Chapter 182: A Strange Drought
Chapter 182: A Strange Drought.
On the way of the four of Lu Feng towards the teleportation array of Firmament Wind City, there was a big battle in the real pine town.
After seeing that his brother was killed, the people of Fuxi Village searched everywhere and found the grave of Jia Tingxi, who had not been buried for a long time, and in a fit of rage, they dug up the grave and conducted an autopsy to verify that his wounds were killed by the dead brother of the cottage, plus the jade pieces found at the brother's body.
All the clues attributed the death of the brother to Xiang Tianming and his gang, and with full anger, the second master of Fuxi Zhai led people to kill Xiang Tianming's Mingyue Inn.
Before Xiang Tianming and others could explain, they fought, and in the course of the battle, Xiang Tianming and the others learned that Jia Tingxi was dead, and mistakenly thought that it was Fuxi Zhai, and they also became full of murderous intent.
At the same time, Dong Yuan was in prison.
Ye Fan registered for the tutor assessment in the master hall, and the assessment method he chose was to test the Dan, the original Lingxun had not yet been gathered, but fortunately, he was appreciated by the master of the medicine hall, and Ye Fan's knowledge was recognized by the other party, and he also promised to vouch for Lingxun.
The news that Lu Feng had passed the test spread, and everyone was a little surprised when they learned that someone had participated in the test test, but it didn't cause much turmoil.
Firmament.
Lu Feng and his party came to the teleportation array of Firmament Wind City, paid the teleportation fee, and headed towards Qianfeng County.
The location of Convex Island is still quite far from Qianfeng County, and the four of Lu Feng still need to take a boat to get there after arriving at the main island of Qianfeng County.
The island is located on the edge of Cheonho-gun, and it takes nearly half a day to reach it by boat from the main island of Chiop-gun.
The four of them came to the ferry where the boat was moored.
"The aura here is so comfortable," Ruoshui squinted his eyes and smiled.
Lu Feng glanced around, surrounded by water on three sides, and the aura contained water vapor, it was indeed a treasure land suitable for cultivation, but it was still a lot worse than the unique cultivation environment in the spirit prison.
It's just that the environment here seems to be more suitable for Ruoshui's physique.
After paying some fees, Lu Feng and the four of them rented a small boat, and the boatman wore a straw hat and rowed an oar to lead Lu Feng and the others to shuttle through the peak sea.
"How many of you are going to look for relatives on the island?" asked the boatman, "if you go there, you must take care of your belongings." ”
Lu Feng looked at the boatman puzzled: "What's the matter?"
The boatman said with some compassion: "Don't you know that there is a drought there?
Lu Feng took this opportunity to ask, "How many islanders are left on Convex Island?"
The boatman sighed: "There are only those who have lived there for generations, and God has no eyes, and there is such a drought." ”
Lu Feng asked and wondered in his heart: "As far as I know, Convex Island is surrounded by water on all sides, and the most important thing is water, how can there be a sudden drought?"
The boatman sighed: "It is strange to say, not long ago the water source near the island was cut off against the current, separating the whole island with silt, and then the water source on the island slowly dried up, and no one can say what happened." ”
Jun Ziyi rubbed his nose and asked, "Didn't those people on the island think about digging up the silt and re-diverting the water source?"
The boatman smiled bitterly: "The silt covers a wide area, and it can't be dredged at all in a year and a half, and with this effort, it is better to move it to a new island." ”
"New island?" Tang Yuan wondered.
The boatman glanced at him and said, "The most important thing in Qianfeng County is the small island, have you ever learned the origin of our Qianfeng County?"
Although Lu Feng knew a lot in his heart, most of them were from the book, and there were more or less differences from what the local population said, so he didn't answer, and listened quietly to the boatman's introduction.
Pointing to the surrounding peaks, the boatman said: "Cheonfeng County is famous for its peaks, and there are hundreds of peaks in its territory, of which dozens of peaks have been flattened due to natural reasons, and the mountainside terrain is stable, which has become the choice of many islanders to relocate. ”
Saying that, the boatman said with some admiration: "Speaking of the formation of the island town, we have to mention Huludao, the most famous in our Qianfeng County. Huludao was originally a towering mountain, called Hulu Mountain, thousands of years ago two masters fought here for several days, cut off the Hulu Mountain, divided into two, a part of the mountainside was inverted into the sea, and the bottom of the half of the gourd merged, and finally formed the current Huludao. ”
Listening to the boatman's colorful introduction, Lu Feng and the others seemed to be able to imagine the scene at that time, and imagined the earth-shattering scene of the two masters fighting against each other.
"Can you tell us about the convex island?" Lu Feng asked.
"There is nothing to introduce to Bulge Island, it is just an ordinary island, and there are not many people living there, you can treat it as an ordinary town," the boatman changed direction as he controlled the oars, "but most of the current residents of Bulge Island have moved away, and it can only be regarded as a small village." ”
Lu Feng nodded, looked at the mountains passing around, and continued to ask, "Are all the peaks here uninhabited?
The boatman looked up at the peaks that Lu Feng was pointing to, and explained: "Oh, these are barren mountains, because the terrain is unstable and landslides occur all year round, so no one lives, this place is close to the edge of Qianfeng County, except for the convex island you are going to, it is basically all barren mountains." ”
"Is that the mountain? It's really like a 'convex' word," Tang Yuan quipped, pointing ahead.
The boatman nodded and said, "That's it, I'll put you down when I take you through the two barren mountains in front, and you need to walk on your own after that." ”
Lu Feng followed the boatman's gaze and saw that there were two barren mountains not far from the convex island, one on the left and one on the right, forming a "product" with the three of the convex island.
The boatman slowly docked the boat in front of the beach and exclaimed, "How long has it been, and why has all this silt hardened and dried up?"
"Alright, go over on your own, and I'll send you here," said the boatman, with a hint of panic.
"Thank you," Lu Feng and the four of them jumped onto the parched soil, looking at the boatman who seemed to be fleeing, and couldn't help but smile.
"I'm afraid it's not just a drought here," Lu Feng said, his expression as if he had expected it.
Tang Yuan nodded in agreement, and according to the boatman's words, the ground under their feet was still mud not long ago, but now it is as hard as a stone due to the passage of water.
The four of Lu Feng stepped on the cracked earth and walked towards the convex island.
"It's so hot...", and before he walked for long, Ruoshui's whole person suddenly became as if he had experienced the sun, sweating nonstop, and his face was red, but even so, Ruoshui still gritted his teeth and walked stubbornly, for fear of dragging others down.
Seeing this, Lu Feng hurriedly wrapped Ruoshui with aura.
"The qi is sunk and restrained," Lu Feng helped Ruoshui hide his aura.
"What's going on?" Seeing Ruoshui gradually getting better, Tang Yuan asked.
Ruoshui shook his head bitterly, "Just now, there is a fire burning in my body, and I can't lift a trace of aura up and down my body." ”
"Be careful," Lu Feng reminded everyone to defend their aura, "the drought on this island may not only work on the water, it is very likely that even the aura. ”
Everyone became cautious when they heard this, and although Junziyi was a little unimpressed, the pain Ruoshui had endured before made her stay vigilant.
Towards the end of the day, the brilliant sunset burned the whole sky like a fire, and it was already spring, but there was a hint of desolation under this gorgeous sunset.
The cracked earth spread infinitely towards the end of the field of vision, and a few dead branches were removed as far as the eye could see, and there were many scattered yellowing and white bones.
"Be careful, don't get stuck in the rift," Tang Yuan reminded the two women in the team.
Ruoshui nodded, looked at the ground, and walked cautiously, some of the cracks in the cracked ground were very wide, and it was easy to get stuck when stepped on it.
Although Jun Ziyi likes the gorgeous sunset in the sky, he can't bear that the surrounding environment is too desolate, and asks Lu Feng with some complaints: "Is there anyone here who is so desolate?"
Lu Feng didn't have a letter in his heart, remembering what the boatman had said on the road, he said: "Let's take a look again, didn't the boatman say that there are still many islanders here for generations, and they should be reluctant to leave." ”
"Look," Tang Yuan said suddenly, pointing ahead.
Lu Feng looked ahead, there was a ravine, and where they were standing, they could not see the scene in the ravine, only a wisp of green smoke wafting out of the ravine.
"There's someone there," Lu Feng searched for along the green smoke.
As soon as Lu Feng and the four of them approached the ravine, they were surrounded by a group of people who suddenly rushed out.
Lu Feng looked at the people surrounding them, but instead of a trace of anger, he became a little sympathetic.
These people have yellow skin, dull faces, chapped lips, rickety backs, and appearances that do not match their age.
Lu Feng showed the mentor token of the Dongyuan Spiritual Prison and said, "We were sent by the Eastern Yuan Spiritual Prison to distribute disaster relief materials, and the Lord of the Bulge Island can be here?"
In the task that Lu Feng received, it was stated that it was only necessary to hand over the materials to Gu Li, the owner of Convex Island.
Dozens of inhabited islands in Qianfeng County have island owners appointed by the prison officials of Qianfeng County, and the establishment of island owners not only facilitates the management of the spirit prison, but also maintains contact with each other.
In the event of a sudden drought like Bulge Island, it is reported to the Chiho County Prison Officer, who then verifies and reports to the Spiritual Prison, and finally the Spiritual Prison will issue a disaster relief mission or assign special personnel to deal with it, depending on the severity of the situation.
Obviously, in the eyes of the spirit prison, a small island town with a sparse population, it didn't pay much attention to it, and simply issued a disaster relief mission, which was hastily done.
With Lu Feng's questioning, a middle-aged man stood up, the man's appearance was very haggard, his hair was fluffy and unkempt, his beard was disheveled, and the whole person looked gray.
"I'm the Lord of Convex Island," Gu Li took out the Island Master's order and handed it to Lu Feng.
The shape of the Island Master's Order is like a thickened version of the soul coin, and it is heavy in the hand.