Chapter 20: Treasure Hunt

The border of Hanling City, Xiaochi Town in southern Xinjiang

On the wilderness, the mighty army of 200,000 stood side by side, and the momentum was extraordinary. In the camp tent in front of the army, Hanqi and Shui Lianggong discussed in detail the details of the division of labor between the two armies, and the two sides agreed: the two armies jointly draw a part of the troops to form a pioneer group, and Hanqi is responsible for the safety of the left flank of the team during the march, and Shui Lianggong is responsible for the safety of the right flank...

After the negotiation, Han Qi smiled and couldn't wait: "Brother Shui Liang, now that our two armies have formed an alliance of life and death, it is important to cooperate sincerely, if there is anything, I hope Brother Shui Liang will not hide it and tell the truth." After that, Han Qi glanced at Shui Lianggong's face with a little meaning.

"Of course, of course, now that Liang and Brother Han are dead, how can they hide anything from Brother Tai? After Shui Lianggong sensed Hanqi's intentions, he said sincerely.

"Then in this case, Han has something unclear, and I ask Brother Shui Liang to tell the truth, how did Brother Shui Liang determine that the thousand-year-old treasure is in the Far East Domain? Could it be that Brother Shui Liang heard some kind of wind from elsewhere?" Han Qi was no longer in the clouds, and asked directly.

"Now there is no distinction between you and me, so Na Liang will tell the truth. To tell the truth, the place where the thousand-year-old treasure is buried is the news of a "psychic matchmaker" that I spent a lot of money on. Shui Lianggong replied with a serious face, making it difficult to distinguish between the real and the fake.

"Oh, it's actually a psychic matchmaker? As we all know, in this Northern Tooth Empire, a psychic is hard to invite! Brother Shui Liang spent such a big price to get the results, and he is willing to share sixty percent of me, and the friendship between Brother Tai really makes Han admire it a lot!" Han Qi was surprised in his heart, and praised it vigorously. At the same time, he was surprised, and there were all kinds of speculations in his heart: Shui Lianggong is a master who is not profitable or greedy, how can he be willing to spend such a big price to share the fruits with himself, what is hidden in this?

"Where, where... No matter how good the baby is, he has to have a life to get it, Liang Mousu heard that Brother Han has a high character and is a trustworthy person, so he wants to form an alliance with Brother Han to find this thousand-year-old treasure together. As for the final distribution of treasures, it all depends on Brother Han's help, so Brother Han should get sixty percent. Shui Lianggong replied righteously and awe-inspiringly, with a reasonable expression, but there was a trace of imperceptible shrewdness in his eyes, and he sneered in his heart: Hmph, you also have a life to take the thousand-year-old treasure!

The two praised each other on the surface, but in fact, they were calculating each other in their hearts. In this way, the armies of both sides rested for a day and night...

On the other side, Qiye honestly helped cook in the camp. For this large-scale dispatch of troops from the two cities, Qiye is very concerned. When I first arrived, I was very frightened, but judging from the various situations of the confrontation between the two armies, it should not be a war between the two cities, but it seems to be some kind of cooperation. As for what kind of cooperation, Seven Nights had no intention of inquiring. All he cares about is where he is and what chance he can escape...

In the torrent of the current situation, no one can stay out of the situation. Everyone is in the torrent, trying their best to save themselves: the strong are advancing bravely and standing at the head of the tide. The weak can only go with the flow and fend for themselves... And Seven Nights naturally belongs to the unwilling people who struggle to survive in the cracks.

At dawn, 200,000 troops were ready to go. The marching team was a row of 10 people: 5 people from the Cold Banner army on the left, and 5 people from the Shuiliang Gong army on the right. The marching line, which stretches for more than 3,000 meters, winds and winds around the mountains until the east.

At the front of the ranks, the vanguard battalion of 5,000 men opened roads in the mountains and built bridges in the water, and although the marching speed was slow, there were no major casualties. On the one hand, the car can resist some of the biting cold wind, and on the other hand, it is better to walk along the rutted road, and the further east you go, the colder the cold and the thicker the snow.

The closer you get to the far east, the colder it becomes: frozen for thousands of miles, white and white. The winter outside was bitterly cold, but it wasn't to the point of freezing bones. The closer they got to the far east, the army suffered frostbite and even froze to death one after another. The pace of the march was also getting slower and slower, and although cold clothing was distributed, there was no guarantee that everyone in the army would be warm.

Qiye also received a pair of close-fitting cotton pants, but it couldn't withstand the invasion of wind and snow at all. The snow that was not deeper than the calf made it even more difficult to walk on the seven nights. Walking and walking... His body was covered with snow, his lips trembled and turned white, and his body trembled. Despite this, Qiye did not dare to urge the spiritual power in his body to keep out the cold, and it was undoubtedly a foolish act to seek death by urging the spiritual power among many powerful spiritual generals.

And when someone unfortunately freezes to death, the rest of the people will rush to fight for the deceased's clothing. Seeing this scene, although Qiye is merciful, but now he can't help himself when he advances, and if he retreats, he will not save his life, he is in a dilemma, and everyone is in danger...

From the beginning of the army's departure to the freezing of people one after another, it has been more than a month of trekking, a journey of more than 1,000 kilometers, and further marching forward will only be more cruel.

In the tent of the barracks, Han Qi and Shui Lianggong sat around the stove in mink fur, looking at the raging flames, Han Qi took a deep sip of the liquor in the cup, and asked a little impatiently: "Now, how long will it take for us to get to the Far East Domain?"

"Now that we have entered the outer forests of the Far East Domain, at the current marching speed, it is estimated that we will enter the hinterland of the Far East Domain in one month. Shui Lianggong replied unhurriedly while looking at the map.

"There is still a month? Up to now, more than 4,000 of our two armies have frozen to death, and more than 6,000 have suffered frostbite. If this continues, it is estimated that after half a month, the 200,000-strong army will lose 10,000 people. Han Qi was faintly worried on the surface, but in fact, these people who froze to death were basically old and frail slaves, and the real soldiers suffered fewer casualties.

"Brother Han's words are wrong, if you can exchange 10,000 lives for a thousand years of treasure, wouldn't it be a beautiful thing? Moreover, the people who froze to death were nothing more than old horses, and such people had no real use in staying in the army. I can't count on the war, and if you die, you can save a mouthful of military rations, don't you say?" Shui Lianggong glanced at the cold flag and said leisurely.

"Listening to Brother Shui Liang's words, it is also reasonable, but after all, this frozen soldier is also a citizen of my Hanling City, as its city lord. Love the people's heart, sleep and eat hard. Han Qi covered his face with one hand and pretended to be sad.

Shui Lianggong glanced at Hanqi quietly, and couldn't help but sneer in his heart, but he still continued to concentrate on studying the map with a serious face. Outside the tents, the snow was falling heavily, and the soldiers hid in simple tents to rest. Qiye stared at the depths of the snowy forest with some distraction, and the dense darkness crept in. The night was about to fall, and the battalions of the army began to light fires.

The captain of the camp arranged for the seventh night to keep vigil tonight, and the seven nights walked outside the camp tent, although the snow had stopped, but the cold wind was constantly raging.

When he came to the fire outside the tent, he took a torch and inspected all parts of the camp by the faint light of the fire. Except for the sound of the wind and the occasional "creak" of snow crushing the dead branches, there was no movement, and there was no sound in the vast snow forest, which was extremely lonely.

The entire 200,000-strong army stretched for several kilometers in tents, and the fires burning outside the tents formed a band of light that was incompatible with the darkness around them. It was as bright as a fiery dragon coiled in the mountains and forests in the dark night. Outside the tent, except for the soldiers who were patrolling the night watch, everyone else went into the tents to rest.

Qiye walked around the camp with torches, glancing at the dark and deep forest from time to time. It wasn't that he didn't want to run away while he was at vigil, but the dark forest always made people feel creepy, and he ran into the forest recklessly, unpredictable about life and death, so he simply dismissed this thought. I don't know when, Qiye saw some blue-green points of light the size of insect fireflies appear in the dark forest, moving regularly in the darkness. At first, there were three or four points, and then there were more and more light spots...

"Is it fireflies? I didn't expect fireflies to live in such a cold place, it's really incredible..."Nanaya said in surprise in his heart. During the slave camp in the mines, many glowflies of different colors will fly out of the valley at night. All kinds of rare insects come out late to feed, and the colors are really strange, which is one of the few good memories of Qiye in the slave camp, and it is also the most beautiful color Qiye has ever seen. I'm looking down and thinking...

"Beast attack, beast attack!" came a rapid shout from nowhere, and after a short period of distraction, Qiye immediately sought to find his voice. I saw a giant wolf the size of a horse holding a bloody soldier in its mouth next to a fire a few hundred meters away.

In the midst of the seven nights, several more giant wolves rushed out of the darkness and quickly pounced on the tent. With its sharp fangs, it quickly tore through the tent, and then dragged out the soldiers, who still didn't know what was happening, and crushed their heads with big bites, and the screams in the tent were endless.

Seeing this scene, Qiye was stunned. An irresistible fear took over Nanaya's heart, dominating his stiff limbs. The heart trembled uncontrollably, and the widening pupils were full of the fear of the young man without blood.

After a short period of instinctive fear, Seven Nights quickly slowed down his distraction. Suddenly, Qiye remembered himself half a year ago, and when he saw the rock beast attacking, he couldn't move and was embarrassed, and Qiye hated his cowardly self from the bottom of his heart. Now that he is 8 years old and has become a spiritual practitioner, how can he still allow himself to appear so cowardly!

"Ahhh Looking sideways, in the dark forest, behind the two fireflies was a huge blurred black shadow, which became clear by the light of the torches in his hand, and in just two breaths, it was clear that Qiye could clearly hear the low roar from the beast wolf. Before the frightened Seven Nights pulled out the firewood knife on his waist, the giant wolf swooped down from behind the woods ten meters away.

Seven nights couldn't dodge, and one stumbled and stumbled and fell to the ground. Seeing that the giant wolf's sharp claws were about to fall on his chest, he fell to the ground and quickly rolled a few mud rolls on the spot, narrowly avoiding the giant wolf's pounce. The giant wolf's surprise attack failed, and Qiye, who had regained a chance to breathe, quickly got up and pulled out a firewood knife, and confronted the giant wolf across the fire. The giant wolf seemed unwilling to fail in the surprise attack and roared at Nanaya, "Roar!" By the light of the fire, Qiye could see that the giant wolf's hair stood upright like pinpricks, its fur was silver and snow-white, its limbs were thick and powerful, and its animalistic pupils were emitting a blue-green cold light to lock on him.