Chapter Twenty-Three: Deserted Village I
Zhang Fang guessed that not only Qishui City had suffered a disaster, but also several nearby cities would not be able to escape the fate of destruction.
Zhang Fang deliberately chose the south gate as the escape route, which was also carefully considered. He carefully analyzed the four roads in the south, east, and west, and finally decided to go south.
To the west of Qishui City, there are rolling hills, which are not suitable for carriages at all, and to the north is Amber City, which is about the same size as Qishui City, but Zhang Fang guessed that it also suffered a disaster.
Although the east is a smooth road, but it is blocked by the surging, endless Jiuqu River, must take a boat to take the waterway, and encountered a bloody attack by fish monsters, Zhang Fang has a deep fear of the river, so he gave up.
In the end, only the road to the south remained, and although this area was not as smooth as the east side, it was not as good as the hills to the north, and the road was barely good.
If you keep walking towards the south, you can stay away from the north and approach the southern region, which is not as hot and dry as the northern region, and the climate is very suitable for human life.
Zhang Fang has long heard that the south is rich in water sources, many rivers, and prosperous and wealthy, which is very different from the north, second only to the east and the Central Plains.
The more prosperous the economy and the more abundant the resources, the more opportunities Zhang Fang has, and with his current strength, he does not have to worry about laying a world in the Southern Regions.
The most important thing in martial arts practice is resources, and only with strong resources can he grow by leaps and bounds in strength, which is also his most fundamental purpose.
Zhang Fang's current internal qi level is still not strong enough, Yangchun Gong is a third-rate internal strength, even if it is strengthened twice, it can only be worthy of the second-rate level.
If it weren't for the fact that there were too many evolution points required for reinforcement, the cost would increase quadratically, and Zhang Da could continue to strengthen it.
Unfortunately, this is not the case.
Now, his strength is already at a bottleneck, and he can't grow by half a point, and he can only hope for a stronger martial arts now.
The whip struck the horse's thighs, and the horse neighed and sped off into the distance.
Not long after Zhang Fang left Qishui City, a man with a scar wound to his left arm also escaped from Qishui City with a seventeen or eight-year-old boy.
However, they went in a different direction from Zhang Fang, but went to the east, to the east.
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A day later, a horse-drawn carriage slowly drove along the road, which was lined with dense bushes and many colorful wildflowers on the side of the road.
Breathing in the air with the fragrance of flowers, enjoying the quiet and beautiful nature, Zhang Fang also slowed down the trip.
After a long day of running, they are all tired, and it is time to rest.
There was not much dry food in the carriage, and most of the food carried was the medicinal herbs and clothing that Zhang Fang bought, and he was in a hurry, and he didn't care about bringing many things.
However, in this world, there are still a lot of beasts, and with the strength of Zhang Fang's peak strength, it is more than enough to hunt a few beasts to satisfy hunger.
This place is already 800 miles away from Qishui City, and it has long been far away from the backward northern city.
Along the way, the carriage driven by Zhang Fang was driving on a quiet road, and he didn't meet anyone, but it was leisurely.
Originally, Zhang Fang was still a little worried that Zhang's mother couldn't stand the fatigue of the journey, but he didn't expect that the woman he saved, Han Yunrou, was quite well-behaved.
Along the way, she accompanied Zhang's mother to talk and chat, and the journey was not boring, which was one of the reasons why Zhang Fang decided to avenge her.
Han Yunrou was originally the daughter of Han Shuhua, a medicinal herb merchant in Qishui City, but unexpectedly, the city encountered a catastrophe, and the gangsters took the opportunity to make a disturbance and killed her entire family, leaving her alone to escape.
Zhang Fang and the others walked slowly, and finally arrived at a small mountain village shrouded in a dense atmosphere, and it was already dark at this moment.
Rumble!
There was a muffled thunder in the sky, and in a short time there was lightning and cloudy, but it was a sign of rain.
Summer rains a lot, and rain is common.
"Phew!" Zhang Fang grabbed the reins and stopped.
"Mother, let's rest here tonight, looking at the weather, it is estimated that it will rain, and it is inconvenient to hurry. Zhang Fang gently put down the horsewhip, got out of the carriage and said.
The original laughter in the car disappeared suddenly, Han Yunrou and Zhang's mother chatted all the way, at first it was Zhang's mother who enlightened Han Yunrou, who lost her father and mother, and then the two became acquainted.
"Well, after a day's journey, it's time to rest. Han Yunrou's outstretched hand lifted the curtain, revealing Zhang's mother's kind face.
The mountain village is quiet and the air is very fresh.
After Zhang Fang set up the carriage, the three of them walked to the village.
The road in the mountain village is not easy to walk, all the dirt roads are also carried with scattered gravel, and the surrounding ancient trees are thick and large, and the whole mountain village is in a very quiet state.
This mountain village is like an isolated peach blossom paradise, giving people a quaint and desolate mysterious atmosphere.
After walking for a long time, Zhang Fang finally saw the cottages, with low tiled houses scattered on both sides of the road.
Next to the front room, there is a huge stone tablet with some mysterious words engraved on it, these are ancient characters, Zhang Fang can't understand it, so he doesn't care.
At this time, there are still some children playing on the path, and the children are all smiling on their faces, and their heads are combed like two horns.
The children saw Zhang Fang and the three of them, all with mysterious smiles, and then ran away.
"How cute these children are!" Han Yunrou said softly, smiling.
"Yes!" Zhang's mother is the same, she has encountered a lot of unfortunate things in the past few days, and this time she saw these lovely children, and her mood suddenly improved a lot.
Zhang Fang nodded, focusing his gaze on the dozen or so villagers who were slowly coming, all of them dressed plainly.
"You're a foreigner!" Among them, the old man with a white beard stood at the front, and he should be the head of the mountain village.
"The old man is the village chief here, do you need anything?" the old man twisted his beard and said gently.
"Old man, what you said is right, we are all from other places, passing by here today, but it is getting late, and seeing that it is about to rain, I beg the villagers to take it in. ”
Zhang Fang bowed to the old man, and the villagers were obviously aware of their difficulties.
"Well, it's not early, so come with me!" The old village chief bowed slightly, and gladly accepted Zhang Fang and the others' request to stay overnight.
"Thank you, old man. Zhang Dacheng was overjoyed and followed the villagers into the village.
When Zhang Fang and the others left, they didn't notice that the path they came from had strangely disappeared, leaving only a lonely horse tied to a tree.
The villagers were extremely enthusiastic, thinking that outsiders had not been to the village for a long time, so they were very kind to outsiders, so that Zhang Fang was a little embarrassed.
When Zhang Fang decided to leave, he left some money for the village, which should be reciprocated for their hospitality.