Volume 1 There Are Fish in the North Chapter 128 The Ancient City of the Desert (I)
Zhou Kang escorted the carriage, turned around and looked at the corpses all over the ground, there was just a slanting sunset, reflecting the corpses and blood all over the ground, indescribably heavy, his eyes were full of grief, he really couldn't imagine how bleak the battlefield with millions of corpses would be.
It turned out that after the magnificent waves of thousands of soldiers and horses in the book, there was also a miserable scene of rivers of blood.
He let out a long breath and said faintly: "Persuade you to drink a glass of wine, there is no one in Yangguan in the west." ”
At this moment, he finally knew why the poet wrote this poem in the first place, except for Yangguan, there are only corpses, and from then on, Yin and Yang are separated, and there is no old man.
When Feng Changsheng led those students to catch up with Ye Qiu and the others, everyone had already arrived at the northern front, handed over the military rations, and briefly explained what had happened, and the generals in charge of the northern front were full of gratitude to everyone, saying that if there was no such batch of military rations, this battle would definitely be lost, and now with this batch of military rations, they would have to fight this battle if they said anything, even if they couldn't change the overall situation, they would have to be disgusted and disgusted by the Nanyang army.
Then he issued a customs clearance token to Ye Qiu and the others, and found a few people to escort the group out of the city, which saved the group a lot of trouble.
And also told everyone that there was a big battle to be fought here, if it was won, it would definitely boost the morale of the entire front, and after leaving this small city, everyone continued to go north to find the small river mentioned by the young general, during which Feng Changsheng asked these students if they wanted to see this battle, and everyone shook their heads from Zhou Kang down.
After the last battle, everyone's heart felt a lot, the battlefield fighting, not the scenery, let alone to see, it was soaked in the blood of countless border soldiers, and it was precisely because of the tragedy of this pass that there was the peace of the Yunxue Empire, and it was precisely because of the blood of these soldiers that the happiness of the people of Yunxue was born.
Therefore, they can cultivate with peace of mind, chase their dreams, marry wives and have children, and pursue fame, fortune and glory...... But how many people know about these soldiers? Can they know what they are doing?
No!
The profession of soldier, in the eyes of many people, may be synonymous with low and worthless.
It took two days for everyone to finally find the small river, and in the past two days, they have experienced large and small battles, and they have met many soldiers who have been scattered, these soldiers are from the Yunxue Empire, some are from the Nanyang Empire, these soldiers are looking for their own team, naturally they don't care about such a group of people.
And once these stragglers meet, it will be life and death, either you die, or I die, and there will never be a situation where you sit down and discuss the pros and cons of war.
Walk west along the small river, walk for about seven or eight days, even if you get out of Yangguan City, you really enter the Nanyang Empire, and out of Yangguan City, there is really no one else.
Along the way, there are countless checkpoints, but Feng Changsheng seems to be very familiar with the affairs of the border passes, and he is proficient in the two Chinese, and can answer all kinds of cross-examinations fluently, but he has not encountered any trouble.
After entering the Nanyang Empire, everyone rarely spoke, only when no one was around, they would talk a few words, and what they talked about was naturally the border war.
On a small path, Zhou Kang looked at the empty snowfield around him and asked, "Elder Feng, should we go to Shun'an City to have a look?" ”
Feng Changsheng shook his head, "Go back secretly, I can't do it, and when the Yunxue Empire wins in the future, I hope I can wait to pick up the Star Tower to take a look." ”
Zhou Kang nodded and stopped talking.
After entering the Nanyang Empire, because of the language barrier, there are very few disputes, after all, the two sides can't understand what they say, even if they want to quarrel, they can't quarrel, and most disputes will happen because of this mouth, so there will be "trouble from the mouth".
In addition to seeing different scenery, everyone did not feel that there was any difference between the Nanyang Empire and the Yunxue Empire, and the people of the Nanyang Empire did not want to be so fierce and vicious as the Yunxue Empire said, they also loved peace, and they were also chasing their dreams, pursuing fame and profit, there were also many cultivation academies, and there were also many geniuses who loved cultivation......
After going through this experience, everyone knew that the Nanyang Empire was no different from the Yunxue Empire.
And everyone didn't stay in the Nanyang Empire, after all, the purpose of their training this time was the desert of Xiyuan Shenzhou, so in addition to the necessary food and sleep, they were basically on the road.
It took nearly a year to finally pass through the Nanyang Empire and enter the Western Yuan Desert, and as he left the Northern Pluto Divine Prefecture, the air began to become drier and drier, and the air exuded a scorching smell of sand, and a sip of it could make people feel dry.
Along the way, everyone was enjoying the scenery, and there was no way to cultivate, only Ye Qiu raised his level from the eighth order of the spirit master to the tenth order of the spirit master, no matter when he was there, no matter where he was, he had to cultivate, because he had to improve his strength as soon as possible, because there were still many things waiting for him to do.
Therefore, he didn't have time to stop and watch the scenery along the way, whether it was the endless snowy fields or the snowy mountains from the foot of the mountain to the top of the mountain.
The group stood at the edge of the desert in the dust, looking back at the road, a student complained: "I didn't expect the scenery of the Nanyang Empire to be so good, but unfortunately I walked too quickly, and I didn't look at it very closely." ”
Zhou Kang said with a smile: "No matter how good the scenery is, you can only look at it, after all, the road is too far, this is like our life, there are some things, we can't do anything, but we don't have to do our best, living a rough life, in fact, is not a bad thing." ”
These words are a bit profound, the group frowned and thought about it one by one, and then admired Zhou Kang, Teacher Zhou not only has a high realm, but also speaks so reasonably.
Ye Qiu and Lin Feiyu glanced at each other and pursed their lips, they didn't find that this guy had so many truths before, how could he become a teacher, and this big truth came one after another?
Although I thought so in my heart, it was difficult to say it, for fear of damaging the prestige of this teacher of Oriental College.
After entering the desert, except for the different scenes, everyone almost returned to the time when they were in the Eastern Academy, in addition to cultivation every day, they hunted spirit beasts, and the desert did not want to be as uninhabited as rumored, but it was the base camp where various mercenary groups were stationed, and it was simply a paradise for mercenary groups, and mercenary groups could be seen everywhere.
Because in the desert, there are not only all kinds of powerful spirit beasts, but also many rare treasures, and it is rumored that there is an ancient underground city in the depths of the desert, in this city, countless rare treasures are buried, and there are all kinds of strong inheritance, if anyone can find this ancient city, in addition to obtaining these treasures, they can also get the inheritance, so as to become the top existence of this continent.
These rumors were only heard after entering the desert, and it is unknown whether the legends are true or false.
Whether it's true or not, seeing that these people are so enthusiastic, Ye Qiu and the others are naturally interested.
At Zhou Kang's mention, he formed a team to find this ancient city, Feng Changsheng saw that the group was so active, and he had no intention of stopping it, he actually wanted to see if such an ancient city really existed in the depths of this desert.
And there are many teams that come to find the ancient city, almost all over the mainland, and after these people arrive here, they naturally need people to lead the way, so they need to hire a mercenary group nearby.
These mercenary groups, no matter how big or small, are frighteningly expensive, in their words, that is, after entering the desert, even their lives are not their own, so they naturally have to leave some more money for their families to buy their lives.
Fortunately, several students came out this time with a lot of silver taels, originally wanted to eat a few good meals during the trip, but unfortunately this year, even a little better things have not been eaten, and the money has naturally been kept until now.
Now that I heard that I was going on an expedition, I naturally took out all the money and hired a mercenary group with good strength, and the leader of this mercenary group was an old man, who didn't talk much, leading a camel and hanging a long sword on the hump.
The preliminary estimate of this old man's strength should be around the Spirit Sect, not as strong as Zhou Kang, but stronger than Lin Feiyu.
The rest were seventeen or eighteen spirit masters, plus Ye Qiu's group, a team of nearly thirty people, just walking towards the depths of the desert.
In the desert, three things are indispensable: water, the leader who is familiar with the changes in the desert, and the camel.
So on the camel caravan, in addition to hanging the weapons of these mercenaries, the rest is some dry food and a lot of water, which is at least enough for one person to drink in normal times, but the old man said that they only have one month, and if they can't find the ancient city in a month, they must return along the road, otherwise when the water is drunk, everyone will be buried in the desert.
These mercenary groups are stationed at the edge of the desert, in fact, most of them are for the rumored ancient city, but they haven't found it all these years, but they keep the terrain of the desert in mind, so if someone comes to the desert to find the ancient city, they don't mind charging some money and taking these people into the desert, anyway, if they can't find the ancient city, they will make a profit.
If you can't find it, you should rule out a place again, if you find it, it's a matter after you find it, whether you want to kill these people or not, it depends on whether there are really rumored treasures and strong inheritances in the ancient city.
Although the mercenary group will have credibility, if they really get these treasures and inheritances, what is still useful if the credibility is not credible?
There are many teams that enter the desert, but as they continue to go deeper, these teams begin to separate, and each of them continues to go deeper with the mercenary group they have hired, because of the legend of this ancient city, the entire desert, every day.
The scorching sun on the sky baked, baking the sand on the ground to the bridle, walking on it, it was like walking in a steamer, and soon everyone was sweating profusely, only Ye Qiu seemed to be light and light, and he didn't seem to feel the hot air at all.