Chapter 783: Gota Desert
Therefore, Qianye Ming and Murong Xiao and their entourage were very low-key. Not only is it easy to look at, but it doesn't even bring people.
Black jade grass grows in an oasis deep in the desert and is an extremely precious medicinal herb. But even if it is precious, there are only three records of the extraction and medicine of this herb in the historical medicinal materials books. It is enough to see that it is not easy to pick this herb.
The carriage traveled in a low-key manner, and the people in the carriage hardly stepped out of the carriage except for meals, accommodation, and the purchase of dry food.
In this way, after a group of four people silently entered from the southeast, they drove straight through the hinterland of Xiliang, and then went all the way to the west, and walked quickly for about ten days, and then entered the Gota Desert.
There are six countries in Kyushu, but the two countries of Xiliang and Northern Wei occupy half of the entire Kyushu continent. The Northern Wei Dynasty was originally the largest country in terms of land area, and there were grasslands stretching for tens of thousands of miles in the north, so its land area was extremely vast.
As for Xiliang, although its practical territory is not large, its entire west is an endless and almost boundless Gota Desert. No one can say how wide this desert is and how much it has been restored, because no one has really walked through this desert.
But in the heart of the desert, there is a magical oasis. Some say that this oasis is a gift left to the world by the mysterious god leader, while others say that this oasis is the site of the ancient Loulan Empire.
In short, there are all kinds of treasures in this oasis, as long as you have the courage to enter, as long as you have the ability to go out, the treasures here are as you can claim.
This saying has always been there, but throughout the ages, there are almost no people who can really get a large number of heavenly treasures from it and come out alive. On the contrary, those who do not have a big heart, go through a lot of hardships, and only take one or a few things that they want the most come out alive.
And once these things in their hands are sold in the world, they will definitely be able to make huge profits.
The destination of Thousand Nights and Murong Xiao this time is an oasis in this legendary desert.
The oasis is a great treasure, and with a treasure comes its guardian.
There are four major families in the Gota Desert, and the power of these four families extends to almost the entire desert. Any caravan that enters the desert must choose to rely on the power of one family, and then go to the oasis under the protection and guidance of the desert mercenary group of these families.
It's just that if you have a life to come out of the oasis, you must give half of the treasure to this family. If it is inconvenient for the treasure to be divided into two, it will be discounted into gold and silver through the valuation of the desert bazaar.
The four major families of the Gota Desert are divided according to their strength, namely the Su family, the Han family, the Mo family and the Gong family. After decades or hundreds of years of fighting, they annexed other small forces in this desert and became the overlord of one side.
Each of these four families has at least 20,000 mercenaries. Combined, the four major families have a total of 130,000 mercenaries, which is why the imperial court allowed them to form their own in this desert.
The desert is vast, and if you send troops to exterminate it, even a million male soldiers will not be able to take these desert mercenaries. Because these desert mercenaries are familiar with the desert terrain and know how to avoid risks.
Once the imperial court sent troops to suppress them, they fled towards the middle of the desert.
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(Updated on December 21st)