xianxian, but slashed wildly at a section of ruins next to the alleyway.
He kept cursing from his mouth, Hu Xianxian couldn't understand his language, but he could feel his indignation.
He cut down the adobe ruins and mud and sand, and he was still angry. Until the knife was curled, he threw the knife and kicked it again.
Hu Xianxian looked at those secret passages again suspiciously, and saw that she gasped, and those hiding sand bandits all ran out and slashed indiscriminately.