Chapter Eighty-Six: Beiyuan's Parting
When Qingkong groped his way out of the city, Fat was already waiting at the entrance of the cave, and behind it were Mu Tian's green dragon and Jin Ming's wolf bear. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biqugeγ After seeing everyone come out, the two young dragons shook their heads and roared, and the wolf and bear also roared in a low voice, completely ignoring the Terran warriors patrolling the city walls.
The entrance to the tunnel was filled with the smell of blood and death. The crowd could sporadically see piles of stinking flesh and blood scattered in the grass more than a man tall. Needless to say, it must have been the work of these guardian beasts, but luckily there was a dense jungle next to it that provided them with food to run on, otherwise the warriors on the city walls might not have been standing on it and patrolling normally.
When the deer saw such a disgusting sight, she immediately turned her head away, and she could not get used to the way they were eating. And although Mu Tian's expression changed, he still caressed her Qinghong, even though his palms were stinged by the hard dragon scales.
"It seems that they are doing better than us outside, at least there is game. Jin Ming said sourly.
"yes, you don't have to worry about cleaning up the rest of the mess after eating. After glancing at the fat golden man, Qingkong walked straight into the jungle.
When a few people detoured from the east side of Qingyun City to the main gate on the south side, it was almost noon, and the sun hung high in the sky like a fireball, but strangely, Qingkong didn't feel very hot, maybe the coolness in his heart was greater than the feeling on his skin. After all, he was about to leave the capital city where he had lived for fifteen years, and all his memories were here, the cloud palace that he had climbed all over, the eastern city that was always full of mystery and fun, and even the smoky and dirty western city had become a place that he could not reach.
When Sky finally looked back at the familiar city behind him, he seemed to feel like he could see through it at this moment. Through the city wall, he saw a road leading to the Cloud Palace, the East City and the West City, flanked by towering lookouts, and then the crowd of people, all the way to the Cloud Palace, which went deep into the hinterland, and the entrance to the Dragon Valley behind.
As the scene in his eyes faded into a blur and finally turned into a cloud of white light, Qingkong finally blinked. The scene was pulled back into view, and the huge banner on the city gate fluttered again, but the dragon rider warrior above made Qingkong feel a sense of irony, the real dragon rider wandered outside. Slowly looking away, Sky was suddenly attracted by two round objects hanging from the crossbar next to the flag, due to the great distance, and from time to time obscured by the fluttering flags.
"What's that?" Lu'er also spotted a foreign object in the distance.
Everyone looked into the distance, although Jin Ming's eyes were small, they were the best eyesight among the few people. He slowly gathered his gaze, narrowed into a line, and then opened widening suddenly.
"It's twoβhuman heads!" Jin Ming gasped and said in a trembling tone.
With Jin Ming's prompt, everyone finally saw clearly that the two round things were not two heads.
"Whose is that?" ...... he muttered, remembering the old face, and he felt a soda covering his eyes, "Impossible!"
But what the eye sees does not deceive itself, and what hangs on it is the head of Master Blazing and his apprentice. A rope hung with hair, and the large break at the mouth of the bowl had long since dried and stopped bleeding.
Mu Yuan walked behind him lightly, and his tone was solemn: "At least he kept the honor." β
"No, the honor belongs to him, but he shouldn't be like this, it's Qingyun City that owes him, and I owe him. β
Somehow, Qingkong suddenly put away his grief, his tone was unusually cold, and his green eyes were a little red at this time.
The university scholar looked at him with complicated eyes, this is not the sky that the university scholar wants to see, Mu Yuan can deeply feel his guilt for blazing Wei, but it should not be transformed into anger, because once a person has anger, everything will deteriorate, just like cooking with the wrong condiment, it is difficult to swallow.
"It's time for us to go. Mu Yuan looked into the distance and found that from the main gate of Qingyun City, many Terran warriors were pouring out one after another, and every ten or so would be followed by two Demon Rock Monsters that were disproportionate to their size.
The scholar's words were like blowing into the wind, and Qingkong still looked coldly at the remains of the deceased, until the patrols scattered in the distance began to walk towards them, and he turned his head fiercely and walked towards the south with the others.
The Beiyuan Road is a wide avenue that can allow ten horse-drawn carriages to run in parallel, from Qingyun City to the north, to the Barbarian West Wilderness to the west, to the Muzhi Capital to the east, and to the Ethereal Cold Continent to the south. The road is lined with endless pastures, farmland, and scattered villages.
The group cautiously considered not taking the avenue, but shuttling through the pasture farmland. They had seen the magnificence of the wind-blown wheat fields and the majesty of thousands of wild horses galloping, but they did not stop to admire them, but went all the way.
Speechless all the way, everyone walked for a long time, and gradually the landscape changed, and the weather began to heat up.
When they felt that they were gradually moving away from danger, they bought a few wild horses from the nearby herdsmen, and when the herdsmen saw the few gold coins in their hands, their eyes were about to jump out.
Qingkong, who had never bought a horse himself, asked puzzledly, "Isn't it enough?"
The herdsman hurriedly shook his head and replied, "Enough, enough, but you gave too much." He looked at a few people, and each of them had only picked a horse.
"That's enough money to buy my entire horse farm, my lord," ......said the herdsman, grim. He is a poor man, although he has not seen much, but just by his appearance, he knows that the few people in front of him are definitely not idle people, and they are not something that he can be fooled by inferior people, but in fact, he is wrong, Qingkong really knows the market here too well.
"Oh, how can it be so cheap?" Qingkong thought to himself, if there would be a problem, but he still said with a calm expression, "Let's use the rest to supplement the family." β
"Thank you, thank you, my lord......" the herdsman thanked him in a hurry.
Everyone rode fierce grassland horses and galloped on the road to the north source. On the way, Sky finally knew why the horses were so cheap. The scholars told him that the herders here were the targets of exploitation by the merchants in the city, who often bought their goods at very low prices and sold them to the wealthy people in the city at a high price.
Qingkong asked rhetorically, "Then why don't these herdsmen go to the city to sell their goods by themselves?"
The answer given by the scholar is that a merchant has the mind of a merchant, and he will find a way to make your trip a wasted one, an inexplicable bandit, an unprovoked plague and disease...... After several times of losing their money, they no longer dare to go to the big city alone to sell their goods.
After hearing this, Qingkong was extremely angry, and said in a deep voice, "Isn't this anyone's caring?"
The scholar sighed softly and said, "These wandering herdsmen, they do not belong to the jurisdiction of any party's forces, and the officials will not easily punish those merchants because of these wandering people, after all, the officials and businessmen are a family, so these businessmen will act so arbitrarily." The city lord or family head of each force only cares about his own small calculations, and forgets that the human race is a big race, and since the ancient human race has been able to gain a foothold in this world, not by relying on deceitful battles, but by the same faith! Now, when the darkness strikes, and if they still go their own way, the bitter fruit will be like the straw after the autumn, and one by one will be pulled out. β
"If you want to be the patriarch of a race, hear me clearly, I'm talking about a race, like our Terrans. You have to know for yourself the lives of your people, because once they are oppressed, exploited, and when their resentment reaches a certain level, then your place will not be secured. β
Qingkong nodded, agreeing with what the university scholar had said.
"Since we need to unite, why go to the Tulin family of the Phantom Clan now instead of going to the other Terran forces? Although they may not necessarily support me, it is better than going to a foreign race, right?"
"You're right, no one will believe you now, and no one will follow you just because you're the young master of Qingyun City, even if the oath they shouted when they declared their allegiance to Qingyun City was so loud. But...... Except for your loved ones. Mu Yuan tightened the reins, and the horse under him instantly accelerated, but it was still not half as fast as the white fierce horse he brought out from the fishing village.
Mu Yuan's words whistled in the wind to Qingkong's ears, and at that moment he only felt that he was about to fall off his horse, so he also tightened the reins, and pinched the horse's belly a few times with his feet, barely catching up with the university scholars in front of him, and also leaving the other teenagers far behind.
"What do you mean? Go to the Tulin family...... How can a Phantom clan family come from my relatives?" Suddenly, his eyes narrowly converged, and those blue eyes showed a look of disbelief, "Could it be ...... Could it be ......?"
"That's right, it's your mother. Mu Yuan stumbled next.
This gentle interruption made Qingkong lose his mind instantly, and his eyes were blue. He had never had the slightest message about his mother, and today he finally got a hint of news about her, but he couldn't believe what he had heard. When he came to his senses, the wild horse under him had strayed from the avenue and was about to rush to the wasteland, so he had to pull the reins with all his might, and the force of the wild horse raised his painful front feet high, and then he began to jump in place in a rage, and let out a crazy neigh.
Fat Xiao was entangled in the breath of the flame dragon in mid-air, unable to attack, because if he didn't pay attention to it, it was the unlucky one who was in the sky.
When he subdued the disobedient wild horse, the other teenagers behind him, as well as the university scholars in front of him, surrounded him.
"What's wrong? Boss. Jin Ming looked at Qingkong and the black wild horse under him with a puzzled face.
"Uh...... It's nothing, maybe this wild horse hasn't run so fast for too long, and it's a little unbearable. Qingkong looked at the faces of the university scholars, hiding the shock just now.
Mu Tian didn't find any clues, but gently pinched the horse under him, slowly walked to the middle of everyone, nodded to the university scholar first, and then looked around at the others.
"Scholars, ladies and gentlemen, we are at the intersection of the Green Path, and it is time to separate. Mu Tian said in a steady and light tone.
At this time, Qingkong realized that they had reached the fork of the road to the northern source, leading to the capital of the pasture and the wild west. He turned to Mu Tian, feeling that her attitude was as cold as when they first met in the Cloud Palace, and Long Gu's short-lived opening at that time also made him feel vanished.
"I will truthfully tell the city lord about the situation of the human race now, and I believe he will not sit idly by. Mu Tian avoided Qingkong's gaze and said.
"I hope so. Mu Yuan replied lightly.
"And ...... If, if you really don't have a place to go, you are always welcome in the capital of the pastor. Mu Tian regretted it after saying this, she used to think she could speak skillfully, but she was a little flustered at this moment.
"Hehe, I hope not," the scholar Mu Yuan didn't care, and said in a soft tone, "Miss Mu Tian, you are a good girl, and I don't need to talk about my ability, but there is one thing, you are too loyal like your mother." β
Mu Tian looked at the university scholar and asked puzzledly, "Isn't loyalty bad?"
"Loyalty is valuable, but loyalty should not be greater than faith. Mu Yuan's eyes looked at her, as if conveying some kind of message. "Alright, let's stop here, and say hello to your mother on my behalf. β
After saying that, the scholar took the lead in riding away, and he knew that he should leave some space for these teenagers who had been born and died in Dragon Valley.
Lu'er rode a milky white pony slowly past Mu Tian, and she seemed to have a smile on her face all the time.
"Sister Mu Tian, thank you for taking care of me during this time. To be honest, I really envy you. After Lu'er finished speaking, she glanced at her little empty brother meaningfully, and then rode slowly in the direction of the university scholar on the jujube red horse under her, and when she passed by Mu Tian's side, she said softly: "Goodbye, Sister Mu Tian." β
Mu Tian smiled lightly and responded to her.
Next was Jin Ming, whose horse was followed by a wolf and bear that was already more than half a man tall.
"That...... I won't say more, hehe...... I hope there will be a period in the future, Miss Mu Tian, the next time I see you, it should be even more beautiful!" Jin Ming grinned.
Finally, when Qingkong came to Mu Tian, the atmosphere was a little wonderful.
"Anyway, thank you really for teaching me dragon control and perception in Dragon Valley, I hope you ......" Qingkong said as he broke the somewhat awkward atmosphere.
"Do you think he's still alive?" Mu Tian interrupted him and asked suddenly.
Qingkong paused for a moment, he knew who the "he" in Mu Tian's mouth was, if it was his former self standing here, then he would definitely leave angrily, because at the moment of parting, she was talking about another person, and it was the person he didn't want to hear. But at this moment, he didn't even think about it, and blurted out: "Alive." β
Mu Tian nodded, "Me too." β
After a moment of silence, Mu Tian continued, "Are you going to find him?"
Qingkong looked into the distance, and the backs of the university scholars, Lu'er, and Jin Ming on the boundless avenue had slowly turned into a small dot.
"I'm going to go to him and tell him I saved him. But, not now, doing what I can is a lesson I've only recently learned. Qingkong said.
Mu Tian's expression changed slightly, and finally showed a rare smile, and his tone was steady: "You have grown a lot." The green-eyed boy who was full of laziness and childishness at the beginning has transformed into a responsible dragon warrior, but this is by no means his upper limit, at least she believes it.
"Yes, the experience makes people grow, goodbye, Miss Mu Tian. Qingkong finally turned his gaze to her and said.
"Goodbye. Mu Tian only replied to these two words, although it was very short, but it was full of many emotions.
Qingkong nodded heavily, and then he and his black mount swept past like a gust of wind, and the fat little who followed him flapped his wings and hissed a few times at Qinghong beside Mu Tian, and the green dragon also hissed a few times.
Mu Tian watched the distant figures gradually disappear from her eyes, and then pulled the mount under her and walked towards the green path leading to the Mu City. In her heart, she not only remembered everyone, but also echoed the words that the university scholars warned her: loyalty should not be greater than faith.