Chapter 204: Where is the City of a Hundred Gates?
The middle and upper reaches of the Nile are far less fertile than the lower reaches of the river, with limited water flow, and a little further away from the riverbank, it becomes a desert.
But Wu Xin believes that this place was a place with fertile land and abundant water flow three thousand years ago.
It is only because of geographical changes that it has lost its former glory.
Of course, Villefort didn't believe it, he just wanted to rest a little longer.
It's noon, and everyone is resting to escape the scorching sun.
Wu Xin was the only one still working, he was walking on the shore, Delia and Colmona's clothes were at Wu Xin's feet, and the two ladies were taking a bath in a small river.
Yara has to wait for the wash, she wants to appease the complaining soldiers, this job has always been Wu Xin's, but today he handed it over to Yara.
I continue to work.
"How many messengers have been sent by Murad Bey, and there are two groups of people here today, so that you can hurry up and go to Luxor City to enjoy the blessings." Although Wu Xin was not on guard, Villefort did not mean to peek at the ladies. "It's been three days, and you're really a toss-up."
He found a stone to sit on, and it was not flat.
But he couldn't move anymore, and reluctantly sat down, then took off his boots and poured out the sand.
Wu Xin and his family have been living in a small village for the past few days, and although the locals provide some services, they are always much worse than in the city.
Moreover, Wu Xin also forced him to sell the female slave girl he had just shared, so he began to persuade Wu Xin not to be afraid of Deliya Yunyun.
Wu Xin ignored his complaints and continued to fiddle with the sextant along the riverbank.
The novelty of seeing this instrument at the beginning had long since passed, and Villefort now felt that the thing was not magical at all, and he continued to advise: "According to what you said, the royal tombs of ancient Egypt were legendary things in ancient Roman times, and may have been completely annihilated. If there were pyramids, who wouldn't be able to see them? ”
Although Wu Xin told Villefort that the ancient royal tombs were not necessarily pyramids, like most people, he also went in the left ear and out the right ear, insisting on the equation between the royal tombs and the pyramids.
He did want to go to Luxor City. It was the Ottoman army's current base camp in southern Egypt, and Wu Xin insisted that the city was built on the ruins of Thebes.
Villefort knew that the Valley of the Kings would not be easy to find, and even thought in his heart that Wu Xin could not find the treasure he imagined, but he didn't expect that even ancient Thebes, which was the origin of the coordinates, needed to be found.
Wu Xin was naturally very clear about his emotions, because he had accurately found the submerged underwater entrance to Malta Island and the ruins of Sebratay, and he was still confident in his ability.
Not to mention the fact that he could also get the help of a local guide, the city of Thebes, known as the "City of a Hundred Gates", is a metropolis that is known as the "City of a Hundred Gates", and even though it has been lost in Mamluk, it is not difficult to find local herders who say they have seen huge stone statues and colonnades.
It's just that it's often a childhood memory. When we grow up, we have many responsibilities to bear, and it is no longer possible to wander around at will, stepping into ancient and silent ruins.
So these people can help, but the decisive work still depends on Wu Xin.
"Whether it turns out or not, we can go back to Luxor City once tonight, and we need to prepare something." Wu Xin had already given Muradbeyi a list of supplies, but he had little hope for progress. "I'm going to get them some supplies, too. Soon the search for the Valley of the Kings will begin. ”
"That's what you said when you first came to the village the day before yesterday." Delia walked over. She was already in armor and was wiping her beautiful blonde hair with a linen.
"Uh............. I'm sure this time." Several nearby Egyptian villages have similar names, and the pronunciation is not standard for everyone, Wu Xin scolded the local tour guide who caused him to lose face in front of his female companion, and his Egyptian dialect is definitely not Cairo standard.
Of course, Wu Xin is actually not very fair, the tour guide of the Chinese travel agency. His Trump played a big role in this matter.
When Wu Xin came here as a tourist, the local tourism industry was already extremely developed, and the location of the village was influenced by the tourist economy, and it was completely located directly above the Karnak Temple in the city of Thebes.
And in this era, the village with a similar name. It's not too far and not too close to the ancient city.
"You said you were sure of it last time." Villefort did not appear to be elated, and he struggled to clean one boot, while he was knocking on the other. "Last time, you also used the treasure sense of smell, why bother, I don't feel good to see you so heartbroken, those spell casting materials are given to me, how many Nile crocodiles can be exchanged."
Wu Xin's skills are very trendy, and it is very difficult to make nutrients in this plane, but he can use the "Fireball Technique" and "Secondary Flame Ball" to process food without restrictions.
Moreover, the Nile crocodile is the strongest creature in this plane fragment, maybe it can be omitted, it is the pinnacle of elite-level creatures, so Wu Xin can rely on it to make something that is considered a nutrient.
Several friends other than Di Liya also looked at Wu Xin, the effect of the pot of soup last time was very good, although the effective time was very short, but in an hour after it was done, it was indeed an elite-level nutrient.
As for the taste, no matter how bad it is, it is much stronger than the mutton fat.
However, in order to compensate for some of the nutrients that Villefort took out, no one else had received this kind of nutrients, and this thing is not easy to kill.
Wu Xin only received a few pieces of meat one after another.
"No, forget it, it's not good to desecrate the grave anyway." Joel's strength is not yet the "backbone", and the elite-level nutrients have helped him a lot. "Why don't we go and catch the Nile crocodile together, and then go down the river to find the French in Cairo."
He was not dissatisfied with the relatively poor quality "sheep fat haggis" given by Wu Xin, but the battle at the port of Benghazi put him under a lot of pressure.
Of the reincarnation squad, he is in the most dangerous situation, desperate to increase his strength.
"The money we received in this plane, the kind that we can't bring back to the main plane, try to concentrate it and exchange it for Joel for necromantic nutrients." Wu Xin understood his situation, and had some arrangements, his glove stimulated the need for spell casting materials, "And you have to be careful in Benghazi, this pair of gloves should be kept as secret as possible." ”
"Don't worry about that. He and Valletta are good friends, and Valletta is a person who can definitely be trusted. "Villefort is quite confident in the relationships he has introduced." He recognizes you as his own person, and will use his honor and life to protect you, Joel, you can rest assured. ”
Wu Xin looked at Joel, and the old fisherman nodded after thinking for a while: "The Valletta Knight is a truly noble person, completely different from Villefort. ”
"Haha." Delia and Cormona laughed together.
"Haha." But Villefort laughed even louder. "Uncle Joel, you're right."
Strangers can be regarded as provocative language, but between comrades-in-arms who depend on each other for life and death, it is just the right joke.
This step reminded Wu Xin of the companions who traveled with him, which seemed to be like yesterday, and it seemed to be far away from thousands of mountains and rivers.
Wu Xin also joins the game, and he goes around behind Villefort in an attempt to knock Villefort off the stone on which he sits.
However, his agility was too difficult to sneak up on Villefort, and the Wanderer took a leap to get him into the air.
Fortunately, Di Liya was prepared, and one sideways stepped up to Wu Xin's shoulder at the last moment, so that he didn't have a close contact with the stone.
However, Wu Xin did not move for half a minute.
"What's wrong?" Delia was a little worried. She thought that she was a step slower, and Wu Xin was still dizzy after all.
And Joel and Cormona both saw quite clearly that there was a half-inch distance between Wu Xin and the stone, only when Delia used too much force and jammed Wu Xin's neck.
Fortunately, in the next moment, Wu Xin regained his ability to speak, and said something that made everyone extremely happy: "Okay, I have found the city of Thebes." ”
Wu Xin hooked his hand and recalled Villefort, who had just jumped away: "Give me a good wipe." Then pick out the mud embedded in it. ”
Wu Xin's voice was serious, and Villefort immediately trotted over. took out the dagger and started to get busy, Wu Xin's crocodile soup was not boiled in vain.
It is said that this is a delicate work, but Wu Xin is not in archaeology, so he let Villefort do it quickly.
Villefort was a little confused at first, but soon he realized what he was doing. The action is also getting faster and faster.
Some of the earth, which had been combined with stone for hundreds of years, had been picked out by the razor-sharp dagger.
On the stone, words gradually appeared.
Although thousands of years have passed, the person who carved the text is an "elite-level" mage, so Wu Xin was able to see the words that he could not see as a tourist.
There is no magic in that plane. The words have worn out, but here there is still legible handwriting.
"Hatsepsut and her husband, brother, Pharaoh Thutmose, as a dedication to Her Majesty the Eternal Queen of Spiders."
Wu Xin realized that he was standing on the ancient city of Thebes, and this uneven stone was not an ordinary stone, but a remnant of the heyday of the ancient Egyptian Empire.
"Obelisk."
Villefort and Delia were about to start working together, intending to dig further down the rock.
Wu Xin stopped them: "Don't waste your strength, this thing is indeed a treasure, but it is dozens of meters high, and it is so difficult to break, there is no other use except positioning." ”
Where the obelisk is located, it is a gate in Thebes, and Wu Xin can already use the second as the origin to locate the Valley of the Kings.
But Villefort did not give up, and arrested the Egyptians who helped them, and continued to toss for a long time before he had to admit that this thing could not be dug up by himself.
The helpers hated being tossed, of course, but they quickly regained their morale.
They proudly returned to the long-lost city of Luxor, and Wu Xin was extremely generous in providing them with various benefits, anyway, these people were satisfied with the cheapest meat and women.
They can relax, but the Samsara players have other things to deal with.
"Did you really find that Valley of the Kings?" Murad Beyi was comfortably spread out on a bed of stars and moons, eating the pitted dates of the slave girl while drinking Wu Xin and talking.
The light gauze tent, the beauty stroll, the smell of wine and frankincense permeate it, and in addition to this, there is a dizzy smell.
"Huh??" Wu Xin was completely shocked by the scene in front of him, he couldn't see Murad Beyi, so he could only follow the sound to find it, "It's not the Valley of the Kings, I found .........."
"Sit down, sit down." Murad Beyi couldn't see Wu Xin either, his voice was dim and distant, "I'm here. ”
After squeezing for a while, Wu Xin sat on the Xingyue bed.
Murad Bey was even more depraved than he had imagined.
A slave girl held a round jug with several hollows, mostly empty, one of which had a pipe attached to a burning metal ball, and the other a hose directly connected to the pipe in Muradbey's mouth.
Lord Bey's mouth moved, and with the same frequency, smoke came out of his nose at the same time.
After settling down a little, he reorganized a huge "logistics team", expropriated in several cities, and asked various large families to contribute female slaves.
"I found the ancient city of Thebes, the obelisk of 5,000 years ago." Wu Xin was not optimistic about the situation, he did not smoke when he was a seaman, but there were so many smokers in the crew, and no one was as pleasant as Murad Bey.
It's not tobacco, it's .........
"Fang? Obeli what? Don't worry about that, come on, let's smoke a tube of Fushou paste first. "As soon as Murad Beyi said this, a slave girl handed Wu Xin a pipe." This thing is very beneficial to you mages, and it was given to me by the local city lord, by the way, the city lord is also for the spellcaster, you two should be close and close. ”
When he was sober, he could tell the difference between a mage and a warlock, but now he couldn't even tell the difference between day and night, let alone whether Wu Xin was a mage or not.
"We warlocks have other ways to gain power." Although Wu Xin was very curious, he was able to restrain himself on this issue, and he was also skeptical about whether this thing would have an effect on the mage. "The city lord is not busy with official business, and he still wants to meditate, so I won't disturb him."
That Mamluk City Lord was actually in this room, and at this time he was lying under the Xingyue bed, meditating, well, it should be "meditating".
"He's meditating? Don't rush, meditation is the most comfortable. "Murad Bey was quite satisfied with the lord of the city, and whether it was collecting female slaves or arranging for the ointment of longevity, he kept it in order.
After tasting the Fushou paste again, he finally remembered and asked Wu Xin, "By the way, what is the matter with you coming to me?" ”
After listening to Wu Xin's request for more laborers and some combat-ready soldiers, Muradebey did not shirk it.
On the contrary, he agreed quite heroically: "I have already ordered this matter, not only the manpower, but also all kinds of excavation equipment, I will let Muhammad Ali take care of it for you." ”
Wu Xin immediately understood what the other party was playing: "Since the last time I opposed his unwise resistance strategy, His Excellency Muhammad Ali has a great opinion of me. ”
"He would never dare to harm the public with his own interests! You take my slip and go to him, and take whatever you want. As he spoke, Muradbeyi was about to take a pen and write to Wu Xin.
However, as soon as he got up, he fell to the ground and entered a "meditative" state. (To be continued.) )