Chapter 125: The Fog
Zhang Lu is sensitive, deaf and clear-sighted, and while discussing the meaning of crossing with his companions, he also looks at the six roads and listens to all directions, and takes many conversations of the diners at the next table into his heart by the way. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info
That's why he mentioned "Grey Mist City" to the fat woman.
There was a lot of relevant information, and after the four of them walked out of the hotel, Zhang Lu explained it to them one by one. First of all, he answered Li Yanchao's question: "This foggy world also hinders me from using magic, but if I apply illusion to ordinary people, it is not too difficult - to inquire about information, I don't necessarily need to open my mouth......"
Different worlds, the laws of heaven and earth are different, one of which is that for Zhang Lu's cultivation of the techniques from the pocket earth world, their applicability is different. The applicability is relatively close, such as the Void World and the Qing Xuan World, Zhang Lu can almost restore the power of the magic three or four percent or even higher under the premise that the level is still suppressed;
As for the fog world, it is located in between, and Zhang Lu can openly cast the "plastic energy system" spell that he is not good at in this world, but at the same time, the power is reduced to almost negligible-can that little fireball really hurt people? At most, it will light an oil lamp in the air. It's just that he found that in the use of illusions, the restrictions are not strict, at least there is no hindrance to dealing with mortals.
So, with a single spell, the fat woman immediately agreed and accepted two coins that she had never seen before...... It was because of this that Li Yanchao saw the clue and asked: You are using illusion to deceive people again, right?
Knowing that the illusion was effective, Zhang Lu immediately asked the woman: "I don't know how far the Gray Mist City is, how to get there?" and while the woman answered, he also used the illusion to dig out more information from the other party's mind.
As for the name "Gray Mist City", Zhang Lu still occasionally heard a few diners next to him mention it.
He asked his companions, "Let's start at the beginning—do you know why this world is called 'Foggy'?"
Feng scolded her: "Don't sell it, just say it!"
Zhang Lu smiled, so he synthesized the information obtained from the mouths of diners and the minds of the proprietress respectively, and put them together: "Because there are two things in the world, one is 'fog' and the other is 'ze', so I gave it such a name......
The fog in the world is the most "fog", no matter what the season, there will be a dense fog around dawn every day, and the fog is different from place to place, some fog is white, some fog is gray, and some fog is colorful...... Some fogs are toxic, some can cause disease, and some can confuse people...... There are also certain fogs, which have the opposite effect, and are said to cure diseases and maintain health......
The second most is "Ze", at the foot of the mountain, in the forest, there are many swamps, whether people or birds and beasts, they may sink directly when they enter, and eventually there are no bones. To a certain extent, this has led to the fact that the world of Fog is divided into more than a dozen large regions by swamps, and it is difficult to communicate with each other, so it is impossible to produce a unified race, culture, and unified government.
If you suddenly see a person in strange clothes like Zhang Lu in the Tianyuan Dynasty, everyone will probably be surprised, but in the foggy world, it is not strange. Because although it is difficult to communicate between the dozens of large regions, they are not without contact, and there are always some strong people who can walk through them, but most of these strong people are arrogant, and they will not tell ordinary residents about their origins and describe the social state of their own area. Therefore, no matter how strange the clothes and appearance of the people are, the residents will not have any special ideas, only know that they are travelers from afar, and it is none of my business to ask less about them.
The task that Zhang Lu and the others accepted was to go to the bunker of Dragon Bone Mountain to find ancient artifacts, and it happened that he heard the term "Dragon Bone Mountain" in the conversation of the diners at the adjacent table, and immediately raised his ears, and immediately found that "Dragon Bone Mountain" and "Gray Mist City" were related.
The town they are in now is called "Wild Donkey Town" - I don't know why it has such an ugly name - there is a Gray Mist City twenty "leagues" northwest of Wild Donkey Town, which is a noble castle built on Dragonbone Mountain. After asking the fat woman about the direction and distance of Grey Mist City, Zhang Lu found that it turned out that from the place where they appeared, they could reach Grey Mist City by walking north......
The woman said that it was already dark, and that it would fog up around dawn, and that the thick fog in the vicinity was dark gray—hence the name of the city of Grey Mist—and that it was said to be confusing, and that if they smoked too much, they might go crazy, so they advised them to stay in their shop for one night before leaving. However, Li Yanchao and the others relied on their eyesight and foot strength, and were not afraid of walking at night, and Zhang Lu also thought about his ability - is there anything else that could confuse my mind - so he politely refused the woman's kindness, and left the store on the road.
After all, they took a fork in the road and wasted time, although it seems that this task is not in a hurry, but there is really no need to stay in the town for one night and then leave.
While walking northwest, Zhang Lu shared the information he had received with his companions:
"The lord of Grey Mist is the only lord of the nearby region - Wild Ass Town is also under his jurisdiction - he is said to have succeeded him seventeen years ago. Seventeen years ago, this area suffered from a plague, and the Gray Mist City Lord's family were all infected with the disease and died cleanly, so he wrote a letter to summon the distant Shu clan to inherit the inheritance......
"Not long ago, there was a rumor that he stumbled upon a secret passage in the city - because the current city lord is a successor, so he never knew that there was this secret passage, so he sent guards into the interior to investigate, but after two or three sets of people, dozens of people before and after, none of them came back......
"The lord of the city felt that this secret passage was very dangerous, and decided to ban it completely. But I don't know why, the daughter of the city lord suddenly seemed to be confused by something at the moment before the ban, and entered the secret passage in a trance. The city lord hurriedly ordered the guards to enter and search, but everyone was frightened, and no one dared to enter again......"
Hearing this, Li Yanchao suddenly asked, "You just said that this Gray Mist City was built on the Dragon Bone Mountain?"
Zhang Lu nodded: "You are so smart - that's right, it is said that the secret passage leads directly to the Dragon Bone Mountain......
"In other words, we are looking for the bunker of the ancient artifact, maybe it is at the other end of the secret passage?"
Zhang Lu continued to nod and said, "The city lord is worried about his daughter, but the guards don't dare to enter the secret path again, and as for the city lord himself, of course, he is also ...... Hey. Therefore, the lord of the city had to send someone to Sixiang to spread the news, recruit warriors to enter the secret passage to investigate, and promised that if anyone could find his daughter safely, he would marry his daughter to this person, and also give a rich dowry, if he could not give birth to an heir, the son-in-law would also have the opportunity to inherit the Gray Mist City and the territory under its jurisdiction in the future. ”
Feng shrugged his shoulders: "It sounds like a lot of money." How old is the lord's daughter...... Isn't it pretty?"
Zhang Lu glanced at him: "It is said that he was born that year after the arrival of the city lord, at most seventeen years old, he is a beauty, but he is a blonde beauty, do you dare to accept it?"
Feng said that what would not dare - "It doesn't matter if the hair color is strange, as long as the facial features are delicate and the figure is ......"
"I remember you once mentioned that there is a little junior sister in the Flowing Cloud Sect......"
Feng laughed "haha": "You remember wrong, it's not that there is a little junior sister, there are many little junior sisters!"
Zhang Lu couldn't help but burst out two words from between his teeth: "Beast!"
Li Yanchao smiled: "Impressively personable, it is definitely not an ordinary beast, but a well-dressed beast." ”
Feng shrugged his shoulders: "No way, men are always easy to see strange thoughts......" As he spoke, he suddenly glanced at Tang Liyu and hurriedly made up for it, "There are really not many people like Yanchao who are so innocent and single-minded." ”
Zhang Lu snorted: "It's a pity that you can't stay in this world for a long time, even if you really find the daughter of the city lord, and even win her heart, then it's ......" Before he finished speaking, he was interrupted by Li Yanchao: "Look - it's foggy." ”
It was still dark, but with the dim vision of the four of them, they could detect that a thin mist was gathering from all around. Tang Liyu couldn't help frowning: "Didn't you say that fog only gets up around dawn?"
Wild Donkey Town is about "twenty leagues" away from Gray Mist City, although Zhang Lu does not know the specific length of the unit "Rig", but according to the information he explored from the mind of the hotel proprietress, it can be known that the location where they appeared in this life is roughly an isosceles triangle with Wild Donkey Town and Gray Mist City—Wild Donkey Town is located at the apex. In other words, they had just searched from the point of appearance to Wild Donkey Town, and if the time taken in the Tianyuan World was about a while, then the time required to travel from Wild Donkey Town to Grey Mist City could only be short—because it would be impossible to go straight along the road—it wouldn't be long.
When I came out of the hotel in Wild Donkey Town, it felt like it was less than midnight, why did I walk for less than a moment before the sky became foggy?
Hearing Tang Liyu's question, Feng Heran suddenly asked, "Zhang Lu, have you ever probed the information on the length of day and night in this world?"
Zhang Lu shook his head blankly: "You mean ......"
"If the night of this season in this foggy world is only about four o'clock, then maybe now is the darkest hour before dawn...... It's just foggy!"
In just a few words of question-and-answer, the four of them were already surrounded by the fog, and it was obvious that the fog was thickening rapidly, and it was difficult to see the five fingers of their hands soon. Zhang Lu instinctively sensed that the fog had the effect of obscuring all kinds of senses—not just vision—and hurriedly shouted: "Come closer, don't be swept away by the fog!"
There was silence all around, as if the thick fog had the effect of absorbing sound waves. Zhang Lu couldn't help but shout again, but he felt that even his own voice seemed to be getting lower and lower, and more and more dull.
He reached out to the side—where the wind should be—but didn't touch anything. I took two steps sideways, reached out and fished again, but still found nothing.
Zhang Lu felt a little incredible. Li Yanchao and others have experienced many different worlds with themselves, have seen and experienced a wide range of things, and are by no means arrogant and panicked, even shrouded by the fog, their first reaction should also be like themselves and want to get closer to their companions, and at the same time, in order to facilitate their companions to find themselves, it is impossible to leave the original position too far. I stretched out my hand twice in a row, covering a range of more than five feet, and there was no reason why I couldn't touch anyone. Unless......
This gray fog is said to be able to confuse people's minds, so that after midnight and until the red sun rises, the natives will never go out, and close their doors and windows so as not to be harmed by the fog - even if they are forced to stay in the wilderness for various reasons, and are covered by the fog, they will immediately lie down on the ground, press their ears, close their eyes, and wait for the fog to dissipate.
But...... Confusing people's minds and belonging to the category of illusion, could it be that Lao Tzu, a veteran of illusion, is actually fascinated by illusion? What is the old saying? Stumbling on the ground, capsizing in the gutter, and overturning a child in the eighties......
Zhang Lu's level was suppressed, not only did his skill decline, but the quantitative change accumulated into a qualitative drop, from a super three-dimensional creature to a three-dimensional creature back to a three-dimensional creature. However, his physical and mental qualities are not evenly graded, for example, the original mastery of the magic is almost impossible to use, and the rough martial arts seem to remain at the original level; for example, his casting of illusions is greatly limited, but the defense against mental attacks such as illusions is not serious.
The dense fog that can confuse Zhang Lu's mind...... He instinctively decided that this must not be caused by man, and it could not even be the effect of some artifact or magic weapon, but could only be caused by the change of the laws of heaven and earth-weaker than heaven and earth, but bearable, as for the skills, they are inferior...... Lao Tzu resolutely does not believe it!
Immediately reached into his arms and took out a talisman, which was the "Pure Heart Talisman", which could defend against the attack of illusion to a certain extent, and also improve his ability to resist spiritual spells or natural effects. With a twist of his fingers, the true qi was injected, and the talisman spontaneously combusted without fire, and the effect was born, and Zhang Lu felt that the dense fog in front of him seemed to fade instantly, but then it became viscous again......
Grandma's, one is not enough, I'll take two! It stands to reason that the effect of the same kind of talisman is difficult to accumulate, and it is impossible for one plus one to equal two, and it is very good to be equal to one point and one, but Zhang Lu felt that he was only one line away from breaking the law, so he rekindled the talisman. Then he closed his eyes, fixed his mind, and took a breath before he opened his eyelids categorically—
The line of sight was like two golden rays of light, through the fog, although it was still unreachable, it was still clear from a distance of tens of meters. He turned his head slowly, and suddenly saw that the wind was not far from him, his long sword unsheathed, and he was fighting silently with a black shadow!
It turned out that it must have been a thick fog to gather, and the wind was strong and young was attacked, so he was forced to advance and retreat, so that he left his original position, and he could not catch him.
Looking at the wind's impressive movements, it is obvious that because the sight and hearing are confused by the dense fog, it is difficult and far away, so in the battle with the black shadow, he can only wield a long sword to defend closely, and is forced to retreat step by step. Looking at the black shadow again, it seemed to have no hands or feet in a trance, but only floated in the air, writhing as the fog dispersed - its writhing posture was very peculiar, as if it was weak and boneless, and as if it were just a phantom.
Zhang Lu immediately pulled out the "Xuanting" sword, jumped forward, and stabbed at the side of the black shadow. The black shadow shrank back violently, and the position of what seemed to be the head suddenly flipped over, facing Zhang Lu. Zhang Lu looked at it fixedly, and couldn't help but feel a chill through his bones! )